Sports rise of Art Phelan's Shreveport team
Associated Press report details Art Phelan's Shreveport Sports surge to league leadership. Six regulars hitting over .300, Wilber Cooper and Oscar Estrada shaping rotation, as they edge Dallas 5 4 in 12 innings and tie with a 2 2 nightcap, surging past Waco despite injuries to McClanahan and Hutson. Fort Worth strengthens fourth by sweeping Spudders. Houston Buffs rally past San Antonio, then defeat by Whitey Glaser.
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Gayle Talbot, JR
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Cubs
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Spudders
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Whitey Glaser
Flashes of Life and Wedding News Across the Nation
New York reports Lucile Le Sueur known as Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks Jr as Dodo visit Hollywood with wedding ring displays and hopes to marry in October. Schenectady notes Lindbergh’s plane marked with just married signs. New York also covers William Merrill adopting the name Benedict at a wedding party in a Cleveland hotel. Alliance Nebraska highlights Leon Warren, 18, who shined shoes to fund his schooling, set for university study.
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Joan Crawford
Dodo
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
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Joan
William W. Merrill
Cleveland
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Kath- Fisher
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Billy Wallace
Life term given in murder trial for Lloyd Davidson
United States Texas May 31 Life imprisonment was the verdict in the murder trial of Lloyd Davidson 82 for killing his stepmother Mia Ellen Davidson in her home near Cooledge Davidson was convicted after deliberation since yesterday afternoon The jurors reported their verdict at 9 15 a m today sentencing to follow later in the week
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Son Confesses to Farmhouse Double Murder
The son admitted to killing his father W. T. Davidson and the charred bodies of the elderly couple were discovered among the ruins of their farm home weeks earlier.
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W. T. Davidson
Soviet Finance Reports Half-Year Revenue and Expenditure Gap
The Commissariat of Finance reports for Oct-Apr 1988-89 total revenues reached 1.85 billion dollars, 48.5 percent of estimates, while expenditures were 1.874 billion, 48.8 percent, creating a deficit of 25.5 million dollars.
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E of Finance
Soviet Union
LaFollette to Discuss Secret Senate Sessions
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin will discuss the issue of secret senate sessions in a radio address tomorrow night at 9 p.m. Eastern over the Columbia network. The talk, for the National Radio Forum, is in response to the United Press roll call on the confirmation of Customs Judge Irvine L. Lenroot.
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United Press
Washington
Irvine L. Lenroot
LaFollette
Wisconsin
E.S.T
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Radio Forum
Washington Star
Frank B. Noyes
Locks of Famous Musicians Auctioned in Vienna
Three master musicians Liszt Rubinstein and Lenchetitsky locks sold at auction in Vienna for 14 7 and 21 dollars. Only bidder was Robert Waldhaeusel a plane maker who previously bought a lock of Schubert’s hair last year.
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Vienna
Franz Liset
Anton Rubinstein
Theodore Lenchetitzky
Robert Waldhaeusel
Franz Schubert
Miss Wills Reaches French Open Net Semi Finals
Paris May 31 Helen Wills advanced to the French championship semi finals by defeating France's Mme Helen Lafayeir 6-4 6-1. Wills dominated the match displaying strong serve and precise volleying to secure the straight set victory.
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Miss Wills
Associated Press
Paris
Helen Wills
Mme
Helen Lafayeir
France
Prison heads dismissed for service good
The Associated Press reports Houston Texas May 31 Everts assistant general manager of the State Prison System and two other officials were dismissed by W A Paddock chair man of the State prison board J R Jordan record clerk at Huntsville and W D McConnell warden were the others released The board acted for the good of the service J W Benton becomes Jordan s assistant record clerk and no post is filled for the assistant manager.
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Texas
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State
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State Prison Board
J. R. Jordan
Huntsville
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Paddock
J. W. Benton
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Everts
McConnell
W. H. Mead
Carole Lombard's Busy Eight Months In Five Films
Hollywood profile details Carole Lombard earning busy momentum by completing five pictures in eight months under Pathe after starting with Mack Sennett. Born Jane Peters in Fort Wayne, she moved to Los Angeles, trained in drama, and shifted from bathing suit comedy to dramatic roles while pursuing publicity and talking pictures.
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Hollywood
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Pathe
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Ind
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Jane Peters
UN 41
Los Angeles
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Nett
Gangster
Fox
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