President's Trophy Golf Championship set with 63 entrants
Dr E Cain defends the Amarillo Count Club President's Handicap title against 62 challengers in a two flight field. Qualifying concluded yesterday and today begins match play with each first round duel to finish by Sunday night. Handicaps allowed and winners meet for the grand championship as President U N Oliver toasts the victor.
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E Cain
Amarillo
U. N. Oliver
Jack Allen
Roy Stockton
Art Querry
Chuck Wagner
Dude Gentry
Foy Dryden
John Evans
Bill Gibson
Charles Reid
L. S. Pearce
J. L. Carter
Tom LeMond, Sr
Bill Andrews
Fred Gray
J. B. O'Keefe
B. B. Williams
Don Marsalis
Carl Culwell
F. E. Hixon
R. B. Norman
FE. W. Cain
J. B. Davis
de. J.brown
Charles McAfee
M. T. Johnson, Jr
Thornton Blanchard
Wade Holman
Farl O'Keefe
Sim Kelly
Dick Bivins
W. A. Harmon
R. P. Parcells
Jim Pearson
P. B. Carlson
Lang Wagner
John Satterstrom
Max Minnig
Jimmy James
Mark Taylor
Woolworth Russell
Sam Orr
J. A. Killough
Weekend Baseball Results From Across Leagues
West Texas and New Mexico games feature Lubbock at Amarillo and Pampa at Berger with varied scores. National League action shows Brooklyn, Chicago and St Louis posting wins while New York and Philadelphia split, and American League games include New York beating Washington and Cleveland at New York. Fort Worth, Dallas and San Antonio post scores in Texas League. Monday schedules list New York at Pittsburgh and Cleveland at New York as the only games.
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West Texas
Lubbock
Amarillo
Pampa
Berger
Abilene
Alburquerque
Lamesa
Clovis
Brooklyn
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Washington
Fort Worth
Tulsa
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Beaumont
Houston
San Antonio
Shreveport
Cleveland
Pet
Albuquerque
Mesa Seer A
Boreer
Brooklyn Teemeeees
St Louis
New York Ee
Detroit
Washigeton St. Louis
Local athletic notes and circus visit garnish roundup
A columnist recalls meeting James Copeland a former Amarillo High football player now with Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey. He notes Copeland and his aerial artist wife, changes in Texas high school programs, upcoming games, and local golf and football updates including Don Fitzgibbons and Harold King. Billy Maxwell defends the Odessa Country Club medal title beating Jack Williams.
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James Copeland
Amarillo
Ringling Bros
Barnum& Bailey's
Cope
James
Lefty Lonergan
Pampa
Blair Cherry
University of Texas
Austin
D. X
Bible
Golden Sandie
Cherry
Harold King
Rudy Bauman
Austin American
Dale Schwartzkopf
Bauman
King
Sandies
Odessa
Billy Maxwell
Abilene
Jack Williams
Plainview
Williams
Flowers of the tea shrub not used commercially
The white blossoms of the tea shrub are described as slightly fragrant but have no commercial use.
Digger Finds Gold In Rubbish Heap
Mike Sivak, a hot dog vendor visiting Mahony City with family, found 37 twenty dollar gold pieces and one ten dollar piece worth 750 dollars sealed in a rubbish can. The coins dated from around 1870 and were discovered while clearing refuse from a building.
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Mahony City
U.P
Mike Sivak
Sivak
Philadelphia
Body of Ravished Child Found in Massachusetts
Lawrence Massachusetts police report the murder of 17 year old Louise Ann Kurpiel. Her body was found on the Merrimac River banks with a crushed skull and bloodstained rock nearby. Medical Examiner Buriel estimated death around 9 PM the previous night. Parents Louis and Mrs Kurpiel said she disappeared yesterday afternoon after visiting a friend. A search party of 100 residents assisted.
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Louis Kurpiel
Green Accuses Taft Hartley Law of Slavery Risk
William Green president of the AFL tells a mass meeting of the International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters that Taft Hartley sanctions slave labor and has wiped out constitutional guarantees. He warns Negro workers to distrust slave labor enactments and vows to defeat incumbents who backed the law next year.
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Kansas City
U.P
William Green
American Federation of Labor
International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Green
AFL
Congress
Plainview Man Named Quarter Horse Judge
Three authorities on the quarter horse were named judges for the Texas State Fair show. J. B. Parsee of Flectra J. E. Browning of Willcox Arizona and R. E. Hooper of Plainview were announced by State Fair Livestock Manager Ray W. Wilson. The show runs October 11 to 19 with total premiums of 3000 dollars.
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Dallas
Texas
J. B
Jere) Parsee
Flectra
J. E. Browning
Willcox
Ariz
R. E
Bob) Hooper
Plainview
Ray W. Wilson
Greek Beheading Tales Reported Amid War Turmoil
War reporter notes in Larisa describe atrocity stories of priests crucified and prisoners beheaded by bandits. Government claims justify actions after a May incident where nine bandits were decapitated for identification. Rebels claim prisoners of war were executed.
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Larisa
Greece
Greece Bleeds Under Civil Strife and Bandit Threats
The report outlines Greece's collapse in law and order with murder treated as a misdemeanor and state crimes punished by death. UNRRA aid dries up amid hunger while child beggars fill the streets as towns depopulate. Bandit Ipsilandis haunts the countryside. Markos Vafiades carries a large bounty and is hunted as public enemy No 1.
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Greece
Ipsilandis
Robin Hood
Markos
Markos Vafiades
Patton
France
Pindhos
Partisans and reservists described in Greek terrain report
Captured partisans are mostly youngsters between 16 and 22. Many army reservists have been in uniform seven years. The account highlights rugged Greek terrain and gear smashing in the context of ongoing clashes.
Train mine strike and ambush reported on Bulgarian route
Official sources said a Sofia to Istanbul train was hit by two mines near the frontier with Bulgaria and, after stopping, was fired upon from ambush.
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Istanbul
Sofia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Rocky Mountains Near Siberia More East Than Urals
A geographic comparison notes the Rocky Mountains lie closer to the eastern tip of Siberia than the Russian Urals, highlighting Asia and North America’s proximity.
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Rocky Mountains
Siberia
Russian
Urals
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Diamond T
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Our Fixit Department
E. L. Carroll
Rarin
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