Tunney-Dempsey Fight Building as Chicago Prepares
Gene Howe reports heavy betting in Chicago on the Tunney Dempsey title bout with Dempsey the favorite early then shifting toward Tunney. Thousands visit the city as 75 disabled veterans attend ringside, Tunney’s backing from New York money grows, and sentiment favors Tunney to win decisively.
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Weather outlook for Tunney Dempsey fight in Chicago
Partly cloudy to cloudy with no rain and a cool 34 to 55 degree range forecast for tonight's Tunney Dempsey heavyweight title bout. Winds will be gentle and variable. At 10 a.m. the temperature was 53 degrees with clear skies.
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Henry’ J. Cox
Chicago Weather Bureau
Prohibition Agents Target Dempsey Tunney Fight Crowd
Three hundred federal agents swept Chicago to curb drinkers ahead of the Dempsey Tunney bout. They made numerous arrests and raids and confiscated beer and liquor, to drive revenue to the city sewer instead of the fight crowd.
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Weather brief for Kansas and Missouri today
The Kansas east district is fair with increasing clouds in the west tonight and Friday. Temperatures show little change with a daytime high around 76. Missouri expects fair conditions tonight and Friday with little temperature change.
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Early Bet Bulletin Names Tunney Favorite in Dempsey Fight
In Atchison locals split bets with some backing Dempsey and others backing Tunney. Charlie Miller notes most money bets favor Tunney while a few still support Dempsey. He recalls Dempsey feared Harry Greb who once joined his camp and was dismissed for roughness.
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Weather Update From Topeka On September 22
Temperatures across the state rose slightly with no frost reported. Low readings included Concordia 42, Goodland 42, Dodge City 48, Wichita 48, Topeka 47, and Kansas City 50. No rainfall in the past 24 hours. Outlookunchanged temperatures with more of the same weather. Flora, state meteorologist.
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Key Witness Says Smith Baby Is Girl
Miss Ruth Meyer testified she is positive the baby girl Mrs. Law Smith nurses is the child she assisted at birth. Dr William Glendenning said his exam of the infant and Smith family showed family traits but could not confirm the baby is Mrs Sam Smith's child.
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Forestry conference to be held in Chicago in November
The Associated Press reports a first of its kind commercial forestry conference will gather wood-using industries and forest owners from across the country in Chicago on November 16 and 17. President Lewis F. Pierson of the United States Chamber of Commerce announced the event.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Dempsey Tunney Fight Broadcasing Injunction Denied
The Columbia broadcasting chain failed to obtain an injunction from Circuit Judge Ira E. Ryner restraining promoters from granting exclusive television rights to the National Broadcasting Co. for the Dempsey Tunney fight.
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Racing Aviators Speed on Way to Spokane
Four flyers in two huge monoplanes chase a no stop trans continental air trail from Roosevelt Field to Spokane with $15000 prize and fame. Stinson Schiller and Eddie Bolm lead as others finish races in Spokane with Holman Ballough Mamer declared unofficial winners.
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Edward Stinson
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Duke” Schiller
Edward Bohn
Royal Windsor
Eddie Stinson
Fred Koehler
San Francisco
C. W. Holman
St. Paul
E. E B. Ballough
Chicago
N. B. Mamer
Aged scientist clings to life to leave secrets
Prof. Henry C. Williams, 80, SF scientist, died after hours of effort to instruct others. He summoned Father Jerome Ricard of Santa Clara University to his bedside and entrusted details about installing a spectro heliograph in a Santa Clara laboratory to analyze solar rays and enable atomic weight calculations.
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Santa Clara
Atchison Merchants Pick October 6 for Window Opening
Atchison retail merchants have selected October 6 as the fall window opening date. Chamber of Commerce official Jerry Boling announced the choice as a unified plan. Merchants aim to make the event one of the largest openings in Atchison with full cooperation urged from every shop.
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Atchison
New Hampshire Woman Elected National President of Legion Auxiliary
Irene Melin tyre Walbridge of Petersboro New Hampshire was chosen as national president at the American Legion Auxiliary meeting held in Paris. Chicago’s Bessie Stewart Smith won the central division vice presidency by a 79 to 75 vote over Kansas’ George Norris. The group opposed pacifist charges and backed the national defense program. A resolution urged broader Bible reading and renewed study to counter atheism in schools.
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Petersboro
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American Legion Auxiliary
Bessie Stewart Smith
Chicago
George Norris
Kansas
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Steers 60 Still Higher on Kansas City Market
Kansas City report shows choice steers advancing with loads of long yearlings averaging 1081 pounds and Hereford steers around 1314 pounds setting a new high price of 15.50 per hundredweight. The gain is 25 percent above yesterday's record and marks the highest price here since 1919.
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Kansas City
Grief Stricken Community Tries to Name Beauval Fire Victims
In Lac La Plonge Saskatchewan a community gathers at the Beauval mission ruins to identify nineteen boys burned in a school fire. Mothers and relatives examine charred clothing while Sister Lea is hailed for sacrificing her life to try to save the students.
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Globe to Print Fight Pictures in Tomorrow's Issue
NEA photographers will snap Dempsey Tunney world heavyweight bout in Chicago and rush prints to St. Joe by air, then to Atchison by motor for deadline in Friday Globe. First time Globe prints world championship fight pictures within twenty hours of the event. Herbert Walker directs Chicago NEA operations and links to Globe staff.
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Reed to Renew Election Fight in Senate Contests
Washington reports the Reed committee plans to renew push for a resolution clearing the legal status of its special campaign funds. The measure would authorize assembling Pennsylvania ballots and registration books for the Wilson-Ware contest. Contempt cases against Samuel Insull and Thomas W. Cunningham loom as testimonies target campaign contributions and sources of funds.
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Missouri
Special Campaign Funds Committee
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Kepstone
William B. Wilson
William S. Ware
Philadelphia
Alegheny
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Samuel Insull
Chicago
Thomas W. Cunningham
Pennsylvania State Republican Committee
Insull
Frank L. Smith
Ilinois
Cunningham
Vare
Pirates Stun Giants to Open Doubleheader Lead
Pittsburgh defeated the New York Giants 5 to 2 to widen its pennant lead to four and a half games as the Pirates opened the first game of a doubleheader today.
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New York
Lindbergh Takes Will Rogers for Plane Ride
San Diego pilots a Ford 12 passenger plane at Mahoney Field with Charles A. Lindbergh at the controls. On board were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Maddux of Los Angeles, Mr. and Mrs. Will Rogers of Beverly Hills, plus local officials and business figures including Mayor Harry Clark and George L. Eastman. The trip bound for Los Angeles commenced at 8:50 this morning.
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Jack Maddux
Will Rogers
Beverly Hills
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Topeka Editor’s Daughter Engaged to New York City Man
Topeka Sept 22 The engagement of Misa Mary MacLennan to James A Farrell of New York City was announced by her father Frank P MacLennan publisher of the Topeka State Journal. The wedding will take place this fall.
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Topeka
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James A. Farrell
New York City
Frank P. MacLennan
Topeka State Journal
Pope Pius XI Gives 100000 for Mississippi Flood Relief
The pope contributed 100000 for flood relief in Mississippi. Rev Edmund A Walsh of Georgetown University received the gift on behalf of the American hierarchy of bishops. The announcement came from New York city.
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New York Lawyer-Naval Officer Elected American Legion National Commander
Edward FELwell Spafford of New York was elected national commander at Paris, becoming the first navy man to head the American Legion. He is a partner at Fischer & Strachan, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, lieutenant commander who served again in World War I and commanded a destroyer overseas earning the Distinguished Service Medal.
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New Jersey
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Cleveland
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U.S. Naval Academy
Illinois to Have Only One Fourth Corn Crop
Illinois corn prospects weakened as figures from the University of Illinois College of Agriculture show only about one fourth of the crop may mature by the normal harvest date. The Urbana report casts doubt on earlier optimistic forecasts and highlights potential yield reductions statewide.
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Accused Slayer Escapes from Ford County Jail
Harold Dawitt, held for the slaying of Sheri Govard Mills of Hamilton County at Syracuse, escaped from Ford County jail early today by unlocking his cell door with a jail key.
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Ottawa U enrolls 110 students from eight states and abroad
Ottawa university reports 40 new students this year, drawing enrollees from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas, Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, the District of Columbia, Mexico and Japan.
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