Beavers Open Season With Bramwell Ifeeiders Clash
Beavers versus Bramwell high school teams set for New Year’s night at Fairview gym in Bluefield. Beavers and Bramwell have opened seasons strong with local fans predicting a competitive opener. Center play and standout performers Snecker and Lawarence are highlighted as key talents for Beaver High.
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Malcolm Hill Loses Surprise Indoor Junior Match
New York, Dec 28. Malcolm Hill of Waban Mass. loses to unseeded Julius Feilgson of New York 6-1 6-2 in the national junior indoor championship. Hill, former Indoor Junior doubles holder with J. Johnson, struggles at the net as Feilgson dominates from the back court. The upset shakes seedings based on last year’s performances as the tournament draws a strong field and attention to possible title contenders.
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Vance and Neils to Join Local Basketball Team in Clearwater
Dazzy Vance of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Bernie Neils of the Boston Braves will join a basketball team being formed in Clearwater Florida organizers said today.
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Grange Not A Boxer Rebuffs Local Fight Offer
Tampa Florida December 28. “Red” Grange, football star, is not a boxer. His business manager C C Pyle rejected a $1 000 cash offer for a ten round bout at a local arena tonight.
Welch Briefs Highlight Boy Scout Training Program
The Boy Scouts lead a city program on page five, promising an engaging project under their supervision. Mayor John W. Blakely campaigns against citizens who scatter debris along the riverbanks amid ongoing cleanup efforts.
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Babe Ruth Red Grange And Harry Greb Outstanding Trio
Billy Evans praises Red Grange Babe Ruth and Harry Greb as rare supreme athletes who excel in crises. Grange shines against Penn State early in the Illinois game, while Ruth belts home runs amid illness. Greb dominates rival boxers, proving a rare triple of super-athletes in sports history.
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Baseball All America Team Proposed By Evans
Billy Evans argues for an All-America baseball team selected by a committee of eight experts from managers players writers and umpires. He compares football origin Walter Camp and suggests post season deliberations to name a consensus best team and honor the season’s top player.
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Professional Ball Players Cherish Praise Over Criticism
The article notes that professional baseball players, like amateurs, enjoy praise and status in the sport. It emphasizes the vanity and hunger for acknowledgment that accompanies athletic success, suggesting athletes respond positively to recognition more than criticism.
Welch Launches Sanitary Campaign To Clean City Streams
Welch authorities impose heavy fines for littering along the river and instruct city officers to arrest violators of the new sanitary law. Mayor Blakely calls on citizens to cooperate with officials to keep Welch clean.
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Finish Alderson Institution Soon
Statistics from the government show many women prisoners are drug addicts. A number have been convicted of counterfeiting, some for misuse of the mails, and others for violation of the prohibition laws.
Ohio Operators Seek Lower Rate
The attorney general's department will file a motion on behalf of Bricker for the utilities commission. The filing is expected the latter part of this week.
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All-America baseball award could steer toward virtue
A discussion on college traditions and the value of becoming a three letter athlete as a path to varsity status. The piece argues that sentiment favors college sports over professionals and views an annual All-America selection as a beneficial move with many virtues and few drawbacks.
Ray of Hope Seen for Settlement in Coal Strike
The article reports renewed optimism for ending the hard coal strike as mines plan to resume tomorrow after a 25-year pause. The Reading Company notes 1400 empty coal cars positioned in St Clair for rapid shipment if a settlement occurs, while southern anthracite yards hold over 2,000 tons idle since the September stoppage.
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War Eagle teachers host Christmas tree event at station school
War Eagle Station School teachers organized a Christmas tree and treated campers to apples oranges nuts and candy. A large crowd attended and enjoyed the holiday program with Miss Debut among the staff.
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Christmas Visits Across War Eagle Williamson News
A string of Christmas day and holiday visits are reported across Williamson War Eagle and nearby towns. Residents including Lassie Depue Parker Per singer Miss Goldie Cruise and Link Varney joined relatives and friends, with several traveling to Bluefield Jenkin Jones Christiansburg and Touten for gatherings and activities.
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Flippo
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Fred Price
Christiansburg
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Frances
Touten
John Puchanan
Special Diet Kitchens To Prepare Dog Food In London
London observers note Bond Street adds dog beauty parlors and special diet kitchens for pets. Shops advertise milady's Pekingese will be washed curled and perfumed while owners shop and dogs dine out on custom meals.
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Flour costs more as bread price drops in London
An unexplained rise of two shillings on a 280 pound sack of flour shocks traders as bread prices were expected to fall. The move prompts adverse comment from market observers and raises concerns about food costs in London.
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Wheat world surplus spurs inquiry into American bakers
The Master Bakers Protection Society will study the situation as government statistics show a global wheat surplus. The Westminster Gazette cites a member who claims American wheat merchants retaliate against British dealers who hold leverage in rubber.
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Scientists disputed Goddard claim on preglacial America existence
New Haven delegates at the American Anthropological Association session debated Dr. EB Goddard of the American Museum of Natural History who said man may have existed in America before the last glacial period. The prevailing view holds humans crossed from Asia via the Bering Strait after the ice retreat.
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Des Moines Credit Firms to Loan Millions to Grain Farmers
Des Moines and Fort Dodge Agricultural Credit Corporation will devote all loaning capacity of 70 004 to financing grain holders rather than livestock. The decision came at a board meeting. officials cited existing agencies to handle livestock demands.
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Pullman Company Offers Stock to Employees
Chicago dec 28 the Pullman Company announced it is offering employees a chance to buy 10 000 shares at 9 a share. The stock is paid for at 3 a month and any employee with three months service may subscribe for one or more shares based on annual salary.
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Pullman Company
Rear Admiral Rogers Dead at Seventy Six
Rear Admiral Raymond Perry Rodgers United States Navy retired former president of the Naval War College died today in Monte Carlo. He was seventy six years old and had lived abroad with his wife for several years.
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Fifth Victim of Waynesburg Fire Dies in Hospital
The fifth victim of the fire that damaged a Waynesburg business block last week died tonight in a hospital. The deceased is 24 year old Victor Silveus, who was serving as a volunteer firefighter when injured.
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Coaches Favor Unchanged Rules and Elect Officers
The American Football Coaches Association voted to keep current rules and not pursue changes. Four resolutions were adopted including limiting practice to two hours daily and barring professional players from eligibility. Gilmour Doble was elected president, with Willam H. Cowell as first vice president and W. W. Roper as second vice president.
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Cropley Reappointed as Coach at Columbia
Charles F. Crowley, head football coach at Columbia University, has been reappointed after the university council on athletics announced the decision. Earlier reports said Rockne of Notre Dame was named but that appointment was withdrawn.
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Wisconsin as Schwarze shatters Western shot put mark
Herbie Schwarze of Wisconsin emerged as a top West Conference weight man, shattering the Rose era Western record with a 48 feet 114 inch shot put. The big Badger stood out in shot put and also contributed in discus and hammer, following earlier feats at Columbus and Big Ten events.
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Track Stars Smash Records Across Collegiate meets
The season highlighted record feats at the national intercollegiate meet in Chicago and the Western Conference with Dehart Hubbard breaking the broad jump record at 25 feet 10.5 inches and Herb Schwartze of Wisconsin surpassing Ralph Rose’s 21 year old shot put mark at the Big Ten meet. Hubbard stands out as one of the era’s most notable athletes as college track careers close.
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Caricatures Collected in New Beerbohm Volume
Max Beerbohm’s caricatures of royalty statesmen authors and artists are gathered in a new Doubleday volume. Dedicates to Sir Edmund Gosse the collection opens with Lord Balfour and ends with Bernard Shaw. It includes The Prince of Wales in New York and features Birkenhead Chesterfield Oxford Duff Cooper Lloyd George and others.
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Even Best Burglars Now Total Abstainers Says Johnson
London dispatch quotes fr. Ham ER Johnson saying prohibition has brought American prosperity and efficiency. He notes even the best burglars are abstainers and mentions plans to sail on the George Washington to New York for a tour of the United States and Canada.
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Fatally Burned Girls Aged Three And Five In Uniontown
Two girls aged three and five were fatally burned in Uniontown while clothing caught fire from operating stoves. Olisea Capanna of Masons Town and Charlotte Riley of Mather Greene County were the victims. The Riley parents burned while trying to save their child.
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Alleged gamblers arrested in West Fifty-fifth Street raid
New York report states nine detectives, acting on a tip from Mayor-elect Walker, raided a three story private house on West Fifty-fifth Street near Broadway and arrested 101 alleged gamblers. They were all discharged in night court for lack of evidence.
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West Fifty-fifth Street
Broadway
British Hollywood revival linked to new film district plan
Signs of revival in British cinema include a proposed British Hollywood district near London and a contract between a British firm and an American company to distribute British films in the United States.
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