Wallkill Postmaster McHugh Ends Flight After Capture
Wallkill New York postmaster Harry T McHugh who hunted for killing Marie Terwilliger fatally shot himself when surrounded by state troopers in a lumber yard. He had told a bystander he opposed the engagement and feared being shot by troopers. Sergeant Lockhart located him crouched between lumber piles and heard the self-inflicted shot.
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Wallkill
N. Y
Harry T. McHugh
N.Y
Marie Terwilliger
McHugh
Sergeant Lockhart
Highland
Melfugh
Sanmel Lawenn
Shiv
Hugh
Miss Terwilliger
Jesse
Burglars Rob Berlin Asylum for Homeless
Burglars robbed the Berlin asylum for the homeless, rifling the clothing storage room and stealing money papers and suits. Many victims, paid workers, lost their last possessions and could not work the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
City Asylum
Burglars Make Off With Safe From Hotel Astor Terminal
Detectives offered a single theory after a fruitless search for a heavy cafe style safe stolen from the Hotel Astor bus terminal vault. The safe 2 feet wide and 8 feet high vanished from a busy thoroughfare in full view of bus drivers and police. The hotel manager found the door left open and the safe missing in the morning.
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New York
Hotel Astor
Tury Alley
Th Hotel
National League Race Promises to Be Close
President John A. Heydler predicts a tightly contested National League pennant race. He cites balanced playing strength, improved second division clubs, and rising attendance. He notes growing youth interest in baseball and a strong, lasting grip of the game across the South.
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John A. Heydler
Tom
Gear Shift Lever Reaches Wheel on New Models
Reading the latest model automobiles shows the gear shift lever now rises to near the steering wheel making reach easier. An aftermarket device exists for older cars to provide a similar feature, available in most accessory shops.
Hargrave Is Best Among Catchers
Baseball capitalizes on catching power with Eugene Hargrave of the Cincinnati Reds leading a surge of .280 hitters. Cochrane tops the American League in lifetime average, while Hargrave and others vie for the .800 pace, marking a golden era for catchers in both leagues.
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Eugene Hargrave
Cincinnati Reds
Buck Ewing
Mike Kelly
Mickey Cochrane
A's
Hargrave
Cochrane
Charlie Bennett
Clements
Jack Milligan
Larl Smith
Bassler
Henline
Gooch
Wilson
Gibson
Woodall
Sehang
Ruel O'Farrell
Harnett
Zack Taylor
Vernon Clemons
Hank Severeid
Ralph Perkins
Steve O'Neil
Glenn Wyatt
Bengough
Tate
McCury
Luke Sewell
Milton Gaston
Frequency Amplifier Used for Other Sound Amplification
The audio frequency amplifier in a radio receiver can be connected to a phonograph pickup microphone or detector circuit. By adding simple connections it can amplify other sounds fed into it. Thus the audio frequency end of a radio set may amplify any sounds audible to the ear.
Tom Heeney’s Rise From New Zealand to Heavyweight Spotlight
A New Zealand bull of a boxer, Tom Heeney rose from a frugal start to contend for the heavyweight title with Gene Tunney. He overcame promoters, earned wins over Risko and Delaney, drew with Sharkey, and beat Maloney and De Mare as he climbed the charts, often as the underdog.
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New Zealand
Gene Tunney
Heeney
Anzac
America
California
Tom
New York
Charley Anderson
Chicago
Paulino
Jimmy Maloney
Johnny Risko
Cleveland
Tex Rickard
Jack Sharkey
Jack Delaney
Australia
England
Europe
Blackie Miller
Ueeney
Paulino Uzendun
Tom Heeney
Stopping of Motor Car Is Explained
Motorists puzzled by how little effort stops a car. The article explains momentum and braking energy, noting that an 8,000 pound car at 17 mph stores about 75,000 foot pounds of momentum. It describes the work needed to halt quickly and how momentum is dissipated.
Automobile Notes and Traffic Safety Opinions
Ninety five per cent of the Cook County Gardeners association haul their produce by truck. Germs speed under a red light. Some researchers note drivers also operate cars. Thieves mimic old burglaries by stealing radiator cups. An automobile designed for Parisian traffic tilts its wheels to spin around. Traffic committee favors amber lights after green and immediate red to green switching for safety.
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Cook County
Gardeners’ Association
Paris
Melhorn Wins Richmond Open With 283 Score
Pittsburgh golfer Bill Melhorn captures first prize $1,000 at the Richmond Open in Richmond Virginia finishing 72 holes with a 283 total.
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Bill Melhorn
Pittsburgh
Richmond
Noise Troubles From Bad Resistors In Electronics
Scratched or broken resistors cause noise in circuits, especially nonwire types. Defective resistors are a major source of noise and can be blamed for interference across other components.
Shielded Grid Tube Performance Details for Radios
The shielded grid tube works well when proper voltages align with plate voltage. For RF amplifier use the G post to B plus with correct plate relation, and for space charge detectors use the cap with a high range resistor. A bypass condenser from plate to filament or A minus greatly improves detector operation.
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Radio
Lively notes of sports and athletic moves
The column covers international bicycle races in Budapest in June and various player trades and prospects. It notes Heeney’s personality, Tunney’s pursuit of the Risko, chess champion Alexander Alekhine as a lawyer, Chink Taylor bought by Chattanooga, and multiple baseball moves among teams and leagues.
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Budapest
Alexander Alekhine
French weed: a tough mustard plant worries dairy quality
The so called French weed or pennycress is blamed for imparting a garlic like taste to milk and butter when cows graze infested pastures or are fed tainted mill feeds. Minnesota researchers will test safe feeding levels and pasture rules to prevent contamination while seeking possible milk treatments.
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Minnesota
University of Minnesota
County Uses Pure Bred Bulls Sign to Promote Livestock
A large USDA backed sign greets Craig County Virginia visitors proclaiming Pure-Bred Bulls Used Exclusively. County Agent W O Martin and state extension specialists led a program eradicating grade and scrub bulls and promoting pure bred sires. Enthusiasm remains high for expanding to pure bred rams boars and other sires across the county.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Craig County
Virginia
W. O. Martin
Martin
Dairy Cows On Illinois Farms Show Higher Milk Output
Dairy cows on Illinois farms are increasing milk and butterfat production cites John Brock of the University of Illinois. About 13,000 cows are tested monthly for milk and butterfat for some 800 dairymen, averaging 22.5 pounds of butterfat per cow in December, above the 1926 December level. the top herd in December 1928 surpassed the 1927 top by two pounds of butterfat per cow.
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Ilinois
John i Brock
University of Illinois
Association
Dairy Facts on Silage and Grain for Dairy Cows
Silage is a valuable feed for dairy cows and heavy producers need grain to balance roughage. Use about one pound of grain for three to four pounds of milk, with high quality protein from grain. Ensure cream separators remove less than four one-hundredths of a percent butter fat. sanitation matters for calves to prevent infections.
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Kenneth Gilland
Charlotte
Wall
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Slayer OF Girl
Frank Alexander
Fox Hills
Los Angeles
Wilbert Robinson
Jim McGuire
Roger Bresnahan
Jack O'Connor
Chief Zimmer
Joe Sugden
Tunney
Chink Taylor
Chattanooga
Robert Allen
Philadelphia Nationals
Cuyler
Pirates
Cubs
Bob Murray
New Haven
New Orleans
Pelicans
Robert Richards
University of Denver
Athletics
Baltimore Orioles
Ohio State
Rose Boczek
Mexico
Rudie Miller
Binghamton Triplets
Middle West
Illinois
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