First American to Lead an Armed Uprising Against England
Elmo Scott Watson recounts James Smith and the Forty‑second Regiment’s siege of Fort Loudon and the Black Boys in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The piece traces the 1760s frontier clashes over Indian trade, the capture of pack trains, and Smith’s later attempts to join the Revolution and raid with riflemen.
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England
Elmo Scott Watson
Lincoln Highway
Fort Loudon
His Majesty's Army
America
Black Watch
Charles Grant
Ralph Nailer
Fort Pitt
Conococheague
Widow Barr
Sergeant McGlashan
Pennsylvania
Pontiac
Col
Henry Bouquet
Conococheague Valley
Smith
Bouquet
Philadelphia
Robert Callendar
Callendar
Grant
London
Raymont Wharton
Poate Ae Eee
Thomas Gage
Fort Loudog
Penn
Per
Loudon
Bob Callender
Ticonderoga
Bushy Run
Perley
Gage
Bond
Swanson
Antee
Fort Bedford
Royal Regiment of Ireland
New Jersey
Washington
Morristown
James Smith
Detroit
Roosevelt Pushes Federal Power in West Amid Court Clash
Washington analysts say President Roosevelt’s western tour favored water power and federal spending while hinting at a high court showdown. They foresee the Supreme Court sustaining federal electric power policies, with concerns over taxes and budget balancing shaping investor caution and political pressure. A major anti trust case in Madison involves 58 executives and big oil firms facing potential triple damages.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Supreme Court
High Court
West
Montana
Oregon
Wyoming
Idaho
Pennike
TVA
Senate
Columbia River
Shay Aee
Madison
Wis
la Follette
Wisconsin
United States
NEA
NRA
Confusing Grid This Gridiron List of Colleges and Games
A jumble of college names across states highlights mismatches and multiple institutions sharing names. The piece notes various schools, players, and nods to Woodrow Wilsons in early football history, with scattered references to teams like Cornell, Loyola, and Penn State amid a scattered state-by-state schedule mention.
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Rio Grande Junior College
Ohio
Dixie College
Utah
Virginia College
Minnesota
Kansas
Pittsburg Teachers’ College
Loyolas
Maryland
Louisiana
California
St. Marys
Texas
Michigan
Mount St. Mary’s College
Xaviers
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Iowa
Cornell College
Columbia College
New York State
Little Colleges Supply Coaches for Major Teams
The article lists coaches from small colleges guiding big programs such as Colgate with Andy Herr from Dickinson, Cornell led by Carl Snavely from Lebanon Valley, LSU with Bernie Texas, and others including Bo McMillan at Coates College Kentucky, L B Allis at California, D O McLaughry at Westminster, and W L Hianton from Dickinson Pa. It notes Berkeley playing 11 games this season and several schools sticking to 1938 opponents. Haskell adds seven new foes in 1937.
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Purdue
Indiana
Princeton
New Jersey
Yale
Connecticut
Centenary College
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Penn State
Pennsylvania
Woodrow Wilsons
el Paso School of Mines
W. W
Denton
Ohio U
Army
Sack Beare Ar Ee Tedan
Amherst
Bill Kern
Carnegie Tech
Harvey Harmen
Penn
Jack Herding
Tittle Eisingneld
Massachusetts
Carl A. Davis
Cortland Teachers College
Colgate
Andy Herr
Dickinson College
Cornell
Carl Snavely
Lebanon Valley College
Luisiana State
Bernie Texas
Dana X. Bible
Carson-Newman
Bo McMillan
Coates College
Kentucky
California
L. B. Allisson
Carleton College
Minnesota
California Tech
W. L. Hianton
Brown
D. O. McLaughry
Westminster College
California U
Berkeley
Bowdoin
Grinnell College
Kansas U
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James Fenimore Cooper
Sper Union
Iiandhal
Foot
National
Carter Field
iFor
Treasury
Tech
Ball Syndicate
WNU
New York Post
Little College Grads
Dana X
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