Softball fad and 1935 all rookies in major leagues
The piece notes softball as a nationwide fad with adults and youths playing at night across the country, highlight St Louis as a softball hub and George Sisler’s park interests. It then shifts to the annual major league all rookies selection, listing the chosen players by position and team, with assessments of their performance and potential, followed by a boxing note on Joe Louis vs Baer.
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St. Louis
George Sisler
Middle West
Browns
Sisler
Wally Moses
Moses
Lou Finney
Jake Powell
Buddy Myer
Rip Radcliff
Cubs
Jimmy O'Dea
Wally Stephenson
Gabby Harnett
O'Dea
Stevenson
Senators
Jack Redmond
Redmond
Tom Heath
Mulis
Yanks
Allen
Gomez
Ruffin
Wilshere
Connie Mack
Castleman
Giants
John Whitehead
Bucky Walters
Whitehead
Walters
Joe Louis
Levinsky
Soviet Plan to Train Doctors for Parachute Aid
Moscow reports the Soviet Government will train physicians in parachute jumping to reach isolated settlements. Air links along the north coast are largely unusable for most of the year, hindering medical aid delivery.
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Moscow
Boy Kills Sister Then Takes Own Life in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh, 18 year old Robert Agne and his 11 year old sister Betty were found dead by their father at lunch. Police believe the brother accidentally killed Betty and then shot himself in remorse.
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Pittsburgh
Robert Agne
Betty
Oakland Woman Sleeps in Street After Eviction
Mrs Marie Savage a 55 year old Oakland resident refused to move from her home after eviction and spent the night in her bed with furniture piled in the street Police guarded her as a red lantern hung on the bed post to mark the vigil.
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Oakland
Calif
Marie Savage
Insull Receives Pension Despite Pending Charges
Samuel Insull, former head of the nation’s largest utility system, is again receiving a pension of $21,000 from four utility companies, with about $33,000 more withheld in the last seventeen months pending the disposition of criminal charges.
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Chicago
Samuel Insull
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Babe) Dahlgreen
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Cameron Theatre
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Singer Sewing Machine Co
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Rockdale
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Mary Carlisle
Lila Lee
Chester Morris
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Ann Sothern
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Mary Dow
Sally Eilers
Ray Milland
Village Tale
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