Monte Stratton Benefit Set For Chicago Fans
Sponsors expect 55000 fans at Comiskey Park next Monday for the Monte Stratton benefit game. The White Sox ace, who lost a leg in a hunting accident, could receive 25000 to 75000 from the event and a front office job. Stratton aims to coach at first base as he continues to adapt to an artificial leg.
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Chicago
INS
Monte Stratton
Comiskey Park
Chicago White Sox
White Sox
Stratton
Dizzy Dean
Cubs
Texas
Veenker Defends Spring Football Practice
Iowa State athletic director George Veenker defends spring football drills as essential, not excessive, citing limited fall prep time and low injury risk. He notes the program aids freshmen, guides athletes toward varsity chances, and coexists with other sports and academics at Ames. Grinnell readies a strong outdoor track squad with Duke guiding spring debuts.
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Iowa State College
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Iowa State
Veenker
Cyclones
Ames
Grinnell
Pioneers
Lester Duke
Cedar Falls
Burke Powers
Fred Luther
Ted Applequist
Kenneth Sage
Mark Moody
Neumann Fell
Harold Seeger
William Pedersen
Edward Wozesny
Powers
Frank Pfohl
Vern Robinson
Armstrongs and Paris Face YMCA Cage Finals
Armstrongs and Paris academy advance to the YMCA basketball final after double elimination. Armstrongs won 15-13 over Woolworth six and then 20-16 against Paris to reach the final Thursday at 8:00 in the YMCA gymnasium.
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Armstrong's
Paris Academy
Armstrong’s
Woolworth
Paris
Pioneer squad shows balance amid college sports notes
From Idaho comes word that Paul Fidler of McKinley high school excels in swimming at the University of Idaho. He broke the college record in the 50 yard breast stroke as part of the A T O intramural team while Dad Alex remains a boxing referee, though Fidler could surpass him in swimming.
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Idaho
Paul Fidler
McKinley High School
University of Idaho
Dad Alex
Cubs pair Bartell and Galan Near Return After Ailments
Chicago Cubs shortstop Dick Bartell is discharged after a week of care for a sprained ankle with swelling nearly gone. Outfielder Augie Galan, admitted for a knee issue, may be released soon. Neither was expected to play the opener versus the Cincinnati Reds.
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Chicago
Dick Bartell
Chicago Cubs
John F. Davis
Bartell
Davis
Augie Galan
Cub
Cincinnati Reds
Pairings Set For Delaware County Baseball Meet
Draws for the Delaware county tournament in Manchester list eight teams Greeley Colesburg Oneida Dundee Delhi Earlville Manchester Buck Creek. First rounds Thursday April 27 start at 9 a.m. with semis Friday morning and final Friday at 2 p.m. winner advances to the district tournament.
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Delaware County
Delaware County Schoolmasters’ Club
Glen Charies Hotel
Greeley
Colesburg
Oneira
Dundee
Delhi
Earlville
Buck Creek
Oneida
Central City Beats Monticello 6 to 3 in Snowy Tilt
Central City's veteran baseball nine defeated Monticello 6-3 on a snowy Tuesday afternoon. Monticello led 3-1 before Central City responded with three runs in the fifth and two in the sixth. Scheyler allowed five hits and 12 strikeouts for Central City while Siebels fanned nine for Monticello.
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the Gazette
Monticello
Central City
Scheyler
Siebels
Meade Granted License To Ride In New York
New York AP Don Meade, a leading Florida winter jockey, won a license to ride on New York tracks after a jockey club ruling. He had been suspended in New York and Florida for wagering on rival horses, with reinstatement in Florida only on Dec. 19 last year. Meade topped all jockeys at Tropical and Hialeah parks upon returning and signed to ride for trainer George Odom.
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NEW York
Don Meade
Florida
Jockey Club
Meade
Board of Stewards
Tropical
Hialeah Parks
E. K. Bradley
George Odom
Mrs. Stewart
Marshall Field
Robert L. Gerry
Jockey Don Meade Wins NY License Return Ride
Don Meade the veteran jockey was granted a license by the jockey club to ride on New York tracks. He will celebrate his reinstatement Saturday aboard Early Delivery in the Paymonck handicap at Jamaica. Meade was suspended in Florida over two years ago and reinstated there last March after a string of winter victories at Hialeah.
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New York
INS
Don Meade
Jockey Club
Jamaica
Florida
Hialeah
Fire Destroys Section of Des Moines Ball Park
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a 60 foot section of the third base grandstand at the Western league baseball park on Sixth avenue. Firemen estimated damage around $1,000. The burned portion was about one fifth of the stands. The park opened in 1912.
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Des Moines
Sixth Avenue
Son Born To Mr. And Mrs. Elmer Layden
An eight pound son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Layden in St. Josephs hospital in South Bend Indiana on Wednesday. It is the Notre Dame athletic director's third child. An electronic microscope claims magnification up to 20400 times without lenses and 25 times the resolving power of conventional lens microscopes.
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South Bend, Ind
Elmer Layden
St. Joseph's Hospital
Notre Dame
Former Prague Editor to Speak on Munich Pact Effects
Joseph Martinek former Prague editor who fled after the pact will lecture in Czech at C P S S hall Thursday at 8 p m sponsored by the Czech American Alliance No admission fee Informal meeting to follow at Sokol hall The Alliance seeks Juraj Slavik Czechoslovak minister to Poland now in the United States and a close associate of Eduard Benes the former Czechoslovak president now lecturing at Chicago University
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Prague
Martinek
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Delnicke Listy
Cleveland
Ohio
Sokol
Juraj Slavik
Warsaw
Poland
Eduard Benes
Chicago University
Students From School For Blind Performs For Legion
A group from the state school for the blind at Vinton showcased talent at Hanford post American Legion in the armory. The one act play Sod featured Mary Vaper Ruth Lerdel Alvin Claassen and Paul Vander Waal, aided by musical acts from August Visek Juanita Olmstead and Paul Van der Waal. Braille demonstrations by Jane Kurtz Miss Vaper and others complemented the program, which received strong applause.
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State School For the Blind
Vinton
Hanford
School enrollment and program highlights shared at event
Gale Tibbetts and Norma Jane Olson accompanied students at the program. F E Palmer superintendent J L Ryan principal Mary Lou Reeder piano instructor and Irma McAtee English teacher led the event. Palmer noted 197 students enrolled from 75 counties with Linn County sending 16. About 125 students are in music. Industrial arts and music are emphasized within a full curriculum.
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Gale Tibbetts
Norma Jane Olson
F. E. Palmer
J. L. Ryan
Mary Lou Reeder
Irma McAtee
Dairy Dale Young Folk Present Comedy At Bertram Hall
A three act comedy drama by Dairy Dale youth to benefit Bertram Methodist church. Jim Gray plays guardian who plans Paris visit for his ward Missy Brown while George rents rooms to fund his debts. A deaf French guardian returns undercover to uncover the scheme and mischief in the big house.
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Dairy Dale
Bertram Hall
Bertram Methodist Church
Paris
George
Sis Hopkins
Jim Gray
Guardian
Edward Kopecky
Missy Brown
Louise Sundberg
George Forbes
Wayne Sorensen
Odessa
Mary Ann Kubasa
Jack Carson
Herman Nebiker
Nellie Morrow
Norma Sorensen
Sara Jane Larkins
Mary Ann Trestnar
Ma Larkins
Madge Young
Pop Larkins
Sara
Bill Benn
Zeke Stebbins
Dean Nemecek
Louise Neckville
Dairy Dale Hall
Neighbors In Court Hear Test Case On Hog Keeping
In a hog keeping case at police court Judge Powell hears testimony from neighbor complainants and defendant supporters. The matter centers on section 680 prohibiting hogs inside city limits except on land used for agricultural purposes. The case against R L Cornthwaite awaits legal interpretation.
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Harry Johnson
R. L. Cornthwaite
Circle Drive
Cornthwaite
Anna Horval
Joe Horval
Joe Orance
George Blackwell
Horval
Johnson
Thomas B. Powell
Powell
Rumor Czech Plot To Slay Fuehrer
The Daily Mirror reported that several Czechs planned to assassinate Chancellor Adolf Hitler at Wilhelms haven last month, but German secret police stopped the plot by arresting six armed Czechs.
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London
The
Daily Mirror
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Wilhelmshaven
Monsignor August Vojacek to be Honored at Banquet
The Rev. Msgr. August Vojacek of St. Wenceslaus church Cedar Rapids will be invested as a monsignor in Dubuque by Archbishop Beckman. A 1 p.m. banquet at Loras College and a 6:30 p.m. reception at St. Wenceslaus hall will honor him, with local speakers and a toastmaster. He arrived in Cedar Rapids in 1920 and led school expansions and church renovations.
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August Vojacek
St. Wenceslaus
Fifth Street
Dubuque
Francis J. L. Beckman
John Wolfe
Pius XI
Loras College
St. Wenceslaus Hall
Ferdinand Cech
LaCrosse
Wis
Frank Hahn
Thomas Vopotek
Clinton
Procopius Neuzil
Lisle
Vojacek
St. Wenceslaus High School
Buckingham Palace Confirms King George Visit Plans Unchanged
London officials stated there were no changes or immediate plans altered for King George and Queen Elizabeth's upcoming trip to the United States and Canada next month.
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Buckingham Palace
George
Elizabeth
United States
Canada
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