Fette and Monarchs to Clash at Hill Park Thursday
Lou Fette, winner of his 20th game for the Boston Braves, will start for the all stars against the Kansas City Monarchs at Hill park Thursday. Fette, 30, capped the season with a 6 0 shutout of Philadelphia and may face a strong Negro league lineup led by Johnny Mize, Gus Kampouris and Rollie Hemsley. Feller will not pitch but will be seen warming up on the coaching lines.
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Lou Fette
Boston Braves
Hill Park
Bob Feller
Kansas City Monarchs
Fette
Phillies
Boston
Cliff Melton
Giants
Bees
Melton
Len Warneke
Ace
Cardinals
Mace Brown
Pittsburgh
Monarchs
Kansas City
Raiders
Johnny Mize
Gus Kampouris
Reds
Rollie Hemsley
Browns
Feller
Siv
Carl Hubbell
Low Fette
Jim Turner
Boston Bees
Low Warneke
Hubbell
Warneke
Gehringer Medwick Win Batting Crowns
New York AP Detroit star Charlie Gehringer claims the American League batting title with a .369 average surpassing Luke Appling. Joe Medwick of the St. Louis Cardinals tops the National League at .374. Carl Hubbell leads NL pitching with 22 wins. Johnny Allen of Cleveland wins 15 games in the AL.
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New York
Detroit
Charlie Gehringer
St. Louis Cardinals
Joe Medwick
Gehringer
Luke Appling
White Sox
Medwick
Paul Waner
Pirates
King
Carl Hubbell
Giants
Johnny Allen
Cleveland
Allen
Jake Wade
Tigers
Southpaw
Bell
Browns
DiMaggio
Yankees
Greenberg
Vaughan
di Maggio
Stone
Senators
Kreevich
Galan
Cubs
Chapman
Red Sox
Marengo Independents Win 16 of 21 in 1937 Season
Marengo baseball independents posted a .762 winning percentage with 16 victories in 21 games. They scored 171 runs, averaging just over eight per game, while holding opponents to about four and a half per contest.
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Marengo
Marengo Baseball Independents
Atkina
Walford
Atkins
Reunion of Coe football players from 1920s urged by Steve Taber
A letter from Steve Taber of Hubbard Iowa requests help organizing a reunion of Coe College The Crimson football squads of 1920 21 and 22 for Homecoming October 16 with Cornell as the opponent Taber has already contacted several former players and asks others to reach Eich erly 2035 Park Ave SE or Collins 829 Eighth Ave SE for coordination In baseball news the pennant race shows the Yankees Tigers and White Sox leading in order with Cleveland Beaton Washington and St Louis making notable moves.
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Steve Taber
Hubbard
Iowa
Coe
Crimson
Cornell
Steve
Ray Lamb
Boone
H. E. “Buzz” Vernimont
Riverside
Clayton Sutherland
Mason City
Harold Turner
Des Plaines
Ill
Merle “Midge” Makeover
Davenport
Jack Pence
Mitchellville
Raleigh Holt
Trinidad
Colo
Bruce West
Harold Skinner
T. G
Jack Eicherly
George Collins
Cedar Rapids
Eicherly
Park Avenue SE
Collins
Eighth Avenue
Yankees
Tigers
White Sox
Cleveland
Beaton
Athletics
Browns
Philadelphia
Washington
St. Louis
Viewing the Field by Leo Lucas Highlights Prep Football and League Changes
The column notes near equal Iowa City Wilson Town City football 7 7 with similar downs and yardage, and surveys Iowa Valley league standings. It covers Dubuque East Waterloo title chances, Franklin Davenport race, and upcoming Massillon Massillon Massillon games, plus new prep basketball conferences and the value of league titles and trophies.
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Iowa City
Wilson- Town City
Wilson
Hawkeye Town
Dubuque High School
East Waterloo
Rams
Mississippi Valley
Davenport
Franklin
Dubuque
McKinley
Thunderbolts
Massillon
Roosevelt
Des Moines
Radio Schedules and Programs line up by time
A dense listing shows 2:00 PM to 10:30 PM radio program slots across networks NBC CBS WABC WEAF WJZ and more. It names shows like The O Neills Backstage Wife Your News Parade and music acts, with a mix of orchestras and talks.
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WBC
Epittlefe Youns
T Button
Bliss
CBS
WABC
Teany ‘Shlaren
MBC
WEAP
the O’neills
NBC
Nery Lee Taylor
WBBM
KMOX
Hi Boye
Koe
Jinate Amenyal To
Big Stee
WBEM
Edward MacHugh
Slnser
WIZ Chain
WEAF
Dr. John
Bonnell
WBAM
WOC
WCCO
International
Alan
Chiefs of
Po Ie
Weaf Chain
WJZ
Dan Harding
Hollywood
WEBM
New York
Merad-Tribune Forum
Wallace
Hugh Johnson
Ben
Arthur H. Vandenbere
Homer Martin
Phillip F la Folletti
Frank Kent
NEC
WJZ Chain
the Wise Man
Dalton Brothers
Ma Perkins
NBG
Vic and Sade
WHBM _KMOX
Nellie
Revell
Stoopnagle
Budd
Jack Meakin
Williams Sisters
Harmony
INBC
Top Hatters Orch
Weaf -Nat
Samuel Dickstein
Amos
Andy
Vivian Della Chiesa
Jonn Ae Ee
Morgan Ohnn
Vass Family
Manny Prager
Wdz Chain
al Pearce
Rueres
Holt Arch
XMOX
Hollywood Geral Gras
Lanny Ross
Charles Butterworth
Florence George
Jane Rhodes
Don Wilson
Raymond Paige
Ben Berinic
Duan Hernandez
Good Time Society
Orch
New York Herald
Bee
Francis
Sayre
Clyde Faiieton
Edwin Borchard
Yale Law School
Nenny Goodman Orch
WARC
WRBM
Wcca
Tomy Fidler
Mollywood
Ernest Groves
P. B. Kelly
Breese Ore
Weaf Chem
Comany Dersey Orch
Emery Deutsch Orch
Rane Varzos
George Olsen
Warbc Mooc
Jerts Blaine
NBCI
Grorce Dully
CES
Wascg Woc
Supt Nielsen Heads New Prep Conference Formed
A five school prep conference already formed includes Winthrop Aurora Quasqueton Brandon and Rowley. Boys and girls teams will play two games against each other conference member. Supt Nielsen of Quasqueton schools is president with Supt Bower of Brandon as secretary. Turkey and Iraq plan railway extension from Diyarbekir to the Iraq border linking with Iraqi lines to Mosul.
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Winthrop
Aurora
Quasqueton
Brandon
Rowley
Supt. Nielsen
Quasqueton Schools
Supt Bower
Turkey
Iraq
Diyarbekir
Mosul
Old Omaha Plant Burned In $50 000 Fire
An investigation into the origin of a $50,000 fire at the abandoned Stroud Red Wagon Manufacturing plant was underway by city officials. The blaze Sunday destroyed the building and damaged a nearby cereal company. Firemen saved a 10,000 gallon gasoline storage plant.
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Omaha
INS
Stroud Red Wagon Manufacturing Company
Iowa State To Face Nebraska This Weekend
Nebraska prepares to shock the Iowa State Cyclones at Ames next Saturday after a 14 to 9 win over Minnesota. Eldon McIlravy, a sophomore fullback from Tecumseh, Neb., is reportedly recovering with no paralysis and is expected to play again.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Cornhuskers
Golden Minnesota Gopher
Iowa State
Ames
Eldon McIlravy
Tecumseh
Earl N. Deppen
Huskers
Minnesota
Golden Avalanche
Norsemen
Four Umpires Named For World Series
New York report says National league umpires George Barr and William Stewart and American league officials Emmett Ormsby and Steve Basil were selected as the World Series umpires. Commissioner K M Landis announced the appointment Monday.
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New York
George Barr
William Stewart
Emmett Ormsby
Steve Basil
The
American
K. M. Landis
State Association Of Building Trades Councils Formed
A state association of building trades councils was organized at a Sunday meeting with delegates from Waterloo Burlington Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. Cedar Rapids will host headquarters as Warren Hassler was elected state representative with Goerdt and Hendrickson on the delegation. The new state president is C. H. Atwood of Des Moines. The councils cover all building crafts except carpenters.
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Association of
Building Trades Councils
Waterloo
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Warren Hassler
Second Avenue SE
Building Trades Council
Hassler
Frank Goerdt
Elmer Hendrickson
C H Sewell
C. H. Atwood
PWA Grant Substantial Sum for City Police Building
The Public Works Administration delivered 12545.40 dollars to city hall on Monday to offset part of the new police station and jail cost. This amount equals thirty five percent of the total grant with a similar remaining balance still due from the government, per Finance Commission member L. D. Burgus.
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Santa Claus
Public Works Administration
L. D. Burgus
Woman Hits Stop Sign After Following Orders
Mrs. R. I. Hanson of Central City followed a state patrol officers instruction during a driver's license test and stopped at an arterial stop sign at Fourth avenue and First street SW. She struck the sign causing about $25 damage to her car and the sign.
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R. I. Hanson
Central City
Jealousy Suspected in Double Slaying in Queens
Police probe jealousy as a possible motive after Frances Hajek 18 and Lewis Weiss 20 are found shot in a parked car in Hollis woods Queens. The deaths show both victims shot in the head with Hajek also stabbed. lipstick marks and red circles on foreheads noted by investigators.
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New York
Pélice
Frances Hajek
Lewis
Weiss
Holls Woods
Queens
Miss Hajek
Howard Neail
Lands Flooded Last February Produce Bountiful Crops
Charleston Missouri Eight months after the Birds Point New Madrid floodway was flooded to save Cairo farmers report bumper yields. Fields grow cotton and corn with up to 101 bushels per acre as residents rebuild in tents or salvaged shelters.
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Charleston
Birds Point
New Madrid
Cairo
Missouri
U. S. Army
Wapello Boy Freddy Franklin Dies After Illness
Freddy Franklin six was found dead in bed Monday after a Sunday illness. An autopsy did not reveal the cause of death and the body will be sent to Iowa City for further examination.
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Wapello
Freddy Franklin
Iowa City
Fifty second wedding anniversary for Rowland and Margaret Rees
Columbus Junction residents celebrate the fifty second wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Rees with relatives at their home four miles southwest of Columbus City. Rees, born on the family farm, and Margaret Humphreys of Wales have eleven children across the United States, with several grandchildren.
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Columbus Junction
Rowland Rees
Columbus City
Rees
Edgar
Elmer Lennon
North Liberty
True Blue
Methodist Church
Preston Harris
R. I. Snavely
White Laren
Anna Jewell
Frankie Fulton
J. W Newgard
Grace Reformed Church
C. W. Preffer
The
Presbyterian Church
Mold
North Wales
Jewell
Wilton Junction
David Knowles
Mississippi River
Appointment of Jewish law clerk amid diverse aides to Justice Black
Washington dispatch reports Justice Black on the Supreme Court bench with a Jewish law clerk Jerome A. Cooper of Brookewood Alabama, a Black secretary Mils Anne Butt who is Catholic, and Leon H. Smallwood as the Negro messenger marking ironic balance for a former Ku Klux Klansman.
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Washington
INS
Justice Black
Black
Former South Dakota Official Pleads Guilty to Theft
Former lieutenant governor Robert Peterson of Centerville, South Dakota, pleaded guilty to federal embezzlement charges totaling more than $150,000 from the closed First National Bank of Centerville. Judge A. Lee Wyman sentenced him to three years in Leavenworth federal penitentiary.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Robert Peterson
Centersville
First National Bank of
Centerville
A. Lee Wyman
Leavene Worth Federal Penitentiary
Cleaners And Dyers Sponsor Meeting For Store Employees
Dr. W. E. Coughlin of Washington represents Celanese Corporation of America to discuss Celanese handling at a meeting of 150 department store and dress shop employees. The event Tuesday night at the Montrose hotel starts with dinner at 6 30 pm and is sponsored by the Iowa Cleaners and Dyers association with the Linn County Cleaners and Dyers association. Guests are expected from Cedar Rapids area stores.
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W. E. Coughlin
Washington, D.C
Celanese Corporation of America
Montrose Hotel
Iowa Cleaners and Dyers Association
Linn County Cleaners and Dyers Association
Cedar Rapids
Potato Growers Vote For Market Control
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced that preliminary referendum returns show more than three fourths of potato producers in three commercial late potato areas favor marketing agreements and orders to regulate handling of the crop.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Chinese Warn Ships In Chefoo Harbor
Shanghai dispatch reports Chefoo authorities ordered five American warships and all other craft to leave Chefoo Harbor within two days to prevent Japanese entry by blowing up the mole.
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Shanghai
INS
Cheefoo
Here
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Springville
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