Greenberg Top Pick In 1935 AL Award Balloting
Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers was named the most valuable American League player for 1935 by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Wes Ferrell and Joe Vosmik followed, with 24 players named in total and a wide spread of point totals among top contenders.
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Hank Greenberg
Detroit Tigers
Baseball Writers’ Association of America
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Tigers
Chicago Cubs
Wesley Ferrell
Boston Red Sox
Joe Vosmik
Cleveland Indians
Buddy Myer
Washington
Gehrig
Yankees
Gehringer
Cochrane
Cramer
Athletics
Solters
Browns
Hemsley
Foxx
Bridges
Lyons
White Sox
Grove
Red Sox
Bonura
Appling
Stanwood High To Install New Basketball Floor
Stanwood High School will install a maple basketball floor for the 1935 36 season, finished by Nov 4. Dedication is set for Nov 22 with a double header against Martelle, as Superintendent L F Riecks lists a full schedule of upcoming games and tours through March.
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Gazette
Stanwood
Stanwood High School
Martelle
Supt
L. F. Riecks
Tipton
Jr. Hi
Olin
Clarence
Dic
Bennett
Springdale
Ag Bennett
Oys
Lowden
Wheatland
West Chester and Richland Sweep Ke-Wash Conference Games
West Chester defeated Brighton Bears 6 to 0 as Clymer West Chester back carried in the lone score. Richland crushed Kalona 20 to 0 with scores in the first three quarters. Richland features a fast backfield in the conference standings.
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Wellman
West Chester
Richland
Ke-Wash
Brighton Bears
Clymer
Kalona
T . Krota
Brighton
Oelwein Prepares for Homecoming Battle with East Waterloo
Oelwein high school observes annual homecoming October 26 as its eleven hosts East Waterloo after a preceding float parade. Waterloo boasts one of the state's best teams and includes Flowers and Eikenberry in key roles, while Oelwein relies on its regular lineup following a two week rest.
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Oelwein High School
East Waterloo
Oelwein
Roosevelt High School
Des Moines
Waterloo
Oelwein Huskies
Flowers
Lone Tree Handed Wellman 20 0 in Football Clash
The Wellman Wildcats were shut out 20 to 0 by Lone Tree Friday. Hudcehek scored the first TD from the 6 yard line in the first quarter. Idle blocked a punt for a third quarter TD and later added a 38 yard score. Lone Tree held seven first downs to Wellman five and 168 to 106 total yards. Idle Schrag and Hudeechek starred for Lone Tree while Kehoe and Moothart led Wellman on offense.
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Special Gazette
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Wellman Wildcats
Lone Tree
Hudcewhek
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Wellman
Schrag
Hudeechek
Kehoe
Moothart
Midwest Conference Football Ties Stir as Standings Stay Tight
The Midwest Conference race remains unsettled after last week’s Coe Cornell and Knox Lawrence draws. Knox and Lawrence tied 6 6 while Ripon beat Beloit 21 0 and Monmouth routed Bradley 40 0. Monmouth hosts Cornell while Knox visits Beloit and Ripon plays Lawrence at Appleton with others close behind.
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Loop
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Midwest
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Redmen
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Carleton Veacceast
Laura La Plante Saved From Fire By Her Physician
Laura La Plante the movie actress was rescued from a blaze at her thatched roof cottage near Boxhill England by her physician Dr C E Beare who carried her to safety through French windows before fire crews arrived The cottage called The Thatch in Fredley Park was destroyed though some furniture was saved The fire started from a garden bonfire spark.
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Dorking
England
Laura la Plante
Miss la Plante
Boxhill
James J. Walker
New York
France
C. E. Beare
Mahoney Leads US Fight Against 1936 Olympic Participation
President Jeremiah T. Mahoney of the Amateur Athletic Union emailed German officials that he believes Jews face discrimination and will oppose American participation in the Berlin Games. Other opponents, including William B. Chamberlain of the Fair Play in Sports committee, plan to press Brig. Gen. Sherill to join the protest.
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Jeremiah T. Mahoney
Amateur Athletic Union
William B. Chamberlain
Committee On Fair Play
United States
Charles H. Sherill
Europe
Sherill
Mountain Lakes
N. J
Charles S. McFarland
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Mahoney
Supreme Court
Theodore Sewald
Louisville Wife Found Slain on Highway in Kentucky
The broken body of Evelyn Sliwinsky, 20, wife of Louis ville tailor Paul Sliwinsky, lay in a morgue after being found in a highway pool of blood early Sunday. Police, with little clue, questioned the husband who denied involvement. coroner suspects beating and run over by a car.
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Louisville
Evelyn Sliwinsky
John M. Keaney
Paul Sliwinsky
Woman Peacemaker And Baby Son Shot In Kentucky Killings
Hardin county officers hunt John Coffman 40 after the fatal shooting of Anna Smallwood Keith 20 and her 11 month old son Charles at their Elizabethtown home. The woman tried to intervene between her husband and another man during a quarrel.
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Louisville
Hardin County
John Coffman
Anna Smallwood Keith
Charles
Elizabethtown
Arthur Henderson Dies Unaware of War at 72
London AP report says Arthur Henderson, 72, longtime peace advocate and president of the world disarmament conference, died Sunday night in a west end nursing home. He had not read a newspaper for six weeks and his lifelong crusade was sparked by his eldest son's World War death.
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London
Arthur Henderson
East Africa
West End
Henderson
NRA Issue Revived By Labor's Stand
Washington AP reports labor action by the American Federation of Labor to sustain NRA wage and hour principles reopens debate on the program. Congressional leaders say outcomes hinge on business response in upcoming conferences led by George L. Berry assessing employer sentiment.
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Washington
NRA
American Federation of Labor
George L. Berry
Berry
Pebbles Mark Graves in Solonika Hebrew Cemetery
At the Solonika Hebrew cemetery in Greece visitors leave pebbles on tombs as a sign of respect for the dead.
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Salonika
Greece
Iowa-Panthers clash forecast sparks grid chatter
Pittsburgh coach Jack Sutherland forecasts a 7 to 0 Iowa win over Iowa, while college football trends show Puritan reform efforts faltering as Penn and other programs face changing roles. Wisconsin struggles under Clarence Spears continue amid coach turnover rumors and a rash of recent losses.
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Illinois
Jack Sutherland
Pittsburgh Panthers
Hiinels
Iowa
Sutherland
City Briefs And Personals In Local Court Fines
Plate dinner 35 cents First Lutheran Tuesday. Andy Barnes 57 Independence fined 25 for intoxication in police court. Orval Hogan 49 Two Harbors Minn and B F Jenkins 1130 Fifth St NW fined 10 and costs. Kenneth McChesney 30 Marion fined 25 for reckless driving. George Smith 2700 A Ave NE and Delmar Woods Tipton fined 10 and costs for speeding. R L Harman 1018 A Ave NE fined 2 for double parking. James Trewin 1950 Fourth Ave SE W J Carlson 129 Second St NW and Leroy Johnson 842 A Ave NE fined 1 each. T Davis 1614 C St SW fined 1 for overtime parking.
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Andy Barnes
Independence
Orval Hogan
Two Harbors
Minn
B. F. Jenkins
Fifth Street NW
Kenneth McChesney
Marion
George Smith
Delmar Woods
Tipton
R. L. Harman
James Trewin
Fourth Avenue SE
W. J. Carlson
Second Street NW
Leroy Johnson
Firemen battle blaze at two city sites overnight
Firefighters responded at 1 40 a m Monday to the plumbing shop of E L Dieman at 217 B avenue NW where a pilot light ignited the wall. Damage was slight. The department was also called at midnight Sunday to leaves burning on Seven teenth street between First and Second avenues SE.
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E. L. Dieman
B Avenue NW
Seventeenth Street
First
Second Avenues
Deputy Marshal Returns from Federal Court With Counterfeit Suspects
Joseph A. Petrus, United States deputy marshal, returned Sunday from Sioux City where he attended federal court. In his custody on the trip back to Cedar Rapids was Glen Ilgen fritz who was sentenced to six months in Linn county jail after pleading guilty to attempting to pass counterfeit coins. Ray Hauser pled guilty to the same charge and was sentenced to 18 months in Leavenworth penitentiary, according to Petrus.
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Joseph A. Petrus
United States
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Glen Ilgenfritz
Linn County
Ray Hauser
Igenfritz
Leavenworth
Petrus
Ethiopians threaten retaliation over bullets and gas
The Ethiopian legation in London charged Italy with using poison gas and dumdum explosive bullets against Ethiopian troops women children and animals. They warned that continuing such measures could provoke retaliatory savage action by Ethiopian forces against Italian prisoners.
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London
INL
Legation
Arrests Made In Local And Mount Vernon Breakin Cases
Leo Pisny aged 19 of Otis road SE was jailed at 12 30 p m by Deputy Sheriff Dick Payn on a larceny from a building charge. The case ties three recent breakins at automotive parts shops in Mount Vernon and Cedar Rapids to Pisny.
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Leo Pisny
Otis Road SE
Dick Payn
Pisny
Payn
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Egyptian capital fed by first Ethiopian air link
Henri de Vilmorin, explorer and journalist, arrives in Addis Ababa aboard a Beechcraft bi plane with Rene Crouillet as Charles Robinson greets the first American aircraft there. De Vilmorin says Egypt swarms with British troops and notes Italian warplanes in the area while he flew from Djibouti to avoid them.
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H. R. Knickerbocker
Addis Ababa
INS
Henri de Vilmorin
Rene Crouillet
de Vilmorin
Ethiopia
Charles Robinson
Robinson
International
Paris
Egypt
Djibouti
Additive Flight Over Addis Ababa Rails Noted
The text describes an Italian Caproni bomber flying over Awash on the Addis Ababa railway line. Its altitude was so high that few residents noticed the aircraft. The commander of the Italian air forces at Assab, Eritrea, is mentioned in relation to the mission.
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Addis Ababa
Caproni
Assab
Eritrea
Awash
Local Man Fined for Reckless Driving in Cedar Rapids
Russell Robert Jones of Cedar Rapids was fined 100 dollars and costs in district court by Judge H. C. Ring for reckless driving. A 30 day county jail sentence awaits unpaid fines, with payment due by October 31. Jones had pleaded not guilty to a drunk driving charge on May 18 but pled guilty to reckless driving Monday after the state accepted the plea. The charge stemmed from a May 13 incident when a truck driven by Jones went into a ditch five miles east of Cedar Rapids on highway 30.
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Russell Robert Jones
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Ring
Jones
Halverson Given Suspended Sentence In B & E Case
Harry Halverson aged 50 of 606 Sixth Avenue SE withdrew a not guilty plea and pled guilty to breaking and entering. He admitted entering a house occupied by Mrs. Bertha Powers at 520 Eighth Avenue SE on October 15 and taking several household articles. The court suspended a one year county jail sentence during good behavior.
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Harry Halverson
Sixth Avenue SE
H. C. Ring
Halverson
Bertha Powers
Eighth Avenue SE
Boone Faces Sentence For Cedar Rapids Grocery Break In
Judge H. C. Ring in district court overruled the defense motion for a new trial in the case against Robert Boone a 23 year old Cedar Rapids man. Boone was convicted Oct 10 by a district court jury on a breaking and entering charge and a sentence date was set for Thursday. The defendant was accused of entering the C H Britten grocery at 600 Seventeenth Street NE on September 12.
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H. C. Ring
Robert Boone
Cedar Rapids
Boone
Ring
C. H. Britten
Seventeenth Street
General Greely Arctic Hero of Eighties Dies
Maj. Gen. Adolphus W. Greely, 91, famed Arctic explorer and Civil War veteran, died at Walter Reed after a two week illness. He led 25 men to 1881 84 Arctic survival and later received the congressional medal of honor. Father of six, funeral plans pending.
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Washington
INS
Adolphus W. Greely
Walter Reed Hospital
Arctic
Greely
Congress
Signal Corps
Weather Bureau
Army
San Francisco
Gen. Greely
Williams Sees Jobs Replacing Relief
Aubrey Williams acting works progress administrator urged states to replace federal relief with jobs for the unemployables. With six states already cutting dole the work relief program is expected to liquidate relief administrations in most states by November.
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Washington
Aubrey Williams
Works Progress Administrator
Williams
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