Athletes Ready For Big Meet
Sixty colleges nominate for the sixtieth annual national collegiate individual track championships with all Big Ten and Missouri Valley schools represented. Wisconsin sends the largest squad of post-winners at 14 led by Captain Chuck McGinnis as he chases a new high jump mark this week. Illinois, fresh Big Ten champion, fields all event winners while Stanford's Coach Templeton plans to send top field men after last weekend's Pacific meet.
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Big Ten
Missouri Valley
Wisconsin
Chuck” McGinnis
Illinois
Templeton
Stanford
Obituary and Fatal Crashes Reported in Iowa
Marshalltown native and railroad executive Charles H. Acher died in Chicago at 71 and will be buried in Iowa. In Des Moines two separate crashes killed Adelaide Harbach 20 and Mrs C S Byrkit 80, while Sam Carlisle of Omaha was fatally injured when their car overturned. Byrkit died at a street crossing.
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Charles H. Acher
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Iowa Central
Chicago
Des Moines
Adelaide Harbach
C. S. Byrkit
Sam Carlisle
Omaha
Harbach
Carlisle
Byrkit
Des Moines Signs Notre Dame Baseball Football Star for Tryout
Des Moines Western League club signs Harry O Boyle a Notre Dame outfielder for a tryout. John Craven of Des Moines University also signed as third baseman. Other brief items note the death of George Jepson former Sioux City district judge and attorney. a jewelry store robbery in Chicago. a steam roller accident near Keokuk. the death of Mrs Nancy Moore at 100. and Moose convention delegates opening in Cedar Rapids with remarks by local and national leaders.
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Des Moines
Harry O’boyle
Notre Dame
Western League
John Craven
Des Moines University
Elso
Sioux City
George Jepson
Lodge Meetings And Notices In Local Advertiser
Salvage work on the German battleship Hindenburg in Scapa Flow involves divers patching 700 holes. The 27 000 ton cruiser is estimated to hold 6000 tons of water. influenza peak typically hits in weeks nine or ten, with a low around weeks 35–36. Wm. Penn cigars sell for five cents.
Doctor Termed Science Martyr
New York, June 6. Dr Abraham Zingher a noted bacteriologist was found dead in his New York City laboratory asphyxiated by gas from a Bunsen burner tube. Friends call him a martyr to science as investigators seek the cause of death and note his recent work on scarlet fever immunization. He was 42 and had earlier suffered facial paralysis. his wife found him slumped at his work surrounded by test tubes and notes.
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New York
Abraham Zingher
Zingher
Thomas Gonzales
Physician and instructor at Polyclinic and Post Graduate hospital
A medical professional served as pediatric instructor at Post Graduate hospital and taught at Polyclinic hospital. He supervised bacteriological laboratories in France during World War I.
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Polyclinic Hospital
France
Open Meet Attracts Record Golf Entrants In Chicago Area
About 156 players across 17 cities competed to reach 110 spots for the national open at Oakmont next week. Bobby Jones of Atlanta defends the title as 77 holes test the field. Park Ridge led with 115 entrants for 15 spots, Pittsburgh had 113 for 14, and the metro area had 111 for 14.
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Chicago
Bobby Jones
Atlanta
Oakmont Club
Pittsburgh
Park Ridge Golf Club
Golf Accidents Third In Sport
Hartford news reports Golf ranks third in sports accidents behind baseball and hunting. Travelers Insurance analyzed 33,303 incidents costing 4.46 million dollars last year, finding 451 golf mishaps and 61,995 dollars paid, the largest payout by sport. Twelve injuries at the nineteenth hole involved sharp instruments labeled bottles.
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Hartford
Conn
Travelers’ Insurance Company
France Japan Flight Failure Ends Attempt to Tokio
Captain Rignot and Dieudonne Coste, French long distance flyers, took off from Le Bourget for a two lap air journey to Tokio. They were forced to descend at Tajéil in the Ural mountains after 29% hours of flight, according to a message received by the aeronautic bureau.
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Paris
Rignot
Dieudonne Coste
LeBourget
Tokio
Tajéil
Ural Mountains
Aeronautic Bureau
Ministry of Commerc
Record Flyers Aim for Siberia After Paris to Persia Run
Rignot and Coste sought a new nonstop mark in the long distance race toward Chita Siberia after the 3,313 mile Paris to Persia record. They flew about 3,000 miles but were surpassed by Captain Lindbergh who set the New York to Paris record.
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Rignot and
Coste
Paris
Persia
Lindbergh
New York
Chita
Siberia
Dickens Garret Of Dorrit Found In London Printery
The garret where Dickens conceived Little Dorrit is located in a building now housing a London printer. The feature notes the well known author and his famous character in a concise historical note.
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Charles Dickens
Little Dorrit
London
Marriage License Dramatic Choice Drives Wanda Heriot
Wanda Heriot faces a moral no win choice between love and her son or personal happiness in the Fox Films drama Marriage License shown at the Strand today and Tuesday. Alma Rubens shines as Wanda with Walter McGrail as Marcus Heriot and Walter Pidgeon as Paul Lauzon in a tale of divorce, disownment, and contested heritage adapted from The Pelican stage hit.
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Wanda Heriot
Fox Films
Strand Theater
Alma Rubens
Wanda
Walter McGrail
Marcus Heriot
Walter Pidgeon
Paul Lauzon
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