Olympic committee plans money raise for Japan visit
Brietz reports on American Olympic Committee talks as they plan fundraising for the team’s trip to Japan. The piece mentions bonuses for coaches Frank Thoma and Stub Allison, plus various sports figures and upcoming events, with scattered notes on figures like Eddie Briez and Joe Louis.
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Thomas
Allison
Japan
Joe Louis
Madison
Wis
Pasadena
Frank Thoma
Stub Allison
Smith
St. Luke's Hospital
Chicago
French Lick
Ind
Henry Armstrong
Coast
Enrico Venturi
Be James oy and dog birth five pups on hunt
Athens Alabama January 8 special report says attorney Be James oy, son of the late Bishop J. H. McCoy, was hunting when his setter gave birth to five healthy pups. The next day two more healthy pups arrived, making a total of seven.
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Athens
Ala
Be- James - Oy
Young
Young McCoy
J. H. McCoy
Southern Methodist Church
Standard Drivers' License Law Asked
A campaign for a standard drivers license law requiring tests was voted today by the board of managers of the Alabama congress of parents and teachers. Mrs. H. G. Dowling of Tuscaloosa was named head of a committee to lead the drive, with members George Benton of Birmingham and others from Montgomery Auburn.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Congress of Parents and Teachers
H. G. Dowling
Tuscaloosa
George Benton
Birmingham
James Fitts Hall
R. B. Ehowalter
Auburn
Albert Thomas
Funeral services held for Paul Roe former Montgomery resident
Funeral services for Paul Roe TT a former Montgomery center who died in Memphis Tennessee will be held here today. He moved to Memphis about six years ago. Survivors include a daughter Williamson of Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Ala
Paul Roe
Montgomery Centor
Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Williamson
Mont
Hiccups Stopped by Fright Idea Declared All Wet
Philadelphia resident Pasquale Roll who has hiccoughs for eight days after an automobile accident says the plan of frightening the hiccupper to end the fit is all wrong. He advocates medical consultation for persistent hiccups.
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Philadelphia
Pasquale Roll
Tales in Tidbits on Baseball Big Business and Labor
New York dispatch notes Roosevelt urging cooperation between business and labor as baseball negotiates player holdsouts. It observes players bargaining skills, pay trends, and notable examples like Edd Roush and Lou Gehrig, noting patterns of wage disputes, incentives, and contract economics in the sport.
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New York
Roosevelt
Pro Golfers Hit Sub Par Totals in Open at Los Angeles
In the Los Angeles Open at Griffith Park, Jimmy Thomson and Willie Goggin led a field of 24 pros with sub par rounds at Wilson 71 and Harding 72. Goggin and Thomson carded 65s, three strokes ahead of a group including Bruce McCormick, Henry Picard, Harold McSpaden, and Islay Mangrum as the second round opened.
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Griffith Park
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Jimmy Thomson
Willie Goggin
San Francisco
Goggin
Thomson
Bruce McCormick
Henry Picard
Hershey
Harold McSpaden
Winchester
Mass
Islayd Mangrum
Dayton
Ed Kubale to coach Southwestern football
Ed Kubale will become head football coach and athletics director at Southwestern College on March 1. The Centre College standout and 1929 coach at Centre signed a three year contract, succeeding R C Shorty Propst who resigned after three years.
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Tenn
Ed Kubale
Centre College
Praying Colonels
Southwestern College
Charles E. Diehl
Southwestern
Kubale
Centre
Fort Smith
Ark
R. C
Shorty) Propst
Southwestern Athletics
Apostoli Stuns Freddie Steele In Garden Bout
In a decisive 9th round stoppage at Madison Square Garden, light heavyweight contender Demetri Apostoli overwhelmed Freddie Steele despite a low punch that referee Arthur Donovan briefly halted the fight for. Apostoli, 161 1 2 pounds, claimed a title fight and vented relief at ending Steele’s momentum.
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California
Someree
Marcel Thil
Europe
Thil
Paris
France
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Apostoli
Steele
Arthur Donovan
New Menace from West Challenges Riggs in Miami Finals
Coral Gables Fla Jan 8 18 year old Frank Kovacs of Oakland Calif emerged to challenge Bobby Riggs for the Miami Biltmore tennis final as Brits Bitsy Grant awaited in the other half. Grant had defeated Elwood Cooke in straight sets the day before.
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Fla
West
Donald Budge
Bobby Riggs
Bitsy Grant
Miami Biltmore
Riggs
Atlanta
Atom
Grant
Frank Kovacs
Oakland
Cal
Elwood Cooke
Portland
Ore
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Tulane Beats Tide Handily in Alabama Rematch
Tulane defeated Alabama 24 to 19 in the opener yesterday with Pare Neyland and Harmon leading the Greenies, while Alabama played shorthanded without Perron Shoemaker who was injured in football. Sophomore Roberson led Alabama in scoring as Tulane pulled away in the second half.
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Ala
Alabama
Tulane
Greenies
Tidesmen
Perron Shoemaker
Pasadena
Pare
Neyland
Harmon
Roberson
Fighters Knock Each Other Out In Salisbury Bout
Referee Ed Brockman said he witnessed a first when Norris Polk of Salisbury and Baker of Baltimore knocked each other out simultaneously in a six round semi final. They toppled twice in the first round and both lay unconscious for five minutes before Brockman ruled it a draw.
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Salisbury
Ed Brockman
Baltimore
Norris Polk
Baker
Brockman
Lunch Plans Cross States Like Telegraph Lines
Lowell Mellett former Washington editor hurried to the phone after Washington called. A friend invited lunch awaiting his return to the capital. unaware Mellett was 3,500 miles away the friend had his secretary try for a connect.
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Portland
Ore
Lowell Mellett
Washington, D. C
Washington
Mellett
Daily Cross Word Clues Summary
Puzzle clues list with numbers and phrases such as nostrils puts off delighted corn pastry poetic form dessert of India form of the green tree verb to be striped a light boat appearance a lump of in wood earth southern barrier constella pronoun symbol for deal again radium.
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India
Expansion talk for Southeastern Baseball League gains pace
Expansion of the Southeastern Baseball League into eight clubs will be discussed at a January 23 or 30 meeting in Selma Alabama. Maurice I. Bloch president says optimism high for adding Gadsden and Anniston while Montgomery Selma Mobile Pensacola Jackson Meridian are in the loop.
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Ala
Southeastern Baseball League
Selma
Stuart X. Stephenson
Stephenson
Gadsden and Anniston
Maurice I. Bloch
Southeastern
Montgomery
Mobile
Alabama
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Fla
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Wally Dashiell
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C. C.inge
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Bloch
Golfers urged to swing true not twist clubs
Lew Lehr and a group of newsreel editors golf weekly despite weather. Lehr notes clubs should hit straight. many players twist the club to compensate for angles. He recalls manufacturers once built angled faces to fix faults, now largely eliminated.
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Alex Morrison
Lew Lehr
Newsreel
Lehr
Jack Painter
John Kuhn
Ed Reek
Bill Storz
Lew
Good Balance
King Features Inc
Monsky to Take Course in Bonds
Tuscaloosa Alabama January 8 Leroy Monsky All America guard and captain of Alabama football will leave the university after midterm examinations to take a special course in bonds at Baltimore. He plans to enter the bonding business at Birmingham after completing the course. He may return later to finish the half semester needed for a diploma.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Leroy. Monsky
Alabama
Baltimore
Birmingham
Monsky
Party Dinner to Net Large Sum
Democratic party leaders predicted attendance of 200 to 500 at Alabama's Jackson Day dinner in Montgomery. The event drew added interest from the state Democratic executive committee and the Alabama Probate Judges Association meetings. Senator Walter F. George of Georgia heads the speaker list with prominent Alabama Democrats set to speak and William S. Pritchard of Birmingham as toast master.
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Montgomery
Ala
Democratic Party
Alabama
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Alabama Probate Judges Association
Walter F. George
D.ga
R. T. Goodwyn, Jr
Williams. Pritchard
Birmingham
Three year old John Merlin Brown smokes in Maryland store
In Berlin Maryland a 3-year-old named John Merlin Brown sat on a box and puffed a corncob pipe while his mother Mrs John Brown shopped. She says the boy has smoked since 18 months old and bought him a five cent cigar to smoke after dinner.
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Berlin
John Merlin Brown
John Brown
Tax Officials Threaten Drive After Hall Fine
State tax officials warned of a drive against sales tax violators after Isaac Hall, a restaurateur, was fined 500 dollars and costs for failing to file state sales tax returns. H R. Stone of the tax commission labeled Hall’s case aggravated.
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Birmingham
Ala
Isaac Hall
H. R. Stone
The
Tax Commission
Hall
University of Alabama midterms begin this week
Mid-term examinations started at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa today and will run through January 22. Second semester registration is set for January 24 and 25 with classes resuming January 26.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Olympic Fund-Runding Plan For 1940 Tokyo Team
The American Olympic Association executive committee in New York considers raising about 400000 to finance the 1940 Tokyo Olympic team. Brundage notes the NCAA and Amateur Athletic Union have laid groundwork while colleges gain equal representation. A plan to share fundraising among A A U colleges and NC A A is discussed to avoid last minute drives.
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New York
Tokyo
U. S
Amateur Athletic Union
Avery “Bundage
Olympic Association
A. U
A. A
Brundage
Schmeling to Decide on Next Bout Before Louis Clash
Max Schmeling says he will decide after the January 30 bout with Ben Foord whether to stage another match prior to facing Joe Louis for the heavyweight title next summer. Both fighters opened training quarters in Hamburg with Schmeling at Friedrichsruh and Foord arriving with three English spar-mates to train.
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Germany
Max Schmeling
Ben Foord
Joe Louis
der Maxie
Hamburger Hanseaten Hall
Harry Thomas
New York
Madison Square Garden
Louis
Foord
Friedrichsruh
Here
Malvern
London
Wayman's Chapel A M E Church Services January 9 1937
The Wayman's Chapel A M E Church at 508 West Church Street invites attendance for church school at 9 45 a m preaching at 11 a m bond construction services at 3 p m with Principal W J Wilson as principal speaker Epworth League at 6 p m and preaching services at 7 p m on Sunday January 9 1937.
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W. J. Wilson
Epworth League
Church Services Tonight With Two Sermons
At 11 a m worship centers on The Lost Book. The youth program B Y P U meets at 5 30 p m. Evening service at 7 30 p m titled The Stairway To Heaven.
M'Cullough Home Damaged by Fire
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McCulloch on Prospect Drive was heavily damaged by a fire Friday afternoon after two o'clock. No one was home when the blaze started, thought to have arisen from falling live coals. The contents suffered extensive smoke and flame damage.
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Ernest McCulloch
Prospect Drive
Truck Crashes Into Filling Station Demolishing Wall
John Shumake at his Chicago filling station found only one wall remaining after a large transport truck plowed into the building while he tended the furnace. No further details on casualties or cause are provided.
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Chicago
John Shumake
Vault combination found after 30 years in Colorado Springs
In Colorado Springs the county superintendent of schools' office vault had not been locked for three decades. The unused combination was discovered in a drawer during furniture rearrangement, revealing a long neglected access point.
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Colorado Springs
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