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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1931
Page
7
The article highlights W. L. Stribling age twenty six a leading heavy weight hopeful with about 800 fights. It notes his marriage a son and 800 plus flight hours owning a fourth plane and overseeing a 1500 acre Georgia plantation with cotton sugar cane and corn. It mentions three trips to Europe.
Sonja Henie the Norwegian skating star announces retirement from amateur skating and will not compete in the American winter Olympic games. She plans to pursue tennis, noting her parents' weariness from travel and her own recent third prize in the Norwegian ladies' championship.
Nearly all of Newmarket England's 8 000 residents depend on racing for livelihoods. About fifty training establishments operate in or near the town and approximately 1 200 horses are trained there.
Winter demands on the battery and ignition system rise as engines are harder to start and current demand increases. Keep the battery charged, inspect cable terminals, and use a hydrometer to test charge. frost can damage plates if the acid is too low, with specific gravity guidance provided for safe operation.
The article urges moderate driving speed and self-control while noting a cartoonish headline about producing gasoline from rubbish. It comments on nuclear car junk driving and the value of gasoline, then stresses carbon and valve cleaning as a needed maintenance task even with anti knock fuels for cold starts.
A Popular Science Monthly idea describes making a stop signal by perforating a tire cover to form the letters STOP, mounting red celluloid inside, adding a reflector and a head light behind the letters, and wiring it to the stop light switch for high visibility in front of and behind the vehicle.
European countries lead in amateur sport development due to accessible clubs and mandatory participation. Prof. H. C. Staley reports Europe favors affordable clubs with high active membership and two week country hikes for students. Umpire Moriarity recalls Joe Cronin catch on Labor Day 1930. Penn State marks ten years since a fullback captained the Lions, George Lasich follows George Snell as 1921 captain.
Oscar Coullean, a Washington automobile distributor, condemns the habit of looking backward while driving as unsafe. He notes it is common among veteran motorists and warns it leads to mishaps on city streets and highways. He argues novices should imitate careful forward watching and unlearn risky backward glances.
A report notes that using more than one speaker on a set increases current draw, causing higher power use and potential overload. The finding emphasizes limiting speaker count to control electricity use during production.
A Californian State Automobile Association report cites a New York Automobile Club analysis of 100,000 cases. It claims 34,000 crashes, over one third, result from drivers invading another lane.
A collage of notes from baseball football golf and college sports. Highlights include Detroit abandoning its Fort Smith farm, minor league sales totaling 1 377 250 dollars, Lou Gehrig’s iron man streak with the Yankees since 1925, Walter Hagen’s sharp 67 and 68 rounds, major league clubs scheduling spring exhibitions in Atlanta, and Piedmont league rising to Class B. Also mentions Bobby Jones potential film, Fordham coach Major Cavanaugh’s early career, Harry McIntyre’s return to scouting, Bronko Nagurski’s finances enabling schooling, Robert Zuppke’s quote on motion, Jim Wray gifting a gold oar, Sparky Adams winning the Rhodes trophy.
A boxing memoir recounts traveling to Vernon California to face Johnny Adams, then Western lightweight champion, after previous wins over Dick Hoppe and others. The bout featured Adams attacking aggressively while the author landed decisive left and right blows, achieving a notable victory.
The report describes a boxing match with repeated flurries and powerful rights and lefts. In a fast paced second to fourth round Adams employs rushing tactics to dominate, ending with a handshake and the victor claiming the Pacific Coast lightweight crown.
A baseball fan boasts ownership of a cork center from a Babe Ruth homer and a legendary Jack Quinn four bagger. Quinn, a late Athletic pitcher, hit a four bagger last June off Chad Kimsey’s fastball into left field at Shibe.
Archaeologists report a rich Pompeii find including a wooden case with silver table service such as cups tumblers carved vessels with Hercules scenes spoons a silver mirror a scent bottle and a rug. Jewelry includes gold bracelets earrings rings and relief decorated silver plates plus 66 coins a mix of gold and silver. The treasure was unearthed in a house also yielding Apollo statue frescoes and a painting claimed to depict Virgil.
This line asserts that there should be no alarm phrasing targeting Asians if the white population remains numerous. It frames a controversial, discriminatory stance as a precaution about language use.
Zurich correspondent reports the Grimsel pass hospiz in Switzerland, a stone inn noted from 1397, submerged as the Anre valley wall rises to future European scale. The old bridge and two story building were consumed by floodwaters and fire as rain drives lake level up to engulf the site.
In the period up to 1880 the Gothard tunnel was completed and the railway absorbed the traffic, shifting control from earlier routes to the principal transalpine line.
The late author of the Diamond Dick tales, George Charles Jenks, died in Auburn leaving $300. In youth he hoped to be a great writer but turned to pot boilers to meet necessity. He warned aspiring writers that clinging to ideals may erode their chances for success.
A brief verse scene shows a wife reassuring her husband she is interested as he asks if the reading is almost over. The couple shares a short, domestic exchange with implied warmth.
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