Former batting champions eye single season mark in southern league
Four ex champions Moose Clabaugh Joe Hutchison Elliott Bigelow and Tommy Taylor chase Harry Welch’s 19 year hitting record as opening day looms in the Southern Association Welch’s 40 in 1913 stands as the benchmark. Bigelow Clabaugh Hutchison Taylor seek to match or exceed past peaks as 1930s stars vie for top batting honors.
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GHAM
Southern Association
Harry Welch
Nashville
Welch
Atlanta
Welchence
Moose Clabaugh
Joe Hutchison
Memphis
Elliott Bigelow
Birmingham
Tommy Taylor
Knoxville
Bigelow
Clabaugh
Taylor
Hutchison
Sleep Walker Drowns in Cobb County River
Hugh Lee Byrd, 14, drowned in the Chattahoochee River near a Cobb county camp after a late night fishing trip. A sleeping walker, Byrd reportedly cried out and surfaced once before sinking again, with investigators supposing he merely wandered into the river in his sleep.
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Atlanta
Hugh Lee Byrd
Chattahoochee
Cobb County
Byrd
Pied Piper Sought As Rats Invade Palm Beach
Palm Beach officials seek a solution after a surge of ring tailed rats following the winter residents departure. The town council discussed the invasion at a recent meeting as the resort prepares for summer.
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Palm Beach
Loyola sprinter Emmett Toppino eyes Olympic sprint role
In an indoor season where world records fell in high jump, shot put and mile, Emmett Toppino of Loyola University New Orleans posted fast sprints that kept timers busy. He is seen as a top bet to win a sprint championship for the U S at Los Angeles. Outdoors he could challenge Wykoff as intercollegiate Olympic speed rival.
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Emmett Toppino
Loyola University
New Orleans
Wykoff
Loyola Flash
Uncle Sam
Top- Pine
United States
Printers Set for Florida Typographical Conference Meet
About 200 union printers will gather in West Palm Beach for the Florida Typographical Conference semi annual convention. West Palm Beach Typographical Union No. 709 hosts the event with Mayor E. B. Donnell and City Commissioner Joe L. Barman slated to address delegates. Publishers of regional newspapers are expected to attend.
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Florida Typographical Conference
West Palm Beach
Two South Jersey Churches Burn in Separate Arson Attacks
Two Methodist Episcopal churches in New Jersey burned almost simultaneously on Monday. The First Methodist Episcopal in Collingswood and the Fourth Methodist Episcopal in Millville were destroyed, with losses pegged at 125000 dollars. Mayor Vanmeter vows a strict probe as arson suspicions rise after seven South Jersey Methodist churches were damaged recently.
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Collingswood
N. J
Millville
South Jersey
Joseph H. Vanmeter
Former VP sentenced for fraud in Detroit case
Nathan M. Gross, former vice president of the defunct Federal Bond and Mortgage Company, was sentenced to pay a $1,000 fine or face six months to three years in prison after conviction for fraudulent misapplication of funds in Detroit.
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Detroit
Nathan M. Gross
Federal Bond and Mortgage Company
Coffee consumption slips slightly from prior year
New York April 12 AP World coffee consumption for nine months ended April 1 totaled 17,877,259 bags, down 2.50 percent from the 18,317,553 bags in the same period of 1930-31, according to the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange report.
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New York
New York Coffee & Sugar Exchange
Eagle Want Ads Offer Low Cost Great Results
Classified notice promotes Eagle Want Ads as a low cost effective way to reach readers. It emphasizes affordability and strong response potential for advertisers seeking broad local exposure.
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Eagle
Eagle Want
Calcutta Reelects Mayor Bidhanchandra Roy
Calcutta India April 12 AP Dr Bidhanchandra Roy a Parisian of the Nationalist Congress was reelected mayor of Calcutta Monday.
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Calcutta
India
Bidhanchandra Roy
Congress
Aviation officer killed in Barajas crash near Madrid
An army aviation officer died Monday when his plane crashed in flames during a practice flight near Barajas air drome outside Madrid.
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Madrid
Barajas
Local Social Notes Highlight Visit Verses and Guests
Slocomb era hostess Robert Morgan led a Tuesday card club gathering with high scorer Miss Jessie Watson. Visitors included Mrs. R. C. McCarty and Mrs. Jim Maddox in Graceville, and others in Dothan Tuscaloosa Hartford Evergreen Columbia and Pinchard.
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Robert Morgan
Jessie Watson
R. C. McCarty
Jim Maddox
Graceville
A. L. Casey
C. Bell
Evie McArthur
Dothan
J. H. Watson
G. H. Herring
Tuscaloosa
C. C. Smith
Hartford
Howard Owens
Evergreen
John Owens
Richard Jeffries
Mary McArthur
P. B. Cox
Jo Ann
Columbia
W. D. Grant
Pearl Smith
Pinchard
Baroness Identified After River Suicide Attempt
The Bar oness De Constant Rebesque Petronella Sara Maria Dulcis of the Netherlands has been identified by the Netherlands consul after she attempted to drown herself in the Mississippi River. She arrived March 21 and stayed at the YWCA. police later removed her from the river and sent her to a mental hospital.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
de Constant Rebesque Petronella
Sara Maria Dulcis
Netherlands
Hhe Y. W. C. A
Public works in Birmingham near three quarter million mark
Birmingham on April 1 reported eight public improvement projects in progress with an ultimate expenditure of 721018 dollars. City engineer said the eight projects were under way and nearing completion, reflecting a substantial municipal investment in infrastructure.
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Birmingham
Ala
Homesteading Land Offered in 32 Alabama Counties
Birmingham postmaster J. G. Bass announces land office information listing homesteading options across 32 Alabama counties. Deeds to government lands will be issued to qualified buyers over 21 for $1.25 per acre, with three years of occupancy. Counties mentioned include Walker, Tuscaloosa and Chilton.
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J. G. Bass
Birmingham
Land Office
Department of the Interior
Alabama
Buss
Walker
Tuscaloosa
Chilton
Coax timid dollars out of hiding
A short note urges capital to be coaxed from quiet reserves into growth via targeted, cautious investment strategies. It frames timid funds as potential drivers of profit when deployed with disciplined risk controls and clear return objectives.
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Eagle
Eagle For
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