Brooklyn Uses Big Bankroll To Purchase Loop Pennant
Dodgers owner Larry MacPhail pursues pennant fever by spending big sums on players. Bombshell moves include trading Gus Mancuso for Mickey Owen and negotiating for Debs Garms amid a flurry of deals. Reds, Red Sox, and Cubs also active as Kenesaw Landis to speak at the minor league banquet. convention ends tomorrow.
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Romney Wheeler
Atlanta
Brooklyn
Daffy Dodgers
Larry MacPhail
Dodgers
Gus Mancuso
St. Louis Cardinals
Mickey Owen
Garms
Pittsburgh Pirates
Dickering
Debs Garms
MacPhail
Boston
Angel
Tom Yawkey
Yawkey
Joe Medwick
Cardinals
Phillies
Kirby Higbe
Reds
Cincinnati Reds
Billy Myers
Chicago Cubs
Jim Gleeson
Bobby Mattick
Boston Red Sox
Roger Cramer
Chicago White Sox
Mike Kreevich
Bill McKechnie
Cincinnati
Eddie Joost
Mattick
Kenesaw M. Landis
Association
Columbus
College Grid Game Is Dead
Kansas City December 5 Phog Allen, KU basketball coach and former football mentor, predicts college football will die within ten years due to changes in the sport. He says educators want players to get an education in college, not rush to professional football, and notes major schools have de-emphasized the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Phog Allen
University of Kansas
Allen
Yale
Princeton
Harvard
Cornell
Chicago
VOLS FACE TOUGH BATTLE WITH BOSTON IN BOWL SETUP
New York dispatch notes Tennessee face Boston College as Harlow warns of the toughest opponent yet for the Volunteers. Baseball and football escapades pepper a wide Atlantic sports scene with comments on players, managers, and mid winter events.
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Fordham
New York City
Dallas
Tex
James Lansing
Joseph Ungerer
Lawrence Sartori
Louis DeFilippo
Thomas Bennett
John Kuzman
Vincent Dennery
James Blumenstock
James Noble
Stephen Filipowicz
Leonard Eshmont
Eddie Brietz
New York
Billy Herman
Ark Vaughn
Eddie Miller
Atlanta
Atherton
Dick Harlow
Vols
Boston College
Tennessee
Eagles
Stanford
Nebraska
Dizzy Trout
Tigers
Christy Walsh
Broadway
Babe Ruth
Los Angeles
Ben Wahrman
John Oliver
Richmond
Elliott Chaze
Lake Charles
North
Doc Prothro
The
Phillies
Dartmouth College
Harmon Held Pro By Amateur Convention
Denver December report notes AAU delegates consider whether Michigan star Tom Harmon’s radio payment may endanger his amateur status. The issue could affect his participation in the East-West game on January 1 and requires potential board approval for others seeking AAU athletics after the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Harmon
Denver
Michigan
National Amateur Athletic Union
New York
Daniel J. Ferris
A.A.U
Board of Governors
Harmon
Aa.u
Ferris Sai
Bowling Scores GRID SENIORS PLAN CAREERS AFTER FINISH
College football’s graduating seniors plan varied futures beyond the field. An Associated Press survey lists 40 professions from animal husbandry to undertaking, with most aiming to coach or play pro football. About 63 intend coaching, including George Franck, Paul Severin, Jim Lalanne, Tony Ruffa, and Bill Jennings. Harmon plans a radio career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Feder
New York
Associated Press
George Franck
Minnesota
Line Mauler
Paul Severin
North Carolina
Jim
Sweet) Lalanne
Tony Ruffa
Duke
Bill Jennings
Oklahoma
Harmon
Fights Last Night By The Associated Press
In Oakland Rush Dalma and Geordie Pace fought a points decision while in Helena Tiger Jack Fox stopped Windmill Pearce. The bouts featured light and middleweight divisions with venues listed as Cleveland Manila Spokane Chicago and Helena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oakland
Calif
Rush Dalma
Manila
Geordie Pace
Cleveland
Helena
Mont
Tiger Jack Fox
Spokane
Pearce
Chicago
College stars eye pro careers amid money talk
The piece lists players like Jarring Jawn Kimbrough and Marsh all Robnett and Jim Thomason evaluating pro options for pay. It notes Carl Benson may coach while working as a Laguna Beach plumber. Tommy Harmon considers radio or movies pending nose fix. Ted Lyons inspired five seniors to seek pro baseball, including Paul Christman Reagan and Johnny Pudlik with Ogden Pioneer league hopes.
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Ing
Jarring
Jawn Kimbrough
Texas Aggies
Marshall Robnett
Jim Thomason
Carl Benson
Ted Lyons
Paul Christman
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Francis Xavier Reagan
Colorado
Johnny Pudlik
Pudlik
Ogden
Utah
Recreation Project To Sponsor Cage Leagues
The WPA Recreational unit will hold a meeting for managers wishing to enter teams in the Senior Taylor County Basketball league. Plans include a girls league and a junior league following the football season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Taylor County
Roosevelt on St Lawrence Seaway link to Panama Canal scale
President Roosevelt urged a Canada United States seaway tying to St Lawrence power as vital for defense and industry. A joint commission conducts surveys and talks toward a treaty to build the waterway linking aluminum and aircraft production to national security and trade.
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Panama Canal
St. Lawrence
United States
Roosevelt
Fewer deer cull shows drop from 1939 totals
hunting conditions in several counties led to a sharp drop in deer taken, with about 580 bucks harvested this year versus 896 in 1939. County tallies include Freston 170 Tucker 87 Pocahontas 75 Grant 82 Monongalia 65 Hardy 48 Hampshire 36 Mineral 24, reflecting poor last day hunting.
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Freston
Tucker
Pocahontas
Grant
Monongalia
Hardy
Hampshire
And
Mineral
Sammy McKim Promoted as Western Film Youngest Star
Opera House presents Sammy McKim billed as the youngest western star in motion pictures. With over eighty films to his credit, his latest Rocky Mountain Rangers stars Bob Livington and Duncan Renaldo. The boy actor started at nine months and has since branched into comics and cartoons while remaining active in sports and the Boy Scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammy McKim
Republic
Sammy
British Columbia
Irvin Cobb
Rocky Mountain Rangers
Bob Livington
Raymond Hattan
Duncan Renaldo
Rosella Towne
Leroy Mason
Dennis Moore
Pat O'Malley
John St. Polis
George Sherman
Harry Grey
Tribute to Jan Sibelius Across Radio Programs
Finland's composer Jan Sibelius turns 73 as radio pays tribute across weekend programs. Philadelphia Orchestra under Stokowski opens Friday on MBS, with Cincinnati conservatory and Curtis broadcasts on NBC networks follow. Reads announce further Finnish choir, Radio City concert, and Chicago women's symphony segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jan Sibelius
Finland
MBS
Philadelphia Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski
Wabc-Cps
Cincinnati Conservatory
Weafnbc
Wjz-Nbc
NBC Mphony
Arturo Toscanini
Radio City
New York Philharmonic
Chicago Women's Symphony
WABC
CBS
NBC Red
WJZ
NBC
WEAF
Bing Crosby
Rudy Vallee
Major Bowes
Phi Beta Kapp
Founders Day and Schedule of Meetings
The list notes founders’ day events including Dr. Robert Milli kan speaking at 9 35 AM and an Americas own meeting titled Must America and Japan Clash at 10 30 AM The Chicago Symphony appears with Jessi Hoffman at 11 16 AM and a talk by a Sen is listed later in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Millikan
America
Japan
Chicago Symphony
Jessi Hoffman
Morgantown plant to hire 600 at full operations
Approximately 600 men will be employed at full operations and 3400 will be on the payroll at peak construction for the Morgantown factory. The official says it will be slightly smaller than the Du Pont plant at Belle and the Allied Chemical plant at Hopewell, VA. Production centers on anhydrous ammonia by the Du Pont synthetic process, to be shipped to munition factories nationwide for use in war needs.
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Morgantown
du Pont
Belle
Allied Chemical
Hopewell
Wardenburg
Coal Demand for Ammonia Plant Estimated at High Levels
The document states daily coal needs around 800 tons for ammonia production and peak operations will demand about 15,000 kilowatts of electricity, highlighting substantial energy and fuel requirements for the facility.
Woman Charged Mate Tried To Kill Her
NEW YORK, Dec. 5. Ruth Penney, 32, died after a quarrel with a common law husband described as Charles Young, about 40, who was arrested on felonious assault. She told police he poured a pint of inflammable liquid over her and lit it after forcing entry to their basement apartment and seizing her when she refused to admit him.
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New York
Ruth Penney
Knickerbocker Hospital
Charles Young
Charles McCarthy
Central West Virginia Radio Schedule Highlights
Radio listings mix NBC CBS and MBS programs across stations WEAF WJZ WKBK WMMN WWVA KDKA with sketches news sports and music through late night. Notable names include Jack Armstrong Tom Mix Lowell Thomas Bing Crosby Rudy Vallee and Amos n Andy with varied hourly blocks and special features.
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Nbc-Weaf
Jack Armstrong
NBC
WJZ
Bud Barton
CBS
Tom Mix
Captain Midnight
Scattergood Baines
Wwiw
Escorts and
Betty
WMMN
Edwin C. Hill
Jimmy Dorsey
KDKA
Bill Stern
Bob Edge
Nbc-Wblk
George Barnes
Creh
Paul, Sullivan
Nbc-Weai
Lowell Thomas
Li'l
Abner
the World Today
Amos'n Andy
WEAP
Fred Waring
WWVA
Santa Claus
John W. Vandercook
Mr. Keen
Lanny Ross
MBS
WEAF
Bob Crosby
WBLK
H. V. Kaitenborn
Opera Guild
Wythe Williams
Ask-It-Basket
Maxwell
Aldrich Family
Chicago
Pame and
Fortune
Major Bowes
Phil
Orchestra
Bing Crosby
Arthur Mann
Waneea Miller
Orch
Rudy Vallee
Raymond Gram
Raymond Scott
Arch
Ray Peintiey
A. Ores
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Cubs
College
Uncle Sam
You Carr
China
Sat Teckett
G. Pugh Lia
Lisk
Im- B
Pugh
Army
Navy
West Point
Annapolis
Moose Gamslager
Frazier
Moore
Turner
I Tan
Veks
Pitsburga Arates
National League
Sirikes
Jack Lords
Recreation Project
Greyhound
Baltimore
Louisville
St. Louis
Greyhound Terminal
Love Drug Company
W. Main
Greyhound Ee
Opera House
Ganbine
Favish Novelty CO
Grafton
W. Va
Ealy Sp
West Virginia
Bill McCune
Charles Baum
Orth
Abe Lympan
Hal Kenly
Joey Kearns
Radio Tube Headquarters
RCA
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