Petty and Wright Highlight Pirates Corsairs Trade
New York reports Jess Petty and Glenn Wright will join the Pittsburgh Pirates in a four man swap with the Brooklyn Robins. Petty, 34, a left handed pitcher, and Wright, a longtime star, depart while Harry Rhonda moves to Brooklyn. Odbert Ferguson of Montrose visited Miss Lernice Blackwood in Simpson.
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Jess Pettyi
Glenn Wright
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Wright
Wilbert Robinson
Ebbets Field
Petty
Pittsburgh Pirates
Harry Rhonda
Pirates
Odbert Ferguson
Montrose
Lernice Blackwood
Simpson
Perguson
Dillsboro
Indiana
Pitchers Could Take Batting Duties Under New Plan
National League officials favor a 10 man roster with pitchers who do nothing but pitch. If the plan gains AL support, a rules committee meeting may set it for the 1929 season. Heydler proposes weak hitting pitchers would be relieved at bat while strong hitting pitchers could bat as desired.
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Barker
Associated Press
New York
Natonal
Chicago
American League
John A. Heydler
National League
Heydler
Philadelphia
Boston
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Wheeler Named Head of LA County Investigation Bureau
Lucien Wheeler, long prominent in federal criminal probes in Los Angeles, accepts appointment as chief of the investigating bureau for Los Angeles county district attorney Baron Fitts, adding senior leadership to the local crime inquiry office.
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Lucien Wheeler
Los Angeles
United States Department of Subilee
Los Angeles County
Baron Fitts
Young Kansan Heads Information Office of U S Agriculture
Milton Eisenhower, a young Kansan, becomes director of the Agriculture Department's Office of Information. He supervises the publications division, radio service, and press service, coordinating nationwide releases on federal agricultural work. The office disseminates millions of printed pages and reaches about two million rural homes daily.
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Associated Press
Washington
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Department For Agriculture
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Sadio Service
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University of Wisconsin
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Iowa State College
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Department of Agriculture
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Kansas
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Jardine
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Minnesota
Fights Last Night Across Cities Record Boxing Wins
In Hagerstown Bobby Garcia of New York outpointed Andy Kelly of Baltimore in eight rounds. Baby Joe Gans of Los Angeles outpointed Charley Rosen in ten. Tracy Cox of Indianapolis outpointed Bobby Allen of Chicago in ten. Addison Warren of Chapel Hill knocked out Marshall Blackstock of Columbus in two. Eddie Anderson of Chicago outpointed Davey Abad of Cleveland in ten.
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New York
Andy Kelly
Baltimore
Los Angeles
Joe Gans
Charley Rosen
Indianapolis
Tracy Cox
Bobby Allen
Chicago
High Post
N.C
Addison Warren
Chapel Hill
N. C
Marshall Blackstock
Columbus
Ohio
Milwaukee
Wis
Eddie Anderson
Davey Abad
Cleveland
Wealth, romance, and crime notes in New York report
English noble Lord Iverelyde visits New York amid rumors of romance with actress June Howard Tripp who denies marriage plans. Also, banker Edward Duerr resigns, and Justice Kanzenback laments wealth as a crime catalyst, cautioning against judgments by money rather than deeds.
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New York
England
Lord Iverelyde
Howard Tripp
Lorverelyde
Berengeria
James Alban Burns
Camden
N. J
Frank 8. Kanzenback
State Supreme Court
Grand Jury
Hils
Managers of Major Teams All Chosen
By ALAN J GOULD the 1929 major league manager roster is complete early with no room for dispute. Lead Blackburne is appointed to lead the Chicago White Sox as baseball moves into winter quarters.
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Alan J. Gould
Press
New York
Blackburne
Chicago
Overnight News Digest: Global Turmoil and Domestic Incidents
International items report Prince of Wales meeting his father after a lengthy voyage. Hoover plot thwarted in Buenos Aires while Chile, Bolivia sections note trips and war threats. Germany plane disaster kills three. French military aid mobiles suffer attack. banana workers strike violence. Domestic reports include a drowning near San Pedro and a sheriff in Jefferson County indicted.
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la Paz
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Banana Workera
San Pedro
Kansas
Chicago
Vaccireli
Prohibition
Detroit
Fade
Washington
Kvale
Carrie Het
Sacaville
Jefferson County
Two Close Struggles Booked In Rec Meet
A big crowd is expected tonight at the Recreation to see the third and fourth matches of the second round in the annual billiard tournament. In the first encounter Domnick Lobis meets Tot Kunst, odds evenly divided. Knotts, a newcomer and dark horse, faces Joe Jaco in the other match. Knotts is regarded as the stronger player. The tournament has generated strong interest in sport circles and will conclude Christmas night with a final and prizes. Arthur Peck Ridenour, a strong contender, returns after missing years in 1926 and 1927.
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Tot'’ Kunst
Knotts
Joe Jaco
Sport
Arthur “Peck
Ridenour
Clamp
Baseball and college football notes from Chicago and Pittsburgh
AL magnates see deals pending but expect closings as two or three trades completed yesterday. George Yale to Detroit for Jack Tavener Holloway and Johnny Nevin to Toledo. Mayes McClain seeks Eastern or Carnegie Tech after Big Ten three year rule bars him from Iowa. Featherweights Hart Mastro and Ward Sparks in Chicago main event with Bud Taylor possible. Elmer Layden signs five year contract to coach Duquesne after Notre Dame years.
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Chicago
George Yale
Cleveland
Mayes McClain
Iowa
McLain
Carnegie Tech
Tech
America
Hart Mastro
Ward Sparks
Detroit
Bud Taylor
Pittsburgh
Elmer Layden
Notre Dame
Duceusne
Layden
Knute Rockne
Cumberland-Keyser Road Opening Soon
Cumberland Maryland December 12 opening of the new concrete highway between Cumberland and Keyser West Virginia will shorten the road distance to 22 miles. Planned celebration by the local chamber of commerce and businessmen of the West Virginia town will mark the opening, with travel to begin between December 18 and 20. The route follows an original pioneer trail through the Potomac valley and includes Piedmont Westernport and Lake business groups in the planned ceremony.
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Cumberland
Keyser
W. Va
Tuinpile
Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
Potomac Valley
Piedmont
Westernport
Lake
Eastern Team Plans Pure Line Football For East West Game
Eastern squad of 122 players from the east and middlewest will assemble at Northwestern University for a three hour drill before traveling to San Francisco for training and a final workout at Stanford. Coaches Dick Hanley and Anays Kerr say the attack will rely on old time flying wedge plays mass formation and plenty of kicking as they seek to upset the west in the annual charity game. The west has won all three games played in the east west series.
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Chicago
San Francisco
Dick Hanley
Northwesterly
Anays Kerr
Washington and
Jeffersons Haye
Northwestern University
Stanford University
Two Grafton Athletes Honored At Davidson College
Two Grafton brothers Tom and Marius Brohard earned football honors at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina with Tom receiving varsity letters and Marius numerals on the freshman team. West Virginia youth P S Hudgins of Bluefield also won numerals. The brothers, sons of Mr and Mrs Thomas W Brohard of Maple Avenue, have distinguishing athletic careers and promise at Davidson.
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Tom
Marius Brohard
Thomas W.' Brohard
Maple Avenue
Davidson College
Davidson
N. C
Marius
West Virginia
P.S. Hudgins
Bluefield
The
Sentinel Today
College
Ton Trobard
New York
Lincoln Relative Donates Church Bell Set in Lincoln Memorial Act
Troy N Y December 12 A set of bells will be presented February 12 to the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church of Washington in memory of Abraham Lincoln who worshipped there while President They are manufactured locally and are a gift from Mary Lincoln Isham Lincoln’s granddaughter.
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Lincoln
Troy
N. Y
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church of Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Mary-Lincoln Isham
Patten's Will May Be Read to Family Today
Chicago reports the fate of Jas A Patten the wheat king of two decades ago. His fortune once valued near 30 million dollars was reduced by philanthropy and no one but Patten knew the will's terms. The document was to be taken from his safety deposit box today.
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Patten
Chicago
Jas. A. Patten
Joseph Patten
Evanston
Davisson Funeral Change Announced for G E Davisson
Funeral services for G E Davisson a county resident will be at Bailey town church tomorrow afternoon with interment in a nearby cemetery. The service location was changed from Mrs Bragg home on Ross street and will depart at 1 p m. The notice notes the altered arrangement for the burial in Baileytown and mentions a separate political joke about Congress.
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G. E. Davisson
Parkersburg
Baileytown
George F. Hutchins Dies Inventor and Loom Works Leader
George F. Hutchins 87 inventor and engineer died in Worcester Massachusetts. He served as superintendent of the Crompton and Knowles Loom Works until his retirement in 1927.
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Woresster
Mass
George F. Hutchins
Crompton
Knowles
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