Coaches Pick Districts Ideal Eleven For Big Four
West Virginia’s Doyle earns berth at halfback with other district stars from Washington, Jefferson, Tech, Pitt, and Carnegie. Coaches vote to form right guard and right end spots while equal splits reflect a balanced selection across Beichlane, W. & J., Milligan, Idan, and Carnegie Tech members.
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Pittsburgh
Washington and Jeffer
Négle Tech
Pitt
Andginia University
Skla Tox
Ranthivee
Beichrane
Milligan
Idan
West Virginia
Cernegie Tech
Nagon
Carnegie Tech
Aberg
McNeil
W. Fd
Bieuberger
R. Salt
Ted
Q. B. Boyle
L. H. Byth
R. H. Parriott
West
Price Elected Army Captain Price Elected Army Captain
Price of Fort Dodge was elected captain of the 1931 Army Cadet football eleven. The team’s arrival was met with a subdued celebration as letter men and supporters gathered in the mess hall during their return from New York.
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Westi Point
Jack Price
Fort Dodge
Price
Army names new captain in football and track leader
The 6 foot 3 1/2 inch, 220 pound cadet was captain designate after playing the Navy game and earning letters in both football and track. Entered the academy in 1928 as honor graduate of Northwestern Military and Naval Academy, Lake Geneva, Wis. At 20, he is among the youngest captains in Army team history.
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Navy
Northwestern Military and Naval Academy
Lake Geneva
Wis
Army
Purdue Opens Season With Irish Tonight
Purdue, the 1929 30 Big Ten basketball champion, opens the season tonight at Lafayette against Notre Dame. The Boilermakers bring a strong conference mark from last year and rely on two veterans Johnny Wooden and Harry Kellar as depth grows behind sophomore Wooden. Notre Dame recently lost 44 to 29 to Northwestern and is not expected to trouble Purdue. Iowa also begins its season tonight against Bradley College in Iowa City.
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Chicago
Purdue
Lafayette
Entre Dame
Boilermakers
Irish
Johnny Wooden
Harry
Kellar
Wooden
Notre Dame
Northwestern
Iowa
Bradley College
Iowa City
Sata Oonel
East All-Stars Entrain for West Tuesday
Eastern football delegation converged on Evanston today for the benefit game against the Far West in San Francisco December 27. Colgate’s Andy Kerr leads 12. Dick Hanley of Northwestern has 10. Western picks include Hart, Macalus, Gardner, Poggli, Brown, Baker. linemen Vinson, Linehan, Doyle. Midwestern backs Wheeler, Bruder, Brockmeyer. linemen Woodworth, Gantenbein. Equipment distribution at Northwestern tomorrow followed by a Dyche stadium practice before sailing coastward.
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Instony Ih
Astern
Jon Mulaw Astern
Far West
Eyanston
Andy Kerr
Colgate
Atlantic Seaboard
Wheeler
Michigan
Bruder
Northwestern
Brockmeyer
Minnesota
Woodworth
Baker
Gantenbein
Lubratgvich
Wisconsin
Ely
Iowa
Selby
Ohio State
Wale Bibbet
Purdue
Dyche Stadium
Coast
Two Football Games Over van 000 Net Char ity Approximately
New York reports two charity football games raised about 750000 dollars for the unemployed during a weekend. The Army Navy game at Yankee Stadium added 450000, and Notre Dame’s Giants win at Polo Grounds drew 22 1000 spectators, with profits offset by expenses. The split academies’ rededicated charity event aimed to ease tensions while keeping political issues aside.
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New York Giants
Rockne
Bettreen
New York
Yankee Stadium
Polo Grounds
Giants
Gapeup
Four Horsemen
Stuhidreher
Crowley, Miller
Layden
Frank Caridéo
Buck O'Connor
Notre Dame
Teai
Jack Elder
Ped Twomey
Adam Walsh
Ike Yoedisch
John Law
Thin Moynihani
Jack Chevighy
Jack Cannon
Tany
South Bend
Rene G
Bendy Fridman
Michigan
Severte
Army
Navy
Ray Stacker
War Veterans Match Set for December 20 at Withers Bros Lot
American Legion Taylor County Post No. 12 plans a shooting match on the J. Lee Evans lot near Withers Bros. quage this Saturday afternoon. Lloyd I. Shriver, superintendent of county schools, leads the event and advises shotguns and rifles will be used. Turkeys and chickens will be provided as targets.
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American Legion
Taylor County Post No. 12
J. Lee Evans
Withers Bros. Quage
Lloyd I. Shriver
Mr. Shriver
Bootleg King Victim Reported Kidnapped in Chicago Heights
James Ward, famed bootleg king, was reportedly seized by four men as he walked from his home garage in Chicago Heights. Kidnappers demanded 50,000 for his release, with police fearing retaliation. This marks Ward's second kidnapping, the first occurring in 1927 with a ransom paid.
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Chicago
Chicago Heights
James Ward
Kidn Apers
Ward
Harry B. Stratford
Chiepee Heights
Fire destroys lumber yard houses in Erto blaze
A biting wind from the lake aided a long fire fight in the Jerry Quirk Lumber yard destroying a large lumber stock and damaging three homes and several garages. More than twenty people were driven from their homes as the blaze caused about 75000 dollars in damage. Separately China Nevada poultrymen expect egg exports in 1981.
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Erto
Jerry Quirk
Editor and Wife Slayer Dies in Sing Sing Cell
Ossining New York. Charles E. Chapin, 72, former city editor of the Evening World, died in Sing Sing after serving 11 years of a 20 year term for the murder of his wife Nellie Beebe Chapin, a grand niece of Mrs. Russell Sage. In his will he asked to be buried in the family plot at Glenwood Cemetery in Washington DC in the least expensive coffin and requested no funeral services. He shot his wife while she slept amid financial distress and confessed he wished to die and be done with it.
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Sing-Sing
Nelliy Beebe Chapin
Russell Sage
Glenwood ‘Cemetery
Washington, D. C
Chapin
Blast Wrecks Front Porch of Squire's Home in Danville
A blast in Danville wrecked the front porch of Magis Trata RS Pitts's home. Workers are on strike. His wife and two grandchildren, Phillip and Pate, were asleep inside. no injuries reported.
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Squire’s
Danville
Val
Des
Magistrata RS. Pitts
Strke
Maglathate
Hie
Phillip
Pate Pelay
Optometrist Warns Against Forcing Child’s Writing Hand
Omaha report states optometrist Dr George Certal warns parents against forcing children to switch from left to right handed writing. He cautions such attempts may harm development and cause difficulty. The piece also notes Duke fullback Bill Murray’s season total exceeds four hundred rushing yards.
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Omaha, Neb
George Certal
Syr N
American College of Optometry
Help Unfortunate Kiddies Feed Babies One Dollar Monthly
Grafton campaign asks for monthly dollar gifts to aid hungry children and adults facing hardship this winter. Contributions support meals and warm care through Salvation Army channels at First National Bank and East Main Street.
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Grafton
Charles Steele
First National Bank
W.H. Arnold
Salvation Anny
East Main Street
Weather delays Italian seaplane Atlantic flight
Adverse weather at Orbetodo Faly forces postponement of the start of 12 Italian seaplanes bound for Carta gen a Spain on the first leg to Rio de Janeiro Brazil. The launch is pushed to tomorrow depending on improved conditions over the Mediterranean.
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Orbetodo
Faly
Verge Wweather
Cartagena
Spain
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Mediterranean
Father and Son Indicted in North Dakota Family Slaying
Williston North Dakota December 15 a father James F Baonda and his son Chartee Rabon aged 22 were formally charged with first degree murder in the February Haven farm killings that claimed Albert B Havens wife and four children. Baonda is held in Waldport Oregon awaiting North Dakota authorities.
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Williston
N. D
Sla
Bob, Chahtee
Rabon
Offie County
Dha
Albert B. Havens
Haven Farmagan
James F.baonda
Taledd
Ore
North Dakota
Toutist
Waldport
Investigate Charge Graft Paid Officers
New York reports indicate graft schemes where criminals avoided prosecution by paying bribes. About forty detectives are involved as special counsel Theodore Krevel receives information on roughly 200 cases. He alleges officers steered defendants to favored lawyers who influenced clerks to dismiss charges.
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New York
Teodore Kresel
Jabout
Krevel
Cuban Students Demand Machado Resignation Referendum
Havana groups including business and professional organizations and labor groups are urged to sign a referendum backing student demands that President Machado resign. The National Confederation of Workers allied with the AFL plans a special meeting to vote on the referendum as tobacco manufacturers shoemakers printers and news workers react.
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Havana
Machado
National Confederation of Workers
Papermen and Others Meet to Discuss Protest Action
Papermen and others plan a meeting today to decide on action regarding a protest. The group aims to coordinate demonstrations and determine next steps.
Former Film Actress Dies On Honeymoon
Los Angeles dispatch reports former film actress Diane Els, later Mrs Stephen C Millett, died in Madras during a honeymoon trip. She wed Paris financier Stephen Millett two months ago and the couple planned a round of travel via Egypt and Spain before returning to Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Stephen C. Millett
Diane Els
Madras
Asia
Paris
France
Egypt
Spain
Soreeh
Binyad
WaCRED News Brief From New York Incomplete Notice
Fragmentary OCR notes report 76 year old Frohman in a hospital with an injured shoulder after an emergency operation. Other legible items mention Sullivan’s and a vague reference to a King Tut exhibit or event, with unclear connections.
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New York
Jel Frohman
Cacia
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