Local College Players Urged to Stage Cage Battle Next Week
City sports fans seek a college stars game to showcase talent from Grafton. Notable players like Jimmie Gull and Rink Hefner could form teams, with possible support from former high school stars. If organized, proceeds could aid local charities. Associated Press notes follow with brief sports items.
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Weel
Grafton
Jimmie Gull
State University
Jafton Hi
Rink Hefner
Fairmont
Hoge
Bill Samples
Jasper Colevnk
C. Hickman
Bart
Fairmont Normal
Archdeacon's
Renpwd
Babe Ruth Aims to Play Saxophone by Spring
New York December 23 Babe Ruth plans a new world conquest learning the saxophone and vows to give a real concert by spring Ed Barrow jokes Ruth may have no wind left while Ruth boasts a duck hunting trip and a 223 pound frame, down 11 pounds from last season.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Aitter
Babe
The
Yankees
Ed Barrow F
Yanks
George Herman
Long Island
Boxing Time Set On Eastern Standard Radio Card
A holiday boxing program in Eastern Standard Chicago time lists 4 round bouts scheduled for the evening. Promoter Mull will hold wave lengths on the left of the call letters kilocycles in December. Notable entrants include Jack Dempsey sparring partner and Les Marriner debuting as a professional. 285.5 WHAL Baltimore schedules Centaur, Royal Concert, and Wrigley Review programs at 7:30, 8:30, and 9:00 P.M. respectively.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jm Mull
Bill Ttate
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Les Marriner
University of Illinois
WHAL
Baltimore
Wrigley Review
Jack Delaney Plans Battle With Tunney
Former world light heavyweight champion Jack Delaney aims to challenge Gene Tunney for the title next month by entering promoter Tex Rickard's elimination tourney. Delaney, now with Joe Jacobs as manager, is set to face the winner of the Jack Sharkey Tom Heeney bout on January 13, which Rickard says will be held despite rumors of cancellation.
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New York
Jack Delaney
Gene Tunney
Tex Rickard
Joe Jacobs
Delaney
Jack Sharkey
Tom Heeney
Rickard
Former Leaguer Named Manager for Pittsfield Club
Pittsfield Massachusetts December 23 1932 John Shaune Collins formerly with Chicago and Boston American League outfielder has signed to manage the Pittsfield baseball club of the Eastern League.
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Pittsfield
Mass
John “Shaune” Collins
Chicago
Boston
Pittsfield Baseball Club
Ballads and Baritone Schedule on KFI LA
Radio listing for Los Angeles KFI shows a daytime schedule with Ballads of All Lands at 9 30, Baritone at 11 00, Memory Lane at 12 00, and Baritone at 1 00. Specific program details or hosts are not provided in the readable fragment.
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KFI
Los Angeles
Mrs Grayson Plans to Start Ocean Flight
New York December 23 Frances Wilson Grayson hopes to begin her long planned trans Atlantic flight as a Christmas present by taking off at dusk for Harbor Grace Newfoundland and awaiting suitable weather for the hop to Croydon England. Her crew includes Oskar Omdal of the Norwegian navy as pilot and Brice Goldsborough as navigator.
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New York
Frances Wilson Grayson
Harjor Grace
N. F
Croydon
Eng
Grayson
Harbor Grace
Oskar Omdal
Mavy
Brice Golds
Husband of Sculptress Arrested For Arson
Westport Conn December 23 John D Lawson 42 of New York former local publisher and husband of Katherine Stewart Lawson nationally known sculptress is held on arson and endangering life charges in connection with a $12000 blaze at the Lawson home Sunday bail set at 25000
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Westport
Conn
John D. Lawson
New York
Katherine Stewart Lawson
Lawson
Flashy Christmas weddings sweep St George the Martyr
London reports mass matrimony at Christmas across Southwark with couples lining up to wed in groups at St George the Martyr near London Bridge. Other items note a plum pudding for 61 years old on Katherine Fallney’s table, a gold inlaid coffin with two mummies found in Zaculen mines, and a divorced wife remarrying in New York after a year’s separation.
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Associated Press
London
Leroy, N
Katherine D. Fallney
Guatemala City
Central America
Zaculen Mines
Huahuetenango
New York
Anti-Saloon League
Mountains of Christmas presents move through Chicago post office
In Chicago on December 23 crowds of parcel handlers sort and route mail. Eight to ten men must know every town and city. workers answer requests and direct sorting. Yesterday more than 19,000,000 pieces of letter mail were handled and 2623.1 tons of outgoing parcels posted.
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Chicago
Winter baseball trades tease fans with lofty rumors
The piece rails at the slow winter market, noting big trades have yet to materialize. It mocks executives like Billy Evans and names several hoped for swaps among key figures such as Sisler, Hornsby, and Cobb, suggesting trades would revive interest and benefit uniform makers.
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Norman E. Brown
Billy Evans
Baseball
George Sisler
Ty Cobb
Wes
Washington
Tigers
Browns
Phillies
Cardinals
Fremien
Wewer
Sam Breadon
Rogers Hornsby
McGraw
Maggey
Barney Dreyfuss
Fearl Smith
Dodgers
Earl
Dav Bancroft
Railroad
Pirates
Yde
Donie Bush
Clark Grifith
Frank Navin
George Moriarty
Charlie Comiskey
Ban Johnson
Bill Carrigan
Red Sox
Ners
National Amateur Baseball Federation
Alabama Police Chief and Officer Indicted for Slaying
Calera Alabama police chief H F Blake and Patrolman W D Farmer were indicted by a grand jury for the slaying of Louise Montebara 24 a saleswoman who died from a pistol wound to the head. Blake said she killed herself after he arrested her for speeding. Both officers were held without bond. the case emerged from relatives and friends investigation.
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Columbiana
Ala
H. F. Blake
Calera
W.D. Farmer
Louise Montebara
Blake
Palmer
Experienced Worker Heads Peace Group
Ruth Morgan a veteran activist in international peace work will chair the joint committee of readers for the Conference on the Cause and Cure for War. She previously led the International Cooperation to Prevent War and headed the League's World Court campaign.
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Miss Morgan
Nationa League of Women Voters
Red Cross Nurses’ Bureau
France
Ettatue of Woman Voters
League
International Women Suffrage Alliance
New York
Ruth Morgan
Washington
Miss Morsay Nie Involved With Hospital Board Work
In New York she did much work as a member of the Women's National... and as a member of the board of managers at Vue Hospital, reflecting strong civic engagement and duties in public health administration.
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New York
Wheeler Home
Miss Morsay Nie
Women's
National
Dela Miltlee
the Vue Hospital
Santa Plans 3 Capitol Call
Page text notes promotional chatter about holiday calls to the Capitol. It mentions Coolidge staying Christmas day, Dawes and several members traveling home, Mellon opting for Pittsburgh, and Speaker Longworth remaining in Washington briefly. The White House program is described as following a prior year pattern.
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Colonel Lind
Gover
Pi Coolidge
Pi Dawes
Witon
Mellon
Pittsburgh
Christ Speaker
Longworth
Washinton
Agy
Golf blamed by RiR for money troubles in Illinois
A garbled Chicago dispatch claims RiR blames golf for home troubles. It notes the North Shore and Western Railroad built track near Evanston, adjacent to a golf course, and that this subsidized golf line seeks tax relief from the Illinois Commerce Commission due to auto usage reducing demand.
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Golf
Rir
Chicago
Embana Railroad
North Shore and
W Railroad
Evanaton
Golfel Line
Illinois G Merce Commission
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