Schmeling to defend title in June potential fight set
York reports Schmeling expected to tell the York Athletic Commission he is ready for a heavyweight title defense against the best available opponent in June. Jacobs, suspended earlier over manager contract issues, is to pledge his protege to a match if the commission accepts. Possible challengers include Sharkey, Stribling, or Caputo. promoter money suggests a big payday but a Sharkey bout may fail financially.
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Maxing
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Boston
Meling
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Semuling
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Jacbs
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Coanion
Tesday
Proba Wily
Sharkey
Rlo Catpolo
Chicago
Sling
Stribe
Convention shift as unions strike halts Cleveland stay
The Grénia convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen shifts from Cleveland to Toronto due to hotel staff strikes. Delegates will spend about 700000 dollars over a month, with hotels demanding individual contracts and layoffs affecting downtown hotels.
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Toronto
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Houston
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Organized Labor
Devil's Holiday at Grand Theatre features Nancy Carroll
Nancy Carroll stars as a hard boiled man manicurist at a Western hotel in The Devil's Holiday. The plot follows her schemes to build a fortune selling farm machinery and the ensuing romantic and family upheavals with Phil and his father Old Man Bosworth. The cast includes Hallie Hobart James Kirkwood and others in a melodramatic tale of love betrayal and retribution.
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Grand ‘Theatre
Hallie Hobart
David Stone
Phillips Holmes
Mark Stone
James Kirkwood
Ezra ‘Stone
Charlie Thorne
Monkey McGonnell Morgan Farley Kent Carred Prouty
Dr. Reynolds
Paul Luka
Freddie
M. Downey
Zasu Pitts
Guy Oliver
Jessie Pringlé
House
Wade Botelet
Madame Bernstein
Waure la Varnie
Ae Hilmes
Hobart Bosworth
Phil
Nancy
Kirkwood
Bosworth
Nahey
Ghe
Paris
Nuhey
Paul Gilkas
Tania
Lars
Nominations Peek At Hand Pal Steeplechase Entry
Confused brief notes show Mrs Stevenson nominating a hand pal steeplechase entry for next March. References to York Alligator and early 1900s heavyweight Sharkey appear, with scattered figures and a deposit saga from Edison era details.
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Associated Press Y York — Alligator
Stevenson
Elkins Olympic quintet seeks local 5 to book games
Elkins December 24 The Elkins Olympic quintet plans to book basketball games with regional teams. They already have several strong engagements scheduled and now aim to schedule one or more Grafton contests at Elkins or Grafton. The lineup is composed of local players.
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Grafton
Elking
Civil rights restored to former governor McCray
Kentland Ind December 24 former Indiana governor Warren Z McCray received a presidential pardon restoring his civil rights after serving three years in Atlanta federal prison for using the malls to defraud He anticipated a happy Christmas saying the pardon came yesterday McCray had lived on his stock farm near Kentland since parole in 1927
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Atlanta
Hoover
Norris Turns on Hoover Era Fight in British Note Case
Lucas testified that the Republican committee funded Norris Burns defense, stating only 850 of 4000 borrowed on a secured note went to Norris fight and asserting no one else bore responsibility. The remarks tied Hoover’s residency and voting to the political dispute, with implications for party funds.
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Great Britain
Lucas
Republican Committee
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Cantor in Whoopee at the Strand on Christmas Eve
The newly formed Ziegfeld Goldwyn partnership presents Eddie Cantor in a Technicolor screen musical comedy based on Whoopee at the Strand Theatre. The film features George Olsen and his band with a starry cast and highlights the stage to screen talent nurtured by Ziegfeld.
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Florena” Ziegfeld
Eddie Cantor
New Amsterdam Theatre
New York
Strand Theatre
William Anthony McGuire
Tyrie
Walter Donaldson
Unitéd Artiste
Cantor
Ethel Shutta
Paul Gregory
Broadway
Caupolean
George Olsen
Canter Hay
Aueh-Tom
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Will Rogers
W. G. Fields
Marfon Davies
Marilyn Miller
Mae Murray
Billie Dove
Fannie Brice
Ann Pennington
Justine Johnson
Eleanor Hunt
Hollywood
Goldwyn
Ziegfeld
Joe Cook Stars in Rain or Shine at Opera House
Joe Cook of Broadway fame makes his film debut in a Columbia release of Rain or Shine. The one man show performs singing, instrumentals, acrobatics, dancing, conjuring, sharpshooting and wire walking, delivering rapid-fire humor and a distinctive screen presence.
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Tom Howard
Dave Chater
Ram
Geote M) Cohan Theatre
New York City
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Bout Circus Uife
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Pictures
Frank] Capra
Flight
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Jona Peers
Louise Farenda
Wilama Collier, Jr
Alan Rosede
Adolph Milne
Opera’ House
Mickey Movse
Broadway’ Fame
Petey Hammond
Amelia
Opera House
Aeree
Whoopee at Strand Theatre Christmas Show
A glamorous co production by Sam Goldwyn and Morenz Alegfeld brings Whoopee to the Strand Theatre on Christmas weekend. Featuring Eadie Comfor and stars Eleanor Hunt Ethel Shutta and Dorothy Knapp, the lavish musical promises top talent and sensational musical numbers from Hollywood and Broadway.
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Chistmas
Samual Goldwyn
Morenzalegfeld
Eadie Comfor
Eleanor Hunt
Ethel Shutta
Dorothy Knapp
Goldwyn
Ziegfeld
Samuel Goldwyn
Hollywood
Picked squads battle Sunday at Ebbetts Field New York
Rival northern and southern football squads rapid into form for a Sunday game at Ebbetts Field. Northern backfield names include Hannon Temple French Karels and others. southern backfield candidates list Bethea Hackman Davidson and more. A starting lineups shift appears probable.
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Temple
French
Te State
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Antos
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Abst
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Shawley
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Bethea
Florida
Hackman
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Davidson
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Bell
Oglethorpe
Phipps
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Holland
Tulane
Magner
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Speer
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Brandt and
Thayer
Tennessee
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Fulton
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Forquer
Fose
Rum Runner Theory Emerges On Plane Crash Victim
Chicago investigators warned the plane that fell in a snow storm near La Porte may have been a rum runner. They identified the dead pilot as Bert J. Roesch alias Bert J. Kempai or Willie Doody, and hoped friends could verify him from a photo on the airman’s license.
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Rim Runner
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Bert J. Kempai
Willie Doody
Roesch
Diane
Bert J. R
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