Dodgers Resolve Not to Sell Star Pitcher Mungo
Brooklyn owners insist Van Mungo will remain with the Dodgers next season despite repeated trade offers from every NL club. The long-running saga notes Mungo’s volatile temper and fluctuating win losses, with 97 as his career record through 1937.
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Gayle Talbot
New York
Brooklyn Baseball Club
van Lingle
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Mungo
Ebbetsfield
Chicago Cubs
Mountain Boy
Dick Bargell
Jme
Gibelmati
Jin Bae
Paxleigh Grimes
MacPhail
Smal
Moyne
Mel Ott
Harry Danning
Say It In French at Dixie with Bradna and Milland
The Dixie Theatre presents Say It In French, a lively comedy based on Jacques Deval's play, starring Ray Milland and Olivia Bradna. The film follows a Parisian flavored tale on Manhattan's park avenue as a French bride, played by Miss Bradna, teaches her American husband and helps avert a family scandal while preserving the father's fortune. The two day showing opens tonight at the Opera House, with a chorus of notable supporting players and a new song introduced in the picture.
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Halled
Card
Hig
Para+ ‘mom
Ray Milland
Olympe Bradha
Ty French
Dixie Theatre
Jacques Deval
Manhattan
Park Avenue
Miss Bradna
Hollywood
Mary Carlisle
Miss’ Bradna
Milland
of the Saddle
Opéra House
Tune
Republic
Ray Corrigan
John
Wayne
Max Terhune
Edwards
Brophy
Truman £Ley
Tom Rutherford
Tombes
Herman Bing
George Zucco
Matthew Boulkan
Miss Knight
Fans Invited To See Tech Team Drill
Texas Tech coach Peter Willis Cawthorn invites fans to an open practice in which the unbeaten team will perform a nationally famous pass interception drill. Cawthon promises a 15 minute finale described as a rock em and sock em scrimmage.
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Tech
Willis Cawthorn
Texas Techs
Reai Carethon
Lera
Cawthon
Budge Vines Tennis Showdown At Madison Square Garden
New York December reports a match between Budge and Vines set for next Tuesday at Madison Square Garden. Promoter Jack Harris announced the bout would break financial records, with advance sales reaching fourteen thousand eight hundred fifty three dollars, a new Gardens gate record.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Jack Harris
Harris
Gardens
Vines
Fred
Perry
St Augustine High Hosts St Peter's Maroons Tonight
St Augustine High prepares to host St Peter's Maroons of Fairmont in the school gym at 8 15 p m. The Fighting Irish of Grafton expect a tough test as they meet the visitors in a regional basketball clash with a large St Peter's student turnout anticipated.
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St. Augustine High School
St. Peter's High Maroons
Fairmont
Fighting Irish of
Grafton
St. Peter's
Tennessee and Oklahoma Brace for Orange Bowl Clash
Miami, Fla. December 28. University of Tennessee and Oklahoma boards lock practice as final prep tightens for the January 2 Orange Bowl. Oklahoma coach Tom Stidham jokes about keeping score down while Tennessee’s Major Bob Neyland seeks to exploit the pass threat. Cafego, Wyatt, and Foxx pace Tennessee’s offense in the buildup.
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Miami
Fla
University of Tennessee
Oklahoma
Biscayne Bay
Miami Beach
Tennessee
Tom Stidham
Stidham
Vols
Bob Neyland
Neyland
George Cafego
Bowden Wyatt
Bob Foxx
Wrestling Results From Reading Minneapolis and More
Wrestling results list bouts from Reading and Minneapolis with Gordon and Schultz at 205 pounds, Nagu rski and Savoldi at 237 and 212, Thesz defeating Schnabel in Kansas City, Marshall over Zaharias noted for fouls, Roche downing Bartush, Bruns pinning Eckert in Chicago.
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Reading
Ace Gordon
Boston
Herman Schultz
Germany
Minneapolis
Bronko Nagurski
International Falls
Minnesota
Joe Savoldi
Haryert
Mich
Indianapolis
Everett Marshall
Lajunta
Colo
George Zaharias
Pueblo
Zaharias
Corve Roche
Doctor, l
Billy Bartush
Chicago
Bob Bruns
Ray Eckert
St. Louis
Trojan Speed Versus Duke In Rose Bowl Preview
Pasadena Calif Dec 28 Duke faces Southern California’s speed in the Rose Bowl prep as coach Wallace Wade weighs limits of Eric Tipton and the Duke punter’s task. USC backs Mickey Anderson Bill Sangster and Jack Banta loom fast while Duke evaluates defending aerial threat and kick returns.
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Pasadena
Calif
Duke
Southern California
Pacific Slope
Wade
Howard Jones
Blue Devils
Wallace Wade
Trojans
Mickey Anderson
Bill Sangster
Jack Banta
Tipton
Blue Devil
Eric Tipton
Granny Lansdel
Ohio State
Washington
Lansdell
Thoxs
Slong
Lee
Fights Last Night in New York and Houston
In White Plains Eddie Brink 139 of Scranton Pa out pointed Joe Dejesus 135 of Puerto Rico in eight rounds. In Houston Junior Munsell 183 of Ponca City Okla out pointed Jimmy Webb 168 of St Louis in ten rounds.
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White Plains
N. Y
Eddie Brink
Scranton
Joe Dejesus
Puerto Rico
Houston
Tex
Junior Munsell
Ponca City
Okla
Jimmy Webb
St. Louis
North South all star drills in cold bowl in Montgomery
North and South football all stars prepared for the Blue and Gray charity game set for January 2 in Montgomery. Coaches Frank Thomas and Jack Meagher, Notre Dame grads, arrived with their 22 man Grays squad from 13 southern colleges, while Carl Snavely and Lynn Waldorf brought a northern group by train amid 20 degree chill.
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Montgomery
Ala
Football Warriors
North
Frank Thomas
Alabama
Jack Meagher
Auburn
Notre Dame
Rockne
Grays
Carl Snavely
Cornell
Lynn Waldorf
Northwestern
Plans to Send Braddock Back to Ring Against Nova
New York reports Braddock may return to boxing to fight Lou Nova as heavyweight prospects shift. Ancil Hoffman negotiates with Max Baer’s camp to avoid a Nova bout while Joe Louis begins training for John Henry Lewis, amid scrutiny of fielding averages and a boxing commission bid by Al Weill for Lou Ambers versus Henry Armstrong.
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Drew Middleton
New York
Sporting Club
Monicker
Jim Braddock
Lou Nova
Ancil Hoffman
Max Baer
Braddock
Tech
Insco
Inscoelda
Woolford Farms
Herbert Woolf
Kentucky
Lawrin
Inscoela
Carnegie Tech
South
Texas Christian
Pacific Coast
Duke
Sonja Henile
Louis
Joe Louis
Chicago
John Henry Lewis
Zeke Bonura
al Weill
Boxing Commission
Lou Ambers
Henry Armstrong
Injuries Mount in Shrine Game Preparations
Eastern and Western coaches scaled back practice for the Shrine charity game in San Francisco as injuries hit six of 22 Eastern players including Villanova end John Woscek, Minnesota quarterback George Faust, and Wisconsin fullback Howard Wells while West teams began scrimmage on Stanford field at Palo Alto.
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San Francisco
Andy Kerr
Colgate
Bernie Bierman
Minnesota
West Everat Stadium
John Wosoekj
Villanova
George Faust
Howard Wells
Wisconsin
Sid Roth
Gorell
Francis Twedell
Joe” Mihai
Purdie
Babe Hollingerry
Washington State
Pitt Jones
Nebraska
Huskies
Stanford
Palo, Alto
Pioneer Tucker County resident dies at age 77
Rachel McNeeley, a widow of W. O. McNeeley of Hendricks, longtime Tucker County pioneer, died at age 77 after a lengthy life in the community. Deg. 28, UP notes her passing and honors her local contributions.
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Piovefr
Parsons
Mitic
Rachel McNeeley
Wilyow
W. O. McNeeley
Hendricks
Tucker Coun We
Wide Support for Big Game and Sugar Bowl Preview
Betting odds show Tech money at 8 to 5 while Texas is 7 to 5 favorite in the big game. Bay St. Louis training camp boosts easterners who now predict victory. Ticket sales for the game reach completion with an expected 50,000 crowd. Sugar Bowl basketball features Arkansas Parker s and Purdue Boilermakers tonight at 8 45 p m CST. Sugar Bowl tennis begins tomorrow with Mako seeded No 1 and other top players likely to be seeded.
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Tech
Texas
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Mid - Winter Sports Association
Arkansas Parkers
Purdue Boilermakers
America
Gene Mako
Los Angeles
Bryan"Bitsy” Grant
Atlanta
Elwood Cooke
Portland
Ores
Gardiner Mulloy
Miami
Rules Changes Studied by Football Coaches in Chicago
In Chicago on December 28 the Football Coaches Association held a three hour session reviewing major and minor proposals. Coaches favored keeping the current code for another year, while discussing abolition of the point after touchdown and other changes like goal posts at the goal line, protection for the passer, and pass throwing behind the line of scrimmage. The rules committee of the NCAA will consider these proposals next week, with president Harry Stuhldreher leading the discussion and technical game studies occupying the rest of the program.
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Chicago
Football Coaches Association
Lou Little
Columbia
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Harry Stuhldeher
Wistonsia
Game Warden Kinser Injured in Mountain Crash
Bluefield December 28. Game Warden H. Kinser of Tazewell County was hospitalized after his car collided head on with a light truck on Fast River mountain. He suffered a broken thigh head injuries lacerations and a possible pelvic fracture.
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Bluefield
Kinser
Tazewell County
Fast River Mountain
Tralee youth badly burned by cracker blast
Henry Cahill, a 15 year old from Tralee, sustained serious burns about the eye when a firecracker exploded.
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Pinevile
Henry Cahill
Tralee
Opera House Presents Everybodys Doing It Puzzle Film
RKO film at the Opera House tonight centers on a puzzle contest launched to boost breakfast sales. Preston Foster plays a commercial artist who uses drawings with clues to signal his whereabouts after gangsters target the venture. Co star Sally Eilers, with Richard Lane and Gunn Williams as gangsters, anchors a large supporting cast.
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Preston
Foster
Sally
Eilers
Richard Lane
Gunn Wiliams
Lorraine Krueger
William Brisbane
Cecil Kellaway
Sally Ward
Frank M. Thomas
New Republic Picture 1s Tops for Action
When a new Republic western arrives in town it excites both adults and children. The arrival signals a clear call to adventure and entertainment as readers flock to see the latest in frontier drama.
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NEW Republic
Republic
Vacation From Love at Strand Theatre Opens Today
Strand Theatre presents a light comedy featuring Dennis O Keefe Florence Rice Reginald Owen and June Knight. A whirlwind courtship leads to marital strains when a second anniversary is forgotten triggering quarrels and a temporary departure for the young couple.
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Dennis O'Keefe
Florence Rice
Reginald Owen
June Knight
Strand Theatre
O'Keefe
Misa
Rice
George Fitzmaurice
Patterson “McNutt
Harlan Ware
Barclay on Bridge: No Trump bids and Blackwood checks
Brief discussion of trump fits and ruffing value in bridge, focusing on No Trump versus suit contracts. Describes how bids reveal aces, with North-South using Blackwood to gauge strength and the South hand signaling high aces. Ends with question on best bidding approach for aggressive East-West bidders in the deal.
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Achaly
Qourae
North
South
Cellaai Ae
Neri
Lima Parley Highlights Declaration Heritage and Dispute
At the banquet hosted by President Benavides the conference opened December 9 and adjourned by Dr. Carlos Concha the Peruvian foreign minister. Dr. Concha said the gathering marks a new stage in American solidarity while newsmen protested being excluded from a cocktail party for American journalists.
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Conva
Page Galt
Cal Nature
Benavides
Carlos Concha
Concha
America Ty
French Open New Road Amid Ethiopia Eritrea Tensions
The article reports on France’s symbolic act of opening a vital road in the inner Algerian frontier area near Italian Libya. French officers warn wartime deployments to Djibouti if needed, signaling strong military resolve. Daladier in close touch with London. Britain's stance on delaying actions amid reports of Italian antis, and tensions along the Ethiopia Somaliland border are noted.
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Ethiopia
Eritrea
Djbouti
France
Ney
Algerini
Italian Libya
Djibouti
Britain
F Daladier
London
Chamber
Rome
Paris
Ttalbant Maltary
Rraniee
Somaliland
Italy
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Opera House
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Shepard Barclay
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Ewe
Ftat Ieee
Lima Parley Finn
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Richmond
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