Earle Combs Out For Season With Skull Fracture
St Louis July 26 1934 Yankees face pennant run without Earle Combs who is declared unable to play again this summer after a skull fracture and broken collarbone from a Tuesday accident at the gate bleachers Combs hemorrhaged losing vision in one eye and may never wear a baseball uniform again Manager Joe McCarthy visited him in hospital and said Combs will never play ball again The Browns surgeon Dr Robert F Hyland said the outfielder is out for the season with a serious though not immediately critical condition The Yankees still have four outfielders Chap man Byrd and Hoag plus Babe Ruth who may return to the lineup while Chest prospects fade from optimism
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Joe McCarthy
Yankees
Earle Combs
Combs
Barland Cliff
St. Louis Browns
McCarthy
Robert F. Hyland
Browns
Babe” Ruth
Chapman
Byrd
Hoag
Detroit
Boxers and title talk mix in 1920s hype era
An array of boxing chatter unfolds with Max Baer recalling a dance hall fight that revealed his early fighting fire. Jim Londos faces Ed Strangler Lewis at Wrigley Field on September 20 in a fifteenth bout, with bets favoring Londos. Hoffman's notes push Primo Camera as title hopeful among four contenders including Hamas and Neusel, while Nemsel is out unless he beats Schmeling next month. a separate political quote references Senatorial support and admin stance.
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Jim Londos
Ed. Strangler Lewis
Wrigley Field
Chicago
Lewis
Londos
Maxie Baer
Ancil Hoffman
Primo Camera
Hoffman
New York
Camera
Madison Square Garden
Walter Neusel
Steve Hamas
Lasky
Baer
Hamas
Hoffman Hoffman
Samcra
Nemsel
Max Schmeling
Germany
Daily Cross-Word Puzzle Across and Down Clues
Puzzle clues listed for anAcross and Down with numbered positions and fragmented wording. Includes references to Weep convulsively, voiceless sounds, feminine name, parrot kind, and various other terms. likely a standard newspaper crossword page with multiple theme entries and scattered hints.
University reports book exchange growth in Upsala
Upsala Sweden July 26 The Carolina Rediviva library of Upsala University reports that the book exchange idea begun about 1850 has grown to involve 2 600 libraries worldwide. They send books to Upsala and receive Swedish volumes in exchange.
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Upsala
Sweden
Carolina Rediviva Library
Upsala University
Dare-Devil Outboard Drivers Eye Dawes Trophy in Marietta Regatta
Dare-Devil drivers converge on Marietta Ohio for the seventh Mid-East Regatta August 2 25 with the Charles G Dawes Gold Cup as top prize. Open to stock motors racing heats on the Muskingum River course the event expects record attendance and prize money around $1000 for professionals plus numerous trophies for amateurs. The Marietta Kiwanis Club backs the festival as officials report strong entries and advancing hotel reservations.
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Mideriver
Charles G. Dawes
Marieta
Ohio
Mid East
Ben Coler
George Martin
Ray Pregenzer
Hub Myers
Dick Neal
W. W. Everett
Dawes
National Outboard Association
Chicago
Muskingum River
Marietta
Marietta Kiwanis Club
A. A Schraram
Kiwanis International
Mooney Loses Fight to Secure His Freedom
San Francisco July 26 Mooney, condemned for the 1916 Preparedness Day parade bombing, failed to obtain a certificate of probable cause for a US Supreme Court appeal Judge Shortell denied the request and St Sure advised pursuing habeas corpus in state courts. the path to the high court remains open if California high court rules adversely.
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Mooney
San Francisco
Thomas Mooney
Supreme Court of the United
William H. Shortell
Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District Court
A. F. St. Sure
Jeys
United States Supreme Tribunal
Carnival Worker Sought for Battlefield Murder
Fredericksburg authorities seek carnival concessionist C. T. Powell in the Battlefield Park murder of Miss Fannie Kurz. Powell, who was in town with a show when the crime occurred, has returned with another carnival crew.
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Fredericksburg
Department of Justice
Battlefield Park
Fannie Kurz
C. T. Powell
Milton
Fla
Washington
Miss Kurz
Milton Brown
United States Department of Justice
West Virginia to host 10 day football coaching clinic
Morgantown July 26 new Mountaineer coach Charles C Tallman will lead a ten day football coaching clinic for West Virginia high school tutors September 3 to 12. All university staff will demonstrate with free lockers and facilities provided. The event follows a successful 1933 coaching course and aims to attract coaches from across the state to study tactics and drills.
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Morgantown
Charles C. “Trusty” Tallman
West Virginia University
West Virginia
University
Mountaineer
Tallman
Jury Deadlocks in Mail Fraud Trial of McKay and Graham
In New York on July 26 the jury in the mail banco case of James C. McKay and William J. Graham reported after three and a half hours of deliberation that it could not reach a verdict. Judge Carroll C. Hincks ordered a further courtroom session to continue deliberations.
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New York
James C. McKay
William J.graham
Carroll C. Hincks
Dr. George F. Peer joins Fort Knox Medical Unit
Dr. George F. Peer, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Peer of the First ward, has left for Fort Knox Kentucky to be stationed for five years with the medical unit of the United States Army. He is a Grafton High School graduate.
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George F. Peer
Charles Peer
Fort Knox
United States Army
Peer
Grafton High School
National League results and schedule from Boston rain day
In National League play Boston beat Cincinnati 7 to 2 and 1 to 3 in two games while other games were postponed due to rain. Yesterday Boston defeated Detroit 9 to 7, Chicago 4 to 0 over Washington, Cleveland 8 to 3 over Philadelphia, New York 5 to 4 over St Louis, with Philadelphia at Cleveland and Washington at Chicago on the slate.
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Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
W. L. Pet
New York Chicago
Boston AG
Brooklyn
Cincinnati Cincinnati
Bar Politicians From Hanging Around Office
An order prevents political discussions by staff at the National Reemployment Service and West Virginia State Reemployment Service offices. It bars employees from showing preference for any candidate in an official role and bans canvassers from loitering about the offices. The directive, signed by James McGinnis, director of the state service, targets behavior deemed unbecoming to employees.
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National
Yankees Trim Browns and Gain on Tigers
The New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Browns to close the gap on the league leading Detroit Tigers to one game. Tony Lauriuri and Sammy Byrd drove in four runs with home runs, including a two run rally in the ninth. Roy Johnson’s double sparked Boston’s 9 to 7 win over Detroit after a six run second inning. Marty McManus hit a bases loaded homer as the Boston Braves took game two of a doubleheader from the Reds. George Earnshaw threw the White Sox first regular shutout, 4 to 0 over Washington, as Chicago wins a third straight. The Indians defeated the Athletics 8 to 3 after a shaky start by Philadelphia. Pickets were quiet following a clash with state police in which a trooper was cut by a brick and several persons hurt.
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New York Yankees
Detroit Tigers
St. Louis Browns
Tony Laurerie
Sammy Byrd
Roy Johnson
Boston Red Sox
Bruins
Bill Marty McManus
Boston Braves
Cincinnati Reds
Huck Betts
St Johnson
George Earnshaw
White Sox
Washington
Chicagoans
Walter Stewart
Bob Burke
Philadelphia
Indians
Athletics
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