Yankees Sweep Braves Clinch Ninth Straight AL Title
The New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Athletics for the fifteenth time this season, led by Babe Ruth with two home runs and George Pipgras earning his 14th win. The sweep solidifies the Yankees’ dominant stance as the American League pennant race tightens behind them.
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Gennie Mack
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Shib Park
Yankees
George Herman Ruth
Mack
Babe
George Pipgras
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Sam Gray
St. Louis Browns
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Washington
Sam Jones
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Chisox
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St. Louis Cardinals
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Chick Hafey
Frankie Prisch
New York Giants
Phils
Flashy Youthful Stars Spark Falls in Boys Tournament
In Blandford Indiana a girls pinch hitter Margaret Gisio hit a homer as a boys league event protested for being boys only. Atlantic City saw Gladys Coleman 13 from Harrisburg equal to top boys in a marble shooting event while 46 boys entered a national tourney. A horse racing note and a scoreless golf anecdote accompany results from the Mid-Atlantic and major leagues including St Louis Pittsburgh New York Philadelphia Chicago Cincinnati and others with day standings and upcoming games.
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Babe Ruth
Blandford
Ind
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Margaret Gisio
Atlantic City
Gladys Coleman
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Chicago-Cincinnati
Capone Reaches Miami Beach as City Council Slates Action
A stormy special session of Miami Beach council moved to have county officers arrest Al Capone for any alleged violation while he’s in Palm Island. Capone, claiming constitutional rights as a property owner, says he is here for his health and will resist attempts to remove him. Palm Island residents argue his presence harms tourism.
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Aor
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Ambrose McClelland
City of Cambarra
India
Ime
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al Capone
Chicago
Capone
Palm Island
Hart
Capohe
Airship disaster near pole linked to Amundsen search
Reports recount near disasters of the Norge expedition with Roald Amundsen missing since June. Captain Ritters Lacsen credited for averting catastrophe by seizing the rudder. Norwegian Captain Bubertsen ordered to join the search as ice blocks Bra gang's progress near North Cape. Separately, Dodge Bros merger with Chrysler faces injunction denial and bond requirements pending court actions.
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Nobile
Norge
Hisiihae Riters Lacsen
New York
Supreme Court
Mullan
Calvin H. Goddard
Dodge Bros. Corporation
Chrysler Motor Car Corporation
Dodge Corporation
Justice Mu
Chrysler
West Coast boxer Emanuel weighs in after water binge
In New York at Madison Square Garden Armand Fimanuel, replacing injured Jimmy Slattery, weighed in after drinking four glasses of water to avoid missing weight for his return bout with Tommy Loughran. The two-year layoff ends as Emanuel loses a bout in a night of boxing.
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New York
Armand Fimanuel
Linit
Tommy Loughran
the Garden
Tost
Emanuel
Jimmy Slattery
Buffalo
Fights Last Night By Associated Pros
Tiger Payne of Australia defeated Joe Monte of Boston by knockout. Osk Till of Buffalo and Sunnygan Williams of New York drew. George Hoffsman of New York beat Vinko Jakasa of Yugoslavia in four rounds.
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New York
Tiger Payne
Australia
Joe Monte
Boston
Osk Till
Buffalo
Sunny Gan Williams
Drew
George Hoffsman
Vinko Jakasa
Jugo Slavia
Smith nominated on first ballot with 849 2 3 votes
Overnight AP dispatch from Houston reports Smith secured the nomination on the first ballot with 849 2 3 votes as his prohibition enforcement platform was adopted without roll call. Albany commentary notes a governor quote about appetite and place while Providence coverage cites Curtis learning years ago of baptism in Catholic faith.
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Associated Press
Houston
Belgian relief director claims university jurisdiction over inscription
A Belgian relief director asserts university control over a disputed inscription. In Moscow Zinovlev and 37 others recant Trotsky tenets and are reinstated after banishment. Athens cabinet crisis looms as Finance Minister Kaphandaris resigns. Oslo Boyd to sail July 1 on Hobby to aid Amundsen search. details uncertain. The Reese family from Maple Avenue, Fairmont, moved to Fleming, Kentucky, then southern city. Nellie Barnes linked family. Susan aged 13, Billy age 7, died in drowning. siblings Dorothy Julia Nellie Donal d relations noted. Hearing today on G S Howe East Radford Va federal permit for hydroelectric plant on New River in Montgomery and Pulaski counties, Virginia. Major B D Ardery to conduct. Deaths Vienna June 29 Leo Ditrichstein noted American actor and playwright.
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Hoover
Oscow
Reese
Maple Avenue
Pleming
Iving
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J. H. Barnes
Louise
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Fairmont
Huntington
G. S. Howe
East Radford
New River
Montgomery
Pulaski
Virginia
Radford
B. D. Ardery
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Ardery
Two Drownings Reported in Separate States
Huntington finds a man’s body in Sixteen Mile Creek identified as former employer Hudson Soward by A. J. Burns of Milton. Burns says Soward disappeared Sunday and he knows nothing of his family or residence. Fairmont records a drowning of Susan and William Reese, children of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Reese, in Winter Haven Florida after an accident.
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Sixteen Mile Creek
A. J. Burns
Milton
Hudson Soward
Burns
Soward
Fairmont
Winter Haven
Fla
Susan
William Reese
W. G. Reese
Platform continues from page one in the campaign
The platform section outlines party aims with leaders like Governor Dan Moody and Josephus Daniels guiding the prohibition issue as part of the southern platform. The text notes strong support among city leaders and key figures shaping the party’s stance in the South.
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Smith
Dan Moody
Texas
Josephus Danels
North Carolina
South
Murder charge and political platform clash in 19th century report
A murder case centering on Mrs. Novak, accused of killing her seventh husband Martin Novak in Albion Michigan, is described alongside a political scene where party leaders denounce government corruption under Republican rule. The piece notes a deathbed statement, hospital treatment, and competing farm relief pledges, all framed within a turbulent election climate.
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Albion
Mich
Jaf
Marshal, Mich
Noval
Himsef
Haat
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