Marines Churn Pigskin Talent At Philadelphia Yard
In Philadelphia on August 6 the Marine Officers Training School showcases toughened players to fill the leatherneck market. Colonel Cates, former Tennessee tackle, praises brawn allied with brains and notes the corps seeks officers by rigorous physical tests after screening applicants from various universities.
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Philadelphia
C. B. Cates
University of ‘Tenessee
Marine Officers ‘Training Lass
Ates
Corps of Marine
Jenry
Apolskis
Marquette Kinean
H. B. Rue
Anderhilt
H. G. Vander Eb
Hazard
G. K. McClelland
Ale Back
C. W. Johnson
Drake Ineman
J. H. Davies
Fordham
Sigler
North Carolina
Quirky Chicago traffic judge dismisses cases with fresh excuses
In Chicago, Judge George Quilici runs a traffic court with a twist, inviting original excuses to dismiss cases. The enterprising jurist rewards creativity, claiming many defendants would otherwise be dismissed for borderline violations while stressing decency and fairness in a city with high accident tolls.
Nine-Year-Old Mills Home Student Drowns in Pool
Thomasville report states Darrel Everett nine year old Mills Home pupil died after drowning in the Mills Home swimming pool Tuesday afternoon. He was rescued but could not be revived by local doctors. Everett, born in High Point, had been at Mills Home two years and has two sisters there. His mother Mrs L W Everett resides in Miami Florida. Funeral arrangements await her arrival.
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Chicago
Enterrise Special News Service
Ame
George L. Quilici
Quiict
Mgth
Quilkc
George H. Mintz
Frank Murray
Lillian Miller
Quilici
Arthur Ernestein
Thomasville
Darrel Everett
Mills Home
Everett
Jack Neilson
J. A. Neilson
High Point
L. W. Everett
Miami
Florida
Organ Recital by Staley Tonight at Mills Home
F Broadus Staley, minister of music at First Presbyterian Church in Upper Montclair New Jersey, will present an Organ Concert at the Mills Home auditorium in Thomasville tonight at 8 o clock. The public is invited. Staley trained in Greensboro and New York and has served as organist in Winston-Salem and Montclair.
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Thomasville
Mills
F. Broadus Staley
First Presbyterian Church
Upper Montclair
N. J
Mr. Staley
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Charles G. Wardell
Clarence Dickinson
New York
Calvary Moravian Church
Salem College
School of Sacred Music
Union Theological Seminary
First Methodist Church
Montclaire
Upper Montclaire
What, No Bait Salem Rod Practicing in Yard Catfish Hooked
In Salem Missouri a man testing a new Oy rod on a back yard cast hooked a catfish after a strong tug and squall. Nearby in Oxnard California police confiscated aluminum chips from a poker game as evidence to be submitted to authorities.
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Salem
Oxnard
Calif
George Pryor
OPM
Red light violations spark chance for a door prize
The piece notes the many cases with no excuse and mentions drivers who ran red lights, left turns at risk, overtime parking, and speeders as a broad group. It implies a door prize incentive linked to these traffic infractions in a terse, observational tone.
White M P and Negro Soldier Die in Bus Gun Battle
At Fayetteville a white military police officer and a Negro soldier were killed in a bus gun battle en route between Fayetteville and Fort Bragg. Several others wounded, including two MPs, as 25 to 30 Black soldiers aboard were rounded up. Fort Bragg halted leaves, began an internal probe, and about 3,000 to 4,000 Black soldiers out of 55,000 stationed there were noted in reports.
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Fayetteville
Fort Brage
Roy Godwin
Fort Bragg
Godwin
Cranium Crackers Presidential Oaths Quiz
A feature questions readers about presidential oaths across history. It asks which President was sworn in by his father at a Vermont homestead and other oath-related trivia with answers on the Want Ad Page.
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U. S
Capitol
Vermont
Washington
D. C
George Washington
Supreme Court
U.S
Colorado
Jitterbug Bolt Strikes Millstadt Tavern Jukebox
A lightning storm hit Oscar Leiber's tavern waking guests in a bedroom above. The bolt struck an outdoor coin slot for the tavern's juke box, melted the switch and set the records turning. No injuries reported.
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Millstadt
Oscar Leiber
Leiber
Devil's Highway Death Toll At Least Seven In Arizona
Seven members of a Brawley, California family died from heat and thirst while stranded near San Luis, Arizona, after their truck failed in the El Camino del Diablo. Two survivors, Francisco Flores and Socorro Cornejo, were hospitalized, with Flores not expected to survive. Mexican authorities and Sheriff T H Newman noted the party may have been stranded four to five days without food or water.
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Yuma
Ariz
San Luis
el Camino del Diablo
Francisco Flores
Durango
Mex
Socorro Cornejo
Brawley
Calif
Gorman Cornejo
Elias Cornejo
Ruafuel Cornejo
Elisa Francisco
Domingo Rocha
Tomas Ponce
Millin
Yocupicin
T. H. Newman
Britain Assures Turkey Of Rights When War Is Over
Britain told Turkey she will not enter any postwar agreement with Soviet Russia that could harm Turkish interests. Ambassador Hugessen conveyed the pledge after Turkish Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu questioned a Times editorial seen as hinting at a free Russian hand in the southeast after a Allied victory. Turkish deputies debated the issue as Istanbul papers criticized Britain’s war aims.
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Ankara
Turkey
Britain
Russia
Hughe Enaichbull- Hugessen
Sukru Saracoglu
London Times
Germany
Saracoglu
Times
Moscow
Turkish National Assembly
People’s Party
Istanbul
London
Yeni Sabah
Europe
Currys Host Neighborly Get Together In Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on August 6 a young bank clerk Albere Curry Jr and his wife invited 2,500 neighbors to a nonpolitical "get together" at their Fourteenth ward home. They plan soft drinks and ice cream with an accordionist, aiming to ease local tensions over labor issues and encourage friendly dialogue among residents.
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Pittsburgh
Fourteenth Ward
Albere Curry
Albert
Western master develops unique forcing bid in bridge win
Walter Turner of Oakland, California, won the open pair championship at San Francisco. The article explains his two club forcing bid that asks partner to bid aces then kings and so on. In the given hand North with no aces responds two no trump, South bids three clubs, then four clubs, aiming to force toward a slam. South finally improvises based on diamond and spade holdings, cashes aces, kings, and uses a spade king finesse to secure the win.
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Walter Turner
Oakland
Calif
New York
San Francisco
Turner
North
South
Guilford County Realty Transfers Across Townships
Guilford County real estate transfers list numerous conveyances including Millard Bodenheimer to Preston L. Loughlin and wife in High Point Township, Jane Blaylock to William J. Jarrell on South Main Street, and deeds in Sumner Mooremead Jefferson and Gilmer Townships. City of Greensboro transfers include O D Nelson and wife on Hackett Street, with Stilts and Adams in Jamestown area.
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High Point
Millard H. Bodenheimer
Preston L. Loughlin
Gladfelrer
Johnson Jane Blaylock
William J. Jarrell
South Main Street
Sumner
Martin
Russell F. Hall
Cedar Street
Moremead
N. H. Blackburn
WL E. Lewis Et al
Grimes Street
Dewey Hardin
Boswell
Lawndale Extension
A. V
Dollar blockade cripples Axis firms in Latin America survey
A Washington communique details how Axis firms in Latin America are losing dollar capital and offices as banks reject deposits and credits. German and Italian agents face credit freezes, while the blockade hinders shipping, fuel, and supplies. Railroads may cushion the deficit, but fears rise over shortages into winter and early spring.
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Central America
United States
Latin America
Peru
Brazil
Roosevelt
South America
Washington
Oil executives plan 150 U.S. tankers cut for Britain
Report by Richard Wakle notes private U.S. tanker reductions to serve British emergency needs. A total of 150 carriers will be diverted from normal service, adding to 50 already transferred, as gasoline restrictions spread. About 35 Norwegian flag ships now hauling Caribbean oil to the Americas, South Africa, Canada and the East Coast will shift to transatlantic runs to support Britain.
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Songland
Halifax
New York
U.S
Gulf
Base Coast Service
Davies
Railway Age
Richard Wakle
Great Britain
Caribbean
South America
South Africa
Canada
American
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Staley
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