Storm Warnings and Finishes Set for Southern Conference Melee
Two finish matches headlined by Curtis Denning at High Point arena on Friday promise a hot card. Rosy Ryan returns to armlocks against the Mad Monk from Centenary with pre bout tension over promoter decisions. Leon Grandovitch meets Ivan Vaduroff in a heavyweight clash as Hogue seeks a Ryan rematch amid wagering and controversy.
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Curtis Denning
High Point Arena
Rosy Ryan
Boston
Jack O'Brian
Centenary
Preacher
Leon Grandovitch
Royal Hussar
Ivan Vaduroff
Hogue
al Sparks
Ryan
Denning
Flaming Redhead
Monk
Roundup Biased: Feller Case Bets and Baseball Buzz
New York reports a verdict expectation in the Bob Feller case with Judge Landis and betting odds. Wires note birthday jests from baseball writers and a possible sale rumor to Cincinnati. Other items include football barnstorming by Yankees and Shamrocks, a Joe Louis purse, and Ellsworth Vines beating Fred Perry in pro tennis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bob Feller
Landis
Feller
Ladis
Rickey Ballyhoo
Dean
Cincinnati
Dutch Ruether
Joe Dimagero
Vince
Bees
New York Yankee
Boston Shamrock
Charlotte
N. C
Mike Jacobs
Cleveland
Joe Louis
Eddie Simms
Ellsworth Vines
Fred Perry
Old Fox Clark Griffith Sells Cronin for Quarter Million
In his 56 years in baseball as player manager and magnate Clark Griffith known as Old Fox sold only one ball player Joe Cronin his son in law for a quarter of a million dollars.
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Old Fox
Clark Griffith
Washington
Joe Cronin
Baseball group credits Bramham and Carr for minors' boom
A sports update credits Judge W. G. Bramham and his aide Joe Carr with the flourishing minors. A golf expert touts Henry Picard as the country's outstanding golfer based on form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Bramham
Joe Carr
Henry Picard
Skeleton outside lobster body with muscles inside
The statement notes that a lobster’s exoskeleton forms the outer shell while the muscles reside within the skeletal framework, highlighting the contrast between the external hard shell and internal muscular system.
EYES Edited by HT PRISLEY EYES
A reader protests the North Carolina drivers license process. He questions the state’s issuance for one dollar without verifying driving competence and urges patrol officers to personally assess applicants before granting licenses.
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HT Prisley
State
Highway Patrol
Raleigh
State of
North Carolina
Oak Ridge Royal Arcanum Dual Meet Tickets Go Fast
Tickets for the Oak Ridge Royal Arcanum dual boxing meet at High Point arena available Monday night at 8 15 with 150 ringside seats. half sold by noon and strong demand expected to draw a large crowd. Oak Ridge coach Dave Stone brings a strong squad, aiming to outshine last year’s performance against Appalachian foes. Tickets sold at Oasis cafe Wag's Shop Smoke Shop Mann No 2 Economy Drug and from Royal Arcanum members.
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Oak Ridge
Dave Stone
High Point
Fisth
Ak Ridge
Oasis Cafe
Wag’s Shop
Smoke Shop
Mann No. 2
Economy Drug Company
Royal Arcanum Council
Graham Plan Faces Changes in Southern Conference
Richmond telegraph reports delegates arrive for the Southern Conference annual meeting amid debate over subsidization of athletes. Proposals to modify or abolish the Graham plan are docketed, with by law reforms, potential post season game rules changes, and readiness to adjourn for a 1937 special session. Duke, South Carolina, Clemson, and W. M. I. oppose subsidies, while Virginia hosts the boxing tournament debate and by law amendments are limited to those filed earlier.
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Richmond
Graham
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
South Carolina
Miami
William Cooper
Wv. M. L
University of Virginia
Duke
Clemson
W. M
South
Prairie dog town spans Kansas to near Colorado
A vast prairie dog town stretches from Trego county Kansas along the divide north of the Smoky Hill river almost to Colorado. Some areas sit over water 350 feet below the surface, indicating an extensive underground burrow system.
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Trego County
Kan
Smoky Hill River
Colorado
Cinder Tea Peppered Remedy Baffles English Villages
A local English paper notes that cinder tea still acts as a stomach ache remedy in some villages. The practice involves dipping a red hot cinder in hot water. Readers are invited to send letters on pet peeves to the Editor at The Enterprise.
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Pet Peeve
Pet Peeves
The
Enterprise
Maine Hatchery Strips Eggs From Salmon for Stocking
A Maine state hatchery removed 3000 eggs from an adult landlocked salmon and plans to hatch 6,000,000 eggs for release into state waters next spring. Workers used a woolen glove to handle the fish and eggs.
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Maine
Amateur League Battles Tonight at the Y M C A
The Amateur League features Globe Parlor and Younts & Loflin in a top clash to preserve a perfect record. Harriss Covington faces Red Top while Highland plays Adams Millis Blues in other league games after 7 p m schedules. In the Commercial league Tomlinson meets DeMolay as the standings focus on tight races.
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Globe Parlor
Younts & Loflin
Harriss-Covington
Beer Barons
Highland
Adams-Millis Blus
Tomlinson
Adams-Millis
Red Top
Adama-Millis
DeMolay Faces Tomlinson In Commercial League Night Match
In the Commercial League the Y Juniors had a bye after the Pentagon team dropped out. Calvary Baptist replaces the Pentagon club in the standings while DeMolay meets Tomlinson at 9 p m with current records showing Tomlinson at 0 1 000 and Calvary Baptist 0 0 000.
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Tomlinson
Wwll
Pet. Domoley
Visiecoa
C.C. Osmp .i
Ih Gee
Calvary Baptist
RIOR
Y’ Juniors
Pentagon
Cavary Baptist
Longe Extends Lead in World Checker Championship
Asa Longe of Toledo Ohio held a two game lead over challenger Edwin Hunt of Nashville Tennessee with eight games remaining in the 40 match world championship checker tournament in West Palm Beach Florida. Hunt has won one game in the series and allowed the champion a third victory yesterday.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Asa Long
Toledo
Ohio
Edwin Hunt
Nashville
Tenn
Hunt
Table Tennis Tourney Set for Chicago
The sixth annual national table tennis tournament will be held in Chicago from January 1 to 8. City champions from across the United States will compete, while the U S men's and women's teams to challenge for the Swaythling cup and Corbillon cup at Baden Austria next February will be selected during the tournament.
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Chicago
United States
U. S
Baden
Austria
Billiard Tourney Still Wide Open in World Three Cushion
CHICAGO December 10 Kinney Matsuyama of Japan led with six wins and two losses in the world three cushion title race. Johnny Layton of Sedalia Missouri Welker Cochran of San Francisco and Tiff Denton of Kansas City remained in contention for a possible playoff or undisputed championship.
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Chicago
Kinney Matsuyama
Japan
Johnny Layton
Sedalia
Welker Cochran
San Francisco
Tiff Denton
Kansas City
Tobacco opening day sales in Asheville total 169964 pounds
Opening day tobacco sales in Asheville reached 169964 pounds with an average price of 33.47 dollars per cwt. Last year’s opening day prices were about ten cents per pound lower.
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Asheville
Reorganization Approved for National Weaving Company
In Charlotte federal court the National Weaving Company Inc of Lowell was approved to reorganize under a new capitalization of 640000 dollars. The firm has operated under debtor trusteeship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
National Weaving Company, Inc
Lowell
Relief rolls shrink at Family Service in November
The Family Service association reports a decrease in the number of families on relief during November, marking the first drop after many months of steady or rising relief rolls.
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Charlotte
Family Service Association
Kansas Sees One-Sixth of Meteorites Found Here
A historical note states that about one sixth of the world s known stony meteorites have been discovered within Kansas borders, highlighting the state as a rich source for meteorite finds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Landis to Rule on Feller Case This Day
New York December 10 The decision by Commissioner Kenesaw Landis on whether Bob Feller is a free agent or property of the Cleveland Indians is expected today The ruling could open free agency for other stars while the Dean situation remains unresolved Also noted the Boston Red Sox traded Bill Werber to the Philadelphia Athletics for Pinky Higgins adding a major league deal to the day’s sports news
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Paul Mickeison
New York
Baseball
Dizzy Dean
Kenesaw M. Landis
Bob Feller
Feller
Cleveland Indians
Landis
Dean
Schmeling Arrives and Heavyweight Plans Stir
Max Schmeling lands in New York to push a heavyweight title bout with James J. Braddock for next summer and to complicate Herman Taylor’s plans for a Louis Braddock meeting. The New York State Athletic Commission anticipates finalizing a deal at tomorrow’s meeting amid several unresolved questions.
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New York
Max
Duke Opens 1937 Season With Richmond Opener
Duke University coach Ed Cameron leads the 1937 Blue Devils in a pre season Southern conference opener at Richmond against the University of Richmond. The squad features guards Herb Cheek and Ken Podger, and promising players including Bob O Mara Russ Bergman Ed Swindell and Fred Edwards who can move to center as needed.
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Durham
Eddie Cameron
Duke University
Richmond University
Richmond
Blue Devils
Randolph Macon
Ashland
Duke
Joe Riley
Fred Edwards
Bob O'Mara
Russ Bergman
Ed Swindell
O'Mara
Cameron
Bud Herrick
John Minor
Herrick
Herb Cheek
Ken Podger
Podger
Cheek
CCC Educational Advisers Selected In Three States
The Civilian Conservation Corps named 41 new camp educational advisers, all Negro, assigned to the fourth corps area in Georgia North Carolina and Arkansas. Notable appointees include Thomas J. Critten den Herman L. McClain Clarence B. Ross and Attrella B. Williamson among others in Atlanta Cairo Greensboro and Durham.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Georgia
Thomas J. Crittenden
Atlanta
Herman L. McClain
Clarence 8. Ross
Industrial College
Albert M. Tensill
Clarence C. Walker
M. W. Weems
Cairo
Andrew C. Whisenton
Birds that lose flight due to natural selection
Birds often shed the ability to fly when not needed for survival. The penguin serves as a prime example of this evolutionary pathway where wings remain but no longer enable flight.
Cowbird Hitches Winter With Buffalo Herd Near Winnipeg
A cowbird spent the winter of 1900 01 with a buffalo herd near Winnipeg. The bird survived the cold by snuggling in the wool behind the horns of a massive buffalo bull.
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Winnipeg
Juvenile Commission Leader Attends National AAU Meet in Houston
The Carolinas leader and AAU official Bill reports a calmer, united atmosphere at the National AAU convention in Houston after coverage of earlier tensions. W B Bailey notes the convention’s hot spirit but stresses reconciliation and renewed growth across the nation and the South. Judge Lewis BE Teague is highlighted as a delegates-at-large recipient, joining notable figures from across the athletic world.
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Carolinas
Lewis BE. Teague
E. L. Jahneke
Loans
Henry L. Latham
Boston
W. F. Humphrey
Cisco
Ad Wif
New York
New York Athletic
Jude Teague
Sadie
All-State Football Selections Echo Duke Wake Forest Carolina Schools
Mail from former Y M C A staffer at Ellerbe lists two all state football teams with players from Duke Wake Forest Carolina Davidson State and others. Names include Bershak Brunansky Badgett Mumford Johnson Trimpey Parker Hackney Burnette Ryneska Taliaferro Bartos Rogers Hill Regdon Hunter Buckee Lafferty Daniel Berlinski Tipton.
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Bershak
Carolina
Brunansky
Duke
Badgett
Mumford
Wake Forest
Johnson
Davidson
Trimpey
Cara
State
Parker
Hackney
Burnette
Ryneska
Taliaferro
Bartos
Rogers
Hill
Extra Dividends Ordered By Large Corporations
New York Central profit from end year dividends with increases from two subsidiaries. Mahoning Coal Railroad Co declares 13 cents a share payable December 23 to record December 14, yielding about 240000 for New York Central. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie payment increases to 1.50 per share semi annually. Southwestern Bell Tel directors announce a 3 dollar quarter dividend on 1,780,000 shares. Manville-Jenks reports a flat wage reduction affecting 2300 textile workers.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
Mahoning Coal Railroad Co
New York Central
Central
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Co
Southwestern Bell Tel Co
Ita
The
Telephone & Telegraph
Air Reduction Co Declares Extra Dividend for Common Stock
Air Reduction Co a leading chemical unit with plants nationwide announced an extra dividend of 25 cents a share and a regular of 25 cents payable January 15 to holders of record December 31 New York Shipbuilding Corp omitted a quarterly dividend of 1 75 on preferred stock citing earnings did not justify it
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Reduction Co
New York Shipbuilding Corp
Melville Shoe Corp Declares Extra Dividend
Melville Shoe Corp plans an extra dividend of 1.1212 dollars per share on common stock payable December 23 to holders of record December 18. The chain operates over 600 retail stores in 40 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville Shoe Corp
Republic Investors Declares Dividend on Preferred Stock
Republic Investors and Inc declares a dividend of 180 unit each unit contains one share of six per cent preferred stock with warrants on common, payable December 24 to holders of record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic Investors and, Inc
Rose's 5-10-25 Cent. Inc Declares Extra Dividend Plan
The Rose's 5-10-25 Cent. Inc operating in the south declared an extra dividend on common stock payable to holders of record December 1. Shareholders approved a plan to issue stock on a five for one basis and voted to change the new shares to one dollar from prior value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose
Cent. Inc
South
To Stop Gasoline Ring Around Threads
A simple method involves cleaning the drain plug area and coating threads with laundry soap to deter gasoline seepage. This neutral barrier helps seal minor leaks around the tank drain plug.
Jupiter's Spin and Year Length Highlight Planet Facts
The text notes Jupiter's orbit about the sun in about 12 years and a planetary day of roughly 9 hours 55 minutes, reflecting its rapid rotation and long orbital period. The statement combines two key orbital metrics for the gas giant.
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Grandovitch
Horace G. Ilderton, Inc
Plymouth
Dawson
Bridie
Johnny Dawson
Thelma Wayne
Hollywood
Johnny
Catalina Island Country Club
California
Longe
Schmeling
University of Richmond
CCC
Gift Beeld
Pst
Eirerraice
Marvels Cigarettes
Judge Teague
All-State Club
Bill
Ellerbe
Ragan-Parker Knitting Com
International Utilities Holding Concern
Manville-Jenkes
Day
RTG
W. High ST
Hiatt Tire CO
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