Army and Stanford Set for Big Grid Classic
West Point and Stanford meet in a high profile football showdown at Stanford Stadium. Army practices openly while Stanford keeps preparations secret under Coach Pop Warner. Star center Walter Heinecke is ill and will miss the game.
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ARMY
Stanford
Stanford University
Cal
West Point Army
Military Academy
Stanford Stadium
Pop Warner
Walter Heinecke
Army Uos Stanford
Carlmark
Muller
Price
Wseom Wees Tandy
Bardin Miller
Taylor
One Night Stands Beckon the Great Shires
Arthur Shires, known as the Great, faces a five-bout stint in 14 days to prove his luck before January 9. He has guaranteed earnings totaling $20,000 for the five engagements and previously earned $8,000 from the White Sox for boxing and related duties. The piece notes his shift to outside income amid a lean season. Also mentions Chapel Hill basketball changes as veterans depart.
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Jay Wessels
Associated Press Feature
New York
Arthur Shires
Simon
Punch
Arthur
Great Shires
Lucre
White Sox
Ball
Blackburne
Art
Shires
Flashes of Life News Roundup Across Cities
A varied digest reports on Governor Trumbull’s vacation plans with Calvin Coolidge. Emma Quong, 13, places in a state spelling bee. Mount Ishbel renamed in Canada. Eric Wood sets a speed record in a plane. a drought era still found by prohibition agents. Manville weathers bond defaults as homes depart. a long friendship culminates in a late marriage for Robert Sprinkle and Alice Hayden in their seventies.
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Springfield, Jr
Emma Quong
Havana, al
Moberly
Robert Sprinkle
Sprinkle
Chinook
Mont
Alice ‘Hayden
Warren line adds to UNC boxing for 1940s season
UNC boxing team the Southern Conference champions for two straight years and three of the last four will add another Warren battler. John Warren competes at light heavyweight a spot once held by Add now fighting for the world heavyweight crown.
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Warren Chapel
University of North Carolina
Warren
John Warren
Add
Army Faces Stanford in 1929 Gridiron Classic Broadcast
Football fans will hear Army vs Stanford in the season’s intersectional climax from Palo Alto California. NBC will carry the description of the contest starting at 1 45 Pacific time 4 45 Eastern time.
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New York
Army
Stanford
Palo Alto
Cal
National Broadcasting Company
Negro Lad Is Held For Slaying Half Sisters
Corry Howell, 16, was arrested after fatally shooting his half sisters Alma 11 and May 9 in Columbia South Carolina. He fled into the woods but was tracked down hours later. He claimed he thought the gun was empty and only meant to scare them. A two year old baby in the arms of one girl survived.
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Columbia
S. C
Corry Howell
Alma
May
Howell
High Wage Theory Fixed Declared By William Green
William Green proclaims the year 1929 marked by general acceptance of AFL principles that high wages and ongoing employment cure unemployment. He cites five day forty hour week as essential and notes Congress supports limiting injunctions in labor disputes to ease industrial friction.
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American Federation of Labor
American Federation
Congress
World War Toll Reported Deaths Among French Soldiers
About 1,500,000 French soldiers were killed in World War I, a figure cited to mark the scale of France’s wartime losses and the human cost of the conflict.
11 Cent Decision Pauses Government Financial Machinery
Washington December 27 Comp troller General McCarl rules a $5.43 voucher must be paid at that amount even if corrected to $5.53 The ruling states corrections require a new voucher and no extra charges raise the total The Lamb Seal and Stencil Company faces likely forfeit of 11 cents after a costly stamp and stationery dispute over the error and policy interpretation
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Washington
McCarl
Shires Challenges Any Man In The World After KO Win
Chicago White Sox first baseman C Arthur Shires knocked out Big Bill Bailey in 1 minute 22 seconds in Buffalo. He declared he is ready to fight any man in the world and quipped about past fusses with Hack Wilson. Joe McCarthy watched ringside as Shires joked about retaining fitness and money prospects.
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Shires
Chicago White Sox
Bill Bailey
Brooklyn
Buffalo
N. Y
C. Arthur Shires
Big Bill
Chicago
Joe McCarthy
Cubs
Hack Wilson
Injured Prison Auditor Shows Slight Improvement
Chester Bell state prison auditor, seriously hurt in a Christmas night head on crash near Burlington, is reported to be slightly improving. Bell, from Raleigh, suffered a broken hip and other injuries after stopping to avoid the crash. The other driver, Mr. Whitehead of a Burlington hosiery mill, was injured and hospitalized. Bell is a Moore County native and will remain hospitalized before returning home.
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Raleigh
Chester Bell
Burlington
Bell
Greensboro
Tar Heel Quint to Do Holiday Work
Chapel Hill reports Tar Heel basketball squad will report December 30 for holiday practice. Coach Ashmore notes the team lacks a veteran forward this season, making extra work necessary to prepare.
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TAR Heel
Chapel Hill
the Hill
Ashmore
Secret Foch warning on Rhineland evacuation revealed in France
Paris dispatch reports a hidden 1926 note by Marshal Foch warning against advancing the Versailles evacuation as Germany grows stronger. Briand, reading the document in the chamber, protested the disclosure and questioned M. Reibel’s possession of the paper.
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Paris
Marshal Foch
Rhineland
Chamber of Deputies
Aristide Briand
Doumergue
Poincare
M. Briand
M. Reibel
Marshall Foch
Germany
France
Briand
Foch
Amateur Golf Champ Boxes To Keep Fit
When winter blasts keep Harrison R. Johnston of St. Paul away from the golf links he is national amateur champion. He keeps in trim by boxing and handball trained several years under fellow townsman Tommy Gibbons.
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ST. Paul
Harrison R. Johnston
Johnston
Tommy Gibbons
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Soldier" Leavitt
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