Flashback 1929 Sports Year Highlights and Stars
Alan Gould recalls a year of dramatic sports moments from 1929 including Ehmke’s 13 strikeouts, Booth’s gridwork flair, Wills and Nuthall in a fierce tennis battle, Jones eyeing a golf tie, and Hagen’s fourth British Open win as the year closes with mixed spectacles and high drama.
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Alan Gould
Associated Press
Clyde van Dusen
Churchill Downs
Columbia
Hudson
Bobby Jones
Helen Wills
Betty Nuthall
Forest Hills
Jimmy Johnston
Pacific
Pebble Beach
Doc Willing
Howard Ehmke
Cubs
Mule Haas
Hoover
Albie Booth
Tommy Loughran
Jack Sharkey
Dempsey
Walter Hagen
Joyce Wethered
Glenna Collett
France
Harrison R
Jimmy) Johnson
St. Paul
Johnny Goodman
Jones
al Espinosa
England
Debonair
Leo Diegel
Glenna
Hagen
Yankees
Cyril Tolley
Royal and Ancient Club
Roy Riegels
Pasadena
California
Ben Ticknor
Harvard
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Purdue
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Rocky Mountain Zone
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Pacific Coast
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Boilermakers
Yale
New Stars Shine Across 1929 in Major Sports
A year in review highlights 1929’s drama across tennis golf boxing baseball football and rowing. Helen Wills and Bobby Jones remained dominant while Jack Sharkey rose to heavyweight prominence and Columbia’s crew triumphed in the national rowing race at Poughkeepsie.
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Jack Sharkey
Joe Dundee
Jackie Fields
Notre Dame
Southern California
Historic Soldier Field
Chicago
New York Yankees
Athletics
Yankees
Cardinals
Bobby Jones
Walter Hagen
Bill Tilden
Glenna Collett
Helen Wills
Red Cagle
Babe Ruth
Rogers Hornsby
Columbia Crew
Stanford
George Simpson
Ohio State
Allison
van Ryn
al Singer
Johnny Goodman
Helen Hicks
Alan Singer
Sarah Palfrey
Wes Ferrell
Albie Booth
Wheat climbs in New York as Argentina supply slim
Wheat futures rise in Chicago trading after an Argentine export estimate of 50 million bushels signals tight supply. Market watchers note US Gulf sales for May delivery bolster prices while initial declines fade amid stronger overseas demand and shifting export outlooks.
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John P. Boughan
Associated Press
Chicago
Argentina
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Europe
Amont
Brazil
Cotton Sags on New York Market
Cotton prices drifted lower in quiet trading in New York with March slipping from 417.48 to 17.40, and close at a net 5 to 8 point decline. Early demand faded as selling grew near the session’s end, while New Orleans and local sellers helped push the market down amid little news. Liverpool reports note hedging and liquidation, with U S ports estimating 154000 bales on shipboard. London Mission Ship John Williams has logged over a million miles in 32 years.
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New York
New Orleans
Liverpool Cables
Trade Calling
U. S
Dull Week End in Cotton Market Pressures Prices
New Orleans session shows limited trading and narrow price moves after a brief early rise. March cotton slipped to 17.35 with a 2 point daily loss. January and May also closed lower, while Liverpool and New Orleans quotes reflected a weak end to the week. Port receipts listed at 27,080 for sea.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Bond Market Dull on Final Saturday of 1929
The last Saturday bond market of 1929 showed little activity with volume at 5.3 million. Prices barely moved as high grade bonds firmed a touch and riskier issues drifted, with French 7s reaching 112 1/2 on brisk trading amid holiday dullness.
Satin-Chiffon Palm Beach Suit Features Pleated Skirt
A Palm Beach dressy suit combines a pleated green chiffon skirt with a satin tuck-in blouse in a light tone and intricate seaming. A matching chiffon jacket carries satin on the yoke and sleeve tops for a coordinated, elegant ensemble.
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Palm Beach
Fodwin-Austen Known as K2 Second Highest Mountain
The National Geographic Society marks Fodwin-Austen also called K2 and Dapsang as the world’s second highest peak. It sits in Kashmir in northern India and is about 100 feet shorter than Mount Everest, the tallest mountain.
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National Geographic Society
Kashmir
India
Wall Street Briefs Railroads and Corporations News Summary
First 49 railroads reported November net operating income of 66.6 million dollars, down 21.5 percent from a year earlier and below October’s 119.1 million. Union Tobacco stockholders approved selling certain brands to American Tobacco. American Tobacco waives 1 million in damages. Union Tobacco to exit tobacco business while remaining as an investment firm. Southern Railway ordered 22 mail and baggage cars from Bethlehem Steel. Shenandoah Corp directors took no action on a quarterly common dividend after three months of 1.5 percent. United States Electric Power Corp affiliates clarify no control transfer. new ownership group to operate the system. New York Cotton Exchange suspended trading 11 to 11:02 a.m. in memory of Edward Weld.
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New York
Union Tobacco Co
American Tobacco Co
Shenandoah Corp
United States Electric Power Corp
Standard Power & Light Corp
Standard Gas & Electric Co
H. M. Byllesby & Co
Danes Face New Drink Levy After Food Tax Lifting
Copenhagen reports that lifting the restaurant tax may push Denmark into new Revenue worries. Proposals include a ten percent tax on spirits, domestic and foreign, to replace the lost restaurant revenue.
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Copenhagen
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Stocks Fall as Year-End Market Dullness Persists
Financial writer Claude A. Jagger notes a two-hour session with prices generally down 1 to 8 points as tax-loss selling and liquidation of bank loans weigh on shares. Trading was light at 1,634,510 shares amid mixed corporate news and modest gains for a few issues.
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Pullman
Hayes
Bears
Macy
Sears Roebuck
Filenes
the Fair Co
Allied Chemical
Allis Chalmers
American Power and Light
Atlantic Coast Line
Byers
J. I. Case
Delaware and Hudson
Eastman Kodak
Standard Gas
U. S. Industrial Alcohol
Westing
Daily Cotton Table Port Movement By City And Interior
Midpoint prices and movement figures for New Orleans Galveston Mobile Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk New York Boston Houston and minor ports plus interior centers Memphis Augusta St Louis Fort Worth Little Rock Atlanta Dallas Montgomery with receipts exports sales stock and weekly season totals for cotton trade data.
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Galveston
Mid
Mobile
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Baltimore
New York
Boston
Houston
Corpus Christi
Memphis
Augusta
St. Louis
Fort Worth
Little Rock
Atlanta
Dallas
Montgomery
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