National League Celebrates 51st Anniversary in Style
New York Feb 3 AP The National League marked its 51st year with a golden jubilee banquet featuring leaders such as Commissioner Landis Heydler John Tener Max Carey and governors Pinchot and Ritchie. Carey urged clean living and sportsmanship while Landis stressed integrity and independence from outside influence.
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New York
National League
Landis
Heydler
John K. Tener
Max Carey
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Ritchie
Maryland
Walker
New York City
Pepper
Baltimore Orioles
al Smith
Hat
Sportantic Blessings on Thee Busher Boy
Paraguay reports a discovery 200 times sweeter than sugar but omits the name. The note blends sports praise with a tongue in cheek line about a young athlete. The piece carries a playful, literary tone characteristic of the Sporting News tribute to a rising star.
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Paraguay
Today’s best simile in a fiery idiom
A colorful line features a striking simile: as busy as a fire escape salesman in Hades, capturing a frantic, infernal hustle and a sharp, comic edge.
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Hades
Park appeal urged for region by Kelsey in talk
Mr. Kelsey urged North Carolina and Tennessee to seize a national park opportunity, describing floral life and foothills as unique. He cited Shenandoah Valley and Great Smoky Mountains as the two eastern sites suitable for federal park status amid growing eastern population and city congestion.
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North Carolina
Federal Park Commission
Blue Ridge Mountains
Linville Gorge
Grandfather Mountain
Chamber of Commerce
High Point
Squires
America
Kelsey
Tennessee
National Park
United States
Shenandoah Valley
Great Smoky Mountains
Federal Commission
Death by Own Action Ends Life of Immigrant Son
Stopping his car at a lonely spot, Mr. Wood stepped into bushes and a gunshot ended his life. The inquest ruled death by a bullet wound related to personal safety. Survived by widow and two children, with one son in Europe, Mrs. Wood had planned a Louisville trip yesterday before learning of his death.
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Wood
Hotel Ormond
A. D. Griffin
Mr. Wood
Rosalind Wood
Cornelius Wood
Europe
House Overrides Its Appropriation Body
The House overturned its appropriations committee for the first time in the current session to approve the annual Agricultural Department appropriation bill. The measure, passing 188 to 147, includes a $200,000 provision for pamphlets on diseases of horses and cattle, sponsored by Democrat Jones of Texas, with broad party support. The bill allocates $126,500,000 for the department’s activities in the next fiscal year.
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Washington
Congress
House
Appropriations Committee
Agricultural Department
Senate
Jones
Texas
Agriculture Department
Baseball Trade Rumors Build Fan Interest Ahead of Spring
The article notes daily rumors about trades to spark fan interest before spring training. Clans gather around late February for training stunts as three leagues in the east begin play a day earlier this spring, with the coast league starting in early April.
Fights Last Night In West Palm Beach
In West Palm Beach wild bout ends with Reed of Columbus knocking out Maxted of New York. In St Louis Sergeant Adams defeats White of New Orleans in a ten round effort.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Wild Bill’ Reed
Columbus
Tom “Sailor
Milk Drives Health Gains For Underweight Children
A December campaign by the Christmas Seals committee and the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association provided milk to underweight school children. In about a month, most kids drank milk at school, gained weight, and some reached normal weight. schools stock milk at recess and noon, and teachers report strong interest and even new scales.
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North Carolina Tuberculosis Association
N. C. Tuberculosis Association
Pony Demonstrates Clever Forking Eating Trick
Merle Jacobson in Minden Nebraska found his pony eating grain before dawn and, after watching, saw the pony reach over a partition to bite the neighboring horse. The other horse snapped and dropped grain into the pony’s stall, which the pony then consumed, repeating the maneuver.
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Minden
Neb
Merle Jacobson
German ex-official jailed fifteen years for treason
Berlin dated Feb 3 reports Walter Puilerjahn a former chemical works official near Wittenhall was sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason for betraying the secrets of the Inter Allied Commission of Control.
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Berlin
Inter-Allied Commission of Control
Walter Puilerjahn
Wittenhall
Puma Cub Born as Lion Nursery Reaches Capacity
London report says the zoo celebrates a beautiful puma cub birth filling the lion nursery to capacity. The announcement highlights the new cub as a charming addition to the menagerie in an era of steady zoological growth.
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London
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Sporting News
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Flagler Beach
Stove League Fuel
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Johnny Stubbs JR
NEA
Yi Ae
Edwin Clapp
Star Brand
Brown
Bill
Buster Brown
South Main Street
High Point, N. Cor
Puma
Noland Steamship
Newport News, Va
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Newport
West Palm Beach, Fla
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E. W. Becan, Mgr
Nolco Line
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A. Sebastian
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