High Point Elon College Game Postponed Indefinitely
High Point and Elon College basketball contests were postponed due to inability to secure the Y M C A court for tonight. Elon had planned to play February 15 on the Elon court. A Y area game against Company G Winston-Salem was cited as a scheduling conflict. Elon indicated the game may be played later in the season once an open date on the Y court exists.
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High Point College
Panthers
Elon College
Elon
Company G
Winston-Salem
High Point
Eton
Baseball not dying declares Major Griffith at convention
Major John L. Griffith told a college athletics convention that baseball is declining among youth. The Playgrounds and Recreation Society of America reports 11,000,000 spectators in 161 cities last season and 8,928 teams with 107,000 players in 321 cities.
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John L. Griffith
Playgrounds and Recreation Society of America
United States
Another Pro League For Football Players
Detroit February 8 AP An other professional football league will be organized at a Chicago meeting February 17. C C Pyle manager of Harold Red Grange announced after efforts to obtain permission from the National Professional Football League to place Grange led New York City team and talks with towns seeking admission into the present league. Giants blocked the New York area franchise plan at Yankee Stadium. Eight or ten cities will have representatives at Chicago meeting.
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Detroit
Chicago
C. C. Pyle
Harold ‘‘Red
Grange
National Professional Football League
New York City
Yankee Stadium
Pyle
New York Giants
Giants
New York
Local sports talk and rising star Steve Ingram
The piece praises golf as a national pastime while noting its cost and limited players. It profiles Steve Ingram, former multi sport athlete, now a Carolina student, who played outlaw basketball and pitched in high school. It notes plans for spring baseball at Carolina and a likely letter.
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Teve Ingram
Steve
Carolina
Mere Youth Given License As Pilot
Farnum Parker a 14 year old of Anderson Indiana holds a pilot license from the National Aeronautic Association. He was first aloft as an infant with his parents and has flown many times, including a Washington flight to address congressmen. His license number is 33 and he began solo flying in 1925 at Battle Creek Michigan.
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Anderson
Ind
Farnum Parker
United States
Farnum
Fred Parker
Washington
Minneapolis
Young Parker
National Aeronautical Association
Battle Creek
Mich
UNC Student E H Smith Returns After Weekend
E H Smith, a student at the University of North Carolina, returned last night after spending the weekend with his parents.
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E. H. Smith
University of North Carolina
Lenglen and Wills Praise Each Other After Mixed Doubles Match
Suzanne Lenglen heaps praise on Helen Wills after their mixed doubles clash as Lenglen and De Morpho defeated Wills and Aeschlimann 6 1 6 2. Spectators watched the stylish play while postmatch handshakes were cool between the two champions.
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Nice
Suzanne Lenglen
Helen Wills
Miss Wills
Suzanne
Henry de Morphurgo
Charles F. Aeschlimann
France
Mile
Lenglen
California
Baron de Morphurgo
Aeschlimann
Helen
Passively Against Rumor Hits New Baseball Bag Rule
New York World says rumor says the American League will use passive resistance to the resin bag for pitchers. The rule, approved by the National League and Commissioner Landis, will be followed but a pitcher who asks for the bag may be frowned upon. The bag will be passed to the pitcher at the umpire's discretion.
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New York
New York World
National League
Landis
Ancient blue law closes business in some places
Nashville reports a 123 year old Sunday blue law enforcing closures as motorists stay home and shops like cigar stores shut. Sixteen citations issued in Nashville including J G Stahlman and dozen business managers. other cities vary with gas stations and open/closed statuses.
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Nashville
Tenn
J. G. Stahlman
Nashville Banner
Lake Lea
Nashville Tennesseean
J. P. W. Brown
Nashville Railroad and Light Company
Chattanooga
Standard Oil
Gulf
Memphis
Knoxville
Bristol
Tennessee
Virginia
Reasonover
Y Cag ers to Face Soldier Team Tonight in Winston
The Y cagers host a Winston area National Guard unit, Company G, with a strong twin city squad set to challenge the local five at 8 30 p m. An exhibition by the Y tumblers under Athletic Director W F Bailey will entertain between halves.
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Company G
Winston-Salem National Guard
Twin City
W. F. Bailey
Flier James Farmer Sees Wife Acquitted in Unwritten Law Plea
James F. Farmer calls for restraint after his wife is acquitted of murder in the case of Mrs. Lee Scott using an unwritten law plea. The couple are reportedly reconciled.
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Memphis
James F. Farmer
Lee Scott
Debate on Bob Haircuts at National Convention
New York reports the American Master Hair Dressers' Association to debate whether the bob is ending or permanent. The convention next month will award prizes for the best transformation to cover a bob.
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New York
Princess fortune teller jailed over wartime escape claim
Zhitomir reports Princess Anastasia Volkonskaya, active fortune teller since the Bolshevik era, was sentenced to three years in prison for allegedly advising soldiers they could evade service with a supposed secret. The so called secret turned out to be a medicine causing illness.
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Zhitomir
Ukraine
Anastasia Volkonskaya
Solders
Staten Island Woman Arrested for Perjury in Bigamy Case
Mrs. Florence O'Neil is jailed as a perjurer amid a bigamy probe. Her husband Charles is held on bigamy charges and his brother Harold faces accusations of abetting bigamy. Police say a second wife identified the husband’s return to wife one.
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New York
Florence O'Neil
Staten Island
Charles
Harold
Husband
Heat Wave Device Claimed by Russian Scientist
A device announced by Prof. A. N. Boyka of the Russian Magnetic Observatory projects concentrated heat waves that could destroy airplanes up to 25 miles away.
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Leningrad
A. N. Boyka
Russian Magnetic Observatory
Athens Debates Dress Rules Amid Government Edict
A government order restricting short skirts prompts Athens students to discuss compliance patterns. Report notes girls adapt outfits with elastic arrangements to reach ankle length when officers are present. Authorities emphasize modest attire while schools weigh enforcement implications.
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Athens
State Supreme Court decision affects filling station case
Enforcement surfaced when a filling station owner charged with violating the law obtained an injunction to halt further arrests. The court dissolved the injunction ruling his Sunday operation an unnecessary business.
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State Supreme Court
Lightning Selective In Picking Out Non Playing Caddy
Chicago February 8 AP reports Dr. Albert F. Henning of Olympia Fields Country Club notes golf aids health. He says the game benefits members by preventing illness and aiding recovery for the sick, with one non player casualty from a lightning stroke affecting a caddy two years ago.
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Chicago
Albert F. Henning
Lympia Fields Country Club
Henning
Mystery Mail Pouch Found After Asheville Fire
Police and postal inspectors investigate a mislaid mail pouch labeled From Montpelier Vermont to Chimney Rock North Carolina found in the Farmers Federation building basement after a recent fire. Officials seek clues on whether the pouch contained Christmas gifts for Vermont workers and if it was stolen.
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Chimney Rock
Montpelier
Vermont
N. C
Farmers’ Federation
Asheville
Farmers’ Federation News
Big Lake Lure
New
Secret Service
Post Office
South
North Carolina
Aviation reorganization push faces congressional vote
The military committee reports favorably on air service reorganization and urges public pressure on senators and a representative to back the plan. The speech stresses education of the nation on aviation power and prompts locals to contact state leaders before next month’s crucial vote. The story also notes Barney Quinn, of Danville Virginia, traveling 27,000 miles on a long walk with his bulldog Spark Plug and praising High Point.
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House
United States
Congress
Washington
Barney Quinn
Danville
Mr. Quinn
High Point
Adlerika Gas Relief Testimonials from Mrs. Brinkley
Mrs B Brinkley reports years of stomach gas resolved after Adlerika. She says one spoonful removed gas and bloating and helped her husband. The ad promotes Adlerika as an excellent intestinal evacuant for constipation and urges purchase at Matton Drug Co.
Stillmans To Calcutta After Paris Departure
Mr and Mrs James A Stillman and Mrs Henry P Davison left Paris aboard the Olympic at Cherbourg. They plan on continuing to Calcutta to visit their daughter, Anne Stillman Davison, who had left Paris for India last month.
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Calcutta
Paris
James A. Stillman
Europe
Henry P. Davison
Cherbourg
Davison
Anne Stillman
Men's Club Guests Winston Club Outing at 5 30 PM
The Men's club of St Marys Episcopal church will visit the Winston-Salem Men's club next Wednesday evening. Automobiles will transport attendees from the church corner of Washington and College streets, departing at 5 30 oclock.
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St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Winston-Salem
Washington and
College Streets
Dr. Leonhardt Claims Hem-Roid Cures Piles Internally
Advertises Dr. Leonhardt's Hem-Roid as an internal remedy for piles. Says he found the cause and created a treatment, with Randall's Pharmacy and other druggists selling it with a guarantee of efficacy or money back.
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Dr. Leonhardt
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