Cougars favored as Rose Bowl showdown meets Alabama
Pasadena January 1 1931 Southern football dominance faces a fourth test in the Rose Bowl as Alabama meets Washington State in the New Year classic. About 70000 fans expected with ideal weather. The Cougars rely on defense and aerial attack while Alabama seeks another title march led by coach Wallace Wade in his Rose Bowl finale.
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Paul Zimmerman
Pasadena
Cal
Alabama
Washington State
Mason and Dixon E
Pacific Coast
Cougars
Northwest
Stanford
Brown
Eve A
J. Hurley Clement
Howard
Piedmont King Pin Triumphs In Piedmont League Bowling Clash
The Piedmont King Pin defeated Health Center in Winston-Salem as all three games stayed close. Sensenbach posted 331 for Health Center while Boyan led Health Center with a 127 game. Team scores reached 1523 for Piedmont and 1590 for Health Center in a tight matchup. A line about driver license laws across eight state legislatures followed.
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Health Center
Winston-Salem
Boyan
Sensenbach
Piedmont King
Leonard
Causey
Boroman
Butner
Hemrick
Notice of annual meeting for High Point Perpetual Building & Loan
The annual meeting of the stockholders will be held in the Commercial National Bank directors' room in High Point North Carolina on Thursday January 22 1931 at 7 30 p m to elect directors and transact other business. C c H Ellis Secretary.
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High Point Perpetual Building & Loan Association
Commercial National Bank
High Point
N. C
H. Ellis
Sec’y
Stockholders Meeting Notice for The Commercial National Bank
The Commercial National Bank High Point NC invites stockholders to an annual meeting in the Directors Room on Tuesday January 13 1931 at 10 oclock am for election of Directors and other business. Cashier H Marriner signs the notice.
Dixie Cage Race Promises Tight Conference Play
The 1931 season features a crowded field of about a dozen strong teams across the Dixie conference. Duke, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, Tulane, Vanderbilt, Washington and Lee, and others return key veterans as coaches Cameron, Crisp, Britton, and Rupp field capable lineups.
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Atlanta
Dixie Basketeers
Blue Devils
Duke University
Durham
Jimmy Cameron
Alabama
Hank Crisp
O'Neil
Smith
Hood
Joyce
Wambygans
Walter
Malcolm Laney
Aiken
Kimbrough
Duke
Adolph Rupp
Kentucky
Carey Spicer
McGinnis
Yates
Florida
Georgia
Tulane
Vanderbilt
Washington and Lee
North Carolina
White Phantoms Gallop As Of Old In Chapel Hill
North Carolina basketball opens with a strong practice squad as two former forwards return to boost the Tar Heels. Coach Jim Ashmore builds a lineup including Hines Cleland Cameron Marpet Edwards and Alexander plus Choate Reserve guards. First game set with Guilford on January 8.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
North Carolina
Southland
Jim Ashmore
Johnny Greene
Dave Neiman
Tom Cleland Wee
Wilmer Hines
Tar Heels
Hines
Cleland
Sandy Cameron
Artie Marpet
Edwards
Tom Alexander
Page Choate
Ashmore
Beale
Henry
Moore
Smith
Hendlin
Brooker
Markham
Kendall
Barber
Connor
Lineberger
Guilford
Tar Heel Boxing Hopes With Sophs
Ambitious sophomores are slated for big roles as North Carolina pursues the Southern Conference boxing title after losing to Florida last year. Coach Clayton Rowe has three lettermen, Captain Noah Goodridge, John Warren, and Obie Davis, with four posts to fill from a hopeful sophomore corps including Marty Levinson Jackson Landis and Miller.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
North Carolina
Florida
Tar Heels
Clayton Rowe
Noah Goodridge
John Warren
Obie Davis
Marty Levinson
Jackson
Landis
Miller
Levinson
New Schools for Turks Open in Istanbul Campaign
ISTANBUL. Mustapha Kemal leads a literacy offensive opening 500 A B C schools for adults as 40,000 men and women in the city studied the new alphabet last year amid efforts to curb illiteracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istanbul
Mustapha Kemal
Colored Desserts for Colorful Family Meals
The article suggests using vegetable colorings to dress up desserts like bread pudding and custard. It claims these colorings are harmless and can make familiar dishes more appealing for the family.
Shires Silent Fined Ten Dollars for Drunkenness
Arthur Shires known as Silent Art paid a ten dollar fine after a social visit to Hollywood jail led to his arrest. Judge Miller offered ten dollars or ten days, and prosecutors did not file additional charges for brass knuckles. Shires, released after 12 hours, said he would speak less in the future.
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Hollywood
Cell
Arthur
Shires
Elizabeth Greenbaum
Chicago
Edward H. Miller
Washington Senators
Sunday School Cage League Formed Here
Officials form a Sunday School basketball league with four churches represented at the initial meeting. An organizational session is set for Monday night at the Y at 7 30 to recruit more participants. Teams may play Tuesday evenings or Saturday times, aiming for an eight club circuit.
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Loop
John Easter
Welch Memorial Methodist Protestant Church
Carl Smith
First Presbyterian
L. McFarland
First Baptist
Ralph Eldridge
Welch Memorial
Richard Hubbard
St. Mary's Episcopal
Wesley Memorial
Central
Friends
First Reformed
Green Street Baptist
High Point College Quint
Yale Princeton Color 10 Finals at Pinehurst
Princeton and Yale reached the final round of the 28th Pinehurst mid-winter golf tournament. George T. Dunlap Jr. of New York, Princeton, defeated Philip Randolph four and three and set a 70 for amateur play. Forbes K. Wilson of New Harbor, Yale, edged Arnold White one up to reach the final.
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Pinehurst
Princeton
Yale
George T. Dunlap, Jr
New York
Forbes K. Wilson
New Harbor
Dunlap
Philip S. Randolph
Wilson
Arnold White
Duke University
Cancer Spreads In Africa LCANDA Capital Hit Hard
Cancer is spreading rapidly in Portuguese West Africa and is especially severe in Luanda. Authorities investigate reasons for the abnormal rise while efforts to control the outbreak continue in the colony.
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Africa
Lcanda
Portuguese West Africa
Slick Irons and Candle Wax for Smooth Ironed Fabrics
A folded newspaper used with a candle to heat and smooth an electric iron is described as an effective old method to improve ironing. The technique involves rubbing the candle over the newspaper and ironing over the sheet to reduce sticking and create a smoother finish.
New Years Brings Kentucky Derby Talk in Louisville
On January 1 1930 Kentucky two year olds turn three and derby chatter rises in Louisville. Five top juveniles command attention Equi Poise now with C V Whitney Whitney family earlier owned Derby winners Twenty Grand Mate Jamestown Vanderpool and Vanderpool era referenced as contenders for the upcoming nominations at Churchill Downs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Churchill Downs
Churchill Downs, Inc
Equipoise
C. V. Whitney
Payne Whitney
A. C. Bostwick
G. D. Widener
Jamestown
Tennessee Stable
Vanderpool
Red Cross Plane Aids Norwegian Coastal Health Work
Christmas seals similar to US ones enable purchase of an ambulance airplane for the sparsely settled coastal district and northern Norway. The aircraft will transport patients to hospitals and move physicians to isolated victims.
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Red Cross
United States
Norway
Football not so bad heads feel football not so bad
Delegates to the NCAA convention and related meetings returned home with the sense that football remains solid yet surrounded by problematic influence. Critics urged less practice and simpler schedules while officials noted modest improvements in recruiting and paying players but called for further reforms.
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New York
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Sportsmanship Brotherhood
Football Rules Committee
Charles W. Kennedy
Princeton
James R. Angell
Yale
Howard J. Savage
Carnegie Institute
Duke Capped 1930 Athletic Honors
Duke University dominated North Carolina athletics in 1930 with five state titles across basketball wrestling baseball and football. The Blue Devils excelled in southern and national rankings, sent seven players to professional baseball, and featured stars such as Croson Kistler Werber Farley and DeHart while Carolina and State also posted strong showings.
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Blue Devils
Associated Press
Charlotte
N. C
Duke University
Eddie Cameron
Duke
Croson
North Carolina
Alabama
North Carolina State
Jack Coombs
Blue Devil Diamond Stars
Davidson
State
Coombs
Durham Lads
South Carolina
Kentucky
Navy
Villanova
Wake Forest
Imps
Charlie Farmer
Carolina
Greensboro
Washington and Lee
Clifford Sutter
Maurice Bayon
Tulane
Wilmer Hines
Columbia
D. C
Bryant Grant
Atlanta
Hines
Grant
Carolinas
Columbian
Atlantan
Teddy Burwell
Sewanee
Burwell
Julia Pickes
North Carolina University
Central High of
Durham
Tully Blair
Eugene Mills
Raleigh
Deane van Landingham
Henderson
Greenville
S. C
Piedmont
Macon
Asheville
Add Warren
Big Punch
University of North Carolina
Dewey Kimrey
Sally
Sedgefield
Myers Park
Southern
Southern Conference
Chapel Hill
John van Liew
Peru
Boss State
Wolfpack
R. Sermon
Pat Miller
Jimmy DeHart
Wallace Wade
Monk
Chuck Collins
Little Seven
Lenoir-Rhyne
High Point
Elon
Guilford
Catawba
Atlantic Christian
Appalachian
Charlie Moran
Bo McMillan
Center College
George Zaengle
Abyssinia Taps Ohio Historian to Educate Millions
Dr. F. Ernest Work of Muskingum College in New Concord Ohio leads a program in Abyssinia to teach ten million people. With literacy under 1 percent and no schools or secular literature, he plans Amharic translated textbooks and future English instruction. He lives in Addis Ababa and holds the title Director of Education of Ethiopia from Emperor Haile Selassie.
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Addis Ababa
Abyssinia
F. Ernest Work
Muskingham College
New Concord
Ohio
Work
Dixie classic charity game pits Southwest against Mid-West
Dallas Texas January 1 The third Dixie classic matchups set at Ownby Stadium feature star players from the southwest and mid west. The Scots Rite hospital for crippled children received 10000 last year and tickets sold well indicating a larger crowd. Southwest coach Morley Jennings of Baylor assembled a powerful lineup while Bob Zuppke led the mid west squad with strong but less dazzling individual talent. Probable lineups include Peterson Rogge Witcher Ridler Koch Paradeaux Clark Lee Vanya Armstrong Pettner Casey Wilson Jensvold Hackman Kissell Bethea Gobwen Daley and referee Beg Lee Boynton
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Dallas
Tex
Southwest
Mid-West
Ownby Stadium
Scottish Rite Hospital For
Morley Jennings
Baylor University
Bob Zuppke
Illinois
Southwest Pas
Midwest
Peterson
Rogge
Iowa
Witcher
Baylor
Ridler
Mich
Koch
Purdue
Paradeaux
Sieme
Clark
Italy Finds New Raphael In Obscure Gallery Discovery
In Albenza Italy experts certify a likely Raphael Madonna with the child Jesus and saints as authentic. Genoa authorities swiftly guard the gallery, forbidding disposition of the painting and other works while plans to move it to a larger museum proceed.
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Italy
Raphael
Albenga
Genoa
Divine
Jesus
St. John the Baptist
St. Elizabeth
St. Joseph
Theother
Big Bill Tilden faces pro comeback hopes in February match
New York fans rally to the idea that Big Bill Tilden may return to top level tennis for a special Madison Square Garden match against Karel Kozeluh in February after leaving the amateur ranks to pursue motion pictures. He cautions only one match before Hollywood.
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New York
Big Bill Tilden
Big Bill
Tilden
Karel Kozeluh
Madison Square Garden
Kozelah
Vincent Richards
Hollywood
Kozelum
Riviera
Tar Heel Coach Quinlan Builds Strong UNC Wrestling
In Chapel Hill UNC wrestling coach Chuck Quinlan expects a strong team for the Princeton meet and a busy schedule including Navy. Seven lettermen and solid sophomores aid practice. captain Frank Stallings, the 125 pounder, is trusted to carry the laurels after holiday drills.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Chuck Quinlan
University of North Carolina Pa
Princeton
Quinlan
Carolina
Navy
Frank Stallings
Silver Polish Boil Helps Polish Silver
A simple method suggests boiling flat silver in an aluminum pot prior to shining. The bath itself is claimed to provide a good polish stage before final cleaning.
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California
Co. H. Marriner
Elus Johnson
Bobby Dood
Lindy Hood
Bobby Dodd
Tennessee
Ellis Johnson
Maryland
Auburn
Gus Tebell
Virginia
Sophs
Shires Silent
Yale-Princeton
Forbes Wilson
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Matton Drug Company
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