North Carolina sportsmen optimistic for better yields in 1932
New Year brings hope as the Department of Conservation and Development aids in propagation of game and fish after a harsh drought and wildfires in 1931. Bear hunters flourish on Mount Mitchell. brief notes include oil kills in Pamlico Sound, Lake Mattamuskeet plans, forest-fire radios, and keeper reports on hunting licenses and coastal lighthouse duck hazards.
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North Carolina
Department of Conservation and Development
Mount Mitchell
Ed Wilson
Mount Mitchel
Wilson
America
Pamlico Sound
Carolina
Herksher
Lake Mattamuskeet
Rockingham County
Jack Saunders
Brunswick
Columbus
Kill Devil Hill
Kansas
Santa Fe
Young Pitcher Kirby Higbe Rises to Major League Pirates
At 16, Kirby Higbe emerges from Columbia to win a major league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates after building his fame on the Legion junior team. His father recounts how Higbe framed his own job loss to gain leverage and showcase his nerve, leading to a standout performance with 19 strikeouts in a single game and a path to the majors.
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Columbia
8. C
Kirby Higbe
Pittsburgh Pirates
American Legion
L. W. Higbe
Legion
Kia
Kirby
Nine
National Guard
Jump to Majors for Kid Pitcher Higbe in title climb
Higbe on the mound leads Manchester youth team to a 5 to 2 win over Bridgeport for the eastern title. In Houston the national final features Columbia versus South Chicago with Higbe’s team losing 1 to 0 in 14 innings. The pitcher pledges to “go up there and do just like I did down here,” as he signs with the Pirates for 500 on report day and 300 monthly plus expenses the first season before a Wichita farm assignment.
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Manchester
N. H
Higbe
Bridgeport
Pirates
Pittsburgh
Wichita, Kan
Western Association
Lgcee
Ray's Inverness Feat Nets Open Championship Victory
In 1920 at Inverness Ray carded four birdies on the par four seventh, a 316 yard challenge known as a dog leg, to win the Open by one stroke. He risked direct aerial shots and two fairway routes to reach the green, twice gambling the line and once driving 285 yards to the green. His final tally proved decisive over Vardon Hutchison Diegel and Jack Burke.
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Ray
Inverness
Ed Ray
England
Vardon
Hutchison
Diegel
Jack Burke
Brightest Freshman Prefers Marriage to Career
Hilda Leaf of Temple University tops 150000 freshmen from 350 colleges with 358 points in the 1931 psychology exam by the American Council of Education. She, a slim co ed, aims to research chemistry and plans a home and family rather than a career. Her high score beat William Bowden of Haverford, once thought brightest.
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Philadelphia
American Council of Education
Washington
Hilda Leaf
Temple University
Miss Leaf
William Bowden
Haverford College
Hilda
Lightner Witmer
University of Pennsylvania
Farm Products Index Rises in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg reports the farm products price index for Pennsylvania farmers rose from 91 on October 15 to 95 on November 15. November saw higher prices for eggs buckwheat wheat oats apples and wool, while corn potatoes hay and livestock prices declined.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Sweden Denmark sign migratory bird protection pact
An agreement signed October 9 between Sweden and Denmark grants international protection to migratory birds. The pact bars hunting or killing swans, prohibits snares, limits shotguns to under 12 gauge, and bans automatic shotguns for sea birds, per the U.S. Biological Survey.
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Washington
Sweden
Denmark
United State Biological Survey
Champions of 1931 Compiled by The United Press
A compact list of 1931 sport champions across boxing baseball tennis horse racing hockey figure skating rowing speed boat racing automobile racing and polo. It names title holders and their home cities or nations such as Max Schmeling Lou Broullard Tony Canzoneri Kid Chocolate Midget Wolgast Ali Brown and many others, plus teams like the St Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Athletics.
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United Press
Max Schmeling
Germany
Maxie Rosenbloom
New York
Lou Broullard
Worcester
Mass
Tony Canzoneri
Brooklyn
Kid Chocolate
Cuba
Bat Battalino
Hartford
Conn
al Brown
Panama
Wolgast
Philadelphia
France
St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Athletics
Rochester
St. Paul
San Francisco
Houston
Birmingham
American Olympic Speed Skaters In Trials Today
Newburgh New York January 1 P A test of the speed of the United States Olympic speed skating team against leading wearers of racing blades highlighted the Middle Atlantic championships today The team preparing for the Olympic tests at Lake Placid in February was entered along with many others in four men's senior championships three women's events two junior and two intermediate races on the program.
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Newburgh
N. Y
United States
Lake Placid
Notre Dame Cagers Trim Northwestern in New Year Thriller
Notre Dame defeated Northwestern 22 to 21 in the New Year’s Eve classic, then followed with a翌 victory in Evanston. Krause scored the deciding basket with three minutes left as Reiff led Northwestern and Krause topped Notre Dame scoring.
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Evanston
Ill
Notre Dame
Northwestern University
Krause
Reiff
Northwestern
France Ends Its Count of Noses
Paris reports the 1931 census shows 41,834,923 total residents, with 38,248,255 French and 2,495,642 foreigners. The Alpes Maritimes has two foreigners per five people, Paris and Seine 10 percent foreigners, Italians most numerous abroad, Brits and Americans next.
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Paris
Broadway
France
Thut
Alpes-Maritimes
French Riviera
Seine Department
Waterproof concrete treatment for damp surfaces
Concrete resists water when dry but allows seepage in constant moisture. To prevent leakage, apply hot tar or asphalt after moisture exposure, or use the treating substance if damp conditions are known before mixing.
Wife asks husband what to buy him
The humor caption shows a wife offering one more package for her husband and the husband replying with a humorous request for a wheelbarrow. The punchline rests on the idea that he must transport many items.
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Montreal
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Jerry) Dalrymple
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