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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1937
Page
11
Marksmanship rivals from Piedmont North Carolina are expected to attend the turkey shoot at George Trotter's place seven miles out on the Asheboro highway. About 35 turkeys will be prizes with keen competition. The event starts Saturday afternoon at o'clock and runs until darkness.
New York dispatch notes heavy toll on aging stars as about 20 players with ten or more years in the majors are out or sidelined for 1937. Another 17 veterans remain active, while names like Rogers Hornsby Jimmy Dykes Waite Hoyt Frankie Frisch and Jesse Haines face uncertain fates as retirement rumors spread. Charley Grimm Travis Jackson Bill Terry Mark Koenig Albin Crowder and others are cited among the pensioned or likely to retire with several pitching veterans also nearing the end of careers.
An American textile mission in Yokohama aims to compromise on heavy Japanese exports to the United States. Dr Claudius T. Murchison leads the five man delegation with leaders from Cotton Textile Institute Avondale Mills Callaway Mills Wellington Sears and Exeter Manufacturing. The group reached Yokohama and will travel to Osaka on January 18 for a week of conferences.
Prestonburg Kentucky January 8 authorities hold seven alleged members of the eastern Kentucky terrorist group the Black Leg Legion in jail as indictments charging criminal syndicalism pursue 18 more. Floyd County grand jury indicted 25 members for robbing and beating Miles Barnett a 40 year old storekeeper and farmer who criticized the legion.
Richmond county Alumni of N. C. State College organized a chapter and elected John Sexton of Hamlet president. They endorsed the college administration and urged that Bob Warren, freshman coach, be elevated to head coach while deploring alumni coaches.
Virginia Military Institute awaits word on whether Cincinnati coach Russ Cohen will join as first football assistant to head mentor Pooley Hubert. Hubert seeks Bryant Laslie and Elmore as other aides with Alexander and Montgomery likely retained for another year.
Wake Forest headlines a strong 1937 basketball squad led by sophomore guard Jimmy Waller from Memphis and captain Doight Morris. Coach Murray Greason notes inexperience but hopes for early improvement as the team faces a demanding schedule with games against Roanoke Clemson N C State George Washington William and Mary Duke Davidson and North Carolina.
Police hunt a group described as several Negro men and a woman after armed robberies in Charlotte. Victims were held up with knives on successive nights as authorities pursue the suspects.
New York Jan 8. Crawford Burton a jockey and Wall Street trader has three federal suits totaling 376000 dollars against R J Reynolds Tobacco Co set for next Monday. He won a 2590 dollar verdict yesterday from Crowell Publishing for a distorted Listerette advertisement image. The jury deliberated five hours.
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