Sports Roundup From New York and Beyond
A digest of baseball and sports notes rosters and rumors. Tigers pound the ball Detroit reports strong hitting while Wes Ferrell shows spark for the Yankees opponents and managers move players between teams Red Burman and Mike Jacobs are tied to a heavyweight dispute in Seattle Seals train indoors in rain and a pool. Maryville Teachers go undefeated in football and basketball plus coaching changes and track picks stir discussion.
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New York
Steve League
Detroit
Tigers
South
Young
DiMaggio
Rudy Ork
Cecil Travis
Greenberg
Wes Ferrell
Ankees
Spe Edwick
St. Louis
Maryville
Sherrod Smith
Kansas Doctor Proposes Sweeping Basketball Rule Changes
Phos Allen of Kansas University urges drastic revisions including two-foot basket height increase, a 16-foot no shoot zone, restored center jump, smaller ball, larger court and two extra players per team. Yale, Ohio State, and others resist while coaches from Alabama to Stanford propose slower play and other minor tweaks.
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New York
Maren G
F. C
Phos) Allen
Kansas University
National Seball Research Committee
Kansas
Allen
Mike Brumberlow
Texas Christian
Ken Loeffler
Yale
Harold G. Olson
Ohio State
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Hank Crisp
Alabama
Dutch Lonberg
Northwestern
Stanfield Hitt
Mississippi State
Nibs Price
California
Everett Dean
Stanford
George Edwards
Missouri
Georgia Centers Stand Out In Southern Basketball
Georgia coaches eye two standout high school centers Joe Murrow of Lanier Macon and Jim Homer of Columbus, with 422 and 429 points respectively. They draw interest from Georgia Tech Georgia Alabama and South Carolina as Vanderbilt and Florida search for a successor. Georgia finishes six weeks of spring football camp with an intra squad game. Frankie and L S Rentz return to Georgia.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Joe Murrow
Lanier
Macon
Jim Homer
Columbus High
Murrow
Homer
Georgia Tech
Alabama
South Carolina
Ray Morrison
Vanderbilt
Josh Cody
Florida
Scoop Latimer
Greenville Daily News
Jess Neely
Vanderbilt Post
Rice
Jack Bell
Miami Daily News
Frankie
L.S. Rentz
University of Georgia
Tulane
Miami
Yale Scholar Dr Sledd to Speak at UNC Greensboro
Dr C P Sledd of Yale Divinity School will lecture at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina in Greensboro on Thursday and Friday. The event marks a distinguished campus visit with discussions likely to attract faculty and students.
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Greensboro
C. P. Sledd
Yale University Divinity School
Woman's College of the University of North Carolina
Maki Nears Best Cinder Form in San Francisco
Taisto Maki, returning from military service to aid Finland, won a three mile race in 14 minutes 15.3 seconds here. He trails the indoor American record of 13:46.2 set by Willie Ritola. Nurmi accompanied him, with Nurmi running an exhibition half mile.
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San Francisco
Taisto Maki
Finland
New York
Willie Ritola
Maki
Paavo Nurmi
Nurmi
Y. W. Lassies Defeat Jamestown 34 to 29 in Net Victory
The Y W C A lasses beat Jamestown High School 34 to 29 last night with Weisner and Callahan scoring 14 each. Bollinger led Jamestown with 14. Lineups listed as ks.
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Y. W. C. A. Lasses
Jamestown High School
Weisner
Callahan
Bollinger
H. P. Ywca
Jamestown
Robbins
Cashatt
Proctor
Ballinger
Koonts
Biggs
Nee Gillespie
Caudle
Eees
Helms
Timer
Ryan
Truck Drivers Strike Hits Hoover Truck Lines Across Southeast
The Southeastern Teamsters Union expanded a nationwide walkout affecting Hoover Truck Company routes. The strike began in Atlanta and spread to Nashville Memphis Chattanooga Birmingham St Louis Cincinnati and Knoxville. An intake of hot school meals in Buckinghamshire is noted separately.
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Nashville, Tenn
Hoover Truck Company
Southeastern Teamsters Union
AFL
Atlanta
Pat Ansbourg
Louisville
Nashville
Memphis
Chattanooga
Birmingham
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Knoxville
President Calls Tobey Census Move Political Gaffe
President Roosevelt denounces Tobey resolution to drop personal income questions as politics in the census clash. Tobey calls the White House reply a smoke screen as debate over April 1 nationwide census continues and press questions about a possible third term stay unanswered.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
White House
Roosevelt
Tobey
Congress
Ernest K. Lindley
Hull
Thomas Jefferson
Lindley
Republicans Celebrate Iowa Victory in Sixth District Runoff
Des Moines, March 6. Republican Robert K. Goodwin won the special election to fill the unexpired term of C. C. Dowell by a 60.4 percent to 38.8 percent margin, with 29,248 votes to 18,770 in 212 of 218 precincts. Fellow Republican delegates hailed the win as a sign of a national GOP comeback in 1940.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert K. Goodwin
Redfield
C. C. Dowell
Goodwin
Byron G. Allen
Allen
Washington
John Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Ditter
R-Pa
National Republican Congressional Committee
Ohio
W. W. Klein
Klein
Abernethy Seeks Third Term Nomination for Congress
New Bern March 6. Charles L. Abernathy Jr announced he would seek the Democratic nomination for third district representative. It would be his third bid since his father C L Abernathy retired. Incumbent is Rep Graham A Barden. Dr Zeno B Spence of Goldsboro also entered the race.
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New Bern
Charles L. Abernathy, Jr
Abernathy
C. L. Abernathy
Graham A. Barden
Zeno B. Spence
Goldsboro
Bones Mystery Explained in West Virginia Find
A scattered bone find on Powell Mountain near Sutton, West Virginia, was identified as remnants of a skeleton selection job, not a murder mystery. Dr. G G Lovett said the bones were brought eight years ago by two University of West Virginia Medical School instructors in Bulltown.
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Sutton
W. Va
Powell Mountain
G. G. Lovett
Bulltown
Charles A. Duffield, Jr
University of West Virginia Medical School
Talk Of Hollywood Sparks Ginger Rogers Howard Hughes Romance
Hollywood rumor swirls as Ginger Rogers seeks an early divorce from Lew Ayers while speculation links her romantically to Howard Hughes. Tyroné Power suffers a ski injury with five stitches and possible crutches, Louis Hayward shows jitters, and Ida Lupino notes his nervousness before My Son My Son. Universal hires Blanche Ring and Eddie Leonard for Bing Crosby film.
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Hollywood
Ginger Rogers
Tyroné Power
Louis Hayward
la Rogers
Lew Ayers
Ginger
Howard Hughes
Power
Hayward
Son
Ida Lupino
Universal
Blanche Ring
Eddie Leonard
Bing Crosby
W Kerr Scott to formally announce re election bid
Enterprise report from Raleigh notes Commissioner W Kerr Scott will announce his re election tomorrow in morning papers. The Alamance native plans to run for another four year term as North Carolina agriculture chief with a concise fielding statement and biographical sketch likely to repeat his lifelong dirt farmer image and long list of farming tied positions.
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Henry Averill Raleigh
W. Kerr Scott
Raleigh
Scott
Alamance
Scot
Examinations for Nurses Set for April 17-19
Raleigh March 6 Miss Bessie M Chapman secretary treasurer announced the North Carolina Board of Nurse Examiners will conduct licensing examinations in Raleigh April 17 19 All applications must be in the secretarys office in completed form by April 2 including name and address and nursing school information
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Raleigh
Bessie M. Chapman
North Carolina Board of Nurse Examiners
Hangar Fire Probe Forces Questioning At LaGuardia
Fire officials questioned scores of witnesses to determine the cause of a late yesterday blaze in an unfinished 1.25 million hangar at La Guardia Field New York. The roof collapsed and girders buckled with brief danger to 12 workers.
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New York
la Guardia Field
Thomas Brophy
WPA
LA Guardia
Brophy
Transcontinental
Western Air
Republican C T Allen files for state treasurer
C T Allen as Republican from Aurora paid a 60 filing fee to the State Elections Board to run for state treasurer. He is the only Republican filer aside from the governor and Charles M Johnson is the only Democratic qualifier for treasurer so far.
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Raleigh
C. T. Allen
Aurora
State Elections Board
Allen
Charles M. Johnson
German Freighter Seattle Intercepted At Sea
Reports from Aruba indicate the German freighter Seattle carrying lumber was intercepted at sea by Allied warships guarding the western Atlantic. The ship’s master sent a distress message but no details on another vessel, the Mirthorn, were provided.
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Aruba
Netherlands West Indies
Seattle
Atlantic
Mimihorn
Courthouse Addition Under WPA Funding in Iredell
An expansion to the Iredell County courthouse is underway financed by the Works Progress Administration. The project carries a cost of 20 865 dollars and will extend the courthouse facilities in Statesville.
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Statesville
Iredell County
WPA
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