Potential Conf Flag Winners Nurtured By Bison Baseball
June Scott eyes a Western Conference title as 1939 Bison return six first-string players and a strong infield. Key figures include James Hayworth at second, Bill Lackey at shortstop, Harry Land behind the plate, and Bus Overcash leading a hopeful pitching corps with Hussey and young arms in reserve.
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June Scott
Bison
Furman University
James Hayworth
Pungster
Lewis Haygorth
American Legion
June
Bill Lackey
Lackey
Asheboro American Legion
Carolina
George Stirnweiss
Scott
Jack Hussey
Kemp Dennis
Abie Short
Hussey
Hayworths
James
Brantley
Hucks
Clyde Hedrick
Hedrick
Harry Land
Lloyd Whitt
Legion
James Kivett
Ross Hedrick
Robert Sillman
Rudolph Fritts
Land
Hoyt Morgan
Bus Overcash
Ed Brown
Ronald Coleman
Ray Sechrest
Forest Linthicum
Portsider
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Collegianc Reach Climax of Winter Sports Campaigns
March ushers in the peak of winter sport seasons with national tournaments in basketball swimming hockey bowling fencing and more. The National Collegiate Basketball Tournament debuts March 25 at Evanston Illinois with regional champions joining a national field.
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NEA
Florida
Gulf
California
Army
Northwestern
Patten
Evanston, Ill
Midwest
Hyde County Chamber banquet set for April 3
Governor Hoey Speaker D L Ward and Congressman Lindsay Warren will address the Hyde County Chamber of Commerce banquet on April 3 in address to local business leaders and residents.
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C. Swan Quarter
Hoey
D. L. Ward
New Bern
Lindsay Warren
Washington, N. C
Hyde County
Yanks Iron Man Gehrig Shines On His 64th Birthday
Hall of fame figure Henry Louis Gehrig shows life and strength around first base in St. Petersburg on his 64th birthday. Bettors in the limelight place the Yankees as heavy favorites at 1 to 5, while Doyle praises Gehrig and the club’s depth with DiMaggio Gordon and Crosetti drawing respect from critics.
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Harry Grayson
NEA
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Henry Louis Gehrig
Iron Horse
John Doyle
Huggins Field
Jack Doyle
New York Yankees
Yankees
Doyle
Joe DiMaggio & Co
Henry L. Gehrig
Lou Gehrig
Columbia University
Jacob Ruppert
Joseph Vincent McCarthy
Gehrig
Jat
Joe Gordon
Yanks
Crosetti
Pullman
DiMaggio
Dickey
Gordon
Borican Lash After Records On Dartmouth Board Track
Hanover N H March 15 Glenn Cunningham set a 4 04 4 indoor mile last year now John Borican and Don Lash return to Dartmouth board track to chase the fastest half mile and two miles in history.
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Hanover
N. H
Glenn Cunningham
John Borican
Don Lash
Dartmouth
Pittsburgh Girl Leads in Foils
Pinehurst March 15. A field of 41 led by Betty Abernethy of Oakmont Pittsburgh began the second round of the 36 hole medal play Silver Foils Golf championship. Yesterday Abernethy shot 82 while Helen Waring Pinehurst 84 and others trailed with 86 87 and 89 scores.
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Pinehurst
Betty Abernethy
Oakmont
Pittsburgh
Abernethy
Helen Waring
T. A. Rudel
New York
Karl Scheidt
Philadelphia
John Lentz
Fort Bragg
H. C. Frackelton
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Strange Batter Coyne Keeps Hits to Right Field
Philadelphia March 15. Temple University catcher Howard Coyne, a right handed hitter, has not hit to left field in two years, baffling fans and coaches as the season approaches.
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Philadelphia
Howard Coyne
Temple
McIntosh to Oppose Bridgeman in May Mayor Race
Laurinburg announces that Peter D. McIntosh, town board member and insurance man, will oppose A. L. Bridgeman in the May mayoral election.
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Laurinburg
Peter D. McIntosh
Town Board of Commissioners
A. L. Bridgeman
Railway executive named director of Express Agency
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Ernest E. Norris, president of the Southern Railway, to serve as a director of Railway Express Agency, Inc. The action was announced in Washington on March 15.
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Washington
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ernest &E. Norris
Southern Railway
Railway Express Agency, Inc
Rupert Pickens Stands Firm Against Increased Appropriations
In Raleigh March 15 Rupert T Pickens defies a fast shifting Appropriations fight. He opposes higher classroom funding and rejects a proposal to boost his alma mater UNC despite pressure from Gov Hoey and party leaders. Pickens, three term House veteran, Phi Beta Kappa graduate, lawyer, and High Point native, remains consistent in advocating economy. He married Ida Catherine Mungan in June 1928 and has son Robert Andrew born December 19, 1933.
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Powers That Be
High Point
Rupert T. Pickens
Pointer
University of North Carolina
Phi Beta Kappa National Scholarship Fraternity
Lexington
Rupert Tarpley
Annie Blanche Pickens
High Point High School
Ida Catherine Mungan
Robert Andrew
Four Girls In White and Pig’s Boy Showtimes Listed
Local theatres announce feature times today for multiple films. The schedule includes Four Girls In White at Bradhurst with showings at 1 41, 3 41, 5 41, 7 41 and 9 41. Peck’s Bad Boy At the Circus plays at Bradhurst with 1 32, 3 10, 4 48, 6 26, 8 04 and 9 42. I Am the Law screens at Paramount with 1 37, 3 37, 5 37, 7 32 and 9 32. Stella Dallas at Carolina shows 1 15, 3 15, 5 15, 7 15 and 9 15. Sin of Lena Rivers at Rialto lists multiple times including 12 51, 2 19, 3 147, 5 15, 6 343, 8 111 9 53 9.
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Broadhurst
Peck
Rialto
Lena Rivers
Thomasville Panth ers Drop Exhibition To Alumni
Thomasville Panth ers lose an exhibition game to the Alumni 9 to 8 after nine runs in the fifth to seventh innings. Adkins pitched well for the Alumni, while Cole struggled for the Panth ers as early lead faded. F Harrington and Jenkins led at the plate for the Panth ers with multiple hits and a homer by Little amid the late rally.
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Little
Enterprise Bureau
Commerce Street
Thomasville
Thomasville Panthers
Panthers
Adkins
Cole
Clinard
Fitzgerald
F. Harrington
Jenkins
Nd Bland
Abrh Beck
Ceeevessevess Wea Deaton
C .Crossveeses
V. Harrington
Avs
Mock
Seeeereeseeees
Carter
Reecevecens BN
Ccseesevsases Newsome
Po Secceneteererteee Russell
Harrington
Younts
Bray
Cccceens
Nseecseenens Koontz
Britt
Cvscsecessevessees Adkins
P Climard
Russell
York
P High School
Brand
Charlie McCarthy Kidnapped In High-Profile Prank Case
The ventriloquist Edgar Bergen reports his famous dummy Charlie McCarthy has vanished from a New York hotel. Bellhop Frank D. Brown recovered but bound after a drop-off at a Waldorf Astoria led to two unknown men taking the case. Bergen fears a publicity stunt may be involved as police hunt possible suspects and ransom none issued.
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New York
Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen
East 51St Street
Charlie
Frank D. Brown
Belmont Plaza Hotel
Brown
37Th Street
Eleventh Avenue
Waldorf-Astoria
Ethel Mulhern
the Waldorf
Mr. Bergen
Bellop
Bergen
James McGowan
Frank Crimmins
W. C. Fields
Naval scout planes pick up fourth ship for training hop
Three naval scout planes on a routine Philadelphia to Fort Bragg flight landed at Raleigh airport to pick up a fourth plane that broke formation at Richmond Virginia and caused crash fears. Cadet J G Hubbard and Ensign Joseph E Walsh were aboard the missing ship which landed last night as companions dropped flares over rural Virginia. Flares prompted Chesterfield County and state officers to report a crash. The four planes continued to Fort Bragg after resuming flight.
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Raleigh
Naval
Philadelphia
Painting dimly lit garage walls to aid parking
A note suggests white walls in a dimly lit garage will greatly help parking by improving visibility and spatial perception. The proposed change targets better contrast and guidance for drivers navigating the space.
Tunney Testifies Before Monopoly Committee
Gene Tunney former world heavyweight boxing champion and now American Distilling Company chairman sits for a hearing with 37 witnesses before the federal monopoly committee investigating whisky industry pricing and practices. He admits uncertainty about questions and notes a cumbersome questionnaire.
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Washington
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Tunney
American Distilling Company
Scort
Philadelphia
Registrars Study Population Trends in Raleigh District
Registrars of the second federal population district convened an all day session to examine vital statistics as a means of better determining population trends.
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Raleigh
Elaine Shepard: Actress With Everchanging Screen Image
Elaine Shepard, born in Olney, Illinois, sought major screen fame by changing her coiffure to resemble Hedy Lamarr and others. Seen by a producer's wife at a Palm Springs bowling alley, she earned a test and a bit part in Topper, then worked on Sorority House. She is described as a perfect Technicolor subject with golden blond hair and blue eyes.
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Bill Porter
George Scarbo
Elaine Shepard
Hedy Lamarr
Carole Lombard
Joan Bennett
Anita Louise
Olney
Palm Springs
A Bit Of Old Harvard Hits Supreme Court
Justice Frankfurter writes a 1900 word dissent challenging jurisdiction in a Massachusetts domicile tax case involving Col. Edward H Green. Justice Black joins. Justices Reed and Stone differ. McReynolds and Butler as dissenters.
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Harvard
Supreme Court
Washington
Felix Frankfurter
Th Supreme Court
Lega
Hugo L. Black
Edward H. Green
Het Green
Frankfurter
Harva Law School
Stanley Reed
Blac
Harlan F. Stone
James C. M Reynolds
Pier Butler
McReynol
Butler
Black
Hughes
Fire devastates Everglades as smoke blankets region
A massive blaze roared through nearly 15 000 acres of Everglades mucklands near Fort Lauderdale delaying air traffic between Miami and the north. Winds pushed smoke across cities while mud rain and a mile high plume highlighted the scale of the inferno.
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Fort Lauderdale
Everglades
Blaz
Miami
Ernest Carson
Evergla
Blue Mold Attacks Weed Seedlings in Two Counties
Dr Luther Shaw a plant pathologist at NC State College reports blue mold attacking tobacco seedlings in Robeson and Colu m bus counties across about six beds from last year’s sites The disease appears soil carried with favorable conditions and no spread in new beds this season in Raleigh March …
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Robeson
Coluwbus
Luther Shaw
N. C. State College
Raleigh
March
Exemption for Over 75 From License Tax Considered
A March 15 report notes a Senate amendment to the revenue act proposed by Senator King of Granville to exempt all citizens aged 75 and over from professional license taxes. The measure aims to relieve most elderly practitioners while acknowledging a few still earning income. The amendment faced some dissent from opponents.
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Raleigh
Senate
House
King of
Granville
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