All Star Mat Card Headlines South Hamilton Clash
Promoter McMahon presents a high profile wrestling card at South Hamilton Street arena with Rosy Red Ryan versus Blackjack Hader in the main event and Pancho Valdez facing Johnny Marrs in the semi final. Allen Eustace meets Cherokee Chief Little Beaver while Marrs aims to top Valdez as fans expect action.
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Kapok Tree Seeds Used in Mattress Making
The Kapok tree wraps its seeds in a perfect package. The seeds rolled in waterproof vermin proof fiber are packed in a hard shelled pod. Man uses the fiber in making mattresses.
Midnight and time zones at the poles
The text argues that midnight is a man made concept and cannot exist at the Earth's poles where local time ideas fail. It notes time schedules at polar regions differ from temperate and tropical areas due to unique daylight patterns.
Exhibition Baseball Scores and Today’s Schedule
Multiple spring exhibition games across Florida California and Texas with results from Lakeland Clearwater St. Petersburg Bradenton Arcadia Haines City San Antonio and Los Angeles. Notable outcomes include Louisville defeating Boston 18 to 5 and Kansas City routing Washington 22 to 5. Today matchups feature Philadelphia Cincinnati St Louis Boston Brooklyn New York Chicago Philadelphia Detroit and Cleveland Washington at various sites.
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Tex
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Thomasville High School Names 18 Game Baseball Schedule
Thomasville High School baseball coach Darr Shealey announced an 18 game schedule for the season with spring practice underway. The lineup of candidates for pitching catching and infield positions is listed alongside the full home and away slate through May including Gray High Mills Concord Lexington Kannapolis and Spencer games.
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Shealey
Glenn Cole
Dolan Lambeth
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Kannapolis
Fenske Poised For Claimed Four-Minute Mile Feat
Philadelphia coaches call Chuck Fenske likely to break the four minute mile. They cite his improving form and a possible 60.3 final quarter pace, with optimism from Temple Penn and Villanova coaches about the young mile star's ceiling.
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Ben Ogden
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Lawson Robertson
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Jim Elliott
Villanova
Wisconsin
Chicago
Sixteen Outfits Left In AAU Meet
Denver March 20 In a mad scramble like the National AAU basketball tournament you never know when a first round bye turns into a second round bye bye Sixteen teams of the fifty that began the week long marathon answered here today for third round games and only eight of them remain
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Training Camp Notes from Florida Highlight Young Pitching
In Bradenton and nearby sites Yankees, Giants, Dodgers, and Red Sox train in Florida. Rookies Marvin Breuer Frank Lamanna and Jim Bagby impress managers Stengel Cronin Melton Gatehouse Eaves show strong early form. Camilli nearing signing for Dodgers as unsigned Lindsay Deal lingers.
Anger Bubbles Over Young Pitcher Williams Report
City, Fla. manager Bucky Harris blasts Almon Williams a right hander who was expected to lift the Washington Senators from the second division. Harris says the kid won t work and has a wrong attitude. He can go back and win another pennant for Chattanooga, as far as I m concerned.
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Bucky Harris
Almon Williams
Washington Senators
Harris
Chattanooga
Butterfly Ball Becomes Talk in White Sox Camp
In Pasadena a notable highlight in the White Sox camp centers on a so called butterfly ball tossed by a rookie. The term suggests a new pitching or throwing style drawing attention from players and reporters alike.
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White Sox
Treasury reports March income tax take over 410 million
Washington March 20 The Treasury announced it collected 410,148,562 in income taxes in the first 18 days of March, exceeding by 28 percent the same period last year. Officials estimate over 200 million more tax receipts were received at regional internal revenue offices not yet counted in official figures.
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British pilot crosses Channel in sail plane
A British pilot completed a cross channel flight in a sail plane, taking about 15 minutes to cover the distance from England to France.
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Colorado Springs Jewelers Upset Eugene Oregonians 63 to 46
The second major upset in the tournament saw Colorado Springs Jewelers defeat seeded Eugene Oregonians 63 to 46. Earlier Salt Lake City Eckers beat the Oklahoma City 89ers, another top seed. Denver Nuggets and Phillips 66 machine prepare for night games.
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Padgett in fold as Cardinals sign catcher Padgett
Padgett signs with St. Louis and hits .399 last season leaving Ducky Medwick as the lone holdout. Manager Ray Blades names veteran Bob Weiland and Houston rookies Red Barrett and Bob Breeden to start against the Red Sox. Greenberg returns to Lakeland after illness and shines in outfield drills for the Tigers versus Cincinnati.
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Ducky Medwick
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Ray Blades
Bob Weiland
Houston
Red Barrett
Bob Breaheen
Red Sox
Greenberg
Lakeland
del Baker
Detroit Tigers
Hank Greenberg
Cincinnati
No Escape: Nugent Aims to Block NL Prospects
Miami Beach report quotes Phillies president Gerald Nugent vowing to hold up waivers on promising players across the league. He says teams will cut players soon, and Philadelphia intends to claim them.
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Fla
National League
Gerald Nugent
Phillies
Athletics push through rain and fatigue in San Francisco
The Athletics welcomed yesterday's postponement with the Cubs as Connie Mack notes daily games strain players not yet in top shape after 15 games in 16 days. The report highlights exhausted roster fitness and heavy schedule pressures.
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Cal
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Cubs
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Cotton output slips in final 1939 40 season report
Census Bureau final ginning figures show the 1939 cotton crop at 11,812,281 equivalent 500 pound bales of lint, down from 11,944,240 in 1938 and far below the 1937 record. Running bales totaled 11,477,133 with 175,140 round bales counted as half bales. State totals list Texas leading ginnings at 2,858,806 and Missouri among smaller totals, with Alabama to Virginia also shown in the tally.
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Agriculture Department
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California
Florida
Georgia
McCrary Eagles Open Baseball Drills In Asheboro
McCrary Eagles start practice with twenty players for the upcoming season. Manager Paul Cheek pledges a tough schedule facing Winston Salem Twins Thomasville Mount Airy and several colleges. Returning players include Harrington Craver Clodfelter and Gaffney joins from Lincolnton Shelby. Long John Griffin is out having signed with the Atlanta Crackers.
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Britain hands reply to Italian protest over sea blockade
Great Britain delivered its answer to Italy through Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano regarding Rome's protest over the British sea blockade of Germany. The formal communication was presented on March 20.
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Eight College Seniors Inducted Into High Point Lighted Lamp
High Point College conferred its top honor on eight juniors and seniors at a chapel ceremony led by President G I Humphreys. New members Cleo Temple Beverly Bond Marguerite McCaskill Helen Waller Jack Lee William Rennie Burke Koontz and Doris Holmes join Marc Lovelace Robert Johnson and Reginald Hinshaw as current holdovers. Professor Paul Owen, alumnus and faculty member, urged sustaining scholarship, service, leadership, and character beyond graduation.
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Flashes Of Life H M M Delair
Samuel Nudd, a resident of Delair New Jersey, rolled over in bed and murmured about spring before dislocating his jaw. He had it reset at a hospital and returned to bed, ho hum.
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Delair
N. J
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Oysters Alleged Theft Sparks City Stir at Cserbo’s
In Philadelphia a landlady, Lena Wickneck, filed a complaint accusing Nick Cserbo of charging 175 oysters to her account and using them in his restaurant. Police arrested him as he fried oysters at the establishment.
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Nick Cserbo
Lena Wickneck
Speediest thief eludes capture after quick liquor store raids
Houston police seek a fast fleeing suspect nicknamed the speediest thief. He entered a drug store and grabbed three pints of whisky then fled so quickly he ran out from under his hat. Earlier he hit a liquor store taking three quarts and again escaped with his hat left behind.
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Clock Thief Targets Salt Lake Police Clock
Salt Lake City police report a theft of the department clock. Officials note the loss hints at lax timekeeping and potential security concerns for the precinct.
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Russians Oppose Baltic Nations Defensive Alliance Plan
Moscow reports that Soviet Russia rejects any defensive pact among Finland, Sweden, and Norway, arguing such a coalition would arm the U S S R and violate the Moscow Treaty with Finland. Tass notes allied negotiations rise in press and parliaments, while Finnish and Scandinavian leaders weigh alliance implications.
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Son Sought In Brutal Seattle Murder Case
Seattle police hunt 23 year old Denzel Davis after a brutal killing of Harriet Redding Arnold found in a suburban bungalow cupboard. Deputy prosecutor Ralls says the estranged wife reported the suspect’s strange conduct and admitted hearing of the slaying.
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Cagle Wilson
Guy B. Knott
Denzel Davis
Charles Ralls
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Boy Stabbed During Fracason Theatre
Thomasville police report Hubert Dunlap an 18 year old was arrested after a theatre stabbing incident in which he attacked Oscar Ridge who was sitting with a girl friend. Ridge was treated at City Memorial Hospital and released.
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Crooked Inn at Himley Named Most Off Perpendicular Eatery
The inn at Himley England is hailed as the world’s most crooked eating place with a floor so warped diners struggle to keep balance while moving inside the building.
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England
Wing Beat Rates of Insects Hint at Flight Grace
According to scientific notes, a fly beats its wings about 330 times each second while a bee reaches 240 strokes, a wasp 11, a dragonfly 28, and a butterfly displays a graceful slow wing motion that enhances its grace.
Miami Woman May Deliver Quints
A Miami woman is expected to deliver five babies in two to three months, with X-ray readings cited as evidence. A physician X-ray specialist said there is a very good chance of quintuplets, though the parents and doctor were not named and dates vary between two to three months or May.
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