Jackie Field’s No Foul Agreement Under Review
Detroit May 6 The Michigan boxing commission met to consider the anti foul agreement proposed by managers of Jackie Fields and Young Jack Thompson for their welterweight title bout at Olympia Stadium. Fields defends the title after winning it last year on a foul and is set to receive 37500 with Thompson assured of 100000.
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Detroit
Jackie Fields
Jack Thompson
San Francisco
Fields
Joe Dundee
Ford’s Amazon Civilizing Agent Project 18
Major Lester Baker praises Fordlandia as a civilizing influence in Brazil’s Tapajos region. He notes 1,800 workers housed in modern quarters with utilities, a 100 bed hospital, radio link to Para, 100 miles of riverine transport, 240 foot wharf, 5 boats, roads, a farm, cattle range, and rapid 100 acre weekly clearing and cultivation under Captain E Oxholm.
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Rio Janeiro
Ford Rubber Concession
Tapajos River
Lester Baker
Amazon Valley
Baker
E. Oxholm
Brazil
Fordlandia
United States
C. Beaton
Para
Kings Mountain Police Chief Wounded In Gun Battle
Kings Mountain May 6. Police Chief H G Ware lost his right hand and George Neely, a Negro, was seriously wounded in a gun battle at Neely s home. Ware and Officer Hicks approached Neely to arrest him on a threat to kill his wife. Neely opened fire with a shotgun, Hicks escaped unharmed, and Ware was also shot. Neely was later hit and hospitalized in Shelby. Ware was taken to a Gastonia hospital.
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Kings Mountain
H. G. Ware
George Neely
Here
Chief Ware
H. C. Hicks
Neely
Hicks
Gastonia
Shelby Hopital
Sleeping on the Job Becomes Advertisement Mockery
A newspaper anecdote notes a seventh daytime doze on the job, sparked by an advertisement seeking a boy to sleep on the premises. The exchange reveals the misinterpretation and comic miscue in the workplace.
Hem-roid Ad Promises Pile Cure With Doctor's Prescription
An ad claims piles result from blood congestion in the lower bowel and cannot be cured by salves or cutting. It promotes Hem-roid from Dr J S Leonhardt as relieving congestion and strengthening affected parts, sold by druggists with a money back guarantee through Mann Drug Co, inviting sufferers to try it.
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J. S. Leonhardt
Mann Drug Co
Yellowstone opens tourist season on June 20
The park announces the official start of the tourist season on June 20. Visitors should plan ahead for entry, routes, and safety advisories as authorities expect increased visitation and park operations to return to normal.
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Yellowstone National Park
How Flo Ziegfeld Chooses World’s Most Beautiful Girls
Florenz Ziegfeld outlines top traits for Follies chorus hopefuls including brunet hair with healthy skin, blue or gray eyes, slender curvy figures, long feet and graceful voice. He notes beauty comes from anywhere and recalls discovering a waitress in New York. Billie Burke discusses marriage and keeping a husband amid beauty rivalries.
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Flo Ziegfeld
New Orleans
Ziegfeld
Florenz Ziegfeld
Hollywood
Childs
New York
Babe
Ruth
Billie Burke
Patricia
Miss Burke
Christopher Columbus
Flo
Dorothy Mackaill
Annual Meeting Notice of High Point Thomasville and Denton Railroad Co
The High Point Thomasville and Denton Railroad Co. schedules its annual stockholders meeting for May 13 1939 at 1 30 PM in High Point North Carolina. Directors will be elected and officer reports reviewed with other business. Stockholders urged to sign and return proxies to ensure a majority presence.
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High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railroad Co
High Point, Thomasvile & Denton Railroad Company
West Green Street
High Point
North Carolina
O. Arthur Kirkman
Flashes Of Life From City to City
New York reports Max Schmeling as a golfer finishing 18 holes in 122 with doubt about the tally. London notes women MPs wearing cotton dresses for a national cotton week to aid the textile industry. Flo Ziegfeld seeks Clara Bow’s release in New York as he tries to glorify her.
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New York
Max Schmeling
London
Flo Ziegfeld
Clara Bow
Headache sufferer credits Black-Draught relief for years
Mrs. C. C. Suthers of Wytheville Virginia says severe headaches stopped after using a well known powdered herb medicine Black-Draught. She reports headaches, nausea, eye soreness, and bowel regularity improved and has not had a severe headache in fifteen years. She uses it occasionally for mouth taste and general well being. Costs only 1 cent a dose.
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Wytheville
CC. R Suthers
Lee Highway
Mrs. Suthers
Yesterday's Major League Games Highlight A's 4 3 Win
The Philadelphia Athletics beat the St. Louis Browns 4 to 3 in 12 innings as Al Simmons homered for his fifth of the season. Joe Boley and Mule Haas hit two and one homers respectively to spark a late rally after Grove faltered early. Other results include the Indians losing 18 to 3 to the Red Sox, the Yankees beating the White Sox 4 to 1, and the Giants reclaiming first with a 9 to 1 win over the Pirates.
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al Simmons
A’s
St. Louis Browns
Browns
Grove
Joe Boley
Mule Haas
Simmons
Alvin Crowder
Boston
Cleveland Indians
Athletics
Red Sox
Cleveland
Hudlin
Shaute
Miller
Milt Gaston
Indians
Washington Senators
Detroit
Lloyd Brown
Left Hogsett
Tigers
Vernon Gomez
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Willie Kamm
White Sox
Red Faber
Yanks
Lazzeri
Caraway
Grimes
Red Lucas
Reds
Brandt
Horace Ford
Estonian Professor Delivers Multilingual Speech at Congress
Washington reports that Professor L Puusepp of Estonia, a noted linguist, spoke in English at an international mental hygiene congress and repeated the address in French and German. He offered a Russian translation but no one requested it.
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Washington
L. Puusepp
Estonia
Notice of Sale of Land by Trustee in Guilford County
Notice of sale under a 1928 deed of trust by M C Rowland to Wachovia Bank and Trust Company trustee. The trustee will offer the property at public auction to the highest cash bidder at the east door of the Greensboro courthouse at 2:00 PM on June 9, 1930, located in High Point Township Guilford County. The description begins at an iron stake on the west line of North Main Street and the northeast corner of Worxler Land Company’s tract.
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Bencini’s
North Main Street
A. M. Rankin
City of
High Point
Wachovia Bank & Trust Company
Lovelace & Kirkman
M. C. Rowland
North Carolina
Register of Deeds
Guilford County
Greensboro
High Point Township
Juilford County
Worxler Land Company
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Dealems
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Connie Macks
Philadelphia Athletics
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Eommission
Arthur J. Tuttle
High Point Battery Company
Randmother
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