Henry Fabian and the Field Weary of Football Nightmares
YORK GEORGE Ross describes Henry Fabian, longtime Polo Grounds groundskeeper, who loves baseball grass but despises football. He has tended the turf since 1899 and, with autumn in, grows morose as the Giants’ era shifts from Babe Ruth’s era to new outfield wear and tear.
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York
Henry
Manhattan
Democrats
Hennery
Polo Grounds
Ordie
Terry
Yankees
Harlem River
Babe
Giants
Turf-Tearer Strf Temper
Henry, famed as base ball's gardener, confronts a nervous Midwest second baseman who tears up the grass at his feet during plays. In extra innings the groundsman threatens action, the visitor's base area remains bald, and the player shifts to biting his waffle after Henry's rebuke.
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Henry
Vandalous fans threaten the Polo Grounds turf
Henry laments football fans who flood the field after games wrecking sod and tearing goal posts. He contrasts football chaos with baseball sensibility, noting rain and rough play ruin turf, while educated crowds show no respect.
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Polo Grounds
Henry
Long Island
Farmers Repaying Crop Loans, Graham Credit Association
The Graham Production Credit Association reports rapid loan repayment by farmers in nine Piedmont counties including Alamance and Guilford. About 50 percent of loans issued for spring crop production have been liquidated as favorable prices for tobacco and cotton boost settlements. Current year loans total 1245 in number and about $210,000, up over 20 percent from the previous year, with new applications filed as old notes are paid and funds sought for fertilizer and seed for winter crops.
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Graham Production Credit Association
Graham
Graham Association
Alamance
Caswell
Chatham
Durham
Guilford
Orange
Person
Randolph
Rockingham
Piedmont
British Textile Strike Looming in Lancashire
In Manchester Lancashire workers prepare for a potential Christmas textile strike after unions vote on authority to walk out. Spinners and cardroom workers seek a 14 percent wage rise rejected by mill owners, who fear a 1932 scale cost and seek compromise while safeguarding output for 300,000 workers.
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Manchester
Eng
Lancashire Textile Mille
Coton
New High Speed Pictures Shown
Baltimore reports ultra fast industry films shown at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers meeting. Dr Gustavus J Esselen demonstrated motion pictures at 2000 to 3000 frames per second used to study processes and test product failures. He noted faster shutters and a new fan design and showed a rubber band snap multiple times.
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Baltimore
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Gustavus J. Esselen
Boston
Mass
Esselen
Suffers Stroke During Church Service
Mrs Ellen Allen of 806 Tryon street collapsed shortly after giving a testimony at a prayer service at First Wesleyan Methodist church. She was rushed to Guilford General Hospital by ambulance with total right‑side paralysis and dangerous blood pressure, but was resting well for her condition.
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Wesleyan Methodist
Ellen Allen
Tryon Street
Allen
Guilford General Hospital
Koonce
Mrs Nicholson Visiting In City From Washington
Mrs Mamie Nicholson a native of High Point daughter of the late Squire Warren G Brown now lives in Washington DC visits here with Mrs J H Mitchell this week She has been singing in The Diplomat a Washington night club for five months after winning amateur contests She remains in the city until Friday.
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Mamie Nicholson
High Point
Squire Warren G. Brown
Washington, D. C
J. H. Mitchell
Death by own action shocks New York town
Mrs. Madge Darwin Harris aged year old mother of four was found dead in her home with a plow line from a rafter. The coroner ruled death by own action in York New York County.
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York
8. C
Madge Darwin Harris
Childre
Internal Pile Remedy HeM-Roid Tablets Promoted
An old advertisement touts an internal medicine HEM-ROID by Dr J S Leonhardt as the cure for piles. It claims relief from itching bleeding and prolapse without surgery and offers a money back guarantee. Sold by Eckerd's Economy Drug Store and Mann's.
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Leonhardt
Eckerd’s
Economy Drug Store
Mann's
Murchison Speaks At Textile Meet
Dr. Claudius T. Murchison president of the Cotton Textile Institute addressed upper South Carolina textile manufacturers in Greenville about the federal windfall tax. He spoke in Charlotte yesterday and planned to speak in Atlanta tomorrow.
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Greenville
S. C
Claudius T. Murchison
Cotton Textile Institute, Inc
Upper South Carolina
Murchison
Charlotte
N. C
Atlanta
Bids Rejected for Five Highway Patrol Stations
Raleigh bid action reports initial bids on five stations for the highway patrol short wave radio system rejected by the board of awards as too high.
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Raleigh
Highway Patrol
Board of Awards
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Niles
En's Heavy Weight
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Mrs. Nicholson
Kinney’s
Sport Oxfords
Kinney
Goodyear West Oxfords
Textile Meet
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