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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1931
Page
9
Tulane ousted LSA with a 35 7 victory as the Tigers surged to a decisive title win. A surprise touchdown early set the pace and the offense never slowed, sealing the championship with dominant rushing and sharp play.
Tulane earns the Southern Conference football championship and stays undefeated as it overwhelms LSU 34 to 7 before about 30,000. Zimmermann and Haynes connect on key passes, Felts and Glover power the drive, and Hodgin’s late scores cap the rout.
The article describes the Texas Row on the fifth floor of the House office building, below attic-like conditions with side elevators and low ceilings. It lists offices and occupants including Daniel Garrett, Hatton Sumners, Sam Rayburn, Patman, and Marvin Jones in their respective room numbers.
The article notes the upcoming reshuffle as Democrats install chairmen Sam Rayburn Hatton Sumners Marvin Jones into prime offices. Rayburn moves to the Interstate and Foreign Commerce chair space, Sumners to judiciary, Jones to agriculture, with luxurious suites replacing former cubby holes.
The scoreboard shows Georgia 35 Georgia Tech 6 and Duke 6 Washington & Lee 0 with multiple other results including Rice 20 Baylor 0 Tulane 34 Louisiana 7, Army 12 Notre Dame 0, Yale 51 Princeton 14, Stanford 32 Dartmouth 6, Purdue 7 Northwestern 0, Minnesota 19 Ohio State 7, Michigan 16 Wisconsin 0, Temple 38 Missouri 6, Navy Plebes 0, and several ties and minor games across the East and Midwest.
Ossining residents and visitors watched Sing Sing's crew drop a game but enjoy a festive feast. Real turkey substituted chicken for dinner along with potatoes turnips cheese bananas cranberries and mince pies feeding the team and cheering sections.
Police report at Wilshire station where Thanksgiving dinner ended in a riot as inmates, upset over lamb stew instead of turkey, wrecked tables and chairs and threw food. They were forced to clean up before being sent to bed.
The ancient pontoon bridge in Noel Missouri, long funded by tolls and kept streets in repair for twenty years, has been removed. A new bridge costing $50,000 will be erected in its stead to replace the aging structure.
University of Michigan enrollment fell by 266 students from 1930 to 1931, registrar Ira M. Smith reported. A total of 9,431 students entered this academic year according to the tabulation.
A new dam in Brazil claims to be the largest of its kind in South America and is reported to impound 120,000,000 cubic feet of water.
In Porto Rico a single broadcasting station will go on the air three nights a week. A 12 year study course will be offered at a California school for the deaf.
The speaker warns that appeals by mail or public efforts fail without personal testimonies. He recalls two Florida elders who promised to talk to a receptive man about Christianity but did not follow through, letting Jimmy drift into drinking and job loss. He urges direct, compassionate outreach before church bells ring again.
The night juniors beat the day juniors 10 to 8 in a YMCA pool water baseball game. A. Lloyd led the losers with 6 hits in 7 at bats while J. Wilkins starred for the winners with 5 hits in 5 at bats. Masssachusetts noted oddly in the text as leading speempeet of leather boots and shoes.
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