Yankees Likely To Remain Powerful For Years
The Yankees dominated the 1927 season winning the pennant by 19 games over the Athletics. Aimed at 1928, Connie Mack vows to strengthen his club while Miller Huggins builds a core of youth and experience including Gehrig and Ruth as top performers. New stars Wiley Moore and George Pipgras emerge as likely replacements for aging pitchers.
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Alan J. Gould
Associated Press
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Earl Combs
Wiley Moore
George Pipgras
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Reuther
Herb Pennock
Hoyt Leads Giants With Youthful Strength and Huggins Vision
Waite Hoyt, 28, remains a premier southpaw when in form, while manager Miller Huggins plans for seamless replacements for next season. He has cultivated star talent like Moore, Pipgras, Combs, Koenig, Lazzeri, and Gehrig to offset veteran decline.
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Gehrig
Three NC State Stars Injured in Clemson Victory
State College RabLegh Oct 10 AP three NC State football stars hurt in Saturdays 18-6 win over Clemson. Chink Oaten Nunsucker back Vaughn guard doubtful for Thursdays Wake Forest game as coaches assess injuries. The piece also offers background on Eddie O'Brien a famed football official and his ties to major programs.
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Wake Forest
Wake Forest Prepares for N.C. State Rivalry Tilt
Wake Forest and North Carolina State College set for Thursday clash in Raleigh after 0-0 Elon tie and 14-7 loss to Presbyterian. The squad aims to improve its scoring output and rebound from prior results.
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UNC to Face South Carolina After Narrow Maryland Win
Chapel Hill reports UNC quarterback Whisnant scored the lone touchdown in the 70 victory over Maryland. The Tar Heels, led by Whisnant and teammates, gear up for a tough clash with South Carolina in Columbia on Saturday following last year’s win.
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Davidson Seeks To Extend 1927 Winning Streak After Tie
Davidson college, 12-2, defeated Wofford Saturday and now focuses on solving the attack that gave Elon a tie with Wake Forest. Elon visits Davidson on Saturday as the Wildcats aim to extend their triple chain of 1927 victories.
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Wake Forest
Duke Eleventh Conquers Boston College with Late TD
Duke football team prepares for Richmond game after beating Boston College 12 to 7. Gene White, sick with indigestion, left hospital bed to score the decisive touchdown and help Duke rebound from losses to Furman and Washington and Lee.
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Duke University
Boston College
Furman
Washington and Lee
Gene White
Richmond University
Famous Surgeon On The Gridiron
Boston on October 11 reports Dr. E J O'Brien a famed surgeon by weekday and a premier football referee in the season ten weeks long. Known as Eddie to players coaches and fans he rose from Tufts days to a revered gridiron arbiter.
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E. J. O’brien
Billy Evans
Boston
Eddie O’brien
Tufts
Swim, Girl Swim sparks at Broadhurst with Bebe Daniels
Bebe Daniels shines in the Para mount comedy Swim, Girl Swim at the Broadway today. Lloyd Corrigan wrote the original story and Clarence Badger directs to fuel the tale of a studious girl who aims to become an athlete rather than just a star.
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James Hall
Gertrude Ederle
Miss Daniels
Clarence Badger
Paramount
Lloyd Corrigan
Reno Parade Revue Opens At Orpheum For Week
The supreme musical comedy revue built for laughing purposes only opens a week at the Orpheum today led by Slim Burns with a strong chorus and high class specialties. Manager Taylor of the Majestic Danville sends praise noting a real show with beautiful scenery wardrobe and clean comedy and promises patrons won t go wrong with his guarantee.
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Danville
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United Daughters of the Confederacy NC opens 31st annual convention
Asheville hosts the 31st annual United Daughters of the Confederacy North Carolina division with an executive luncheon at Grove Park Inn and registration at Battery Park hotel. The convention opens at 8 pm with a welcome program at the Woman's Club chaired by Mrs. T. F. Mallory. state president is Mrs. Walter F. Woodard of Wilson.
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United Daughters of the Confederacy
North Carolina
Grove Park Inn
Battery Park
Woman’s Club
T. F. Mallory
Walter F. Woodard
Wilson
Asheville minister dies at Mooresboro
The Rev. B. P. Greene 82 longtime Baptist pastor and teacher in Cleveland County died at 11 p m Sunday night in Mooresboro after a period of illness Funeral services were set for 2 p m today He is survived by a widow and five sons including E C Greene city park commissioner and Asheville Times official B E A W Greene Z W and L W Greene of Mooresboro and Asheville respectively
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Fifteen Nuns Rest in Exile After Mexico Flight
Fifteen Carmelite nuns are living in virtual exile in San Francisco after fleeing Mexico and being ejected from their convent in November 1924. Father Dennis J. Kavanagh arranged refuge after meeting three nuns wandering in Mexico. Temporary quarters are now found in a local convent.
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San Francisco
Mexico
Dennis J. Kavanagh
Panthers Fall to Hampden-Sydney in Virginia Clash
High Point College football team returned home after a first defeat this season at Hampden Sydney in Virginia last Saturday. Coach Boylin’s Panthers fought hard, missing a fourth down punch near the goal and were outplayed briefly in the opening period. The squad practiced intensely at Johnson City, Tennessee, as they regroup for the next game against Milligan College.
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North Carolina Women Present State Flag at Valley Forge
At Valley Forge Pennsylvania the North Carolina Society of Colonial Dames presented a silk state flag to Dr. W Herber Burk founder and rector of the Washington Memorial Chapel A 25 member committee led by Mrs John H Anderson Fayetteville attended along with members from Pennsylvania and Washington A white star centers the emblem and the flag was embroidered by hand
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North Carolina
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North Carolina Society of Colonial Dames of America
Washington Memorial Chapel
John H. Anderson
Fayetteville
North Carolina Society
Pennsylvania
W. Herbert Burk
Memorial Chapel
A. M. Waddell
Wilmington
N. C
One Killed and Another Injured in Powder Explosion
In Birmingham Alabama Louis Adello aged 35 died and Joe Lovechi 19 was listed in critical condition after a powder explosion at Adello's home. The blast occurred while the men were making firecrackers and over 25 pounds of powder exploded, hurling them through the house wall and lifting the structure from its foundation.
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Ala
Louis Adello
Joe Lovechi
Adello
Mecklenburg Declaration Commemorated in Colonial Uniform Parade
On May 20, 1775, the Mecklenburg declaration of independence was commemorated. Ushers and a flagbearer appeared in continental buff and blue uniforms as they marched up the chapel aisle with the flag on April 12, 1776.
Remus Ready to Explain Murder Case in Court
George Remus, the former bootlegger, says he will reveal his life story and marriage troubles to jurors as state attorneys prepare to seek his life for Imogene Remus's murder. A new grand jury is to be impaneled, with Charles Taft Jr. planning to call Remus and other witnesses. Remus aims to subpoena witnesses from New York to Atlanta, while Dr Kendig’s alienist report remains a possible defense avenue.
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Ohio
George Remus
Imogene
King
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Chester Shooks
Common Pleas Court
Charles P. Taft
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St. Louis
Atlanta
W. C. Kendig
Influenza Patient Quoting the Countess of Wessex
A dialogue frames a patient asking a doctor if she has the latest influenza form. The doctor confirms, noting she "cought exactly like the Countess of Wessex" in a London Answers piece.
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Countess of Wessex
London
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