Tennessee's Tide Test Comes as Alabama Clash Looms
Tennessee facing Alabama in Birmingham relies on a trio of return specialists led by Billy Blackstock and Bert Rechichar to halt Alabama’s kick returns. Jimmy Wade, a freshman, sparked a pivotal late rout against Chattanooga with a 44-yard punt return and a 34-yard interception return. Rechichar may miss the game due to a leg injury.
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Roman battering ram required 300 oxen and 1500 men
Ancient sources describe during Rome's height a colossal battering ram that needed 300 oxen to move and 1,500 soldiers to operate. The marvel showcased the era's military engineering and siege power.
Congress Opposes TV Blackouts In Minor League Areas
Washington reporters note Congress rejected a proposal to allow television blackouts of major league games within minor league territory. Pacific Coast League counsel Leslie M. O'Connor urged legislation to let baseball curb radio and TV to protect minor leagues, but chances were described as dubious. He also opposed elevating the Pacific Coast League to major status and resisted breaking up the Joop in cluding three teams. The move followed MLB’s decision to drop plans to blackout telecasts to protect home attendance.
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Tobacco Holds To High Level On Border Middle Old Belts
UNITED PRESS reports flue cured tobacco prices varied by belt with Border markets showing gains of 1 to 3 per hundred pounds while overall quality declined. Middle Belt held steadier with small dips in some grades and Old Belt fell 3 to 5 in lower quality lots. Eastern Belt saw slight declines. Monday's Border Belt averaged 55.92, up 0.36. Middle Belt 98.88. Old Belt 54.89.
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United Press
South Carolina
North Carolina
Funeral held for Lawrence MacRae brother of Judge MacRae
Funeral services for Lawrence MacRae 73 brother of former Judge D C MacRae of High Point were held in Chapel Hill. A prominent state textile figure he died in Concord after a several year illness Born November 26 1877 he moved to Chapel Hill in 1884 and graduated from UNC in 1897 He worked in Spray Edenton and Winston-Salem later serving as secretary treasurer of Inverness Cotton Mills He resided in Concord the last five years Surviving are two daughters a brother Cameron MacRae of Concord and a sister Mrs Dora Eliott of Washington and his widow Elizabeth Skinner died in 1937.
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Hunted Man Finds The Hunter In Bellingham
In Bellingham Washington a police cruiser and a driver collided after a radio alert described a crane on the driver. The hunter, Earl Dunkle, captured his suspect but will not praise the capture method. The driver faces charges of drunken driving.
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Russian claim that first bicycle was invented in Russia
Washington dispatch reports Moscow asserts the first bicycle originated there in 1801 with Artamonov of Penza province. The blurb contrasts with U S rail infra, noting the nation has rail stretches 50 miles or more without curves, the longest 78.86 miles from Wilmington to Hamlet.
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House schedules vote on flood control and harbors bill
The House was set to vote on a compromise flood control and harbors bill totaling 597,262,713. It trims Senate figures by 41,315,500 and reduces funding for Old Hickory Lock and Dam to 2,000,000 while eliminating river and harbor planning funds except for a 500,000 unspent balance restricted to projects other than Tennessee Tombigbee.
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Mississippi
Wins 15 Year Citizenship Fight in Detroit
Mrs. Margaret C. Green, formerly Baroness Egan von Mauchenheim of Munich, became an American citizen in Detroit today, ending a 15 year deportation battle. She and her husband fled Nazi Germany in 1935, facing expulsion orders five times between 1936 and 1940, each time avoiding deportation.
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Detroit
Margaret C. Green
Auto abundance claim shocks service stations in US
Economists estimate 170 automobiles per service station across the United States, highlighting a wide gap between vehicle ownership and local fueling outlets and suggesting evolving demands for maintenance and roadside services.
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United States
Defendant Fined by All-Woman Jury in Denver
Donald H. Stone was fined 84 dollars and given 60 days in jail by a municipal court after speeding and running a red light. He appealed, and an all-woman jury in county court fined him 300 dollars and sentenced him to 30 days in jail.
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Donald H. Stone
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