Race Horse Owner Uses Wire Tech In Cheating Plot
Detroit reporter notes rumors of a race horse owner employing hidden wires and high frequency beams to shock a jockey during a race. Inventor Ralph Powers explains a transmitting antenna in a glove or jacket, with a fine wire sewn into clothing to trigger the horse’s move. Officials deny any steward electrocution incident and a stray tale about a mobile shoe shop and a burglar is mentioned with scant relevance.
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Detroit
Ralph Powers
Cleelenies
Standings Recap from Sundays Results Across Cities
The standings show Knoxville 8-9 and Nashville 7-8, with Atlanta 4-5 and Memphis 2-3. Birmingham 3-7, New Orleans 0-8, Washington 7-5, St. Louis 4-4, Boston 3-5, Cleveland 2-1, New York 8-4, Chicago 1-1.
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Memphis
Birmingham
Chatts
Nashville
New Orleans
Washington
St. Louis
Boston
Cleveland
New York
Chiago
L. Pet
Baz
Nanhville
York
Louis
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Brook Yin
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Pittshburch
Chicape
New York Ri
GEM
Detroit
World shipbuilding rises into second quarter
Department of commerce notes the year to date rise in world ship construction continuing into the second quarter. Many traditional Japanese sword makers have shifted from crafting high class swords to producing table knives forks and other cutlery products.
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Department of Commerce
British Coronation Ball Charitable Event at Grosvenor House
London reports a grand Coronation Ball planned for Grosvenor House next June. The event mirrors the Shakespeare Ball of the coronation year and aims to raise funds for 23,509 guests with proceeds split among German hospitals and League of Mercy institutions. King Edward is patron of the league and sovereign of the order.
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London
Grosvenor House
Kring Geass
Toyval
League of Mer
Kine Edward
League
Order
Judge Studies Palmistry in Oklahoma City Court
Police Sgtge Mike Foster examines palmistry and tells offenders their future for 10 days by reading hands. He believes calloused hands reflect character as a clue to behavior in court proceedings.
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Judge
Oklahoma City
Sdge
Mike Foster
Hope Wins Pair From Cementers At Fair Fork
The Williams lumber company baseball team halted Clay Cementers seven game streak with a 6 to 3 victory and then edged them 4 to 3. Hope benefited from Crawford wildness scoring six runs in the first game while Okay and Zinn allowed few hits. In the nightcap a three run rally in the fifth tied the score, and a squeeze bunt by Russel in the final inning brought home the winning run as Womble limited Walker to four hits. The Lumberjacks next host the Beton dependents at Fair Park.
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Williams Lumber Company
Clay Cementers
Fair Fork
Crawford
Raven
Okay
Zinn
C. Schanley
Cementers
Lloyd Coop
Ramey
Covel
Coop
Russel
Womble
Hope
Heat
Lumberjacks
Walker
Fair Park
Long Pull Ahead to Cut U. S. Debt
Treasury experts outline how the national debt could shrink. June 30 gross debt stands at 33.78 billion, offset by on hand funds leaving 31.10 billion. Expenditures exceed receipts, 1935 to 1937 show rising deficits. Authors project a potential balanced budget by 1939 if revenues improve and one-time costs decline.
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Preston Grover
Treasury
General Anc Sper
Debt retirement pace after war and prewar lag study
The text analyzes how quickly debt could be retired after the war by clearing the annual lag between income and origin and accumulating revenue credits. It cites the 1934 debt of 25,478,592,000 and notes a period of prosperity could allow about ten billion dollars shaved off in just over a decade, outlining the required annual pace and future prospects.
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Poe
Melon Found Displayed on Window at Local Store
A readable fragment describes a melon placed on a window at McRae's Hardware on a Monday near Oxony. The note mentions a farm three miles north and a peculiar quote about a freak watermelon. Further details are unclear due to damaged text.
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Oxony Finehir
McRae
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