Boxing hype and league feuds shadow 1930s rivalries
A fever of boxing match promotions and baseball management feuds spreads through Chicago and Brooklyn. Promoters tout shires Daly bouts while stars like Lefty O Doul and Hack Wilson eye clashes. Robby McKeever and Wilbert Robinson clash over team control as Judge Landis scolds rivals and entertainment battles draw bigger crowds.
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Carnera learns English and golding fouls connect boxing clashes
The note highlights Primo Carnera’s language barrier, rapid learning expectation, and a series of boxing matchups. It mentions Sl tribling in London, a Scott bout, and a London interview about foul play. Also references Jimmy Phelan’s Notre Dame days as a waiter and Gordon Locke’s Reserve banquet remark.
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Iowa
Callaway Builds Landing Field Anticipating Aviation Growth
Textile maker La Grange Ga plans a modern airport along the Atlanta to New Orleans air route. Callaway Field will cover four acres with two runways and facilities to support growing air travel. The firm foresees expansion in plane manufacturing and sales across the United States as aviation becomes a fast transport method.
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Grange Hall News Hints at Boxing Showdown and Local Visits
Crowded Grange Hall could stage bouts like Kid Lewis versus Jack Britton with promoters eyeing profits and a Robinson McKeever main event. Judge Landis warned guns could be carried into the ring. In local items, Mrs. Murl Kent and children visited family. several residents traveled to Stamps and Eagle Lake Florida for holidays, and many families shared Christmas with kin in Emmett Clear Lake and Liberty areas.
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Kid Lewis
Jack Britton
Judge Landis
Notre Dame
Pitt
Robinson-McKeever
Moses
George Dodson
Mattie Mae Kent
Bast
Yan
Calvin Johnson
Eagle Lake
Florida
Ava Lewis
Bingen
Herman Hamilton
Emmell
Gordonines
Berhize
Jack Kent
Selma Cox
Clear Lake
Henry Hunt
Kate Hollis
Orville Stanley
Abe Stanley
Local Family Visits Highlight Midweek Gatherings
Mrs Murt Kent and family spent Wednesday with Mrs Lula Kent and the Ward family. Mr and Mrs Cliff Richardson and Alma Jones visited Mr and Mrs E Daugherty. Minus Humphries stayed with her parents Nichelas.
Talkie Dog Solves Hollywood Silence Problem
A 3 year old Germano police dog named Munes arrives in Los Angeles to serve as a silent cue actor for film production. The dog will follow spoken commands by the camera crew without uttering a sound, potentially saving the look of sound film scenes. The animal is shown waving to the cameraman in a posed moment.
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Los Angeles
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Talkies
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Hollywood
Oklahoma Faces Rough Road In Big Six Basketball Race
Oklahoma's objective to win a third straight Big Six title faces a tougher schedule with only three veterans returning. Coach Hugh V. McDermott relies on Tom Churchill as top scorer to lead a reshaped lineup against Missouri Nebraska Kansas and others, as strong rivals loom.
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Sooners
Missouri
Hugh V. McDermott
Tom Churenhill
Laury Meyer
Bil Noble
Sie
McDermott
Churchhill
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Kansas
Kansas Aggies
Shires Wins Quick Knockout in Buffalo Bout
In Buffalo, Shires, age 27, overwhelmed Bailey in the opening round. The Great Shires landed rapid punches, lifting Bailey off balance. The referee counted out Bailey at 1 minute 2 seconds, as Shires maintained pressure and delivered decisive blows to end the bout.
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