Joe Louis Triumphs in Record First Round KO
Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling in two minutes four seconds at Yankee Stadium. The champion overwhelmed Schmeling with a swift left and rights, sending the German to the canvas three times and prompting the towel to be thrown in by his corner.
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Alan Gould
Yankee Stadium
New York
Brown Bomber
Germany
Max Schmeling
Dusky
Joe Lous
Schmeting
Schmeling
Jack Dempsey
Luis Angel Firpo
Polo Grounds
Louis
Max
Arthur Donovan
Max Machon
Schineling
Joe
Auditor Destroys Unused Tax Blanks in Arkansas
In Little Rock State Auditor Humphrey burned 49 901 unused poll tax blanks returned to his office by county collectors after the June 15 deadline for obtaining tax receipts valid for voting patrols at the August primary and November general elections.
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Little Rock
Humphrey
Dedication events for Bodeaw Baptist Church July 3
Dedication services of the Bodeaw Baptist church and reunion services for students of Bodeaw High School will be held July 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dinner will be served on the ground. The public is invited to attend the observance.
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Bodeaw Baptist Church
Bodeaw High School
Bodeaw
Latt to Face Gil La Cross In Friday Wrestling Card
Jimmie Latt makes Arkansas debut in Little Rock and will meet Gil La Cross in one half of a double main event Friday night. Latt defeated Steve Non in a semi final, and promoter signs two three round bouts to bolster the program with boxing and wrestling action.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Jimmie Latt
Husky Birmingham Stappler
Steve Nonoff
Balkan
Lott
Loval
Gil la
Sports Results and Standings Across City League Clubs
Fragmented box scores show CCC Camp and Geo. W. Robison leading in early results with Hope Basket and J C Penney also posting wins. Upcoming games list Washington Moore Hawthorne Unique Cafe CCC Camp at Fair Park and other matchups at Fair Park plus league standings reflecting multiple cities and teams across early season play.
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Williams Lumber Co
W. Robison
Aed
Afl
Moore-Hawthorne
Washington
CCC
Geo. W. Robison
Hope Basket
J.C. Penney
Garland
Unique Cafe
Fair Park
Friday Hope Basket
Saint-Bure
National Guards
Knoxville Beats Travelers 4 2 on Whitey Campbell Three-Hitter
Whitey Campbell pitched a three hit masterpiece to lift Knoxville past the Litle Rock Travelers 4 2 in game one. Campbell also homered off Kola Sharpe as Dee Prothro’s club managed only two runs with an eighth inning error and no hits. Campbell improved to 4 1. Sharpe took the loss with Campbell and Warren driving the runs for Knoxville.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Whitey Campbell
Litle Rock Travelers
Sreies
Campbell
Dee Prothro
Smoky Moundanan
Kola Sharpe
Pelle Renk
Sharpe
Colle
Warren
Chattanouga
Birmingham
S. Barons
Chattanooga Lookouts
Chattanooga
Barons
Polli
George
Chattenooga
Kimbell
Blake
McDougal
Jones
Millies
Local Bouts Set Inpromoter Wolfe’s Wrestling Card
Leslie Wolfe of Little Rock promotes a wrestling program headlined by Roy Clemons of Amarillo Texas. The second main event features Clemons versus a local challenger as bouts pit local Negro wrestlers against a visiting contender.
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Leslie Wolfe
Little Rock
Roy Clemons
Amarillo
Texas
Atlanta Crackers Rally to Beat New Orleans in Slow Game
In Atlanta Georgia the Crackers toppled New Orleans 4 to 0 as Miller vs Drake produced a pitching duel. Three Cracker runs came in the eighth on a Holiday error, with Miller yielding four hits and two safeties in three at bats. The New Orleans offense was stifled while Knoxville led the Travelers 4-2 in another Southern Association contest. The Holland Tunnel length is noted as 9,250 feet.
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Crickets
Atlanta
Atlanta Crackers
Little Rock
Southern Association
New Orleans
Travelers
Knoxville
Milier
Drake
Crackers
Holiday
Mill‘er
Feljcans
Kipling Nobel Prize Claim and Fox-Hunting History
An OCR fragment notes Kipling receiving the Nobel prize for literature in 1207 and states fox-hunting has been a popular English sport since 1750. The text blends two facts without clear sourcing or context.
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Kipling
England
Town Stocks Minnows to Liquidate Shrimps
Cody Wyoming residents face shrimp in drinking water as minnow solution. Engineer Daniel J. McQuaid brought minnows from Denver to feed on shrimp and clean reservoirs. May reflect humorous local effort to remove pests from water supply.
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Cody
Wyo
Buffalo Bill Cody
Daniel J. McQuaid
Denver
Hamon's Brownie Pills for the Kidneys
An advertisement promotes Hamon's Brownie Pills as a solution for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims kidneys must eliminate acids and poisons and warns of symptoms like high colored urine. The copy urges readers to ask a physician for the box and insists on getting the original Ramon’s product.
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Hamon
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Fred Wolcott
Khee Institute of Uoustands
University of Minnesota
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