Amateurs crowd camp and A's rebuild under Mack
Connie Mack trains the Philadelphia Athletics with draftees like Jim Oglesby and George Puccinelli. Pinkey Higgins remains top player amid a sparse mound staff as the team eyes future pennants. A newsboy and his month old pointer Dinah boost local buzz in this mixed sports feature.
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Pendleton Narrowly Escapes After Capture Attempt
Pendleton breaks away moments before capture as Ratliff shoots Pendleton's companion during a chase. The outlaw reportedly vows to avoid capture again, while Pendleton escapes, leaving readers with a tale of a tense pursuit and narrow escape.
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Connie Mack Strives For Outfield Only In Big League Season
The article discusses Connie Mack’s plan to field a (mostly outfield) lineup, naming George Saving, Rabbit Warstler, Pinkey, Lamar Newsome, Al Niemiec, Russell Peters, Jack Pearson, Jerome Yatter, Bob Johnson, Wally Moses, Puccinelli, Mailho, and Finney. It notes holdout Higgins’ unresolved status, potential trades to the Yankees, and doubts about success, with several players’ past batting averages cited.
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Connie Mack
Giant airship and ocean liner set to make history this spring
Germany's airship LZ 128 Von Hindenburg and England's Queen Mary will debut transatlantic crossings this spring. The airship measures 6186 feet keel height and 224 feet at the masthead, while the Queen Mary covers seas with 100 ton displacement and a 40 span. The juxtaposed marvels promise a new era in transport as they venture from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst and from Southampton to New York.
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New Court Test Is Foreseen for TVA
In Birmingham Alabama TVA faces another court test as Justice yardstick program heads for Supreme Court ruling. Forney Johnston attorney for Alabama Power preferred stockholders argues an amendment to the bill of complaint should be taken, while Judge Davis declines to accept the amended bill. The amendment aims to raise TVA program issues not covered in the February 17 ruling.
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Air Corps Eyes Detachable Airplane Dirigible Proposal
A proposed U S Army Air Corps plan envisions a dirigible with a built in detachable airplane for long range air ascent. Representative John Dingell of Michigan supports the bill. The architect’s drawing shows the plane attached to the dirigible with the cabin serving the crew, a compact design.
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Jobn Dingell
Michigan
Pact on Relating to Rhineland Security and Locarno Row
The Locarno plan faced German rejection as Berlin denounced the League of Nations vote condemning Germany as a Locarno violator. Berlin warned it would accept no terms short of a two sided demilitarized zone in the Rhineland. France and Britain discussed evacuations and a broader peace framework under the League covenant.
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Thorn grants clemency to convicts in Arkansas
Acting Governor Harvey Thorn commuted the death sentence of Andrew Hefley, described as a Negro slayer, to life imprisonment and reduced another convict’s life term to ages. Five other clemency orders were issued on his second day in office as he planned to return Thursday night.
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