Slumping Leaders Fall as Nashville Beats Birmingham in Four Games
In a bristling set, Umpire Steamboat Johnson ejected Birmingham star Johnny Riddle and two crew after a heated game that Nashville won 6 to 4. Memphis overwhelmed Chattanooga 15 to 2, Little Rock clobbered Atlanta 16 to 12, and New Orleans edged Knoxville 8 to 6. Brown of Memphis pitched a six hitter, while Ed Wright lost for Atlanta.
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Bonds Lost and Recovered From Flood Trunk
A trunk with war bonds valued at 1500 dollars was left in an office by HD Smith. Floodwaters carried the trunk away and later it was found in East Ottawa. The trunk was damaged and some contents missing, but the bonds remained intact.
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Fights Last Night Display Several Close Boxing Wins
In Boston Henry Armstrong outpointed Ralph Zanelli at 143 pounds in Providence. Ike Williams beat Slugger White in Philadelphia at 135 1 4. Morris Reif knocked out Alex Doyle in New York at 145 1 2. Hubert Samuels stopped Maurice LaChance in Hartford. Lefty LaChance fought in Lewiston with eight rounds.
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Alex Doyle
Hartford
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Maurice
LaChance
Lewiston
Dodgers edge Cardinals 1-0 led NL by 32 games
Sports Mirror Today recalls a five-hitter by Rube Melton for the Dodgers in a 1-0 win over the Cardinals to widen the National League lead by 32 games. It also notes three years earlier King Cole won Withers Mile at Belmont with Robert Morris and Porter’s Cup placing second and third. Five years back Michigan captured the Big Ten track title at Ann Arbor while Southern California kept the Pacific coast crown.
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Dunlop's Hollow Rubber Tires Spawned From Tricycle Use
Belfast veterinarian Jean Boyd Dunlop created the first hollow rubber tires over half a century ago, using them on his child’s tricycle, launching a revolution in bicycle and carriage tires.
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Jean Boyd Dunlop
Belfast
Lanier Keeps Five Game Win Streak In Incomplete Game
In a weather halted National League tilt, Max Lanier’s five game win streak remains intact as the game vs Philadelphia is not yet entered in the books. Freddy Fitzsimmons’ Phillies left St Louis after seven with a 6-4 lead and the contest to be completed later in Cincinnati.
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The First American Glass Factory and Export Boom
William Ferguson narrates the early American glass works. The first factory on American soil produced glass for trade with Indian agents and later surplus became the fledgling nation’s first manufactured export to England.
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England
Navy Swim Meet Touts Busy May 29 at Bainbridge
A Navy program driven round up notes Bainbridge naval training station hosting an invitation swim meet May 29 with Adolph Keifer and Bill Smith as home talent, Joe Ver deur traveling from Philadelphia, and Commodores hopeful Thirdale's Alan Ford will join. Also mentions Notre Dame tackle John Glaab resembling Yale great Albie Booth, and a playful look at various wartime players, managers, and coaches across baseball and service teams.
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Grifte
Milk Bath Change From New Britain Factory
Flashes of life from various towns report odd notes including Fafnir Factory in New Britain replacing water with milk for batter. Portland wrestler loses a diamond ring then finds it. a Portland woman thanks a driver for restraint after a collision. Spearfish warden uses bells to scare deer back to the hills. an Omaha editor receives a humorous country correspondent response about a prominent death.
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Omaha
Details on death in mail. No telegraph service here now
A brief note reports a death, stating that telegraph service is unavailable and mail delivery is affected. The message emphasizes current communication delays and regional service gaps. No further names or locations are provided in the readable text.
Williams Earns Win Over Slugger White
Ike Williams won by unanimous decision over Luther White in a ten round bout in Philadelphia. Williams weighed 135.12 pounds, White 136.5, and despite a bloody brow Williams dominated from start to finish with a rough inside game. Attendance reached 9,200 with receipts of 24,645.91 dollars.
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Ike Williams
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Lesson Studied in U S Saves Life in England
American medical officers credited first aid training learned in the United States for saving Pvt. Arthur C. Grasser of Kenosha Wisconsin, after a deep wrist cut while operating a motor driven device in England. Pvt Adilis A Baudion of Westwego Louisiana and Szt Zalptheus KR Dillingham of Charlotte North Carolina immediately applied first aid to staunch the bleeding. Doctors said Grasser would have bled to death without their prompt action.
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England
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Sala Ave
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Malvern Road
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Nomination of FDR by Draft Seen by July
Associated Press reports Democratic leaders push toward a possible draft nomination for Franklin D Roosevelt at the July Chicago convention. Roosevelt avoids confirming future plans as delegates from Oklahoma pledge votes and other states align, while Dewey gains in Montana and New Jersey. California favors Warren for VP consideration and Downey secures re nomination in California Democrats.
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Smith Wins Short Term Senate Nomination Over Wittreich
H Alexander Smith former Princeton University treasurer decisively defeated Andrew Wittreich a draft Dewey candidate in a contest for a short term U S Senate nomination Rep Elmer H Wene ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
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Death Ends Career of Noted Author George Ade
George Ade of Brook, Indiana, a famed humorist whose career spanned over fifty years, died at 78 after a week of heart attacks and a year of illness. A Purdue grad, Ade popularized satire in slang across newspapers magazines and books and left a legacy that includes the Ross-Ade stadium named for him.
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Essayist Ade Defends Bachelorhood In Late Works
After a run of fables and stage comedies including The Sultan of Sulu and The College Widow Ade wrote silent film scenarios in the 1920s. He never married and in a recent essay The Joys of Single Blessedness he urged bachelorhood in firm terms.
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Court allows naming daughter Myrna Buenos Aires Fernan do Nansa
A court ruled that a couple may name their daughter Myrna despite the birth registry’s refusal for lack of Bibical derivation. The judge said the state may object only if a name carries an immoral connotation or is an affront to the bearer.
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Fernando Nansa
Myrna
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