College Stars Face Pro Football Realities In Mixed Fate
The feature notes Purdue alumni honor Boilermaker coach Jimmy Phelan at a Victory Banquet in Indianapolis. It discusses college stars like Cy Leland and Eric Nevers, highlighting how many transition to uncertain success in pro football and the money game that levels talent.
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Purdue
Indianapolis
Alumni Association
Jimmy Phelan
Boilermaker
Texas Christian
Horned Frogs
Cy Leland
Leland
Denver
Texas
Pro Stars Move From College to Pro Ranks and Back
A former college standout, who starred with the Four Horsemen era at Villanova, moved to Brooklyn to play in the pros. He later returned as Villanova coach, building one of the East’s toughest teams. Benny Friedman, ex Michigan quarterback, surpassed his college form with the New York Giants, aided by Red Grange’s earlier influence and a pivotal push from coach Wieman.
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Chicago
Eric’ Nevers
Cardinals
Red Grange
Paddy Driscoll
Bears
Nevers
Echoal
Pop Warner
Stanford
Grange
Shekels
Stuhidreher
Four Horsemen
Brooklyn
Crowley
Layden
Miller
America
Villanova
Michigan
Benny
George Little
Friedman
Wolverine
Priedian
Red
Weinan
Little
Wieman
Weiman
Chicago boxer event yields mixed results with notable names
In Chicago a boxing card features Mike Dundee from Rock Island stopping Milles of Ghisero and Barney Ross with a decision over Al de Rose from Indianapolis while Jimmy Mahoney of Chicago defeats a Kansas City opponent.
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Chicago
Mike
Dundee
Rock Island
Buster Brown
Kansas City
Jimmy Mahoney
Doe Milles
Ghisero
Barney Ross
Ci O
al de Rose
Indianapolis
Convict Shoots Tout With Police in Week’s Third Battle
Robert Belcher 34 a paroled convict from California is killed after a gun duel with Kansas City police following a dispute with his former sweetheart Mrs Lillian Jeserich. Officer J H Jenkins and patrolman J B Lasley wounded. Alexander seriously hurt. Belcher previously jailed for burglary and highway robbery.
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Kansas City
Det
Robert Belcher
California
Severa
Sweethear
Bv Alexander
Lillian Jeserich
J. H. Jenkins
Alexander
Belcher
Jenkins
J. B. Lasley
Lastey
Missouri Penitentiary
Bomb explodes in Chicago injuring twenty at West dist Street
The 104th bomb of the year exploded last night at 300 310 West dist Street blasting a four story building and injuring 20 people, one seriously. Firemen estimate damage up to 50000. Frank Marsello, 11, son of barber Tony Marsello, was the most seriously hurt by falling plaster and flying glass. Police cannot yet determine target or motive.
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Chicago
West Dist Street
Frank
Tony Marsello
Modern Plumbing for Prison A Hall
The state penitentiary begins modernization of A Hall with new plumbing. The cell block houses 900 inmates though designed for 600. Governor Caulfield requested and the legislature approved a $25,000 funding for improvements. The note cites primitive sanitation prior to upgrades.
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State Penitentiary
Caulfield
Prohibition Law Debates Rise in Senate Over Enforcement
A new Senate session opens with ten proposed liquor measures aimed at tightening federal prohibition. Senator Sheppard pushes equal liability for buyers and sellers, while Howell seeks DC enforcement parity with states. Blease would extend the law to the diplomatic corps, Hawes among others shaping the debate.
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James W. Douthat
Associated Press
Weiler
Washington
Senate
Hoover
Sheppard
Demcrat
Texas
Judiciary Committee
District of Columbia
Howell
Nebraska
Blease
South Carolina
Hawes
Lawmaker Opposes Liquor Definition Change Proposal
Hawes today opposed the Sheppard bill to permit non intoxicating liquors for beverage use. He called the Volstead act limit of one half of one percent of alcaloid intoxicating scientifically absurd. He argued modifying the limit would aid law enforcement more than congressional action or any commission measure could.
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Hawes
Congress
Commission
Arctic steamer carries church, manse, and shop to Greenland
A shipment via steamer from England includes a church, a manse, and a shop destined for a Greenland location in the Arctic Circle. The church, once built, will become the world’s northernmost church.
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England
Greenland
Arctic Circle
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