Dick Schwartz Takes Step Toward Bigger Fights in Las Vegas
Dick Schwartz once billed as the battle expressman by sports scribes was praised by Ace Hodkins as a future world middleweight, a claim from his Nebraska Kitty prep days. Now in Las Vegas the popular local fighter headlines Art Harris' program at Legion Stadium in a semi wineup, showing fans still backing the hometown boss.
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Dick Schwartz
Battling Expressman
Sports Sribes
Ace Hodkins
Nebraska
Walker
Fens of
Las Veges
Art Harris
Legion Stadium
Las Vegas
Kathleen Burke Wins Panther Woman Role in Island of Lost Souls
Kathleen Burke triumphed over thousands of applicants to win the Panther Woman role in Island of Lost Souls, now in production in Hollywood. Admirers in Chicago recall her as a baby panther and tease about her pet act, while studio directors predict success in adapting H.G. Wells novel for the screen.
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Sands
Kathleen Burke
Panther Woman
Hollywood
Chicago
Baby Panther
Studio
HG. Wells
Johnny Smith vs Curley Mines headlines stadium card
Johnny Smith, a longtime local headliner, headlines the main event against Curley Mines while fans fill the stadium hoping Schwartz wins but rooting for Smith to shine in the ring.
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Card
Schwartz
Johnny Smith
Johnny
Wartz
Smith
Curley Mines
Drying Heat and Beer Taxes Spark Local Debate
A noisy ramble mixes weather heat beer taxes and postal prices with complaints about street life and merchants. The reader notes rising costs and marks the aging stamp era while marriages licenses list Rathburn Conley Cox Wade Lantman Campbell Tennesson Knott and a Georgia anniversary in Atlanta.
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Winthrop W
Margaret
Los Angeles
Cox—Wade
Elvin B
Marjorie C
Porterville
Lantman—Campbbell
Anthony C
Julia S
Tenneson—Knott
George Earl
Elva
Las Vega
Rabbit Beats Dog in Fight in Tulare
An eight pound rabbit in Tulare defeats a dog and a frog in a brief contested encounter. The oddly described battle followed a game with a ball and ended when the dog fled yelping. The Davis family of Carson City owns the rabbit and the scene was related at a local reference.
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Dog
M. E. Jones
Jones
She Davis
Carson City
Sem Davis
Ce Ag
Davis
Nin
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