Gene Tunney Prepares For Heeney Title Defense
Gene Tunney remains in peak condition forty eight hours from the defense of his crown against Tom Heeney at Yankee Stadium. His trainer Lou Fink says Tunney will weigh about 191 pounds on fight night after a day of rest and a final light workout.
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Gene Tunney
Self
Tom Heeney
New Zealand
Yankee Stadium
Billy Gibson
Tunney
New York
Harold Mays
Billy Vidabeck
Lake Pleasant
Bill Winston
Curtiss Field Flyer
Charles W. Bob
Byrd
Tenney
Lou Fink
Kansas Washburn basketball game marks field house dedication
The contract between Washburn college and the University of Kansas for a basketball game the night of Scribee 20 in Topeka was signed by Dr. F C Aitéh of KU athletics and Roy Wierenet Washburn. The game will headline the dedication of Washburns new field house, a $500 000 athletic facility financed by the KU athletic association. Kansas teams have often helped dedicate similar facilities in the Missouri Valley.
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Topeka
University of Kansas
F.C. Aitéh
K. U. Athletics
Roy, Wierenet
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Washburn
K. U. Athletic Association
Jayhawker
University of
State Legion Meet Set in Emporia Championship On The Line
Dave MccCreath Jr left for Emporia to supervise the state American Legion junior baseball tournament. Umpires Leslie Davis and E Ellerbrook of Lawrence will officiate as teams from Topeka Kansas City Winfield Emporia Saling Morton Hutchinson and Wichita compete to determine the champion. Lawrence Liberty post nine was eliminated in Ottawa in July after a 4 to 3 loss to Kansas City. Lawrence won the state title last year.
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Dave MccCreath, Jr
Emporia
American Legion
Leslie Davis
E. Ellerbrook
Lawrence
Topeka
Kansas City
Winfield
Saling
Morton
Hutchinson
Wichita
Lawrence Liberty
Ottawa
Kan
Sports and notices from a late edition
A jumble of scores and blurbs covers baseball results from National League and American League games, bowling scores, swimming times by Johnny Weismuller in Paris practice, Norton county tax valuation rise, a reserve officers camp at Hutchinson, and an August furniture sale ad. The mixed items reflect a busy sports and notices page.
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Hutchinson
Metzler
Adv
Brothers in Baseball Share Spotlight Across Eras
The Waner brothers Paul and Lloyd shine for the Pittsburgh Pirates, joining a notable lineage of sibling duos in baseball history. The piece recalls Joe and Luke Sewell, the O’Neill brothers, and the Delehanty and Manush families, noting how seldom brothers achieve similar stardom within same clubs. It also recounts a police report of a man poisoned by liquor on South Tennessee Street, rendered unable to walk and hospitalized after a stomach pump was used.
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AL Demaree
New York Giants
Waner Brothers
Paul
Lloyd
Pittsburgh Firates
Joe
Luke Sewell
Cleveland Indians
O'Neill Brothers
St. Louis Nationals
Hank” Mathewson
Paul Cobb
Delehanty
Delehantys
Manush
Heinie Manush
St. Louis Browns
St. Louis
Andy
Hughie
South, Tennessee Street
Pickford arrives in New York after long flight
Jack Pickford landed at Hadley field New Jersey after a 31hour Los Angeles to New York air trip and phoned Marilyn Miller, his former wife, who stars on Broadway. He had left a Los Angeles hospital after a nervous breakdown and denied any reconciliation, saying they remain great friends.
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New York
The
Daily News Today
Jack Pickford
Hadley Field
New Jersey
Los Angeles
Marilyn Miller
Pickford
Miss Miller
Paris
New York American
Hassell Plans Leave Rockford Early on Wednesday
Bert Hassell set five o clock tomorrow morning as the departure time for his proposed one stop flight to Stockholm Sweden via Greenland Weather on the route seems satisfactory and only unforeseen delays could occur He noted Iceland as a possible extra landing field and supply base with gasoline and oil available if needed from Kaldadarnes Iceland via a cablegram from Alexander Johannesson
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Rockford, II
Bert
Hassell
Stockholm
Sweden
Greenland
Fator
Hasselli
Iceland
Alexander Johannessa
Kaldadarnes
Bite
Library of Congress to Gather Folk Music for New Anthology
The Library of Congress plans a nationwide effort to compile an Americana of folk songs. R W Gordon will aid the music division as a new folk song department develops. Phonographic recordings will be used and Gordon’s vast private collection will supplement the project.
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Library of Congress
Washington
Great Plains
West
United States
R. W. Gordon
Music Division
Gordon
Western Plains
Degrees Conferred at Kansas University Through 56 Years
Data compiled by registrar George O. Foster shows Kansas University has awarded 13 622 degrees to 5 171 women and 9 280 men across 56 commencements since its founding. Duplicates reduced total graduates to 5 171 women and 9 280 men, with 1 159 duplicate degrees among men and 330 among women. Raskob Resigns Post.
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University of Kansas
George O. Foster
K. U
Foster
Dew
Manyas
Raskob
Raskob to Stay VP as GM Campaign Chair Resigns
John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic committee, resigns as chair of General Motors finance committee but will remain GM vice president. Directors regret the move while hoping he resumes chairmanship after the election. The exodus from Smith headquarters begins, with relocation to the GM building by Monday. Petoskey boys say they feel luckiest in the nation as a local brief continues.
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New York
John J. Raskob
National Democratic Committee
Gener. Motors Corporation Finance Committee
Raskob
The
Motor Company
Walloon Lake
Smith
General Motors
Fatl Smith
Biltmore
Uto
Broadway
Wednesday Program and Fish Stock News in Ford County
Readable items note a midweek program schedule including cooking and studio segments while Ford County residents learn 12,000 channel catfish were stocked by the state fish department. Fred Ellsworth visited Ottawa on university alumni business.
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Ford County
State
Came Department
Fred Ellsworth
Ottawa
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