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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1935
Page
5
Detroit Tigers hurler Bridges tops the list with 163 strikeouts and a .720 winning percentage at 18 wins. Rowe follows with 19 victories and 140 strikeouts, while Bridges and Bridges-Bridges dominate the staff.
The fragment lists upcoming games across campuses with matchups including Birmingham Southern in Birmingham, Rice in Houston, Howard in New Orleans, Mississippi State in New Orleans, Alabama in New Orleans, and Texas Tech in New Orleans. Also notes Southwestern in Memphis and two Southeastern Conference opponents.
University of Mississippi coach Ed Walker releases a tentative 14 game basketball schedule for Southeastern opponents. Four games with Louisiana State and Mississippi State each, two each with Tulane and Alabama, with Florida and LSU on tentative dates during January and February in Starkville New Orleans Baton Rouge. Airplane dusting methods were used to combat the cotton leaf worm by Louisiana Department of Agriculture scientists in Tallulah.
The squad built the year’s longest stretch of success by rattling off nine consecutive victories, extending their undefeated run as the season progresses.
After a disastrous season the Cornell Big Red football team went six losses and one tie in seven games. Alumni pressure mounts for coach Gil Dobie who has led the program for 16 years though his contract runs two more seasons. The Cornell Daily Sun spearheads the ouster campaign.
Baton Rouge La December announces its basketball schedule for the current season. Games include December 23 Georgia at Baton Rouge January 2 Pittsburgh at New Orleans January 10 11 Alabama at Tuscaloosa January 13 14 Mississippi State Starkville January 23 24 Rice Baton Rouge January 31 February 1 Mississippi Baton Rouge February 7 8 Tulane Baton Rouge February 10 11 Mississippi State February 14 15 Mississippi Oxford February 2 22 Tulane New Orleans and February 27 28 29 Southern Conference tournament.
Belfast dispatch reports Northern Ireland prepares a 2 million dollar scheme to lower Lough Neagh, the largest inland water. Traps with electrodes will be dropped across each drainage channel and electric current turned on to drive eels back from the sea. An enclosure tank showed 80 percent avoidance of the device.
The army plans to reassign officers serving as full time college football coaches to military instruction roles. Football coaching is cited as a time consuming duty now limited by new orders originated with General Malin Craig. Coaches Jones and Sasse, paid by their colleges, may be exempt due to formal agreements. The change aims to free officers for ROT C needs amid officer shortages. Gar Davidson at West Point is not affected.
Norman Okla Capt Lawrence Biff Jones Oklahoma head football coach says he expects to stay at least for the next season and will be at the first kick off next September despite the war department ruling on coaching by officers. He notes no contract signed and that ROTC assignments vary from four to six years. He insists the university is not in turmoil and has heard little from headquarters.
Lisbon forms two civil defense committees to prepare for air attacks as war fears grow. Public refuges are scarce and limited to old convent vaults and buried Lisbon ruins. Gas masks will be ordered to bolster protection for Lisbon and Oporto.
A long list highlights major upsets across sports and events led by Chicago Cubs pennant drive and James J Braddock victory. Notre Dame over Ohio State and Wilmer Allison over Fred Perry also figure with other sports twists cited.
The Ouachita Parish Board of Supervisors of Elections adopts new precincts and polling places for wards 3, 5, and 10 with detailed lines of division and specific polling sites such as Magnolia Filling Station and Willard Battery Station. The measure, approved on the 39th day of November 1035, confirms existing precincts in wards 1,2,4,6,7,8,9 and outlines changes for Ward 3 and Ward 5 plus Ward 10 adjustments.
The record cites noted results and events including Purdue over Wyoming, Colorado over Villanova, Villanova over Temple, Tony Canzoneri defeating Lou Ambers for a lightweight title, Gene Sarazen at Augusta, Azucar in Santa Anita handicap, Top Row defeating Discovery in horse racing, Mary Hoerger winning a title at age 11 in swimming, and Babe Ruth's retirement.
In Allahabad a Hindu Yogi emerges after 45 days sealed in a cement tomb with his hand eaten by white ants. Thousands witness the samadhi as he ends the fast with a faint glow and religion’s peak penance. A guard outside hears him chant Om. German car prices may rise due to higher tire costs.
Legal notice announces loss of ten mortgage notes of 100 dollars each dated September 15 1922 and payable to J F Meeks from October 15 1923 to October 15 1934 with 8 percent interest and 10 percent attorney fees. Notes signed by H O Dickerson and Mrs Mittle Dickerson with Ne varietur paraph by Irvin Canady notary. Return to J F Meeks in Jackson Louisiana for reward, Monroe Louisiana dates December 12 17 20 1935.
The Richland Operating Company asset sale will take place at the western courthouse door in Monroe Louisiana at noon on December 30 1935. Items include Cooper No 1 and Godfrey No 2 gas wells in Richland parish and related leases, with proceeds sharing to Century Carbon now United Carbon and rights of lessors.
The ordinance directs publication in the Official Journal within thirty days from first insertion. Roll call: ages 13 to 0 nays. November 15 1998, Monroe Louisiana. J M Breard President, Police Jury. Mrs Be H Hill Secretary, Police Jury.
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