National League Bating Leaders Named in Official Averages
Terry, Klein and Wilson head NL batsmen with Lionel Terry leading in average and hits for New York. Klein tops runs, total bases and doubles. Wilson belts 56 homers. Cuyler steals 37 bases, Douthit 664 at bats, 71 players hit .300 or better. Brooklyn holds lowest team runs allowed.
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Pew York
Bill Terry
New York
Chuck Klein
Philadelphia
Kiki” Cuyler
Chicago
Taylor Douthit
St. Louis
Klein
Terry
Cuyler
Douthit
Elwood English
Tommy Thevenow
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
North Dakota U. defeats Firemen in Christmas feature
The North Dakota university team defeated the Los Angeles Firemen 19 to 9 before 20,000 fans in the Christmas showdown. Speed and teamwork carried the Dakotans as they outscored and stymied the heavier opposing lineup built from former college and high school stars.
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Los Angeles
Fuckertails
North Dakota University
Colt
Dundee Edges MecTierman In Pittsburg Bout
Pittsburgh lightweight Vinece Dundee from Newark boxes a decision over Jack MecTierman of Pittsburg, securing a points win in their matchup. Dundee improves record as MecTierman falls to 10 rounds.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Vinece Dundee
Newark
N. J
Jack MecTierman
Pittsburg
Lindy Outlines Future of Aircraft Progress and Costs
Col. Lindbergh discusses low operating costs of small planes and rising passenger air travel since 1923. He notes airlines lose money on passenger revenue but expect cost reductions as aircraft efficiency improves. He cites expanding air routes linking major cities and hopes for future hemispheric and international airline networks. He also mentions plans to pursue a coast trip and upgrade his Lockheed Sirius wing.
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Lindbergh
United States
South America
Cape Horn
Americas
Europe
Africa
Two Hundred Lose Lives in Yale Mishaps
Reported deaths from traffic crashes, fires, drownings, falls and other accidents total 43 with ongoing hospital tallies and regional add-ons. Christmas Day homicides number at least seven, including four African Americans who perished in a Lexington Kentucky dwelling on Christmas Eve.
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Yale
Lexington
Americans Pay Debts On Time Despite Installment Burden
A government survey indicates most Americans meet open credit and installment payments. Credit losses vary by sector with electrical appliances at 1.5 percent and radio stores at 14 percent, department stores at 0.4 percent. Overall bad debt on installments near 12 percent as clothing and building material dealers show lower losses. Wholesale prices fell while department store sales dipped before the holidays. industrial production dropped about 4 percent with declines in iron steel and autos.
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Federal Reserve Board
Mississippi and Midwest Weather of 1930 Devastated Regions
A condensed report chronicles the 1930 weather across the Mississippi Valley and Midwest with widespread flooding in the Missouri region, severe cold snaps, drought, a brutal summer heat wave, record heat in Kansas and Nebraska, tornado outbreaks, and a severe winter ending with multiple blizzards. It notes a $7,000,000 damage estimate and a drowned man amid flood conditions.
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Wabash
Army
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Kansas
Nebraska
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Centralia
Lil
Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Mississippi
Northland
Upper
Michigan Peninsula
Wisconsin
Bethany
Okla
Texas
Minnesota
Midwest
Poll Tax Collecting Urges Parish Residents Ahead of Deadline
Four thousand two hundred ninety four residents have paid their poll tax in this parish. Receipts must be consecutive to allow work on public buildings. delinquency risks include liens added to property taxes and potential loss of voting rights. Real and movable taxes become delinquent December 31 with notices mailed around March 15 or 20.
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Sheriff's Department
West Side Court Resumes After Daylong Halt
West Monroe city court reopened Friday morning following a one day recess for Christmas. Walter Mayes, a negro, was fined 50 dollars for carrying a concealed weapon. The heavy civil docket will be disposed of this week and next. Deputy Marshall Hicks handles civil service duties in the new court. Officials in Toledo report Willys-Overland plans a 50 percent rise in factory employment next month, driven by winter automobile shows.
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City Court
West Monroe
Walter Mayes
Moore
Marshall A. G Hicks
Toledo
Dee
Willys-Overland Co
Relics From Byrd Antarctic Flight On Display
Valuable gear from Admiral Byrd’s South Pole expedition including parkas snowshoes and helmets is shown at the Morning World building. Carroll Foster, one of 42 Little America veterans, explains the gear’s role while seven sled dogs are highlighted in the exhibit organized by the Georgia Tucker Parent-Teachers Association and slated to run until New Year’s night.
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Richard Byrd
South Pole
Carroll B. Foster
Foster
Amundsen
North Pole
A. C. McKinley
Byrd
Little America
Admiral Byrd
Antarctic
Pennsylvania University
Pany Byrd
Old Morning World
South Grand Street
Georgia Tucker Parent-Teachers’ Association
Duncan confessed after handwriting expert linked misspellings
The accused man Duncan confessed to an extortion attempt after Lieut. Gordon proved two notes used similar spelling errors. His mother said he has epileptic attacks since age ten following a back injury, while authorities tied the case to a kidnapping scheme.
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Duncan
William C. Gordon
Long
Neila Duncan
Letter Urges Nebraska 10 Leave 6 0 P
The column highlights a letter arguing Nebraskan 10 leave 6 0 P for a new political alignment. It advocates a separate party to oppose rugged individualism and promote social planning. The piece compares current GOP divides to historical Whig splits over slavery and warns of monopolies and insecurity in unemployment.
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Republican Party
Boy 16 in jail for murder after fatal shooting at sweetheart’s home
Walden Markum, 16, is jailed on a first degree murder charge for killing Seoby Prater, 18, at Pearl Mayo’s home in Woodbury Tennessee. Sheriff J B Hollandsworth says Markum entered with a shotgun and asked if Prater wanted to die before firing, claiming the act was accidental. Prater had been keeping company with Miss Mayo, and the two youths were close friends.
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Woodbury
Tenn
Walden Markum
Seoby Prater
J. B. Hollandsworth
Prater
Pearl May Mayo
Mayo
Markum
Miss Mayo
Negro Driver Uses Drawn Gun To Fend Off Crowd
In Richmond Virginia a unidentified Negro truck driver fatally injured 54 year old city employee Charles Douglas Gentry after collision. The driver climbed from the truck, faced a gathered crowd with a drawn revolver, ordered them to move and escaped as Gentry died shortly after at a local hospital.
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Richmond
Charles Douglas Gentry
Gentry
Debut of Natalie Mae Coe Shown in Charleston Setting
New York society watches Natalie Mae Coe granddaughter of Henry K. Rogers make her debut in a ballroom transformed to resemble Cherokee Plantation near Charleston South Carolina. A portico representation, a brick fireplace in the drawing room and a ball of mistletoe frame the scene with blue gauze and starry ceilings.
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New York
Natalie Mae Coe
Henry K. Rogers
Cherokee Plantation
Charleston
S. C
W. R. Coe
Four More Days to Pay Poll Taxes in West Monroe
West Monroe announces four extra days to pay poll taxes before delinquency. Clerk Leon L. Wood sets 5 pm December 31 deadline with fines avoided, and a 16 percent annual charge on delinquent taxes starting January 1. Writs of seizure may follow in July or August. offices may stay open later in the final days to help taxpayers close the books.
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West Monroe
Leon L. Wood
J. M. Hammons
Wood
Kiwanis Gala Plans Near as West Monroe Banquet Looms
The West Monroe Kiwanis banquet slated for January 2 nears completion with speakers, music, and guests set. Harvey Fields public service commissioner will be honored, invited by committee chair T. C. Drew. Other invitees include Professor Jack Hayes, President G. W. Bond, and Clarence Faulk among Kiwanis leaders. Music by Mamie Ola Heard and others. Pastors Driskell and Haufpollier will give invocation and benediction.
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West Monroe
Fields
Thatcher
Mr. Drew
Commissioner Fields
Jack Hayes
The
Parish High School
G. W. Bond
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
A. B. Clarkson
Monroe
Lions Club
Clarence E. Faulk
Monroe Kiwanis Club
W. G. Gladney
Bastrop Kiwanis Club
Monroe Retty Club
Mamie Ola Heard
M. C. DeLarot
Dorothy
Red Cross Elects Officers at Jan 14 Meeting
Ouachita Parish Red Cross chapter to elect officers for the coming year on January 14 in the basin building offices. Incumbent chairman Barney Oakland will preside with Jessie Sadler as vice chair and Jonas Selig as secretary. Finance chairman and additional posts also to be filled. Miss June Lonas to attend from the North Louisiana Red Cross.
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Ouachita Parish
American Red Cross
W. C. Holstein
Basin Building
Barney Oakland
Jessie Sadler
Jonas Selig
Oakland
June Lonas
North Louisiana Red Cross
Little Rock
Monroe
Radio Station Permit Filed by W. E. Hiller
Washington December 26 A P W E Hiller of Lake Charles Louisiana filed with the federal radio commission for a permit to erect a new broadcasting station. The proposed facility would operate on 1370 kilocycles at 100 watts during daylight hours.
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Washington
Federal Radio Commission
W. E. Hiller
Lake Charles
Deputy Roper Receives Misdirected Christmas Cigar Gift
Deputy D. L. Roper wonders if luck or misdelivery led to a box of cigars arriving at his home. The gift, sent for another sheriff's officer, was misrouted after rain blurred the recipient’s name and address on Christmas Eve.
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D. L. Roper
H. H. Reardon
Mr. Roper
Fear Allah Cry Returns in Adana Turkish Turmoil
Abdul Ka fir Kemali Bey, early opponent of Mustapha Kemal, revives a political warning in Adana urging a national return to "fear of Allah" as virtue fades and profiteering rises. He leads the opposition yet notes the public mourning under the Kemalist regime.
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Adana
Turkey
Allah
Negro Educator Heads 25 Years of Monroe School Service
Professor M. J. Foster, principal of Monroe colored high school, and his wife mark a quarter century of work in advancing negro education. Under their leadership the system expanded from four-room shanties to nine-month schools serving about 1100 pupils daily with upgraded facilities and 18 teachers. Foster also holds statewide honors and leads local inter racial efforts and state teachers’ association work.
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M. J. Foster
Monroe Colored High School
Monroe
Foster
Louisiana
State Colored Teachers Association
Wet Offenders Most Frequent Over Holidays
Monroe police logs show nineteen arrests during the holiday period with liquor as the common factor. The actions include drunken driving theft auto driving while drunk and disorderly conduct and possession of liquor among others. A Sur-Way store robbery on Lee avenue is noted with overall crimeless period aside from that incident.
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Monroe
Recreation course opens Monday at Monroe department
A leadership course in play activity begins Monday at 1 30 p m by the Monroe recreation department led by Miss Lucyle Godwin director. John A Martin play worker visits en route to El Dorado Ark where he will conduct a course for two weeks with emphasis on handcraft work and lectures for the department.
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Monroe Recreation Department
Lucyle Godwin
Miss Godwin
John A. Martin
el Dorado
Ark
Martin
Parent-Teacher Association
Recreation Department
Wood Street
City High School
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