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31 Dec 1934
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1934
Page
1
Fragmentary text mentions Sally Huey and a light or event, with a monetary figure around 700 dollars. No clear date, place, or action is discernible.
Tulane and Temple sharpen tactics for the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans with key players sidelined by injury. Bob Simon and John Boyd may miss action as star backs Smukler and Simons, both recovering, are eyed as prime attractions in the 30,000-seat Tulane Stadium showdown.
The 22 player eastern squad suffers fresh injuries ahead of the East-West charity contest in San Francisco. Doug Nott and Lund face doubtful status after ankle and cold ailments, while Duane Purvis of Purdue is out with a torn knee tendon. Western stars remain healthy as coaches plan an attack oriented game. Weather forecasts call for a dry field and partly cloudy skies.
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Alan Gould surveys college football in the week’s wind regard ing recruiting and subsidies, noting lack of solid evidence but highlighting injuries, rule debates, and scheduling shifts. He covers Princeton Harvard Pennsylvania reunions, Harvard Cornell talks, and broader inter sectional interests including Texas, SMU, Rice, and TCU.
Bucknell University and the University of Miami held secret drills in Miami for the Orange Bowl inter sectional tilt. Bucknell pressed for heat acclimation with a snappy workout while Miami limited practice to limbering exercises under Coach Tom McCann returning after illness.
In the Sugar Bowl regatta at Southern Yacht Club Dolphin won the schooner class skippered by Eugene Aschaffenburg Quakeress II topped the 21 foot sloop class under J M Kinebrew and Dixie took the star class under Davis Weuscher. A large Sugar Bowl crowd watched three feature races under sunny skies.
Edward C. Foster argues boxing needs a major overhaul in 1935. He criticizes promoters and managers, calls for stronger state athletic commissions, and predicts a year of ongoing poor matches and fragile fan interest with notes on champions such as Bob Olin Teddy Yarosz Barney Ross Jimmy McLarnin and Sixto Escobar. He highlights Panama Al Brown’s decline and urges reforms to restore public confidence and business viability.
Wilmer Allison of Texas and Berkeley Bell of New York top seeds meet in the Sugar Bowl singles final in New Orleans. Hall and Barr upset top doubles pair Allison Bell 6 4 4. Sutter brothers beat Doyle and Watters 6 1 9 6 0.
Two New Orleans residents were shot while defending their parked car from a suspected theft near Norco. Philip Bias 45 was hit in the legs by buckshot and John Whalen 29 was grazed, as LeRoy Bias 71 joined the response. the assailants fired and fled, with the hunters believing they hit one attacker.
Mrs. Sam B. Davis, booked on shooting with intent to kill, allegedly entered a restaurant with a pistol Sunday and fired at 24 year old waitress Annie V. Berkley. no one was injured. Davis claimed Berkley stole her husband’s affections and had warned her previously.
Coaches Frank Thomas and Tiny Thornhill predicted a close Rose Bowl, stressing the importance of breaks and strategic plays. Both teams planned final workouts with injury notes on Alabama halfback Jim Angelich and Stanford stars Bobby Grayson Monk Moscrip and Keith Topping. Weather expected clear, kickoff 2 15 p.m. PST with about 85 000 in attendance and lineups showing Alabama and Stanford strengths and weaknesses.
In Pasagoula Mississippi the body of Robert S. Corley a 34 year old man from Charlotte North Carolina was sent to Charlotte after being run over by a train near the town yesterday Police identified him by a transient meal card found in his pocket and issued by the New Orleans bureau. Police believe he accidentally fell beneath the train.
John H. Long, 63, a former turpentine operator well known in Louisiana and Mississippi, died of a self-inflicted bullet wound in Picayune. Police say he told attendants he was broke and had no money to live on. He leaves a widow, a daughter in Osilla, Georgia, and a son, John Long 144, who lived with him.
The Rev. Wade H. Boggs of Druid Hills Presbyterian church has accepted the pastorate of First Presbyterian church in Shreveport Louisiana and hopes to begin duties in late January. He is a Davidson College and University of Texas graduate and formerly led Arsenal Hill Presbyterian in Columbia South Carolina.
Logansport La December 31 Joel R. Smith aged 56 editor and publisher of the Interstate Progress newspaper died after several weeks of illness. He had run the paper for fifteen years.
Note to stockholders announces the regular annual meeting of Quachita Cotton Mills on Wednesday January 2 1935 between 10 and 4 at the company office to elect a board of directors and transact other business as may come before the meeting.
Regular annual meeting of stockholders of The Ouachita National Bank in Monroe Louisiana set for January 9 1935 with two sessions. First to elect a board of directors for the coming year, second to review the liquidating committee report and supervise bank affairs and equity handling.
Notice declares a June 1 1932 mortgage note for 5000 dollars lost or stolen and warns against purchase. It also details a foreclosure seizure in cause 323571 by the Federal Land Bank of New Orleans against W L DeMoss administrator of J H DeMoss and Musa E Denis with sale set for January 26 1935 at the Ouachita Parish courthouse. Milton Coveredale sheriff lists the 80 acre property described as SE quarter of SE quarter and south half of NE quarter of section 9 township 16 north range 4 east, cash sale.
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