Bears Beat Volunteers 6 4 in 11 Innings
Mobile Citizens topple Nashville in a Southern league contest 6 to 4 after 11 innings. A Nashville error allowed the winning runs as Mackey mishandled a double play attempt. Bears execute late and tighten standings as Atlanta Crackers and Birmingham edge closer.
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BEARS
Volunteers
Associated Press
Mobile Cits
Nashville
Mackey
McLarry
Vols
Atlanta Crackers
Birmingham
New Dangers Draw Longer Distances Swims
Long distance swimmers seek new challenges beyond Catalina and English Channel feats. The push includes freezing water, uncharted routes, and unique performances to attract public interest, with plans for multi nation crosses and river loops across New York and New England.
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Edward J. Neil
Associated Press
New York
Catalina
George Young
Trudy” Ederle
Gade Carson
Hudson River
Albany
William Wrigley
Young
Lottie May Schoemmell
English Channel
Choemmell
Lake George
N. Y
Gertrude Ederle
Carson
Clarabelle Barrett
New Rochelle
Henry Sullivan
Long Distance Swim Draws 14 Mile Alameda Turnaround
San Francisco will stage a 14 mile turn around Alameda Island on May 30 for long distance swimmers. The winner earns $1000 and the first woman finisher $500. Among early entrants is Mrs. L. B. Fourrier of Long Beach who swam 13 miles of the Catalina channel race.
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Lowell
Mass
Catalina Chanenls
George Creegan
Paterson
N. J
Charlies Toth
Boston
Norman Ross
Chicago
Zittenfield Twins
Bernice
Phyllis
New York
Dover
Hudson River
Yonkers
Battery
Manhattan
Sandy Hook
Lake George
New England
Nantucket
Cape Cod
Creegan
Andrew
Elfrieda Lising
New Bedford
Alfred Mitchell
May Elwell
Revere
Edwin C. Moody, Jr
North Brookfield
Pacific Coast
Alameda
Oakland
San Francisco
Cal
Alameda Island
L. B. Fourrier
Long Beach
Virginia Hotel roof garden to reopen for summer season
The Virginia roof garden opens Friday June 10 for the summer with a Homecoming Dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Littlefield's Crusaders will provide music and a rotating lineup of orchestras will perform throughout the season. Dining on roof garden runs Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays 6 to 9 p.m. and Sundays noon to 9 p.m. with concert entertainment.
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Virginia Hotel
Roof Garden
Littlefield
Crusaders
Hotel Virginia
Monroe
Ring Results Dayton Ohio Draw Fight Between Sekura and Risko
Dayton’s Joe Sekura and Cleveland’s Johnny Risko fought to a draw in Dayton Ohio. The bout ended with a twelve round draw showing both men evenly matched in the ring.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Ohio
Joe Sekura
Johnny Risko
Cleveland
Drew
Ginger hangs to ward off strangers at birth
The text notes a Chinese superstition that a newborn attracts bad luck from strangers. To deter visitors a piece of raw ginger is hung outside the home after birth, signaling outsiders to stay away.
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China
Oakmont Holes Are Heartbreakers for National Open
Officials at Oakmont Country Club led by W C Fownes Jr have added hazards to the course for the national open held June 14 15 and 16. Holes 6 8 16 and 15 feature new traps bunkers and reterraced greens. The Sahara bunker on No 8 and a perilous No 16 offer major hazards amid crosswinds from the river.
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Pittsburgh
Oakmont Country Club
W. C. Fownes, Jr
Fownes
Oakmont
Bobby Jones
Jones
Missouri Pacific Expands Monroe Warehouse and Auto Dock
After weeks of high water, Missouri Pacific resumes remodeling in Monroe to boost freight warehouse capacity by about 20 percent. A west side platform spans the shed, an east side 36-car track is planned, and interior partitions are removed for glassed doors. An eight-car auto dock with two tracks increases handling of pool cars and autos without interference. The auto dock is covered and claims to be the largest and best equipped in the region.
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Monroe
Missouri Pacific
Com
Gravity sand house at Missouri Pacific shops described
A gravity sand house is being completed at the Missouri Pacific shops to supply sanding for engines. The facility will support locomotive maintenance and operation by providing a steady supply of sand for traction.
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Misssouri Pacific
End Bladder Troubles Forever
Advertisement for Dr Bond's Bladder Remedy claims to cure bladder weakness and urinary pains. It states the product is prescriptionarily prepared for urinary organs, provides soothing and stimulating effects within hours, targets elderly users, and is sold by druggists for 60 cents or $1.20.
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DR. Bond
Pond
Bond
Sand Drying and Air Transport to Engine Domes
After drying the sand is blown by air about 75 feet to the bins where it flows by gravity into the engine domes as required.
Delegates for Lions Sessions Leave for Miami
Dr. P. L. Perot and Barney Oak land, delegates to the international Lions club convention, left for New Orleans yesterday en route to Havana and then Miami where the convention sessions will be held. Plans foresee a large attendance from across the United States and abroad.
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P. L. Perot
Barney Oakland
Miami
New Orleans
Havana
Fla
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Graham Brothers
Detroit
Monroe Automobile & Supply Co
Washington and
Walnut Streets
M. P
Kelvinator
Allen Electric CO
South Grand St
LIONS
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Res Research Fellowslup
Rox
UNTER
Hunter
Monroe Hardware CO
Union Electric CO
West Monroe, la
the Hunter
Monroe Electric Supply Company
North Second St
Southern Electric Co
E. Richards, Jr
Mer. Harrison and Hall Streets
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