Bottomley Clouts Out Two Base Hit in Series Game
In Sportsman's Park St Louis Oct 7 an all southpaw pitching rotation for game five pitted Pennock for the Yankees against Bil Sherdel for the Cardinals. Douthit injured yesterday was out. Holm moved to center and bat first for the Cards. Attendance neared 40 000 as fans eyed Ruth and wind direction before the first pitch.
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Sportsman Park
ST. Louis
A. P
Pennock
Yankees
Bil Sherdel
New York
Ruth
Cardinal
Douthit
Hafey
Hornsby
Holm
World Series Inning by Inning Cardino Tale Recounts
Play by play details the Yanks and Cards trading outs with few runs and hits. O'Farrell, Ruth, Gehrig, Meusel, and others feature in a tense late innings as Sherdel uses slow curves to frustrate the Yankee batters. Bottomley drives a run on Bell’s single while Ruth makes a remarkable catch.
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Lazzeri
Lazerri
Bell
Dugan
Bottomley
Severeid
Hafey
Sherdel
Hornsby
Cards
William O'Leary
The
Yanks
Pennock
World Series Fifth Game Opens Under Clear Skies
Louis October 7 The clearest skies and balmy temperatures greet thousands arriving for the fifth championship game between the Yankees and Cardinals the last in St Louis and the World Series.
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Propertsman’s
Baseball Exhibition Between Cards and Yankees Described
Play by play details recount a spring training style game as umpires brief managers Hornsby and O’Leary. Highlights include Ruth and Meusel receiving attention, Southworth stealing second, and multiple defensive plays with errors and outs noted.
Byrd plane ready for 7000 mile U S tour
The Byrd aircraft Miss Josephine Ford, fresh from the first trans polar flight, is tuned for an about 7000 mile roughly circular tour of the United States. The journey will visit about 40 cities as it resumes west to east routing starting from the West Coast.
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Washington
A. P
Josephine Ford
United States
Byrd’s Polar Flight Plane Heads on National Tour
The aircraft flown by Commander Richard E. Byrd for the North Pole expedition left today on a nationwide tour to promote commercial aviation. The tour will showcase the airplane to audiences across the country.
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Washington
A. P
Richard EB. Byrd
North Pole
Pacific Northwest Missed As Plane Tour Heads West
The promotion of commercial aviation proceeds with a tour that will skip the extreme Pacific Northwest. The itinerary routes from Salt Lake City to Nevada, then San Francisco, and returns to Washington along a southern path.
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Pacific Northwest
Salt Lake City
Nevada
San Francisco
Washington
Bud Stillman to Wed Lena Wilson of Grand Anse Quebec
Bud Stillman son of James A Stillman of New York, engaged to Lena Wilson 18 of Grand Anse Quebec a former servant to his mother. He is Princeton senior and plans marriage after graduation in June. The couple met seven years ago at Grand Anse and the engagement has family approval.
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New York
A. P
Bud Stillman
James A. Stillman
Woodsman
Bud
Princeton University
Lena Wilson
Grand Anse
Quebec
Miss Wilson
Princeton
N. J
Stillman
Metropolis
Yankees Sixth Inning Rally and Pitcher Sherman Sidelined
In the sixth inning Pennock doubled on a misplayed fly by Hafey. Koenig singled, Pennock scored, Combs to second. Ruth fanned on a disputed pitch. Meusel and Gehrig reached, Lazzeri lined out, Southworth retired, Hornsby and Bottomley made outs as the frame produced one run on two hits with an error.
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O'Farrell
Pennock
Koenig
Theve
Combs
Hornsby
Ruth
Eeany
Bottomley
Babe
Bell
Lazzeri
Hafey
O’farrell
Billy Southworth
Holm
Gehrig
Southworth
Severeid
Hensby
Pall
Lazerri
Bottomfley
Sherdel
Meusel
Meuser
New Orleans Woman Killed when Car Overturned
Mrs. Sara Carson of New Orleans, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Pipes Sr., was instantly killed when her automobile overturned in Sarasota. Her nine year old daughter and three friends escaped unharmed. She had lived in Sarasota a year and planned to go to New Orleans that day. the body will be sent there tonight.
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Sarasota
Fla
A. P
Sara Carson
D. W. Pipes
New Orleans
Whim of King Ferdinand Saves Greek Royalty
In Braila on the Danube King Ferdinand swapped boats with his entourage just before an engine explosion on the royal launch. Former King George of Greece Prince Christopher of Greece and a Hohenzollern princess were aboard. the king’s quick change saved many from injury or death as servants fell overboard.
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Bucharest
A. P
Ferdinand
George
Greece
Christopher
Braila
Danube
Family of man long missing Hurries to Texas
Mary Larson and Lucille Larson wife and daughter of Lewis E. Larson reach Texarkana from St Louis and Leonard Larson with Keith Drake arrive from Shreveport to join Dallas detectives in locating the Chicago man who disappeared in March 1923. Leonard Larson and Drake had been conducting a search for more than three years.
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Texarkana
Tex
A. P
Mary Larson
Lucille Larson
Lewis E. Larson
Chicago
St. Louis
Leonard Larson
Keith Drake
Shreveport
Lewis Larson
Leonard
Dallas
Joe K. Walker
Caddo Transfer and Warehouse Company
Lawson
Walker
Explosion on San Leopoldo Kills Two Off Progresso
In Vera Cruz Mexico October 7 a short circuit in the San Leopoldo electric light system caused an explosion on the Aguila Oil Co vessel. The first mate and a sailor were killed and one injured sailor was brought to Monterey for treatment after the petroleum tanks were wrecked.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
A. P
San Leopoldo
U. S
Progresso
Monterey
Aguila Oil Co
Briand Stresemann Talks Debated by Reichstag Committee
In Berlin the foreign affairs committee of the Reichstag met to discuss the Briand Stresemann Franco German talks. Dr Stresemann noted that financial and economic questions require further negotiation before settlement. The committee will resume meetings later this month.
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Berlin
A. P
Reichstag
Stresemann
M. Briand
France
McDougale Indicted for Murder in Ouachita Parish
Ouachita grand jury adjourned after a three day probe with 18 indictments. Key charge names include A C McDougale for murder in the W A Phelps slaying near Swartz and Mose Hampton and Avery Hilton on related counts. Also listed are W L Thompson Annie Wilson Daniel L Jones C D Rowell Will Daniels Leonard Robertson Bert Coverdale Fred Pettit Wesley Harris among others.
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Ouachita
A. C. McDougale
W. A. Phelps
Swartz
McDougall
Phelps
United Carbon Company
Mose Hampton
Avery Hilton
W. L. Thompson
Thompson
Annie Wilson
Daniel L. Jones
C. D. Rowell
Will Daniels
Leonard Robertson
Bert Coverdale
Fred Pettit
Wesley Harris
American engineer's plan for vast Dnieper hydro plant approved
The Ukrainian government approved Hugh Cooper's plans for a 60 million dollar hydro electric plant on the Dnieper River. When finished, it would be the world's largest power station, surpassing Niagara Falls by about 200000 horsepower and provide cheap current to the region. Funding will be partly provided locally with Moscow to supply the remainder and final approval rests with the Soviet government.
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Kiev
Ukraine
Russia
A. P
Hugh Cooper
Dnieper River
Niagara Falls
Moscow
Completing Plans for Evangelistic Meeting at First Christian
Arrangements are nearly complete for the evangelistic meeting at the First Christian church starting Sunday, October 10. The singing evangelist J. Arthur Bryant will join from outside the church, bringing strong recommendations as a singer and director. A church prayer service is held tonight to support the campaign, and every member is urged to attend and pray for the unsaved.
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First Christian Church
J. Arthur Bryant
Bryant
Prince of Wales Master of the Charleston
The Prince of Wales has mastered the Charleston and dances with exceptional rhythm at a popular summer resort. Observers note his skill outshines other couples, and he paid the supper bill, a royal gesture contrasted with old royal habits of money handling.
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London
A. P
Prince of Wales
Wales
Edward
Two Wells Completed In Monroe Field Last Week
The Louisiana Department of Conservation weekly report notes two gas wells finished in the Monroe field. Fee 34, owned by LaDel properties, in Ouachita parish, shows an estimated daily capacity of 21 million cubic feet. A second well, Natural Gas Producing company's Tensas Delta No. 8 in Morehouse parish, produces 7 704 000 cubic feet daily.
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Monroe Field
Department of Conservation Weekly
LaDel Properties
Fee
Ouachita Parish
Tensas Delta No
Morehouse Parish
Urania
Gulf Refining Company
L. G. Swope
Grant Parish
Cherokee Petroleum Company
Louisiana Central
Fuqua Names Ten Delegates From Cotton States
Travis Oliver of Monroe named as one of ten delegates from cotton growing states. Twelve southern governors accept Governor Whitfield's plan to form a conference in Memphis on October 13. The meeting aims to form pools to raise cotton prices by managing demand and production, with Memphis chosen for its central location.
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Jackson
Miss
H. L. Whitfield
Mississippi
Memphis
South
Louisiana delegates named for cotton conference
Ten delegates were appointed by Governor Henry L. Fuqua to attend the cotton conference in Memphis on October 13. Governor Whitfield of Mississippi called the conference. Appointees include Andrew Querbes of Shreveport, chairman of Louisiana's finance committee, with Harry D. Wilson, Louisiana agriculture commissioner, as representative.
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Baton Rouge
Henry L. Fuqua
Memphis
Harry D. Wilson
Agriculture
Lousisiana
Harry L. Whitfield
Mississippi
Andrew Querbes
Shreveport
Louisiana
Canada’s dry law failure report cites rising liquor use
The Board of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals of the Methodist Episcopal Church says government control in Canada since prohibition’s end has failed. It cites higher consumption especially among youth and women, increased vice and crime, a swollen liquor bill, and economic loss, based on Ernest A. Grant’s survey and government documents.
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Washington
Canada
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Dominion
Quebec
Ernest A. Grant
Pendency appeal seeks new trial in Sartain prison bribe case
Hooper Alexander for Albert Sartain former Atlanta penitentiary warden and Lawrence Riehl appeal federal court of appeals after their 1925 convic tions for accepting bribes from inmates. Sartain gets 18 months Riehl one year and a day. Original indictment also named deputy warden Fletcher prison chaplain Hayden and seven inmates who paid 1500 each for light jobs and basement privileges. The men faced $10 500 total in bribes.
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Atlanta
Oct. T
A. P
Hooper Alexander
Albert KE. Sartain
Atlanta Penitentiary
Lawerence Riehl
Columbus
Ohio
Federal Court of Appeals
Sartain
Riehl
L. J. Fletcher
Thomas P. Hayden
Airship Los Angeles to Make Long Overland Flight
The Navy department grants authority for the airship Los Angeles to undertake its first extensive overland flight since the Shenandoah disaster. Commander Charles EB Rose will set a Detroitbound flight date after October 11 once the ship is tuned up and prepared.
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Washington
A. P
Los Angeles
Navy Department
Detroit
Charles
Rose Labs
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