Eddie Shea Knocks Gershe In Cleveland Bout
Eddie Shea, Chicago featherweight, stops Gershe in the fourth round with a right to the jaw after a one sided fight. Gershe, who tried to land his left, is knocked out after a late rally. Also, Maxie Holub beat Art Wander in eight rounds and Eddie Bowen outpointed Murray Layton in six.
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Cleveland
Benny Cershe
Eddie Shea
Chicago
Gershe
Shea
Rosey Stoy
Maxie Holub
New Castle Works Duck Pin League Weekend Matches
In the New Castle Tin Mill Duckpin League at McCoy alleys Shipping Department beat Hot Mill two games to one. Tin House also won two from the office. Smith led Shipping with a 241 high score.
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Shipping Department
Hot Mill
New Castle Tin Mill
McCoy
The
Tin House
Smith
Radio fans complain of late night signals and station delays
A 1925 letterbag excerpt recounts frustration with slow call letters from WENR WWJ and others and mocks late midnight listening. The piece notes jazz bands, WBBM and WJZ reception, warns of interference, and mentions WTAM Cleveland's Messiah broadcast on December 21 with 170 singers led by W A Hughes, plus reader Mike Donovan and Tommy Blake exchanges about station reception.
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Chicago
WBBM
WJZ
New Castle
WTAM
Cleveland
Public Auditorium
W. A. Hughes
Bear's Happy Home Hour Ends Evening Forecast
Arlington time signals provide live forecast for Pittsburgh and vicinity after EZDEA program. The 309 meters segment aired Monday December 21, 1985 at 9 05 p m. Eastern Standard Time.
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Pittsburgh
Santa Claus
Nixon
EZDEA
Bear
Arlington
Vicinity
Newest Sla joie to challenge Browns second base job
Oscar Mellilo, dubbed the new Lajoie, joins the Browns from Milwaukee AA amid a plan to strengthen defense. He set a minor league fielding record with 1066 chances in 152 games, paired with a .293 bat line and 256 total bases on 179 hits, including 27 doubles, six triples and 13 homers.
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Lieves
Oscar Mellilo
Browns
Milwaukee
American Association
Mellilo
A. A
Lajoie
Association
Napoleon the Great
Larry
Cleveland
Brewers
Radio Features Today and a Blind Contest Winner
An item lists radio features across stations including Handel's Messiah at Pittsburgh and Vincent Lopez Orchestra at New York. A Lawrence Mass contest awarded a blind man who guessed the number of cigarette boxes in a shop window exactly, after feeling a sample box and the pile’s general size. The note adds a quip about tax bills hitting the other fellow harder.
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Lawrence
Mass
Th.e Winner
No Funds For Beauty Pageant In Atlantic City
Atlantic City records show the city commission removed the $50,000 annual appropriation for the fall beauty pageant from the 1926 budget. Mayor Bader said the event is now self supporting and no longer needs financial aid. He added it has nothing to do with the alleged pageant expose.
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Atlantic City
City Commission
Bader
Motorists Use Few 1926 Plates in New Castle Area
B N Hanlon of the New Castle Motor Club reports many owners have 1926 plates and are using them while the majority have not applied yet. He says inquiries about license application are common and some drivers do not know 1926 plates are legal to operate today.
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New Castle
B. N. Hanlon
New Castle Motor Club
Special Assembly At Ben Franklin Highlights First Christmas Eve
Friday afternoon at Ben Franklin high a special assembly featured a Dramatic club and chorus. The program included a male duet a scripture reading by Aleen Meers and a dramatization of the First Christmas Eve with Helen Weingartner Charles Trubby Miss Schumaker and Bob Abrams in prominent roles.
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Ben Franklin High
Dramatic Club
Chorus
Aleen Meers
Helen Weingartner
Charles Trubby
Miss Schumaker
Bob Abrams
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Gotham
Daye
Timken
Borge
Beck
Universal
Whieldon Motor Co
East Washington St
McQuay
New Castle Works Duck Pin League
Henry Ee
Bevan Ee
McCormick
Black Ee Ee
Cartwright
Wood
A. Lon
WENR
WWJ
Skippy
Mike Donovan
New Castle Pa
Radio Association
WCLO
Camp Lake
Wis
Mike
Tommy Blake
KMH
KFH
Wichita
Kas
WCAE
WGY
Des Moines
Iowa
WBE
New Pastes
Eastern Standard
United States Weather Reports
Leo Reisman
Hotel Brunswick
S‘lajoie
Norman E. BR
Babe Ruth
Marie
Yankees
Huggins
George Sisler
Mello
Central Press
Ass'n
International News Service
KDKA
Davenport
WOC
Jolly Knigts
New York
WNYC
WEAF
Vincent Lopez
Pennsylvania Society
Kansas City
WDAF
Buick Motor Company
Flint, Michigan
General Motors Corporation
Lawrence Automobile Co
Mercer Street
BUICK
Ben Franklin
Pennsylvania
Freedom Oil Works Co., Freedom, Penna
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