Baer’s Rise Sparks Nostalgia for Old Time Boxers
Byline Harry Grayson surveys Buddy Baer’s boxing surge and argues the sport misses the classic era. He laments the loss of famed fallers like Beckett and Squires, contrasts modern bouts with vintage swan maneuvers, and calls for a stronger cadre of skilled finishers to define the ring.
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New York
Buddy Baer
Baer
Amalgamated Order of Refined Round Heels
Ust
Tiny Abbott
Max Broun
Jack Petrie
Gene Garner
Frank Ketter
Johnny Baker
Red Fields
Mickey McGoorty
Hob Cook
Jack Ce
Primo
McGoorty
Bill Squires
Bobbardier Wells
Joe Beckett
Fred Fulton
Ledge
Quentin Romero Rojas
Washington business leaders push recovery platform plans
Washington business leaders agreed to advance their economic recovery platform despite criticism from Washington officials. The platform, unveiled at a White Sulphur Springs conference in Virginia, spurred mixed White House response but participants stated they would proceed. Plans include a January meeting with farm leaders and a later labor conference.
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Washington
White Sulphur Springs
White House
DuPont Reports World War Profit Over Quarter Billion
Washington officials reveal that during World War I the DuPont company earned a profit exceeding 250 million dollars. The announcement highlights the scale of industrial gains tied to wartime production and reflects broader economic trends of the era.
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Washington
DuPont Wealth Details Highlight Senate Munitions Hearing
Senate munitions committee outlined US business figures surpassing a billion dollars in total after deductions. Alfred DuPont was noted to have earned 29.6 million between 1920 and 1926 with no income tax paid, while Pierre DuPont pressed for taxable income. Alger Hiss testified that the investigator showed large Nemours Trading losses offset gains.
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DuPont Powder Company
Senate Munitions Committee
Alfred DuPont
Pierre DuPont
Alger Hiss
Nemours
Foxville social notes show Olive Pryor and Mable Lewis visit kin
Dec 21 report lists Olive Pryor and Mable Lewis spending Sunday with Miss Lewis' parents Mr and Mrs Roy Lewis. Also noted are visits by Mr and Mrs Robert Bitner Mr and Mrs Glenn Fox Albert Brown Earl Brown Theodore Forrest and Jimmie to Mr and Mrs Victor Brown Sunday afternoon.
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Foxville
Olive Pryor
Mable Lewis
Trumps Partner's Ace Key In A Bridge Part Score Hand
A detailed bridge hand analysis by WM E McKenney explains a part score play where North doubles diamonds and East overcalls hearts. West judges his spade overcall, two spades bid chosen, and the defense plan unfolds with precise ruffing and finesse leading to a two-trick loss.
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WM. E. McKenney
American Bridge League
North
East
West
South
West South
Browns and Foxes Hold Butchering at Toms Home
Brown Hiram Brown Jackie Brown Mary Brown and Alice Fox attend a community butchering at Charles Toms and Mrs Mary Lewis residence. Two hogs slaughtered totaling 670 pounds. Attendees include Tezajah Smith head butcher Charles Toms Roscoe Lewis Bud Smith Roscoe Smith Mrs Clyde Toms Mrs Della Smith Mrs Roy Lewis Mrs Maggie Lewis Mrs Mary Lewis Milton Horne and others.
Race track swindlers net over $100000 in midwest plots
Brown's mother Mrs Linnie Shuff of Wolfsville reports a Chicago based group of race track swindlers siphoned more than 100000 from bookmakers in Chicago St Louis Kansas City and other midwest cities in recent weeks. The scheme involved padding matuels at Charles Town West Virginia to fake betting on the favorite then placing a second large wager on a rival horse to lift the odds. Even money horses paid out over five to one in some cases.
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St Louis
Kansas City
Charles Town Track
West Virgina
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