Spectator Thrill Seeks in Track Records and Race Lores
Crowds of about sixty thousand flock to a track event hoping for sensational moments. Mel Patton set a 100 yard mark at 9.3 seconds but an error left the true distance at 99 yards 5 inches. Australian Jack Donaldson, 38 years ago, ran 100 yards in 9 3/8 seconds and may have hit 9 seconds on modern tracks.
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Mel Patton
Patton
Jesse Owens
Frank Wyckoff
Bobby Kerr
Percy Williams
Jack Donaldson
Australia
South Africa
Donaldson
Australian Jockey Club
Middle East
Lebanon
Syria
Iraq
Iran
Palestine
Russia
Israal
Smuts loses seat as South Africa shifts to Nationalist rule
Seventy eight year old Jan Smuts, longtime South African premier and global statesman, loses his Standerton seat in a landslide Nationalist win. He resigns as premier as the new parliament majority takes shape, while regional and international figures debate postwar leadership and policy.
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Jan Christian Smuts
South Africa
Union of South Africa
Africa
Union
Smuts
Britain
Hitler
Japan
Hirohito
Violent Response Sparks Daughter’s Marriage Talk
A dramatic exchange reveals the father’s strong reaction when informed of a daughter’s engagement. The humorous vein shows Sam recounting how the father reacted with extreme enthusiasm, nearly shaking his hand off.
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Tom
Sam
First Patient Frenzy At New Dentist Birthday Surprise
A man hurries to a new dentist and endures dancing with pain while awaiting entry. The wife asks him to return tomorrow morning to be the dentist's first patient, intending it as a birthday surprise for the new practitioner.
Classified oils greases tires and chick hatchery ads
Old style classified notice offering oil distributors wanted and various chick hatchery ads. Mentions Toronto New Toronto London Ontario suppliers and promotions including free cockerels with pullet orders, pullet pricing and breed cross offerings. Includes contact box and company names Huron dale Haronandale Hatchery and directions for interviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wareo Grease & Oil Limited
Toronto
Oil Company
New Toronto
Ontario
Sussex
Harondale Chick Hatchery
London
Aliso
Guelph
Lakeview
B. Rock
Rhode Island
Rock
Lakeview Poultry Farm and Hatchery
Exeter
Ont
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Ballyhoo
Reggie Walker
Reggie
Norman Blair
Finland
Leino
Intrior
Tein
Herta Kussinen
Kremlin
Kareliai
Soviet Supreme Council
Moscow
The
Israel
Germany
Hamburg
United States
Nuremburg
Dusseldorf
Cologne
Tawa
Hawaii
House of Commons
Col
Clifton Brown
Winston Churchill
Staco
Samuel Trees Co., Ltd
Wellington St. E., Teronte
BABY
Hurondale Chick Hatchery
Hurondale
New Hampshire
New
John Coles
Gravenhurst
Arthur Argere
Osgoode
Lakeview Poultry Farm
Whin Bros
Department H
Parker's Dyes Works Limited
Yonge Street
Marazza
Ste
Catherine W
Montreal
Big Rock Farm
Mille Roches
Caledonia
Big Bank Barn
Harley Davidson Motorcycles
Kennedy & Son
College St
Brantferd Builders Supplies Ltd
Bruce St
Brantford
Scopa Sales CO
Queen St
Ottawa
fTohn
Gillespie
Abbotsford
Rebec
Cletrac
Carnegie Timber Company
Port Perry
Cookstown
E Keown
Grand Bend
Parry Sound
Goderich
Meikar Roofing Ltd
Waterloo
Torohill
Wnithal's
Adelaide St
Turkey Ranch
McCormick-Deering
John Barker
Linwood
Manitoulin Island
Alvin Pattison
Providence Bay
Massey Harris
Jack Wood
R. R
Aurora
Uni
Underwood
Underwood Limited
Victoria Street
NEW Holland
Bruce Ness & Sons
Howick
Quebec
G. St. Amand
Collingwood
Robertson
Robertson's
127 Avenue Road
Dixon
Munro
Elgin
Station K
Munro’s
Ottawao
Canada
Marvel
America
Bloor St. W
King St
Hamilton
Rideau Street
Fetherstonaugh & Company
King West
P. Marrazzea Inc
St. Catherine West
Rosamond Memorial Hospital
Almonte
Thamesford
Laurence Browe
Dalkeith
Taylor Limits
Toronto Safe Works
Front St
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