Dolton Merchants Extend Winning Streak With Two Wins
The Dolton Merchants defeated West Harvey Colored Stars 12 to 3 and edged a later game against the R. B. Bernys to keep their streak alive at 11 wins with 5 losses. They announce upcoming three game series against Ivanhoe and Riverdale Merchants at Dolton Park.
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Ivanhoe
Dolton Merchants
West Harvey
R. B. Berneys
Bruhn
Lambert
Hartford
Nelson
Dalton Merchants
Arrows Battle for League Lead With Three Games Left
The Arrows eye a championship as three remaining league games loom. They are tied for second with Holy Cross behind Golgotha and plan to beat Ebenezer at Riverdale Park and then face Golgotha and Holy Cross in key rematches. The Easter schedule ends with a 4 p.m. game at Douglas Park.
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Arrows
Golgotha
Holy Cross
Ebenezer
Riverdale Park
Douglas Park
Arrow
Mohawks Triumph Over Calumet A C 10-2
The Mohawks beat Calumet A C 10 to 2 as Straven won his seventh game allowing five hits with 16 strikeouts. Simnick hit his fifth homer of the season and drove in a seventh run. Dengler and Straven each had two hits as Mohawks totaled eleven. The win keeps them in the chase for first place.
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Mohawks
Cardinals
Calumet A. C
Straven
Simnick
George Dengler
Mohawks Still Fight for First as Season Winds Down
Placerdale leads with 9 wins and 1 loss while the Mohawks stand 7 and 3. Mohawks must win all four remaining games including contests with Sher mans and Fernwood mine to threaten for the trophy. They travel to 115th and Halsted to face the Blackhawks at 1:00 p.m. next Sunday, August 9.
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Placerdale
Shermans
Fernwood
Mohawks
115Th
Halsted
Blackhawks
Ivanhoe Flashes Triumph Over Indiana Tar Bor Belt
The Flashes defeated the Tar Bor Belt 9 to 4. The Fast side hosts West side tonight at 6 p.m. on 144th and Stewart avenue grounds, inviting fans to a red hot game.
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Flashes
144Th
Stewart Avenue
Babe Dichikson Sets Track Marks at Newark
Good at All Sports Mildred Babe Dichikson, an eighteen year old Texas girl, ranks as one of the world’s top all around athletes. She equaled the 100 yard dash record and broke the 220 yard mark during National AAU track championships in Newark New Jersey, holding over forty records across many sports.
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Mildred
Babe”) Dichikson
Texas
A. U
Newark
N. J
Lindberghs Begin Long Aerial Tour Toward Japan
Col Charles A Lindbergh and his wife started a long aerial tour planned to reach Japan via Canada and Alaska, aiming to showcase aviation progress and promote goodwill.
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Charles A Lindbergh
Japan
Canada
Alaska
Wickersham Report Urges New Prison System
The Wickersham commission declares the present prison system antiquated and inefficient. It calls for a new penal model with better classification and segregation, expanded probation, and parole, plus a state use labor approach to reduce outside work, aiming to reform and protect society.
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Washington
Wickersham Commission On Law Observance
Sloover
Perry Goes to Prison for Life for Murder
George W. E. Petty, a Wilwathee brakeman who had eight wives, was sentenced by Circuit Judge MP Davison to life in prison for the murder of Mrs. Cora Belle Tackett during their honeymoon near Eagle River Wisconsin on July 6 1938 after a five day trial.
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Eagle River
Wis
George W. E. Petty
Wilwathee Brakeman
Marriige
Waupun
Cora Belle Tackett
Chicago
Here
Tudget
Davison
Joe Saltis Seized for Game Law Violation in Wisconsin
Joe Saltis, once a Chicago liquor baron, was arrested for the third time for a game law violation. Three conservation wardens nabbed him at the winter dam on the Chippewa river and charged him with fishing in a fish and game refuge, directing a municipal court appearance in Hasvard.
Climber Dies in Fall on Cathedral Mountain
Don Orcutt aged 24 from Los Angeles died in a 1000 foot fall while climbing Cathedral mountain in a Utah national park. He was described as the only white man to have ascended the Great White Throne, the world’s largest monolith.
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Fallon National Park
Utah
Don Orcutt
Los Angeles
Cathedral Mountain
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Riverdale Merchants
Dolton Hearts
Schlinger
Sears
Roseland
Aero
S. Michigan Ave
Sibley Street
Hammond, Ind
P. B. Good, Inc
S. 5S
Ais
Hy Qiinnis
Public Service Company OF
Northern Illinois
W. C. Dowdy
Dist
159Th
Fisk Streets
Harvey
Public Service
Home Service Department
Lindbergh
Wickersham Board
Perry
Joe Saltis
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