Big Ten grid games drew $4.769 million in 1927 season
Big Ten football drew about 1.9 million spectators across 65 games, with total receipts near $4,769,000. Michigan led attendance with 464,000 in eight games, aided by coach Harry Kipke and sellouts at Ann Arbor. Ohio State totaled 384,000, while Chicago posted 139,000. Northwestern reached 302,000 aided by large crowds at Ohio State and Wisconsin. Notre Dame’s Chicago visits affected local turnouts, and overall figures trailed the 1927 Michigan record.
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Chicago
Big Ten
Michigan
Wolverines
Mammoth Stadium
Ann Arbor
Harvard
Ohio State
Harry Kipke
Buckeyes
Illinois
Pittsburgh
University of Chicago
Maroons
Soldier Field
Notre Dame
Southern California
Stagg Field
Wisconsin
Rockne
Ramblers
University of Washington
Northwesern
Northwestern
Dyche Stadium
Wildcats
La Guardia proposes bill to ban margin trading in securities
Washington briefs report Rep. La Guardia introduces a bill to prohibit dealing in securities on margin. Other notes include the Good will and estate of James W. Good valued around 115000 to his widow Lucy D. Good Evanston N. G. A. Youngquist sworn in as assistant attorney general succeeding Mabel Willebrandt. Senate agriculture subcommittee delays cotton exchange price investigation to December 12. West Point presence among officers and total federal prison population figures noted. Mexico ratifies Kellogg treaty, Tellez informs State Department.
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G. A. Youngquist
Minnesota
United States
Mabel Willebrandt
Rubio Visits Hoover During U S Medical Trip
President-elect Ortiz Rubio travels to the United States for medical treatment and a meeting with President Hoover in Washington. Rubio’s visit follows his earlier talks with U S officials and signals ongoing diplomacy between Mexico and the United States.
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Mexico City
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
United States
Hoover
Gift tax law upheld by Supreme Court ruling
The 1924 gift tax, repealed in 1926, was upheld as a non direct tax not requiring apportionment. Justice Stone wrote the majority opinion declaring the levy an indirect impost and geographic uniformity to be a matter of location. Justice Sutherland dissented, joined by Justices Van Devanter and Butler, arguing the tax is direct.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Treasury
Pennsylvania Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Oufset
Justice Stone
Stone
van Devanter
Butler
Sutherland
Wreck of Norfolk-New York Train Kills Nine in Virginia
Pennsylvania railroad excursion train derailed at Olney on the Norfolk eastern shore of Virginia. Nine dead and 25 seriously injured, with 488 passengers aboard from Norfolk and Portsmouth. Broken rail cited as cause. some injured moved to Norfolk hospitals, others treated in Olney and nearby.
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Norfolk
Pennsylvania Railroad
Olney
Eastern Shore
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Portsmouth
New York
Seven Miners Die in Drift Blast at Old Ben Mine No. 8
West Frankfort officials report seven miners killed and 15 rescued after a drift explosion at Old Ben Mine No. 8. Deceased are James Tabor, Thomas McDermott, Vero Geridino, Jewell Baker, Dewey Baker, Earl Reardon, and Henry Isaacs, all residents of West Frankfort except Isaacs.
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West Frankfort
Old Ben
James Tabor
Thomas McDermott
Vero Geridino
Jewell Baker
Dewey Baker
Earl Reardon
Henry Isaacs
Tyaacs
Poincare Regains Health After Operations
Paris bulletin from physicians reports former premier Poincare has completely recovered from effects of two recent operations, signaling full convalescence and return to health.
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Poincare
Paris
Byrd Family Triumph and Global Economic Debate
The column salutes Mrs. Richard Evelyn Byrd of Virginia for raising three notable sons, including a governor, a pioneering scientific farmer, and Commander Byrd who flew over the South Pole. It notes British objections and discusses President Hoover's advisory circle pledging to spend large sums while urging prudent federal investment. It also lampoons wealth and stock markets, Mexican securities, and a Harvard professor’s cosmic inventory concept, ending with reflections on humanity’s place in the cosmos.
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Richard Evelyn Byrd
Virginia
South Pole
North Pole
Atlantic Ocean
Commander Byrd
Byrd
Britain
Antarctic
Doctor Shapley
Harvard
Earth
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Kennedy Furnace Lump
Malloy
Malloy Coal Company
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Ben Purnell
Benton Harbor
Mich
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Ben” Purnell
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Washington Briefs
la Guardia
Rep
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Lucy D. Good
Evanston, N
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New Orleans
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Philippine Scouts
West Point
Adjutant General’s Office
Department of Justice
Tellez
Mexico
State Department
Rubio
U. S
Arthur Brisbane
Mrs. Byrd
Insull
Cortelyou
Owen D. Young
Europe
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Rockefeller
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