Good Pickings in N. Y. Subway
In New York subways a veteran panhandler known as the World War II era “cripple” coin-collects from passengers. Benjamin Cohen, a Welfare Island inmate, exploited crowds at Grand Central earning about 25 dollars daily before arrest for disorderly conduct. His long criminal record includes 16 prior arrests.
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Bouok
Cohen
Grand Central
William B. Kirk
Mendicant Squad
Gotlieb
Welfare Island
Jilted lover seeks return of property from Mrs Glumac
Greeley Cole Planiski sues in court to recover house, cows, lots and other property deeded to Emma Glumac in hope of marriage. He alleges the gifts were given in that expectation and asks that the property be deeded back to him now that marriage did not occur.
Deserted Army Veteran Benjamin Cohen Faces Dishonorable Record
The article details Benjamin Cohen alias Arthur Gilmore John Brown Frank Fisher and George Brown a WWI veteran with a troubled record. Cohen enlisted July 22 1917 at Fort Slocum served in two infantry units transferred overseas September 7 1917 and returned February 18 1918 as a patient. He deserted May 17 1920 after re enlisting March 1 1920 at Camp Zachary Taylor under the name George Brown. He later claimed a pension and an arrest exam suggested no serious mental illness, only trench foot and dandruff. A joke book drawing on his service mocked the veteran and his payout claim.
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Arthur Gilmore
John Brown
Frank Fisher
George Brown
Washington
Fort Slocum
Forty-ninth Infantry
Twenty-third Infantry
Walter Reed General Hospital
Cohen
Camp Zachary Taylor
Sixteenth Infantry
F. Co
Glass Not So Tight It Won’t Hold Gas
Harvard researchers report a pyrex glass globe sealed with helium lost over 1 percent of its contents in a year. Prof G P Baxter Dr H W Starkweather and Dr R B Ellestad measured a slow seepage through the glass.
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Cambridge
Mass
G. P. Baxter
H. W. Starkweather
R. B. Ellestad
Harvard University
Science
Chinese Becomes Monk in Franciscan Order
Cincinnati reports Friar Sylvester the new name for Joseph Cheng a Chinese man who has joined the Franciscan order. He is the first of his race to enter the Catholic order in the United States. After finishing studies at St. Anthony's monastery he will return to Wuchang China where American monks from Cincinnati staff a monastery. Rev Sylvester Esplage of Cincinnati is superior at Wuchang.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Sylvester
Joseph Cheng
United States
St. Anthony's Monastery
Wuchang
Hupeh
China
Sylvester Esplage
Methods of Fighting Ice Hazards in Air Sought
Langley Field Virginia reports progress on preventing ice hazards in flight. Scientists Thomas Carroll and William Rowe Avoy find icing forms easily when rain or heavy fog occurs at 30 to 31 degrees Fahrenheit, prompting experiments on ice prevention and remote edge temperature sensing to avoid dangerous conditions.
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Langley Field
Thomas Carroll
William Rowe Avoy
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Sci
Sixty-Year Courtship Ends In Sicily Wedding
Marianna Mar huzano waited sixty years to wed Pasquale Sgalambro after parental objection stalled their union since the 1860s. He sought fortune away then returned to find Marianna still unmarried. They renewed their pledge and the town gathered for an unusual ceremony.
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Pedagaggi
Sicily
Marianna Marhuzano
Pasqale Sgalambro
Flagstead the Great Sox Star and Ambitious Globetrotter
Irn Flagstead, Boston Red Sox outfielder, known as one of the era’s top fly catchers, rose from Montague Michigan to Tacoma and Detroit before joining Boston. A hard-working player who avoids cards and reads, he lifts his game by fishing in winters and raising game roosters while eyeing a world tour.
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Irn Flagstead
Boston Red Sox
Flagstead
Boston
Flaggy
Fenway Field
Ira
Sox
Montague
Mich
Horace Greatey
Little Rock
Wash
Olympia
Tacoma
Detroit
Chattanooga
Sam Jones
Uhle
Pennock
Braxton
Moyt
Cub Machine Is Creation of Pilot Joe McCarthy
The Cub machine is framed as the product of Joe McCarthy who rebuilt the Cubs after taking charge. He arranged key moves including Riggs Stephenson’s recall, Hack Wilson, Woody English, Freddy Maguire, Art Nehf, Hal Carlson, Kiki Cuyler, and the Hornsby reshuffle, shaping a competitive team.
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Rogers Hornsby
Joe McCarthy
Cubs
McCarthy
Riggs Stephenson
New York Giants
Hack Wilson
Woody English
Freddy Maguire
Art Nehf
Cincinnati
Hal Carlson
Phillies
Kiki Cuyler
Pirates
Hornsby
Boston
Brundage Elected President of National Amateur Athletic Union
Avery Brundage of Chicago, a former all around athletic champion and contractor, was elected president by unanimous vote at the 1928 convention. He immediately challenged commercialism in sport by throwing down the gauntlet before holding the chair two minutes.
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Avery Brundage
Chicago
Contracor
National Amateur Athletic Union
Brundage
Big Deficit Over Stolen Baseballs Threatens Franchise
A New York Pennsylvanian league club faces a debt of 6740.31 amid theft losses last season. Fans allegedly pocketed baseballs totaling 1000 dollars, contributing to financial strain and a committee's decision on whether the franchise for Martinsburg will continue.
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Tlartisburg Otto
New York
Sporting Souibs There is more than in football than baseball
A collage of sports notes mentions Suzanne Englen quitting tennis, Rockwood Half Country Club planning a second 18-hole course in Tarrytown, and various players like Jack Quinn still active since 1903. It also notes Jacks Hendricks signing to manage in 1929, and Pac Coast League voting to end the split season for a straight 28 weeks.
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Rockwood Half Country Club
Tarrytown
N. Y
Directours
Pacific Coast Baseball League
Oosterbaan remembered as exceptional all American end
The Detroit News lauds Benny Oosterbaan as one of football history's great ends. He earned All American honors three times and left college with a solid gold football studded with diamonds.
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Benny Oosterbaan
Shevlin and
Hinkey
Yale
A. G. Salsinger
Detroit News
Oosterbaan
Shevlin
Qasterbayan
Cardinals Name Billy Southworth Manager of Champions
President Sam Bread announces Billy Southworth as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, champions of the National League. He succeeds Bill McKechnie, who will coach the Rochester club next season after leading the 1928 team to the league title.
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Billy Southworth
St. Louis Cardinals
Sam Breadon
Bill McKechnoie
McKechnie
Rochester
Bobby Dobbs Still Boxing at Sixty Years Old
Bobby Dobbs, age sixty, remains an active boxer in daily gym sessions with younger fighters. The piece credits Fight Stories Magazine for noting his 35-year ring career and enduring speed. Colleague Bob Barrett challenged him in training bouts, but the veteran stayed elusive and sharp.
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Fight Stories
Bob Fitzsimmons
Frank Craig
Harlem
Dobbs
Slim
Tean
Bobby Barrett
Clifton Heights
Barrett
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