Background of Cities Engaged in Title Games
Robert T. Small surveys Washington and Pittsburg as the World Series starts. He contrasts politics and business culture, predicts Pirates as favorites, notes Washington’s changed attitude after pennant wins, and hints at strong local betting and anticipation for games at Forbes Field and in D.C. neighborhoods.
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Robert T. Small
Pocatello Tribune
Pittsburg
Washington
Mr. Small
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Forbes Field
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District of Columbia
National League Giants
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ball Park
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Ball Yard
Five Hundred Planes to Enter National Air Races
Mitchell Field New York hosts a vast national air meet opening tomorrow with military and civilian pilots. About five hundred planes arrive or head there by train and air, aiming to showcase the largest aviation event in history.
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Mitchell Field
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Aviation
Junior World Series Start in Baltimore Fifth Game
Baltimore officials set the junior world series game in Oriole Park to resume as Louisville Colonels face the Baltimore Orioles in the fifth game. The Colonels led 2-0 after two wins, while Baltimore’s revamped lineup sparked a comeback for two victories in Louisville.
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Oriole Park
Louisville Colonels
Baltimore Orioles
Colonels
Louisville
Moffett Advocates New US Built Dirigible For Navy
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett told the president's air board that the Shenandoah should be replaced by a rigid airship built in the United States with at least 6,000,000 cubic feet capacity. He disputed Colonel William Mitchell's claim that navy bungling caused the Shenandoah and related failures.
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Washington
William A. Moffett
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
President
Air Board
United States
William Mitchell
Navy
Today's Big Track and Field and Boxing Schedule
Racing events across the country include Metropolitan Jockey Club in New York Jamaica Latonia Maryland Fair Association Laurel and Chicago Business Men's Racing. Grand circuit trots at Lexington. World Series opener in Pittsburg. Boxing features Strangler Lewis versus Munn in Tulsa and Zivie against Friedman in Pittsburg.
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Jamaica
Kentucky Jockey Club
Latonia
Maryland Fair Association
Laurel
Business Men’s Racing Association
Chicago
Lexington
Pittsburg
Westward Ho
Sangamon Beagle
Chillicothe
Walt ‘Strangler
Waynt
Munn
Pirates Win Fifth Pennant Ties Historic Washington Rivalry
The Pirates clinch their fifth major league pennant, ending a sixteen year drought for Pittsburgh as fans celebrate. Washington shifts to a calm, confident stance, while many expect the Senators to prevail, with a notable pull behind McKechnie’s Pirates influencing the outcome.
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Pittsburg
Washington
Buccaneers
Twn
Gonfalon
Pittsburgers
Pirates
New York
McKechnie
Senators
Flashes of the Great White Way at the Paris Felies Bergere
The Felies Bergere in Paris showcases Flashes of the Great White Way a two act musical on tour before a Broadway run. Carl D. Francis Marigold Serenaders Margaret Daley Dorothy Charles Lucille Burton lead a fifty two performer entourage with exotic dances and a ten piece jazz orchestra. The show opens at the Auditorium Thursday night October 15.
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Ziegfield
Carroll
Whit
Broadway
Carl D. Francis
Henry W. Savage
Marigold Serenaders
Chaplin's The Gold Rush Opens at Capitol Theatre
The Gold Rush, Charlie Chaplin's ten part feature length comedy drama set in Alaska, plays at the Capitol. Filmed from February 7, 1924, to April 16, 1925, it used over 500000 feet of film with months of editing and synchronization work. Chaplin conducts filming without time clocks, only when he is present.
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Charlie Chaplin
Alaska
Capitol Theatre
Chaplin
Richards and Pringle’s Famous Minstrels at the Auditorium
Richards and Pringle’s Famous Minstrels will perform two nightsat the Auditorium theatre on Saturday and Sunday October 10 and 11. The show features La Grande Hunters, fourteen vaudeville pieces, a great band and orchestra, and a new free street parade with a night concert.
The Ranger of the Big Pines opens at Strand theatre
The Ranger of the Big Pines stars Kenneth Harlen and a notable cast including Helene Costello Eulalie Jensen Will Walling Robert J Graves Lew Harvey Gene Paulette and Harvey Clark with a Rocky Mountains backdrop. Two reel comedy Be Careful accompanies the four day bill at the Strand.
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Big Pines
Strand Theatre
Rocky Mountains
Kenneth Harlen
Helene Costello
Eulalie Jensen
Will Walling
Robert J. Graves
Lew Harvey
Fugene Paulette
Harvey Clark
Can
Jimmy Adams
Ten Commandments at the Orpheum Tonight and Tomorrow
Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments plays with Jack Derville's ten musician orchestra at the Orpheum tonight and tomorrow in the final showings. Beginning Friday The Street of Forgotten Vengeance, labeled The Miracle Man of 1925, will headline.
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Cecil B. DeMille
Jack Derville
Forgotten Ven
Attrac
Volstead Named Adviser to North West Dry Enforcement
Minneapolis officials announced Andrew J. Volstead, father of the prohibition law, as adviser to General W Rhinow, now chief of the northwest dry enforcement district, in a formal appointment.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Andrew J. Volstead
Thnt
W. Rhinow
Northwest
Hero business not bed roses for Hawaii flight crew
Otis E. Stantz and William Bowlin of PN-91 along with Lt. Pope return home on 30 day furloughs after days of extended public acclaim following the Kauai rescue. They describe constant banquets and receptions as wearing and plan to rest with families before resuming duties.
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Harry C. Eller
Los Angeles
Otis E. Stantz
PN-91
Hawaii Fligt
Kauai
Stantz
R. Pope
Terre Nlante
Pope
Memphis
California
San Francisco
Diego
William Bowlin
San Diego
St. Louis
Hawaii
Wif
Postals Receipts Rise In September at 50 Post Offices
Washington October 7 AP Postmaster General New reported September postal receipts at fifty selected post offices totaled 28 551 485 dollars. The figure shows an increase of 2 763 056 dollars or 10 25 percent over the same month last year.
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Washington
New
Young Robber Shoots Himself in Milwaukee Jail
Milwaukee police report 19 year old Robert Lee Myron shot himself in a city jail cell after confessing to robbing the Peterson jewelry store in Omaha on September 28. He said he brought in $10,000 in gems and $1,009 in cash and had traveled from Chicago.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Obert Lee Myron
Peterson
Omaha
Myron
Chicago
Tufts Ford sues Boston University dean for 650000
Mrs. Louisa Tufts Ford files a $650,000 lawsuit against the Boston University dean alleging she was discharged for filing morals related charges against other faculty members.
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Boston
Louisa Tufts Ford
Boston University
Food prices show decrease in retail items
Washington reports slight decreases in retail food prices for the month ending September 15 across 19 of 24 cities, though levels remain much higher than a year ago. Decreases ranged from two percent in Charleston, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Manchester, Milwaukee, Mobile, Pittsburg, Rochester to under half a percent in New York, with increases in Louisville Minneapolis and Atlanta.
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Oct
Department of Labor
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Cleveland
Indianapolis
Manchester
Milwaukee
Mobile
Pittsburg
Rochester
New York
Louisville
Minneapolis
Atlanta
Neven St. Louis
Miners Idle Scranton Feel Effects of Labor Clash
In Scranton Pennsylvania and Tulsa Oklahoma the strike standoff starts to bite as miners face cash strain and merchants hope for settlement. Iron works cut schedules and rail shipments shed workers while silk and apparel plants remain active with cautious hiring. Oil recovery from Wilcox sand in Tonkawa field tops 26 million barrels.
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Banke
Gavia Accounta
Tulsa
Okla
Tonkawa Field
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