Huff Track Men To Start Active Training
Grinnell news notes the Huff track team will begin intensive practice after a light start, aiming for a long spring schedule. Key sprinters Hoyt Darrow Fleming and Barden are eyed to lead relays at Drake and Illinois meets, with strong hopes for the short relay and quarter mile events.
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Grinnell
Ulno
Indeer
Drake
Crinnell
Hoyt
Barden
Darrow
Fleming
Burns
Young
Bardan
Topeta
Black
Grin
Stock
An Shevld Pottie
Garden
Baltimore Under Dry Army of Thugs Troubles Grow
A Baltimore dispatch reports a surge of crime described as a dry army of undesirables from nearby territory. Police note holdups shootings and disturbances, with several arrests and homes listed as Virginia. A string of crimes includes muggings, robberies, and a woman shot in a residential area, as patrols report increased incidents in recent weeks.
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Baltimore
Patralsna Wetdner
Toro
Cornell Club Decines on Saturday Evening for Annual Reunion
Waterloo Cedar Falls Cornell club decines on Saturday evening for annual reunion at First Methodist Church due to Friday conflict with St John’s day Masons. Dr C Flint to speak. U W Arbuckle toasting. all former Cornell students welcome. club aims for large turnout.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Cornell
First Methodist
C. Flint
U. W. Arbuckle
Stecher’s Neuritis Forces Trinity Day Wrestling Hiatus
Nebraska wrestler Joe Stecher is sidelined for at least 30 days due to neuritis after a Chicago Thanksgiving bout with Charley Cutler. Manager Jos Hetmanek reports contrasting match rumors while Stecher rests, with plans for two big comebacks against Alex Aberg in New York and Charley Peters in Omaha anticipated for February.
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Omaha
Dae
Joe Stecker
Dodee County
Stecher
Joe
Charley Cutler
Chicago
Gare
Cyclone ‘Burns
John Olin
Meuritis
Jos Hetmanek
Stecher-Olin
Nebraska
Olin
Ike Lewis
Hetmanels
Alex Aberg
New York
Woobruary
Aberg
Stecher i
Schlyle
Mies
Gotham
Btecher
Grinnell Plans Fast Play With Des Moines Simp son Jan 5 12
Grinnell, Dec 27 Cornell will not ply the Hd off the Vocals. Instead two practice games are set for Jan 5 and Jan 12 with Des Moines college and Simpson. The squad faces a tough 14-game schedule this season with strong local opponents and possible Mobmanke clash on the trip.
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Grinnell
Cornell
Des Moines College
Simpson
Tha Sasklet
Black
Red Bean
Grinnell Jauintet
Indianola
Mobmanke
Tonsport
Action Usas
Willard Passes Up Willard Opponent For Carpentier Bout
New York dispatch reports Jess Willard world champion has dropped a prospective rival for Georges Carpentier if the French boxer reaches the United States. Promoter Rickard says Darcy could be a more suitable foe for public appeal, with negotiations shifting toward bringing Carpentier here. Dar cy is touring and discussing future bouts as talks continue among promoters and managers.
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New York
Jess Willard
Georges Carpentier
Europe
Pex Stickard
Samuel McClarken
Darcy's Rovine
Mr. Rickard
Les Darcy
Rickard
Darcy
Richard
Darcey
Tavan Wireless Station Captures Signals Across 6000 Miles
Det 37 reports Japan's Funabashi station near Tokyo in regular U S communications via Hawaii. It intercepted messages from northern Germany and other continental relays. A message for I E G C in Madrid traveled about 6000 miles. The following day a transmission from North Germany was picked up.
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Youte
Japan
United States
Hawaii
Germany
Funabast
Tokio
IE. G. C
Madrid
Watch Your Stahi Greeting Tops Waterloo Day
Railroads telegraph and telephone companies report conditions nearly normal after a night of sleet and rain. Walking and driving remain dangerous as a nipping wind drives the temperature toward zero per Ralph K. Slippy, voluntary observer.
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Waterloo
Mercury
Threa
Ralph K. Slippy
Busy Holiday Week At Waterloo Theatres
The Waterloo playhouse schedules a packed week with four attractions. Selwyn Company presents Fair and Warmer, The Follies of 1917 burlesque, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and A World of Pressure with original cast. Majestic features vaudeville acts and a diving contest. The Palace shows Irene Fenwick in A Coney Island Princess, Plaza runs The Wharf Rat with Robert Warron as longshoreman, Crystal screens The Hidden Scar with Ethel Clayton and Holbrook Blinn.
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Waterloo Theatre
Selwyn & Company
New York
Chicago
Sweetman
Selwyn
Duluth
Kansas City
New York Winter Garden Company
William Norris
Courtney Sisters
Crystal
Crystal Theatre
Sind
Ethel Clayton
and Holbrook Blinn
Queen Mary discusses food supply with minister at Buckingham Palace
Queen Mary, keen on food supply issues, summoned Walter Runciman to Buckingham Palace for a long audience. The talks focused on how proposed new food regulations would affect the poor and middle class, especially women. The queen's interest highlighted thrift, economy, and the role of middle class women during wartime.
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London
Mary
Walter Runciman
B Board of Trade
Buckingham Palace
Runciman
Germany
Mother Gone Babes In Vigil At Window
Oscar E. Palmer petitions for divorce claiming Blanche N. Palmer deserted him and their two young sons Vernus and LaVern from Oct 10 1976. He seeks custody as Blanche’s whereabouts are unknown. couple married in Chicago Feb 21 1913.
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Utrla
Vernus L. Palmer
LaVern
Mamma
Oscar E. Palmer
Blanche N. Palmer
Little Ones
Hin
Chicago
Americans Well Treated on Russ Business Trips
Stockholm reports many American business visitors to Russia praise the courtesy they receive. Despite limited success in deals, travelers say Russians go out of their way to assist with language, customs, seating in dining cars, and overall hospitality, leaving them with a positive impression.
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Stockholm
Russia
Altho
American Rhodes Scholars Do Relief Work During War
Oxford December 27 Many American Rhodes scholars will leave Oxford this week to undertake relief work in England France and Belgium during vacation. A large party led by L W Faucett of Tennessee will aid the British Y M C A in army camps and German prisoner detention camps with circulating libraries and moving pictures. A trio including R T Taylor Kentucky RM D Richardson New Jersey and M Keeny Pennsylvania will assist American wounded allies relief committees in Paris. E B Naugle Texas may join work with American relief commission in Belgium. Several scholars also perform ambulance work on the western front.
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Oxford
Eng
England
French
Belgium
L. W. Faucett
Tennessee
British Young Men's Christian Association
Easum
Minois
London
R. T. Taylor
Kentucky
RM. D. Richardson
New Jersey
M. Keeny
Pennsylvania
Paris
E. B. Naugle
Texas
American Relief Commission
Western
Holland shipowners petition over unfair prize court verdicts
Amsterdam December 27 Six hundred fifty Dutch merchants and firms including Holland America Line protest court decisions on prize cases seeking government action. They urge arbitration with Britain France Italy and Portugal and request a commission of experts to examine cases as Dutch commerce holds millions at stake. The Courier notes fourteen thousand subscribers and families.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Holland-America Line
Cort van der Linden
Great Britain
France
Italy
Portugal
Holland
Permanent Court of Arbitration
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Majestic
Majestic Theatre
Vauder
Villians
Ed Flannagan
Nelly Eawarts
Ralph Dunbar
Salon
Freddy James
Dick Inson
Deagon
la Maze
Daughters of the Sea
Palach
Irene Fenwick
Paramount
Owen Moore
Miss Fenwick
Famous Players
del Henderson
the Plaza
Robert Warron
Plaza
Harron
Miss Marsh
New Triangle Fine Arts
Barron
Bobby
Telerkc
International News Service
Holland Shipowners
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