Mississippi Valley League set for 140 game season plan
Baseball directors from eight clubs meet at Hotel President in Davenport to formalize Davenport and Rockford into the league. A 140 game schedule, drafted by Rock Island’s Larry Brown, is likely to be adopted with Waterloo opening at home and a Memorial Day holiday game planned at Waterloo park. Belden Hill of Cedar Rapids is expected to win re election as league president. Mike Sexton of Rock Island attends as a guest and NALMB founder.
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Mississippi Valley Baseball League
Homerrow
Davenport
Rockford
Jeague
Ottumwa
Marshalltown
Waterloo
Larry Brown
Rock Island
Ill
Waterloo Park
Hawks
Lebordey
Hill
Belden Hill
Cedar Rapids
Mike Sexton
Rock Island, II
National Association of Minor Baseball Leagues
Mississippi Valley
New York Cagers to Meet Steelys on Local Court
The Steelys, winners over the Strong John Deere Tractor company quintet, travel to Hast High School gym to face the Harlem Globe Trotters of New York City on Wednesday, January 30. Gerald Fellmer announced the game and Midge Makeover will officiate as referee with an umpire to be named.
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East High School
Fellmer
Presidio of Monterey Will Be Maintained Despite Debates
Monterey California January 14 preservation forces vow to keep the Presidio of Monterey. General John I Hines denies abandonment while cavalry and artillery units uphold martial tradition near a cross memorializing Padre Junipero Serra and Vizcaino. The site anchors Monterey tourism and state heritage dating to 1770.
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Monterey
Cal
Presidio
John I. Hines
Ninth Corps
Junipero Serra
Vizcaino
California
America
War Department
England
United States
Backstage at Hollywood by Dorothy Herzog
Hollywood gossip sketches Dick Grace a stunt daredevil who plans a 10 story plane wreck in Los Angeles with a single wheel removed and twenty feet to judge his landing. Rosabelle Laemmle Bergeman elopes after family scheming. Doris Kenyon, Milton Sills and others joke about stage talkies and New Year resolutions. Lois Moran returns from Yosemite. Alice White quips about dumbness as virtue.
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Dorothy Herzog
Fremler Syndicate
New York
N. Y
Dick Grace
East
Young
Grace
Los Angeles
Fiat
Five Years Back in 1923 Shapes Modern Sport
Alan J Gould reflects on 1923 as a pivotal sports year. Boxing peaked with Dempsey Firpe at the Polo Grounds, golf rose with Bobby Jones, tennis soared for Helen Wills, and Yale football plus California’s Bears dominated. The piece catalogs stars from Ruth to Red Grange and notes a new era in professional sport.
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Alan J. Gould
Associated Press
Yowre
Ty Cobb
Cy Young
Walted Hagen
Harry Vardon
Dempsey and Firpo
Zev
Papyrus
Tilden
Johnston
Wills
Mallory
Ruth
McGraw
Tex Rickard
Dempsey-Carpentier
Jersey City
Dempsey
Firpe
Polo Grounds
Bobby Jones
Jones
Poker Face
California
Bill Johnston
Jim Anderson
Australia
Belmont
Yankees
Giants
Red Grange
Gene Tu
Hecht
Benny Leonard
Jess Willard
Gene Criqui
Yale
Golden Bears
Arlington to bury Jim Parks a former slave in nation’s cemetery
Washington January 14 The War Department formally orders burial in Arlington National Cemetery for Uncle Jim Parks an 84 year old Black man born enslaved on the Custis estate He knew the vast reservation since antebellum days and served under Col Robert E Lee His burial permit came through lawyer Enoch A Chase amid notes on Americas great bridge opening across the James River in Virginia
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Washington, D. C
Jim Parks
Great Valhalla
America
Jim
Arlington National Cemetery
Army
Navy
War Department
Arington
Arlington
George Washington Parke Custis
Martha Washington
George Washington
Col
Robert E. Lee
Enoch A. Chase
Washington
Central Standard Time Radio Schedule Notation
The notice describes broadcasting times in Central Standard Time with times shown as P M unless stated otherwise. Wavelengths are listed on the left of call letters and kilocycles on the right.
Radio Schedule Snippet Highlights Local Air Features
A dense list shows Monday radio features across stations like WOR WADC WKRO and WMAQ Chicago. Programs include Jubilee, Family Party, Opera Bocaccio, and Slumber Hour with times from 6:80 to 3:0, plus markets and talks by John Thompson.
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Roxy
Merle Johnstone
WZ Wir
WREN
WLS
WSM
W5b
WEBO
KSTP
KDKA
WEAP
WGY
WWJ
ESD
WOW
WDAF
KWOO
WFAA
EPRG
WOAT
WERO
WTMJ
WHAS
WMG
WSE
Kyw
WIAM
WSTP
WKY
Family Party
WGL
KLY Kdyl Kbl2
KYA Kga
United Light: Opera
Chicago
Uncle Bob
WEAF
Insomnia Club
HGCA
WGN
Quin
Nighthawks
Almanak
Gypsies
WMAQ
Aerlels
Dante
WEW
Cincinnati
WCCO
Minneapolis
Des Moines
John Thompson
Savoy Sextet
Merry Minstrels
SoerBateore Life Little Symphony
Diversified Hour Scheduled Across Chicago and Nearby Cities
Radio listings show a busy schedule of musical features and programs across WEAP WGY WTAM and dozens of stations. Notable acts include Eskimos and Laur ie Ross with orchestral soloists, along with multiple hourly dance and news segments.
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WEAP
WGY
WTAM
Wwit
WGN
KSD
KSTP
WDAP
KWOO
WSM
WMO
WSF
KGO
KFT
WWJ
KYW
WDAF
WFAA
RPRO
HKYW
Chicago
Tiremen Theatre
Insomnia Club
AIGA
Quin
Nighthawks
Radio Floorwalker
WMAQ
Chicago Historical Society
Amaos
Andy
Clincinnati
Gossacks
WCCO
Minneapolis—aid
Bakers
Southern Sunshine
Afusical Craftsmen
Irank Walton League
Des Moines
Woodrow Washing Mach. Co
Benn Hole
Everready
Clicquat Club Eskimos
Hen Bernie
Boston Judge Hears 19 272 Cases In Three Years
Boston residents applauded Judge Frederick W. Fosdick after three years on the criminal court bench. He disposed of 10 272 cases and was presented an onyx desk set containing a replica of the Constitution wheel crafted from bronze from the frigate.
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Boston
INS
Criminal Court
Frederick W. Fosdick
Abie's Irish Rose on Screen at Riviera
The Riviera presents Abie's Irish Rose on screen with sound and talking sequences under Anne Nichols influence. Nancy Carroll and Charles Rogers lead a lovable duo with strong performances by Jean Hersholt and J Farrell MacDonald, while France scenes and a Western front shot enhance the film. The stage Arabian Nights show follows with Aladdin acts and musical numbers, plus Sins of the Mathers and The Case of Lena Smith scheduled for late January previews.
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Anne Nichols
Abie
Trish Rose
Feramount
Nancy Carroll
Rosemary Murphy
France
Charles
Buddy) Rogers
New York
Anyohe
Rogers
Jean Hersholt
Solomon Levy
Able
Rebecca
J. Farrell MacDonald
Rosemary
Bernard Gorcey
Ida Kramer
Bri
Isaac Cohen
Western Front
Nancy
Buddy
Bill
Carlin
Alladin
Frank Drossman
el Katiff
Arabia
Orternlal
Three Musketeers
Cowan & Gray
Esther Ralston
Synthetic Sin at Strand features Colleen Moore in bold comedy
Strand show opens with Colleen Moore in Synthetic Sin a synchronized sound and music feature described as the strongest First National release yet audiences laugh loudly as Moore portrays an innocent dancer who pursues art through sin and wit. Antonia Moreno stars opposite with a bustling New York plot and a later Tiffany color feature The Toy Shop as added fare.
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Strand Theatre
Colleen Moore
New York
First National
Miss Moore
McNasty
Antonia Moreno
Tiffany
Toy Shop
George Dewey Washington
The
Southland
Ayre @ Ersi
Capitolians
Capitol Theatre
L. E.W
Crystal Langdon Comedy "Three's a Crowd" at Crystal
A Crystal review praises Harry Langdon's film "Three's a Crowd" as one of the era's best features. Langdon plays a truck driver with an inferiority complex who encounters a sequence of domestic misadventures including a woman at his stairs and a dramatic storyline about a stork and a looming husband.
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Crystal
Langdon
Harry Langdon
The
Harry
Palmust
C, K
Pomona Incubators Hatch 50000 Chicks Every Three Weeks
Charles W. Norton operates a five acre Pomona California chicken ranch with incubator capacity of fifty thousand eggs. Preston describes the visit by noting the plant’s productivity and local social life. He plans to travel to Waterloo soon and mentions rainfall since November.
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Pomona
Cal
Charles W. Norton
Jeweler of
Waterloo
Samuel
Preston
Mr. Preston
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Lors Kenyon
Bobby Critck
Shank
Reserve Place
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Whaylen-Dallman
Liberty Jewelry Store
Radio Dept
Delco Light Ray Peverill
U. S. Highway 24
Por News
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Antonio Moreno
Movietone
Ayer & Easte
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A. Service Drug Store
Cal J. Miller
Driggist
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Buddy" Rogers
Alice Boy
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