Grandpop Hornsby Delivers In Browns 15 10 Victory
The 40 year old Rogers Hornsby starred as the Browns beat the White Sox 15 to 10 in a rain affected day. Hornsby belted a homer and two singles in his 2 240th game boosting his career totals to 302 homers 1599 RBIs 1008 extra base hits 4695 total bases and a .359 lifetime average. Holland Clift Billy Knickerbocker and Hornsby drove in four runs in the late inning win. Other games postponed by rain with Washington New York Boston Philadelphia Cleveland St Louis on tap.
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Sage
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Hornsby
Brownies
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Browns
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Gehrig
Rabbit Maranville
Eddie Collins
Rod Wallace
Ty Cobbs
Holand Clift
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Winchester Evening Star Map of United States for Home Use
A five color, 21 by 28 inch large map of the United States including Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico with a reverse side featuring up to date statistics and state facts. It also shows the National Capitol and government buildings with a Washington map. Copies are available through the Washington Information Bureau for ten cents.
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Winchester Evening Star Service
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
National Capitol
Washington, D. C
Washington Information Bureau
Hospital Strikers In Tight Place
Verdict convicts 16 sit down strikers and a union leader for endangering patients by refusing to work at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital. They face up to 12 years each as 38 more strikers go on trial on similar charges under an old penal code provision.
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New York
Brooklyn Jewish Hospital
Carnival Of Death in Marinette Smelt Carnival Claim
Dr H F Schroeder owner of a fox farm claims Marinette Menominee Smelt Carnival caused about 5000 in losses. Aerial bombs frightened his foxes and mothers of 23 litters killed their young. Litters averaged four or five pups worth 50 dollars each. All games postponed due to rain and cold weather with several city matchups listed.
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Marinette
Wis
H. F Schroeder
Marinette-Menominee
Tax Burden of Americans Now Heaviest Ever
A Washington report notes total taxes including federal state and local rose to 11 billion in 1937 with per capita burden at 92.25 dollars. It traces rising local taxes from 1920 through 1937 and cites 175000 taxing authorities across the United States while detailing periods of growth, depression and rebound in tax collections.
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Washington
Fenora
Treasury
United States
District of Columbia
Taxes and hidden costs touch every citizen
The passage notes that taxes rise gradually through public policy and cites railroads paying more in taxes than to stockholders last year. It also highlights a universal burden, stating that each telephone line bears about $8.36 in annual taxes, illustrating indirect taxation on everyday life.
Farm Follies in Hiawatha Dairy Contest May 4
Miss Hester Potter has a broken arm and Sheriff John F. Oltsen will wear handcuffs as a handicap during the dairy cow milking contest in Hiawatha Kansas on May 4.
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Hiawatha
Kas
Hester Potter
John F. Oltsen
Rail mileage of common foods reaches long distances
The passage notes rail transport spreads fresh berries about 1,200 miles, butter 927 miles, cereals 627 miles, and eggs 1,353 miles en route to consumers. It contrasts freight rates with the claim railroads haul a ton of freight a mile at under a penny.
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Jones
York
Jimmie Doman and His Orchestra
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Get Wing
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