Trio Of McGraw's Men Point The Way For Giants' Pennant March
Sid Feder notes the New York Giants lead the National League by a slim margin as three McGraw protégés, Bill Terry Mel Ott and Carl Hubbell, drive the charge. They beat the Reds 4-3 with Hubbell closing strong and Ott homering, while Detroit and Cleveland win in the American League.
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Sid Feder
New York Giants
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Old Graw
Melvin Ott
Carl Hubbell
Terry
Toplay Giants
Cubs
Cardinals
Pirates
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Terriers
Ott
Clift
Dick Coffman
Hubbell
Old Squarepants
Reds
Detroit Tigers
Yankees
Rank Greenberg
Roundhouse
Rudy York
Cleveland Indians
Senators
Johnny Droner
Indians
Charley Gehringer
Tigers
Mel Ott
Mind affects pain in new experiments at meeting
Four volunteers pricked with tacks showed pain-linked involuntary reactions despite imagined pain relief. Hypnosis reduced reactions. imagining pain offered no relief. Reactions vanished under anesthesia, with some traces without vaccine. Experiments diverge from expectation.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Minneapolis
American Association of Applied and Professional Psychologists
Ralph R. Brown
Victor H. Vogel
United States Public Health Service
University of Minnesota
American Psychological Association
Man Found With His Throat Cut in Baltimore
An unconscious man was found with his throat slashed in a clump of bushes on the outskirts of Baltimore. Cards bearing the name Robert M Caldwell of Baltimore were found in his wallet. A 15 year old boy discovered the body. police found no knife or sharp instrument nearby.
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Baltimore
Robert M.caldwell
Roosevelt's Mother Denies Third Term Claims
Paris August 31 Mrs James Roosevelt called reports she said President Roosevelt did not want a third term absolutely untrue. She stated she has never discussed the third term question and knows nothing of his plans.
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Paris
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Mystery Series Announced by Philco Radio
Philco announces a 16 week radio contest starting September 5 called Phyl Coe Radio Mystery Contest. Weekly prizes range from 10 to 500 dollars with 51 grand prizes from 50 to 5000 dollars. Miller and Anderson, Philco dealers, have contest rules and weekly mystery outlines. full time and station details to follow.
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Philco Radio and Television Corporation
Phyl” Coe
Miller
Missing furniture vanishes from California teacher’s house
A Calexico area teacher reported leaving her three room furnished home in Imperial Beach intact two months ago. Furniture then disappeared. doors windows and walls followed. the front porch was being removed per the sheriff's report. In Muskogee Ohio a highway patrol daily log notes obstructions removed two drunks.
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Houdini
Sandiego
Calif
Muskogee
Ohio
State Highway Patrol Daily Report
Leonard Fox
Play the Game Apples and the business of farming
Wayne M. French urges treating farming and apple production as a game. He compares growing, packing, and marketing apples to a sport, stressing science, standardization, timely marketing, and competition with domestic and foreign markets to improve quality and win in the industry.
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Avonwell
Nature
Byrd
Kalamazoo
Timbuctoo
Frederick County
Promoter Jacobs Keeps Fight Within Budget After Farr Fight
New York August 31 promoter Mike Jacobs avoided a loss on the Louis Farr boxing match. Attendance totaled 36,903 with 33,469 paid. Gross receipts reached 265,753.11 with 282,463.80 total income after rights. Louis received 112,987.52 Farr 60,000. Stadium rent and milk fund were 22,246.38 each. Jacobs earned 64,983.52 after taxes and distributions.
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New York
Mike Jacobs
Louis Farr
Yankee Stadium
Mike
Louis
Farr
Showplace Home Looted in Clothes Show
Five men were accused of taking part in a theft at the Green Spring Valley home of Mrs. Lionel Atwill, wife of the movie actor. Police estimated the stolen furs and clothing at several thousand dollars. Hearings before a Pikesville magistrate were set for tonight.
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Pikesville
Green Spring Valley
Lionel Atwill
Would Fix Pay Of Officers In Virginia Panel Studies Sheriff Salaries
A Virginia state jail commission sub committee met to study methods of fixing sheriff and town sergeant salaries. The group aims to replace the fee system with fixed maximum salaries as part of an overall penal reform plan. Members included Sheriff C C Curtis Elizabeth City County Sheriff G M Gilkerson Augusta County delegate Maitland Danville and Russell B Devine state welfare official. The session was held in executive session to propose salary ranges.
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Richmond
State
C. C. Curtis
Elizabeth City
G. M. Gilkerson
Augusta County
Maitland
Danville
Russell B. Devine
State Department of Public Welfare
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