Personal Observation Report on Fruit Growers Convention
Joe Apple of V.P.1. offers a whimsical, verse filled observational report on the Virginia State Horticultural Society meeting in Charlottesville December 6 7 8. He names numerous speakers by apple variety nicknames and mocks the event with humor while praising apples and fruit industry figures such as Campfire Bonum Chalmers Rolo Magness and Hough.
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Joe Apple
V.P.1
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Charlottesville
Santa Claus
Virginia
Sarazen Tops 1932 Stars In AP Sports Poll
Gene Sarazen led the second annual nationwide AP poll of sports editors and writers as the outstanding American athletic performer of 1932. He topped 284 votes with 52, ahead of Ellsworth Vines and Eddie Tolan, while Jimmy Foxx ranked fourth and Babe Ruth tied for sixth with Bill Carr. Harry Newman led football selections.
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New York
Bob Jones
Gene Sarazen
Sarazen
Associated Press
Pepper Martin
Tolan
Vines
Foxx
Jim” Bausch
Bill Carr
Ben Eastman
Bausch
Carr
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Harry Newman
Michigan
Nervous Bandits Rob Bank in Philadelphia Heist
Five masked robbers armed with sawed off shotguns and a pistol held 11 people at the Pennsylvania Company bank in West Philadelphia for seven minutes. They escaped with about $35,000 as a sixth man waited in a car, while cops and bystanders watched.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
The
Pennsylvania Company
Walnut Streets
West Philadelphia
Four Officers Shot In Alabama Disturbance
Hartley Moon travels to Tallassee to assess police protection as a pitched battle erupts miles from a prior 1931 sharecroppers disturbance. Deputies D A Ware and Cliff Elder are seriously wounded. Stool Allford and J M Gantt sustain lesser injuries while responding to the scene to attach papers.
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Hartley Moon
Alabama National Guard
Tallassee
Share Croppers’ Union
Cliff Elder
Stool” Allford
J. M. Gantt
Gantt
Cliff James
Ware
Elder
Allford
Outstanding sports figures vote reveals 1932 low for boxing
The poll totals show 12 votes with Howard Jones and Hunk Anderson each earning one. Tony Canzoneri leads with 8 votes as the top boxing choice, while Jack Sharkey, Max Schmeling, Mickey Walker and Max Baer each draw one vote. Other named selections include Gene Sarazen, Ellsworth Vines, Eddie Tolan, Jimmie Foxx, James A. Bausch, Babe Ruth, Harry Newman, Lou Gehrig, Chuck Klein, Olin Duttre, Don Zimmerman, Malcolm Campbell, Alf Engen, Lefty Gomez, Torch y Peden and more in the year’s outstanding performer slate.
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Howard Jones
Gene Sarazen
Ellsworth Vines
Ghampion
Ces Esse
Eddie Tolan
Jimmie Foxx
James A. Bausch
William A. Carr
Babe Ruth
Yankees
Harry Newman
Michigan
Lou Gehrig
Bosse
Soreee
Tony Canzoneri
Chuck Klein
Phillies
Olin Duttra
Professional Golfers’ Association
Champron
Cass
Ewes
Don Zimmerman
Aes
Malcolm Campbell
Eus
Alf Engen
Lefty Gomez
Sankey Ohierises
William
Torchy) Peden
Land Reverts To Owner After School Use Declines
Land on Ridge road in Frederick County reverts to the Hauck estate after five years without an active public school, under an 1887 deed. Dr A C Swimley’s estate now to receive $50 from Shenandoah Valley National Bank executors. School Board signs include W M Richard and others.
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Ridge Road
Frederick County
Andrew B. Hauck
A. C. Swimley
Hauck
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Dr. Swimley
Frederick County School Board
W. M. Richard
Fred Larrick
8. H. Braithwaite
J. Fred Thwaite
C. A. McIlwee
Sales Tax Not To Be Brought Up For Now
Chairman Collier said he will not summon the House Ways and Means Committee to discuss a general sales tax this session. The administration seeks a four percent tax, Hoover proposing two and a quarter percent, but Collier will only act if a majority directs him to.
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Associated Press
Washington
Collier
House Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Hoover
Chicago Grain Closing Prices and Futures Quotes
Closing prices for wheat corn and rye futures on the Chicago Board of Trade are listed by grade and month with highs lows and settlements. The report also notes Baltimore spot wheat at 5 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Legg and Company
Chamber of Commerce
Baltimore
Chicago Board of Trade
Baltimore Chamber of Commerce
Stock market recoups some losses in early trading
The stock market opened with a moderate setback then regained some ground as the session progressed. Professional traders appeared discouraged by the previous session but failed to attract upside follow through. Sterling cables opened at 3.305. Call money stood at 1 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Sterling
Two Killed Twenty One Hurt In Mail Plane Crash
An aged woman and a pilot died after a mail plane crashed into a house in Anthony France. Twenty one people were injured mainly from the resulting fire and gasoline tank explosion.
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Anthony
Department
Seine
France
A_pilo
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Fu Manchu
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Palace Theatre
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E. Boscawen Street
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Big Joe
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