Baseball Remains Nation's Top Sport in AP Poll
A nationwide Associated Press poll among sports writers and editors ranks baseball as the No. 1 American sport. Football is a strong second, golf third, with boxing dropping noticeably. The tally shows baseball 181 points and 38 first choices, football 163 with 27 first choices, golf 114 with 16 first choices, boxing 29 with 2 first choices.
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New York
Associated Press
Jack Dempsey
Iowa
Chicago Observer
Pacific Northwest
Knute Rockne
Memphis
Rumor Links Avery to U S Steel Presidency
Rumors in steel circles credit Sewell L Avery as a likely successor to retiring U S Steel president James A Farrell. Avery denies the speculation but holds top posts at United States Gypsum Montgomery Ward & Co and serves as U S Steel director.
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Sewell L. Avery
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Avery
United States Gypsum Company
Montgomery, Ward & Co
U. S. Steel
Man Found Shot To Death In Baltimore Hotel Room
The Associated Press reports a maid found a man believed to be Henry C. Bertram shot in a hotel bathroom. A note addressed to Mrs Bertram lay on a writing table, and an old 22 caliber pistol was near the body. Bertram had registered under that name Monday.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Henry C. Bertram
Travel and memory in education and imagination
A college president contrasts European training as thinking and American training as remembering. Travel is urged to regulate imagination toward reality. The piece cites the Australian lyre bird name from its harp like tail feathers and notes a water pressure device for testing steel cylinders that can reach a million pounds per square inch.
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Europe
America
Johnson
Inc
Budget Adopted by Common Council for Fiscal Year 1932
The Common Council approved the budget for the year ending December 31 1932 at a special City Hall meeting January 18 1932. It shows sewer services and other line items totaling 289 293 64 with a proposed tax rate of 1 55. A public hearing is set for March 8 1932 at 7 30 p m in City Hall and the full budget is available in the City Manager's Office.
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Common Council
F. H. Krebs
Eneeras
Feminine Folk Start Bowling League at Boyce
In Boyce Virginia on January 20 1932 women organize a bowling league to rival the men with five player teams and three game matches on Mondays and Wednesdays over ten weeks. Names include Chatterbox Adventurists Youngsters and Lucky Five with a full season schedule. Divorces are falling off. There's thrift in it. Two can live cheaper than one, if the one has to pay alimony.
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Boyce
Chatterbox
W. D. Burter
F. L. Sargent
Iris Shumate
Pauline Royston
R. H. Gardiner
C.C
C. V. van der Linden
Adventurists
Youngsters
Lucky Five
Capon Bridge Team to Play Two Games Tonight at Handley High
Capon Bridge and Company I meet Cony I Virginia National Guard Capon Bridge Independents at Handley High School gym tonight at 7 30 with a second game to follow Winchester Boy Scout team faces Martinsburg basketball squad in a double bill Fans get two contests this evening due to a schedule change
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Cony I
Virginia National Guard
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Handley High School
West
Gandhi Devotion Draws American Woman in Bombay
Mrs. Nila Cram Cook, an American living in Bombay, becomes a devoted follower of Mahatma Gandhi, joining Madeleine Slade in renouncing society to support his cause. The note mentions her three-year-old son.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Nila Cram Cook
Bombay
Madeline Slade
Gandhi
Cook
Market Report shows varied farm prices and grain values
The page lists dairy feed prices, cracked corn, shelled corn, mixed feeds, and hogs, cows, and chickens with multiple price notes. It notes market corrections at the close of the preceding day and includes references to butter, egg products, and local farm staples.
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Cccowceers
Rob
Weessecocesstadees
Bocal OU Rae
Saceleae Pkiee
Ccsocsoveese
Saveeshoe
Davide
Raseder
Petar
I will not be responsible for debts made other than by myself
Chas. Lee Thomas Jr states he will not incur or be held liable for debts created by others and asserts personal responsibility for his own obligations.
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Chas. Lee Thomas, Jr
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National Auto
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