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Newspaper
Winslow Daily Mail
Location
Winslow, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1929
Page
2
Army special train en route to Palo Alto will reach Winslow tomorrow morning at 6 50 if it overcomes lost time from Middle West storms. Weather has disrupted schedule and practice plans for the squad.
University of Oregon in Eugene says a new football coach will take the helm next year after captain John J. McEwan resigns. McEwan had led the program for four seasons, notably tying the Pacific Coast Conference title this year, with prior aides Ellinger and Vidal also departing. Negotiations for a salary settlement with McEwan will begin.
Army's football squad and accompanying delegation passed through Kansas City early today en route to California. Players favored warm cars over the cold platform as Coach Biff Jones faced a postponed practice planned for Syracuse due to near zero temps and a snow covered field ahead of the New Year's Day tilt with Stanford University.
Directors of the Arizona State Lenene will meet in Tucson on January 5 to read the annual officers report and elect 1930 officers. C T Knapp of Bisbee is urged as a possible president with Joyce expected to seek support from northern clubs. Nogales plans to seek a franchise and Oakland club interest in a 1930 Arizona State League game is noted.
Washington AP report notes a House Judiciary Committee bill to create a Division of Identification and Information in the Justice Department. It would collect classify and preserve criminal identification records and share data with federal state and local agencies and penal institutions.
In Pueblo Colorado railroadmen report the Arkansas Valley has begun shipping a Christmas turkey crop valued at 170000 dollars. Twenty nine carloads have already been sent to eastern markets. Turkeys are dressed then packed in barrels and loaded onto freight trains for delivery.
Ralph Greenleaf of New York defeats Erwin Rudolph of Chicago 125 to 69 in 18 innings to win the world pocket billiards crown in Detroit. He earns 1200 cash plus a 6000 annual salary from the National Billiard Association and 16 percent of net gate receipts. Rudolph collects 1000 cash, a 3000 annual salary, and 15 percent of net receipts. Frank Taborski places third with 800 and 14 percent of receipts. The event set a record for draw and crowds.
In Holly Colorado residents returning from church find a new 20 by 20 foot hole along the road, near the historic Devil's Hole. Officials suspect a slow underground stream caused both caves. The new hole has been fenced to protect livestock.
Associated Press reports Bot Goodwin of Daytona Beach stopped Jimmy De Ctapua of Flint in a bout. Ginger Jernigan from Columbus and Izzy Kaplan of Meridan drew in a separate match.
Seventeen survivors of the Carnegie scientific yacht reach San Francisco aboard the Ventura after a Samoa fire that killed Captain Aiuto and crew. The explosion while gasolene loaded left four wounded in Samoa and destroyed the ship's papers and instruments. Survivors include F M Soule and scientists J H Paul S E Forbush H W Graham and others.
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