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An order authorizing the city to condemn and dismantle the elevated railroad spur in East Thirty-fourth Street, between Third Avenue and the East River, has been approved by the Transit Commission, according to the First Avenue Association, which is endeavoring to have the necessary maps prepared at once in order that the work may be speeded up.
TOKIO, Aug. 31 (AP).--The University of Michigan baseball team, champion of the Western Conference, opened its invasion of Japan by defeating Meiji by a score of 7 to 2 here today before a crowd of 20,000.
TODAY, the first of September, brings to an end the suspension put upon Jeanne Eagels by the Actors' Equity Association in the Spring of 1928, at which time she was found responsible for the closing of ...
Landbund presents constitutional revision program to Chancellor Streeruwitz
Middle Watch (London)
1929Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (died 2013)[†]
Mava Lee Thomas [′′Tommie′′] was an infielder and catcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). She was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed.
1929Maurice Vachon, Canadian wrestler (died 2013)[†]
Joseph Maurice Régis Vachon was a Canadian professional wrestler, best known by his ring name Mad Dog Vachon. He was the older brother of wrestlers Paul and Vivian Vachon, and the uncle of wrestler Luna Vachon.