1929 Southern Conference football season

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1929 Southern Conference football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 21, 1929
through December 7, 1929
Number of teams23
Regular Season
Season championsTulane
Football seasons
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1930 →
1929 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Tulane $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Tennessee 6 – 0 – 1 9 – 0 – 1
North Carolina 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Florida 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Vanderbilt 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Kentucky 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Georgia 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
VMI 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Duke 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
LSU 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Alabama 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Clemson 3 – 3 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
VPI 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Georgia Tech 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
South Carolina 2 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Virginia 1 – 3 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
Maryland 1 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 2
Washington and Lee 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Ole Miss 0 – 4 – 2 1 – 6 – 2
Mississippi A&M 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 5 – 2
Sewanee 0 – 4 – 1 2 – 5 – 2
NC State 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Auburn 0 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 Southern Conference football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Conference as part of the 1929 college football season. The season began on September 21. Led by captain Bill Banker, the Tulane Green Wave posted a 9–0, undefeated record.

Regular season[edit]

Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member won
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member lost
Non-conference matchup; tie
Conference matchup

SoCon teams in bold.

Week One[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 21 Newberry Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina W 68–0 [1]
September 21 Hampden–Sydney VMI Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia W 19–0 [2]

Week Two[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 27 Birmingham–Southern Auburn Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama W 7–0 7,500 [3]
September 27 Washington College Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland W 34–7 [4]
September 27 Henderson-Brown Mississippi A&M Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi L 7–0 [5]
September 28 Mississippi College Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama W 55–0 6,000 [6][7]
September 28 Clemson Davidson Central H.S. Stadium • Charlotte, North Carolina W 32–14 [8]
September 28 Duke Mercer Centennial Stadium • Macon, Georgia W 19–6 [9]
September 28 Florida Southern Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida W 54–0 [10]
September 28 Oglethorpe Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia L 13–6 [11]
September 28 Louisiana College LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 58–0 [12]
September 28 Wake Forest North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina W 48–0 10,000 [13]
September 28 Tennessee Tech Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee W 46–0 1,500 [14]
September 28 Erskine South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina W 26–7 5,000 [15]
September 28 Centre Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 40–0 8,000 [16]
September 28 Louisiana Normal Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana W 40–6 10,000 [17]
September 28 Ole Miss Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 19–7 [18]
September 28 Randolph–Macon Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia W 27–6 [19]
September 28 Richmond VMI Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia W 40–0 [20]
September 28 Roanoke VPI Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia W 19–0 [21]
September 28 Lynchburg Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia W 64–6 [22]

Week Three[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 4 Washington & Lee NC State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina W&L 27–6 [23]
October 5 Ole Miss Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama ALA 22–7 12,000 [24]
October 5 Auburn Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina CLEM 26–7 [25]
October 5 Pittsburgh Duke Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina L 7–52 [26][27]
October 5 VMI Florida Plant Field • Tampa, Florida FLA 12–7 10,000 [28]
October 5 Furman Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia W 27–0 [29]
October 5 Mississippi A&M Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia GT 27–13 12,000 [30]
October 5 Maryville (TN) Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky W 40–0 8,000 [31]
October 5 Southwestern Louisiana LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 58–0 [32]
October 5 North Carolina Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland UNC 43–0 6,000 [33]
October 5 Transylvania Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee T 6–6 [34]
October 5 Tennessee Chattanooga Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, Tennessee W 20–0 10,000 [35]
October 5 Ouachita Baptist Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 26–6 [36]
October 5 Virginia South Carolina Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina UVA 6–0 [37]
October 5 Hampden–Sydney VPI Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia W 37–6 [38]

Week Four[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 11 NC State Clemson Pee Dee Fairgrounds • Florence, South Carolina CLEM 26–0 [39]
October 11 Florida Auburn Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama FLA 19–0 [40]
October 12 Chattanooga Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama W 46–0 5,000 [41][42]
October 12 Yale Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia W 15–0 30,000-35,000 [43]
October 12 South Carolina Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland SCAR 26–6 [44]
October 12 Sewanee LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana LSU 27–14 [45]
October 12 North Carolina Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia UNC 18–7 25,000 [46]
October 12 Ole Miss Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 52–7 [47]
October 12 Mississippi A&M Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana TUL 34–0 [48]
October 12 Vanderbilt Minnesota Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis L 15–6 25,000 [49]
October 12 Swarthmore Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia W 12–7 [50]
October 12 The Citadel VMI Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia W 13–7 [51]
October 12 VPI Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania L 14–8 [52][53]
October 12 Washington & Lee Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky UK 20–6 [54]

Week Five[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 17 Wake Forest NC State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina W 8–6 [55]
October 18 Clemson Wofford Snyder Field • Spartanburg, South Carolina W 30–0 [56]
October 18 Ole Miss Loyola (LA) Loyola University Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana W 26–24 [57]
October 18 Presbyterian South Carolina Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina W 41–0 [58]
October 19 Alabama Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 6–0 20,000 [59][60]
October 19 Vanderbilt Auburn Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama VAN 41–2 [61]
October 19 Duke Navy Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland L 13–45 [62]
October 19 Florida Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia GT 19–6 7,000 [63]
October 19 Georgia North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina UGA 19–12 24,000 [64]
October 19 Mississippi A&M LSU Municipal Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi LSU 31–6 [65]
October 19 Gallaudet Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland W 13–6 [66]
October 19 Cumberland (TN) Sewanee Hardee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee W 33–6 [67]
October 19 Southwestern Louisiana Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana W 60–0 [68]
October 19 VMI Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia] VMI 20–7 [69]
October 19 William & Mary VPI City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia W 25–14 12,000 [70][71]
October 19 Washington & Lee West Virginia Laidley Field • Charleston, West Virginia L 26–6 15,000 [72]

Week Six[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 24 Clemson South Carolina State Fairgrounds • Columbia, South Carolina CLEM 21–14 [73]
October 26 Sewanee Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama ALA 35–7 [74][75]
October 26 Howard (AL) Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama W 6–0 [76]
October 26 Georgia Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida FLA 18–6 20,000 [77]
October 26 Duke Villanova Villanova Stadium • Villanova, Pennsylvania L 12–58 [78]
October 26 Georgia Tech Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana TUL 20–14 20,000 [79]
October 26 Kentucky Centre Cheek Field • Danville, Kentucky W 33–0 [80]
October 26 Louisiana Tech LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 53–7 [81][82]
October 26 Maryland VMI City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia VMI 7–6 7,000 [83]
October 26 Ole Miss SMU Fair Park Stadium • Dallas, Texas L 52–0 [84]
October 26 VPI North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina UNC 38–13 8,000 [85]
October 26 NC State Michigan State College Field • East Lansing, Michigan L 40–6 [86]
October 26 Maryville (TN) Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 33–0 [87]
October 26 St. John's (MD) Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia W 32–7 [88]
October 26 Tennessee Washington & Lee Maher Field • Roanoke, Virginia TENN 39–0 [89]

Week Seven[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 31 South Carolina The Citadel County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, South Carolina W 27–14 [90]
November 1 Tulane Georgia McClung Stadium • Columbus, Georgia TUL 21–15 15,000 [91]
November 2 Auburn Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 27–0 [92]
November 2 Clemson Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky UK 44–6 [93]
October 26 Duke Boston College Fenway Park • Boston, Massachusetts L 12–20 [94]
November 2 Florida Harvard Harvard Stadium • Boston, Massachusetts L 14–0 35,000 [95]
November 2 Notre Dame Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia L 26–6 22,000 [96]
November 2 Arkansas LSU State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, Louisiana L 32–0 [97]
November 2 Virginia Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland T 13–13 [98]
November 2 Sewanee Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi T 6–6 [99]
November 2 Mississippi College Mississippi A&M Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi W 6–0 [100]
November 2 NC State North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina UNC 32–0 [101]
November 2 Alabama Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 13–0 15,000 [102][103]
November 2 VMI Davidson Richardson Field • Davidson, North Carolina W 12–6 [104]
November 2 VPI Washington & Lee Municipal Stadium • Lynchburg, Virginia VPI 36–6 [105]

Week Eight[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 9 Kentucky Alabama Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama ALA 24–13 8,000 [106][107]
November 9 Auburn Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana TUL 52–0 10,000 [108]
November 9 Clemson VMI League Park • Norfolk, Virginia VMI 12–0 [109]
November 9 Georgia NYU Yankee Stadium • Bronx, New York L 27–19 42,000 [110]
November 9 Georgia Tech Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 23–7 [111]
November 9 LSU Duke Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina DUKE 32–6 [112]
November 9 Maryland Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut T 13–13 45,000 [113]
November 9 Ole Miss Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana L 27–7 [114]
November 9 Michigan State Mississippi A&M Municipal Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi L 33–19 2,000 [115][116]
November 9 Davidson NC State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina L 13–0 [117]
November 9 North Carolina South Carolina Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina UNC 40–0 7,000 [118]
November 9 Sewanee Southwestern (TN) Fargason Field • Memphis, Tennessee L 9–0 5,000 [119]
November 9 Carson–Newman Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 73–0 [120]
November 9 VPI Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia VPI 32–12 [121]
November 9 St. John's (MD) Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia W 18–6 [122]

Week Nine[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 16 Alabama Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia ALA 14–0 [123][124]
November 16 Auburn Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia UGA 24–0 3,000 [125]
November 16 Clemson Florida Fleming Field • Gainesville, Florida FLA 13–7 12,000 [126]
November 16 Kentucky VMI Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia UK 23–12 [127]
November 16 Ole Miss LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana LSU 13–6 [128]
November 16 VPI Maryland League Park • Norfolk, Virginia MD 24–0 [129]
November 16 Millsaps Mississippi A&M Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi T 0–0 [130]
November 16 North Carolina Davidson Richardson Field • Davidson, North Carolina W 26–7 7,000 [131][132]
November 16 NC State Duke Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina DUKE 19–12 [133]
November 16 South Carolina Furman Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina W 2–0 [134]
November 16 Sewanee Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana TUL 18–0 [135]
November 16 Vanderbilt Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 13–0 [136]
November 16 Virginia Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia T 13–13 7,000 [137]

Week Ten[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 23 The Citadel Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina W 13–0 [138]
November 23 Wake Forest Duke Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina W 20–0 750 [139]
November 23 Florida South Carolina Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina FLA 20–7 [140]
November 23 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 26–6 [141]

Week Eleven[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 28 Georgia Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama UGA 12–0 20,488 [142][143]
November 28 Furman Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina W 7–6 [144]
November 28 Washington & Lee Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida FLA 25–7 12,000 [145]
November 28 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia GT 19–6 [146]
November 28 Tennessee Kentucky Stoll Field • Lexington, Kentucky T 6–6 20,000 [147]
November 28 Tulane LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana TUL 21–0 23,000 [148]
November 28 Johns Hopkins Maryland Baltimore Stadium • Baltimore, Maryland W 39–8 12,000 [149]
November 28 Mississippi A&M Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi T 7–7 [150]
November 28 Virginia North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina UNC 41–7 30,000 [151]
November 28 VMI VPI Maher Field • Roanoke, Virginia VMI 16–6 [152]
November 30 Duke Davidson Davidson Field • Davidson, North Carolina L 13–12 [153]
November 30 South Carolina NC State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina SCAR 20–6 [154]

Week Twelve[edit]

Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 7 Oregon Florida Madison Square Garden Stadium • Miami, Florida W 20–6 17,000 [155]
December 7 Georgia Tech Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia UGA 12–6 25,000 [156]
December 7 Maryland Western Maryland Baltimore Stadium • Baltimore, Maryland L 12–0 12,000 [157]
December 7 North Carolina Duke Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina UNC 48–7 13,000 [158]
December 7 South Carolina Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 54–0 10,000 [159]

Awards and honors[edit]

All-Americans[edit]

Main article: 1929 College Football All-America Team

All-Southern team[edit]

Main article: 1929 College Football All-Southern Team

The following includes the composite All-Southern team of more than 50 coaches and sports writers compiled by the Associated Press.[160]

Position Name First-team selectors Team
QB Bobby Dodd AP, UP, AJ Tennessee
HB Gene McEver AP, UP, AJ, CP Tennessee
HB Bill Banker AP, UP, AJ, CP Tulane
FB Tony Holm AP, UP, AJ, CP Alabama
E Vernon "Catfish" Smith AP, UP Georgia
T Fred Sington AP, AJ, CP Alabama
G Ray Farris AP, UP, AJ North Carolina
C Lloyd Roberts AP, UP, AJ Tulane
G Bull Brown AP, AJ Vanderbilt
T Dick Abernathy AP Vanderbilt
E Dale Van Sickel AP, CP Florida

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  102. ^ "Vanderbilt achieves great triumph in defeat of Alabama". Nashville Banner. November 3, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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  108. ^ "Tulane carries on by beating Auburn". The Commercial Appeal. November 10, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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  110. ^ "Georgia loses, 19 to 27, in spectacular game". The Atlanta Constitution. November 10, 1929. Retrieved November 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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  112. ^ "Blue Devils trim Louisiana U., 32–6". The Roanoke Times. November 10, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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  117. ^ "Intercepted passes enable Cats to lick Pack". The Charlotte News. November 10, 1929. Retrieved November 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  118. ^ "Tar Heels defeat Gamecocks, 40–0". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 10, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  119. ^ "Great Southwestern team defats Sewanee, score 9–0". The Commercial Appeal. November 10, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  120. ^ "Tennessee reserves defeat Carson–Newman eleven 73 to 0". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. November 10, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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  122. ^ "Johnnies take 18-to-6 licking". The Baltimore Sun. November 10, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  123. ^ "Tony Holm stars as Alabama defeats Tech, 14 to 0". The Atlanta Constitution. November 17, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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  126. ^ "Florida Gators brush aside Clemson by 13 to 7". The Orlando Sentinel. November 17, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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  128. ^ "Ole Miss is halted by L.S.U. 13 to 6". The Palm Beach Post. November 17, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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  130. ^ "Millsaps narrowly misses victory over Aggie gridders". The Clarion-Ledger. November 17, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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  134. ^ "Carolina beats Furman by safety, 2–0". The Greenville News. November 17, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  135. ^ "Tulane, led by Banker defeats Sewanee, 18–0". The Tampa Tribune. November 17, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  136. ^ "Tennessee ends Vandy's quest of title, 13 to 0". The Nashville Tennessean. November 17, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  137. ^ "Cavalier squadron and Generals play to draw, 13 to 13". Daily Press. November 17, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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  139. ^ "750 see Duke trample Wake Forest, 20–0". The Greenville News. November 24, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  140. ^ "Gators battle way to victory over Carolina". The Anniston Star. November 24, 1929. p. 12. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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  148. ^ "Wave keeps record clean". The Atlanta Constitution. November 29, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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  154. ^ "Wolfpack beaten, Birds top 'Pack by 20–6 decision in final battle". The News and Observer. December 1, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  155. ^ "Webfoots are defeated 20–6". The Oregon Statesman. December 8, 1929. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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