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...PATTERSON Biloxi, Miss...
ERNEST E. COOPER Biloxi, Miss...
Prime political event of last week was the beginning of a fishing trip. One morning Franklin Roosevelt, 27 hours out of Washington, detrained at Biloxi, Miss, accompanied by his trusty supporter, Senator Pat ("The Fox") Harrison. With Governor Hugh White of Mississippi they drove to Jefferson Davis' onetime estate (now a home for Confederate veterans) and on to Gulfport, home of Senator Harrison. There the President was joined by his son Elliott and Governor Richard Webster Leche (pronounced lesh) of Louisiana and entrained, beginning the significant part of his journey...
Leche, each 6 ft. i in. tall and weighing 250 lb., staged a yachting race on Biloxi...
Principal cockfighting centres in the U. S. are at Stevenson and Uniontown. Ala.; Biloxi, Miss.; Little Rock; New Orleans; Bartlesville, Okla.; El Paso; Highlandtown, near Baltimore; Memphis; Lexington; the Sierra Game Club in Grass Valley, Calif.; Bismarck, Mo.; Grand Rapids; Newark; Aiken, S. C., where North and South Carolina breeders have been holding interstate mains for two centuries. Because cockfighting, though firmly established and thoroughly organized, needs to be furtively conducted, there are no precise statistics on the sport. Cockers estimate that 1,000 mains are held in the U. S. every year, that wagers, purses and admission fees amount...