The Archive · 1940

Garcia-Armstrong Bout

New York, Feb. 9.

Mike Jacobs, leading boxing promoter, today withdrew his objections for a middleweight title bout between Ceferino Garcia and Henry Armstrong ai Los Angeles on February 22. Jacobs wanted Garcia, who is recognized as the world middleweight champion by the New York Boxing Commission, to oppose Al. Hostak who is regarded as ihe champion by the National Boxing Association. Armstrong, husky little negro fighter, is the world welterweight titleholder.—' United Press. lorries "Approximately 475,000,000 bushels of rice would be consumed at home, the Minister said, and about 5,000000 bushels shipped abroad, leaving 23. 500,000 bushels available at the end of the rice year.—Domei.

Hongkong Outplaying the Marines

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