Baseball lore sparks debate over 1902 Ennis game record
The Corsicana Texarkana Texas League clash of 1902 sparks debate as Nig Clarke is credited with eight home runs in a 51 3 game. Harry Gilstrap relays letters from Corsicana players and historians, weighing box scores, ground rules, and legacy.
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Ennis
Texarkana
Cy Mulkey
Denison- Sherman
Corsicana
Nig Clarke
Jay J
Nig” Clarke
Clarke
Leonard
Gold Sox
Lamesa
Corsicana Daily Sun
Maloney
Alexander
Ripley
Pendleton
Markley
O'Connor
Murphy
DeWitt
Tackaberry
Rou Mee
Texarkana i
Morris
Clark
Deskin
Welter
Burns
Marley
Wright
George L. Moreland
Moreland
Corsicana Sun
J. Doak Roberts
Texas League
Harry
Tex
Dallas News
Ennis Park
Harold V. Ratliff
Able
Associated Press
Texas
Cleveland
Indians
Henry Maloney
Dallas
Jester Rainey Runoff Set In Texas Governor Race
As results trickle in from the Texas primary the governor's contest narrows to a runoff between Beauford Jester and Homer P. Rainey with Jester leading the night’s tally. The Election Bureau reports 945,722 votes counted from 243 of 254 counties and notes large margins for Connally and other statewide races.
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Beauford Jester
Homer P. Rainey
Texas
Texas Election Bureau
Jester
Rainey
Grover Sellers
Jerry Sadler
John Lee Smith
Case March
Arkansas
Bailey
Bastrop
Brooks
Commanche
Dickens
Ector
el Paso
Fayette
Houston
Howard
Hutchinson
Jefferson
Lavaca
Terrell
Travis
Wilbarger
Connally
Senate
Supreme Court
Price Daniel
Patt Neff, Jr
Tom Connally
Olin Culberson
George H. Sheppard
Clifford E. Butler
Jesse James
John H. Sharp
Charles T. Rowland
State Railroad Commission
University of Texas
Panhandle
Rio Grande
Sadler
Sellers
Joseph Mansfield
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Congress
L. J. Sulak
Clark W. Thompson
Shivers
Election Bureau
Allan Shivers
Boyce House
Joe Ed Winfree
Turner Walker
Larry Mills
Pat Neff, Jr
Agriculture
J. E. McDonald
R. E. McDonald
W. R. Chambers
Ben F. Hill
Graham B. Smedley
James B. Hubbard
Tom Beauchamp
Jesse Owens
Weaver Baker
Joseph Dickson
Mac Coker
Ike Lyons
Clifford Butler
Clarence Williams
Extremely Close Plains Elections Highlight Panhandle Races
In a string of tight contests across the Panhandle nine races remained unresolved with unofficial returns still counting. District Judge C D Russell led Dan Cook by seven votes in the 64th District as 1 700 Lamb County ballots waited. legislative race in the 120th District showed Joe W Jennings leading I B Holt and Thém W Deen with incomplete boxes in Lamb and Parmer counties. Chapman won the 110th Judicial District seat over Edward Boedeker and Stapleton led Stovall for district attorney. Goodrich led Rogers in the 31st Judicial District with incomplete results. Mahan led incumbent Hubert Lee in the 121st State District. Hamilton trailed Leonard King for 100th district attorney. Johnson elected county treasurer in Moore County. sheriff and other local races reported partial counts.
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Panhandle
C. D. Russell
Plainview
Dan Cook
Lamb County
Russell
Cook
Bailey, Castro
Hale
Lamb
Swisher
Joe W. Jennings
I. B. Holt
Orton
W. Deen
Floydada
Jennings
Holt
Deen
Bailey
Castro
Floyd
Briscoe
Parmer
Chapman
South Plains
Homer Steane
Floyd County
Hesperian
110Th
Briscoe, Dickens
Motley
Len B. Chapman
Edward H. Boedeker
Dickens
John B. Stapleton
Richard F. Stovall
Goodrich
Rogers
Gray County
Wheeler County
Roberts
Lipscomb
Childress
Sheffy Mahan
Hubert Lee
Paducah
Cottle
Hall
Hamilton
100Th
Sam Hamilton
Memphis
Leonard King
King
Wade Thommason
Pampa
W. R. Smith
Bruce L. Parker
B. S. Via
G. H. Kyle
Joe Clark
Lefers
Earl Johnson
James A. Hopkins
William Ernest Beck
E. A. Vance
LeFors
Charles Hughes
Earl Lewis
Byrnes Urges Hearings for All Nations at Paris Peace Parley
Secretary of State Byrnes will press for hearings for any interested nations including former enemies at the 21-nation peace conference in Paris. Heholds to freedom of action on issues without accord and may favor publication of treaty texts alongside ongoing talks with deputies. The move comes as deputies debate publication terms as full conference opens tomorrow with texts already circulating unofficially.
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Paris
U. S
Byrnes
Moscow
Washington
Attlee
Palestine
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Finland
Italy
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
May Arms Pen At Probers
Rep A J May of Kentucky defends his conduct in the Senate war profits inquiry in a Dear Friend letter to constituents saying he did no wrong and will be vindicated. He accuses Mead of political motivation and aims to ride to New York Governor’s seat. The shell inquiry gains urgency as secrecy surrounds a new Army report on defective 4 2 inch shells and urges no condemnation of any firms including Erie Basin Metal Products Co in Elgin Illinois.
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Prestonburg
A. J. May
Kentucky
Senate War Profits
Senate War Investigating Committee
May
House Military Committee
Senator Mead
New York
Washington
Army
Swith
Erie Basin
Erie Basin Metal Products Company of
Elgin, Ill
De Gaulle Urges British French Alliance for Western Unity
In a Paris ceremony de Gaulle calls for a rapid British French entente as the keystone of a Western European bloc. He warns Germany’s Ruhr and Eastern Arab ties threaten peace and urges international Ruhr control and Saar integration with France while noting America and Russia shape global power.
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Nnes
France
Bar-Le-Duc
Charles de Gaulle
America
Russia
de Gaulle
Germany
Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Ruhr
Saar
Four Incumbents Lose In Potter County Vote
Unofficial Saturday primary returns show two county commissioners a county clerk and a constable defeated. Sheriff Bill Adams forces a run off with L. R. Cherryholmes while all other county precinct and district officers are reelected.
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Potter County
Bill Adams
L. R. Cherryholmes
Hubert Cole
Loren Jones
Jones
Cole
Adams
O. D. Cope
W. R. McDowell
Cherryholmes
J. D. Duke
Lewis Merritt
Duke
Merritt
Grady Wilson
T. C. Israel
Reelection and local races shape Gray County results
Gray County voters reelected Judge and chose John Halley over Lon Sellars for commissioner in Precinct 1. Halley led 3,334 to 3,042 with notable counts across precincts in nearby areas including Precinct 4 and Pampa. Runoffs loom for several county offices as totals edge toward final tallies.
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John Halley
Lon Sellars
Halley
Sellars
John Morris
Cliff Biggers
Mr. Killian
J. G. Dowse
James M. Metcalf
W. T. Willis
Mr. Morris
Biggers
Cole
Amarillo
Dalhart Man Is 6 Vote Winner
Dalhart man Harry Schultz defeated incumbent John Aldridge for district judge of the 69th Judicial District by 26 votes in unofficial returns. Counties in the district include Dallam Moore Hartley Sherman Oldham Deaf Smith and Palmer. District Attorney King Fike of Dalhart also lost reelection to Floyd H. Richards.
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Dalhart
Harry Schultz
John Aldridge
Farwell
69Th Judicial District
Schultz
Aldridge
Dallam
Moore
Hartley
Sherman
Oldham
Deaf Smith
Palmer Counties
Moore County
Atty
King Fike
Floyd H. Richards
World food prospects warned in 1946 47 crop outlook
The Agriculture Department forecast an uncomfortable low world food supply for 1946-47. Crops rise from 1945-46 but offset by reduced bread grain carry-overs. The Far East named the darkest spot with expected deaths before the Fall rice harvest. Wheat prospects near prewar average at 5.9 billion bushels versus 5.2 last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Far East
Armed Bandits Strike Tel Aviv Gold Exchange Raid
Eight men armed with tommy guns held up Cafe Kaplan in Tel Aviv, the unofficial all Jewish gold exchange, taking jewelry and gold valued at about 20000 dollars from patrons. A police statement identified the assailants as Jews.
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Jerusalem
Kaplan
Tel Aviv
Price Board Nominations Move Toward Rapid Senate Action
Washington July 28 speedy Senate action on President Truman price decontrol board nominations was expected today to allow early hearings on whether major food items should stay free of ceilings. Senator Radcliffe said confirmation prospects looked definite for the three appointees Daniel W. Bell George H. Mead and Roy L. Thompson with the Senate Banking Committee likely to act by Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Radcliffe
Maryland
Senate Banking Committee
Roy L. Thompson
Federal Land Bank of
New Orleans
George H. Mead
Mead Paper and Pulp Co
Dayton, C
New Zionist clash looms over Palestine leadership
In London a New Zionist Organization spokesman called for dissolving the Jewish Agency for Palestine, denouncing it as a front to obstruct Jewish aims. Dr. Chaim Weizmann rejected a federated Palestine as flawed, while Arabs oppose any partition and many Jews fear division but may accept a partial settlement.
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London
Holy Land
New Zionist Organization
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Chaim Weizmann
World Zionist Organization
Jewish Agency
Palestine
Jewish Palestine Community
British Troops Ban Fraternization After King David Hotel Bombing
A letter purportedly from Lt Gen Sir Evelyn Barker bans British troops from fraternizing with Palestine Jews, citing the King David Hotel bombing. Jewish shopkeepers defy a government order to confiscate premises as security measures tighten after fresh arrests.
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Jerusalem
Sir Evelyn Barker
Palestine
Jaffa Street
King David Hotel
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