Globetrotters Top Sky Giants 11-8 in 12 Inning Marathon
VET West Texas Golf Association Pro Am matches held at Amarillo Country Club on July 17. Amarillo Field vs Big Spring Field faced off in a weekend baseball matchup with games scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.
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West Texas Golf Association
Amarillo Country Club
Amarillo Field
Big Spring Field
Big Spring
Sky Giants
Big Spring Army Air Field
Midland Army Air Field
Waco
Long Winning Streak Broken in Wild 12-Inning Baseball thriller
Amarillo Field Sky Giants saw their 26 game win streak end as the Globetrotters edged them 11 to 8 in 12 innings at Tri-State Fair Park. Hancock and Ziemba drove in four apiece. Conway collected six hits in seven at bats.
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Amarillo Field
Sky Giants
Sheppard Field
Globetrotters
Tri-State Fair Park
Hoot Gibson
Paul Walko
Haynes
Fred Hancock
Ralph Satterfield
Little Rock
Hancock
Johnny Conway
Chet Ziemba
Bob Schultz
Durham
Lefty Satterfield
Sky Giant
Ziemba
Spackman
Conway
R. Satterfield
Kunz
Jones
Wilson
Peck
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Harkins
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Coast Guard Cutter ICARUS Sinks Nazi Sub in 1942
The Coast Guard cutter ICARUS earned official credit for sinking the first Nazi submarine in American waters during World War II. The action occurred off the Carolina coast in spring 1942.
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Coast Guard
Carolinas
El Paso Open Golf Champion Pfc Les Jones
Pfc. Les Jones of St. Louis won the El Paso Open Championship finishing with a 72-hole total of 293 after rounds of 68 and 74. Runner up was Pfe. Angelo Bonino of Biggs Field with 296, followed by Shorty Hornbuckle and others.
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EL Paso
Pfc
Les Jones
St. Louis
Deming Air Base
Jones
Pfe
Angelo Bonino
Biggs Field
Shorty Hornbuckle
Odessa
Wally Hardin
Frank Bartel
Fort Bliss
Proper belt tension for automotive fans
Do not run the engine with the fan belt overly tight. It should have enough tension to prevent slipping or being thrown from pulleys when the motor runs at high speed.
Local Week Sports Card Highlights
Baseball Junior Gold Sox League at Tri-State Fair Park. Softball Junior leagues noted. Ladies Day at Amarillo Country Club with Golf Sunset and Putting at Sunset Golf Course. Ross Rogers Course hosts Men’s League and weekend events. Amarillo College and Municipal courses run handicap and medal play events across the week. Junior softball and golf leagues listed by day.
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Tri-State Fair Park
Amarillo Country Club
Sunset Golf Course
Ross Rogers
Amarillo College
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Twelve Winners at Amarillo Country Club Golf Day
Twelve prize winners in multiple divisions at Amarillo Country Club events. Sgt. John Rage captured low gross in the 10 12 handicap bracket with 74 while Raymond Mann posted low net 77 12 65. A tie for first in 13 20 class between R H Kelly and C N Headrick 80 16 64. Howard Lynch won 21 up 95 30 65. J C Richardson runner up 94 26 68. Mrs A N Olver led 18 hole women 95 24 71. Mrs Jack Allen top in nine hole 56 29 27. 36 hole putting tourney concludes day with Gene Klein 68 Dr E H Mann 70 ladies Mrs R J Moore 70 juniors Art McKay Jr 70.
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Amarillo Country Club
Sgt
John Rage
Raymond Mann
R. H. Kelly
C. N. Headrick
Howard Lynch
J. C. Richardson
A. N. Olver
Jack Allen
Gene Klein
E. H. Mann
R. J. Moore
Art McKay, Jr
Softball Play Resumes Across Four Leagues Today
Postponements from yesterday are lifted and games proceed today in four leagues. Plains League features College at Lamar and San Jacinto at Carolina among others. Panhandle League logs Horace Mann at Glenwood and Sanborn at Wilson. Western League lists Fillmore at Forest Hill and Sam Houston at Horace Mann. Texas League includes Humphrey Highlands at College and Wolflin at McKinley.
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Lamar
Bivins
McKinley
Taylor
Margaret Wills
San Jacinto
Carolina
Horace Mann
Glenwood
Humphrey Hichlands
Alice Landergin
Sanborn
Wilson
Forest Hill
Monroe
Fillmore
Sam Houston
Mavericks
Humphrey Highlands
Wolflin
Line
High School
Music Hath Charms for Guns
Lieutenant Clifford Yewdall, a soldier and composer of Hail to the Infantry, led German and Italian front troops in song while under fire. He recalled braving mortar fire after a brief community sing and heard his sergeant’s blunt disgust at the juke box of war. The tale ends with the line I’d like to wrap that juke box around your neck sir.
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Charleston
S. C
Clifford Yewdall
Philadelphia
Rome Gorged on Press Freedom
Rome embraced free press after liberation with fierce editorialism. The piece notes Fascist era censorship, where deaths were denied or attributed to natural causes, and claims 21 years without murders reported in public prints.
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Rome
America
Il Duce
Mobile Sunday School Enters 25th Year Under Eva Hasell
Regina reports a mobile Sunday school visiting 11 314 western Canadian members in 1944 and enrolling 4 724 new members by mail. Organized in 1920 by Miss Eva Hasell, it began with one truck and now operates 24 vans in summer, serving rural areas without regular clergy. This year two more vans are planned.
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Regina
Eva Hasell
Many Flag Golf Tilt in Amarillo Fourth of July Tilt
The Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association held a flag tournament at Ross Rogers Course. W. B. Hamilton won with a 90-stroke effort on a 71 par course using a 19 handicap. Prize awards included a prewar Titlist golf ball and $2 hats, with numerous minor prizes for other finishers.
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Amarillo
W. B. Hamilton
al Clayton
Roxy Moore
Tex Muncy
Frank Harback
Bill Bogard
Bill Helton
Sgt. C. S. Chapman
Jim Payne
Fred Grimes
Pat Brittian
Budgie Hayden
Bob Burgess
Sam George
E. Lee Smith
Bill Keith
Colby Davies
Perry Burks
W. M. Baker
Henry Pond
Henry Morris
Knox Whitney
R. L. Thompson
J. A. Hazlewood
George Mager
Gurney Dodd
Jerry Werrick
Joe Reid
R A. Taylor
A. T. O'Neal
Harry Daily
Joe Wells Wins Amarillo Open Diving Contest
Joe Wells took first place in the Amarillo Country Club Open Diving Contest held yesterday afternoon. Edward Jackson finished second with Gail Herrmann third. The event featured four age brackets and a Kids Bathing Revue won by two and a half year old Melody McCormick. Dick Bivins chaired the swimming committee with H O Willborn R L Yeager Fay Dryden and J W Hill among organizers.
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Joe Wells
Amarillo
Gail Herrmann
John Boyce, Jr
Bill Braden
Jack Davis
Peggy Scott
Barbara Dryden
Joan Kelly
Dick Bivins
H. O. Willborn
R. L. Yeager
Fay Dryden
J. W. Hill
20 Service Teams To Temple Tourney
About 20 service teams are expected to enter the Temple All Service Softball Tournament to be held Saturday and Sunday. Twelve teams are in, with four more possible by the deadline. Barksdale Field Randolph Field McCloskey Hospital and Blackland Army Air Field are top contenders.
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Temple
Barksdale Field
Randolph Field
McCloskey Hospital
Blackland Army Air Field
Temple Junior Chamber of Commerce
City Recreation Department
Houston Coast Guard
Bergstrom Army Air Field
Camp Wolters
Kelly Field Ward Department
Fort Sam Houston
Bogard Takes Early Lead in Amarillo Golf Tourney
Bill Bogard leads the Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association 54 Hole Medal Play Handicap at Ross Rogers Course with a net 133 after 36 holes. Defending champion Bogard sits one stroke ahead of Jim Payne who has 134. Final round set for Sunday.
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Bill Bogard
Amarillo Municipal Golfers Association
Ross Rogers Course
Bogard
Jim Payne
Army to house 2000 veterans in Miami field city
Army Air Transport Command builds a temporary city of 20 hutments and 124 tents at the Miami field to house over 2,000 men awaiting onward travel. The men stay about 24 hours before moving to Camp Blanding Florida and then to reception centers near home.
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Miami
Fla
Army Air Transport Command
Camp Blanding
Goebbels Fired From Early Job For Swindle Attempt
New York report says Paul Joseph Goebbels, former Nazi propaganda minister, was dismissed from a Sarasani circus bookkeeper post in 1929 after attempting to swindle his employers. He proved intelligent but demanded more pay than director Hans Stosch would grant.
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New York
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Aneta
Goebbels
Sarasani Circus
Hans Stosch
National Gallery Pictures Return From Welsh War Cave
For the first time since September 1939 some of the National Gallery’s finest paintings are back on display. They were brought from a cave at Blaenau Ffestiniog in South Wales where they were stored for safekeeping during World War II.
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London
National Gallery
Blaenau Festiniog
South Wales
Skegness Considers Air Raid Lighting to Replace Gas Lamps
Skegness recalls streets lit by search lights during air raids and weighs using this lighting form as a replacement for gas lamps. The town ponders modern safety and efficiency while reflecting on wartime measures.
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Skegness
Lincolnshire
England
Air Force uses boxed barb bombs on enemy roads
The Air Force bombs enemy roads with collapsible boxes packed with pronged barbs designed to puncture tires, creating mass blowouts and traffic pileups on air strips and routes.
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer Service Promise
A company spokesman touts committed service to dealers during wartime shortages. He emphasizes pride in distributing Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer and urges customers to ask again if the brand is unavailable, noting efforts to maintain quality service.
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Neck of
Woods
Pabst
Riley and Saunders Dominate Amarillo Club Tennis
Glyndon Riley and James Saunders claimed two titles each at the Amarillo Country Club invitation net tournament. Riley won the men s singles and helped win the men s doubles, while Saunders took the boys singles and partnered with Jack Laing to capture the boys doubles.
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Glyndon Riley
James Saunders
Amarillo
Riley
Saunders
Jack Laing
James Utterback
Laing
Saunders-Laing
J. T. Hammett Wins Abilene Invitation Golf Title
J T Hammett of Eastland defeated Doug Jones of Abilene 2 up in a 36 hole final to claim the Abilene Invitation Championship Hammett also won the title in 1941 confirming his latest victory in Abilene golf history.
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Abilene
J. T. Hammett
Eastland
Doug Jones
Hammett
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