Five Pitchers Used on Reds by Dodgers in 12 Inning Win
The Dodgers used Curt Davis Hugh Casey Kirby Higbe Les Webber and Whitlow Wyatt to beat the Reds 3-2 in 12 innings. Wyatt earned his 17th win as Arky Vaughan drove in the deciding run in the 12th. Bucky Walters took the loss after three Reds hits and one RBI.
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Associated Press
Brooklyn Dodgers
Leo Ernest Durocher
Dodgers
Durocher
Cincinnati Reds
Curt Davis
Hugh Casey
Kirby Higbe
Les Webber
Whitlow Wyatt
Wyatt
Arky Vaughan
Brooklyn
Bucky Walters
New York Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Braves
Chicago Cubs
Lon Warneke
Pirates
Phils
Frank Hoerst
Bucs
Hoerst
John Podgajny
Cleveland Indians
Browns
Philadelphia Athletics
Tribe
Boston Red Sox
Yanks
Detroit Tigers
Charley Wagner
Ted Williams
Williams
Sox
Chicago White Sox
Washington Senators
Yanks in Australia Healthy Lot
General MacArthur's headquarters reports American soldiers in Australia are healthy with scarce serious sickness and no epidemics. In Dallas ROTC cadets will receive 912 wooden rifles to replace more than 2,000 Springfields sent to the Eighth Service Command in San Antonio, and cadet commissions will come by examination later.
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General MacArthur
Australia
Dallas
Eighth Service Command
San Antonio
Texas Leagues Tie Shapes Shaughnessy Bid For Playoffs
San Antonio and Houston remained tied for fourth in the Texas League as the Missions beat the Rebels 7-4 in Dallas while Houston won its third straight by defeating the Cats 2-0 in Fort Worth. Beaumont edged Tulsa 5-4, and Shreveport Oklahoma City game was cancelled. George Kleine and Tyem starred for Houston and Beaumont respectively in a day of scattered results.
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San Antonio
Houston
Missions
Rebels
Dallas
Cats
Fort Worth
Beaumont
Oilers
Tulsa
Shreveport
Oklahoma City
Padres
Joe Isaacs
Eddie Marneau
Tyem
Marleau
John Pavlick
George Kleine
Houston Mounds
Bill Lillard
Lillard
Beaumont Shippers
Herschel Martin
Harvey Storey
Cy Block
City Has No Traffic Death
San Antonio leads in 1942 traffic fatalities through July with 24 deaths followed by Houston 23 and Dallas Fort Worth 12 each. Austin records eight, Corpus Christi seven, El Paso five, and smaller totals in Waco Beaumont Wichita Falls Laredo Abilene and Port Arthur.
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Tonio
Houston
Department of Public Safety
San Antonio
Dallas
Fort Worth
Austin
Corpus Christi
el Paso
Waco
Beaumont
Wichita Falls
Laredo
Abilene
Port Arthur
Galveston
Amarillo
Lubbock
San Angelo
Tyler
CCC To Get Nation's Cotton Linters Supply
The War Production Board orders that the entire U S supply of cotton linters be sold to the Commodity Credit Corporation. Linters are deemed essential for explosives plastics and other vital war materials and will be allocated to remove barriers from price marketing and transport issues.
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Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
War Production Board
WPB
Sandies Scrimmage Prep Marks 1942 Amarillo Team
Amarillo High School prepares for the 1942 Golden Sandies with 39 players under coaches Howard Lynch and WT G Hull. The squad aims for a stronger backfield, with early scrimmages emphasizing passes and experienced returners like Bill Jolly and E J Watson. New members join, injuries adjust plans, and practice switches reduce sessions but not workload.
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Howard Lynch
WT. G. Hull
Amarillo
Sandies
Mark Taylor
Yannigan
Taylor
Ray Daniel
Bill Jolly
E. J. Watson
Billy Lynch
Dwight Hoskins
Billy Kieth Irwin
Fluff Meyers
Bob Zelsman
Jimmy Blessen
John Andrews
Billy Meadows
Rex Daniel
Dale Collins
Dick Cline
Carroll Hall
Richard Tadloey
Gene,Davis
Joe Frank Roberson
Guy Owens
Clifford Timberlake
Boyd Reynolds
Lee Dowlen
George Thornton
J. H. Stringer
Paul Kenyon
Jack Pevehouse
J. R. Cherry
Buddy Mauger
Leo Woodring
Edmond Starkey
Rudy Bauman
Dale ‘Collins
Ossie Ballard
John Bob Watts
Bill Zelsman
Gene Hill
Richard Mixon
Gene
Woman nets world tuna record with husband's help
Carolyn Meyer and husband Maurice Meyer fished off Bailey Island Maine in August 1941 to claim the women’s United States record and women’s world record for bluefin tuna at 818 pounds. The couple’s teamwork, including his casting and her fighting the fish, earned her top prizes and a noted tale of perseverance.
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Adelaide Kerr
Wide World
New York
Maurice Meyer, Jr
America
United States
Maurice Meyer
Carolyn
Carolyn Meyer
Wall Street
Elberon
N. J
Nova Scotia
Bailey Island
Casco Bay
Jersey Lightning
Mr. Meyer
Mrs. Meyer
Xim
Hone
Soldiers Killed In Hurricane At Camp Hulen
Col. John K. Brown announced two soldiers died during the tropical hurricane that struck last Saturday night with 120 mph winds. Corp. Robert A. Hefley of Pasadena California and Sgt. Earl F. McGregor of Denton Kentucky drowned when their convoy truck was swept into a submerged ditch near Camp Hulen. The death toll from the storm rose to six.
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Camp Hulen
Upi
John K. Brown
Corp
Robert A. Hefley
Pasadena
Caif
Earl F. McGregor
Denton
Colonel Brown
Fort Bliss
Hefley
McGregor
Brown
Civic League Opens Today at Louie's Alleys
The Civic Bowling League opened its season last night. Kiwanis Gold Keglers swept Lions Cubs 861 798 762. Rotary Clubbers swept American Legion 827 856 832. Lions Tamers salvaged one win 838 811 763 over Op Limists 781 869 806. Bowling 808 729 835. Kiwanis Blues won two games from San Jacinto Kiwanis 798 881 768.
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Civic Bowling League
Louie's
Kiwanis Gold Keglers
Lions Cubs
Rotary Clubbers
American Legion
Lions Tamers
Kiwanis Blues
San Jacinto Kiwanis
Allies Conclude Aid Agreements in Axis Fight
The United States Great Britain Australia New Zealand and fighting France concluded a series of reciprocal aid pacts to clarify mutual assistance in their common struggle against the Axis.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
France
German submarine warned San Miguel crew near Baltimore
The crew of the Portuguese freighter San Miguel reported arriving from the United States that a German submarine stopped them outside Baltimore on July 18 and warned that those waters were strongly mined. V. Henry Ford was born on a farm near his present office at Dearborn, Michigan.
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Lisbon
United States
Baltimore
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Mich
World’s greatest optimists among baseball owners
Dallas report praises optimistic club owners led by J Alvin Gardner as best resourceful figures. Jim Humphries of Oklahoma City is hailed for selling players and boosting finances through two tough seasons and plans for 1943. George Schepps of Dallas is noted for selling talent to cover payroll despite Dallas’s poor attendance and ongoing slump.
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Dallas
J. Alvin Gardner
Texas League
Gardner
Lve
Jim Humphries Gardner
Jim Humphries
Oklahoma City Club
Oklahoma City
Jim
George Schepps
Rebels
Whirlaway to chase Narragansett $25,000 special
Whirlaway ships to Narragansett Park in Rhode Island for the deep footing special next week. Trainer Ben Jones and owner Warren Wright aim to avenge last year’s controversy and attempt to reclaim the top money title after War Relic surpassed him.
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New York
Whirlaway
Narragansett
Ben Jones
Warren Wright
Little Mr. Big Tail
Rhode Island
Whirly
Ben
Warren
Washington Park
Chicago
Beaumont sets pace as Detroit keeps franchise in city
Beaumont's baseball club faced payroll blues and fan razzing while Detroit-owned efforts kept the franchise in Beaumont. Exporters led the race as the season neared, with a joke about a manager counting future money. In Prague, 13 Czechs were executed for treason per German broadcasts.
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Detroit
Lorbeer
Beaumont Club
Beaumont
Germans Round Up 50 000 Jews to Camp at Terezin
A Prague source said about 50 000 Jews from Bohemia Moravia and German protectorates were herded into the Terezin concentration camp, the former fortress on the Austro Hungarian border in Saxony.
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London
Bohemia-Moravia
Berlin
Hamberg
Hannover
Terezin
Saxony
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