Puzzles To Win Pivots In National League Race
Press Sports Writer reports the majors resume with the Reds and Cubs in question. Brooklyn and St. Louis battle for first, while Boston Braves Philadelphia Phillies face tough West swings. Indians seek road hot streak as AL leads shift.
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Reds
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Johnny Vander Meer
Bucky Wal
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Kels Hoosiers Battle for Lead in Four Game Set
Minneapolis in the American Association pursues first place as Kels and Hoosiers clash in a four game series. Owen Scheetz aims to extend his 2–0 record after a 3‑hit shutout of Toledo. Poor weather already forced postponements across the league.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
American Association
Ianapolis
Tribe
Millis
Owen Scheetz
Scheetz
Toledo
Indians
Woody
Rich
Glouster Woman Joins WAACs in wartime service
Pauline Zimmer, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Zimmer, has been inducted into the WAACs. A Glouster High School graduate, she has worked eight years in Akron as head of the A Polsky Co statistical department. She visited family before heading to Fort Oglethorpe Ga to await assignment.
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Glouster
Pauline Mmer
Illiam Zimmer
WAACS
Akron
A. Polsky Co
Glouster High School
Iis
Athens
Fort Oglethrope
Tippy Dye Goes to Navy Today
Ohio State University baseball coach and former star Tippy Dye leaves for naval service in Chapel Hill North Carolina. Dye has guided the Buckeyes to a four and one conference record with two games against Purdue remaining to clinch the Big Ten title.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Armed Services
Bucks
Wisconsin
Illinois
National League bats higher averages than American League
The National League leads in batting averages with Vernon Stephens at .368 and Pinky Higgins second. Billy Herman and Stan Hack also post strong marks as NL hitters top the batting charts, while the American League features fewer .300 hitters and Detroit’s Rip Radcliff tops AL at .290. NL home runs exceed AL by twenty.
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New York
Vernon Stephens
St. Louis Browns
Michael
Pinky) Higgins
Detroit Tigers
Billy Herman
Brooklyn Dodgers
Stan Hack
Chicago Cubs
Rip Radcliff
Detroit
Tennis Moguls Are Optimistic About Championships
New York officials say wartime uncertainty is easing and the national championships may be staged this year if they do not interfere with the war effort. Forest Hills is tentatively lined up with the West Side Tennis Club, with a formal decision pending Army Navy and war department input.
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New York
Forest Hills
Holcombe Ward
United States Lawn Tennis Association
West Side Tennis Club
Army
Navy
DDT
Washington
Week End Guests Include Pyle Family Relatives
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pyle of Millfield entertained week end guests Mr. and Mrs. Grover Bean and daughter Marlene from Sandusky Ohio along with Dolly Cole from Columbus. Mrs. Bean is the Pyle’s daughter and the Beans recently moved to Sandusky into a new Government home at McArthur Park.
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Chauncey
Charles Pyle
Millfield
Grover Bean
Marlene
Sandusky
Dolly Cole
Columbus
Mrs. Bean
McArthur Park
Mrs. Pyle
Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary Meets With Box Sale
Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary to the United Mine Workers will hold a 7:30 PM meeting in the K P Hall. After the meeting a box sale and potluck supper will follow, with good attendance expected. George Johnson and family moved into the former Ralph Goldsberry residence on Con verse Street. Goldsberry family relocated to Logan for employment.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Ladies Auxiliary
United Mine Workers
K. of P. Hall
George Johnson
Converse St
Ralph Goldsberry
Logan
DePalma Advances From Race Track To Aircraft Lab
Ralph DePalma, once a record setting racer with 2,557 victories, now engineers transmission research at Ranger aircraft engines division of Fairchild on Long Island. He argues labs can simulate harsh tests, celebrating racing for advancing engine power and safety while guiding future pilots toward 400 mph plane performance.
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Farmingdale
N. Y
Ralph DePalma
Daytona Beach
Indianapolis Speedway
Motors
Sam
Ranger Aircraft Engines
Fairchild Engine and Aeroplane Corporation
Long Island
DePalma
Power
Barney Oldfield
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rick
Indianapolis
Dario Resta
Resta
Guardian
Ruhr
South Pacific
Rome Five-Man Track Team Heads to State Meet at Columbus
Rome High School sends five athletes to the state championships in Columbus after an exceptional season. Bill Chesser set a district record in the high hurdles while Henry Darnell nearly broke the pole vault mark. Team members compete in hurdles, sprints, jumps, throws, and distance events.
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Rome
Colum
Oxford
Marietta
Bill Chesser
Henry Darnell
Bill, Chesser
Henry Darneli
Lee van Dyke
Dick Storer
Jerry Cavanaugh
Tennis education and public parks push by USLTA
In New York the USLTA promotes tennis for all ages, urging public parks play and high schools to hire competent coaches to teach proper technique and footwork, not just teams. The piece notes broader efforts to grow the game beyond elite clubs and Newport days.
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New York
U. S. Lawn Tennis Association
Proxy Holcombe Ward
Newport
Ward
Chauncey Hi To Graduate Class of 52 on Wednesday
Chauncey-Dover high school will hold commencement on Wednesday May 26 at 8 15 p m in the high school auditorium with 52 graduates receiving diplomas. A detailed program includes processional invocations selections addresses and diplomas by the board president and absent members in service.
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Chauncey Hi
Chauncey
Chauncey- Dover High School
Chauncey - Dover
Gilbert Courtney
William Gould, Jr
Flowers
Virginia Border
Francis Abd
State Dept. of Education
Leah Featherston
Clarence Sanders
Board of Education
Franklin Blackford
Jack Canter
Carlos Nye
U. S
America
Courtney
Chauncey Ladies Aid Plans All Day Meeting
Members of the Ladies Aid Society of the Chauncey Methodist Church will attend an all day meeting on Wednesday focused on quitting. They are asked to bring pot luck dishes for a noon meal. Parents of a son announce the birth of a seven pound baby boy at the home of Mrs Brown’s parents in Millfield.
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Chauncey
Elizabeth Willis
Millfield
Florence Howard
Margaret Simpkins
Willis
Jesse Radford
Virginia Nagle
Louise Nagle
Garnet Blower
Eleanor Sharick
Marget Simpkins
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
Robert Brown
Thea Chapter
O.E.S
Masonic Hall
All Eastern Star
Local Social Notes From Chauncey And Area
Chauncey and nearby towns welcome visitors from Dayton Wellston Cleveland and Marietta Hospital visits noted. Residents include Mr and Mrs Dean Hamilton with relatives in Mound Street. the Handas of Cleveland visiting Millfield. Frances Fisher from St Marys Columbus visiting Fiske home. Sweeneys Chauncey guests at Marietta Hospital. Julia Johnson Smith nursing in Dayton visiting Chauncey. Ida Schoonover seriously ill. ragweed hay fever noted as a traditional cause.
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Chauncey
Dean Hamilton
Dayton
Thomas Hamilton
Mound St
Wellston
Charles Handa
Jerry
Cleveland
Millfield
Clarence Sanders
Logan
Frances Fisher
St. Mary of the Springs
Columbus
Paul Fiske
Charles Sweeney
Mary Helen Sweeney
Sweeney
Marietta Hospital
Julia Johnson Smith
Miami Valley Hospital
Dan Johnson
George Williamson
Johnstown
Ida Schoonover
Glouster Civics Org Delivers Candy Gift to Pacific Troops
The C S O donated 100 for candy for naval and Marine personnel in the Pacific region. George F. Hamilton reported the candy was purchased and shipped, with hard candy pieces wrapped individually. Commander H M McKinley thanked the group, calling the gesture tangible proof of patriotic spirit.
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H. M. McKinley
USNR
Association
The
United States
McLeish School Pupils Take Train Trip to Athens
Fifth to eighth graders from McLeish School led by Miss Ida B. Davis travelled by train to Athens on Friday. They toured the Athens airport and State Hospital and enjoyed a movie. Eighth grade graduates named Velma Hook Goldie Roberts Margaret Hogue Charles West and Thomas Love.
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Darlene Lowery
Margaret Hogue
Charles West
William Lengyel
Dana Zarley
Jerry Nott
Jack Nott
Thomas Love
Nellie Hogue
Ethel Zarley
Ida B. Davis
McLeish School
Velma Hook
Goldie Roberts
Donors Sought for Red Cross Blood Drive
Dr W D Witham planned to schedule prospective blood donors for the Red Cross. He reports Thursday afternoon is fully booked by out of county delegations and asks those wanting appointments on other days to call the County Health office and ask for Ruth Herbert.
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Glouster
W. D. Witham
Red Cross
Ruth Herbert
CSO Meets GLOUSTER In Legion Hall Thursday Evening
The CSO will meet at Legion Hall Thursday at 7 30 PM. The program committee, led by Mrs. Helen Noon, Mrs. Elizabeth Chutes, and Mrs. Mary Bryson, reports a good program for the gathering.
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Glouster
Legion Hall
Helen Noon
Elizabeth Chutes
Mary Bryson
Glouster High School Holds Baccalaureate Service
Glouster High School graduation class gathered in the high school auditorium Sunday evening for the baccalaureate. Supt. Thomas W. Figley presided as Rev. A G Freeman delivered opening prayer and Rev. C B Tigner preached on The Decision of the Umpire urging fair play in life and work with a call to accept Christ as umpire.
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Glouster High School
Marion Byer
A. G. Freeman
Sibelius
Sullivan
First Baptist Church
C. B. Tigner
Church of Christ
A. G. Winkle
Methodist Church
Raymond Connett
Marion Byers
Thomas W. Figley
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Service Men of Glouster Area Report Movements
A letter to Mrs. Carl Stahl says her brother William Grimm has landed in England four months after induction. He sailed from New York after training at Camp Greiger Spokane, Washington. Pvt. Stanley C. Skinner leaves Fort Hayes for basic at Fort Knox Kentucky. Pvt. Darrel Jones transfers from Fresno California to Kearns Utah. James Edward Koons Jr. joins the Navy and trains at Great Lakes Naval Station.
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Glouster
Carl Stahl
William Grimm
England
Camp Greiger
Spokane
Wash
New York
Stanley C. Skinner
Chris Skinner
Fort Hayes
Fort Knox
War Materials Are Wanted by CSO
War relief appeal urges CSO members to bring surplus kitchen fats old silk hose and furs to Thursday evening meeting. Spokesman says unused silks and furs should be turned in to aid the war effort. The note recalls old English use of tallow dipped wood as candles in the 11th century.
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C.S.O
Bhe
Theatea
England
Boxing results from major cities in early rounds
In Philadelphia Henry Armstrong dominated with 140 percent power against Maxie Shapiro of New York DC. Chicago saw Tommy Bell win over Willie Russell of Columbus Ohio by outpoint in Detroit with a 150 percent display.
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Philadelphia
Henry Armstrong
Los Angeles
Maxie Shapiro
New York
Chicago
Tommy Bell
Detroit
Willie Russel
Columbus
Ohio
Baseball Standings and Weather Postponements Report
National league shows no games. American Association games postponed by weather. Milwaukee Columbus, Minneapolis Louisville, Kansas City Toledo, and St Paul Indianapolis all listed as postponed.
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Milwaukee - Columbus
Minneapolis - Louisville
Kansas City-Toledo
St. Paul
Indianapolis
National Club 1. Pet
Brooklyn
Aaaeewe
St. Louis Ane Sewee
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Philadelphia Asews
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
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Merican Club
L. Pet
Cleveland
New-York S Cese
Il Washington Aoe Eee
Glouster Social Notes highlight community gatherings
Glouster notes record Ninevah Rebekah Lodge meeting at Mrs. Frank Dunlevy’s Jacksonville home with prize winners Mrs. Martha Kloh and Miss Ida B. Davis and plans for June at Kloh’s. Circle No 3 social at church. many locals attend pot luck dinners. Eastern Star and Masonic events announced. local families and residents noted in recent visits and travel across Athens and Noble counties.
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Glouster
Noble’ Grands
Ninevah Rebekah Lodge
Frank Dunlevy
Jacksonville
Martha Kloh
Charles Palmer
Ida B. Davis
Glouster Personal Notices Highlight Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Allison Jones and Mrs Orel Kearns and Grace Ann spent Sunday in West Lafayette visiting the Cabots and others while Donna Jo Easley graduates. Mrs Chris Skinner returned from Columbus after a week with her husband and daughter Christine. Robert Kinney, recently in Texas, spent the weekend back home.
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Glouster
Allison Jones
Orel Kearns
Grace Ann
West Lafayette
Howard Cabot
Darrell Jones
Joe West
O. L. Easley
Mike
Donna Jo Easley
Chris Skinner
Columbus
Christine
Robert Kinney
Texas
Chauncey Couple Attends State Church Convention
Rev. Gilbert Courtney and daughter Betty Jane Courtney of Chauncey attend the state convention of the Church of Christ in session at Zanesville.
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Chauncey
Gilbert Courtney
Betty Jane Courtney
Church of Christ
Zanesville
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