Yankees Fall To Browns In Twin Bill Losses
Yankees drop a doubleheader to the St. Louis Browns 12 to 4 and 6 to 5 as Ed Kiely notes their decline from past glory. Red Sox sweep White Sox with a 4 3 14 5 scores. Indians beat A's 4 2 and 4 3. Dodgers nosedive. Pirates top Giants. Cardinals rally past Phillies. Cubs beat Bees in nightcap.
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ED Kiely
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Ted Lyons
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al Milnar
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Curt Davis
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Heroes and the Goats. Cubs Losses Highlight Baseball Day
Boston outfielder Ted Williams hit a decisive extra inning homer for the Red Sox in an ensuing victory while Joe Grace of St. Louis tied the score with a single and scored the winning run for a comeback by the Browns over the Yankees. Cubs outfielder Augie Galan misplayed to allow the Bees to win and Lou Fette faltered as eight runs crossed in the Cubs’ loss in the nightcap.
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Ted Williams
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Red Sox
Joe Grace
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Yanks
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Augie Galan
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Lou Fette
Bees
Atlantic Juniors Fall 7-6 in Nine Inning Softball
The Atlantic Juniors lost a nine inning softball game to Jacksonville 7 to 6 yesterday at Jacksonville. Pigsley and Nielsen pitched for the Juniors. A return game is set here on July 7.
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Track champions to meet tonight in dual meet
Track champions of the Big Ten and Pacific coast conferences prepare for their fourth annual dual meet at Northwestern's Dyche stadium. The Coast team is favored to stay undefeated as 14 track and field events are scheduled starting at 6 p.m. CST.
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Dyche Stadium
Lewis Defeats Exira Nine 12 to 1 in Opening Game
Lewis IA, June 17. Lewis turned back Exira Nine 12 to 1 here in the opening game. Sheets struck out 12, allowed two hits, and Lewis scored steadily with a 000 000 010 sequence against Exira. Batteries Olsen Kleine Gayne Jorgensen Payne Sheets Anderson Fanny.
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Sheets
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Kleine
Gayne
Jorgensen
Payne
Anderson
Fanny
Baseball Leaders and Teams Across Leagues
National Frey and the Reds Coscar, Dodgers Durocher Leeds Giants Hartnett Cubs Bragan Phillies Mize Cards Moore Phillies Marty Phillies. American Crosetti Yanks DiMaggio Yanks Berardino Browns Cullenbine Browns Kennedy Browns Boudreau Indians Higgins Tigers Greenberg Tigers. Leaders National Mize Cards 18 American Foxx Red Sox 16. Alert today alive tomorrow.
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Red Sox
National League Baseball Standings and Sunday Results
The National League table shows Brooklyn at .681 with 32 wins and 17 losses, Cincinnati 34 17 667, New York 30 17 .627, Chicago 28 26 .419, St. Louis 19 29 .396, Pittsburgh 17 22 .378, Philadelphia 16 30 .349, Boston 15 29 .341. Sunday results: Cincinnati beat Brooklyn twice, Pittsburgh swept New York, St. Louis defeated Philadelphia twice, and Boston and Chicago tied. Today’s games include Pittsburgh at Boston, Cincinnati at Philadelphia, Chicago at New York, and St. Louis at Brooklyn.
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St. Louis
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Philadelphia
Boston
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Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Baseball standings and scores from open date
Cleveland beat Philadelphia 4 2 in game one and 4 3 in game two. Boston defeated Chicago 4 3 in game one and 14 5 in game two. St Louis won over New York 12 6 in game one and 6 5 in game two. Detroit and Cleveland led with strong hitting with early-season percentages listed.
Joe Louis Aims for Knockout in Godoy Rematch
Greenwood Lake New York June 17 Joe Louis trains in top form for Thursday defense of the world heavyweight title against Arturo Godoy He seeks revenge for the February defeat and is determined to win by knockout or deliver another hard showing as he prepares to enter the ring at about 200 pounds.
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Greenwood Lake
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Arturo Godoy
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Godoy
Alphonse Weill
Jim Braddock
Uprising Against Vitt Settled for Cleveland Indians
Cleveland June 17. The player uprising against Manager Oscar Vitt of the Cleveland Indians ended with players signing an agreement withdrawing statements against Vitt's continued tenure. All team members except Roy Weatherly signed. Weatherly walked out during the meeting.
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Alva Bradley
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Weatherly
Griswold and Elliott Take Doubleheader Wins
Griswold defeated Henderson 7-1 in seven innings with Loren Lake striking out 12. Elliott won game two 5-3 in 10 innings, with Dizzy and Bud Smith on the mound for Elliott. The doubleheader took place in Henderson, Iowa, on Sunday.
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Griswold
Elliott
Loren Lake
Dizzy
Bud Smith
Wiota Defeats Casey In Extra Innings 8-6
Wiota scored four runs in the first, tied it at six in the third, then won 8-6 over Casey in eleven innings. Final line shows Wiota 8 Casey 6 with 9 hits and 2 errors. Batteries were D Roid Freese and Mailander for Wiota, Kellenberg Evans for Casey.
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Cumberland Triumph Over Bridgewater In Narrow 6 5 Victory
Cumberland defeated Bridgewater 6 to 5 after scoring three in the eighth and two in the ninth. The concise game recap notes late scoring and a tense finish from Cumberland in Ta., June 17.
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Bridgewater
Swimming Class for Adult Women Organized Here
Six weeks of free swimming classes opened this morning at Sunnyside pool under the Cass County Red Cross and Atlantic park board. An adult women's class will meet each Tuesday and Thursday from 9 to 9 a.m. Groups of eight or more may form additional classes at other times. Both instruction and admission are free.
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Cass County Red Cross
Atlantic Park Board
News-Telegraph
Wiota Ten Edges Dexter 8 7 In Lutheran Meet
In Adair Iowa Walter Wiota league softball beat Dexter 8 to 7 during a Lutheran Sunday school teachers meeting. Atlantic and Dexter were set to meet next Sunday in Adair. In Des Moines golfers began the district tournament at Woodside with over 100 players. Defending champ Jack Hall shot 70 in practice and was favored to win.
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Lutheran Sunday School
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Atlantic Iowa plat shows Elm and Olive street improvements
City Council of Atlantic Iowa prepared a plat and schedule for concrete paving with curb and gutter and drainage works on Elm street and allied streets. The document lists parcels and owners where known and the proposed assessments. Objections must be filed with the City Clerk within twenty days from the first publication dated June 15 1940.
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Elm Street
Second Street
Third Street
Eleventh Street
Olive Street
Ninth Street
Towa
Geo. H. Alexander
Iowa Democrats Form Club to Aid Wilson Re-Election
At a Des Moines meeting of Iowa Democrats on June 16 1915 attendees included John Blake M P Conway M C Cardio and George F Lang of Atlantic F E Downey of Massena and Robert Donahoe and S H Lamborn of Griswold A new Iowa Democrats club was formed to support Woodrow Wilson’s bid for reelection. Two children Dora Mabel Michael 12 and Floy 9 were killed by lightning at a camp west of Extra as their family traveled from Montezuma toward Nebraska.
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Iowa Democrats
Des Moines
John Blake
M. P. Conway
M. C. Cardio
George F. Lang
Atlantic
F. E. Downey
Massena
Robert Donahoe
S. H. Lamborn
Griswold
Iowa Democrats Club
Wilson
Dora Mabel Michael
Floy
Extra
J. M. Michaels
Montezuma
Nebraska
First Presbyterian Church Holds Its First Wedding
The First Presbyterian church completed over a year ago hosted its first marriage this Sunday. The couple Max Brown and Miss Frances V Anderson of Atlantic were married by Rev. William Mack. Mrs Martin Anderson, injured days earlier in a car accident, died at Atlantic hospital from head and chest injuries.
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Frances V. Anderson
Atlantic
William Mack
Martin Anderson
the Atlantic Hospital
Funeral services set for John Lehane in Humboldt area
Funeral services were arranged today for John Lehane 70 of Miles City Montana fatally injured in a car crash six miles southwest of Humboldt on Saturday He rode with his brother in law Ben Hood of Clare Ja when their vehicle collided with a second driven by John Johnson Gilmore City Iowa.
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John Lehane
Miles City
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Lehane
Ben Hood
Clare, Ja
John Johnson
Gilmore City
Young People’s Conference Attendees Return Home
Miss Eleanore Stilex and Miss Ahlene Groves of Harlan arrive home from the Christian Churches Young People’s conference held at the YMCA camp north of Boone last week.
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Elk Horn
Eleanore Stilex
Ahlene Groves
Harlan
Young People’s Conference of the Christian Churches
Boone
Nebraska Auto Accidents Claim Three Victims
Three people died in Nebraska weekend crashes near Fairbury Laurel and Fremont. Bernard F. Sandoz 27 a government internal revenue agent from Fairbury died when his car hit a cement culvert. Louis Abracht 19 of Lindsay was killed after rear ending a gravel truck while returning from Orchards La wedding. Otto Lass 60 of Fremont riding a bicycle was struck by a Denver driver Merna Cerney three miles west of Fremont.
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Nebraska
Bernard F. Sandoz
Internal Revenue
Fairbury
Louis Abracht
Lindsay
Laurel
Orcholt
Otto Lass
Fremont
Merna C. Cerney
Denver
Lass
Landon Declares He Is Not Candidate for White House
Alfred M. Landon, Republican presidential nominee in 1936, said in Philadelphia he is absolutely not a candidate for the White House this year. He arrived for the GOP national convention and urged a concise general creed for the party platform and support for sending supplies to the allies.
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Resolutions Committee
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Rock Island Time Cards Rail Schedules Eastbound and Branches
Eastbound trains No 8 Rocket at 1 80 am No 6 Local at 4 18 pm No 14 Flyer at 9 25 pm No 8 and 14 stop only at Atlantic and West Des Moines Westbound trains No 28 Flyer at 7 25 am No 6 Local at 10 25 am No 7 Rocket at 9 25 pm Redubes Branch No 1019 leaves Atlantic at 10 45 am Arrives Atlantic No 1018 at 8 00 pm Gerewold Branch No 1086 at 8 00 am No 1084 at 10 60 am
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