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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1948
Page
3
Cleveland opens with hopes high but loses eight of twelve as Bob Feller struggles and Gene Bearden woefully off form. Yankees sweep Cleveland series and gain ground. Athletics and Red Sox win resumes, Williams hits 14th and 15th homers, while Dodgers move up in pennant chase.
National amateur champion Skee Riegel of Glendale Calif advances from quarterfinals with a 90 foot chip to face Lawrence Glosser of Oklahoma City in the Trans Mississippi golf tournament semifinal. John Kraft of Denver meets Oliver of Kansas City after a 21 hole quarterfinal.
In the American League several games were played with the Mets not present. Brooklyn led 6-8 while Pittsburgh trailed 2-6 before the second game ended early due to darkness. New York defeated Cleveland 4-0 and Chicago edged Boston 3-1. Philadelphia won 6-2 against St Louis amid night play. Washington at Detroit was postponed by rain and Cincinnati at Philadelphia night game moved to rain delay.
St. Louis Browns drawing only 2,288 fans for a game with the Philadelphia Athletics. The four game series drew under 12,000 total as President Richard Muckerman warned of staying in St. Louis only if fans support continues. Browns’ season average around 4,700 with 7,500 needed to break even, per Manager Bill DeWitt.
The ham comprises about 10 percent of total weight and 29 percent of lean meat in 225 pound chilled hog carcasses. It holds roughly 20 percent of the protein and 15 percent of the energy value of the carcasses. Cut your speed when dusk falls. You may save a life.
Benny Crain, a top ranking softball pitcher, will appear Sunday night at 8 30 at Sunny side field for Omaha Storz versus B H Motors of Atlantic. Bob Pigsley and Dale Hoegh likely will start for Atlantic. Storz won the Nebraska softball title last year and has 20 wins in 25 starts this season.
Milwaukee hammered three Indianapolis pitchers for 10 runs on 13 hits to beat the league leaders 10 to 6 last night. The Brewers, seeking to close the gap after a prior 19 to 7 loss, evened the series and trimmed the lead to three games. In other games St. Paul beat Louisville 2 to 1, Columbus edged Kansas City 3 to 2, and Minneapolis at Toledo was halted by wet grounds.
Don King pitched a four hitter as Exira defeated Audubon 2-0. Hoeksema allowed five hits. Audubon made two errors while Exira had none in the low scoring Iowa prep clash.
Charley Moore Jr son of former Penn State athlete seeks Olympic bid as a hurdler after completing his freshman year at Cornell. His father competed on the 1924 Olympic team and Charley follows in his footsteps in track and field.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias of Ferndale California and Helen Dettweiler of India California meet in the upper bracket final while Patty Berg and Beverly Hanson contest the lower bracket semifinal. Zaharias set a new course record with 73 after an 8 and 2 win over Polly Riley. Dettweiler edged Mary Agnes Wall. Hanson defeated Grace Lenczyk. Berg beat Claire Doran 3 and 2 despite a sprained left hand.
Des Moines pitcher Jim Kinsey threw a two hitter but took a 2-1 defeat as Omaha Cardinals defeated Des Moines. Omaha scoring came in the first and fifth innings, aided by a key shoestring catch in the ninth. Lincoln beat Pueblo 3-2 behind Al Bower four hits, and Denver topped Sioux City 4-2 with three unearned runs.
The Joe Louis and Joe Walcott heavyweight title fight at Yankee Stadium, initially planned for Wednesday, has been postponed twice due to rain and will now start at 8 p m CST.
B H Motors led by Dale Hoegh and Jim Pressnall romped 15 to 1 over 4 H clubbers at Sunnyside field in the YMCA city league. LeRoy Bebensee drove in the lone 4 H run on a fielder's choice while Ron McConnellee homered for B H. In church league action Danes meet Catholics and Presbyterians clash with Peace Christians in a rain postponed game.
Applause greeted Harold Stassen as he mounted the rostrum and, unable to speak, stood smiling through a minute of cheers. He urged supporters to back Dewey as strongly as they had backed him and vowed to continue fighting for progressive principles.
Mrs. Duane Manning of Adair and Dora Silvey of 111 North Locust street underwent surgery at Atlantic Memorial hospital this morning. Carol Michaels of Cumberland is a medical patient. Lyin H. Jipson of Emerson, formerly of Atlantic, underwent back cartilage removal at Omaha Methodist hospital and is recovering. Mrs. Russell Brandon cut her thumb badly while cutting grass. Mrs. C. A. Long in Anita is seriously ill and unconscious. Mrs. Clair Yeager injured in a car accident has returned home to Viola township. Merle Jenks remains in Carroll hospital after a motorcycle crash. a cast is planned. Mrs. Clara Olsen and Mrs. Clifford Hayes are listed as patients in Carroll and Des Moines area hospitals respectively.
The article notes the first use of electricity as motive power for all turrets ammunition hoists and auxiliary machinery during the Battle of Santiago on July 3 1898 aboard the U S cruiser Brooklyn.
Iowa State College reports from June 1946 to June 1947 that average farm losses reached $1200 per farm with 16 507 pigs from 3 017 herds dying before eight weeks and calves and poultry suffering high death rates. Dr. J A Merchant notes $13 million could have been saved with better care and sanitary measures.
Des Moines report says personal letters to motorists facing license plate loss reduced enforcement costs. Between May 12 and May 31, 165 letters were sent. about 39 percent responded promptly, avoiding patrols and field pickups and saving time and postage.
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