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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1937
Page
1
Springfield Ohio resident Melvin Garrison thirty three is described as the youngest World War veteran in the United States. He reportedly ran away from the Ohio Masonic home at thirteen to enlist and rose to corporal of a machine public safety item squad at fourteen.
A nostalgic tour of past training camps with anecdotes about Muggsy, Shanty Hogan, Shanty Hogan overweight diet, McGraw’s reactions, Babe Ruth press relations, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Eddie Brannick golf tales, and the band of springtime characters who made camp memorable across teams.
A collage of gossip and notes from sports circles includes Bill Me Kechnie tied to a Wilkinsburg tax job, Joe Louis heroes, Eddie Mayo driving a milk route, and Frankie Ratchford's 854 pin three game score. Other items mention Branch Rickey, NC State football strikes, boxing reminiscences by George Engle, and quirky tales from hockey and track.
The piece honors Matthew Fontaine Maury as a naval pioneer and archivist of ocean winds and currents, describing his wind and current charts, wartime loyalties, and later professorship. It then recounts D R Atchison’s brief acting presidency amid the Polk Taylor transition, noting contested claims of being “president for a day” and the historical vacancy.
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