Saints Stay in Race with 2 1 Victory over Birds
Third-place St Paul shaded Columbus 2 1 to stay in the American Association lead race. Fourth place Minneapolis beat Toledo 5 3 to sit 1½ games behind the Saints. Rain washed out other games and halted the Saints Columbus and Toledo doubleheader. Dave Williams homered in the second and third innings for Minneapolis, his third and fourth straight homers in two nights, tying the modern record. Louisville at Kansas City and Indianapolis at Milwaukee were also rained out.
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Nicollet Baseball Park Sold to Bank
Nicollet baseball park home of the Minneapolis Millers was sold to Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis for about 145000. J F Ringland bank president announced the sale from Mrs H L Carpenter. Lease up to 1958 keeps occupancy. club plans a 33 acre site west of the city on Wayzata boulevard with prior architectural work halted by the Korean War.
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Mikkelsen Signs New Laker Contract
Vern Mikkelsen, former Hamline star, signed a new contract with the Minneapolis Lakers for the 1951-52 season. Jim Pollard will join next winter. the club also signed Whitey Skoog, Lew Hitch, and coach Johnny Kundla.
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Vern Mikkelsen
Hamline
Minneapolis Lakers
Mikkelsen
Jim Pollard
Lakers
Whitey Skoog
Minnesota
Lew Hitch
Kansas State
Johnny Kundla
Wertz Leads in All Star Balloting for Detroit
Vic Wertz of the Detroit Tigers leads right field voting over Boston's Billy Goodman for an All Star start at Detroit July 10. Wertz has 887,326 votes to Goodman's 862,104 with Kell ahead at third base. Fans have submitted 3,067,522 ballots so far. the poll ends at midnight Friday.
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Detroit Tigers
Boston
Billy Goodman
Detroit
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Goodman
Tigers
George Kell
Vern Stephens
Pilot Dies in Crash As Air Force Transport Goes Down
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE Fla A transport crashed on take off killing Captain William A Fairfield Jr 29 of San Francisco and injuring three crew members including S Sgt Jean G Kinsella 28 of Bismarck ND an engineer His wife and two young sons survive the victim and three injured were taken to hospital for treatment
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Bismarck
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Seattle Man to Head Advertising Group
Lester P. Jenkins of the Seattle Times was elected president of the Association of Newspaper Classified Advertising Managers at the 31st annual convention in Montreal. He succeeds Walter S. Campbell of the Detroit Free Press. officers include First Vice President Robert Witte of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune and Second Vice President William H. Leopard of the Sioux Falls Daily Argus-Leader.
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Daily Argus-Leader
Hopkins School Board Awards Contracts for New Grade School
The Hopkins school board awarded 752023 in contracts for a new grade school to be completed by summer 1952. Naugle Leck Inc of Minneapolis will perform the general construction on an estimated 538877.
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Hopkins School Board
Naugle-Leck, Inc
Minneapolis
Thirteen French Troops Die in Morocco Plane Crash
Thirteen French troops were killed and 11 injured when a military transport aircraft crashed near the U S naval base at Port Lyautey Morocco en route from Toulon to Dakar French West Africa.
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Port Lyautey
Toulon
France
Dakar
French West Africa
Warfield 84 famed actor dies in New York
David Warfield a leading American theater figure died at age 84 in New York. He rose from a $4 weekly usher in San Francisco to Broadway fame at the turn of the century. He retired in 1924 to his Central Park apartment after spurning a million dollar film offer.
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David Warfield
Warfield
San Francisco Music Hall
David Belasco
Weber and Fields Burlesque Company
Marques
Broadway
Central Park
Retired Actor Remains Attached to Legitimate Theater
After stepping away from film work he still followed the stage, attending regular matinees rather than opening nights, showing enduring interest in legitimate theater despite retirement.
House Approves Wet Back Laborers Bill in Rio Grande Gap
The House approved a bill authorizing American farmers to hire Mexican laborers who enter the United States legally or illegally by methods such as crossing the Rio Grande. The 240 to 139 vote signals likely Senate conflict over a separate measure banning wet backs and imposing penalties.
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House
Senate
Polio Cases Rise in Latest Week Figures
The public health service reported 211 new polio cases last week, up from 162 the prior week and lower than 335 and 408 in the same weeks in 1950.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Faster Teeth For False Teeth Secure Comfort
Worried about slipping or irritating false teeth. Sprinkle FASTEETH on plates for added comfort and security. Pleasant powder with no gooey taste holds plates firmly. Non-acid alkaline formula. Available at drug stores.
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