Braves Crushed By Cards In 15 0 Rout On Slugging Day
Boston Braves were overwhelmed 15 to 0 by St Louis as Card hitters belted 21 hits led by Slaughter with three singles and a triple and four RBIs. Howie Pollet won his second of the season in a dominating performance.
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St. .Louis
Cardinals
Howie Pollet
Boston
Braves
Stan
Alan) Brussel
Joe
Garagiola
Red Schoendienst
Eddie Autier
Dodgers
Rex Barney
Pirates
Pittsburgh
Jacki Rapinson
Himyee
Phillies
Snakes and Panties Plague Mail Postmen
In San Francisco a mailman endures odd finds inside letter boxes from panties to ice cream cones and even a cat. Nonreturnables sit 60 days before postoffice auction. a live garter snake was dropped into a sewer and a $130,000 check was found among letters. Postmaster John F Lixa says they forward remail when possible and notify owners of identifiable items. In Prague a court sentences one Czech to death and 32 others to prison for espionage and plotting to assassinate government officials.
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In &Izzy
Internal ‘Revenue ‘Bureau
John FL
Moreczech
Prague
Czechoslovakia
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Moravia
Lidovya Obroda
Lee Ganders Take Sixth Place In State Track Meet
The Lee High track team finished sixth at the Texas state meet in Austin, scoring 22 points across events. Lee’s 4x40 relay team placed second to Odessa, Beavers won second in the broad jump, and Beavers also took fifth in both the 40-yard and 20-yard dashes. Cavileer and Childress set and tied records, with Odessa earning the Class AA title and Ball High setting a 3:25.8 mile relay record.
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Austin
Robert E. Lee
Tommy Brun- Grett
Eugene Fayle
David
Rosse) Johnson
James
Popeye
Beavers
Odessa
Lee
Joe Child- Tess
John Cavileer
Cevileer
Wes
Brady
Rising Star
Ball High
Diane
Galveston
Scotty Linney
Refugio
Joe Childress
Charles ‘Thomas
Glevelena
Oilers Stop Port Arthur Grocers 4-0 in Peeled Ball Park clash
Baytown Oilers beat Port Arthur Associates Grocers 4-0 as Ernie Hunt pitched four hit ball through five and two thirds. Hunt walked six and struck out six, getting support from Buck Bond and Tex Thornton. Oilers defense produced errors that helped two runs in sixth, with Kveton, Berg, Bond, Hunt and Rupp collecting hits. Minks fur farming and Arizona petrified forest trivia appear in the item.
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Baytown Oifers
Port Arthur
Humble Ball Park
Hunt
Elmer Locke
Pete Rupp
Oilers
Warren Kveton
Rupp
Tex Thornton
Oifers
Buck Bond
Travis Craig
Oiers
Bond
Thornton
MoBerg
Bill Craughn
Port Arthurs
Curtis Albers
Kveton
Berg
Bord
Man argues workhouse sentences harm him in court
MOINNESPOLIS UP A Worth Caroling man, Graham Poole, 32, told Judge Betty Washburn workhouse terms merely worsen his problems and do not delay his fourth sentence in 60 days. He claimed times in the workhouse lead to more trouble and expressed a wish to return to North Carolina. Judge Washburn stayed the new 60 day term for a year.
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Graham Poole
Betty Washburn
Poole
North Carolina
Washburn
India Stays Neutral Nehru Tells World
New York reports Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru states India will refuse to take sides in any move to expel Communist countries from the United Nations. He condemns Hoover’s plan to reorganize the UN without Russia and satellites, saying many nations refuse to align in the cold war and such action could break up something valuable.
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India
United Nations
Hoover
Russia
Nehkru
Mutual Broadcasting System
Dean of Canterbury England Rev Hewlett Johnson
A fragmentary note places Rev Hewlett Johnson as dean in Canterbury England. No further context or events are readable.
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Dean
Canterbury
England
Hewlett ‘Johnson
Jones Wins Tourney But Humble Is Rough
Jones Apothecary of Houston captured the pre season softball tourney crown with a 3-0 win over Humble before about 2000 fans. Roy Cecil delivered the key two run double as Jones pulled away in the sixth. Pitching by Willie Wilhelm for Jones and Johnny Spurgeon for Humble produced a low scoring final with Humble safeties limited to a double by Sam Bozich and a bunt hit by Shorty Senders. Jones defeated Hemphill General Tire and La Porte Merchants en route to the title.
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Jones Apothecary
Houston
Big City Boys
Humble
Jones
Roy Cecil
al Scheel
Cecil
Ray Traylor
Johnny Spurgeon
Frage
Grote
Spurgeon
Jones Boys
Spurg Run
Koenig
Dittman
Mearn
Chevrolet
Willie Wilhelm
General Tire
Humbles
Houston Wizard
Sam Bozich
Shorty Senders
Wilhelm
Hemphil
General’ ‘Tire
la Porte Merchants
Love
Hemphill
Wil Helm
Genéral Tire
la Porte
Waldo Kelley Buys Joe Nelson Home
Mr and Mrs Waldo L Kelley purchased a five room home at 606 East Adonis from Mr and Mrs Joe R R Nelson for 5900. The deal was handled by Clifford B Bond of Lee Bond Realty Company. Both parties are employed by Humble Oil and Refining Company. Nelsons recently moved to 126 Forest in Woodlawn Addition.
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Waldo L. Kelley
East Adonls
Joe RR
Nelson
Clifford B. Bond
Lee Bond Realty Company
Humble Oil and Hefining Company
Sirs
Forest
Woodlawn Addition
Drunk Man Wrecks Brooklyn Chemical Firm
War ren Van Name, 19, rammed Cycle Chemical Corporation causing about $5,000 in damage across three factory floors. Held on $10,000 bail, he claimed intoxication and memory loss. The incident follows a note that air mail began in 1938 between Washington Philadelphia and New York.
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Brooklyn
Warren van Name
van Name
Cycle Chemical Corporation
United States
Washington
Philadelphia
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