Quiet Follows D-Day in Major Stadiums and Tracks
In a day of solemnity many sports venues canceled or postponed events. Major leagues shifted games to other dates while minor circuits and horse racing paused. profits from a Polo Grounds all-star soccer game went to the Red Cross.
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New York
Delaware State Park
Say Menaven
Ike Williams
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Fife
Chicago
Boston
Detroit
Pascoag Park
New England
Charles Town
West Virginia
Ascot Park
River Downs
Ohio
Canada
King’s Park
Bay Meadows
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
International League
Frank Shaughnessy
Kansas City
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Herman Taylor
Angott-Williams
Shibe Park
Buffalo
John J. Phelan
New York State Athletic Commission
Empire State
Polo Grounds
Red Cross
Ray Schalk Signs to Scout for Chicago Cubs
Ray Schalk, famed catcher and former White Sox star, signs as a scout for the Chicago Cubs. He began with the White Sox in 1912 and managed in 1927 and 1928, later coaching for the Giants in 1929 and the Cubs in 1930 and 1931, before managing minor league teams through 1940.
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Chicago
Ray Schalk
Chicago Cubs
Schalk
Chicago White Sox
White Sox
Ed Walsh
Sox
New York Giants
Buffalo
Indianapolis
Mila
American Associaon
Beazley Garnett Leader Of Draft Stars
Eddie Carnett stars in the major league draft as a Chicago White Sox first baseman after showing a .373 average and nine hits in four games. The 1944 crop includes 12 others who already earn big league salaries with players from the Braves, Browns, Tigers, Red Sox, Giants, Dodgers, Phillies, and others among draftees.
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Jack Hand
New York
Eddie Carnett
Tulsa
Chicago Ite Sox
Carnett
Chicago
Hal Trosky
Jimmy Dykes
Bill Skiff
Seattle
Chief Wieczorek
Braves
Columbus
Henry Helf
Milwaukee
Browns
Navy
al Epperly
San Francisco
White Sox
Eddie Mayo
Louisville
Detroit
Joe Orengo
St. Paul
Clem Hausmann
Kansas City
Joe Cronin
Red Sox
Phil Weintraub
Giants
Toledo
Alen
George Hausmann
New Orleans
Indians Beat Newark 11 3 in Exhibition for Soldiers
The Cleveland Indians defeated Newark 11 3 in an exhibition game before wounded soldiers at Letcher hospital Cambridge Ohio. Manager Lou Boudreau hit the first pitch out of the park to give the Indians the opening lead.
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Cambridge, O
Cleveland Indians
Newark
Letcher Hospital
Lou Boudreau
Clevland
Tribe
Vosmik to Tryout with Washington Senators
Joe Vosmik, out fielder, will be given a tryout with the Washington Senators after failing to reach terms with Minneapolis of the American Association. President Clark Griffith stated Vosmik, then in Cleveland, will receive a contract if the tryout proves satisfactory.
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Washington
Joe Vosmik
Minneapolis
American Association
Washington Senators
Clark Griffith
Veer Griffith
Vosmik
Cleveland
Soldiers and WACs pack park to watch Cubs win
Soldiers and WACS filled Camp Shanks Park to see Chicago Cubs beat Camp Swanks 9 to 2 in a D Day exhibition. John Miklaos, Cub rookie, fanned 11, while Lou Works and Jack Best held the service hitters to eight hits.
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Camp Shanks
N. Y
Chicagoubs
Camp Swanks
John Miklaos
Cub Moundsman
Lou Works
Jack Best
Louis Browns Defeat Navy Wings 10–1 in Twilight Game
The 51 Louis Browns routed the Navy Wings of Lambert Field in St. Louis by ten to one in a twilight exhibition. The matchup took place today with strong Browns batting and pitching overcoming the Navy Wings.
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St. Louis
Louis Browns
Navy Wings
Lambert Field
Invasion brings wounded back to England
The first wounded from the western front invasion landed in England today. Despite their wounds many wore smiles as they were admitted to an East Anglian hospital for treatment.
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London
England
Outlaw football game promoters seek high school players
The piece reports promoters of a controversial August all star football game in this state hunting for senior high athletes to perform in the Kanawha valley. It notes prior injuries and calls for promoters to insure participants, given the game’s moneyed interest and risk to youth athletes.
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Romoters
Kanawha
Johnny Allen Signs With New York Giants
Johnny Allen, relief pitcher, signed with the New York Giants for the remainder of the season after 32 appearances with the Dodgers and Giants last year. He rejected earlier offers.
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New York
Johnny Allen
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Giants
D C Duncan Named Member Post War Safety Committee
D C Duncan safety director for Appalachian Electric Power Kentucky and West Virginia Power Kingsport Utilities Wheeling Electric has been named to a national post war industrial safety committee set up by the National Safety Council in Chicago. He joins the council’s executive committee and will study post war accident prevention as industries convert from war production to civilian needs including equipment obsolescence and building conversion.
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D. C. Duncan
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Kentucky and West Virginia Power Company
Kingsport Utiliies, Inc
Wheeling Electric Company
National Safety Council
Duncan
Ned H. Dearborn
Chicago
Til
National Safe Council
Public Works Sets Final Utility Tax Figures for 1944
Charleston, June 6. The board of public works began today to set final assessment figures for West Virginia public utilities to pay taxes in 1944. Hearings followed last week’s tentative assessments by Tax Commissioner George P. Alderson, with decisions on possible changes to the recommendations. Governor Neely noted that under a 1943 act the board could not raise the tentative valuations and could lower them if desired.
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Charleston
W. Va
Board of Public Works
West Virginia
George P. Alderson
Alderson
Neely
Invasion Retards Business At Reno
The invasion caused a sharp decline in Reno's major businesses with few customers in gambling houses some of which closed and only 14 divorces filed.
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Reno
Local Firm Penalized For Wage Violation
The regional war labor board fined Bluefield Sash and Deer Co. six hundred dollars for raising one employee’s salary in violation of the wage stabilization program. Cleveland report dated June 6 notes the finding and penalty.
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Cleveland
Bluefield
W. Va
Sash and Deer Company
Regional War Labor Board
Schedule Highlights From Today's Major League Nightlook
Detroit faces Chicago with New Houser against Grove in the night game. New York meets Boston as Borony takes on Hughson. Boston hosts New York with Jav ery facing Fischer and Philadelphia visits Brooklyn with Barrett or Melton pitching. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh features De La Crug or Alters against Bewell. Only games scheduled.
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Detroit
Chicago
Newhouser
Grove
New York
Boston
Borony
Hughson
Javery
Fischer
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Barrett
Ve. Via
Melton
Cincinnati
Pittsbur
de la Crug
Alters
Ve. Bewell
Local Youths Attend Boy State Program at Jackson Mills
Nine Mercer county youths participate in the Boys State program run by the American Legion at Jackson Mills. Sponsored by local organizations including the Elks, Kiwanis, Moose Lodge, Bnai Brith, Rotary, and Bluefield American Legion Post, the group departs Sunday under A. Harry Vist, with two Princeton boys joining from Princeton. Bluefield attendees include Frank Stowers Rovertench Billy Greenspon John Bruce Phillip Effron Paul Cole and Edward Saunders. They expect to return Saturday.
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Amer Legion
Jackson Mills
Mercer County
Legion
Legion Post
Elks
Kiwaris Club
Moose Lodge
B'nai B'rith
Moses Addresses Mine Inspectors
Thomas Moses of Pittsburgh urged stronger coal mine safety enforcement at the Mine Inspector's Institute of America in Charleston. He cited aging miners, top production pace, wage conflicts, and supervisor shortages as factors hindering safety progress and urged united action among workers, management, and inspectors.
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Charleston
W. Va
Thomas Moses
Pittsburgh
Moses
National Committee
John F. Conrad
Pennsylvania Mines Department
C. C. Ballard
New River Com
Mount Hope and Island Creek Coal Figures Named
L. Winger of Island Creek Coal Company Holden is listed alongside Mount Hope figures in a partial OCR line detailing coal operations and local company associations.
Doerr and Culbertson Rejected for Service
Boston reports baseball figures Bobby Doerr 26 and Culberton 24 rejected for military service at the induction center with a re-examination scheduled later. They have knee injury histories and were among past sidelined players. Partee 25, also married and a father, is mentioned in context.
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Boston
Bobby Doerr
Arily
Boston Induction Center
Doerr
Culberton
Culberson
Partee
Deege Rangeley Wins Bluefield Golf Tourney Top Flight
Deege Rangeley shot a net 139 to win the top flight at the Bluefield Country Club spring medal play tournament. H. M. Noel was runner up with a 141. Second flight produced a three way tie among W. T. Williams Jr EB Bus Hall and Dusty at net 143. Third flight winner R. T. McLaughlin posted 147 with Se Thomas at 149. Fourth and fifth flights claimed by others with high 150s and 156 respectively.
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Deege Rangeley
Bluefield Country Club
Rangeley
H. M. Noel
W. T. Williams, Jr
EB. J. (Bus) Hall
Dusty
Collieries Company Appeals Verdict in West Virginia
Lee vale Collieries Inc of Whitesville appeals a $5,000 Raleigh county verdict in the death of William ward Waldron. The suit, brought by J EB Waldron, claimed child labor violations while Waldron was under 18. the firm says the youth claimed to be 18 and not inside the mine.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Supreme Court
Leevale Collieries, Inc
Whitesville
Raleigh County
William Ward Waldron
J. EB. Waldron
Waldron
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