First Shot Softball Brings Two Hard Fought Games
At Risser Field this week Elkins faces Southwest Pump in Monday action with Elkins seeking revenge after a prior loss. Pump holds a 2-1 record while Elkins is 1-1. Wednesday features Kraft meeting Pump for a rematch as Pumpers beat Kraft 8-2 last Thursday and Kraft hopes to rebound with a stronger lineup. Fans are urged to support via donations as players compete for the love of the game.
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Yankees Tie Home Run Record in 5-4 Win Over Tigers
Joe DiMaggio and Red Rolfe homered as the Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 to extend a major league consecutive games with a homer to 18 and raise the team total to 30 in the streak. DiMaggio also stretched his hitting streak to 35 games while Rolfe’s two-strike homer tied the game in the ninth before a bases-loaded walk forced in the winning run.
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Submarine Accidents Claim 150 American Lives Since 1904
A historical tally notes 150 American submarine deaths since 1904 with the 1927 S-4 disaster near Provincetown killing 49 and the Squalus sinking off New Hampshire killing 26. It lists earlier losses from F-4 to S-51 and non sinking fatalities such as S-49 battery explosion and AA-7 gasoline explosion.
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Notable church leadership shifts in North Texas
Dr. Tittle succeeds Dr. E W Alderson as pastor at Denton church after Alderson becomes presiding elder. The church has served many North Texas communities including Dallas.
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Record Attendance Expected For Waco Semi-Pro Tourney
Waco Texas expects record crowds for the sixth annual Texas semi pro baseball championship starting July 24. A. H. Kirksey, state commissioner, notes the Texas meet earned the 1939 National Semi Pro Baseball Congress plaque for most successful state tournament with $1,871 in first place prize money plus other cash awards and mileage to visiting clubs.
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Texas teams eligible for state tournament rules explain
Kirksey notes the state tournament invites nearly all baseball teams within the state. Only those in organized professional baseball or labeled barnstormers are excluded from eligibility, highlighting broad participation and specific disqualifications.
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Shreveport Sports Sweep Oklahoma City In Doubleheader
The Shreveport Sports beat Oklahoma City 8 to 5 in game one and 8 to 0 in game two to move into clear second place. Hugo Klaemner dominated the second game allowing one hit as teammates plated 12 runs. In Tulsa Roy Davis stars as the Oilers blank Beaumont 6 to 0 with five hits allowed and four errors by Beaumont.
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Fort Worth Cats Rally For 2 1 Victory Over San Antonio
In Fort Worth on June 22 the Cats won 2 to 1 over San Antonio. The decisive run came in the bottom of the tenth after both starters were relieved in the extra inning.
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Houston defeats Dallas Rebels 3 to 1 in nine innings
Houston wins 3 to 1 over Dallas as scoring occurs in the first three innings. Dallas collects four hits. Buffs extend nine safe ties that force pitcher Jack Maltzberger from the mound in the ninth.
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Helen Hiett Awarded Best Reporting Of Year
Atlantic City June 23 A woman will be honored by the National Headliners Club for best radio reporting of the year Helen Hiett of NBC for coverage of the Gibraltar attack The three day event begins June 27 and ends June 28 with a banquet at Hotel Traymore NBC will air the presentations coast to coast at 7 40 EDST Fifty other reporters from newspapers newsreels magazines and radio will receive awards at the Headliners banquet and the club's annual Frolic highlights the event.
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Babette's Cabaret Spotlight At Resort
At Babette's, the resort's famed cabaret restaurant, the show draws guests with its renowned acts and lavish ambiance. The venue remains a premier dining and nightlife destination for visitors seeking entertainment.
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Miss Pauline Shirley Visits Bonham Saturday Night
Miss Pauline Shirley formerly a Bonham teacher now of Wichita Falls spent Saturday night and Sunday in Bonham visiting friends. Robert Lockhart of New York City is visiting his parents in Bonham, with Paul Maass of Brooklyn Melvil Steinhauer and George T. Sales of Long Island as guests. Newt Ridings from north of the city was here this morning, the last Ridings boy to have lived in Bonham for years.
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Former Methodist Pastor Dies At Home In Frisco
Dr W L Tittle longtime pastor of Frisco Methodist church and former pastor of First Methodist church died at his Frisco home. Funeral services were scheduled for 3 o clock Monday.
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Lee and Minnis Take Over Bowen Grocery in town
Trenton-Virgil Lee and Bob Minnis of Collinsville assumed management of the Bowen Grocery Friday after purchasing stock from Wayne Bowen Thursday. The store will operate under the firm name Lee and Minnis.
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Bob Minnis
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