Cubs Expect Leiber to Sulk All Season
New York AP reports Hank Leiber is expected to sulk through the Chicago season, with talk of rivals and derby futures, while other sports notes mention Armstrong’s comeback talk, Louis Nova and Conn discussions, and various racing and boxing mentions across major clubs and venues.
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Eddie Brietz
NEW York
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Hank Leiber
Ed Roush
Mike Donlin
Dick Kerr
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Ken Bop
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Belmont
Aqueduct
Ossie Bluege
Washington
Clark Griffiths
Clinton Ball Club Relying On Youth In Three-I Race
Clinton Giants manager Josh Billings fields about 30 players for the Three-I opener at Moline on May 4. The Mississippi River flood forced practice in Root park while 1940 veterans Toncoff Trambach Pavich return. nine new pitchers join the squad with Mendel Ramsey back as a utility player.
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Josh Billings
Clinton Giants
Moline
Riverview Park
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Giants
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John Toncoff
Steven Trambach
Pete Pavich
Mendel “Buck” Ramsey
Buckeyes Top In Big Ten Baseball
Iowa Michigan and Ohio State lead a tight Big Ten race as league play opens with Illinois at Ann Arbor Illinois hosts Northwestern and Minnesota while Purdue Wisconsin and Notre Dame begin later in the schedule Ohio State earned a two game sweep over Purdue last week and tops the standings with a fast start for 1949 season planning in Chicago and surrounding cities.
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Iowa
Michigan
Islinos
Western
Hawkeyes
Notre
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Ohio State
Purdue
Wisconsin
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Evanston
Illinois
Il Pet. Ohis
Ceesecésdws
Éeenanes
Leadership Jumbled In Elks Pin Tourney
Des Moines AP report says three divisions of the Elks national bowling tournament saw upsets Sunday night. Steubenville Ohio’s No 1 team placed second in the team event with 2950 pins. Grand Rapids Michigan stars led doubles and singles changing the top 10 standings. Thurman Gibson and Al Wenger were third with 1284 total and 473 in doubles. Steubenville’s 1940 champion squad bowled 2901 in series for 2801 pins but failed to land in the top.
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Steubenville
Grand Rapids
Mich
Thurman Gibson
al Wenger
Gibson
Cornell Freshman Wins Des Moines Eight Mile Race
Runs For Cornell freshman Dave Clutterham a former Lindblom High School standout and champion miler in Chicago. He trained under Cornell freshman coach Charles Zoda this spring with teammates Vance Wilson and Howard Orms finishing second and third to propel Cornell to a grand slam in the race.
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Des Moines
Lindblom Technical High School
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Charles Zoda
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Governor Signs Thirty One Bills in Iowa Action
Gov. George A. Wilson signed 31 acts including a four day notice requirement for insanity or alibi defense in criminal trials. Other measures authorize a $5000 cabin purchase for Abbie Gardner Sharp site, create a West Okoboji fishing zone, fund Herbert Hoover birthplace memorial, expand pediatric Arctic surgery facilities, adjust patrol salaries, allow absent military voters in 1942, transfer 1000 acres to federal government for an Indian mound monument, and permit a husband to sue for death of his wife in an auto or other accident.
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Iowa County Attorneys Association
Abbie Gardner Sharp
Spirit Lake
Okoboji Lake
Champion Bowlers Listed for City Tournament Trophy Night
Champions across all classes A to D are asked to attend Wednesday at 8 p.m. upstairs Lincoln Alleys for trophy presentations. Attendees should wear bowling attire for photo sessions. prize money will not be awarded, per city secretary Frank Stanek. If unable to attend, contact John Scolare at Lincoln Alleys.
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Lincoln
Greveland Sells Bill Zuber to Washington
Pitcher Bill Zuber, 27, from homestead Illinois, is sold to the Washington club for cash. Zuber pitched 24 innings last season with a 1 1 record. he is a right handed thrower.
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Greveland
Bill Zuber
Washington
Outfield Problem Troubles Hawkeyes
Iowa will play Upper Iowa in a non-conference game as coach Otto Vogel weighs the outfield after mixed results against Notre Dame. Lind and Riscoe struggled in part of a doubleheader while Diehl and Koehink provided questions about left field readiness. Infield alignment Radics, Farmer, Dunagan, and Kocur appears settled behind a pitching staff to be determined.
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Kocur
Drake Relays Advance Sale Tops Last Year
Des Moines AP reports the 32nd Drake relays advance sale is over 10 percent ahead of year and nearing a record. Ticket manager F L Turby cites rising interest from star athletes and a robust invitation medley field. Nebraska substitutes Missouri with Tiger sprinter Don Walters injured in Kansas relays. Gene Littler leads Nebraska against Texas Michigan Ohio State Notre Dame LSU.
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Kansas
Monona Nine Triumphs Over Luana In Big Score
Monona nine defeats Luana high school 20 to 13 in a baseball game. Monona pitchers Hass Sob bann Klima led the win while Luana’s Reid Schultz Leo Bollman and Bob Schultz pitched for the losers. Luana catchers were Bob Schultz and Fred Funk. Monona catcher was hammer.
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Charge No Barricades At Street Work Cause Car Damage
Two claims totaling 63.99 were filed at city hall against the bond posted by Sanitary on company. The paving in the 1300 block on Elmhurst drive NE was opened for connection work without barricades or warning lights. Howard Helscher and M D Freeman said their cars dropped into an excavated hole two feet wide and 20 inches deep, causing 18.84 and 45.15 in damages.
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Howard Helscher
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Mason City Buys Land for Airport
Mason City council passes resolution to purchase 320 acres between Mason City and Clear Lake for a municipal airport. Purchase price disclosed as 45000 dollars.
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Clear Lake
Italy hints at annexing Montenegro in fascist empire plan
An AP report from Rome says a telegram published Monday shows Italy’s provisional committee asking Premier Mussolini to include Montenegro in a fascist empire. The note cites Montenegro as the native land of Italian Queen Elena and mentions Dalmatian territory.
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Drunk Driver Held After Manchester Incident
Sheriff custody seized a license plate bearing car. Leo Fischels of Jesup and Herbert Weber of Gilbertsville were jailed on intoxication charges after a Sunday night arrest southwest of Manchester. Fischels tested positive for intoxication. officials said charges will be filed against both men.
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Carl R. Anderson
Leo Fischels
Jesup
Herbert Weber
Gilbertsville
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Iscels
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Censorship No Peril, Baer Says After Nov 5
Arthur Baer comments that Roosevelt assured Tom Wallace there would be no press censorship and expresses skepticism about limits on news reporting. He mocks political rhetoric and laments potential censorship as a danger to press freedom.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Mr. Roosevelt
Tom Wallace
Democracy’s rough edge as election lines redraw once more
A dramatic political note warns editor Tom Wallace to watch closely as upcoming events unfold. The speaker vows to be first to act, likening rivals to sheep headed for the chute, highlighting tensions in a volatile democratic moment.
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Tom Wallace
Tom
Iowa professor urges high view of U S position at Coe convocation
Dr. Harrison J. Thornton of the University of Iowa urged a high view of the United States in world affairs during an honors convocation at Coe College. He praised Coe students for striving beyond the minimum and emphasized reverence for authority, law, age, life, and God as crucial gains from college education.
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University of Iowa History Department
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United States
Myron L. Koenig
Iowa University
C. Harve Geiger
Kathleen Check
Cedar Rapids
Drexel Mollison
Independence
Cedar Rapids Declares April Clean-Up Week 1941
Mayor I F K Hahn proclaims April 21 to 26 as clean-up week in Cedar Rapids. Citizens urged to cooperate with neighbors to dispose of winter ashes and unsightly clutter in alleys and yards, in a formal city hall proclamation dated April 19, 1941.
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Turtle Found Under Porch Sparks Tiny Mystery
A garden patrol report notes a turtle beneath a porch prompting curiosity about how it arrived and whether it is a pet or wild. Neighbors recall no owner and await guidance from local animal control.
Evangelical Women's Missionary Society District Rally Planned
The Iowa branch district spring rally of the Evangelical Women's Missionary Society will be held Wednesday at the First Evangelical church Cedar Rapids. Mrs H S Frank former Hunan missionary will speak at the 7 30 pm evening session. Mrs R M Smith Fort Dodge branch president also speaks. Afternoon devotions led by Mrs C Gatrelle with other speakers including Mrs Chester Thompson and Mrs FE A Donovan. Fields include Alburnett Blairstown Buffalo Cairo Center Point Clinton Iowa City Van Horne Wilton Junction Cedar Rapids churches.
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Fort Dodge
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Wilton Junction
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LaPlant Choate Agents Win War Dept Trailbuilder Contract
Cardozo and Lindo of the Panama Canal Zone for LaPlant Choate Manufacturing Cedar Rapids have been awarded a 2136.25 national defense contract to manufacture parts for a trailbuilder. The War Department announced the award Saturday in Washington noting most parts will be produced locally.
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Lindo
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LaPlant - Choate Manufacturing Company
Cedar Rapids
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Washipany
Approve Broadened Anti-Sabotage Act
Washington lawmakers broaden the World War era anti sabotage act by extending penalties to any willful injury or destruction of arms armament ammunition livestock clothing stores fuels supplies and other materials used for national defense.
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Senate
Corn Profit Up at Corn Products Refining
Corn Products Refining and its subsidiaries reported net profit for the March quarter of 2,496,963 dollars or 81 cents a share, compared with 2,361,538 dollars or 76 cents a share in the prior year's period.
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New York
Corn Products Refining Company
Salary Raise for City Street Commissioner Harold Eggleston
The city council amended an ordinance to raise Harold Eggleston’s annual salary from $2,100 to $2,400. The street commissioner oversees sidewalks street cleaning and repair and cross-walk repairs under the department head.
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Department of Streets and Public Improvements
Alimony Suit Filed Against Comedian Oliver Hardy
Hollywood Oliver Hardy named defendant in a $21,625 alimony recovery suit filed by his former wife Myrtle Lee Hardy. The action seeks support from the roly polyl screen comedian in a pending court case.
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Hollywood
INS
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Monday
Myrtle Lee Hardy
NYA Improves Hawkeye Downs At Cedar Rapids
NYA funded improvement of Hawkeye Downs began in Cedar Rapids with 15 youths under Henry F. Rice. Project costs about 3337 dollars and includes a 200 by 300 foot corral, 3000 feet of fencing, 500 feet of water pipe, two hydrants, 12 light poles, and 810 feet drainage ditch. Jobs open for youths 17 to 24 not in school or married, with three shifts of 15 workers daily through about July 10.
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Hawkeye Downs
National Youth Administration
Cedar Rapids
NYA
Henry F. Rice
Clair Morrow Low Bidder for City Walk Project
The city council awarded the first of three sidewalk orders this summer to Clair Morrow with a low bid of 4,785.75 dollars. Dan Christensen Construction offered 4,967 dollars and another bid listed as .016.
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Clair Morrow
Dan Christenesen Construction Company
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