American Girls Win First Cup Matches in Wightman Cup
American team captains Helen Jacobs and Sarah Palfrey won the opening singles, defeating Peggy Scriven and Dorothy Round to start defending the Wightman Cup. Jacobs swept Scriven 6-1 6-1, while Palfrey beat Round 6-3 3-6 8-6 in a tight opening session.
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Sam
Helen Jacobs
Sarah Palfrey
Brookline
Mass
Lsh
Miss Jacobs
California
Margaret
Peggy) Scriven
Miss Palfrey
Teanis
Dorothy Round
New England
Miss Round
America
Miss Scriven
Carnera Put Out Of Action For Two Weeks
New York reports Primo Carnera will be unable to walk for at least two weeks as doctors evaluate a badly swollen ankle and possible fracture. Dr Vincent Fanoni said ligaments were torn in a fall during the first round and the champion insisted the match proceed despite his condition.
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Primo Carnera
Vincent Fanoni
Primo
Fanoni
Muscatine To Hold Diamondball Tournament
Muscatine VFW post sponsors a kitten ball tourney on July 4 with prizes of 50, 25, and 5 dollars. Entry fee is 5 dollars and must be paid by June 27.
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Muscatine
VFW
Carnera Baer Fight Gate Net Divides Earnings
Madison Square Garden announced the gate for the Carnera Baer fight at 428392.80 gross with 52268 paid admissions and net 361357.29 after taxes. The Milk fund takes 10 percent of net, Carnera gets 37 percent of the remainder totaling 122057.08, Baer 20 percent after deductions, with MSG retaining the rest.
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New York
LLP
Carnera
Madison Square Garden
Burris Released and Standaert Put On Suspended List
With Dick Esrey arriving Thursday manager Hargrave released outfielder Joe Burris after a hitting slump. Jerry Standaert is suspended to rest a sore leg while Johnny Lisle moves to third and Howard Smith covers second after ankle recovery.
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Hargrave
Raiders
Joe Burris
Esrey
Jerry Standaert
Johnny Lisle
Howard Smith
Baer and Carnera Sparring Postfight Remarks
New York report quotes heavyweight foes after their clash. Max Baer says he did it and can do it again, noting Primo Carnera was tougher than expected and he had to hit hard to bring him down. Primo Carnera cites a foot injury but remains eager for another bout.
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Max Baer
Primo
California
Primo Carnera
Schmeling and Neusel Sign to Fight in August Elimination Bout
In Hamburg, Max Schmeling and Walter Neusel signed contracts for an August elimination bout to determine who will challenge Max Baer. Promoters touted the winner as the challenger for Baer, with the venue in Minami Fla. not yet announced.
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Germany
Max Schmeling
Walter Neusel
Max Baer
Minami Fla
Roosevelt Juniors Meet Central City Saturday
The Roosevelt hotel junior team of the American Legion league will meet Central City on the Riverside diamond Saturday afternoon at two o'clock. The Three Minute Cereal Juniors will travel to Burlington Sunday for a game with one of the city's junior teams.
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Red Baer Dominates Headlines As California Sports Year
The article extols Max Baer as the world’s top fighting man, noting fame, wealth, and public adulation. It reflects on Baer’s victory over Carnera, compares punching power, and highlights a trend of California athletes excelling across tennis golf track and crew, with brief notes on injuries and batting averages.
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Helen Jacobs
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Oberlin Officials Weigh Pacifist Complaints After Memorial Day Incident
Oberlin College officials weigh complaints against student pacifists after Memorial Day ceremonies were interrupted by an antiwar group. Legionnaires confiscated posters near the monument. pacifists tried to retrieve them. Dr Clarence Craig, from the graduate school of theology, spoke for the pacifist group.
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The Art of Batting Insights by Al Demaree
The article discusses batting weaknesses and how pitchers exploit them by targeting specific ball types. It endorses practice against a given delivery to overcome fear or adjust technique and notes a Texas Leaguer misdefinition. It also asks about Wilbert Robinsons club during his seven hits in a nine inning game and promotes Demarees illustrated trainer on batting via mail.
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Mussolini Glum Over Defeat Of Italian Carnera
VENICE Italy reacted with surprise and disappointment as Primo Carnera lost to Max Baer in a heavyweight title bout. Premier Mussolini, escorting Chancellor Hitler, wore a glum expression while crowds stayed up overnight to learn the result. The defeat was acknowledged as proving Baer’s superiority with broad good grace.
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Hitler
Germany
United Press
Washington Leads Tri-County Kittenball Standings
Washington leads the Tri-County kittenball league as of Thursday with Columbus Junction Crawfordsville Winfield and Wapello among others. Week results show Washington 9 over Wyman 6 and Columbus Junction 5 over Crawfordsville 2 while Winfield defeats Wyman 7 to 6 and Wapello loses to Columbus Junction 1 to 0.
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Washington
Columbus Jct
Crawfordsville
Winfield
Wapello
Wyman
Fayette Juniors Beat Hawkeye 7 to 4 In League Game
Fayette Ameri can Legion junior nine defeated Hawkeye 7 to 4 here Thursday to remain undefeated in two starts. Fayette outhit Hawkeye 9 to 5 as pitcher Thomas fanned nine Hawkeye batters. Batteries Fayette Thomas and Acre Hawkeye Halverson and Uhr.
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Fayette American Legion
Hawkeye
Oclwein
Thomas
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Halverson
Uhr
Double Header At Frolic Field Sunday
Cedar Rapids fans will see two games at Frolic Field on Sunday evening. The Frolic club faces the Falstaff Clowns of Iowa City at 8 30, followed by Okinow's Jewelers meeting Searles Dairy at the lighted diamond on Second street and Twenty First avenue SW.
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Irving Tigers sweep with two big softball wins
Irving Tigers beat Vining Hot Shots in a doubleheader 20 to 6 and 28 to 27 over nine innings. The slugfest featured tight competition and showcased Irving's thirteenth and fourteenth consecutive victories.
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Irving Tigers
Vining Hot Shots
Aztec wind temple streamlining models come to New York
Rare clay models depicting Aztec wind temples from the era of Cortes arrive at the American Museum of Natural History. Curator Dr. George C. Vaillant notes these round roofed temples show an ancient streamline concept, linking Quetzalcoatl worship to Western ideas of aerodynamic design.
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American Museum of Natural History
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Bridge Marathon Sets Record In Peaceful Play
Four Superior men Leslie Olson Fred Dauplaise Frank Holmes and Dr A L Kylle report nearly 700000 contract bridge points with no disputes since April 1933 weekly sessions run Tuesday night to Wednesday noon using Culbertson system Partners Olson and Dauplaise and Holmes and Kylle. They average 11690 points per session and plan to continue many weeks. Olson and Dauplaise recently won high point honors in the Bon Homme tournament in Duluth.
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Holmes
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May business in Toledo climbs 30 percent over 1933
Toledo monthly clearing house reports show May business up 30 percent from May 1933. Bank debits reached 97,279,555 versus 71,375,668 a year earlier. Real estate transfers totaled 693 in May, higher than 608 the prior year.
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Theaters Showcase 1943 Film Lineup Across Iowa
At theaters Iowa Joe E Brown in The Circus Clown Paramount Murder at the Vanities stars Jack Oakie Victor McLaglen and Kitty Carlisle State The Witching Hour features Sir Guy Standing John Halliday Judith Allen Rialto Keep Em Rolling Cross Country Cruise with Lew Ayres June Knight Palace Carolina stars Janet Gaynor Lionel Barrymore Olympic Gun Justice Ken Maynard Lucky Dog Chic Sale
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Joe E. Brown
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Jack Oakle
Victor McLaglen
Kitty Carlisle
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Guy Standing
John Halliday
Judith Allen
Rialto
Walter Huston
Frances Dee
Lew Ayres
June Knight
Palace
Janet Gaynor
Lionel Barrymore
Carolina
Fight Refusal To Marry Divorced Persons In Courts
London news reports a woman seeks legal action to compel Church of England clergy to marry divorced individuals. She argues judges can mandamus clergymen to perform ceremonies, challenging long standing church practice and post 1925 law changes.
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Ins
Church of England
W. F. Geikie-Cobb
St. Ethelburga
State buys Central States tug for $1 after sinking
In Clyde New York state paid $1 for the tug Central States which cost $25 000 to build and sank at a Canal coal dock last winter. Captain E L Keeler superintendent of the waterways division bought it from the U S government since the state could raise it. The tug is in dry dock and being repaired. A German doctor says marriage extends life after studying 124 centenarians, only three never married.
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N. Y
New York State
Central States
E. L. Keeler
State Waterways Division
U. S
Keep Em Rolling Heads Rialto Show with Huston Dee
Rialto presents Keep Em Rolling a Saturday Evening Post story featuring Walter Huston and Frances Dee as Benny Walsh and a devoted artillery horse Rodney. They bond amid battle injuries and a discharge for age. Also in the bill Cross Country Cruise stars Lew Ayers and June Knight with a brisk action comedy.
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Rialto
Walter Huston
Frances Dee
Benny Walsh
Huston
Rodney
James Parker
Lew Ayers
June Knight
Dog Lost Five Years Returns To His Owner
In Quincy Massachusetts a collie named Prince owned by Clarence Nunally reappeared after five years missing. Prince scratched at the door and then performed a series of tricks his owner had taught him as a puppy, proving his identity.
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Mass
Ins
Prince
Clarence Nunally
Nunally
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