Smith Loses Two-Hit Game in 2-0 Sox Defeat
New York reports that Edgar Smith, White Sox lefty, lost a two-hitter to the Philadelphia Athletics as Chicago failed to score, the Sox falling 2-0 before 9191 fans in Philadelphia. Smith remains winless in ten straight starts amid limited run support.
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New York
Edgar Smith
Chicago White Sox
Smith
Philadelphia Athletics
Sox
Philadelphia
White Sox
Bob Johnson
Indian
Pete Suder
Bob Harris
Luke Appling
Cleveland
Washington
Ellis Lary
Chattanooga
Yanks
Tigers
Detroit
Red Sox
Hank Borowy
Dizzy Trout
Bobby Doerr
Petain and Laval in France Face Axis Pressure
The article reports Petain remains defiant amid Axis victory threats while 1,500,000 French prisoners are allegedly starving. It notes Laval’s belief in axis victory and his disfavor with Nazi overlords, with Briton and Russian triumph viewed as disastrous for France.
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France
Germany
Petain
Bretain
Pierre Laval
Laval
Southworth Receives Sporting News Best Manager Award
The St. Louis Cardinals manager Billy Southworth is hailed as the season’s top manager by Sporting News for guiding a young club to near second place amid injuries. Dodgers push hard as Musial returns and Kurowski shines at third. Hopp shows improvement over Sanders.
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Billy Southworth
St. Louis Cardinals
Phils
Billy
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Sporting News
Southworth
J. G. Taylor Spink
The
St. Louis
New York
Max Lanier
Stan Musial
George Kurowski
Johnny Hopp
Ray Sanders
Fisherman Identifies Mystery Catch as Elops Abbie Regan
Arizona diver Dan Drift reported a peculiar fish from the Colorado River near Helen Laguna dam last August. He submitted the specimen to the Federal Fish Wildlife Service and was informed the catch is Elops Abbie Regan.
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Ariz
Dan Drift
Colorado River
Helen Laguna Dam
Federal Fish Wildlife Service
Wartime Courses Add to University Catalogue
The university catalogue adds wartime courses and military studies to the offering. Traditional studies include Chinese German Russian and military German alongside new war oriented classes.
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AM Dge
Masa
New Yard
Gige
Lou Boudreau Handles Indians Pressure with Calm Strategy
New York reports Cleveland manager Lou Boudreau at 24 keeps his humor and sleep, manages pitching decisions on the fly, and aims for first division. After an 11-10 extra innings loss to the Yankees, he cites tight standings and relies on sharp pitching to lift Cleveland.
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New York
Lou Boudreszu
Cleveland
Boudreau
Lou
Indians
Yankees
Westchester Kennel Club
Nazis Halted in Desert Near Bir Hacheim in Tobruk Area
British armored and motorized units with Free French forces repelled a large-scale German assault at Bir Hacheim 48 miles southwest of Tobruk. Rommel reinforced the position as Axis troops pressed the southern salient while Koenig led the Free French in defending the area and harassing supply lines along the mine fields.
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Cairo
Bir Hacheim
Tobruk
Middle East
Erwin Rommel
Suez
Knightsbridge
Rommier
Foreign Legion
Pierre Koenig
el Gazala
Rommel
Imperial Command
Bus firms plan cooperative routes to curb duplication
Pacific Greyhound lines said a mutual service plan with Burlington Transportation Co will align San Francisco to Salt Lake City schedules starting June 16. A second pact with Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co will link Los Angeles and Albuquerque from July 1. The changes, approved by the Office of Defense Transportation, also foresee reduced bus service on the San Francisco Peninsula and Marin County beginning July 1.
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San Francisco
U.P
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Albuquerque
N. M
Bid
Pacific Greyhound Lines
Burlington Transportation Co
San Francisco-Salt Lake
Greyhound
Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co
Office of Defense Transportation
San Francisco Peninsula
Marin County
Indiana Governor seeks federal move in mine strike
Governor Schricker urged federal intervention in the Indiana deep shaft coal strike that began May 25 with 800 drillers and shot-firers off the job. He said about 50 000 tons of coal have been lost and proposed a five member arbitration panel. union leader Lewis Austin rejected it citing no alternative but federal action.
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Indianapolis
Henry F. Schncker
Indiana
America
Lewis Austin
District 11
United Mine Workers
CTO
Ono State
Indiana Coal Operators Association
Schricker
Austin
Russians Halt German Deadly Onslaught at Sevastopol
The midnight communiqué reports over 2500 German fatalities in one day as Soviet forces press the Sevastopol defense. General Von Manstein is said to have committed 150000 troops plus tanks planes and artillery in a bid to seize the bridgehead in the Crimea while Soviet ships may have supported with gunfire.
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Sevastopol
Fritz Erich von Manstein
Crimea
Government to Buy Grain Storage Bins for California Crops
A county survey shows grain storage shortages despite bulk storage and sacks. With 1941 barley and wheat production totaling over 28 million bushels, bulk on farm storage and sacks cover about 17.5 million. The Commodity Credit Corporation will purchase bins of 1000 to 2400 bushels capacity, up to one million bushels total, to ease congestion in wheat regions.
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Usda War Boarda
California
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Fort Sill Liquor Flow Targeted by Oklahoma Texans
Oklahoma officials threaten to halt whisky shipments from Texas to Fort Sill dry state to stop liquor entering the Army camp. Legal fight centers on whether state or federal authorities have jurisdiction over liquor transport to the government reservation. Gov. Phillips and Public Safety Chief Husted press for action as Army officers report orders to suspend orders pending court ruling.
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Fort Sill
Oklah P
Texas
Oklahoma
Army
Ted Husted
Department of Public Safety
Leon C. Phillips
U. S
Elmer Thomas
Okla
California quicksilver output hits new wartime high
In the past year California produced 25 597 flasks of quicksilver valued at 4 505 016 dollars as war demands push mining to a higher level. In Wisconsin Mrs Millie Mueller decorates chinaware and replaces Made in Japan labels with Remember Pearl Harbor in bold paint and engraving.
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San Francisco
California
Pearl Harbor
Waukesha
Wis
Millie Mueller
Japan
Fewer Cabs in Service Hit Oklahoma City Rationing
Oklahoma City taxicabs face tire shortages with fifty cabs pulled from service. Operators warn more will follow unless tire recaps are allowed.
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Oklahoma City
War Blamed For Rise In Drunken Driving In California
Sacramento reports the state motor vehicle department says war affects driving habits. War prosperity and psychology, plus crowding, are blamed for a sharp rise in drunken driving statewide.
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Sacramento
State Motor Vehicle Department
Assemblyman Has Case For Good Map Maker
Pennington Gap Virginia speaker Guy A. Kauffman of Lee county spends more time traveling to state capitals than to Richmond. From Pennington Gap the drive to Richmond is 390 miles, while nearby capitals include Atlanta Indianapolis Frankfort Raleigh Columbus Columbia Nashville and Charleston.
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Pennington Gap
IUP
Guy A. Kauffman
Virginia House of Delegates
Lee County
General Assembly
Richmond
Atlanta
Indianapolis
Ind
Frankfort
Raleigh
N. C
Columbus
Columbia
S. C
Nashville
Roster of Local Draft Board Yokes Up Fame Names
From a list of under 4000 men the Farmington draft board can furnish Woodrow Wilson Robert E Lee Thomas Edison Martin Luther Oliver Cromwell Lloyd George Henry Ford Al Smith and a King George. Pvt Leon Custer of Kansas asked for town dirt and received soil from the return envelope. Chickasha Oklahoma voters pay no city taxes as the municipal water plant covers all city expenses.
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Farmington
N. M
Woodrow Wilsons
Robert E. Lee
Thomas Edison
Martin Luther
Oliver Cromwell
Lloyd George
Henry Ford
al Smith
King George
Camp Callen
Leon Custer
Kansas
Wichita
Kas
Chickasha
Okla
Japanese Admit Losses At Midway In Major Battle
Reported dispatches indicate Japan acknowledged part of its losses at the Midway Island clash as the battle drew focus away from other fronts. Across China guerrillas and regulars press counterattacks in Nanchang Sehang Kiangsi while Libyan fronts see British armor countering Nazi drives near Bir Hacheim. Allied air forces in Australia claim 13 Japanese fighters shot down in a large Southeast Pacific battle after strikes on New Guinea bases.
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Midway Island
China
Nanchang
Sehang
Kiangsi
Chekiang Province
Chuhsien
Libya
Bir Hacheim
Australia
Pacific
Japanese New Guinea
Preparedness Plan Proposes Police to Ambulance Conversion
Dr. Joseph C. Ross, council chairman, urged Chicago health council to transform 100 police squad cars into stretcher cars and add 20 combination ambulance patrol wagons as a war measure.
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Chicago
Health Council
Joseph C. Ross
Council
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