Dodgers' Lead Shrinks as Chase for Dodgers Grows
A crowded pennant chase unfolds as Cardinals and Red Sox close gaps on the Dodgers and Yankees. St Louis beats the Giants 4-3 in extra innings, while Boston wins nine straight with a 4-2 victory over the Browns. Yankees split a twin bill, Tigers fall then win, and Vander Meer dominates to lift the Reds 5-0. Podgajny lifts the Phillies over the Pirates 5-1 as White Sox edge the Athletics 2-1.
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Shaughnessy May Coach Army All Western Team
The western all army football team likely to be coached by Clark Shaughnessy of Maryland this summer. The unit will open its season vs the Washington Redskins in Los Angeles. Wallace Wade may coach the all army eastern team which starts at Yankee Stadium against the Giants.
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Kelly Replaces Lindbergh at City School
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh grammar school in this city has been renamed to Col. Colin P. Kelly school. The change reflects a shift in local school naming honoring airport ace Colin P. Kelly.
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Big Ten Track Team Wins Dual Meet At Northwestern
EVANSTON ILL. The Big Ten defeated the Pacific Coast all stars 69 2/3 to 57 1/3 in the sixth annual dual meet at Dyche Stadium before 12 000. Hal Davis ran 9.5 in the 100 yards and 20.4 in the 220 to shatter previous marks. Bob Wright of Ohio State set a hurdles record at 14 seconds and won the 220 yard low hurdles in 23 seconds. Cornelius Warmerdam gave a pole vault exhibition with 14 feet 2 inches.
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Punch Bowl Paul Waner Joins 300 Hit Club
In Boston fans celebrate Paul Waner reaching 3000 hits and joining the elite 300 hit club, despite famed early era abstainers. The Pirates star surpassed 2998 and became the youngest to reach 3000 career hits, earning the nickname Big Poison through a long career and curious tales.
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Dodgers Favored In Pennant Race As Stengel Seeks Turnaround
Brooklyn Dodgers appear poised for the flag as Casey Stengel foresees a second-place battle for Boston Braves amid a rough road trip. Stengel cites midline strength with Lombardi Sisti Miller and Cooney as key, while Braves slump continues with scoring drought and injuries.
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Darwin Firestorm Fails To Wipe Out Town In Bombing Raid
Allied air units led by ARVN and Australia attacked Darwin with twenty seven Japanese bombers and twenty five Zero fighters. Fragments fell on deserted homes evacuated long ago, fires were quickly extinguished, and an army captain on a harbor launch described smoke hundreds of feet high and minimal damage to the town.
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Temperance Groups Unite for Education Effort in Minnesota
Minnesota Anti-Saloon league and Minnesota Temperance Movement join to form United Temperance Movement of Minnesota. They plan aggressive temperance education and cultivation, led by Herbert H. Parish as executive director, to bring progressive scientific temperance to the state.
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Rubber tires that aged mats lose mileage says experts
Rubber technicians warn that old tire mats and crude rubber mixtures reduce mileage. Deputy chief Paul Cabot notes fumes and worn materials worsen performance, with reclaimed rubber yielding about one third the life of new tires.
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Navy abandons plans to build five super battleships
Washington reports Senator Ralph O. Brewster says the navy has halted work on five 60,000 ton super battleships and will instead expand aircraft carrier programs. Brewster questions if the battleship era is ending, noting no keel lays have begun though preliminary work has started. The authorization included 500,000 tons of carriers and 1,800,000 tons of naval ships, with costs running over eight billion dollars.
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Braves in Service at the Oregon Ceremony
The article from The Dalles Oregon reports on a servicemen's ceremony in the state with refere nces to Columbia zone events. It notes participation by local units and expresses wartime solidarity.
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