Reds Sharpen Bid as Dodgers Face Pirates Tonight
The Reds rise as the likely pennant team after a strong stretch, while Brooklyn plans a three game starter against Cincinnati with Wyatt Davis and Higbe to open. Dodgers prep for Pirates as Cards and Giants loom in a packed National League slate. In the AL, the Yankees hit a rough patch with a night game in St Louis before facing Chicago.
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NEW York
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Red Birds
National League
Bill McKechnie
Reds
Leo Durocher
Pittsburg Pirates
Brooklyns
Johnny Allen
Pirates
Whit Wyatt
Curt Davis
Kirby Higbe
Cincinnati
McKechnie
Paul Derringer
Bucky Walters
Giants
Elmer Riddle
Johnny Vander Meer
Hay Starr
Brooklyn
Gene Thompson
Derringer
Walters
Thompson
Dodgers
Durocher
Cardinals
Ebbetts
Braves
Boston
Chicago Cubs
Bruins
Claude Passeau
Bill Lee
Philadelphia Phils
New York Yankees
Twowns
St. Louis
Chicago
New Federal War Damage Insurance Promoted by Bank
F B Snedecor of the First National Bank urges property owners to apply for the new low cost federal war damage insurance set to start July 1. Free coverage ends June 30 and standard policies do not cover war losses, leaving owners unprotected without this policy through regular insurers and the War Damage Corporation.
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F. B. Snedecor
First National Bank
War Damage Corp
Congress
War Damage Corporation
Fisk
Cernment Corporation
Rookie Pitchers Borowy and Starr Clash For Rookie Of Year
New York Yankee prospect Hank Borowy and Cincinnati’s Ray Starr emerge as rival rookies in a high stakes race for the title. Borowy’s sixth straight win over Cleveland follows Starr’s 2-1 win over Philadelphia delivering Starr his 10th victory in 12 starts. Borowy, a Fordham standout signed for 8500 dollars, rose from Newark seasoning to Yankee Stadium while Starr, an ironman veteran of 19 seasons, parries doubts with steady work and a storied past with multiple clubs.
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Hank Borowy
New York Yankees
Ray Starr
Cincinnati
Hartie Alger
Borony
Starr
Opportunity
Cleveland
Phils
Borowy
Fordham
Yanks
Newark
Toronto
Yankee Stadium
Ray
Schwartz New Stanford Coach Promoted Amid War Crowding Doubts
Marchmont Schwartz was named acting coach at Stanford to fill the final Pacific coast vacancy. The key question remains Army policy on crowds beyond 5000 at games, with Lieut. Gen. John L. Dewitt and Coast Conference officials delaying ruling until next month.
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Titl
Marchmont (Marchy
Army
Langer
Kezar Stadium
Schwartz
Palo Alto
Jim Lawson
Navy
Marchy
Knute Rockne
Buck Shaw
Santa Clara
Jimmy Phelan
St. Mary's
Phelan
Moraga
Norman
Red) Strader
Dewitt
Woman Traps Soldier With Fake Postcards At Camp Roberts
Miss Marian Bauer of Mallertown Ontario sent two postcards to Pvt Norman Shadley at Camp Roberts with her own address and penned lines claiming she was fine and busy or sick to write. Her notes instructed him to check the applicable statements and signed nothing, effectively trapping him into acknowledging no letters were sent.
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Camp Roberts
Marian Bauer
Mallertown
Ont
Can
Pvt
Norman Shadley
O.K
Norman
Perry Retires From Tennis Because of Elbow Injury
Fred Perry world champion and Davis Cup star retires after an elbow injury from a December match with Bobby Riggs. The British born player, naturalized American since 1940, ends a decade plus of top level play and plans are listed as indefinite.
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Fred Perry
Perry
Wimbledon
Forest Hills
N. Y
Bobby Riggs
New York
Madison Square Garden
Sandra Breaux
Los Angeles
Mexico
Austin
Tex
United States
Don Budge
Budge
Soldiers train in Caribbean bush warfare defense
American soldiers from the Signal Corps are shown in a Caribbean setting cladding against four motored mosquitos during training. The image captures soldiers preparing camouflage and cover tactics for jungle operations.
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Caribbean
Signal Corps
Army seeks multi billion bill for 1942 43 expansion plans
A military committee released heavily censored yet public parts detailing plans to produce 148000 aircraft for 1942 43 meeting Roosevelt's 185000 goal. Army manpower could reach 4.5 million by mid 1943 with costs of 1.29 billion. Youths 18 to 20 to receive combat training and Alaska railroad options explored with four transport routes. West Point cadets to 2440 with aviation training eligibility.
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Army
Roosevelt
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
Brehon B. Somervell
J. T. McNarney
Germany
Crete
War Department
Alaska
Somervell
West Point Cadet Corps
Third Argentine Merchant Ship Sunk Amid Neutrality Strain
Buenos Aires reports the torpedoing and sinking of the Rio Tercero, 120 miles off New York, a few days after Germany apologized for the Victoria attack. U S navy rescued 40 aboard. ship sailed from New York Sunday.
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Buenos Aires
Germany
Argentina
Chile
Navy
New York Harbor
United States Navy
United States
New York
Congress
Chamber of Deputies
U. S. Victoria
la Critica
S. S. Victoria
Axis
U. S
Uruguay
Portugal
Italy
Mother accuses showgirl in divorce bid for son
Redwood City case filed by Mrs Fraser Sr charges showgirl June Colbourne ruined the Fraser family’s social standing. Colbourne, 25, married John D Fraser Jr., 20, in 1941 and allegedly deserted him in Mexico after a brief El Paso-Laredo marriage, prompting a cross complaint seeking separate maintenance.
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Redwood City
UPI
Pretty June Colbourne
John D. Fraser Jr
Menlo Park
Young Fraser
Sally Rand
Miss Colbourne
Fraser
Laredo
Téx
Rédpilco
Mexico
Julie
Char
New Job Openings From Civil Service Commission
The United States Civil Service Commission announces three new employment opportunities and amendments to five exams. Openings include junior medical officer at $2000 a year at St. Elizabeths Hospital and statistical clerks at $1620. Applications run until August 4, 1942.
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United States Civil Service Commission
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Federal Institution
Washington, D. C
Commission
U S Bombers Strike Libyan Base in North Africa
U S air corps and RAF bombed the Benghazi axis base as Rommel pushes units eastward toward Egypt. Reinforcements arrived in Sevastopol front and civilians evacuated from a naval base. Magisir Litvinov urged a second front while Japanese conflicts flare in Korea and Formosa.
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Crimean
New York
Magisir Litvinov
Adolf Hitler
Korea
Formosa
Manchukuo
London
Cairo
U. S. Air Corps
RAF
Benghazi
Egypt
Rommel
Mediterranean
Tobruk
Gambut
Bardia
8Th Army
Libya
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