Cub Rookie Novikoff Sparks Comeback With Cubs
Lou Novikoff, once a famed minor league slugger and later a Cubs flop, has revived his career with a hot hitting stretch at Wrigley. He leads in minor leagues previously and now posts a rising average as Chicago climbs in the standings.
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Milwaukee
Lou
Oance
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Chidko
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Tammering
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Ebbets Field
New York Giants
Jahking
Cincinnati
Bill Lohrison
Reds
Boston Red
Detroit
Oscar Judd
Cleveland
Philadelphia Athletics
New York Yankees
Browns
St. Louis
FESCUED PILOT SURVIVES WILD EDEN AFTER LOSS
A 24 year old pursuit pilot from Columbia South Carolina returned to base after four days in wilderness. He survived on grasshoppers lily roots and raw owl with sun fed him and mosquitoes harassed him. A food trail near his parachute signal left by a rescuer guided a plane to rescue him.
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Colambia
S. C
Japan
Darwin
Medwick’s hitting streak stirs Brooklyn sports buzz
In a roundup from New York, Brooklyn fans rail against predictions as Joe Medwick defies the law of averages since the trade deadline. The column notes exhibition bets at Forest Hills, hesitations about ArmStrong, and critique of metric track rules amid A A U events.
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Brooklyn
Joe Medwick
Flatbush
Ducky Wucky
Medwick
Bobby Riggs
Frank Morases
Dodg Budge
Wayne Sabin
Forest Hills
Baseball veterans and wartime workers in Portland area sports
Johnny Frederick, ex Dodgers outfielder and Portland Pacific coach, now works in Portland shipyards as shipfitter's helper and weld tester. A tale of Big Swede and a trout season rabbit is told alongside Fort Sheridan’s tall baseball pair, 6'4" pitcher Roland Scholl at 275 pounds and 6'2" catcher Frank Boryszewski at 205 pounds.
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Johnny Frederick
Brooklyn Dodgers
Portland, Ore
Frederick
Portland
Tris
Buttermilk Creek
Michigan
Big Ewede
Legion
Fort Sheridan
Roland Scholl
Scholl
Frank Boryszewski
Whirlaway Tracks Future Races and Baseball Trades Highlighted
The article notes Whirlaway aiming for major races including the Brooklyn handicap and Bitler Memorial with trainer Ben Jones confirming a fixed schedule. It reports Branch Rickey’s controversial sale of Johnny Mize to the Giants and Cards’ struggle to replace him at first base. Walter M. Roberts of La Habra dies after a car crash when his vehicle overturned.
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Brooklyn
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Bitler
Johnny Mize
Giants
Big Jawn
Rickey
Cardinal
Walter M. Roberts
la Habra
California
Rommel presses new British line in Egyptian frontier push
Axis forces under Field Marshal Erwin Rommel continue thrusts toward the British defense along the Egyptian frontier as his main army moves east for a frontal strike. British units engage small enemy detachments near Soturn, Gambut, and Sidi Rezegh while mobile columns probe for Rommel’s next move.
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Churchill and Roosevelt Found Distant Cousins
New York report states Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin Roosevelt are eighth cousins once removed. Research links the two to the Mayflower era through the Jerome Delano and Cooke lines with Esther and Elizabeth Cooke, and Sarah Warren as connections.
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Conklin Mann
New York Generalogical and Biographical Society
Tis
Jerome
Delano
America
Francis Cooke
John
Richard Warren
Churchill
Jennie Jerome
Brooklyn
Lord Randolph Churchill
Mr. Roosevelt
Sarah Celano
Esther
Elizabeth Cooke
John Cooke
Sarah Warren
Meyflower
Saran Warren
Richard
U. S
Europe
Paris says Ritchie relieved as Eighth Army commander
A Nazi controlled Paris press report states Lieut. Gen Neil M. Ritchie is removed as commander of the British Eighth Army in North Africa after the Libyan disaster and that a Free French general may take command.
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Paris
Neil M. Ritchie
Eighth Army
North Africa
Government subsidy needed to hold price ceilings say officials
Price Administrator Leoni Henderson and associates state that funding about 50 million dollars in subsidies will be required to back March price levels. They note Congress may revive the subsidy plan soon and estimate first year needs could reach 500 million dollars, with 38 million to sustain gasoline prices at March levels.
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Washington
Ury
Leoni Henderson Beieves
Henderson
Congress
OPA
Atlantic
Sinking of 15 More United Nations Ships Revealed
Caribbean port report shows 15 additional United Nations ships sunk by Axis submarines and mines since January, totaling 353 UN vessels losses with 770 aboard and 35 rescued. Twelve ships were sunk in Caribbean and Atlantic areas with 88 lives lost on a US cargo passenger vessel.
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United Nations
United States
Atlantic
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf of Mexico
South Atlantic
Canadian
Navy
Kelley Runs for District Attorney
Riverside County veteran attorney Kelley announced his candidacy for district attorney. Former deputy D A under Lyman Evans and twice elected to the office, he led tough anti bootlegger actions during Prohibition and WWI cooperation with army and federal agencies. He advocated strict economy and local reform.
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Kelley
Riverside County
Corona
Lincoln School
Victoria Street
Lyman Evans
Riverside
Evans
California
House Subcommittee Cuts OPA Budget Request
A House appropriations subcommittee voted to cut 66 million dollars from the Office of Price Administration's requested budget for the new fiscal year beginning July 1. The presidential estimate had asked Congress for 161 million dollars, but the panel reduced the OPA appropriation substantially.
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Washington
House
Office of Price Administration
Congress
OPA
Finest Fall Harvest For Salad Crops
Victory Gardeners learn the best salad crops are harvested in fall with lettuce, Chinese cabbage and chicory thriving after light frosts. Advice covers summer sowing risks, moisture care, trench planting, and selecting crops like cauliflower kale and beets for reliable fall harvests.
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