Mort Cooper Even Yet Again Leads Cardinals Win
Mort Cooper pitched a two hit shutout as the St Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Braves 4 0 for their second win in eight games Cooper improved to 10 of the season and 8 straight wins with 6 shutouts He retired the first 16 batters before Chet Ross blooped one in Johnny Allen and Bill Lee also won for Dodgers and Cubs while Tigers defeated Red Sox Indians beat Athletics Buck Ross White Sox beat Senators a rain shortened Yankee game in St Louis was postponed.
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Mort Cooper
St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Braves
Red Birds
Cooper
St. Louis
Braves
Chet Ross
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Johnny Allen
Bill Lee
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia
Detroit Tigers
Tex Hughson
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia Athletics
al Smith
Tribe
Buck Ross
Chicago White Sox
Washington Senators
Dodgers
Larry
Freddie Fitzsimmons
Fitz
Chicago
Beders
Larry MacPhail
Iowa
MacPhail
Havana
Ebbetsfield
Brother French
Butters
Farm chemist claims unlimited synthetic rubber from crops
Dr. William J. Hale testified to a House subcommittee that with 100 million dollars and metal priorities he could yield all U S synthetic rubber from farm products in a year, though 150 million more would be needed to complete processing. He criticized officials for favoring petroleum routes.
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Washington
William J. Hale
Chemurgy
Dow Chemical Co
United States
House
Hale
University of Michigan
Dow Chemical Research
War Production Board
Scrap Rubber Trove Found Near Boca Dam
In ROCA California a 13 year old girl reported uncovering about 1850 pounds of scrap rubber buried when Boca dam was built. Sixteen residents were prospecting, with a tote yield of 800 pounds and 360 pounds per capita. The ruins hint at tires dug up by CCC workers amid canyon country.
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Roca
Cal
Erra Nevada
Boca Dam
Boca
Joann Pabst
Harold Pabst
CCC
Lawrence Herbert French Knuckles Knuckler for Dodgers
Lawrence Herbert French, a veteran pitcher, reviews a six game winning streak and credits his Brooklyn Dodgers teammates for support. He details developing a knuckleball, a renewed effort, and a season beginning in February, with a dominant ERA and rising status in the league.
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New York
Mig Lawrence Herbert French
Brooklyn Dodger
SAILORS FRED APOSTOLTI VERSUS KEN OVERLIN IN NORFOLK BOXING
In Norfolk Virginia Foreman Field hosts a 10 round naval bout between Boatswains Mate Apostoli and Machinist’s Mate Overlin. The match caps a five year grudge with Navy relief proceeds expected to exceed 13000 dollars amid Navy band and 410 member crew. Both fighters promise victory as tickets near a sellout crowd of over 10000, the largest south of 1929.
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Fred Apostolti
Ken Overlin
Foreman Field
Norfolk
Apostoli
Norfolk Naval Training Station
Overlin
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Onga
New York
Hippodrome
Jack Sharkey- Young
Miami Beach
Fla
Navy Relief
Naval Training Station
Mose Brown
Pittsburgh
Ezzard Charles
Cincinnati
Frisco Fred
Apostoll
German Drive Threatens Caucasus Oil and Kharkov Front
Soviet Red Star and dispatches report German forces pressing from Kharkov toward Kupyansk and Sevastopol with heavy losses on both sides. Red Star says Russians evacuated Kitsyak after a strong defense, while Field Marshal Bock massed infantry, artillery, and tank divisions to break through.
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Moscow
Kharkov
Caucasus
Kupyansk
Oskol
Sevastopoll
Red
Kitsyak
I¢yiti' Divéa
Colmique
Ribertubborn
Red Star
Sedor Voit
Bock
Tanis
RAF and British Armored Forces Stand Against Axis Breakthrough
Reports describe a large armored barrage west of Marsa Matruh as British units, supported by Royal Air Force planes such as Douglasses and Curtisses, counter an enemy armored corps racing along camel tracks near the Sidi Barani rail line. Massive dust clouds mark the advancing columns while bombing and fighter planes harry supply convoys in staggered formations protecting the spearhead.
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Wloasa
Marsa Matin
Boston Light
Royal Air Force
Jofita
rHovill
Gkn
Neil Ae Ritehte
Egypt
Wreae
Dily
Marsa Matruh
Argentina waits German reply amid neutrality stand
Buenos Aires says Germany will receive no interference with its neutral rights and demands, as anti axis demonstrations erupt over torpedoed Argentine ships. Foreign Minister Ruiz Guiñazú’s protest notes Argentina’s policy of neutrality and free commercial seas despite German blockade threats.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Germany
Rio
Terdéro
Fedéricd Pinddo
Enrique Ruiz Guinzu
Matérnational
Pelligerents
Thig Ag
United States
Ingar
New A Ration Plan Sets Four Gallons Per Month
Washington reports the basic A ration for east gasoline will be four gallons per month per vehicle, totaling 192 gallons yearly. Only motorists with occupational driving over 1800 miles annually qualify for supplemental B or C books, with restrictions on shared usage and two month validity per book page.
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Washington
East
Pli
Office of Pred
OPA
Matson freighter crew declared missing interns by Japs
The Malama freighter crew, listed missing since January 1 near Tahiti, is interned by Japanese authorities in Shanghai. The Coast Guard confirmed 33 men are deemed lost, prompting a trustee appointment for chief engineer Filbert de la Rosa. The ship departed San Francisco November 29 with a war cargo for New Zealand and Australia.
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San Francisco
Matson Line
Shanghai
Coast Guard
Oakland
Filbert de la Rosa
New Zealand
Australia
Tahiti
Free French
Papette
International Red Cross
Malcolm R. “Peters
San Mateo
Pacific Coast
Valley waiter knits for soldiers after wartime stay
A Bavarian waiter in Sun Valley Idaho knits sweaters and socks for Nazi soldiers. He learned to knit during a two year stay at hitler’s concentration camps.
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Sun Valley
Idaho
Nole Sam
Hitler
Dachau
Hot Weather Tests Skill of Victory Gardeners
The article urges meticulous cultivation during heat to protect crops. It notes that hot, dry conditions slow growth and boost insect pressure, so mulching and irrigation are vital. It recommends spraying water as fine particles to warm them, concentrating watering in sections, and applying plant food to spur growth.
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Victory Garden
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Howard
Nile Vatlley
Yhoe de Pontane
Phil J. Baker
Astoria
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