Mickey Owen Aids Dodgers In Bold Comeback At Phila
Dodgers beat the Phillies 10 3 as Mickey Owen lifts Brooklyn with two singles in five at bats. He raises his average to .300 with 22 RBIs 23 runs and 45 hits while displaying improved defense behind the plate. The win widens Brooklyn's NL lead to 9 12 games over the Cardinals. Cleveland tops Chicago 11 5 as Al Milnar earns his fifth win.
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iMle Cardinals
Shibe Falk
Pee Wee Reese
Augie Galan
Cleveland
Chicago White Sox
Trike
Buck Ross
Joe Haynes
Pete Appleton
al Milnar
Sox
White race urged to join world group after war
Dr H T Cory of the Defense Plant corporation warned in Los Angeles that the white race faces a shrinking majority and urged Caucasians to inveigle other peoples into a world organization after Hitler's defeat. He said Asiatic nations may become industrial powers under semi Soviet rule and praised Russia's wartime prestige. Cory is now in Washington, then stationed locally.
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Los Angeles
H. T. Cory
Defense Plant Corporation
China
India
Egypt
Japan
Russia
United States
Cory
Washington
Rationing rules widened for medical and religious vehicles
In San Francisco officials announced amendments to rationing regulations. The changes require vehicles operated by physicians surgeons veterinarians and ministers to be scene for professions and apply to doctors of medicine amid factors affecting usage.
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San Francisco
Asm
Whirlaway’s Rise Mirrors Seabiscuit in Racing Lore
In New York, Silent Tom Lenith reflects on Whirlaway approaching Seabiscuit’s money-winning record as Whirlaway wins the Brooklyn Handicap. He recalls Seabiscuit’s era, notes the Biscuit’s health gossip and insurance, and describes Seabiscuit’s progeny and training for Belmont Park.
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New York
Tom
Lenith
Aqueduct
Brooklyn
Whirlaway
Seabiscuit
Byrd Wins Pennsylvania Open in 10 Under Par
SAM BYRD, ex Yankee and Red, wins the Pennsylvania open at Shannopin CC with 132 after a 64 morning and 68 afternoon rounds. He sets a course record and low 36 hole score in the 29th state open while earning major league links prestige as a golfer.
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Sam Byrd
New York Yankees
Cincinnati Reds
Byrd
Shannopin Country Club
Iie
Bond Payroll Plan Launched in Local Factories
In Angeles area factories a payroll deduction plan for war bond purchases was introduced. Mayes spoke on the government program while Joy G. Jameson and George E. Stanley facilitated, and workers reportedly gave the plan a good reception as the US treasury pushes payroll deductions nationwide for bond buys.
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Joy G. Jameson
War Savings Staff Committee
George E. Stanley
Mayes
U.S. Treasury Department
Government runs record deficit as wartime costs surge
The 1942 fiscal year closed with about 32.0 billion dollars in spending and a 19.9 billion deficit pushing the public debt to 75.6 billion. Projections for 1948 see higher war outlays, with Congress considering a trillion-dollar influence from new tax legislation to fund expanded military needs.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Governor says Mexican labor cannot solve farm shortage
Los Angeles report says Gov. Olsson declares California agricultural producers cannot rely on Mexican workers due to Mexico approval delays recruitment time and transport slowness. He urges farmers to recruit white collar workers and students, and asks the selective service to classify farm work as essential like wartime industries.
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Los Angeles
California
Culbert L. Olsoh
Mexico
Selective Service Administration
Rents Ordered Cut Back to March Level
In San Francisco bay area and Portland Vancouver regions rents were rolled back to March 1 1942 levels by an order from Price Administrator Leon Henderson announced by regional OPA. The San Luis Obispo area rents were fixed to January 1 1941 levels. Murray Benedict of UC named rent director for the San Francisco bay area including multiple counties.
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San Francisco Bay
Portland-Vancouver
Leon Henderson
OPA
San Luis Obispo
Murray R. Bénedict
University of California Agricultural Economics
San Francisco Bay Area
Santa Francisco
Marin
Yule
AlAmeds
San Matéo
Son
California War Bond Quota Map for July 1932
The document outlines July 1932 War Bond quotas by county in California totaling 61 million 687 thousand dollars with a national quota of one billion dollars. It urges strong home front support, noting soldiers on every front and calling for monthly U.S. War Bond purchases to back wartime financing and victory.
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California
Salors
America
Treasury
War Chest Drive Opens July 6
The War Chest Drive begins on July 6 with higher income groups to be contacted first by C A Steves F B Shedecor and W E Hill. A house to house canvass will run in the final week under the direction of Mrs L L Andrews and Mrs Willits with Joy G Jameson A B Gale and Mayor Cad Huckins among attendees.
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F. B. Shedecor
W. E. Hill
L. L. Andrews
Willits
Joy G Jameson
BE. I. Downs
Daniel Hogan
H. M. Key
Rex H. Conkish
Andrews
John Stahoney
Cad Huckins
A. B. Gale
B. B. Sampselle
F. E. Bishop
Fred Snedecor
Downs
Community Chest Organization
Jameson
War Chest Council
Japanese Pressure Intensifies Across Formosa and East China
Chinese forces report slowing Japanese advances in Kiangsi Fukien and Chekiang regions as Tokyo presses toward air bases. Linshien area battles yielded heavy Chinese casualties while Japanese in Formosa concentrate near coastal positions and seek to threaten Japan itself.
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Fukien
Japan
Chekiang
Hangshaw
Lishui
Nanchang-Hangchow
Jury to probe fight between Butler and movie stand-in
Hollywood reports a nocturnal brawl after a Flynn birthday party. Jim Fleming Errol Flynn stand-in and Eric Gosta Barbary Hutton's butler collided. Gosta hospitalized with a skull fracture. Prosecutors passed findings to the county jury for action.
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Butler
Hollywood
Criminal Complaints Committee
Merle Oberon
Fleming
Gosta
Woolworth
Flynn
San Diego Radio Alert Leaves Listeners in Mystery
A four minute radio alert for three San Diego stations last night ended in confusion as listeners sought the crime solution. Station officials admitted puzzlement over the silence ordered at 8 51 p m by network monitor control in Los Angeles while the Army Fourth Interceptor Command reported no alert.
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San Diego
Network Monitor
Los Angeles
Army Fourth Interceptor Command
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