Browns Open Crucial Trip in Struggle for World Series
Sewell’s St Louis Browns face a pivotal road swing with 16 1 2 games to the lead as they chase a possible World Series spot. The Yankees Red Sox and Washington remain in strong contention amid a tight AL race.
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Jack Hand
Sewell
St. Louis Browns
Yankees
Red Sox
Washington
Billyworth
Cardinals
St. Louis
Detroit
Cleveland
Chicago
Joe McCarthy
Hank Borowy
Browns
Bob Muncrief
Ces
New
Boston
Joe Jonin
Tex Hughson
Cleve
Today’s Schedule Games Across Leagues
AMERICAN Detroit at Washington. Cleveland at Philadelphia. St. Louis at New York. Chicago at Boston. NATIONAL New York at Pittsburgh. Boston at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at St. Louis. Brooklyn at Chicago. SOUTHERN New Orleans at Memphis. Nashville at Atlanta. Birmingham at Little Rock. Mobile at Chattanooga.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Boston
National New York
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
New Orleans
Memphis
Nashville
Atlanta
Birmingham
Little Rock
Mobile
Chattanooga
Asoocaina
Cess
T. Louis
Philadelphia Seeesensssaeseeses
Voseetrs Nectsnastonse
Sal
Birmingham Ll
Moody Completes Diesel Training for Petty Officer Rating
Leonard E. Moody 37 husband of Iola Moody of Decatur graduates from Naval training school Diesel on the University of Illinois Urbana campus. Selection is based on recruit aptitude test scores. The course covers use and maintenance of diesel engines and includes theory in diesel theory electrical fundamentals and machine shop work. Moody awaits orders for sea or shore duty.
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Leonard E. Moody
Iola Moody
5Th Ave
Decatur
Naval Training School
Diesel
University of Illinois
Urbana
Illinois
Genghis Khan’s Empire Reaches Vast Early-Mwith Global Reach
The text notes that the largest empire in world history was built by Genghis Khan about 700 years ago. It emphasizes the vast geographic span and enduring impact of his conquests on trade and cultures across Asia and Europe.
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Genghis Khan
Vienna Triumphs In Alabama Stakes At Belmont Park
The Alabama stakes at Belmont Park saw Vienna upset Twilight Tear 8 to 1 while Tear carried heavy weight. Woodward’s entry also included Thread O Gold, trained by Jim Fitzsimmons, contributing to the long mile and a quarter race finish three quarters of a length ahead of Calumet Farm’s Darling.
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New York
Twilight Tear
William Woodward
Vienna
Belmont Park
Calumet Farm
Darling
Woodward
Jim Fitzsimmons
Crax Beat Vols Again In Southern Association Action
The Nashville Vols lost to Atlanta 1 to 2 as Cracker lefties Cozart and Cronin shut them down. Atlanta stretched a 20 game win streak in 23 starts while Memphis fell 6 to 4 at New Orleans and Mobile swept Chattanooga in a doubleheader.
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Associated Press
Nashville Vols
Southern Association
Atlanta
Vols
Crackers
Charlie Cozart
Francis Cronin
Ki Ki Cuyler
Johnny Burrows
Burrows
Dale Alderson
Polace
Boyd Tepler
Lloyd Gearhart
Nig Lipscomb
al Leitz
Lipscomb
Atlantan
Dick Daniel
Chicks
Danna
Memphis
Mobile
Chattanooga
Lookout City
Bill Thomas
Bears
Little Rock
Birmingham
al Treiche
Hambletonian Day Brings City Crowds To Goshen Harness Meet
On Hambletonian Day Goshen hosts a big town show with urban crowds dominating the stands. The entry list features Wichita Kansas with Yankee Maid and Winston-Salem North Carolina with Betsy Babcock as standout hometown names.
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Goshen
N. Y
Orange County
Park Square
Hanover
Auburn
M. Y
St. Charles
Andover
Ohio
Wichita
Kas
Winston-Salem, N. C
Betsy Babcock
Hambletonian Handouts at Old Orchard Highlight Yankee Maid
Yankee Maid the favorite suffered a rare break in Maine at Old Orchard. Good Time Park and Keene have sun-facing grandstands. Hambletonian entrants Foster Hanover and Fighting Scot sold as yearlings for $325 and $450, then resold higher. The two Yankee Maid Enac yearlings were $1,500. Five fillies entered, but aside from Yankee Maid, few remain in racing.
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Old Orchard
Maine
Bill Cane
United States
Keeneland
Foster Hanover
Fighting Scot
Overheard observations at the race tent and station platform
Observers in the race tent savoring two bite chicken dinners note contentment with the moment. After the races on the station platform a bettor recalls backing two horses, winning ten and eighty cents, missing the next heat to collect bets, then watching the remainder of the program.
Jockey Ben Jones Remembers 1926 Notre Dame Loss Amid Racing Tales
The column blends racing memories with Knute Rockne’s Notre Dame setback in 1926 and Calumet Farm anecdotes. Dick McMahon recalls Calumet Butler’s 1931 Hambletonian win and Dustwhirl’s offspring Whirlaway, noting the boss’s rare criticism of a horse purchase.
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Ben Jones
Chicago
Twilight Tear
Vienna
Saratoga
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
Carnegie Tech
Dick McMahon
Calumet Butler
Warren Wright
Calumet Farm
Dustwhirl
Whirlaway
Glider First Flown Successfully in 1810
The record notes that the glider achieved its initial successful flight in the year 1810.
Daily Crossword Clues and Cryptoquote Puzzle
Crossword grid with across and down clues covering miscellaneous terms and a cryptoquote puzzle. Includes references to celestial, linguistic, and geographic terms, plus a quoted cryptoquote and a historical attribution by La Rochefoucauld.
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LA Rochefoucauld
Plan is hailed by officials on labor controls plan
Washington Aug 9 Maj Gen Lucius D Clay called the Byrnes order mandating labor controls the greatest forward step for reconverting industry to civilian production. Army service forces director said the order creates plant by plant checks on conversions based on labor supply, not materials.
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Washington
Byrnes
Lucius D. Clay
Army Service Forces
Waterfowl hunting season liberalized in several states
Washington announces an 80 day open season on waterfowl this fall and winter with a general duck bag limit of ten plus an extra five mallards geese and pintails allowed. Hunters cannot use bait or live decoys. Open dates vary by species and state with regional cannons in South Carolina Georgia and Alabama among others.
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Washington
Fish and Wildlift Service
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
South
Army Navy game to seek metropolis venue for 1944
Washington reports the Army Navy football spectacle may shift from rural sites to a major city for December 2. Navy favors a big city home game, while Army must approve. Past wartime limits reduced attendance. officials weigh Annapolis or West Point options but prefer a metropolitan host even as commanders consult defense officials.
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Pat O'Brien
Washington
Army
Academy
Annapolis
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Office of Defense Transportation
West Point
DDT
Mead
D-N. Y
Rep. Weiss
D-Pa
Price Hike After Aug 14 On Cookies and Crackers
The Office of Price Administration announced a modest rise in wholesale prices for cookies crackers toast and crumbs sold to retailers by specialty wholesalers effective after August 14. The increase stems from new ceilings tied to the March 1942 high price rather than the previous fixed mark up.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
December dates referenced in period line
The fragment cites date ranges from September 16 to October 15 inclusive and December 25 to January 20, implying a schedule or deadline window mentioned in a historical notice.
Baseball Scores From American Regions
In New York 8 Pittsburgh 4 and Atlanta 2 Nashville 1 results. Mobile 4 13 Chattanooga shows a negative value of 7. Little Rock 9 Birmingham 4 and New Orleans 6 Memphis 4 complete the day’s listed standings.
Wide loophole in rationing of gas
Washington officials acknowledge a loophole in the national gasoline rationing plan allows private airplane owners to demand fuel for trips as long as the fuel is used in the plane. Local boards struggle to curb the rule, with watchdogs like the American Automobile Association urging immediate repeal.
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Washington
Yellowstone
Florida
Office of Price Administration
Thomas P. Henry
American Automobile Association
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