Cardinals Browns Stand High As Baseball Season Warms
The Associated Press notes the St. Louis Cardinals hold a strong pennant lead while the Browns contend with Boston Red Sox in a tight scramble. Mort Cooper and Yang helped the Cardinals sweep the Giants. Dodgers slide continues. Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland post key victories as standings tighten. Also mentions Eleazar Wheelock and Yellowstone facts as side notes.
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Yang the Bell
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Rube Fischer
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Cincinnati
Arnie Carter
Arry Gumbert
Boston Braves
Coleman
Les Fleming
Claude Passeau
Dom Dallessandro
Barrett
Ben Cardoni
South notes stir over Callahan and young prospect bonuses
New Orleans reporters debate the 15000 dollar Dick Callahan bonus paid by the Red Sox to a New Orleans prospect and its impact on minor league pay. Bill Keefe argues his Louisville debut may have harmed Callahan’s career. Meantime 15 year old Joe Nuxhall earns a Birmingham trial with a state labor permit, lasting two thirds of an inning with one hit five walks and six runs allowed.
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Ars
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Red Sox
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Bill Keefe
New Orleans Times-Picayune
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Joe Nuxhall
Reds
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State Child Labor Board
Tigers Propose MLB Draft Restriction For Free Agents
The Tigers plan a proposal for the next week's meeting in Pittsburgh to bar signing a free agent without at least one full season in class A or higher and to allow majors to buy minor league players only via unrestricted draft. Baseball men doubt Judge Landis would support limits on bonuses and fear minor leagues losing big-money sales.
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Boxers on Buckley Field clash as Navy crews box
At Buckley Field Colorado boxers tried GI version of Col Russ Newland round run and reported a noticeable speeding up of the action. Wal Bubien, ex Penn captain and Bainbridge Navy player, hit safely ten times in sixteen appearances with ten RBIs and eight runs. Elbie Fletcher tutors him on first base. Navy and Duke veterans meet in a South Pacific boxing bout mirroring 1939 results as Hill's Duke crew beats Nave's fighters.
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Bainbridge
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Elbie Fletcher
Doyle Nave
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Dan Hill
South Pacific
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Cleaning the cuff and court: old stars in new light
The piece notes old champions like Bill Tilden and Frank Kovacs, comparing past and present tennis stature. It cites baseball historian Ernie Lanigan with 8,000 birth dates and full rosters, and Brooklyn Tigers conductor George Sergienko scouting players between runs. Coach Pete Cawthon is mentioned as having the “right tickets.”
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Ernie Lanigan
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Presbyterian group names Pressley head of southern association
Dr. William C. Pressley of Peace Junior College Raleigh N C was elected president of the Presbyterian National Association of the South. He succeeds Dr. U S Gordon of Gainesville Fla who becomes chairman of the general assembly's advisory committee on Christian education.
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Glenda Arven Invitational Triumph and Notable Golf Victory
Frank Strananhan of Toledo emerged champion at the Glen Arven Invitational defeating W L Goodloe Sr in the final after beating Jimmy Lee of Tallahassee and W H Inlow en route. In other notes Lt EB Elrod a prisoner of Germans and J Cobb joins Ty Cobb lineage.
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Pope Pius XII Receives War Secretary Stimson in Rome
Pope Pius XII received Secretary of War Stimson in audience in Rome. Stimson arrived aboard the first Allied train into the capital since its fall and was greeted at a colorful ceremony.
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Pope Pius XII
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Chicks Win First Half in Southern Association Race
Memphis Chicks beat Atlanta Crackers 2-1 in game one of a doubleheader at Memphis to lead the Southern Association by a full game and push toward a home stretch. Attendence 9,065. Crackers salvaged revenge with a 14-5 win in the second game. Memphis hosts All-Star game July 12.
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Crackers
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Birmingham
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Pelicans
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National Leagues Board Scores Summary
National St. Louis 6 9 New York 2 1 Cincinnati 6 2 Brooklyn 2 1 Philadelphia 3 0 Pittsburgh 2 4 Chicago 7 4 Boston 1 1.
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Southern League Scores and Notable Mentions
No games scheduled. Brooklyn plays Cincinnati. Boston at Chicago. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh after a suspended May 21 game. A Danish postmaster Einar Holboll conceived the Christmas tuberculosis seal. Six of seven wildlife zones in North America are in New Mexico.
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Smokies Name Change to Mobile For Southern Association Start
The Knoxville Smokies become Mobile Smokies today in the Southern Association and begin the second half with a game against the Birmingham Barons. Manager Johnny Riddle plans How ard Fox to start, with Bill Thomas for Mobile, as fans choose a new club name. The club will wear Knoxville uniforms for a few days, aiming for new outfits by July 14.
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Howard Fox
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Buddy Lewis
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Crowds pack baseball parks and race tracks over long July 4 weekend
More than 1,100,000 sports fans attended baseball parks, race tracks, and other events across three days. Major league double headers drew 346,828 culminating in 593,411 total ballpark admissions. Racing crowds reached 508,781 with pari mutuel bets near 24.95 million.
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Southern’ Association
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Philadelphia
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Legion Team Wins in First Session
The Junior American Legion team opened their season with an 11 to 10 victory over the Decatur Independents at Southern Airways field. Lefty Coy Halbrooks, aged 14, kept the Independents from pulling ahead with a slow curve in the July sun. The Florence Junior Legionnaires are set to visit Decatur on July 12, while Decatur travels there on July 19.
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Coy Halbrooks
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Revolt Spreads Through Central American Republics
Unrest reported across Honduras and Nicaragua with indications that both presidents may have resigned. Gen Tiburcio Carias Andino of Honduras reportedly quit, delegating power to Vice President Abraham Williams. In Nicaragua a passive resistance movement formed against Anastasio Somoza, with his resignation expected soon.
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Abraham Williams
Anastasio Somoza
Guatemala
Jorge Ubico
Sugar company leases vast land rights to Ohio Oil
Clewiston, July 5. United States Sugar Corporation leases oil, gas and mineral rights on about 150000 acres along the south shore of Lake Okeechobee to Ohio Oil Company. President Clarence R. Bitting says drilling will protect agricultural potentialities during operations.
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Daily Crossword Clues and Cryptoquote Feature
A newspaper page presents a themed crossword with across and down clues, including cryptic entries. It also shares a quote cryptoquote with the Cicero attribution and a note about distribution by King Features Syndicate.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
De Gaulle Arrives in Washington for Talks With Roosevelt
French Chief De Gaulle arrives in Washington for talks with President Roosevelt. He is met by a cabinet group and escorted to the White House with dinners planned by Secretary Hull. De Gaulle will base at Blair House during his stay and later visit Canada.
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Emil Marie Bethouart
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Fire Destroyed 193 Buildings at Fukushima Hot Springs
Tokyo reports a disastrous fire at Oisaka hot springs in Fukushima prefecture during the night of July 1. The blaze destroyed 193 buildings including 19 hotels with damage estimated at 6,000,000 yen. United States monitors relay the wartime yen value estimate of about 23 cents.
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New York
United States
Fukushima Prefecture
Oisaka Hot Springs
Honshu
Quintuplet Boys Born Near Turkey Syria Border
Delayed report says five boys born at Mardin near the Turkey Iraq Syria border. Premier Saracoglu orders them brought to Ankara for government supervision to aid a campaign for more births in Turkey.
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Buddy Murphy Honored At Birthday Dinner Party
A birthday dinner celebrated Buddy Murphy on his eighteenth birthday at noon with a bountiful lunch. Guests included Mr and Mrs Seldon Day and six children from Hartselle, the Day family friends from Florette, Nell Ryan, Edward Kimble, Kay Edmonson, Kathleen, Eugene and Lonnie Murphy, and the honorees Mr and Mrs W D Murphy.
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Jauy
Nile Lynda
Buddy) Murphy
Seldon Day
Madison
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Gerald
Hartselle
Winfrey Day
Wanda
Jack
Mary Jane
Bobby
14 Officers Are Raised at Courtland Army Airfield
Col. Walter W. Gross announces promotion of 14 officers at Courtland Army Airfield. Seven rise to captain including Bray flying squadron commander and Covington instrument school commander. The other seven become first lieutenants such as Ford assistant aircraft maintenance officer and Ferranti tactical officer.
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Walter W. Gross
Arthur L. Bray
Loren Thomas
Lewis.c. Proctor
Alfred T. Sadler
Luther W. Freas
Creston E. Jackson
Wallace P. Covington
Russian claim says German general captured near Bobruisk
Moscow reports Lt Gen Von Luetznow, commander of the 35th German army corps, seized with about 60 officers in a wood behind Russian lines northwest of Bobruisk. British radio tallies him as the 23rd general captured or killed in three weeks in Russia and France.
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von Luetznow
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France
Moscow
Bobruisk
Army Overseas Petroleum Demand Report
The U S Army overseas requires about 1 250 000 barrels of petroleum products daily. This estimate highlights the scale of logistics needs for military operations abroad and underlines the critical role of fuel supply in sustaining overseas missions.
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