All Star Baseball Showdown at Comiskey Park
Vic Raschi and Robin Roberts lead the All Stars in the 17th renewal at Comiskey Park with a sellout crowd of 49 000 expected. National League stars chase revenge as Casey Stengel and Burt Shotton choose pitchers while Sauer backs the Cubs in center after a ballot surge and Chandler reversal.
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Vic Raschi
Robin ‘Roberts
Comiskey Park
Chicago White Sox
National Ane Ue
Shotton
Enos Slaughter
St. Louis
Sauer
Ralph Kiner
Pittsburgh
Casey Stengel
Willie Pep Marries and Is Suspended in Boxing Row
Featherweight champion Willie Pep wed Dolores Von French II in Elkton Maryland. The NBA suspended Pep for failing to appear at a scheduled 10 round bout with Bobby Bell, delaying his planned training and bout in Washington. Promoter Goldie Ahearn praised the romance while officials awaited Pep’s next moves.
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Washington
Willie Pep
Goldie Ahearn
Willie
National Boxing Association
Pep
Bobby Bell
Youngstown
Ohio
Elkton
Dolores von French
Hartford
Viseusi
District Boxing Commission
Ahearn
Visétsi
Ntws
Heinie Miller
Miller
NBA
Stars Face Chicago In Southern Association Action
In a halted AP wire style recap the schedule lists New Orleans at Atlanta Mobile at Birmingham Nashville at Little Rock and Chattanooga at Memphis as the day’s Southern Association games with no results posted.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Southern Association
New Orleans
Atlanta
Mobile
B . Nashville
Little Rock
Chattanooga
Memphis
Springfield
Baltimore
Toronto
Buffalo
Syracuse
Jersey City
Milwaukee
Columbus
Kansas City
Toledo
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Louisville
Birmingham
Nashville
TEXAS
Leag Beaumont
Dallas
Oklahoma City
San Antonio
Baseball Scores and Postponements Across Leagues
A wide update lists results from INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Springfield 6 Baltimore 2 and other leagues. It notes postponements in Jersey City and rain affects Macon at Augusta and Wilkes Barre at Williamsport, with multiple American and regional league scores and standings.
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission Meets in Mobile
Representatives from Gulf states gather in Mobile July 20 to 21 to hear reports on new fishery discoveries. The Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission will host the sessions following extended explorations by a U S wildlife service vessel since the last meeting.
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Mobile
Ala
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf States Marine Frew Commission
U.S. and Wildlife Service
Commission
Lost Battalion Talk in a New York Bar
A HAL BOYLE piece recalls a Manhattan bar conversation about the Korea War “lost battalion” and the contrast with baseball chatter. A young man laments lack of public attention to returning soldiers while a bartender notes tight National League standings.
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Manhattan
Korea
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Boston
Brooklyn
Fliers Top All-Stars In The SEL
Pensacola Fliers beat the Southeastern League All-Stars 6 to 3 in Pensacola. Andy Elko pitched a complete game allowing eight hits. Jim Rivera hit the only homer of the game for Pensacola as they rapped 12 safeties off four All-Star hurlers.
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Pensacola
Fla
Pensacola Fliers
Fliers
Jackson
Andy Elko
Jim Rivera
Anniston
Joe Clary
Billy Seal
Gadsden
Montgomery
S. Ed Mickelson
Banks McDowell
Frank Diprima
Bobby Lyons
Ray Williams
Neb Wilson
Meridian
Wild Bill Rogers
All-Stars
Ralph Frank
Selma
del Friar
Clary
Rogers
Yorke
Palica
Lewis Jackson
Elko and
Ehlman
Quiet years shift focus to Korea and maps of states
The speaker notes reduced activity and growing interest in Korea. He recalls a widow not finding herself alone before visiting her homeland. Massachusetts and Rhode Island are the only two states fully mapped by the US Geological Survey. The National Geographic Society estimates 16 million lightning storms occur globally each year.
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States
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
U. S. Geological Survey
The
National Geographic Society
Disabled Vets urged to attend Watermelon Cutting event
Harold Smith addresses DAV members urging disabled veterans to learn what disability means and to attend a July 20 gathering at Woodall's. Transportation from Second Avenue and Johnston Street at 7 o'clock will be provided. The Wheeler Brown Hendrix chapter 11 sponsors speeches on welfare and compensation channels for Purple Heart recipients.
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DAV
Harold Smith
Woodall
Second Avenue
Johnston Street
Wheeler Brown Hendrix
Draft Board Swamped as Morgan County Youths Register
About 400 Morgan County youths swamped Mrs. Catherine Geary at the Morgan County Active Service Board on Monday. It was the board’s first weekday open to the public. many filled forms for address changes, marital status, and occupational updates, with several overdue for about a year. Recruiting offices in Decatur report rising enlistments for Air Force and Army, while Marine enlistment applications stay steady.
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Morgan County
Catherine ‘ Register
Morgan County Active Service Board
USGS completes hundreds of map quadrangles yearly
The U S Geological Survey finishes about five hundred map quadrangles annually, each spanning roughly a quarter to an eighth of a degree in latitude and longitude. The program steadily expands the detailed mapping grid used for geographic reference and research.
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U. S. Geological Survey
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