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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1942

Page

6

Wold Series Plans Stir Talk Amid Slump and Barnstorming

Major league leaders debate World Series formats as Yankees lag, White Sox plan possible barnstorming tours. Three proposed rule changes aim to raise funds for Army and Navy relief, with options ranging from extended series to a full two game home park tour before nine to eleven games count toward the title.

New York Yankees White Sox Pacific Frick Naleague Chicago E. M M Medl Army Navy USC

Baseball Scores From AP Roundup Across Leagues

The Associated Press reports numerous results across the major leagues with the American section showing Chicago defeating New York 6 to 2 and Boston beating Cleveland 8 to 2 among others. National results include New York 1 Boston 3 and Chicago 0 Cincinnati 6. Southern matchups feature Atlanta 8 Knoxville 6 and Rock 10 New Orleans 9. The report notes a Georgia Florida list of city results and mentions 510 breweries in the United States at the period’s start and 750 in 1935.

St. Loui Cincinnati New York Detroit St. Lous Philadelphia Associated Press Chicago Boston Cleveland Washington St. Louis

Sport-Dorothy Latta Plays All The Games She Loves

Dorothy Latta of Knoxville excels in golf bowling softball basketball tennis and roller skating. The 27 year old TVA secretary has won the city bowling championship three years running and twice finished runner up in golf, while her softball team claimed four straight city titles. She plans to keep juggling all sports rather than specialize.

Knoxville Tenn Dorothy Latta Misa Latta Des Moines Iowa Tennessee Valley Authority Dorothy O. K Knoxville City

Dodgers pledge blood for Navy plasma banks at game

Brooklyn players will sign a pledge at ceremonies before the Wednesday night game with Boston at Ebbets Field to donate a pint of blood to the A and Navy plasma banks.

Brooklyn Brooklyn Dodgers Boston Ebbetsfield A and Navy

Pawnshop Employee Steals Items Then Sells Back

Kansas City police arrested a shop employee who admitted taking articles from the pawnbroker Ben Hurst. He confessed he sold them to friends who returned them to Hurst and rehocked them, creating a cycle of theft and resale.

Kansas City Ben Hurst Hurst Hock” Agai

Campaign to scrap rubber home plates sparks baseball debate

Sports columnist Hugh Fullerton Jr. reports Thomas Kay's proposal to replace home plates with scrap rubber or substitutes, citing overproduction of plates and potential cost savings. The piece also notes a photo finish at Fairmont track and a Reds trade move involving Lindsey Deal, now nicknamed Raw.

Hugh Fullerton, JR New York Thomas Kay Washington, D. C Fairmont Hoss Track Hoss Clyde Vollmer Birmingham Cincy Reds Lindsey Deal Atlanta Mr. Deal

Frisch Enters Clubhouse In Ritual Routine

Frank Frisch's postgame routine remains steady as he enters the clubhouse. He removes his coat and shakes it, then surveys his lineup with a second, more thorough shake, a ritual noted by John Drebinger of the New York Times.

John Drebinger New York Times Frank Frisch

Glorious swimmer Gloria Callen adds medals for drive

Gloria Callen, famed for her long trophy collection, has two more medals to contribute to the scrap metal drive after receiving Rotary and DAR honors at Nyack High School graduation. Gabe Genovese, returning from 14 months on the West coast, contemplates disbanding his fighters to run a Washington club.

Gloria Callen Gloria Nyack N. Y Rotary Club Daughters of the American Revolution Gabe Genovese Syracuse West Coast Washington

Local restaurant owner earns high school letter for support

For years a Rocky Mount North Carolina high school team booster, Spiro Kounouklis, accompanied the players on trips and cooked meals for them. The team voted him a school letter while businessmen paid for a sweater and Coach Henry House urged him to keep sitting on the bench with the squad.

Rocky Mount N. C Henry House Spiro Kounouklis

Baseball Schedule: Cleveland at Chicago and Others Listed

Today's slate shows Cleveland visiting Chicago as the only set game with Brooklyn at Philadelphia Knoxville at Atlanta Birmingham at Memphis Nashville at Chattanooga New Orleans at Little Rock.

National Brooklyn Philadelphia Southern Knoxville Atlanta Birmingham Memphis Nashville Chattanooga New Orleans Little Rock

Little Rock Captures All Star Game Host Honor

The Little Rock Travelers clinched hosting the Southern Association All Star Game on July 9 by sweeping a doubleheader from New Orleans 10-6 and 4-3 before 5,600 at home. The victory, three and a half games up on Nashville, secures their lead through July 1. Turberville and Hodge replace key players on the All-Star team, with Birmingham and Atlanta also posting wins in a tight standings week.

Associated Press Little Rock Travelers New Orleans Nashville Bob Phillips Birmingham Southern Association of Sports Writers George Turbeville Jim Hexler Burton Hodge Memphis Roy Schalk Lee Gamble Tommy McBride Atlanta Knoxville Smokies West Tennessee Chattanooga

Queens dance hall arrests lead to invitation affidavits

Magistrate John Mason faced 50 Negro men and women detained on disorderly conduct charges from noisy dances in two Queens halls. When asked if they were invited, defendants said yes but one added the cops were not invited. The magistrate suspended sentence.

New York John Mason Queens

Bold thief steals bed spread in Cotten residence

In Goldsboro North Carolina on June 29 a thief entered John Cotten's room while he slept and stole the bed spread. Deputy Sheriff Roy Percise reported the thief then moved a floor lamp from another area of the room.

Goldsboro N. C John Cotten Cotten Roy Percise

Daily crossword and cryptoquote puzzle features

The page presents a large crossword with numbered clues across and down and a Cryptoquote quotation distributed by King Features Syndicate. The cryptogram reads AKGKOTMXHG HB TGMXENXMD XW LHGPKGXTR MH MSK SNIJTG JXGV YNOZK. Saturday’s Cryptoquote shows Schopenhauer’s quote about reading and thinking.

Schopenhauer King Features Syndicate, Inc

Yankees Slip in Standings as Sox Rout. Manager McCarthy Ill

The Chicago White Sox crushed the Yankees 13-1 in a doubleheader, widening the gap to six games and sidelining manager Joe McCarthy with a recurrence of a stomach ailment. Red Ruffing and Ernie Bonham struggled as New York lost both ends of the twin bill.

Austin Bealmear Associated Press York Yankees Yanks Chicago Sox White Sox Red Ruffing Ernie Bonham Yankee Yankees Joe McCarthy Cleveland Boston Red Sox Indians Chubby Ean Detroit Tigers Philadelphia Athletics Hal Newhouser Tigers Lyman Harris Washington Senators St. Louis Browns Brooklyn Dodgers Joe Medwick Cincinnati Reds Pittsburgh Pirate Giants Hughes Phils St. Louis Cardinals Lon Warneke Jim Tobin Boston Braves Chicago Cubs

Community Visits and Travel Notes From Hartselle

Nash ville visitors Mr and Mrs Edgar McClure and Shirley spent a day with the Blevins family on route two. Mrs Wade was seen in Decatur on Thursday. Local residents Mrs Lavert Russell and others of Hartselle visited Mrs Mary J Wednesday afternoon. Rev C P Hamby and Rev J S Martin attended a North Alabama Conference session in Birmingham. Miss Imogene Johnson visited family in Rome Georgia. Mrs Bryan Abbott of Knoxville and her mother visited here Saturday.

Edgar McClure Shirley Nashville Tenn Milton Blevins W. T. Wade Decatur Lavert Russell Jers Herman Packe Ora Russell M Cutcheon Hartsell Mary J B. E. Waugh Waugh Floyd Lyle Ode Grand Fred Jennings Gloria Jean Satur Norfolk Ben Blevins Francis Martin Baugh’s Infirmary C.P. Hamby

Area of Outer China Manchuria Mongolia and Tibet

Outer China Manchuria Mongolia and Tibet cover about 1,577,000 square miles in area.

China Manchuria Mongolia Tibet

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