Majors Begin Grind As Spring Training Opens
The start of spring training marks baseballs wartime season with many stars in service and more departures to come. Landis Frick and Harridge say play will continue as long as nine men are available. Leaders like Connie Mack see a possible reshaped race as teams lose stars. The A’s in Frederick Md and Yankees in Atlantic City report limited rosters while roster moves and position changes surface across camps.
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New York
Armed Services
Kenesaw M. Landis
Ford Frick
National League
Will Harridge
American League
Army
Navy
Marines
Marchant Marines
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati
Yankees
Washington Tall
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Frederick
Atlantic City
Onl
Floyd Bevens
Johnny Johnson
Bob Estalella
Indianapolis
A's
Jojo Moore
Rip Radcliffe
LaFayette
Ind
Indians
Loui Boudreau
Steven Gromek
National League spring training notes from Lakewood and Bloomington
Lakewood Giants prospect pool includes Rube Fischer and Cliff Melton as seven teens report for first workout. Mel Ott says Billy Jurges unsigned. Johnny Witting to undergo pre induction exam March 28. In Bloomington Cincinnati first baseman Frank McCormick among 14 Red camp players, reclassified 1-A and ready to stay until induction. Most clubs begin training this week. Cardinals and Browns not until next Monday.
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Lakewood
N. J
Giants
Rube Fischer
Cliff Melton
Mel Ott
Billy Jurges
Johnny Witting
Bloomington
Ind
Reds
Frank McCormick
Cincinnati
Cardinals
Browns
Child Drowns After Ice Breaks Near Chappaqua
Six year old Jean McCormick led guests Anne Johnson seven and Daniel four from Branchville Conn to a pond for ice sliding. The Johnson children later played indoors while Jean failed to return. Her father James McCormick found her drowned beneath the ice after a search.
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Chappaqua
N. Y
Jean McCormick
Anne Johnson
Daniel
Branchville
Conn
Johnson
Jean
James McCormick
Basketball World Series Opens With Big Men’s Tournaments
New York reports the Basketball World Series begins Thursday in a two week run seen as a three ring circus. The New York Invitation and National Collegiate A A tournaments will feature 16 top college teams though Navy squads are largely excluded. The National A A U Journey starts Sunday in Denver and should attract 37 to 40 leading industrial and service teams.
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New York
A. A
Denver
Mikan Faces Seven Foot Foes In Wartime College Spotlight
George Mikan, famed center at De Paul, will clash with seven foot Bob Kurland and Don Otten in Chicago Stadium and Bowling Green rivalries. Utah’s Fred Sheffield could clear Mikan’s jump, after last spring’s six foot eight inch high jump title. Dick McGuire of St John’s to play for Dartmouth in NCAA tournament, adding to wartime confusion.
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George Mikan
de Paul
Chicago
Bob Kurland
Oklahoma Aggies
Don Otten
Bowling Green
Beauview
Utah
Fred Sheffield
Mikan
Dick McGuire
St. John’s
Dartmouth
St Louis Cardinals Sign 19YearOld Taxicab Driver Pitcher
Greenville Ohio reports the St Louis Cardinals have signed a 19 year old taxicab driver to pitch for a farm club. He is said to expect 20 cents for the first inning and 10 cents for each additional inning. The note comes from Paterson N J Evening News via Joe Goetter.
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Joe Goetter
Paterson N. J
Greenville
Ohio
St. Louis Cardinals
Giants eye Marine Podesto in draft uncertainty
The Giants show interest in Presto Podesto of Modesto and St Marys College as a potential recruit, noting he may need to enter the grid draft if the Army draft intervenes. Also, Penn State experts find half inch grass clippings from golf greens make ideal poultry feed, with longer growth causing hens to lay alibis.
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Modesto
St. Mary's
College of the Pacific
Penn State College
Milk deliveries resume in Detroit after strike
Milk deliveries in the Detroit area, reduced to a trickle over the weekend, resumed today after about 2,500 dairy workers voted to return to work. Local 83 United Dairy Workers CIO members approved the back-to-work stance amid Army involvement and a War Labor Board consideration of overtime pay.
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Detroit
United Dairy Workers
Crosswords and cryptograms from a newspaper page
A collage of crossword clues and a cryptoquote puzzle appears with numbered entries across and down, a cryptogram quotation, and a note about a quote attributed to Massinger. The page also includes a religious or literary line about hard things being compounded by easy means.
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Eastern NCAA basketball draw set for Madison Square Garden
The draw for the Eastern NCAA basketball eliminations on March 24 25 will be made here. Dartmouth Temple Ohio State and Catholic University are among the teams selected. The Eastern and Western NCAA winners meet here March 26 with a possible clash on March 30 against the NIT winner from the Madison Square Garden Journey.
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New York
Dartmouth Temple
Ohio State
Catholic University
Budge Defeats Segura In Practice Match At Heights Casino
New York March 13 Lt Don Budge tennis champion beat Francisco Segura of Ecuador seven nine six three six one in a practice match yesterday at the Heights Casino They will compete in a Red Cross tennis show at Madison Square Garden Tuesday night.
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New York
Don Budge
Francisco Segura
Ecuador
the Heights
Red Cross
Madison Square Garden
Thompson strings win 15th Illinois women’s bowling handicap
In Springfield on March 13 the Thompson tennis strings of Chicago captured team handicap honors at the 15th annual Illinois women's bowling tournament with a 2.866. Berneice Mortenson of Chicago won singles and all-events titles with 669 and 1,827 handicap scores, respectively.
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Springfield
Ill
Thompson Tennis Strings
Chicago
Berneice Mortenson
St Louis War Worker Wins Seventh Midwestern Badminton Title
Dick Casey aged 26 from St Louis retained the men's singles crown at the seventh annual Midwestern badminton tournament in Chicago yesterday by defeating Joe Tiberi 15 to 11 and 15 to 1.
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Dick Casey
St. Louis
Joe Tiberi
Dairy Strike Expands as Workers Walk Out Over Pay
The strike began when inside workers left in protest of delays by the national WLB on overtime pay appeals. Drivers and other dairy workers joined in hours later, halting about 90 percent of deliveries across the region.
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WLB
Sinkwich Qualifies for U S Maritime Service
Frankie Sinkwich former Georgia All American and Detroit Lions star has qualified for the U S maritime service. He is to report to a regional training base in about two weeks, then undergo four to six months training before assignment to a merchant vessel as an ordinary seaman or possibly as a specialist.
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Frankie Sinkwich
Detroit Lions
U. S. Maritime Service
Sinkwich
Sheepshead Bay
N. Y
St. Petersburg
Fla
Crackers begin spring practice at Ponce De Leon Park
Atlanta Crackers plan to start workouts April 1 at Ponce De Leon Park with about 50 players under Manager Kiki Cuyler. President Earl Mann notes the team will train at home to cut travel per Office of Defense Transportation. Promising prospects include 17 year old Floyd Pittman of Chattahoochee and Henry Fallon of New Orleans, a discharged Navy veteran at shortstop.
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Atlanta Crackers
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Earl Mann
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Floyd Pittman
Chattahoochee
Henry Fallon
New Orleans
Yankee Dickey Postpones Trip To Training Plant
Little Rock dispatch reports veteran New York Yankee catcher Bill Dickey, 38, whose pre-induction examination was delayed to Wednesday after he was reclassified 1-A. He is married with a daughter.
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Ark
Bill Dickey
New York Yankee
Dickey
Georgia Tech guard Red Hood dies of wounds in Mediterranean
The War Department reports Sergeant Charles Hood Jr., a guard on the 1940 Georgia Tech team that played in the Orange Bowl, died of wounds suffered in the Mediterranean area. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hood, have received word.
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Charles
Red) Hood
Georgia Tech
Mediterranean
Mirs
Charles Hood
Dodds Adds to Laurels at Knights of Columbus Meet
Gil bert Dodds Boston’s student parson sprints to a world indoor record 4 07.3 in the Columbian mile at Madison Square Garden eclipsing Cunningham’s mark and claiming the double with a 1 000 yard win in 2 11 2. Don Burnham and Les Eisenhart trailed as Rafferty outpaced Ollie Hunter to win the two mile in 9 14.
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Chuck Fenske
Leslie MacMitchell
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Garden
Dartmouth
Don Burnham
Les Eisenhart
Columbus
Ohio
Johnny Fulton
San Francisco
Olympic Club
Jimmy Herbert
Bill Hulse
James Rafferty
Ensign Ollie Hunter
Notre Dame
Rafferty
Hunter
Gil Dodds
Hudlin Buys Traveler Stock in Arkansas Club
Willis Hudlin, former pilot of the 1942 Southern Association pennant winner, becomes principal stockholder of the Little Rock Travelers. He bought the balance of stock from President Roy L. Thomas, who led the club 13 years. Ray Winder previously acquired Thompson stock. Hudlin, soon 38, teaches at the Army Air Forces branch school in Jonesboro Arkansas.
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Little Rock Travelers
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Traveler Club
Hudlin
Roy L. Thomas
Traveler
Ray Winder
Thompson
Army Air Forces
Jonesboro
Midwinter Senior Golf Opens at Kenilworth Lodge
The tenth annual midwinter senior golf tournament for players over fifty opens tomorrow at Kenilworth Lodge links in Sebring Florida. More than 190 amateurs from all parts of the country are entered, with the event running through Saturday.
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Sebring
Fla
Kenilworth Lodge Links
Richmond Major Dobson Reported Missing in Action
Richmond Virginia March 13 Major John Jack Dobson former University of Richmond and West Point athlete is reported missing in action. Frank Dobson former Richmond coach and now athletic director at Newport News shipyard apprentice school said his son was last heard from in the Italian theater of operations. Major Dobson's wife is Eloise Hendrix of Greensboro North Carolina.
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John
Jack) Dobson
University of Richmond
West Point
Frank Dobson
Newport News
Dobson
Forme Eloise Hendrix
Greensboro
Lunch Program Plea Is Renewed In Washington
Senator Smith of South Carolina calls for a federal state lunch program run entirely by states. He seeks revival of 50 million dollars for next year, with the Senate Agriculture Committee to consider a state controlled plan while the federal role would be limited to funding guidance.
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Smith
S.C
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Nazi leaders relieved on Russian front replacements named
London March 13 Two German front commanders on the Russian theater have been permanently relieved and replaced by Nazis from the ranks. Von Kluege, possibly wounded, has been written off the active list and Ernst Busch promoted to field marshal. Von Keuchler is replaced by Walther Model as campaign stress grows. Both new leaders are rank-guided, capable outsiders.
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London
Guenther von Kluege
Georg von Keuchler
Junkers
von Kluege
Germany
Ernst Busch
von Keuchler
Walther Model
Busch
Model
Fathers pin wings on their own sons in ceremony
Albany Ga March 13 three Army air forces officers witnessed graduation exercises at Turner Field and pinned silver wings on their sons tunics Col J Trubee Davison father of Endicott Peabody Davison Lt Col Harmar D Denny Jr father of James O Hara Denny and Major Frank W Gallier father of Neil Edward Gallier all officers associated with Maxwell Field and Seymour Johnson Field respectively
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Army Air Forces
Turner Field
J. Trubee Davison
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Harmar D. Denny Jr
Eastern Flying Training Command
Maxwell Field
Ala
James O'Hara Denny
Frank W. Gallier
AAF
Seymour Johnson Field
N. C
Neil Edward Gallier
Republican Quit In Alabama Legislature Sparks Says Special Elections Planned
State Rep. Frank M. Johnson of Winston County, the sole Republican in Alabama's 141 member House, resigned on March 13. Two vacancies will be filled in a November special election as announced by Governor Sparks.
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Ala
Frank M. Johnson
Winston County
Alabama
Sparks
Supreme Court limits Oklahoma liquor seizure at Fort Sill
The Supreme Court ruled that Oklahoma officials lacked authority to seize alcohol consigned from outside the state for an officers' club at the Fort Sill military reservation, effectively limiting state power over interstate liquor shipments.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Fort Sill Military Reservation
WAC Recruiters Inaugurate Drive In North Alabama
Last week Lt. Cameron opened a WAC sub station in Huntsville. Sat LaDue leads the Huntsville office with an assisting recruiter, who will hold an Decatur post office Room 206 office Mondays and Tuesdays. The North Alabama Volunteers drive seeks to enlist all area women. Huntsville address is 501 State National Bank Building. Women may contact the Huntsville office or the assisting recruiter for convenient personal outreach.
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Birmingham
Huntsville
Sat
LaDue
Decatur
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WACS
Dustless coal relation to soap emulsified oil use
A historical note explains that coal becomes dustless mainly because soap is used to emulsify the oil sprayed on the coal to suppress dust.
Scottsboro Wins Again In State Prep Basketball Final
Scottsboro cagers claim Alabama state high school basketball title by team play edging Lexington 32-29 in the championship. Lexington upset, Parris of Selma, semi finals. tournament high scorers Hamner, Thompson, Little. All-State picks include Hamner, Thompson, Little, Daniel, Hicks.
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Ala
Guy O'Brien
Scottsboro
O'Brien
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Parris
Selma
Simmons
Wilborn
Ramsay
Birmingham
Sidney Lanier
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Mobile
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Thompson
Little
Dyson Hamner
Wallace Thompson
Haskel Little
Glenn Daniel
Joe Hicks
Taxes Rise Sharply in Wartime US Personnel Levy
The article notes that personnel taxes in the United States climbed from roughly 3 billion dollars in 1940 to an estimated 16 billion dollars in 1943 as wartime fiscal measures expanded.
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U. S
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