Cardinals plan new attack for big innings this season
St Louis March 18 The Cardinals manager Billy Southworth disclosed plans to shift to a wide-open attack aimed at big innings after emphasizing conservative baserunning last season. He cited strong pitching led by Pollet Lanier and Cooper and noted the staff’s 2.57 earned runs per nine innings, while predicting a different approach to offense this year reflecting World Series style play.
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Billy Southworth
Cardinals
Southworth
Howard Pollet
Max Lanier
Morton Cooper
al Brazie
Harry Brecheen
New York Yankees
Veteran Catcher Awaited by Yanks in Spring Camp
Atlantic City N J March 16 Eighteen New York Yankees practiced at Bader Field as Manager Joe McCarthy sought catching depth with the slow to report Bob Collins an average athlete who spent last year with a railroad. Marie Joe ordered three Newark Bears players to report Jack Phillips Frank Hiller and Karl Drews. Phillips 6 4 led the Piedmont League with eight homers for Norfolk Hiller won 22 games and lost two at Lafayette College then joined the Bears mid season and won 10.
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New York Yankees
Bader Field
Joe McCarthy
Bob Collins
Marie Joe
Newark Bears
Yankees
Jack Phillips
Frank Hiller
Karl Drews
Phillips
Norfolk
Hiller
LaFayette College
Bears
Marianas Hit By Hurricanes And Earthquakes
Weather and seismic activity affect the Marianas with frequent storms and quakes. Local authorities monitor conditions, issue advisories, and coordinate emergency response as residents prepare for further events.
Evans Sees Great Year in Southern Association
Memphis report notes President Billy Evans forecasts a better gate, improved circuit conditions, and baseball of equal or greater quality than 1943. Chattanooga to play debut in the afternoon. opening schedule lists Birmingham at New Orleans, Chattanooga at Nashville, Little Rock at Memphis, Knoxville at Atlanta, Nashville at Knoxville, Memphis at Birmingham on April 28.
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Billy Evans
Southern Association
Chattanooga
Lookouts
Joe Engel
Birmingham
New Orleans
Nashville
Little Rock
Knoxville
Atlanta
Hobbs Presiding Again in Alabama District Race
Rep. Sam Hobbs returns to preside over Alabama's fourth congressional district after illness. He cast his vote on the soldier ballots issue and plans to return to Selma around April 1 to face two opponents in renomination bid.
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Sam Hobbs
Alabama
Hobbs
Selma
Marriage Is Winner Again In Coral Gables Handicap
The eight year old gelding Marriage led most of Tropical Park’s Coral Gables handicap winning by three lengths over Mar Kell. Rags To Riches won last month’s New Orleans handicap and finished second. Shot Put placed third as crowd of 8,343 saw Marriage pay $6.20 for a $2 ticket.
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Tropical Park
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Coward and Dupuy
New Orleans
Warren Wright
Mar-Kell
Boners Give Checks To Red Cross Drive In New York
Beau Jack and Al Davis, former New York boxer champions, donated a combined 9 071 dollars 98 cents to the American Red Cross after their 10 round bout at Madison Square Garden. Jack sent 3 677 dollars 43 cents plus 1 000 to the New York unit. Davis added 1 000 and 3 394 55. Other boxers on the card are expected to lift the total to about 15 000, versus 9 000 a year ago.
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Beau Jack
al Davis
Brooklyn
American Red Cross
Madison Square Garden
Jack
Augusta
Davis
Jack Henry Armstrong
Temple Owls to Meet Tennessee in Knoxville Game
Athletic director Earl R. Yeomans announced Temple University will play the University of Tennessee in Knoxville next November 18 in the first football meeting between the schools. The agreement covers one game with a possible return contest later. Tennessee did not field a team last fall and Temple’s year schedule is at present only this game.
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Earl R. Yeomans
Temple University
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University of Tennessee
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Tenn
Yeomans
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Tennessee
Temple
Cook Undergoes Nasal Operation In Navy Prep
Atlanta March 18 A 17 year old University of Georgia halfback and naval aviation reserve member Johnny Cook underwent a nasal operation at Ponce de Leon infirmary to clear an obstruction and allow use of an aerial oxygen mask as he enters the Navy. He had suffered a broken nose in football and led the nation in forward passing last autumn.
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Little Johnny Cook
University of Georgia
Navy
Cook
Naval Aviation Reserve
Ponce le Leon
Dutch Harrison Opens Narrow Lead In Charlotte Open
Soldier Dutch Harrison fired 66 and 70 to lead the Charlotte Open by two strokes at the halfway mark of the $10,000 war bond tournament. Jug McSpaden trailed at 138, Byron Nelson 140, Sam Byrd 142, with Craig Wood and Jimmie Hines on 143. The field reduced to the low 39 pros and 12 amateurs for tomorrow’s 36 hole finale.
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Charlotte
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Dutch Harrison
Jug McSpaden
Philadelphia
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Harrison
Byron Nelson
Ed Dudley
PGA
Dutchman
Air Corps
Sam Byrd
Detroit
Craig Wood
Mamaroneck
N. Y
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Amsterdam
FE. J. Harrison
Greensboro
Jag McSpaden
Toledo
Ohio
Mich
Jimmy Hines
Furman Edwards
Winston-Salem
Bob Hamilton
Evansville
Ind
Frank Strazza
Greenwich
Conn
Tony Penna
Dayton
Ralph Hutchinson
Bethlehem
Skip Alexander
Durham
Orville White
X-Ed Furgol
Birmingham
Willie Goggin
White Plains
Fred Annon
John T. Kelly
Norfolk
X-A. E. Deck
Raleigh
Purvis Ferree
Voyles Predicted as Auburn Coach by Birmingham Editor
Zipp Newman of The Birmingham News predicts William and Mary coach Carl Voyles will become Auburn’s head football coach. The piece notes Cawthon’s Brooklyn Dodgers future and Voyles’s 29-7-3 record at William and Mary since 1939, with both schools reportedly inactive last year. Auburn’s former coach Jack Meagher serves as a Navy lieutenant commander.
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Ala
Zipp Newman
Birmingham News
Carl Voyles
William and Mary College
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
Pete Cawthon
Brooklyn
Cawthon
Voyles
Wallace Wade
Duke
Tride
William and Mary
Jack Meagher
Navy
Jays Head South Thirty Five Miles For Camp Start
Manager Fred Fitzsimmons will lead about 13 newly christened Philadelphia Blue Jays south about 35 miles to Wilmington Del for the opening of training camp. The squad includes outfielder Ron Northey who has expressed dissatisfaction with pay. GM Herb Pennock adds two scouts Steve Yerkes and Bill Laval. Club rosters show 77 players across three farms Wilmington Del Utica N Y and Bradford Pa.
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Philadelphia
Fred Fitzsimmons
Philadelphia Blue Jays
Wilmington
Del
Ron Northey
Herb Pennock
Steve Yerkes
Boston Red Sox
Hatboro
Bill Laval
Newberry
More leather for repairs available in 1944
Washington reports surplus leather for civilian shoe repair. Beginning April 1, sole leather will be issued to repair shops at 350,000 bends per month in half sole form. This rate exceeds 1943 by 30,000 bends monthly, with a bend equaling soles for about 26 pairs of shoes.
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Washington
Office of Civilian Requirements
Simmons Single Wins For His Side In Scrimmage
In Frederick Md on March 18 a veteran Al Simmons delivered a run scoring single to left with two on as the Barbara Fritchies beat the Stonewall Jacks 3 to 1 in the Athletics intra squad training camp game. Bill Burgo doubled twice for the losers and Simmons added another single as rain shortened the game after four innings.
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Frederick. Md
al Simmons
Barbara Fritchies
Stonewall Jacksons
Philadelphia Athletics
Bill Burgo
Simmons
Canal Plan Vote Is Due On Major Harbor Bill
Alabama has a $126 million share in a $443.7 million postwar rivers and harbors bill headed to a final House test Monday. Major items are a $60 million Coosa Alabama river clearance from Rome to Mobile and a $66 million Tennessee Tombigbee waterway. Supporters Starnes and Boykin defend the projects as vital to Southeast industry, power and freight, while facing opposition and potential removal from the bill.
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Joseph J. Mansfield
Dtex
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
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Tennessee
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Gulf
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Moonshine Raid Seizes Five Stills In Limestone County
Investigators from ATU aided by Deputy Sheriff Byars and Sandlin seized and destroyed five stills near Mooresville in Limestone County including a 400 gallon capacity model, 300 gallon, 200 gallon and 60 gallon stills, plus equipment. A 1937 GMC truck in Huntsville was seized for transporting four gallons of non tax paid liquor. The truck is stored at General Motors plant pending further action.
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W. S. Lamon
Limestone County
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Byars
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Huntsville
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School Play Decided Hit At Chapel Hour
Mrs Willard J Brown’s dramatic classes scored another smash hit Friday morning when Who Done It a hilarious mystery comedy was presented at the chapel hour. Bob Markham played the lead, a mix of Sherlock Holmes and detective force, with Alta Brand Baby Ruth Ratliff Frances Johnson James Sellers and Mildred Crawford in supporting roles. Sidney Chenault directed with Ned Anderson as makeup manager Paul Yarbrough property manager Ed Uptain advertising manager and Bill Moore stage manager.
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Willard J. Brown
Sherlock Holmes
Bob Markham
Alta Brand
Baby Ruth Ratliff
Frances Johnson
James Sellers
Mildred Crawford
Sidney Chenault
Ned Anderson
Paul Yarbrough
Ed Uptain
Bill Moore
Alabama tax returns rise to over three hundred thousand
P. Dr. Henry J. Willingham, U. S. collector of internal revenue, estimates that 334,500 Alabamians filed income tax returns between January 1 and the March 15 deadline. The office says this represents a gain of 15 to 20 percent.
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Birmingham
Ala
Henry J. Willingham
U. S
Internal Revenue
Long Dive To Bring Down German Fighter
Lt. Robert E. Goodnight of Twin Falls Idaho piloting a Mustang fighter dived 19 000 feet to within 200 feet of the ground to destroy a Messerschmitt 100 during a mission over a German village. He claimed four aerial victories after watching the plane crash and bullets splatter near the town.
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England
Robert E. Goodnight
Twin Falls
Idaho
Goodnight
Tax office deposits reach ten million in period
Over the same period last year the collector's office has deposited collections from income and excess profits taxes totaling approximately ten million dollars since March 1.
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Ineome
Tax distribution announced for Morgan County
A report issued Saturday by County Treasurer Col. Charles G. Hardwick lists the March 1 to March 16 tax allocations. State of Alabama receives 835.10 dollars, Morgan County 1628.58, county schools 972.41, city schools 193.45, Austinville 7.38, Hartselle 182.42, Trinity 5.05, and the Tax Assessor 76.90.
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Morgan County
Col
Charles G. Hardwick
State of Alabama
Austinville
Hartselle
Trinity
National Service Life Insurance Approvals Surpass 100 Billion
Total applications from members of the armed forces for National Service Life Insurance have passed the 100 billion mark, signaling a record level of demand and ongoing commitment from military personnel.
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Armed Forces
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