Flyers Win Loop Title in Tri Industrial League
Courtland's softball team completed a 27 and 6 season by edging Reyn-Alloys 6 to 5 to clinch the Tri-Industrial League championship. Jim Turner pitched no hits in the first Shaughnessy game and held the final to six hits, while Keith Marshall, Jim Patrie and Doug Martin led the offense with two hits apiece. The league trophy and a Tri Cities pennant were awarded to the Flyers, with honors coming from League Manager McBride and Sgt. Andy er citing the team’s strong season despite key losses.
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Flyers
Reyn-Alloys
Tron
Jim Turner
Alloys
Keith Marshall
Jim Patrie
Doug Martin
Maplewood
McBride
Andyer
Compliance check of garages and dealers by OPA
Birmingham progress report notes a district Office of Price Administration check of garages and auto dealers. Kingman Shelburne, enforcement attorney, says the move aligns with a nationwide drive to improve compliance with OPA price control and record-keeping rules.
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Birmingham
Ala
District Office of Price Administration
Kingman Shelburne
OPA
Shelburne
Daily Crossword Clues and Cryptoquote Puzzle Notes
Puzzle grid items list across and down clues with cryptoquote puzzle by King Features Syndicate. Includes quote REVENGE IS ALWAYS THE WEAK PLEASURE OF A LITTLE AND NARROW MIND JUVENAL. cryptogram lines show letter mappings and solution hint.
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Juvenal
King Features Syndicate Inc
V DAY PLANS MADE
Birmingham police outline V E Day preparations with 15 000 civilian volunteers joining 18 substations in operation. Capt H V Early says plan aims to protect celebrants and deter looting by the hoodlum element.
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Birmingham
Ala
H. V. Early
Early
Grapefruit Juice Elevates Flavored Fish Dishes
Unsweetened grapefruit juice sprinkles over baked broiled or pan fried fish to provide a tart bright flavor. The method suggests citrus accents to enhance seafood dishes.
Teams Swing Into Action As Draft, Weather Tie Up Week
The Associated Press report notes four contenders in the American League chase resume after a four day holiday. Dick Wakefield passed his Army physical and awaits potential call. Denny Galehouse to report for pre induction at Camp Blanding. Bill Voiselle earns his 20th win for the Giants as they beat the Phillies 12 1. Cincinnati edge Cubs in 13 innings then Cubs win nightcap. Brooklyn tops Boston to climb to sixth.
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Associated Press
Dick Wakefield
Detroit
Chicago
Navy
Sarasota Fla
Denny Galehouse
St. Louis Browns
Camp Blanding
Philadelphia
New York
Hal Newhouser
Dizzy Trout
Cleveland
St. Louis
Boston
Washington
Bill Voiselle
New York Giant
Phillies
Cubs
Cincinnati
Roy Emmett Mueller
Reds
Brookln
National League ball results postponed by rain
National League games moved by rain with New York defeating Philadelphia 12 to 1 in the listed second game, Brooklyn and Boston tied 4 to 4 in the second game, and Cincinnati winning 3 to 2 while Chicago trails 2 to 4 after 13 innings in the first game. Only games scheduled.
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Brooklyn
Boston
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
The
Associated Press
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St Louis
Cleveland
Washington
Chica
American
Gamecocks to Be Green in 1944 Football Season
Columbia dispatch notes the University of South Carolina 1944 football squad, under new coach Doc Newton, faces a smaller but tougher slate with six returning lettermen and several transfers. The team uses a single wing offense and opens on Sept. 23 against Newberry College, then Georgia Pre-Flight and Clemson, among others, with a mix of veterans and three full teams.
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Columbia
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University of South Carolina
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Macon
Pat Thrash
Jim Hunnicutt
Harrison
Thrash
Ralph Hodges
Knoxville
Tenn
Phil Warren
Chicago
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George ‘McDonald
Lake View
Jack Bradford
Sumter
Tony Patrone
Niles
Ohio
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Wheeling
W.V
Clarence Kuldell
University of Virginia
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Milligan College
Mack Erwin
Greenville
New
Ton
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Georgia
Miami
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Presbyterian
Duke
Wake Forest
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College grid shifts and early season plans across several teams
Georgia Tech shifts Ed Holtsinger to blocking back as Billy Williams shines at fullback for the Yellow Jackets. LSU rearranges Farris Moore and Melvin Dider for the backfield in readiness for a Sept 30 opener with Alabama. Sarosa draft board orders Derringer and Gatehouse to Camp Blanding for induction. Sea Raiders head to Monticello to play Arkansas A&M Boll Weevils. Maxwell Field Maurauders schedule four games starting Oct 1 at Ft Benning and elsewhere. Oldest Chinese scale noted with five tones.
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W. A
Bill) Alexander
Ed Holtsinger
Georgia Fech
Yellow Jackets
Alexander
Jackets
Billy Williams
Tech
Baton Rouge
Bernie Moore
Louisiana State Tigers
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Ala
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Kinston
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Bainbridge
Baseball clubs face restriction on leasing parks to football
A New York report notes pressure to bar major league clubs from leasing parks for football before season end. The move clashes with Branch Rickey and Phil Wrigley’s idea of year round ball park use but would aid football’s aim to control fields. Possible new stadiums in Philadelphia and Washington. Los Angeles NFL franchise delayed as Bing Crosby plans a postwar team plant. If baseball parks shut down football may build its own sites and lease to colleges on Saturdays.
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Washington
National Football League
Los Angeles
Bing Crosby
Today’s Guest Star on Blue Jay symbol idea discussed
Don Donaghey of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin recalls a praying man on the press box railing yesterday. He notes the moment could have inspired a more fitting 1944 battle emblem for the home club than the Blue Jay.
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Don Donaghey
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Sports round-up with Stan Musial and other sports notes
Stan Musial's parents track his batting daily while Frank Sinkwich and his father run a wet goods emporium in Youngstown Ohio. Norman Wiener of Kentucky U is hauled into court for yelling at Coney Island. Wiener may join fullback Herb Thomas who is 4 F due to deafness. Greasy Neale reportedly assembled a strong Philadelphia Eagles squad. Sammy Baugh quits under center during the Bears Redskins game. The International League ships dirt to Birmingham Alabama to dull baseballs, a supposed light-hearted gag.
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Frank Sinkwich
Youngstown
Ohio
Norman Wiener
Kentucky
Coney Island
Wiener
Herb Thomas
Greasy Neale
Philly Eagles
Bears-Redskins
Clark Shaughnessy
Sammy Baugh
International League
Birmingham
Ala
Gilbert to Retire as Field Manager
Nashville Tennessee September 15 JP Manager Larry Gilbert of the Nashville Vols announced after the South ern Association pennant playoff that he would retire from active field management at season’s end. He cites 35 years in baseball and age 53 as reasons and says he may coach from the bench in civilian clothes or move to an office role with the club.
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Nashville
Tenn
Larry Gilbert
Nashville Vols
Memphis Chicks
Gilbert
Vols
OPA Cuts Long Haul Lumber Charge From 10 to 5 Cents
The Office of Price Administration announced a reduction in the 10 cent per mile surcharge for long distance deliveries of Southern pine lumber over 30 miles. Effective Sept 19 the fee drops to five cents to cover truck delivery costs without encouraging longer hauls.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Spain Bullfights Report Kill 1300 Bulls Yearly
About 1,300 bulls are killed annually in Spain's bullfights according to the report.
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Spain
Fishing Prospects by Alabama Conservation in North Alabama
The Alabama Department of Conservation reports fishing prospects across Lauderdale Colbert Madison Jackson Marshall Limestone and surrounding rivers and lakes. Black bass crappie bream and white bass are active with live bait plugs flies and minnows noted as successful across sites including Lake Pickwick Wheeler Dam Shoals Elk River Big Creek Sugar Creek Poplar Creek Paint Rock River and Guntersville Dam with conditions varying from clear and normal to high.
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Lauderdale
Colbert
Lake Pickwick
Wilsom Dam
Waterloo
Lake Wilson
Wheeler
Serwick Margerum
Big Bear Creek
Naland
Pride Station
White Lake
Elk River
Big Creek
Sugar Creek
Poplar Creek
White Springs Creek
Madison
Jackson
Marshall
Tennessee River
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Coon Creek
Town Creek
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Meeting Planned at Bell Springs Baptist Church
A Sunday school meeting is scheduled for Sunday afternoon at Bell Springs Baptist church. The program lists a song and praise service at 2 30, a contribution by Harold Wright at 2 35, business and reports at 2 50, and a talk on five things every teacher should do by Chas. Ed Howell at 3 00 before adjournment.
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Harold Wright
Chas
Ed Howell
The Road to Berlin Front Distances Reported
The Associated Press lists current front line distances: Russian front 312 miles from outside Pulatsk, Western front 318 miles from near Aachen, Eastern France 440 miles from New Montbeliard, and Italian front 583 miles from below Rimini.
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Aachen
France
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Chicks Take 2nd Straight in Nashville Dell Showdown
Memphis Chicks rally for a 5 4 victory over the Vols in nine innings as manager Doc Prothro considers pitching options for tonight's rematch at Sulphur Dell. Clarence Marshall earned the win after relief for Boyd Tepler struggled. Pete Gray went 0 for 3.
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Southern Association
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Larry Gilbert
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Chicks’ Park
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Hennessey
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Doe
Talmadgé-Abernathy
Frank Veverka
Frank
Clarence Marshall
Boyd Tepler
Sacha
Redaemens Sale
Pete Gray
Dell
War Fund head warns of ongoing need despite Europe victory
Winthrop W. Aldrich, president of the National War Fund, told Alabama War Chest leaders that early end to hostilities cannot cut fund services. He said victory may raise needs for morale support, prisoner repatriation, civilian aid in liberated areas, and related agency demands.
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Birmingham
Europe
National War Fund
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Alabama War Chest Appeal
Harwell G. Davis
J. L. Bedsole
Aldrich
War
Hair Types Divide All Mankind, Says Ethnologist
Professor A Haddon, an ethnologist, asserts that all of mankind can be classified into three hair types: wooly hair, wavy hair, and straight hair. He presents this as a simple categorization of human variation.
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Mandkind
Prof
A. ©. Haddon
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