Baseball training plans and farm systems in early spring
Grantland Rice highlights how teams spread from Miami to Phoenix Cuba and Tampa for spring training with Cardinals Red Sox and Tigers choosing fixed sites. He notes the Cardinals farm system emphasized speed arms and experience over big hit threats and mentions Rickey using similar player development for the Dodgers.
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Hawaii
Cuba
Giants
Miami
Phoenix
Cleveland Indians
Clearwater
Fla
Tucson
Yankees
Central
South America
St. Petersburg
Dodgers
Florida
Cardinals
Red Sox
Sarasota
Tigers
Lake Wales
Reds
Tampa
Arizona
Indians
The Specialist Versus The Old Family Doctor
Dr Willard C Rappleye argues the era of the general practitioner is gone and specialists rule. He notes the old family doctor offered personal care and access without heavy fees, while today’s system often outruns affection with cost. He proposes regional specialist cooperation to reduce patient costs and delays. The piece laments the vanishing old-time doctor while praising specialists.
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Willard C. Rappleye
Columbia College of Physicians
Rappleye
Dodgers edge Cardinals with speed and youth in season aims
Eddie Dyer and Durocher rely on speed and strong arms as Dodgers boast a younger team. Cardinals stars age into veteran status while pace may falter even with Terry Moore and Enos Slaughter. If Robinson shines at third the Dodgers gain speed. NL rivals must boost speed to challenge Brooklyn or St Louis. Fitness and durability are emphasized for the 154 game grind, favoring staying in one place over constant travel.
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Eddie Dyer
Durocher
Dodgers
Cardinal
Terry Moore
Enos Slaughter
Robinson
Brooklyn
St. Louis
College and pro football feud heats with player departures
An undeclared war exists between colleges and pro leagues over star players. Colleges accuse pros of raiding players eligible for college, while pros say colleges hold players beyond graduation. The observer notes southern coaches’ anger and argues players over 25 with families may leave for better jobs.
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Army
Navy
Lost Nickel Reflections From a Bygone Market Era
A compact reminiscence echoes of a past where sales pitches claimed losses with a straight face and courts were slow to find sense, recalling a time when a nickel dropped by a passerby drew more concern than today.
President Truman urges safe driving nationwide in 1947
The president appeals to all motorists to drive carefully, stressing that every voter counts in the political climate of 1947. The note questions whether the drive could extend to requiring Democratic drivers to yield to Republican pedestrians, signaling concern over partisan expectations in safety etiquette.
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Truman
Woman Bank Robber Captured After Vial Threat Out West
A female bank robber, described as captured out West, entered banks and threatened to blow everyone through the roof with a vial. Patrons mistook the vial for cheap perfume and surrendered. The fragment also references The Yearling as a bold film rebuke of movie influence.
Rookie salutes, ice cream cone drops, officer passes dime
A rookie exits the post exchange with an ice cream cone in hand and drops it while attempting a salute as a staff car passes. The startled officer stops, digs into his pocket, and drops a dime into the soldier’s hand amid embarrassment.
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Post Exchange
G.L
Pilgrim Picture Inspires Young George to Attend Church
A mother urges her son George to attend church using a picture of Pilgrims. George responds with a curious remark about preferring church daily if he could shoot Indians on the way, reflecting a historic tone and childlike misinterpretation.
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George
Mother
Public Voting Sparks Stars for The Miracle of the Bells
Western Newspaper Union notes fan ballots printed in the New York Times let the public vote on cast for The Miracle of the Bells. Fred MacMurray Clark Gable Ingrid Bergman Cary Grant Jennifer Jones Greer Garson prominent. March of Time previews Germany Handle with Care and NBC Life Can Be Beautiful covers Aztec archaeology and Yucatan trips by Alice Reinhart and Les Tremayne.
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T’s
Fred MacMurray
RKO
New York Times
MacMurray
Clark Gable
Cary Grant
Ingrid Bergman
Jennifer Jones
Greer Garson
Germany
NBC
Alice Reinhart
Les Tremayne
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
New Radio Debut for Dick Farney Adds Star Power
Milton Berle replaces Rudy Vallee starting March 11 as Dick Farney debuts on radio with high expectations. The singer is praised for looks and a Crosby-like voice, while Farney eyes radio fame before pursuing film offers. The piece also notes film features starring Laraine Day and others, with art sequences by Fairbanks Jr and Ginger Rogers, and mentions Fred Astaire’s early test and Ray Milland’s perseverance before success.
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Milton Berle
Rudy Vallee
Dick Farney
Crosby
Laraine Day
Brian Aherne
Robert Mitchum
Gene Raymond
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
James Warren
Barbara Hale
Ginger Rogers
Myrna Dell
Abbott and Costello Dream Hamlet Burlesque Plan
Abbott and Costello want to do Hamlet in a burlesque style for a film. They will delay until after filming in England next summer. Joy Ames and Dick Landry formed a romance on the set of My Wild Irish Rose and married during production with Dennis Morgan and Andrea King as witnesses.
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Abbott and Costello
Hamlet
England
Joy Ames
Dick Landry
Dennis Morgan
Andrea King
Kate Smith Switches to Mutual Network in June
After over eight years with CBS Kate Smith’s program Kate Smith Speaks will move to the Mutual network on June 23 with Ted Collins as news commentator. It is a five year deal and Kate Smith Sings remains on CBS until further notice.
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CBS
Kate Smith
Mutual Network
Ted Collins
Hollywood Notes and Quick Bites from the Era
Barry Thomson hoards string as a hobby while portraying a nurse in Road of Life. Humphrey Bogart blushed in Dark Passage wearing baby blue paper. Gig Young lectured a boys’ club on tropical fish care. Joan Crawford moved fourteen trunks between Hollywood and New York and back.
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Barry Thomson
Young
Malone
Mary Patton
Mary
Humphrey Bogart
Hollywood
Gig Young
Joan Crawford
New York
Easy and Inexpensive Rugs to Make at Home
A 40 page booklet offers instructions for making hooked woven braided and crocheted rugs. It suggests burlap or discarded linens as foundations and salvaged fabric for hooking. Send 25 cents for New Ideas for Handmade Rugs No 94 to Weekly Newspaper Service, 243 W 17th St New York.
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W. 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Ship sighting breaks man’s sea legs
Two friends cross the ocean. One never finds his sea legs as a ship is urged on deck. The ill passenger groans to be called when a tree is seen, offering a humorous reaction to maritime life.
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Jack
Wedding Arch Mishap Delays Worker’s Shift
Foreman inquires why Bill Jones is absent with his wedding day story. Mates reveal an archway of picks collapsed when a whistle blew as he and his wife exited the church, causing a workplace stoppage and the accident status.
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Bill Jones
Walt I proposes to Tessie in garade prompts questions
Dialogue sketch shows Walt I proposing to Tessie in a garade and Bill asking what happened. Walt answers that Tessie wouldn’t let him back out. He notes that in marrying and taking pills it is best not to think too much about it.
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Walt
Tessie
Bill
Just That She I Told You To Come After Dinner
Dialogue fragment shows a speaker urging another to arrive after the meal. The exchange includes a boyish rebuttal about keeping a promised time. The text presents a terse, incomplete conversational moment.
Rockets to Brake Speed of Trains and Planes
Collier's notes a new emergency use for rocket power. Forward firing rockets on locomotives could stop a train traveling 1500 feet after air brakes engage in 375 feet, adding braking force to planes and trains in emergencies.
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Collier's
Gems of Thought by Marion Booth Kelley
F rurn back if you are afraid of difficulties progress is beset by difficulties all of which must be overcome if you are to find success a word of encouragement often gives new inspiration to the despair ing and starts him on his way with a new song in his heart it is not riches that make us happy it is accomplishment kindness is the key to the human heart the world over practice it if it works preach it living must be justified through service.
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Marion Booth Kelley
Aberdeen businessman shares denture joke
A Scottish businessman at lunch with an English visitor turns out a dental plate from his pocket. The Englishman questions its ownership and size, while the Scot explains it belongs to his wife who has developed the habit of eating between meals.
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Aberdeen
Aberdonian
Middle Age Moment Reflects on Life’s Reluctant Fun
A humorous reflection notes that middle age is when a man prefers avoiding a good time over enduring the effort of recovering from one. The wry line captures a veteran voice on aging and mood.
Gypsy Teacup Fortune Riddle Turns to Tea Cup Jokes
A humorous exchange features a Gypsy fortune teller and a waiter. The waiter jokes he cannot read fortunes from a tea cup, prompting a witty back and forth about reading destiny.
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