Ozark Pride in Baseball Misleading Cardinals Survey
A letter argues great modern baseball players hail from the Ozark country but the author discovers contrast in champions. Enos Slaughter, from Roxboro North Carolina, and George Kurowski from Reading Pennsylvania show origins outside the Ozarks, challenging regional stereotypes about Cardinals’ prowess.
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Ozark Country
Arkansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Dean
Hubbell
Pepper Martin
Warneke
Cardinal
Enos Bradsher
Slaughter
Roxboro
N. C
Columbus
George John
Whitey
Kurowski
Reading
Portsmouth
Cardinals' diverse roots shape a quiet, orderly camp
The piece traces Cardinal players from varied origins like Richburg South Carolina Donora Pennsylvania and Nashville Tennessee and notes their disciplined, well-dressed, soft-spoken demeanor in camp as they prepare for the season.
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Marty Marion
Marty
Richburg
S. C
Rochester
Stanley Frank Musial
Musial
Donora
Atlantic Seaboard
Cardinals
Terry Moore
Memphis
Howie Pollet
New Orleans
Schoendienst
East
Johnny Beazley
Tennessee
Nashville
Ozark
Cardinal
Dyer Leads Cardinals With Quiet Win-Now Style
The Cardinals manager Eddie Dyer, opposite rival Leo Durocher, is portrayed as a calm Texan with a sharp baseball mind. He values hard work, keeps players in shape, and emphasizes 100 percent effort from stars like Terry Moore, Marty Marion, Stan Musial, and Whitey Kurowski, aiming for winning baseball in 1946.
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Lon Warneke
Lon
Mt. Ida
Ark
Cardinals
Eddie Dyer
Leo Durocher
Dyer
Texas
Cardinal
Houston
Tex
Sam Breadon
Billy Southworth
Terry Moore
Marty Marion
Stan Musial
Country’ Slaughter
Whitey
Kurowski
Red
Munger
Howie Pollet
The
Red Sox
The fading of Saturday night in American life
The piece laments the loss of old fashioned Saturday night, arguing small towns lose social value as shops close early. A Minnesota editor’s view is cited, noting stores stay open later elsewhere while the five day week erodes weekend leisure and communal life.
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America
Minnesota
Cats discuss tennis and racket joke
A bored cat and an interested cat watch a tennis match. The bored cat notes the scene, while the interested cat explains the joke that his old man is in the racket.
Misdirected Couple Argues On Rural Drive After Sop
A discharged G I and his wife quarrel during a country road trip with no words spoken until a mule brayed. The husband asks if a relative is involved and the wife replies yes by marriage, adding tension to the stalled dispute.
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G.I
How About Basket Ball Teacher How Many Seasons There
The dialogue mentions basketball and asks about season count. Davey notes two seasons, covering baseball and football.
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Davey
Gone Home Inscription Considered By Widow
The scene centers on a widow and a tombstone dealer debating a simple inscription Gone Home for a departed husband. The widow notes it would fit since the man never imagined returning there, highlighting a quiet, somber mood and a touch of regret.
Militant Teacher and the Class Headed by One Wise Joke
A schoolroom quip records a debate on wisdom with a female teacher challenging a student who cites Solomon’s wives as advice. The boy earns the head of the class title for an unconventional take, while the punchline hints at a broader literary aside.
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Solomon
Time for a Smack Boy Kiss
In a brief fragment a girl pleads for a kiss while noting they have little time as her father will be home in an hour, suggesting a tense, intimate moment.
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Father
Hollywood talk in 1940s style notes star pairings
Western Union reports on Deborah Kerr's praise in The Adventuress and her pairing with Clark Gable in The Hucksters. It covers industry chatter about cast, production notes, and anecdotes from cinema circles including Jean Hersholt's first movie job, premiere travel, and fashion designer Michael Woulfe's studio moves across Tycoon, Love From a Stranger, and Singapore.
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Deborah Kerr
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Clark Gable
Michael Woulfe
William Cagney
RKO
Laraine Day
Judith Anderson
Tycoon
Eagle-Lion
Sylvia Sidney
Ann Richards
A I
Ava Gardner
Singapore
Oh Say Can You See A Distant World Of War And Mirth
A humorous pastiche discusses global politics and a dream of US Britain unity with fictional figures in a whimsical tone. It notes entertainment and business anecdotes including a Broadway theater lowering prices due to drop in attendance and a quip about the Aluminum Company of America receiving a large tax refund.
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Aluminum Company of America
Practical Household Little Tricks From Everyday Life
Simple tips for everyday tasks include protecting table surfaces with felt, mailing coins using an envelope square, storing foldable furniture under stairs, peeling citrus with warm water, and wrapping fish in an oiled silk bag to reduce odors and leaks on clothing.
Studio Thriller Cast Signed for Radio Narration
Radio voice Don Wilson is signed to narrate scenes for Columbia's thriller The Corpse Came COD. George Brent Joan Blondell and Adele Jergens star in a Hollywood studio murder mystery with a series of killings.
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Don Wilson
Columbia
C.O.D
George Brent
Joan Blondell
Adele Jergens
Hollywood
Mitchum and wife plan long wait for honeymoon in New York
Robert Mitchum and his wife agreed seven years after their wedding to delay their honeymoon until he became a star. They then planned a trip to New York where he grew up, as she had never visited. The Locket era film helped fund the plan before the war interrupted his career.
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Robert Mitchum
New York
Planes Move Six Race Horses Across Atlantic
Sea sickness leaves many thoroughbreds unfit to race for up to six months after rough sea voyages. Collier's notes a recent solution as six horses were flown from Limerick Ireland to Los Angeles, marking the first cargo of its kind across the Atlantic.
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Collier’s
Limerick
Ireland
Los Angeles
Atlantic
End Laxative Habit This Easy Way
A health note advocates replacing laxatives with a morning drink of juice from one Sunkist lemon in water. The citrus claim highlights vitamin C benefits and improved digestion, energy, and resistance to illness, urging readers to try the habit for ten days. California Sunkist Lemons are recommended.
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Sunkist
California Sunkist
Odds and Ends from a Studio, Fathers and Photographers
Zachary Scott believes spring is near as his daughter Waverly who is ten suffers poison oak. About fifty Hollywood photographers photograph Ann Sheridan crocheting a bedspread during candid shoots. Matt Crowley star of Road of Life and radio’s man with the perfect diction moved from radio engineer to actor after overcoming a stutter. Donald O’Connor on Ginny Simms show at twenty one is a father who still eats Eskimo pies during rehearsals.
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Zachary Scott
Spring
Waverly
Hollywood
Ann Sheridan
Matt Crowley
Road of Life
Donald O'Connor
Ginny Simms
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20Th Century-Fox
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al Christie
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U. N
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Wallie
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Fred Astaire
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