Powerless power baseball reshapes in coming season
The article argues the dead ball era returns, reducing home runs as stars like Hank Greenberg and Ted Williams serve, and rabbit balls and new tactics fade. It notes clubs shift to single runs, speed, and bunts, with Ty Cobb slides, Luke Appling chase milestones, and DiMaggio praising Dominic as best center fielder.
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Hank Greenberg
Ted Williams
Joe DiMaggio
Armed Services
Mel Ott
Dolph Camilli
Charley Keller
Bill Nicholson
Ernie Lombardi
Rudy York
Ty Cobb
Chicago
Sportsman's Park
Luke Appling
White Sox
Dominic
Gazer Buck saves caddie to navigator in war tale
Gordon Buck once a Shorehaven caddie nicknamed Gazer grows into a top air force navigator. After failed air corps tries he trains hard and becomes chief navigator of a four motor bomber en route to a major front. He remains the same energetic figure with a steady grin.
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Gordon Buck
Shorehaven Golf Club
South Norwalk
Connecticut
Gazer
Gazer Buck
Air Corps
Shorehaven
New York
Texas
Gordon “Gazer
Buck
Air Force
Gordon ‘‘Gazer
Hagens
Sarazens
Ouimets
Chick Evanses
Ben Hogans
Byron Nelsons
Care for House Plants and Oven Pan Care
House plants grow toward the sun so turn them often to prevent one sided growth. Keep the broiling pan clean like other kitchen utensils and wash with hot water and soapsuds after use. Dry completely before returning to the oven to avoid rust from moisture.
Crazy Patch Quilt Made From Scraps of Silk and Thread
Article describes reviving the old craft of crazy patch quilts using silk scraps and embroidery thread. It suggests securing pieces to light cotton, offers uses for the quilt, and notes two instruction books by Mrs. Ruth Wyeth Spears with pricing and mailing details from Bedford Hills New York.
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Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
Justice and Force Quote from Pascal
A compact quotation argues that justice without force is ineffective and force without justice is tyranny. It urges combining justice and force so that what is just becomes powerful and what is powerful remains just.
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Pascal
What is a philippic and other quiz items
A philippic is a bitter denunciation or tirade. In army slang a cavalryman is called a horse soldier. A quack medicine is often called a nostrum. The three headed dog guarding Hades is Cerberus. The difference between the army of the U S and the U S Army is case and labeling rather than organization.
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Army
Navy
Washington
Hades
U. S
U. S. Army
Military slang and time rules in wartime service
The piece catalogs nicknames for soldiery such as bowlegs for a cavalryman and blister foot for an infantryman, notes terminology like Army of the U S for draftees and regulars, explains 24 hour time in the Navy with examples, and highlights Camel cigarettes as a favored brand among service members with back home gift promotions.
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Navy
Army
Marines
Coast Guard
Ady
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Ruth
Jimmy Foxx
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Foxx
Greenberg
Grantland Rice
Navigators’ School
Ferry
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Ferry-Morse Seed Co
Detroi
San Francisco
Cerberus
Army of the
St. Joseph
Charles Reade
Mes As
GROVE
Amily
Ae Lee Ae
U. S. Steel
United States
United States Steel
American Bridge Company
American Steel & Wire Company
Boyle Manufacturing Company
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Columbia Steel Company
Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock CO. H. C. Frick Coke Company
Michigan Lmestone and Chemical CO
National Tube Company
U.S. Coal & Coke Company
United States. Steel Export Company
United States Steel Supply Company
Universal Atlas Cement Company
Virginia Bridge Company
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