Sports and war shape big league seasons in uncertain times
The writer argues that the fate of major sports like baseball and football hinges on war progress. If conflict intensifies into 1944, big games may shrink to a minor scale. if Europe ends sooner, athletes may serve first and games follow. Draft boards decide exemptions, with sports aiding morale but needing strict leadership and oversight.
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Navy
England
Musial Named NL Most Valuable Player for 1943
Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals wins the National League MVP with 267 points. He led the league with 220 hits, 47 doubles, and 20 triples while batting .357 to top all majors. Walker Cooper finishes second in voting.
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New York Daily Mirror
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Brooklyn
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Mort Cooper
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Springfield
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Rochester
Quirinal Hills and Answers Quiz Reveal Common Facts
The quiz lists the Quirinal as one of Rome’s seven hills. It states seven deadly sins: pride anger lust envy covetousness gluttony and sloth. Blood plasma is described as a white powder like baking soda. The lines are by Samuel Coleridge. A kilometer equals five eighths of a mile. Bach fathered twenty children.
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Red Cross
Johann Sebastian Bach
Rome
Samuel Coleridge
Practical Kitchen Tips From Daily Life
A collection of home advice covers preserving paint in jars, using leftover bacon in muffins, preventing lumps in white sauce by gentle heating and gradual milk addition, keeping cut flowers fresh by daily water changes, and adding peeled apples to roast lamb or veal for flavor.
Tire Conservation Amid Rubber Shortage Advice
The article explains how synthetic rubber production aided war needs but tire wear rose due to once-productive tires going out of service. It urges motorists to conserve tires by forces such as limiting driving, obeying 35 mph, maintaining inflation, avoiding road hazards, aligning wheels, rotating tires every 5000 miles, inspecting for damage, and recapping when worn.
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Baruch Committee
Synthetic rubber tires and the public duty to care
The article notes synthetic passenger car tires are not yet an improvement but will help in emergencies. It warns they wear faster under high speeds and rough roads, advises careful use as they are rationed, and urges proper tube installation and avoiding rusty rims.
Tire safety warnings urge conservation of truck and bus tires
The piece warns truck and bus tires endure severe loads from overloading and heat, noting synthetic tires cannot withstand prewar abuse. It urges recapping when needed, reduced speeds on hot roads, eliminating overloads, proper inflation, and responsibility from operators and garages to prevent tire carcass waste and transport breakdown.
Tire warranty expands to all tires with conditions
A new broad tire warranty is adopted covering all tires though exclusions apply for injuries such as bruises cuts snags and heat failures as well as tread wear. Non defective conditions from improper care misuse overload excess speed improper inflation or rims not meeting standards are also excluded. The industry urges proper tire care to keep wheels turning.
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Tire and Rim Association
Tire
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