Ship Homestead Gasoline Fire Kills Crew and Tanker
Eleven injured with three hospitalized as a lightning strike and explosion set ablaze the Homestead, a War Shipping Administration craft under lease. The vessel, from Savannah to Houston with 139000 barrels of gasoline, lost the cargo and was valued at about 3500000. Crewman Akins of Nashville remained hospitalized overnight. Lt. Comdr. Stanley Halka reported three missing men feared dead as fire fighters battled the blaze for hours.
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Marion J. Akins
Nashville
Stanley J. Halka
Long Beach
Conf
Homenteed
Halka
San Francisco
Standard Oil Company
Savannah
Tunstall
Houston
Texas
Dodgers Lead Grows as They Rout Braves and Phillies
Dodgers maintain rhythm over Braves and Phillies with decisive 7-4 win at Braves Field before 41,645. Pra Ward Reese homered three times and Ben Walker added a two run shot as Brooklyn strengthens first place in the National League with 101 games played and a 21-2 margin over St. Louis.
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Ralph Roden
Associated Press
Brooklyn
Boston Braves
Philadelphia Phillies
Leo Durocher
Brooks
St. Louis Cardinals
Dodger
Durocher
Phils
Braves
Dodgers
Braves Field
Pra Wce Reese
Bexis Walker
Girl Wrestlers Again On Dothan Mat Card
At the Dothan Fairgrounds tonight the weekly Veterans of Foreign Wars wrestling show features newcomer Jack Purdin facing Olaf Erickson in a two of three falls match with an hour limit. In prior action Mattie Bell meets Ann Miller in the third women’s bout, also two of three falls within a one hour minimum. First bout starts at 8 30 p.m.
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Dothan Fairgrounds
Focal Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Jack Purdin
Dothan
Olaf Erickson
Purdin
Fairgrounds
Erickson
Mattie Bell
Ann Miller
Major League Contract Reforms Seen In Principle
New York AP reports the six man policy committee and six man players group reached agreement in principle on contract reforms. Key points include a minimum wage amid spring training expense allowances and a pension plan, with no move to discard the reserve clause. The exact wage figures were kept secret ahead of August Chicago meetings.
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New York
Major
Elsyer
National League Atheletes
American
Chicago
Martial the Roman Epigrammer and the Rise of Gossip
Martial born in Bilbilis and writing in Rome around AD 64. He mocked public figures, turned private lives into columns, and faced backlash from rivals like Flaccus and Winchell. His witty epigrams and satirical reviews shaped early modern celebrity gossip without libel laws or postal rules to curb them.
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Marcus Valerius Martial
Bilbilis
Spain
Rome
Prissies
Walter
Martial
Manhattan
Nightchirt
Earth
Winthell
Tiber
Flaccus
Price controls warned against removal of ceilings
The agency's consumer advisory committee urged caution in lifting ceilings on basic commodities, especially food, under a new price control law. It called for a strong stand against premature decontrol and backed a five point anti inflation program, including creating strong consumer organizations at local, state and national levels as essential for effective government action.
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Maximus
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Zoilus
Winchell
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Dothan Jewelry
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