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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1945
Page
7
Carey is the new president of the All-Star Girls Professional League. Conflicting reports surface as old Dodger figure Carey debates leadership with Brooklyns Dodger, a Pittsburgh base champion, amid early spring confusion.
A fragmentary account chronicles vaudeville style theories and trades in early baseball history. It notes Carey lobbying for a top transaction, Branch Rickey’s era moves, and the sale of aging players among teams like the Reds Cubs and Dodgers for sums, with references to Hall of Famers and pennant runs.
Max Carey backs the All-America Girls Professional Ball League with clubs in Grand Rapids South Bend Kenosha Racine and Rockford. He previously ran a Milwaukee club and aims to move away from softball labels. The league allows steal attempts and emphasizes serious play with a colorful edge.
Baylor University trustees rejected a $25,000 check from the Dallas Retail Liquor Dealers Association intended for the nurses home and dentistry school. In a letter to Julius Schepps, the liquor trade organizer, the board cited Baylor’s ownership and operation by the Baptist church as the reason for declining the contribution.
At Saipan base Maj Robert Seswell reports B 29s plastered the Kawashi aircraft plant near Kobe and surrounding facilities. Photos show west and south engine plant areas burned, with north portion in flames and great damage to assembly and warehouse/dispersal zones. Brig Gen Emmett O'Donnell calls the mission among the best ever by the 21st Bomber Command.
Mrs Lois Phillips 34 of Newton died Friday morning at home after a short illness. Survived by husband J R Phillips mother Mrs Della Blackman Lakeland Fla four sisters Evelyn Smith Florala Naoma Martin Warner Robins Ga Nettie Williamson Danville Va Mary Delaney Avon Park Fla and brother Flint Blackman Lakeland Fla Funeral services at Ewell Church 11 am with Rev Braceful officiating burial in Ewell Cemetery Headland Mortuary in charge Madame Chiang Kai-shek graduate note and other unrelated lines are omitted as not part of the readable obituary.
Thousands of Chinese troops and equipment were airlifted from the north in a massive operation by American pilots under Maj Gen Albert C Wedemeyer. The transfer to Chungking avoided long mountain routes and followed Japanese advances that threatened central China and supply lines.
Rome AP reports Fifth and Eighth Army fronts near standstill due to rain and snow. Patrol activity dropped to a multi day low as slush lakes blocked advance below Bologna. Allied efforts to establish a bridgehead near Fusignano with a 100 man force were repulsed as enemy infiltration continued along the Senio and east bank sectors.
On a night patrol Lt. George Fitzgerald of New York and S Sgt Rudolph Piut of Morrisburg Pa found a lone German sentry in a fox hole and lifted him by the neck toward American lines. A second German emerged.
A garbled OCR snippet from a historical page mentions Russia France and a person named Fimgerais amid unclear phrases about breaking up a party or alliance. The readable parts do not establish a clear event, date, or outcome.
A garbled OCR snippet references Swiss, Logie, ears, a unjed eye, and gests of injury or violence, suggesting a tense confrontation. Names and places are unclear, with multiple broken terms implying a public or military incident.
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