Chandler Pushes Ban On Signing Teen Players In Baseball
AP report describes Alabama officials weighing restrictions on signing high school players. Chandler advocates prohibiting deals with players still in high school as scouts and major league clubs face scrutiny for tampering. Alabama educators share concerns on the practice and potential impact on prep athletics.
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Birwiegham
Ceentaer
Alabama High School
Gunene
Neung Prep
Tory
Prakutico
God Caves
Cuckler
Alabama
Chandler
High Echool
P. Piggy Machel
Steees
Jefferson
Burringham
Theatre listings tease for Martin today and week
The page advertises a Martin theatre schedule with guest stars, show titles,unspecified dates, and double features. It lists actors such as Sydney Greene, Delia Broce, Frances Langford, Buster Crabbe, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi with titles like The Body Snatcher and The Lone Rider and adjacent radio stage acts and musical guests across Monday to Thursday with late shows and a 12th chapter Brenda Storr, Reporter.
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Martin
Lupino
Wiliens Price
Sydney Gremeret “Prilow
wYewars DyCacho
Delia Broce
Dick Powell
Stuart
Rwin
Crea
Boris Karloff
Bela Lugs
Agather
Dale Eveng
Hoosier Halliday
Bela Lugoal
Dele Evans
Hoover Halliday
Souther
Janie Craig
Meizie
Ruth Terry
George Houton
Lone Rider
Hapdie
Ridney Toler
Phis
Brenda Storr
Tom OShanter Meet Draws Top Golf Stars for Open
The All American Open at Tom O Shanter Country Club Chicago runs July 23 to 28 with a record purse in war bonds totaling 10233.09. Notables like Byron Nelson Bobby Jones Sam Snead Craig Wood Walter Hagen Ben Hogan and Dick Chapman headline the open field as amateurs and women compete in separate sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned Brown
NEA
Barry Grayses
NEA Bperta
New York
Ammateur
Tom O'Shanter Country Club
Chicago
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
George
May
Byron Nelson
Bobby Jones
Sam Snead
Craig Wood
Walter Hagen
Ben Hogan
Dick Chapman
Chick Evans
Johnny Goodman
Marvin Ward
Francis Quimet
Dothan Glass Team Captures First Half Title in City League
The Dothan Glass Company junior baseball team defeated Dothan Ice Cream 3 to 0 at Wiregrass Memories Stadium to clinch the first half league crown with an 8-5 record. Rainer Studio forfeited three games earlier for ineligible players. Lefty Moore pitched a four hitter for the win while Stanley Brackin took the loss. Ice Cream and Glass stood 7-6 and 8-5 respectively as the league scheduled four nightly games per week moving forward.
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Dothan Glass Company
Dothan
Wiregrass Memories Stadium
Dothan Glass
Rainer Studio
Rainer
Toaing
Dr. Pepper
Dothan Ice Cream
Lefty Moore
Stanley Brackin
Moore
Brackin
Papper
W R Brackins Wounded In Action On Okinawa
Pfc Wilton E Brackins US Marine Corps son of Mr and Mrs Maneil Brackins of Campbellian route one was wounded May 24 1945 on Okinawa Island. He received a head shrapnel wound and was admitted to hospital. He had a harrowing escape days earlier when a jeep near Naha was hit by shells. Overseas 20 months and veteran of Guam and Marshalls operations.
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Wilton E Brackins
USMCR
Maneil Brackins
Campbellian
Okinawa
D. Routh
U.S . Marine Corps
Naha
Oknawa
Brackin
Guam
Marshalls
Women stars enter Western Open golf field
The amateur section lines up with Bob Cochran dominant, while Babe Didrikson passes. Patty Berg Kay Byrne Dorothy Germain Betty Hicks Helen Hicks Glenna Collett Ware Virginia Van Wie join 18 other top women as the open field promises a grand game and a potential pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.
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Bob Cochran
Babe Didrikson
Patty Berg
Kay Byrne
Dorothy Germain
Betty
Helen Hicks
Glenna Collett Ware
Virginia van Wie
Former Penn State Star Cups AAU Dash Showdown
Former Penn State standout Ewell equaled his own meet record in the 100 meter dash at the National AAU championships on Randall’s Island, matching Eddie Tolan’s Olympic mark and falling just short of the world standard. Perry Samuels claimed junior crown in 10.5 seconds while other notable performances included Roland Sink’s 1500 meter win and Jack Thanetti’s third in a tight field.
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Saebold
New York
Barney
Charles Parker
Jefferson High
Hunter Field
Georgia
Roland Sink
Southern California
Tommy Quinn
A. C. Sirk
Harvard Naval Supply Depot
Alabama Retail Shows Uptrend in May Sales
The U S Bureau of the Census reports Alabama retail shares rose 13 percent in May from April while May 1945 sales did not exceed May 1944. Five month dollar volume in Alabama stores was 6 percent above year ago, with Birmingham independents up 3 percent. Cities 25 000 to 100 000 saw a 6 percent increase. smaller markets showed declines of 1 and 8 percent.
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Washington
Alabama
U .S. Bureau of Census
Bureau
Birmingham
Maryland develops new early white potato for double crops
University of Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station announces a new early white potato variety with smooth round shape and shallow purple eyes. It yields better than Maryland varieties and allows two crops per season without storing seed from the previous year. Spring seed can plant the late crop.
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College Park
Iap
University of Maryland
Agricultural Experiment Station
Maryland
Fisherman Children Get Schooling in Brazil by Aid Plan
In Brazil eleven thousand children of fishermen, many with no access to conventional schools, attend special Ministry of Agriculture run schools. Chicago meanwhile faces a garbage alley challenge as a civic group attacks the mess but questions assignment of cleanup to pigeons and goats due to safety concerns.
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Fisherman Schools
Rio DE Janeiro
Braz Aan
Ministry of Agriculture
Chicago
Swans For Swann Waterloo Swen Makes Quick Picks
Mrs Don Swen, a resident of Waterloo, Ontario, gains attention for amassing a diverse collection including wakeglass and china. The item highlights her family name play and playful nickname.
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Swann Waterloo
Don Swen
Glass
China
Refrigerator capacity shocks Norfolk depot readers
That Ain't Hay reports a single Neve refrigerator at the Norfolk depot can store 39 million pounds of meat or feed a town for months, and 15 million eggs, highlighting an extraordinary capacity amid regional shortages.
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Norfolk, Va
Norfolk
Shell reader and instant gunpowder upgrade rifles and artillery
A shell reader device sends rapid radio signals to be intercepted by shell fuzes and reflected back to a receiver to reveal a shell’s trajectory range and accuracy. A chemical coated gunpowder is developed to ignite instantly when fired, enhancing weapon performance.
Aided Santa Anita Goes To Thumbs Up
Thumbs Up won the Santa Anita Handicap by a half length with a mile and a quarter clocking 1 12 01. Texas Sandman placed second and Gey Dalton third as a record mutuel handle of 791637 set an American record for a single race.
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Arcadia
Clasf
Lous
Mager
Thumbs Up
Texas Sandman
Gey Dalton
Guy Dalton
Fred Astaire
Southern Governors May Meet To Talk Freight Rate Fight
The article notes a possible summer meeting in Atlanta of Southern governors to plan actions in the freight rate dispute. Gov Ellis Arnall of Georgia invited eight Southern states leaders including Kerr Oklahoma Bailey Mississippi Caldwell Florida and Laney Arkansas to attend with other officials from the National Governors Conference.
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Macking Island Midh
Atlanta
Jack Tarver
Atlanta Constitution
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Kerr
Oklahoma
Bailey
Mississippi
Caldwell
Florida
Wiliama
South Carolina
Cherry
North Carolina
Darden
Virginia
Laney
Arkansas
Arnall
Loukoul Mountain Hotel
Algo
Guipert Mia
Tigers Triumph Over Athletics In Detroit Opener
Detroit Tigers beat the Philadelphia Athletics 4 to 1 in the twilight opener of their three game series before 10,375 fans. Les Mueller allowed three runs but benefited from Newhouser relief in the eighth inning after Louis (Bobo) Newhouser was charged with the defeat, his tenth straight loss.
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Detroit
Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia Athletics
Les Mueller
Haut _Newhouser
Louis
Bobo) Newsetme
Nelson Takes Lead In Victory Tourney
Byron Nelson of Toledo moved into the halfway lead at the Victory Tourney at Calumet Country Club as he carded a blistering four under par 68 in round two to sit at 1357. Harold McSpaden of Sanford and Jaffin of Chicago trailed by one stroke after 38 holes, while Claude Marmon Detroit pro and Laffoon chased with 139 totals. Harmon posted 35 and 34 for 69, and a stray line notes a maple tree with a half acre of leaf surface producing about 34 pounds of plant food.
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Jerry Linka
Chicago
Saturdey
Midas
Fairware
Byron Nelson
Toledo
Latfoon
Calumet Country Club
Laffoon
Claude Marmon
Detroit
Nelson
Harmon
Service Teams Play Here Wednesday Nite
The 14th I faulty basebel, glewin at Camp Rucker ledanguly Vewm at the camp wanacly one Be Joss against its secord sllpisy the Pier Pied Grufner Weenes- Med day night at Wiregrass Meron at May Stedan. The game slated fo. 315 pm 1 Wark Lag second appre for the eth at the stadium Buttaloes defeating the Davis Dependvots in ther Orsi gar.
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Glewin
Rucker
Buttaloes
Davis
Orsi
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Tagne
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Lady Confess
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Tom O'Shanter
Knoxville, Tennessee
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Calome
Salome
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Pfc
W. R. Brackins
Dethan
Penn State Star
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Southern
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New Orleans
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