Sports Roundup New York AP Highlights 1930s Stars
Roundup notes Babe Didrickson Zaharias hints at entering major men’s tournaments after a temporary retreat from tennis due to elbow growth. Mentions Tony Galento pondering film acting, Gene Vinassé on Rose Bowl exposure, and Nellie Felts Jr. at Tulane. Mike Kelley celebrated for 50 years in baseball, with a fatherly warning about permanence. Mentions Dodger, Pop Warner, and miscellaneous sports anecdotes including Glenn Cunningham and WWII fliers.
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New York
Babe Didrickson Zahavias
Babe
Tony Galento
Gene Vinasse
Los Angeles
Nellie Felts, Jr
Tulane
Papa” Felts
Hattiesburg
Miss
Teachers Pan Cry-Baby Girls
In Boulder Colorado the national association blames the crybaby attitude of model girls on factors such as one child families home discipline and crowded urban apartments while calling for corrective measures by physical education teachers and schools.
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Pan
Boulder
Colo
Naonal Association of College Women In Physical Education
National All-Stars Win Dream Game 7 to 1 at Forbes Field
National League triumphs 7 to 1 as Kee Raffensberger Rep Sewell and Jim Tobin shut down the American leaguers. Tex Hughson briefly falters and Tex Hughson is relieved by Bob Muncrief as the NL breaks ahead in the fifth. Connie Ryan Bill Nicholson and Augie Galan spark the key rallies, while McCarthy overuses 18 players and Southworth rotates heavy lineup.
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Jacke Hand
Pittsburgh
Billy Southworth
Nationals
Bobby Doerr
Red Sox
Rollie Hemsley
Yanks
Bo Teny
Hopper
Hughson
Rone
Connie Ryan
Braves
Atole
Bill Nicholson
Cubs
Augie Galan
Dodgers
Vern Stephens
Browns
Nicholson
Phil Cavarreta
George McQuinn
Walker Cooper
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Cavarrella
Bob Johnson
Stan Spence
Senators
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Dixie Walker
Musial
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Muncrief
Hal Newhouser
Tigers
Whitey Kurowski
Cavarretta
Cooper Walters
Raffensberger
Sewell
Tobin
Spence
McQuinn
Leventh
Taple
Kurawski
Southworth
Martin Marion
Musia
Marianna To Have War Prisoner Camp
A temporary prisoner camp for about 100 German POWs is planned near the old Hang Show grounds in Marianna. The site awaits approval from the Army General in charge of the Southeastern command. The camp should be ready by August 1 and will aid in harvesting Jackson County’s large peanut crop, with three sites inspected for location.
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Marianna
Hang Show Grounds
J W Malone
Jackson County
Germans Decorated For Brave Retreats
MADRID AP German decorations once for victories are now given for stiff resistance before defeat. Brig. Gen. Fritz Gall, captured at Elba, received the Knight Cross Oak Leaves went to Maj Gen Ernst Sieber for his leadership of the retreat from Odessa. Admiral Walter von Hennecken, Normandy naval commander, earned the Knight Cross for his defense of...
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Fritz Gall
Elba
Ernst Siejer
Odessa
Adm
Walter von Hennecken
Normandy
Rucker All Stars Meet Marianna In Dothan Baseball Game
The Rucker All-Stars will face the Marianna Air Base team at Wiregrass Stadium Dothan Friday evening under lights. Admission is 10 cents for civilians with military accompaniment, 25 cents for unattended civilians, and free for service members and personnel. Arrangements were made by Maj Brie Plunkett Camp Rucker’s Post Athletic Officer.
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Camp Rucker
Marianna Air Base
Wiregrass Stadium
Dothan
Marianne
Brie Plunkett
Complaints About Egg Prices Reach OPA District Office
Dr. A H Collins reports complaints that retailers charge the maximum 5 cents per dozen instead of the legal mark up. Investigations show producers are paid below the authorized sales price, with merchants using the higher ceiling only when justified by cost-plus markup. Congressional action aims to curb inflation.
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Office of Price Administration
A. H. Collins
OPA
Dr. Collins
Collins
Fort Riley Past Is Wild And Wooly In 1842 Files
Air Corps officers found Fort Riley records dated October 5, 1842, describing parade ground buffalo shouting, avoid firing toward headquarters, and rewards of rye whiskey for best-trained mount. Statements note student officers to stop roping and riding buffaloes.
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Dodge City
Kas
Air Corps
Fort Riley
Cherbourg Harbor Life Organized Destruction Report
In reports from Cherbourg the focus centers on deliberate destruction of the harbor infrastructure and the impact on Allied operations. The narrative emphasizes strategic objectives, timing, and the resulting disruption to port facilities, dockyards, and supply routes.
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Cherbourg
Cherbourg Harbor
Forbes Field Hosts All Star Game Hitting Paradise
AP Features notes Forbes Field in Pittsburgh as a hitter's paradise with a scenic skyline backdrop including the Cathedral of Learning and Pitt's campus. Describes minimal signage, park beauty, and the field's depth from plate to center at 457 feet, plus 864 floodlights for night games in 1944.
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Arden Seidmore
Pittsburgh
Forbes Fir
Cathedral of Learning
Barney Dress
Forbes Field
Meuve
Foybon
Grandstand
Merchant seamen death toll rises in early 1943
During the war, American merchant seamen suffered higher losses per capita than any armed service. The death rate was highest in early 1943, with more than 300 fatalities per month in the first third of the year, though the monthly toll eased later in the year.
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Armed Services
Theatre listings amid a busy week of films and plays
A noisy slate shows Toninian Victory screening Thursday, followed by Friday and Saturday’s Bourd of Tha Border and Allan Joven in Sing A Junge. Sunday through Monday feature Tamino and Paul Manfred in Qui Tima. Tuesday and Wednesday present Kay Kyser in Swing Fever. Also Ranatind Dermham and Tridy Marat in Tadiqa of Washington, Fairway Ant Saturday with Buster Crabbe in Hanewate and Ann Savere and Tom New in 2 Man Fit. Sunday highlights Amnie Stewart and Carole Lombard in Made For Fork Other, while Monday and Tuesday spotlight William Vowel and Hedy Immare in Heavenly Boy and Dennie Morgan and Ann Sheldon in Desert Lone.
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Bourd of
Allan Joven
Ide Tamino
Paul Manfred
Kay Kyser
Tomay
Ranatind
Dermham
Tridy Marat
Tadiqa
Washington
Fairway
Buster Crabbe
American seamen age 52 months at least
A historical note indicates American seamen never aged less than 52 months, reflecting a period practice or record stating minimum service or training duration for sailors. The sentence suggests a policy or standard related to age or service length in the maritime context. The source emphasizes a fixed minimum period tied to seafarer status.
Baptists Organize Church Brotherhood
A Baptist group has organized at First Baptist Church here under charter trustees. George Lo Senuth was elected to a salary position as part of the new organization aimed at church and spiritual development with permanent officers to be named at the meeting set for August 13.
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Marianea
First Beprat
Trensuers
Abney Peston
George Lo Senuth
Aumist
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