Pirates versus Cubs on one hit stalls pennant push
Pirates were held to a lone hit by Chicago’s Paul Erickson as Brooklyn and St Louis press the NL race. Dodgers won again behind Wyatt, Medwick homered, Giants beat Phillies in 11th on Babe Young’s drive, Yankees fall to Athletics in night game with Johnson claiming his 20th homer.
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Judson Bailey
Associated Press
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh
Paul Erickson
Chicago Cubs
Bob Elliott
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Pirates
Cardinals
Dodgers
St. Louis
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Whitlow
Wyatt
Boston Braves
Joe Medwick
Jim Tobin
Giants
Phillies
Babe Young
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Young
New York Yankees
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Bob Johnson
National League Yesterday's Results Highlight
Brooklyn defeated Boston 6 to 2 while New York beat Philadelphia 3 to 2 in 11 innings. Chicago edged Pittsburgh 1 to 0 in the other National League games.
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Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Jawn
McGraw
Dade Park
Dade
Glenn
Sherwood
Elmira
N.Y
Leo Durocher
Phils
Bill Terry
Dodgers
Bobby Feller
Yesterday's American League Scores And Today’s Schedule
Results show Boston 15 Washington 8 Chicago 16 St. Louis 2 and New York 3 Philadelphia 5. Tonight there are multiple matchups including Philadelphia at New York and Boston at Brooklyn Hutchings and other listed pitchers and venues, reflecting a busy AL slate.
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Washington
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Philadelphia
Russo
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Carrasquel
Grove
Cleveland
E. Smith
Krakeukas
Detroit
Niggeling
Newhouser
Pet
Washington - St. Louis
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DiMagei
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Ste Louis
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McCosky
Doctors Say Feller Is Perfect Specimen for Draft
Doctors in Cleveland's draft board No 20 examined 22 year old baseball star Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians for Army induction. Dr M C Geraci says Feller is a perfect physical specimen.
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Bob Feller
Cleveland Indians
Cleveland
M. C. Geraci
Bob
Feller
A's win in six as league leaders falter
The A's clinched the series in six games while the American League leaders suffered their sixth loss in eight. Cleveland sat idle gaining a half-game edge as Boston and Washington clashed. Boston outhit Washington 16 to 14 and built late runs for a 15-8 Senators stumble. Chicago crushed St Louis 16-2 as Taft Wright two homers and Dickey add one, with Lietrich and Humphries limiting the Browns to four hits.
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Washington
Boston Red Sox
Senators
Sox
Chicago White Sox
St. Louis Browns
White Sox
Taft Wright
George Dickey
Bill Lietrich
John Humphries
Browns
Fights Last Night in New York and New Jersey
Bantamweight champion Lou Salica of New York outpointed Henry Hook of Indianapolis in a non title bout. In Mt Freedom New Jersey Bunky Wall stopped John Harris of Newark after a close duel. Long Beach New York’s Davey Crawford out pointed Carlos M. Manzano of New York in the lightweight main event.
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Lou Salica
Henry Hook
Indianapolis
Mt. Freedom
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Wall
Morristown
John Harris
Newark
Long Beach
N. Y
Davey Crawford
Brooklyn
Carlos
Bandit
Manzano
Grafton Independents To Play Skyline Inn
The Grafton Independents meet Skyline Inn of Fairmont at 2 30 Sunday on the Blueville diamond. A prior game had the locals winning 9 to 7 at Fairmont with Chubby Stolzenfels pitching and French Swisher catching.
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Skyline Inn
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Independents
Rice Diet Powers Hawaii Swim Team for AO Meet
Soichi Sakamoto trains Hawaii in a rice based diet as they chase a third straight National AAU title in St Louis. Hawaiians boast strong showings with Kiyoshi Nakama and Jose Balmores leading 1500m and 200m events while Earl Clark of Ohio State sweeps diving and medley relays test competitors.
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Soichi Sakamoto
Hawaii
Palmer and
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Kiyoshi Nakama
Jose Balmores
Bunmei Nakama
Bill Smith
Takashi
Girose
Tiness
Charles
Oda
Earl Clark
Ohio State
Chicago Towers
Adolf Kiefer
Kenneth Moats Earns Spot on North Squad
Charleston reports the final North-South football game rosters with seven scholastic players added to the North and South teams. Training starts next Tuesday at Dunbar 4-H camp for the August 22 game with new North selections including Jiggs Marra Philippi fullback Junior Harris East Fairmont Bill Springer Morgantown Kenneth Moats Shinnston Bob Mouser and Kenneth Lamy and Marvin Duff added to the South.
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Dunbar
Kenneth Lamy
Eee
Seth
Marvin Duff
Jiggs Marra
Philippi
Junior Harris
East
America Answers AYP 600 Percent Rise in Aircraft Output
American manufacturers sharply boosted military aircraft production in response to Britain's 1940 appeal, delivering about six times more planes than before. The rapid increase underscores the wartime effort and collaboration between the United States and Allied nations.
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Reiser Regains Lead as NL Hitting Race Shifts Pace
Pete Reiser of the Brooklyn Dodgers boosts his batting average from .381 to .340 after a weekend stretch, then sits out for sciatic treatment. Ted Williams of the Red Sox continues to top the American League at .407, with Joe DiMaggio slipping to third at .364 as the season tightens.
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Phillies
Nick Etten
Pete Reiser
Brooklyn Dodgers
Eften
Williams
Ted Williams
Joe DiMaggio
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St. Louis
Etten
Philadelphia
Mize
Cooney
Boston
Vaughan
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Slaughter
Brown
Huntington Aces Blast Welch In Mountain Loop
Huntington Aces surged to a 17 10 11 victory over Welch in a Mountain State league game. Smith blasted two homers, his second giving the Aces a tie and the lead. Lassler and Cook also homered. Herman Fett cut short a rally to seal the win. Logan edged Ble-Grays 8 11 to 10. Williamson rallied from a two run deficit to beat Ashland 5 to 3.
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Smith
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Herman Fetts
Bluefield
Logan
Joe Pennington
Williamson
Ashland
Parkersburg Favored To Win State Crown
DuPont of Charleston and Wisclose of Parkersburg met in the final round of the West Virginia Semi Pro Baseball tournament. Parkersburg undefeated with one possible clinching game, the winner goes to Wichita Kansas for the national playoff August 15 to 27.
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Barrisvie
Strengthened safety glass for high altitude aircraft cabins
A new safety glass with ten times greater strength than ordinary glass has been developed for use in sub stratosphere airplanes. The material enables pressurized cabins to maintain tight seals and withstand high stress without risk of cracking.
Footballs in the Air As Boston College Guards Star
Boston College battles for grid prominence as star Gil Bouley is watched by coach Denny Myers while Ted Mann’s naval service creates changes. The piece mixes sports notes, trade talk, and colorful captions about players, managers, and events across major leagues.
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Lester Burge
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Bob Chipman
Burge
Frisch
Frankie Frisch
Pittsburgh
Buc
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Pirate
Stars Shine as Sluggers Dominate Baseball Action
Westerdays Stars Babe Young giants hit homers to beat the Phillies. Whitlow Wyatt and Dodgers stopped the Braves with a six hit effort. Paul Erickson of the Cubs pitched a one hit shutout against the Pirates. Simmy Foxx led the Red Sox with four hits in a strong attack. Taft Wright of the White Sox hit two homers to spark the Browns and the Athletics rattled off two homers with two on.
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Babe Young
Giante
Tith
Phillies
Whitlow” Wyatt
Dodgers
Braves
Paul Erickson
Cubs
Pirties
Simmy Foxx
Red Sox
Benators
Taft Wright
White Sox
Sea Browns
Lane
Senate plans reshaped tax bills and joint returns debate
Senate finance members split over Morgenthau’s joint return proposal as the House struck the clause. George backed a system of equal income division and separate returns under community property as nine states do. He also supported cutting exemptions from 2000 to 1500 for married and 800 to 750 for single filers to raise revenue. Additional measures included estate and gift taxes and broader tax probes to fund a larger levy and curb depletion credits in oil.
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George
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
House
Barkley
Treasury
Wold
Notice to creditors and beneficiaries of Howard Pyles estate
Creditors and beneficiaries of the estate of Howard Pyles deceased are notified to present all claims with vouchers verified to the Grafton Banking and Trust Company Building, Grafton, West Virginia, by January 30, 1942. Failure to comply may bar their rights. Public notice dated July 26, 1941, by John K. Burdett, Commissioner of Accounts, Taylor County West Virginia.
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Howard Pyles
Grafton Banking and Trust Company
Grafton
West Virginia
John K. Burdett
Taylor County
Notice of Debt Responsibility Exemption
John H. Hendrickson states he will not be responsible for debts contracted by anyone other than himself after the specified date. The notice serves as a formal personal disclaimer and is intended to prevent future claims against him.
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John H. Hendrickson
British Queen Tobro Broadcast Across Major Networks
Radio schedule details the British queen Tobro addressing audiences at 3 p.m. and NBC Blue and Red carrying the event plus a Father and Child trans Atlantic feed. Jolson returns to air with Star Spangled Banner. Ezra Stone moves leave to join Aldrich Family broadcast. Also listed are CBS and NBC programs on defense, press freedom, price controls, and public affairs.
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al Jolson
Army
Ezra Stone
Aldrich
Defense For America
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Hollywood
Nbc-Blue
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