Major league deal talks dominate minor league meeting
At the 47th annual minor league convention in Olis Minnesota executives from the majors briefly overshadow the event with hot trade talk. Leo Durocher pursues Walker Cooper and John Mize while Bob Hannegan and Frank Lane discuss possible exchanges involving Eddie Robinson and Bob Dillinger. Rumors include Dizzy Trout and Frankie Gustine trades and catcher moves among Cubs and Browns. The striped hyena note ends the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Reichler
OLIS
Minn
Leo Durocher
Walker Cooper
Johnny Mize
Bob Hannegan
St. Louis Cardinals
Cooper
Red Munger
Murry Dickson
Giants
Eddie Waitkus
Clyde McCullough
Cliff Chambers
Cubs
Charlie Grimm
Bruins
Mize
Frank Lane
Chi
Cago White Sox
David Harum
Bob Dillinger
St. Louis Browns
Eddie Robinson
Cleveland Indians
Bill DeWitt
Browns
White Sox
Dillinger
Dave Philley
Lane
Bill Veeck
Robinson
Bill
Robby
Dizzy Trout
Detroit
Johnny Berardino
Cleveland
Frankie Gustine
Pittsburgh
Clyde McCailoneh
Bob Scheffing
Chicago Cubs
Phil Masi Roston Provac
Wally West-lake Pirates
Fetterman Merchants, Skipper Inn win City League bowling clash
In a Ceramic Club alleys City League night, the Fetterman Merchants defeated the Skipper Inn two games to one, with Paul Simons totaling 534 pins and Ruth Pitman 524 for Skipper Inn. Moose fell to Clay Shop 2-1 as Stolzenfels led Clay Shop with 534. Scholastic basketball scores and other lanes results follow.
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Fetterman Merchants
Skipper Inn Keglers
Ceramic Club
Merchants
Skipper Inn
Paul Simons
Ruth Pitman
R. Carroll
Collier
Bell
Hdep
Ruth Fitman
Grow
Shroyer
Latham
Moose Keglers
Clay Shop
Monnday
Moose
Bill Hevatter
Charles Stolzenfels
Hovatter
J. Crane
J. Pitzer
IF. Hovatter
P. Collins
J. Vogel
Hhep
T. Mathews
IM. Teekelt
Old Timers Seek Fountain Of Youth
Miami veterans of the turf return to form in Florida aiming for comebacks. Armed, Lucky Draw, Education, and Lets Dance star as old stagers training at Hialeah and Tropical Park under owners and trainers seeking warmth and renewal to regain peak form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Plowden
Miami
Fla
Ponce de Leon
Fountain of Youth
Florida
Calumet Farm
George D. Widener
Fred ‘W. Hooper
Dan‘ Chappel
Armed
Calumet
Hialeah Park
Ben Jones
Widener
Hialeah
King Ranch
Lucky Draw
Jack High
Bert Mulholland
Hooper
Tropical Park
Dan Chappell
Hisleah
Civil Service Exams Open in Veterans Administration
A civil service examination for chief and assistant chief positions in the Veterans Administration is now open at the local post office. Applications close January 11, 1949, with no written test required. Candidates are ranked on education training and experience, and vacancies exist across District of Columbia Maryland North Carolina Virginia and West Virginia.
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Veterans Administration
J. W. Martin
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
District of Columbia
Maryland
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
U. S. Civil Service Board
Rowert the Devil in a French legend tale
An ancient French legend centers on a young prodigious man known as Rowert the Devil who wielded a mysterious instrument for a singular purpose, a saga later used as the libretto for Meyerbeer’s opera of that era.
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Rowert
Meyerbeer
For Sale Selling Homes Is Our Business on Country Club Road
Suburban buyers see a white two story home on Country Club Road end of city bus line. Recently remodeled with full basement and two stalls garage, new furnace, modern kitchen and bath. Nine to eleven city lots offered with varied prices and multiple brick or frame homes nearby. Financing options highlighted for veterans with cash on hand.
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Country Club Road
Wanut St
Beon
Citation Heads Nominee List For Santa Anita Meet
Citation 1948 Horse of the Year tops a list of 32 nominees for the $100000 Santa Anita Maturity to be run January 29 at Arcadia California. The mile and a quarter feature opens the Santa Anita meeting and draws from nominees who won 34 stakes this season. Notable challengers include Vulcan's Forge Quarter Pole Frankly Nathoo Noor Mikhe Irish Visitor Webb 11 and Calumet Farm's Citation carrying top weight at 196 pounds.
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Arcadia
Calif
Dee
Santa Anita
J. J. Collin
Frank Prankel
Quarter Pole
Frankly
Charles Howard
Nathoo
Noor
John P . Adams
Mikhe
Ann Peppers
Webb 11
Calumet Farm
Pride and Joy
King Abdullah Poised as Palestine King in Trans-Jordan Plan
A Trans-Jordan source said King Abdullah will be proclaimed King of Palestine within days. A new Trans-Jordan government would be formed with a Trans-Jordan premier, six Palestinian ministers, and six Trans-Jordanian ministers, as reported in Cairo.
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Cairo
Reliah
Trans-Jordan
Arat League
Tod
Abdullah
Palestine
Menaay
Trans- Jordan
Rehire of 12 City Street Workers Ended Two Month Strike
Princeton officials announce the rehiring of 12 municipal street employees who ended a two months old strike and returned to work at 90 cents an hour without union recognition. Mayor Merlin L. Miller says they will be assigned to street and sewer gangs.
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Princeton
Merlin L. Miller
Forecast for Maryland Virginia and nearby states
Cloudy this afternoon in Maryland and Virginia with clearing later and cooler temperatures. West Virginia remains fair but cooler today. Tonight turns colder with increasing clouds and possible rain starting west portion by night. Thursday brings more cloudiness and chilly air with rain in western areas and rain or snow in the south. North portions face snow flurries and continued cold.
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Maryland
Virginia
West
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
State Board to Award Scholarships to Contest Winners
The West Virginia State Board of Education will again award tuition free state college scholarships next year to 12 district winners in the American Legion oratorical contests. The board also announced bids for a new library building at West Virginia State College at about 500000 and planned major improvements at West Virginia Tech next summer.
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Charleston
I Marshal College
Furcher
Gene Jjames
Norman Willey
Jimmy Bakalis
Eddie King
Morris Harvey College
Jasper Colebank
Fairmont State
St. Albans
Colebank
Stewart Smith
Marshall
Luther Poling
Cam Henderson
Poling
Henderson
Big Green
Salem
Morris Harvey
State Board of Education
West Virginia
American Legion
West Virginia State ‘College
West Virginia Tech
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Harry E. Flesher,Jr
Huntington
Ranjly Bowlby
Harry C. Bowlby
Morgantown
George Drainer, Sr
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Dewey Sheets
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Flemington
Harry Cork
Clarksburg
Allie Brown
Glenn Simmons
Junior Brown
Rosemont
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Akron, Ohio
Arthur Ford
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Lee Cooper
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Gerald McCue
Harmony Grove
McCue
Stella Maxwell
Fleshers Store
N. H. Dyer
Fairmont
Jamison Coal and Coke Company
Farmington
Marion County
Dulles, Tex
Joseph L. Knapp
Weston, W. Va., State Hospital
Southern Psychiatric Association
Yesterdee
Wheeling
Simon Thomas
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Marietta
Ohio
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J.B. Snelson
Landy Coffman
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Grand S&j
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Hobbson Hospital Hill
Walter Thompson
East Main
Fvans Furniture Co
Graham Basa Cements
Church of Christ
Beech Street
Rexall
Es Drug & Chemical Co
Merle Norman Cosmetics
Walnut St
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C. W. Phillips and Son
Quality Market
Grafton Lodge
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Brother Delett W. Lawson
Donald A. Wagner
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Christmas Mountain State Sports Center
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the Barter Theatre
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Grafton Volunteer Fire Department
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