Pirates face possible strike over union bid at Giants game
Pittsburgh Pirates threaten to strike the night game with the New York Giants as the American Baseball Guild demands an immediate collective bargaining election. Pirates vote to stay on field after leader William Benswanger meets players. crowd exceeds 26,000 at Forbes Field. The union move, led by Robert Murphy, echoes the first major league labor action since 1912.
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Pittsburgh
Major League Baseball
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Giants
Robert Murphy
American Baseball Guild
Giants
Bucs
William E. Benswenger
Benswanger
Pirate
Murphy
Pirates
Pirate Clubhouse
Forbes Field
Seward H. French, Jr
Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia Athletics
Ty Cobb
Conn Lowers Weight Ahead of Louis Title Fight
Billy Conn may enter Yankee Stadium weighing under 180 pounds for the June 19 heavyweight title bout with Joe Louis. He weighed 182 after a day of eight more workout rounds, bringing his training camp total to 217 frames. In Charleston the Liquor Control Commission reports 78 000 people secured liquor ration cards in the first week of registration, with a June 15 deadline and a 30 day window for late applicants.
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Greenwood Lake
N. J
Billy Conn
Yankee Stadium
Joe Louis
Conn
Charleston
Liquor Control Commission
Ing Conn
Billy
Mike Belluscro
Coast
Conn Training Sparks Varied Boxing Opinions
Sports writers and observers react to Billy Conn’s camp noting his sharp form and potential readiness for a title fight. Abe Attell critiques feinting, Sugar Ray Robinson cites Louis conditioning, and Al Hoosman hints Conn’s real progress. Joe Louis appears slow initially but expected to improve in two weeks.
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Greenwood Lake
N. J
Billy Conn
Billy
al Hoosman
Zonn
Housman
Conn
Lars
Joe
Abe Attell
Abe
Sugar
Ray Robinson
Louis
Ray
FRET AGE by Dred Emery
A fragmentary feature traces actor Stuart Erwin from California to Hollywood after graduation. He pivots from newspaper work to the stage, starring in White Collars at the Egan Theater, earning less than his press peers.
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University of California
Erwin
Bay Cities
Stuart Erwin
Hollywood
Egan Theater
Finnegan’s rise from theater ranks to radio fame
The subject began earning $25 weekly at the My Theater with four bit parts earning about $6.25 per bit weekly. He later joined the Egan and then the Music Box in Hollywood, a springboard to radio and film. After a 1928 May start in Mother Knows Best, he acted in over 80 motion pictures and stage roles, led Chicago’s Good Night Ladies for 100 weeks, and now hosts Phone Again Finnegan, a coast-to-coast radio program on WLW NBC Saturdays at 4 p m EST.
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Chicago
Finnegan
WLW
NBC
Cubs Move Into Third Position By Downing Giants
Chicago native Emil Rush, later a relief specialist for the Cubs, helped seal a 6-5 win over the New York Giants to lift Chicago into third place in the National League pennant race. Rush entered in the seventh, held the Giants hitless rest of the way, and Ed Waitkus delivered a bases loaded two-out single in the ninth to win.
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Associated Press
Emil Rush
Chicago
North Side
Boston Red Sox
Harl Johnson
Rush
Cub
Navy
Cubs
Kush
Charlie Grimm
New York Giants
Giants
Johnny Schmitz
Ed Waitkus
Forbes Field
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Brooks
Bucs
Kirby Higbe
Dodgers
Elvin
Buster) Adams
Boston
Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Red Sox
St. Louis Browns
Mickey Vernon
Buddy Wis
Wolff
Washington Senators
Cleveland Indians
George Kell
Dick Kakefield
Tigers
Philadelphia Athletics
Buster Adams
Cardinals
Boston Braves
Pee Wee Reese
Pittsburgh
Senators
Cleveland
Champion Prepares For Title Defense In New York Bout
POMPTON LAKES Mt June 16 Joe Louis rests after a final workout here on June 10 before defending his heavyweight title against Billy Conn in New York two nights hence. The champion rested yesterday but will box today and Saturday in camp, keeping up his training cadence.
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Pompton Lakes
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
New York
Indict Barnett and Parise in Clarksburg Slaying
Harrison county grand jury returns murder indictments against Denver Barnett and Angeli Parise, both of Clarksburg, in the slaying of Charles Goff.
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Clarksburg
Harrison County
Denver Barnett
Angeli Parise
Charles Goff
Entertaining actress plays mother on daytime radio
Ellen Andrews portrays a sympathetic mother and friend in the soap Right to Happiness heard on WLW NBC weekdays at 2:45 pm EST. Connie Wakefield is cited as the character, with the scene noted as charming and supportive within the program.
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Ellen Andrews
Connie Wakefield
WLW
NBC
Mountaineers Begin Two-A-Day Football Drills
KEYSER June 6 Mountaineer coach William Kern opens two two-hour daily practice sessions at Potomac State College with lectures at 9 am and 3 pm as the West Virginia University football team enters two week training. The camp ends June 22 with a regulation practice game. Assisting Kern are Lee Patton Dick McElwee Sam Mandich Glenn Ellis and Stretch Hoel. Charleston June 6 The Public Service Commission begins a detailed study of proposed electric utility rule changes in the state auditing last November’s general survey and inviting objections and suggestions from utilities. Morgantown June 6 About 2000 students sign for the West Virginia University summer school the largest term enrollment.
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West Virginia University
Potomac State College
William “Bill” Kern
Kern
Lee Patton
Mountaineer
Dick McElwee
Romney High School
West Virginia
Sam Mandich
Glenn Ellis
Stretch Hoel
Charleston
Public Service Commission
Henry Singleton and Arthur Lake Receive American Radio Award
Henry Singleton and Arthur Lake known as radio stars Blon die and Dogwood have won the 1946 American Radio Award from the National Exchange Club for outstanding radio work. Phil Baker served in the Navy in World War II. Fred Vinson awarded a silver medal for Take It Or Leave It patriotism. Dunninger the Master Mentalist to host NBC four week run starting June 4, with Bill Slater and an orchestra. Meredith Wilson takes over Coffee Time with five singers, the King Sisters and Ben Gage. Also notes on radio quiz programs and bowling show standings, plus Major League leaders and game schedules listed.
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E. M. McCarthy
Henry Singleton
Arthur Lake
Blondie
Dogwood
CBS
National Exchange Club
Phil Baker
Secretary of the
Treasury
Fred Vinson
Dunninger
Buster
NBC
Amos ‘N
Andy
Bill Slater
Em Cee
ABC
Ace Kegeler
Slater
West Point
Meredith Wilson
Yvonne King
Four King Sisters
Ben Gage
Lstter
Duck Hunting Prospects Not Good This Fall
Duck hunters face a shorter season and reduced bag limits to halt a sharp decline in the wild duck population says Albert M. Day of the fish and wildlife service. He notes a 23 million birds per year drop over the last two years and traces the downward trend from 125.35 million in 1944 to 80 million in 1946.
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Washington
Albert M. Day
Fish and Wildlife Service
Day
Seven Raleigh County men held in cream theft case
Magistrate G. O. Mills reported seven Raleigh county men have been arrested on charges of stealing cream used in making black market butter. The case centers on the cream theft and its role in illicit butter production.
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Beckley
G. O. Mills
Raleigh County
Anne Boleyn Rumored Six-Fingered Hand Fact Shared
Historical note claims Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, bore six fingers on one hand. The assertion appears in archival commentary but lacks definitive contemporary corroboration.
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Anne Boleyn
Henry VII
For Sale Radio Shop and Franchise Opportunity
For sale a well equipped radio sales and service shop with franchise on due appliance. Largest business in town. For information call 7040 Morgan town. Located at 437 Wilson Ave. 5
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Morgantown
Wilson Ave
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