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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1942
Page
2
Judson Bailey reports on a troubled season for a top left-handed pitcher who despite stellar form last year, has lost ten games without a win. A 2-0 defeat to the Philadelphia Athletics highlights his struggles as Chicago White Sox slip to last place while Yankees and Red Sox win matches, reshaping the AL standings.
Senators discuss using poinsettias and other surplus crops to create cheaper products. Norris questions practicality while Gillette argues potential for alcohol paints and rubber from corn and wheat, noting a surplus and limited commercial scale for some crops.
National League leading hitters include Phelps of Pittsburgh batting .316 and Reiser of Brooklyn at .365 with 38 runs and 37 RBIs. Mize of New York leads RBI with 41, while Medwick and Reiser top hits. Pitching leaders list French and Davis of Brooklyn with 10 and 8 wins respectively, and American League leaders feature Doerr and Williams in batting and RBIs with strong shows from Spence and Gordon.
Hank Borrowy of the Yankees pitched a four hit ball to beat the Tigers for his fourth straight win. Bobby Doerr of the Red Sox went 4 for 4 with a homer a double and two singles against the Browns. Bill Lehrman of the Giants hurled five hits to defeat Retis. Al Lopez of the Pirates singled with bases loaded in a four run first inning and doubled in a five run eighth against the Braves. Bob Harris of the Athletics shut out. White Sox produced seven hits in win. Chubby Dean of the Indians pitched shutout relief for three innings and singled to start the winning tally in the tenth against the Senators.
Baseball results included Pittsburgh 10 Boston 2 and New York 3 Cincinnati 1 with other results. Today’s listings show Brooklyn at St Louis and New York at Cincinnati at night with pitchers and matchups for both leagues. The piece also notes the Lassen volcano in northern California as a recently active feature.
Fragmented opinionated musings blend names Mussolini Goebbels Hitler Rommel and Brauchitsch with overtones of propaganda and satire. The text riffs on loyalty truth and wartime leadership while hinting at personal preoccupations and diet fantasies.
A looming All Service versus All Stars game at Cleveland nears, with Lieut Mickey Cochrane predicting a stadium record crowd if 80 000 fans aren’t surpassed. Veterans, airline and sports figures mingle in a scattered wire of notes from players and officials across the era.
Rounds recorded last night feature Lloyd Hudson from Bath outpointing Corky Davis in Portland Maine. Harry Bobo from Pittsburgh knocked out Bob Smith of Baltimore in Toledo. Danny Kapilow of New York outpointed Martin from Boston, Tippy Larkin beat Carmel Fata in Brooklyn, Bobby Ruffin of New York drew with Joey Peralta of Tamaqua. Also noting a stat on bachelor rates among American men.
New York June 10 A five hour sports show at the Polo Grounds features Bob Feller in a five inning baseball game against an All Star Army team Joe Louis Barrow and George Nicholson boxing match without head gear Cornelius Warmerdam pole vault attempt Al Blazis shot put attempt Craig Wood Vic Ghezzi Jim Turnesa Ed Oliver golf event a Brooklyn NY vs New York soccer game a tug of war between Gotham firemen and police Don Budge and Alice Marble in mixed doubles tennis Olsen and Johnson Ray Bolger and Al Schacht perform with Tommy Dorsey and Fred Waring Army Coast Guard units will provide musical acts Tickets limited to 56 000 spectators.
The Red Birds split a doubleheader with Ashland and Bluefield tallying 13-5 in the nightcap to stay two games up in the Mountain State league. Ashland edged Williamson 5-4 in game one as Bluefield defeated Huntington 4-2 on a Harry Hughes homer and Harry Baldwin pitching. Dan Limbert and Hans Hetne added offense for Welch as Bluefield travels to Huntington and Logan next.
Mrs Williams describes a long ordeal as her husband remains in an iron lung after a recent hospital transfer in Oklahoma. His weight has fallen from 150 to 87 pounds and doctors see little chance of recovery, yet friends vow to continue efforts until death ends their labor.
The article discusses Petain seeking to maximize wartime output by mobilizing French workers. Laval could push Petain to retirement under German pressure, yet Berlin is unlikely to act if it risks revolution and widespread economic disruption that would paralyze production.
A Sunday attack occurred about 2 20 p m Pacific War Time. A lifeboat towed by a passing fishing boat reached a haven Monday night and located the two life rafts. Allied planes and a corvette found the rafts and survivors about 6 30 a m yesterday. Captain Havens plans a three week vacation after this voyage. First Officer Nystrom says he will command another ship before month end.
The president debates a nationwide gasoline rationing endgame while lawmakers pursue unusual rubber sources. A California writer proposes poinsettia as a high yield rubber, claiming up to two tons per acre and yearly root regrowth, alongside suggestions like milkweed and sunflowers for alcohol to produce butadiene for synthetic rubber.
Sentinel outlines rates at two cents per ward for first insertion and one cent per ward for each subsequent insertion with a minimum charge of 45 cents. Examples show cabbage ad counts as initial, with digits counted as three words. Various classifieds follow, including help wanted items, misc carpenters and painters, furnace cleaning, and bids for painting work with submission deadlines.
A fragmented listing of radio programming and times for stations including KDKA WJAS WOR WMMN WEAF WLW WWVA and others. It lists shows from 5:00 P M through midnight with programs such as Amos n Andy News Sports and musical acts. Strong entities include station call letters KDKA WJAS WOR WMMN WEAF WWVA and CBS. This reads as a dense time table of daily broadcasts and music programs across multiple stations.
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