Brooklyn Dodgers Back In Virtual Tie For Lead With Redlegs
Dodgers win 8-3 over Cardinals keeping pace with the Reds who idle yesterday. Medwick beaning shadow looms as Leo Durocher and Mickey Owen fight. Pirates beat Bees 5-1 in Boston. Browns sweep Red Sox 6-4. Yankees shut out 1-0 by White Sox. Tigers take second after doubleheader split with Athletics.
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J Bailey
Associated Sports
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Reds
Ducky Medwick
Billy Southworth
Bob Bowman
Medwick
Mickey Owen
St. Louis
Leo Durocher
Dodgers
Boston
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bees
Joe Bowman
Browns
Red Sox
St. Louis Browns
Boster
Judnich
Yankees
Thornton Lee
Chicago
White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia Athletics
Cleveland Indians
Pirates
Johnny Allen
Indians
Xept
Senators
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
National League results and standings note
Yesterday's results featured Brooklyn beating St Louis 8 to 3 and Pittsburgh 5 to 1. Thornt on Lee pitched the White Sox to a 1 0 shutout of the Yankees. Standings show Brooklyn and Chicago leading with strong marks, while St Louis and Pittsburgh fluctuate in the middle pack amid a busy day of scheduled games and probable pitchers.
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Brooklyn
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Boston
Chicago
New York
Prench
Schumacher
Butcher
Fette
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Derrinter
Highe
New ‘K
Pearson
Righey
M. Harris
Gatehouse
Ditcili
Niggeling
Detroit
Dean
Newhouser
Washington
Cleveland
Masterson
Peller
Senators Fall as Detroit Tandem Dominates Gruceland Start
The Detroit pair built a 4-1 cushion while Buck Newsom notched his eighth win against one loss and Schoolboy Rowe earned his fifth without a defeat. Johnny Allen led Cleveland in a 6th win in seven starts since their uprising.
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Washington Senators
Detroit
Buck Newsom
Schoolboy Rowe
Johnny Allen
Grcveland
Indians
Williamson Wins In Only League Contest
The Williamson club defeated the Logan Indians 5-2 in the Mountain State league on Wednesday while Bluefield was idle due to rain. Four infield hits in the seventh inning sealed the Redbirds’ three run margin. Huntington beat Ashland 6-4 after plating 13 hits, with Bluefield scheduled for a doubleheader at Welch.
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Associated Press
Williamson
Logan Indians
Bluefield
Swing Takes Meet Honors at Huntington Golf Open
Lanky Bill Swing on his home course won the state open golf championship with a 293 total over 72 holes. Arnold Browning finished two strokes back at 295, while Larry Weichman and Johnny Jarvis tied at 296. Amateur Perry T. Taylor won the A. F. Thompson trophy after a playoff with Steve Jupinko. Browning and Swing split top prize money with 140 and 100 dollars respectively.
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Huntington
Bill Swing
Guyan Country Club
Arnold Browning
Guyan
Browning
Larry Weichman
Logan
Clem Weichman
Johnny Jarvis
Charleston
Weichman
Perry T. Taylor
Steve Jupinko
Moundsville Machinist
Bill Campbell
Ewing
Future Farmers Meet Blacksburg At Virginia Assembly
Elmer Denis of Moundsville West Virginia vice president of the national Future Farmers of America brought greetings to the Virginia Association's annual convention held in Blacksburg on June 20.
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Blacksburg
Elmer Denis
Moundsville
W. Va
National Organization of Future Farmers of America
Virginia Asssociation
Godoy Seeks Upset in Louis Title Clash at Yankee Stadium
Arturo Godoy of Chile, in improved shape and confident after last year's 15 round draw, meets Joe Louis in a 15 round heavyweight title defense at Yankee Stadium. Odds favor Louis at 5 to 1 as both fighters vow aggression, with plans to adjust styles for the bout likely to draw 30,000 fans tonight.
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Gayle Talbot
New York
Arturo Godoy
Chile
Joe Louis
Yankee Stadium
Iron Man
Godoy
Louis
Schmeling
Galento
Arturo
Godby
Ot Ace
Dead Parsons Shines In State Tennis Open
In Charleston on June 20, 19 year old Deacon Parsons of Huntington advanced to the third round of the state closed tournament with a 6-0 6-1 win over John Chaplin of Charleston. Seeded second, Charles Front of Wheeling reached the second round 6-4 6-1 over Charles Midelburg. In women’s play Dorothy Bell of Wheeling, 19, led seeds with a first round bye and top seed Ann Miller Charleston, the runners up from prior years, also featured. Other results: Byron Wilkinson Huntington beat Billy Pugh Charleston 8-6 3-6 7-6 and Howard Kelbe Wheeling beat Dick Drumheller Charleston 4-6 6-2 6-0.
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Charleston
Deacon Parsons
Huntington
John Chapin
Charles
Charles Midelburg
Dorothy Bell
Wheeling
Betty Reiner
Parkersburg
Ann Miller
Radcliffe Edmonds
Wright Hugus
Byron Wilkinson
Billy Pugh
Yale University
Howard Kelbe
West Virginia University
Dick Drumheller
Governor Stassen Aims For Brief Address In Speech
Governor Stassen, continuing from page one, has avoided predicting exact content or length of his address. He stated the speech will run about an hour or less, avoiding marathon keynote expectations. He has conferred often with other Republican governors while shaping the remarks.
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Stassen
Cleveland Southpaw Stars in Junior League Comeback
Cleveland pride in Alfred John Smith as a 32 year old southpaw who was once deemed washed up by National League clubs. Reinvigorated with a screwball and control, he has seven wins and one loss for the Amer league after being picked up from Buffalo by the Indians. Only Detroit's Schoolboy Rowe and Buck Newsom have better records.
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Cleveland
Alfred John Smith
Cleveland Indians
Buffalo
Amerequi
Detroit
Lyn
D A Probing Beaming Case
Brooklyn district attorney Bill O Dwyer opens an inquiry into Bob Bowman beaning Joe Medwick during a game with the Dodgers. The probe, opposed by National League President Ford Frick, seeks whether a crime was committed amid player tensions and public interest in Brooklyn.
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Bill White
Brooklyn
William O'Dwyer
Murder, Inc
O'Dwyer
Bob Bowman
St. Louis Cardinals
Joe Medwick
Brooklyn Dodgers
Frick
National League
Ford Frick
Bob
Larry MacPhail
ANZACS Receive Warm Welcome in Britain Amid War Front Talk
War Secretary Eden and Dominion ministers greet the arriving Anzacs in Britain. Soldiers joke about Paris and German advances while awaiting accuracy on events. King George VI extends a cordial welcome as the troops join the Allied front. In Washington, Neely backs the Lafollette excess profits tax amendment with Holt unrecorded.
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Anotony Eden
Egypt
Dominions
Gladhand
Geoffrey Shakespeare
Shakespeare
Charles Dickets
Paris
United States
Montacle
George VI
Comte
United Kingdom
Washington
U. S
M. M. Neely
West Virginia
Rush D. Holt
Louis Picks to Win Quick Over Godoy in Six Heats
Sports notes from June 20 recount Louis aiming to finish Godoy within six heats, with side bits on Pepper Martin’s hotel dining woes, Medwick’s stance on beaning, Tigers pride in Detroit, and other era tidbits. Multiple named figures and teams appear including Louis, Godoy, Medwick, Pepper Martin, Banura, Zeke, Millicent Hirsh, Archie Henderson, Billy Conn, Gene Tunney, Neville Beech, and the Dodgers.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Louis
Godoy
Pepper Martin
Tarzan
Joe Medwick
Bob Bowman
Lane No.7
Poughkeepsie
la Henie
Chicago
Dick Walsh
Albany
Times-Union
Detroit
Tigers
Nord
Tiger
Bill Dickey
Yanks
Babe Dahlgren
Medwick
Dushay
Washington
Senators
Italy
Zeke
Millicent Hirsh
South
Archie Henderson
North Carolina
al M’coy
Melio Bettina
Billy Conn
Gene Tunney
Neville Beech
Mississippi
Louis-Godoy
Eutreal Club
Dodgers
War Profits Debate Shapes Tax Bill Vote
The senate split over war profit taxation as LaFollette won 41 to 31 amid administration objections. Four Republicans opposed the measure, Connally's amendment passed 51 to 28, and the final tax bill cleared 75 to 5. Opponents included Austin Vermont Gurny South Dakota Hale Maine Taft Ohio Lundeen Minnesota Palmer-Laborite. A congressional study schedule was promised within 30 days after enactment.
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LaFollette
Harrison
D.-Miss
Finance Committee
la ¥Ollette
Connally
Austin
Vermont
Gurny
South Dakota
Hale
Pauline Moore Stars in Young Buffalo Bill at Opera House
Pauline Moore, opposite Roy Rogers in Young Buffalo Bill, headlines at the Opera House tonight. Born in Philadelphia to a line of notable ancestors including Chief Justice John Marshall, she veered from early evangelistic tendencies into stock theater and Broadway before film.
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Pauline Moore
Roy Rogers
Buffalo Bill
Opera House
Pauline
Philadelpha
John Marshall
Supreme Court
Jefferson Machamer
Mollywood
Molly
Congress recess and tax bill impact on taxpayers
Congress recesses until August 1 as a tax bill proposes 2,190,000 new taxpayers by cutting personal exemptions from 2500 to 2000 for married persons and from 1000 to 800 for single filers. It would add 1 percent to corporate taxes, raise all individual taxes by ten percent, widen surtaxes on incomes 6000 to 100000, and raise nuisance taxes on gasoline liquor beer amusements radios and mechanical refrigerators.
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Congress
Hull Calls for Unified Resolve in Crisis Speech
The speaker urges Americans to gird themselves for the current crisis, stressing strength of mind, heart, and spirit. He cites self reliance and self restraint as essential, warning that neglect would jeopardize everyone’s duty and national effort.
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Hull
Fragmentaryeva: Mortal Danger and Sacred Cause Emergence
Fragmentary OCR hints at a discussion of mortal danger and a sacred cause of human fragility, touching on moral struggle and existential risk within a historical or philosophical frame. The text is incomplete, preventing a clear event, date, or named entities from being established.
Notice to creditors of Ellen Elizabeth deceased
Public notice from Taylor County Bank in Grafton West Virginia to creditors and beneficiaries of the estate of Ellen Elizabeth deceased. Creditors must present vouchers by a stated date or be excluded. Beneficiaries urged to appear to protest their interest. Document dated June 6 in the county.
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Edith Estelle
Taylor County
West Vinelntll
County of
Taylor
Ellen Ee
Julie
William of Colinty
Taplghe
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