Slugger Bobby Estalella Brings Own Bat to Field
Report notes Bobby Estalella of the Athletics carried his own bat on a spring training day. It mentions teammate Roberta Feesee hitting .259 last season and Estalella’s Cuban league form with a Mayagua wood bat. Also touches on upcoming Dodgers games and various spring camp notes from multiple teams.
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Bobby Estalella
Roberta Feesee
Aha Ilough
A's
Washington
Estalella
Tiliaceum
Alejandro Carrasquel
Brooklyn-Phillies Red Cross
Ebbets Field
Dodgers
West Point
Auick
Luis Aurez
Tke
Ossie Bluese
Chicago
Tytsky
Cleveland
Jimmy Dykes
White Sox
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Detroit
Don Ross
Handyman
Rudy York
Rudy
Aervi Tigers
Franklyn Heller
Buffalo
Jeff Heath
Buddy Rogar
Harold Epps
Milton Byrnes
Boston
Joe Cronin
Leon Culberson
George Metkovica
Curtis Bay Coast Guard
New York
George Stimweiss
Philadelphia
Coaker
Dale Matthewson
Lou Novikoff
Cincinnati
Frank McCormick
Pauls
Mort’ Cooper
Frankie Prisch
Pinaldo
Tommy ‘Holmes
Vannigans
Hugh Ludy
San Francisco
Searooklyn Exexy
Rickey
Russians Repulse Assaults as War Bulletin Reports Heavy Losses
Dispatches describe fighting near Czernowitz and Podolak with border town Lippani captured. The Russian bulletin claims Axis forces trapped and annihilated in trenches, with about 2,000 Hitlerites killed in the engagement.
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Lippani
Czernowitz
Seine
Foroata
Wwisy
Genets Podolak
Nazis Raid Nuernberg Marks Major European Air War
The Nuernberg raid, described as very great strength, delivered about 2,240 short tons of bombs. The attack followed British air operations over France, the Low Countries, and Germany, with a German raider alerting London for a three-night span. Previous bombings had already devastated 108 acres of built-up area.
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France
Low Countries
Germany
London
United States Navy Casts Palau Attack As Large Carrier Strike
The report describes a major offensive against Palau with hundreds of carrier planes, aided by Japanese search planes from New Guinea. Observers note ships fleeing Palau and suggest the task force moved from Truk toward the Carolines to strike Palau, signaling a bold extended naval operation.
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Palau Island
Truk
Pala
Palau
Carolines
Marianas
United States Navy
Japan
Nimitz
New Guinea
Miny
Utahs Kids Triumph in Big Tournament Night
Utahs basketball squad rose from early elimination to beat St Johns of Brooklyn 43 to 36 at Madison Square Garden before 18 125 fans. Arnold Fer led the winners as Utah, after touring in first rounds, claimed a national title bid with a sharp second half surge.
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New York
Utah
Red Cross
Blitz
St. John's
Brooklyn
Madison Square Garden
St. John’s
Utes
Kentucky
Arkansas
Dartmouth
Arnold Fer
Hy Gotkin
Witin U
Descriptive WWII distances from Pearl Harbor to Pacific outposts
The text lists distances from Pearl Harbor to Marianas, Palau, and Manila during wartime, noting Guam nearby and noting Palau's proximity to the Japanese holdings. It places Palau 1,048 miles from Manila and 1,980 miles south of Tokyo, with Guam in the Marianas 3,809 miles away and the Marianas chain 4,595 statute miles south of Pearl Harbor.
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Palau
Japan
Singapore
Caroines
Marshalls
Germany
Korkor
Falau
Babelthuap
Caroline Islands
Anguar
Pearl Harbor
Marianas
Pali
Guam
NFW TAXES Raise Rates On Luxuries and Daily Goods
Tax increases range from 33 1 3 to 100 percent affecting fur coats jewelry and club dues travel costs and utilities. New rates widen luggage definitions to include handbags wallets and passes with a 30 percent cabaret tax starting at 10 am to avoid two tax bases.
Boxing Results From Across Cities Reported by AP
Results from Associated Press boxing shows in Fall River Philadelphia and Highland Park list several knockouts and decisions. Pacino of Boston defeated Parrish in New York while Margarida of Fall River knocked out Young Scott in the same city. Disqualifications noted for Jordon and Streater in Philadelphia. Additional bouts include Wilson edging Lowman and Thomas defeating Kellum with Powell and Brown drawing in New Jersey. Local services and tax notices appear in the brief.
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Associated Press
Fall River
Mass
Larry Pacino
Boston
Dominic Parrish
New York
Gene Margarida
Young Scott
Royal Navy
Philadelphia
Henry Jordan
Buck Streater
Collingswood
N. J
Eddie Wilson
Navy
Earl Lowman
Charley Wright
Newark
Bill Deering
Harrisburg
Earl Trader
Wilmington
Del
Jimmy Allen
Highland Park
Hercules Powell
Johnny Brown
Drew
Jerry Coursol
Valley Stream
West Virginia Embezzlement, Employed Officials, and War Losses
West Virginia notes detail a road commission right-of-way agent in Huntington earning from May 1941 to December 1942 and a governor owed sum for library work. Stephen P. Shlanta, former Weirton postmaster, was sentenced to three years for embezzling post office funds. Pfc Ray Kemp and Pvt John McDonald, Virginians, were reported killed in the Mediterranean. The article also mentions chromated zinc chloride combustibility and historical notes on oranges in Europe.
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West Virginia
Huntington
The
Road Commission
Neely
State Library
Fairmont
Stephen P. Shlanta
Weirton
Harry 5. Watkins
Washington
War Department
Pfc
Ray Kemp
Superior
McDowell County
W. Va
Pvt
John 5. McDonald
Peach Creek
Logan Country
Mediterranean
McSpaden Edges In Golf Open Lead In Knoxville
Harold McSpaden of Philadelphia tops Knoxville open field after a 63 at the par 70 municipal course in the pro-am. Lord Byron Nelson did not card a score. Sammy Byrd Craig Wood and John Revolta figure as challengers in the 72-hole event.
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Knoxville. Tenn
Harold
Jug) McSpaden
Philadelphia
Knoxville
Lord Byron Nelson
Toledo
McSpaden
Nelson
Sammy Byrd
Craig Wood
Johnny Revolta
Evanston
Tom Pace
Joe Sullivan
Harriman
Tenn
Jimmy Hines
Amsterdam
al Graning
Jay Greene
Commissioner's Sale of John W. Saffel Property in West Grafton
Special Commissioner will publicly auction one half undivided interest in a Taylor County West Virginia lot at the courthouse front door on April 15. The parcel frontages Pearl Street for fifty feet and runs back to Graham Alley, with a dwelling on the lot. Terms: one third cash, balance in two notes with interest, deferred payments secured, title kept until full payment.
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Circuit Court of
Taylor County
Walter A. Woodyard
John W. Saffel
Ethel Settler
Court House
Grafton
West Virginia
West Grafton
Pearl Street
Graham Alley
Maggie Saffel
County Court of
Public auction of lots in Grafton West Virginia
By decree of the Taylor County Circuit Court the sale of three Christian Core lots numbers 195 196 197 in Grafton formerly Fetterman is set for April 1 1944 at 1 p m at Taylor County Courthouse. Two houses on the property. Terms require one third cash and balance in two notes paying nine and eighteen months later. Special Commissioner bond with security filed by W Merle Watkins. Clerk Frank M Hollis Jr.
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Taylor County
J. M. Swan
Thelma Jo Claire Yates Hazlett
Mary Yates
Gaid
W. Merle Watkins
Frank M. Hollis, Jr
Circuit
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