Baseball Manpower Gap Shrinks as Major Leagues Start Season
Major league rosters stabilize after a wartime manpower strain with Spud Chandler and Joe Beggs among stars on lend leases. Arm y service players and veterans fill roles while minor leagues continue up to triple A. Drafts and inductions pace rosters as teams plan for a six month run under night baseball and crowded schedules at Washington Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.
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Jack Hand
Associated, Press
Baseby
Washington
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Spud Chandler
New York
Yankees
Joe Beggs
Cincinnati Reds
Armed Services
Gee Walker
Reds
Damon Phillips
Connie Ryan
Butch
Nieman
Bostom Braves
Bobby Bragan
Brooklyn
Johnny Lindell
Milwaukee
Buddy
Rosar
Buffalo
Cleveland
Denny Gatehouse
Browns
Boxing results scattered across cities and fighters
A jumble of boxing bout results lists numerous fighters by city and score. Names include James Wilkens, Tony Rigeo, Lester Young, Cullen Chaney, Arthur McWorther, Johnny Vorge, Jerry Fiorello, Jackie Capperell, and Lloyd Nova among others, with points totals ranging from 130 to 207 and multiple stops and knockouts noted in cities like Cleveland Newark Chicago Boston Baltimore Detroit and Montreal.
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Detroit
Freddy Dawson
Chicago
Lester Young
Philadelphia
Newark
W. J
Johnnie Price
Montreal
Tony Rigeo
Bayonne
Lidge” Miller
New York
Jackie Capperell
Boston
Wilje Clayton
Philedelphig
Allied push and bombardment in Italy and Balkans
Reports from the front describe Allied forces advancing in a sector near Anzio with Germans evacuating civilians from a 20 mile depth. Observation posts noted an ungentlemanly explosion near Aus, while Allied artillery bombarded the beachhead and enemy howitzers shelled rear areas, grounding heavy and medium bombers for a third day of day and night pounding on Balkan targets.
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Agemmaruap
Auso
wAnzio
Allenced-Am
Balkan
Pensive Leads Pack in Preakness News Analysis
Baltimore May 9 nine or ten colts entered the 54th Preakness with Pensive from Calumet Farm seen as the main rival as he seeks to repeat the Derby win. The field gathers after his Derby triumph over fifteen rivals, setting up a dramatic run for the Maryland race.
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Donald Sanders
Baltimore
Krtocl
Calumet Farm
Kentucky
W. L. Brawn
Picotee
Hal Price Headley
Megogo
Platter
George D. Widener
Pilate
Ethel D. Jacobs
Styme
Wood Memorial
Donald H. Peters
Bull Dandy
Pensive
Baseball Results And Derby Talk From Major Leagues And Preakness
In a busy sports summary the National League notes Pittsburgh rallies past Chicago twice and St Louis shuts out Cincinnati. American League games include Washington beating Philadelphia in ten innings and a split with Philadelphia winning and losing on the day. Thoroughbred racing chatter centers on Pensive eyeing the Preakness with Stir Up and other top horses contesting prep events at Pimlico as Derby hangover lingers.
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
New York
Abe Green
Tulsa
Sax Judd
Chicago
Billy Thompson
Nashville Banner
Uncle Sam
Jimmie Murphy
Canton
Ill
Daily Ledger
Charlie Grimm
Chicago Cubs
Hal Kleine
Indians
St. Louis
A. Smith
Tribe
Hal
Kleine
American Legion
Pittsburgh
Boston
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Churchill Downs
Philadelphia
A. C. Ernst
Baltimore
Gramps
Sky- Chicago
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
American ‘League
National League
Bets Yield Upset at Belmont Park Daily Doubles
In New York on May 9, Belmont Park daily doubles produced 40 winners. An unidentified woman claimed she dreamed numbers 4 and 8, then bet them. No. 4 Bloodtown paid $8.90 in race one and No. 8 Sorisky paid $184.40 in race two.
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New York
Belmont Park
Ploodtown
Sorisky
Cardinals win benefit game led by Kurowski and Verban
A crowd of about 14 000 watched Whitey Kurowski and Emil Verban lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 9 to 3 victory over a star-studded fourth ferrying group team in a benefit exhibition here. Johnny Beazley started for the ferrying group, allowing six hits in two innings.
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Memphis
Whitey ‘Kurowski
Emil Verban
St. Louis Cardinals
Johnny Beazley
Cardinals
Great Lakes
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia Bluejays
Virgil Trucks
Detroit Tigers
Mickel Cochrane
Phillies
Bomber attacks south of Rome claim enemy losses
Poor visibility hindered details but fighter bombers reported destruction of 32 German vehicles and two tanks with damage to 29 more in strafing runs south of Rome. The attacks also reportedly sank an unidentified vessel and caused further damage.
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Rome
Inuhch
Allied air strike targets German HQ and shipping in Yugoslavia
Spitfires demolished a German headquarters at Drecic in Yugoslavia and attacked shipping off the Yugoslav coast while striking highway traffic in Albania. Two Allied forces participated in the operation.
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Tiber
Drecic
Yugoslavia
Albania
Admiral Barbey outlines Pacific landing craft approach
The admiral cites limited losses in 11 amphibious operations over 10 months and warns Allies may gain local air superiority briefly but cannot hold it near Japan. He advocates use of beachlanding LSTs to deliver troops and equipment directly onto shores and retreat before strong enemy response.
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Barbey
Pacific
Japan
Hollandia
Etten Extends Lead In AL Batting Crown Drive
Nick Etten of the New York Yankees added nine points to his season average to reach 476, holding a tight lead in the American League batting race. Dixie Walker of the Brooklyn Dodgers rose past Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League standings, dipping 21 points to 421 while remaining the NL’s top pair with Etten in the 400 club.
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Fort Mcclelland
Ala
St. Louis Brownies
New York Yankees
al Milnar
Cleveland
Sever
Indians
Browns
Poe
Brownies
Milnar
Nick Etten
New York
Dixie Walker
Brooklyn Dodgers
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Walker
Etten
Danny Litwhiler
Howie Schultz
Dodgers
George Myatt
Washington
Musiar
Classified rates and sample ads from a historic paper
Classified column shows rates two and a half cents a word for first insert and one and a half cents for each subsequent insert. Example ad prices include 85 cents. Entries cover garage for rent, baby chicks with prices per hundred, and a nurse needed with monthly pay of 148 dollars.
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Sentine
War Today: Allies to uproot Nazism and punish leaders
The German people backed Hitler and aggression. The article urges drastic Allied measures to dismantle Nazism and Prussian militarism, declaring many responsible must face death or imprisonment as the war continues.
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Hitler
Germany
Notice to creditors in Henrietta Gillman estate
Commissioner of Accounts of Taylor County West Virginia warns all creditors and beneficiaries of the estate of Henrietta Gillman that claims must be exhibited with vouchers verified and presented at the Taylor County Bank Building in Grafton by November 6, 1944. Beneficiaries must attend to protect their interests. Dated May 2, 1944 by W. P. Samples.
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Henrietta Silliman
Henrietta ‘Gillman
Taylor County Bank
Grafton
Taylor County
West Virginia
W. P. Samples
County of
Taylor
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