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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1950
Page
2
Veronica Norman, 28, a New York model, was found dead in her apartment by police after they entered to reports of danger. She lay in an evening gown with gas jets turned on and allegedly said she had nothing to live for. Her fiancé believes fear of cancer after a December 1948 minor surgery contributed to her death.
Baseball card style recap notes today’s games Brooklyn at Cincinnati with Roe and Raffensberger or Erantt starting. Boston at Chicago with Sain and Lade. New York at St Louis Kennedy and Lanter or Brecheen. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh Roberts vs Chesney. American League yesterday saw Boston beat Detroit 6-1 New York off St Louis 4-2 Philadelphia 9 Cleveland 8 Washington 3 Chicago 2. Standings show Detroit at Boston and St Louis at New York with pitchers Hutchinson Dobson Widmar Reynolds Lemon Shantz Kuzava Nagy in upcoming matchups.
Washington State College coach Buck Bailey argues that limiting outfield fences to 850 feet on the lines and 400 feet center would boost college baseball's popularity. He cites larger fields reducing home run opportunities and suggests closer, traditional parks to draw fans and recreate major league excitement.
The Elks club led with 2796 pins to claim first, while Merchants 2761 and Cup Club 2749 trailed. Doubles and Singles start tonight at 7 with teams J Litzinger T Doughtrey A Woodyard L Hunt R Anderson H Teets C Bell M Teckelt. All-Events leaders include B Pugh B Jones 608 605 BR Poling 598 E Alestock 582 HL Teets BRE D Bradford 574 T Lisk 570. Acres of slums razed for Paris boulevard plan under Napoleon.
Baseball highlights show Chicago defeating New York 6 to 0. Pittsburgh routed Brooklyn 10 to 5. Boston at St. Louis postponed due to rain and wet grounds. Standings list Brooklyn, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Chicago, Boston with various records and games back.
Bennett Cerf jokes about weather in America and a diva insisting on 72 degrees in dressing rooms. The piece recounts humorous lines about temperature, Chicago versus New York, and a schoolyard arithmetic tale about a tummy ache.
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