Soldier Andy Fireman To Decide Title
SPOKANE July 11 A pair of former golf champions split roles with one serving in the U. S. Army and the other with the Los Angeles city fire department as they contest the western amateur links title. Abbott of Lowry Field meets McCormick in the 36 hole final for the year’s premier amateur crown amid wartime conditions. Abbott led and built a late edge. McCormick struggled but rallied with long putting, as crowds watched a tight match unfold on the Manito course.
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Patrick Abbott
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Bruce McCormick
Lee Abbott
Harry Givan
Seattle
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Bill Welch
Houston
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Browns Rally Past Yankees In Final Inning Win
The St. Louis Browns scored four runs in the ninth to edge the New York Yankees 5 2 in New York. Bonham pitched well through seven but lost the decision as Caster held the Yanks hitless in the last two frames. Laabs delivered an 11th inning homer and Ch ar tak drove in a run as the Browns erased a 2 0 deficit to claim the series finale.
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Ernie Bonham
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Harland Clift
George Mcquinn
Walt Judnich
Vern Stephens
Mike Chartak
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Hollingsworth
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al Hollingsworth
Eldon Auker
Frank Crosetti
Tommy Henrich
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Joe DiMaggio
Phil Rizzuto
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Gordon
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Rosar
Ferrell
Priddy
Holworth
North Carolina Boy Thinks About Home
Henry L. Pope, in Australia with Battery D, 102nd Separate Battalion, CA, writes home about censored mail, extreme heat, mosquitoes and flies, and living like natives in jungle camps as he longs to return to the United States. He is the son of Mrs. Ollie Bacon Pope, after his father FH L Pope, a Goldsboro druggist, died.
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Talbert Claims Atlantic Coast Tennis Championship
Talbert, 23 year old Cincinnati insurance salesman, defeated Harris Everett 6-1 6-2 6-1 to win the Atlantic Coast tennis championship in Ocean City New Jersey. He then paired with Everett to win the doubles title over George Ball and Bill Boyt, while Patricia Canning Todd captured the women’s singles crown 6-3 6-1 over Helen Pederson Rihbany. Todd and Rihbany were top seeds.
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Billy Talbert
Cincinnati
Harris Everett
Jacksonville
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Everett
Ted Olemin
Santa Monica
Calif
George Ball
el Paso
Tex
Bill Boyt
Princeton University
Patricia Canning Todd
New York
Helen Pederson Rihbany
Todd
Millicent Hirsh Lang
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Mrs. Rihbany
Mrs. Todd
Hickory Rebels Top Thomasville 10 to 5 in Home Game
Struttin Bud Shaney pitched Hickory to a 10 to 5 win over Thomasville. Conahan slugged a four run homer as Hickory collected 13 hits and Crowson yielded the loss. Roesen Heath Honeycutt and Canahan led the RBI effort for Hickory with multiple players driving in runs.
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Honeycutt
Maury
James
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Cookley
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Crowson
Teague
Shaney
Kotenski
Statesville Owls Hammer 14-5 Win Over Giants in Salisbury
Walter Lentz fanned eight and walked nine as Statesville plated four pitchers in a 14-5 victory over Salisbury Giants. Lentz and Smith led the offense with accurate at bats, contributing to a decisive late surge. The Owls built a big early lead and coasted through the final innings.
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Salisbury
Walter Lentz
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Owls
Statesville
Lentz
Smith
Fredrico
Depalma
McKee Dyche
Doolittle
Cubs Rally Edges Bulls 4-3 in Portsmouth
Portsmouth Cubs defeated the Durham Bulls 4-3 at Portsmouth tonight after trailing 3-1. Durham led with two runs in the second and another in the fifth, but Portsmouth answered with a three–run rally in the sixth and opened the scoring in the first.
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Red Sox split doubleheader with Tourists in Greensboro
Greensboro Red Sox, in second place, split a twin bill with Asheville Tourists. Game one ended 3-2 on Ben Steiner’s sixth inning two run homer. Game two saw Asheville win 9-2 behind Paul Wargo’s four hit performance. Greensboro takes the series two games to one.
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Greensboro
Asheville
Ben Steiner
Paul Wargo
Wartime letter from Henry hopes for home return
A brief wartime note from Henry speaks of terrain with baroques of garoos snakes and thick brush. He expresses optimism that the war will end soon and that the boys will return home. He sends love to folks and notes good morale and spirits, doubting he will settle in Australia.
Bucs Beat Phillies 12-5 On 16-Hit Attack
Pittsburgh Pirates explode for seven runs in the fourth and four more in the eighth to defeat Philadelphia 12 to 5. Elbie Fletcher drives in four, Frankie Gustine adds an inside the park homer, and Vince DiMaggio contributes a triple and two RBIs as Aldon Wilkie earns the win in relief.
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Philadelphia Phils
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Gene Naylor
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Vince DiMaggio
Frankie Gustine
Bucco
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Gustine
Aldon Wilkie
Quakers
Bob Klinger
Pittsburgh
Abrha
Coscarart
Waner
Barrett
Jurges to Mayo Clinic checkup for beaning effect
St Louis July 11 Billy Jurges Giants field captain and shortstop will travel to Rochester Minnesota for a medical check after tomorrow's doubleheader with the Cubs He was beaned in 1940 and has complained of persistent headaches with a batting average of .255 He sat out much of 1941 and Dick Bartell has filled in recently.
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Billy Jurges
New York Giants
Rochester
Minn
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Dick Bartel
Petition signed to rescind Bridges deportation order
The National Federation for Constitutional Liberties reports over 600 prominent Americans signed an open letter to President Roosevelt urging him to revoke Attorney General Biddle’s deportation order against West Coast labor leader Harry Bridges. The group says Biddle overrode the immigration board’s January 3 1942 finding to drop Communist charges and cancel a warrant of arrest.
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National Federation For Constitutional Liberties
Roosevelt
Harry Bridges
Francis Biddle
Board of Immigration Appeals
Bridges
Tris Speaker Battles For Life In Cleveland Hospital
Cleveland July 11. Tris Speaker gravely ill with pneumonia and an intestinal puncture after major surgery. At 54 the baseball great known for three world titles and a .345 lifetime average remains hopeful, urging his wife and doctors that he will pull through. He previously survived a 16 foot fall that left him with skull and arm injuries.
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Cleveland Indians
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Lakeside Hospital
Fad Wins Arlington Lassie Stakes in Record Odds
A brown filly named Fad, owned by R. W. McIlvain, stunned bettors to win the $35,000 Arlington Lassie at Arlington Park, finishing six lengths ahead of Ashmenaw. Miss Barbara, owned by Louis B. Mayer, ran third with Who Me fourth in a field of thirteen. Jockey Arthur Craig guided Fad over six furlongs in 1 13 3/5, earning $25,980.
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Fad
R. W. McIilvain
Hal Price Headley
Ashmenaw
Lexington
Miss Barbara
Louis B. Mayer
Who Me
Headley
Arthur Craig
Ward Loop In 2nd Round Tuesday
High Point's Ward League opens its second round of play Tuesday morning. A doubleheader pitting the Yankees against the Enterprise, and Highland against the Giants, in Marsh's field scheduled for Tuesday, while Marsh takes on Oak Hill Wednesday morning. Batting leaders to date are M. Ferree Highland .833, Carter Oak Hill .750, Hartley Yankees .500, Delapp Marsh .500, Knox Enterprise .500, Amick Giants .416. Standings to date: Highland 4-1 .800, Marsh 3-1 .750, Giants 2-2 .. Giants 2-2 .300, Oak Hill 2-2 .500, Yankees 1-3 -.250, Enterprise 0-0 0.00
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Enterprise
Highland
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Hartley
Delapp
Knox
Amick
Consumer Items To Be Decreased Warned By WPB
Washington July 11 The War Production Board warned that shortages already pinch civilians and in six months large peace time inventories of consumer items will be exhausted. The public will feel a full shift to war production with only minimal civilian essentials kept. The WPB emphasized feeding clothing and transportation for workers and maintaining health services and education while all resources go to war needs.
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War Production Board
WPB
Pearl Harbor
Begin Collection Of Kitchen Waste
Washington announces a wartime salvage drive starting Monday to collect waste kitchen fats for explosives production. Each pound of bacon grease yields glycerine to fire four anti aircraft shells, and 300,000 meat markets will buy the fat. An advertising push across 400 newspapers, radio, posters, and films supports the effort as part of a broader scrap campaign including iron, steel, rubber, rags, and tin cans.
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War Production Board
Glycerine and Associated Industries
Chicago Beats Washington in a 5-3 showdown
Chicago defeats Washington 5 to 3 as Kuhel hits a homer and Bob Dietrich shines on the mound. Key players include Moses Appling Tresh and Vernon's big days for Chicago while Washington relies on Zuber and Wynn to keep pace.
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Occupied Burma harvest area under Japanese control
The Japanese occupied the rice growing area of Burma as harvest peaked, according to the Department of Commerce. Oil heating equipment in all public buildings in British Columbia will be converted to coal, per the Department of Commerce.
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Department of Commerce
British Columbia
Department, of Commerce
Braves Beat Bill Lee In 4-2 Victory
Chicago July 11 Braves struck early against Bill Lee, scoring four runs in two innings before his exit. Salvo and Earley held the Cubs, as Boston improved to 4-2. Les Fleming struck nine for Boston in relief. Cubs managed two runs late, but the rally stalled against double plays and late pitching.
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Bill Lee
Braves
Lee
Cubs
Manuel Salvo
Tom Earley
Les Fleming
Lou Stringer
Two Tournaments Set At Emerywood Club
Two tournaments are scheduled at Emerywood Country Club with play starting at 1 p.m. on Tuesday for the Ladies Day event and Friday for a mixed scotch foursome. J. W. Woollen and Logan Chitwood meet in the President's Cup consolation final. Ladies choose their own partners in the mixed event.
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Emerywood Country Club
J. W. Woollen
Logan Chitwood
Apache Stages Comeback With Track Record
Apache, trained by Sunny Fitzsimmons, roared to a track record and $20,100 purse at Empire City with Jimmy Stout up. The comeback colt led early, held off Lochinvar by three lengths, and finished 1 56 for the mile and three sixteenths, as Vagrancy and Shut Out scratched.
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Sunny Dim Fitzsimmons
Apache
Alcazar
Jimmy Stout
Toma Rose
Whirlaway
Vagrancy
William Woodward
Remount Service
Joseph M. Roebting
Lochinvar
Warren Wright
Teddy
Shut Out
Sunny
Jim
Inmates Manufacture Majority of U.S. License Plates
The Department of Commerce reports that about 85 percent of metallic license plates in use in the United States were produced by inmates in penal institutions. The finding highlights prison labor's role in a long standing industry and their impact on production capacity nationwide.
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United States
Department of Commerce
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