Chesbro Wild Pitched Yankees Out Of Pennant
Spitballer Chesbro led both leagues in victories and helped the Highlanders reach the pennant. The 1904 season saw him win 41 games with a notable spitball, while his pitching partner Jack Powell backed the team in a double header split that decided the flag.
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Chesbro
Yankees
Harry Grayson
NEA
John Dwight Chesbro
Algernon
Happy Jack Chesbro
New York Highlanders
Medical Center
Jack Powell
Happy Jack
Highlanders
Pennant
Clark Griffith
Boston Red Sox
Lou Criger
Fred Parent
Jack Kleinow
Chebro
Styer
Chicago White Sox
BUCS
Pittsburgh Pirates
Elmer Stricklett
Ed Walsh
White Sox
Pittsburgh Propellers
North Adams
Mass
Jack Chesbro
Wallace Wade Takes Command of Butner Artillery Unit
Lieutenant Colonel Wallace Wade former Duke University athletic director and head football coach arrives at Camp Butner to command the 272nd field artillery battalion of the 402nd group. Wade reported to Colonel William S. Evans after two months at Fort Sill Oklahoma.
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Camp Butner
N. C
Wallace Wade
Duke University
402Nd Field Artillery Group
Wade
William S. Evans
Fort Sill
Okla
Likely New National Sports Coordinator Named
A national coordinator for all sports is expected to be named by President Roosevelt within a month. Senator James Mead leads the shortlist, with support from figures such as Larry MacPhail and Sam Weiss, to ensure sports align with the war effort. Swope calls the role a coordinating clearing house rather than an administrator, guiding transport, scheduling, and policy to fit wartime needs.
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New York
Roosevelt
U. S
James Mead
Herbert Bayard Swope
New York Racing Commission
War Department
National Association of State Racing Commissioners
Swope
Washington
William Jeffers
Defense Transportation
Joseph Eastman
Turf Committee of America
Senator Mead
Buffalo
N. Y
Mead
Larry MacPhail
Brooklyn Dodgers
Sam Weiss
Glassport
Pittsburgh
Jimmy Walker
California
Letters Of Right Kind Help Bridge War Wives
A wartime guide advises wives separated from husbands overseas to write often and meaningfully. Keep in touch with shared friends, share personal work news, and show ongoing affection while avoiding portraying independence from the marriage. Seek his advice and stay attentive to his letters.
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Ruth Millett
No Relief Sighted In East For More Gas To Motorists
In Charlotte on May 13 war price and ration board members reported limited hope for increased east coast gasoline supplies this summer. The session with Frank Merritt of Washington, D C, heard that east supplies have grown but war demands still require tight rationing. Officials stressed careful review of applications and strict adherence to mileage data, noting extra allotments are only for true emergencies involving life or death.
Dutch Leaders In Exile Urge Resistance To Nazis
The Dutch government in exile in London urged 400,000 ex servicemen to defy German orders to register for reinternment. Do not register was the radio Orange broadcast urging physical resistance, amid rising Dutch executions in Eindhoven and stricter curfews. James W. Vernon became president of Morganton group. other officers and North Carolina health officials named.
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London
Holland
North Africa
Adolf Hitler
Free Netherlands
Radio Orange
Radio Orange Annoncer
Netherlands
Eindhoven
Auxiliary Coria Graduates From Daytona Beach Transport School
Auxili Mary Ziara Coria of 431 West Lexington Avenue has graduated from the motor transport school at Daytona Beach Florida. She completed six weeks training in Army driving methods at the WAAC training center.
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Aux
Mary Ziara Coria
Lexington Avenue
Daytona Beach
Fla
Coria
WAAC
North Carolina Medical Society Elects President Elect
The society closed its 1945 meeting in Raleigh deciding the 1944 convention would be held in Pinehurst. Dr. Paul F. Whitaker of Kinston was named president elect to take office next year.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Medical Society
Pinehurst
Paul F. Whitaker
Kinston
Secret stock kettle shared by Europe’s famed chefs
In my early career my father took me to renowned European restaurants. Chefs generously revealed their trade secrets and showed a stock kettle that simmered continuously, yielding meat flavoring used in many celebrated dishes.
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Europe
Wilsons BV stock flavor extends meat dishes
A kitchen note from George Rector extols Wilson & Co. BV stock as a quick way to enrich flavor. The ad explains adding rich brown stock to finished dishes and using it to extend meat flavor for home dinners and restaurant vegetables.
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Wilson & Co
Wilson
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Donnell B. Cobb
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G. C. Dixon
Ayden
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Asheville
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ORLD
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Elwood Hotel
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