Fears Home Front Will Slacken Waiting for Invasion
Dewitt Mackenzie warns the home front must not ease wartime effort as D-day nears. He notes fuel consumption by Allied air forces, estimates gasoline needs for 1500 bombers on a 1500 mile round trip, and stresses continued conservation and production to support invasion and fighting fronts.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Uncle Sam
Europe
Hitler
Radio Paris
Britain
Germany
Flashes of Life and Small Town News Across the Nation
Short notes cover a break in with a readerly motive in Philadelphia and a draft reclassification 1-A for Pfc George Bever in Hunt Idaho. Shamrock high school names two co valedictorians with perfect grades except one. A laundryman’s death in Wheaton blocks pickups as his estate with clothes awaits probate. Conservation in Kankakee opens with a shirt and…
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
Idaho
Pfc
George Bever
Army
Hunt Relocation Center
Shamrock. Tex
Bill Joe Montgomery
James Fergerson
Shamrock High School
Stade
Wheaton
Charles Hong
Political Announcements Enter Candidates for 1944 Democratic Primary
The Star lists candidates subject to the July 25 Democratic preferential primary and August 8 runoff. County Treasurer contenders are Joe C. Booker Isabelle Onstead and Leon Bundy. Circuit Clerk candidates Cecil Weaver Pinkey Byers. County Judge Fred A. Luck. Representative No. 1 Arthur C. Anderson H. W. Timberlake. Representative No. 2 W. W. Compton L. J. Bryson. Nevada County.
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Star
Joe C. Booker
Isabelle Onstead
Leon (Jett) Bundy
Leaves From Notebook of Correspondent SID FEDER Naples diary on Bill Estoff
In Naples on April 27, SID FEDER portrays Sgt. Bill Estoff a Syracuse and Fordham trained press circulation chief with two degrees. He delivers Italian edition Stars and Stripes to troops at Anzio and Cassino while dodging shells and outages, earning fame for his gags and hard miles. Estoff’s duties and antics amid war, language gaps, and front-line printing illustrate how a sports-like persona keeps troops informed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Feder
Hal Boyle
Naples
Army
Bill Estoff
Anzio
Cassimo
Stars and Stripes Daily
Bill
Syracuse
N. Y
Bill Mauldin
Stars and Stripes
Ike
Omar
Mark
Mauldin
Estoff
Dwight
Eisenhower
Bradley
Clark
Marshall Island Atoll
Cubs
Syracuse University
Fordham Law School
Sicily
Boxers Conn Louis bout blocked by War Secretary
Secretary of War Stimson announced that Billy Conn would not be permitted to meet champion Joe Louis in a heavy weight title bout. The note appears in a retrospective sports mirror item summarizing past events.
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Stimson
Billy Conn
Joe Louis
Boston National League Baseball Club
Braves
Bobby Riggs
Wayne Sabin
Hot Springs
Boxing Results From Chicago Detroit Minneapolis San Diego
Fights last night featured Montgomery outpointing Perlata in Chicago while Maxim bested Walker in Detroit. Nova defeated Postaway in Minneapolis, Bay stopped Turn Turner in San Diego, and Turner was knocked out in Los Angeles. California reports over 3,500 acres planted with dates and RAF bomb tonnage exceeds 100000 in the first nine months of 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bob Montgomery
Philadelphia
Joey Perlata
Tamaqua
Detroit
Joey Maxim
Cleveland
Buddy Walker
Columbus
Minneapolis
Lou Nova
van Nuys
Calif
Hank Postaway
Camp McCoy
Wis
San Diego
Elmer
California
RAF
Germany
Skirt Dancing Club Plans War Time Shoe Saving
The Skirt Dancing Club of Kankakee High School will perform a stocking feet dance tonight to conserve footwear during wartime. The event aims to preserve shoe leather and support home front efforts.
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Kankakee High School
Dodgers in No-Hit Theater Spark Roundup
A newspaper roundup notes the Dodgers in four of the last six NL no hitters, mentions Jim Tobin’s no hitter as the worst whitewash since a pay dispute, and touches on sports figures including Reed Dorazio Little and Fra lick. It cites Quigley and Hamilton and updates on various athletes and coaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dodgers
Tommy
Saint Thomas) Reed
Gus Dorazio
St. Nick's
Ernie Quigley
Uip
Kansas University
Brutus Hamilton
California
Lou Little
John Mooney
Salt Lake Telegram
Jim Tobin
Branch Rickey
Breckenridge Standouts Transfer to Texas A. and M.
Texas A and M signs Wesley Cox and Paul Campbell star halfbacks who powered Breckenridge High to the top of the Texas schoolboy heap last fall. After the season the players join the Aggies program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas A. and M
Wesley Cox
Paul Campbell
Breckenridge High
Texas
Observers Delighting in Duty Despite Few Decorations
In the Mediterranean squadron, pilots Perry and Cornwell fly reconnaissance missions over German targets near Anzio and the Takja front. They say the action is steady, with missions tallying in the double digits and occasional flak tests met at high speed.
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United States
Lis
Ernest C. Perry
Curtiswood Lane
Nashville
Tenn
Edward
Cornwell
Ferdinand St
Melrose
Highlands
Mass
U. 5
Mediterranean
Anzio
Perry
Takja
Litvinoff Linked to Bridge Fame in Postwar Talk
Ely Culbertson, a bridge authority, told Mariar University students that Maxim Litvinoff, ex Russian ambassador to the United States, is a bridge expert. He cited a recent match where Litvinoff won $32, Culbertson $38, and Joseph E. Davies $2 with Jease Jones as the fourth player. The piece also notes a Hopi rain dance ceremony claimed to be over 2,100 years old.
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Oxford, O
Maxim Litvinoff
United States
Ely Culbertson
Miari University
Crackers top Smokies in opener as Southern Assn. hosts thrill
Opening night in four Southern Association cities draws 35 755 fans. Atlanta’s Crackers beat Knoxville 7 6 in 10 innings as Bill Goodman stars with four hits and two pivotal RBIs. Nashville blanked by Lookouts 4 0, Memphis pummels Little Rock 18 3, New Orleans takes Birmingham 5 3.
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Southern Association
Atlanta
Crackers
Knoxville
Chattanooga Lookouts
Nashville
Memphis
Little Rock
New Orleans
Birmingham
Roe Cleary
Chattanooga
Vols
Bill Goodman
Knoxville Smokies
Goodman
Concord
N. C
Chicks
Greer
Travelers
Eddie Volan
Michigan
Walter Brown
Joe Hare
Texas
Frank Veverka
Pelicans
Hal Douglas
Klonwski
Bill Scott
the Pelicans
Tobin Turns in First Hitless No-Run Game
The Boston Braves pitcher Jim Tobin delivered the first no-hit no-run game since 1941 and also hit a home run as Boston defeated Brooklyn 2-0. He walked Paul Waner in the first and ninth innings, would have been perfect with no walks, and set a record pace with 26 straight hitless innings across three appearances.
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Jack Hand
Associated Press
Jim
Boston
Pittsburgh
Lanning
Tommy Hughes
Abbadaba
St. Louis
Walker Cooper
Red Birds
Cincinnati
Tobe
St. Louis Browns
Brownies
Cleveland
Nelson Potter
Giants
Dodgers
Hal Newhouser
Detroit
Chicago
Tobin
Newhouser
Thornton Lee
Bob Swift
Rudy York
Tiger
Little Beaver Sails With Pacific Destroyer Squadron
Fred Harman sends Little Beaver from Red Ryder with a Pacific fleet unit aboard the U S S Columbia. Commodore Arleigh Burke 31-Knot Burke leads the squadron, praised for Jap battles and daring actions including a November night engagement. Harman provided a personal sketch and inscription for Burke.
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Little Beaver
Pacific Destroyer Squadron
NEA
New York
Red Ryder
Navy
U.S.S. Columbia
Pacific
Fred Harman
Little Indian
Red
Plains
The
Columbia
Arleigh A. Burke
Burke
Harman
Hope Star
Commodore Burke
Little Beavers
Mr. Harman
N&us
Red Ryder Banch
Pagosa Springs Colp
Market Report Shows Slow Session on Wall Street
New York April 29 Market action was slow with about 200 000 shares traded in two hours and many issues unchanged. Investors remained cautious awaiting war developments and the outcome of the Montgomery Ward W L B dispute for price direction. Leading issues included Bethlehem Goodyear U S Rubber Southern Pacific American Telephone Texas Co Standard Oil NJi Alleghany General Electric and others while laggards included U S Steel N Y Central Sears Roebuck Du Pont Union Carbide Chesapeake Ohio and Phelps Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Montgomery Ward-W.l.b
Bethlehem
Goodyear
U. S. Rubber
Southern, Pacific
American, Telephone, Texas Co
Standard
Nji
Alleghany
General Electric
American
Douglas Aircraft
International Nickel
U.S. Steel
N.Y. Central
Sears Roebuck
du, Pont
Union Carbide
Chesapeake Ohio
Phelps Dodge
Cotton futures dip on war gloom and April parity drop
New York trading on April 29 shows cotton futures easing due to war fears and weaker April parity. Sessions saw selling pressure from commission houses and New Orleans liquidations, with most contracts closing unchanged to 25 cents per bale lower.
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New York
iPr
Commission House
New Orleans
Town Tanks Up on Markers
Great Falls Montana uses old tuned hot water tanks as street markers. Tanks are painted and placed at intersections with street names marked on their sides.
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Great Falls
Mont
Frogs Open 1944 Schedule Versus Arkansas Razorbacks
The Texas Christian Horned Frogs will start the 1944 Southwest Conference season October 7 at home against Arkansas. Coach Leo Meyer announced an eight game schedule with nonconference games against Kane City Kane and Texas Tech, and a tentative Sept. 30 game to be arranged.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas Christian Horned Freags
Arkansas’ Razorbacks
Leo Meyer
Frogs
Kanee
Oklahoma
Texas Tech
Meyer
Kansas
Kane City
Arkansas
Texas A. & M
College Station
Norman
Texas
Ty H
Rice
Houston
Southern Methodist
Dallas
Lake Deed Transfers to City From Lumber Firm
Lake June a stream of about eight acres inside the city limits has been deeded to the City of Stamps by the Stamps Land Company formerly the Bodean Lumber Company. The lake once stored thousands of logs during the area’s lumber era. It has been stocked with fish and residents plan to use it for fishing and boating.
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Stamps Land Company
Bodean Lumber Company
Stamps
Global contrasts note population and aurora facts
The article states the lower fringes of northern lights lie about 50 miles above Earth and notes Africa accounts for 20 percent of world area but only 7.5 percent of population. This juxtaposes natural phenomena with demographic distribution.
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Africa
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