Denmark Bulgaria Crisis Threatens Hitler’s Hold
DeWitt MacKenzie argues Nazi control in Europe weakens as Denmark and Bulgaria rebel and Boris dies. He notes Denmark’s coastlines invite Allied invasion and Bulgaria’s loyalty falters amid Balkans turmoil. The piece questions Hitler’s strategy and the risk of a two-front war while Sweden edges toward conflict.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Hitler
Balkan
Europe
North Sea
Denmark
Bulgaria
Poland
United States
Britain
America
Balkans
United Nations
Boris
Philov
Germany
Army to Adopt T Formation This Season
West Point announces 1942 cadet football will switch to the T formation under Lieut. Col. Earl Blaik. Key players Lombardo Anderson Maxon Kenna Merritt Myslinski and captain Robin Olds depart. Plebes Dobbs Minor Walterhouse and others show promise as 10 game schedule runs Sept 25 to Nov 27 against Villanova Colgate Temple Yale Penn Navy and others. Sugar cane is a giant grass which grows to a height of eight to 24 ft.
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West Point
N. Y
Army
Earl Blaik
Tom Lombardo
Princeton
Virginia Tech
Carl Anderson
George Maxon
Doug Kenan
Kenna
Frank Merritt
Casimir Myslinski
Joe Stanowitz
Robin Olds
Merritt
Uncle Sam
al McCorkle
Ed Murphy
Lester Salzer
John Hennessey
Ed Rafalko
Hennessy
Blaik
Texas
Dick Walterhouse
University of Michigan
Villanova
Colgate
Temple
Columbia
Yale
Pennsylvania
Notre Dame
U. S. Naval Training Station of
Sampson
N.Y
Brown and
Navy
Rampaging Reds Have Chance to Overtake Cards
The Cincinnati Reds trail the St. Louis Cardinals by 10 1 2 games with 34 left as they surge, winning 14 of 18, including three straight over the Cards. A four-game set in St. Louis could spark a late NL title finish. Reds take opener 5 3, lose 3 2 in 11 innings with Max Marshall key. Elmer Riddle notches win. Max Lanier shuts the door in the tenth.
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Ted Meier
Associated Press
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Reds
Redbirds
St. Louis
Crosley Field
Cincinnati
Max Marshall
Elmer Riddle
Clyde Shoun
Max Lanier
Lanier
Walker Cooper
Rudy York
Detroit
Tigers
St. Louis Browns
York
Charley Keller
Roy Weatherly
Spud Chandler
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Yanks
Rip Sewell
Pittsburgh
Chicago Cubs
Pirates
Washington
Philadelphia Athletics
Mel Harder
Allie Reynolds
Cleveland
Chicago White Sox
Brooklyn
Phillies
Jim Tobin
al Javery
Boston Braves
New York Giants
Joe Louis to Tour New England Posts
World heavyweight champion Joe Louis arrived at First Service Command to begin a 100 day exhibition tour of New England army posts. He will visit Fort Devens for a three round exhibition with Sergt. George Nicholson, and Sugar Ray Robinson will fight Sergt. Jackie Wilson in a welterweight bout.
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Boston
Joe Louis
First Service Command
New England
Louis
Fort Devens
George Nicholson
Corp
Sugar Ray” Robinson
Sergt
Jackie
Kid Wilson
Conference Teams Agree on Grid Rules
The Arkansas High School conference rescinded a December suspension, award a 1943 football championship, and resume near normal operations with dues. Eligibility now requires five conference games, with only the first home-and-home game counted. Lee Rogers of Little Rock remains official statistician as Clarksville and Malvern sit out this fall, leaving 14 teams.
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Little Rock
Arkansas High School Conference
Lee Rogers
Clarksville
Malvern
Football and college grid hopes mix with old suspensions
The South eyes Sewanee and Howard renewing their 1942 game. Harvard holds a small turnout for practice as nostalgia and revival shape early fall football. Abel Cestac seeks amateur status relief to come to the U.S. Ad Wheat works as a safety engineer in Kansas. Zach, with a son in Hawaii, prefers bat duties over watching if he cannot play.
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New York
South
Sewanee
Howard
Harvard
Dayton News
Burick
Wellesley
Navy
Abel Cestac
Luis Angel Firpo
Argentina
United States
Ad Wheat
Dodger
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Kansas
Hawaii
Zach
Alabama football runs on education, not hurry to replace Hutson
When Alabama dropped football last week it proved the value of a college education. It took eight years to learn that there’s no use searching for another Don Hutson.
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Alabama
War fund golf tours urged by USGA ahead of Labor Day
The USGA sent 5 500 letters to golf courses and associations urging them to hold national war fund tournaments over Labor Day weekend. The Red Cross benefited from two prior holiday weekends this year as major sports bodies vie for postwar influence. Arnold Reubens joins Sonja Henie’s Stars On Ice cast, ex Yankee Buddy Hassett names his daughter Kathleen, and the Athletics begin their 20 game losing streak the day Jimmy Ripple joins the club with his key hit ending the slide.
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U. S. Golf Association
National War Fund
Red Cross
Big Ten
National Football League
Arnold Reubens
Sonja Henie
Stars On Ice
Deaf Sign Language Signals Used By Softball Broadcasters
A sports report notes that the broadcasters' softball team uses sign language of the deaf for signaling. The piece highlights the unusual communication method and the players’ commitment, including overtime work without pay.
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Gambye
Market Report from St Louis Livestock National Stockyards
Hogs seen steady to five points lower with most 180-270 lb pigs at 15.00 to 15.15, heavier weights scarce. cattle and calves ample with mixed grades, steers 14.75-15.00, heifers and yearlings 11.00-14.00, vealers down 50 cents. sheep light with native spring lambs not yet establish. Wheat and oats prices move with mixed results. cash wheat No 2 hard 1.50. oats and rye show small changes.
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ST. Louis
Stocks Steady in Narrow Range as Gold Mines Lead
In New York trading on Aug 30 stocks held to a slim range with a few favorites edging higher while most leaders stayed flat or slipped. Gold mining shares led early but did not sustain gains as minor moves dominated near the close with about 350000 shares transferring.
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New York
Grain and Provisions Trade Faces Mixed Grain Downturn
Profit taking sparked a reactionary grain trend in Chicago trading with losses under a cent in most cases. Activity varied as eastern firms liquidated rye, and buyers paused as downward resistance grew. Tomorrow marks the first notice day for delivering cash grain on September contracts.
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Chicago
Market report on poultry produce and potato prices
Live poultry loads heavy with 21 trucks. broilers, fryers, leghorn hens quoted. Butter receipts firm at 23 AA 41 1 2. potatoes arrivals 149 on track 191. Idaho Oregon Russet Burbanks 3.40-3.50. Bliss triumphs 3.10. cobblers 2.20-2.50. Demand patterns vary for cobblers and other varieties.
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U. S
Sun
Bliss
Idaho
Oregon
Oregon Bliss
Colorado Bliss
Nebraska Bliss
Nebraska Cobblers
Wisconsin Bliss
Wisconsin Chippewas
Wisconsin Red Warbas
New York Cotton Rises On Trade Buy, Then Gains Trim
Cotton advanced over $1.10 a bale due to commission house buying and mills expanding spot purchases amid poor crop conditions. Late trading showed prices up 15 to 4 cents a bale. Futures quoted Oct 20 at 31 and Dec 20 at 19.
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New York
Drought Drives Livestock Hardship Across State
Gates and Fred Smith described dire drought effects with cattle dying from burned pasture and dry leaves. Farmers cut weeds for hay as stock sales rise and prices drop over 50 percent while exodus begins. Weather figures show 1943 among hottest on record with minimal August rainfall. Attendees included War Food Administration, OPA, FDA, and CCC officials.
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Gates
Fred Smith
Weather Bureau
Walter Hickman
Skunk Under Hood Prompts Boise Fire Solution
A skunk crawled under Shirley Howell’s car in Boise Idaho. She drove to the state fish and game department but staff were not interested. Firemen finally freed the animal with ammonia after a fire extinguisher failed.
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Boise
Idaho
Shirley Howell
State Fish and Game Department
Fire Department
Salami Joke In Letters From Garvey To Caplan
A wartime missive from former Alderman Jacob M. Garvey now serving as a lieutenant colonel in the Pacific mentions salami. Judge Oscar S. Caplan recalls Garvey's remark predicting Garvey would have plenty of salami to blunt the enemy, a humorous exchange amid the conflict.
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Chicago
Jacob M. Garvey
Pacific
Oscar S. Caplan
Cotton futures end higher amid renewed buying in New Orleans
March 20 report shows renewed local and New Orleans buying with price fixing pressures lifting values to near best levels. Old contract futures closed 40 to 80 cents per bale higher with gains across months including Oct and Dec. Middling spot rose to 21.28 as May and July futures moved higher on demand.
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New Orleans
Jly
Cotton futures climb to season highs in New Orleans market
New Orleans reports a rally in cotton futures with prices closing higher across contracts as unfavorable crop reports and solid spot demand push values to new seasonal highs. Oct, Dec, Mch, and May contracts all finish up with gains while spot cotton advances 4 cents a bale.
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New Orleans
Danish Revolt Spoils Model Protectorate
Stockholm reports that Denmark's revolt undermined Hitler's plan for a model protectorate as organized sabotage by Allied agents grew. The August 1943 turning point led to a military dictatorship as Denmark resisted liberties and Nazi demands, prompting a new government.
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John Colburn
Stockholm
Hitler
Denmark
Europe
Norway
Britain
Christian X
Christian
Orla Buhl
Erik de Seavenius
FDR Holds Washington Meetings With World Leaders
President Roosevelt returns to Washington after Quebec talks and meets with foreign minister Soong secretary Hull General Marshall and General Arnold. Churchill to visit soon to discuss war and postwar plans. Roosevelt grants immigration authority to local officials for enemy alien cases.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Quebec
T. V. Soong
Hull
Geo C. Marshall
Army
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Churchill
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
Japan
Soong
White House
Marshall
Arnold
Ottawa
Canada
Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization and District
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