Allies Hold Out As Hitler’s Fate Hangs On Small Straws
Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes why Hitler fights on despite odds, noting Axis morale fed by every setback in Allied industries and domestic complacency. He cites Dortmund bomb damage, coal strikes, Alabama steel cuts, and General Somervell’s warning of a sedative effect from good news.
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Terday
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Birmingham
Alabama
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America
Brehon Somervell
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Mill and Factory
Somervell
Borde
Moroline Hair Tonic Promises Tamed, Lustrous Hair
An advertisement touts Moroline Hair Tonic as the solution for tame unruly hair and a well groomed look. A large bottle is priced at 25e and the product is sold everywhere.
Cartwright Extends 26 Game Hitting Streak with White Sox
Rookie outfielder Guy Paxton Cartwright of the Chicago White Sox extended his major league leading hitting streak to 26 games, lifting his average to .362 and surpassing Babe Dahlgren and Vernon Stephens. He started the season as a benchwarmer but has become a regular amid outfield shortages. The Sox won 2-0 as Bill Dietrich pitched well. Other AL actions included Indians over Yankees 3-2, Browns 2-1 over Athletics in 11 innings, and a 10-9 Dodgers loss to Cincinnati in 12. In the NL, Brooklyn fell 10-9 to Cincinnati in 12, Chicago beat Boston 6-5, and Philadelphia split a doubleheader with Pittsburgh 6-1 and 2-1.
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Guy Paxton Cartright
Cartwright
Babe Dahlgren
Phillies
Vernon Stephens
St. Louis Browns
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Saints
Sox
Jimmy Dykes
Washington Senators
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New York Yankees
Charley Wensloff
Ken Sears
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Ned Harris
Louis Browns
Philadelphia Athletics
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Don Black
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
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Northern Africa softball bet drew 3,000 fans in Tunis
A $2,000 pot softball game between former Texas players the Texans and the Omvacs drew 3,000 in Tunisia. Omvacs won 6-4 after a late Texans drive, with chatter of backfield aces for a possible North Africa football season. Nat Fleischer notes strong boxing crowds as US soldiers spar with natives.
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Vince
Texas
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Texans
Lone Star Boys
Best Bet
Nat Fleischer
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Africa
Tunisia
Golf proxy Cox nearly hits hundred at Knollwood
Domestic Dept. Bill Cox, Phillies proxy, opened the season with a round at Knollwood and aimed to break a hundred but finished even on the day after a three putt on the final green. Gloria Callen, now a pro swimmer, reportedly entertain offers to star as a female Tarzan in films. Clark Shaughnessy, preparing Pitt football for practice, boasted of up to 10 000 pass plays though few veterans remain on a 56 man squad.
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Bill Cox
Phillies
Knollwood
Gloria
Ummm) Callen
Tarzan
Clark Shaughnessy
Pitt
Clark
Market Report North Carolina cobblers and midwest livestock prices
National Stockyards report shows hogs at 14.10 to 14.25 for 180 to 280 pound, 6,500 head mostly higher. cattle and calves broadly steady with varied scores and weights. sheep steady with lambs running 13.00 to 14.00 for clipped and 14.25 to 14.75 for good natives. potatoes arrivals and prices listed with US No 1 long whites 3.83 to 4.10 off track 3.70 to 3.75. Arkansas Bliss Triumphs noted at 3.00.
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California
Decisive War Bill Signed Into a Law
President Roosevelt signed the 71.5 billion wartime bill into law, boosting Army funding for the next year to a scale triple the United States total WWI cost. Over 50 billion dollars funds Army aviation including 99,740 planes, with Senate action complete and Byrd warning against waste. The measure is billed as a win the war bill amid claims of nearing victory as Japan faces intensified pressure.
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Roosevelt
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Joseph T. McNarney
United Nations
Congress
Byrd
D-Ga
Berg Aims At Open Golf Title In Comeback
Patty Berg seeks another Open Championship as she returns from an 18 month layoff after a car crash. She faces Dorothy Kirby, her longtime rival, in a 36 hole title match with Kirby holding the meet's lowest round to date. Berg beat Catherine Fox 7 and 6 while Kirby defeated Dorothy Germain 3 and 1.
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Charles Chamberlain
Chicago
Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Dorothy Kirby
Atlanta
Florida
Patty
Miss Kirby
Kirzy
Dorothy Germain
Philadelphia
Catherine Fox
Glen Ridge
N. J
Del Monte Navy athlete vaults 15 feet in pole vault runs
Ensign Cornelius Warmerdam of the Del Monte Navy Preflight school has cleared 15 feet or better in pole vault 37 times, highlighting a prominent track specialty during wartime athletic programs.
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Berkeley, Calif
Cornelius Warmerdam
del Monte
Fights Last Night Highlights From AP Card
Boston corp Ray Sugar Robinson edged Ralph Aznelli in New York while Maxie Shapiro defeated Dusty Brown in York Pennsylvania. Al Costa outpointed Joey Spangler in Woonsocket and Joe Acosta beat Jerry Fiorello in New York in a slate of boxing results.
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Ray ‘‘Sugar
Robinson
New York
Ralph Aznelli
Providence
Wilmington
Del
Maxie Shapiro
George Dusty"s Brown
York
Drew
Fall River
Mass
al Costa
Woonsocket
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Joey Spangler
Joe Acosta
Jerry Fiorello
Yankees Edge Red Sox 5 3 To Stretch AL Lead
In a Sports Mirror recap, the Yankees beat the Red Sox 5 to 3 to extend the American League lead to four games. The note cites this as the action from a year ago and highlights the AL race.
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Yankees
Red Sox
Dodgers
Giants
Reds
Glenn Cunningham
Chuck Fenske
Point Values Continue Increases For Beef And Lamb Cuts
The OPA raised point values on nearly all beef cuts including porterhouse T bone club and sirloin at 12 points, boneless sirloin round and flank at 13 points, most beef roasts up 1 point, and lamb mutton items up 1 point. Three pork cuts fell 1 point per pound.
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OPA
Mate Refuses to Leave Marlin Hooked By Fisherman
A marlin remains hooked as the mate hesitates to release the line. The fisherman reports tension and questions safety while the crew debates the best approach to free the fish.
Haegg Prefers Vacations
New York dispatch reports Gunder Haegg the Swift Swede only attends track meets when racing. He says if work is done, a vacation is for enjoying and not for competition.
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