Bonham Roars To Form As Yankees Ace On Fastball
Scout Joe Devine lauds Jer Bonham for a fierce forkball and blazing fastball. The right hander, six feet two, fifteen pounds, wins his seventh start for New York, tying an American League record. Bonham’s motion and control baffled batters as he reshaped the Yankees rotation and replaced aging stars.
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Joe Devine Apple
Ernie Bonham
Pple
Jay City
Makosky
Yankees
Bonham
Jets
Coombs
Stout
New Yorks
Athletics
Bonas
Wham
Brooklyn
Mham
Johns Ss Medicos
Amis
Kan
Frey
Red
In-One Champion Bets and Odd Golf Feats
A reminiscence recounts a year-old newspaper story about Hillcrest matches with Los An n Wood and Charley Lacey. The narrator, noting many holes-in-one over 15 years, describes betting on hole outs on the 16th and an ace wager with Harpo Marx and Clayton, claiming a No. 6 iron and a quarter push shot.
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Oney Penna
Wspaper
Hillcrest
Los Ann Wood
Charley Lacey
Ofessional
Harpo Marx
N Clayton
Nevada County starts war bond pledge drive in Prescott
Deputy War Bond Administrators C. K. Wilkerson and Moody Moore launched Nevada County's individual pledge campaign for war bonds and stamps in Prescott Tuesday. The visit marked the kickoff for a statewide tour by the officials this week.
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Nevada
C. K. Wilkerson
Moody Moore
Prescott
Nevada County
Local weekend visitors and family updates in Little Rock
Society notes report Mrs Ed Barham Sara Ann and James Edward Barham of Little Rock visiting relatives here. Miss Joe Nell Jordan of Little Rock stayed with her parents. Mrs Glenn Harriston visited the Harrells while en route to Camp Bowie. Betty Cox arrives from University of Mississippi for summer. Mary and Ruth Piercey visit with their mother Mrs J R Piercey. Sidney Parker Davis of North Little Rock spent the weekend with family.
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Ed Barham
Sara Ann
James Edward Barham
Little Rock
Joe Nell Jordan
W. E. Jordan
Glenn Harriston
L. J. Harrell
Harriston
Captain Harriston
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
Texas
Betty Cox
University of Mississippi
Wesleyan Guild Meeting and Bridal Luncheon Notices
Calendar lists Wesleyan Guild of First Methodist meeting at Broadway Hotel at 12 15 PM on Wednesday June 3. Luncheon hosted by Mrs Ernest Cox and Mrs Wells Hamby for Mrs Charles A Archer Jr and Miss Mary Isabelle Hamby at 1 PM on Thursday June 4. W C T U meeting with Mrs Joe R Hamilton at 3 30 PM.
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Wesleyan Guild
The
First Methodist Church
Broadway
Ernest Cox
Wells Hamby
Charles A. Archer Jr
Mary Isabelle Hamby
Head stillness powers perfect golf tip from match play
The writer recounts a precise putt that split the pin near the Hale and suggests keeping the head perfectly still during the swing. The shot felt certain to drop, underscoring a key coaching point for golfers about steady head position and rhythm in the stroke.
Casey Stengel rails at kibitzing umpire in private chat clash
In a frank account, Casey Stengel clashes with umpire George Magerkurth over public intrusiveness during a late game. He calls the umpire a meathead after a private talk attempt with pitcher Errickson triggers a heated exchange, noting past fines and a desire for privacy. Frank Frisch weighs in on approach to umpires.
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Casey Stengel
Frisch
Harry Grayson
NEA
New York
Charles Dillon Stengel
George
Magerkurth
Casey
Boston Braves
Macy’s
Frank Frisch
Pittsburghs
Stengel
Men In Blue
Ol' Case
Phils
Litwhirler
Staying Right in the Swim
Hollywood fashion notes promise a wartime summer by the pool. Observers describe rubber shortages guiding fits toward cotton blends and non rubberized materials, with two piece and three piece designs popular among starlets at Santa Barbara Palm Springs and La Quinta pools. Marie McDonald and Jane Frances spotlight bold colors, trims and clever cuts as desert resort styles debut.
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Dee Lowrance
NEA Service
Hollywood
California
Anitamine
Califortia
Marie McDonald
Santa Barbara Biltmore Pool
Maarle
Duchess of Windsor
Jane Franees
Palm Springs
la Quinta
LaQuinta’s Pool
New Wartime Jar Doubles as Preserve Container
A wartime jar design adds a thrift lid and outer screw cap to create an airtight seal for home canning. After filling with preserves the inner seal is scraped away, the thrift lid placed, and the outer cap screwed on to trap an internal vacuum, preserving contents indefinitely without rubber rings.
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NEA
Lome
Secrets of publicity scripts reveal leg art schemes
A leaked Paramount campaign script for Happy Go Lucky exposes press agents plans to maximize leg art and public interest. It lists Mary Martin, Betty Hulton, Eddie Bracken, Dick Powell, and Rudy Vallee in promotional tactics, including sultry layouts, character readings by legs, and kiss imagery to drive audience appeal.
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Hollywood
Paramount
Mary Martin
Legart
Mary
Betty Hulton
Smrell
Eddie
Bracken
Powell
Rudy
Vallee
Louisiana Purchase
Dietrich
Joan Crawford
Lamour
Alc
Betty Hutton
Tove Poiions
America
Martin
Moyle
The Dream Is Continued From Page One
The piece discusses rapid war production growth through 1943, highlighting aluminum and magnesium use for bombs, steel bottlenecks, and massive increases in plant capacity. It notes U S and allied steel capacities relative to Germany and Japan, scrap shortages, and shipyard race to launch 10,000-ton cargo carriers, with daily 10,000-tonner targets once assembly lines operate fully.
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Berlin
Tokyo
Japan
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Itay
France
Belgium
Hitler
Washington
Our Daily Bread Parody On Umpire And Frisch
A humorous exchange about baseball and Frisch. The narrator wonders about costs of a large shipment and quips that Frisch claimed a case cost nothing. Frisch replies he used the right approach, prompting a surprised reaction from the speaker.
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Frisch
Pittsburgh
Leeds claims smallest soldier title for 4 ft 2.5 in man
Suggestions about lustration and kissing styles appear across nine pages. A note from Leeds England claims Charles Rushforth of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps as the world's smallest soldier at four feet two and a half inches, prompting pride in the town.
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Leeds
England
Charles Rushforth
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
He Can't Walk but He Works in Garden and Orchard
Coburn Conover, 38, paralyzed by a spinal growth, says doctors his condition is incurable. From a wheelchair he tends a garden for his wife and four children and cut posts for a fence after planting a young orchard of each tree.
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Poplar Bluff
Mon
Thera's
Coburn Conover
Conover
Hasons Built Fence and Finds Joy in Labor
Conover, afflicted for six years, keeps hope alive despite doctors saying no cure. Hasons recalls helping build the fence and expresses joy in work as a source of meaning and resilience.
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Hasons
Conover
Scrap drives and public sacrifice in wartime Britain and allies
The piece notes Britain and its allies face a scrap metal shortage to run steel plants at capacity. It cites government seizure of iron gates and railings and parks to supply metal, with London churches’ railings used for tanks. It argues public awakening to the seriousness of the scrap shortage has been inadequate.
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London
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