Personal grooming coach for league players sparks new program
Ken Sells of the all-American girls professional ball league hires a personality counselor to coach players on grooming appearance and social behavior during training. The column also notes racing at Empire City unlikely this summer and highlights various sports and military items with brief updates.
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Ken Sells
all-American Girls Professional Ball League
Twilight Tear
Ben Jones
Carmine Fatta
Newburgh
Augustus W Bennet
Mother's Day thefts spark odd motives in New York youths
Two 16 year old boys admitted taking two vacuum cleaners from a store claiming they wanted to give them to their mothers for Mother's Day. In Harrisburg a junk dealer beat out flames on his clothing after his horse pulled him from a burning wagon. A mail boy delivered 1944 license plates to Lt. Comdr. Edward J. Van Gieson at sea. A Rome man is among those leaving for armed service May 26. Firemen in Buffalo traced a gas odor to a sulphur candle near a refrigerator. At Farragut naval training center a specialist advised Carter Short to apply for a commission with a banker recommendation.
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Young Rookie Wins Fourth for Atlanta
Dick Mauney, 22 year old righthander, pitched Atlanta to a 13 to 9 win over Knoxville for his fourth victory against no defeats. He survived 15 hits as Atlanta pounded four Knoxville pitchers and benefited from six errors. Knoxville took the series three games to two.
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Fights Last Night in Flint Ossie Harris Stops Man dell
Harris defeats Man dell by knockout at 159 pounds in Buffalo with a seventh round stoppage. In New York Billy Graham outpoints Mammone over 6 rounds for the 140 pound title. Mammone hails from Stamford while Graham fights out of New York City.
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Night Baseball Attendance Soars As First Week Opens
Large crowds flocked to three night games totaling 58 078 with Pittsburgh drawing 23 011 and Washington 19 756 in wartime baseball. The day schedule showed trends toward later start times as owners weigh an owl era, while players like Bucky Walters and Jim Russell starred in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh wins.
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Dizzy) Trout
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Sports Mirror Highlights Past Track and Baseball Moves
A recap notes Gunder Haegg leaving Stockholm for a U S tour, Dick Bartell's release by the Detroit Tigers, and Paul Waner leaving the Brooklyn Dodgers. It also recalls 1940 Winter Olympics tensions and a child’s joke about cannibalism, framed as a lookback and trivia from years ago.
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Stockholm
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Germany
Warning Order in Dixon Chancery Case Hempstead County
By order of the Chancery Court of Hempstead County Arkansas Carl Dixon sues Ercie Dixon requiring her to appear and answer within thirty days. The court seal bears May 3 1944 with case No 6089. Clerk J P Byers and attorneys Co B Andrews and W F Denman listed for plaintiff. May 4 11 18 25 1944.
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Chancery Court
Hempstead County
Ark
Carl Dixon
Ercie Dixon
J. P. Byers
Co. B. Andrews
W. F. Denman
Recommendation Precedes Surprised Specialist in Bank Tie
The note explains that the recruit was told he need not wait since his bankers, Vice President Jasper Pyeatt and Cashier Powers Fowler of Medroy bank in Fayetteville, were fellow recruits. Judge Dunne to rule on alimony petition May 18. Dorothy notes diamonds and responses about purchases.
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Powers Fowler
Medroy Bank
Fayetteville
Dunne
Con science fund gains four dollars as old debt erased
City Clerk William Given reports a former Aurora resident in Los Angeles sent four dollars as payment for wooden pavement blocks taken in 1900. Mayor Carter accepts the payment with thanks. In Chicago Evelyn Shook tells Circuit Judge Dunne she would rather have alimony than the restaurant her estranged husband bought, calling the business a headache due to staff shortages and other issues.
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William Given
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Given
Andrew J. Carter
Business Blues
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Evelyn Shook
Robert J. Dunne
Thomas
Adlerika Promises Quick Gas Relief and Gentle Bowel Action
An ad touts Adlerika as a prescription filled over 15 million times. It claims two uses relieve constipation and gas, urging customers to buy at their druggist with John S. Gibson Drug Co. as the distributor.
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