Germans to Resist Invasion With All Means
DeWitt MacKenzie reports with wartime analysis that Germany will unleash full forces and possibly secret weapons as Allied invasion pushes into France. He notes German manpower dwarfed by Allied and Soviet forces, but predicts a hard push to delay collapse and seek a stalemate before the Eastern front tightens.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Hitler
Norman R. F. Maier
University of Michigan
Munich
Dr. Maier
Germany
Fuehrer
Europe
Reichswehr
France
Italy
Balkans
Bass Season Opens Tomorrow at Nimrod Lake
The Arkansas black bass season begins tomorrow with Lake Nimrod in Perry county expected to offer ideal fishing. Wardens say fishing should be excellent, with 10 inch minimum for black bass and 14 inch for white perch or striped bass and chain pickerel. Daily bag limits allow 15 of each species, not exceeding 25 in total. The squirrel season opens today through June 15 with a daily bag limit of eight.
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Little Rock
Lake Nimrod
Perry County
State Game and Fish Commission
Single Keeps Walters Out of Dream Game
Bucky Walters of the Cincinnati Reds nearly pitched a perfect game against the Boston Braves at Crosley Field, retiring 23 straight before Connie Ryan reached on a two-out error in the eighth. Walters completed a 4 0 1h victory in the opener, while Ira Hutchinson prevented a Reds sweep with a 6 0 Braves win in the nightcap. The day’s action also saw the Yankees and Cardinals extend their leads, the Tigers defeating the Red Sox, and other results across the leagues.
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Bucky Walters
Cincinnati Reds
Boston Braves
Crosley Field
Walters
Connie Ryan
Braves
Boston
Charley Robertson
Chicago White Sox
Detroit
Ira Hutchinson
Reds
New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
Yanks
Cleveland
Yankee Stadium
Johnny Lindell
Don Savage
Phillies
St. Louis
Big Mort Cooper
George Munger
al Gerheauser
Dizzy Trout
Johnny Gorsica
Detroit Tigers
Boston Red Sox
Sox
Gorsica
Pittsburgh
Saints
Rip Sewell
Bill Voiselle
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis Browns
Ford Garrison
Frankie Hayes
Lyman Harris
A’s
Washington
Dutch Leonard White
Thurman Tucker
Chicago
Brooklyn
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Roy Hughes
Football Labor Tussle Sparks Pacific Coast War
New York reports a brewing clash as the Pacific coast American League negotiates with players under National League contracts. The dispute could outlaw athletes for five years, and some players may test the market.
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New York
Lou Little
Bill Bingham
Pacific Coast
Notre Dame freshman Gasparella reshapes T formation shift
The Sporting News pushes for improved ten cent score cards. Joe Gasparella, 17, from Vandergrift Pennsylvania, shifts from center to quarterback after Ed McKeever spotted his passing during spring practice. North Carolina shows no professional clubs this year after hosting 31 before the war.
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Sporting News
Notre Dame
Joe Gasparella
Vandergrift
Ed McKeever
North Carolina
Ed Lopat the White Sox pitcher rises from Dodger camp to prominence
Edmund Lopatynski born in New York rose from a 1936 Dodger baseball school to Elmira as a first baseman before switching to pitching. He led the Southern Association with a 3.05 ERA and won one game for Little Rock last season, signaling his major league potential with the Chicago White Sox.
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Ed Lopat
White Sox
Edmund Lopatynski
New York
Dodger
Elmira
Southern Association
Little Rock
Navy baseball squad spirals as roster churn mounts
Lieut. Jack Sugg leads a Navy armed guard center club while Ens. Lloyd Ruddell prepares as gunnery officer to face Tulane. Just before game time, chaos erupts as players are reassigned. In seven games the team used 33 players, with 30 men having served, leaving only four of the original squad remaining.
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Jack Sugg
Navy Armed Guard
Lloyd Ruddell
Tulane
Russell
Wanted Hard of Hearing Readers For Simple Hearing Test
Advertises a home method to improve hearing with Curine Ear Drops from John P. Cox drug stores. Claims money back if results are not heard and targets men and women who are hard of hearing or temporarily deafened.
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John P. Cox
Pensive Ninth Horse to Win Both Top Races
Pensive the ninth horse to win both the Derby and Preakness aims for Belmont Stakes after a Preakness win with trainer Ben Jones. Stir Up and Platter also ran, Pensive gifted Calumet $60,073 for the Preakness victory as Pimlico posted a Maryland record betting total of $1,758,588.
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Donald Sanders
Baltimore
Pensive
Belmont Park
Ben Jones
Calumet Farm
New York
Warren Wright
Hyperion
Mrs. Payne Whitney
George D. Widener
Platter
Stir
Conn McCreary
Penske
Maryland
Wright
Calumet
Pimlico
Florida
Belmont
Mutual
Officer Found Not Guilty of Charge in Court Martial
Texarkana Texas May Col Raymond Marsh former commanding officer of the Red River Ordnance depot was found innocent of approving records to conceal correct costs of projects on the reservation. The charge was one of fourteen specifications at a general court martial in session at the depot.
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Texarkana
Texas
Raymond Marsh
Red River
Air Attack on Truk Described From Carrier Carolines
William L. Worden narrates a dawn air strike on Truk in the Caroline Islands aboard a U S aircraft carrier. The article paints the stormy preflight, the deck chaos, the blazing raids, the improvised combat chatter, and the peril of sailors as planes depart and return.
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Truk
William L. Worden
Hal Boyle
U. S
Carolines
Caroline Islands
Postponement Extends FPC Hearing On Arkansas Power
In Little Rock on May 15 officials announced definite postponement of the May 17 hearing by the Federal Power Commission on the capital structure of Arkansas Power and Light Company. The delay marks the fourth postponement since the hearing was first set in February.
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Little Rock
Federal Power Commission
Arkansas Power and Light Company
FPC
A. B. Hill
State Utilities Commission
Summer football drills set by Big Ten vote
Sports Mirror notes the Big Ten Conference allowed four weeks of summer football training with only the final week for contact drills. It also recalls three years ago Jimmy Dykes left active play after 22 seasons in the American League, and five years past West Ferrell endured a reoccurrence of an old arm injury after a five hit shutout for the Yankees against the Athletics.
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Associated Press Today
Big Ten
Jimmy Dykes
White Sox
West Ferrell
Yankees
Athletics
Blood Plasma Saves Many in Italy Fight
Describes the Eighth Evacuation Hospital on the Fifth Army Front at Santa Maria Infante Italy where plasma transfusions save wounded soldiers. Litter bearers rush in through crowded wards as shock and blood loss threaten operations. Names fighters from Buffalo Detroit and Atlanta illustrate the war’s human cost and the life saving role of plasma.
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Fifth Army Front
Italy
Santa Maria Infante
Hogs and cattle prices mixed at National Stockyards and New York market
National Stockyards report shows 30 000 hogs with holdovers and varied results by weight, top hogs around 13.70 for 180 250 Ibs with lighter weights mixed gains and sows down. Cattle and calves receipts total 4 000 with steers steady to strong and beef cow ranges 10.00 to 13.50. Sheep receipts 1 500 with undertone lower as market adapts. In New York small scale demand keeps stock market higher but bids light despite improved technicals.
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National
New York
Uncertain war news limits New York cotton trading
New York trading on May 15 was limited to routine mill purchases and some covering of May positions ahead of the final trading day tomorrow. Nervous sentiment echoed in New Orleans as war developments continued to influence prices.
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New York
New Orleans
Surgeons Fight to Save Man After Chest Wound
A wounded man endured a severe chest injury but survived due to emergency surgery. Eight surgical teams worked around the clock, their tireless effort keeping him alive as they battled to restore his health.
Oh Dear Me Deer Run Through Salt Lake Greenhouse
Mrs Keith Sorensen watched a deer leap through a greenhouse in Salt Lake City smashing glass and crossing the building twice in a bizarre escape. Local authorities or witnesses offer no further details on the animal or any injuries.
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Salt Lake City
Keith Sorensen
Wheat and rye futures hit new seasonal lows in Chicago
Persistent liquidation driven by favorable weather and easing feed grain worry pushed December wheat and rye to new seasonal lows. Cattle and barley also declined with rye losses linked to Winnipeg futures. Live poultry unsettled with quoted prices. butter prices steady at creamery levels amid large receipts.
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Chicago
Winnipeg
WFA
Leghorn Foy
Roosters
Old Roosters
Farmers Given Implement Priority in War Affected Areas
Little Rock May 15 Farmers needing farm implements received a priority rating second only to war industries and armed services. C S Christian district manager of the War Production board announced the AA-2 rating upgrade from AA-5 promising easier dealer fulfillment of farm orders.
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Little Rock
arm@d services
C. S. Christian
War Production Board
Christian
Levy District No. 1 sale notice for Fulton lands
Legal notice from Hempstead Chancery Court announcing delinquent levee taxes on numerous lots in Fulton Arkansas and Smiths Addition. It orders landowners to appear and defend or have lands sold to satisfy taxes plus interest, penalties, and costs. Clerk J. T. Byers signs April 7, 1944 with publication dates April 10 through May 15, 1944.
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Chancery Court
Hempstead County
Arkansas
Fulton
Paralee Wilson
Maggie Hall
State of Arkansas
Henry Adams
R. B. Williams
Spencer Willis
Betty Mitchell
Mary Jefferson
Betty Smith
J.C. Pate
Inc
SMITH
N. L. Paxton
Julia Taylor
Missouri Pacific , Railway Company
Ica Richards
Ida Richards . Nix
W.H. McGill
R. T. Thomas
Wwe
Bob Frierson
J. J. Battle
Eliza Paxton i and Heirs S
E. A. Roberts
Oscar van Riper
George McGill
Obe Wilson
R. G. Roberts
Ollie Freyberger
J. T. Byers
Hempstead Chancery Court
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Infertile &Ggs
W. A. Jean Grocery
South Main
Williams Flour & Feed Co
My River
Ross R. Gillespie
Singer
James Allen
Fulton St
South Elm St
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W. H. Burke
Hope Rt
Paul Rowe
Washington, Ark
Tom Carrel
H. H. Stuart
West Ave. C
David Davis
East 3Rd St
Hope Star
Star
Joe C. Booker
Isabelle Onstead
Leon Wjett
Bundy
Cecil Weaver
J. P. (Pinkey) Byers
Fred A. Luck
Arthur C. Anderson
H. W. Timberlake
W. W. Compton
Nevada County
L. J. Bryson
By Ted Meier
Hugh S. Pallersen, Jr
Will Connolly
San Francisco Chronicle
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NSA Service
Tetephen
Jo-Carroll Dennison
Jo-Carroll
Hollywood
Austin
Dudley
James Dudley
Pitsburgh
Penn
Sports Mirror
Ohio
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Decatur
Ala
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Mass
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