Barons Seize Lead With 8 5 Win Over Travelers
Birmingham Barons move atop standings by defeating Knoxville 8 to 5 with Chattanooga’s Choo Choos contributing 17 hits. Chattanooga’s win over Little Rock 18 to 13 lifts the Choo Choos from last to a higher spot as New Orleans takes a 6 5 opener over Nashville and the nightcap 5 2. Atlanta’s game at Memphis is rained out.
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Birmingham Barons
Southern Association
Chattanooga
Barons
Knoxville
Little Rock
Travelers
Arkansas City
New Orleans
Nashville
Dick Daniel
Vols
Ernie Balser
Bob Carlson
Atlanta
Memphis
Iarley Boss
Rene Monteagudo
al Treichel
Ralph Paet
Boss
Monteagudo
Robert Albertson
Birmingham
Bill Thomas
Tom Murray
Baron Hurler
Smokies
Jake Baker
Russ Meyers
King
Stewart
Fred Wells
The
Pelicans
Kelly
George Roxburgh
Mexico Motorless Days Under Wartime Rule
Mexican motorists must idle their cars one day weekly under wartime government edict. Citizens pick a favorite motorless day and display stickers showing the chosen day as compliance and national effort continues.
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Mexico
Hayes Saves the Day for Mack's Team
Frankie Hayes powered the Philadelphia A's to an 8-4 win over Detroit, driving in 19 runs this season and matching the AL lead with a two grand slams. Connie Mack reshuffled the roster in January bringing Hayes back to Shibe Park to clean up at bat.
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Connie Mack
David Harum
Frankie Hayes
St. Louis Browns
Hayes
Philadelphia A’s
Detroit
Cleveland
Pat Seerey
Rufe Gentry
Tigers
Johnny Lindell
Yanks
Howie Schultz
Brooklyn
Franke Schulte
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Rudy York
Mack
Philadelphia
Sam Zoldak
Barney Lutz
Browns
Zoldak
St. Louis
Lutz
Shibe Park
Don Black
Joe Berry
Jack Kramer
Boston
Emmett O'Neil
Brownies
Dutch Leonard
Washington
Pittsburgh
Rip Sewell
Jim Tobin
Paul Erickson
Chicago
Phillies
New York
Fights Last Night in Flint and Detroit Results
Jimmy Reeves from Cleveland outpointed Eddie Taylor in Detroit. Holman Williams from Chicago defeated Jack Chase in Denver. About 47,000 new passenger cars were in dealer hands as of May 1 1944 per the Office of Price Administration.
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Associated Press
Flint
Mich
Jimmy Reeves
Cleveland
Eddie Taylor
Detroit
Oakland
Cal
Holman Williams
Chicago
Jack Chase
Denver
Office of Price Administration
Navy Converts to Synthetic Rubber 75 Percent
The U. S. Navy has converted from crude to synthetic and reclaimed rubber to about seventy five percent of its needs.
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Navy
U. S. Navy
Lion Oil Refining Company
New York Roundup Weighs Next Heavyweight Champion and Baseball Bits
Walter St Denis argues future heavyweight champ may come from in ring activity rather than armed forces with Baksi or Schott named on Friday’s Garden card. Reds pitcher de la Cruz has a musician brother in Havana Madrid night spot. Ted Collins rents store room to market football via animated window display. Fermin Guerra, Senators catcher, shows fast feet and .300 hitting in spring Red Book notes. Giants rally ends with Vosselle’s glove kicks. O’Reilly writes Purser’s Progress. Armstrong praise cited by a fight manager.
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New York
Walter St. Denis
Mike Jacobs
Joe Baksi
Freddie Schott
Baks
Schott
Walter
Thomas de la Cruz
Reds
Ted Collins
Boston Yanks
Boston
Lucid Delaware Park Sylvanell Paddock Reimagined
The Philadelphia Record notes Delaware Park tucks Sylvanell among trees as a family lodge picnic spot once used as paddock and saddling ring. The All American Girls Professional Ball League previews a personality course finale with players praised for poise charm and fashion sense reflected in public walks.
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Red Smith
Philadelphia
Atlantic Seaboard
Delaware Park
All- American Girls Professional Ball League
Shufflin
Phil Douglas
Lee Durocher
Lefty
O'Doul
Service Dept. Lieut J Norman Anderson Missing In Action
Naval wartime report states Lieut J Norman Anderson of the service department, once a Dartmouth player who helped put Hoboken on the tennis map, is reported missing in action in the Pacific. Winston Guest, polo star and big game hunter who rose from marine private to second lieutenant after a hunting accident, nearly faced rejection due to a lost finger tip.
Harold Bell Wright Dies at Age 72 in California
Renowned novelist Harold Bell Wright, author of The Winning of Barbara Worth and The Shepherd of the Hills, died at 72 in La Jolla California after bronchial pneumonia. Survived by widow Winifred Mary Wright and two sons Gilbert Munger Wright and Normal Hall Wright. Born May 4 1872 in Rome New York.
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San Diego
Calif
Harold Bell Wright
Barbara Worth
la Jolla
Wright
Missouri Ozarks
Udell’s
California
Winifred Mary Wright
Gilbert Munger Wright
Malibu Beach
Normal Hall Wright
New York City
Rome
N. Y
Flashes of Life and Happy Homecomings Across Towns
A round of brief hometown vignettes from Monrovia Wichita Los Angeles and Kansas City. Vice Admiral Spruance returns home to a surprised family. Miss Grace Senger faces animal hoarding charges. 101 year old William Osborn wins reelection as Missouri G A R commander and selects Joplin as next meeting site.
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Monrovia
Calif
Raymond A. Spruance
Central Pacific
Los Angeles
Grace Senger
Justice Court
Kansas City
William H. Osborn
Missouri Grand Army of the Republic
Joseph Briggs
Veterans’ Organization
Osborn
Joplin
Man hunts cat free from tree after dog chase
David Katz says since Sunday his cat Beauty is stuck in a tree after a dog chase. The police advised calling the fire department, the fire department will not act unless requested by the SPCA, and the SPCA claims its poles are not long enough.
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Buffalo
Beauty
David Katz
Katz
Fire Department
SPCA
Private Harold Pearson recalls ration shortages in wartime
Granby Connecticut soldiers home from overseas recall the "old gang" and discuss furloughs while rationing persists. In Chicago a public works drive to build a stadium platform for two national conventions meets with delays and sourcing lumber.
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Granby
Conn
Harold Pearson
Chicago
Public Works
Oscar E. Hewitt
Pork Production Rises 25 Percent From 1942 to 1943
The 1943 pork output exceeded 1942 by about a quarter, reflecting substantial gains in hog farming and processing during the wartime year.
Baltimore Woman Catalogs 15000 Animal News Stories
Mrs Hazel W Frese of Baltimore collects about 15000 animal news stories and pictures into a personal archive she calls animalana. A Martin aircraft personnel worker with a philosophy master’s from the University of Chicago, she began the hobby seven years ago and maintains files on animalized versions of heroes criminals entertainers diseases animals at war and educated animals.
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Baltimore
Hazel W. Frese
Animalana
Martin
University of Chicago
Mrs Frese
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Austin
Franks
Sports Mirror
Associated Press Today
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Columbia University
Paul Runyan
Goodall
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Gene Sarazen
Henry Armstrong
Ernie Roderick
London
U.S
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Star
Hempstead County
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Leon (Jett) Bundy
Cecil Weaver
J. P. (Pinkey) Byers
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Ferrell
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Guerra
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Tom O'Reilly
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Harry Narkson
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Kas
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