Dodgers' Head Makes Remarkable Comeback Pitching Tale
The Southpaw prospect Head, born with left arm impaired by a bus accident, rebuilt his career with right handed pitching. After early goals hampered, he dominated in Abbeville and Elmira before joining Dodgers organization, showing a blazing fastball and steady control to secure a major league role.
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Lon Graham
Young
Dodgers
Idad
Portsider
Louis
Hedd
Head
Prouth Abbeville
Larry
Mac
Coats
Bush
MacPhail
Abbeville
Elmira
Pentecosts to Close Revival at First Pentecostal
Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Clanton will end a revival started May 17 at First Pentecostal church located at W Fourth and Ferguson. Clanton is a young speaker musician and writer. Rev W P Graves pastors the church and invites the public to attend.
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A. L. Clanton
First Pentecostal Church
Seeks Sources Continued From Page One
The article outlines U S missions organized with the Department of State to tap global raw materials for war needs. Allied nations aid the program, with efforts to teach foreign producers, boost yields, and substitute local resources, as in Haiti and Cuba, to reduce American imports during shortages.
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Department of State
U. S
Central
South America
Africa
United Nations
South Africa
Haiti
United States
Cuba
Tate
Local contest raises funds with Civilian Defense stickers
Marjorie Cornelius and Norma Jean Franks tie for first with 48 points in a Hempstead County Defense Council fundraiser. Patsy Caldwell of WHS scores 43 to place second. Winners include Oglesby and Junior High students, with sticker proceeds supporting a local office.
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Hempstead County Defense Council
Oglesby
Marjorie Cornelius
Norma Jean Franks
Patsy Caldwell
WHS
Kernal Corn in Command in World War II Army Humor
A survey of camp and base paper humor across the U S Army shows that soldiers still rely on jokes about chow top sergeants and money while women, romance, and flirtation provide ongoing punchlines. The piece traces recurring gags from World War II era trenches to preserve the unit’s lighthearted view of Army life.
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Tom Wolf
NEA
New York
America
Heaven
George Washington
Foreign industries financed to aid war production shift
The text describes foreign manufacturers converting plants to war goods for U.S. import needs. It notes financing of foreign industries, credit from government loan agencies under Board of Economic Warfare, and aggressive import controls to monopolize supplies like mercury and rubber, portraying import economic warfare as highly effective.
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United States
Board of Economic Warfare
Mexico
Peru
Fifth column fears and soldier jokes in Our Daily Bread
The column warns of fifth columnists undermining unity and security, noting even loyal Americans can be muddled. It cites Coneutius virtues and odd trivia about Tuaregs, vitamin C in orange peels, and Army humor, ending with a soldier Norse cadence.
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Roosevelt
General MacArthur
Philadelphia
Laura Oakley of Hollywood White-Collar Girl at $36 a Week
Laura Oakley, a Universal accounting clerk, earns 36 dollars weekly and spends long hours typing colossal production cost figures. She shares a Los Angeles apartment with her mother, supports her personal luxuries with a small allowance, and recalls divorced status with no alimony. Oakley values her country-like office environment and plans careful budgeting amid rising earnings for white-collar workers in Hollywood.
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Robbin
Hollywood
Holllywood
Laura Oakley
Perl
da. m
Laura
Universal Accounting Department
Lasura
Los Angeles
The White Collar Woman Sets Daily Budget And Habits
A white collar worker discusses frugal living, budgeting to start buying War Bonds, and dependence on transit with no car. She trims wardrobe and beauty items, shops with need, prefers neat slacks, and follows a vegetable heavy diet. She enjoys outings but lacks acting ambitions. Labor riots in 1977 led Marines to guard locomotives.
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Alce Mony
Butch
Tippy
Ciro’s
Derby
Studio Pride Drives Danish Descent Screenwriter
The subject, of Danish heritage, highlights a strong loyalty to her studio and pride when audiences enjoy films produced there, noting a personal connection to the creative process and to Scandingian Sonja Heine's work.
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Sonja Heine
France Has A Blind Person In Every Hundred Inhabitants
A historical note claims France averages one blind person per hundred residents, presenting a concise demographic statistic without broader context or contemporary sources.
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France
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