Baseball reform idea split foul area into free and penalty zones
New York November 15 In confidential moments Julian Rice proposes a radical change to baseball foul rules. He suggests a free foul region where batters can foul as many times as needed without penalty and a penalty foul zone where every foul is a strike. He plans experiments to test the concept this fall and envisions a V shaped penalty area extending the foul lines through the plate.
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New York
Julian Rice
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A reader notes Rice’s predictions about a plan to change baseball, acknowledging it may not fully transform the game but pledging to speak out if baseball men ignore it claiming the game is perfect.
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Rice
Flashes of Life All This And A Room Too
A St Petersburg man, Charlie Granderson, finds his clothing missing after a room break in and later discovers the items in a jailed lodger's closet. A separate item notes Dr. R T Westman warning of rats climbing 18 inch foundations and using tails as tape measures. Also: Sgt Mary E Parker named as typical WAC at an army base and a Shawnee notice about mistaken inquiries for items for sale.
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Charlie Granderson
Anothr Lodging House
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Seattle
R. T. Westman
Gripruinda Alfred Rochester
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Ephrata
Wash
Mary E. Parker
Hanson Avenue
Indianapolis
WAC
Army Air Base
Skyfighter
Editor Emmett Idaho Sees Paper On Time Despite Short Help
Editor Ed Skinner reports the Emmett In ex faces staffing tightness with only one worker left to handle editor duties. He notes the editor still publishes the weekly paper on schedule, sweeping the furnace running presses and managing odd jobs around the clock.
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Emmett
Idaho
Ed Skinner
Duck calling champ nets $500 war bond prize
Stuttgart reports Howard Conrey won the national duck calling title, beating hunters from four states and earning a $500 war bond. The event capped a day of regional competition in Stuttgart while other notes cover Wisconsin football funerals and baseball moves.
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Stuttgart
Howard Conrey
Engineer Brig. Gen. Newman’s World War II Air Field Tactics
Brig. Gen. James P. Newman, freshly returned from France, led Ninth Air Forces engineers in building over 100 air strips within four months after D-day. He recalls German mine patterns and a captured GI who advised booby trap repairs, plus engineering crews under fire shaping forward air fields near hedgerows and artillery.
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Jack Stinnett
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James P. Newman
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Unidentified aviator seeks water at Set Hanna ranch
A lone flyer who bailed out at night wandered western Nebraska sand hills and found water at Set Hanna's ranch in Valentine. Hanna offered a drink and recalled spotting several winged shapes. In Chicago, Superior Judge John A. Sbarbara notes tattooed knuckles on Pvt. Robert Parcell spelling Hard luck as he grants a divorce and the soldier hopes for better days.
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Neb
Nebraska
Hanna
Chicago
John A. Sbarbara
Pvt
Robert Parcell
John Sbarbara
Hope Set for Nashville Here Friday
The southwest Arkansas clash between Hope Bobcats and Nashville Senappers centers on Hope’s Homecoming night with Peggy McNeill crowned queen. Coach Hammons reports Harold Cumbie likely ready. Friday’s game on Nashville field decides best record among Hope Texarkana and Nashville. A Thursday pep rally at Hope city hall precedes the parade.
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Foy Hammons
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Hammons
Peggy McNeill
Duane Grisham
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Franklin Thomas
Charles Kennedy
Howard Cobb
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James Henry Moore
Delvin Ross
Harold Cumble
Hope City Hall
To Have and Have Not film review with Bogart and Bacall
Hollywood critic notes Bogart's tough persona in To Have and Have Not with Lauren Bacall and Dooley Moran. It likens the film to Casablanca and praises Bacall's debut heavy on allure while Hoagy Carmichael supplies musical flavor. The setting shifts Hemingway's tale to Martinique with German agents and Free French in play.
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Lauren Bacall
Walter Brennan
Dolores Moran
Warner Brothers
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Warners
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Dooley Wilson
Hoagy Carmichael
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Garfield
Ernest Hemingway
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Engineers describe Allied airfield planning in France
The general notes initial airfield sites were chosen six months before the invasion and plans completed in January with a time schedule “worked out right to a T.” As lines advanced engineers scouted new fields by liaison planes and faced the challenge of removing mines, including 3 450 mines at a German field near Cherbourg.
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France
Cherbourg
Texarkana B team wins 12 to 6 over Hope Bobkittens
Texarkana Arkansas nosed out Hope in a muddy B-team game on the local field last night by 12 to 6. The Bobkittens had previously defeated the Texas side Texarkana team. The article notes the word Venezula means Little Venice.
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Ark
Hope
Bobkittens
Bogart war film and Mrs Parkington review mixed
A reviewer praises one man war for Warners against Nazis as excellent entertainment with fresh characters and strong Bogart elements. The piece then critiques Greer Garson in Mrs Parkington as formulaic, too reliant on wealth and flashback resurrections, calling it dull despite its riches.
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Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Edward Arnold
Agnes Moorehead
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