Deadline Dashes for Trades Stir MLB October Push
Trade deadline looms as clubs rush moves without waivers. Dodgers seek to move Joe Medwick to a Giants club desperate for help. Giants acquire Babe Barinato from Boston and Ken Chase, with East and Fischer recalled from Jersey City. Heffner sold to Athletics. Yankees top Senators 4 to 1 as Cardinals beat Reds 5 to 3 in a three-game stretch. Cooper brothers star for St Louis. Dodgers slip two games behind.
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Judson Bailey
Associated Press
David Harums
The
Diamond
Brooklyn Dodgers
Joe Medwick
New York Giants
Giants
Herbert
Babe) Barinato
Boston Red Sox
Ken Chase
Horace BS Stoneham
Hugh East
Ruben Fischer
Jersey City
International Leaggue
Mori
Walker
Boston Braves
Dodgers
Cardinals
Stephens Dahlgren Still Lead Batters
In major league batting leaders Vernon Stephens of the St. Louis Browns and Babe Dahlgren of the Philadelphia Phillies hold the top spots. Stephens maintains a .369 average, with Dahlgren at .359, while Dixie Walker rises to second at .358. Musial slips to .333, McCormick and Lindell also drop, as the NL boasts ten hitters at or above .311. The AL lags, with only .276 splinters counted among leaders.
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New York
Vernon
Junior
Frank McCormick
Cincinnati
Johnny Lindell
New York Yankees
Fights Last Night By the Associated Press
Philadelphia Melio Betting 187 U S Army stopped Lou Brooks in Washington Delaware. Chicago Clarence Brown 200 knocked out John Flynn 219 Rochester NY. Baltimore Pedro Hernandez 139 Puerto Rico stopped Frankie Carto 130 Philadelphia. Tampa Tommy Gomez 186 U S Army knocked out Buddy Knox 203 General Mitchell Field Wisconsin. Newark Curtis Sheppard 183 Pittsburgh knocked out George Brothers 182 New York. New York Wallace Cross 215 12 Newark outpointed Tony Musto 201 Chicago.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Melio Betting
U. S. Army
Lou Brooks
Ington
Del
Chicago
Clarence Brown
Johnny Flynn
Rochester
Baltimore
Pedro Hernandez
Puerto Rico
Frankie Carto
Tampa
Fiat
Tommy Gomez
Buddy Knox
Mitchell Field
Cudahy
Wis
Newark
Curtis Sheppard
Pittsburgh
George Brothers
New York GB
New York
Wallace Cross
Tony Musto
Ivish plans MSG winter basketball season
Sports columnist Hugh Fullerton Jr reports Ned Ivish plans a college basketball season at Madison Square Garden next winter though it may not be basketball as usual. The piece notes travel and space constraints for train courtmen and mentions various sports notes from boxing to golf and wartime athletic plans.
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
New York
Ned Ivish
Madison Square Garden
Bucky Harris
Phillies
Shanks
Larry As Atkins
Cleveland
Detroit
Olympia
Chicago Stadium
Results From Yesterday in Major Leagues and Associations
American League New York 4 Washington 1 in a lone game. National League St Louis 5 Cincinnati 3, Boston 4 Brooklyn 3. American Association Milwaukee 15 Toledo 1, Kansas City 6 Columbus 3. Louisville at St Paul and Indianapolis at Minneapolis postponed.
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New York
Detroit
Philadelphia
Boston Chicago
Clevela St
St. Louis
Ees
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
SIL
AIT -Boston
ATS
Chicago
Washington
Boston
Milwaukee
Toledo
Kansas City
Columbus
Louisville
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
No-Hitters Fascinate Fans More Than Pitchers Do
Johnny Vander Meer, famed for back-to-back no-hitters in 1938, recalls how fans and teammates feel the pressure. He notes that while he delivered two no-hitters, the public torment and bench nerves loomed larger for others watching and enduring the wait.
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ST. Louis
Johnny Vander Meer
Boston
Brooklyn
Vander Meer
Cincinnati
Syracuse
Whitey Moore
Johnny
Philadelphia
Mort Cooper
Cardinals
Struif
Philadelphia Hotels Curtail Services to Save Labor
Philadelphia hotels and clubs implement extensive cutbacks under wartime labor rules. Breakfast in bed, room service, linen napkins, and daily towels are eliminated to conserve manpower as the war manpower commission designates hotels as locally essential. One day laundry ends and restaurant hours shrink. women take over elevator operators and clerical tasks while physically handicapped men fill freight and night clerk roles.
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Philadelhia
Philadelphia
War Manpower Commission
Rucalt P. Voveler
WMC
Racing at Suffolk Downs halted by horsemen strike
Sports Mirror recalls events from a year ago when Suffolk Downs racing stopped due to a strike by horsemen demanding larger purses. The column also mentions Betty Jameson beating Patty Berg in 194? Women’s Trans Miss Golf at St Louis and Johnny Van der Meer's no hit no run feat for Cincinnati. Mountains peaks noted in Great Smoky Mountains exceed 6000 feet in elevation.
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Boston
Suffolk Downs
Betty Jameson
Patty Berg
St. Louis
Johnny van der Meer
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
London Pubs With Funny Names Then And Now
A humorous look at London pub names and their origins, tracing how many owe quaint appeal to history or corruption of originals. Examples include The Bulls and Month, Goat and Compasses, and the Lab?le entries like Angel and Trumpet, Bag of Nails, and Blind Beggar.
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Lewis Hawkins
London
Boulogne
Greater London
Truck Drivers Roam Midwest For Corn Blitz
Truckers roam the Midwest in an unprecedented corn hunt buying grain above ceilings and selling to farmers. Grain firms warn of potential corn refinery shutdown within 30 days, threatening textiles paper aluminum steel brewing candy and more. Major terminals report much lower maize stocks than a year ago as truckers press growers directly.
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William Ferris
Chicago
West
Corn Industries Research Foundation
Baldwin Elevator Company
Devatur
Ilinois
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Crosby's Gay Golf Shirts to Museum
COLORADO SPRINGS COLO June 15 AP The boys in Army Camps in England want one of Bing Crosby’s vividly colored golf shirts for display says Fred Corcoran Red Cross overseas sports program Crosby quickly posed to model the shirt and plans for an overseas sports museum include Babe Ruth’s home run bat Jack Dempsey’s gloves Ty Cobb’s stolen bases shoes and Gene Sarazen’s golf ball A quirky note closes about mahogany trees in tropical forests.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
England
Bing Crosby
Fred Corcoran
Red Cross
Bing
Corcoran
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Ty Cobb
Gene Sarazen
Local Boy Saw Action in Africa Frontline Memoir
A World War II diary excerpt describes air raids over Africa with tracer fire and bombs, one death near a foxhole, and a close Allied entry with British forces. The writer notes Tunisian and African city scenes, flags, morale, and loneliness while awaiting deployment. The piece mentions Set. Holloway in Africa since January and aircraft propeller cleaning in a hot degreasing chamber.
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Jack
Tunis
Cai
Holloway
Africa
England
Snce
Army Grasshopper Plan May Save Many Wounded
Army flight surgeon Major E Frazier reports the grasshopper ambulance plane could reach wounded from inaccessible battlefields quickly. The tiny craft lands on open ground and could evacuate troops to larger ambulance planes within minutes, aiding medical relief in rough terrain and behind-front zones.
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Schuyler Allman
Fort Sill
Okla
Army
E. Frazier
Kansas City,inc
Frazier
Alajor Frazier
South Pacific
Gona
Buna
Coul
Piper
Lock Haven
Eleven-year-old recalls wild fire ride to KC ambulance
Seven-year-old Phyllis Boland of Warrensburg swallowed a light pin. Fireman R Love rushed her to Kansas City after doctors failed to remove the object with a esophagoscope. Four hours later she returned home without the pin.
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Kansas City
Phyllis Boland
Warrensburg
Kansas Ci
Phyllis
Biiand’rs
Frank Boland
Rg Clinic
R. Love
Babies Pictures May Go By Y Man
The War Department announces rules for baby photographs in correspondence. Pictures must show an infant under one year old and born since a specified date, occupying only a third of the space, placed in the upper right. Instructions warn against creasing and advise careful handling when reproductions are made.
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Washington
Flashes Of Life In A Weathering Rain
A sequence of brief vignettes from U S cities describes women stepping from a theater as rain begins, a Dallas draft board report, a Fresno robbery tale, and a Chicago hotel lobby scene featuring a playful wartime stamp fundraiser. The items reflect daily life and wartime sentiment across Orangeburg Dallas Fresno and Chicago with quick local color and small incidents.
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Orangeburg
S. C
Sareivat
Department Store Sales Down In May
Department store sales in the Eighth Federal Reserve District declined for May versus April, but were up 18 percent from May 1942. St Louis saw a 12 percent month drop yet remained 10 percent above March levels, while Little Rock rose 3 percent from May 1942. Memphis held steady, with gains elsewhere including Pine Bluff and El Dorado.
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ST. Louis
Federal Reserve
Little Rock
Ark
Federal Reserve Bank
Memphis
Tenn
Pine Bluff
el Dorado
Two Aged Sisters Die In Cameron
Two sisters Marika and Margaret Ashby died six hours apart in Cameron. They were daughters of the late Col. and Mrs J L Ashby, settlers at Pointed Woods since 1855. Funeral services were held at Pointed Woods and burial is planned at Plattsburg Cemetery.
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Cameron
Cameron, Mo
Pointed Woods
Clas
Marika
Margaret Ashby
J. L. Ashby
Plattsburg Cemetery
Conferences Soon On New Tax Bill
Washington AP report says Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and others expect to push a new tax bill this year to meet President Roosevelt’s revenue goal of 36.6 billion dollars. House and Senate leaders discussed early hearings and main provisions aimed for action before January 1, 1944, with Doughton and Byrd among attendees.
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Washington
Cententiers
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosey
Doughton
D—Nc
House Wars and Means
Congress
Coughton
Mor- Renthan
George
Senate Finance Committee
Ind ‘Byrd
D-Va
Cooper
Tenn
Disney
Okla
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