Braves surge in standings threaten Cardinals pace
Boston’s Billy Southworth led the Braves to a string of six wins in seven, narrowing the gap to the pace-setting Cardinals as National League races heat up. Detroit extended its American League lead with an 8-3 win over Chicago, while Cleveland fell behind Browns in a four-two upset.
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Salina Juniors Triumph Over Lawrence 9 to 4
Salina Junior American Legion beat Lawrence 9 to 4 in Salina last night. Lawrence pitchers were Bob Shirley and Don Sneegas. Lawrence faces Newton today, then Leavenworth in Lawrence tomorrow night. The line score shows Salina 9 runs on 13 hits with Lawrence scoring 4.
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Owl
Moneybags Jones Turns Wealth Into Industrial Niche
Robert E. Jones operates a prolific money bag business turning profits into a sprawling enterprise. He manufactures and sells bags to vending machine firms, bus lines, retailers, railroads, and even municipal governments. His firm offers 10 standard sizes and 115 distinct options, with the smallest 4 by 6¼ inch bag holding 25 in silver and the largest 14 by 28 inch bag holding 1,000 in cash.
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Fragmented OCR Note on Tape and Brassy Seetring
Readable fragments mention tape and brass items with garbled phrases. Include “banks,” “bre malots,” and “der” as stray terms. No clear event or persons identified.
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Major League Leaders Baseball Batting and Pitching Summary
Major League leaders list shows Robinson Brooklyn batting 374 with team mates Jethroe and Musial high in extras. Keller leads Detroit with 373, Williams Boston 73 runs, Dillinger Philadelphia 8 triples, Haines and Kelile keep pace in doubles. Spahn Boston and Spahn Hoxton 162 strikeouts. pitching leaders include Hutton Adelphia 7-0 and Gray Detroit 9-3.
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Sports Mirror highlights past track and racing records
The column recalls a year ago Coaltown setting a mile and an eighth track record in the Stars and Stripes handicap at 1 44 2/5. It also notes five years ago Stymle beating Devil Diver in the Brooklyn handicap for $u,269 at Belmont Park and other historical notes including Brooklyn’s dominance in baseball and Ohio State’s Jesse Owens leading AAU events at Lincoln Nebraska15 years ago.
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Missouri halfback Dick Braznell signs with Chicago Bears
Dick Braznell, All Big Seven halfback from Missouri, signs with the Chicago Bears and will report July 26 at St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer Indiana. The southpaw passer averaged 5.6 yards per carry on 136 attempts and scored 10 touchdowns, completing 23 of 48 passes for 367 yards for the Tigers last season.
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Sports Calendar Shows Local Baseball Softball Schedules
Open Wednesday features Lawrence Jr Legion Leavenworth and municipal games. South Park league matchups include Scottish Ritex vs Elks and Joycees vs Lawrence Sanitary. Softball Lawrence Sanitary and Woodlawn diamond play. Thursday lists St Johns at Tonganoxie games and Krafts over Gallaghers. Friday slate covers Jaycees vs Ale and Pritzel Jayhawk vs Eagles. Saturday caps with Lions Elks at 6:15 p.m. and missions at South Park. Pepper exploration note and geographic history mentioned by National Geographic Society.
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Marines Ordered to Japan in Korea War Surge
Maj. Gen. Graves Blanchard Erskine heads the First Marine Division which will supply marines ordered to Japan. Camp Pendleton and El Toro in California serve as headquarters as marines and marine air units are rushed from the Fleet Marine Force to the Pacific in response to General MacArthur’s request for more combat manpower for Korea.
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el Toro
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Babylonian Scientist Predates Euclid By 1700 Years
Baghdad curator Taha Bagqir says a 4000 year old Tel Harmal clay tablet reveals one of geometry’s basic theorems. The tablet from 2000 BC is linked to the similarity of two right triangles drawn on a perpendicular to the hypotenuse. The find, announced amid ongoing cosmic ray studies, underscores ancient math brilliance.
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Taha Bagqir
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Used Car Lot Offers Broad Selection of Fords and Others
A local dealer advertises a varied assortment of used cars including multiple 1949 Fords with two and four doors, a 1948 Ford five passenger coupe, a 1947 Chevrolet coupe, a 1947 Buick sedanette, a 1942 Oldsmobile two door, a 1940 Ford two door, a 1941 Plymouth two door, and a 1938 Ford four door, all with radios and heaters where listed.
Fewer Papers in China Amid Red Rule Decline
A Yangtze Valley correspondent reports China has 253 periodicals totaling 2.5 million readers, including 175 dailies, down from about 8,000 titles and 50 million readers under Nationalists. Readers tire of monotonous party line coverage and celebratory events. A separate note: a teacher reprimand led to a student’s suicide in Shebin el Kom, and a 32 year old man from Osawatomie was fined 25 dollars for reckless driving.
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