Indians Poised to Return as MLB Action Resumes
The Cleveland Indians seek a resurgence in the American League as leagues restart with St Louis at Cleveland and other key matchups including Chicago at Detroit and Philadelphia at New York. Managerial moves include Mike Roco and Eddie Turchin acquisitions plus Pat Seerey trade to bolster the lineup after Hank Edwards injury.
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Indians
Mike Roco
Buffalo
Otto Denning
Eddie Turchin
Pat Seerey
Wilkes- Barre
Hank Edwards
St. Louis
Cleveland
Chicago
Detroit
Washington
Boston
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
New York
Pittsburgh
Sport Fans Bid Big on Baseball Stars in One Day Sale
New York June 9 The treasury style auction drew corporate and private buyers who pledged bonds to sponsor players throughout the season. Stars like Dixie Walker Bill Dickey and Carl Hubbell drew the top bids with many players bid in 87 total. Sponsors set payments per hit or win with large sums for homers wins and shutouts.
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New York
Gus
Brooklyn
Treasury Department
Carl Hubbell
Bill Dickey
Dixie
Dasher Walker
Brooklyn Club
Hubbell
Case Marketers
Carl
Bronx
Dickey
Yankee Stadium
Fat Freddy Fitzsimmons
Dodger
Brook Iyn Boro
John Cashmore
Yanks
Giants
Fat Freddie
Pistol Champion Enters Naval Reserve Indoctrination
Tauchtown notes and golf history blend with a gun sports update as Pistol Champion Lee Echols 36 Calexico Calif begins a 60 day indoctrination at the naval reserve officers training school in Tucson Arizona.
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Tucson
Ariz
Pi—Lee Echols
Calexico
Calif
Naval Reservefficers
Friays
Standings and Results from American Association Games
Yesterday's American Association results list Kansas City and Louisville seven in fifteen innings, detanence five Milwaukee three. Columbus won seven to one over St. Paul, while Toledo defeated Minneapolis eleven to three in the night game.
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American Association
Kansas City & Louisville
Detanence
Milwaukee
Columbus
St. Paul
Toledo
Minneapolis
Wyoming Coach to Direct Chemical Five Next Year
Ev Shelton, former Wyoming basketball coach and 1943 NCAA champion, will lead Dow Chemical AAU team in Midland Michigan. He will join as an instructor at Utah State Agricultural College summer coaching school. Teammate Milo Komenich, Wyoming center, will also move to Midland with Shelton after Army deferments due to height.
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Logan
Utah
UPI
Ev Shelton
University of Wyoming
N.C.A
Komenich
Warmerdam Aims to Defend AAU Pole Vault Title
Cornelius Warmerdam declared he will defend his National AAU pole vault title at the June 19-20 meet in New York. He notified AAU secretary-treasurer Dan Ferris that he has left Del Monte navy pre flight school in California to compete.
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San Francisco
Cornelius Warmerdam
A.A.U
New York
Dan Ferris
Aja.u
del Monte
Calif
Navy
Yankee Pitcher Atley Donald May Be Reclassified
GM Atley Donald of the New York Yankees likely will be reclassified from 4-F to 1-A after a preliminary physical examination. Draft board officials said there appears to be nothing manifestly wrong with him.
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Donald
New York
Atley Donald
New York Yankee
Draft Board
Bids and Bidders Roar at War Bond Baseball Auction
A New York round up reports a chaotic war bond auction of baseball players with Brooklyn money dominating bids. The drastic prices include Elsie the cow buying Newsom for 3,375,000 and a publicity note about a pitcher owning milk branding. The piece also notes a naming mix up involving Bing Crosby and a racehorse Don Bingo.
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New York
Brooklyn
Horace Stoneham
Solemly
Brooklyn Junior Chamber of Commerce
Giant
Elsie
Bobo
Newsom
Parker Out, Parker Loudly Inspires Fresh Sprint Hope
Charley Parker cannot race in the A A U championships but his plan to run the senior title spurs Dan Ferris of St. Louis to enter the junior 880 with a time just under two minutes. Sal Bartolo notes his instinct to be in the ring while Temple U expands co ed sports and Jimmy Conzelman cites the Browns as creating a mousetrap play in the American league cellar.
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Charley Parker
Texas
Parker
Dan Ferris
T. J. McGuire
St. Louis
Charley
Sal Bartolo
Boston
Temple U
Jimmy Conzelman
Browns
War service notes and sports figures highlighted in Alabama paper
In Birmingham Lieut Joe Kilgrow lauds Johnny Rid dle for leadership under fire in New Guinea. Kilgrow’s anti aircraft platoon downed four Zeros in a raid. Ensign Johnny Roberts from the 1937 Alabama team is missing in the Pacific. Johnny Miller notes Chapel Hill cadets received 116735 dollars in free swim lessons for 1216 swimmers. Two Waves Sally Quigley and Edith DeWitt reach Fort Sheridan quarter finals in tennis against men.
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Joe Kilgrow
Alabama
New Guinea
Kilgrow
Johnny Roberts
Pacific
Navy
Johnny Miller
North Carolina Navy
Chapel Hill
Sally Quigley
Farmington, Conn
Edith DeWitt
Aberdeen
Wash
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Plan Kinnick Memorial Chicago Memorial Drive
The University of Iowa Alumni Club of Chicago started a drive to raise funds for a memorial to Ensign Nile C. Kinnick, noted 1939 Iowa iron man and Navy pilot killed in action. The plan was announced in Chicago on June 9.
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Kinnick
Chicago
Nile C. Kinnick
Iowa
University of Iowa
Young Boy Gunner Passes Gunnery Exams at Fort Sill
Francis N. Brogdon, 15, tops a gunnery class at Fort Sill by solving the toughest problems with ease. The Lawton youth, a longtime artillery admirer and newspaper seller, passes all exams while still in high school and aims for West Point to become a lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Okla
Francis N. Brogdon
P. H. Fenton
Francis
Green Brogdon
Lawton
Chan Hassett
Einar G. Gjelsteen
West Point
Bivins Maintains Grip In Light Heavyweight Title Bout
Jimmy Bivins retained the light heavyweight crown in Cleveland as Lloyd Marshall from California pushed him, delivering a seventh round knockdown and a late rally. The scheduled 15 rounder drew 18,448 spectators and grossed about $61,195 despite a disrupted count when the bell rang in the 12th.
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Cleveland
Jimmy Bivins
Lloyd Marshall
California
Jimmy
James
Bivins
Jackie Davis
Marshall
Annual Fish Fry Brings Vocational Agri Club Members
Forty members joined the Vocational Agriculture association for its annual fish fry at the Lone Star Lake cabin. A committee including Robert Laptad Junior Heck and Carl Schaake prepared the fish. Out of town guests Lee Laptad of Kansas City and Phil Blough of California attended. Jayhawk F.F.A. members performed musically as graduates from the 1943 class were initiated, and new members Dale Powell Harold Tee Robert Bigsby and Warren Banning were welcomed.
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Vocational Agriculture Association
Lone Star Lake
Robert Laptad
Junior Heck
Carl Schaake
Lee Laptad
Kansas City
Phil Blough
California
Jayhawk F.F. A
Dale Powell
Harold Tee
Robert Bigsby
Warren Banning
FDA Buys Kansas Products in April Worth Seven Million
The Food Distribution Administration purchased 13,082,821 pounds of Kansas products in April valued at 7,141,211 dollars, per State Supervisor Paul E. Phillips. Major April items were 7,022,274 pounds of pork for 2,066,192 dollars and 3,902,495 pounds of dried whole eggs for 4,772,711 dollars.
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Topeka
Food Distribution Administration
Kansas
Paul E. Phillips
FDA
Public word puzzle list mirrors academic and geographic terms
A long OCR styled list mixes clues for a word puzzle or crossword. Entries include references to public figures, units, metals, places like Seine and American warplane, and various abbreviations. The fragment resembles puzzle material rather than a cohesive news item, with scattered clues and answers.
Protection From Gas
Washington reports that allied troops may face poison gas in Europe. The Chemical Warfare Service vows effective protective devices and stand by gas production. President Roosevelt cites evidence of Axis preparations and vows full retaliation with munition centers and ports as targets.
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Washington
Europe
Chemical Warfare Service
Roosevelt
Axis
Asia
United States Army
William N. Porter
Porter
Germany
Japan
Local Reflection on Civilization and War Armament
A fragment notes a speaker’s belief that civilized society should avoid forcing the United States to employ weapons. It expresses concern over escalating arms and expresses hope for restraint in national policy.
Guard In Quandary Over Orders During Prison Break
Robert Gwartney a tower guard faced a dilemma during a three convict break at the state penitentiary. With orders not to drop firearms into the yard he was urged by Deputy Warden C M Taylor and Guard Captain John O Christian to lower guns. He relented and lowered a shotgun and a rifle. Warden M F Amrine did not censure him for disobeying orders.
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Lansing
Robert Gwartney
State Penitentiary
C. M. Taylor
John O. Christian
M.F. Amrine
Ordinance Authorized Sewer Lateral on Oregon Street
The City of Lawrence Kansas adopts an ordinance to fund an eight inch sanitary sewer lateral in the Eleven Hundred Block on Oregon Street under Ordinance No 491 The estimated property liability totals 643 9 dollars for bonds to cover the cost The ordinance takes effect after adoption and publication The Mayor at the June 7 1943 meeting was C B Russell
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Lawrence
Kansas
Oregon Street
City of
Lawence
Topeka
Terence
State of
Kapaas
Alts
States of America
Tate
Douglas
City
United States of America
Treaigrer
Lawre Kansas
Kangas
Clark
C. B. Russell
Lawrence Daily Journal
Wworld
Kanaan
Douge
Sallie A
Henrie Fitchpatrick
State of Kansas
Maude Henrie Harvey
Sallie A. Henrie Fitchepatrick
R. FE. Melvin
Lawrence Dalely Journal-World
Douglas County
Ida Marks
Tmrence
Pullvs Marks
Gerrill
Asher & Gerrill
Frank R. Gray
Sades
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Jordson Bailey
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T. M. Req
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Jimmy Dykes
Chicago White Sox
Lawcen Little
Gene Sarazen
Henry Picard
Hershey
Jimmie Hines
Denver
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Indianapolis
al Toledo
Su Louis
Peers
Wyoming
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Ensign Warmerdam
Razorback
John F. Tomlin
Oregon State
University of Arkansas
NEA Telephoto
Hugh
Patterton
Bingo
Dave Woods
Don Bingo
Bing Crosby
Lin Howard
Bing
Argentina
Jockey Club
Henry Vance
Birmingham
Ala
Age-Herald
Johnny Riddle
Gunner
Vocational Agriculture
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Oklahoma
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Aisienn Derisertths
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Pirieicialuit Toniairiy
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