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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1943
Page
6
Report highlights Joe Gordon's comeback from a long slump with four hits and three RBIs, amid a busy MLB day. Yankees beat Red Sox 8-2 as Gordon homered. Cardinals, Cubs, Dodgers and others win, reshaping the NL standings while Rays and White Sox chase headlines.
Cap reports Rudy York belted two homers while Dick Wanied added one as the team surged offensively.
American League results include New York 3 Boston 2 in 12 innings and Washington 9 Philadelphia 0. Cleveland 2 Chicago 1 in a second game ended early. National League saw Boston 10 New York 0 and Philadelphia 4 Cincinnati 6. American Association games featured Milwaukee 14 Minneapolis 3 and St Paul 8 Kansas City 7.
UPI reports Al Lang touring major league cities in New York on June 28, suggesting Florida would welcome the clubs for spring training as army leases on hotels end Evelyn Chandler, the skater, is summering in Florida.
University figures discuss wartime football and athletic talent. Laurie Apitz cites 1938 Army Navy officers from a Louisville squad while wartime service members like Ken Kavanaugh and Gen Doolittle figures are highlighted among players and competitors across colleges, exhibitions, and golf and tennis events.
One armed outfielder Pete Gray of the Memphis Chicks led the track and field meet in New Orleans, winning the bunt and run contest, finishing second in the 75 yard dash, making nine putouts with no errors, and collecting two hits across both games of the Memphis New Orleans double header.
A jagged report notes 264 total or 73 holes at the Valley open golf tourney in Girard with John Vander Meer and others mentioned. The piece also references past figures Helen Jacobs Alice Marble and a Wimbledon tie involving Helen Villa Moody and others from five years ago.
V C Fishel leads a cooperative groundwater study of the Kaw and Missouri river valleys in Wyandotte County. The project, in cooperation with Kansas and federal geological surveys, tracks water depth, level, and well yield to identify shortages and guide additional supplies for war-related industry and irrigation.
Four engine transport version of the B 24 bomber with a 29 ton load capacity a 3000 mile range and speeds over 300 miles per hour. It carries 20 passengers and 5 crew plus six tons of cargo. The craft operates between 160 and 60 below and is used by Willkie in a round the world flight. The patrol bomber PB4Y 1 has retractable gear a six man crew and carries 50 caliber guns and bombs.
The single engine four place cabin aircraft carries one crew and three passengers. Used for communications and liaison on short range and light cargo. Rugged and economical the Forwarder can operate from small fields. It flies 140 mph ceilings to 16 000 ft and range about 720 miles.
The C-76 Caravan is a twin engine low stall workhorse for 600 700 mile runs. It is built of plywood and non strategic materials and lands on undeveloped fields with a floor 36 inches above ground. It can be loaded from nose or side with an interior track hoist and has tricycle gear and tail to tow gliders. Speed exceeds 160 mph with a gross weight around 35000 pounds.
The C-66 Lédéstar R50 is a mid‑wing twin engine monoplane with a twin tail used for personnel transport and light cargo on short hops. It carries 14 passengers plus crew, cruises at high speed near 260 mph, and has a ceiling around 12 000 feet.
The first group of eighty German prisoners from Camp Gruber will pick beans and chop cotton for five days on four farms in western Muskogee county. Guarded by the army, they will ride to work sites and return to Camp Gruber each night. In eastern Oklahoma rehabilitation units also moved in to assist flood-damaged areas, with assignments to Wagoner Keota Spiro Hyde Park Moffett Sallisaw Vian Eufaula Bixby Skintook Nowata Tahlequah.
McLouth notices list visits and family movements. Rollin Warner and Dr. Frank Schaeffer travel to Ogden and Cedaredge to see relatives. U Kans. guests stay in Stanwood and Topeka. Local families host and announce moves, adoptions, and a Portland wedding. Rolan Walbridge returns, later discharged from service. Doris May Bradford to marry Dexter Leroy Herrion in Portland Oregon.
Local social life and travel updates from McLouth Kansas include visits by families to Kansas City Leavenworth and Lawrence. Military postings and training moves are noted for several residents along with club meetings, farewells and a church reception. Heavily features June events and community group activities with a focus on families and local organizations.
A mixed list of crossword style clues with numbers and partial phrases. It appears to be a puzzle entry titled New Singing Star with many incomplete definitions for words, including animals plants and letters, as well as references to music and geography. The item is presented as a long vertical clue set for solving.
Mrs. W. H. Dent entertained Sunday with a birthday dinner for her father Robert Turner of De Soto who was 82. Other guests included Mrs. Turner Oma Dent of Kansas City and Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Penner. Immunization against typhoid fever was urged for flood area residents with Friday immunization at the Cedar Junction schoolhouse.
Local residents recount flood damage and rescue efforts as visitors drop by to assist families. Kansas City folk, farmers, and county agents discuss dike repairs with government aid to restore the valley after widespread inundation.
Pleasant Valley and nearby residents attended picnics and visits in Lawrence Baldwin and Overbrook. Harold McKay in the navy recovers from appendectomy. Wakarusa flood tops 1935. Community club met with good attendance. Barley harvest progress noted. Otters eat fish heads.
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