Browns Take First Place as Yanks Suffer Defeat
St Louis, racking up wins after a rough eastern swing, move into first place as Nelson Potter holds New York to six hits in a 6-5 decision. Luke Sewell's club wins key game and tightens pennant race while Yankees drop to second. Detroit and Washington also shake up standings with strong showings. Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Brooklyn also post wins amid the tight league race.
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St. Louis Browns
Luke Sewell
Browns
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Missourioil
Yankees
New York
Joe McCarthy
Nelson Potter
Tigers
al Evans
Navy
Senatora
Washington
Cleveland
al Smith
Mike Ryba
Boston
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Ird Piges
Vince DiMaggio
Mort Cooper
Jim Tobin
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati
Phils
Iengo
Hugh Luby
Hasen
Detroit
Kansas City
Toledo
Columbus
Milwaukee
Louisville
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Onune
Minneapo
Kansas City Lo
Cincinnadd
Pittsburgh Ray All Mersessenessie
Philadelphia Warmer
ABS Newston
Ork
ABA BO
St.Louis
Philadelphia Peenicetel
Chca Nasser
Curious World notes on Don Burnham moving colleges
Don Burnham from Dartmouth to Cornell Medical College New York plans to finish medical studies and join the 1945 schedules. Michigan State football will feature only civilian teams next fall while the Spartans' baseball schedule shows two college rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Burnham
Dartmouth
Cornell
Cornell Medical College
New York
Don
Michigan State
Spartans
West Point Favorite in Annual Track Meet
Philadelphia reports the 68th IC-4A meet at Franklin Field with 30 colleges and 403 athletes. Burnham defends his mile title from last year and seeks the half mile and a spot on Dartmouth’s mile relay as Dartmouth aims for its first outdoor crown while Army tops favorites alongside Navy and NYU. Prelims are set for morning ahead of finals.
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Philadelphia
Dox Am
Dartmouth
Franklin Field
Burnham
New Hampshire Indians
U. S. Military Academy
Madison Square Garden
Artmouth
Navy
New York University
Ottawa High Leads Hat in Kansas State Track Meet
In Wichita on May 20 Ottawa High dominated Class A events at the Kansas State interscholastic meet. Finals set for this afternoon. Rodney McClay of Ottawa won the high jump evading Price of Topeka, the state record holder, who marked 12 feet. McClay cleared 11 feet.
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Wichita
Ottawa High
Rodney McClay
Ottawa
Don Price
Opeka
Price
McCay
Dodgers Beat Phillies at Belmont Stakes Year Ago
The report recalls Rube Melton pitching in a final to edge the Dodgers two years past, with Henry of Navarre triumphing at Belmont and Mifeland placing second. It notes Doug and Torchy Peden winning a six day bike race at Madison Square Garden years earlier.
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Associated Press
Rube Melton
Phisway
Ronree
Henry of Navarre
Belmont Peece
Mifeland
Doug
Torchy Peden
Madigon Square Garden
Manhattan All Star Game Invite Reaches Navy Flier
Jim State fullback and track man, now sworn into the navy Tuesday, has received an invitation to play in the all star football game in Chicago next August. The charity game may permit a furlough for Machen to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Cicago
Jim State
Navy
Machen
Standings and sports notes mix across leagues and cities
A collage of standings from the National and American Leagues plus regional results highlights 1944 baseball and boxing notes. Entries mention St Louis, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Boston, and others with scattered scores, then cover Camp Wheeler disbandment and Joe Louis and Frank Segura remarks and plans for 1944 events.
Leahy Leaves Notre Dame for Navy indoctrination
South Bend reports Frank Leahy departing Notre Dame after three years with a superb 3 losses in 30 games. He moves to Princeton for navy indoctrination while his Boston College tenure included 14 wins, 2 losses and 3 ties. In Washington, Connecticut two local baseball games drew crowds of 2,000 spectators.
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South Bend
Ind
CPI
Frank Leahy
Notre Dame
Princeton University
Navy
Teah
Leahy
Boston College
Washington, Conn
Short Sports Notes from New York and Beyond
May 20 brief items report Delaware Park dropping the daily double as a non profit aim, Keeneland and Delaware Park cited for profitability, while Gulfstream and Albany tracks were unprofitable. Tigers pitcher James Ruffus Gentry opened the International League season with a no-hitter and 20 victories overall. Brig. Gen. Ent confirms a Football Team for the Second Air Force with HQ at Colorado Springs and bases nationwide. Joe Petritz promoted to full Navy lieutenant, serving as armed guard commander with no combat loss so far.
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New York
Delaware Park
Delaware
Keeneland
Gulfstream Park
Albany
Calif
James Ruffus Gentry
Tigers
Rufe
Buffalo
Newark
Detroit
Storo
Landis
A. G. Ent
Second Air Force
Colorado Springs
Joe Petritz
Notre Dame
Navy
Government to Ask Women to Use Own Bags Next Week
Washington reports a nationwide appeal by the War Production Board and War Food Administration urging housewives to bring their own bags and reuse containers to save paper and cartons as paper supplies tighten due to overseas shipping demand and pulp shortages.
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Washington
War Production Board
War Food Administration
WPB
Fire kills nine race horses at Churchill Downs
Early today a fire at Churchill Downs in Louisville destroyed one barn and burned nine horses and a pony. About 30 horses had to be turned loose as hundreds of thoroughbreds were stabled at the track. Value of the losses ranged from 30000 to 50000 dollars. no Derby winner was among the victims. The fire origin was undetermined and reportedly began near the stall of Warren Wright’s Pensive. one owner speculated drunkenness may have caused the blaze.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
Fire destroys block in Hugoton business district
A large blaze in Hugoton Kansas last night consumed about half a city block and caused estimated damages of 150000. A salvage, dress shop, hardware and furniture store were wrecked and a theater sustained heavy damage as gasoline leaking from a broken faucet ignited, the fire burning for two hours. Governor Schoeppel warned in Junction City that juvenile delinquency is a top problem and urged students and parents to address the issue to keep youths from legal trouble.
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Hugoton
Kan
Junction City
Andrew Schoeppel
Fearful Turks Entry Motivates Hitler Hold On Crimea
Soviet officials announced the capture of 246 German officers in the Crimean campaign including a 4T-year-old artillery colonel Hans Messinger who said Hitler ordered the peninsula held to prevent Turkey's entry into the war. Birinzov listed captured generals and colonels and described German orders to hold every trench and fox hole as the Red Army pressed Sevastopol. A propaganda proclamation urging spring planting for cooperation with the Reich was shown, and preliminary reports named Lt. Gen Boehme and Gen Grueer as captured or wounded with Gen Reinhardt killed.
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Simferopol
U.S.S.R
Crimean
Adolf Hitler
Turkey
Hans Messinger
Hitler
Sevastopol
Altho
Sergei Birinzov
Fourth
Birinzov
Red Army
McLOUTH A/S Charles Ray Chapman on furlough visit
Charles Ray Chapman arrived in McLouth from Johnston Tennessee for a ten day furlough with relatives. The item also notes various local visits and social events in McLouth including gatherings, church activities, and family guest lists.
Bethel Dinner Guests and Military News From Bethel Area
Mother's Day gatherings include Mr and Mrs Charles Simmons and Mrs Mae Vance with John and Myrtle Hoffman of Kansas City visiting Mr and Mrs Ben Hoffman. Navy sons Charles and Kenneth overseas nearby. Various visits in Lawrence Overbrook Ottawa Topeka and Spokane. Lila Elaine Oehrie to Topeka hospital for tonsil operation. Ottawa and Overbrook families hosted dinners as Ernest Albright moves to Overbrook.
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Raymond O¢hrle
Charles Simmons
Mae Vance
John
Myrtle Hoffman
Kansas City
Ben Hoffman
Mabel Henry
San Diego
Cal
Henry Fishburn
Wlephone
Henry
Charles
Kenneth
Otto Garber
Nettiellen
Garber
Floyd Garber
Sant Owens
Harold Fisher
Margaret
Lawrence
Alvin Fisher
Overbrook
Freil Fisher
Claude Fisher
Leavenworth
Ross Fisher
Fisher
Spokane
Wash
Lila Elaine Oehrie
5.B.A
Topeka
Clarence Albright
Carl Coffman
John Brecheisen
Atra
Charles Rappard
Ben Baker
John Hoffman
Mary Wilson
Mildred Hoffman
Ottawa
Mary
Martha Albricht
Ernest Albright
Mackey Roger White Marries as Navy Service Nears
Roger White son of Mrs E H White went to Leavenworth Monday for his naval entry exam and will soon be in the navy He married Eleanor Tripkes of Da Soto at the Friends parsonage with Rev A P Smith The couple stayed at the White home until his return to service Also noted were visits by relatives and a Meadow Lark 4-H meeting near Leavenworth county Graduation for rural pupils set for Linwend this week.
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Jane
Mildred Petrie
Atlee Wasbridge
Lawrence
Jnss Wasbridge
J. D. Bennett
Kansas City
Alma Sanders
Wilbur Gensler
H. P. Gensler
Eldon Gensler
Billie
Pat Bradford
Leavenworth
J. D. Everett
Bradford
Naval Hospital
Oakland
Cal
Oceanside
Ted Glogou
Jack Joplin
Brunett
Nora Glogou
Roger White
E. H. White
Eleanor Tripkes
da Soto
Friends Parsonage
A. P. Smith
Walter Carroll
Miami
Grant Gideon
J. J. Wilson
Wilson
R. E. Gardner
J. S. Paxton
Dale
Lecompton
Gardner
Prank Brune
Oak Ridge News Acknowledges Willie House’s Service
Friends note Willie House is a lieutenant stationed in Miami Florida. Mrs House remains in Kansas City. The Oak Ridge birthday club plans its May 17 meeting for a May 21 annual picnic at Clinton Park. Mr and Mrs Roller of Stull are relatives of Mrs Wood and the late Mrs Wise.
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Willie House
Will Houge
Miami
Fla
House
Kansas City
Oakridge
Wood
Roller
John Wise
Law- Tenese
Holler
Stull
Kansas
Ladies Aid Tea and Quarantine News in Lawrence
In 1859 Mrs Wood and Wise brothers attended a Lawrence Ladies Aid tea at Mrs Will McFarland s home. Mrs B L Hills gave a paper on world conditions. Stony beauty garden flowers were used. Lunch served. Mrs F De Walters poured. Mr and Mrs Wilt Rice home quarantined with two mild cases. Farm Bureau clothing leaders plan to attend at Mrs Lyle Weeks home Friday the 26th for clothing lessons and a covered dish luncheon. A Farm Bureau auction will be added. Mrs A R Reed will be auctioneer. Roll call: Mother s Poems. Invitations sent for ship launching at Evansville Ind by Valley Bridge and Iron Co s ship building division. Mrs George Lamb sponsor. Her father was J D Jones. Al and Bob Simons and Jack Toms visited Lawrence. Duke Scott and friends visited Topeka.
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Lowell Sterling
Paul Abels
Farm Bureau
Lyle Weeks
A. R. Reed
George ‘Lamb
Grace Jones
Valley Bridge and Iron Company
Evansville
Ind
Naval Auxiliary
George Lamb
Mfr
J. D. Jones
Bob Simons
Jack Toms
Lawrence
Howard Erwin
Sallie Toms
Duke Scott
Topeka
Mother's Day at De Soto and local visits spread joy
De Soto observers marked Mother's Day with large church attendance and baccalaureate music at the high school. Gifts were presented to the oldest mothers in Sunday school. Visitors from Kansas City and Leavenworth joined families at the Curtis home. Cremation? Not mentioned. Hydrant installations at the cemetery drew interest as Memorial Day nears. Frank Sheldon was ill over the weekend.
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Mack White
Kansas City
Albert Gilman
Homer Bain
Bain
F. M. Gordon
Gordon
A. B. Burks
Maygie Freeman
Charles C. Curtis
Walter Compton
Sire Ed Curtis
Leavenworth
R. C. Curtis
Vincent Seraub
John Segrist
Manhattan
de Soto Cemetery
Cecil Humblargar
Salina
Lastith
Humblargar
Mra. Curtis
Curtis
Bowers
Max Plana
Ward
C. B
Masonie
Wichita
Eugene Snow
Lawrences
Frank Sheldon
Brown Family Hosts Sunday Dinner and Birth Announcement
The Brown and Henry families hosted Sunday dinner with numerous relatives visiting from Topeka and Carbondale. A son named Larry Lester was born Monday at 3115 Doren Street Topeka to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bacher. Other local visitors included the Spencer and Lancaster families and friends from Lawrence and Topeka. Dr. and Mrs. Perks were called to Wichita for a great granddaughter’s death.
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W. I. Brown
Brown
Dwight Henry
Vivian
Karen
William Henry, Jr
Lester. Bacher
Esther Spencer
Topeka
Harley Spencer
Jona Haeschetl
Spencer
Ben Murphy
Carbondale
Jackie
T. L. Evans
Richard
Jimmy
J. O. Webber
Francis Brown
Stanley
C. W. Bour
M. F. Ice
Lawrence
Thomas William Perks
Wichita
Howard Henry
Longford
Lecompton Rural High School
Leland Young
Stult
Lawrence Cree
Ray Cree
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Kwwiz Korner
Robert F. Black
White Motor Company
Beeste
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Sports Mirror
Frank Gavel
Washington High
Bethel High
Eddie Emmons
Morris
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Camp Wheeler
Salt Lake City
Jack Dempsey
Sgt
Joe Louis
RLO
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Pancho) Segura
Forrest Hills
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Segura
Mexico City
Fullerton
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NEA
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de Sales A. Glover
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Crimean Peninsula
Charles Ray Chapman
McLouth
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Tenn
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Gorin
Murry Huggins
E. A. Dennis
Council Grove
Julia Lamphear
Clarence
Emily Martin
Elsie Garner
Carl Garner
Billie Edmonds
Tom Edmonds
Eudora
Pfe
Robert Groshong
Dallas
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Roy Shrader
Cushing Hospital
MeLoutt
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Glogow
Myrtice
Dish Limeheon
McMillen
John Earl
McLourth
Henry Earl
Oklahoma City
Margaret Stott
William Taster
M Rar Scott
Martin Leib
Alanide Klamel
Osikaloosa
JT. Bennett and
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Harpie Sanders
Arthur Edmonds and Son
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Dan Jefferies
Milo Edmonds
Barnard Manewal
Ermaalyiin Herries
Hobart Herries
Blanchard Ambolix
W.T.A
Mabel Bow
Claude Kimmel
Dressler
Nell Kimmel
Thelma Quse
Agnes Hower
Milefred McPherson
Watherine
Rennie Ridgway
Anna Sanders
White Ribbon
Sanders
Thelma R
Nelle Scott
C. B. Tinster
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TL. H
Lulu Sparks
Elmer Fenally
Aaery White
Onzanoxie
Albert Tot
Gienrce Vantruff
Tursday
Neil Ventruff
Neil Royer
Rosetta Gross
Charles Morrow
Banner Springs
Dale Black
William Fidler
Tonganette
WSS
Methodist Church
Xell
Tr the Labh
Mather
Dorothy Edmonds
Martha Alexander
Beverly Edmonds
Neigborhood Chcfe Club
Marcel Rolin
Georgia Robinson
U. S
Fifth Army
Castleforte
Italy
Charles Seawood
War Picture Pool
Bethel
Mackey
Oak Ridge
DE Soto
Big Springs
Kaiser Company
Pacific
West Coast Ship Yards
United States Employment Service Office
St. Lawrence
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