Grimm Has Cubs Riding High In National League Bid
The Cubs under Cholly Grimm improved after a 10 game slump, downing Philadelphia 9-1 as Paul Derringer shone on the mound. St Louis beat Brooklyn 5-3, while Pittsburgh and New York fought for late victories. The Yankees opened a western tour with a 4-0 win over Chicago as Nelson Potter’s tough start faded.
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Phils
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Max Lanier
al Jurisich
Dodgers
Woody Williams
Dain Clay
Cincinnati
New York
Bucky Wallers
Mel Ott
Danny Gardella
Pinch Hitler
Frank Colman
Pittsburgh
Boston
New York Yankees
Ernie Bonham
Chicago
Nelson Potter
Red Sox
Bobo Newsom
Joe Berry
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Frankie Hayes
Philadelphia
George Case
Rick Ferrell
Z Dec Sullivan
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Philadelph
Amersociation
Milwaukee
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Louisville
Toledo
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Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Air Force training ties to baseball figures in wartime
By William Ferguson nothing . Still prefers to' fetch the qacords talk for him. Service' Dept. Pri. Jerry Gibbons, son of Tommy, the old heavyweight, is training to become an operator-me chanic at the air force radio school at Sioux Falls. D. C. Because of a mixup in names, Bob Wilson, son of the former Cubs' manager, was in the air force for three months before he got on the pay roll. His old man probably could teach him a few things about get ting on and off payrolls.
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Jerry Gibbons
Tommy
Air Force Radio School
Sioux Falls
D. C
Bob Wilson
Cubs
Air Force
Twilight Tear Seeks Seventh Straight In Belmont Oaks
A Warren Wright's three year old filly Twilight Tear is the 1 to 2 favorite to win her seventh straight race in the $10,000 Coaching Club American Oaks at Belmont Park. Calumet Farm miss, stablemate to Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Pensive, lost her first start of the year in Florida but has been unbeat en since. GP El rey Hirsch faces a heavy two sport day in Champaign Illinois as Michigan athlete contesting Big Ten track meet and a road trip for baseball.
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New York
Warren Wright
Twilight Tear
Belmont Park
Calumet Farm
Pensive
Florida
Champaign
Ill
Elrey Hirsch
Michigan
Wrestling backer Hirsch to pitch for Wolverines in Indiana game
In Bloomington he will start in the second game of a doubleheader for Michigan against Indiana. Hirsch, a former Wisconsin athlete, starred for Michigan in football and basketball as well, a four letter man.
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Bloomington
Ind
Wolverine
Indiana
Hirsch
Wisconsin
Wolverines
Survey Of Work Routes In Kansas City
Kansas City surveys show engineers from the Kansas highway commission study streets and highways used by residents commuting to work to guide postwar freeway planning. A similar Wichita survey has occurred and others will follow in population centers. Draft violations rise in ten months figures show 4474 convictions July 1 1943 to May 1 1944 an increase of 1781 from the prior year.
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UPL
Kansas Highway Commission
D. J. Fair
Wichita
Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Tigers edge Yankees in pitchers duel recall
Mirror recalls Hal Newhouser striking out 14 in Detroit’s 3-2 win over the New York Yankees. The item lists past sports moments and notes a boxing title bout and a horse race, reflecting on notable performances from three to five years earlier.
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Associated Press
Hal Newhouver
Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees
Tony Zale
al Hostak
N.B.A
Chicago
Johnatown Ae Withersmile
Belmont
Sports Roundup Highlights Wartime Coaching Shifts and Yankee Prospects
New York May 27 wartime sports roundup notes Big Ten coaches debating kickoff risk while college basketball brass consider bypassing rules to enliven play. It recalls Glenn Cunningham in the Great Lakes relay, Alta Utah’s bucket of blood saloon lore, and Illinois Tech fielding eleven varsities. Also profiles Walter Dubiel and Joe Pare, Yankees pitchers from Newark with roots in Hartford and Butler.
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Big Ten
National Football Coaches Association
Glenn Cunningham
Great Lakes
Alta
Utah
Illinois
Tech
Walter Dubiel
Joe Pare
Yankees
Newark
Dubiel
Hartford
Conn
Page
Butler
Dubijel
Presbyterian Church Opposes Denominational Membership in Federal Council
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States voted to oppose membership in the Federal Council of Churches unless all members affirm the deity of Christ. It also urged Congress to fund conscientious objectors in camps, noting 170 objectors in camps with a $30 monthly maintenance cost. A New York pastor blasted radio religious programs as exploitative amid alleged $200 million yearly mail collection and gospel sales.
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UPI
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Federal Council of Churches
Council
Congress
William Barrow Pugh
Arthur H. Limouze
New York
Wild Horses Refused to Heed Ickes Roundup Order
In Jordan Valley Oregon and nearby Idaho, about 2,000 wild mustangs remained free as 80 riders failed to corral them for a wartime cattle program. After three days of effort, a 500-horse herd bolted and chased the riders back into inaccessible canyons, prompting a weary official to consider another attempt later.
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Ore
Idaho
Oregon
Owyhee River
Interior
Harold Ickes
Three Finger Butte
Arthur Seale
Seale
Red Cross Ships 6000 Capture Parcels for POWs
Washington reports the American Red Cross has shipped 6,000 capture parcels for American prisoners of war in European transit camps. A further 24,000 parcels will follow within 30 days. Contents include underclothes, toilet items, towels, a housewife vacuum tablets, smoking supplies, and other small essentials.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Geneva
International Red Cross Committee
Whic
Mexican Migrant Work Force To US Farms
Mexican labor officials announced that 30,000 migratory workers will depart Mexico for the United States in the next three weeks, completing a 75,000 person quota set by an international agreement for North American farm labor.
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U.S
Mexico City
United States
Labor Ministry
Army Ordnance to deliver blows with heavier artillery
Front line reports emphasize heavy artillery as the main answer to fortified Nazi and Japanese positions. Major Charles H. Pruden Jr. notes Germany and Japan defend with steel and concrete, while the Ordnance Department drives an all-out program for big guns and ammunition. Smokeless powder from Sunflower supports this effort, and demand for new workers rises. Heavy siege guns like the 18 inch howitzer, 8 inch gun, and 240 mm howitzer are ready, with the 155 mm gun and 4.5 inch gun highlighting mobility and long range capabilities for decisive offensives toward Berlin.
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Charles H. Proden, Jr
Ordnance Department
Army Service Forces
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Army
Hercules Powder Company
Germany
Japan
Pruden
Sunflower
North Africa
Cape Gloucester
Bougainville
Burma
Anzio
Channel
Berlin
Eiserhower
Tunis
Bizerte
Chemurgic group weighs farm product uses in Midwest
Kansas City reports a Chemurgic Area Group plans to promote new uses for farm products in Missouri Kansas and Texas. John W Ticknor secretary cites developments like cotton fabric for highways flax straw for cigarette papers and soy and castor beans for plastics while addressing a Chamber of Commerce agricultural committee. In Philadelphia Gerald L Smith says he will run for president on the America First ticket if Dewey is the Republican nominee and does not fix internationalist blunders.
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Kansas City
National Farm Chemurgie Council
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
John W. Ticknor
Chamber of Commerce
Ee Ae
Philadelphia
Gerald L. K. Smith
America First Party
Dewey
Leaves From A War Correspondent Notebook
Hal Boyle records wartime vignettes from London and German camps. American POWs craft a slang to cope, recount a snowball fight under barbed wire, and a dying German pilot rejects mercy saying Hitler is his priest. Nearby soldiers enjoy English countryside furloughs amid ongoing siege.
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Hal Boyle
Family in Custody Fight Over Heinz Heir in L A Court
In Los Angeles on May 27 Heinz 11, heir to the Heinz food family, testified that his wife Elizabeth offered to trade their unborn child for a Cocker Spaniel. He and Elizabeth are both seeking custody of Clifford III, now four, who lives with Heinz’s mother in Garden City, Kansas. The pair clashed over who should raise the boy as his custody battle opened in superior court.
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Los Angeles
Clifford Stanton Heinz
Food Packing
Elizabeth
Heinz
Clifford III
Sara. MacLean
Navy cites Kansas Bar for outstanding legal aid program
The Navy awarded a first of its kind citation to the Kansas Bar Association for its legal aid program for service members. The award was presented at the association’s annual convention with E. G. Flood of Hays accepting on behalf of the group. Also discussed at the session were salary proposals for district and supreme court judges. Six army airmen died when their plane crashed in the Cookson Hills near Fort Smith Arkansas. The incident was announced by Camp Shaffer public relations. Lawrence Business College plans a summer session starting June 5 with enrollment through June 3.
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Kan
Navy
Kansas Bar Association
St. D. Jones
Legal Assistance Division
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Association
Flood
Hays
Kansas District Court Judges Association
District Court
Supreme Court
Fort Smith, Ark
Army
Cookson Hills
Here
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