Yankees back at top of league in Memorial Day action
The Associated Press reports the Yankees regained first place in the American League after sweeping a doubleheader from Cleveland 4-3 and 3-2. Washington fell twice to Chicago, while the Dodgers hosted the Reds and Giants split with the Cardinals in a busy NL day.
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Dream Game Set for July 13 at Shibe Park
Major league baseball invites under lights at Shibe Park on July 13 for the annual dream game between all star teams from the two circuits. Commissioner Landis announced after talks with Ford Frick and William Harridge that the contest will start after dark for the first time and all receipts go to a fund for armed forces equipment.
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Joe Louis Returns to Fort Riley to Film in California
The post reports that Joe Louis has returned to Fort Riley Kansas after a stay in California where he worked on a film. R. Irvin, the post commander, announced the development on May 31.
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Standings show mixed results for several teams
The standings list Philadelphia at 2-1 with referees, Columbus 9-3, Toledo 4-4, Milwaukee 6-5, Kansas City 3-4, Minneapolis 3 and St. Paul 2, Indianapolis 4, and Siouxville 3. A second game was postponed.
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Joe Louis to Referee Army Boxing Bouts on Return Home
Sergeant Joe Louis arrives back at Fort Riley from California after finishing work in a motion picture. The heavyweight champion, assigned to the cavalry school, will referee army camp boxing bouts during his travel back to the fort.
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Speedway memories echo at Indianapolis amid ghost track silence
Indianapolis May 31. Grass grows on the track while stands stand empty after two years of disuse. Fans recall Wilbur Shaw Louis Meyer Ralph DePalma Eddie Rickenbacker Norman Batten Floyd Roberts and others from 1911 1941 speedway era. The Journal World serves about 35 000 daily readers.
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College football planning under way as teams face uncertainties
Fordham suspended games amid Army move in. Columbia reports spring practice turnout low while Navy V-12 programs absorb drills into daily schedule. Auburn notes 17 year olds could be in next season’s squad and a Chicago alley offers 500 to bowl a perfect 300 during a tournament.
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New featherweight Lew Hanary joins Al Weill as gym routine starts
Lew Hanary, a navy machinist in Baltimore, evenings in the gym and night road work, recalls Lou Ambers. Col Reed Landis, son of the Judge, chief of staff of the first troop carrier command, to speak on Horace Heidt show tomorrow night. Wisconsin U has had three track captains this year as Jim McFadzean is chosen after Bob Bierle and John Towle received service calls. Paul Kister of the New York Post is slowly recovering from an operation.
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Forebear Ruffin Links Noted Ring Star to War Era
Harry Markson cites Edmund Ruffin as an ancestor of lightweight Bobby Ruffin and notes boxing rivals and athletes serving in World War II era. Ernie Sutter, a Tulane tennis alumni, is wounded in North Africa while Mel Maceau of Marquette trains for cryptography. Hap Spuhler, Duke basketball alumnus, serves as a marine lieutenant in the Southwest Pacific. Sixteen Jacksonville NAS football alumni become naval officers.
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Stolen Spotlights From Car Charged Warren Coates Report
Warren Coates told police that two small spotlights were taken from his car parked near 819 Vermont Street after midnight Saturday.
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University to Offer Intramural Summer Basketball At KU
Dr. F C Phog Allen announces intramural summer basketball at Robinson gymnasium for KU students and service groups. Games start about 8 30 pm with four or five matches nightly and a planned intercollegiate team for the university.
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Bearded Actor and Puzzle Clues Page
A crossword style page features a bearded actor as a central clue with a grid of horizontal and vertical word hints. Across include Pictured screen star Get up Symbol for aluminum and more while Down lists tangle abounding czars sharp bark and other terms.
DeSoto Visitors at Dent Home as Turner Family Guests
Mr and Mrs Robert Turner of DeSoto and John Turner were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs W H Dent. Oma Dent of Kansas City stayed with her parents the Dents over the weekend. The Martins small son Corky, about four, was hurt after slipping from a car on Highway 10 east of Corliss. The car was driven by his father with a Kansas City friend en route to the river to check fish lines. The child was taken to a doctor immediately.
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Local notes record graduations, marriages and travel
Corliss residents attend De Soto high school commencement for the 1943 class with Eleanor Tripkoes Evelyn Ross and Junior Maness among the graduates. Mrs Florence Van Markle joined dinner guests in Eudora. Audrey Wyckoff and her mother spent the week with the Purley family in Bethel. Miles Hackler on a 10 day furlough from Laredo Texas visits his mother. Frances Couch and Charlea Lawhead wed April 28 in St Joseph Missouri, then move to Seattle where Lawhead will work in shipyards after his Pearl Harbor service.
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Local Notices Mention Hospital Treatment for Kidney Ailment
The notice states Frank Doane was taken to St. Margaret's hospital last Wednesday for treatment of a kidney ailment. It also notes Mrs Lawhead is the daughter of Mrs Herbert Sheldon.
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Frank Doane
St. Margaret’s Hospital
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