Flag backers pace Tigers and Cardinals as wins mount
In a busy day of baseball action on Flag Day the Tigers beat the Athletics 6 5 in ten innings as Hoot Evers homered to push Art Houtteman to his seventh win. The Cardinals rallied for six runs to defeat the Phillies 6 3 behind Curt Simmons and Red Schoendienst and Marty Marion's key hits. Meanwhile the Yankees fell 6 5 to Chicago as Joe Page took the loss and Bob Cain earned his second win over the champs.
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U.P
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Flying Cardinals
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Athletics
Hoot Evers
Art Houtteman
Cardinals
Phillies
Philadelphia
Young Curt Simmons
Harry Brecheen
Marty Marion
Red Schoendienst
del Ennis
Philly
Tigers
Yankees
Chicago
Phil Masi
Chico Carrasquel
Joe Page
Yankee
Bob Cain
Champs
Hank Bauer
Jerry Coleman
Hank Majeski
Gus Zernial
Red Sox
Cleveland
Chuck Stobbs
Bobby Doerr
Stobbs
Bob Kennedy
Browns
Washington
Harry Dorish
Dust Fannin
Hank Arft
Sherman Lallar
Don Lenhardt
Cubs
Dodgers
Roy Smalley
al Walker
Gare Chicago
Brooklyn
Roy Campusnella
Larry Jansen
Giants
Pirates
Tookie Gilbert
Jansen
Krave
Boston
Reds
Bob Chipman
Cincinnati
Maver’s trio of hits fuels win over Reds in long relief
Alan Maver collected three hits and worked 8 1/3 innings for his third win, all against Cincinnati. Willard Marshall homered in the seventh to break a 3-3 tie, and Barl Torgeson added an insurance homer in the eighth.
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Reds
Willard Marshall
Barl Torgeson
Eagles Face Two Tests Against Terre Haute Opponents
The Linton Eagles baseball team has two upcoming tests against Terre Haute clubs. At 7:45 Friday evening they face Terre Haute Police at High School Park diamond. Sunday they play North Terre Haute at the North Terre Haute diamond.
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Probe Plane Loss In Atlantic Ditching Two Investigations
Two investigations underway into the loss of a Westair C 46 plane with 28 presumed dead on a Puerto Rico to New Jersey flight. Pilot Joseph Halsey, 40 from Seattle, was aboard.
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Puerto Rico
Westair
Atlantic
New Jersey
Joseph Halsey
Seattle
Wash
International
Scores Reported From Recent League Matches
Chicago earns six to three over Brooklyn while New York dominates Pittsburgh seven to zero. Boston edges Cincinnati five to three and St. Louis defeats Philadelphia six to three.
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Detroit and Boston Lead American League Batsmen and Pitchers
Major League Leaders list American League leaders by United Press with Detroit and Boston prominent in batting and pitching categories. Notable names include Williams Dropo Pesky Slaughter Musial and Kell among others with various runs RBIs and hits tallied.
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TD Kell
Dropo
Boston
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Mele
Washington
Doby
Clevelands
Armistice era fatalities far exceed World War deaths
Factographs note seven times as many U S deaths from accidents since Armistice Day 1918 as in both World Wars. Other items mention the Cheops pyramid height and area, Terra Papagalli lands on early Brazil maps, razor blade steel use, ancient mesh weaving, and the first U S geodetic survey by Simeon Borden.
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Washington March of Events Highlights Mem Coal and Fireworks
Inside Washington reports a potential five day memorial shutdown to protest coal mine safety violations amid a weak market and a 1950 51 contract giving the UMWU fuel to call out members. It notes Symingtons move to NR SB could spark clashes with Louis Johnson, while Formosa battle assesses Communist invasion risk and NLRB Denham Herzog clash fuels Congress critique.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Interior Department
United States
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Congress
Truman
Office of
National Labor Relations Board
Robert N. Denham
Denham
Paul M. Herzog
NLRB
Herzog
Churchill Visits Canterbury Cathedral During Blitz
In wartime tones Churchill hurries to Canterbury to inspect protective measures for the cathedral. The Archbishop jokes about a direct hit becoming a summons while Churchill praises sandbag fortifications amid Nazi threats. Thurber mocks Ohio's appeal at a Columbia Jester dinner.
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James Thurber
Ohio
Columbia
Howard Dietz
New York
Thurber
Oldest Highway in North America and Ancient Manganese Source
A damaged text item notes that the Old Mine road in Warren county New Jersey is the oldest highway in North America built in 1650. It mentions manganese sources with the Soviet Union as a major supplier until 1949 and records about lynching events in the United States between 1900 and 1948.
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Warren County
New Jersey
North America
United States
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