Dodgers and Yankees Lead Standings On Fourth Of July Race
Dodgers win 6-5 over Braves as Tommy Holmes delivers first Brookyln hit. Yankees sweep Washington with 5-0 and 3-1 wins. White Sox and Indians trade blows, Red Sox hold second in tight AL. Giants, Browns, Pirates post key wins in tight pennant race.
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Dodgers
Yankees
Braves
Marx
Red Sox
Indians
White Sox
Nats
Allie Reynolds
Bill Miller
Athletics
Browns
Tigers
Dick Kryhoski
Tommy Holmes
Brooklyn
Giants
Phils
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Chicago
Reds
Canada Vast Beyond Europe and U S In Scale
Canada stretches nearly 4000 miles coast to coast and about 3000 miles from the U S border to the Arctic, dwarfing Europe and the United States with Alaska. The piece notes its vast size relative to major regions.
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Canada
Canada- United States
Arctic
Europe
United States
Alaska
New York Banter with Jessel and Price
Reporter visits McCarthy's on 45th Street where George Jessel recalls old New York and mocks Hollywood lies. Later at Howie's on Sixth Avenue Roger Price discusses upcoming Chicago convention work and his One Head Two.
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McCarthy’s
45Th Street
East River
McCarthy's
George Jessel
Jessel
Nellie
New York
New York Giants
Santa Monica
Manhattan
Hollywood
Joe Kes
Colossal Pictures
Pennsylvania
George M. Cohan
Jimmy Walker
al Smith
4Sixth Avenue
Roger Price
Bob Hope
Chicago
the Blue Angel
Roger
Jer
Unscheduled Rain Delays Marks Early MLB Action
In Pittsburgh, the Pirates beat the St. Louis-Cardinals 2 to 1 in five innings before rain suspended play. In other results, New York defeated Philadelphia 12 to 3, Brooklyn edged Boston 6 to 5, Chicago routed Cincinnati 9 to 1 by the scoreline with Cincinnati at 8 to 9 in the ledger.
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Brooklyn
New York
Sagem
Chicago Son Se
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Boston
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Baseball scores and delays from yesterday
Yesterday results show New York 5 Washington 3 and St Louis 3 Detroit 2. Chicago 4 Cleveland 2 ended 10 innings with darkness. Philadelphia at Boston postponed.
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Chicago
Boston Lee
Cleveland A
Wwe
Washington
St. Louis
Philadephia
Detroit Eer
Detroit
Cleveland
Linton Golfers Enter Indiana Junior Championship
Sherell Johnson Jr. and Bobby Hess, both teens from Linton, tee off in Lafayette to enter the 27th Indiana Junior Golf Championship. The pair, believed first from their community in a state tournament, qualified after solid showings in the Linton Bloomington Cascades match.
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Linton
Sherell Johnson, Jr
Bobby Hess
Indiana
Lafayette
Sherell Johnson
Linton-Bloomington
Johnson
Hessa
Ind
U.P
Purdue University
Karl Nessler
Seymour
Butler University
Nessler
Joe Campbell
Anderson
Rise of Elevators and Early Auto Race Fact
The note traces ancient and early modern transport feats, citing a Roman water powered elevator in 25 A.D. under Emperor Tiberius and the 1894 Paris to Rouen car race as early automotive history markers.
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Tiberius
Paris
Rouen
France
Golf Teams Tie In Interclub Match At Linton
Linton and Cascades golfers tied 34% to 34% in a large 48-player interclub match at the Linton Municipal course. Moon Mullins and Bob Cook of Bloomington led with even par 72, while Linton’s Sherell Johnson Jr and Bob Good posted 77 totals. A return match is planned at Bloomington later this season.
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Linton
Bloomington
Linton and Cascades
Cascades
Moon” Mullins
Bob Cook
Dwight Burks
Sherell Johnson
Bob Good
Bobby Hess
Paul Young
Bill Williams
Shereil Johnson
Kenny Ballard
Otho O’brien
Lloyd Rollison
Billy Roll
George Green
Tommy Dudley
Earl
Kite Day festival expands across Chinese cities
Kite Day on the ninth day of the ninth month sees thousands of kites flown nationwide to ward off evils. The piece also notes King Metsa of Uganda reputedly had a vast harem, cites the Santa Fe trail from Independence Missouri to Santa Fe New Mexico, and mentions the Gulf Stream keeping Murmansk's port ice free year round.
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China
Metsa
Uganda
Africa
Seraglio
Murmansk
Linton Merchants Win Three Battles In Weekend Play
The Linton Merchants baseball team defeated Cass Worthington and Montgomery in three wins at the High School park. Wayne Trinkle pitched past Cass 7 3. Smith limited Worthington to two hits in a 4 0 win. Slader hit a bases loaded grand slam in the Montgomery game as Goodman remains under NL contract. Next up are Terre Haute Police at 2 30 p m and Vestal Steel at 8 p m for July Fourth doubleheader.
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Linton Merchants
Cass
Worthington
Montgomery
High School Park
Wayne Trinkle
Merchants
Vicory
Trinkle
Smith
Worthington Merchants
Linton
Riley
Goodman
Montgomery Merchants
Slader
Farm workers boost food support for 1948 reach
The text notes that each farm worker now supplies food for three times as many people as a century earlier, and cites other historical and demographic details about labor, defense, health losses, oil discovery, and early tobacco use by Ralph Lane in Virginia.
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