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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1940

Page

7

Indians Rally Past Tigers In Close Detroit Tilt

After trailing, Detroit catcher Birdie Tebbetts delivered the key double with bases loaded in the third. St. Louis defeated by 7 5 with strong late offense as pitching and errors shaped the game. McCosky and Higgins led with multi hit games.

Tigers Birdie Tebbetts Detroit Rvewoksoee TMAN Sweene Akon Radcliff Bess Mme Louis Suns McCosky Higgins Ebbetts McQuinn Clift Laabs Rad Bartell Ketts Beradino Swift Berg Heffner McQuinn Metha York Bt. Louis Gorsica -McKain Trotter Benton Coffman Borsica Mc Rain Basil Grieve Geisel Quinn Pittsburgh Frankie Frisch Pittsburgh Pirates St. Louis Buccos Ole Spud Davis Lee Handley Bob Elliott Frankie Gustine Browk S. Martin Moore Hopp Bop Warnecke Hutchinson eDeleneey Stresesecese MacFayden Elliott Die Ee Vaughan Fletcher van Nares Gustine Lopez M. Brown Klinger DiMaggio Cs Ceceseseeree Davix Sth L. Waner Garms van Robays Slaughter Mize Marion J. Brown Martin Gustice Orengo Warneke Shoun MacPayden Brown Lanning Eet Reardon Goetz ST Louis Abrh FE Brown COON Cccvcesssensee Shoud Csasvoossersevee Cooper P . Cente Tee Wee Cas Tocnecavees Lanier Doyle Hutchingon Teeter O Russell Ween Enon Shou Pittsburg Oem Handiey Jb Ous If DiMaggio Davis A Butcher J. Bowman Louis Pittsbur Butcher Handley Ace DiMaggio Blauter Eeven Robeys Jerom Pletcher Tsburgh Oy Lanier Russell Sbhoun Russell Bowman Pinell Readon

Sports Mirror recap of historic baseball notes and milestones

A year ago the Cardinals defeated the Pirates 5-3 marking their tenth straight win as Cincinnati edged ahead in the NL by sweeping a doubleheader from the Cubs. Cleveland’s front office denied a shakeup including manager ONeill replacement speculation. Five years ago Lou Gehrig reached 1600 consecutive games and 18th homer as the Yankees lost to the Athletics. A decade saw 500 patents issued to women by the U S Patent Office.

Cardinals Pirates Cincinnati Reds Cubs Cleveland Indians Steve O'Neill Tony Lazzeri Lou Gehrig Yankees Athletics

Bees Top Phillies 6-3 Behind Rowell and Miller Chords

Boston Bees beat Philadelphia 6 to 3 as rookie Carvel Rowell and Eddie Miller connected for two homers with runners aboard. Buzzing early lead, late Phillies rallies quelled. Pearson took the loss while Posedel and Beck yielded key innings.

Philadelphia Boston Bees Phillies Carvel Rowell Eddie Miller Rowell Johnny Cooney Ike Pearson Chet Ross Boston Phillie Mahan Pebinke Beck Mueller Boston Oo Cieveeveeesesee Miller Mazvera Marty Schulte West Listi Pearson Bragan Mazzera Warren Posedel Frye Peason Hite Prye Highe Cooney Dunn Sears Jorda

Baseball doubleheader setbacks slow Memphis in Wednesday action

In Southern Memphi s Tennessee Knoxville won 5 to 1 in the first game as Joe Roxbury shaky pitching edged Memphis. Bob Joyce hurled five hit ball in the nightcap to blank the Smokies 9 to 0. Earl Naylor homered twice with Hud Hafey adding a solo shot for Memphis.

Memphis Tenn Joe Roxbury Knoxville Bob Joyce Smokies Earl Naylor Hud Hafey Carpenter Fallon Roxbury Kohlman Smith Han Joyce and Gautreaux

Wedding Before Doubleheader at Casino Park

White Sox players Bert Eagar Maxfield are ruled out of the marriage which is set to occur just before the Monroe versus Helena second game. Ed Miller and his string ensemble will play the Wedding March while the team hopes for a large turnout to present the couple with a gift.

White Sox Bobby Burt Joe Eagar Kelton Maxfield Casino Park Monroe Helena Ed Miller

Airliner Puzzle Believed Solved Aboard Plane

Brum the Nashville Airport superintendent flew to Dallas on the same aircraft that carried passengers from Miss Griffiths plane held for further examination. FBI involvement could not be confirmed though police indicated agents would arrive to inspect the craft. Captain James Stroud piloted the flight and Miss Griffith, long time airline employee, was listed in hospital records as Hoyt D. Griffiths daughter with LaGuardia Field as home.

Hoyt D. Griffith Springfield Mass la Guardia Field

Japan Anglers Off U S Isle Tell Of Eskimo Life

The article notes Eskimos on St. Lawrence Island rely on fur sales from white and blue fox pelts and sealskins for income. It describes frame houses with overstuffed furniture, though seldom used, and even electric washing machines bought despite no electricity. Sunglasses are popular despite little sun.

St. Lawrence

Three Oil Units Merged Into One Mexican Pemex Formed

In Mexico City on August 8 the Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved an act by President Cardenas uniting the petroleum administration and petroleum distribution department with Petroleos Mexicanos, creating a single $400,000,000 government oil authority.

Mexico City Chamber of Deputies Cardenas Petroleum Administration and Petroleum Distribution Department Petroleos Mexicanos

Birth in Oak Grove Hails Frances June Daughter

Mr and Mrs B T Kitchen of Goodwill Community welcome Frances June born August 2 in Oak Grove.

Oak Grove B. T. Kitchen Goodwill Community Frances June

Italian Premier Targets Women in Trousers and Sunglasses

Il Popolo D'Italia accuses Italian women who wear trousers and large sunglasses of aping American movie stars and sacrificing femininity, describing the outfits as in bad taste amid Mussolini era censorship.

Rome Mussolini Il Popolo D'Italia

British wooing Indian nation aims at unity and reform

Britain seeks early unity in India and plans a war advisory council with Indian representatives to assist the Viceroy. The white paper will discuss minority protections and a largely Indian-led scheme, aiming to mobilize Indian manpower while Britain negotiates dominion status after the war.

Great Britain India Britain Africa Indian Ocean Mediterranean Japan Italy Egypt Aden Red Sea Singapore Nizam of Hyderabad Mohandas K. Gandhi Hugh O'Neill Low Countries Germany East Indies Berlin Tokyo Laborite Daily Herald The Herald the Herald Yeor

Weather and road updates amid tropical disturbance

Flooding closed sections of Highways 104 and 105 between Sulphur Hackberry and Welsh Bell City while the Calcasieu river bridge area near Lake Charles remained under water. Still open to bus traffic, the O. B. T. route near Sulphur Vinton had water two feet deep in places as rail lines kept schedules. Local weather officials reported no further setups anticipated from the downpour.

Lake Charles Calcasieu River Bridge Highway Department Vinton Southern Pacific Missouri Pacific Lines E. M. Scarbrough Sulphur Hackberry Welsh Bell City

Tropical disturbance veers off Atlantic far from Florida coast

A moderate tropical disturbance, first seen near Puerto Rico four days ago, moved northward about 15 miles an hour to a position roughly 260 miles northeast of Nassau and 420 miles east of Vero Beach. Forecasters say there is no danger to Florida, but small vessels should exercise caution.

Jacksonville Fla Puerto Rico Atlantic Ocean Florida Weather Bureau Nassau Vero Beach Furest

Texas Storm Hits Port Arthur Area Hard

A tropical hurricane blasted inland from Sabine causing at least one death and multiple injuries. Winds over 86 mph stranded crews and damaged homes in Port Arthur Orange and Beaumont while rice crop losses could reach 500000. A Chinese man Chen Tung Sing died near Crown Point Louisiana and fishing parties were marooned as lines and signs toppled.

Texas Port Arthur Tex Sabine Louisiana Orange Beaumont Aur Jefferson County J. F. Combs Chen Tung Sing Bayou Barataria Crown Point Morgan City Sabine Aga Black Bayou Wated Staves Weather Bureau

Weather bulletin details storm dissipation and rainfall spread

New Orleans halted storm warnings at midnight and issued no further advisories. Port Arthur felt danger from high tides as the wind died to a southerly squall. The storm spent itself over western and northern Port Arthur areas with heavy rains in Western Louisiana and 6.40 inches recorded at Lake Charles. Rain did not extend far east, while Mississippi and Alabama enjoyed sun. A separate rain area spanned Central Georgia to the Carolinas and Nantucket. Temperatures ranged from mild to ninety in the Plains and Southwest with Phoenix reaching 112.

New Orleans Port Arthur Houston Weather Bureau Louisiana Lake Charles Mississippi Alabama Georgia Carolinas Atlantic Nantucket Tennessee Idaho Montana Dakotas Mercury Phoenix Arizona

New Gun Mount To Aid Defense

A routine defense deployment advances amid tropical conditions as 70,000 guardsmen prepare for war games at Camp Shelby Mississippi. Malaria risks persist. quinine or atabrine are used with some soldiers receiving no treatment if they react poorly. Heavy rain and mud from a Gulf hurricane delay training while Britain’s newspaper industry notes 90,000 workers.

Central South America Preas United States Panama Canal Cuba Gulf of Mexico Camp Shelby Miss

Crop estimates by state show major variability in yields

United States crop bureau data projects total running bales near 36.964 for the season, far below last year. States such as Missouri North Carolina Georgia Alabama Mississippi and Texas display wide ranges in acres planted condition and expected production with several states showing marked declines from prior years.

Missouri Virginia North Carolina South Carola Geors Gia Flore Ida Tennessoe Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Artzona California States

Farm program criticized as imbalanced by Dean Lee

Dean Lee says the current national economic program hurts farmers while praising recognition of agriculture by the administration. He urges farms to grow all they consume and farmers to organize to market their own products, noting cotton yields rising from 125 to 419 pounds per acre since 1917. He predicts farm organization will become a major movement in 19 years and the teachers’ conference continues tomorrow morning.

Ture Dean Lee Morehouse

Nazis Beat Off Night Air Attacks Over Britain

Five Luftwaffe raids on Great Britain were repelled with minor damage in most towns. one northeast town saw a sanatorium and a shop suffer. In France the supreme court began its first session in Riom as Bulgaria negotiations continued.

Great Britain England France Supreme Court Tts Riora Bulgaria

Mushroom Prices Vary Widely With Weather

Mushroom growing depends on weather and causes price swings up to about 36 percent. The article notes seasonal factors and market effects on supply and demand for fungi.

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