The Sap That Won The 1926 Yankees Pennant
Westbrook Pegler recalls Ed Barrow's memory of building the 1926 Yankees after a weak 1925 season. He cites Huggins's poor authority, player contempt, and a pivotal essay that mocked Miller Huggins as a sap. Barrow claims the article energized the team and helped secure the pennant.
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New York
Ed Barrow
Yankees
Yankee
Miller Huggins
Barrow
Huggins
Wally Schang
Whitey Witt
Deacon Scott
Walter Pipp
Puth
Meusel
St. Petersburg
Ruth
St. Louis
Braves
Tony Lazzeri
Sea Lane Gets High Priority in Far East War Operations
Washington reports protection of the sea route linking Korea and Japan is a high priority. U S and British ships and American patrol planes scout waters along Korean coasts and the route to Pusan to keep it clear of raiders. An Essex class carrier is expected to reinforce this cover for supply ships and troop transports. Submarine threat remains a possibility as observers note North Korea has no submarines but Russia could loan them.
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Washington
Korea
Japan
Pusan
Far East
Far East Command
Russia
Pentagon
Leaflet drops in Korea report MacArthur communique
Tokyo July 5 General MacArthur issues a communique summarizing Korea operations. Leaflet drops target south and north Koreans to spread information and aid escapees. drops occur behind North Korean lines to aid hiding civilians and reduce capture risk. Enemy losses include seven planes destroyed and two damaged. vessels eleven destroyed. trucks one hundred nineteen destroyed. locomotives twenty two destroyed. boxcars eighteen. tanks seven. armored cars one destroyed and seven captured.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Korea
Taejon
Jena Youth Drowns While Swimming in French Fork
Donald Ray Claunch, 16, of Texas City died after cramps struck during a July 4 swim in French Fork near Jena LaSalle Parish. John Crooks attempted a rescue as Donald Ray and a younger brother struggled. Donald Ray’s body was recovered by his uncle Millard Bird.
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Jena
LaSalle Parish
Donald Ray Clunch
Beverly Claunch
Texas City
Texas
Donald Ray
Pine Grove
Kinner and Stevens
Charles
Robert Earl
Jerry
C. A. Breithaupt
Archie, la
French Fork
Charlies
John Crooks
Crooks
Millard Bird
Claunch
Mobile
Ala
Standard Dredging Corp
Wedding Held After Day Delay in St. Louis
A 32 year old New Orleans attorney Hugh M Wilkinson and Miss Gloria Gardner, 22, of St. Louis, were married after a one day postponement. The ceremony had to be canceled Monday when the bride and four family members and two bridesmaids suffered food poisoning, forcing 700 guests to assemble twice.
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ST. Louis
New Orleans
Orleanian
Hugh M. Wilkinson
Gloria Gardener
Independence Day Observed Amid Korean War Tensions
United States troops pressed forward in Korea as Americans marked Independence Day at home. Dulles warned of a costly struggle with communism while Eisenhower called aid to South Korea essential, and U N officials coordinated actions to halt the conflict.
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Associated Press
United States
South Korea
Washington
Truman
Korea
Pentagon
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Washington Monument
Valley Forge
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Boy Scouts
U. S
Munich
Eisenhower
Orleans Banker Lucas Ends Life At His New Orleans Office
Oliver George Lucas 60 prominent New Orleans banker shot himself in his office. As chairman of the National Bank of Commerce board he resigned as president in January for ill health. Notes left to bank officials, his widow, and Harry B. Caplan. Survived by widow and one daughter.
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New Orleans
Oliver George Lucas
Lucas
National Bank of Commerce
Ignacio Medina, Jr
Medina
Harry B. Caplan
St. Louis
Citizens-Central National Bank
National City Bank
Chase National Bank
New York
National Bank of the Republic
Haiti
Mercantile Bank of St. Louis
The
Wesson Oil and Snowdrift Company
Southern Cotton Oil Company
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
First Use Of Carrier Planes In Korean War
American and British carrier planes attacked North Korean targets over two days, marking the first carrier air use in the Korean conflict. Planes from the Valley Forge and Triumph struck Pyongyang hitting airfields, ground installations, and a Taedong river bridge. Several enemy planes were shot down or damaged while no personnel casualties were reported.
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William R. Moore
Tokyo
MacArthur
Valley Forge
Pyongyang
North
United States Air Force
Taedong River
Surprise Soviet Move Expected in Far East
Diplomatic observers in Hong Kong predicted a Soviet action against the United States in the Far East. They argued Russia would rush Chinese Communist troops from Manchuria to aid North Korea within weeks, citing troop redeployments and a Tokyo mission withdrawal as potential indicators.
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Hong Kong
Russia
United States
Far East
Manchuria
North Korea
Hainan Island
South China
South Korea
Tokyo
Thirty eight women injured when bus overturns in Vermont
A chartered bus carrying thirty eight Lewiston area women from a pilgrimage to Ste Anne de Baupre Quebec overturned near Overill Vermont. None are critically hurt though several sustained broken bones. They were treated at Coos County Hospital West Stewartstown New Hampshire about ten miles away. The driver Lester Grant forty four reported the accident after veering to avoid a car. The bus traveled at about fifteen to twenty miles an hour.
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Overill
Ste. Anne de Baupre
Quebec
Coos County Hospital
West Stewartstown
N. H
Lewiston
Lester Grant
Four Day Independence Toll Shatters U S Death Record
The Independence Day four day period produced at least 739 American deaths from traffic crashes drownings and other accidents. Traffic crashes led with 458 fatalities and 168 deaths were from water incidents while 113 occurred by other causes. The National Safety Council warned of a record high after predicting 385 traffic deaths, as the holiday saw a nationwide spike in fatalities with state tallies listed.
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U. S
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Dearborn
United States
Associated Press
A. P
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Two Undesirable Aliens Tracked to Swampland Cottage
Two men with long records in rum running narcotics smuggling and racketeering were tracked by immigration agents to a swampland cottage hideout and arrested. Silvestro Sam Carollo, 54, and Salvatore Kansas City Sam Guareiri, 55, were jailed in Orleans Parish on charges of illegal entry after deportation.
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New Orleans
C. C. Courtney
U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Silvestro
Sam) Carollo
Salvatore
Kansas City
Sam
Louisiana Legislature Near End As Gov Signs Bills
The Louisiana legislature enters the final two days of its session with Gov. Earl Long signing a record number of bills. A new law lets cities vote on a local one percent sales tax while a school lunch program moves to paid lunches with posted prices. A Sabine river authority plan seeks hydro power and irrigation, and a loyalty oath for teachers and state employees is required.
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Baton Rouge, la
Louisiana Legislature
Earl Long
House
Senate
Long
Sabine River
Spectator Shot at Polo Grounds Killed During Fourth of July Double Header
A stray bullet at the Polo Grounds killed Bernard Lawrence Doyle a 54 year old former fight manager from Fairview New Jersey seated in the upper left field stands. Investigators found empty 22 caliber shells and a pistol in a nearby apartment and detained a 14 year old boy for questioning.
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New York
Polo Grounds
Bernard Lawrence Doyle
Fairview
N. J
James J. Braddock
Doyle
New York Giants
Railway Express Co
Otto Flaig
Desperate U S Position Near Suwon In Korean Battle
U S infantry south of Suwon faced a massed North Korean tank assault as supply lines were cut and artillery networks disrupted. Major General William F. Dean led a front-line retreat effort while officials warned the position remained precarious and fluid amid ongoing fighting.
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O. H. P. King
South Korea
Suwon
North Korea
United States
William F. Dean
Korea
Monroney Leads in Oklahoma Senate Race Returns
Incumbent Elmer Thomas trailed Rep. Mike Monroney by over 5 000 votes as 3 116 of 3 786 precincts reported in Oklahoma City's Democratic senatorial primary. Monroney led 155 436 to 149 965 with a runoff due July 25. Johnston Murray led for governor with 177 436 votes to 188 930 total for opponents. Bill Alexander swept the GOP nomination. Thomas, 73, faces a potential end to a 28 year national political career if defeated.
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Oklahoma City
Elmer Thomas
Mike Monroney
Monroney
Thomas
Johnston Murray
Murray
William O Coe
William H
Bill
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Bill Alexander
Alexander
House
Senate
Victor Wickersham
Dixie Gilmer
W. G. Stigler
Tom Steed
Toby Morris
Carl Albert
McAles
Fourth of July passes without traffic deaths in Northeast Louisiana
Northeast Louisiana reported no traffic casualties during the Fourth of July period. Two Alabama couples injured Sunday near a bridge on highway 80 west of here were listed in improving condition at St. Francis Sanitarium. In Monroe three people were injured, none seriously, in a late Sunday collision. Two black men, Lew Swater and Dave Wooley, sustained minor injuries when their car hit a telephone pole on the Winnsboro road and were treated at Charity Hospital.
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Alabama
St. Francis Sanitarium
H. D. Kenney
Birmingham
Ala
J. M. Kenney
Huntsville
Sure S. Armston
Browning Avenue
West Monroe
Louisville Avenue
North Sixth St
Lew Swater
South Ninth Street
Dave Wooley
Texas Street
Winnsboro Road
Charity Hospital
Explosion Saves Life of Airman on Bomber Mission
First Lieut. Jack B. Eno of Lansing Michigan survived a bomber mission after a bomb stuck in the B 26 bay. With fuel low he landed in the water and the plane exploded. He was picked up by Japanese boats then a helicopter and returned to base with minor injuries. His wife and two daughters live at a Japanese air base.
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Tokyo
Jack B. Eno
Lansing
Mich
Korea
Eno
Vicki Lynn
Michael Ann
Linval Street
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