Swede Gunder to quit running after tour ends
York June 14 1930 Gunder plans to retire after completing his American tour and pursue a fireman job in Gaevle Sweden holder of seven track records says he will match speed and stamina with Americas best in a nationwide series. His first event will likely be the 5000 meters at the national championships June 19 20 in New York City. He cites running as a hobby and explains he is 24 years old and in poor condition but will try to meet top rivals including Greg Rice the leading U S fast man.
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Chip Royal
York
Gunder
Pray
Gaevle
America
United States
Greg Rice
Rice
Haegg comments on American runners after college
Haegg flashed a wide smile and shook his head, saying he’s been told American runners stop during early ties and doubt they perform after leaving college. He questions the claim and expresses skepticism about post college performance.
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Haegg
Count Fleet's Arlington bid hinges on injury halt
New York June 8 Count Fleet may skip the Arlington classic at Chicago July 24 if his left ankle injury from Belmont stakes race proves serious. Ralph Hewitt said X rays will reveal damage, but trainer Don Cameron was away. Johnny Lengden said the colt dipped on a bad spot, but recovered to clock 2.28 15 for the Belmont win, the second injury this spring. The colt, from Mrs. John D. Hertz's stable, would miss the next big three year old meet if sidelined.
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New York
Count Fleet
Chicago
Belmont Park
John D. Hertz
Ralph Hewitt
Hewitt
Don Cameron
Slone
Johnny Lengden
Son of Reigh
Nee
Yesterday's Stars Rally Past Pirates in Eight Innings
Associated Prom reports Fred Fitesimmers and Bob Bragen led the Dodgers hitters in a tense eight inning rally. Dodgeta-Pitzaummeons contributed a key hit driving in four runs as the team closed the gap to win by a slim margin. Brogan delivered a clutch double fueling the late surge.
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Associated Prom
Fred Fitesimmers
Bob Bragen
Dodgeta
Pitzaummeons
Aeven
Pirates
Brogan
Pep 10 Fight Sal Bartolo Promised Outdoor Title Bout
Hartford featherweight champion Will Pep defends his New York version title against Boston’s Sal Bartolo in a 15 round outdoor duel at Braves Field. Pep’s $30,000 purse, five-figure bids elsewhere, and Boston’s first outdoor title show shape a high stakes event amid regulatory doubts and strong advance ticket sales.
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Boston
Willie Pep
Hartford
New York
Sal Bartolo
Braves Field
Massachusetts Boxing Commission
Pep
New York Commission
Bartolo
Connecticut
Chalky Wright
Jackie Callura
Bostonian
Boston Boxing Association
Loot-Suiters Riot Dims After Downtown Clashes
Police restored order on Main Street after disturbances involving goat-suiters and Vietima. Ambulances ferried three to emergency hospitals. no one seriously hurt. Myitery authorities closed the downtown area, and Chief Morrall freed unit squad officers from duty. Officials cancelled naval armory events and pacific coast director Churchill Murray briefed Washington. Clashes spread to outlying districts with servicemen marching through a theater to eject foot suiters.
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Vietima
Ottom Sidewalks
Myitery
Main Street
Morrall
Craver Ruinee Navel
von Churchill Murray
Pacific Coast
Washington
Lansing area baseball record linked to Michigan State legend
In East Lansing a historic baseball scoring record at Michigan State is highlighted by Assistant Athletic Director Lyman Primedig who uncovers age-yellowed files. A 1886 game against a team named Lansing is noted, while a separate note mentions a Mustang dive bomber’s equipment adding less than 208 pounds to the plane’s standard iron weight.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State College
Lyman L
Lansing
Monroe officers join coast artillery amid war effort
Multiple Monroe residents including Thomas R Burford and William H Giltner were commissioned as Second Lieutenants in the Coast Artillery after completing officer candidate courses at anti aircraft artillery schools in Camp Davis North Carolina and other locations. Promoted or assigned to antiaircraft duties, they join a broad wartime pipeline of local men entering military service.
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Thomas R. Burford
Monroe
Coast Artillery Corps
Camp Davis
N.C
Coralina Street
A. A
James H. Ferkins
West Monroe
Austin Ave
Wea
William H. Giltner
Coast Artillery
N. C
Auburn Street
Army
Fort Washington
Julius Cahn
Breard
Army of the United States
Adjutant Generals’ School
H. Choldridge
Army Administration Schools
Cahn
Local air field honors bomber crewman as expert mechanic
Pic James F. Anthony of Monroe Louisiana graduated today from the Biloxi training unit as an expert bomber mechanic. He completed a 17 week course in B 24 maintenance hydraulic and fuel systems propellers instruments electrical systems engines structures and inspection.
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Keesler Field
Biloxi
Mian
James F. Anthony
John B. Anthony
Hilantipark
Monroe
Army Air Forces Technical Training
Anthony
Army Air Forces
End Athlete's Foot With BONDEASE Trial Refund Offer
An advertisement from a Little Rock Arkansas pharmacy promotes BONDEASE to cure athlete's foot and related symptoms. It promises a refund if the bottle fails and warns against substitutes. The ad cites Pro. by 14 Pharmacy Company in Rock, Arkansas.
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Pharmacy Compan
Rock
Ark
Adv
Monroe Radioman James Carter Home on Birthday Leave
James BE Carter of Monroe, a radiomen second class, is on birthday leave from the submarine Wahoo where he has served since enlisting in March 1941. He trained in Norfolk and New London before joining submarine warfare and has seen active service. He notes military secrecy limits his disclosures. Corporal David L. Jones attends the Anti North Carolina with local address 215 Magnolia Street.
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Garland R. Hammons
J. M. Hammons
Clayton Street
West Monroe
Robins Field Army Air Base
Air Service Command
Corp. Hammons
Ouachita National Bank
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Hammons
James BE. Carter
Maree
Ouachita Park High School
Northeast Junior College
Navy
Norfolk
New London
Con
Wahoo
Daily Prese
David L. Jones
Camp Davis
North Carolina
Negro charged in cutting of woman at Tenth Street
M. D. Scott of 108 South Tenth Street was arrested by local police last night charged with fighting and damage to property after he allegedly threw Johnnie Smith through a plate glass window at the corner of Tenth and DeSiard. Smith was taken to Charity hospital with a four inch back cut and a severed tendon in the right heel, with a prior glass-cutting incident linked to Scott.
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M. D. Scott
South Tenth Street
B. L. Brantley
Tenth Street
DeSiard
M. D Scott
Johnnie Smith
Tenth and
DeSiard Streets
Scott
St. Francis Hospital
Charity Hospital
Wood Street
Wage Stabilization Talk Slated By Labor Official
J A Bassett of the U S Department of Labor will be at the Chamber of Commerce office all day Wednesday June 9 to inform business and industrial leaders about wage stabilization. Laster Scharff chair informs interested parties to call for interviews with Bassett.
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J. A. Bassett
United States Department of Labor
New Orleans
Chamber of Commerce
Laster Scharff
Chamber of Commerce Informational Service Committee
Chamber of Commerce Office
Bassett
Axis and Soviet Clash Across Donets Front Near Balakliea
Reports from the front describe heavy fighting as German infantry pressed to cross toward the Donets left bank near Balakliea, only to be repelled by withering machine gun fire and heavy artillery. Additional German attacks on the northwest front were thwarted, leaving many dead and wounded. Russian artillery pounded fortifications near Volkhov southeast of Leningrad as both sides intensified reconnaissance of defensive works and fortified positions.
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Donets
Balakieya
Volkhov
Leningrad
Chilean Cabinet Formed Under Rios Amid Crisis
President Rios announced a new Chilean cabinet after his enemies launched a crisis driven by fears of presidential ambitions. He stated loyalty to Americanism and good neighbor policy while postponing a Washington trip, with five holdover ministers and four new appointees including education minister Enrique Marshall and agriculture minister Horacio Serrano.
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Rios
Washington
United States
Ries
Sumner Welles
Boston
Chile
Joaquin Fernandez
Guillermo Pedregal
Treasury
Mariano Bustos
Labor
Oscar Gajardo
Ricardo Bascmnan
Enrique Marshall
Horacio Serrano
Alejandro Lagos
Sotero Delrio
Leader Urges National Effort for Essential Supplies
The speaker argues wartime needs exceed those of the last conflict, urging production of staples to sustain front lines and retailers. He cites Robert E. Lee’s noble restraint and calls for no luxuries, no strikes, only hard work to support the war effort and stop casualties. The sports note mentions Cubs manager choosing Dick Barrett and others over Jess Flores as Flores starts strong with the A’s.
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Robert E. Lee
Crown
America
Jimmy Wilson
Cubs
Jess Flores
Los Angeles
Dick Barrett
Jim Haagzewski
Ray Prim Flores
A’s
Cotton futures slip on hedge selling in New Orleans
New Orleans market closes steady to lower as hedge selling and forecasts of a favorable government crop report weigh on prices. July through March contracts show declines of roughly 0.0 to 0.6 dollars with nearby gains limited. Spot cotton also quiet with prices about 75 cents lower and volume at 1,847 sales.
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New Orleans
Cotton futures slip amid hedge offerings and weak demand
New York traders saw cotton futures retreat as hedge selling and liquidation intensified. Prices closed 25 to 50 cents lower from late session, with July to December contracts down amid slack textile demand and production cost pressures, while spot middling eased to about 21.94 cents.
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New York
Grain futures dull as market waits on price ceilings and loans
Chicago grain traders held prices within narrow limits as participants awaited price ceiling details and loan rate announcements for 1943 crops. At the close, wheat eased 1 to 1-8 cents, July at 1443-4, September 1.45, while corn remained at ceiling bids with no change from Monday.
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Chicago
Chicago Livestock Market Report June 8 17
Salable hogs 22 000 total 40 090 top 25 cent. Bulk good and choice 180 360 lbs. 14 00 25. Most good and choice 150 190 12 25 14 00. Bulk good 360 550 lbs sows 13 75 14 00. Salable cattle 7 500 calves 1 000 fed steers and yearlings 14 50 16 25, prospective top around 17 25. Several loads 1640 60, swek cattle active, light steers 15 50 downward, heifers firm, choice to prime 16 90, bulk 14 00 15 75, cutters 10 50 down. Strictly good beef cows to 14 00, odd head 14 50. Weighty sausage balls 14 00, dealers unchanged 15 50 16 50.
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Chicago
U. S
Butter And Eggs Prices From Chicago Trade Roundup
Butter receipts total 1,225,147 with prices as in the Chicago price current unchanged. Eggs receipts 32,608 with firm local values. extra firsts and firsts quoted per car at 39 and 38 1 2. Current receipts list dirties 35 1 4 and checks 34 3 4.
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Chicago
Potatoes Markets Report From Chicago June Rail Sales
U S Dept of Agriculture notes arrivals 42 on track 68 total shipments 680 across the United States as supplies stay light and demand remains strong Market firm to slightly stronger with California Long Whites 4.10 4.25 per sack and Victory grade Bliss Triumphs from Louisiana and Mississippi priced at 3.90 to 4.00 per unit.
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Chicago
U. S
Ki-Ro-Li to Open on July 17
A. H. Jones announces Camp Ki-Ro-Li will open its summer council camp on July 17 just beyond West Monroe. The camp offers boys a chance to spend part or all of the summer with the scouts at 37 per week. Improvements have been made and Charles Cook, the new scout executive, promises a well balanced program of fun and scout craft. Registrations are being received at the Boy Scout office in the courthouse building, second floor.
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A. H. Jones
Central District Camping and Activities Committee
The
Scouts
Ki-Ro-Li
West Monroe
Charles Cook
Boy Scout
Roosevelt signs bill extending trade pacts
President Roosevelt signed legislation extending for two years his authority to negotiate reciprocal trade agreements with other countries and to adjust tariffs up to 30 percent. It is the third extension of the nine year old law that began in June 194. The administration sought three years but Congress limited it to two.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Plane crash near Maxton wipes out at least twenty
At Maxton North Carolina an army transport plane based at Pope Field Fort Bragg crashed about four miles from town on Monday killing at least 20 men. Maxton air base officials said the flight was routine. Names of the victims were withheld pending kin notification.
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Maxton
N. C
Maxton Air Base
S. B. Mayer
Army Air Base
Pope Field
Ft. Bragg
Markets at a Glance New York and Chicago
New York markets show lower late support cutting losses while bonds fall and rails supply remains ample. Cotton is easy amid hedging and liquidation. Chicago wheat ranges 1 8 lower to 1 4 up in sympathy with rye. Corn unchanged at ceiling bids. Hogs 20 to 35 cents lower, top 14.25 with heavy receipts. Cattle strong to higher, top 17.25.
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New York
Chicago
New York Stocks Tumble In Moderate Market Slump
A cautious trading day in New York saw stocks drift lower as profit takers pressured prices while the market remained defensive. Transfers totaled around 1.1 million shares with bonds and several major industrials moving in tandem, highlighting broad weakness across the Dow components and several large corporations in the list.
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New York
Chicago
River Stages and Whale Spouts Singed by Summit Scene
The report notes a right whale’s spout rising in a narrow arc near the summit while the spout of the sulphur-bottom forms a tall thick column, creating a striking confluence of marine and geological phenomena.
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