Buffs Host Tulsa Friday Night In Key Series
The Houston Buffs share the 1941 pennant chase with a strong pitching trio Howard Pollett Fred Martin and Ted Wilks pacing a vital home stand They face Tulsa Friday night at 8 15 in a ladies night game followed by Oklahoma City in a three game set Saturday Sunday and Monday Manager Eddie Dyer demands no let up as Houston seeks a clear lead improved defense from George Jumonville and John Antonelli at second base and top level hustle under his leadership.
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Houston Buffs
Wild Bill Hallahan
Dizzy Dean
Howard Pollett
Fred Martin
Ted Wilks
George Jumonville
Philadelphia Phillies
Murtaugh
John Antonelli
Buffs
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Homer Peel
Eddie Dyer
Houston
Old Indian Chief is Irked by His Wild Young Men
Chee Dodge, longtime Navajo leader, criticizes government education as making youths wild and says scientific soil conservation harms Navajo livelihoods. He recalls Kit Carson days, recalls schooling, and notes his fondness for Phoenix visits though he keeps a nine oclock bedtime.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Chee Dodge
Arizona
Boeing
O.K
Kit Carson
Carson
Fort Sumner
New Mexico
Grand Canyon
Phoenix
Toledo man writes note about rent then disappears
Charles Valdez told police he would be careful about notes in the future. On rent day he left a note for the landlord saying he had left $28 on the kitchen table for pickup. He planned to avoid staying home until the landlord arrived.
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Toledo
Ohio
Charles Valdez
Problem Child and a Bible Verse Birth Anecdote
A wife telegraphs news of her first child to a friend in a distant city with Isaiah IX 6. The friend, unsure of scripture, wonders why the infant named Isaiah weighs nine pounds six ounces. The anecdote contrasts a wife’s plea for money with the Bible verse announcing a son.
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Margaret
Isaiah
Bees Provide Easy Profits For Hobbyists
Beekeeping offers a simple entry for beginners with a $10 start including bees. Honey yield depends on local nectar plants though bees can harvest well even where flowers seem sparse. Bees fly 1 to 3 miles to forage, and beginners can manage with a veil and optional gloves.
Agriculture in Industry by Florence C Weed
Florence C Weed outlines how farm byproducts from corn transform into a wide range of industrial products. Corn cobs become stock feed glue charcoal fuel and decolorizing agents while the pith provides face powder and insulation for refrigerators. Zein corn plastic buttons and corn oil support foods and pharmaceuticals with starch aiding textiles papermaking and wood work. Dextrin and other corn derivatives bind adhesives wares and sparkler cords.
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Milady
Agricultural Notes on Soils and Farm Practices
Moss and weeds signal low fertility not soil sourness. A homemade lye solution cleans brooders for chicks. Rubber tires save speed and cost on farm machinery and ease operator comfort. Oils including whale and cottonseed now rival fats in foods and soaps through new hardening methods. US agriculture economists forecast higher wool income for sheep farmers this year after last year's 30 percent rise from 1939.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
English Hamlet Gasps as Girls Vie for Tommies
In Bridgewater Somerset England two girls attracted by billeted soldiers steal coats they cannot afford to buy. A solicitor noted village life speeding up amid the wartime presence and the girls’ strong desire to look attractive. The magistrates bound both defendants over.
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Bridpwater
Somerset
England
Bridgewater
Right sided heart recruits to Army as one in a million
Yukio Honda a 27 year old American born Japanese reports his heart and liver sit on the opposite sides of his body. Draft doctors initially could not hear a heartbeat until he pointed out the heart on the right side. Despite the rare condition he received a clean health bill and was sent to Fort MacArthur California.
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Army
Los Angeles
Yukio Honda
Fort MacArthur
Calif
Draft Board
Honda
Bluejay Conquers Street, Town Appeals for Help
Westwood police asked the Bergen County Humane Society to remove a contumacious bluejay nesting on Center Avenue. Mrs. K. K. Latcher reported the bird attacked passersby, including children, with wings and beak. Charles Kemmlein suffered a scalp laceration.
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Westwood
N. J
Bergen County Humane Society
Center Avenue
K. K. Latcher
Charles Kemmlein
Man Chases Autos Lands in Jail in El Paso
El Paso police jailed Ricardo Corona after he pursued moving cars following a court order to quit loafing in night clubs. The incident highlights a safety risk as authorities acted to prevent potential harm to Corona and others.
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EL Paso
Ricardo Corona
Corona
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