Red Sox World Series History and 1946 Team Spotlight
Dusty files recount Boston’s World Series exploits from 1903 to 1918 and 1915 to 1916, highlighting stars like Wagner, Speaker, Ruth, and Dean. It notes recent payroll hopes, Yawkey era ambition, and a 28 year gap since Boston’s last post season title, then shifts to preview top college football rivalries for the coming season.
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Boston
Red Sox
Braves
Boston A. L
Pirates
Hans Wagner
Tommy Leach
Fred Clarke
Sam Leever
Deacon Phillippe
Jimmy Sebring
Bill Dineen
John McGraw
Giants
Christy Mathewson
Fred Snodgrass
Clyde Engle
Engle
Matty
Tris Speaker
Tris
Fred Merkle
Chief Myers
Merkle
Speaker
Athletics
Rudolph
Tyler
James
Alexander
Cubs
Babe Ruth
Babe
Ed Barrows
Tom Yawkey
Yankees
Bean
Cod
Speaker, Lewis and Hooper
Smoky Joe Wood
Bill Carrigan
Oklahoma Sets Sesquicentennial to Honor Chouteau Trading Post
Oklahoma will mark 150 years since Maj. Jean Pierre Chouteau established a trading post near Salina in Mayes county and the Osage migration to eastern Oklahoma. A September 29 to October 6 event at Muskogee’s Free State Fair will feature a pageant led by C. E. Chouteau, chronicling the 1796 landing and the post’s reopening in 1802.
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State Senate
House of Representatives
Oklahoma
Jean Pierre Chouteau
Salina
Mayes County
Muskogee
Chouteau
St. Louis
Souri Valley
Robert S. Kerr
Arkansas
Chouteau’s Landing
War Treks Fail To Lead Farm Youths to City
A World War II veterans on farms report shows 1 045 million veterans on farms by July 1 1945 representing 9 percent of farm employment. Veterans included 713 000 operators or family members and 332 000 hired workers. Northeast and Pacific coast saw more veterans returning to farming than entering service. Total farm workers reached 11 million.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Pacific Coast
Armed Services
Program To Stress Value of Citizenship To New Prospects
Washington plans a nationwide effort by the justice department to emphasize the worth and meaning of American citizenship for prospective citizens. An advisory committee on citizenship will assist, with pamphlets and booklets issued to visitors and new citizens, plus involvement from the bench, bar, and patriotic groups.
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Washington
Justice Department
Department
Tom Clark
United States
Vacation costs surge to new all time high
War weary Americans hit the road as vacation costs climb sharply. Hotels inns and cottages raise rates 15 to 100 percent since prewar times with some inns at 50 dollars a day for two. Food fuel and rentals also jump, while guides demand more pay. If no slump, costs stay high next year. The American Automobile Association notes buyers may get new cars or tires by next summer.
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Travel Organi
American Automobile Association
Ramsay Wood
Division of Research and Statistics
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve Board
Wood
Census Census of Fish Size Is California Focus
Long Beach California reports the state fish and game commission uses a three method census to estimate fish populations. It lists commercial boats with catch times and places, samples 50 fish per catch to gauge size by scale rings, and tags 100 fish to track recapture rates across seasons.
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Long Beach
Calif
California Fish and Game Commission
Commission
Residential Mortgage Debt for 1947 Soars to 41 Billion
VEHA estimates project net residential mortgage debt will rise by 41.2 billion dollars by end of 1947. Expositor Wilson Wyatt notes 15.4 billion needed for new homes, 22.9 billion for existing homes, plus 8.3 and 5.5 billions for purchases and repairs.
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Veterans’ Emergency Housing Administration
Wilson Wyatt
VEHA
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Joe Cronin
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Michigan
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Bama
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Oklahoma A
Grantland Rice
WNU Features
Grand River
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Jean Pierre Choteau
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Walter Shead
WNU
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Wyatt
Federal Home Loan
Powpsi
O'Sullivan
Comfort
America
Cee la Ae
Sole
America’s
Yodora
McKesson @ Rubvins, Inc
Bridgeyurt, Cea
Doan
Doans
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