War spills into minor leagues as teams form new circuits
New York reports a rough season ahead as Class C Texas League folds, Tucson forms an eight club semi pro loop starting May 3 for 18 weeks with four night games weekly. Michigan towns replace the state league with a non professional circuit and Auburn readies charity games. Tracks of service players and coach moves fill the rest of a broad sports roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tucson
Ariz
Mexico
Michigan
Auburn
Mississippi State
Who Will Beat Devil Diver In Derby Field
Louisville observers weigh contenders for the 68th Kentucky Derby led by Devil Diver with Sweep Swinger as a former stablemate potential spoiler. Sun Again is seen as a strong future factor while Trainer Ben Jones debates racing Sun Teddy colt and ponders a Derby postponement.
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Louisville
Devil Diver
Matt Winn
Churchill Downs
Warren Wright
Sun
Ben Jones
Sun Teddy
Post
Ben
Ben Whitaker
Emer- Newspaper Rrhiye
Derby Trial Contenders Challenge Greentree Hopes
Woodward's pair Valdiia Orphan and Hollywood A Sabath along with Alsab and Sun Again are seen as having the best chances to disrupt Greentree prospects in the Derby trial context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodward
Valdiia Orphan
Hollywood
A! Sabath
Alsab
Sun
Greentree
Walkersville Triumphs 11-4 Over Thurmont in Baseball Clash
Walkersville High School defeated Thurmont 11 to 4 in a scholastic baseball game at Walkersville. Fallon led Thurmont with a homer, double and single in four trips, while Moberly went 2-for-2 for Walkersville. The game featured five Walkersville runs in one inning and strong pitching by Fry Strine and Fox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walkersville High School
Thurmont
Walkersville
Falion
Fallon
Moberly
Thurmont Aba
H.O AE Whitmore
Eyler
Strine
Riffle
Munshaur
Hetterly
Kolb
Wastler
Snurr
Shook
Lf Rice
Fox
R.H.D
Ensor
Zimmerman
Strasburg
Murphy
Flickinger
Shankle
Gilbert
Whitmore
Smith
Toms
Lare
Fry
Ery
Rifle
Gil
Bere Lare
Nicodemus
New Stamp Issues From France and Abroad Noted
France releases a 92 value set for Secours Nationale across Mauretania Sudan Togo Nigeria Senegal Dahomey Ivory Coast and Guinea seen as rare by dealers. India states issue from Travancore Bundwi and Travancore notes feature royal portraits and landmarks. Free French Cameroun stamps show print errors and De Gaulle’s landing on French soil. Chile Panama Uruguay stamp updates noted with portraits and new uses.
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France
Secours Nationale
Mauretania
Sudan
Togo
Nigeria
Senegal
Dahomey
Ivory Coast
Guinea
Stamp plate updates and charity publication noted
The report describes a new plate for ESA 3 al TTT Rann Eees with minor printing changes and a smaller perforation. It mentions a 30 centimes Marshall Ptain design in rose plus an Algeria red overprint “14” on a 1-fr gray black from 1941. Proceeds go to charity for Philatelic Iconography, the booklet’s first publication. It also notes Chile changing perforations for 20 centavos stamps and a Knox collection auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Pierre and
Marie Curie
Algeria
Oil City Players Struck by Injuries Ahead of Trip
Oil Citys baseball squad dwindled by injuries at McCurdy Field with catcher Tony Leone sidelined by infected ankle, forcing manager Frank Oceak to cancel drills and rely on light exercises as the team scrambles to field a roster of sixteen before the Friday departure.
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Oil City
McCurdy Field
Pennsylvania
Frank Oceak
Tony Leone
Leone
Oilers
Lear
Oceak
Weekend visits and local notices in Lovettsville area
Community brief listing weekend visits by residents to relatives in Lovettsville Hyattsville Frederick and Culpeper social calls at homes churches and a local spotters post. Mentions of deaths hospitalizations births and upcoming events with names such as Esther Spring Ada Coward Myrtle Carpenter and Joyce Faye among others.
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Robert English
Esther Spring
Point of Rocks
Ada Coward
Schnauffer's Hospital
Raymond Wormeldorph
Blacksburg
Cincinnati
Ohio
Army
Carlos Spring
Claude Spring
Garland Cooper
Millard Cooper
Edwin Cooper
Jake Cooper
Lovettsville
G. B King
Edgar Graham
Lieut. Carter
Nannie Frye
Fort Belvoir
H.C. Frye
Myrtle Carpenter
Culpeper
Lee Titus
Town Titus
Eleanor Titus
Brunswick
Charles Louder
Jake Wiard
William Peacock
Robert George
R. D George
Alma Burkins
U S Imports 298597 Pounds Cassia and Cinnamon Oil
In the first half of 1940 the United States imported 298597 pounds of cassia and cinnamon oil, reflecting a strong early war era spice trade. Data imply continued demand for essential oils in food, fragrance, and pharmaceutical sectors.
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United States
Local social notes and a May 12 homemakers meeting
The report lists numerous visiting relatives and friends across Laytonsville, Taylorsville, Baltimore and Westminster. Highlights include guests of the Naills Mullinixes Hood and Gosneh families, and birthdays of community members, plus Sunday school at 10 a.m. A Westminster note announces Dr. H C Byrd will speak May 12 at the Carroll County Homemakers Council spring meeting at Westminster Methodist church with Mrs Edward Little as program chair.
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Taylorsville
Herbert Clough
Hamilton
J.C. Naill
Wilbur Mullinix
Baltimore
Jesse W Hood
T. J Gunn
Roland Gosneh
Harry Moore
Westminster
LeRoy Moore
LeRoy Stegman
Tarzah Bowers
F J Barnes
Mae Franklin
Rosa Franklin
Philp Cummins
A T Byers
Woc Moore
Woodbine
Charles Wagner
Mary Byers
Nannie Gosnell
H. C Byrd
University of Maryland
Carroll County Council of Homemakers Clubs
Westminster Methodist Church
Edward Little
Morning and Afternoon Sessions Assisted by Demonstration Agent
The committee organized both morning and afternoon sessions with assistance from Miss Ade line M Hoffman home demonstration agent who helped range the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adeline M. Hoffman
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
Bron C. Bacevich
St. Bede’s Academy of Peru
Aquinas High School of
Chicago
Illinsis High School Association
Bacevich
Dominican High School
Elsie Bergman
Roland Logan
West Point
Naval Aviation
Annapolis
Jack Gray
Texas U
Locey
Texas National Guard
Farmer Seale
Selma
Ala
Times-Journal
Birmingham Post
San Diego
Calif
Birmingham
Clemson College
Sam
Rudy Mucha
Cleveland Rams
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Kenneth Jones
Peoria (II) Journal
Joe Louis
Melio Bettina
Bill Diehl
Norfolk Ledger- Dispatch
Buzz Boyle
Norfolk Tars
Plain Courage
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Tars
Boyle
Newark Bears
Joe Engel
Chattanooga Hall
Lookouts
Charley Grimm
Dominic Dallesandro
Cubs
Dick Spalding
Dallesandro
Devil
Nates
Travancore
Sir Bala Rama Varma
Aravikara Falls
Alwaye
Bundwi
Cameroun
Yaounde
BEB
General de Gaulle
General DeGaulle
Chile
Talca
Uruguay
ESA
Marshall Petain
Edward S Knapp
Stewart Hartshorn
Lilburn Snoots
Hyattsville
Mary Fry
Rex Fry
Washington
A F. Tobler
W. Baker
Elizabeth Fry
Beatrice McClain
Frederick
A. L. Hatcher
Clarence Welsh
Arlington
Sam George
K. B. Shoffner
H C Filler
L OW Fry
Collin Missy John Catherine Fry
Jefferson
Russell McMurray
Schnauffer Hospital
Joyce Faye
Austin Pearson
Elaine Victoria
Wallice Everhart
Petersville
Elizabeth Everhart
Liewt
Frank Beachley
Camp Lee
Fred Main
Braddock
Laura
Mothe Potterfield
Rye Stery
Dave Pasttee
Luucketts
Ernest Painter
Nature
Hanes
Ina
Jim
P. H. Hanes Knitting Company
Winston-Salem, N.C
Rosenour
North Market St
Philco
Melvin M. Engle
Frederick, Md
Bose Eeroe In
Stieff
Stieff Rose
Doll’s Jewelry Store
Laytonsville
Maggie Lentz
Thomas
William R. Slemmer
Liberty Finance Corporation
Market St
Priscilla
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