Babe Ruth Birthday Portrait Of A Restless Legend
Ruth marks his 50th birthday with a humorous home slice moment as a cake falls. He lives with boredom, bowls, rides rallies, and longs to entertain troops but doctors warn against travel. His New York apartment doubles as a baseball museum while his voice remains in demand yet private.
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It's Guys Like Elmer Who Keep Baseball In Its High Position
Elmer Daily, president of two minor leagues, is a labor of love for baseball. Ebensburg innkeeper runs two hotels where baseball decor sparks pride, though he doubts in-room pictures. He led the Mid-Atlantic for 20 years and founded the Penn State league, juggling pro dreams, travel, and a belief that minors must thrive for the majors to survive.
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Mid- Atlantic
Pilot Material For Two Clubs
New York report on baseball management rumors ties Lefty O'Doul to the Boston Braves job and notes Brooklyn Dodgers sale talks with a syndicate led by Max Meyer. Other names mentioned include Bob Coleman Del Bissonette Bucky Harris Pepper Martin with possible coaching links and investor talks ripple through the Ebbets estate loan blocks.
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George W. McLaughhtin
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Brooklyn
Deal on shares blocks sale of franchise control
Fifty percent of the shares belong to the Ebbets' heirs, barred from selling their stake unless the whole bundle is sold. Meyer and backers need this block for control. James Mulvey and Ed McKeever partners resist selling. A potential buyer would honor existing contracts if he gains control, while a National League meeting and postwar planning committee压 discuss preseason plans and league recommendations.
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OPA predicts oil ration短 shortfall for winter end
Baltimore February 7---OPA spokesmen estimate 40 percent of fuel oil allotment remains unused this year. Householders burning more than 60 percent of their allotment may run short before winter ends, with supplementary rations possible when regular portions exhaust. An OPA survey shows most consumers burning fuel oil too freely for the remainder of the season.
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Armstrong Wins By Knockout In 3d Round
Washington February seventh reports Armstrong knocked out Lew Hanbury in the third round of a scheduled ten round bout. Armstrong weighed 139 pounds. Hanbury 137. The fight opened with a slugging exchange as Armstrong pressured Hanbury into a corner and unleashed a brutal right hook and jabs. Hanbury, twenty one, fell to one knee but rose before referee Eddie Lafond ruled the count ended at ten.
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Boxing Round Three Ends Abruptly Amid Crowd Doubt
In a bout at a 9,000 strong arena, Armstrong opened Round Three with a two fisted assault that drove Manbury into the ropes. A final right to the jaw left Manbury staggering and a controversial decision drew boos from fans who thought a count out was not completed within ten seconds.
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Huge Increase In Wild Ducks In 6-Year Period
Baltimore February 14 The continent s wild duck supply rose from thirty million in 1987 to more than one hundred fifty million in 1943 according to Ducks Unlimited meeting members in Baltimore and Washington Friday and Saturday Thomas Co Main general manager of Ducks Unlimited Canada will speak at the dinner Friday night in Was a and attend the waterfowl show afterward
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Maryland Auditors Highlight Wildfowl Show Night
Maryland Casualty auditors Saturday night will feature a color motion picture The Marsh Lives Again. Frederick Lincoln of the U S Fish and Wildlife Service and Major John W Hezion, famed rifle shot, will appear at the Wildfowlers show. Lincoln will discuss migratory wildfowl population trends. Hezion will demonstrate rifle shots that earned him over 399 awards.
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Lue Federal Service
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No Rationing Yet as Coughing Season Opens
No rationing nor price rise planned while Ms present stocks remain limited. Cough and cold season arrives. buyers urged to secure Kemp's Babans and Lase's Tablets from their druggist, noting dealers' supplies are low.
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