Ott Leads Active Veterans In Major League Stints
Major League veterans extend long careers as Mel Ott, 18 seasons, leads in runs batted in and home runs while approaching national marks. Paul Waner, Joe Cronin, Eddie Collins, Rhody Wallace and others show longevity. Waner also tops active at bats and hits, with Cobb and Wagner close in key totals. Lon Warnecke stands out with a unique error-free streak since 1938 and 117 perfect games fielded by 1943.
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New York
Mel Ott
Ott
New York Giants
Wonder
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Paul Waner
Brooklyn Dodgers
Joe Cronin
Boston Red Sox
Eddie Collins
Chicago White Sox
Philadelphia Americans
Rhody Wallace
Cleveland
St. Louis
Waner
Cobb
Honus Wagner
Pittsburgh
Dodger
Georgia Peach
Tris Speaker
Sam Crawford
Cincinnati
Detroit
Dick Bartell
Giants
Mel Harder
Bill Dickey
Rollie Hemsley
New York Yankee
Lon Warnecke
Arkansas Hummingbird
Chicago Cub
Stang and Fraley families to host visits in Maryland
Gaithersburg article notes Staff Sgt. and Mrs. David A. Stang of New Orleans plan to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stang in Gaithersburg and to see her parents Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Fraley in Redlands. Miss Leanna Geddes returns from Whiteville North Carolina. Pvt. Joseph Covey visits with Ellen Cronise and her parents in observance. Mrs. Milton Dutrow moves to Washington to stay with son-in-law Henry Norson and daughter. Mrs. Robert Dutrow returns to New York. James Wilson hosts a miscellaneous shower for siblings in Travilah whose home burned Christmas Eve.
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Galthersburg
David A. Stang
New Orleans
Paul Stang
Alfred Fraley
Redlands
Leanna Geddes
Whiteville
N.C
Joseph Covey
George W. Cronise
Milton Dutrow
Observatory Heights
Washington
Henry Norson
McClean Gardens
Robert Dutrow
New York
James Wilson
Staley Files Suit After Auto Crash Damages
Alderman Charles P. Staley, through attorney William M. Storm, sues Elmer C. Eyler for 1500 damages in Circuit Court over a September 26 collision at North Bentz and West Twelfth. Eyler had filed for 2000 against the alderman and others, while Mrs Lillian S. Eyler sought 1000 from the Staleys.
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Staley
William M. Storm
Charles P. Staley
Elmer C. Eyler
North Bentz
West Twelfth Streets
Eyler
Lillian S. Eyler
Baseball Problems To Be Discussed At New York Meet
Post war baseball issues for major and minor leagues will be reviewed at a February 5 meeting in New York announced by Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Topics include procedure for returning service players and minor league reorganization to form compact circuits and foster regional rivalries.
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New York
Chicago
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Landis
Major League Committee
Extension of State Roads System Planned
Maryland plans post war highway expansion under State Roads Commission. Major Ezra F. Whitman reported to Governor O’Conor that six major construction projects are planned including a Baltimore harbor bridge project. The 247 mile system will gain Baltimore Washington highway work and other rehabilitations with 1943 spending totaling 16.44 million dollars and 46 miles added by year end.
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State Roads Commission
Ezra F. Whitman
O'Conor
Baltimore Harbor
Whitman
Baltimore-Washington
Baltimore City
Veteran From Solomons Visiting In Brunswick
Corp John Benton Noll USMC, a Guadalcanal and Munda veteran, is visiting his Brunswick parents Mr and Mrs John A Noll at 412 West Potomac Street and his sister in Washington. He plans several days with grandparents Mr and Mrs John F Bowers in Harrisonburg VA. A Brunswick High School and Straver’s Business College graduate, he left Aug 16 1942 to enlist and was then preparing to take CPA exams. He spent 14 months on Guadalcanal and endured no injuries or fever.
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John Benton Noll
U. S. Marine Corps
Jonn A Noll
West Potomac Street
Brunswick
Mary Virginia Hagel
Washington
John 4. Bowers
Harrisonburg
Brunswick High School
Straver's Business College
Pacific Island
Guadalcanal
Hospital Escapee Weds Then Is Held by Police
State Police nabbed a Springfield State Hospital escapee and her husband after they were found together in Randalls town. The pair were wed Monday morning and are now jailed as authorities sort out the couple s legal status.
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Springfield State Hospital
Randallstown
Court News Delays and Divorces in Bucks and Allentown Areas
Equity Pauline White Clagett v Lau rence Heeter Clagett filed for an absolute divorce. Multiple marriage licenses issued for Fred A. Baumgardner and Frances Fambrough, plus Lloyd V. Blackmeer and Maybell L. Shaffer, and others from Camp Ritchie, Amaranth, Knoxville, Allentown, Buckeye town, Elizabethtown, and Hagerstown. Property deeds recorded for Stull to Etzler and Baker to Baumgardner. Willard's former manager Tom E. Jones dies at 69 in San Diego of pneumonia, a former handler of Jess Willard at peak era.
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Pauline White Clagett
Laurence Heeter Clagett
Fred A. Baumgardner
North Bentz Street
Frances Fambrough
Point of Bucks
Lloyd V. Blackmeer
Camp Ritchie
Maybell L. Shaffer
New Paris
William EB. Woodall
Ada Pearl Hixon
Amaranth
Robert E
Harrisville
Shirley M. Singer
Allison Park
Marvin J. Reed
Hancock
Margaret Ellen Gordon
Hagerstown
Kenneth H. Stull
Claude E. Etzler
Clyde M. Baker
Richard B. Baumgardner
Willard
San Diego
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Tom E. Jones
Jess Willard
Augusta
Lil
Jones
Jess
Jack Johnson
Morton Salt Plant Destroyed By Fire
Marysville mid January 10 fire destroyed Morton Salt Co plant, the largest of its five Middle West branches. Losses estimated at 3.5 million total, with 2.5 million in buildings and 1 million in equipment. Fire started before 3 P M in the cooperage shop as winds drove flames through two acres. Local and auxiliary fire units fought the blaze. crowd of about 5 000 watched from a safe distance.
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Morton Salt Co
Middle West
Fred Philprick
Port Huron
Lazzeri fired as Baron's manager in Wilkes-Barre
Tony Lazzeri former Yankees second baseman who managed the Wilkes-Barre Barons in the Eastern League says he was fired by business manager Mike McNally. Lazzeri telegraphed that, with all baseball jobs taken, he expected to return after a successful tenure. Joe Shaute of Scranton has been mentioned as a possible successor.
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Tony Lazzeri
New York Yankees
F. X. Welsh
Times-Leader-News
Mike McNally
Lazzeri
Joe Shaute
Scranton
McNally
Cleveland American League
Government Sites Razed in Berlin Raids
Berlin reports detail extensive destruction from the first six bombing raids up to December 21. Hitler era offices including Goebbels Goering and Himmler are listed among damaged sites along with the Foreign Office Treasury ministries and armament plants. 628 acres in Tiergarten were damaged and overall 8,000 acres built up were affected.
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Hitler
Berlin
Nazi War Administration
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Fuehrer
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Reichsmarshal
Herman Goering
Gestapo
Cesta
Heinrich Himmler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
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Justice
Transport, Food and Agriculture
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Army Records Office
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Kroll Opera
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Lehrer
Potsdamer
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Alkett
Siemens
Dornier-Heinkel
Argus
BMW
Held for Grand Jury in Brunswick larceny case
Dempsey Elmer Jackson 20, of near Harpers Ferry West Virginia, was held for the February grand jury on a larceny charge at a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Howard Marvin Jones in Brunswick on Monday. Arrested in Baltimore and returned to Brunswick at the railroad police request, Jackson is accused of stealing from the Brunswick M C A on January 7 a handbag clothes and 11 from Charles E Loudon a Shepherdstown railroad trainman. He had recently been employed by the railroad as a brakeman and was learning the road and is also reported to have taken a suitcase from a passenger on December 27. Jackson has prior convictions at Martinsburg and Charlestown.
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Brunswick
Dempsey Elmer Jackson
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Jackson
Baltimore
M. E. McGaha
Brunswick ¥.M.C.A
Charles E Loudon
Shepherdstown
McGaha
Martinsburg
Charlies Town
Farmers as woodcutters drive mobilizes farmers for woodlots
Three federal agencies launched a campaign to mobilize farmers for woodcutting on farm woodlots and for work in pulpwood and lumber industries during the slack season. The War Production Board War Food Administration and War Manpower Commission cited emergency needs for immediate and greatly increased production of pulpwood and lumber to justify pooling forces.
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War Production Board
War Food Administration
War Manpower Commission
Air Strikes on Marshalls Sink Vessel and Wreck Planes
Navy reports four new air attacks on the Marshall Islands on January 9 and 10. Liberator bombers sank a Japanese auxiliary oiler at Wotje, damaged shore installations, and destroyed two enemy aircraft on the ground. no American planes were lost. Additional strikes hit Jaluit, Kwajalein, and Idahua with no intercepts or damage from anti-aircraft fire.
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Emmitsburg War Prisoner Returns Home Update
Corporal Sterling E Overholtzer, recently released by Italian authorities after captivity, arrives home near Emmitsburg with anxious parents and two brothers also in service. Other local notes include hospitalizations at Gettysburg and updates on residents moving, training assignments, and family visits.
Residents Move From Seton Area Homes
Mrs. Joseph R. Moke is confined to her bed at 206 West Main Street due to illness. Ila Burgess Hoke reports slow improvement but will stay indoors for an undetermined period. Mrs. Charles Ritter of Frederick and Mrs. Charles Harner of 30 East Main Street were hosted by Mrs. Minnie Ways at a luncheon at 406 West Main Street on Wednesday.
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West Main Street
Ila Burgess Hoke
Charles Ritter
Frederick
Charles Harner
East Main Stret
Minnie Ways
Marines Defeat Army In Y M C A Basketball Action
In the latest YMCA basketball results Marines trounced Army with a final score of 28 to 9. The game featured strong defense from Marines and efficient scoring by their forwards, securing a clear victory on the gym court.
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Army
Football Club Owners To Meet For 100 Team League Expansion
Chicago January 10 141 National Football League club owners will meet with Commissioner Elmer Layden on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss player prospects for the season and postwar expansion plans. The main aim is to map plans for next fall when the league could grow to 100 teams. Applications from San Francisco Los Angeles and Buffalo have been filed and Philadelphia Pittsburgh interest has been expressed.
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Chicago
Elmer Kayden
Layden
Owas
Cleve
Phiadelphia-Pittsburgh
San Franvisco
Los Angeles
Buttelea
Boston Faces Franchises as 1944 Plans Begin
The 1944 franchise picture grows clearer as Ted Collins amid Boston prospects, William Shea to report on a Boston team. other applications may wait until April draft talks in an Eastern city. Layden is optimistic, predicting enough players for 1944 and possibly raising the per team limit from 28 to 33. stars like Sid Luckman will be missed, but new players will rise.
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Ted Collins
Radio
William Shea
Layden
Sid Luckman
Chicago Bears
Merchant Marine
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