Casey Stengel Sees Exciting Baseball Year
Casey Stengel predicts a dramatic coming season as spring training begins amid travel limits. He notes potential pennant races will be tougher to pick and says baseball needs to persevere, citing Roosevelt’s aid and the sport’s broader public responsibility. He compares modern life to earlier, tougher travel conditions and expects players to stay in shape year round.
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Glendsie
Calif
Dan
Casey Stengel
Casey
Roosevelt
Stengel
Taps
Boston
Glendale
Ox Fibre Bowling League Results
The league lists match scores for several teams including Remilis sweeping Shapers and Millers, Justrites defeating 2 to 0. Favorites edge Wiretwisters 2 to 1 as upcoming games pit Favorites versus Justrites and Shapers against Big Chiefs with Wiretwisters facing Millers and Sweepers against Pressmen on Friday.
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Millers
Pet Bristles
Army 21 Rangers 17 Marines 16 Commandos 9 Won in Overtime
The Y M C A League latest results show Army defeating Rangers 21 to 17 and Marines edging Commandos 16 to 9 after overtime. The standings reflect close plays and late game momentum from Army and Marines.
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Army
L. Pet
Navy
TL Marines
Commandos
Rangers
BTS
Coast Guard
Jungle Cocks to Hold May Meeting for Sportsmen
The Jungle Cocks sportsmen group will meet May 7 to 9 at the Catoctin Federal Recreational Area near Thurmont with former President Hoover's secretary Larry Richey as president. Delegates from several states expected. planning includes fishing and an open house hosted by Richey and Kingman Brewster. The group hopes the ban on pleasure driving may ease by then.
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Jungle Cocks
Washington
Larry Richey
Hoover
Jungle Docks
Catoctin Federal
Thurmont
Mary Traces Carmencita in Villa Mystery
Mary suspects Carmencita of hiding Dan and orchestrating a secret game after a tense visit to the Vega villa. She notes Carmencita’s calm lie about Sherman, finds the house dark and empty, and enlists her father and Rowley to probe further, as a dangerous lead unfolds.
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Mary
Carmencita
Dan
Lena
Sherman
Lieutenant Sherman
NMARY
Dani
Paul
Illian
Daddy
Hank Gorman
Sports Fans Are The Goats Ban On Pleasure Driving
A dated column argues that Eastern sports fans caused a fuel conservation crackdown by using cars to attend events. It cites 30,000 Rose Bowl cars as evidence while noting West Coast exemptions and wider travel for cinema and social outings.
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Whitney Martin
New York
Seaboard
West Coast
Unil
Bosic Clas Wals
Oklahoma
Texas
Rose Bowl
Ialil
Alee J
Ted Williams Named New York Player of the Year
The New York baseball writers honor Boston Red Sox star Ted Williams with the player of the year plaque at the annual banquet on February 7. Williams led the league in batting average runs batted in and home runs in 1992 while a cadet at Amherst College.
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New York
New York Baseball Writers
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
Williams
Amherst College
Arthur Patterson
New York Writers
Whic
Joe Gordon
New York Yankees
Joe DiMaggio
Yanks
Red Sox
James Sidney
Sid) Mercer
Baseball Writers Association of America
Jack Singer
Mercer
Journal-American
Wasp
Women’s Club Meeting At Miss Horine Home
The Women’s Club meeting at Miss Evelyn Horine’s home had seventeen members and two visitors. After songs and readings, members discussed poems and a program on conservation of time and energy through meal planning. Miss Jesse Hammerly spoke on her new role as Home Demonstration agent and cooperation was solicited. The next meeting is set for February 11 at Mrs. H. A. Kefauver’s home.
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Evelyn Horine
Roy Remsburg
Nina Marriott
David Fry
Grace Culler
Jesse Hammerly
Ruth Dade
H. A. Kefauver
Women’s Society elects officers at December meeting
Officers were elected at the December meeting of the Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church. The roster includes President Mrs. William M. Beall and vice president Mrs. Gerald Arnold, treasurer Mrs. Lesa Iglehart, secretary Mrs. Milton Tabler, and others focusing on students, missionary education, children’s work, and supplies. Also notes several members away and a health update with Florence Nicholson and Charlie Barber on the sick list. Twenty-five states provide for compensation for workers who contract diseases from their occupations.
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Cedar Grove
Poot
Willard Main
Texas
William King
West Virginia
Navy
Aparei
Jobim FT. Priesti
Women's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
William M. Beall
Gerald Arnold
Lesa Iglehart
Milton Tabler
Ames Burdette
Julian King
Louise Mullinix
Eva Burdette
Willis Watkins
Florence Nicholson
Charlie Barber
Promoters Criticized for Motorized Attendance at Big Sports Events
The text argues against fans using motorized transport to events and reflects on fairness and judgment. It likens hosts in glass houses to those who invite guests with rocks, urging moderation in attendance methods for large sports spectacles.
War Plants and Mothers Remembered in Dorothy Dix Column
Dorothy Dix argues married women with young children should stay home rather than work. She cites costs, heartache, and impact on children and marriage, urging mothers to place family first and noting nurses cannot replace a mother's care. The column also discusses a fiancé who admires a quiet wife and jokes about household harmony versus endless chatter.
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Miss Dixe
Mommie
Miss Dix
Washington
Advice Column on Love and a Movie Star Suitor
A reader asks why a cinema actor boyfriend in the Army no longer loves her and whether to marry another to cause him pain. The columnist cautions that actors often fade after romance and urges the writer to move on, avoid dramatic proposals, and not seek revenge by harming others.
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Mise Die
Miichde
Strangest billing in Sturges' The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Hollywood gossip notes reveal odd billing for Preston Sturges film The Miracle of Morgan's Creek with Eddie Bracken Betty Hutton starring and Brian Donlevy Akiny Tamiroff listed as characters for favors They refuse full billing. Other items include Ginger Rogers flower scene substitute and Bing Crosby Dixie connection.
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Preston Sturges
Morgan's Creek
Brian Donlevy
Akiny Tamiroff
Eddie Bracken
Betty Hutton
Ginty
Boss
Manila
Paramount
Ginger Rogers
Jon Hall
Bing Crosby
Dan Emmett
Dixie
Dan Emmett Casey
Emmett
Bing
Metro
Lana Turner
Steve Crane
Warners
Dudley Field Malone
Winston Churchill
Walter Huston
Joseph E. Davis
Moscow
Malone
Churchill
Arthur Pettigrew
Studio Bricklayer
Richard Carlsons
Stork
Republic Studio
Bill Elliott
Anne Jeffreys
John Garfeld
Walter's
Brooklyn
U. S.A
Arthur Murray
Groucho Marx
Groucho
Arthur
USC Benefit Game Set With Coast Guards and All-Stars Event
A benefit basketball exhibition slated for January 28 features the Cattle Bay Coast Guards versus Frederick County All-Stars. The event includes bands, baton twirlers, and martial music with proceeds supporting war efforts. Jaycee committees organize auctions, bonds, and live broadcasts, while local sports figures manage the program and mascots.
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Cattle Bay Coast Guards
Frederick County
Frederick
Focal
Wathal
Metropolitin
Chamber of Commerce
Frederick Migh
Mary
Calor
Francis Seat Key Post
American Legion
Jaycer War Bond
Willard Markey
D.ck Howles
State Guard Armory
Curtis Bay
Cone
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