Starting Pitchers Finish Rate in Major Leagues
Major league leaders show a near even split of complete games with 112 of 226 starters finishing, close to 50 percent. The National League holds a wider edge in shutouts with 22 against 14 in the American League as teams begin interleague play.
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New York
National Today
Bky Walters
Cincinnati
Rip Sewell
Pittsburgh
Johnny Gorsica
Detroit
Walter Dubiel
Yankees
Clyde Shoun
Dubiel
Charley Schanz
Phillies
Jim Tobin
Boston
Paul
Dizzy) Trout
Max Lanier
Hank Borowy
Yanks
Cleveland
New York Giants
St. Louis
Lanier
George Munger
Walters
Braves
Tobin
Nate Andrews
Washington
Philadelphia
Dodgers Win Night Game From Giants
Brooklyn earns a 3-2 victory over the New York Giants in a night game after Johnny Rucker misplayed Lloyd Waner’s fly ball allowing two runs in the ninth. Hal Gregg and Frenchy Bordagaray scored on the error as 22,145 fans watched the Metropolitan area’s first night game since 1941. Bill Voiselle pitched well for the Giants but Waner’s decisive fly helped Brooklyn grab the win.
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Brooklyn
Johnny Rucker
Lloyd Waner
Charley Mead
New York Giants
Hal Gregg
Frenchy Bordagaray
Rucker
Bill Voiselle
Dodgers
Waner
Peterson's Ointment for piles relief
Millions over 40 years have found quick relief from itching with Peterson's Ointment. A user reports relief and a good night’s sleep. 35¢ a box, 60¢ in tube with applicator. Money back if not delighted.
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Peterson
Braves face missing regulars but Coleman stays upbeat
Braves manager Bob Coleman says loss of Connie Ryan Damon Phillips Mike Sandlock Tommy Holmes and Butch Nieman would test the club but the Braves will carry on He notes Macon steadying the lineup and praises key players while asserting their pitching depth and potential need for a southpaw.
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Bob Coleman
Braves
Connie Ryan
Damon Phillips
Mike Sandlock
Tommy Holmes
Butch Nieman
Ryan
Phillips
Holmes
Nieman
Macon Steadies Braves
Max Macon
al Javery
Javery
Bucky Walters
Cincinnati
Horse Race Averages and Local Political Nominations
Crowd of about 4000 watches Red Rosette place second in a six and a half furlong race as winner times near track mark. Bletzacker wins three events. several local officials nominated for AFL convention posts. Also three absolute divorces granted in Equity Court with costs awarded. Lost time from temporary shop injuries averages 17 days.
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Charles Town
W. Va
J. L. Friedman
Tace
Boatswain
Pimlico
Martin Bletzacker
Pearson
Shanks
Discretion
Scotch Flag
Red Rosette
Bletzacker
Equity
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Della M Tobery
Route 1
Frederick
Jesse E. Tobery
West Patrick Street
Alton Y. Bennett
Tobamie D. Marshall
Linden Hills
Elvin F. Marshall
Hillside
N. J
Walter E. Sinn
Warren Eugene Frocke
Brunswick
Ruby Mae Frocke
Wva
Austin James
Sherman P. Bowers
Green To Speak At Cumberland Tonight
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor and Gov. Herbert R. O’Conor will headline the Cumberland meeting during the 39th annual Maryland State and District of Columbia Federation of Labor convention. Robert J. Buxbaum of Baltimore is unopposed for re election as president. Charles S Hill of Hotel Service Workers No 80 Washington is nominated as vice president with a slate of other unopposed incumbents.
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Cumberland
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Herbert R. O’conor
Maryland
District of Columbia Federation of Labor
Robert J. Buxbaum
Baltimore
Charles S Hill
Hotel Service Workers No
Washington
John Locher
G. Kingston Howard
Charles B. McCloskey
Draft Boards To Aid Discharged Service Men
Baltimore May 23 Local draft boards prepare to aid discharged Maryland service men and women in returning to civilian occupations. A state organization under the Veterans' Advisory Committee will coordinate with city and county committees to assist veterans after the war ends. Reinstatement rights under the Selective Service Act will be enforced. those without a job will be directed to the United States Employment Service.
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Baltimore
Henry C. Stanwood
Maryland
Veterans’ Advisory Committee
Veterans’ Assistance Committees
United States Employment Service
State Funds For Housing Migrant Farm Workers
Governor O Conor announced 10 000 dollars from the Board of Public Works to supplement federal and private funds for housing migrant farm workers in Maryland this summer. The plan, supervised by the Maryland Council of Defense, aims to recruit sufficient farm and cannery labor and to coordinate labor flow with neighboring states, with 14 000 additional workers needed to harvest crops. local and regional leaders will meet in Raleigh to outline the program.
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Baltimore
O'Conor
Board of Public Works
Maryland
Maryland Council of Defense
T. B. Symons
University of Maryland Extension Service
Symons
Raleigh
N. C
Atlantic Seaboard
Hauling Western Coal To Power Eastern Rail Locomotives
Interior Secretary Ickes revealed that five railroads the Chesapeake and Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York Central, Nickel Plate, and Pere Marquette began moving hundreds of car loads of Midwestern soft coal eastward to ease shortages in Eastern and Appalachian coal for war plant use. An average of 20 of every 500 U.S. wartime factory workers are injured or killed annually.
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Washington
Ickes
Chesapeake and Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Nickel Plate
Pere Marquette
Class Holds Dinner for Pollyanna Sisters Anniversary
The Pollyanna Sisters of the Faithful Circle Class of Grace Reformed church observed its eleventh anniversary with a covered dish dinner in the social room. Forty six members and guests attended, with Rev. Dr. R. E. Hartman giving the invocation and Mrs. Russell C. Thomas presiding over program remarks and songs by Ruby Nichols Bettle McCaffrey Castle Deloris Dutrow and others.
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Pollyanna Sisters of the Faithful Circle
Grace Reformed Church School
George Salter
R. E. Hartman
Dorsey Culler
Pinkney A. Richardson
Ruby Nichols
Harry C. Smith
the Old Man
Jim
Judge Richardson
Harry Smith
Russell C. Thomas
Miss Castle
Classes Closed With Songs And Gifts At Feagaville Event
The program closed with singing God Be With You Till We Meet Again as Sisters received gifts. New names were drawn for next year. The June 7 meeting will be at Mrs Edgar Hargett's home in Feagaville. canada war plant employment rose to 419000 from 144000 in 1989.
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Muss Dutrow
Kitty B. Day
Edgar Hargett
Feagaville
Russians Enter German Trenches For Tips In Offensive
London reports Red Army patrols press into German trenches seeking information for the coming offensive. In southwest of Tiraspol a Russian unit killed nearly a company of Nazis in hand to hand fighting and captured dozens of prisoners. Red artillery struck enemy concentrations and snipers west of Mazr claimed dozens of Hitlerites killed. Southeast of Stanislawow a height was seized and counter blows repelled. air forces saw activity in the south.
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London
Moscow
Tiraspol
Moscow Radio
Red
Mazr
Stanislawow
Old Poland
Red Army
The
Baltic Fleet Sinks Two German Transports
On Monday the Baltic Fleet sank two German transports in the Gulf of Finland, each vessel valued at about 6,000 tons. The action reduced enemy shipping in the strategic waterway.
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Banner Baltic Fleet
Gulf of Finland
Court News and Marriage Licenses Across Counties
Court notices show Regina O. Hartsock and Allen A. Hartsock seek absolute divorce. Robert N. Abrecht and Christine E. Abrecht also seek divorce. Marriage licenses issued to John W. Wynkoop and Alice E. Spitzer. Deed transfers record property changes to Staley, Runkles, and Bair with nominal sums. A Canada mortality fact notes maternal death rate halved over 18 years.
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Regina O. Hartsock
Allen A Hartsock
Robert N. Abrecht
Christine E. Abrecht
John W. Wynkoop
Shenandoah Junction
W. Va
Alice E. Spitzer
Charles Town
G. Wilson Mercer
Charles P. Staley
Howard Elmer Beacraft
Lucille R. Runkles
George F. Smith
Lillian M. Bair
Thomas Bradley
Gilmore R. Flautt
Canada
Silent warning poster warns against loose talk in town
A wall poster at Sam Abernathy's store shows a cross with a Yankee helmet and the caption light words are grave words. It hints loose talk has harmed locals and caused deaths, a caution the sign says still echoes in town.
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Sam Abernathy
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Charley Workman
Chet Ross
Ross
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Hagerstown
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Carl G. Schultz
Frank J. Coleman
Robert Lester
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North Market Street
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Nature
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