Red Sox Pitching Woes Highlight Cronin’s 1941 Outlook
In Sarasota Cronin weighs his aging staff led by Bob Grove and Jack Wilson. He lists veterans Ryba Judd and Newson plus rookies Hash Butland Harris and others as potential help. Grove, at 41, is seen as a possible 12 to 15 win spearhead though age clouds the outlook.
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Arasota, Fla
Joe Cronin
Boston Red Sox
Toto
Gargantua
Cronin
Sarasota Zoo
Red Sox
Florida
Yankees
Bob Grove
Jack Wilson
Denny Gatehouse
Fritz Ostermueller
Joe Heving
Jim Bagby
Bill Butland
Herb Hash
Mickey Harris
Tom Yawkey
Frank Pytlak
Grove
Wilson
Mike Ryba
Rochester
Oscar Judd
Sacramento
Dick Newsome
San Diego
Hash
Butland
Harris
Rich
Dickman
Hughson
Brown
Dobson
Jimmy Foxx
Ted Williams
Bobby Doerr
Dom DiMaggio
Robert Moses Grove
Lonaconing Lancer
Maryland
Athletics
Lefty
Speed King
Tennyson
Gentian Violet New Treatment For Pin Worms
Dr James W Barton reports a Gentian Violet treatment for pin worms in children. The article notes severe itching worsening at night causing sleeplessness and disturbed sleep with night terrors. It mentions weight loss and thinner blood as associated effects in affected youngsters.
Gentian Violet Tablets Cleared Pin Worms in Children
A new treatment described in the Canadian Medical Association Journal uses gentian violet tablets to treat pinworms in 29 school children aged 6 to 13. Over 10 days, two 3 20 grain tablets or a 4 grain tablet three times daily cleared the worms in 26 cases, offering an alternative to enemas and quassia preparations.
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Max J. Miller
Laurent Choquette
Wilfred Audet
R. F. Kelso
J. A. Guenette
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Shock Treatment For Mental Cases
A medical note reviews insulin and Metrazol shock therapy for mental illness. Doctors split patients by age, finding Metrazol more effective above 40 and insulin better under 40, with combined use helping when single treatments fail. Early cases respond best, and overall hospital stays shorten while death rates drop with supervised treatment.
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G. Wilse Robinson Jr
Kansas City
Robinson
Mothers Rule and Regrets of Strict Upbringing
Kathleen Norris reflects on girls kept at home by strict maternal rules governing dances dates and late hours. She argues these restrictions bless the girls in later years as they become wives and mothers and repay their mothers with affection for guarding their girlhood.
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Nancy
Mother
Cadge
Sarge
Pershing
Alexander Woollicott
Too Much Freedom Harmful For Young Women
Kathleen Norris argues that excessive freedom damages young women by weakening restraint and judgment. A reader from East St. Louis recounts a past with a dangerous crowd and asks whether to confront Larry or move back home, illustrating enduring consequences.
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Tom
Larry
Old Town
Private Purkey’s Letter From War Camp Delivers Home Front Tone
Private Oscar Purkey writes from a training camp describing cramped tents, bunkmates with quirks, and boredom with drills. He jokes about a radio fan, a former union man, and movie nights while worrying about being sent to Europe. He recalls World War I hardships and ends with a request for bunion plasters.
New Ideas for Home Makers by Ruth Wyeth Spears
Homemaking tips describe tufted old fashioned comforters with two fabric layers and cotton filled center. It explains a green glazed chintz cover with fringe and a back zipper, plus step by step patterning and sewing notes for chair slip covers. Book 1 and 3 offer pattern making fitting and finishing instructions for slip covers with openings and anchoring details. Books priced at 10 cents each with order details enclosed.
Actor Walter Brennan Receives Supporting Award Praise
Merrill Chilcote comments on waitresses and tipping while Walter Brennan is lauded for best supporting actor last year. A critic notes his talent may keep him from top stardom, and Mario Naldi defines a dictator as one who wears his best feud forward.
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Walter Brennan
Hollywood
Mario Naldi
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Grantland Rice
James W. Barton
Western Newspaper Union
Columba
Dr. Barton
Kathleen Norris
Bell Syndicate
WNU
By Kathleen Norris
East St. Louis
No Man’s Land
Town
Duckshun
Pittsburgh
Citizen
Europe
Furrow
France
Oscar. P. S
Ruth Wyeth
Spears
Curt corTon
Merrill Chilcote
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hill
New York
rAd
Seria
Lydia E. Pinkham
N Pinkham
Stanislaus
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