Camp Queries Bring Sports Smarts From Camp Buffs
A mix of military readers asks for rankings in baseball and golf. Walter Johnson and Babe Ruth top the baseball list with Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner noted. Golf legends like Harry Vardon Bobby Jones and Ben Hogan are highlighted for stroke making temperaments and work ethic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babe Ruth
Joe Jackson
Nap Lajoie
Ty Cobb
Max Carey
Honus Wagner
Harry Vardon
Bobby Jones
Johnny McDermott
Jerry Travers
Walter Hagen
McDermott
Travers
Hagen
Walter Travis
Horton Smith
Paul Bunyan
Durocher and Writers Clash Over Dressing Room Ban
The article recalls Leo Durocher barring two Dodger beat writers from the dressing room after a towel incident at Ebbets Field. It notes similar press clashes in New York teams from Freedman to McGraw to Ott, arguing managers may restrict access but must apply rules consistently as part of club policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EO Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodger
Leo
Brooklyn
New York
Tom Dunn
Ebbets Field
Mr. Durocher
S90
Dodgers
Durocher
Andrew Freedman
Giants
John J. McGraw
John
Giant
McGraw
Mac
Bill Terry
Horace Stoneham
Terry
Ott
Birth of a Glider at Latster- Kauffman Plant
A feature on training riders stepping from production lines for gliders. The Latster- Kauffman plant in St. Louis builds the TG-4A two place glider under designer Jack Laister. Women perform much of the rib and wing assembly work, with a photo showing them in the assembly area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fictarios
Latster- Kauffman
St. Louis
Jack Laister
Army
Death in the Desert by Quentin Reynolds
In a desert trench during a dawn dive bombing attack, Quentin Reynolds recalls the terror and numbness of close combat with British troops. He contrasts fear with nostalgia for home and reflects on survival amid relentless artillery and plane assaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Death In
The
Desert
Quentin Reynolds
Death
France
Britain
London
Moscow
Bicycles and war rationing in a quizzical spoof
A humorous exchange at the bicycle rationing board features a man seeking a bicycle to support wartime morale, joking about gas shortages and uphill commutes. The piece blends vaudeville style dialogue with a collage of light wartime items and punchlines from the era.
Double Wedding Ring Quilt Pattern No 78131
A traditional quilt pattern provides an accurate cutting guide for a large quilt measuring 86 by 99 inches. It suggests using prints plain color and white or pastels and offers a means to turn spare moments into productive stitching time. Pattern No. 78131 is 15 cents and orders should be sent to the specified address.
No Prospects for the Disagreeing Young Lady
The anecdote recounts Winston S. Churchill after leaving the Conservative party for the Liberal view recounting a dinner with a young woman. She criticizes his politics and mustache, but Churchill replies that she will not likely encounter either in her life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston S. Churchill
Gertrude Atherton
House (of Commons
Mr. Churchill
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Gene Sarazen
Mitchel Field
Winged Foot
Hoylake
Bobby
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Byron Nelson
Byron
Westernewspaper
Leo Durocher
Collier's Weekly
Bronx
Fifty-second Street
Flatbush
Harlem
Mer
Bicycle Rationing Board
Joe Jackson Jr
Merrill Chilcote
Crambury Tiger
Bugs Baer
Collier’s
Baer
Pennsylvania
Nourmahal
Elmer Twitchell
Robert W. Rogers
Oscar Walker
Paul Revere
N. Y
R. Roelofs Jr
Army Ac‘orm
Kansas—City
Petty CT Fron Cutter Laboratories
Es Salt Lake
Boise
Pocatello
Nas¢in
Doan
Doans
WNU
HOTEL
Ben Lomond
Ogden, Utah
Tap Cem
Botary
Hiwanis—Executives Exchange
Chamber of Commerce and
Ad Club
Ben Lomond Ogden
Utah
Hubert EB. Vicick
Mgr
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