Dreams of Stengel and pennant fate in 1950 baseball
The column recalls Casey Stengel's dream about the 1950 Yankees avoiding injuries yet losing the pennant to the Red Sox while noting rookies, pitching declines, and Joe Page's age. Ralph Kiner reflects on reaching 60 home runs and Ted Williams as a premier slugger, with Burt Shotton praising the Dodgers asNL contenders in Florida.
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Asey Stengel
Casey
C. Stehgel
Joe
DiMaggio
Grantland Rice Yankees
Yankees
Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
Stengel
Jerry Coleman
Alvin Dark
Prof
Parnell
Kinder
McDermott
Joe Page
Page
C. Stengel
Ralph Kiner
Ralph
Johnny Mize
Ted Williams
Ted
Dodgers
Florida
Burt Shotton
Dodger
Shotton
Retriever for Lost Articles
The note outlines a simple tool to recover items fallen under a grate using a clothespin attached to a stick. A wire ring holds the jaws open after pinning, and the string pulls the ring to close the jaws and grab the item.
Emergency lamp shade with corks and paper cone
A simple emergency lamp shade uses three corks attached to a paper cone with pins. The corks brace the shade fashioned from paper, designed to fit over a hot bulb.
The Mattress in the Cellar and the Candy Store’s Fate
A reformed gangster recalls a tale of Ronowitz the East Side candy store owner who hid a mob fugitive in the cellar under mattresses. Hoodlums search the shop then relocate him to a rope and iron bound fate near a Westchester bridge as a brutal payoff unfolds.
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Man of Extinction
Ronowitz
Dutch Schultz
Jersey
West Side
Westchester
Bonds Vanish at Rowland Camp After Break-In
Sheriff Felix Gherife responds to a burglary at Rowland camp where bonds stored in a safe were stolen. Chris Verne, injured in a struggle, reports a lone thief escaped in the dark after a brief clash near the library and front room.
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Gherife
Felix Brendlinger
Felix
Elvira
Chris Verne
Rowland Camp
Meantime in the Library Felix Accuses Chris of Theft
In a dark library Felix confronts caretaker Chris about missing bonds. Felix uses a long barrel revolver and insists Chris framed the crime after the lights go out. Chris questions the scene as Felix orders him kept for questioning and to spend the night in custody.
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Felix
Chris
Elvira
Nemmnine
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues From 1940s Page
A compact crossword puzzle lists across clues such as Breaches Nocturnal birds Revelry fencing sword Italian poet tribunal at home citing tool bustle Turkish title place where grain is ground depart cipher Journeyea disease of sheep macaw Braz con-tributed to a common fund ship canal N Bur Jewish month Scarch Born Doctrine Chart Radium sym Depart Lukewarm Mix Jewish Oceans Refuse to grant Down clues include Association of farmers River Fr Kettles Vapor Away Court Coin It Mud A Mexican president Temper Humor Constella tion River in Chile Skulk Lubricates Shower River Scot A Bucket Haunt Millpond Weirdly A metal Valued Chap Kilauea goddess.
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Braz
N. Bur
Chile
ANSWER 47 By way of 48 Bitter vetch 60 Play on words
The clue list hints at a cryptic style puzzle with wordplay and cross referencing. Each item suggests an alternative phrasing and potential double meaning for common terms. The result binds numeration with thematic vocabulary.
Old Man Holds Store as Gangster Breaks Free Chains
An aged storekeeper braces for service as a gangster smiles and unties the chains. The outlaw delivers a taunting line about his past and the situation in a tense moment.
Studio audiences watched on CBS as The Goldbergs returns
The CBS Saturday night The Goldbergs drew studio audiences for the first time in 20 years, proving fans want to see characters Molly Jake Rosalie and Sammy in person. News also covers Vanessa Brown joining Three Husbands with Emlyn Williams, chimp Pierre in My Friend Irma Goes West, Cornel Wilde Maureen O Hara fencing scenes, Bob Hawks engagement to Mary Rechner and RKO mystery The Tattooed Stranger using New York as backdrop.
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The
Gertrude Berg
Molly
Jake
Rosalie
Sammy
Vanessa Brown
United Artists
Emlyn Williams
Vera Caspary
Cornel Wilde
Maureen O’hara
RKO
Sons of the Musketeers
Lim
Wilde
Maureen
New York
the Bowery
Bellevue Morgue
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BY Joe Mahoney
Redskins
Walter
Hagen
Grantland Rice
Phil Rizzuto
Reynolds
Vic Raschi
Lopat
Tommy Byrne
St. Petersburg
By Haroid Aketi
Broadway
Main Street
Billy Rose
Pop
Grace Noll Crowell
Rowland
You
Inez Gerhard
Pierre
Hall Wallis
Irma
Paras
Jerry Lewis
Bob Hawks
Mary Rechner
Dore Schary
M-G-M
Perfumea Lony
France
Riviera
Pervagi
Brigtt
Wilson Ave
Chicago
Miscellanea
Ett Fee
FOX Studios
Billings
U.S
Vicks VapoRul
Vici
Rial
Iweber
King
Hulman and Co
Terre
WNU
Calo Tooth PO McKesson & Robbins Inc
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