Baseball Stars Dominate Early 1950 Awards Talk
The article surveys top American and National League contenders for 1950 season honors. It highlights Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio as premier sluggers and Jackie Robinson along with Stan Musial as leading players, with Mel Parnell Don Newcombe and others named as standout pitchers. It also notes shifting coaching jobs and Len Casanova’s emergence in Pittsburgh.
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Jackie Rob
Brooklyn
Don Newcombe
Ralph Kiner
Pitts
Stan—Mussel
Cardinals
Can" Teague
Ted Williams
George Keli
Tigers
Phil Wand
Joe Page
Yankees
Why Under
Mel Parnell
Young Kinler
Kinda Parnell
Melell
Red Sox
Joe DiMag
Tommy Henrich
Rizzuto
Daleell
Lou Boudreau
Johnny Groth
Ding
Tedds
Boston
Joe DiMaggio
Luke Easter
Indians
Chapman
Athletics
Ing
Kinder
Vic Raschi
Reynolds
Bob
Allie Reynolds
Stan Musial
Roy Campanella
Bob Morgan
Jackie
Pirates
Sam Jethroe
Braves
Bot Morgan
Dodgers
Ted Willams
Broadway and Main Street Nazi selection tale retold
A wartime tale from Billy Rose recounts a Polish scientist in a German concentration camp who faces a cruel lottery system. Each barracks inmate draws a white or black disk. white means safety, black means shipment. The Pole fears the drumbeat of liberation delayed by the hat draw and growing Russian suspicions.
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Billy Rose
Carnegie Ie Hall
Warsaw
Moscow
Kremlin
Red Army
Strange tale of a camp inmate plots and courage
An excerpt describes a Czech prisoner in a Nazi camp finding unlikely aid from a fellow inmate as a plot to swap grave disks unfolds. A scientist's escape attempt and a wry remark about a one good meal expose the fragile human hope amid terror.
Actress TDA Lupino Passes Over Italian Accent Crisis
TDA Lupino, star of Woman in Hiding, backed by NBC This Is Your Life and Hallmark Playhouse tieins, faced last minute Italian intonation issues. A new script was rushed, Hilton considered for Shangri La, and a voice coach was employed before dismissal. Bing Crosby to attend Front Royal stadium dedication this spring after poll names him top entertainer.
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Tda Lupino
James Hilton
Hallmark Playhouse
Playhouse
Hilton
Bing Crosby
Front Royal
Crosby
Handy bait adjustment for snag free line
The ad describes a rig that adjusts the bait to vary eye alignment, allowing the line to slide through the hook eye. Cork is slit and barb eye. A taut line keeps the hook suspended below the bottom to reduce snagging.
Knolton Plans Two Year Payroll Theft
Knolton, a former lumber camp clerk, spent two years planning a payroll heist. At noon he timed a transfer, seizing the unguarded payroll after the bank guard left, then prepared his getaway while listening to discussions with Raymond the camp paymaster.
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Nolton
Knolton
Knolton’s Case Reveals Hidden Dig And Disguise
A crime tale recalls Knolton digging a shallow hole months earlier and burying a bag. He hides evidence by allowing undergrowth to cover the site, then travels south to a village, changes hair color with dye, and returns as Carl Hedman to the timber camp unseen.
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Knolton
Carl Hedman
Timberland Loss and a Mysterious Escape
A man witnesses a vast logging of a region with all trees uniform in stump and height. He falls to his death when a slash pile tips him over a precipice near a river while another figure departs by canoe to an untouched virgin forest area.
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Apain
Knolton
Crossword Puzzle Wages 14 Indentation Of The Sea
A crossword puzzle listing several across and down clues with numbered entries such as 14 indentation of the sea 15 Double Bot 16 Began 19 Type measure 20 Roman money 21 A sum of 23 Biting 26 Poets 27 A color of a horse 28 Breeze 29 Music note and down clues including Gush out 1 One of Canary Islands 2 Portion of a curved line 3 A deer 4 Plant insect 5 Thin tin plate 6 Odd Scot 7 Make believe 11 Fuel 18 Dispatches 15 God of leisure Egypt 17 Shower 18 Man s nickname 21 Price of passage 22 Biblical city 23 Tapestry 24 Forces 25 Radium sym 26 Apron top 28 Malt beverage 30 Antelope Afr $1 River Trury $2 Memento $3 Solemn wonder.
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Canary Islands
Egypt
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