Baseball's toughest records for generations to test
An expert surveys enduring benchmarks in baseball history. Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak, Gehrig's 2 000 plus games, Ruth's 60 home runs in 1927, Cobb's 2 244 runs and 4 191 hits, and Cy Young's 510 wins stand as near-impossible targets. The piece notes longevity and stamina define these landmarks beyond raw totals.
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Tommy Holmes
Boston Braves
Rogers Hornsby
Joe DiMaggio
DiMaggio
Lou Gehrig
Lou
Babe Ruth
Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Jimmy Foxx
Hank Greenberg
Ruth
Cobb
Eddie Collins
Gehrig
Walter Johnson
Barney
Cy Young
Young
Johnson
Grover Alexander
Old Pete
Philadelphia
Alexander
Tim Keefe
Rube Marquard
Giants
Iron Man
War created travel in a crowded hotel lobby
In a Los Angeles hotel lobby war forced families to travel, hoping to be with loved ones on ships or trains. The piece reflects on wartime journeys and the public mood, noting how family ties shape American views on global involvement and national safety. It recalls Lodge and the League of Nations vote, underscoring the shift from isolation to world engagement.
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Los Angeles
California
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Suit Dismissed After 48 Years Over Road Across Property
Milwaukee. Judge dismisses Frank R. Falk's suit to stop city road construction across his former Pabst Brewing property. Dismissal cited for want of prosecution. All principals are dead, including the judge.
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Milwaukee
Frank R. Falk
Pabst Brewing Company
Jap Balloons Turn West Wild Again
A West region sheriff chased a Japan balloon bomb that drifted across foothills and a ravine for 55 minutes. He finally tethered the balloon with a tree hitch and, with FBI help, halted the device. Another sheriff shot down one balloon with a rifle.
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Washington
Japan
West
FBI
Hill and Dale
Soldier Is Alive Wife Now Sorry Sho Wed Again
Mrs Thelma Hammond Nelms seeks annulment of her marriage to William R Nelms after learning her first husband S/Sgt David E Hammond of Sharpsburg Md was alive and liberated from Stalag 30. She had believed him dead since 1943 and remarried last August due to loneliness.
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Washington, D. C
Thelma Hammond Nelms
Nelms
David E. Hammond
Sharpsburg
Europe
Swims 20 Hours to Save Five at Pontchartrain
Five fishermen from New Orleans were rescued after their boat capsized in Lake Pontchartrain. Teammate William Hayes swam over 10 miles for 20 hours to summon help, reaching West End at 2 p.m. The other five were saved by a PBY Catalina patrol bomber two hours later. They endured 23 hours in the water and gasoline burns from the sinking boat, all wearing life preservers.
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Lake New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
William Hayes
New Orleans
West End
Kentuckian Kills Armed Japanese With Plier Suitcase
Pfc Eurie E Legates of Kentucky killed a Japanese soldier with a pair of pliers near the 7th infantry division front in Okinawa. Legates and two other soldiers were stringing a telephone line when they spotted the armed enemy asleep. The Japanese awoke and ran. Legates shot him in the leg, then beat him to death with pliers as the enemy dropped six grenades and a bayonet.
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Okinawa
Eurie E. Legates
Legates
7Th Infantry Division
Villages Burned in Greece Exodus Reported by Skouras
Spyros P. Skouras, president of Greek War Relief, Inc., said in New York that Greece has burned more than 1,400 villages and currently faces 250,000 refugees and about 500,000 homeless needing aid after his seven week overseas mission.
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Greece
Skouras
New York
Spyros P. Skouras
Greek War Relief, Inc
New York Air Field
Chant of Moro Girl Reveals Heroic US Fliers on Jolo
The Moro festival chant in Parang told how two American fliers captured by Japanese on Jolo refused to reveal base or planes. After a dress parade, the fliers were executed by decapitation, later buried by natives near the Jolo cemetery. three others died in crashes.
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Leonard A. Wing
Bozeman, Mont
Jolo
Navy
Moros
Siasi
Sulu
Vinta
Tarakan
Dutch Borneo
Sizaki
Philippines
Jolo Air Field
Little American
Sugar price in Chungking climbs to astounding levels
In Chungking China a pound of badly refined sugar jumps to 1 100 Chinese dollars, 55 dollars at official exchange or over 1 80 at unofficial rates. Other items rise steeply with a shirt at 35 000 dollars and a refrigerator at 1 000 000 dollars or more. The price index as of April 30 shows 1 250 times prewar levels.
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China
Chungking
Reversed Helmet Saves Life of American Soldier
In Manila Pfc. Joseph Montanez of Pasadena California wore his helmet backward a Japanese bullet hit the rim and penetrated the helmet but was deflected saving his forehead. He kept fighting through the night as his company killed 51 enemies.
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Manila
Joseph Montanez
Pasadena
Calif
Montanez
Rag Doll Craft Pattern with Embroidered Features
A charming 15 inch rag doll features embroidered facial details and yarn curls. The pattern promises simple steps to create a soft toy suitable for beginners.
Learning Cooperation and the Need for Global Unity
The essay argues that Andy Gribbin's early life stresses cooperation within family and community, expanding to school and church, with a warning that true peace requires international cooperation beyond borders. It urges readers to stay informed about peace proposals, discuss them in groups, and write to lawmakers and newspapers to declare support for global cooperation.
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Andy Gribbin
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