Pitchers Dominate 1943 Baseball Season In A Lively Year
Western Newspaper Union notes a pitcher’s year with elite AL ERAs and 20-win leaders. Spurgeon Chandler led in wins and ERA for the Yankees as Detroit and Cleveland also posted strong staff records. Complete games and strikeouts cited. rubber, Pearl Harbor, and ownership items touch the page.
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Spurgeon Chandler
Yankees
Chandler
Ernie Bonham
Bonham
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Paul
Dizzy
Trout
Tiger Moundsman
Cleveland Indians
Vern Kennedy
Tex Hughson
Boston
Orval Grove
Chicago
Charlie Wensloff
New York
Jim Bagby
Lyman Harris
Philadelphia
Emil Leonard
Allie Reynolds
Reynolds
al Milnar
St. Louis Browns
Bobo Newsom
White Sox
Luman Harris
A’s
Harris
Hunter Kills Rabbit And Then Falls Dead
Arthur J. Moore aged 62 shot a rabbit near his Hampton area summer home in New Jersey and died apparently of a heart ailment. The hunting party found him next morning with the shotgun in his hands and the rabbit nearby.
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Westfield, N. J
Arthur J. Moore
Hampton
N. J
Manpower Solution At Central State Hospital
Norman Oklahoma reports Dr. D W Griffin superintendent of the Central State hospital for the mentally ill hires patients to fill staff positions. Fifty four marginal case patients work full time replacing vacancies caused by higher outside salaries at two naval bases. The program boosts morale and provides first pay checks. Only three patients have been relieved and salaries range from 30 to 70 dollars monthly.
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Norman
Okla
D. W. Griffin
Central State Hospital
Griffin
Woman Crawls 5 Miles With Broken Leg and Survives
Lavenia Green, 35, ranch-woman near Canon City Colorado, was thrown by a horse breaking her leg. She crawled five miles across cactus terrain to her cabin then drove 35 miles to a hospital, saying she would rather crawl than freeze. She recalls nearly passing out while opening range gates during the trip.
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Canon City
Colo
Lavenia Green
O.k
Convict Donor Provides Skin to Save Burned Boy
Charles McCullough. 23, a robbery convict from Eastern State Penitentiary, became the first donor from the prison's skin bank. He underwent a graft at Hahnemann Hospital to aid nine year old Billy Gaugher of Santioga who suffered severe burns, following another inmate, Thomas Costello, who donated earlier.
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Philadelphia
Charles McCullough
Eastern State Penitentiary
Herbert M. Goddard
McCullough
Hahnemann Hospital
Billy Gaugher
Santioga
Penitentiary
Thomas Costello
Field Motor Pool Reaches 8000 Miles Daily
At Keesler Field Mississippi officers report the field motor pool traveled over 250000 miles in August despite mileage cuts. Lieutenant Edward R Buchanan, commanding officer, noted routes are planned 24 hours ahead so one vehicle can handle several missions per trip. He added the mileage averages just over 8000 miles per day.
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Keesler Field
Miss
Edward R. Buchanan
Break in Oxygen Knocks Plane Gunner Unconscious
Tech Sergeant William F. Vance of Des Moines Iowa a ball turret gunner aboard the Fortress Romance lost oxygen just after crossing the German coast. He did not regain consciousness until the return flight to base. Despite the danger he showed no ill effects after landing.
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USAAF
England
Muenster
William F. Vance
Des Moines
Iowa
Vance
U S Flier Saves An Avenger With One Bomb Loose
Navy reports how Lieut. Comdr. Thomas W. McKnight risked his life to steer a Grumman Avenger after a 500-pound bomb broke loose in the Jacksonville Florida air station. He flew the plane to sea, opened the bomb bay doors, avoided detonation, and prevented a catastrophe with the weapon finally dropping into the water.
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Washington
Navy
Jacksonville
Fla
Thomas W. McKnight
USNR
McKnight
Firebugs Garner Rich Reward in Wake of Trucks
In Clarksburg West Virginia children followed fire trucks to a laundry where a lint fire in a waste pipe triggered a coin shower. Firemen removed the pipe and exposed pennies dimes and quarters plus other debris likely salvaged from cleaned clothing.
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Clarksburg
W. VA
Four Year Old Boy Gets Two Birthday Parties
In Knoxville Tennessee Mrs Chloe Harrington planned a party for her four year old son T R Harrington III. A telephone interruption revealed the date was wrong and a second party was scheduled for the proper day, with another cake.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Chloe Harrington
T. R. Harrington III
New Kind of Bomb Found in Field near English Farm
Lieutenant Leonard F. Dawson of Lawrence Kansas, armament officer at an American bomber station in England, investigates a field report of a new device. A rural constable roped off a scene where a green empty United States army foot powder can lay in the center of the area.
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England
Leonard F. Dawson
Lawrence
Kan
Bright colored weskit and matching handbag pattern
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1917 offers a fitted weskit in sizes 12 to 42 with busts 30 to 42 inches and a large handbag. Size 14 requires 13 yards of 39 inch fabric and 34 yards of handling. High demand and wartime conditions may delay delivery.
Pants as Water Wings Lifesaving Pants Turned Into Air Wings
New lifeboat and raft techs save sailors at sea. A growing method uses sailors trousers as water wings: tie bottoms, inflate pant legs, and seal the waist to float for hours. Navy and coast guard instructors teach the simple air trapping trick.
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Navy
Coast Guard
Lemon Wake-Up Drink Advertises Simple Constipation Relief
An ad promotes using the juice of one Sunkist lemon in a glass of water each morning to ease constipation without harsh laxatives. It claims lemon juice boosts vitamin C and other nutrients, fights fatigue, aids digestion, and provides a refreshing start to the day.
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Sunkist
California
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Western Newspaper Union
Walter Johnson
Red Cochrane
Pearl Harbor
Baltimore
Joe McCarthy
Spud Chandler
Hunter
Rabbit
U. S. Flier
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
St. Joseph
Smith Bros
Voreo Best OF
Pleischmanns
Fleischmann
Fleischmann S
Anse
Standard Brands Incorporated
Montgall Ave
Kansas City
Missouri
Mark
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