Baseball Goes Global As Nations Embrace The Game
A National Geographic bulletin describes baseball’s spread from the United States to Britain and across the world. Scotland beats England 24 to 8 in an early international, and fans in Canada Cuba Mexico China Turkey Japan and more adopt the sport. Abner Doubleday is credited with creating the game, which evolved from town ball and rounders, spreading via Civil War soldiers and World War I influence.
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Great Britain
Scotland
England
Britain
Boston
Philadelphia
Abmer Doubleday
Cooperstown
N. Y
National Geographic Society
Canada
Cuba
Sonora
Mexico
Guaymas
Luzon
Pago Pago
Samoa
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Soviet Russia
Bullitt
Moscow
China
Turkey
Bosporus
Fatima
Diamond
Constantinople
Japan
Meiji Shrine
Tokyo
Waseda
Keio
Abner Doubleday
West Point
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
America
Knickerbocker
New York
Elysian Fields
Hoboken
Brooklyn
Baltimore
Egypt
Cat Rescued From Well With Caviar
In New York a cat fell into a well and drew a crowd as an ASPCA agent intervened. The rescuer used caviar from a nearby restaurant, lowering a bucket into the well. The cat, attracted by the scent, jumped into the bucket and was raised to safety.
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New York
ASPCA
Decline Seen in Truck Fatalities in Cleveland Report
National Safety Council data show passenger car fatalities up 38 percent while truck deaths fall 8 percent over six years. R W Cass cites driver fatigue and machine plus road factors as causes and predicts further trucking safety gains from anti sleep laws and better driver comfort. Improved highways under public works funding also expected to reduce truck accidents.
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Cleveland
Ohio
National Safety Council
R. W. Cass
Cass
Byrd's Hut a Tiny Packing Box in Polar Claim
Polar exploration yields comfort as Admiral Richard E. Byrd seals himself in a hut of four inch walls made from canvas foil and kapok, transported 12 000 miles from Boston to Little America and on display at the Chicago World's Fair facing The City of New York ship.
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Chicago
Richard E. Byrd
Boston
Little America
Byrd Advance
City of
New York
Royal Bank of Canada Reports Business Gains
The Royal Bank of Canada states in a monthly business letter that Canadian activity has risen rapidly since March 1983 with gains across capital goods production. It notes a 25 percent rise in three months car loadings versus 1988 and steel production more than doubled.
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Montreal
Canada
Royal Bank of Canada
Dominion
Economic Recovery Shows Mixed Progress in 1988 First Quarter
A government letter notes 42 percent growth over Q1 1988 volume with gains in metal mining, lumber and power. however the slowest recovery appears in capital goods such as housing, commercial and industrial construction and new machinery installation, indicating lag in that sector.
Signaling System Placed In New Post Office Lookouts
Kansas City Missouri hosts a signaling system for 48 lookout galleries inside the new post office. Red lights mark plug-in points for hand telephones used by inspectors to communicate with the central office if mail handling appears amiss. Secret corridors connect galleries and the system spans two miles.
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Kansas City
Michigan Robin Battles Reflection in Car Door
In Battle Creek Michigan a robin attacked its reflection in the door panel of Charles H. Scully s car. Scully found the bird clawing the shiny surface and the enraged robin flung itself at him several times as it fought the imagined foe.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Charles H. Scully
Scully
19 Year Old Lad Dog Celebrated Birthday Feast
In Bayport N Y neighbors and friends gathered to honor Lad a black and tan dog as he reached nineteen years. The James Frazer household treated him to a feast of lamb chops and delicacies. SPCA officers noted nineteen is a remarkable age with a potential record of twenty three.
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Bayport
James Frazer
S. P
Rattlesnake Sandwich Opens Reptile Garden in San Antonio
On opening day at the reptile garden in San Antonio Texas Witte Memorial museum served a novelty rattlesnake meat sandwich toasted to attract visitors. Harvey Dunbar took the first bite to prove the dish a real delicacy.
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San Antonio
Texas
Witte
Memorial Museum
Harvey Dunbar
Edward F. Warner Named To Air Policy Commission
Edward F. Warner editor of Aviation McGraw Hill joins Roosevelt administration as part of a new presidential commission on air policy. He previously served as assistant secretary of the navy for aviation under Coolidge and later on the national advisory committee for aeronautics under Hoover.
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Edward F. Warner
Roosevelt
Presidential Commission On Air Policy
McGraw- Hill
Aviation
Mr. Warner
Navy
Coolidge
National Advisory Committee For
Aeronautics
Hoover
Alexander G Jamie Named St Paul Police Chief
Former head of Chicago's crime-fighting agency known as the secret six is appointed chief of police in St Paul Minnesota with orders to give the city a thorough cleaning.
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Alexander G. Jamie
Chicago
The
Secret Six
St. Paul, Minn
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Daughters of War Veterans
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Ne Groes
Sam
Philadelphia Navy Yard
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Betty Farley
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