Yankee Bench Confident About New Season Outlook
In a candid chat with Art Fletcher and other former players, the piece surveys expectations for the 1945 season. Fletcher notes the Yankees face draft losses but retain a strong core. Mel Ott, Leo Durocher, and Frank Frisch weigh in on the Cardinals, Pirates, and overall pennant race alongside an Army sports plan to boost morale.
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Yankee
Art Fletcher
Joe McCarthy
Art
Yankees
Browns
Dickey
Gordon
DiMaggio
Henrich
Ruffing
Rizzuto
Keller
Hemsley
Johnson
Johnny Lindell
Snuffy Stirnweiss
Etten
Mel Ott
Leo Durocher
Mel
Cardinals
Pirates
Frank Frisch
Frank
Dodgers
Russia's piece wage system seen as future world trade edge
In postwar analysis Russia is posed to compete on price through a piece rate pay model in state plants, producing higher output than hourly workers and giving Russia an advantage in global markets. The piece work method is contrasted with slower, costlier hour-based labor in other nations. The piece system could boost Russian exports while risking American jobs. The second piece discusses looming postwar deficits and the need for a national policy guiding finance, industry, and labor to sustain living standards. It notes 40 large corporations own vast assets and employ millions, underpinning U.S. economy.
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Russia
U. S
America
Congress
United States
Tom
Harry
Legless Soldier From Youngstown Survives Triple Amputation
Cpl. Ralph Brown of Youngstown Ohio is described as the only soldier to survive a triple amputation. From Walter Reed hospital he writes his mother that he wants to walk out and return to dairy work. He is learning to use an artificial arm, awaiting artificial legs, and plans to resume his old job once recovered. His bravery began at Metz on September 22 and continued through rescue and treatment, with doctors calling him a model, cheerful patient.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Ralph Brown
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mary Brown
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D.C
Corporal Brown
Walter Reed
Metz
France
George S. Patton
America
Brown
T/Sgt
Robert
Wildcat Slain in Detroit Street Incident
A wildcat terrorizing Palmer Park dogs was found dead in a Detroit street. Police said hunger drove the animal into the city and it was likely hit by a car. Residents reported dogs returning home injured from nighttime encounters.
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Wildcat
Detroit
Palmer Park
Speedy Invader Craft Dashes Across Baipang Isle
Manila bay action reports Sgt. Melvin Richard Miller of Blackwell Oklahoma piloting an amphibious landing craft in a force landing on Baipang island. The craft struck the beach at high speed and slid across the narrow 10 yard wide strip for part of the half mile long island before entering the sea again.
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Manila
Melvin Richard Miller
Blackwell
Okla
Baipang Island
Manila Bay
Miller
Woman survives 27th floor plunge near Penobscot Tower
In Detroit Mrs. Vera Evers recalled March 13 as lucky after a man Adelbert Knappy age 75 leaped from the 27th floor of Penobscot Tower. His body struck her and sent her to the sidewalk but she escaped serious injury.
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Detroit
Vera Evers
Adelbert Knappy
Penobscot Tower
Rat Terrier Foxhole Hero of Iwo Jima 5th Marine Division
A two year old Australian rat terrier named George serves as the division’s famed foxhole digger during mortar bombardment on Iwo Jima. Belonging to Cpl. James E. Yates of San Diego, George has survived multiple invasions and travels across the Pacific, earning a reputation among Marines for finding the deepest, safest foxholes.
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5Th Marine
Iwo Jima
George
Australia
Cpl
James E. Yates
San Diego
Sydney
Guadalcanal
New Caledonia
Vella Lavlla
Bougainville
States
Hilo
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Liberty
Yates
Japs Burn Wounded They Cannot Evacuate
Manila reports a Japanese claim that on February 8 in Manila the Japanese blew up a women’s college housing 500 wounded and then burned them with gasoline to hide evidence. A MacArthur spokesman says death by burning is a typical Japanese practice, with references to earlier Manila and New Guinea actions. A diary recounts participation in burning 1,000 Filipino guerrillas in Intramuros.
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Manila
MacArthur
Women’s College
New Guinea
Canadians See Snake in Plane Realistic Nightmare
A Royal Canadian Air Force Dakota flying over Burma reportedly had a venomous viper emerge from behind the instrument panel. FO M H Spencer of Midland Ontario and PO N S Collins of Rossland British Columbia struggled as the reptile coiled near the control pedal. Collins used a Gurkha knife to decapitate it. Spencer described leaping several feet in fright as the snake threatened the co pilot.
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London
Royal Canadian Air Force
Burma
FO. M. H. Spencer
Midland
Ont
PO. N. S. Collins
Rossland
B. C
Spencer
Collins
Sergeant Gets Furlough Lands in Wrong Nation
East St Louis report says Sgt. Gregory B. Tissier on a 30 day furlough home from France after four years service, unable to reach his English wife and two month old baby. He expected England but received East St Louis. a brief eight minute call with his wife followed a contact from a friendly officer.
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East ST. Louis
Gregory B. Tissier
France
Sergeant Tissier
England
Tissier
Southall
Handy Household Hints From A Busy Kitchen
Practical tips on preserving dairy and rubber, keeping teapots clean, preparing potatoes and raisins, storing galoshes, hanging dresses, and repurposing soap scraps. Includes steps for shadowing odors, avoiding curdling, and using newspaper pieces to clean vases.
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Mediterranean
Eisenhower
Special Services Division
Grantland Rice
Western New
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Ford Motor Company
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Foxhole Terror
Pooch
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
St. Joseph
B. F. Goodrich
John L. Collyer
B. F. Goodrich Company
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