Senior Golfers Meet in August
The Virginias Seniors Golf Association will hold its annual tournament at White Sulphur Springs on August 3 4 and 5, announced Secretary J Lewis Bumgardner. No expensive awards this year as proceeds go to Army and Navy Relief funds. The three day event blends sport and social program with players in four age groups from 50 to 70 plus. Col Bumgardner will not compete this year due to giving up golf. Membership mainly from West Virginia and Virginia includes former national candidate John W Davis and local affiliates E M Payne Beckley P M Snyder Mount Hope and Tom Snyder Mount Hope.
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Virginias Seniors Golf Association
White Sulphur Springs
J. Lewis Bumgardner
Army
Navy
Col. Bumgardner
Virginias
Jessie Bloch
Wheeling
Association
West Virginia
Martinsburg Athlete Dies After Train Strike
Robert J. Quinn, 33, amateur athlete from Martinsburg, died Tuesday from injuries after being struck by a train near the city last Saturday. He was the son of Lena Quinn and the late Fire Chief Martin Quinn and worked as a cement packer at Standard Lime and Stone Company for 12 years.
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Associated Press
Martinsburg
Robert J. Quinn
Here
Lena Quinn
Martin Quinn
Standard Lime and Stone Company
Eisenhower Meets King George at Buckingham Palace
Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower commander of the U.S. Army in the European theater had an audience with King George at Buckingham Palace today. Officials only disclosed that the meeting lasted for some time.
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Associated Press
London
DiMaggio Faces Jeers as Slump Continues in Bronx
New York reports Joe DiMaggio endures heavy booing from fans in the Bronx as he struggles near .260 and searches for a spark. He notes two early All Star hits hinting at a possible comeback, while others question his calm reaction and potential impact on his standing with the crowd.
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Bronx
Joseph Paul DiMaggio
Joe
DiMaggio
Yankees
Ted Williams
Reds Plate From Crosley Field Donated To Scrap Heap
The home plate used by the 1936 Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Fields has been donated to the scrap heap. Friends of the donor disclosed the relic was retrieved from the field during the 1937 Ojito River flood.
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Cincinnati
Crosley Field
Cincinnati Reds
Navy awards contracts for Norfolk and Curtis Bay yards
The Navy announced two contracts totaling 3,985,000 dollars for work at the Navy Yard in Norfolk Virginia and at the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay Maryland.
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Navy
Navy Yard
Norfolk
Coast Guard Yard
Curtis Bay
Maryland
All-Star Games May Be Doomed
Cleveland July 9 AP Major league representatives and Army and Navy players staged a victory show to raise funds for war relief. Attendance reached 62,094 at Municipal Stadium with gross receipts of 143,571, netting about 70,000 for Army and Navy relief via stamps. Despite a 5-0 American League win, questions linger about staging another such event, given red tape and fan interest.
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Army
Navy
Alva Bradley
Cleveland Indians
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Army Emergency Relief Fund
Navy Relief Society
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Gordon
Micke) Cochrane
Service Stars
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Anil- Stars
Bradley
Cochrane
Warneke Returns to Cubs in Notable Reacquisition
Chicago resumes talks as veteran pitcher Lon Warneke, 33, re joins the Cubs after five and a half years. Manager Wilson and GM Gallagher stress immediate starting role and steadying impact while Warneke, 183–108 lifetime, vows to compete with Beazley and Dickson for rotation spots despite recent form.
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Chicago
Jean Lon Warneke
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Wilson
James Gallagher
Mudcats
Cardinal
Warneke
Cincinnati
John Beazley
Murry Dickson
Cardinals
Southern All Stars overpower North in Interleague game
Southern representatives used a power attack to secure a 6 to 1 victory over the northern group in an Inter national League all star benefit game in Buffalo. Hank Edwards and Ed Majeski homered, Edwards drove in half the runs, and George Sternweiss led the offense with a triple and two singles as 11 hits came off four pitchers before 6,352 spectators.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Hank Edwards
Ed Majeski
Edwards
George Sternweiss
US axis assets seized and liquidated in widening drive
Washington reports a broad government campaign against Axis influence in the United States. Since the start 507 foreign owned or controlled firms have been liquidated or forced to sell assets, about 2,000 patents and stock in large companies seized under alien property laws, government representatives placed in businesses to guide action, and licenses frozen to push reorganizations and changed trade practices amid a Pan American economic conference.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Western Hemisphere
Runway Extended At Wheeling Airport For Bomber Exit
A partially completed Wheeling airport runway has been lengthened to 3200 feet to let a stranded army bomber depart. The twin motor craft made a forced landing two weeks ago and remains under guard by state police and soldiers until the facility is finished.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
Freddie Cochrane Faces Delayed Fight Guaranties In California
In Los Angeles Freddie Cochrane dismisses a $10,000 California fight guarantee, saying New York could offer $50,000. Promoter Mike Jacobs plots a Sept 10 non title bout with Ray Robinson at Madison Square Garden as part of a US military exhibition series. Cochrane, training at the San Diego naval base, repeats that he has other duties and can only wait for the next purse offer. Parnassus, Greek manager George Parnassus, discusses Ramirez as the likely opponent, but Cochrane focuses on his own work and the uncertain purses remains unresolved.
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Robert Myers
Whitney Martin
Los Angeles
Freddie
Red) Cochrane
California
New York
San Diego
Rodolfo Ramirez
Mexico
Ramirez
Cochrane
Oakland
Parnassus
New Red Ambassador Presents Credentials in Tokyo
Jacob A. Malik, the Soviet Union's new ambassador to Japan, presented his credentials to Emperor Hirohito in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
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Imperial Palace
Associated Press
Tokyo
Jacob A. Malik
Japan
Hirohito
Earthquake Felt Near Rome and Segni
Berlin radio broadcast cites a Rome dispatch reporting short tremors felt Monday night near Rome and in Segni forty miles southeast of Rome. Dispatch notes no damage or casualties.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Rome
Segni
Repairs on Mine Machine Blamed
Washington reports the explosion that killed 56 men at Christopher Coal Co. No. 3 mine in Osage West Virginia on May 12 was likely caused by methane ignition from an electric arc inside a coal cutting machine control box. Investigators say alterations removed safe features, allowing gas to ignite and propagate through affected mine areas.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Ickes
Christopher Coal Co
Osage
W. Va
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