Ruffing Pitches Superb 3-Hitter For The Yanks
Yankee ace Charley Ruffing opened his 18th American League season with a 7-0 shutout of the Senators in Washington. Ruffing limited them to three hits and one walk while driving in two runs with two timely hits. The day featured a slate of openers across the league as Dodgers, Cubs, Reds, and others posted victories and early clashes hinted at a competitive season ahead.
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Sid Hudson
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Winter's Cousin Pitching Shells At The Japanese
The Tennessee newspaper profiles Captain Tom Davis III, son of Mr and Mrs Tom Davis Jr of Wilson Pike. A former Vanderbilt athlete and 1935 graduate who entered West Point, he became an ace pitcher and serves at the front in the Philippines era warfare.
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Tom Davis
Tennessee
Nashville
Tom Davis III
Wilson Pike
Tom
Vanderbilt
West Point
Army Captain Tom Davis Aboard Corregidor Defense
The Coast Artillery captain commands an anti aircraft company on Corregidor defending Manila Bay. He writes his mother from the Philippines praising morale, while the island withstands repeated Japanese air attacks. Tom Davis, a Vanderbilt and West Point alumnus, is part of a storied defense cited as a pivotal piece of the Philippines campaign. His brother Major W A Davis serves at Bowling Field, Washington DC.
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Bowling Field
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Sanitarian Needed in Sixth Health District
Santa Fe April 15. State health director J R Scott seeks at least one more sanitarian for the sixth health district covering Lea Eddy and Chaves counties. The district, with air bases at Roswell and planned bases at Carlsby and Hobbs, is currently served by one sanitarian, Carl Henderson. He urges urgent help as the sanitary situation could worsen. The state requests aid from the U S Public Health Service, and district officer Dr E Puckett recommends adding a deputy clerk as well.
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Nellie Burton Tops ABC Singles With 746 High Score
Columbus April 15 Nelson Burton a six foot ten pin toppler from St Louis leads the American Bowling Congress singles with 746 pins an average of 248 He discusses bowling technique noting the rise of new styles and the five pin spare as the toughest shot He advises youngsters to develop a natural delivery and aim at the 1 3 pocket while praising coaching and training teams for big tournaments He won nearly $1000 in ABC gold since 1937 and is on the St Louis Budweiser team in second place with 31 points
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Defends Rights Of Ranchers In Grazing Lands
Washington reports Representative Anderson of New Mexico plans legislation to compel compensation for federal grazing permit owners when leasing rights are seized for bombing or range establishment. He cites stockmen around Alamogordo Las Cruces and says grazing permits are valuable property requiring reimbursement. He met with condemnation officials from War and Justice, who will send a regional representative to NM to discuss the issue.
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New Mexico
Alamogordo - Las Cruces
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Land Office
William W Roach Dies Suddenly
William W. Roach, 52, died suddenly of a heart attack at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning at his sheep ranch west of Tatum. He is survived by his wife and five children. He was a son-in-law of Roswell residents and a half-brother of John Roach of Roswell. Funeral arrangements have not been announced but services and burial will probably be at Tatum.
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Tatum
Roswell
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Vichy shakeup tests French resolve and alliance
DeWitt Mackenzie analyzes Laval's return and a pro Nazi tilt within Vichy as Paris weighs the risk to France and allied plans. He warns that French public opinion, anti Nazi and pro allied, could oppose surrender of ships or bases even as Berlin seeks naval assets and colonial footholds. The outcome remains uncertain.
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America
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Thefuehrer
London
Close Ones Don’t Count at Maine Jail Break
In Brookfield Maine a jail escape attempt nearly succeeded when a woman used only a beer bottle opener as a makeshift tool. The incident drew attention to the ingenuity of inmates and the vulnerability of jail security in a moment of tension.
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Brookfield
Kennedy is New Tammany Leader
Michael Joseph Kennedy, 45, elected leader of Tammany Hall in New York to succeed Christopher D. Sullivan. A native New Yorker and longtime congressman, he pledged public service over private interests and said he would not seek reelection to the House this fall.
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House of Representatives
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White House
GOP Comment On Democratic Talks
Santa Fe New Mexico April 15 A conference this week among Governor Miles under secretary of the interior J J Dempsey Albuquerque mayor Clyde Tingley and Albuquerque city commissioner Clyde Oden was called an outgrowth of the recent Santa Fe city election GOP victory by state chairman J B Newell Newell said the reconciliation of former political enemies shows Democrats will not threaten state control or its patronage despite internal fights.
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N. M
Miles
Interior
J. J. Dempsey
Albuquerque
Clyde Tingley
Clyde Oden
J. B. Newell
GOP
New Mexico
Newell
Victoria Cross to switch from captured Sevastopol guns
The Victoria Cross will no longer be forged from guns captured at Sevastopol in the Crimean War. The Maltese crosses will be made from Mint gun metal. The change follows exhaustion of the Sevastopol metal. nearly 1,190 winners are listed in the jeweller's ledger.
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London
Charles David Lucas
Baltic Sea
Oil Looms Large In The Vast Battle Waging In Russia
In a Wide World analysis Clyde A. Farnsworth weighs Germanys push for Caucasus oil and Japan’s India ambitions as pivotal to World War II. He notes Russian defenses around Rostov, the Crimea, Leningrad, and potential counterstrikes toward Smolensk and Staraya Russa, with implications for the Baltic and Arctic theaters and the stance of Moscow and Berlin. Major League and minor league scores follow.
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Puppets Stage Crow Dance Impresses Visitor
In Sheridan Wyoming a restrained Crow ceremonial dance miniature captivates a female observer who, after hours of watching, praises the puppets through an interpreter before departing. The creator A. L. Nixon showcases authentic details and the tiny dancers.
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Heavyweight in the family leaves army role behind
Dominico Antonio Baccari of Clarksburg West Virginia, a 306 pound man, returns home from the prospect of service to the tank corps. He says he feels upset because two brothers, James and Frank, are U S army sergeants and a third, Joe, is a private. At five feet ten and a half inches tall with a 64 inch waist, he is the only super heavy weight in the family.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Dominico Antonio Baccari
Dominico
James
Frank
U. S. Army
Joe
Baccari
Patent Pool With Nazi Interests Is U. S. Bottleneck
Washington April 14 A vast patent pool linking General Electric with Krupp in Germany was described as a war production bottleneck by John Henry Lewis special assistant to the attorney general He presented 124 exhibits to the senate patents committee showing GE and its subsidiaries entered into a pool involving cemented tungsten carbide a key metal for machine tools and munitions He urged government seizure or licensing of vital patents to ease war production and cited indictments from 1940 in New York. Francis M Shea warned that patent arrangements have restricted war capacity and supported a bill to empower seizure of essential patents The witnesses argued current laws hinder industrial capacity for the war effort and must be corrected
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Washingtion
General Electric Company
Krupp
Germany
John Henry Lewis
Justice Department
Senate Patents Committee
General Electric
Lewin
New York
Francis M. Shea
Shea
Bone
Baseball draws crowds despite war claims
Sports briefs note large attendance at baseball events, with the president absent and a veteran player granted unconditional release from first-ball duties. The piece recalls 1918 when President Wilson was busy with wartime duties and delegated tasks to Franklin D. Roosevelt as assistant secretary of the navy.
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New York
Wilson
Williams speaks on booing and 406 hope after homer
Ted Williams tells Bill Cunningham he hears every boo despite cheering. The star says yesterday's homer may save his ears as he aims to hit 406 again. Mick Bartell predicts Les Fleming will clash with baserunners and risk a concussion before May due to rough plays at first base.
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Bill Cunningham
Homer
Mick Bartell
Cleveland
Les Fleming
Guest Star Glenn H Peterson Responds From Bismarck
In reply to comments by managers Lou Boudreau and Mel Ott about teams staying south for better weather, Peterson asserts that the regular season games will not be all sunshine either and cautions against extended stays. The exchange hints at upcoming tensions as teams weigh travel and climate against competitive demands.
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Glenn H. Peterson
Bismarck
N. D
Lou
Cleveland
City College opens basketball practice season start
Sportpourri notes City College of New York began basketball practice as the season begins. Tommy Healey, a trainer with a history with Equipoise and other horses, will steward at Pimlico this spring. A bat maker for major league clubs eyes defense orders, previously making golf clubs. Major league rosters list 76 players who once played American Legion junior baseball, with eight more Legion grads moving to the armed forces this season. Alsab and Requested, Derby favorites, were foaled on adjacent Fayette County farms, shipped to Saratoga as yearlings, then sold on consecutive days at bargain prices.
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