Red Sox and Dodgers Lead Major League Pennants
The Dodgers beat the Braves 9-2 and the Cubs routed the Pirates 8-2 to top the NL. In the AL, the Red Sox fell 10-4 to the Senators but held a half game lead as Yankees and Browns were edged. Cleveland beat St. Louis 4-3 while Philadelphia and Chicago won to boost their pennant chances.
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New York Yankees
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Yanks
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Nats
Brownies
Brooklyn
Kirby Higbe
Boston
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Tom Earley
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Pittsburgh
Max Butcher
Pirates
Jake Maty
Philadelphia Phils
New York Giants
al Glossop
Danny Litwhiler
Giants
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Jack Wilson
Senators
Joe Dobson
Ken Keltner
Cris Hackett
Cleveland
Denny Gatehouse
Jeff Heath
al Smith
Browns
Johnny Rigney
Dizzy Trout
Chicago White Sox
Detroit Tigers
Chicago
Mitchell Named Raton Police Chief
RATON New Mexico April 21 Former Colfax county sheriff Barney Mitchell now an under sheriff has been named Raton police chief by R L McQuaire the city's new democratic mayor. McQuaire took office last night his only unanimously approved appointment was W D Moore renamed fire chief. Former district attorney Verdan Doggett became city attorney and Richard Gaskin was held over as clerk. Six democrats and four republicans comprise the council but on several votes last night Mc Quire had no ballot to break a 5 5 deadlock.
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McQuire
Congress in recess as panels probe defense and patents
In Washington, Senate committees pursue defense questions about Donald M. Nelson and patent controls affecting plastics. Agriculture subcommittee resumes hearings on synthetic rubber and alcohol. Appropriations handles the agriculture department budget while travel allowances in independent offices are reviewed. House debates a war bill rider. Senate delays labor legislation after a presidential message. Navy shore establishment expansion gains House support.
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Defense Investigating
Donald M. Nelson
WRB
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Agriculture Subcommittee
Appropriations
Agriculture Department
HOUSE
Major League Results National League Scores Reported
National League results list Phillies 6 over Giants 3. Dodgers or Brooklyn 9 over Boston 2. Chicago 8 over Pittsburgh 2. Only game scores given with no extra details.
Baseball scores wrap as rain forces postponement
American League results show Chicago 3 Detroit 1 and Cleveland 4 St Louis 3. Washington 10 Boston 4 with a second game postponed by weather, while New York at Philadelphia also postponed due to rain.
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Associated Press
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Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Toronto Beats Jersey City 2 1 In IL Action
In the International League, Toronto defeats Jersey City 2 to 1. Rochester at Syracuse game postponed due to unspecified reasons.
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Jersey City
Rochester
Syracuse
Southern Association Scores Quick Summary
In the Southern Association Atlanta beat Knoxville 14 to 3 while Memphis defeated Birmingham 7 to 3. Chattanooga and Nashville posted a 4 to 4 draw. New Orleans at Little Rock games were postponed.
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Little Rock
New Rubber Lung Demonstrated For Drowning Victims
In St Paul on April 21 the American College of Physicians showcased a rubber lung that aids breathing and pumps water from a drowning victim. It comes in baby and larger sizes and is touted as safer than rough first aid, with potential use in carbon monoxide poisoning and poliomyelitis cases. Inventors are Dr Francis Goldsborough and Dr Francis L Wilson, and Dennis R Scanlan demonstrated the device. Buffalo reports credit the device with saving six blue babies there.
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Red Cross
Dennis R. Scanlan
New York City
Francis Goldsborough
University of Buffalo
Francis L. Wilson
Detroit
Buffalo
Athletic Club To Play State Guard In Volley Ball
The State Guard will face the Business Men's Athletic Club in a volleyball match at 5 30 P M Wednesday at the State Guard Armory. Captain Roger Aston said his team is inexperienced but eager, while Ace Chambers of the Athletic Club predicted an easy win with Headley and Worthington in the lineup. A special detachmen t of the State Guard may be called to control the crowd. admission is free and a three game set is planned.
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Business Men's Athletic Club
Roger Aston
Aston
Ge.y
Ge.y. “Ace” Chambers
Athletic Club
J. B
Headley
W. N
Wild Bill” Worthington
Jersey City opens season. Hague for baseball czar
New York report notes Jersey City's opening day ticket sale as fuel for baseball fires. Powers of the New York News nominates mayor Frank Hague to succeed Judge Landis as baseball czar, arguing selling 55,000 tickets proves top promotion. Byron Hollingsworth of the Tampa Times forwards an editorial urging Landis to investigate ticket selling methods. Pick your sides, boys, and figure it out.
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Wide World
Jersey City
The
New York News
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Judge Landis
Byron Hollingsworth
Tampa
Fla
Set Em Up Exercise At Kansas City Bowling Emporium
Frank Clifford who runs a Kansas City bowling emporium found he was short a pin boy the other night. He phoned another establishment about two miles away. A breathless 17 year old trotted in and said I am your man. Clifford joked you must have caught the first street car. The boy asked what he meant by street car. He ran down here.
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Kansas City
Clifford
Pilney Gives Golf Team Pointers With No. 8 Iron
Washington University coach Andy Pilney and two players practiced on a short hole where he demonstrated using a No 8 iron by driving the ball into a hole in ore, illustrating technique and precision.
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Andy Pilney
Washington U
St. Louis
Andy
Now that the major league all star games have been arranged
The Daily Ledger from Canton Ohio proposes staging the 1943 major league all star game in Tokyo. The columnist Jimmie Murphy suggests arranging travel, logistics, and exhibition plans for an overseas game to showcase baseball during wartime.
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Daily Ledger
Tokyo
Atlantic City golf return marks first major since 1901
Odds and ends note the PGA championship moves to Atlantic City next month, the site of Walter Travis's 1901 national amateur win. The item also recalls Shelby high school’s 40 to 4 baseball win over Cliffside, batting around in every inning, with Bob Brooks of the Shelby Daily Star seeking any score that tops it.
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Walter Travis
Shelby
N. C
Cliffside
Bob Brooks
The
Shelby Daily Star
Higher Education Sammy Byrd Reveals Trapped Pair Trick
Sammy Byrd recalls a Yankee practice year perfecting the trapped pair. In an exhibition with Yale, Byrd feigned a catch, dropped the ball, then threw to second. Yale runners failed to tag up. one slid into third, another safe on second, and the hitter reached first. The risky play was shelved for the season.
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Yanks
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Japs Claim Success On Panay Island
Tokyo reports Japanese forces on the Philippines island of Panay have occupied the town of Calinog, 46 miles north of Iloilo, on the southeast coast, with air support noted. The communiqué highlights this advance as part of ongoing operations on Panay.
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Tokyo
Requested Drops From Favored In Kentucky Derby
New York April 21. Signs that bettors favors for Requested are waning appeared as he shipped to Jamaica for the Wood Memorial while Alsab remains the favorite at 4 to 1. Requested and Sun Again dropped to 5 to 1, with Alsab top and Apache and Devil Diver at 6 to 1. Hollywood and Orphan, from Emerson M. Woodward’s stable, boosted sharply in workouts, pushing their odds down to 15 to 1, while With Regards, Arkansas Derby winner, stood at 15 to 1.
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Little Fellow
Alsab
Churchill Downs
Requested
Jamaica
Wood Memorial
Chesapeake
Warren Wright
Sun
Whitaker
Blackie McCoole
Pookies
Frank Shannon
William Woodward
Apache
Emerson M. Woodward
Hollywood
Valdiia Orshan
Shannon
Pinkie Grimes
Forces collide as Panay battle rages near Cumarao
Report says forces from north and south united to strike 3,000 enemy troops at Mount Tigatay foot in western Panay while Tapaz town burns. A US merchant vessel fleeing Manila was sunk and another damaged by Japanese planes. Japanese say they inflicted heavy losses on retreating forces and linked encirclement near a small mountainous area as vanguards converged from north and south.
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Mount Tigatay
Panay
Tapaz
United States
Manila
U S Builds Better Airplane Engines Than The Germans
In Indianapolis the Allison engine, a streamlined U S design, is powering four pursuit aircraft including the Airacobra P 39 the P 40 and the P 38. The German inline liquid cooled engine shown superior on paper is lighter and offers less interchangeable parts. American know how and mass production press ahead in meeting wartime needs.
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Wide
Vapo Aviation
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Hitler
Allison
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Speedway
England
Engines tracked in race of Rolls Royce versus Allisons
Rolls Royce engines replace some Allisons in select missions as British designs gain ground. Packard-made Rolls Royces face mixed judgments among aircraft makers while Allison research advances include an experimental 2000+ hp paired with two regular Allisons. Turbo charging and 30,000 foot flight aims continue, with P-38s already supercharged and added weight impacting fuel and ammo carry.
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Bell
Westbrook Goubaud Marriage Planned in Albuquerque
Episcopal wedding rites set for noon today in Albuquerque for Antonio Goubaud, Guatemalan anthropologist, and Frances Westbrook of Wheaton, Illinois. Goubaud, pursuing a doctorate, is studying southwestern Indians and met Westbrook at the University of Chicago where she taught in the anthropology department. He is here on assignment from the University and the Office of Indian Affairs.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Antonio Goubaud
Frances Westbrook
Wheaton
I. Goubaud
Westbrook
University of Chicago
University
Office of Indian Affairs
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