Writer Raps Firing of Holmes Blames Braves Front Office For Poor Showing
AP Newsfeatures reports Franklin Eck outlines Boston Braves owner Sid Gordon Earl Torgeson and players blaming front office for Holmes firing. The piece defends Holmes noting he steered the club to fourth place last season and praises his work with rookies Willard Marshall Sam Jethroe and Hartford's junior squad. It argues the failure lies with veterans and poor hitting rather than Holmes.
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Frank Eckap
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Sam Jethroe
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Sid Gordon
Earl Torgeson
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Cincinnati
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Lommy Holmes
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Bill Herman
Mel Ott
Fellows
Braves replace Holmes with Grimm after rough stretch
General Manager John Quinn says Lou Perini and he dropped Holmes as manager due to inexperience and a rough start. The Braves, with 14 rookies, struggled at home and lack scoring besides Walk er Cooper. The club hopes Charlie Grimm can steady a pitching core led by Spahn, Bickford, Sarkent and Wilson amid tough NL competition.
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Marble from St. Pauls Cathedral offered to churches worldwide
Marble from the old reredos of the bombed East End cathedral is available for any church wishing to symbolize fellowship with London. Over 50 churches in Britain and abroad have received pieces including in the United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, South Africa, Tonga, and Fiji. The marble comes as the East End reconstruction makes way for the American Memorial Chapel, funded mainly by pennies totaling 280000 dollars to house the Roll of Honor for 28,000 U S servicemen who died in the British Isles.
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Henry Bullock Elevated to Durham Recreation Director
Henry Bullock a former Duke track star has been appointed athletic director of the Durham North Carolina city recreation department. He brings experience from college athletics to oversee local programs and facilities.
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Duke
Durham
N.C
Be Kind to Animals Week Highlighted by Adolph Bowens
Adolph Bowens known as Junior, longtime helper for the Animal Refugee League, cares for a menagerie from his mother's turkey farm. He recalls rescuing skunks from cans and culverts and releasing a porcupine after tying a rope around its neck. He keeps a raccoon two dogs two cats a goat two gray squirrels and a woodchuck. He believes better understanding would lessen fear of animals.
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Junior) Bowens
Animal Refugee League
Rail Control Centralized in Northeast China Office
A Peiping dispatch reports the Chinese Communist regime has set up the Northeast office of the Ministry of Railways to centralize management of the Manchurian rail network.
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Ministry of Railways
Flowers used to boost blood donations in Washington
In Washington DC an AP report notes a florist group sponsored a drive where pretty models handed out 3000 red roses. Each rose carried a card urging recipients to donate a pint of blood at the Red Cross center.
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Washington, D. C
Red Cross Center
Duke Coach Bill Murray Named to NCAA Ethics Committee
Duke football coach Bill Murray was appointed to the NCAA Ethics Committee and serves as chair of the NCAA Public Relations Committee, outlining leadership roles within the federation.
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Bill Murray
NCAA
Cubs Rout Red Sox Behind Rush Shutout
Pitcher Bob Rush hurled a complete shutout as the Cubs defeated Boston 5-0. Mike Garcia limited the Yankees to four hits in seven innings, earning a 7-1 Indians win. Bob Addis contributed four straight hits including a double for Chicago.
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Cubs
Mike Garcia
Indians
Rush
Boston
Garcia
Yankees
Bob Addis
Drydock to Float Again towed for breaking up
The Sin floating dock, once scuttled to avoid Japanese capture and later sunk by allied bombers with the Shiretoko in its basin, is to be refloated in the Johore Straits and towed to Britain for dismantling.
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Johore Straits
Britain
Sin
Shiretoko
Malayan
Jail Break Exhibition Reveals Prison Escape Gadgets
Olin G. Blackwell of the Federal Bureau of Prisons demonstrated jail breaking gadgets at a Nations Jail Association forum. He showed a jailer's key fashioned by memory and other improvised devices used to escape confinement.
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Olin G. Blackwell
Federal Bureau of Prisions
The
Nations] Jail Association
Mem
Fragmentary Tools Mentioned in Prison Improvisation
A garbled passage lists improvised prison items including an electric bar cutter a harmless pencil with a blade and a bar saw made from a table knife. The fragment hints at makeshift weapons or tools crafted from common objects within confinement.
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