Calvert Leads Senators To Sixth Victory Over Browns
Paul Calvert, the shop worn rooky turned starter, earned his sixth win as the Washington Senators crushed the St Louis Browns 12-3. Calvert, bought for 1500 dollars, overcame early struggles and helped Washington stay 5% behind the Yankees in a crowded pennant chase. Eddie Yost homered for the Senators, while the Yankees outslugged the White Sox 9-7 in a marathon. The Giants routed the Cubs 15-5 as Sid Gordon, Bob Thomson, and Jack Lohrke homered. In other action, Brooklyn and New York trimmed Boston's lead, and Philadelphia split with Cincinnati after a high-scoring series.
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Jack Hand
Associated Press
Paul Calvert
Washington Senators
New York Yankees
Washington
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
Calvert
St. Louis Browns
Papa Joe Cambria
Clark Griffith
Brooklyn
New York
Boston Braves
Dodgers
St. Louis
Gil Hodges
Gerry Staley
Giants
Bob Chipman
Cal McLish
Chicago Cubs
Dutch Leonard
Sid Gordon
Bob Thomson
Jack Lohrke
Phillies
Cincinnati
Reds
Lloyd Merriman
Danny Litwhiler
Phils
Andy Seminick
Boston
Pittsburgh
Timken and Ford Lead Industrial Morning Softball Race
Timken racked up a 10-1 win over Union Metal while Ford crushed Babcock Printing 12-8 as both teams hold a share of the league lead. Other results include Automatic Steel beating Ford Tool & Die 11-7, and Bab cock Printing extending its Class B Steel streak to six with a 14-9 win over Canton Malleable Iron. Ohio Power and Wilson Rubber stayed tied for second with 5-0 and 12-10 wins over Sterling Bakery and Wilson Rubber respectively. Golden Lodge downed Union Metal 20-8, Thurin's beat Local No. 1200 11-7, and Dueber M.E. and Zion Lutheran each won their third straight. East Ohio Gas City swept Diebold 9-7 and 5-2 in Industrial No. 1 Fumble, Local No. 94 beat Monarch Rubber 5-4 and 6-0, Troy Laundry went 6-0 in Class B-1 Fumble with 15-3 and 17-3 wins over Avenue Grill, while Ray's Grill in Class B-2 Fumble went 6-0 with 22-13 and 11-8 wins over White Crown Case.
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IMKEN
Ford Motors
Union Metal
Ford
Babcock
Mickey Vogt
Timken
Automatic Steel Products
Ford Tool & Die
Skein
Babcock Printing
Canton
Zion Lutheran
Dueber
Reedurban O.P
Zion
First Baptist
East Ohio
Golden Lodge
Sterling Bakery
Il Wilson Rubber
Bricklayers
Pdueber M. FE
First Presbyterian
St. Haralampos
U.P
E.U.B
St. Paul E.U.B
First
1St Presbyterian
Y. Ind
Lutheran Abo
Church of God
Lowell Reformed
Calvary E.U
Bethany Lutheran
Towell Reformed
N. Ind. Luth
Ch. of God
Calv
Zion Luth
Mble Industrial
FUL
Pet
Ohio Gas City
Diebold, Inc
Monarch Rubber
Ohio Power
Iebo
Gaile City
Ohio City
Iebol
Ohio
Sanitary
Monarch
Industrial Twilight Softball City League Matches
The Repository faces Ford Motors in City No 2, de dace plays Postoffice in Witter No 1, eye Local No 2327 clashes with Witter INC and United Engineering meets Macomber Chemical No 2. All games start at 3 30 p.m.
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Ford Motors
de Dace
Postoffice
Witter
Eye
Witter Inc
United Engineering
Macomber
Chemical
Indianapolis Close to Lead as Columbus Surprises St Paul
Indianapolis moved within one game of the leaders in the American Association with a 8-4 win over Milwaukee as Ted Beard collected two triples in a 15-hit attack. Columbus beat St Paul 10-6 to snap Phil Hauksstad’s five-game win streak, Toledo defeated Kansas City 9-3 highlighted by Austin Knickerbocker’s three-run homer, and Minneapolis edged Louisville 11-8 while Toledo’s win tightened the race.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
St. Paul
American Association
Tribes
Milwaukee
Brewers
Ted Beard
Brew
Columbus
Phil Haugstad
Toledo
Kansas City
Austin Knickerbocker
Bob Mavis
Minneapolis
Louisville
Porterfield Reinjures Arm In White Sox Tilt
Porterfield is again on the New York Yankees injured list after reinjuring his throwing arm during the second inning of the 9-7 win over the Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park. Officials report ripped muscles in his throwing arm from the April 15 exhibition and the latest setback.
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Chicago
Bob Porterfield
New York Yankee
Brooklyn
Porterfield
New York
Chicago White Sox
Comiskey Park
Bobby Dodd Named Assistant Coach for All Star Game
Georgia Tech great Robert Lee Dodd is tapped as an assistant to head coach Bud Wilkinson for the annual Soldier Field all star game August 12. Cornell's George James was also selected by the Chicago Tribune to join the coaching staff in the charity classic pitting college all stars against the NFL champions the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Chicago
Georgia Tech
Robert Lee
Bobby) Dodd
Soldier Field
Dodd
Bud Wilkinson
Oklahoma
George James
Cornell
Chicago Tribune
Philadelphia Eagles
Kramer and Riggs Duel Tonight for World Pro Title
London AP report: Jack Kramer and Bobby Riggs of Los Angeles meet tonight for the world professional tennis title. Don Budge, also from Los Angeles, faces Pancho Segura in a secondary match. The previous night Kramer and Riggs, former U S amateur champions, won the pro doubles title 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-1 over Segura and Dinny Pails.
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London
Jack Kramer
Bobby Riggs
Los Angeles
Don Budge
Ecuador
Pancho Segura
Kramer
Riggs
U.S
Segura
Dinny Pails
Australia
National League Today Pitchers Matchups
Today's NL slate features Pittsburgh Werle 3-3 visiting Brooklyn Barney 1-3, Cincinnati edgyng 1-1 at New York Hartung 5-4, Chicago Rush 3-5 at Philadelphia Heintzelman 4-3, St Louis Pollet 4-3 at Boston Sain 4-4, Philadelphia Fowler 2-3 at Cleveland Bearden 4-3, Boston Parnell 7-1 at Detroit Hutchinson 3-2, New York Byrne 3-1 at St Louis Fannin 2-1, and Washington Masterson 3-1 at Chicago Wight 5-2.
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Pittsburgh
Werle
Brooklyn
Barney
Cincinnati
New York
Hartung
Chicago
Rush
Philadelphia
Heintzelman
St. Louis
Pollet
Boston
Sain
Fowler
Cleveland
Bearden
Parnell
Detroit
Hutchinson
Byrne
Fannin
Washington
Masterson
Wight
Fight Results From New Orleans Hollywood and Honolulu
New Orleans fighter Bob Amos of Detroit won a points decision over Henry Hall of New Orleans. In Hollywood Charney Salas of Phoenix defeated Shamus McCray of Cleveland on points. In Honolulu Carl Olson defeated Tommy Yarozos of Monaca Pennsylvania by decision.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Bob Amos
Detroit
Henry Hall
Hollywood
Calif
Charney Salas
Phoenix
Shamus McCray
Cleveland
Honolulu
Carl Olson
Tommy Yarosz
Monaca
Freshman Pitcher Registers No Hit In O I League
An 18-year-old newcomer, Marion's Herbert Drew, pitched a no hitter for the Ohio-Indiana league, aiding the Red Sox to a 6-1 win over Portsmouth in Marion as they notched their ninth straight victory. He struck out 11 in his second win, with Lima’s Don Rexroad having the league's only other no hit last month. Gerry Reade scored the lone Athletics run.
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Marion
Herbert Drew
Red Sox
Portsmouth
Lima
Don Rexroad
Gerry Reade
Athletics
Drew
Sox
Keith Schmidt
Vince Lautato
Athletes Benched At Michigan State
Michigan State faced its first Big Ten related discipline as Commissioner Kenneth Tug Wilson ruled four key baseball players disqualified for playing summer baseball in Vermont Northern League. With the four out, State lost to Bradley University 11 to 9 in a twilight slugfest yesterday.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State
Kenneth
Tug) Wilson
State
Bradley University
Racing expert Ben H Weaver dies in Louisville
Ben H Bucky Weaver aged 48 a nationally known Louisville Times horse racing expert and columnist died at his home in Louisville last night death attributed to a hemorrhage died at home last night in Louisville Kentucky AP report
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Louisville, Ky
Ben H
Bucky) Weaver
Louisville Times
Timken Research Beats Hoover to Tie for First in League
Timken Research rallied to a 1708 to 1659 win over Hoover, pulling even atop the Industrial Horseshoe League with 3-1 records as North Canton also shares lead after the upset. Ford defeated Timken Bearings 1477 to 1436, with Cy ril Schrack scoring 334 and Ed Stuckey 444 for Bearings.
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Hoover
Timken Research
North Canton
Ford
Timken Bearings
George Becker Lepley
Bearings
Cyril Schrack
Ed Stuckey
Coal Production Shows 2 Million Ton Decline
United States coal output for the week ended May 28 fell by over 2 million tons from 1948 levels, with 11.315 million net tons of bituminous coal produced amid incomplete loading reports. Year-to-date production reached 217.688 million tons, a slight drop from 217.765 million by May 28, 1948, while the Bureau of Mines reported 11.065 million tons for May 14 and 11.335 million for May 21.
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Washington
INS
United States
National Coal Association
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Goodyear Cuts Prices On Its Top Grade Tires
AKRON June 4 The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co today announced price reductions on its lines of double eagle super cush ion and deluxe automobile tires and tubes. The changes are effective Monday June 6. Five percent reductions apply to double eagle and super cushion tires and seven and a half percent reductions on deluxe tires.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Cleveland East Tech Edges Central High in City Track Meet
Cleveland East Tech defeated the Central High School track champions 51 to 47 in the Cleveland city meet. The loss drops Central from a dominant state title to a narrow city setback in front of its home crowd.
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Cleveland
INS
Cleveland Central High School
Cleveland East Tech
Trojans
Cleveland City
Taft Receives Honorary Degree at Cincinnati Commencement
Senator Robert A Taft received an honorary Doctor of Laws at the University of Cincinnati commencement in Nippert Stadium before 1700 graduates. Dr Winfred G Leutner of Western Reserve urged resilience and adaptation, with Leutner and Dr Louis A Pechstein also named as honorary doctors.
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Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft
University of Cincinnati
William Howard Taft
Nippert Stadium
Winfred G. Leutner
Western Reserve University of Cleveland
Leutner
Louis A. Pechstein
University of Cincinnati Teachers’ College
Veteran Kills War Bride Then Kills Self in East Liverpool
In East Liverpool a 30 year old former soldier Fritz Apel shot and killed his German war bride Margaret Ross in a downtown Coffee Shop watched by about 50 people. He then wounded himself fatally after a brief chase, dying at East Liverpool Hospital. The couple had been married since December 16 1948 and had separated three weeks prior. a prior assault charge against Apel had been dropped.
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Brush-Moore
East Liverpool
Fritz Apel
Apel
East Liverpool Hospital
L. J. Wise
Margaret Ross
Brackwede
Germany
Miss Bonnie Tessmer Admitted After Emergency Surgery
Miss Bonnie Tessmer of Hartville and Congress Lake was rushed to Lee Memorial Hospital in Norfolk Virginia for an emergency appendectomy on Friday afternoon. Attending physicians reported her condition entirely satisfactory. She had flown to Norfolk with companions planning a Chesapeake Bay cruise when illness struck.
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Bonnie Tessmer
Henry L. Tessmer
Hartville
Congress Lake
Lee Memorial Hospital
Norfolk
Miss Tessmer
Roy D. Moore
Judith Moore
William S. Hershey
Chesapeake Bay
International League scores update
Baltimore defeated Jersey City by 48 points while Syracuse routed Newark 9 to 3. Rochester beat Montreal 5 to 4 as Toronto and Buffalo played to a 4 3 and 3 2 result.
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Baltimore
Jersey City
Syracuse
Newark
Rochester
Montreal
Toronto
Buffalo
Hoover Appeals Jobless Pay Given Suspended Worker
The Hoover Company of North Canton filed an appeal to Common Pleas Court challenging an unemployment benefit award to Vincent Renner of RD 2 Louisville who was suspended indefinitely for boycotting Hoover products. The company seeks reversal on four error grounds after the board of review upheld the referee William M. Bowers of Cleveland.
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The
Hoover Co
North Canton
Common Pleas Court
Board of Review
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Vincent Renner
RD 2
Louisville
William M. Bowers
Cleveland
Bureau
Building Trades Nominate Officers
Delegates to the AFL Stark Tri County Building Trades Council nominated one candidate for each of six offices at their Friday night meeting on 2012nd Street NE. John W. Gerber was nominated for a fourth term as president, with Jack Kish, T. B. Lerch, Paul Hoffman, John Fulton, and Thomas A. Nichols filling other roles. The officers and a three year trustee will be installed July 1 at 7 30 p m.
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A.F.L. Stark
Tri-County Building Trades Council
John W. Gerber
Painters and Glaziers Locals
Jack Kish
Operating Engineers Local
T. B. Lerch
Cabinet Makers Local
Paul Hoffman
Bricklayers Local
John Fulton
Hod Carriers & Laborers Local
Thomas A. Nichols
Carpenters Local
Sentence suspended in flag burning case
Miami University student Robert A. Shryock, 24, was fined 500 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in jail for malicious destruction of property after an American flag was burned. Judge Boll suspended half the fine and the entire jail term. Shryock claimed the act was accidental.
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Hamilton
Robert A. Shryock
Miami University
Shryock
Miami
Common Pleas
P. P. Boll
Jewett Church Women Plan Canton Trip and Bazaar
Members of the Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Justus E A B Church plan a trip to Canton for their next meeting on July 7. Mrs Charles Nichols will take over secretarial duties from Mrs H L Conkle who has resigned. The Ladies Aid Society plans a bazaar and purchase of candelabra. Both groups met Thursday at the church.
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Justus
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Justus E. A. B
Canton
Charles Nichols
H. L. Conkle
Ladies Aid Society
Mansfield Fire Causes 25000 Loss at Warehouse
The Charles Schroer Furniture Co suffered an estimated 25000 dollar loss from a two story brick warehouse fire in Mansfield. Flames damaged stock and structure, with investigators assessing cause. Local crews contained the blaze, preventing further spread to nearby buildings.
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Mansfield
Charles Schroer Furniture Co
Secrets Snarl Coplon Case in Espionage Trial
Washington June 4 AP The government must disclose how far it will go in revealing secrets during espionage prosecutions Judge Albert L Reeves presides over Judith Coplon's trial and is expected to rule Monday on the 22 FBI reports sought by defense Archibald Palmer. Prosecutors want only photo excerpts admitted.
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Washington
Albert L. Reeves
Judith Coplon
Archhbald Palmer
Miss Coplon
FBI
Progressives Seek Ballot on Ohio Election Day
Ohio Progressive party begins plan to qualify for the state ballot. Secretary of State Sweeney reports a $271 payment for 20 000 petition sheets to reach 452 743 valid signatures required. Last year 25 Wallace pledged electors appeared as independents. Progressives have never been on the Ohio ballot.
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Columbus
Ohio
Progressive Party
Charles F. Sweeney
Progressives
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Miami U Unit Joins Annapolis Men’s Cruise
Naval reservists from Miami University at Oxford will join 800 U S Naval Academy midshipmen Sunday for a training cruise to Portsmouth England. The Miami students will join the 10 ship squadron at Norfolk Virginia.
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Annapolis
Miami University
Oxford
U. S. Naval Academy
Portsmouth
England
Miami
Norfolk
Fremont Centennial Marks Name Change to Fremont
Fremont plans a week long centennial celebration from July 31 to August 7 to mark the change of the town name from Lower Sandusky to Fremont and celebrate local history. The event highlights include community programs, historical displays, and ceremonial activities for residents and visitors.
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Fremont
Lower
Sandusky
Baby Buggy Wanted for Immediate Sale
The Repository Want Ad lists a collapsible baby buggy for sale in Cleveland NW with contact number 5-5101. Prospective buyers are calling after the ad reproduction generated strong interest. Phone by 5 30 p m for next day's paper.
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