Scientific tests may settle baseball carry controversy
Western Newspaper Union notes that a formal standard for how a ball travels could end debates over whether a ball is too lively or too dead. Experts like H G Balsinger and Phil Goldsmith predict tests will define center yarn winding cement and leather cover effects on flight and weight.
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H. G. Balsinger
Detroit News
Phil Goldsmith
Goldsmith
Brooklyn Dodgers
Ron Baker
Babe Ruth
Soldier Verlin Adams Dies in Arawe Tree Tragedy
Sergt Verlin D Adams 26 of Emden was killed January 18 by a falling tree on Arawe New Britain. He served 18 months overseas in Australia New Guinea New Caledonia and New Britain in the cavalry. Telegram to wife Mrs Bet tie Jean Adams of Lincoln confirmed the death.
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Arawe
Emden
Verlin D. Adams
New Britain
War Department
Bettie Jean Adams
Lincoln
Australia
New Guinea
New Caledonia
New Britain Island
Dying Yank Saves Life of Sergeant
A marine recalls saving Sergeant Peter Dan Morgan at Tarawa on Betio island. From behind a sea wall, Morgan described a desperate fight with Japs in trenches and foxholes and a wounded automatic rifleman whose last words were Behind you. Morgan fired a grenade at one enemy, was wounded, and with orders from a wounded lieutenant they held the position for two days until extraction arrived.
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Pacific
Peter Dan Morgan
Harper Street
Detroit
Mich
Tarawa
Betio Island
Morgan
Ssergeant Morgan
Sailor Uses African Souvenir in Slaying
A 36 year old sailor held without bail for the stabbing death of James H Manchester 61 in North Plainfield New Jersey. Farland furloughed from Norfolk hid in a basement where his sweetheart Kathleen Manchester 40 and husband James Manchester 61 visited. Farland sprang and stabbed Manchester five times with a stiletto brought from North Africa.
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North Plainfield
N. J
North Africa
Scott Wolfe Farland
Farland
Norfolk
Kathleen Manchester
James H. Manchester
New York
Manchester
Young 16 Year Old Flier Discharged From Army
Sergt. Thomas Kincaid of Columbus Ohio, holder of the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal, is discharged from the Salt Lake Army Air Base after enlisting in 1942. He flew bombing missions over North Africa Sicily Italy Greece and Germany and downed two enemy planes during the Ploesti raid.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Army
Thomas Kincaid
Columbus
Ohio
Kincaid
Salt Lake Army Air Base
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Greece
Germany
Ploesti
Frugal Home Cooking With Budget Meat Recipes
A guide on economical meats and quick prep emphasizes eye appeal and flavor. It highlights chuck steak with grapefruit butter to tenderize and flavor, plus pork chops stuffed with apples, celery, and onions as a low cost, appetizing meal option.
Improved Uniform and Spaghetti and Ham Ring Recipes
A pages of recipe items include Improved Uniform International cooking notes with skillet browning and slow simmering methods, Spaghetti and Ham Ring with a baked ring mold, and Liver With Vegetables using liver, vegetables, and biscuit crust. Heart preparation tips follow with stuffing and browning, plus a WWU address request for salad ideas. The page also features a Sunday School lesson by Harold Lundquist emphasizing the sacred value of life and the moral stance against alcohol in Christian thought.
Lynn Says The Score Card Butter Your Bread Carefully
Household consumption projections suggest an average of about 11 pounds of food per person annually. A vitamin C tip warns against peeling citrus for direct use while noting higher content in peels. Dehydration with natural gas may preserve vitamin C and introduce tastier dried vegetables later this year. Eggs and pork supplies are reported as abundant.
Play Time Dress Pattern No 1935 Comes Popular
Barbara Bell pattern No 1935 for ages 4 to 8 features a pinafore and blouse. Due to high demand amid wartime, this and related patterns are among the most sought after as supply tightens.
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Barbara Bell
Nes
Bisere Moon
Menison
Nea Ately
Sewing Circle Pattern Order Form
Pattern order request from a sewing circle pattern department at 530 South Wells Street Chicago. Customer encloses 20 cents per pattern and provides pattern number size name and address.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
All-Bran Proclaimed Help for Constipation Sufferers
A reader testimonial praises Kellogg's All-Bran as effective for constipation. Scientists explain the fiber aids bowel regulation, helping colonic waste elimination. The ad urges regular use with milk and water and to insist on genuine Kellogg's All-Bran from Battle Creek.
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Mr. E
Zook
Fairbury
Kellogg
Kellogg’s
Aoe
Kellogg’s Allbran
Battle Creek
Navy Fleet Totals Ninety-Peabody? Noted Ships and Vessels
The United States Navy owns about 850 combat ships and 13 650 service vessels for troops and supplies.
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U.S. Navy
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Western Newspaper Union
Churchill Downs
James Figg
United States
Notre Dame
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Walter Beasley
E. M. Beasley
Walter
Yank
Sergeant
Lexperts
Lynn Chambers
Boston
Harold L. Lundquist
D. Bible Institute of
Ahaa
God
Paul
Lynn
Mother
rTenaliad
Ormrod
All-Bran
Soretone
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