Cubs V Reds Dominate Early National League Outlook
The Cincinnati Reds shift in favor to the Chicago Cubs as the season nears, with Cubs outfield talent and veteran infielders shaping a strong unit. Manager Bill McKechnie remains cautiously optimistic about both clubs, citing pitching gaps and uncertain rosters ahead of opening day.
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Ival Goodman
John Ostrowski
Jimmy Wilson
Ed Stanky
Stan Hack
Leonard Merullo
Phil Cavarretta
Claude Passeau
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Paul Derringer
Paul Erickson
Jodie Phipps
Dale
Micky Kreitner
Billy Holm
Bill McKechnie
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Ray Mueller
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Ed Miller
Elmer Riddle
Waner Boys
Lisping Lawyer Gets Leave to Fix Teeth
Chattanooga Criminal Court Judge Frank Darwin granted a continuance in an assault case after the defense attorney pleaded that new teeth hinder speech and hinder proper representation at that time.
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Criminal Court
Frank Darwin
Fighter Sergeant’s rage drives down Nazi planes over Oscherleben
In a three hour air battle above the German city Oscherleben, Sgt. James R. Hamilton of Joycetown Kentucky, wounded in the tail, shot down eight to ten Nazi fighters. Flying Fortress Bad Penny pilot First Lieut. Fred D. Grinham praised Hamilton’s one man defense while crew members noted blood loss and a rapid recovery toward another battle.
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Navy Ferry Pilot Braved Irish Fog to Reach Scotland
A United States Air Force ferry pilot flew a Flying Fortress without crew or radio from Iceland to Ireland and land in Scotland after a ten hour journey in dense fog. The mission delivered bombers to Eighth Air Force bases across the British Isles, highlighting the perilous duties of ferry pilots who navigate at low altitude with minimal equipment.
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Diamond Tooth Lil Faces Quiet Life Near Boise
Boise report profiles Evelyn Fialla known as Diamond Tooth Lil once a Barbary Coast sensation. Now 57 she runs a tourist court near the railroad station after eight marriages and a lifelong string of name changes from her 1900s fame.
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Boise
Idaho
Diamond Tooth
Evelyn Fialla
Reno
Priceless Art Burned By Nazis in Italian Vaults
War Minister Sir James Grigg told the House of Commons that a German incendiary squad in Italy destroyed priceless works of art and archives dated 1238 to 1811 at Livardi. The loss included 60 to 70 paintings and archives from Naples, with pieces such as a Luini Madonna and Child and an early Botticelli portrait among the destroyed items.
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Italy
James Grigg
House of Commons
Livardi
Naples
House of Aragon
Botticelli
Luini
Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies Featured In Cookie Jar Guide
A homey article extols the cookie jar as a staple in American kitchens and shares a recipe for Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies making about four dozen. It provides instructions from creaming peanut butter and shortening to baking at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes and offers optional frosting with cherries and nuts.
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Bob Hope
Jimmie Durante
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Lynn Says Make Cookies Fun and Easy Steps
The piece gives simple directions for baking cookies. It covers heating the oven early, assembling equipment and ingredients, preparing cookie sheets, and buttering pans. It notes fats and shortening should be at room temperature and eggs beaten before mixing.
Lynn Chambers Menu and Cookie Recipes Featured
Reading includes a plan for pan broiled ham and parsley potatoes with fresh vegetables, plus several orange flavored cornflake cookies and brownies. Also notes Lynn Chambers meat roasting chart request, and Western Newspaper Union release.
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Western Newspaper Union
South Desplaines Street
Chicago
Ill
Pattern No 8587 sizes 10 to 20 with tulip appliques
Pattern No. 8587 offered in sizes 10 through 20. Short sleeve version requires 31 yards of 39 inch material and 4 yards for tulip appliques.
Practical Homemaking Tips from a Past Era
Household hacks and sewing ideas cover rebuilding a bonnet, rubbing screws with soap, repurposing furniture as seating, and mending fabrics. Advice includes using soap for tools, a piano stool as a dressing seat, upholstering and frilling fabrics, sanding worn wringer parts, dyeing old sheets for curtains, fluffing chenille, improvised skirt from worn pants, and skimming grease from cooled soup for leaner meals.
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