Foxx ribs spark talk as Cubs woo big bats
Chicago dispatch notes heavy chatter about Jimmy Foxx and his ribs after a line drive fractured cartilage. Foxx, in No. 16, is aiming to return within days, amid Cubs plans to use him at first base despite age 34 and past peak, with Glen Russell swapping roles.
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Jimmy Foxx
Foxx
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Cubs
Babe Dahlgren
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Cub
Glen
Rip) Russell
Russell
Jim Gallagher
Giants
Second Straight For Cleveland
Cleveland Indians rally from behind for a 4 2 victory over Boston Red Sox to stay in second in the American League. After Tom Judd pitched eight innings with a three hit start Cleveland struck in the ninth with a three run burst led by Les Fleming’s double after walk by Fabian Gaffke and Bus ter Mills. Bagby and Hogan each worked for the Indians and Red Sox respectively.
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Boston Red Sox
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Fabian Gaffke
Ken Keltner
Jeff Heath
Dom DiMaggio
Buster Mills
Les Fleming
Gaffke
Mills
Cleveland
Bagby
Hogan
Brown
Conroy
Browns Tie Up Series With 7-2 Win At Washington
The St. Louis Browns defeated the Washington Senators 7-2 to take the series two games to one. Harland Clift hit a two run homer and inside the park shot, aiding a nine hit attack. The game ended after eight innings due to weather with Hollingsworth and Hayes defeating Sandra Carrasquel Evans.
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Harland Clift
St. Louis Browns
St. Louis
Clift
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Don Gutteridge
Walter Judnich
Chet Laabs
Stan Spence
Hollingsworth
Hayes
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Carrasquel
Evans
Pocketbook Theft Admitted by 12-Year-Old
A 12-year-old girl admitted taking $10 from a pocketbook in the home of Earl Hann on Pope Avenue. County Investigator Wayne Sellman reported she spent the money on two toy guns a toy typewriter several novelty hats and attended three movies in rapid succession.
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Earl Hann
Pope Avenue
Sellman
Cobb Rates Jackson Greatest Hitter. Hats Ruth Edge
Ty Cobb shares views on Shoeless Joe Jackson and Babe Ruth, arguing Jackson was the greatest hitter ever and Ruth faced tougher pitching era. He recalls pitching rules and ball liveliness, noting Johnson’s speed and his own plate strategy to counter The Big Train. The interview blends nostalgia with era comparisons and insights into batting prowess.
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Ty Cobb
Georgia Peach
Scoop Latimer
Greensboro
N. C
Joe Jackson
Babe Ruth
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Ruth
Cobb
Bob Feller
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Series E War Bonds for Small Investors
Series E War Bonds offer 2.9 percent interest for holding to maturity with minimum $18.75 and $25 redemption at 10 years. Other denominations include $37.50 $75 $375 and $750 with annual maturity value limits. Purchases through banks S&Ls post offices Pay Roll Savings and Treasury direct.
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Savings and Loan
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury Department
Cobb Reflects on Walter Johnson and Final 1912 Season
The quote recalls Ty Cobb facing Walter Johnson with a measured stance and a sentence about hitting him. It notes Cobb’s 14 year distance from regular pitching interest, and his 1912 retirement after earning $75,000 from Connie Mack for his final season.
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Connie Mack
Grain futures rebound after midweek losses in Chicago
Chicago June 4 strong rally lifts grain futures fractions to as much as 2 cents a bushel, erasing part of weekly losses. Closing: Wheat July 1.18 to Sept 1.2044. Corn July 654 34. Oats July 4556. Soybeans July old 1.74 new 1.76. Rye July 6743 to Sept 70 7016.
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Baltimore grain prices steady as markets list mixed quotes
Baltimore grain report dated June 4 shows No 2 red winter wheat at 1.1734 and 1.17 futures, corn quoted 95 to 98, eggs at 1506, butter 887. Prices remain unchanged amid steady activity.
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Baltimore
Market report on commodity prices and trade
New York on June 4 reports steady jobbing sales across grades from fancy to extra fancy 56 14 to 38, wholesale at 22 14 to 36. Neu ar by and midwestern exchange specials three dollars, standards 32 14, mediums 31 12, jobbing sales of exchange to fancy heavy mediums 32 1 24 3, wholesale sales 32 to 33.
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New York
Navy Gunner's Mate Badge Worn by Fifteen Percent
About fifteen percent of enlisted sailors in the U S Navy bear the crossed cannon insignia of the gunner's mate. The badge marks qualifications in artillery and gunnery procedures within naval service.
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U. S. Navy
Charlie Havens Joins Air Corps
Charlie Havens, director of athletics and head football coach at Western Maryland College, leaves June 27 for duty with the Army Air Corps in the Air Intelligence School. He will be inducted as first lieutenant, reporting to Harrisburg, with no successor named. He is on leave of absence and arranging the 1942-43 athletic program.
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Westminster
Charlie Havens
Western Maryland College
Army Air Corps
Air Intelligence School
Havens
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Maryland
Harrisburg
Therr
Fred G. Holloway
Western Maryland
Hokstoway
Suffolk Downs Adopts Automatic Scratches For Muddy Going
Boston June 4 Suffolk Downs stewards order automatic scratching of non mudders when the track is heavy. About 90 horses out of 1,000 are on the list as owners and trainers may nominate others. The move aims to keep favorites honest and may spread to Narragansett and Rockingham Park.
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Suffolk Downs
Legion of
Boston Race Course
New England
Narragansett
Rockingham Park
Baltimore Livestock Market Report June Grain Prices?
Baltimore livestock prices from June 4 show cattle with steers topping 15.00 for 1100 lb. small lots, and yearlings 850-990 lb selling 14.15-14.50. Good steers 885-1260 lb sold 13.00-14.00, medium 1000-1160 lb at 12.50, grass steers 11.75, varied cow and dairy prices, calves 11.00-15.07, hogs with tops around 14.60 and a range across weights 13.20-14.65.
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Baltimore
U. S. Dept
San Juan River in Utah Flows Stymites to Advance Mile
A brief note describes the San Juan River in Utah guiding Stymites along a stretch to advance one mile downstream. The item emphasizes the river’s path and the measured progress in a compact local-civic context.
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San Juan River
Utah
Crocodile Roamed Texas 76 Million Years Ago
A fossil crocodile estimated at 45 feet long reveals a giant reptile inhabited Texas around 76 million years ago. The discovery highlights ancient ecosystems and vertebrate size in the region.
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