Hitters Stephens and Dahlgren Dominate Major Leagues
Babe Dahlgren of the Phillies and Vernon Stephens of the Browns lead the major leagues in hitting. Stephens rejoined the Browns in the east after a brief induction delay, posting a .369 average, seven points below a week earlier. Dahlgren slipped to .367 but still holds a strong NL lead among the ten leaders with 100 or more at bats.
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New York
Babe Dahlgren
Phillies
Vernon
Stephens
St. Louis Browns
Browns
Dahlgren
Skater Earle Reynolds Shares Long Career and Tales
New York side notes profile 75 year old skater Reynolds known as a jockey, speed skater, hockey player, and former betting commissioner. He tutors roller troupes, staged an early ice skating act, and recalls a round the world baseball tour in 1914 and a Palestine tangent, with his grandson Lemaire mentioned.
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New York
Latonia
Earle
Reynolds
Iceland
Evelyn Chandler
Sonal
Hi W
Gates
Australia
White Sox
Giants
Johnny” Law
Palestine
Ie Lemaire
Navy
Baseball Scores and Standings Highlight Open Date
Scores show Paul 1 1 Columbus 0 0 Milwaukee 5 Indianapolis 3 Minneapolis 5 Toledo 4 and Baltimore 4 Rochester 2. Pitasimmons Moore Bra fan Hebert Lopez among listed players. Several games postponed or open date pending.
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Association
Paul
Columbus
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Toledo
Midwest to Play Ball in Wartime Football Push
Chicago report notes war shortages drive fresh plans as 20 conferences pledge full schedules. Big Ten reshapes 15 more games with Great Lakes and Iowa Pre-Flight foes. Michigan cancels Penn State trip. Notre Dame to face Army Navy Georgia Tech and Big Ten teams. Kansas and Missouri face staffing and veteran gaps amid tightened travel and a 10-game schedule.
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Chicago
Midwest
Ohio
Nebraska
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Great Lakes
Iowa
Seahawks
Camp Grant Warriors
Big Ten
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Ohio State
Maj
John L. Griffith
Notre Dame
Southern California
Stanford
Army
Navy
Georgia Tech
Fighting Irish
Great Lakes Sailors
Iowa Seahawks
No-Hitter Repeats For 16-Year-Old Forrest Helder
Forrest Helder, a 16-year-old right hander, threw his second straight no-hitter and no-run game as he led his Southern High teammates to the Junior league championship with a 3-0 win over Southwest Junior High. Helder has eight wins in eight starts, drawing attention from big league scouts.
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Reading
Whitey Kurowski
Dom Dallesandro
Forrest Helder
Helder
Southwest Junior High
Southern High
Hurler Loses No Hit Game For Nampa Team
Pi Bud Lyda of the Nampa American Legion Junior team pitched a near perfection no hitter against Meridian but lost 1 to 0. Green reached on a walk, stole second and third, then scored on a Meridian error. Lyda struck out nine and walked three with one safe hit lingering in the fifth inning.
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Bud Lyda
Nampa American Legion
Meridian
Lyda
Green
Ring Results From The Associated Press Boxing Cards
In Chicago Gus Dorazio 195 from Philadelphia outpointed Lem Franklin 203 of Cleveland. Nate Bolden 172 of Chicago out pointed Freddy Fiducia 192 of New York. Washington Jackie Wilson 129 of Pittsburgh outpointed Jimmie Phillips 130 of Baltimore. New Haven Julie Kogan 131 out pointed Angelo Callura 135 of Hamilton Ohio. Chattanooga Tony Galento 242 out of Jersey City stopped Golden Terror 298 in Chattanooga. Baltimore Georgie Kochan 161 U. S. Coast Guard outpointed Kid Cocoa 155 of New Haven. Ocean Park Vincent Villavicencio 150 of Mexico City outpointed Max Hutchins 152 of Los Angeles.
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Gus Dorazio
Philadelphia
Lem Franklin
Cleveland
Nate Bolden
Freddy Fiducia
Newark
Washington
Jackie Wilson
Pittsburgh
Jimmie Phillips
Baltimore
New Haven
Conn
Julie Kogan
Angelo Callura
Hamilton
Ohto
Chattanooga
Tony Galento
Jersey City
Golden Terror
Georgie Kochan
U. S. Coast Guard
Kid Cocoa
Connecticut
Ocean Park
Calif
Vincent Villavicencio
Mexico City
Max Hutchins
Los Angeles
Dodgers Beat Pirates 4 1 on West Trip Stop
Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Pittsburgh 4 to 1 as Fred Fitzsimmons pitched seven hits allowed and Frankie Gustine led with four hits including a triple. Dodgers moved to near share of NL lead with St Louis, percentage leaders still Redbirds. Remaining idle days precede full schedule on Saturday.
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Pirates
Fred Fitzsimmons
Buccaneer
Frankie Gustine
Gustine
Dodgers
Wally Hebert
St. Louis Cardinals
Redbirds
St. Louis
Coast League Set For Pairings In California Trip Week
San Francisco faces first place Los Angeles in a top clash as the Pacific Coast league hits a new series. San Diego moves to Sacramento and Portland opens at Seattle. Oakland and Hollywood meet in movieland as the standings tighten.
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San Franciso
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San Diego
Sacramento
Portland
Seattle
Oakland
Hollywood
Movieland
PAC Defeats Wizards in Opening Tilt
The P.A.C. defeated the Wizards 13 to 9 to open the YMCA softball season. Key hits included a fourth inning rally with a walk, Butterfield and Katsilome singles, and an Edwards home run to take the lead. Wizards responders Brigas and Parker homered in the fourth. Harris and Butterfield pitched for PAC with Thompson and Parker catching.
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Wizards
Y.M.C.A
Brigas
Parker
PAC
Harris
Butterfield
Thompson
Kiwanians
Whacky Rabbits
Engineers to Play Depot Tonight at Halliwell Park
Army Engineers meet the Sub Depot in a evenly matched tilt at Halliwell park at 8 o clock. Roy Nixon, the Idaho Falls manager, lists a long line up of players from Montana Blackfoot Brigham City Bliss Idaho and Washington with Klampe Evans Woods Hamilton Markley Byington Roberts Barnard Warren Anderson and others. The batting order includes Klampe Evans Woods Hamilton Markley Byington Roberts Barnard Warren and Anderson among others.
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Army Engineers
The
Engineers
Howard Clan
Hill
Joe Waycheck
James Baird
W. Haskett
Don Denlely
Chadwick
del Dean
Lang‘don
Howick
Tuttle
Diggett
Ted Bistline
Roy Nixon
Evans
Blackfoot
Woods
Ecomes
Brigham City
Hamilton
Bliss
Idaho
Markley
Pocatello
American Legion
Byington
Roberts
Barnard
Yak'ma
Wash
State of Washington
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Warren
Anderson
Johnson
Shelley
Hick
Sherrer
Kenney
Acostello
Nixon
Idaho Falls
Boise Senators
Bend
Ore
Elks
Golf Course Shortens Fairways To Save Gasoline
Poughkeepsie golfers may see shorter fairways at College Hill as caretakers trim fairways to reduce mower fuel use by 40 percent under OPA orders. Players with hooks or slices could gain a few strokes from the tighter layout.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
OPA
College Hill
Hunter Eaters Meet Notre Dame Runner Favored in Two Mile
Ollie Hunter of Notre Dame filed his entry for the national collegiate track meet at Northwestern University and was immediately stamped as favorite to win the two mile championship.
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Evanston, Ill
Ollie Hunter
Notre Dame
Northwestern University
Dodgers rally past Pirates on Bragan clutch double
Fred Fitzsimmons and Bob Bragan teamed for seven hit pitching as the Dodgers beat the Pirates in a night game. An eight inning rally produced four runs to seal the win highlighted by Bragan's decisive double.
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Associated Press
Fred Fitzsimmons
Bob Bragan
Dodgers
Pitzsimmons
Pirates
Bragan
Carrier pigeon Clarence makes 10 mile trek to Fort Meade
Clarence the carrier pigeon earned the sympathy of recruits at Fort George G. Meade Maryland after a 10 mile hike from Odenton. He returned to camp the next afternoon with wing feathers coated in oil, hindering flight.
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Fort George G. Meade
Clarence
Odenton
Axis Shifting War Talk
British sources note German propaganda shifts from defense to offense as Berlin hints at new aims. Observers mark the timing near the 1942 Kharkov anniversary and consider plans that could threaten Allied lines in Europe or the Mediterranean.
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London
Berlin
Kharkov
Germany
Russia
Morley Richards
Daily Express
United Nations
Turkey
Spain
Mediterranean
DNB
Kurt Dittmar
Laval Plans Guard Regiment For Central France
Nazi controlled Paris radio says 3000 volunteers form a first regiment of France for garrison duty, under Laval. Uniform to match the armistice army demobilized last November 11. Officers include veterans who fought in Tunisia and Syria, lauded by the axis.
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France
Pierre Laval
Associated Press
Armitice
Adolf Hitler
Tunisia
Syria
PEO Installs New Officers in 28th Idaho Convention
The PEO organization completed its 28th annual convention with Mrs Marguérite Phippeny of Coeur d Alene installed as president succeeding Mrs Josephine H Kerr of Moscow and naming other new officers.
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Boise
Marguérite Phippeny
Coeur d’Alene
Phippeny
Josephine H. Kerr
Moscow
Chrysler Earns $1.46 a Share in Q1 1943 Profit
Chrysler Corp reports a first quarter net profit of 6 396 097.67 dollars after taxes and reserves, equivalent to 1.46 dollars per share. This compares to 4 899 232.63 dollars for the same period in 1942.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Paychecks Shrink Under New Pay As You Go Tax Rules
New York reports the shift to pay as you go taxation will cut take home pay after this month. Economists warn it may trigger wage demands, hurt the war bond program, and alter savings, with A W Zelemek predicting undermining the freewar savings plan and Senate Finance Chairman George fearing faster wage requests while bond buying awaits developments.
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New York
Uncle Sam
A. W. Zelemek
Fairchild Publications
International Statistical Bureau
George
Senate Finance Committee
Error puts Idaho auditor's office in jeopardy
The Idaho state auditor's office was briefly endangered when a drafting error left the office omitted from a proposed constitutional amendment. Secretary of State George Curtis said the lapse occurred during enrollment of the text for a 1944 ballot to extend four year terms and noted the error did not reflect legislative intent. Curtis would ensure the measure follows the legislature's intent.
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Boise
Idaho
George Curtis
Curtis
M Kaig Warns Albeni Falls Dam Threatens Idaho Irrigation
Idaho irrigation policy faces danger as a government project to build the Albeni Falls dam is cited by committee chairman McKaig as violating state water laws. He recalls Senator Borah’s warning that Columbia River development could destroy Idaho irrigation, now seeming to come true.
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Boise
Albeni Falls
North
Idaho
McKaig
Senator Borah
Columbia River
Officials weigh use of old Gooding College as military hospital
Boise officers finish site tour and consult federal authorities with recommendations to repurpose the former Gooding college buildings as a potential army or navy hospital. State health director L. J. Peterson and Dr. R. Coffey, assistant surgeon general, endorsed utilizing the facilities after the inspection.
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Boise
Gooding College
L. J. Peterson
State Department of Public Health
Seld
R. Coffey
U. S. Public Health Service
Washington
Atre
West Wants Academy Introduced for Puget Sound
Washington Senator Bone introduces legislation to establish a naval academy on Puget Sound in the state of Washington. The proposal aims to create a training institution for naval officers and strengthen national defense.
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Naval Academy
Puget Sound
Wash
Senator Bone
D-Wash
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