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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1944
Page
5
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The New York Yankees suffer a doubleheader loss to Boston 6 1 and 4 1 extending defeats to 11 of 13 starts. Other major league results include St Louis Cardinals sweeping two from rivals, Chicago White Sox streak ending, and notable performances by Mel Harder and Paul Erickson.
French officers in Koenigsberg told by German guards that General Maxime Weygand, former French Army commander and wartime ally leader, was shot while attempting to escape. Weygand, 77, had disappeared after the May 1940 French collapse.
Philadelphia reports Sam Byrd leads the $12,500 war bonds tour, aiming for New York where a $13,238 Red Cross event awaits at the Wykagyl Club. Byrd shot 274 to lead 129 players, with amateur Ed Furgol posting 295 and drawing attention for his shortened left arm.
The American Red Cross announced it provided over 250000 dollars worth of goods and services in the first 26 months of the war. It spent 205819870 dollars in Red Cross funds and 78951368 dollars as agent for the government and other agencies, with additional services by volunteers. Most expenditures were war connected.
Coca Cola Company plans to raise authorized common stock from 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 no par shares. Stockholders will vote at a special meeting on August 5. About 12,000 new shares would be used to acquire La Salle Securities Inc with remaining shares for expansion.
The Detroit clay court tournament opens with top seeds inactive as Francisco Segura of Miami and Pauline Bets of Los Angeles sit out. Billy Talbert meets Edward Donovan, Doris Hart faces Joanne Dunn, and six other seeds compete as 46 men and 27 women from 11 states start play.
Allied forces press an advance across the peninsula aiming to cut access to Cherbourg and seize Caen Saint Lo and Carentan while German flanks counterattack. Montgomery heads encircling moves at Caen. Americans drive toward St Lo. Moscow reports a sweeping offensive into Finland signaling strain on Hitler’s front.
Baseball scores from the American and National Leagues and Southern Association include Boston 2-4 New York 1-1 Philadelphia 6-6 Washington 1-5 Chicago 4-0 Detroit 2-1 Cleveland 13-2 St Louis 1-4 New York 6-6 Philadelphia 5-5 second game 12 innings Brooklyn 5-8 Boston 4-5 first game 10 innings Chicago 5-1 Pittsburgh 0-0 S Thouis 3-4 Cincinnati 1-1 Southern Association Little Rock 7-4 Knoxville 1-5 Atlanta 8-2 New Orleans 2-1 Memphis 8-? Nashville 1-0 Birmingham 4 Chattanooga 3 second game postponed
Sewanee Tennessee June 12 AP Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs chief of Naval personnel told Navy V-12 graduates there is no fear major sea fighting will end before you are ready for duty as officers He said officers with whom he spoke expect a bitter struggle mounting ferocity We have begun to assume the offensive on a scale hitherto impossible But we are still a long long way from Tokyo He urged them to be experienced competent naval officers
Memphis Chicks strengthen their lead in the Southern Association by sweeping a doubleheader from Nashville 8-1 and 3-0. Frank Veverka sparked the first game with 15 hits for Memphis, while Lloyd Brown hurled a two-hit shutout in the second. Atlanta also won both ends of its doubleheader in New Orleans to stay close in the standings.
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force reports censors processed 2.5 million words in five days since D Day. Officials say fewer than one word in a hundred was deleted, while 35,000 still pictures and 106000 feet of film were reviewed.
Train times show arrivals and departures from Dothan and Maycross with several listed windows. The legibility is limited but indicates morning and evening runs, including 10:00 a.m. and 11:10 p.m. from Dothan and 9:56 a.m. 3:16 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 10:55 p.m. from Maycross.
Boxing notes from New York outline Henry Armstrong and Al Davis drawing crowd hype for Madison Square Garden events. Davis set a Garden knockout record while Armstrong’s recent losses hint at tough stylistic battles. other sports anecdotes include pitchers Hearn delivering a no hit bid for the Army and Pfe the young heavyweight prospect from Arizona.
Maj. Gen. Henry J. F. Miller of Miami was reduced to lieutenant colonel and sent home from England after remarking at a London cocktail party that the invasion of western Europe would occur before June 15. He is now a patient in a hospital in Coral Gables Florida AP Wirephoto.
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