Toughest baseball records to beat across eras
The article surveys historic hitting and longevity marks in baseball. It cites Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting run in 1941, Lou Gehrig's 2,130 consecutive games from 1925 to 1939, Babe Ruth's 60 home runs in 1927, Ty Cobb's 2,244 runs and 4,191 hits plus 892 stolen bases, and notes Mel Ott's ongoing NL records with Wagner lingering as a rival favorite.
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Fammly
Holmes
Boston Braves
Rogers Hornaby
Genera- Hong
Joe DiMaggio
DiMaggio
Lou Gehrig
Lou
Babe Ruth
Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Jimmy Foxx
Hank Greenberg
Ruth
Cobb
Eddie Collins
Gehrig
Hans Wagner
Mel Ott
Mel
Cy Young May Outlive All Other Pitching Records
The piece compares Cy Young to Walter Johnson and Old Barney, noting Young's 510 wins and 3,497 strikeouts as historic benchmarks. It highlights 96 games pitched and 86 straight scoreless innings by Johnson, and 18 shutouts in 1816 by Pete Alexander. It also references Tim Keefe and Rube Marquard’s 19 straight victories and ponders lifetime hitting and longevity records. The tone surveys ultimate athletic milestones and enduring targets for future generations.
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Walter Johnson
Barney
Cy Young
Young
Johnson
Grover Alexander
Pete
Philadelphia
Alexander
Tim Keefe
Rube Marquard
Giants
Fred
Iron Man
Gehrig
Cross My Heart publicity stirs Hollywood romance spins
A publicity surge for Betty Hutton and Sonny Tufts on the Cross My Heart set followed reports of Betty posing with air corps lieutenants at Van Nuys. The item catalyzed romance announcements for Nancy Norman and Dick Brown, Patti Pickens and Robert Simmons, and other publicity stunts. Publicists push stories to radio editors while stars juggle work, marriages, and film plans amid wartime intrigue.
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Virginia
Aramount
Betty Hutton
Sonny Tufts
Betty
Air Corps
Robert Drew
Bruce Shaw
van Nuys
Nancy Norman
Sammy Kaye
Dick Brown
Nancy
South Pacific
Patti Pickens
Pickens Sisters
Robert Simmons
Wartime Household Advice to Helen on Staying Put
Kathleen Norris offers practical guidance to a wife living with her in law during wartime. She urges acceptance of current limits, praises the parents in law, and suggests cooperative living, frugal habits, and a planned family break to restore harmony, insisting change would harm the family.
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Lewis Jr
Lew
Ville
Sonia
Helen
Little Lew
Enduring Criticism in a Soldier's Family Home
Helen, a soldier's wife with two children, lives with her in laws who nag about waste, money, and child rearing. Dependent on a government allotment, she cannot easily work or find a home, making the criticism a daily strain and leaving her with little personal escape.
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Helen
Johnson
Lewis
France
Lew
Glamorous Fingernails and Growth Tips
A short home remedy advises applying white iodine under each fingernail nightly to strengthen nails, followed by massaging lubricating hand cream into the cuticle to soften it and stimulate nail growth.
Convenient Cupboard Shelving For Busy Households
A design proposes narrowing kitchen cupboard shelves to keep 175 commonly used items in a single row. It suggests shelves 4% inches deep for most items and 6% inches deep for rent related storage, improving visibility and ease for housewives.
Private Papers Warn Women Soldiers Need Strong Hearts
A wartime column urges American women to support fighting men by respecting their hearts and civil rights. It cites GI Bill education, fair treatment of veterans, and fair treatment of deserters, recounts harsh contrasts between Axis prisoners and returning heroes, and notes Corporal Majeski of Hastings fined for a sidewalk bicycle infraction.
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Armed Services
Gov't
Ifa
Goy
Pullmans
Gallbach
Austria
Alps
7Th Army
Second Thoughts on Some Second Raters Hitler Dead by Own Action
Commentary argues Hitler could have been killed earlier by France Britain or any nation during the Ruhr invasion. Claims he was under a pledge to remove himself by the High Command and laments lost opportunity.
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Hitler
Moscow
France
Britain
Ruhr
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Curly-Headed Doll in a Pinafore
The page presents a sewing circle feature with a Q and A style quiz. Questions ask about marriage versus matrimony, the modern name for Poona, which month has produced the most presidents and the fewest, the meaning of a hair's breadth distance, and a counterfeit animal linked to a historical downfall.
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Sewing Circle
Poona
India
Only U S Free Port Drove 2 Business
The article notes that about 40 eastern hemisphere cities kept free ports allowing goods to be stored processed and re shipped without import duties. It states the western hemisphere had six free ports and the sole US example was Stapleton Staten Island New York completed in 1937 handling up to 88.8 million dollars in merchandise in a single year.
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Collier's
The Answers Quiz List of Terms and Dates
The passage lists several items: Marriage defined as unity, matrimony as the state. Badminton as a term. months November five and June zero. a measurement one forty eighth of an inch. and the Trojan horse as a noted symbol or answer.
Andy Gribbin and the lesson of cooperation
The piece urges early schooling in cooperation and global citizenship. It argues that children learn to get along with family and peers, then with neighbors and nations, and stresses informing oneself about peace proposals, discussing them in groups, and writing to lawmakers to declare support for international cooperation.
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Andy Gribbin
Andy
Andy Gribbins
Earth
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Kathleen Norris
Grantlind Rice
Eisenhower
Grant
Wilson
Abilene
Michael E. Bush
Flushing
Lizabeth Scott
Hal Wallis
Tnt
Helen Mack
NBC
Judy
Ted Malone
G.I
America
Alfred Hitchcock
David QC
Selznick
David QO. Selznick
Ingrid Bergman
Ao Star
Stockholm
Frank Sundstrom
Royal Dramatic Theater
Miss Bergman
Duel In the Sun” Company
Arizona
Jennifer Jones
Clare Kaufman
Ginny Simms
Aha
Conrad Nagel
the Air
Silver Theater
Earved
Bonita
Granville
Arthur Lake
By Kathleen Norris
Eral
Washington
Joe Kamp
Id Romely
House Sergeant At
Edward Majessi
Hastings
Minn
Majeski
Han
Timag
Randolph St
Chicago
Dolly
U.S
Alwaya
WEED
Sloan's
Liniment
the World
the Peace
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