Foxx Drops From Major League to Minor League
Press Box notes Jimmy Foxx has slid from major league stardom to the Portsmouth farm club for the season. Once the Chicago Cubs helper and bullpen catcher his career ends with a 18-year run in the American and National leagues. His lifetime .328 average and three MVPs are remembered as the game moves past the Double XX symbol of a bygone era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodger R. Nelson
Daily Citizen
Jimmy Foxx
Herald
Marrt
Portsmouth
Jimmy
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia Athletics
Boston Red Sox
Babe Ruth
Chicago Cub
Columbia
Lou Gehrig
New York Yankees
Connie Mack
Foxx
Double XX
Tucson Falls Twice as Legion Tourney Ends Run
Tucson's American Legion team is eliminated from the national tournament after a 5-2 loss to Albemarle, N C, and a 4-1 defeat by Brockton Mass. Ed Gibson fans 15 in the first game, as Albemarle seizes a spot against Cincinnati. Brockton and Albemarle set up a finals pursuit with the loser of the Cincinnati clash.
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Minneapolis
Daily Citizen
Tucson
American Legion
Albemarle
N. C
Brockton
Mass
Cincinnati
Ed Gibson
Gibson
Bob Acosta
Jerry Dodson
Charles Wiles
Lowell Bailey
Arizonians
Tom Smith
Lou Colombo
Dick Colombo
Lou Goeres
Bernie Weinstein
Colombo
Albermarle
E. Gibson
Wiles
Lester
Andrews
Swanson
Acosta
Carey
Vasey
Robison
Arce
Bailey
Aoa
Wild Witches
Couts
Dodson
Beneducei
Persichello
Ix Weinstein
Costa
DellaGuardia
Smith
Eralians
Golres
Golresucci
Defrosses
Beneducci Smith
O'Connell Doubays
R. Co
Kton
Tully
Inn
Tai
St. Louis Musial Dominates NL Batting And Runs Leaderboard
Stan Musial of St. Louis leads the National League with a .3452 batting pace and 98 runs. He adds 170 hits 45 doubles and 1 18 triples for a stellar season. pitching leader Wilks of St. Louis posts 131 929.
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Musial
St. Louis
Baseball Leaders of 1957 American League
Doerr of Boston led batting with .325 while Stirnweiss of New York scored 935 runs and stole 40 bases. Stephens of St. Louis drove in 88 RBIs. Hughson of Boston pitched 18 wins and 5 losses and Newhouser of Detroit had 21 wins and 8 losses with a 7.24 ERA.
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Doerr
Boston
Stirnweiss
New York
Stephens
St. Louis
Hughson
Newhouser
Detroit
Bears Edge College Stars In Eleventh All Star Grid
Chicago Bears favored to beat Waldorf’s college stars in the 11th annual all star game at Northwestern Dyche Stadium. Sid Luckman rests as Johnny Long leads the Bears offense while Tulsa’s Glenn Dobbs headlines the stars against pro champions with 5-3 series edge.
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Chicago Bears
Jerry Liska
Evanston
Ill
Northwestern University
Dyche Stadium
Sid Luckman
Merchant Marine
Bears
Lynn Waldorf
Luckman
Tulsa
Glenn Dobbs
Washington Redskins
Waldorf
Dobbs
Lou Saban
Indiana
George Trippi
Georgia
Pete Layden
Texas
Johnny Long
Colgate
Newark
N. J
Long
Ray Nolting
Doug McEnalty
Gary Famiglietti
Doerr and Johnson Lead Boston Home Run Party
In a high scoring game Boston hitters Doerr and Johnson contributed two home runs each while Stephens drove in key runs. St Louis and York combined for a dramatic late stretch as Detroit chased a win.
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Doerr and Johnson
Boston
Stephens
St. Louis
York
Detroit
Tucson Ordinance Sets Compensation Plan for Sewer Plant Operator
An ordinance by the Mayor and Council of Tucson adopts a standard salary and wage schedule for the position of Sewerage Disposal Plant Operator Grade One within the classified civil service. The measure establishes a compensation framework and classifies the role under the city’s civil service system.
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City OF
Tucson
Civil Service Commission
Aldrich Family Show Premieres on KTUC Friday
The Aldrich Family kicks off a new season with Henry and Homer facing trouble but likely to come through. The program debuts Friday September 1 at 6 P.M. on KTUC with Henry explaining everything.
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Henry Aldrich
Homer
O.K
Aldrich
KTUC
City of Tucson Adopts Sewage Plant Operator Plan and Tax Ordinances
City of Tucson enacts Section 1 establishing the Classified Civil Service Grade One Sewage Disposal Plant Operator with a compensation range. Ordinances 1007 1009 100? cover tax rates for 1944 45 and bicycle registration fees with plates and enforcement provisions. Henry Jaastad city officials approve August 21 1944.
Tucson Ordinance 1008 Amends Building Zone Map
City of Tucson adopts Ordinance 1008 amending Section III of Ordinance 998 to change area between Thirteenth and Seventeenth Streets on South Sixth Avenue to B-2 business district and redefines map boundaries and lot lines in August 1944. The ordinance designates district classifications from R-4 to B-2 and outlines boundary descriptions and map attachments.
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Tucson
Arizona
Thirteenth
Seventeenth Streets
South Sixth Avenue
City OF
THE
Board of Adjustment
Thirteenth and
Thirteenth Street
South Fifth Avenue
South Arizona Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Block
City of Tucson
Co Street
Sixth Street
Sixth Avenue
Stone Avenue
Russell Street
Fourteenth Street
Fourteenth Stret
Scott Street
Henry O. Jaastad
Bicycle Registration Offenses Under City Ordinance
The ordinance prohibits defacing or altering bicycle certificates or number plates and prohibits possessing altered certificates. It bans displaying unissued certificates, failing to surrender cancelled plates, using false names or addresses in applications, and making false statements in bicycle registrations or plate transfers. Violations require revocation by the Chief of Police with mayoral approval.
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Tucson
Tucson Bicycle Registration Ordinance Provisions
The ordinance makes it a misdemeanor to operate a bicycle on city streets without a valid registration certificate and number plate. Violators face a fine between 1 and 25 dollars or imprisonment up to 25 days, or both. The measure repeals conflicting ordinances and is signed by Mayor Henry O. Jaastad and City Clerk Carl M. Hitt with Elsa B. Hanna listed for publication on August 26 28 29 1944.
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Pima County
Tucson
Board of Supervisors
Arizona
City OF
Police Department
Henry O. Jaastad
Carl M. Hitt
Elsa B. Hanna
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Albemarle, N. C
W. S. Lackner
N. Stone
Pioneer Hotel
Hawkinson
General Tire
6Th St
George Cowden
Fox
Boudreau
Cleveland
Tucson Chemical ¢ Co
Sixth St
Jive
Office OF
E. I. Agnew
Tember
E. Speedway
Goodyear
Shear Opr
JIG
U. S. Employment Service
East Pennington Street
Civil Service
Henry Jaastad
Chief of Police
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