Cubs Rally to Beat Battery A as Benners Shutout McCleery-Cumming
Skelgas Cubs extend city league lead with a 10 0 victory over Battery A after trailing 3 1 in the fourth. Benners Food City topped McCleery-Cumming 7 0 behind Punk Green's three hit shutout as Edwards allowed 11 Benner hits.
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Bill's Pills
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Ray
Yankees Indians Close Gap On Faltering Detroit Nine
In a tight pennant chase, the Yankees beat the White Sox 4 to 1 and Boston 15 to 1 to narrow the gap on Detroit. Cleveland edged within a game and a half, while Detroit slipped after a 7 to 6 loss to the Athletics.
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von Lenhardt
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Brazilian air crash kills 50 persons
A Panair do Brazil four engine Constellation struck a high tension wire and crashed on a hill near Porto Megro as it landed. Fifty people died including American Ralph Mottey of Richmond Indiana, and 24 men and 25 women Brazilians. The plane was en route from Rio de Janeiro to Porto Alegre.
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Brazil
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Pan American World Airways
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Porto al
Major Leagues Results and Plane Crash Report
Major Leagues results listed with scores: Philadelphia beaten Pittstoreh 4 1, Chicago 12 over Brooklyn 5, Cincinnati 8 over Boston 3, New York 8 over St Louis 3. A plane crash statement from Panair notes seven crew and all occupants died in the wreck, with the forward and rear halves found apart and eleven bodies recovered at the rear half. A recovery plane was sent from Rio de Janeiro to collect bodies.
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Ewell Blackwell
Blackwell
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Farl Torgeson
Bob Chipman
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Brooklyn
Andy Pafko
Dutch Leonard
Erv Palka
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Washington
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Secrets of Bell Metal Revealed in Quiet Craft
Bells use four parts copper to one part tin in traditional bell metal though modern bells lack silver. The old technique remains a trade secret of metalworkers as tone and durability are balanced in this craft.
Magnetic nickel alloys enable compact accurate electric clocks
Magnetic nickel alloys in electric clocks allow smaller form factors, improved accuracy, and reduced current draw, supporting long battery life and precision timing.
Eight teams enter Sunday tournament at Kos field
Eight teams compete in a full day and evening tournament at Kos field nine miles northeast of Washington. Play begins at 10 a.m. with consolation games, and the final rounds kick off at 7:30 p.m. Authorities note the venue and schedule for the all day event.
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Kos Field
Washington
Local Night Basketball Doubleheader At Green Field
Sunday night highlights a 7 PM KXIC entertainment followed by a 7 30 PM game pitting KXIC against Mc Cleery Cumming. Marston Cubs face Sigourney of Buds Garage Iowa City in the second game. Monday features 6 30 PM girls games Merch a n t e t t e s against Tom Cats and Yellow Sox versus Drive Inns. At 8 45 PM the Marston Cubs meet Cochran Roofing of Iowa City.
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Marston Cubwill
Sigourney
Bud’s Garage
Iowa City
Merchantettes
Tom Cats
Yellow Sox
Drive Inns
Marston Cubs
Cochran Roofing
Wisconsin Great Lakes fish catch value slips to 2 million
Conservation records show Wisconsin waters yielded about 2 million dollars in commercial Great Lakes catches in 1949, down from 2.6 million in 1948 and 2.8 million in 1947, reflecting lower catch sizes and prices. Silk fabrics remain affordable and varied, designed to please the American woman.
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Wisconsin
Great Lakes
Conservation Department
Pairings Listed For Women's Golf Meet
Play in the annual Washington women's city golf tournament is set to start July 30 with first rounds by August 6. Dorothea Brindley defends as pairing lists show matches in Championship Flight and flights A B and C with nine holes except finals for A and B. Entry fees are 50 cents for members and $1 for non members.
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Washington
Friday and Thursday Farm Auction Notices Across Iowa
Community Sale every Friday at Whittaker sale barn and livestock auctions weekly across Kalona Columbus Junction and Ollie Iowa. Public sale August 1 of a 200 acre Keck farm near Wapello at 1 p.m. Referee H B Jones. August 22 closing out Dell Farrier and Joe Conrad sales near Crawfordsville highway 218 with late sale following.
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Kalona Sales Parn
Kalona
Iowa
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Ollie
Livestock Exchange
Wapello
H. B. Jones
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Joe Conrad
Farrier
Crawfordsville
Highway 218
Conrad
Farrier Farm
Research Hospital Planned for Vets
Chicago reports work has begun on a 14 million dollar Veterans Administration research hospital joining Northwestern University Medical Center. The 17 story block will house 529 beds and capacity for 50 000 outpatients yearly.
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Chicago
Veterans Administration Research
Northwestern University Medical Center
Northwestern
25 030 000 Men Fought In Wars For U S
Washington reports data from the Veterans Administration showing 25 030 000 men have served in U S armed forces since the Revolutionary War. Of these, 14 000 000 served in World War II and 955 400 total battle casualties are recorded. The VA also lists 278 000 minor children of 384 800 veterans widows and 2 308 700 disabled veterans on its rolls.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Gray
Grand Army of the Republic
Study links vision defects to two thirds of crossroad crashes
Edwin D. Fletcher, examiner in charge of research for the California state division of driver licenses, reports that two thirds of drivers in highway crossing accidents had defective vision on the side of the crash. The finding emphasizes visual impairment as a major contributing factor in such incidents.
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Edwin D. Fletcher
California
Division of Driver Licenses
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