Benners and Cubs Triumph in City League Softball
Benners Food City nine and the Marston Cubs won city league softball at Greenfield, taking two games. Benners defeated IOOF 15 to 1 with Warry Ramseyer pitching a two hit game. included were Patterson triple and Morgan homer. Cubs beat Ainsworth 5 to 4 in seven innings, Dunwoody homer fueling the late rally.
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Youthful Phillies Lead League After Wide Day of Baseball
The youthful Phillies moved into first place for the first time since May 29 thanks to Curt Simmons’s pitching and a Giants surge. They beat the Braves 3 to 2 in Boston as Cardinals and Brooks also stumbled, Reds closed in with an 8 to 5 win, while in the American League Detroit widened its lead with a 4 to 3 win over Chicago and the Yankees fell 4 to 3 to the Senators in 12 innings. Red Sox beat Athletics 7 to 5 in 11 innings as Ted Williams hit his 22nd homer in a 16-hit attack.
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Ray Scarborough
Johnny Lipon
Mickey Vernon
Johnny Mize
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al Zarilla
Joe Dobson
Ted Williams
Fatality Toll At Syria Hazardous Dump Incident
Iraq Petroleum Company reported sixty dead and about two hundred injured after a sudden accident at an industrial hazardous material dump near Homs Syria. Fifteen buildings were wrecked as sparks from a nearby waste fire were blamed.
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Ship Off Course At Time of Collision
A coast guard inquiry states the City of Cleveland was six miles off course when it collided with the Raynefineed on Lake Huron at dawn Sunday. Three dead, one missing presumed dead, two injured as search efforts continue amid strong winds.
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Coast Guard
Fred Skelley
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Warn U S Doctors of Atomic Problems
San Francisco experts warned physicians to prepare for mass casualties and complex public health issues in case of an atomic attack. Rear Adm. Tassed Boone urged civil defense planning. Brig. Gen. Cooney noted water supplies would be checked but radioactive contamination in a large city is highly unlikely.
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American Medical Association
Joel Tassed Boone
James P. Cooney
Etomic Energy Commission
Travel Tip for Clean Hands and Sanitary Public Restrooms
Wise travelers carry small soap cakes in water proof containers to ensure spotless hands after public wash rooms. The soap also helps make public toilet seats acceptable for service.
Lee to Race in Fair Stock Car Features
Des Moines report notes Russ Lee of Robbinsdale Minnesota will race stock cars at the State Fair Grounds. He will drive his 1950 Oldsmobile in the $2500 Des Moines 100 mile event on July 4. Other top speedsters like Horschell Buchanan Frankie Lupton and Stan Callaway have also entered stock car racing.
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Robbinsdale
Minn
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Jimmy Wilburn
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L. B. Cunningham
Minnesota
Horschell Buchanan
Shreveport
Frankie Lupton
Tampa
Stan Callaway
Miami
Storm disrupts wheat harvest in Kansas area
Severe wind and rain storms hit western and central Kansas disrupting harvests. Winds up to 60 mph caused some wheat damage and telephone circuits to fail in Russell and Hay Chy. Central Kansas elevators reported heavy storage as yields ranged from nearly nothing to 65 bushels an acre while boxcar shortages hindered movement.
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Hay Chy
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Twilight Golf League announces summer pairings
Twilight Golf Season pairings released by Charles Wiele at Washington Golf and Country Club. Sixteen matches run Fridays through August with 12 teams in a round robin. first round saw Bill's Pills atop the standings with a clean sweep against Lloyd's Limpers.
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Charles Wiele
Washington Golf and Countrys Club
Bill's Pills
Lloyd's Limpers
Bank Buys Bonds to Finance New School
RED OAK Iowa Des Moines National bank bought 489000 bonds to finance a Red Oak school project. J R Basley representing the Des Moines bank outbroke 12 firms in the bid. The bonds bear 1.81 percent interest and will fund three new grade school buildings and a gymnasium with music and industrial art facilities.
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Iowa- Des Moines National Bank
Des Moines
J. R. Basley
Des Moines Bank
Rock Island Man Killed by Freight Train
John Wade 48 of Rock Island Illinois died after attempting to hop a Milwaukee Freight train near the Union depot in Davenport. Witnesses say he fell under the cars as it passed, the impact severed his left leg and mangled his body. he died en route to Mercy hospital.
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Divers Continue Lake Michigan Search For DC-4 Crash
Divers faced murky water as they searched for the Northwest Airliner with 58 aboard. Coast guard teams sank waist deep in mud 150 feet down while 20 volunteers patrolled the shore for wreckage and a woman's body. An investigator for Douglas Aircraft Co. estimated the plane may have plunged into the lake inverted at 400 mph.
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Coast Guard
Douglas Aircraft Co
Farmers Eligible for $1,868 in Iowa State Fair Prize Money
DES MOINES Fair Board Secretary L B Cumming announced farmers statewide can enter the farm champions exhibit at the Iowa State Fair from August 25 through September 1. Prize money totaling 1868 dollars will be awarded across three districts with entries possible from town farms in novelty special or regular crops.
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Cunningham
52A Bike Sees Sharpest Edge Yet with Air-Flo Frame
The 52A bike showcases an air-flo frame blending strength and resiliency for safe riding gear after year. Chrome fender braces and chain guard enhance a new super model praised for wide suitability. Call for Jonathan Bower, who hit the curve at eighty per hour.
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Jonathan Bower
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