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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1951
Page
8
Freshwaters defeated Benner 5 to 4 in a close Greenfield league opener. Sherman and Green pitched well with a late Freshwaters rally including a Truax triple in the sixth. Benners scored twice in the seventh but fell one run short as the game remained tight through nine innings.
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Junior high boys in seventh and eighth grades invited to join the annual YMCA softball and baseball league. Meeting at Lincoln school ground at 6 o clock Monday evening to form enough teams to accommodate all interested players. Grade school softball to be organized after the Daily Vacation Bible school. Artemas Brown, YMCA secretary, announces open participation.
Mrs. Dan Cordova formerly Joan Scott has moved to 2552 West Cherry Lynn Drive Phoenix Ariz to start a new home.
New York routs Detroit 11 to 1 as Casey Stengel critiques pitcher Bob Cain. Jerry Coleman homered early while Joe DiMaggio and Phil Rizzuto contributed RBIs. Other AL notes include Chicago and Cleveland wins and a rainout in St Louis. Stan Musial leads Cardinals with homer double and triple. Patrick of Ireland story ends with saintly tale.
A University of Michigan professor reports that adding castor oil to highway marking paint improves adhesion and greatly reduces chipping under heavy wear. The finding suggests longer lasting road markings and reduced maintenance.
SFC John E. Ahrens, son of Mrs. W. K. German of Washington, D C, is among Korean army veterans due to arrive Saturday afternoon in Seattle as part of the army rotation program. Mrs. Robert Reaney drove to Reynolds Illinois Thursday for a visit with sister Mrs. Raymond Good, and will attend high school commencement Friday night. niece Helen Jean Ziegler and nephew Richard Good are graduates.
Sport Slants highlights the 46th annual Iowa high school State track meet at Ames with about a thousand athletes. Washington’s Frank Sojka fields in shot put and Nick Piper of Ames aims for pole vault while references to past records and local ties shape expectations.
Carl Nelson of Clinton holds a 09.7 cord record since 1933 as chatter grows over records. Jack Dittmer, ex Iowa star now with the Atlantic club, batting .373 with 44 hits in 118 at bats and three home runs. Harry Stuhldreher, former Wisconsin coach, attends Michigan’s spring game as his son Skip shows a TD drive.
A new long life battery using cadmium nickel accumulators in an alkaline solution lasts 20 to 25 years. It functions in hot or cold temperatures and aims to replace lead acid batteries in railway car lighting and air conditioning.
A researcher from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography identifies the toadfish as the most musical sea inhabitant noting its pigeonlike cooing.
The United States, despite naming columbium for Columbia and its role in metal discovery, is described as a minimal source. At peak periods the nation contributed only a few thousand pounds annually, tied to mining of mica, quartz, beryl, and related minerals.
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