Bealer Stars In Three-Hitter For VEW Nine Victory
Bealer pitched a three hit shutout through six innings as the VEW nine defeated Mc Cleery Cumming 11 to 2 at Greenfield. Dewis and Edwards each contributed timely hits, while nine errors by Mc Cleery-Cumming aided the victors in piling up runs in the third and fourth frames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Bealer
VFW
Greenfield
McCleery-Cumming
Dewis
McCleery
Bealers
Edwards
Giants Sidetracked by Ex Castoffs Hearn Maglie Spark
New York Giants gain a late push for the pennant as ex castoffs Jim Hearn and Sal Maglie, once dismissed as junk, deliver strong pitching. Phillies blank Phillies double loses dampen hopes, while Dodgers widen gap. Yankees split as Raschi and Mize power Rangers. Indians tumble. Cardinals slide while Reds and Cubs drop games.
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New York Giants
Hearn, Maglie
NEW York
Big Jim Hearn
Sal Maglie
Giants
Phillies
St. Louis Cardinals
Munglie
Philadelphia Phillies
Phils
Dodgers
Braves
Brooklyn
Max Henness Wins Handicap Tourney at Washington Club
Max Henness won the three day low net handicap golf tournament at Washington Country Club yesterday with a net 32 on a par 35 round. Bill Shannon was two strokes behind with a 57 gross. Jim Gallagher finished second with a net 33 and several players tied for third with nets of 34.
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Max Henness
Washington Country Club
Max
Bill Shannon
Henness
Jim Lloyd
Dr. Lloyd
Jim Gallagher
Secor
Gross
John Baldridge
Ralph Gibson
Horton
Don Nichols
Lloyd Bi
Columbus Junction To Battle Cubs Tonight
Marston's Cubs face the Columbus Junction VFW nine in a feature baseball game at Greenfield tonight. Columbus Junction leads the league while Columbus Junction softballers are in front, promising a local rivalry clash. In the opener McCleery-Cunnning meets Ainsworth.
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Marston
Cubs
Columbus Junction Vfw
Greenfield
Junction
McCleery-Cunnning
Ainsworth
U S Tourists Spend Millions in Cuba Rise in 1949 Expenditures
United States tourists spent about 18 million dollars in Cuba in 1949, marking a rise from 17.5 million in 1948 and nearing the 19.2 million record set in 1947, according to the commerce department estimates.
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United States
Cuba
United States Department of Commerce
Wood substance density same across tree species
The density of solid wood is nearly uniform among species. Dry weight reflects wood content, and the strength of clear wood depends on the amount of wood substance present.
Letts Wins Tourney At Ainsworth Field
Letts clinched the Labor Day softball tournament at Ainsworth Field beating Muscatine 5 to 4 in the finals to take the winners' purse of 125 dollars. Ten teams competed, with Muscatine taking second for 75 dollars. Early rounds saw Columbus Junction 9 1 Muscatine, Buds Garage 1 0 Besisi s, and Letts 13 2 Coralville.
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Letts
Ainsworth Field
Ainsworth
Muscatine
Columbus Junction
Buds Garage
Besisi
Coralville
Cochran
Washington Entry
Muscatine Cricket Club
Mt Pleasant
Bud's Garage
Major Leagues Scores From Active Weekend Play
Pittsburgh defeats Chicago 5 3 in one game while winning 8 0 in the second. New York shuts out Philadelphia 2 0 and 9 0 in the two games. Boston posts 11 4 and 8 2 wins over Brooklyn in two games. Cincinnati and St Louis split 4 8 4 4 with the second game ending 4 8.
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Pittsburgh
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Brooklyn
WLPCT
Bob New York
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh Se
Baseball scores from a chaotic AL rundown
In the American League results New York edged Philadelphia 2 to 1 and later Philadelphia beat New York 4 to 3. Boston defeated Washington 5 to 4, Washington won 5 to 3, and Detroit beat St. Louis 4 to 2 while St. Louis won the second game 5 to 4. Chicago beat Cleveland 7 to 1 and Cleveland won 1 to 0 in their second game.
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Detroit
St. Louis
Browns
Ray Coleman
Red Sox
Senators
Washington
Chuck Stubbs
Bob Kuzaya
Indians
WLPCT
New York
Boston
Cleveland
Philadelphia
St. Heri
Rainbows in Living Room Not to Be Expected Soon
PASSAIC New Jersey industry profile notes color television likely 10 to 20 years away per Du Mont founder of the DuMont TV network and tube maker. FCC hearings assess color telecast readiness while Du Mont cites ongoing experiments and a forecast of rapid growth to 1953 with millions of video boxes and dozens of stations.
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Passaic
N. J
Allen B. du Mont
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
du Mont
CBS
RCA
DuMont
East Paterson
North Penn Railroad Sits Rich on Its Stock as It Surrenders Assets
Philadelphia report details how the North Pennsylvania Railroad owns no locomotive or track yet its 1300 stockholders collect $4 a share annually. The company leased all assets to the Philadelphia and Reading for 990 years after a 1879 wreck, leaving debt of about $6.5 million to Reading Co. and a guaranteed eight percent dividend for nearly a millennium.
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Philadelphia
North Pennsylvania Railroad
North Penn
Little Railroad
Bethlehem
Doylestown
New York
Fort Washington
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Reading Co
Reading
Readings Co
Farmers Mutual Insurance Assoc Amends Articles of Incorporation
Notice records a special meeting on August 1950 at Washington Iowa where Farmers Mutual Insurance Association adopts amended Article II to authorize fire and lightning coverage with endorsements and requires board approval, and changes to Article V on annual membership meetings to be held in Washington Iowa on the first Friday after the second Monday in January.
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Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
State of
Iowa
Washington
Allo
Boarch
Iowsa
Hh. Oa. Dusenbery
Charles Kennedy
Ames In-Cross appoints new assistant advertising director
Ames In-Cross Inc announces Mary Lou Barth will serve as assistant to Olav Smedal, advertising director, in Washington Iowa. The firm, based in Ames Iowa, specializes in poultry hybridization and produces Ames In-Cross chicks for 400 cooperating hatcheries across 13 midwestern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames In-Cross, Inc
Mary Lou Barth
Washington
Iowa
Olav Smedal
Ames
Ames In-Cross
First Europeans Reach Site of Kansas City
Etienne de Bourgmont, a French trapper, camped at the future Kansas City area in 1712 and became the first European to visit. Daniel Morgan Boone, son of Daniel Boone, is believed to be the earliest American to reach the spot.
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Etienne de Bourgmont
Kansas City
Daniel Morgan Boone
Daniel
Friday and Thursday Livestock Sales Gather at Iowa Barns
Community sale every Friday at Whittaker sale barn. Livestock sale every Thursday at Kalona Sales Park Kalona Iowa. Wednesday sales at Midway Sales Columbus Junction Iowa. Tuesday sale day at Ollie Live Stock Exchange Ollie Iowa. September 11 Purebred Tam worth Hog Sale at Purebred Sale Pavilion Keota highway 92 starts 12 30 p.m. FE L Conrad & Sons. September 9 Hog hold Goods sale 703 West Third Street starts at 1 30 p.m. tM hi Cook
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Whittaker
Kalona
Iowa
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Livesteck Exchange
Ollie
Keota
Highway 92
FE. L. Conrad & Sons
West Third Street
Hi Cook
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Mize
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International
Washington Concrete Co
12Th St
Rock Island Tracks
Upstairs In Journal
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National League
Professional Directory
Louis J. Kehoe
Teffrey
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Leet
Morrison & Morrison
E. D. Morrison
E. D. Morrison Jr
Morrison Bldg
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Robert Day
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J. C Penney Co
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McCreedy
Wendell L. Shaffer
Hotel Washington
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P. L. Etter
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D. C
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Rock Island Produce Co
Reisters
Ford Merguson
Eli Cook
Grant Walker
M. HE. Walker
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Ham Fisher
MR. Leemy
Persin
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McEvoy & Striebe
Blondie
Dagwood
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