Park Faces Transit Nine in Sunday Baseball Clash
Winchester Park meets the Capitol Transit nine Sunday at Park in a dogged midseason test. Scrivener from Washington eyes revenge after a Brewers defeat, while Mentzer and Keller loom for Winchester. Park rides a six game win streak as Miller powers the lineup and Coach Baker orders six o clock practice.
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District of Columbia
Capitol Transit
Park
Transit Nine
Winchester
Thaat
Scrivener
Washington
Heurich Brewers
Chester Miller
Capitol Transit Nine
Baker
Bridges To Pitch At Front Royal Weekend Game
Tommy Bridges, ex Detroit Tiger and current in the armed forces, will pitch for Front Royal American Viscose against the Office of Strategic Services this weekend. Bridges previously beat the local team 5 to 0, showing his famed fast curve balls. The game is set for Saturday at 6 00 p m.
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Brewers
Hagerstown
Waynesboro
Linville
Staunton
Miller
Scrivener
Mentzer
Park
Irs
Tommy Bridges
Merly
Detroit Tigers
American Viscose Corporation
Office of Strategic Service
Bridges
Bees and Boy's Club Break Even In Twin-Bill
The Bees and the Sacred Heart Boy's Club split a doubleheader on Wednesday. Boy's Club won 11-2 in the opener while the Bees took the nightcap 13-6. The Bees suffered their first loss of the season in game one amid five costly errors.
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Sacred Heart
Lewis
Nelson M. LaVecchia
Levi
Keller
Lee
McIntyre
White
Smallwood
Wolfe
John Warner
Winchester Knitting Mill
Hobos
Old Timers
Bridges to Pitch Sunday Doubleheader on Viscose Diamond
Bridges will play in the outfield on Saturday and start the Sunday game. He aims to return to the Detroit Tigers and win eight more games to reach 200 for his career, a milestone shared by few pitchers. Front Royal hitters face Bridges with renewed confidence after hitting against him.
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Brides
Detroit Tigers
Front Royal
Pete Peters Fifth Corps Commander Remains Army Housekeeper
In San Francisco a war correspondent recalls Lt. Col. Leonard T. Peters who led Fifth Corps headquarters through Germany and Czechoslovakia. Peters organized camps for 1150 officers, secured front‑line sites, and fed troops with fresh eggs, beef stew and steak. His aides included Manuel Sylvia.
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Pete
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Africa
Czechoslovakia
State Street
Boston
Aladdin
Tunisian
Sicily
Daniel Boone
Germany
Pilsen
Manuel Sylvia
New Bedford
Mass
Barricades Erected Around White House Amid War’s End
Barricades were placed at White House entrances on August 10 as Washington swells with wartime ending mood. Pedestrians were barred from the Pennsylvania Avenue sidewalk and military police returned to patrol, keeping crowds away in Lafayette Park directly opposite the mansion.
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Washington
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Executive Mansion
Avenue
Lafayette Park
Open Air Parliaments Mentioned In Historic Note
The Althing once met open air but now convenes indoors. The Isle of Man and Crown possessions require annual promulgation at Tynwald Hill before laws take effect.
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Althing
Perena
Isle of Man
Tynwald Hills
Fliers 250 Miles Away Witness Damage By Bombs
Guam Aug 10 Airmen 70 to 250 miles away witnessed Nagasaki bombing. Okinawa based jets reported flames and explosions as the weapon’s power was shown. A plane 250 miles away saw a fiery ball and smoke column to 20,000 feet. General Spaatz called the results good though smoke still hid damage. Far East forces sunk or damaged over 60 Japanese ships and 47 planes.
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Nagasaki
Associated Press
Richard Cushing
Okinawa
Kyushu
Staatz
U. S. Army Strategic Air Forces
Japan
Tokyo Arsenal
Spaatz Reports Major B 29 Raids on Honshu and Kyushu
Spaatz's communique says Monday's B 29 raid left the Abe coal liquefaction plant on Honshu inoperative. Heavy strikes targeted Kyushu including Tsuiki air drome with 5000 fragmentation bombs. Omuta and a nitroglycerin plant at Yatsushiro were reported attacked or destroyed. Other missions targeted shipping off Kurea Honshu and extended to the Indies and Solomons.
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Abe
Honshu
Kyushu
Tsuiki
Omuta
Yatsushiro
Kirea
Indies
Solomons
Navy Reports Sharp Casualty Rise
The Navy reports a surge in casualties as part of a total armed forces losses of 1,068,216. Updated figures show 251,424 killed, 649,805 wounded, 44,960 missing, and 122,027 prisoners, with Navy losses rising by 6,267 to 146,077.
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Navy
Army
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