Giants and trades spark late night sports roundup
The page reports on chaotic deal timing around Mel Ott and Johnny Mize, Branch Rickey nudging St Louis scribes, and a Brooklyn offer for Dolph Camilli. It notes Budgets and travel plans, hockey trade talk, Oregon basketball tour earnings, and Dewey Frgetta canceling bouts due to war, with Texas A&M travel questions.
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Joe Turner
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Dewey Fragetta
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Honolulu
Lou Transparenti
Columbia Chaplain Raymond Knox Retires Top Oarsman
Raymond C. Knox, Columbia University chaplain, set to retire next June as the school’s most enthusiastic oarsman. He rows five to six miles daily in all seasons and recently witnessed the Lions’ crew loss in Poughkeepsie as Columbia handed out letters to its football players.
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Georgia full back eyes Orange Bowl after injury
Lewis Woodruff of Georgia hopes to play the Orange Bowl against Texas Christian on New Year’s Day to cap a season where an early injury kept him out of games. He needed hours to graduate this coming June and is regarded as Georgia’s best ball carrier.
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Lewis Woodruff
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Italians Claim Pressure Rejected by Axis in Libya
Rome reports heavy British tank aided attacks repulsed by Italian high command east and west of Tobruk. Garrisons at Salam and Bardia said to resist with tenacity as British forces press with greater armor and manpower.
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French Government To Stay Neutral Says German Radio
Reuters states the German radio reported that Vichy France notified the United States Britain and Japan of France’s neutrality. French ambassadors gave no notice of redrafting relations with Washington Tokyo and Madrid as implied by the Far Eastern war warnings.
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Dodgers Trade Four Champs For Pitt Shortstop
Brooklyn December report says Dodgers boss Leland Stanford MacPhail traded four members of the 1939 World Series team for Arky Vaughan of Pittsburgh. The players sent included Luke Hamlin Pete Coscarart Jimmy Wasdell and Babe Phelps. Vaughan has a .309 career average and joins a Dodgers lineup seeking a left handed pitcher and possible position shifts for Lavagetto and Camilli.
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Leland Stanford MacPhail
Babbyling Brooks
Arky Vaughan
Pittsburgh
Luke Hamlin
Pete Coscarart
Jimmy Wasdell
Babe Phelps
Cookie Lavagetto
Dolph Camilli
Pirates
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Lavagetto
Vaughan
Coscarart
Wasdell
Hamlin
Danny Litwhiler
Phils
Kelps
Leo Durocher
Havana
Cuba
San Francisco Goes Dark as City Suffers Fourth War Blackout
In a two hour 34 minute air raid blackout San Francisco and areas to Sacramento and San Jose went dark. Police investigated rumors of lights while 50 miles of darkness spread. Firefighter Ray McMillen died of a heart attack during duty amid the blackout.
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John L. de Witt
Fourth Army
Ray McMillen
San Francisco Fire Department
Youth Held For Alleged Slaying of Steel Salesman
NEW YORK December 13 Stewart Freeman a 42 year old steel salesman was shot to death in his hotel room Alfred Ames 16 was charged with murder Detectives quoted the youth saying he intended only to frighten Freeman into stopping abuse of his mother but claimed his mind went blank when he confronted the man Ames allegedly took Freeman s watch wallet and car keys to make robbery the motive He tossed Freeman s hat down an airshaft drove to a deserted spot emptied the shells from the gun wiped off fingerprints and lunched with his mother before fearing the police were on his trail
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P— Stewart Freeman
Alfred Ames
Frank Noel
William Egan
Freeman
Alice Ames
Ames
Japanese Secrecy Obscures Japanese Air Strength
A Science Service report from Washington notes Japan withholds air strength details and aircraft data. It cites limited accessible information on Japanese planes and engines, estimating total aircraft numbers between 4 000 and 5 000 with carrier capacities under 200 for the navy.
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Washington, D. C
Japan
Lucien Zaharoff
Aircraft Publications
Bombers to Meet Bombers in Apple Bowl Here Tomorrow
Manassas based Winchester Brown Bombers set to host Washington Brown Bombers tomorrow at 2 30 PM in a postponed Apple Bowl depending on weather and field conditions. Notable players include captain Barney Gordon and 6 6 270-pound Tiny House who contributed a 70 yard TD.
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Sammy Baugh
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Honor Court For Boy Scouts Held At Handley
A Court of Honor for Shawnee district Scout Troops held at Handley High School featured L J Mc Elligott as advancement chairman. Troop leaders and color guard presented the colors as Troops 1 2 and 9 and Ray Garrabrandt led songs and the pledge. Reverend Hopkins spoke on a Scout's responsibility today before taps closed the ceremony.
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Vernon Clark
America
British scientist breeds day old sexing chicken
A British scientist has developed a layer of day old chicks where sex can be determined at hatching. Cockerel chicks display paler down coloration than pullets aiding immediate sex identification.
Modified Naval Enlistment Standards Relaxed
The Navy announces relaxed physical standards for enlistment in the regular Navy and Naval Reserve. Rejected applicants with minor defects may re apply, and conditions such as varicose veins hydrocele and hernia now have allowances with treatment at training stations.
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Virginia Protective Force Detachments Ordered to Active Duty
Virginia Governor Price orders Virginia Protective Force detachments in six communities to active duty to guard bridges and vital facilities. Brigadier General Goodwyn and adjutant general Gardner Waller coordinate duties with highway officials and utility owners to prevent sabotage. Registered units include Alexandria 112, Fredericksburg 104, Chase City 54, Norfolk first battalion, Suffolk 24, and Roanoke eighth battalion.
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Virginia Protective Force
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Gardner Waller
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Pedigreed homing pigeons fetch up to 50 each
The article notes pedigreed homing pigeons sell for 25 to 50 dollars per bird, while a record price of 6000 dollars for a single animal is mentioned as having been paid.
Boxing results from New York and nearby cities last night
Fights featured Zivic of Pittsburgh drawing with Young Kid M Coy from Detroit at 148. Pastor of New York stopped Jim Robinson of Philadelphia at 184. Forte of Philadelphia defeated Dom Fiantini of Reading, Pa, on points at 130 to 128. Other bout details mixed and unclear from the report.
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Fritzie Zivic
Pittsburgh
Young Kid
M Coy
Detroit
Drew
Boston
Bob Pastor
Jim Robinson
Philadelphia
Robinson
Jack Marshall
Johnny Forte
Dom Fiantini
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Mee
Waukee
Espensen
Minneapolis
Roe
Traffic accidents kill 96,000 in United States last year
U.S. accident fatalities reached 96,000 in the latest year, an increase of about 4,000 deaths from 1939, highlighting a rise in road casualties across the nation.
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