Golf Clubs Lace War-Era Labor With Fun At St Johnsbury
In Vermont a group of young golfers rebuilds a club layout by spending three hours weekly on course maintenance. A separate note: Iowa golfer Shoemaker lofts a ball onto a plane wing at Brooks Country Club. Syracuse Chiefs manager Jewel walks seven miles to stadiums and recalls an amateur boxing match watched by his mother.
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Okaboji
Iowa
S.C. Shoemaker
Sioux City
Brooks Country Club
Shoemaker
Jewel
Syracuse Chiefs
Bals Orchards
Jersey City
Chiefs
Notable Athletics Leader Seen Among Fort Monmouth Soldiers
Fort Monmouth soldiers praise Lieut. Joe Zarish as an exceptionally versatile athletic officer who led cheers last fall and stood out as an all American cheerleader at Illinois University. He held multiple student group posts, sang with a dance orchestra, acted on stage, worked days, assisted theater management at night, and studied at Northwestern.
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Red Sox
Stars Shine Across Leagues in Pitching Greats
Yesterday's games saw Mel Harder of the Indians dominate with four hits allowed from the Athletics, Jimmie Foxx and Claude Passeau contributing for the Cubs against the Braves, Tex Hughson sparking the Red Sox past the Tigers, and other strong performances including Triplett steering the Cardinals to a tenth inning win over the Giants and Atley Donald guiding the Yankees’ five run opener against the Browns.
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Associated Press
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Indians
Athletics
Jimmie Foxx
Claude Passeau
Cubs
Foxx
Braves
Passeau
Tex Hughson
Red Sox
Tigers
Er Triplett
Carinalstie
Redbirds
Giants
Atley Donald
Yankees
Fights Last Night Highlight Mixed Results At Washington
Boxing notes report a knockout of Tommy Hoover in Washington D C with bouts featuring Brooks Wilting Gee n Byrd Blytheville and Corum facing foes in Los Angeles and Fort Smith Arkansas.
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Wilting, Geen
Fort Smith
Ark
Byrd
Blytheville
Tommy Hoover
Washington, D.C
Corum
Los Angeles
Q A Box On Sports Q A Box On Sports
Questions and answers cover scoring in the Decuple system and records in baseball and boxing. Triple Royal Sequence yields three thousand points. Cleveland held the AL record for 41 consecutive scoreless innings in 1903. Bob Fitzsimmons was 37 when he lost the heavyweight title to Jeffries in 1899.
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Cleveland
Bob Fitzsimmons
Jffries
Bud Ward Eliminated From Western Amateur
Spokane July 11 a new western amateur golf champion emerged on the Manila course but name withheld until Sunday finals. Corp Marvin Ward the defending titleholder was eliminated yesterday and today’s 36 hole semi finals include Bill Welch Houston Tex Bruce McCormick Los Angeles and Corp Pat Abbott Denver plus Harry Givan Seattle with Walker Cup links.
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Wash
Manila
Corp
Marvin Ward
Bill Welch
Welch
Bruce McCormick
Los Angeles
Pat Abbott
Denver
Publinx
Harry Givan
Seattle
Tribe Holds On To Third Place in AL Standings
Mel Harder's four hit pitching earned the Indians a 4 to 2 win over the Athletics at Shibe Park. The victory kept Cleveland four games behind the Red Sox and eight behind the Yankees for third place in the American League. Ray Mack had three hits and drove in a run in each of the Indians' rallies.
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Mel Harder
Cleveland Indians
Athletics
Shibe Park
Tribe
Boston
New York
Harder
A’s
Pete Suder
Indians
Herman Besse
Ray Mack
Cleveland
Shirley
Wagner
Yanks Maintain Four-Game Lead Over Browns
New York Yankees beat the St Louis Browns 5 to 2 to keep a four game edge over the Boston Red Sox. The Yanks had only five hits off John Niggeling and Stan Ferens but pushed across all their runs in the first inning on three hits and three walks plus a hit batsman. Niggeling lasted one inning while Ferens finished.
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New York
Luke Eres
John Niggeling
New York Yankees
Browns
Boston Reds
Yanks
Stan Ferens
St. Louis
Ling
Ferens
Ferrellid
Rosar
Red Sox Stay Hot With 6-1 Win Over Tigers
Cecil Tex Hughson drove in three runs with a double and single to lead Boston past Detroit 6-1. The Red Sox built a 3-0 second inning on walks and timely hits, as Hughson and Tabor accounted for key RBIs. Dizzy Trout struggled on the mound for Detroit.
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Cecil “Tex” Hughson
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Sox
Paul “Dizzy” Trout
Bob Doerr
Tony Lupien
Jim Tabor
Hughson
Tabor
Detroit
Trout
Henshaw
Tebbetts
Parsons
Conroy
Foxx Sparks Cubs Past Braves in 3 2 Duel
James Emory Foxx sparked Chicago with a Fourth of July three run homer and the deciding RBI in a 3 2 win over Boston. Claude Passeau allowed five hits for his 13th victory while Jim Tobin took the loss as Boston miscues aided the Cubs.
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James Emory Foxx
Chicago Cubs
Mort Cooper
Cubs
Boston Braves
Claude Passeau
Jim Tobin
Boston
Phil Cavarretta
Foxx
Braves
Eddie Miller
Passeau
Nazi plotters trial inches into week with secrecy complaints
Washington July 11 The Army p rosecuting and defending eight accused Nazi plotters hauled armloads of documents into the Justice Department as the secret war crimes trial resumed. Generals on the commission gave scant details while hearings focused on FBI testimony and evidence. Elmer Davis urged more news access arguing public confidence depends on disclosures.
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Army
Justice Department
Elmer Davis
War Information
Frank R. McCoy
Commission
Germany
McCoy
Signal Corps
Davis
Press Association
Organizing Continues in Postwar Peace Debate
Professors and officials at a regional forum discuss postwar planning and international cooperation. McGill’s Percy E. Corbett urges dispassionate, wise planning to shorten the road to military victory and a better world order with continued League reforms.
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McGill University
Canada
Professor Corbett
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League of Nations
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Walter Nash
New Zealand
Pacific War Council
Hugh Barton
Columbia University
School of Military Government
Army
University of Virginia
Nicholas Dorman
Danube League
College of William and Mary
Brooks Emery
Cleveland Foreign Affairs Council
Schuman
Dis
School Opening May Be Put Off
A Virginia plan to delay high school openings in 16 apple growing counties will be discussed in Staunton on July 16 by school officials, U S Employment Service representatives, and horticulturalists. The aim is to free students for the apple harvest due to a labor shortage while final decisions rest with each county school board. Counties sending members include Roanoke Botetourt Frederick Rappahannock Bedford Albemarle Rockbridge Augusta Clarke Fauquier Amherst Rockingham Shenandoah Page Madison Nelson.
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Virginia
United States Employment Service
Staunton
Virginia Horticultural Society
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State Department of Education
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Botetourt
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Rappahannock
Bedford
Albemarle
Rockbridge
Augusta
Clarke
Fauquier
Amherst
Rockingham
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Page
Madison
Nelson
Miss Talley Wins Virginia Press Feature Prize
Rhea Talley of the Richmond Times Dispatch repeats last year by winning first prize in the Virginia Press Association feature story sweepstakes for a Rockefeller restoration piece at Williamsburg. Charlton Whitehead and James Latimer tied for first in news writing for a lifeboat birth story and a railroad brakeman operation by a girl physician. Winners for the year ending May 15, 1942 will each receive 25 dollars.
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Rhea Talley
Richmond Times- Dispatch
Virginia Press Association
Miss Talley
Rockefeller
Williamsburg
Charlton Whitehead
Norfolk Ledger- Dispatch
James Latimer
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Australian Air Gunner Heroic
Wounded in the legs Trevor Wise a 19 year old Australian air gunner doused flames in his burning bomber and shot down a Japanese Zero during a raid on Lae New Guinea. He swam three miles to shore after the plane ditched and refused to abandon his crew aboard the crowded life raft despite losing use of his legs.
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Trevor Wise
Wise
Lae
New Guinea
Rent Control Move Spurs Eviction and Ceiling Appeals
OPA seeks transfer of a Mobile suit to a special tribunal as area lawyers report about 50 eviction cases in the Southeast to press tenant protections. Norfolk landlords seek higher ceilings for hardship, Newark warns tenants may sue for triple excess charges up to 50. Virginia Beach cottage owners fear April 1941 ceiling freeze amid seasonal rents while OPA handles adjustment cases.
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R. Lyles Hatter
OPA
Norfolk
Newark
N. J
H. Russell Phillips
Virginia Beach
Hampton Roads
Construction At Norfolk Booms
Norfolk and area report a surge in first half 1942 construction, up by 79.9 million dollars from 1941. Government contracts lead with 83.79 million, Norfolk city total government work 59.94 million, Portsmouth 20.71 million, Princess Anne county 3.14 million, with non government total rising to 13.41 million.
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Norfolk City
Portsmouth
Princess Anne County
Sub That Scored Hits Returns Sub That Scored Hits Returns
Moscow reports Captain N. Luin arrived with a Soviet submarine credited with torpedoing the battleship Tirpitz in Arctic waters. Luin, famed for submarine exploits, was welcomed by the fleet admiral on his return to port.
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N.luin
Tirpitz
Arctic
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Soviet Union
Soviet Admit Reverses In Massive Eastern Battles
Soviet dispatches say the German offensive of about 1,000 troops showed developing gains while the Red Army reports bitter losses. A Russian elite guard unit killed 2,500 Germans before Voronezh, as Rosso sh fell and rail links between central and southern fronts were cut. Germany thrusts threatened Lisichansk and Kantemirovka far south of Voronezh.
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Red Army
Voronezh
Rossosh
Russia
Lisichansk
Rostov
Caucasus
Kantemirovka
New Corporation Tax Favored by House Committee
The House Ways and Means Committee adopted a new corporate tax plan with a flat 87 1 2 percent excess profits tax and a combined normal tax and surtax of 45 percent, reversing earlier positions amid a stormy session. A Republican Democrat coalition influenced changes and debated eliminating a provision for withholding individual income taxes at the source.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Escaped British South African Soldiers Reach El Alamein Front
Five British and five South African soldiers who evaded capture at Tobruk completed a 17 day journey of about 300 miles through Axis lines to reach the El Alamein front in Egypt. Led by Lieut. W. Gibb they traced enemy tank tracks through Libya passing Salam Matruh and El Deba then slipped Rommel’s defenses just outside El Alamein. They travelled 200 miles on foot and 100 miles in hijacked trucks.
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Libya
Salam
Matruh
el Deba
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Rommel
Japanese Advance Near Wenchow Amid Southeast Drive
Tokyo dispatches report Japanese forces pushing southeast along the Wu River from Tsingtien, within 12 miles of Wenchow at the river mouth. The capture of Tsingstien, a walled town, was announced yesterday as the new offensive extends through southeastern Chekiang province. Wenchow lies about 220 miles south of Shanghai.
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Tsingtien
Wenchow
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Tsingstien
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Shanghai
Actress Helen Parrish Weds Charles Lang in Hollywood
Actress Helen Parrish aged 19 married actor Charles Lang 27 last night in Hollywood. Lang is Parrish's childhood sweetheart.
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Hollywood
Helen Parrish
Charles Lang
Miss Parrish
Lang
Hutin Arrested in Paris for Refusal to Wear Emblem
Marcel Hutin former editor in chief of Echo De Paris was arrested in Paris July 11 for defying the German order to wear the Jewish badge in public. The arrest highlights enforcement of the badge during the occupation and the risks faced by public figures.
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Paris
France
Marcel Hutin
Echo de Paris
158 German Allies Are Apprehended
New York reports the arrest of 158 German aliens linked to the German American Vocational League. The group allegedly funded a saboteur’s return to Germany and included members of the Nazi party and workers in U S war plants.
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Germany
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York City
Long Island
PF. B. L
P. E. Foxworth
New York Pfice
German American Vocational League
Deutsch-Americanische Berufsgemeinschaft
Foxworth
Washington
Heinrich H. Heinecke
Nazi Labor Front
Nazi Party
Shut-Out Scratched From Empire City Handicap
The $25,000 Empire City Handicap field was reduced to eight three year olds after Mrs. Payne Whitney’s favored Shut Out was scratched due to track conditions. The Derby Belmont and Yankee winner would not cope with an off track, trainer John Gaver noting he was not at his best on such a surface. Col. Teddy trained by Ben Jones, and the Sunny Jim entry plus Apache and Vagrancy were listed as likely choices.
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Payne Whitney
John Gaver
Equipoise
Col
Teddy
Ben Jones
Sunny Jim
Fitzsimons
Honor Roll effort hinges on community cooperation
The Honor Roll project, prepared by the Winchester Junior Board of Trade with the cooperation of the Winchester Evening Star, relies heavily on local support to succeed. Community involvement and assistance from residents are emphasized as vital to completing the listing.
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Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Winchester Evening Star
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