Steph ens Leads Yankees In Power Hitting In Race For AL Pennant
Vernon Stephens atop the league in home runs and RBI, with 25 homers and 93 RBIs, leads Yankees as Ted Williams backs him with 21 homers and 89 RBIs. Boston splits a doubleheader with Cleveland while Detroit and Chicago swap wins as pennant chase tightens.
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Vic Raschi
Fred Sanford
Frank Shea
Military Slashing Of Budget Reveals Extra 108 Million
Washington reports economy minded senators learned from Senate appropriations clerks that military spending for the year was cut by 1118 million below the House plan of 15908 million. Senator Elmer Thomas led the cut, initially announced as 1010 million, with an additional 108 million found after detailed item checks of Army Navy and Air Force budgets.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
House
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Dokla
Senate
Tigers sweep two as Campbell stars in doubleheader
Paul Campbell of Detroit hits a grand slam and contributes two singles and two doubles in the nightcap 11 inning win over Philadelphia. Ted Gray limits the Phillies to eight hits in an 8 0 Detroit win in the first game.
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Red Schoendienst
Eddie Kazak
Robinson to Ask Rickey for Raise
Brooklyn Dodgers owner Branch Rickey received sworn notice that Jackie Robinson will seek a pay raise next year. Robinson testified before the House Un American Activities Committee defending Negro Americans' willingness to fight for the country in any future conflict.
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Robinson
House un-American Activities Committee
Paul Robeson
Russia
Curb Crowds See 40 and 8 Parade In City
Crowds line the curb Saturday night to watch the 40 and 8 Society parade with more than twenty new members marching to Winchester armory for initiation. A luncheon at the armory drew about 75 Voitures from Hagerstown Frederick Cumberland Md Harrisonburg Arlington and Winchester. A Q and A explains the famous Tablecloth cloud over Table Mountain formed by moist winds rising along the slope.
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Winchester Armory
Armory
Hagerstown
Frederick
Cumberland
Harrisonburg
Arlington
Winchester
Winchester Legion routs Clarke County 7 2 to lead Northern Virginia league
Winchester American Legion post beat Clarke County All Stars 7 2 at Rouss Park to move a game and a half ahead of Front Royal in the Northern Virginia league. Les Shickle earned the win with strong pitching and a 4 run fifth inning powered by a long double.
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Clarke County All- Stars
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Front Royal
Virginia
White Sox
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Strasburg
Legion
Les Shickle
Lawrence Buckner
Keller
Clarke County
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Clarke
Marcus
Patton
Buckner
Pope
Bailey
Teddy Keller
Burch
Fawcett
Berryville
Lacy Broy
Broy
H. Buckner
Estep
Hee Lee
Emmer
Plumly Lumber Defeats Elks 3-1 Under Lights
Plumly Lumber toppled the Elks 3-1 in a Saturday night game. Jackson earned the win while Snider took the loss, with key hits from Boxwell Haymaker and Lamb shaping the decisive rally in the sixth inning.
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Dole
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Boxwell
Haymaker
Turner
Cochran
Duval
Lamb
Rockingham
AB R H Baker
Boxwellls
Bongay
Cfee
Baseball core and covers explained
A baseball uses a cork center surrounded by successive layers of rubber and yarn, all enclosed by a tightly stitched horsehide cover.
Card of Thanks for Roger Lee Coffelt
We thank relatives friends and neighbors for kind deeds contributions and flowers given during the death and burial of our son Roger Lee Coffelt. John L Coffelt and Family.
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Roger Lee Coffelt
John L. Coffelt
Exchange Club Plans Ladies Night
Exchange club board of control will meet at 7 45 p m tomorrow at the office of Dr. Leon Slavin 212 West Boscawen Street to discuss plans for the annual ladies night program and related business.
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Exchange Club Board of Control
Leon Slavin
W. Boscawen St
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