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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1951
Page
5
Stockholm report says Russia is increasing atomic bomb production by mining a dozen uranium mines in Polish Lower Silesia and shipping ore to Russia by express. Soviet geologists and Polish advisers are said to be scouting for additional mines.
Charley Dressen recalls the 1933 World Series with the Giants. Bill Terry needed third base insurance and Dressen helped direct pitching strategy. Carl Hubbell faced Cliff Bolton with bases loaded in the fifth, Bolton hit to the left side and was out, shaping a pivotal moment.
Charles Dressen born in Decatur Illinois September 20 1898 has a long baseball career. He played third base for Cincinnati for seven years coached the Dodgers and Yankees and led Oakland to the 1950 Pacific Coast League pennant before becoming Dodgers manager.
William Green, eight year term president of the American Federation of Labor, urged uniting all U S labor unions into a single organization. Speaking in San Francisco at the AFL convention, he said talks with the CIO and railroad brotherhoods should begin at the earliest moment and avoided commenting on readmission talks with John L. Lewis or a 1952 presidential endorsement.
The Weather Bureau reports electrical storms occur everywhere but are much more frequent in the eastern and central U S than in the far West. Thunderstorms are rare along the Pacific coast. Tornadoes occur east of the Rockies and rarely west of them, most often in the central valleys. Cyclones may form anywhere.
Sixty soldiers and sailors share postwar moves including home leaves from Korea Fort Knox and Great Lakes. Names include Charles Shanholtz Charles L Shanholtz Edward Bartlett Edward W Bartlett Donald Baughman and George Bishop with a 6 year reenlistment in Garmisch Germany. Ronald Carper Omps Cochran and others pursue training assignments at Fort Meade Fort Sam Houston Great Lakes and Jacksonville with multiple duties and guardianships noted.
Stanley Steamer driver Jack Brause, 76, arrived in Buffalo in his 1913 car hours ahead of rival Rube de Launty in a 1911 Stoddard-Dayton during a rainy leg of the Chicago to New York ancient auto race. De Launty’s car struggled with rain and fuel, while Brause reported ample water supply and speed up to 55 mph. Both men, automotive experts for the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, race to Syracuse as sponsors Popular Mechanics Magazine and the museum push the event.
Charlottesville and Albemarle County approve plans for an $800,000 airport and the site of an airplane instrument plant near the city. The move involves local government action and signals anticipated industrial development.
In New York action the Yankees struggle with a string of losses, dropping a doubleheader to St. Louis, then 9-2 to Detroit. Meanwhile Brooklyn extends a six game NL lead and Cleveland edges NY in the pennant chase as other results shuffle the standings. Mickey Mantle opens the day with a homer off Virgil Trucks. Bob Porterfield shuts out Cleveland in Washington. Spahn and Brazie duel in a night twin bill, with Spahn delivering the decisive hit for the Braves. The day-night split stems from an unusual three-team make-up of a rainout with the Cards, Giants, and Braves involved.
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