World War II Chronicle: August 14, 1942

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On page three, former Washington Nationals third baseman — now a soldier at Camp Wheeler– Cecil Travis has injured himself crashing into a barbed-wire fence… George Fielding Eliot column on page 12…

Sports section begins on page 17, and Hall of Famer Tris Speaker is pictured attending a Cleveland Indians game… Pictured on page 19 are Hall of Fame Kansas City Monarchs Satchel Paige and Willard Brown, who lost to the Homestead Greys yesterday.

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Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), 14 August 1942. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1942-08-14/ed-1/