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The June 1943 issue of Boys' Life
Magazine Features a WWII cover story
"In A Bigger League" by Frank Graham. A
story about Major League ballplayers
like Navy gunner Bob Feller, Navy Pilot
Ted Williams, and Joe DiMaggio drilling
in Army camp, heading to the battle
front. Famous author and sports
columnist Frank Graham books include;
"Lou Gehrig: A Quiet Hero"
which was released as an
ASE - Armed Services Edition. These
soft cover pocket-size paperbacks were
issued to GI's from 1943-1947.
The story which starts on page 3,
and continues on page 42, "tells of the
players who have made Uncle Sam's
team." Black-and-white pictures on
page 3, show Joe DiMaggio in
action heading to first base, and other
players posing for the camera; Ted
Williams, Bob Feller, Eddie Collins,
Pee Wee Reese, and Hugh Mulcahy, the
very first major leaguer to be drafted
into United States military service
before the U.S. entered World War II,
on March 8, 1941.
There is a Louisville Slugger ad on page 39, featuring 1942 American
League batting Champion Ted Williams,
and 1942 National League batting
champion Ernie Lombardi. As throughout
the magazine there is a push to "Buy
War Bonds" The Back Cover has a Baby
Ruth candy bar ad.
Boy's
Life was Published monthly by the Boy
Scout's of America since 1911, until
the name was change to "Scout Life" in
2011. In 1943 Franklin D.
Roosevelt is listed as Honorary President. John
F. Kennedy
was the first president who was a Boy
Scout. And like all presidents from
William Howard Taft to Donald Trump,
and now Joe Biden (who was also a Boy
Scout) also served as Honorary President
of the Boy Scouts of America.
Boy's Life Magazines from this era commonly have the mailing label in the
upper right corner as pictured below,
left column.
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