,,iii #aaeth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #ec ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,november #bi1 #bjah ,ms4 ,warren 7for herself and ,mr4 ,markey7 submitted the following concurrent resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation ,,concurrent ,,resolution ,honoring the #geth anniversary of the ,all-,american ,girls ,professional ,baseball ,league4 ,whereas the manpower demands of ,world ,war ,,ii forced many minor league baseball teams to disband as players were drafted1 resulting in a dearth of minor league teams by late #aidb2 ,whereas1 in late #aidb1 the ,federal ,government warned major league baseball teams that increased manpower mobilization could result in cancellation of the #aidc baseball season1 which threatened to shutter ,major ,league ,baseball parks across the country2 ,whereas the ,all-,american ,girls ,professional ,baseball ,league 7,,aagpbl7 was established1 and spring training for the ,league started on ,may #ag1 #aidc1 to address the shortage of baseball players2 ,whereas1 from #aidc to #aied1 the ,league provided more than #fjj women the chance to play professional baseball1 an opportunity never before afforded to female athletes in the ,united ,states2 ,whereas ,penny ,marshall's film1 8,a ,league of ,their ,own10 familiarized millions of people in the ,united ,states with the history of the ,league2 and ,whereas at least #bi women from the ,commonwealth of ,massachusetts played in the ,league1 including ,noella ,leduc ,alverson1 ,rita ,briggs1 ,patricia ,brown1 ,jean ,buckley1 ,cynthia ,esposito ,normine ,capritta1 ,joan ,tysver ,chiancola1 ,clara ,chiano1 ,patricia ,courtney1 ,mary ,dailey1 ,alice ,de,cambra1 ,madeline ,english1 ,annie ,gosbee1 ,dorothy ,green1 ,josephine ,hasham1 ,lillian ,de,cambra ,kelley1 ,marie ,mansfield ,kelley1 ,helen ,ketola ,la,camera1 ,rhoda ,leonard ,linehan1 ,marie ,eileen ,albright ,lockhart1 ,georgette ,vincent ,mooney1 ,helen ,nordquist1 ,beatrice ,arbour ,parrott1 ,katherine ,pechulis1 ,lucille ,stone ,richards1 ,grace ,rogato1 ,mary ,sheehan1 ,barbara ,parks ,young1 ,sue ,parsons ,zipay1 and ,mary ,pratt of ,quincy1 who is celebrating her #ajjth birthday this year3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that ,congress honors the #geth anniversary of the ,all-,american ,girls ,professional ,baseball ,league4