Cougars Prep For State Playoff With Tulsa Braves
Ada Cougars finish practice ahead of first round playoff against Tulsa Central Braves. Kickers Fentem and Anderson boost passing while Hardee Mayfield Skinner and Pherigo show running gains. Coach Elvan George rests scrimmage focusing on conditioning as a large turnout of congratulatory letters arrives.
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Sugg
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Copeland
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Starting Line Ups at Norris Stadium
Coaches provide all weights for players at Place Norris Stadium as game time set for 2:30 p m.
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Blue Jays pound Homer Cage Team in high scoring game
Ada Blue Jays routed Homer Junior High 65 to 16 amid a fast breaking game. Hodges led Ada with 16 points while Homer’s Frazier scored 9 as Ada’s offense dominated and opponents total 129 points in eight games.
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Orlo Robertson Picks Army To Win Easily Over Navy
Orlo Robertson forecasts Army over Navy by two or three touchdowns citing Army's strong backfield. He also predicts Georgia Tech and Texas Christian will win bowls, with Notre Dame and Ohio State on the Sailors' defeat list. Other matchups include Tulane over LSU and Oklahoma over Nebraska.
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Great Lakes
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Ohio State
Georgia Tech
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Duke
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Purcell Gunners Roll Over East Central 52 to 11
Purcell Gunners defeated East Central 52 11 at the college gym with J L Cooper scoring 12 points while Hobbs and Lewis led the East Central offense. A Norman medical coins team will meet East Central Tuesday at the gym. Latta beat Horace Mann 26 12 in a prior high school game.
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Dr. W. T. Huddleston Dies in Konawa Oklahoma
Dr. W. T. Huddleston 77 a longtime Konawa physician since 1910 died after a three weeks illness at his home. Survived by a daughter Mrs. T. R. Wilson of Bartlesville services set for 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Konawa Methodist church.
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Oklahoma City must vote on federal loan for postwar planning
Attorney General Randall S. Cobb ruled that municipalities cannot borrow from the federal government for postwar planning without a citizen vote. The opinion, sought by Vinita, notes no law authorizes special elections for such authority, preventing Oklahoma cities from accepting loans under the 1944 mobilization and reconversion act.
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Randall S. Cobb
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Greater returns for amount in vested a Ada News Classified Ads
Classified note reports higher yields for investments tied to vested accounts in Ada News listings. Advertisements highlight potential gains, urging readers to compare rates and terms offered by local financial houses.
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Lew Jenkins Recalls Wartime Ring and Coast Guard Service
Boston dispatch reports former Lightweight Champion Lew Jenkins, now a coast guard boatswain mate second class, recuperating from nasal surgery. He recalls boxing in Africa and England, scoring six wins with five knockouts, and notes Coast Guard softball and basketball dominance in Europe and beyond. He weighs 145 pounds and hopes to box again after the war as a welterweight.
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Junior High School News Highlights Assembly and Classes
Eighth grade students presented a Pilgrim to Statue of Liberty style show whileMrs Morrison's boys won church flag for attendance. Seventh graders led with 100 percent in math and bake gowns, and social studies covered US history. Telethon pledges total 258110 with Ina Lou Mackin Lois McKinnon and Louise Lollar among top fundraisers.
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Floyd Poag
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Ina Lou Mackin
Lois McKinnon
Louise Lollar
Byng Laddies Sweep Stratford In Bench Balanced Victory
Byng and Stratford High meet on the Byng hardwood with a balanced Byng squad prevailing 23 to 16. Abbott led Byng with 7 points while Seymour added 6 as Stratford’s Wood stood out for the visitors. Stratford trailed all game with a late push in the third, and Byng’s junior high beat Stratford 25 to 10 in the preliminary.
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Handicapped Golfers Toured for Wounded GIs Idea
New York December 1 George Corcoran proposes a group of physically handicapped golfers to tour convalescent hospitals and give exhibitions for wounded GIs. Notables like Tommy McAuliffe and Jimmy Nichols could inspire by proving players with one arm or one leg can outplay many with full limbs.
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Greensboro
Corcoran
Tommy McAuliffe
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Army Coach Blaik Receives Colonial Rank Promotion
Earl Blaik, Army head coach, is promoted to full colonel and Backfield Coach Andy Gustafson becomes a lieutenant colonel. Les Horvath of Ohio State played 4,142 minutes this season and declined a Cleveland Rams offer to stay with the Buckeyes next year. Hockey clubs struggle with unseasoned wood sticks as Rovers led seven to the Rangers on their road trip. Ed Barrow refutes that Charley Caldwell, Princeton coach, was the Yankees' wildest pitcher, noting 1925 had Wild Walter Beall who outdid them all.
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Navy Cross veterans to face Gremlins in Fort Pierce clash
Two Navy Cross recipients John Tripson and Boberick will play side by side for Fort Pierce Navy Amphibs against the Third Air Force Gremlins Sunday. Capt. Walter W. Wever Jr a Pacific marine fighter who once played pro at Oklahoma Military Academy and Oklahoma A&M. Also added 18 year old prospect Bob Smith, leading scorer of the Iowa Seahawks, rated best of the team’s players still eligible for three years of college football.
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Iowa Seahawks
Bramham Reappointed Leader of Minor League Association
Today a year ago W. G. Bramham was re-elected president of the Minor League Association for a five year term. Three years ago Minnesota was named nation's No 1 football team by the AP Poll for the second straight year. Five years ago Patsy Clark resigned as Brooklyn football Dodgers coach. Ten years ago Navy defeated Army 3 0 at Slade Cutter Field in Philadelphia with 80 000 spectators in rain.
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Brooklyn
Texas Noses Out A and M in 6-0 Valley Clash
At Austin on December 1 Texas edged Texas A and M 6-0 as 285-pound tackle Harlan Wetz kicked off and chased a Cadet return to force a turnover near the two-yard line. The punchy run set up Texas to score and secure the win.
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Report on October 24 Philippines Sea Battle
Navy account by Rear Admiral Sprague details American destroyers and escorts fending off a Japanese force near Leyte. Two escort carriers were sunk and four damaged, with 1,400 rescued from the Gambier Bay and St. Lo. Other carriers Kalinin Bay Fanshaw Bay White Plains Kitkun Bay also sustained damage.
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Care Of Sick Man Bequeaths Woman A Wichita Estate
Mrs. Jewell Hall of Muskogee rooming house operator receives a $12,000 estate from A. C. Throckmorton of Wichita who died November 1. The bequest includes his five room home valued at $3,000 a 280 acre Missouri orchard worth about $4,500 and a $5,000 trust fund. Mrs. Hall is a niece of Federal Judge Bower Proaddus of Oklahoma.
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Jewell Hall
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Hall
Bower Proaddus
Oklahoma
Army Oarsmen Lose To Marine Navy Men
A Marine Navy crew of blind and partially blind veterans defeated an Army crew from Valley Forge general hospital in a half mile race on the Schuylkill river. The Marines led most of the way and won by half a length in a spectacular finish. only the coxswains and tillers were sighted.
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CPA Marine-Navv
Schuylkill River
Army
Valley Forge General Hospital
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Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Locust Species In Africa Catches Mice
A peculiar African locust species hunts mice as prey. A specimen of this insect is preserved at the British Museum of Natural History for study and display.
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