Lookabaugh Guided Aggies To First Bow Bid In 1944
Oklahoma Coaches Association named four veteran mentors to run the North South all star game in August, with Waldo Bucharan and Matt Herring directing the North and Julius Johnston and Hal Hilpirt directing the South. Coach Jim Lookabaugh rides a record rise as Oklahoma A and M. prepares for a Cotton Bowl bid.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma Coaches Association
Waldo Bucharan
Muskogee
Matt Herring
Putnam City
Julius Johnston
Lawton
Hal Hilpirt
Altus
Association
Board of Control
Byron Nelson Named Athlete of the Year by Nine Writers
Byron Nelson, averaging under 70 strokes across 78 rounds, is 1944 athlete of the year per nine sports writers. He collected more than 45 000 in war bond prizes and 16 first-place votes, topping Martin Marion and Les Horvath in the year-end poll.
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Byron Nelson
Harold Claassen
New York
Nelson
Gunder Haegg
Sweden
Toledo
Martin
Marion
St. Louis Cardinals
National Baseball Ague
Les Horvath
Ohio State
Celebrate 41st Plane Anniversary at Kill Devil Hill
At Kill Devil Hill North Carolina on December 18 a crowd marked the 41st anniversary of the first airplane flight. Commodore H M Martin noted planes will bring neighborliness and peace. Captain John T Daniels laid a wreath at the Wright Memorial doors with the Coast Guardsmen survivor honor.
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Kill Devil Hill
N. C
H. M. Martin
Atlantic Theater
John T. Daniels
Coast
Tennessee Coach Barnhill Signs Five Year Pact
Knoxville dispatch reports Tennessee coach John Barnhill has a new five year contract as he travels with Rose Bowl bound players to California. The agreement reportedly includes a provision to retain him on the staff if Brig. Gen. Bob Neyland returns from leave.
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Barnhill
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
John Barnhill
California
Bob Neyland
Tulsa Seeks Official Pin-Up Girl For USS Tulsa
The crew of the USS Tulsa asks Tulsa Tribune readers to submit a photo of the citys most beautiful girl to become the ships official pin-up.
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Tulsa
Tulsa Tribune
Packers Regain Top Ranking as Champs of Pro Football
The Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants 14 to 7 at the Polo Grounds to reclaim the NFL title. Ted Fritsch scored both Packers touchdowns as Green Bay outgained the Giants 162 rushing yards to 70 and secured the championship after a fifth-year gap. Gross receipts totaled 146 thousand with players pool around 81 thousand. Packers share was about 41.9 thousand.
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Ted Meier
New York
Green Bay Packers
New York Giants
Polo Grounds
Giants
Packers
Bill Paschal
Ted Fritsch
Green Bay
Arnie Herber
Frank Liebel
Ward Cuff
Southwest Conference Teams Hit High Scoring Pace
In Dallas on December 18, five of seven SWC teams average over a point per minute with Ozark Mountain Giants leading at 60 points per game. Rice Owls stand 4-0 averaging 51, Texas 3-0 42, SMU 3-3 48, and Texas Christian 2-6 41.6. Arkansas beat CCNY 59-47 in MSG as George Kok scored 25. Razorbacks to face Westminster next.
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Tex
Ozark Mountain Giants
Arkansas
Rice Owls
Texas
Southern Methodist
Texas Christian
City College of New York
Madison Square Garden
George Kok
Razorbacks
Westminster
New Wilmington
Senate approves Oklahoma postmasters nominations
The senate approved nominations for postmasters in Oklahoma including Lee Nora Simpson of Cayney Atoka County Nellie B Harbin of Mutual Woodward County and Mary McCutcheon Schuster of Okmulgee County.
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Washington
Senate
Oklahoma
Lee Nora Simpson
Caney
Atoka County
Nellie B. Harbin
Mutual
Woodward County
Mary McCutcheon
Schuster
Okmulgee County
Stand on Rival Leagues Shapes Football-Nation Row
Roundup reports the NFL resisting rival leagues with a firm stand. Publicitor George Strickler requires financial stability and recognition of Elmer Layden as commissioner before affiliating. A major league ruling would be hard to justify under current terms.
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Hugh Fllerton
New York
National Football League
National League
George Strickler
Elmer Layden
Randolph Field Air Force Tilt Draws Big Gate
Saturday's Randolph field second Air Force game drew 8 356 fans and a liberal count. Yesterday's pro playoff drew 46 016 with 4 563 service men. The service game likely was better despite weather. Army Air Forces Aid Society raised little from football but may gain from Gunder Haegg's winter track tour. Carl Snavely's return to North Carolina coaching again appears likely.
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Randolph Field
North Carolina
Navy boot graduate granted time off for tennis event
John Riihiluoma completed navy boot training at Sampson New York and received leave to participate in the eastern junior indoor tennis event next week. For two years Milo Theo dorescu the Romanian boxer has sent birthday greetings to General Dwight Eisenhower who has replied with thanks each time.
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John Riihiluoma
Navy
Sampson
N. Y
Milo Theodorescu
Dwight Eisenhower
Hero Medal of Honor recipient returns home in Manhattan
Lt Walter Ehlers 23 winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor arrives in Manhattan after destroying German machine gun nests in France He says he would prefer the keys to a car over a city key and plans to attend a Kansas State College versus Rockhurst basketball game with his parents observing his first hometown night back from Paris
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Kans
Walter Ehlers
Ehlers
John A. Ehlers
Paris
Kansas State College
Rockhurst
Japs Allowed to Return to West Coast Homes
Japanese evacuees from the Pacific coast may return to their California Oregon and Washington homes after January 1 under Army guidance. Governor Warren of California and Maj. Gen. Pratt cited military progress and urged calm, while Bowron warned of possible violence if housing and police protection fail.
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Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Washington
Bowron
Earl Warren
Sacramento
Henry C. Pratt
Western Defense Command
War Department
Pratt
Pacific
Los Angeles
Fletcher Bowron
Clark Says Armies in Italy Will Not Sit Still
Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark told the House Military Affairs Committee that the Fifth and Eighth Armies will not sit idle in Italy and will strike hard. Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott Jr. noted reports of stronger German troops on both Western and Italian fronts.
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Mark W. Clark
Italy
House
Major General Key Visits Oklahoma City After Iceland Command
Maj. Gen. W. S. Key, former commander of American forces in Iceland, returned home after 28 months in long underwear, noting zero temperatures and heavy snow. The Oklahoma City visit marks his first back in the state since 1942 when he left the 45th Division. He received the Distinguished Service Medal in Washington on the way home.
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Oklahoma City
W. S. Key
Iceland
Key
Washington
Scots object to policy in Greece demonstrations
About 150000 workers in over 200 Scottish shipyards and aircraft plants staged demonstrations against British policy in Greece. They approved resolutions demanding an immediate armistice and an end to troop use against Democratic resistance fighters. Police counted a Trafalgar Square crowd of 20090 on Sunday, while Greece’s King George II was said to be considering a regency.
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London
Greece
Trafalgar Square
Britain
George II
Coyote roundup ends without take in Hennessey
In Hennessey on December 18 a roundup aimed at coyotes attracted 250 sportsmen but produced no captures. The event concluded with no game taken despite the turnout and effort.
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Hennessey
Janers
Oklahoma Historian Wins Rockefeller Grant for Indian Studies
Indian Territory expert Dr. E E Dale of the University of Oklahoma receives a 2000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to research Oklahoma Indian contributions to state and national culture. He begins February 1 for five months visiting agencies schools colleges communities and homes of full blood Indians to prepare material for a forthcoming book.
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E. E. Dale
University of Oklahoma
Rockefeller Foundation
Oklahoma
Brookings’ Institution
Hitler Visits Front Says He Promised Surprise
A Daily Mail Western Front dispatch quotes captured German soldiers stating Adolf Hitler visited the Roer River front about ten days earlier and urged troops to hold on to December 16, promising the Americans would face a nasty surprise.
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London
Daily Mail
Western Front
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Roer River
Poet Robert Nichols Dies in Cambridge at 51
Cambridge reports the death of Robert Nichols a 51 year old poet and dramatist who co authored Wings Over Europe with Maurice Browne. He served in the last war and taught English literature at Imperial University Tokyo from 1921 to 1924. His notable works include Ardors and Endurances and Aurelia.
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Cambridge
England
Robert Nichols
Maurice Browne
Europe
Nichols
Imperial University
Tokyo
Merkel Star Racks Up Big Football Record
Merkel Texas December reports Billy Wayne Frazier a 17-year-old 180-pound star of Merkel High School Regional Champion football has averaged over 10 yards per touch gained 2306 yards in 12 games completed 33 passes for 618 yards punted about 40 yards a punt and scored 245 points averaging more than 20 per game as he heads into another high school season courting college coaches.
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Merkel
Texas
Billy Wayne Frazier
Horvath Honored With Heisman Trophy Emblem
CHICAGO Dec 18 Les Horvath Ohio State star and Heisman Memorial Trophy winner for 1944 was presented a full-size silver football emblematic of the Western Conference's most valuable player. The award was given by a board of 20 electors in New York.
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Chicago
Leslie Horvath
Ohio State
New York
Horvath
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