TCU Coach Doubts Underdog Cotton Bowl Talk
Texas Christian University coach Leo Meyer disputes underdog chatter about the Cotton Bowl with Oklahoma A and M. Meyer cites a strong season, recalls losing five regulars, praises three reserves stepping up, and notes Merle Gibson played 492 minutes as a top end.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Leo
Dutch) Meyer
Texas Christian University
Fighting Frogs
Oklahoma A
Frogs
Meyer
Dutch
Fellows
Merle Gibson
New Basketball Conference Forming with Havana Puerto Rico Mexico
A new basketball conference is forming among the universities of Havana Puerto Rico and Mexico. Coach Felix Torregrosa says PR team will play St Johns this Saturday and appear in Buffalo and Philadelphia later. The main hurdle is agreeing on an eligibility rule. Elmer Layden says pro football and baseball rarely conflict and that both sides share resources to ease headaches.
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
New York
Havana
Puerto Rico
Mexico
Felix Torregrosa
St. John’s
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Elmer Layden
Mara Faces Fan Quip as Giants Suffered Playoff Loss
President Jack Mara of the Giants recalls a heckler during a playoff Sunday game. As acrobats and jugglers entertained between halves Mara walked toward the clubhouse and a fan shouted about a circus and demanded a first down.
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Jack Mara
Football Giants
Jack
Mara
High school scoring records collide with next season changes
Bill Chauncey of Webster City Iowa lost his 191 point prep scoring record when Billy Wayne Frazier of Merkel Texas posted 245 points in 12 games. Frazier serves as a navy boot at Farragut Idaho and cannot try again next year. Happy Reed of Russellville Arkansas completed 70 of 121 passes for 1776 yards this season.
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Bill Chauncey
Webster City
Billy Wayne Frazier
Merkel
Tex
Navy
Farragut
Idaho
Frazier
Reed
Russellville
Ark
Army Navy football game reviewed by Cockatoo mimeograph
The Cockatoo, a GI newspaper mimeographed in the Netherlands East Indies, carried a nearly complete Army Navy football game report from the radio. Lou Nova challenges Abe Greene over a magazine mention of punch drunk fighters and agrees to medical exam if the NBA proxy does too.
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Netherlands East Indies
Lou Nova
Jimmy Johnston
Abe Greene
Lou
Greene
NFL Warns Players Against Jumping to Other Leagues
The NFL cleared decks for possible action against players under contract who join other leagues or independent clubs, suspending violators for five years. Arch Ward of the All-America conference said they do not seek roster raids, with the next NFL meeting set for January 10 in Chicago.
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New York
National Football League
Commodore
Elmer Layden
George Strickler
Layden
Chicago
Arch Ward
NFL
Independent Cagers Face McClain County All Stars
East Central Tigers play the McClain county All-Stars here Wednesday night without Ray mond Red Lewis who had an emergency operation Sunday Hall will start in Lewis absence joining Carleton Hobbs Sahmount and Zonola The game begins at 8 pm with 40 cent admission.
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East Central Tigers
McClain County All- Stars
Raymond
Red” Lewis
McClain County
Tigers
Hall
Carleton
Hobbs
Sahmount
Zonola
Lewis
Legion Forms for Youth Baseball Eligibility
Young players under 17 may obtain birth-certificate applications at E. and M. Clothiers via Ralph Fuller or Henry Dew's Service Station at 230 East Main. Ake Clanton, slated to lead the Legion team, urges country and town boys to secure forms and plan to play in 1945. Birth certificates must be secured before January 1, 1945, for Legion eligibility.
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American Legion
E. and M. Clothiers
Ralph Fuller
Henry Dew
East Main
Ake Clanton
Legion
Redskins blank Giants 28 0 at Polo Grounds play off
From the AP: a year ago Washington Redskins defeated New York Giants 28 to 0 before 42 800 fans at the Polo Grounds in a playoff for the NFL Eastern division title.
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Associated Press Today
Washington Redskins
New York Giants
Polo Grounds
Betty Hicks Newell
Long Island University
Oregon
Dizzy Dean
Paris Scientists Outwit Nazi Ban By Pasteur Institute
Paris reports the Pasteur Institute, despite four years of occupation, kept producing vaccines and serums, hid stores, and expanded pre war output. Directors describe surreptitious labs, black market animal purchases, and restored wells to maintain supply and save thousands of lives.
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Roselle Hargrove
NEA
Paris
Pasteur Institute
Monsieur Thefouel
Officials named for Orange Bowl Georgia Tech Tulsa game
Bowl officials for the New Year’s Day Orange Bowl in Miami include referee K C Gerard of Durham North Carolina Illinois graduate. Umpire Frank Moon of Nebraska Dallas Texas linesman B W Hackney of North Carolina High Point and field judge A L Haskins of Oklahoma City Oklahoma.
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Miami
Fla
Georgia Tech
Tulsa
K. C. Gerard
Durham
N. C
Illinois
Frank Moon
Nebraska
Dallas
Tex
B. W. Hackney
North Carolina
High Point
A. L. Haskins
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Ada Lodge to Meet for Master Mason Work
A. F. & A. M. Ada Lodge No. 119 will hold a December 20 meeting at 7 30 p m for Master Mason degree work led by W M James H Moore. London dispatch reports a new fragmentation bomb developed by the U S and used against Germany with 265 pounds of TNT and wire wrapping for increased fragments per square inch.
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A. F
A. M. Ada Lodge No
A. M
James H. Moore
W. M
U. S. London
Col
Philip Schwartz
U. S. Air Service Command
Schwartz
Thunderbolts
Amerika on sale in Russia by OWI Moscow
Amerika a monthly US propaganda magazine for Soviet readers has been placed on sale in Russia by the U S Office of War Information printed in Russian. It is the first US effort to circulate propaganda in the Soviet Union while British agencies already publish similar material.
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Amerika
Russia
OWI Moscow
United States
U. S. Office of War Information
Soviet Union
Christmas Greens Through The Ages In England
The Saxons used ivy holly and hay in their rites and these plants remain popular festive greens in England today.
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England
Harvard Rules Lead to Delay in Football Changes
Boston dispatch reports Harvard official Bill Bingham defends keeping football rules unchanged during the season. He cites a drop in deaths from 33 to 1 between 1931 and 1944 and criticizes colleges for fearing pro football. He opposes defensive fumble running but supports limited forward passes and kickoff changes, calling for an Ivy League and less hypocrisy.
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Boston
Harvard
Bill Bingham
Bingham
First Service Command Headquarters
America
Menu Invented in Regensburg for Duke Henry in 1489
In Regensburg Germany the head cook at a state dinner wrote a list of all dishes in order of service for Duke Henry of Brunswick to help him save his appetite for his favorites.
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Regensburg
Germany
Henry of Brunswick
Oklahoma City Housing Win for Army Family
Mrs William Gilbert and her young daughter found housing after moving across the nation from Riverside California to Oklahoma City The move ends a housing shortage for the family while her husband serves as an army pilot stationed in the Philippines Also mentioned is a $20000 student loan fund established by Howard W Allen for Oklahoma A and M and other colleges.
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Oklahoma City
Willard R. Gilbert
Riverside
Calif
Gilbert
Philippines
Stillwater
Oklahoma A
M. College
Howard W. Allen
Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma
Norman party spree to aid 1200 plus children
Norman Naval Air Technical Training Center will sponsor three Christmas parties for more than 1,200 boys and girls. One party is planned for 450 youths.
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Norman
Norman Naval Air Technical Training Center
Muskogee installs first FM police radio system state
The Muskogee police department has deployed a 50 watt frequency modulation three way radio system. At least five scout cars are equipped with the new radios marking the first complete FM system in the state.
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Muskogee
State Santa Commission to Deliver Gifts for Orphans
About 6250 dollars in Christmas presents for 3300 orphans will be delivered this week by the state Santa Claus Commission.
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Oklahoma City
Santa Claus Commission
Oklahoma coach returns from Texas gulf coast vacation
Norman reports head coach Dewey Luster of the University of Oklahoma football team back from a 10 day gulf coast vacation weighing six pounds more and with a healthy tan.
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Norman
Dewey Luster
University of Oklahoma
Texas Gulf Coast
UDC to sponsor birthplace of Oklahoma humorist Will Rogers
United Daughters of the Confederacy decided at a meeting to sponsor the birthplace of late Will Rogers as a national shrine. They would accept his home and adjoining land near Oologah donated by Betty Rogers widow of the humorist for the project.
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Claremore
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Will Rogers
Oklahoma
Oologah
Betty Rogers
UDC
Four Airlines Dominate Most of Air Transport Market
Eighty percent of the nation’s air transport business is controlled by four airlines while the remaining twenty percent is shared among twelve other carriers.
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Quaker State Motor Oil
W. H. Marshall
Pho
Thermatex
Whittle
Battery & Electric CO
the Trading Post
North Broadway
Svunaaays
Johns-Manville
B. B. Howard Sheet Metal & Roofing Contractor
S. Rennie Phone
Oas
Ada
Lee Simpson
Hudgen’s Auto Service
Oklahoma Gas and 7 Electric Company
T. G. Kelly
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