Army Football Faces A Hard Year Under Blaik
Red Blaik predicts a tough 1948 season for Army with Blanchard Davis McWilliams and Tucker in a strong backfield but warns of wider pay for players and potential scandals. He expects Notre Dame Pennsylvania and Navy to challenge and notes high ticket demand with 110000 Michigan game requests.
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Notre Dame
Michigan
Duke
Cornell
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Navy
Red Blaik
Blanchard
Davis
McWilliams
Tucker
Fuson
Poole
Foldberg
Young Turker
Shorty McWilliams
McKean
Mississippi State
West Point
Mississippi
Annapolis
Blaik
Frank Lahey
Tom Hamilton
Red
Biff Jones
Captain Bedford Haunts a Storm Tossed Luggers Crew
Dick befriends a dazed Captain Bedford as a storm brews and Rose Bedford bears the weight of danger. The old sea dog, scarred by a prior blow, mistakes Dick for the mate while the scene foreshadows further peril for Rose. The family bond tightens amid rum and weathered hardship.
Pirates and a Caribbean Quest aboard the derelict voyage
Dick Jordan, adrift for days, joins a small wrecked vessel. The crew and captain Tuck behave like pirates as they approach the sunken creamer. They encounter the derelict schooner with Captain Bedford and daughter Rose. Rose fends off the pirates with an automatic weapon while Dick helps drive them off and contemplates Tuck's return.
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Dick Jordan
Caribbean
Tuck
Bedford
Rose
Tuou
Tucu
Perilous voyage fuels a fragile alliance at sea
Dick explains the City of Bahai disaster and why Captain Tucu pursues him aboard the schooner. The woman reveals her father’s illness and crew distrust, while she hopes Dick will stay to help, fearing the crew’s superstition and the captain’s vengeance.
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Tucu
Bahai
Father
Treasure of the Sea and Rose’s Seafaring Life
A coastal tale follows Rose, daughter of Captain Bedford, who is abducted to sea by her jealous father and grows into a skilled navigator aboard a schooner. She saves the vessel during a crisis as Bedford recovers, but mutiny and fear unsettle the crew before the storm forces abandonment of the schooner.
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Bedford
Rose
Dick Jordan
Desperate Defense Plans on a Moonlit Sea
Rose and Dick brace for a lethal Carib raid aboard the schooner after three days of wracking seas. They plot a night stand with two or three armed fighters, decide to lock the captain in the cabin, and endure a tense vigil under a rising moon while a looming storm risks their fragile defense.
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Rose
Dick Jordan
Bedford
Father
Tucu
Night of Anxiety on the Lugger
In a tense night watch the crew fears another attack as a lugger looms. Rose and Dick split the deck watch to stay apart yet keep vigil, exchanging guarded words about the stern and bow rounds. Dick worries about Rose’s safety if they are separated.
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Rose
Hollywood Gossip on Beaucaire and Radio Stars
A Hollywood column notes that Monsieur Beaucaire with Bob Hope is funnier than ads suggest and lists supporting cast. It mentions John Flynn surviving the Normandy sinking, Highway Mania promoting road safety, gossip on The Hit Parade, Rudy Vallee's sax donation, Cagney Productions' The Stray Lamb antics, It Happened on Fifth Avenue knee injury, Ozzie and Harriet, Walter Sande building a Tarzana home, Loretta Young vacation, Victor Mature signing with RKO, and ongoing radio plans for The O These.
Omar Darling Honeymoon on the Sand
A honeymoon couple sit on the shore sharing playful banter about gulls, the sun, and ozone air. The groom asks what his wife is thinking, and she replies with a witty, flirty response about food.
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Patric Knowles
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Constance Collier
Mary Nash
John Flynn
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Normandy
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Robert Montgomery
Manis
RKO
America
Andy Russell
Andy
Carmen Miranda
Gloria Jean
Steve Cochran
United Artists
Copacabana
Rudy Vallee
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Yale
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Krueger
Vallee
NBC
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James
William Cagney
Fifth Avenue
Don DeFore
Harriet Hilliard
Ozzie Nelson
Adventures of
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Ken Murray
Bert Lahr
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Tom Lewis
Victor Mature
O'Neill
Hoo
Tony Marvin
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Holly
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Bob Hope
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Locke Stove Company
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