Rooster Andrews Sparks Longhorn Athletics at Texas
Billy Andrews, a diminutive but busy Texas student manager, stars across football, basketball, boxing, and freshman baseball. The Dallas native, nicknamed the rooster, impresses coaches and players, handles duties at Hill Hall, traveled to the East-West game to assist Malcolm Kutner, and proudly shares his 4 foot 11 inch height as he helps keep large athletes in line.
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Harold V. Ratliff
Austin
Billy Andrews
University of Texas
Billy
Dallas
Texas
Longhornville
Rooster
Hill Hall
New Orleans
Malcolm Kutner
Andrews
Kutner
Aircraft Plant Workers Use Heads Make Money
Los Angeles reports thousands of aircraft plant workers earning extra money by submitting ideas to save time. The Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce says no bottleneck in ideas and last month bonuses topped $10,000 with rewards from 25-cent stamps to $1,500. Vo Fire ships millions of pounds of canned steak to Britain.
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Los Angeles
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Vo Fire
Britain
You Can't Get Ahead Of Mickey Rooney
In Los Angeles Mickey Rooney led a charity boxing show then found his wallet missing from his ringside seat. He grinned when revealed there was no money in the wallet. The article also notes thousands of Spanish refugees in Mexico have become criminals, creating a government problem.
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Mickey Rooney
Los Angeles
Mickey
Mexico
Umpire retires to farm during wartime tire shortage
Robert P. Conrad, 44, quits umpiring for the war effort, selling baseball gear and staying on his 240 acre farm near Williamsport. He says lack of tires prevents continued umpiring and that he hopes to resume after the war while fondly recalling his semi pro days.
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Williamstown
Robert P. Conrad
Uncle Sam
Here
Conrad
Eed
tUmpires
George Barr
North Carolina
Virginia
Connie Mack Keeps Kenny Richardson In A's Plans
Kenneth Franklin Richardson, 26, tied to a single base hit that helped the Athletics win 4 to 1 over an allied prison team. Connie Mack, 79, said he would keep Richardson for the season after initial doubts, while Richardson planned for a August baby and a possible stay in Los Angeles.
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Angeles
Calif
Connie Mack
Kenneth Franklin Richardson
Athletics
Dick Siebert
Siebert
Connie
Richardson
Cith
Williamsport
Kenny
San Bernardino
Los Angeles
Ponca City
Okla
Moline, Ill
Jersey City
Minneapolis
Chattanooga
Mack
A's
Mackmen
A’s
Florida Play Spot Changed Into Big Camp
War reshapes Miami Beach as army plans to lease facilities for 36,000 troops. Maj. Gen. Walter R. Weaver says 1,000 graduates daily from air corps training and officers’ center. Hotels will become barracks with three men per room and spaces repurposed for classrooms and storage.
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Weaver
E. V. W. Jones
Miami Beach
Fila
America
Walter R. Weaver
Army
Air Corps
Camp
Ocean Front
Broad Beach
Blue Gulf Stream
WTNM Proxy To Decide Pampa Future Tonight
Milton Price president of the West Texas New Mexico League says a meeting will be held in Pampa tonight to decide if Pampa will acquire the Big Spring franchise. Pampa interests have been negotiating with Big Spring for some time.
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Pampa
Dallas
Milton Price
West Texan-New Mexico League
Big Spring
Hole-in-one raises confusion at Memphis golf round
Memphis April 1 Tommy Mason, copy boy, told the sports desk he made a hole-in-one. He asked what par meant and appeared unsure about the feat after his claim.
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Memphis
Tenn
Tommy Mason
Newsp
Per
Tommy
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