Longview Sandies' Four Tops in Texas high school race
Big Don Fambrough of Longview leads the 1940 point race with 32 points in the Texas high school football scoring chase. Barney Welch of Stephenville and Angelo Alvarez of Port Arthur trail with 126 and 120 points respectively as district playoffs loom, with teams like Longview, Stephenville, Amarillo and Odessa among noted contenders and players such as Myrle Greathouse and Billy Hogan highlighted for power and passing feats.
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Dallas
U.P
Don Fambrough
Longview
John Kimbrough
Texas
Fambrough
Farbrough
Stephenville
Barney Welch
Port Arthur
Angelo Alvarez
Sandies
Welch
Lufkin
Temple
Alvarez
Amarillo
M. T. Johnson
Boone Baker
Otto Payne
Lubbock
Myrle
Norman
Okla
High
Johnson
Greathouse
M. T
Billy Hogan
Odessa
Hogan
Nebraska Huskers Learn From T Formation Rivalry
Lincoln writer notes the T formation as used by George Halas and Clark Shaughnessy shapes Nebraska approach. It details Nebraska’s passing stats, defense concerns, and the presence of Stanford scouts and Husker staffers studying the Bears and Cardinal for the Rose Bowl context.
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Henry McLemore
Lincoln
Nebr
George Halas
Chicago Bears
Clark Shaughnessy
Stanford
Nebraska
Roy “Link” Lyman
Chicago
Halas
Bernie Masterson
Bears
Slaughnessy
Palo Alto
Lyman
Link
Chicago Cardinals
Pitt
Jock Sutherland
Huskers
Minnesota
Indiana
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Iowa
Pittsburgh
Iowa State
Kansas State
Cornhuskers
Royal
King Kong) Kahler
Neb
Cold Sweeps New England
Subzero air chilled New England and the Middle Atlantic as a two day cold snap from the Midwest moved east. Vermont Massachusetts New Hampshire and upper New York set December 4 records while Bangor Maine hit 24 below and Albany New York 8 as Chicago rose to 23. Los Angeles enjoyed 85 degrees as warmth spread east of the Rockies.
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United Press
New England
Middle Atlantic
Midwest
Appalachians
Vermont
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
Rocky Mountains
Chicago
Bel
Bangor
Albany
N. Y
Los Angeles
Mayor Ingalls Dies by Diving Into Pond
Marlboro mass December 4 up mayor Lewis F Ingalls age 4 who would have faced trial tomorrow on a charge of selling two municipal jobs jumped through ice into a pond and drowned a medical examiner reports. Ingalls had completed the first year of his second two year term and was indicted on the pay two fire department jobs for 500 dollars each. White House Timber Reused Seattle Wash up timbers from the White House renovation in 1933 are used in the construction of the new federal courthouse in Seattle the timber was installed in 1814 two years after the White House was burned by British troops.
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Nebraska
Iowa State
Minnesota
Pittsburgh
Frankie Albert
Stanford
Kansas State
Berkeley
Adolph Lewandowski
Albert
Standlee
Lewandowski
Marlboro
Mass
Lewis F. Ingalls
Ingalls
White House
Seattle
Wild Life Department
Sacramento
San Joaquin
California
Montana
Alberta
Athabaska Delta
Great Slave Lake
Angus Gavin
Ernest Donovan
Hudson Bay Company
Ray Benson
Ducks Unlimited
Canada
Terra Incognita
Queen Maude Gulf
Arctic Ocean
U. S
Churchill
Hudson Bay
Night Club King Proves To Be Convict
Shanghai December report says E T Jack Riley known as the night club king of Shanghai faced citizenship hearings in the U S court of China after arrest on gambling charges. He was alleged to be an escaped Oklahoma State Penitentiary convict and failed to appear prompting bail forfeiture of 25000 dollars. The case could carry up to 80 years.
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Shanghai
E. T
Jack) Riley
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
U. S. Court of China
Riley
U. S
Charles Richardson
Richardson
Conn Still No Match for Joe Conn in Boxing Tale
The article compares Billy Conn, rising light heavyweight, with Joe Louis, noting Conn’s speed and skill but questioning his readiness to face Louis. It adds context on other heavyweights and mentions Savold, Baer, Godoy, Nova, and potential matchups. A second segment discusses the Ross geese in North America and their recently discovered breeding grounds near the Arctic, including Eskimo guidance and nesting details.
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New York
al McCoy
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Billy the Kid
Savold
Conn
Mike Gibbons
Conny
Louis
Arturo Godoy
Max Baer
Lou Nova
Billy
Nature
Lipstick usage measured by Iowa student survey
University of Iowa student Joel Ferrell reports experiments estimating yearly lipstick wear would form a quarter inch line, while fingernail polish could produce a 250 foot line. The FBI note confirms fingerprint checks linked Riley alias Joanie Becker to a 1923 Tulsa County robbery sentence of 25 years, with escape in 1925.
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Iowa City
U.P
Joel Ferrell
University of Iowa
New York Post Headline Roundup from Eddie Brietz Desk
Major Biff Jones heads to the Rose Bowl to coach the West in the Shrine game and Babe Hollingberry backs him. Gabe Kaufman plans a fan poll to pick Joe Louis opponent for February bout, hoping to avoid a comeback.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Biff Jones
Babe Hollingberry
Max Baer
Galento
Lefty O'Doul
Atlanta
Gabe Kaufman
Kansas City
Joe Louis
Joe
Gabe
Draftee Brown Dines With Governor in Georgia Welcome
Clyde Odell Brown the Souths first draftee spent the day in Atlanta with Governor E D Rivers and 4th corps area officers. He called the attention worthwhile and his round of luncheons and dances continues until his induction as a buck private at Fort McPherson. Brown from Heard County near Franklin arrived with a military escort after a rural childhood with no telephone or electricity.
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Atlanta
Clyde Odell Brown
South
Georgia
E. D. Rivers
4Th Corps
Brown
Fort McPherson
Heard County
Franklin
Alabama
Chattahoochee River
Strikers in Defense Industries May Not Be Deferred From the Draft
The House judiciary committee studied using World War era draft law to compel acceptance of government arbitration in defense industry strikes. Rep Walter proposed denying draft deferments to strikers who refuse arbitration, referencing Wilson’s 1918 idea. Subcommittee to study amendments and arbitration machinery. Sumers notes a new sabotage act extension could cover such strikes.
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Washington
U.P
House Judiciary Committee
Hatton W. Summers
Sumners
California
Francis I. Walter
Pennsylvania
Woodrow Wilson
Remington Arms
Bridgeport
Conn
Wilson
Judiciary
Roosevelt
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Pixley
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Maxor Drug Co
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Night Club
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Joanie Becker
Tulsa County
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Hee Nedlonad
Deon
Sunny Brook
Kentucky
Paul H. Robert
Buck Shaw
Bernie Moore
Louisiana State
Carl Snavely
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