Illinois coach Zuppke resigns after 29 years at helm
Rob Zuppke the 62 year old Illinois football coach resigns after 29 seasons. He announced to trustees and President Willard that he will retire once athletic matters are in good hands. In 29 years his teams won 132 games, 79 losses and 12 ties and seven Western Conference titles. Nearby London Kentucky two killed seven injured in a livestock market explosion caused by a gas leak.
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Rob Zuppke
Illinois
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Zap
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Willard
London
John Rawlings
Rawlings
Stockyards
Standings and Averages at Amarillo Bowl
Standings and individual averages from Amarillo Bowl across Metropolitan and Business Men's leagues. Teams include Johnson Texaco Service, Panhandle Specialty Co, Amarillo Laundry, Minneapolis-Moline, Badger-Herring, and Wilson Battery. Schedule lists matches by alleys and top performers like Tucker, Storrs, Whitaker, and Johnson with seasonal averages noted.
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Cas Johnson Texaco Service
Panhandle Specialty Co
Amarillo Laundry
Minneapolis-Moline
Badger Herring
Wilson Battery & One
Best Chemical Co
Cas
Business Men's League League
Il Pet
Farrell Lumber Co
Sehneider Drive
Mann's Cakes
Army & Navy
International Harvester
Reager
Peedd
Harris Food Store
Harris Food
Mann's
Schneider Drive Inn
Paulk
Stidger
Cable
Whitaker
Tucker
Mann
C. Mann
Pastor
Schneider Drive
Dorris, R
Carruth
Sports Roundup highlights varied 1940s figures and events
A collage of sports notes from the era mentions the Texas Variety Club plans for a glamorous track meet in Dallas, Babe Phelps' trade hopes, broadcaster group formation, Earl Ruby's charity suggestion, Baz O Meara guest star, Red Dutton predicting Ken Mosdell, and the hockey season opening. Also noted are football booting comments, Dan Desmond heading to Sun Valley, Frank Frisch’s clubhouse radio, hockey prospects for Illinois and Minnesota, Washburn coach succession talk, Colgate and Princeton player moves, Fat Satterlee’s drop kick, Georgetown vs Georgia Tech post season idea, and playful quotes on Don Clawson and southern football seriousness with Musto and Savold boxing mentions.
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New York
Special News Service
Texas Variety Club
Dallas
Custer
Babe Phelps
Dodgers
Phillies
Philadelphia
Coffeyville
Kans
Earl Ruby
Louisville Courier-Journal
Marion Miley
Steve Owen
Kay Eakin
Giants
Cleveland
Bill Shea
Long Island Indians
Dan Desmond
Sioux City
Journal
Sun Valley
Frank Frisch
Pirates
Umps
Illinois
Minnesota
Illini
Minneapolis
Topeka
Kansas
Elmer Holm
Washburn
Colgate
Andy Kerr
Princeton
Dick Schman
Fat Satterlee
Cheney
Wash
Ellensburg State
Variety Club
Washington, D. C
Georgetown
Georgia Tech
Tulsa Aces Win First Money In Amarillo Bowl Doubles
Tulsa duo Roy Dunbar and Elton Christopher captured first prize of $100 in the Amarillo Bowl doubles sweepstakes with a 1285 total, beating Cy Rieger and Ted Buccola of Amarillo by 50 pins. In Globe News Panhandle Open at Louie’s, Christopher teamed with Meryl Diddaugh to win first in doubles with 1212.
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Tulsa Aces
Cy Rieger
Ted Buccola
Amarillo
Chistopher
Meryl Diddaugh
Amarillo Bowl
Lefty Bleakney
H. L. McMinn
Rieger
Buccola
Cecil Simpson
Meryle Middaugh
Tulsa
Fred Grimes
Jim Fletcher
Nazis See Trick in Neutrality Clause
Berlin reports a German spokesman claims the revised U S neutrality law could let American soldiers and officers dressed as civilians take over in Northern Ireland and possibly the English West Coast if Britain falters. He says the United States already has bases in Northern Ireland and civilian-clothed personnel arriving from the United States. About 800 American technicians went to Northern Ireland last summer for harbor and defense construction tied to lend-lease aid to Britain. motor vehicles traveled 287 billion miles in 1939 nationwide per Public Roads Administration figures.
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Germany
U. S
Northern
Ireland
England
Britain
America
Northern Ireland
United States
British Isles
Duke Silent Coach Faces Bowl Bid Controversy
Duke University and coach Wallace Wade weigh a possible Rose Bowl invitation for the undefeated Blue Devils, with Wade deferring to administrators while players express readiness for Pasadena. In St. Petersburg, Elwin Belden Michael, a 32-year-old Des Moines roustabout, is charged with malicious mischief and cruelty after 11 Ringling elephants die from arsenic poisoning. Eleven elephants valued at 110000 perished, prompting investigation into alleged poisoning by a circus worker Odell Griffie and Claude Bolich.
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N. C
Wallace Wade
Duke
Blue Devils
Wade
Pasadena
ST. Petersburg
Fla
U.P
Elwin Belden Michael
Des Moines
Iowa
Ringling Bros
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Michael
Atlanta
Charlotte
Odell Griffie
Claude Bolich
Amon Carter Riverside Nears District Title Change
Fort Worth Nov 18 Riverside leads District 7 race as Masonic Home loses four wins after executive committee ruling. Louis Burress found older than school and lodge records show, rendering him ineligible under Texas Interscholastic League rules. No further penalties planned. Masonic Home remains in good standing and will finish schedule versus Polytechnic while Riverside avoids only Fort Worth Technical.
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Fort Worth
Amon
Polytechnic
Riverside
Fort Worth Technical
CIO Backs Lewis In Captive Strike
DETROIT November 1847 The Congress of Industrial Organizations unreservedly backs John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers of America in seeking a union shop in Captive coal pits at its fourth annual convention. Delegates applaud President Roosevelt’s foreign policy and an executive board note urges full employment for defense goals. Phillip Murray cheers as he supports the administration and liberty and economic freedom. A note on London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital mentions Mrs. A V Knight gifting 80 dolls from her life collecting travel.
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Congress of Industrial Organizations
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Roosevelt
Executive Board
Phillip Murray
Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital
London
A. V. Knight
Prowler in Minneapolis Basement Turns Out to Be Mouse
A frantic call sent police to a South Minneapolis home where a prowler was reported. Officers discovered the noise came from a mouse racing around a dish pan, its tail caught in a rat trap, ending the alert.
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Chaplain Toots Bugler's Horn at Camp Bowie
Chaplain Lt Col Albert K Mathews arrived at Camp Bowie to hold services but found no bugler to sound church call. At 56 he took the bugle, tooted flawlessly, and gathered a congregation quickly, proving faith in self-help. Chile fears a shortage of cosmetics.
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Albert K. Mathews
Mathews
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