Texas Gridders Start a Week in Fine Shape
State teams report few injuries as Baylor battles end positions with Russell Gandy and Bailey sidelined others. A&M meets NYU while Rice faces Tulane, SMU avoids losses in tough Fordham game and TCU primed for Indiana. Arkansas may miss punter Meredith Jones. two sophomores rumored to consider leaving.
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Associated Press
Baylor
Frank Kimbrough
Jack Russell
Wenzell Gandy
Aubrey Bailey
Travis Nelson
Bears
Arkansas
Waco
Texas A. & M
New York University
New York
Texas A
D. X. Bible
Texas
Rice Institute Owls
Tulane
Sam Houston
Willie Smelley
Lufkin
Norton Roberts
McAllen
Jess Neely
Texas Christian Horned Frogs
Indiana
Bloomington
Meredith
Cotton) Jones
Parker
Southern Methodist
Fordham
Dodgers Fall Short as Yankees Dominate Pennant Race
Before yesterday's game Dodgers showed up but Yankees outplay them heavily. Reiser, DiMaggio, Wyatt and others spark New York while Brooklyn struggles to field an improved infield and regular winner. Autographs, jeers, and a fire behind the press box mark a dramatic day as fans push for the next season.
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New York
Special News Service
Dodgers
Yankees
Brooklyn
Durocher
Reiser
DiMaggio
Dickey
Bonham
Fitz
Riggs
Yanks
MacPhail
Seryal
Owen
Attaboy
Mickey
Wyatt
Dimag
Joe Medwick
Yankee Stadium
Joe DiMaggio
Medwick
Gordon
Marius Russo
Yankee
Bronx Bombers
Kirby Highe
Peewee Reese
Dodger
British Claim Nazis Nervous
London reports a 130 page government booklet praising Bomber Command for two years of air war. it claims German nerves grow under British raids and asserts plans for a German invasion were foiled by attacks on invasion fleets and shipping. It notes 3,900 self propelled barges and 4,000,000 tons of shipping space gathered for an invasion last fall.
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London
Britain
Bomber Command
Germany
Cherbourg
Amsterdam
World Series Hero Joseph Gordon of the Yankees
In the 1941 World Series Joseph Gordon of the New York Yankees shines as leading hitter with a .500 average in the series. He plays superb defense and base running, making key plays and scoring multiple runs. Arnold Malcolm Owen is noted as a Dodgers finalist in the same piece.
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New York
U.P
Joseph Gordon
New York Yankees
Yankee
Pete Reiser
Los Angeles
Cal
University of Oregon
Oakland
Newark
Yankees
Arnold Malcolm
Mickey) Owen
Brooklyn Dodgers
Fred Merkle
Heinie Zimmerman
Fred Snodgrass
Dodgers
Mrs. Mary Estelle Sides Dies in Amarillo Hospital
Mrs. Mary Estelle Sides 54 wife of J C Sides Fort Worth and Denver Railroad employee died at 3 30 this morning at Northwest Texas Hospital She had lived in Amarillo five years coming from Dalhart Born in Kingston Tennessee She was a member of St Andrews Episcopal Church and the United Daughters of the Confederacy Survivors include her husband and a daughter Miss Georgia Sides
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Mary Estelle Sides
J. C. Sides
Fort Worth
Denver
Northwest Texas Hospital
O'Daniel Names Three Youths to U S Academies
Senator W Lee O Daniel announces first appointments to the U S Naval and Military Academies. Duncan Gault of Dallas is West Point principal. Joseph Woodward Campbell of Fort Worth and Warren Moerbe of Brenham are Annapolis principals. Alternates named for each academy include youths from Galveston Fort Worth Port Arthur Waco and other Texas cities.
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Washington
United States
Naval
W. Lee O'Daniel
Duncan Gault
Dallas
West Point
Joseph Woodward Campbell
Fort Worth
Warren Moerbe
Brenham
Annapolis
Bernard Wicklep
Galveston
John Grisset Boniface
el Paso
Gault
Campbell
Robert M.horgan
Port Arthur
John Edward Quay, Jr
Waco
Clyde M. Marshall, Jr
Moerke
Ernest P. Granville
R. I Worley, Jr
Austin
Robert Goforth
Brownsville
De Soto Unveils Powermaster Engines And Airfoil Style
Wolflin Motor Company of Amarillo announces two De Soto series with six De Luxe models and eight Custom models. The Powermaster engine now develops 115 horsepower and 190 pound feet of torque, with Fluid Drive and simplimatic transmission offered. New concealed Airfoil headlights, redesigned front end, and Safeguard Wheel safety gear feature prominently, along with personalized interiors and a wide color lineup.
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de Soto
Wolflin Motor Company
300 FE
10Th Street
Amarillo de Soto
America
Carmel
Monterey
China’s Army Goes on the Offensive In Ichang Streets
Chiang Kai-Shek’s forces launched a counter-offensive and entered Ichang in western Hupeh Province. Military spokesmen say they are fighting in the streets of the westernmost outpost of Japan, the spearhead in the Yangtze Valley push toward Chungking, the wartime capital.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ichang
Japan
Hupeh
Yangtze
Chunging
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Claims Bile Flow Boost
A vintage advertisement urges readers to take Carter's Little Liver Pills to force two pints of bile into the bowels daily. It promises relief from constipation and a sour, low mood, claiming the pills will make one feel “up and up.” Sold for 10¢ and 26¢.
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Carter
Willkie Urges GOP to Lead Fight Against Neutrality Act
Wendell L. Willkie urged Republicans in Congress to spearhead repeal of the Neutrality Act at a national Republican Club Dinner in New York. He stated the party must range itself against the totalitarian threat as a political force. Also noted Puerto Rico reached 90 degrees despite tropical location.
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New York
Wendell L. Wilkie
Republican Party
Congress
Lord Halifax
National Republican Club
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Louisville Courier- Journal
Ring Lardner
Grand Army of Dem Bums
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Everting
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Sam_ Snead
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Cleveland
Jeff Heath
Amarillo
Georgia MacLentry Stemper
Colo
Claude W. Cone
Lubbock
Boxwell Brothers Chapel
E. C. Seaman
Llano Cemetery
Ne Ease
Testes Essensetla
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Gamelin
Harry Ferguson
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Harper
Bond
B.D
O'Daniel
U. S
Burgess Lumber
Tyler
China
Caromel
Willkie
GOP
Puerto Rico
Tropics
Rte
T S Ae Ia Sain As
Ueee
Connect
Voice of Firestone
Richard Crooks
Margaret Speake
Alfred Wallenstein
Red Network
Firestone Auto Supply & Service
Hickok
Blackburn Bros
West Texas
Amarillo Tire Exchange
Fillmore
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