Armistice myths and a German agent behind the fake news
The 1918 armistice rumors spur confusion as Roy Howard of United Press sends a flash from Brest claiming an armistice signed at 11 and hostilities ceased at 2 p.m. The Paris censor delays reports, Howard is later exonerated, and theories on the German secret agent origin of the false bulletin are debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Paris
Elmo Scott Watson
Western Newspaper Union
Roy W. Howard
United Press
Brest
France
America
United States
Rm Ae
Henry B. Wilson
Richard H. Jackson
Howard
New York
Admiral Wilson
Inter-Allied Censorship Bureau
Bourse
U. P
Seagan
Wilson
Webb Miller
Telles Press
Simon and Schuster
Edward M. House
Sharp
Pri
Quai d'Orsay
Foreign Office
War Office
Foch
Merrill Corea
Pershing
Johnson
Jackson
Ferguson
Erzberger
Berlin
Spa
Max von Baden
Chimay-Gourmies-La Capelle-Guise
Chimay
Trelon
Fourmies
No Man's Land
Ooly Erzberger
McNinch targets FCC fires and weighs reforms
Frank R. McNinch is set to curb rising federal communications agency tensions amid Roosevelt fears of Wheeler led probes. The piece notes McNinch’s purge of the FCC structure, impact on personnel, and the broader push to streamline communications policy and prevent political influence from shaping licensing and regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank R. McNinch
Federal Communications Commission
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Wallace White
Senate
FCC
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Burton R. Wheeler
Wheeler
James A. Farley
Forbes Morgan
Charles Michelson
McNinch
Robert T. Bartley
A. G. Patterson
Joseph F. Killeen
Bartley
Sam Rayburn
House
Patterson
Hugo L. Black
Killeen
Edward J. Flynn
Bronx
New York City
Angles in This Football Game Reveal Naming Confusions
The piece surveys college names and nicknames in football, noting many colleges share surnames with players and few athletes play on teams bearing their names. Instances include Dickinson, Marquette, and Carlisle connections, plus Jock Sutherland’s early track career at Oberlin before Pitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame
Minnesota
Carlisle
Irish
Gophers
William Dietz
Albright
Gus Welch
American U
Dickinson
Delaware
Dickinson College
Marquette
Villanova
Furman
Cornell
California
Jock Sutherland
Pitt
Oberlin Academy
Hairline finishes save Notre Dame in three 1935 games
The 1935 Notre Dame squad under Elmer Layden survived late drama to beat Pitt and Ohio State and to tie Army as Andy Pilney closed out the Ohio State game with 12 points in the final two minutes. The Irish totaled 27 points in the last seven minutes across those contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Layden
Notre Dame
Irish
Pitt
Ohio State
Army
Andy Pilney
Cornell
Oberlin
Hamilton
Bucknell
Bowdoin
Holy Cross
Swarthmore
Penn Frosh
Alma Mammy
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Twene
Sedan
Isis
State Department
Marshal Foch
H. B. Wilson
Col. E. M. House
Apital Carter
Pennsylvania
Bonneville
Grand Coulee
Big Western
Montana
Chicago
Bureau of Standards
Federal Committee
Big
Littl
Pee
Bethel College
McKenzie
Morey
Bates
Crisler
Princeton
Kern
Carnegie Tech
Little
Columbia
Neal
DePauw
McMillan
Indiana
Yeager
Iowa State
Mylin
Lafayette
Croft
Montana State
Peden
Ohio U
Dartmouth
Pittsburgh
Peon
Wabash
Centre
Kansas State
Franklin and Marshall
Utah State
Tinos Harvard
Crusaders
Thomas
Middle Georgia College
Duke
Byron White
Colorado
Utah
Forest Towns
Georgia
Fritz Pollard, Jr
North Dakota
Guilford College
Gallaudet
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