Warmerdam to headline Garden Carnival in Madison Square Garden
Indoor track at Madison Square Garden features Cornelius Warmerdam returning to competition after 15 foot clears and 42 times. Gil Dodds runs the mile with Johnny Fulton and rivals from Dartmouth Michigan and Stanford, as 20 states athletes vie for national titles at the 56th in door meet.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Cornelius Warmerdam
Warmerdam
Uncle Sam
Navy
Monmouth, Ill
Gil Dodds
Johnny Fulton
Stanford
Dodds
Bill Hulse
Don Burnham
Dartmouth
Hume Twins
Ross
Robert
Michigan
Hulse
LaPlant Split Set With Collins in Allied Games
LaPlant girls beat Collins 25-13 to share the second half title as French and Lathrop led 15-5 at halftime and rolled past the previously undefeated Collins sextet. Collins men then edged LaPlant 35-31 with Bob Hettler scoring 20 and Malvern Shedeck returning to help Collins. Johnny Kitch led Iowa Manufacturing with 23 in a 51-46 Quaker win.
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LaPlant Six
Allied
Chuck Faber
LaPlant
Collins
Quaker
Iowa Manufacturing
LaPlant Girls
French
Lathrop
Bob Hettler
Malvern Shedeck
Shedeck
Johnny Kitch
Cedar Rapids
Johnny
State Wrestling Finals at Clarion Open Friday Night
West Waterloo brings seven wrestlers to the two day finals aiming to defend the state title. Osage Davenport and Maquoketa join Fort Dodge Thomas Jefferson of Council Bluffs and Clarion Abraham Lincoln with strong seven or five man contingents. Notables include Clarion champions Wallace Hagen 95 pounds and Leonard Rohrer heavyweight.
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Clarion
West Waterloo
Osage
Davenport
Maquoketa
Fort Dodge
Thomas Jefferson
Council Bluffs
Abraham Lincoln
Wallace Hagen
Leonard Rohrer
Sammy Baugh Tops NFL Interceptions In 1940s Season
Sammy Baugh of the Washington Redskins led the NFL with 11 interceptions, a new record, including a four-pass game against Detroit on November 14. Irv Camp and Don Hutson trailed with 10 and eight interceptions respectively as Green Bay led team picks with 42.
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Chicago
Slingin
Sammy Baugh
Washington Redskins
Baugh
Detroit
Irv Camp
Don Hutson
Green Bay Packers
Green Bay
Rickey Puts His Suits on Display
New York AP Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers adds a style show to weekly press conferences. Scribes hear the latest word on player situations as Rickey previews night game outfits in white for home games and blue trimmed with white on the road. He says night games are here to stay and we might as well dress for them.
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New York
Rickey
Brooklyn Dodgers
Hawks Face Notre Dame Test in Non Conference clash
Iowa Hawkeyes seek to stay unbeaten against a non conference foe and become the second Hawkeye team to defeat Notre Dame. Coach Harrison notes the challenge of Notre Dame’s height and scoring in the looming matchup before Northwestern games.
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Iowa City
INS
Hawkeye
Notre Dame
University of Iowa Hawkeyes
South Bend
Hawks
Marko Todorovich
Iowa
Ardmore Durant game canceled after school fights
Ardmore Durant basketball game called off due to no Ardmore team available. Superintendent George D Hann suspended 150 boys, nearly all players, after fights sparked by the school's annual oratorical contest. Fights spread citywide as younger students clashed with seniors.
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Ardmore
Oklo
George D Hann
Elkader officer promoted to captain in Army
George Manus, Elkader public schools superintendent in 1942, rises to captain in the Army. He trained at Grinnell and is now with the Transportation Corps commanding a port company at New Orleans air base. The item lists numerous other service members and their movements including Mundell, Shaffer, Ballou, Tow, Ruble, Sanders, Biiney, Lewis, Beckman, Havlik, Bollhoefer and related family notices.
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George Manus
Elkader Public
Army
University of Iowa
Grinnell
New Orleans
Army Air Base
Transportation Corps
Carlton H. Mundell
Navy
George McNeil
Second Street
Mary J Bell
D Avenue
Florida
San Francisco
Calif Mundell
Pvt
Gerald Heefner
England
G. D. Heefner
Center Point
Local service members and family notices from Cedar Rapids area
Mrs John Dobeck notes address at 1024 Second Street SE. Leo W. Sweeney promoted to first lieutenant at Fort Benning Georgia. Robert C. Long stationed at Farragut Idaho for boat training. Edward J. Euken returns to Fort Benning after furlough. James Spicher back to Fort Monroe after furlough and visits parents. Lt Katherine Morrison Waves on leave visiting Bernice Fuller. Morrison former Cedar Rapids resident stationed in Washington DC.
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Donald A. Shaffer
A. L. Shaffer
Hinkley Avenue
Floyd R
Bud” Shaffer
Camp Coxcomb
Calif
Indiantown Gap
John R. Hay
Fifth Avenue SW
Armored Force School
Fort Knox
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Ronald William Prior
Camp Hill Farragut
Idaho
O W Prior
1658
Memorial Drive
Tech
Feay L. Wisehart
Camp Campbell
Wisehart
Ben Wisehart
Frances Wisehart
Center Point
Robert G. Ballou
Salt Lake City
Utah
E O. Ballou
C Avenue NW
Cpl
Ballou
Sioux Falls
Yuma
Ariz
Pfe
Richard Tow
Barksdale Field
Gifford Tow
Eighth Avenue
Pie
Tow
Willow Run
Ypsilanti
Mich
Seaman
Bill Ruble
Farragut
Cedar Rapids
Ruble
O Avenue
Naval Training Station
Edward Sanders
University of Colorado
Sanders
Lincoln Heights
Laverne
Tubby” Havlik
Anna Daywitt
Second Street
Joseph Havlik
Sixth Avenue
Sally Joan
Douglas Laverne
Belle Avenue
Dale Bollhoefer
Mr. and
John Dobeck
THE
Fred Bollhoefer
Marshalltown
Leo W. Sweeney
Fort Benning, Ga
J. M. Sweeney
B Avenue
Robert C. Long
O. C. Long
Thirty-third Street
Edward J. Euken
Fort Benning
Nancy Ellen
A. J. Euken
L Street
James Spicher
Fort Monroe
Seventh Avenue SE
Jacob Selk
la Porte City
Katherine Morrison
the Waves
Bernice Fuller
Fourth Avenue SE
Morrison
Washington, D. C
Tiger Ned Harris Joins Army Induction
Detroit Tigers center fielder Robert Ned Harris, 27, was inducted into the army Friday and will report within a month. He becomes the sixth Tiger to enter service since 1943 and the 34th on the club’s service list.
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Detroit
Robert “Ned”Harris
Detroit Tiger
Army
Tiger
Orval Grove Signs 1944 Contract with White Sox
CHICAGO UP Orval Grove the White Sox leading pitcher last season has signed his 1944 contract. Harry Grabiner vice president of the American League club announced Grove a 4-F will be available for a full season’s work. Grove’s nine straight victories set a league record last year and his 1943 record stood at 15 wins and nine defeats.
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Chicago
Orval Grove
White Sox
Harry Grabiner
Grove
Army Takes "Slats" Marion from Cards
The St. Louis Cardinals lost shortstop Martin Whiteford "Slats" Marion as he enters limited army service after a final physical at Fort Jackson. A knee injury led to the limited service classification, following an earlier acceptable medical check.
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Columbia
S. C
INS
St. Louis Cardinals
Martin Whiteford
Marion
Fort Jackson
Athletics face player holdouts as new trades arrive
Connie Mack said Joe Moore and Rip Radcliff, acquired in fall trades, advised they would not report to the Athletics this spring but added they did not expect more losses. Moore planned to stay at a war plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Philadelphia
Connie Mack
Joe Moore
Rip Radcliff
Athletics
Monticello Cage Summaries Highlight Local High School Plays
Reports from Monticello and surrounding towns recap high school basketball results. Sacred Heart and Waukon, Fayette, Solon, Shueyville, and Riverside area games feature multiple players scoring high totals, halves and overtime periods, with key performances by Hines, McDonald, Fossum, Strother, Novotny, and Kos.
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Monticello
Sacred Heart
Monticlo
Center Jet
Hines
C. Junction Paulsen Sacred Heart Virus
Center Junction
rCenter
Schneider Zu
C. Junct'n Battles
McDonald
Fayette
Waukon
Fayette Fayette High
Waukon Fossum
Chapman High
Fayette Klaaren
Smith
Afer
Greeley
Oneida
Harris
Bushnel Cose
Oneida Yeene
Solon
Martelle
Solon Wenas Solon
Strother
Salon
Kroul
Shueyville
Atereege
Palo
Palo- Lewis
Yates
Rivers
Ely Alumni
Riverside
Haly Riverside
St. Mary's
Kron
Sailor and Soldier Updates Shared From Family Letters
Kenneth R. Savel, chief of naval operations office assignment, stationed at Camp Scott Farragut Idaho, as relatives report. Pfc Harold W Littell on 12 day furlough visiting parents C W Littell 2119 D avenue NE. Littell stationed at Camp Claiborne La.
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Chief of Naval Operations
Kenneth R. Savel
Camp Scott
Farragut
Idaho
Jerry J. Savel
Maplewood Drive
Pfc
Harold W. Littell
C. W. Littell
D Avenue
Pfe Littell
Camp Claiborne
Billy Sunday’s Son among Four Killed in Navy Plane Crash
Paul T. Sunday, 36, test pilot and son of evangelist Billy Sunday, was among four civilian crew members who died when a navy patrol bomber crashed into a mountainside near Los Angeles on Thursday. He had recently married and served as co-pilot.
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Los Angeles
Paul T. Sunday
Billy Sunday
Nova Scotia salt field eyed for bacteria-free marine salt
A newly discovered salt field in Nova Scotia aims to supply the Canadian fishing industry with bacteria-free salt. The find could bolster seafood processing and preservation across coastal operations.
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Nova Scotia
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Hawk
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W J. Biiney
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Eighth Street
Richard C. Lewis
Armorer School
Lowryfield
Denver
Colo
Grand Central Air Terminal
Glendale
Jerome Lewis
Avenne NW
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William Beckman
New Guinea
Engineering Regiment
T. Beckman
D Street
Carney
Coats
Carney’s
Times Square
Carney's
M. J. Raftis
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Ned Harris
Killian Company
Safety Legion
Tamble
Cage
Second Ave
Linn County
800 Club
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