Bowl picks swirl as football shares spotlight with election
Newsman Ted Meier notes college football bowls loom as election tempers forecasts. Rose Bowl could invite an Eastern team after USC versus UCLA, with Tennessee a likely option. Sugar and Orange Bowls weigh Western and conference matchups. Cotton and Sun Bowls list contenders like Oklahoma A&M, Rice, and Randolph Field.
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State
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Duke
Holy Cross
Tulsa
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Rice
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Texas Christian
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Randolph Field
Valley Grid Race Nears Final Tape
The Mississippi Valley conference gridiron race moves to the final week with Clinton and East Waterloo leading. East Waterloo faces West Waterloo while Clinton hosts Dubuque. Wilson and Town City High battle for position near the cellar. Roosevelt, Davenport, Dubuque, and St Ambrose posted wins as East Waterloo fell to North Des Moines and Franklin to Marshall Town.
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Cedar Rapids
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Franklin
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Roosevelt
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Waterloo
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Standings
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Army May Surprise Notre Dame In Yankee Stadium Showdown
Lt. Col. Earl Blaik hinted Army plans possible surprises against Notre Dame this Saturday at Yankee Stadium. He suggested Dean Sensanbaugher could start at fullback and Al Tucker might throw, following Sensanbaugher’s 83-0 Villanova win and Tucker’s 54 yard pass against Villanova.
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Earl Blaik
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Yankee Stadium
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al Tucker
Sensanbaugher
Ohio State
Villanova
Doc Blanchard
Bobby Dobbs
Tucker
Florida University
Navy
Trish
Col. L. M
Biff) Jones
Dewey Says No Illusions for 1948 Campaign
In New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey told reporters he has no illusions for the 1948 campaign as he left Republican headquarters. The remark came after a brief exchange with a reporter who wished him better luck in the future.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Scribes Chosen to Compile All State Grid Vote Results
Seven sports editors from Iowa newspapers were named to the 1944 all state football selection committee by the Iowa Daily Press association to meet in Des Moines on November 19. They will name the all state high school team from ballots submitted by coaches and officials with final selections announced by The Gazette and 32 other papers on November 24.
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IDPA
Lsports
News Promotion Committee
Iowa Daily Press Association
Bernie Kooser
Ames
Tribune
W. E. Tracy
Atlantic News-Telegraph
van Garrison
Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette
Charles Rubenstein
Fort Dodge’ Messenger
Tom Wurin
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Caster Stein
Sioux City Journal-Tribune
Edgar Wilson
Waterloo Courier
Des, Moines
Iowa
The
Gazette
Homecoming Activities at Coe Begin Thursday
Coe College kicks off homecoming Thursday with a 10 a.m. Armistice day chapel in Sinclair Memorial chapel presided by Dr. George W. Bryant. Robert F. Ray, class of 1944, will present the class memorial of two stained glass windows to honor war dead. Acting President C Harve Geiger to accept. ROTC unit conducts Armistice service. Homecoming runs through Sunday.
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Coe College
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
George W. Bryant
Coe Alumni Association
Robert F. Ray
C. Harve Geiger
R.O.T.C
Coe
Ballot Measures Split on Closed Shop Ban Across States
Constitutional amendments to outlaw the closed shop lag in California and Florida while Arkansas shows a close lead. The amendments would bar employment denial due to union affiliation. In California voters rejected a $60 monthly pension plan for citizens over 60 funded by a 3-5 percent sales tax.
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Washington
California
Florida
Arkansas
Dewey Loses Only One Willkie Precinct in Linn County
In Linn County a tight Dewey Roosevelt race leaves Roosevelt within 116 votes of carrying a normally Republican county. The analysis shows Willkie carried 27 precincts for Dewey in 1944 similar to 1940 and Democrats gained in many city and local precincts.
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Linn County
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
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Political Action Committee
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Marion
Putnam
Washington
Fayette
Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Men and Women in the Service Of Their Country
Summaries note multiple service members transferred and promoted during World War II. Capt Morris R Weir moves from Fort Sumner to Strotherfield Kansas to direct food service for a fighter wing, with family details and prior job at Northern National Gas. Other mentions include promotions, overseas transfers, furloughs, and arrivals in India France England and Great Lakes training, naming individuals and households involved.
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Lyle F. Buchanan
Ralph T Buchanan
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Don Taylor
Seventeenth Street
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Fort Leavenworth
Birmingham
Ala
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W. H. Lynch
Third Avenue
Eighth Air Force
England
Germany
Roosevelt High School
Lynch
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Army Air Forces
Pic
Frank Podzimek, Jr
Frank
Ivan C. Bys
Camp Shelby
Miss
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Neil
Amana
Palo
John P. Hallenbeck
France
Wallace Silent on Plans After Vice Presidency
Wallace, the brief interim vice president, kept silent about future plans while praising Roosevelt’s path to victory. He arrived confident in his past campaign efforts, saying he spoke more for Roosevelt than any other man and remained untroubled by last year’s political defeats.
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Henry Wallace
Roosevelt
Wallace
Coe College Dewey Lead in Presidential Straw Poll
Coe College students backed Gov. Dewey two to one over Roosevelt in a campus presidential straw poll. Among faculty, Dewey led 24 to 11, with minor votes for Prohibitionist Claude A. Watson and Socialist Norman Thomas. In gubernatorial showings, Bourke B. Hickenlooper defeated Guy M. Gillette 191 to 91, and Robert D. Blue beat Richard F. Mitchell 221 to 66.
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Coe College
Dewey
Claude A. Watson
Norman Thomas
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Guy M. Gillette
Robert D. Blue
Richard F. Mitchell
Camp Howze Soldier Returns Home
Sgt Hallenbeck son of Mrs F M Hallenbeck 1314 Second Avenue SE and his wife Marilyn and son Gerry live with her parents in Laurens during the duration.
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Tech
Leighton R. Niles
India
Tenth Street NW
Sgt. Niles
Mae Melichar
Avenue NW
Camp Howze
Texas
Sgt
Hallenbeck
F. M. Hallenbeck
Second Avenue SE
Marilyn
Gerry
Laurens
It's F.D.R. Again Dominates Stripes Election Coverage
Stars and Stripes devotes its first three pages to the election with a banner proclaiming Its F.D.R. Again. Army public relations officers say the war department barred soldiers from being interviewed or quoted on political aspects of the election.
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Rome
Stars and Stripes
United States
F.D.R
Army
War Department
Germans Say V-2s Bombarding London
The German high command announced London had been bombarded by the V-2 missile for some weeks. Stockholm dispatches describe the weapon as a flying tele phone pole with a range over 250 miles and potential to become a rocket capable of crossing the Atlantic.
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High Command
Stockholm
Atlantic
Styles Trails in California Contest
In a closely watched race Hall Styles trailing Los Angeles Supervisor Gordon L McDonough in a congressional contest. Unofficial returns from 316 of 708 precincts give McDonough 22211 to Styles 16895. Styles had eliminated Rep John Costello in the primaries with his past Ku Klux Klan affiliation becoming an issue.
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INS
Hal Styles
Gordon L. McDonough
McDonough
Styles
John Costello
Dies
Ku Klux Klan
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