Girard Poses Chief Threat To Buckeyes
Wisconsin halfback Earl Jag Girard, a 60 minute freshman star, leads Wisconsin to challenge Ohio State in a Big Ten showdown at Madison. Buckeyes favored by 13 in a clash touted as a key conference game with Ohio State aiming to stay undefeated.
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Walt Bvers
Chicago
Earl
Jag) Girard
Wisconsin
Ohio State
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OSU
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Marinette
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Badgers
Northwestern
Marquette
Madison
Michigan
Minnesota
Wildcats
Johnny Yingworth
Big Ten
Iowa
Illinois
Buddy Young
Paul Patterson
Hawkeyes
Illini
Injuries and Transfers Hit Four Big Ten Teams
Injuries and navy transfers hit four Big Ten football teams on Friday dimming title hopes on the eve of Saturday games. Wisconsin and Ohio State meet with key players out. Northwestern lacks Savage and Fischer. Michigan loses Nussbaum er Wiese and Aliber. Minnesota and Michigan transfer orders affect Lossie.
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Chicago
Navy
Wisconsin
Ohio State
Allen Shafer
Don Cusack
Bill Hackett
Northwestern
Michigan
Larry “Doc” Savage
Win Fischer
Minnesota
Bob Nussbaumer
Bob Wiese
Jim Aliber
Bob Lossie
Dempsey Reflects On Tunney Fights And Career Decline
Old time boxing great Jack Dempsey recalls the Tunney bouts from Philadelphia and Chicago memories. He discusses how Gimbel's influence, corner conflicts, and personal doubt affected his 1927 era title loss and later career, while affirming his enduring status in fans' eyes.
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Jack Dempsey
Manassa Mauler
Dempsey
Coast Guard
New York
Gene Tunney
Philadelphia
Tunney
Jack
Bernard Gimbel
Department Store Tycoon
Jack Kearns
Gene Normille
Jerry
Greek
Jack O’brien
Jess Willard
Toledo
Chicago
Jeffries
Johnson
Delhi Defeats Oneida for Seventh Victory
Delhi high school won its seventh game of the season by beating Oneida 10 to 4. Pitcher Ryan allowed 4 hits while striking out. Delhi batters had 8 hits off Pilgrim Clendener and Fessler, with Ross Liddell and Guetzko delivering key hits for the win.
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Delhi
Delhi High School
Oneida
Ryan
Pilgrim
Clendener
Fessler
Ross
Liddell
Guetzko
Airlines Hearing Set for February
J W Miller president of Mid-Continent Airlines said a hearing on the north central case will be Feb 16 1945. F Merritt Ruhlen a civil aviation board examiner will hear testimony. The extension would allow Mid-Continent to operate primary routes from Cedar Rapids Waterloo Dubuque and Des Moines and establish secondary routes in six other states.
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Kansas City
J W Miller
Mid-Continent Airlines
Allen Proposes College Czar to Save Athletics
University of Kansas coach Forest C. Allen urged a national college commissioner to regulate postwar amateur athletics. He warned without a federal overseer a major postwar scandal could dwarf the Baseball Black Sox episode. He advocated presidential nomination and inclusion of major professional executives to curb corruption and stabilize scholarships and pay.
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Sam Smith
United Press
Lawrence
Kan
Forest C
Phog” Allen
University of Kansas
Kenesaw M. Landis
United States
Amateur Athletic Union
Jayhawker
American Association of University and College Presidents
Baptists Name Officers At Annual Convention
PENLA AP reports Harold R. Elting of Marshalltown was reelected president at the Iowa Baptist convention closing session. Other officers include Rev. John R. Estes Ottumwa vice president Rev. E F Partridge Chariton secretary and J H Seers Des Moines treasurer. The body approved a resolution urging church and community cooperation to aid veterans returning to civilian life. Over 400 delegates attended Marshalltown named 1945 convention city.
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PENLA
Harold R. Elting
Marshalltown
Iowa Baptist Convention
John R. Estes
Ottumwa
E. F Partridge
Chariton
J. H. Seers
Des Moines
Chain-mail armor used in Europe during twelfth century
Chain-mail described as hammered iron links woven into a garment served as a widely used European armor in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
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Europe
Service Members Listed Missing and On Leave During War
A war page lists Pvt Avon Hollopeter missing in action in Germany since Sept 14. It notes leaves and overseas service for many servicemen and women, including Marine Pfc Leo Rowden, Sgt Lloyd Hopkins, Lt Charles Boland, and others, with addresses and family relations.
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Pvt
Avon D. Hollopeter
Germany
Pic
Leo
C. Rowden
Roy Rowden
C Avenue NE
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Saipan
Floyd
William Rowden
Marines
Cpl
John Fattig
Army Air Corps
J. W. Fattig
Cpl. Fattig
Fresno
Calif
Lloyd P. Hopkins
France
Air Forces
Sgt. Hopkins
Franklin High School
L LaPlant - Choate
Zoe Ellen Heath
Marion
Linda Laurie
Hopkins
H. W. Hopkins
Thirtieth Street
Tech
Wilfred Hopkins
Army Engineers
Pacific
Gerald Hopkins
Navy
Florida
Delbert Tittman
Fort Knox
H. W Hopkins
Charles Zobl
Victor Zobl
Ninth Street
New Orleans
Soviet Troops Occupy Liinhami Port in Petsamo Area
The Deutsche Nachrichtenagentur delayed report states Soviet forces landed in the Petsamo region of northern Finland and have occupied the Liinhami port. The development, reported Friday, confirms a Soviet advance along the northern Baltic coast.
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DNB
Petsamo
Finland
Liinhami
Chinese Admit Foochow Lost and Kweiping Under Attack
CHUNGKING (UP) A Chinese military spokesman said Japanese forces captured Foochow the previous week, the last major Chinese port on the east coast. He also reported Japanese incursions into Kweiping in Kwangsi with fierce street fighting nearby, narrowing the force gap to about 61 miles. Fourteenth Air Force noted American pilots attacked Japanese units in the Kweiping area to aid Chinese troops despite bad weather.
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Chungking
Foochow
Formosa
Kweiping
Kwangsi
Kweilin
China
Hongkong
Siberia
Fourteenth Air Force
Keokuk Votes on New City Hall Plan
Keokuk residents will vote November 7 on a $225,000 city hall development that would house offices an auditorium and police and fire departments. The assessment for the project will not exceed one and a quarter mill. Last week voters approved building a city airport for $100.
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Keokuk
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