State Hoyas Square Off
Miami January 1 two football teams with speed and dash met in a highly anticipated Orange Bowl duel. Mississippi State faced Georgetown with 34 000 fans expected weather clear at kickoff and both squads in peak form. Coach Allyn McKeøn said his team was in good shape mentally and physically and Coach Jack Hagerty said they expected to win.
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John Wilds
Miami
Fla
Mississippi State
Georgetown
Allyn McKeen
Southerners
Jack Hagerty
Hoyas
Boston College
Briez Chats About Sports
Eddie Brieitz presents notes on 1940 sports leaders and curiosities. Highlights include Lore Sieger of the Detroit News, a Stockton promoter canceling an indoor fight due to rain, two golfers enduring 18 holes plus 58 playoff holes, and two basketball teams canceling a key matchup after visiting each other’s gym.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Lore Sieger
Detroit News
Cal
Oddities in a Hoosier Grid and Other Localities
A Hanover College quarterback hands to a Centre College tackle who runs 24 yards for a surprise score. Other notes: a shaven-headed cager quits after misreads of home ball, an Ohio conservation letter about skeet shooting, Texas boxing rules on wrestling with bears, Art Brown unable to defend title due to frozen toes, and Oakville Washington residents traveling to Seattle to watch a state cage tournament.
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Hanover College
Centre College
Hanover
Ohio
State Conservation Department
Art Brown
Oakville
Wash
Seatte
Oddball Sports Sparks From a Curious Day
Highlights include two Harvard crew coaches left unrecognized by the post office, a fan’s failed tackle on Tori Harmon in California, Truck Hannah guiding a double header, Hamilton Ontario cagers in undies after an ex sponsor seized uniforms, Muhlenberg band halting a teardown with The Star Spangled Banner, Western State Teachers pitchers with back-to-back no hitters, and Louisiana Tech stalling to flip a coin in a key gridiron play.
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Tori Harmon
California
Truck Hannah
Memphis
Hamilton
Muhlenberg Band
Western State Teachers
Louisiana Tech
Woman Golfer Holes In Four Stroke Combined Score
A summary notes several sports anecdotes including a three woman group adding a four under par via aces by two players and a putt to a near ace by the third. It also references Edmonton graduates, Detroit anger incidents, an Alabama team dispute, a Flint catcher with a flame incident, and golfer Evan L. Hughes scoring an ace on the 13th hole while finishing 13 over par.
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Woman's Page
Edmonton Grads
Detroit
Anniston
Ala
Flint
Evan L. Hughes
Shaughnessy’s Rose Bowl Test Faces Nebraska Clash
Pasadena January 1 The famed Shaughnessy T formation faces Nebraska as Stanford seeks another Rose Bowl victory. Nebraska's power and defense, coached by Biff Jones, counter a new pass play package Shaughnessy installed before leaving for Pasadena.
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Nebraska Power
Lawrence “Biff” Jones
Shaughnessy
Stanford
Nebraska
Cornhuskers
Pasadena
Fragmentary War Draft Notes in Reserve Commands
A partial sentence notes government guidance to reservists not yet called to active duty and to those in service who can be spared from present jobs, reflecting administrative steps during the mobilization period.
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Partment
Reserve officers may be builders for air corps projects
Army reserve officers with construction background may direct building of landing fields and facilities for the air corps. To speed completion of about 90 air corps projects, the War Department says army engineers have first call on reserve or qualified personnel for such assignments. Priority extends the de-
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Washington
Army Reserve
Air Corps
War Department
Army
Earl Dew Crowned Jockey of Year in Photo Finish
Earl Dew of Sac City Iowa is named America's 1940 jockey champion after a dramatic photo finish yesterday with Walter Lee Taylor of Houston Texas. The 19 year old reinsman earned the title in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
America
Earl Dew
Sac City
Iowa
Reinsman
Walter Lee Taylor
Houston
Tex
Rev Karl Waring Heads Loop Conference
The Dixie Conference elected Rev Karl Waring as president at its New Orleans meeting. Officers include Dr P N Rhodes as vice president and Dr M C White as secretary treasurer. A resolution urged equal treatment for athletes and non athletes in scholarships and awards. A special session on subsidization is set for March in Jackson, Mississippi.
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New Orleans
Dixie
Karl Waring
Loyola University
P. N Rhodes
Southwestern of
Memphis
M. C. White
Millsaps College
Waring
Jackson
Miss
Quinine Reliance Reduced by Atabrine Trials
The United States declares independence from foreign quinine sources after tests on atabrine, a synthetic anti malaria drug, amid concerns of a blockade on imports from the Dutch East Indies.
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Philadelphia
Dutch East Indies
Bowl games draw half a million fans across six venues
Football's opening of the new year brings about half a million spectators to six bowls from Florida to Hawaii. Rose Bowl in Pasadena expects 90,000 for Stanford versus Nebraska. Sugar Bowl in New Orleans seats 73,000 for Tennessee and Boston College. Cotton Bowl in Dallas sells 45,000 as Texas Aggies meet Fordham. Orange Bowl in Miami hosts Mississippi State and Georgetown.
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Judson Bailey
Associated Press
Prorida
Hawaii
Pasadena
Calif
Stanford
Pacific Coast
Nebraska
New Orleans
Tennessee
Boston College
Volunteers
Boston Eagles
Texas Aggies
Texas
Fordham
Dallas
Tex
Aggies
Mississippi State
Georgetown
Big Hoyas
Miami
Pla
Ambulance unit to serve again in new theater
Six American field service ambulance drivers who served in France before its collapse head today to new duties with British forces in North Africa. They fly from New York to Miami and plan to reach Capetown via Rio de Janeiro and a Japanese vessel, aiming to arrive January 28. Martin P. Knowlton will join the party in Miami.
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Wi.e
France
North Africa
Eastern Airlines
Miami
Fla
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Capetown
Martin P. Knowlton
Birmingham
Ala
Shrine East West charity game draws sellout at Kezar Stadium
San Francisco hosts the Shrine East West charity matchup with the Westerners favored 10 8 as East endeavors to rebound from limited practice. Kezar Stadium reaches its 62 000 capacity with kickoff at 5 p m EST. Tempe teachers face Western Reserve in the Sun Bowl El Paso Texas as Tempe sits as slight favorite amid partly cloudy skies. Honolulu hosts Fresno State versus Hawaii in the Pineapple Bowl as Leon spectators anticipate action.
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Shrine
San Francisco
Kezar
Tempe
Ariz
el Paso
Tex
Western Reserve
Honolulu
Fresno
Calif
University of Hawaii
Bowle
Leon
DAILY CROSSWORD Bes LJ CROSS
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Armenia
Flower Hill Notes of Lawrence County Visitors
Lawrence County brief lists weekend visits and illnesses. Johnny Sims and Nancy Atsborn hosted relatives. measles affected Rayburn Nell and Marcia Moore. Evelyn Moore returned from Benevolent Hospital after appendectomy. multiple local residents, including Cottingham and Moore families, are noted as ill or recovering.
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Johnny Sims
Nancy Atsborn
Rayburn Nell
Marcia Moore
James H. Moore
J. N. Olinger
Decatur
Nancy Ausborh
Roy Tipper
Hillsboro
VOLS FAVORED IN SUGAR TILT
Boston College and Tennessee meet in New Orleans as the Sugar Bowl classic. The Vols slight favorites over a balanced Eagles squad in a sunlit morning lead up to the big game, with both teams displaying near even lineups and weight averages.
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Boston
Vols
Eagles
Plane crash false alarm rattles Iola residents
Iola Kansas reported a false airplane crash scare. A Register reporter arrived first at the scene and described confusing details as responders checked for wreckage and confirmed no aircraft crash occurred.
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Iola, Kas
Iola Register
Hlairone
Illness Framily Note About Mrs Calvert Kin
The fragment indicates an illness of Junior, son of Mr and Mrs John Lott, relative to Mrs Hi Calvert. Limited context prevents full event details or location.
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Hi Calvert
Agd
John Lott
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