Raiders Win 40 32 In Huntsville Basketball Clash
Decatur Raiders break Huntsville Crimson 40 32 on Friday night at Huntsville. Coleman leads with 14 points as Braswell and Chalmers Riley add scoring punch. Decatur defense locks down Bill Lane holding him to four points. Bees dominate early, surge to a 26 13 lead by end of third.
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Juniors Rally to Sixth Win Over Flint 22-13
Decatur Junior Raiders beat Flint 22 to 13 in Central High School gym before about 200 fans. Junior B-team crushed Flint B 37 to 6. Coach Floyd Briscoe’s squad to face Trinity Tuesday and Cotaco Friday. McClanahan led with four field goals and one free throw. Aday and Chunn each scored six for Flint and Decatur respectively.
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Austinville Rallies Past Union Hill 23-21 in OT
Austinville trailed most of the game but forced overtime to beat Union Hill 23-21. Hillis Tucker scored the deciding basket in overtime, adding four points and holding Union Hill’s top scorer to one point as Austinville’s junior team secured its second win over Union Hill this season.
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Tax Collector Opens 20 Offices to Collect Poll Taxes
Birmingham Alabama January 19 Tax Collector J W Hamilton established 20 special offices in Jefferson County to spur poll tax payments. He estimates about 15 000 residents have not paid poll taxes and will be ineligible to vote in the May and June primaries unless they pay by February 1.
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Mobile Beginnings of Mardi Gras Fest Traces Return
Mobile, Alabama begins its first Mardi Gras season in five years as mystic societies kick off preLenten revelry with masked balls and full dress social events marking the early celebration.
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South Carolina Announces 1946 Game Schedule
The University of South Carolina Gamecocks release an eight game 1946 football slate featuring six Southern Conference opponents. Furman and the Citadel return after war lapse, and Alabama of the SEC is on the schedule with games at Newberry, Alabama, Furman, Clemson, Citadel, Maryland, Duke, and Wake Forest.
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Tatum Named New Oklahoma Football Coach
Norman Oklahoma January news announces James M Tatum aged 32 as University of Oklahoma football coach. He comes from Jacksonville Naval Air Station where he coached last year. He succeeds Dewey Luster who resigned after ill health.
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Snorter) Luster
Auburn to meet Oklahoma Aggies on October 12
Auburn coach Carl Voyles said the Tigers plan to play the Oklahoma Aggies, Sugar Bowl winners, on October 12 in Alabama if the schedule can be adjusted. The 1946 slate already includes Tulane, Georgia Tech, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, Georgia, Clemson, and Florida, with possible games in Montgomery and Auburn.
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Chinese boy elected president at Baron Academy
Bow Lum, a 16 year old Chinese student who arrived in the United States six years ago, was elected president of the Baron Academy student body. He participates in the school's football and basketball teams.
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Ala
Baron Academy
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Lum
United States
Women to spend over two billion on cosmetics in 1946
It is estimated that American women will spend more than two billion dollars for cosmetics in 1946, reflecting strong demand and rising beauty product consumption during the postwar year.
Ryan High School nets pair of league wins
Ryan High School’s basketball teams extended their season win total to 12 and 13 with decisive finishes over Arab and Eva. The varsity won 36-14, the B team 25-13, and the junior squad 39-24, with Light scoring 18 for Ryan and Eva’s Cobb leading with 12.
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Hartselle Wins Fourth Straight With Eva Victory
Hartselle defeated Eva 25-20 to extend its win streak to four. Roach Wright led with 10 points as Cobb and Nelson each added six for Eva. The junior Hartselle team won 14-11, and Hartselle also swept a doubleheader against Moulton with 35-32 and 23-16 wins.
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Barons Sign Ex GI to Catching Staff
Birmingham Barons sign Shelley Oglesby a former Camp Wheeler catcher and University of Alabama star. Oglesby hit .511 in a 14 day semi pro tournament at Wichita where his soldier team won. He played for Alabama in 1941 and 1942.
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University of Alabama
Lee Birthday Observance Closes Montgomery Offices
All public offices in Montgomery Alabama closed today in observance of General Robert E. Lee birthday. The city marks the occasion with offices shut and community notice. Officials note the holiday affects standard operations across municipal services.
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