SEC mulls transfer rules and officials system change
Southeastern Conference members studied two proposals to alter wartime transfer rules and to shift football officials assignments to the conference commissioner. The Auburn Alabama eligibility dispute over Vaughan Mancha, registered at Auburn then enrolled at Alabama, highlights the registration issue. A separate note mentions a 19th century shift in the tea industry from China to India, Ceylon and the Netherlands East Indies.
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Roundup of 1947 Sports Happenings and Notes
National museum of baseball in Coopertown, N Y hosts Roy Smith and a War Bond bat found on Namur Island by Marine Charlie Truitt. Dud De Groot targets Andy Farkas’s fullback for Redskins with T formation. Hanover Bertha, 1930 Hambletonian winner, dies at Hanover shoe farms. Billy Petrolle pleases Garden crowd at punchfest. Wins furlough foaled during Pfc. Vinnie Byrne’s Syracuse boxing stint. Georgia freshmen forbid head shaving in scrimmage. Wally Butts cites player safety.
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Yanks Bomb Japan With Super Planes
United States forces deploy advanced air fleets over Japan. The operation showcases new long range bombers as Allied strength asserts itself in the theater.
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Service Men Face Strong NC Tournament Lineup
Pvt Fletcher J Carr known as Pop plays right field for Camp Ellis Illinois as Camp Mackall 326th glider team led by Dave Koslo tops favorites in the Greensboro tournament June 50 to July 4. Chief Specialist G N Bryan Jr will coach basketball at the naval flight prep school and also teaches hand to hand combat. A clean chamois skin is noted as ideal for window polishing.
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Red Sox extend streak to nine with 5-1 win over Athletics
Tex Hughson earned his ninth victory as the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Athletics 5-1 to stretch their winning skein to nine, tying for the longest run of the season. Bob Johnson hit his fourth homer as Boston swept the four-game series.
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Reboard Es Scores and Schedule Highlights
The Associated Press summary lists games with scores including Boston 5 Philadelphia 1 and Cleveland 3 Detroit 2. It notes future dates for Atlanta at Birmingham and Chattanooga at New Orleans while listing Knoxville 8-4 and Memphis 5-1 along with Little Rock 6-7 Nashville 5-3.
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DAILY CROSSWORD ACROSS Pak 1 Garret t 6 Sulked 11 Sofa
A compact crossword puzzle page lists across clues with answers such as Garret t and sulked and includes several down clues and a cryptoquote puzzle. The page features standard puzzle clues, a cryptogram attributed to CHUHK VHA with the solution by yesterday, and a note about distribution by King Features Syndicate.
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King Features Syndicate
Chicks Lose To Smokies As Knoxville Triumph Shakes Stand
Memphis Chicks slip from first place after Knoxville and Little Rock results. Knoxville beat Memphis 8-5 and 4-1, ending an eight game Memphis win streak. Little Rock hosted Asheville with Paul Dean debut and a two run ninth inning for the Pebs.
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Dizzy Dean
Little Rock
Pebs
Rod Seeds
Today’s Schedule: Brooklyn at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Chicago
National listings show today’s games with Brooklyn visiting Philadelphia and Cincinnati traveling to Chicago. Strong matchups highlight the day’s basketball slate across major cities.
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Meagher to Coach Iowa Navy pre flight team
Lt Comdr Jack Meagher former Auburn head coach and athletic director will lead the 1944 Iowa Navy pre flight football squad after leaving Auburn to enter the service. He played end at Notre Dame in 1915 16 and served with the Marines in World War I. Rockefeller Center note appears as unrelated context.
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First American Captured After War Declared
Edgar M. Haliburton of Taylorsville North Carolina became the first American taken prisoner after the United States declared war in World War I, marking a grim early incident in the conflict.
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Taylorsville, N. Cc
Bundy Reaches Detroit Tennis Final With Betz Upset
Dorothy May Bundy upset Pauline Betz 7 5 6 3 to reach the Detroit tennis club final in the women’s national clay court championship. She faces the winner of today’s Hart versus Arnold semifinal.
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Nelson Still Is Practicing In The New York Red Cross
In New Rochelle the New York Red Cross tournament at Wykagyl sees Lord Byron Ron Nelson of Toledo card a 69 three under par but trails Vic Ghezzi who shot 67. Nelson plans further practice after a round marked by one bogie and four birdies as Sarazen Jug McSpaden Strazza and McHow chase the leaders in the 18 hole round.
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al “Bummy
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Quintuplet Congressmen and the Politics of Motion Pictures
June 16 report notes lawmakers pressured by election relevance consider using a film pitch from Business Films to reach voters in five districts. A $300 one minute sound portrait yields five prints for simultaneous theater showings, with free or friendship prints to follow. The piece also recalls long standing radio recordings by lawmakers in the House office building.
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Voice of the People letter from Moulton on world peace
A June 14 1944 letter from Moulton Alabama responds to a previous Voice of the People item. The writer praises the editor for publishing letters and discusses the futility of evil hearts, divine oversight, and the idea that lasting peace is unattainable without God.
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Project director Robert Coar outlines radio talk policy
Robert Coar explains that for $5 congressmen can make 5 or 10 minute talks recorded and sent to home radio stations. He notes younger lawmakers widely use these recordings to boost voter confidence while older members still rely on handshakes barbecues and cigars.
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Coar
Hypocritical Peace Maker Quoted on War's Short Mercy
The text contrasts peace rhetoric with war's long bloodshed and notes Roman art of tracing veins with blue paint. It also states the United States as the world’s largest cotton producer and consumer.
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United States
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