Leading Coaches in College Football and Material Count
A retrospective on ranking coaches like Red Blaik and others, noting the difficulty of judging from material and schedules. It argues coaches invest immense effort and that final scores mask differences in available talent, praising Red Crew, Red Sanders, and Paul Bryant as equally capable given their resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Blaik
Army
Red
Neyland
Tennessee
Blaik
Harlow
Harvard
Little
Columbia
Crisler
Michigan
Thomas
Alabama
Leahy
Notre Dame
McMillin
Indiana
Neely
Rice
Butts
Georgia
McKeever
Cornell
Wade
Duke
Snavery
North Caroline
Odell
Yale
le Brucherie
U.C.L.A
Bierman
Minnesota
Red Crew
Mississippi
Red Sanders
Vanderbilt
Paul Bryant
Kentucky
Best College Football Coaches Then and Now
A reminiscence lists legendary figures such as Pop Warner Knute Rockne and Percy Haughton among the era’s top coaches. It praises Haughton as an underrated tactician and disciplinarian while noting Lonnie Stagg’s longevity and the enduring coaching ethos of Neyland Sutherland Owen Neale and Yost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Harlow
Harvard
Neyland
Tennessee
Jock Sutherland
Steve Owen
Greasy Neale
Lonnie Stagg
Lonnie
Yale
Pop Warner
Knute ‘Rockne
Yost
Percy Haughton
Michigan
Minnesota
Chicago
Knute Rockne
Rock
Bob Zuppke
Ilinois
Zup
Howard Jones
Southern California
Haughton
Tack Hardwick
Percy
Legendary football coaches shaped sport and nation
The author praises a thousand coaches over forty years for training discipline character and national good. It reflects on Dan McGugin and Lonnie Stagg and notes many players are now gray or batt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan McGugin
Lonnie Stagg
Gray
Batt
U N Suggested Move to New York For $8.5 Million Site
A column argues New York should keep the United Nations with an $8,500,000 six block waterfront site proposed by Rockefeller figures. It notes the beef zone locale, the view of East Side life, and panelists from diplomacy to society, while questioning the suitability of a high rise peace center amid Manhattan's bustle. It ends with Grant’s call to love peace and the seven-figure stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. N
Rockefeller
John D
United Nations
Aladdin
U N
Flushing Meadow
Rockefeller Center
G. I
Choice Real Estate
East Side
Manhattan
World Organization
Bethlehem
U N Subcommittee Hails Rockefeller Home Offer
A whimsical debate unfolds over a Rockefeller home offer to the United Nations with double entendre about the choice of words. The discussion contrasts cheer with skepticism among UN diplomats regarding future headquarters and a playful nickname emerges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. N. Subcommittee
Rockefeller
Landlord Promises Bigger Apartment by Scraping Wallpaper
A prospective tenant complains the unit is small during a viewing. The landlord replies, promising to enlarge the space by removing wallpaper to create a more open feel. The exchange highlights a possible commitment to alter the unit before renting.
Mild Quarrel Over Pearls Sparks Shorehouse Rumor
Mrs Green recalls asking Millie about pearls and Millie responds with oysters triggering a humorous exchange that hints at a rumor in the shorehouse social circle. The exchange underscores witty barbs rather than serious conflict among neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Black
Millie
Mrs. Green
Witty exchange on women and buttons booms comic note
A humorous dialogue contrasts wife and husband on gender roles with a playful twist. The wife complains of male helplessness over buttons while the husband retorts that without women there would be no need for buttons, delivering a cheeky social quip.
In times of trial preacher asks for comfort
A preacher asks what brings the greatest comfort in times of trial. The fragment hints at a sermon or reflection on solace and faith, though missing surrounding context. The lone question suggests a religious address emphasizing interior resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell-sne
Why prayed for the country in Senate gallery scene
A visitor with his son watched the session in Washington. The boy asked why the minister prayed, and was told he prayed for the country. The clipping blends social fission and a fragmented quote about a girl calling someone a bum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Pop
Pettigrew the Penguin Appeals for Peace Center Naming
A playful message from Pettigrew the Penguin envisions a United Nations center in a skyscraper hub. He hopes the dove of peace escapes a revolving door and suggests Amity Arms and Concord Towers as possible names.
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Pettigrew
Sir Colon
United Nations
Dove of Peace
Penguin
U.N. Center
Amity—Arms
Concord
Hollywood Talk From The Film Front
Western Union notes Janet Blair in The Fabulous Dorseys role as a neighbor of the Dorseys in Pennsylvania. Janet Blair, from Altoona, Pa., rose from band singer to Hollywood star. Also covered are Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey split, Tom Conway as Holmes contender, Kay Gorcey joining Copacabana, Ken Niles joining Out of the Past, Andrew Toombs in My Wild Irish Rose, Dennis Morgan road work for Warner, Ruth Parrot landing Mother Wore Tights, Andy Devine signing with Republic, and Hiram Brown’s long running Ihner Sanctum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Blair
The
Fabulous Dorseys
Charles R. Rogers
Dorseys
Pennsylvania
Janet
Altoona
Hollywood
Tommy
Jimmy
Andrew Toombs
Dennis Morgan
Andy Devine
Republic
Universal
Walter Wanger
Hiram Brown
CBS
Quick Home Restoration Tips for Furniture and Windows
The article offers practical remedies such as lightly oiling cane seats with linseed oil and wiping away excess, lacquering cloth-covered suitcases, applying floor wax to window sash grooves, and using a cork to remove a broken bulb base. It also recommends adding denatured alcohol to wash water to prevent freezing in winter and instructs wiping surfaces quickly with crushed tissue paper.
Actors abandon tour after failing to impress family audience
The touring company breaks up after a poor reception at a country theater. Two actors, desperate to return to New York, ride a barge and overhear a jokey bargeman exchange about their load of fertilizer and actors, prompting a grim regret about ever topping the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jim
Bert
Cyril
Fact Finding Mother More Pudding Experiment Debate
A fragmentary exchange shows a mother and child debating portions and aspirations as they consider testing assertions. The text hints at a playful or rhetorical experiment to confirm or refute statements, reflecting a domestic dialogue tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
Half In Half Out Woman Joke
A humorous exchange where a customer complains a fruit dealer about short weight for two pounds of plums. The dealer retorts by asking if the customer weighed her little boy, implying the scales are correct but the customer is at fault.
Solid Advice and a Concrete Mixer
A humorous aside counsels focusing on work to cope with troubles. The speaker riffs on needing a concrete mixer and urges ditching worries by burying into tasks. The tone is light and satirical, reflecting casual banter.
Hollywood Snips and Studio Colorful Cast Notes
Betty Hut ton's baby Lindsay Diana features a satin basinet once used in the film Perils of Pauline. Martha Vickers began as a horror-film corpse and is now seen as a rising Hollywood actress. Lass Frembes, once a fat boy in educational comedies, plays a thin sailor in Time Out of Mind. Raymond Manes remains a steady presence in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Hutton
Lindsay Diana
Betty
Pauline
Martha Vickers
Hollywood
Lass Frembes
Raymond Manes
Sane Tere
Lemon Water Wake-Up for Gentle Constipation Aid
A simple home remedy suggests drinking juice of a Sunkist lemon in water each morning to stimulate regular bowel action. The note extols lemons as rich in vitamin C and B, boosts appetite, aids digestion, and provides a refreshing wake-up effect, recommending California Sunkist lemons.
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Sunkist
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U.N
Pa Knickerbocker
California
Gothem
Philadelphia
Grogan’s
Brotherhood of Man
Busy Bee
Grant
Beekman Place
Western Newspaper Union
Virginia Wale
Tom Conway
Sherlock Holmes
ABC
Ture
Basil Rathbone
Conway
Sherlock
George Sanders
Kay Gorcey
Groucho Marx
Sam Coslow
Ken Niles
Suspense
Robert Mitchum
RKO
Lowell ‘Thomas
Alaska
Princeton
Chét Lauck
Tuffy Goff
Lum
Abner
Ruth Parrot
20Th Century-Fox
Chet
Tuffy
Fog
iWin
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
California Sunkist
St.Joseph
America
Dalome
Safe and Sound
U. S
Aera
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