Phil Baker returns to New York with a national IQ take
After six months in Hollywood Phil Baker comes back to New York with a guarded view of national intelligence. He will host Take It or Leave It Sundays at the CBS studio as he weighs East versus West in a lighthearted private survey.
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Football league eyes 1943 season amid postwar challenges
The National Football League plans for 1943 with eight active teams and a possible 11 franchises overall. Elmer Layden says competition remains strong and pro football will prove resilient. Boston gains a 1944 franchise at Fenway Park while new bids from Don Ameche and Charles Murray face study for transportation and scheduling. Lou Saban enters military service as Indiana’s 1943 football captain.
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Breaks of War Shape Giants and Browns in Baseball War Talk
An article surveys 11 managers across the two leagues arguing war breaks have hit the Giants and Browns hardest. It notes big losses to offense and pitching, modest damage to Cardinals Yankees and Dodgers, and praises Frank Frisch and Billy Southworth for wartime management shaping outcomes.
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Hollywood notes on Koster Paster nakk and film items
Henry Koster and Joseph Paster nak reunite on Music for Millions at Metro with Lana Turner. The piece notes a bronze bell from Lima Peru for La Purisima Mission at Lompoc echoing in For Whom the Bell Tolls, and mentions 35 crew on the film after Menzies designs.
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Sarazen Names All Time US Golf Ranking
Gene Sarazen gives an all time US golf ranking highlighting Bobby Jones as top wooden club player and praising Jones long straight game. He lists Byron Nelson Ben Hogan Walter Hagen Horton Smith and others with brief notes on their strengths and Jones’ dominance in the 1920s.
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Trivia Quiz Riddles and Historic References
The item lists eight questions covering iceberg visibility, states meeting at right angles, Guam's acquisition after a war, colonel command duties, a treason trial of a vice president, duration of the dog watch, the Sermon on the Mount declarations, and a famous poem line about not replying or reasoning why.
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Quiz Answers Reveal 19th Century US History Touchstones
One ninth. Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. Spanish American War. A regiment. Aaron Burr. Two hours. Beatitudes. The Charge of the Light Brigade.
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