Postwar pro basketball a new idea in war era
Sports columnist envisions basketball as a major postwar pro sport aided by army and navy teams. He cites service squads like Great Lakes Norfolk and St Marys Pre-flight, notes star players from Basic Training Center No. 10 and urges a high commissioner to govern the league, with Army Navy benefits and possible Garden showdowns.
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Sergt. Herb. Goren
N. Y. Sun
Greensboro
N. C
Goren
Army
Navy
Red Cross
Great Lakes
Midwest
Norfolk Naval Training Station
Mitchel Field
Atlantic
Army Air Forces
Tobacco Belt
St. Mary’s
Pacific
Landis
Sergt
Herb Goren
Basic Training Center No
Pfc
George Senesky
St. Joseph’s
Philadelphia
Pic
George Mahnken
Georgetown
Dick Gray
Villanova
Senesky
Mahnken
John
Infantry You March Fight and Do Much More
An infantry regiment trains as a self contained unit capable of repairing its arms and vehicles, provisioning itself, setting up radio networks, and calling in air support. It emphasizes rigorous physical training, map reading, tactics, discipline, and field craft over two years of demanding drills and endurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Army
Tennessee
Briars
Gay Gadgets and Fashion Tricks From A Rusty Page
A whimsical roundup offers DIY beauty tips and accessories from a past era. Comical cones filled with wax simulate decorative toppers, baby bead name bracelets, lace hem hints, faux seam lines, charm necklaces, silhouette stationery art, and playful pencil and paper bead crafts.
Make a Closet Space With Thought and Style
The article urges the meticulous housekeeper to create organized closet space using curtained corners, matching valances, and coordinated closet ensembles. It suggests practical touches like cotton gabardine hangers, hat boxes, giant shoe bags, and umbrella holders with tiny pockets for rubbers to keep everything in its place.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Navy commander denies rumor on sports stance
Comdr. Gene Tunney, back from the South Pacific, says reports that he opposes competitive sport are entirely wrong and asserts the Navy encourages competitive baseball basketball and track. He emphasizes active support for athletic programs within naval duties.
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Gene ‘Tunney
South Pacific
Navy
Ofis
Minute Make Ups By Gabrielle
Do you know that vinegar rinses darken light hair and lemon rinses give bright highlights. One lemon juice can suffice with one pint of water for the rinse. Hard water removes color from hair, but boiling softens it. Bluing in the last rinse keeps white hair from yellowing. Ledger Syndicate WNU Features.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Births in Bermuda Hit All Time High of 955
Hamilton Bermuda reports 955 births in the last year, the highest on record for Bermuda with about 21 percent of births classified as illegitimate. The island, home to roughly 35 000 permanent residents within 1800 square miles, faces population pressures from nearby U S bases.
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Bermuda
Hamilton
United States
Soldiers Buy War Bonds Through Monthly Pay Deductions
War bond purchasers across the army are setting aside about 30 million dollars monthly to fund arms, with one in three soldiers investing. From April to November 1943, investments totaled 197,086,568 dollars. December bonds issued numbered 1,005,505 and January was expected to rise. The largest single plan uses 18.75 dollars monthly for a 25 dollar bond, accounting for over a fifth of investors who put in 11,485,452 dollars in November.
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War Department
Army War Bond Office
Army Service Forces
Chicago
Illinois
Army
WAC
Union
Veteran workers lead Borg-Warner plant to Army Navy E award
Through three wars veteran toolmaker Klasi and president Perry run the Ithaca New York Morse Chain plant. They have served since 1880s through Spanish American and World Wars and into the present conflict. Their plant is among eight Borg Warner plants to receive the Army Navy E award.
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D. B. Perry
Augustus I.’. Klasi
Ithaca, N. Y
Klasi
Perry
Morse Chain Company
Borg-Warner
81 Traffic Tickets Cost Driver 418 and His Car
Philadelphia. John Craig Huff, 57, faced 81 traffic violations in five months. Magistrate John J. O'Malley fined him 418 dollars and ordered sale of his automobiles within a week, with jail if not done. Each offense carried minimum penalties of 2.67 and 2.50 costs.
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Philadelphia
John Craig Huff
John J. O'Malley
O'Malley
Huff
Crowds Gawk as Bear Perches on Man’s Shoulders
Rufus Wells draws crowds in Knoxville as a small American honey bear with a weasel like head clings to his shoulders and nibbles candy. The bear was found in Venezuela when about thirty days old.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Rufus Wells
Wells
Venezuela
Admiral Raymond Spruance A Navy Leader In War
In 1917 the United States Navy promoted Walter Spruance, a Brooklyn navy yard graduate, to electrical superintendent after helping build the Pennsylvania. By 1942 he and Fletcher repelled the Japs at Midway and he led the Gilberts' conquest. Now 57, he is recommended for admiral for wartime success. The Spruance family includes a wife, a daughter, and a son serving as a submarine officer.
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York
United States
Navy
Brooklyn
Spruance
Almapolis
Pennsylvania
Powers
Roosevelt
Marshall Islands
Fletcher
Midway
Gilberts
Spruances
Pacific Coast
Marshall and his audience wife shape wartime discourse
Mrs. George C. Marshall quietly listens as the general voices his wartime problems aloud, a familiar dynamic from their marriage. Col. Ruth Streeter earns praise from Gen Vandegrift on a first Marine Women’s Reserve birthday, reflecting changes in women’s roles in the armed forces.
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George C. Marshall
Army
Mansfield
Baltimore
Portia
Juliet
Rosalind
Ophelia
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Marine Corps
Women’s Reserve
Ruth Cheney Streeter
Missouri
Reserve
Washington
Marines
Morristown
N. J
Navy
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