Spring practice roars as football squads eye 1946 season
The piece notes record spring practice rosters across Florida, Georgia, Alabama and the Carolinas with 125 to 175 players. It cites Georgia coach Wally Butts optimistic about the 1946 Bulldogs behind Trippi and a strong line, while Alabama and Oklahoma A&M face potential losses of Gilmer and Fenimore to the draft. It also covers Florida, Miami, North Carolina, Tennessee, Duke, Tulane prospects, Notre Dame optimism, Army and Navy lines, and Coach Tom Hamilton’s Navy squad.
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Southeast
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Carolinas
Wally Butts
Bulldogs
Wally
Trippi
Oklahoma A
L.S.A
Ray Wolf
Miami University
Holy Cross
Snuffy Stirnweiss
North Carolina
Justice
Chapel Hill
Carl Snagely
Bob Neyland
Tennessee
Wallace Wade
Duke
Southern
Neyland
Wade
Frank Thomas
Gilmer
Henry Frnka
Tulane
Notre Dame
Frank Leahy
Leahy
Kelly
Mello
South Bend
Notre
Army
Tom Hamilton
Navy
Hamilton
Hamilton's wartime impact on college football praised
A columnist credits Hamilton as the key figure who saved college football during the war. He argues he did more for the cause than three others known to him. The piece notes Michigan faces draft-related trouble with a very young team.
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Hamilton
Michigan
Fritz Crisler
Wolverines
Strange wedding question from a girl to her grandfather
A young girl asks her grandfather how old a girl must be to marry. He answers that she must be old enough yet young enough and wise enough yet dumb enough to hate a man until he catches her.
Pompous dentist gets village druggist advice
A joke outlines a new patient saying the druggist advised him to visit the dentist. The dentist asks about prior advice and the patient reveals it came from the druggist, prompting a humorous jab at professional arrogance.
Right Answer Psychiatric Board Test Question
A historical line notes a psychiatric board administering a mental test to a Black man. The examiner asks if he ever hears voices without identifiable speakers or origins. The man replies yes, and the question is when it occurs, to which he answers when he answers the telephone.
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Psychiatric Board
Timber work on poles sparks car joke incident
Betty, driving past a crew repairing telephone lines, saw three men climbing poles and quipped about their nuts. The remark followed by laughter highlights a light moment during the repair work.
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Betty
Institution Advice Sparks Banter Between Old Man and Suitor
In a humorous exchange, a man urges marriage as a stable institution while the other quips he is not yet ready. The light dialogue plays on social expectations around wedlock and commitment.
Morale rises as OPA frees hammocks and fly swatters
The OPA removes price controls on hammocks fly swatters decorative sofa pillows and whittling knives promising a morale boost. The move is hailed as a humane act of the Truman administration with waves of relief across the nation and a drop in public complaints by 54 percent.
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OPA
Truman
General insists on immediate attack despite Captain opposition
The General orders an assault on a town beyond the mountain with three river crossings. Captain objects and seeks a two week postponement. The General overrules, demands immediate action, and a back and forth ensues over timings and parliamentary conduct.
National Game Sketches and Baseball Passes in Public Life
Ima Dodo notes the Mexican opening cry for baseball as Play ball. President Truman has received free passes to ball games in both big leagues. The piece suggests the Big Three meetings will be delayed until next winter.
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Mexico
Truman
Yowll picks Hepburn as favorite star and more
The column riffs on John Kieran favorites Kate Hepburn and a cartoon strip rabbit. It mentions William Allen White’s Autobiography, Agnes Reilly childhood memories, Ima Dodo’s popularity, and a quip about printing a facsimile newspaper on a radio set. It notes a cancelled edition due to a special feature broadcast.
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John Kieran
Kate Hepburn
William Allen White
Agnes Reilly
Stages Screen Radio Released by Western Newspaper Union
Virginia Vale reports the Western Newspaper Union releases a new stage screen radio item. The notice highlights a media product and its distribution details.
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Western Newspaper Union
Radio Stars and Milestones Mark 15 Years on CBS
The piece highlights Kate Smith’s 6300 appearances for charity during CBS years and notes Warner Bros plans a four month 20th anniversary of talking pictures starting August 6. It also mentions radio programs and personalities Cecil Roy Nan Merriam Evelyn Knight Ralph Edwards and Buster Roos, plus fund drives for the American Cancer Society.
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CBS
Kate Smith
Warner Bros
Warner Theater
New York
Hollywood Notes on Gowns and Gofers in New York
Columbia Pictures sought eight gorgeous goddesses for Down to Earth with 200 applicants. Gene Kelly, in uniform, visited Emmett Kelly backstage at the circus with his daughter. Metro hosted a cocktail party for Van Johnson where milk cost $2.40. Janis Lage wore a 30 pound black glass bead dress in Her Kind of Man.
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Columbia Pictures
Gene Kelly
New York
Emmett Kelly
Metro
van Johnson
Van
Janis Lage
Peacock chair set crochet pattern and children's frock
Framed as a crochet and embroidery offer, the text markets a Peacock Chair Set pattern No. 5092 with a pineapple crochet tail design and requests 20 cents, name, address, and pattern number for complete instructions. It also advertises a baby’s drawstring frock with wing sleeves, ribbon trim, duck applique and easy laundering for warm weather.
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Virginia Vale
Mutual
Stan Fritts
Elizabeth
N. J
Cecil Roy
Nan Merriam
National Federation of Music Clubs
NBC
Evelyn Knight
Lanny Ross
Brazil
Ralph Edwards
Buster Roos
Ralph
American Cancer Society
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