Pro Football Duopoly Seen as Future In Nation’s Sports Boom
Grantland Rice argues the United States can sustain two major pro football leagues alongside baseball. He notes the New York Giants and Cleveland Browns drawing large crowds, with league rivalry boosting interest. Rice suggests a postseason championship between leagues could replicate baseball’s success.
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New York Giants
Yankees
Dodgers
Polo Grounds
Cleveland Browns
Los Angeles
Giants
Army Twins Blanchard and Davis Stand Alone in Football
The article ranks Army backfield pair Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis alongside historic duos from Carlisle Yale Michigan and Notre Dame but party cites no other duo matching their all around ability. It highlights both players speed blocking passing tackling kicking stamina and durability and notes their sustained dominance across three seasons.
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Blanchard
Davis
Army
al Smith
Carlisle
Indians
Thorpe
Guyon
Warward
Mann
Brickley
Yale
Coy
Philbin
Michigan
Heston
Boss Weeks
Cornell
Pfann
Raw
Pennsylvania
Hollenback
Manier
Stanford
Grayson
Hamilton
Notre Dame
Minnesota
Tennessee
Alabama
Doc Blanchard
Glenn Davis
Neyland Returns to Coaching Leads Volunteers in South
General Neyland, a former West Point adviser, leaves coaching in 1942 for army duty and returns to lead Tennessee. In his first season back, Neyland’s Volunteers top the Southern standings, edging Georgia led by Wally Butt in the race for supremacy.
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Bob Neyland
Tennessee
Neyland
South
Wally Butt
Georgia
Empty Inside and a Scales Fault
Two boys watch a stout woman step on a faulty scale reading 75 pounds. They react with surprise and humor at the unusual measurement.
Voice of Experience on Bigamy Question
The column humorously asks if bigamy is simply having one wife too many and answers that a man may have more than one wife without committing bigamy, offering a playful explanation about marital status.
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Steven Gates
Kate
Nellie
Steven
Single Blessedness in a Hearthside Quarrel
A domestic squabble echoes in a chatty moment between a speaker and companion. The line contrasts human discord with a dog and cat at peace by the hearth and ends with a wry remark about unity and friction.
Just a Little Chat About a Neighbor Visitor
A wife explains her husband was talking with Mrs. Jones outside for an hour because she had no time to come in. The exchange underscores a brief domestic moment over neighborly visits.
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Mrs. Jones
Teasing Tales From a Wild Classroom
Cartoonish dialogue depicts a chaotic school scene with a teacher frustrated by students and a sudden dash for a dramatic prize. Names like Johnny Smith Minnie Potter Steven Gates Jasper Loobey appear as pupils reveal comic misunderstandings and attempts to escape chores.
Not So Wild a Dream and Other Showbiz Snippets
A collage of 1940s entertainment notes on Eric Sevareid’s autobiography Not So Wild a Dream and other Hollywood items. Headlines discuss Van Johnson, Martha Montgomery, Helen Nielson, Veronica Lake kinship, David Niven’s Santa Monica home, Bette Davis future comedy plans, War ner Bros. casting trials, and Skitch Henderson’s shift from classical to jazz.
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Eric Sevareid
South Dakota
CBS
Sevareid
France
England
China
Italy
Germany
Burma
David Niven
Santa Monica
Niven
Goldwyn
Bishop
British Rifle Brigade
Trygve Lie and World Fair site antics raise questions
The piece playfully questions if Trygve Lie will perform a fan dance after the Long Island World Fair grounds were accepted by the United Nations. It also jests about concessionaires and mocks radio rhetoric while alluding to Goering and theatrical figures in a wry, era-tinged tone.
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Long Island
N. Y
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Nuernberg
Goering
Jimmy Byrnes
Lady Windermere
Supreme Court Tensions Reported at New Session Start
News notes Justice Robert Jackson and Justice Hugo Black ignore each other as the new session opens. They sat apart and spoke not a word, prompting reflections on unity at the high court and comparisons to disorder in Hollywood.
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Robert Jackson
Hugo Black
Supreme Court
Rich special gowns and star readying for Dark Passage
Richard Neuann creates 20 gowns for Lauren Bacall to wear opposite Humphrey Bogart in Dark Passage. Ida Lupino trains to stutter for Deep Valley. Linda Darnell loses 20 pounds for Forever Amber. Rory Mallinson family relocates to a Griffith Park Quon hut improving living. Jay Norris inherits a hotel in Albany after housing troubles.
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Richard Neunan
Lauren Bacall
Humphrey Bogart
Ida Lupino
Warner Bros
Jay Norris
RKO
Albany
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Janet Blair
Hollywood Little Theatre
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