Sports in wartime era affects on Brown teams and local league
Wartime priorities force racing bans and shift sports in 1945. Public support for continuing athletics remains high as players, veterans and teens adapt. Wiregrass Basketball League resumes with eight to nine games and a two-division title tournament planned. Verna Stephens earns 1944 AL RBI crown for St. Louis Browns with 109. Boxing in 1944 shows growth despite war, featuring Tiger Flowers. Transportation shortages strain high school sports, yet schedules proceed with careful planning.
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Stephens
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Capacity Crowd Seen For Blue-Gray Game
In Montgomery Alabama Blue-Gray officials predicted a capacity turnout of 22 500 for the renewed North South football series barring bad weather. Ticket sales suggest crowd sizes may exceed the 18 000 who watched the 1942 game the largest in Blue-Gray history. North and South squads were called out for a final workout with last minute drills as both teams prepare for a fast running and passing contest with several potential scores.
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Montgomery
Ala
Marianna Pecan Sales Run High
Pecan sales at the State Partner's market in Marianna totaled 6,251 pounds before Christmas. Top price 25 cents for Stuarts No 1, 23 cents for Stuarts No 2. Other varieties listed at 20 for Mowey makers Curtis large mixed Russel, 17 for Van Demans land mixed, 15 and 1/2 for seedlings per pound. Prices expected to hold through December 30. Cooperative sales ended weeks ago but market will keep buying and selling pecans in the area.
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Reds Manager Visits Giants Office For 1945 Outlook
Cincinnati Reds manager Bill McKechnie called on the New York Giants for a social visit and shared his expectation that baseball will be played in 1945. A separate note mentions African tribesmen attributing illness to a moon tilt.
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Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants
Thomas clan eyes Alabama Sugar Bowl future
Baton Rouge reports Frank Thomas hails as top coach by a Tide fan, while his 13-year-old son Tommy dreams of West Point and Alabama. The elder Thomas runs Alabama football as the team tunes up for the Sugar Bowl with Duke, injury updates on Pearl and Hite noted ahead of New Orleans trip.
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Dukes Half Rough Work For Tide Tilt
Duke drills for Sugar Bowl tilt with Alabama as Eddie Cameron tightens pass defense. Duke plans New Orleans trip with 5 coaches and 38 players. final workout set in the bowl stadium Sunday afternoon.
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National Job Budget Proposed as Eight Point Plan
Secretary Claude Wickard outlined an eight point program for agriculture emphasizing full production, equal living standards for farm and city families, soil conservation, farmer protections, forest conservation, support for family sized farms, and reclamation of marginal lands, shaping postwar policy discussions.
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Claude Wickard
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Japanese Soldier Compared To Doughboy In WWII Report
An OWL report outlines the characteristics of Japanese soldiers and American Doughboys, noting similarities in height and weight but finds the belief in Japanese inferiority unfounded. It states the average Japanese recruit has about two years of high school education and has trained for military life since age fourteen.
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Teagle Is Souths Top Tennis Player
Jack Teagle of Atlanta and Doris Hart of Miami lead the 1944 Southern Lawn Tennis Association rankings. Hart repeats as top rated woman for the second year, while Teagle, Georgia champion, rose from fifth last year as he dominates southern singles. The article notes Hart did not compete in this year’s southern tournament.
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Tenn. Tap
Jack, Teagle
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Doris Hart
Miami
Southern Lawn Tennis Association
Teagle
Georgia
Miss Hart
Date of Christmas Celebrated and Postwar Agriculture Plan
The article traces Christmas celebration to December 25 with AD 354 as the established date and notes earlier alternatives. It then outlines postwar agricultural objectives linking farm product marketing to national employment, medical care, and housing, plus rural electrification and conservation of water and forests within a broader plan for a better postwar world.
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Home
Orange Bowl Coaches Fear Hard Game With TCU
Orange Bowl buildup centers on Aggie coach and rivals as Tulsa and Georgia Tech clash. Coaches anticipate a strategic, tough matchup with Tulsa, while Texas A&M and Oklahoma A&M prepare and ticket sales rise for the event in Miami.
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TCU
Trojan Passes May Defeat Tenn Vols
Pasadena reports a Rose Bowl preview pitting USC star Jim Hardy against Tennessee freshman Buster Stephens. Hardy leads with passing, completing 43 of 102 for 684 yards and eight touchdowns, while Stephens has 641 rushing yards on 101 carries as both teams prepare for the showdown.
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Cal
California
Tennessee
Trojan
Jim Hardy
Buster Stephens
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Trojans
Gam Hardy
Southern Califor
Hardy
Ad Solves Problem Of Trip To Miami
AP report describes a convoluted tale involving Atlanta residents and a planned trip to Miami. The narrative mentions Mrs FD, Georgia, and a final dance before graduation, ending with assurances of a ride and questions about admissibility.
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