Baseball Prepares For New Year’s Day of Its Own Tuesday
New York AP report notes major leagues will hold a joint meeting with commissioner Landis in Chicago to decide 1563 calendar decisions. Details hinge on emergency session, with possible shift from suggested policy to rigid restrictions.
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Chicago
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Joesph B
East
Heshesr
Boston Red Sox
Tufts College
Medford
Mass
Baseball League Schedule Rules And Training Camps
Conflicting club plans and approaching season prompts debate over rules for travel squads and training camps. Proposals from FA ward G Barrow and others seek earlier start dates and exceptions to roster limits as national and regional leagues consider flexibility before opening day.
Sinkwich to Seek Movie Laurels Soon
Hollywood AP reports Frankie Sinkwich Georgia All America star will likely star in a film between now and March as he enters the Marines. President Co of Columbia studio aims for a grid story in the vein of Tom Harmon’s 1940s film. Sinkwich’s wife Adaline previously declined a dance role in a movie musical.
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Frankie J Sinkwich
Georgia
Harry Coa
Columbia
Beturday Sinkwich
UCLA
Marines
Tom Harmon
Michigan
Came
Frankie
Adaline
256 Recordings Made By Soldiers
The Dothan USO center at the Episcopal Church of the Nativity announced 256 letters on records for service men in Dothan and nearby. More recordings will be received next week and the public is invited to contribute, with the UO providing free equipment. Of the 258 recorded so far some are conversations among soldiers, others Christmas carols, and one trumpet solo of a mother’s favorite song. The 8th Chemical Battalion band from Camp Rucker also recorded music for families.
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Dothan
8Th Chemical Battalion
Camp Rucker
Texas Negroes Win Vulcan Bowl Game
In Birmingham the Texas College eleven came from behind to defeat Tuskegee Institute 13 to 30 in the Vulcan Bowl before about 6,008 fans. Tuskegee scored all its points early before the Steers mounted a comeback, with Ralph Aflen sprinting 61 yards for the winning score in the third period.
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Texas College
Tuskegee Institute
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Trippi Praised as Best Back Seen on Coast
Sports observers and fans in Pasadena rate Charlie Trippi of Pittston Pa the standout back in the Rose Bowl after he helped Georgia gain 116 of 212 rushing yards. Georgia’s Red Boyd tied a career high by blocking UCLA’s kick. Sinkwich’s ankles hamper his game yet he remains a strong offensive threat.
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Thrill Packed Bow Games Open New Year Bowling Argument
A roundup of New Year bowl games with thrilling finishes across the South and nation. Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Boston College staged late comebacks while Texas College and A and T College won Vulcan and Jacksonville bowls respectively. Multiple crowds attended, with key performances by Frankie Sinkwich and notable defenses shaping the outcomes.
Charity Game Nets Largest Take Yet
SAN FRANCISCO AP The Shrine East-West football classic on New Year’s Day netted about 65 000, the largest since the game began in 1925. Wil lem Coffman, managing director, said roughly half goes to the Shrine Hospital for crippled children in the area and half to War Relief. Attendance reached 59 000, not a sellout but receipts rose mainly due to a lighter price boost.
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Willem Coffman
Shrine Hospital
Truckers Urged to Record Operations for War Necessity Licenses
ODT examiner John Baggett urged truck operators with War Necessity Certificates to log mileage tonnage fuel use and trips on the back of their certificates. Many applicants were filed at the county agent’s office and the Chamber of Commerce, with more to follow in Montgomery Geneva and Ozark.
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John Baggett
Chamber of Commerce
Examiner
Montgomery
Dothan
Houston County
Willer
Geneva
Ozark
State Quota Set For WAAC Recruits in Alabama
A quota of 1588 WAAC recruits was allocated to Alabama as part of the Fourth Service Command's 9000 WAAC to be inducted by March 31. Sergeant Franklin B. Dykes of the Dothan Army recruiting station announced the figure yesterday. It remained unclear when the statewide quota would be filled. Alabama has five recruiting stations.
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Fourth Service Command
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Dothan
De Gaulle Proposes Unified French War Effort in Africa
In a blunt statement the Fighting French leader Gen Charles De Gaulle disclosed he invited Gen Henri Giraud on Christmas Day to meet immediately to unify the French war effort. He said Giraud’s silence hinders unity of anti‑Axis Frenchmen and a temporary government. The plan envisions a central power in French North and West Africa under laws of the republic until liberation is achieved.
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London
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French Africa
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Alabama State Guard Unit To Drill Today
Alabama State Guard Company 03 will drill eight hours today at the Armory from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with the public invited to witness the drills in the afternoon. Luncheon will be served for members. The unit roster includes Captain J. N. Massee and several lieutenants, sergeants, corporals, and privates.
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Stewart Coleman
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Bryant Whitaker
J. Theodore Jackson
L D. Collier
Raymond Paul Clark
Howard Odom
Billi Payne
Raymond Edmon Peterman
Merlin Paulk
Reymond Nathan Herrington
Willam Worsham Dunning
Potacey
Tirona Chumney
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William Jackson
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Chute To Safety As Bomber Crashes
A B 24 bomber from Scott Field crashed near Granite City after a routine training flight from Alamogordo New Mexico. Three men died in the wreck while 18 crew members parachuted to safety. two fell to earth and one corpse was found in the burning fuselage. The survivors were en route to Topeka Kansas as weather forced a course change.
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Rucker Seeks Four Acres in Dale County Condemnation
War Department begins condemnation to acquire four acres of land owned by Mrs L L Godwin and the Goft Mercantile Co in Enterprise Dale County near Camp Rucker. A twenty dollar compensation fund is filed. Also noted is a shift of factory machinery from wagon bodies to glider parts and a 1942 wartime remark about meeting General Giraud in France.
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Goft Mercantile Company
Enterprise
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Dale County
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Ross Awarded Sports Honor For Heroism
Cory Barnay Heag received the Athletic Round Table fourth annual award for outstanding individual contributions to sports. President Joe Alban cited his bravery in a belair with Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands as a key reason for the honor. Frankie Sinkwich and Jon Louie ranked high in the balloting, with Floyd Olds quoted praising athletes who serve.
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Message to Hirohito and Tojo Amid Pacific War Rhetoric
An excerpt shows Captain Miles Browning and Admiral Helsey debating messages to Japanese leaders. The exchange includes warnings to Hirohito And Tojo, pledges of American resolve, and references to rescuing civilians as the war in the South Pacific intensifies.
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Liberty for the boys and brave navy in Tokyo
An interview with Admiral Halsey discusses air power, materiel shortages, and offensives in the war. He praises Navy personnel in the Pacific as superb and reliable, calls for liberty for the fighting forces, and hints at striking liberty towns in Tokyo while acknowledging the courage of U.S. sailors and officers.
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Finns Deny Toast To Dec 7 Infamy
Helsingin Sanomat the national progressive party accused the United States press and radio of misrepresenting what happened when the Japanese hero showed Finnish government members films of Pearl Harbor. The paper said the film did not inspire any political demonstration and that applause was mere politeness.
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