Conerly Injured As Mississippi Fights For SEC Title
Southeastern Conference notes from Atlanta report Mississippi star Charley Conerly sidelined with a bruised leg after setting a national record for pass completions. Coach Vaught cautious as Mississippi prepares for a pivotal showdown with Mississippi State. Tom McWilliams also sidelined for Mississippi State. Alabama drills hard for LSU game. Tulane prep against Notre Dame in heavy rain.
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Fliers Play Final Home Till Thursday
Midland City Fliers meet Barnour County High School at 7 20 p m in their last home game of the season. Coach Roy Knapp faces injuries but hopes for an upset win over Clio. Key passing combination DeWitt Thompson to Jack Beasley could spark a victory with 12 men. Starting lineup includes M King Paramore Weemans D York Hicks Parker Mathis Crosby Edwards Thompson Beasley.
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Jacksonville State Faces Middle Georgia In Key Test
Jacksonville State Teachers College seeks to extend an unbeaten season against Middle Georgia College in Jacksonville. Coach Don Salls expects the toughest game yet after Middle Georgia’s 21-6 win over Troy. Reader notes star freshman John Williams with 566 rushing yards in six games as the Teachers also beat Gordon Military College and Pembroke College.
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Tiger Bees At Ashford In Strongest Test Of Season
The Dothan Bees travel to Ashford to face the undefeated Yellow Jackets led by Coach Bill Lewis in their sixth game and final road test before the season finale with Newville on Nov 25 at Wiregrass Stadium. The Bees, 3-2 in five games, must match Ashford’s high scoring offense as they prepare under Rip Hewes, Clarence Harkins, and Jack Howater for Friday’s tough conference tilt.
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Tide seniors in LSU battle at home
Fourteen Alabama seniors will make final appearance before home fans as Alabama seeks its fifth straight SEC win against LSU on Saturday. Veterans include tackles Tom Whitley and Charley Compton, guards Joan Wozniak and Bruno Filippini, centers Vaughn Mancha and Heb Chapman, backs Hugh Morrow and Harry Gilmer among others who finish careers after wartime service.
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Jackets Lead Six Man League as Wildcats and Bobcats Close
Weather-delayed play leaves Iuannaha Yellow Jackets atop Capt. Jimmy Loftin's City Six Man Football League with one win and no losses. Southside Wildcats and James Underwood's Bobcats trail with two wins and one loss each, as seven days of play wrap up. Schedule runs through December 12 with city championship playoffs starting December 14. Crawford Mosley notes rainouts may shift to Saturdays or nights, with a final decision pending.
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Michigan Seeks 400 Yard Offense Milestone This Season
Michigan aims to become the first Big Nine team to finish a season averaging 400 or more total offensive yards per game. After a 40-6 win over Wisconsin, Michigan climbs to 408 yards per game, leading in total offense a week after switching spots with Detroit. Notre Dame sits third, Indiana rises to second in aerial yardage after a 380 yard game, while Detroit remains the top rushing team at 316 yards per game.
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Lions Club plays tickets go on sale this week
Season tickets for the Lions Club sponsored play series go on sale at Cash Drug Store and via Dothan Service League chair Mrs Wilton Sturges Jr. Single tickets are not sold. Prices are six dollars each. First show Dream Girl December at the city auditorium. Made In Heaven January 13. Kiss and Tell February 2. Proceeds aid the Lions Club blind fund with help from the Dothan Service League.
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Mississippi Senator To Get Office Today
Washington AP reports Mississippi's new Senator John C. Stennis may move into his Senate office today as a shortage of offices and housing creates delays. His staff share a telephone with the Senate Armed Services committee and a desk drawer with Senator Eastland as they await space.
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National anthem melody shared by empires Denmark and Switzerland
The music of My Country, Tis of Thee is also the tune used for the national anthems of the British Empire Denmark and Switzerland.
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Auburn President Denil Voyles Rumor Denial
Auburn acting President Ralph Draughon denies rumors Auburn will fire coach Carl Voyles. He says the faculty advisory committee will support the team this season and evaluate after it ends. Voyles, in his fourth year, has a contract to April 14, 1950, and plans to coach two more seasons. Auburn finishes the season with Clemson after defeats and victories this year.
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First American medical book by Aztec authors around 1550
The first American medical book was authored by two Aztec figures around 1550. The Smithsonian Institution holds a photographic copy of this early medical work.
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Rice lineman Joe Watson named AP Lineman of the Week
Joe Watson of Rice, a 223 pound center, was chosen as the AP football lineman of the week for his standout play against Texas A&M. He starred on offense and defense, becoming the fifth lineman and third center honored this season, with praise from observers for his blocking and linebacking.
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Model Mile Road Opens Linking St Augustine and Jacksonville
Officials from St Augustine and Jacksonville gathered in Florida to celebrate the opening of a Model mile roadway described as among the finest highway engineering seats in the country. The new thoroughfare serves as an approach to the link between the two cities with city and state leaders attending a St Augustine day luncheon in South Jacksonville following the opening.
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Gargantua And Toto May Adopt A Congo Baby
The Ringling Bros. circus gorillas Gargantua and Toto may adopt a baby from the Belgian Congo. Circus President John Ringling North said the famed apes, who joined in 1937 and 1941, have had no offspring and live in air conditioned cages under the big tent. The note ends with a stray ancient Egypt tax reference.
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Public Hospitals Okayed In Florida
Tallahassee reports St. Petersburg and Gadsden County received State Improvement Commission approval for hospital projects under the joint federal state financing plan. Each request seeks 200000 dollars for a crippled children’s hospital in St. Petersburg and a 60 bed hospital for Gadsden County. Final approval now rests with the surgeon general in Washington and the U S Public Health Service.
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Fireworks Fizzle As P G A Settles Family Row Quietly
CHICAGO AP The Professional Golfers Association cooled a family trouble including Vic Ghezzi's Ryder team selection concerns. Ben Hogan planned a man to man talk with Freddie Corcoran, who denied trying to unseat Ed Dudley. Corcoran remained in New York, not expected to appear. Dudley elected president for the seventh year as Horton Smith faction failed. Officials prepared a 1948 schedule of 38 tournaments with $550000 in prize money awaiting sanction.
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Four Navy Recruits Complete San Diego Boot Training
Four men who enlisted in the Navy through the Dothan recruiting station this past August completed recruit training at the Naval Training Center in San Diego California according to officials here. The men are Herbert D Hall of Dothan Route One and Edward Hunter Toole of Colquitt Route Five Georgia and others unnamed in the report.
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Blondie Kis Moment and Land Rush at Kis Spot
Friday and Saturday feature The Herder Bandit and Hi Neighbor with Arthur Lake Penny Singleton in Blondie Kis Moment and Chas Starrett Smiley Burnette in Land Rush Wednesday and Thursday pair Claudette Colbert Walter Pidgeon June Allyson in The Secret Heart
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Behrens 18 Tops St. as Senne Leads Southern Pine Ranking
Behrens shines by topping St. and seizing top spot in the Southern Pine ranking. Lew Mi secures high finish as the season’s standings shift with new top scorer, while the event highlights shift in regional athletic power.
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