Power in South leads 1951 college football race
North Carolina sports brief surveys the 15,000 players across 300 plus NCAA colleges, forecasting the South Midwest and Southwest as top battlegrounds. It highlights teams like Tennessee Alabama Kentucky Miami North Carolina and Texas A M Baylor Oklahoma as likely strong contenders with Texas A M favored in the Southwest. It also notes Army’s collapse reshaping East competition and names Hall of Fame and Tom Fool among Saratoga’s notable horses.
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Midwest
Army Pennsylvania
Cornell
Navy
Princeton
Villanova
Pennsylvania
Yale
Dartmouth
Columbia
Far West
Washington
California
U.C.L.A
Red Sanders
South
Southwest
Tennessee
Alabama
Kentucky
Miami
North Carolina
Ohio State
Michigan State
Notre Dame
Wisconsin
Michigan
Texas A
Baylor
Texas
Oklahoma
T.C.U
Rice
S.M.U
New York
Saratoga
John Gaver
Whitney
Greentree
Hall of Fame
Tom Fool
Shining Lights
John B. Campbell
Mr. Campbell
Uncle Millie
Battlefield
Miltie
Freedom Theme Defines National Newspaper Week October 1 8
The piece marks National Newspaper Week from October 1 to 8 with a focus on the press as a pillar of liberty. It argues free speech, press independence, and local reporting shape democracy, citing Napolean and noting challenges from communities silencing papers. The article previews readers learning how papers operate and their role in towns.
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America
Congress
Napoleon
France
Newpaper
Melrose
Wis
Farm groups back big cotton growers amid law boost
A special law expanding cotton acreage gains backing from farm organizations despite warnings from the Department of Agriculture. The result is a bumper 17 billion bales crop with a price drop of about 60 dollars per bale, hurting smaller growers. Proposals call for government actions to stockpile and subsidize cotton, potentially raising textile prices and increasing tax money for subsidies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Department of Defense
Veterans question box and VA policy updates
Veterans may start fall GI training with a supplemental eligibility certificate if enrolled by the institution’s fall 1951 52 start date and applications submitted before enrollment. A winter army air force exercise near Watertown NY tests winter operations and combat simulation. A Q and A covers GI term policy lapse vs expire, using GI loan for paving, burial flag to next of kin, and VA disability rating adjustments with changes in severity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
New York
Department of Defense
N. Dak
Mal
Dexter
New Mesxico
Much of the World Has No Free Press
The article notes global and domestic press restrictions. It cites iron curtain propaganda use, limits in Argentina India Egypt Venezuela Mexico, and isolated U S state bills in Florida and Wisconsin aimed at licensing or silencing newspapers, warning the ongoing struggle for press freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
India
Egypt
Venezuela
Mexico
United States
Florida
Wisconsin
Navy to Build Detroit Jet Engine Plant for Defense
The Navy will construct a 30 million dollar plant near Detroit Michigan for assembling and testing jet aircraft engines for the Department of Defense. Chrysler Corporation will operate the facility while defense needs continue. Upon completion early in 1953 thousands will be employed locally and parts will be made elsewhere. Separately the Defense Department runs 44 freight traffic management seminars for over 2,000 military and civilian personnel nationwide.
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Navy
Detroit
Michigan
Department of Defense
Chrysler Corporation
Defense Department
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N.C.A.A
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TNT
Northwestern
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
M.U
C.U
Missouri
Texa
Grantland
Ake
Free Press of
Garden of Eden
Office of Price Stabilization
National Production Authority
Federal Reserve Board
House Appropriations Committees
Small Defense Plants Administration
Act
House Committee
Truman
WNU Features
Walter Shead
Armed Services
Nattional Press
Washington, D. C
Rose Hill
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