Southland Becomes Mid-Winter Sports Mecca
Army and EHS bowl game moves to Durham as Rose Bowl and East West All Star are shifted south. Duke hosts 55,000 for the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans prepares for 73,000. Orange Bowl in Miami draws 35,000. Shrine proceeds split between Shriners Crippled Children's hospital and a Shrine in Shreveport. Miami and New Orleans brace for big crowds and track plans add barns for California horses.
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Pacific Coast
California
Dixie
Montgomery
Ala
Duke
Oregon State
Durham
N. C
Fordham
Missouri
New Orleans
Orleans
Army
Pasadena
Duke University
Shriners’ Crippled Children's Hospital
San Francisco
Shrine
Shreveport
Miami
Santa Anita
Bay Meadows
Whirlaway
Hialeah Tropical Parks
Hialeah
Jackie Wilson Retains Title Over Dick Lemos
Jackie Wilson, 27, Pittsburgh, outpointed Richie Lemos in Los Angeles to defend the National Boxing Association featherweight title won from Lemos on November 18. Wilson dominated the early rounds and maintained a steady jab as Lemos searched for a knockout, which never materialized.
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Jackie Wilson
Dick Lemos
Wilson
Ritchie
Los Angeles
Lemos
Injured players push through three hour drill
Chance for triumph ahead as Owens tested a new move in a long drill while Leemans filled in after passes were smeared. George Franck reported fully recovered from a back injury and Captain Mel Hein practiced with a taped nose as a special guard neared readiness.
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Owens
Leemans
George Franck
Minnesota
Mel Hein
Navy coverage notes and sports updates from Dec 17
Football players Alex Santilli and Len De Concini of the Sugar-Bowling Fordham Rams seek admission to the Naval Air corps, bringing Rams naval applicants to 12. Joe Louis begins training for his heavyweight title defense rematch with Buddy Baer on Jan 9 at Madison Square Garden, with his purse going to the Naval Relief Society. Pro football games canceled due to Army regulations affecting Bay Area schedules. Utah State staff face military draft as Vanderhoff Whitesides and Lee go active. Ben Hogan wins the Harry Vardon trophy after clinching with a Miami Open second place and earns 17,333 in 1940 golf earnings.
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New York
Alex Santilli
Len DeConcini
Fordham
Naval Air Corps
Rams
Geenwood Lake
N. Y
Joe Louis
Buddy Baer
Madison Square Garden
Logan
Utah
Utah State Agricultural College
Armed Forces
Ken Vanderhoff
Army
Bill Whitesides
H. B. Lee
Navy
Coral Gables
Fla
Ben Hogan
Hershey
Harry Vardon
Professional Golfers Association
Hogan
Miami
Fights and Arkansas Board Action Headline Roundup
The night featured multiple boxing results with Jackie Wilson defending the featherweight title on points in Los Angeles while Jack Kenny stopped Angarano in White Plains and Irwin Kay Kaplan and Winnie Rossano drew in Brooklyn. Tami Mauriello stopped James Turner in New York, Tippy Larkin edged Tommy Spiegel in Jersey City, and Gene Pinter outpointed Pete Muscamera in Perth Amboy. Separately the University of Arkansas voted to retain head coach Fred C Thomson on a $6,000 salary ending June 30, 1943.
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Los Angeles
Jackie Wilson
Pittsburgh
N. B
Richard Lemos
White Plains
Jack Kenny
Livingston
N. J
Foe Angarano
Harrison
Brooklyn
Irwin Kay Kaplan
Winniie Rossano
Drew
New York
Tami Mauriello
James D. Turner
Dallas
Texas
Jersey City
Tippy Larkin
Garfield
Tommy Spiegel
Uniontown
Perth Amboy
N. Y
Gene Pinter
McAdoo
Pete Muscamera
Little Rock, Ark
University of Arkansas Board of Trustees
Fred C. Thomson
Giants Aim to Halt Bears in Title Tilt
New York Giants, underdogs in the NFL championship playoff against the Chicago Bears, seek to bite instead of bark. Steve Owens notes their prior near win in a fall exhibition, while Tuffy Leemans eyes Sunday’s Chicago clash. Owens plans to disrupt Luckman’s passing with changes to the defense.
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New York
New York Giants
Chicago Bears
Steve Owens
Bears
Luckman
Tuffy Leemans
Chicago
Owens
Green Bay Packers
Wrigley Field
Packers
Steve
Sid Luckman
Radio Returns to Normalcy in New York Broadcasts
New York reports that axis attack excitement has eased and networks resume near normal schedules after days of round the clock air time. NBC CBS and MBS extended hours last week, with 24 hour operation continuing at major stations in the city. Tonight's lineup includes The War, Eddie Cantor, Mr Meek, Dr Christian, Manhattan at Midnight, Basin St Swing, and more across MBS NBC CBS networks.
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New York
NBC
CBS
MBS
Nbc-Red
Nbc-Blue
NBC Red
Eddie Cantor
Mr. Meek
Dr. Christian
Manhattan
Basin St. Swing
Melody Adventures
Mystery Hall
Relics Linked to Drake Bay Salvage Expedition
Dr. Kroeber traces artifacts from 1550 to 1644 as relics of the Sebastian Rodriguez Cermeño expedition. He notes iron spikes bent from their original shape, suggesting they are not modern. The San Agustín wrecked at Drake's Bay in 1595, with relics found from the late Ming period intended for export.
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Kroeber
Sebastian Rodriguez Cermeno
Drake's Bay Inlet
To Buy Bonds Continued From Page One
An agency will deliver the bond to the employee and purchase is voluntary with cancellation by either side. State defense bond officials will set canvass details with rural mail carriers handling mailings. The treasury plans to offer special securities to insurers and other large institutional buyers.
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Treasury
Have your Babys Shores Metal lized.
Skaggs and Co advertises metalized items for babies as a Christmas gift idea, appealing to mothers looking for unique presents.
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Skaggs & CO
Fresh talk on college athletes and defense bonds to fund the era
Wide World columnists push delaying the basketball hall of fame and diverting Golden Ball funds to defense bonds with possible surplus for Army and Navy relief. Scoop Latimer proposes freshmen eligible for varsity, seniors ineligible, staggered by looming military draft.
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New York
Wide World
Basketball Hall of Fame
Army
Navy
Naismith Memorial
Scoop Latimer
Greenville
S. C
Dixie Conference
Earl Flora
Ohio State Journal
Randolph Field
Tex
Bob Hooey
Duke
Oregon State
Texas
Longhorns
Oregon
Chattanooga
Tenn
South
Chicago
Dodgers
Yanks
Dolph Camilli
New Orelans Fair Grounds
Cleo Patricia Pelleteri
Tony
Gavanak
Los Angeles
Pearl Harbor
Curt Herrmann
Ray Robinson
Sammy Angott
Lew Jankins
Sammy
Robinson
Herrman
Birmingham
George Ho
Brooklyn
Boston Braves
Harford
Conn
Daniel C. Ortiz
Santa Fe New Mexican Examiner
Fighting Irish Easily Beaten by St Francis
Superior in every department, St Francis Morgantown easily defeated St Augustine 51 to 14 on the locals home floor. Panceroff and Price led the winners with 12 and 11 points while Rauscher scored eight for St Augustine. A junior varsity game preceded the varsity.
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St. Francis High School
Morgantown
St. Augustine
Hughes
St. Francis
Panceroff
Price
Monongalia
Rauscher
Flemington High School
Varsities
Fighting Irish
Legal Notices Upon Appeal In Taylor County West Virginia
Mike Dottellis sues C D Jacobs to set off mutual judgments. Jacobs owes Dottellis $161 plus interest from 1941 appeal, with two judgments against Dottellis totaling $431.86. Nonresident Dottellis must appear within 30 days from first publication, to protect his interest. Clerk Frank M Hollis Jr issues the notice dated December 2, 1941. Dec 3 10 17.
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Mike Dottellis
D. Jacobs
Uit Court
County West Virirints
C. D. Jacobs
Mike Cottellis
Ona C. Jefferys
Taylor County
West Virginia
C.D. Jacobs
Frank M. Hollis
Circuit Court
Order of Publication in Divorce Case West Virginia
In Taylor County West Virginia the circuit court orders Maurice Crenshaw Wilson Jr to appear within a month after first publication to protect his interest in the divorce from Annabel Proctor Wilson. The suit seeks absolute divorce and custody of Noel Lee Wilson with general relief. The notice is published in the Garston Daily Sentinel.
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West Virginia
Circuit Court
Taylor County
Annabel Proctor Wilson
Maurice Crenshaw Wilson, Jr
Noel Lee Wilson
General Jelief
Maurite Vd
Garston Dilly
Sentinel
Hurry Charlie Hurry features Leon Errol as Boone the banker
Leon Errol the famous rubber-legs comedian stars in RKO's Hurry Charlie Hurry as Boone a timid Indiana banker who prefers fishing to paying social bills His domineering wife scorns his daughter romance with a bakery driver and schemes a vacation Then a fake Vice President telegram sends him to Washington followed by a Oklahoma fishing trip where he befriends three Indians who later welcome him home as a celebrity in a mistaken homecoming tale
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Leon Errol
Charlie
RKO Radio
Boone
Indiana
United States
Washington
Oklahoma
Horace
Man From Montana and Western Themed Stage At Opera House
Universal’s Man From Montana starring Johnny Mack Brown and Fuzzy Knight opens at the Opera House with Nell O Day Jeanne Kelly and a lively cast. A western drama aired with cattlemen and homesteaders feuding after the Homestead Act, featuring Brown as a sheriff protecting homesteaders from range land raiders.
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Universal
Cattlemen
Bearcats Open Play Versus Old Grads This Evening
The Grafton High Bearcats begin play tonight at the Riverside Drive field-house facing an Alumni quintet organized and managed by Bill Graham. A preliminary is set for 7 o clock with players including Eddie O Connor George Hamric Scotty Hamilton Bob Lambert Ralph Bunner Sam Edwards Leroy Swisher Jimmy Skaggs and Bob Mathews slated to appear.
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Grafton High Bearcats
Riverside Drive
Bill Graham
Eddie O'Connor
George Hamric
Scotty Hamilton
Bob Lambert
Ralph Bunner
Sam Edwards
Leroy Swisher
Jimmy Skaggs
Bob Mathews
Radio Station Schedule Fragments from WMMN and Networks
A fragmented list of radio program titles and station identifiers covers WMMN in Fairmont and several networks including WEAF WABC CBS WOR and others. Programs span news dramas music variety and celebrity shows with times like 6:45 and references to Lily Thomas Fred Waring and Amos and Andy.
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Bite
WMMN
WEAF
WABC
Mary Marlin
CBS
WJZ
WEAP
Fred Waring
Orch
Amos
R’ Andy
Wor
Utton Lewis
WBLK
News of the World
Lanny Ross
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Parrish Agency
Portsphere
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Joe
Malone’s Drug and Chemical Co
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Haislip
Moran
Foley
Flanagan
Hussion
Neason
Sof
Hogue
Tolka
Bartaluzzi
Bartol
Pumich
Straub
Merck
Potas
Evans Hardware
E. Main St
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Remington Rand Agency
Adams Street
Fairmont
Pontiac
St. Charles St
Iwor Sale
Matin Street
Grafton
Grafton Sentinel
L. Grafton Sentinel
Frank M. Hollis, JR
J. Guy Aluender
Phono
Dee
Strand Theatre
Strand
Opera House
Ohnny Mack Brown
Man From
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Bearcats
Portia
Cbs—News
WIZ
the Bartona
the Goldbergs
WELK
the Abbotts
the O'Neills
Frank Parker
Hollywood
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Lowell Thomas
Texaco
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WBLE
Basin Sirewna
Ae Cares Weaf
Melody
RCA
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