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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1949
Page
3
By Alan Mayer Okinawa January 20 The Air Force is conducting three day maneuvers across portions of the ground won in the bitter 1945 campaign. About ten thousand officers and enlisted men participate in the tests amid the westernmost American post in the Pacific.
Davis and Elkins College meets Beckley College in a Southern West Virginia tour opener with D and E holding a 6-1 mark in the conference and seven straight overall. Other scores note Morehead 64 Marshall 62 and Geneva 46 Bethany 41 as West Virginia Wesleyan beat Shepherd 77-58.
An advertisement touts the NEW FOLEY'S HONEY & TAR as a major cough treatment advance. It promises throat soothing effects and non narcotic action that avoids upsetting digestion, aiming to help quicker recovery from colds.
West Virginia Wesleyan defeated Shepherd 77 to 58 while Navy beat Penn State 55 to 47 and Army topped Williams 72 to 45. Rhode Island State won 68 to 61 against Brown with Yale 85 over Fordham 175. Other results include Lafayette 81 Lehigh 36 and Cincinnati 1 dollar against Texas Wesleyan 67.
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Huntington January 20 The president of Marshall College Stewart Smith says Cam Henderson will remain as head football and basketball coach. Rumors had circulated that Henderson would leave Huntington and his name appeared on a Loyola University of Los Angeles coaching list earlier this month. He had not, however, made a formal application.
Saint Louis University stars led by Ed MacCauley seek to defend their No 1 ranking on the Aggies home court in Stillwater Oklahoma Tonight St Louis must counter Oklahoma A and M s stifling defense and precise ball control In a light national slate Niagara visits Canisius Alabama goes to LSU Baldwin Wallace plays Penn Dartmouth hosts William and Mary and Roanoke meets Washington and Lee
Jan 20 Bluefield reports a speeding driver struck Mrs. Robert French on a sidewalk and fled, leaving her bruised while authorities could not obtain the license number. In Panama, Panama recognizes the new San Salvador government and studies recognizing Venezuela's military regime.
Princeton University basketball sits atop the Ivy League with three wins and no losses. Coach Frank Cappon notes the league’s balance, Yale’s edge through Tony Lavelli, and the difficulty of the game’s final minute as key factors in early play.
George King of Morris Harvey leads the state with 293 points in 11 games, averaging 26.6 and 30.8 in conference play, though Al Martin and Millard Bowman top the conference list with 194 and 173 points respectively. Fred Mackey shines at 16 of 16 free throws, leads in fouls with five personal penalties.
Morgantown January 20 WVU students present Arabesque a musical comedy with a United Nations theme on May 5 6 and 7 The work follows members of a UN committee in a utopian setting The words are by Albert Saltzman of Belleville Pennsylvania and music by Lloyd Welden Junior of Morgantown The score contains 18 songs
Film luminary Irene Dunne named chairman of the American Heart Association women’s committee for the 1949 drive to raise 5 900 000 to fight the nation’s leading killer. Harold B. Stassen named to chair the overall campaign set for February 1 to 28.
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