Rocket Ammunition Expenditures Hit Monthly Totals
A U S government report states Navy rocket ammunition spending may reach 100 million dollars per month within four months. Army rocket outlay runs about 12 million monthly in 1945. OWI notes new American rocket developments and says details have not been published. Rockets aid beachhead assaults and are deployed on multiple aircraft types.
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Navy
Office of War Information
U. S
America
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TAF
Daniel FE. Barbey
Seventh Fleet
Caen
Normandy
OWT
Sports Roundup Highlights Boxing Figures and World Series Insight
The column notes Cpl. Ernie White’s interest in the 1944 World Series and a cricket joke from a British ship. It adds Jimmy Johnston’s view on Phil Scott and lists new signings Archie Moore and others, with a nod to Max Schmeling’s reported boxing instruction activity.
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Essex
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Jimmy Johnston
Phil Scott
Jimmy
Johnston
Archie Moore
Archie
Australia
Johnny Conley
Sandy Sadler
Menichelli
Lou Nova
Max Schmeling
Ferrell Named Manager of Greensboro Baseball Club for 1945
Greensboro’s Carolina League team will be led by Wesley Ferrell headlined as manager for 1945. The veteran major league pitcher and former minor league manager was announced by Joe Reardon, farm chief for the Phillies, with the club operating under a working agreement with Philadelphia. Ferrell, who resides at Guilford College, brings a modern approach to the dir
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N. C
Wesley Cheek
Ferrelly
Joe Reardon
Philadelphia Phillies
Ferrell
Guilford College
Record of a pitcher with five straight seasons of 20 wins
The note recalls a pitcher who won 20 games in each of his first four major league seasons with Cleveland before arm trouble in 1939 forced him to stop pitching.
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Cleveland
Cabinet Member Dead in Japan Diet Loss
Kiyoshi Akita, 64, a member of the Japanese Diet and twice a cabinet member, died of bronchial pneumonia. The Domei wireless dispatch said today and was translated by the Federal Communications Commission.
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Associated Press
Kiyoshi Akita
Domei Wireless
Federal Communications Commission
Two Indiana Stars Likely to Wear Navy Suits Next Fall
The Enterpries notes two Indiana University football stars projected to join the Naval Academy next season. George Sundheim, a fullback, has a Navy appointment while Hundy Hoern Chemeyer returned to LA for April exams. Wilsonville Neb six man team coach H C Brown claims records after nine games with 119 points by center Bill Rutledge and only one punt.
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Naval Academy
Hundy Hoernchemeyer
George Sundheim
Navy
H. C. Brown
Wilsonville
Neb
Sixman
Bill Rutledge
Hepler Brothers Double Ante for Race With Any Horse
Carlsbad pair Elmer and Charles Hepler raise the stake to $20,000 for a match race pitting their Quarter Horse Shoe Fly against any horse worldwide. Frankie Darrow, once a film actor, formerly served as the stick boy for Hollywood Hockey.
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Charles Hepler
Carlsbad
N. M
Frankie Darrow
Hollywood
Hunting Declared Illegal in Ambridge Notices
From Ambridge Pennsylvania signs posted on eight bulletin boards warn that hunting is illegal in the area. The terse notices appear as public advisories and urge compliance with local laws.
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Ambridge
Signs of the Times
Freshman LSU players earn naval appointments
Two Louisiana State University freshmen receive Naval Academy appointments. Elwyn Rowan fullback from Memphis and Farris Bullock from Dorado Ark. depart to Annapolis, while Melvin Didier center from Baton Rouge heads to West Point.
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Elwyn Rowan
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Farris Bullock
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Melvin Didier
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