Army Starts With Three Lettermen
WEST POINT N Y Sept 10 Army the college football team with the most glittering record of modern times will enter the 1947 season with only three starters from its great 1946 team We will be outpersonneled in seven of our nine games says Coach Earl H Red Blaik But we are still the national champions until we are defeated There is no defiance at West Point It would be difficult to take such a pose when gone are Glenn Davis and Felix Blanchard three time All America backs Arnold Tucker a mighty quarterback Hank Goldberg and Barney Poole indestructible ends and such line stalwarts as Art Gerometta Sheldon Biles and Jim Enos
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West Point
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Army
Earl H
Red) Blaik
Glenn Davis
Felix Blanchard
Arnold Tucker
Hank Goldberg
Barney Poole
Art Gerometta
Sheldon Biles
Jim Enos
National Guard Day Push Aims for 88 888 Enlists
President Truman proclaims September 16 as National Guard Day and urges 88 888 enlistments in two months to build a force nearly as large as the regular army. The plan calls for 875 000 regulars and 682 000 guards, with quotas by state and a two hour weekly drill plus a 15 day summer encampment.
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Washington
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United States
Truman
National Guard
Japan
Nevada
New York
Connecticut
102Nd Infantry
169Th Infantry
Oklahoma
Missouri
Penn
Australia Expands Wheat Acreage For 1947 48 Season
Commerce Minister Reginald Pollard announced that about 15.5 million acres will be sown with wheat in 1947 48, up from 13.5 million acres last season and above the prewar ten year average of 13.303 million acres.
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Melbourne
Australia
Commerce
Reginald Pollard
Sir Gallahad Junior Triggers Turmoil in Argentina
Ernest Sambucetti, 17, again makes headlines in Buenos Aires. He clashed with police during prior rent protests and aided a mass reformatory escape on Devil's Island. He then scaled a 120 foot tower at the National Mortgage bank, waving an Argentine flag and threatening to stay until President Peron pledged a full investigation. A guard delivered the promise, and Sambucetti descended as authorities prepared to question him.
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Buenos Aires
Sir Gallahad Junior
Ernest Sambucetti
Tigre Delta
Peron
Sambucetti
Itchy Pimples Relief Ad for Petersons Ointment
A vintage ad promotes Peterson's Ointment as quick relief for irritated skin and itching. It claims soothing balm benefits for pimples red blotches and fingered feet cracks, noting a 35c box at drugstores and urging readers to try it.
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Peterson
No Food Relief From World Bank Says Garner
Vice President Robert Garner ruled out using the World Bank as a stopgap for European humanitarian aid before the Marshall Plan funds arrive. He doubts the bank can provide food or consumer goods, noting its policy restricts such loans, despite earlier mentions by Undersecretary Lovett.
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World Bank
Washington
Robert Garner
Europe
Garner
Robert A. Lovett
Moore Knocks Out Bivins In Tense Ten Round Fight
Archie Moore 173 of St Louis defeated Jimmy Bivins 183 of Cleveland by technical knockout in the ninth round before 7916 fans in Baltimore. The scorcher heat slowed both men as the winner collapsed after the decision. Moore was revived by his handlers a minute later.
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Baltimore
Archie Moore
St. Louis
Jimmy Bivins
Cleveland
Moore
Soil Conservation Leader Is Killed Near Spartanburg
Edgar Clifton McArthur 65 of Gaffney president of the national association of soil conservation district officials died Monday night in a collision with an oil truck on Highway 29 near the Spartanburg Cherokee county line. Funeral services will be held here tomorrow. Survivors include a sister Mrs Francis Montgomery of Asheville and one son.
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Gaffney
S. C
Edgar Clifton McArthur
National Association of Soil Conservation District
Spartanburg
Cherokee County
Francis Montgomery
Asheville
N. C
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