Little Steel Formula Big Problem In Boxing Roundup
New York reports a fragmented sports roundup noting a proposed Little Steel era policy impact on boxing fans. The column discusses heavyweight prospects Jimmie Johnston mentions Meni Chelli Fernando and a joking mispronunciation, plus remarks on kickoff rules and college football player chatter. It also covers Navy base football staff approvals and former major league players joining Camp Shelby units, with manager Rip Collins praising Sampson center players after a banquet.
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Menichelli
Jimmie Johnston
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Johnston
Minnie Kelly
Jimmie
Fernando
Albany Senators
Sampson Naval Training Center
War Labor Board faces crucial choice on little steel rule
Washington reports the War Labor Board and the administration weigh breaking the little steel wage formula set in 1942. If action comes before November 7, about 1.8 million workers in steel, auto, meat packing, aluminum, electric, textile and flat glass would be affected. Final decision hinges on outcomes of pending panels and possible presidential steps, with a potential October hearing and a major impact on wage policy before the election.
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War Labor Board
Administration
WLB
CIO
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
PDR
Notre Dame Army ticket sellout noted by Army
One minute sports page reports Notre Dame tickets for the Army game selling out weeks ahead as Army announces the sellout. The item notes Dolph Camilli’s two year Oakland Coast League contract includes a clause mandating he average two games a week in 1945. Amateur soccer leaders seek settlement to aid the game amid broader calls for similar action. Posts on Navy baseball players with shipping orders raise questions about their arrival for the Army Navy world series.
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Army
Dolph Camilli
Navy
Johnny Vander Meer
Hal White
Elbie Fletcher
Schoolboy Rowe
Tlawaili
Army- Navy
Girl set milking record at State Institute of Agriculture
Farmed at Farmingdale Long Island INS reports Julia Drabek of LaGrange Alabama broke the boys in a hand milking course. She milked six cows in 72 minutes for 116.3 pounds. Benjamin Ward of Queens Village led the boys with 107.7 pounds in 80 minutes using the same cows on different days. None had milking experience before.
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State Institute of Agriculture
Julia Drabek
LaGrange
Benjamin Ward
Queens Village
L. L
Kannapolis Soldier Awarded Silver Star For Italy Action
Pvt. Johnnie W. Austin of Kannapolis earned the Silver Star with the 85th Duster division on the Fifth Army front in Italy. He and a comrade attacked an enemy strongpoint, killing eight machine gunners and two snipers before being wounded. he is the son of Mr and Mrs Bell D. Austin of Kannapolis.
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Kannapolis
Fifth Army
Italy
Johnnie W. Austin
85Th “Duster
Austin
Bell D. Austin
Rt. 5
Rock garden keeps prisoner’s home image in letter
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a captured Japanese prisoner of war Donald Ny Snyder, held since the fall of Bataan, asks his mother to keep his rock garden in good shape in a wartime letter describing one of the few things that mean home.
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INS
Corp
Donald Ny. Snyder
Bataan
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