Ned Stewart Heads Texarkana Baseball Club Franchise
Ned Stewart and three partners bought the Texarkana Baseball Club franchise from W. Burnett for about 8000 to 10000 dollars. Stewart was named president, with David Nelson and Léon Kuhn as vice presidents and Wayne Windle as secretary treasurer. The deal includes uniforms equipment and 14 players and was approved by C. P. Mosley, president of the East Texas League.
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W. Burnett
Gladewater
Ned Stewart
Eighth Judicial Circuit
David Nelson
Léon Kuhn
Wayne Windle
Shotstop
Waco
Stewart
Nelson
Kuhn
Windle
C. P. Mosley
LSU Player Confesses Wedding Violating Team Rule
LSU end Guy Milner disclosed that after the 1937 Sugar Bowl he wed Florence Couvillion of Shreveport, violating the squad’s rule against marriage while a member. Milner, once a standout at Boston High School in Alexandria, said his wife moved to Baton Rouge recently to join him.
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Guy
Cotton) Milner
Louisiana State
Milner
Florence ' Couvillion
Shreveport
Gretna
Louisana State
Larry King
Grid
Miss Couvillion
Boston High School
Alexandria
Waco
Texas
Navy entwined hearts in a storm of gossip
Judy confronts lingering memories of Dwight Campbell and Marvel Campbell as rumors swirl aboard and off the Texarkana. She presses toward marriage with Jack Hanley while fear of past loves resurfaces, challenging her declared loyalty and future plans. The hospital scenes reveal emotional tension and questions of truth.
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Sloane
Judy
Marvel
Virginia
Diane
Bill Bell
Jack
Magda Hamilton
Bremerton
Texarkana
Destroyers
Joey
Dwight Campbell
S.O.Q
Magda
Cary Tennant
Dwight
Jack Hanley
Marvel Campbell
Tom
Warner Denies Rumors He Plans to Quit
Temple coach Glenn Pop Warner, age 68, denies rumors he will quit after the 1938 season. He says he has a contract through 1939 and will coach as long as he does not feel he is slipping. Warner cites love of coaching and desire to help players as his motivation and dismisses the chatter as silly.
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Philadelphia
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Glenn
Pop) Warmer
Pop
Cornell
Georgia
Iowa State
Carlisle Intheny
Pittsburgh
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Pop Warner
Oklahoma Aggies to Seek New Grid Coach
Oklahoma A. and M. College grapples with Ted Cox resignation as head football coach effective July 1. Cabinet members briefed that several candidates are under consideration but no decision has been made. Athletic Director Henry P. Iba announced the move amid a troubled season and Cox's departure.
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Okla
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M. College
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Henry P. Iba
Rumors Target Temple Leader Amid Resignation Talk
Rumors circulating claim a prominent temple leader should resign, warning that the instigator behind the chatter risks visibility around the temple. The report cautions the rumor spreader not to reappear near temple grounds.
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Temple
Wade Says Southwest Football Overrated Hake Duke Rose Bowl Trip
Duke coach W Wallace Wade blasts Southwest football as overrated while taking his unbeaten Duke squad to the Rose Bowl against Southern California on January 2. Wade, Duke athletic director, hints he may leave if he cannot control operations and insists he won’t coach where he has no free rein. He criticizes the Texas Christian dominance outside its league, noting TCU’s best wins come within the Southwest and listing limited success against Ohio State, Fordham, Santa Clara, and others.
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Goodby
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Ohio State
Fordham
Santa Clara
Texas
Arkansas
Wade Threatens to Quit Yielding to Rose Bowl Demand
The Duke coach, age 46 and Ivy League educated, now leads a high scholastic institution and admires pigskin feats. He notes his team allowed no points in nine games, calling it a perfect 38 jive in Duke history. Despite fan and governor pressure, he accedes to public demand for Rose Bowl aspirations.
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Wade
Duke
Former Aggie coach Cox leaves unsure future
Cox’s plans for the future are indefinite after his last Aggie season ended with a 19 to 0 loss to the University of Oklahoma. The team went eight games, securing only wins against Oklahoma City University and Central Oklahoma Teachers, with no MVC victories. Cox came from Tulane after four years as head coach and played three years at Minnesota, captaining the Gophers in his senior season.
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Tulane
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Gophers
Wolf Among Wolves by Fallada reviews inflation era Germany
A Books Day review notes Hang Fallaca's Wolf Among Wolves portrays Germany during hyperinflation, depicting fear and insecurity as the mark collapse devastates lives. The novel follows a baker's dozen of Germans and interweaves a romance with an ex officer and a street waif while a Black Reichswehr putsch unfolds. The piece marks the work uneven but offers a stark, realistic glimpse of the era fueling Hitlerism.
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Hang Fallaca
Putman
Herr Fallaca
Heri Fallada
Black Reichswehr
Noments
Herr Fallada
Southwestern teams shine and slide in college gridiron mix
The report notes Tulsa, Pittsburgh, and Marquette overpower opponents while Southern Methodist, Stanford, Columbia and Alabama struggle or lose. It cites the Southwest Conference as the lone Rose Bowl participant and mentions coach Wade’s belief in strong southern teams. Durham’s recent events spark surprise about Pitt and others.
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Mississippi
Tulsa
Pittsburgh
Southern Methodist
Marquette
Akday
Stanford
Columbia
Alabama
Wade
Southwest
Durham
Wong
Toy Balloon Floats for 40 Miles
Hampshire ML and companions debate how far a hydrogen toy balloon could travel. The balloon drifted over prairie winds and was later found at the PFE Butler farm near Peoria Ohio about 400 miles away. Demographic data show household sizes with 27 percent two members, 45 percent three or four, 19 percent five or six, and nine percent seven or more.
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Tee Pfingston
Edward Schiesher
PFE Butler
Peoria
Ohio
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