Soldiers First Cagers Second in U S Army Camps
Camp Grant officer Col. Frank Bush notes the Warrior basketball team prioritizes service duty over play. Despite a light schedule, the Warriors have won many games against small colleges and service teams and even defeated Loyola Chicago and Michigan State. One revealed player worked 12 straight hours after a game to fill man shortages.
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Camp Grant
Til
Gt Col
Frant Bush
Warrior
Caimp Grant
Warriors
University of Nlinois
Jegs
Navy
Great Lakes
Oklahoma
Loyola of Chicago
University of Chicago
Bradley Tech
Michigan State
Flingis
Wisconsin
Col. Bush
Armstrong to fight Garrison in Oakland bout signed
Armstronge heavy Armstrong and welterweight Jimny Garrison have been signed for a 12 round bout in Oakland California. Armstronge has just begun his comeback and will depend on recovery, according to matchmaker Jimmy Murray. Breese of Portland was named for a preliminary bout before the main event.
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Los Angeles
Hammerino
Armstrong
Jimny Garrison
Oakland
Calif
Armstronge
Wd Dite
Jimmy Murray
Boby Breese
Porilliad
Pas
College Basketball Scores Across Regions
AP tally of numerous games across East West and Midwest regions includes Connecticut over Yale 50 49, Dartmouth 54 over Harvard 42, Penn 48 over Navy 47, Princeton 40 over St Ambrose 42, Texas Tech 37 over Texas 42, Oregon 74 over Camp Adair 42, Denver University 56 over Fort Warren All Stars, and other regional results listed with multiple institutions and military bases.
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Associated’ Press
East West Virginia
Army
Connecticut
Yale
Dartmouth
Harvard
Penn
Navy
Princeton
Trulgers
Midwest Great Lakes
University of Detroit
Olathe Naval Base
Kansas
St. Ambrose
Augustanand
Emporia State
Washburt
Missouri Mines
Fort Leonard Wood
Southwest
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
Texas
Texas Tech
New Mexico
Blame the War and Pass The Aspirin Should Be Hollywood Theme Song
Hollywood reports a new wave of headaches in Morletown as aspirin rationing rumors surface amid 1943 film industry worries. Wage freezes, budget cuts, and set material limits chill producers and stars like Ginger Rogers, Bing Crosby, and Abbott and Costello. Agents fear dwindling commissions while lend lease style exchanges ease supplies.
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Harlow Church
NEA
Hollywood
Morletown
Cain
Umita
Ginger Rogers
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Jack Benny
Abbott and Costello
Abbott and Castello
Gary Cooper
Universal
Warner
Navy flight prep schools stir college athletics
Wide World Sports columnist notes increasing athletic activity as Navy assigns ex-athletes and coaches to flight prep programs. Mentions Fickel’s ban on off-post athletics, Mississippi College intercollegiate plans, Ole Miss and Mississippi State payas-you-go football receipts, Coast Guard stance on boxing, and a guest star quip about St. Louis Cardinals spring training in Cairo. Highlights amateur boxing figures Lavelle and Rice, Virginia boxing captains Harlow and Schmidt, and a Maryland boxer killed in action, with mentions of Fort Sheridan and several college athletes and teams in wartime roles.
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
New York
Navy
Minnesota
Army Air Forces Technical Command
Jacob EB. Fickel
Texas
Mississippi College Board
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Coast Guard
Gus Legnevich
Meliv Betlina
George Herrick
San Diego
Calif
Tribune - Sun
St. Louis Cardinals
Cairo
South Bend
Rice
Knute Rockne
Service Dept
Maynard Harlow
Ray Schmidt
University of Virginia
Harlow
Army Air Corps
New Guinea
Ensign Schmidt
Uc Destroyer
Lious
George V. Pyles
Maryland
Chris
Fort Sheridan
Ruth Corby
Prudential
Newark
Emogene Cooper
Rickman
Term
Fights Last Night Card Reports Scoring Details
Detroit outpointed Tony Reno in a 6 round bout at New York. Buddy Scott and Jim Bowden fought in Jacksonville. Burley scored a technical knockout over Harvey Massey in Oakland. The results list fighters with weights and locations, outlining several decision and KO outcomes.
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Associated Press
Elizabeth
N. J
Phil Norman
Detroit
Tony Reno
New York
Jacksonville
Fla
Buddy Scott
Tampa
Jim Bowden
Drew
Oaklkimd
Calif
Charles Burley
Pittsburgh
Harvey Massey
Sports Mirror Highlights From The Past Year And More
A 1942 note shows Joe DiMaggio rejecting a $40,000 Yankees contract. Three years earlier Ed Oliver captured the Phoenix open with a 205 total after 54 holes. Five years back Fred Bostoli edged Glenn Lee in a 12 round Madison Square Garden thriller at 158 3 4 to 154 1 2.
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Sports Mirror
Associated Press Today
Joe DiMagno
Yankees
Ed Oliver
Fred Bostoli
Glenn Lee
Madison Square Garden
Fans Should Boo Coaches Instead of Officials
Chicago, February 4. Veteran Midwest basketball official Nick Kearns argues fans boo the coaches, not the referees, saying coaches teach blocking and fouling tactics that harm the game. He cites Illinois and Indiana as examples of high scoring, coach-driven play and urges crowds to target coaches rather than officials.
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Dav Hoff
Chicago
Nick Kearns
Midwest
Kearns
Flore
Charley
Kenens
Doug Mills
Illinois
Branch McCracken
Indiany
Indiana
FDR Detailed Trip Tales Revealed by First Lady
Mrs. Roosevelt disclosed that the Roosevelt family kept the president up until midnight Monday to recount his North Africa trip. She recalled a birthday dinner for the president and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. and said the president was late to celebrate on Saturday. They talked long into Monday night.
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Washington
Wpim
Roosevelt
North Africa
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Oil and Gas Deeds and Royalty Interests Listed
A 1943 Lafayette County record enumerates quitclaim mineral deeds and O G leases. It includes transfers of undivided interests in sections 35 and 35 township ranges, assignments of leases with reserved interests, royalty deeds detailing various fractional interests, and terms up to 25 years, all filed between February 2 and December 31, 1942. Names include Tated L Lesrey Jr, W T Burton, Ambrose LeBleu, J W Love, C H Murphy Jr, Bernard Smith, C W Sharp, R FY Allen, J B Shults, A R Wherritt, Gene Goff, J M Forgotson, Nat Hughes, and Gilbert Johnson with multiple land tracts in sections 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15 and townships 15 S, 19 S, 10 S, ranges 23, 24, 25 West.
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Lafayette County
Tt. L. Lesrey, Jr
W. T. Burton
Ambrose LeBleu
NEY
J. W. Love
C. H. Murphy, Jr
Bernard Smith
C. W. Sharp Nik
R. FY
Allen
C. W. Sharp
J. B. Shults
A. R. Wherritt
Rye
Gene Goff
Gilbert
Johnson, Jr
See
Ree
West
J. M. Fargotson
Nat Hughes
J. M. Forgotson
J. M. Porgeoison
Hollywood Food Fates in War Time Film Making
Hollywood faces rationing theatrically with scarce film stock and food. Prophecy and chef skills may guide on screen meals while plaster roasts stand in for real meat. Audiences could be told shortages are universal as studios stock up for the duration.
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Hollywood
America
Plaster Shop
Mr. Pidgeon
Hero
Mary Martin
Kieis Powell
Victor Moore
Hollywood’s 1930s Sex and Gas Fueled Star Fantasies
A fragmented look at film industry gossip and projections for stars like Orson Welles Greta Garbo Betty Grable and C B DeMille. Predictions cover salaries marriages births and project plans with notes on low budget productions and shifting studio strategies.
Rosston Soldier Is Made a Sergeant
James W. O'Keefe son of Mrs J T O'Keefe of Rosston has been promoted to sergeant after induction into the army in August. he is stationed at Forrest Tennessee. The rest are stray lines about actors and romance with no clear local context.
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James W. O'Keefe
J. T. O'Keefe
Army
Forrest, Tenn.ras
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Max Baer
Bitsy Grant
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C. B. DeMille
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Roddy McDowall
Paul Muni
Beard
Linda Darnell
Mance Rue Hayworth
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