Coaching Change and Amateur Golf Oddities Highlight Sports Notes
Harry Grayson notes Notre Dame coach Frank Leahy values his season ending knee injury as a blessing for perspective. Big Jim Ferrier faces amateur status questions after professional play, while Vernon Stephens impresses as a shortstop prospect for the Browns. Bill Delangey rises in Pioneer League, and Johnny Berardin competes with Stephens in a crowded infield scene.
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Harry Grayson
NEA Service
Edler
Frank Leahy
New
Metre Dame
Lenhy
Rockhe
Big Jim Ferrier
Sinet
Florida
Ferrier
Johnny Dawson
Johnny Bararding
Louis Browns
Marty McManug
San Antonio
Last Lip
Vernon Stephens
Stephens
Leche Texas
Fred Haney
Johnny Berardin
Bill Delangey
Pucatella, Ido
Pioneer League
DeLangey
Arizona
Mussolini big leaguer story tops 1940 season
A fragmented sports and world notes column references Tommy Tucker born Robert, altered by Jim Johnson during early rounds, and mentions Dodgers welcomed to Havana by officials and locals as unrest subsides. It also notes a meandering zoological line about titanosaurians and lists the western meadowlark as state bird for seven states.
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Tommy Tucker
New York
Robert
Jimmy Johnson
Pastor
Dole
Johnson
Tommy
Brooklyn Dodgers
Haviina
Fulgenvio Batista
Iron Min Batista
Salt Water Helps Colds
Dr Perry F Prather notes winter cold prevention myths. University of Minnesota researchers found salt water or sugar solutions offer no more protection than ordinary remedies.
Landscape of Freedom reviewed in book highlights
A review of Mowitz A. Hallgren's Landscape of Freedom praises its survey of American liberty from colonial times to the 1940s. It notes the book’s illumination of how freedom expanded and how it was constrained during WWI era through conscription, sedition laws, government control, and propaganda under the Wilson administration and the Creel Committee.
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Mowitz
A. Hallgren
Howell
Soslin
America
Hallgren
United States
Europe
Onnil
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Committee On Public Information
George Creel
Unique Lipless Language of North Carolina Cherokee
The North Carolina Cherokee are noted for a lipless speech unique to their tongue. Words like Cullasajee Hiwassee Junaluskee and Tuckaseegee typify the language's distinctive articulation and phonetic style.
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North Carolina
Hiwassee
Tuckaseegee
Caesaris Comet and Roman Belief in Julius Caesar’s Soul
A fragmentary note describes how many ancient Romans of that era believed the 44 B.C. comet was sent to convey Julius Caesar’s soul to its resting place. The claim reflects era speculation about omens and political figures.
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Julius Caesar
Added Payment Given for Food Production in Hempstead County
Under the supplementary cotton program Hempstead County cotton farming families may receive an added payment of 34 for growing and conserving foods for home use. County Extension Agents Miss Mary Claude Fletcher and Oliver L. Adams outline two qualification paths including canned or frozen storage or meeting at least three of six food production practices. Partial and scaled payments apply, with credits for landlords or tenants based on home consumption needs.
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Hempstead
Mary Claude Fletcher
Oliver L. Adama
Com
Cold prevention injections fail to reduce colds overall
In a divided trial two groups received injections of the cold prevention medicine, two groups took an oral treatment, and two groups served as controls with sugar pills. saltwater injections were used for control in one setup. After observation, cold frequency showed no material difference among groups. injections yielded about 25 percent advantage over saltwater, while oral treatment showed limited advantage over sugar pill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moe
Walter
Portland Stick-Up Man Struck By Own Medicine
A Portland robber faced consequences after a crime went wrong as a local tale notes he was stuck up for ten years. The humorous quip reflects a long, ironic downfall in a compact community report.
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Portland
Local Guests, Family News Highlight Weekend Visits
Sunday visitors fill homes in Tekatkana and Texarkana as Elbert Golling and family join Mya Nelson and neighbors. Houston guests stay with Wilbur Gorham and Mr Gorham. Texarkana travelers visit T J Stewart family. Mrs Inez Houser hosts from Little Rock. Bill Foster family to Camden. Cecil Moore of Fort Sill visits. W W Bud Gorham welcomes newborn son born February 28.
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Texarkana
T. J. Stewart
S.P. ‘Stubbs
Little
Inez Houser
George Hunter
Alexandria
Bill Foster
Billie
Lou
Camden
Cecil Moore
U. S. Army Camp
Fort ‘Sill
Okla
G. W. Moore
A. Hi Wade
Eva Jane
Little Rock
Bud" Gorham
Gorham
Fragmentary Verse on Flight and Fate
A fragmented OCR snippet mentions a mother related to a forty five year old figure and a desire to fly from earth. It hints at a speed of 150 units being maintained, but the excerpt is incomplete and lacks clear events or names to form a full news card.
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T. K. Alston
Alston's
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Fhitd and
Shover
Ann Page
Pork & Beans
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Zad
Armour’s Star
ADVN
Sparikle
EXCEL
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Swift’s
Ening
Mesa
Daz
Texas
Sunkist
Iona Macaroni
Sunnyfield
Calif
SWIFT
IRK
Boston
Lakeview
Wisconsin
Whiting Oc
Haddock
Mussolini
South America
Australia
Oroasue
South Sea Islands
States
Kansi
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oregon
South Dakota
Wyoming
FFE
Perry F. Prather Edltor
Carent Medical Digest
Diehl
University of Minnesota
University of Mimgsota
Uncle Sam
U.S
Blevins
Huzeiti
Nature
Harry W. Shiv
Kroger
Mary Foster
Hme Corte
Kark
Country Club
Roger Ae
Spotlight Coffee
Wesco Gto
K. J. Coplinger, Je
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Cecil W. Dennis
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