Ouachita to Play State Teachers in Armistice Week Clash
Ouachita College Tigers visit Arkansas State Teachers Bears in Conway for a key intrastate clash that could crown the state champion for the season. Hendrix at Henderson State also meets in a rematch, while Monticello A and M continues home series and Arkansas Tech hosts Bacone Oklahoma. The Arkansas Razorbacks head to Dallas for a SMU game.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Conway
Ouachita College Tigers
Arkadelphia
Arkansas State Teachers Bears
Tigers
North Central Association
Bears
Monticelli A
M. Bollweevils
Arkansas Tech
Russellville
Bacone
Okla
Hendrix College of Conway
Henderson State
Hendrix
University of Arkansas
Dallas
Southern Methodist University Mustangs
Nighttime Prospector Uses UV Ray to Find Tungsten Ore
In Lovelock Nevada a former Stanford engineering student, John Heizer, roams the mountains with an ultra violet ray device to locate tungsten ore. He says tungsten ore fluoresces under the ray and has been used in a large Nevada Massachusetts tungsten mine where his father is manager.
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Stanford Engineering
John Heizer
Nevada-Massachusetts
Serial Story Lovers Aweigh
Judy Alcott recalls love and loss as Navy life shadows the present. Ward Fenning’s memory and Dwight Campbell’s advances haunt her, while old flames and wartime ships color the tension. Jack Hanley, survivor and friend, warns of Dwight’s motives as Judy faces a future choice. She admits Dwight’s proposal, leaving the question unresolved.
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Judy Alcott
Navy
Dwight Campbell
Officer
Dwight
Jack Hanley
Ward Fenning
Ward
Lakehurst
Akron
Coast Guard
Trailer theater serves northwestern towns with film showings
Traffic experts say at 30 mph a car needs 80 feet to stop, with 33 feet to apply brakes and 47 feet more to halt. A trailer theater brings movies to northwestern communities lacking their own motion picture houses.
TCU Faces Texas After Fort Worth Clash
Texas Christian trains for Texas at Fort Worth as conference race tightens. Rice and SMU win big, SMU looming as a future foe, Baylor travels to Los Angeles, and standings show TCU tied for first with SMU and Rice. Arkansas, Texas A and M, and Texas mix in early results.
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West Coast
Dallas
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Texas Christian
Southern Methodist
Tulsa
Arkansas
Houston
Owls
Ernie Lain
Methodists
Aggies
Fort Worth
TCU
Jake Schuehle
College Station
Texas Aggie
Clement
Bill Dowell
Joe Pasqua
Methodist
Bill Patterson
Sam Boyd
Helf
Loyola of Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Longhorns
Q of Rice Institute
Southern Methodist of Baylor University
Texas A
Arkansas U
University of Texas
Chistian
Blades Named Cardinal Pilot Amid Card Farm Ties
Ray Blades, veteran Cardinal farm system figure, was named manager of the St. Louis National League club for 1939. He has led Rochester in the International League since 1935 and previously piloted Columbus to the American Association title. President Sam Breadon announced the selection after reviewing candidates, noting Blades’ long association with the Cardinals and prior playing and managing success. The Browns seek a manager with 15 applications already filed for the job.
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ST. Louis
Ray Blades
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Blakes
Frankie Frisch
Mike Gonzales
Sam Breadon
Ray
Rochester
Houston
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Blades
Columbus
Cardinals
St. Petersburg
Fla
Frochester
Breadon
St. Louis Browns
Bell Threatened at Parker Rice Game in Fayetteville
Referee Alvin Bell was escorted from the field by state police after Rice beat Arkansas 3–0 in a chaotic Southwestern Conference clash witnessed by 11,000. Two disputed plays preceded Rice’s winning field goal with 50 seconds left. Arkansas coach Fred C. Thomson defended officials as fans surged onto the field and Bell left under protection.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Alvin Bell
Little Rock
Rice
Arkansas
Owls
Duke Schuchle
Piksgin
West Side
Bell
East Side
University Acac
Fred C. Thomson
Thomson
Arkansis
Razorbacks
Kay
Punts as weapons in football kicking theory
A discussion of punt strategies highlights lower punts with wobble tails and out of bounds kicks as safer, more controllable options. It praises safety specialists like Mills and coaches at Northwestern for teaching precise ball placement to optimize hang time, direction, and avoid returns.
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Jerry Dowd
Saint Mary's
Bill Hutchinson
Dartmouth
Notre Dame
Trish
South Bend
Ben Sheridan
Sitko
Sag- RA
Mike Kabealo
Ohio State
California
Kabealo
Grenville Landsdell
Buckeyes
Northwestern
Purple
Wildcats
Scarlets
Evanston
Mills Syston
Jack
Pop) Vance
Vance
N. Mills
Mount Vernon
N.Y
Roy Mills
Wee Vance
Mills
Arkansas star suffers broken collarbone early in second half
Eakin, Arkansas' junior defensive mainstay, fractured his collarbone after a pass in the early second half and will miss the rest of the season. Arkansas finished with 10 first downs to Rice's eight and muffed six scoring chances while Rice capitalized on their lone trip inside the Razorbacks' 40.
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Eakin
Arkansas
Rice
Razorback
Maids quit due to loneliness in Winnipeg shortage
Four social service agencies in Winnipeg report a shortage of domestics despite unemployment. They cite long hours and low wages, with loneliness highlighted as the main reason for leaving domestic work. Agencies are offering recreation and regulating hours and pay to attract workers.
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Winnipeg
Man
Royal Exiles Forgiven Report Marks Windsors Reunion
London circles say reconciliation between the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and the British royal family may occur. The Duke of Gloucester and his wife plan to see the Windsors in Paris on Friday while returning from an East Africa hunting trip.
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London
Eng
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Duchess of Windsor
Duchess of Gloucester
Windsors
Paris
Duke of Gloucester
There’s Only One Elizabeth Miller Now There Are Three
Three Elizabeth Millers live in the same dormitory at Florida State College for Women. To avoid confusion, one uses Betty, one keeps Elizabeth, and the third goes by Lib. All are from Florida towns, sharing a common origin in Tallahassee.
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Hendrix College Warriors
Lovelock
Ney
Produce Co
Betty Wallace
NEA
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Ike Ward
Enterprise
Judy
Agricultural Extension Service
Agricultural Experimental Station
Special Welfare Fund
County Tuberculosis Sanitarium Fund
Confederate Pension Fund
Sanitation Fund
Services Bureau Fund
Crippled Children’s Home Fund
Booneville
Taxpeyare
T. C.U
Parkers
M.A
Pelix R, McKnight
Cardinal Pilot
Farm System
Lef
Viens Ha
Germany
Harry. Grayson
NBA Service
Cainer’s Billard and Domino Parlor
New Theater
Harry W. Shiver
Elizabeth Miller
Kidarve
Kitney Lubes
Jon
Dean
Hoan
Hempstead County
Hope
Supreme Court
Court House Removal Committee
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