Southwest Football Team Is Selected for All-Star Honors
NEA Service notes a star-filled Southwest Conference with Texas Christian, Southern Methodist, and Santa Clara as key foes. Baugh, Routt, Roach, and Wall are highlighted among end and backfield standouts, with OBrien guiding the attack. The piece reflects era power shifts and mentions Shrine Game prospects in San Francisco.
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NEA Service
Pop Boone
Fort Worth
Texas Christian
Hich
Southern Methodist
Dallas
Santa Clara
San Francisco
Baugh
Rouit Starid
Nsouthwest
Atlanta
Texas A
Robbitis
Todd
Whitfield
Routt
Ard
Rice
Reynolds
Baylor
Gibraltar
Southern
Methodist
Southwest All-Stars
NEA Service, Inc
Marilyn Ward Named Queen for Hendrix Homecoming
Conway Arkansas Miss Harriett Horton will crown Hendrix College homecoming queen on Thanksgiving day. Readers from Little Rock Fort Smith Conway Malvern and surrounding areas name Marilyn Ward among the maids and others listed in the homecoming festivities.
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Conway
Ark
Miss Harriett Horton
Hendrix Colles
Old Age and Unemployment Plans Explained in 1949
The article outlines the 1949 old age pension plan with monthly benefits from $10 to $85, based on wages up to $3000 yearly and a complex 0.5 percent plus 0.083 percent plus 0.0417 percent formula. It notes death benefits, early lump sums, and exclusions. it also covers unemployment insurance across 15 states and DC, with payroll taxes rising to 3 percent in 1948 and credit for state funds, listing states including Texas and New York and their benefit provisions.
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Treasury
Ani
States
District of Columbia
SSB
Alabama
California
Idaho
Indiana
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Mississippi
New Hampshire
New York
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Texas
Utah
Wisconsin
Shine In Southwest Honorable Mention Names Coach List
Honor roll includes Ends Mabry Collins Clark Hamilton Morrow Tackles Keeling Daugherty Frankie Whitfield Guards Gilmore Owens Lothian Jones Center Small Aldrich Quarterbacks Smith Sheridan Halfbacks McClure McCall Caldwell Masters Manning Vitek Sloane Fullbacks Patterson Hell Sprague from Rice Baylor Texas A and M Arkansas Southern Methodist.
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Mabry
Texas Christian
Collins
Texas
Clark
Baylor
Hamilton
Arkansas
Morrow
Texas A
Keeling
Daugherty
Frankie
Rice
Whitfield
Gilmore
Owens
Lothian and Jones
Small
Aldrich
Smith
Sheridan
McClure
McCall
Caldwell
Masters
Manning
Vitek
Sloane
Patterson
Southern Methodist
Hell Arkansas
Sprague
Bernie Moore Shapes Bayou Bengals Into Champions
Baton Rouge data shows Bernie Moore, LSU head football coach, built a conference title team in 1935 with a 41 0 win over Tulane and guided 1936 hopes toward bowls. A methodical, cautious leader, he emphasizes fundamentals, film study, and corrective teaching, avoiding bold predictions. He rose from assistant at Sewanee to Mercer and finally LSU in 1923 after succeeding May Jones.
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Moore
Louisiana Slaw
Tulane
Bayou Tigers
Texas Christian
Social Security Plan Outlined In Three Phases
The plan divides into three phases old age benefits unemployment compensation and public assistance funded by employer and employee contributions. By December 5 workers must return job forms for social security numbers to be sent to Washington. Beginning January 1 a tax on wages up to 3000 dollars will start at one percent for three years then rise gradually.
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Washington
SSB
Sammy Baugh May Turn Pro Next Fall
Sammy Baugh, Texas Christian University quarterback, hints at turning professional after this season. Multiple pro clubs have eyes on the star, who a Texas Christian bureau notes averages 14 yards per completed pass and has sustained 18 team touchdowns this fall.
Social Security Act features and aid statistics detailed
The piece outlines unemployment credits, rising employer contributions, and public assistance affecting over a million poor and aged recipients. It notes federal funds of about $80 million paid since February, $3 million for the needy blind, $9.4 million for dependent children, and state plans across 42 and 27 states for aged and blind aid. It also mentions old age payments varying by state, with California highest at $32.50 and Mississippi lowest at $3.50, plus future reforms and cooperative efforts with the Social Security Board.
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California
Mississippi
Centennial Edition of Southwest Arkansas History Limited Run
Limited copies remain of the $1 700 Centennial Edition chronicling 20 Southwest Arkansas towns. First come first served no reservations. Bound copies WD cents each and mailed total add six cents. Includes 69 photographs across six sections.
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Iupe Star
Arkansas
Hope Bobcats under fire from DeQueen ink
Local tension spills over as Al Rose of Camden News accuses Hope football writers of bias while Al Harris asks for game reprints. Debate centers on last minute wins over Smackover El Dorado and Camden with quotes from Leonard Ellis and Foy Hammons.
Oklahoma coach Biff Jones may give up football
Norman Okla May reports that Biff Jones the University of Oklahoma football coach has been detailed to the Army's Command and General Staff school at Fort Leavenworth Kansas starting September. He will not be eligible for full time coaching after postgraduate work. Jones says he will not quit the army for a college championship. His team this season has two wins three losses and three ties with one game left against Oklahoma A and M. Informal campus talk centers on Tom Stidham or Doc Erskine as possible successors.
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Quincy Ewing
Baton Rouge
Bernie Moore
Louisiana State
University
Moore
May
Lawrence M
Biff) Jones
Jones
Huey P. Lang
al Rose
Camden News
Arkansas
Hope
Bobcats
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el Dorado
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Mr. Rose
Rose
Hope Star
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Hill
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Wildcats
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Bobcat
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DeQueen
Jack the Bobcat
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Baner
Leonard
Ellis
Foy I Taanmons
Pine Blute
Hammons
Gridston Friday
Kitkoff
Gridst
Army
Oklahoma
Tom Stidham
Ar .R, H
Doc Erskine
Scrappers End Season With Final Home Game Friday
Nashville high school's Scrappers host Subiaco Academy in their last home game of the season Friday night. The team has only one loss this year, to Atkins high school, by a 7 to 1 score, signaling a tough matchup before Thanksgiving with Prescott Curly Walves as annual foe.
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Ark
Specia
Nashville High School
Scrappers
Subiaco Academy Draan
Atkins High School
He Prescott
Curly Walves
Reddies Face Friday Tilt Amid Injuries and Rebuild
Henderson Red dies meet Wie Stranike Delta Mississippi Teachers eleven limp into Friday game as five regulars sit out. Captain Red McLarty and other veterans carry injuries, prompting a revamped lineup. Freshmen Cash in on chances with Judd Hail, Nob Banks, Robert Martindale, Hugh Nutt, Ton Short, and Chadwick contributing at key spots.
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Arkadelpitia
Ark
Seton B. Sudduth
Henderson Reddies
Wie
Stranike Delta Mississippi
Haygood
Red McLarty
Fe ix
Inji
Hugh Nutt
Fetiow
Arkansas
Lurddath
Ride
Reddies
Judd Hail
Benton
Nob Banks
Carthage
Robert Martindale
el Dorado
Ton Short
Blytheville
Chadwick
Parker Coach Will Scout Tulsa Affray
Fayetteville Ark Coach Fret Thomsen of the University of Arkansas said he will scout the University of Tulsa Washburn game in Tulsa Saturday. He noted Tulsa has a great team and the players want to beat them. The Razorbacks mentor plans to field varsity players who have seen little action in a regulation game here Thursday.
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Ark
Fret Thomsen
University Arkansas
University of Tulsa-Washburn
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Thomsen
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Thansen
Raverbacks
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