Stanford Star Ready To Join Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears drafted college stars for the 1942 season with Frankie Albert of Stanford likely to join Norman Standlee and Hugh Gallarneau in a powerful backfield. Other notable picks included Bruce Smith, Malcom Kutner, and Bob Reinhard, with teams also selecting top players from Ohio State, Minnesota, Virginia, Texas, and California as clubs prepared to replace veterans amid looming military duty.
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Charles Denkley
Chicago
Ohip Bears
Frankie Albertford
Mers
National Football League
Albert Will
Stanford
Norman Standlee
Hugh Gallarneau
Bears
Sliege
Albert
Bruce Smith
Minnesota
Wiliam Dudley
Virginia
Malcolm Kutner
Texas
Bob Reinhard
California
Dudley
Becky
Beare
Holt Rast
Alabama
Daniels
Ohio State
Edigar Jones
Theittsburgh
Greeny Packers
Urban Odson
Gene Flick
Washington
Bob Fitch
Philadel
Phia
Gordon Paschka
Cleveland
Ben Levy
Judson Ringer
Gopher
Chicago Cardinals
New York Giants
Bob Sweiger
Bernie Bierman
Reinhard
Steve Lach
Duke
Detroit
Bob Westfall
Michigan
Jack Wilson
Baylor
Urban Sanders
Bob Robertson
Southern California
Brooklyn
Merle Hapes
Mississippi
New York
Odson
Green Bay
Notre Dame
Steve Juzwik
Johnny Kovatch
Northwestern
Bill DeCorrevant
Philadelphia
Hartley Biandin
Tulane
Joe Stringfellow
Southern
Bob Glass
Junie Hovious
Harley McCollum
Jun Thibsut
Buck
Howard College Cagers Announce Sixteen Game Schedule
Howard College coach Jim Stuart unveiled a sixteen game basketball schedule. The slate includes January contests with Jacksonville Teachers College and Birmingham U M H A, February games with Millsap Sewanee and Loyola, and defeats or location plans at Sewanee New Orleans Auburn Spring Hill and Chattanooga, with home dates noted for Sewanee and Loyola games.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jim Stuart
Howard College
Jacksonville Teachers College
Celtico
Birmingham U. M. H. A
Mississippi College
Chattanooga
ti-Sewanee
Sewanee
Millsap
Jackson
Mise
Missisuppi College
Clinton
Mas
Loyola
New Orleans
Spring Hill
Mobile
Auburn
Real Estate Transfers in Ouachita Parish Clerk's Office
Real estate transfers recorded yesterday include Mrs Aine Gordon selling to Mrs Rubye Simpeon a plot near the Hobert Fennel property for 900. Tom Hicks Transfer Co Inc sold to Eile Wasson lots 5 and 6 of Montgomery subdivision West Monroe for 815.61 after deducting part of lot 8 for the city. The First Joint Stock Land Bank of New Orleans added to Other B Humphries eleven acres in township 18 north range 4 east with mineral rights for 1000. A Tugwell sold to A L Merrow lots 1 and 2 of block 22 Cole addition Monroe for 825. Joe E Marx Sr sold to John Earl Kersh a lot 71.5 feet south of North Third and Bres, fronting 115 feet on Third street, depth 150.15 feet for 5.0.
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Ouachita Parish
Aine Gordon
Rubye M. Simipeon
Hobert Fennel
Tom Hicks Transfer Company, Inc
Eile Wasson
Montgomery
West Monroe
cCity
Jeomt Stock Land Bank of
New Orleans
B. Humphries
Bres Avenue
Third Street
Daring British Patrol Sacks Axis Base Near Bengasi
A British desert patrol drove 150 miles west into Tripolitania and reportedly destroyed an Axis garrison and air base near Bengasi. Rommel's panzer forces were retreating toward Agedabia as British troops pressed from El Abiar, with frontier advance reaching four miles into Egyptian soil.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tripolitania
Bengasi
Erwin von Rommel
Agedabia
el Abiar
Tripoli
Mussolini
North Africa
Alabama Works Indoors For Cotton Bowl Battle
Rain forced Alabama gridders indoors as they underwent calisthenics and a lengthy running session in readiness for the Cotton Bowl clash with Texas A and M. Coach Frank Thomas said the three teams to depart for Dallas on Sunday were in fairly good condition. After Wednesday practice the players will have a brief Christmas holiday and resume Friday.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama
Texas A
Frank Thomas
Dallas
Prisoner With Personal Valet To Be Freed
Kansas state penitentiary inmate Charlie Fargo, the prison’s most distinctive prisoner with a personal valet, is set to be freed early next year to run a Wichita news stand. He was amputated after a 1933 Emporia bank robbery attempt and has spent eight years in a wheelchair, cared for by another inmate. Warden M F Mamarine notes his exemplary conduct and lack of outside funds delayed release.
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Lansing
Kas
Kansas State Penitentiary
Charlie Fargo
Wichita
Emporia
Fargo
M. F. Mamarine
Navy Yard Worker Held For Sabotage
A 42-year-old American-born navy yard worker, William Patrick Collins from Cleveland, was arrested by federal agents for sabotage. He admitted injuring a cable used with an acetylene cutting machine in Boston’s navy yard. a judge later ordered him to plead innocent with bail set at $16,000 and the hearing adjourned to January 6.
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Washington
Navy Yard
U. S
Naval Construction
William Patrick Collins
Cleveland
Boston
Edward Donoven
City Court Fines For Drunken Driving and Disorderly Acts
Lloyd Hennigan of Clarks paid a $110 fine after being charged with driving while intoxicated and driving without brakes. Several others faced fines or forfeit bonds for intoxication or disorderly conduct, including Carmichael, and nine traffic violators were fined a total of 45.50 dollars.
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Lloyd Hennigan
Clarks
W. M. Harper
D. J. Kemp
Farmerville
Robert Bynum
Sterlington
E. H. Younger
H. W. Cannon
Wiliam H. Muler
Nelson Smith
H. W. Chain
Grover Potts
Cotton Hyde
Jim Shannon
E. E. Worley
W. C. Anderson
Alvis L. Smith
James Anderson
Otto Tucker
Boy Finds $800 and Is Rewarded Only With Words
In Pottstown Pennsylvania Bruce A Rawson, 9, found eight hundred dollars in cash near his home and sought the owner. A cigar store clerk had dropped the bag en route to a bank and the money was claimed. Bruce received a verbal reward only. In Mangham Fred L Cheek, son of Mr and Mrs Ben Cheek, has been promoted from private first class to corporal in the Ninth Materiel Squadron at Barksdale Field for superior service in the Army Air Corps.
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Pottstown
Santa Claus
Bruce A. Rawson
Bruce
Mangham
Fred L. Cheek
Ben Cheek
6Th Air Base Group
Barksdale Field
Army Air Corps
Corporal Cheek
United States Army Air Corps
Aggies Train Hard in Dallas Cotton Bowl Prep
Texas A M Aggies continue hard work at College Station on passing game and drities as they prepare for the Cotton Bowl with Alabama. Players to practice Tuesday then return home for Christmas before resuming drills December 26. Also mentions pendulum blind flying aid for airplane pilots interpreted by feel.
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College Station
Tex
Texas Aggies
Dallas
Alabama
Doings on Grid Tops Them All for Surprises
The 1941 Associated Press poll ranks football upsets as the year’s biggest sports surprises. Pitt’s 13–0 upset over Fordham leads, Texas’s erratic path to a 71–7 comeback over Oregon, Billy Conn’s near win against Joe Louis, Vic Ghezzi’s PGA triumph, and Yankees and Brooklyn title feats highlight a year of shocks across football, boxing, golf, and baseball.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Fordham Rams
Fordham
Pitt
Texas
Baylor
Texas Christian
Oregon
Longhorns
Stanford
Oregon State
Green Bay Packers
Notre Dame
Texas Aggies
Duquesne
Army
Billy Conn
Joe Louis
Brown
Billy
Bay View
Golf
Vic Ghezzi
Yankees
Brooklyn
Vitory
Buddy Baers
Louis
Whirlaway
Red Cochrane
Cincinat Reds
Lou Boudreau
Cleveland Baseball Club
Horned Frogs study Georgia offense before Orange Bowl
TCUs players and coaches observed Georgia Bulldogs strong attacking style under coach Wally Butts. The team will dismiss for Christmas Wednesday, resume Friday, then depart at 5 08 PM for the Florida trip to the Orange Bowl. A note on U S telephone distribution is included.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Georgia
Bulldogs
Wally Butts
Florida
Bulldogs to Get Light Drills Next Three Days
Georgia Bulldogs coach Wally Butts ordered light workouts for three days to rest players before the New Year’s Day Orange Bowl against Texas Christian. The plan calls for shorter sessions in Athens with defense work and any scrimmages saved for Miami.
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Bulldogs
Athens
Georgia
Wally Butts
Miami
Texas Christian
Horned Frogs
Saved
Butts
Firestone reports record 1947 profits and sales
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company announced a consolidated net income of 11,262,427 dollars for the fiscal year ending October 31, with earnings of 4.37 dollars per common share. Net sales reached 268,091,826 dollars, the largest in company history, disclosed by President John W. Thomas to stockholders, compared with 8,652,607 dollars in 1946.
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Akron
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
John W. Thomas
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Blue Devils
Alex Piasecky
Bob McDonough
Pete Goddard
Bot Barnett
Tom Burns
Mike Karmezin
Jum Smith
Thompson Prothro
Tom Davis
Steve Lech
Leo Long
Stanford Star
Chicago Bears
American Hotel Association
United States
New Jersey
MNE
Tiecueda
Seine
J. W. Harper
Harper
Bond
Rsa
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