Heavyweight chessboard of champions and challengers
The piece talks through a tangled heavyweight scene as Louis Walcott Charles Marciano Layne and others collide in title talk. It notes Jersey Joe Walcott the aging champ and a shifting balance with Morrison and rivals, while predicting returns and possible matchups amid a crowded era of contenders. The piece also briefly reflects on baseball’s fading American League dominance and its historic power hitters.
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Walcott
Louis
Ezzard Charles
Jersey Joe
Rex Layne
Rocky Marciano
Charles
Marciano
Layne
Jersey Joe Walcott
al Weill
Joe Louis
Mt. Everest Peak
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
A.S
Ruth
Gehrig
Foxx
Greenberg
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Army to establish news center for local soldier reports
The army announces a central news processing center in Kansas City Missouri to gather home town items about soldiers, prepare them for publication, and release them to local newspapers, aiming to recognize deserving servicemen and ease writing load for combat troops.
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Army
Central
Kansas City
Army Central News Processing Center
Italian Soprano Maria Alberghetti Stars in The Goddess in Hollywood
In Hollywood the 14 year old Italian soprano Maria Alberghetti signs for The Goddess at Paramount, after her success in Here Comes the Groom with Bing Crosby. The piece notes The Medium as a landmark film, and mentions Out of This World in production, plus Godfrey’s European tour remarks. The article then shifts to army public information efforts, highlighting local news coverage needs and the creation of an army central news processing center under Major Walter A Pennine with a goal of 1,000,000 hometown stories annually.
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MA Maria Alberghetti
Hollywood
Paramount
Groom
Bing Crosby
Army
Walter A. Pennine
Boston Globe
Far East
Tokyo
Army Central
Office of Information
Washington
Judge Fines Railway for Overtime Block at Crossings
Richmond California police judge Clare Horner fined Southern Pacific $80 for eight violations of a five minute limit at grade crossings. The warning: sterner judgment next time.
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Richmond
Calif
Clare Horner
Southern Pacific
CrossWord Puzzle Across and Down Clues Mixed
Crossword puzzle clues for across and down entries include dog genus readyers, coats, ships parts, and many common words. The list blends terms such as antecede frothy and harboring obscure abbreviations with hints for Egyptian god and Roman pound in a dense grid.
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New York
Pierce
Puzzle Clue Roundup Delivers Mixed Wordplay
Last week’s answer set includes a missile weapon from Scotland and a clue for intensely active, plus references to 38 A wing and 40 Feet abbreviated. The compact cryptic hints mix wordplay with cross reference style found in period puzzles.
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Sc. Am
The Long Way Home Minute Fiction
After the 12 07 leaves Turner Junction Jeb Reynolds watches Rob Cameron depart with Sara and John on a snowy wind filled day They visit Mrs Whitely s Dinners then inspect mink pens and face a note from Rob s prank that hints at trouble yet ends with a smile with the family reuniting at home as the car climbs the hill within the Thanksgiving frame
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Black Mountain
Turner Junction
Jeb Reynolds
Rob Cameron
Ellentown
John
Sara
Rob
Mom
Dad
Home remedies for rugs and houseplants in old newspaper tips
Advice covers rug care with sizing to stiffen or restore texture, blotter placement for wet footwear, and curing slip with jar rubbers or shellac. It also lists stain removers for paint on tile, plant care blends including sugar camphor salt soap and baking soda, and a monthly ammonia spray for houseplants.
Grassroots denounces government propaganda on Fair Deal
The piece rails against state department propaganda and 30 000 federal propaganda specialists pushing socialized medicine and universal plans. It accuses Congress of funding biased press work and speeches to sway public opinion, arguing this undermines free enterprise and individual prosperity.
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State Department
Acheson
Senate
MacArthur
Universali Ied
Congress
Washington
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The
Godfrey
Helena
Ark
Boston
Seattle
Anne Maria Alberghetti
Fei
Tao
Iai
Norah
June
the Long
Way
Beatrice Cargill
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
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Chicago
By Wright A. Patterson
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Interior
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Justice Mae
ARS
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McKesson & Robbins
SANO
Fleming-Hall Tobacco Co., Inc
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