Truman Ducks Question of Second Team Washington
President Harry Truman avoids pledges on 1948 race while Louisiana Rep. Edward Herbert and New Orleans Mayor Robert Maestri press for future support. Truman deflects, saying he is doing a job day by day and letting the future unfold.
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Harry Truman
Edward Herbert
Louisiana
Robert Maestri
New Orleans
White House
Maestri
Chicago
Debate on national football schedules and bowls shaping 1945 46
A veteran columnist argues bowls distort schedules by favoring southern teams and praises Duke and Georgia Tech for tough, testing slates. He notes Alabama and Navy dominance, but warns bowl bias limits true rankings and calls for broader, harder schedules across regions.
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Navy
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Bob Neyland
Tennessee
Neyland
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Frank Thomas
L.S.A
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Indiana
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Michigan
Crimson Tide
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Holy Cross
Duke
Tulane
Texas
Tulsa
Northwestern
Illinois
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Pittsburgh
Purdue
South
Gilmer and Mancha
Veteran and serviceman column seeks reader questions
The paper announces an arrangement with the Washington Bureau of the Western Union to publish an elite column on veterans and their families. Readers may send questions to the Bureau at 1616 Eye Street NW and will receive answers in a later issue. No direct mail replies.
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U. S
States
Air Corps
Converse
la. A
Pacific
Army
Greenbush
Minn
Office of Dependency Benefits
War Department
Newark
N. J
F. L
Lancaster
Wis. A
Columbus
Ohio
Europe
Washington
Western Union
Eye Street
Veterans Unemployment: 102 Million Paid, 331000 Vets
The Veterans Administration reports about 102.75 million dollars in unemployment compensation paid by December 15 to roughly 331 thousand World War II veterans. For the week ending December 1, jobless veterans totaled 247,360. Michigan Ohio Oklahoma show declines. New York Texas New Jersey California Illinois Massachusetts show increases. All other states show a proportionate rise.
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Veterans’ Administration
Armed Services
Michigan
Ohio
Oklahoma
New York
Texas
New Jersey
California
22 Ships in Mass Collision Off Coast of Newfoundland
A 1945 news item recounts a massive collision near Newfoundland when a westbound Allied convoy of 76 ships hit dense fog and formed a chain reaction after an iceberg strike. Within 10 minutes 22 vessels collided yet all survived with no loss of life.
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Newfoundland
Collier’s
Atlantic
Giese Co advertising book search service
Baltimore paper ad from C. C. Giese Co lists a service to locate scarce books. Readers quote asking for titles and authors, with price quotes on request and no obligation. Address 128 Light St. Baltimore Md. Adv.
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Light St
Baltimore 2
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