Spring football fever sweeps Southeast with spring practice
A Southeast tour finds record spring camps in Florida Georgia Alabama and the Carolinas. Georgia’s Wally Butts says 1946 Bulldogs look stronger with Trippi backfield help. Alabama and Oklahoma A and M may lose Gilmer and Fenimore to the draft, risking star power. Florida USA Ray Wolf leads a strong staff as Miami anticipates a better season. North Carolina adds Justice. Tennessee Duke and Tulane prep for hard campaigns amid draft uncertainty.
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Southeast
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Carolinas
Wally Butts
Bulldogs
Wally
Trippi
Oklahoma A
Ray Wolf
Miami University
Holy Cross
Snuffy Stirnweiss
North Carolina
Justice
Chapel Hill
Carl Snavely
Bob Neyland
Tennessee
Wallace Wade
Duke
Neyland
Wade
Frank Thomas
Gilmer
Henry Frnka
Tulane
Army and Notre Dame Preview 1946 Rivalry Feels Reborn
Notre Dame coach Frank Leahy vows a stronger 1946 squad with Kelly and Mello back, promising line and speed against an Army team rebuilding after losses. Navy coach Tom Hamilton faces the twin pressures of Army and Notre Dame while building a tough schedule and inspiring his squad.
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Notre Dame
Frank Leahy
Leahy
Kelly
Mello
South Bend
Army
Notre
Tom Hamilton
Navy
Hamilton
Michigan's Troubles and the War Era Football
Michigan faced draft pressures as Fritz Crisler fielded a very young team with 18 freshmen last fall eight of whom became regulars. The Wolverines may see heavier casualties due to their youth while Hamilton is praised as a pivotal wartime contributor to college football.
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Hamilton
Michigan
Fritz Crisler
Wolverines
Montanan Urges Farmers to Sell Wheat and Save World
Thomas D. Campbell of Hardin Montana urges farmers to deliver wheat to the government now. He cites price certainty, government priority for cars, tax considerations, storage limits, and a humanitarian aim to ship wheat early to save lives. Campbell has pledged 500000 bushels to the program. He is a U S army colonel and the nation’s biggest farmer. References to policy by the Department of Agriculture and a target of 200000000 bushels for shipment are noted.
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Walter A. Shead
Washington
Washington, D. C
Thomas D. Campbell
Hardin, Mont
Campbell
U. S. Army
Department of Agriculture
D. of A
Rammed Earth House For Him In Greeley
GREELEY COLO. Attorney David J Miller builds a rammed earth six room home to ease housing and materials shortages. He uses a bulldozer for site work and soil mixing with clay silt and sand. Forms set walls rammed with a backfill lamp then removed to complete the durable dirt house. Six other residents plan similar homes.
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Greeley
Colo
B. C
Hannibal
David J. Miller
Will trade cross for Ford Ferguson tractor
William McLaughlin of Lynden, a World War I veteran and holder of a distinguished service cross, offers to trade his medal for priority on a Ford Ferguson tractor. He says war service earned him priority in WWII regulations, but he cannot obtain a tractor because of those rules.
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Bellingham
Wash
William McLaughlin
Lynden
Ford-Ferguson
Aviation notes on flight safety and early female pilots
Mayo unit researchers describe water immersion in a bathtub and centrifuge tests that reduce blackout risk in high g maneuvers. Grange advocates air transport economic importance postwar. Early WV pilot Manila Davis is highlighted as a pioneer.future airplane designs may use helium gas to inflate tires to make them lighter than air.
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C. F. Code
E. H. Wood
E. J. Baldes
Mayo Aero Medical Unit
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
Grange and
AIR
National Grange
Manila Davis
Flatwoods
East Boston
Mass
West Virginia
B. B. Talley
Huntington
W. Va
Morale Soars as Hammocks and Fly Swatters Reach Public
The OPA removed price controls on hammocks fly swatters decorative sofa pillows pocket knives and thermometers among other items boosting American morale. Officials say the move lifts public spirits and may shift political tides as shortages ease and daily life feels more humane.
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OPA
Truman
If Fighting Men Did It The U N Way
Dialogue heavy military scene shows generals and captains arguing over an immediate offensive versus postponement. A lieutenant requests a vote on attack validity, while a sergeant worries about enemy timing and a postponement until July 6.
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U. N
G. I
G. L
Planes Plant Wheat Seeding Accelerated by Air Setup
A Milford Iowa seeding effort using an airplane reduced a 20 day plan to 12 hours. 360 pounds of sweet clover seed were sprayed over 300 acres at 36 to 112 seeds per square foot. Operators Glenn Schuetz Carl Shelton and Bob Gunn, all pilots and farm owners, led the crop dusting crew.
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A. T. Sumner and Sons
Milford
Glenn Schuetz
Carl Shelton
Bob Gunn
Reading Notes from a Quoted Column of Clever Bits
The passage mixes light social commentary on John Kieran's favorite stars Kate Hepburn and a cartoon rabbit with memories from William Allen White’s Autobiography. It wryly notes a childhood sweetheart Agnes Reilly, a spring wagon memory, and a comic line about nylon lines and facsimile newspaper printing on a radio set.
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John Kieran
Kate Hepburn
William Allen White
Agnes Reilly
Dessert ideas and recipes dish up summer treats
A household memo highlights new whipped cream availability and fresh fruit as season warms. It shares several no bake and light dessert options including Lemon Chiffon Sponge Cake and Banana Cream, with steps for gelatin, whipped cream, and freezing techniques.
Lynn Says Serve a Salad for Fresh Vegetable Diet
Advice on making salads with greens and toppings. Suggestions include avocado, carrots, cauliflower, celery, cucumber, tomatoes, peppers, onions, and dressings with oil herbs and blue cheese. Cooked vegetables offer color and variety such as peas beans beets asparagus and Brussels sprouts.
Household Tips for Cooking and Home Care
A guide suggests lemon juice enhances chops before broiling and pork roasts in 20 to 25 minutes per pound, warns against using a quick oven, and offers DIY apron and kneeling pad ideas. It also covers preventing squeaky floors with talcum powder or a wedge, and dusting behind wall pictures to stop dark outlines.
Quick Home Tips From The Paper
A compact selection of practical household advice. Sand a thin strip along the bottom edge of each picture frame to grip wallpaper and keep frames straight. Do not hang furs outdoors before packing. store insects out with mothproof bags for summer. Beat furs and seal in mothproof bags. Add onion to tomatoes as they begin to stew to preserve flavor even after removal.
Coffee Grounds Make Sweeping Compound for Basement
A practical note suggests using used coffee grounds as an effective sweeping compound to clean a basement floor. The tip highlights repurposing waste for dust control and floor cleaning.
Kellogg’s All-Bran Praise Ends Laxative Doubts
An unsolicited testimonial from Wellman Thrush of Wabash Indiana extols Kellogg’s All-Bran as a daily wholesome cereal providing gentle bulk to relieve constipation. The letter urges daily use with water and promises double money back if not satisfied, with production by Kellogg’s of Battle Creek and Omaha.
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Kellogg's
Wellman Thrush
Wabash
Indiana
Kellogg
Kellogg Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Kellogg’s
Omaha
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