Football to Baseball Stars: Spud Chandler Among Sextette
The article reviews football to baseball crossovers led by Spud Chandler’s record and lists luminaries like Christy Mathewson, Orvie Overall, Mickey Cochrane, Lou Gehrig, Eddie Collins, Jim Thorpe, Reese, and Collins. It notes Chandler’s 22 of 24 wins since 1941 after early career obstacles, praising his work ethic and stating few exceed his feat.
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Spud Chandler
Georgia
Joe McCarthy
Christy Mathewson
Bucknell
Giants
Andy Freeman
California
Orvie
Cubs
Mickey Cochrane
Boston U
Mickey
Lou Gehrig
Columbia
Eddie Collins
Athletics
Jim Thorpe
Jim
Reese
Collins
Vanderbilt
Dodgers
Ernie Nevers
Schoolboy Rowe
Joe Gordon
Oregon
Gordon
Ask Tuffy Leemans
Mathewson
Cochrane
Gehrig
Chandler
Spurgeon Chandler
Carnesville
Yankee
Spud
Coast Guard trainees under Dempsey sharpen combat drills
At the U S Coast Guard Training Station Manhattan Beach New York the new program led by Lieut William H Dempsey known as Jack has 1800 men in daily two hour workouts. Assistants include Lou Ambers Nathan Mann Marty Servo Irving Jaffee and others as they learn rough and tumble fighting jiu jitsu and disarming techniques to capture saboteurs.
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United States Coast Guard
Manhattan Beach N. Y
William H. Dempsey
Jack
Dempsey
Marquis of Queensbury
Emily Post
Lou Ambers
Nathan Mann
Marty Servo
Irving Jaffee
Picnic Day at the President's Cottage and Book Talks
The narrator recalls a sunny picnic on the hill behind the President's cottage with views of the Catskills and Hudson. He notes a cat incident and details a visit from Lunsford P. Yandell about a pocket book of Jesus sayings, praised by Dale Carnegie, with remarks on religion, families, and early Bible reading. He mentions shows with navy guests, a Beacon visit to dine with Morgenthaus, and a quiet day at home with nature and a Dutchess County art exhibition. He urges home nursing training as hospitals strain resources.
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New York
Catskill Mountains
Hudson River
Berkshires
Shawangunk Range
Lunsford P. Yandells
Yandell
Dale Carnegie
Jesus
Arthur Hinds
Beacon
Camouflage Training Underway At Fort Belvoir
At Fort Belvoir Virginia a seven officer camouflage course teaches how to hide planes by creating dummy Curtiss P-40 models in a five acre field. Officers move 300 pound dummies into place and modify terrain, receiving critique until concealment meets standards. A photo series shows the camoufleurs at work.
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Fort Belvoir
Blank
Gulliver
Radio commercials tease wartime public mood and products
In a satirical wartime broadcast, quips about a second front, Twidgett’s bread, Baffle’s beer, Green Mountain Stogies, Hankey’s Goo Goo Bars, Zigger’s Cooking Grease, and assorted references punctuate news of World War II. The piece pokes fun at ads while noting consumer items and a sewing pattern.
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Twidgett
Asia
Near East
Green Mountain
Hankey
Pound of Prince Albert Tobacco Pleases Service Members
Soldiers sailors Coast Guardsmen and Marines favor a pound of tobacco as a gift send a pound of Prince Albert tobacco, the top choice among service members. Local dealers promote Prince Albert in the pound can as an ideal gift for those in the service.
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Prince Albert
Adv
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Bobby Jones
Bob
Ty Cobb
Cobb
Speaker
Grantland Rice
Joe Gorden
Western Newspaper Union
Congress
War Man Power Commission
W. H. Dempsey
WSU
Eleanor Roosevelt
Pocket
NAVY
Army
Dutchess County
Nathan Straus
American Women's Voluntary Services
Aaf
Zigger
Dr. Fell
U. S. Post Office Department
Andre
America
Danbury
Hamburg
Elmer Twitchell
United States
Mr. Twitchell
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Minna
San Francisco, Calif
Sioux Honey Assoc
Gloux City
Iowa
Lima
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
WNU
Doan
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