Postwar basketball: soldiers eye pro-scale rise
The speaker urges a new postwar major sport, basketball, arguing army and navy teams could boost war bonds and Red Cross support. He cites teams like Great Lakes, Norfolk, Mitchel Field, Greensboro AAF, and St. Mary’s Pre-flight, predicting a professional future and even an Army-Navy game in major arenas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergt
Herb Goren
Goren
Great Lakes
Midwest
Norfolk Naval Training Station
Mitchel Field
Atlantic
Greensboro
Army Air Forces
Tobacco Belt
St. Mary’s
Pacific
Landis
New York
Madison Square Garden
Chicago Stadium
Soltier Field
Army N X basketball players in service eye pro league future
Sergt. Herb Goren notes Basic Training Center No 10 team includes Pfc George Senesky holder of the intercollegiate scoring record at St Joseph’s Philadelphia. Pfc George Mahnken six foot eight Georgetown All America center. Pvt Dick Gray Villanova captain and pro in the American league. Players say war ends they expect to join major league basketball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergt
Herb Goren
Navy
Basic Training Center
No. 10
Pfc
George Senesky
St. Josephis
Philadelphia
George Mahnken
Georgetown
Dick Gray
Villanova
Senesky
Big Mahnken
John
Navy backs competitive sports, Tunney says
Comdr Gene Tunney, returning from the South Pacific, declares the rumor of his opposition to competitive sport is false. He says the navy V program, devised in his office, encouraged football, baseball, basketball, track and field, swimming and all forms of competition, and he and other navy men fully supported it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comdr
Gene Tunney
South Pacific
Navy
Pacific
Truman Committee
Washington
Adm
Ernie King
Admiral King
Potomac
Navy Department
Joe E. Brown
New York
United States
Spruance and Marshall Family in Wartime Profiles
Profiles of Raymond Spruance and George C. Marshall reflecting on wartime roles. Spruance, 57, praised for his naval leadership from Midway to the Gilberts and Marshall’s wife’s quiet audience role as he discusses trouble and strategy. Col Ruth Streeter leads Marine Women’s Reserve with rising approval and service impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Navy
Brooklyn
Annapolis
Pennsylvania
Raymond Amos Spruance
Wanglea
Bae
Roosevelt
Marshall Islands
Fletcher
Midway
Spruance
Gilberts
George—C. Marshall
Army of the United States
Italy
Marshall
Washington
Mansfield
Baltimore
Portis
Juliet
Rosalind
Ophelia
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Marine Corps
Women’s Reserve
Ruth Cheney Streeter
Missouri
Reserve
Marines
Morristown
N. J
Army
Shoe battle and wartime steel wage talks in wartime notes
The piece reports a backstage clash between WPB and OPA over shoe leather and oil wax sole treatments to cut civilian wear. It cites Kilgore hearings, industry pushback led by Sheppard, and calls for a government order, with broader notes on naval pay practices and Will Davis’ steel wage panel effort. It also mentions New Mexico’s Bataan focus and Korea Institute opening offices in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPB
OPA
Bureau of Standards
Sdate War-Mobilization Committee
West Virginia
Harley Kilgore
Paul C. Wolfer
Douglas Shoe Company
Wolfer
Lawrence B. Sheppard
Hanover Shoe Company
Kilgore
Sheppard
Will Davis
War Labor Board
New Mexico
Bataan
New Mexican National Guard
Philippines
Japan
Korean Affairs Institute
Washington
Notable Entertainers and Shows Highlight Postwar media Scene
The article surveys returning stars and media ventures including Joe E Brown’s overseas tour reception, Xavier Cugat’s Metro contract, Lauritz Melchior’s film debut, Frank Sinatra’s hospital bedside encounter, Cary Grant radio work, James Cagney’s army bases tour, and Shostakovich’s Eighth Symphony broadcast by CBS. It also notes Rosalind Russell’s postponement and updates on Mary Marlin and The Horn Blows at Midnight amid postwar entertainment shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Griffin
CBS
Mary Marlin
Hollyhood
New York
Frank Ross
Rethe Warne
Jack Benny
Warner Bros
Shier Enace
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Who’s News
Consolidated Features
WNN
General
Geo. C. Marshall
Col
Ruth Streeter
Arctic
Deen
Sala Naies
North Atlantic
Aleutian Island
Army Quartermaster Corps
Brown
Minneapolis- Honneywell Regulator Co
Coast
Washington, D. C
Merry
Ani
VAL
Virginia Vale
Western Newspapel Union
Blue Network
Xavier Cugat
New York Paramount Theater
Metro
Cugat
Paramount Theater
Lauritz Melchior
Metropolitan
Fred Allen
Esther Williams
Halloran Hospital
Frank Sinatra
Rosalind Russell
Kenny
Bette Davis
James Cagney
Hollywood
George Primrose
Fred Astaire
Geoffrey Barnes
Barnes
Cary Grant
Morgan's Creek
Preston Sturges
Paramount
Howard Hughes
Startling Pictures
Dimitriy Shostakovich
Western Hemisphere
New York Philharmonic
Bill Downs
Moscow
Joe EZ. Brown
Lake Desk Exchange
Broadway
East Lake Lake City
Utahs
Lake Mead Farms
Overton
Ney
Graham Hatchery & Pullet Farm
Hayward, Calif
Nehester
Ellis
ZINIC
Sporting Doo 8 CO
Malin
Salt Lake City
Utah
Cn Surer
WERLB
II Aal
Sly Ott
Hareb
A. Gates
Nata Nalay
Ich Lohr
Dean
DTU
RY Anes
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