Material, not coaches, wins games in this era
The piece argues that success in sports hinges on material talent rather than coaches or managers. It highlights football and baseball shifts across Navy, Michigan, Harvard, Yale, and others, cites players like Lujack and Conerly, and recalls early passing games and figures such as Eckersall and Exendine, underscoring elite performers over leadership.
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Navy
Michigan
Harvard
Yale
Washington
Kansass
Durocher
Giants
Shotton
Dodgers
Dusty Cooke
Phillies
Joe McCarthy
Athletics
St Lews
Chicago
Bobby Layne
Texas
Chuck Conerly
Mississippi
Harry Gilmer
Alabama
Johnny Lujack
Notre Dame
Tony Minisi
Penn
Grant
Merrilat
West Point
Gag Writers Worry Over Laughs In Upset World
New York writer Sidney Reznick, a dour humorist, says international tension dents his work. He notes a shift from situation comedy to fast punch lines and neurosis based jokes, citing pun revival and stress on quick laughs from a tense public.
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New York
Sidney Reznick
Reznick
Sam
Milton Berle
A Jolson
Jimmy Durante
Ed Wynn
Phil Silvers
Jim Folsom
Alabama
Alexander Panyushkin
Robert Lovett
Oksana Kosenkina
Panyushkin
Ex-Sexton in France Charged With Double Slaying
Police in Bordeaux region charge former church sexton Emile Descamps 64 with killing his wife and a mistress and probe a missing third woman. After an all night grilling he confessed briefly then denied, as investigators link disappearances dating to 1939 and search for a second unidentified woman. Police found rings handbags and watches at his home as they follow leads across Mezin Bernary and nearby villages.
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Bordeaux
France
Emile Descamps
Descamps
Marguerite Pujos
Helene Aubry Lef
Mezin
Louis Descamps
Bernary
Trapped Soldier Fights Swim From Submerged Car
Northumberland, PA soldier Woodrow Carr a 26 year old army sergeant swerved off a bridge into the Susquehanna River. The car sank 100 feet. trapped inside he forced a door open and swam 50 feet to shore with only minor scratches.
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Northumberland
Woodrow
Carr
Susquehanna River
Poultry Water System Keeps Hens Hydrated in Winter
Farmers test waterers made from drain tiles two and a half feet high and twelve inches wide. Pie plates serve as drinking cups while sink drains carry overflow to a central waste system. Ice and snow have not blocked the waste outlet, and a 500 gallon tank is fed by a two horsepower electric motor.
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Poultry House
Mechanization boosts farm yields and industry profits says beet sugar group
The Farmers and Manufacturers Beet Sugar association notes that mechanization cuts labor in farming. They point out that a century ago producing an acre of wheat required 64 man hours, while modern methods greatly reduce that time, reflecting broader industrial dividends.
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Farmers and Manufacturers Beet Sugar Association
Preventive Herd Management And Market Effects From Pests
The piece notes that milk yields dip from flies or poor pastures and advises spraying buildings with DDT and using repellents at milking. To augment short feed, suggest grain or silage. Muddy hog lots raise heat stress and parasite risk. mangy hogs sell 50 cents to $1 less per 100 pounds. Benzene hexachloride can treat mange easily.
Farm Population Drops 10 Percent Since 1940
The U S farm population declined by about three million people or 10 percent between the 1940 census and a January 1 1948 estimate. The 27 439 000 figure is more than two million higher than January 1945, when many farm residents served in the armed forces or worked in war plants according to census reports.
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United States
Matrons Nightdress pattern for larger figures no 046
Advertisement for a nightdress pattern size 42 44 and 46. Describes graceful slenderizing design with cap sleeves and easy sewing. Include 20 cents, name address and pattern number 046 to obtain finishing instructions.
Household Tips From a Vintage Pantry Mist
A collection of practical homemaking hints on cooking and pantry hacks. From thickening gravies with rice water to storing peanut butter upside down, plus kitchen cleaning and feather removing tricks.
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Leah
Frank Leahy
Fritz Crisler
Leahy
Connor
Fischer
Czarobski
Aper
Walter Eckersall
Willie Heston
Eckie
Fred Walker
Maroon
Minnesota
Eckersall
Walker
Glenn Warner
Carlisle
Mr. Pleasant
Exendine
Gardner Warner
Gardner
Newashe
Harry Blodgett
Hi Phooey
Dixiecrats
Dixiecrates
Houston
Tex
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding Wright
McBeek Arnherd
Canada
New
Leduc
Edmonton
Alberta
Atlantic No. 3
Margery Anne MacConnell
Elsie
Brewster, N. Y
Margery
LABOR
Maurice J. Tobin
Massachusetts
Boston
Secretary of
Lewis B. Schnellenbach
Tobin
R. D. Vaughn
Dallas
Speedy
Donald F. Strub
Akron
Ohio
Berlin
Johannes Stumm
Virginia
Eileen Brown
Hampton, Va
Sewing Circle
South Wells St
Qusehold
Henry Witkowski
Kennywood
Kellogg Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Bueney Dlives
BY Hag
Doan
Doanspiles
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