Golden Age of sport sees a fading postwar glow
The column weighs the postwar sports boom and who might define a new era. It compares stars across boxing baseball golf tennis and polo, noting aging icons, potential comebacks, and the slow emergence of fresh talent in 1946. It cites Joe Louis, DiMaggio, Hogan, Snead, and others, and questions whether a new Ruth or Dempsey will arise soon.
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Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Bobby Jones
Bill Tilden
Red Grange
Rogers Florsby
Tommy Hitchcock
Man of War
Walter Hagen
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Byron Nelson
Ben Hogan
Joe Di-Mage
Hank Greenberg
Cam
Pearl Harberly
Ruth
Dempsey
Jones
Hitchcock
Tilden
Aly Conn
Louis
Tlt
Conn
Irmy
Navy
Army
Blanchard
Davis
Joe DiMaggio
Joe Gordon
Bobby Dewar
Marty Marion
Terry Moore
Yankee
Cardinal
Dave Ferriss
Red Sox
Wakefield
Tigers
Stirnweiss
Yankees
Schoendeinst
Cardinals
al Newhouser
Whie-Black Sox
Giants
St! Nelson
Hogan
Snead
McPaden
Haas
Stranahan
Middlecoty
Doering
Givan
Teérnis
Bill Leary
Bill Johnston
War Dept notes and POW camp rumors in chatter
A memo page reports on war era intrigue involving Gen Eisertower and alleged payments to a woman in Europe tied to espionage. It mentions FBI tipoffs about saboteurs and political figures like J. Edgar Hoover, Truman, MacArthur, and Gen Hap Arnold. The piece blends gossip about deportations, aviation plans, and social columns with brief notes on public officials and Hollywood figures.
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Fl Hott Roosevelts
Hap Arnold
Japan
Pacific
MacArthur
Truman
FBI
Roosevelt
J. Edgar Hoover
U. S
Washington
Detroit
John Bugas
Henry Ford
Hoover
Dept. of Justice
la Iuardia
Questions and quotes on history and inventions
A mixed list notes trivia about the Constitution impeachment trial process rights for women in 1920 and other topics. It cites a claim that the handset telephone was invented in 1878 by Robert G. Brown of New York for personal use, and mentions George Washington in Moral Maxims.
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Dreamboat
Cigar Stanley
LaGuardia Field
New York
Clarence 8. Irvine
G. R. Rear
Ruth Saltzman
Senate
Robert G. Brown
New York City
George Washington
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