Spectacular 1944 College Football Stuns Fans With Long Runs
New York reports 1944 football delivered long runs and spectacular passes despite wartime. Notable feats include four 100 yard returns by Sid Garrett and Johnny Karamigios, 93 yard dashes by Shorty McWilliams and Bernie Sniscak, 95 yard run by Harry Gilmer, and a late 83 yard effort by Charles Moffett erased by a clipping penalty.
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New York
Claude
Sid Garrett
Idaho Southern
Johnny Karamigios
Denver
Frank Broyles
Georgia Tech
Clemson
Harry Gilmer
Alabama
Louisiana State
Bob Fenimore
Oklahoma Aggies
Duke
Gordon Clark
Shortly McWilliams
Mississippi State
Bernie Sniscak
Pitt
Buster Stephens
Tennessee
Notre Dame
Dancewicz
Bob Kelly Maggioli
Vials
Otto Graham
Paul Aschenbrenner
North Carolina
Navy
Lang
Harlan
Texas
Texas A
Tony Veters
Atlantic City
J. Air Station
Princeton
George Wainsley
Rice
Arkansas
Mike Schumehyk
Ohio State
Les Horvath
Minnesota
Charles Moffet
Kansas State
Kansas
Bowl Contests Viewed By SEC Officials in Birmingham
Georgia Tech is favored to win among three SEC teams in post season games per 14 delegates, with Sugar Bowl Duke over Alabama by 12 to 3, Orange Bowl Tech over Tulsa by 11 to 4, Cotton Bowl Oklahoma A and M over Texas Christian by 13 to 1, Rose Bowl Southern California over Tennessee by 13 to 1. Duke, Georgia Tech, TCU and Southern California field Navy V-12 teams facing civilian opponents.
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Birmingham
Dec
Georgia Tech
Bob Phillips
The
Age-Herald
Duke
Alabama
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Southern California
Tennessee
Navy
Dairy Lady Is Feature Winner at Glastream Park
New York reports Dairy Lady ridden by Dick Meade won the seven furlong Tennessee Purse at Glastream Park in 1:26 1/5. Sir Kid Friday faded late to second a length back as Crimson Tide followed in third and Legation fourth in front of 3,436 spectators who wagered 232,550 dollars across eight races.
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New York
Martin Shavo
Dairy Lady
F. Hammer
Sir Kid
Tennessee
Glafstream Park
Dick Meade
Crimson Tide
Legation
Umpire Henline Bought by National League
President Ford Frick announced the purchase of umpire Walter Butch Henline who officiated in the International League last year. Henline is a former major league player with the Phillies Giants and Dodgers.
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Henline
New York
Ford Frick
National League
Walter
Butch) Henline
Carrier Builds Motor Scooter by Local Mail Carrier
Dale Long a Herald-Mail carrier boy built a gas powered motor scooter for fun, costing about 50 and achieving roughly 12 miles per quart of gas at 15 mph. Inspired by friend Charles Gibney, the 15 year old sophomore used odds and ends over three months with a one quarter horsepower farm motor. He holds a ration card and license, delivery route calls for 203 papers, and the scooter faces many stops on his Ha jedoch town route.
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Dale Long
Herald-Mail
Dale
Charles Gibney
Main Avenue
Hagerstown High School
Jesse Long
North Locust Street
Hazerstown
Third Forces Saar Again In Evening Combat Update
American forces advance along the Saar river as the Thirty-Fifth Infantry clears new crossings and fights streets of Sarreguemines eight miles southeast of Saarbrucken. The 2nd Division nears the 35th on the east bank, reducing pillboxes as Seventh Army nears the German border. Gambsheim falls near the Rhine and French troops push toward Colmar from Bonhomme Pass, while Germans defend the Neuf Brisach bridge line.
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Julich
Saar
Sarreguemines
Saarbrucken
Sarvreinsming
Sarregnemines
Maginot
U.S. Seventh Army
Troose
Lorraine
Eifel
Bitche
Rhine
Strasbourg
Gambsheim
Bonhomme Pass
Beenwici
Colmar
Neuf Brisach
Nobel Anniversary Programs On CBS NBC And MBS Tonight
Radio listings mark the Nobel founder Alfred Nobel with anniversary programming across CBS NBC and MBS. CBS presents Peace and Dynamite at 11 50 tonight, NBC offers a Nobel prizes commemorative at 3 15 Sunday featuring Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, and MBS hosts an American Nobel dinner symposium at 7 30 Sunday with Dr Arthur Compton and other figures.
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New York
Alfred Nobel
Sweden
CBS Tonight
Nobel
NBC
Gustaf Adolf
Stockholm
MBS
Arthur Compton
Barry Wood
CBS
Lionel Barrymore
Kenny Baker
FBI
Boston
Guy Trombardo
Five percent of Filipinos employed in industry centering Manila
Report notes industry employment in the Philippines remains low with only about five percent of the workforce in industrial jobs, much of it clustered around Manila, signaling limited manufacturing growth and regional concentration.
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Manila
Zimmermann Shines In Eagles Rise After Baugh Watching
Roy Zimmermann, former substitute turned Eagles starter, outplayed Sammy Baugh as Philadelphia crushed Washington 37 7. The California native led in passing with 9 completions for 114 yards, added kicking and punt duties, and boosted the Eagles Eastern Division bid. He values coaching goals and farms in Arcadia, California.
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Herbert Altschull
Philadelphia
Roy Zimmierman
Sammy Baugh
Redskins
Baugh
Texas
California
Greasy Neale
Philadelphia Eagles
Zimmerman
Roy
Eagles
Washington Redskins
Sammy
War letters reveal routine comforts and abroad encounters
A soldier's letter describes sleeping on German beds and gratitude for a house. He recalls meeting a French woman who cared for 70 children, plus a former Bryn Mawr French teacher who spent 1920 to 1936 in the United States. Cpl Winters, 28, has served two years overseas and enlisted in April 1941 after working at Leiter's Wayne store.
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Chi
Winters
States
Bryn Mawr
Ite
Leiter
Waynesboro
Texas A. and M. Rout Hurricanes 70 to 14 in Bowl
Texas A and M. defeated Miami 70 to 14 at Orange Bowl with a dazzling T formation showing. Joe Scott scored four touchdowns, Jim Palmer three, Rod Butchofsky and Gene Spires two each, and Walt Higgins added four points after touchdown. Miami managed only two late sixes.
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Miami
Fla
Texas A.&m
University of Miami
Aggies
Joe Scott
Jim Palmer
Rod Butchofsky
Gene Spires
Walt Higgins
Hurricanes
Eskimos at Repulse Bay Exchange Wives Briefly
A Repulse Bay community note reports that among Eskimos it is not unusual for friends to exchange wives for a week or two. The informal arrangement reflects local social norms and shared household duties within the group.
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Repulse Bay
Local market prices and wartime radio figures
The excerpt lists local prices paid to farmers for wheat, butter, onions, potatoes, cabbage and other staples, noting OPA ceiling prices for certain items. It also states that at the time of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines there were 32,000 radio receiving sets in the islands.
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Aline Bros
Beneroin
Rees Vaid
The
Philippines
Islands
St James Brethren events and community notices
Sunday school in the Brethren church at 10 oclock with Christian Endeavor following. Evening preaching at 7 30 led by Rev. D C White. Women s Missionary Society met at William Eyler home with December theme Mitigate The Christmas Gate. Gifts exchanged and refreshments served. Several residents and visitors noted including Rev White Cpl Roger H Sheeley Gaza Cross Miss Gaza Cross Mrs William Kershner of Hagerstown and Victor Meiz of Spielman s. Deer hunting a nine point buck weighed 150 pounds shot by James Norris son of Mr and Mrs James Norris in Hancock.
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St. James
Brethren Church
Christian Endeavor
D. C. White
Women’s Missionary Society
St James Brethren Church
William Eyler
Williamsport
A. M. Petefish
William Sheeley
Ronald Baker
George White
Roy Lowery
Annie Eyler
Reginald Vickers
William Rohrer
Berlin
Cpl
Roger H. Sheeley
W. H. Sheeley
Southwest Pacific
Gaza Cross
Roy Long
Hagerstown
William Kershner
Victor Meiz
Spielman’s
Walter Green
James Norris
Hancock
Lander
Mr. White
Pearl Sperow
Gardner Moats
Downsville
Winfield Shamel
Child appeals for war bonds over local radio
Anne Lusby seven from Fountain Head Heights led a wartime bond drive on a local radio station urging purchases to bring fathers home from Germany. She bought two bonds from wounded veterans after the program and spoke as Woodland Way Junior High School second graders promote bonds. Nancy Pone, fourteen, sang on air as veterans and Fairchild Aircraft plant 2-B were mentioned. Anne’s father Dr. Frank Lusby serves in Army Medical Corps in Germany. her brother Ellis Keefauver is a sergeant in the Netherlands East Indies. The community event followed by congratulations calls and a Mrs M F Lumm’s fifty ninth wedding anniversary celebration at home. Norman Chapman returned to University of Maryland after vacation with his mother Miss Maxime Miller. St Paul’s choir and St Mark’s hosted an entertaining evening.
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Anne Lusby
Fountain Head Heights
Anne
Frank Lusby
Army Medical Corps
Germany
Woodland Way
Nancy Pone
Woodland War
War Veterans
Fairchild Aircraft
Keetauver Promoted Sergeant With 10th Air Force Service
Sharpsburg letter from Cpl Austin L Keetauver to his parents notes his promotion to sergeant in the 10th Air Force India. He serves in the Transport Division praised by Maj Gen Chennault for delivering high octane gas to the 14th Air Force in China across the Hump as a tail gunner aboard a B24. He was an aircrew member in the unit.
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Austin L. Keetauver
Lee Keetauver
10Th Air Force
India
Chennault
14Th Air Force
China
Keefauver
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