Nelson Named 1944 Athlete of the Year in AP Poll
Byron Nelson tops AP annual ballot as the top athlete of 1944, with 75 points, ahead of Martin, Al Amato, and other notable figures. The golf champion, aged 32, faced health issues but secured the honor in a year marked by sports and wartime effort. the piece notes his San Francisco Open win and race through major events. An industrial note closes the column mentioning a plant turning sawmill waste into ethyl alcohol.
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Byron Nelson
New York
Tess Ta
Ron
Gol
Ginner
Sweden
Miler
Nelson
Jain An Umler
Martin
Marion
Thton
St. Louiz Cardinals
Hervacd Oho State
Al-Am
Joe Louis
Tusk
Joe DeMaggio
Ton
Evansville
Ind
Nat Lieh Fann van Tharerewn
Toledo Toreador
Sis
Unirdi
Byrom Nelson
Sole
Horvath
Eral Newhouser
Claude Your
A. Ack
GY Il
Gunder Haegu
Ty Gilbert Dodds Ek
Richard Wakefield
Dizzy Trout
George Stirnweiss
Stan Musial
Bobby Pennany
Joe Lois
James Walthall
Bob ‘Kelly
Jack Dempsey
Bill Nicholson
News of Our Score Men and Women in Uniform
Compiled notes from wartime readers reveal servicemen and women sharing addresses seeking messages from home. The column lists multiple service members across the United States, England, and the Pacific, including Pfc Paul E French in Homestead Florida and Sgt Leroy Metz in Fort Cronkhite California, noting address changes and reunion hopes as Christmas nears.
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Freddie French
Wayne J. Frene Si¢e
S.K
South
Prc
Paul
French
Florida
Pfc
Paul E. French
Homestead
Fla
Leroy Metz
California
Co. C. V
NSC
Postal Department
Fort Cronkhite
Cal
Earle W. Hepperle
Spruce Street
Earl W. Hepperle
Southwest Pacific
Pfc. Hepperle
Hepperle
Scores and standings from a busy week in local leagues
The article lists high scorers and team results from recent games, noting Pipemen, False Alarms, and other teams’ performances. It mentions top individual totals, a close run at leadership, and references several local businesses in the standings and score summaries alongside a note about Norway trees.
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Imad
Datfemyer
Harper
Boonsboro High Student Writes of Hog Raising
A Boonsboro High student reflects on hog raising with focus on breeding stock care, equipment, and records. He notes self feeders, clean water, shade, and exercise as essential, and details a profit calculation from three barrows weighing 740 pounds after feeding 366 pounds of feed at $10.98. He plans to expand after graduation and mentions El Salvador's 12,000 coffee plantations and 140 million trees.
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el Salvador
399th Regiment Fights Through Forest in WWI Return
E Randall and Pvt George K Starman, former residents, recall the 399th Regiment in World War I. They marched via Fifth Avenue to promote the Fourth War Loan, arrived in France October 20, relieved veterans in the Foret de Ste. Barbe, fought land mines and booby traps, and aided French Army drives toward Strasbourg and the Rhine. Tickets for the Rose Bowl game between Southern California and Tennessee sold out, with about 93,000 seats filled. US steel production exceeds one million tons annually.
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E. Randall
West Howard Street
George K. Starman
Route 4
Fifth Avenue
New York
France
Foret de Ste. Barbe
399Th
Ile
Strausbourg
39Th
Rhine
Los Angeles
Southern Ifornia
Tennessee
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Martin. Marion
St. Louis
Les Horvath
Educational Toys
Parcheesi
Colton Delure
Everly
Ferguson A. Wilson
J. A. Wilson
Frederick Street
England
Ben Conrad
Stewart
Merchant Marine
Samuel Conrad
Forrest Street
B. Franklin Conrad
Barkdoll
Linwood Road
G. E. Barkdoll
Dale
Clyde T. Wunteberry
Carl Rowe
Keedysville
Daniel
Western Maryland Railway
J. J. Copenhaver
Winchester
Henry Redmond
Columbia
S. C
Sec. 1
Columbia Combat
CAADB
Columbia 8. c
Edward L. Redmond
Charles E. Welbaugh
Daniel J. White
Ss. White
Germany
She “Ith Division
Company B
Charles William Martin
Camp Blanding
Fort Bragg
N.C
Marie Martin
Clarkson Avenue
Avery
Fort Braggie
399Th Infantry Regiment
East River
Rudy's
Rexall Phcy
Hamilton Corner
Stone
I. Seuth
Martin Dan
Wes
Ford
Beagl Jamisons
Ts Iigstt
Eure
Gadte Dogil
Smith Wil Is
Tses Patonice
Jan Bok
Dean Rephart
High Street
Luieh
Loyek McKinsey
Kephacetua
Low Pra Lasusi
AL Pali Mack
Knepper
Lumim
Ating
Knode
Sts i Hambraker
N. Showeles
Freshour Clingan
Drenner
Holman
Fabr- Fiddler
Nrbaugh
Ingram L
Tri State Electric
Jamisons
Wrane
OPOG
Potomac Diner
Maire Hild Corner Tavern
Brimdy Calmer Works
Cromer Geoogery
oe smith + Freveh
Barber North
American Cementi
Technics
Norway
Brick
Beatty
Boonsboro High
United States
Schindel-Rohrer & Co., Inc
Hagerstown Gas CO
Bank
Hagerstown
Sears, Roebuck & Co
North Potomac St
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone CO
Balto
Lawrence G. Gard
Summit Avenue
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