Flashy Utah Boxer Leads Gate City Fight Card
Keith Nuttall of Brigham City meets Curtiss James of San Diego in the 10 round main event at the Pocatello high school gymnasium starting 8 30 p m. Semis feature Bobby Jarvis of Ogden vs Sonny Kelly of Portland and Paul Perkins of Salt Lake City vs Gil Ramirez of Mexico City. Also on the card are Bobby Foster vs Enrich Hansen and Willy Price vs Babe Malacarro. The promoters tout the line up as among the country’s best and promise a big night of boxing thrills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Nuttall
Brigham City
Curtiss James
San Diego
Pocatello High School
Bobby Jarvis
Ogden
Sonny Kelly
Portland
Paul Perkins
Salt Lake City
Gil Rameriz
Mexico City
Bobby Foster
Salt Lake
Enrich Hansen
Willy Price
West Jordan
Babe Malacarro
Denver
Henry Armstrong
Nuttall
Armstrong
Feather
Welter
Nuttal
Montanans Lead Pack in Western Junior Ski Championship
Sun Valley reports McCracken and Landing lead the downhill field in the sixth annual Western junior ski championships. Canada’s Andrew Kassa and Idaho’s Murry Numbers follow, with Utah’s Darrell Robison and others in line. Girls include Laura Allin and Norma Godden. defending champion Keith Wegeman does not compete. Events run 10:30 a.m. downhill, slalom Sunday morning, jumps Sunday afternoon.
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Sun Valley
Montana
Dick McCracken
Naomi Landing
Andrew Kassa
Princeton
Canada
McCracken
Mt. Baldy’s Ridge
Murry
McCall
Ida
Darrell Robison
Utah
Miss Landing
Laura Allin
British Columbia
Norma Godden
Charlotte Ann Zumstein
California
Keith Wegeman
Colorado
Katie Rolph
Steamboat Springs
Colo
Leon Goodman
Dollar Mountain
Roud Mountain
Earl Garrity
Boise
Legion
C. T. Carey
Omaha
Pacific Northwest Ski Association
Otto Lang
Alf Engen
Darroch Crookes
Portland
Funds Passed For Idaho Projects
The House approved a deficiency bill funding the Black Canyon pumping unit 800000 dollars, Anderson Ranch dam 700000 dollars, and Hayden Lake project 109500 dollars. The package aims to finish pumping stations transmission lines and canal work to begin farming about 12000 acres near Middleton Idaho this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Black Canyon
Anderson Ranch Dam
Hayden Lake
Middleton
Ida
Anderson Ranch
Mountain Home
Coeur d’Alene
Dog Burying Wallet Seen By Woman In Carlsbad
Mrs. Leslie Ward lost her wallet while returning from the store in Carlsbad New Mexico. She retraced her steps and witnessed a dog burying the wallet in a neighbor’s garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlsbad,n. M
Leslie Ward
Slaughter Slump Alarm Hits Cardinals in Florida News
Slugger Enos Slaughter slumps to one hit in 17 at bats as the St. Louis Cardinals fear a repeat of last season. Manager Eddie Dyer contemplates benching him to spark a turnabout during spring training in Bradenton Florida.
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Bradenton
Fla
St. Louis Cardinals
Enos
Clint Conatser
Earl Torgeson
Ase
ST. Petersburg
New York Yankees
Charley
King Kong) Keller
Keller
Yanks
New Yorkers
Philadelphia Phillies
Button Wins Easy First in Senior Men School Skating
Dick Button, 18, of New Jersey, dominated the senior men's school figure class at the U S championships in Colorado Springs. Yvonne Sherman, 17, of New York, defeated Gretchen Merrill of Boston to win the senior ladies division at the Broadmoor ice palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Dick Button
U. S
New Jersey
Broadmoor Ice Palace
Yvonne Sherman
New York
Gretchen Merrill
Boston
Memphis selects Mrs. J. D. Evans as safest driver
Memphis honors Mrs. J. D. Evans mother of two with the title of the citys safest driver after sixteen years of driving without an accident. The recognition challenges the stereotype that women are unsafe drivers.
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Memphis
Tenn
J. D. Evans
Louis Faces $500000 Suit Over Alleged Alienation of Wife
The Brown Bomber Joe Louis is sued for 500000 by Rev Matthew Faulkner of Atlanta alleging Louis corrupted the affections of Faulkner's wife Mattie CarieFaulkner during November to January. The couple married in 1941 and have two children. Louis was abroad on an exhibition tour in London when the suit was filed.
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Vero Beach
Fla
John Hall
Frenchy Bordagaray
Brooklyn Dodger
Fort Worth
Tex
Joe Hatten
Montreal
Dodger
Chicago
Joe Louis
Matthew Faulkner
Atlanta, Ga
Louis
Mattie Carie Faulkner
Faulkner
Europe
New York
Atlanta
Matthew Kenneth
Oran Drake
London
Two Lead In Favor In Derby Prep At Jamaica
W L Brann s Escadra and B F Whitaker s My Request head nine 3 year olds in the $20 000 experimental free handicap at Jamaica six furlongs. My Request is 8 to 5 favorite Escadra 5 to 2 with River Lane 20 to 1 and Maine change 4 to 1. crowd expected 35000 as Wood Memorial on April 24 offers Derby qualification and added 40000. Weather forecast calls for clear skies after two days of rain and fast drying track off slightly.
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New York
W. L. Brann
B. F. Whitaker
My Request
Citation
Coaltown
Better Self
Jamaica
Escadro
Maryland
Fair Grounds
New Orleans
Long Island
Wood Memorial
Escadra
River Lane
Chile Urges Nations to Back United States in Cold War
Chile at the ninth Conference of American States calls on all nations to abandon neutrality and join behind the United States against Soviet Russia. Juvenal Hernandez says there is no third front and Chile aligns with democracies and peace. He backs U S aid to Latin America as urgent as European recovery.
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Bogota
Columbia
Chile
United States
Russia
Juvenal Hernandez
Hérnandez
U. S
Latin America
Jaime Torres Bodet
Rio Grande
Model Denies Louis Affair Allegations
New York model Mrs. Carolle Drake Faulkner described as utterly false her husband Rev. Matthew Faulkner’s charge that her affections were alienated by heavyweight champion Joe Louis. She said they have been separated for two years and that he is a jealous man, with no affair between her and Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Faulkner
Sol Friedman
Oe Avenue
Newark
New York
Carolle Drake Faulkner
Joe Louis
Kiss in the Park Sparks Park Safety Debate
In Memphis Mrs. Ila Huff, a girls club director, says the kiss in the park is dangerous and should be avoided, viewing it as inappropriate at parks though acceptable at a party. She describes the kiss as a wholesome part of growing up in her view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
Ila Huff
Cardinal Ball Club Open Action
Forty six players took part in conditioning drills as the St. Louis Cardinal west coast camp opened in Fullerton. Fresno Willows and Pocatello clubs supplied most participants with Willows and Pocatello to begin drills Monday and L Neil of Pocatello remained a holdout.
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Fullerton
St. Louis Cardinal
Fresno
Willows
Pocatello
Bill Brenzel
St. Louis
Stan Benjamin
Jim Tyack
Willows Pilot
Rolland le Blanc
L. Neil
Russia Eyes AIBA Entry for Olympic Boxing
London AP report says Russia seeks to join AIBA to compete in Olympic boxing in London. Col. Russell notes Moscow informed Paris HQ of three conditions: make Russian an official language, expel fascist Spain, and grant Russia a seat on the executive committee.
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London
Russia
International Amateur Boxing Association
AIBA
R.H. Russell
Paris
Soviet Union
Spain
Golf Finally Boasts Of All American Team
Golf Writers Association of America selects the first all American team Sammy Snead Byron Nelson Jimmy Demaret Bobby Locke and Gene Sarazen. The team will compete in a four man match at Virginia Beach April 17 with Sarazen and Walter Hagen assigning players to each shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Golf Today
Golf Writers Association of America
Sammy Snead
Byron Nelson
Jimmy Demaret
Bobby Locke
Gene Sarazen
Virginia Beach
Fila
Sarazen
Walter Hagen
Snead
Sammy
Hot Springs
Lawson Litle
Billie Burke
Johnny Goodman
Little
Nelson
Byron
Demaret
Jimmy
Corridon Sets National Record At AAU Indoor Swim Meet
Marie Corridon of the Women's Swimming Association of New York upset defending champion Ann Curtis to set a new national women's record of 59.9 seconds in the 100-yard freestyle at the 1948 AAU senior indoor swimming and diving championships in Daytona Beach. Curtis finished second, Brenda Helser placed third. Sue Zimmerman won the 200-yard backstroke, with Muriel Mellon second and Maureen O'Brien third. Nancy Merki of Multnomah Club won the 300-yard individual medley for the third straight year, lowering her own mark to 3 minutes 53.4 seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenda Helser
Los Angeles
Daytona Beach
Ore
Fla
Marie Corridon
Women’s Swimming Association of
New York City
Ann Curtis
AAU
Miss Curtis
San Francisco
Sue Zimmerman
Multnoch Athletic Club
Portland
Muriel Mellon
Maureen O’brien
Newark
N. J
Nancy Merki
Multnoch Club
Beer trucks gather for birthday surprise in Memphis
Mrs. R. M. Bondurant spied about 50 beer trucks parked in a residential area far from taverns. The drivers visited E. E. Dettwiller, the local brewery’s sales manager, to wish him a birthday, explaining they stopped by his home.
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Memphis
Tenn
R. M. Bondurant
E. E. Dettwiller
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