Army Notre Dame Yale and boxing notes mix in annual sports roundup
A round up of early 1940s sports notes cites Army players Glen Davis and Doc Blanchard alongside Notre Dame figures Frank Dancewicz and Elmer Angsman. The piece mentions Ray Scussell, baseball commissioner Happy Chandler, the National Boxing Association meeting, Riley Matheson of the Rams, Long Island II basketball history, Navy back on the bench, and shifts in the Sharkey A A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Glen Davis
Doc Blanchard
Notre Dame
Frank Dancewicz
Elmer Angsman
Ed Garbisch
Guy Farwick
Bill Ingram
Navy
Biff Jones
Andy
Double Wing
Sports Pourri
Happy Chandler
Jakie Devers
Cincinnati
Muddy Ruel
National Boxing Association
Cleveland
Riley Matheson
Rams
Riley
New Mexico
Long Island II
Madison Square Garden
Valparaiso
Giovanelli And Pellone Rematched For MSG Show
New York December 1 Tony Pellone of New York and Patsy Giovanelli of Brooklyn fought a close ten round bout at St Nick s arena with Pellone winning. They were rematched for another bout at Madison Square Garden on Monday December 17 Giovanelli is making a comeback after Army discharge and led early on but pursued a late rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tony Pellone
Patsy Giovanelli
Brooklyn
St. Nick's Arena
Pellone
Madison Square Garden
Giovanelli
Fog and Fuel Shortages Mark Grim English Winter
Mackenzie notes London fogs and a coal shortage amid wartime strain. He describes pea souper fogs tying the city in a knot, halting traffic, grounding fire engines, and ruining clothing while warning of rising hardship and potential loss of life across war-torn Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Britain
Europe
Annual meeting of Womens Auxiliary to meet with Virginia horticulture group
The sixth annual Womens Auxiliary meeting will be held December 4 5 6 at the Hotel Roanoke Roanoke Virginia in conjunction with the Virginia State Horticultural Society. The program includes an executive board meeting luncheon with Dr J G Woodruff speaking on foods and preparation and a banquet with speeches by John R Hutcheson and Clifton A Woodrum. A Thursday breakfast features Truman Nold of the National Apple Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womens Auxilliary
Roanoke
Virginia
Virginia State Horticultural Society
W.E. Lucas
Staunton
Frank Boyer
Woodstock
R. 8S. Graves
Syria
Howard Beasley
J. G. Woodruff
Georgia Experiment Station
Shenandoah Club
Nelson County
John R. Hutcheson
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Clifton A. Woodrum
Truman Nold
National Apple Institute
Yugoslavia Declares Federated Republic and Renounces King
Belgrade reports the newly elected Yugoslav constituent assembly proclaims a federated republic and renounces King Peter II and the dynasty. Deputies from Serbia presented the declaration as thousands demonstrated in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Marshall Tito
Yugoslavia
Peter II
Constituent Assembly
Peter
Serbia
Equal reemployment rights for women veterans under 1941 act
The Service Extension Act of 1941 extends the mandatory reemployment rights of the 1940 act to all who served. Women discharged honorably may return to their former positions if they meet requirements, just as ex servicemen do.
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van Johnson
Faye Emerson
Frisatine
Bruce Manning
John Klorer
Warner Bros. Capitol
Griffin
H. C. Sheetz & Son
Gray & Sheetz
Chapman Motor
Cc. B. Smalts & Son
National Avenue
Clee
Cnposter
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Winchester
Lewis M. Allen
Ray Robinson
Paul M. Haldeman
F Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sati
By Bagh S. Faller'en
Bill Bartlett
Lorain
Plebe
Jack Sharkey
Sharkey A. A
Boston
Johhny Buckley
Grid Giants
Cotton Price
Jim Thomason
Detroit
Steve Owen
Giovanelli and
J. W. Arthur
Rouss Ave
Winchester, VA
Dia
General Insurance
MacKenzie
Evening Star
Geo. W. Kurtz
George W. Kurtz
Bureau of Plant Industry
Prince
Prince Gear
Gray and
Eddy
Ashby Station
Roy P. Duvall
North Main Street
Dial
Earl L. Mason
Loudoun St
Automobile
J. A. Hotinger
N. Loudoun St
Miller’s Drug Store
E. Water Street
Red Ryder
Little Beaver
Outlaws
Wild Bill Elliott
Fox and the Duck
Lost Lake
Alaska
Rginia Mayo-Vera
Ellen Donald Woods
S.z.sakall
Je Aes
Ederrd
Brophy
Otto Kruger
A Gilmore
The
Goldwyn
Chicago
American Legion
Hansbrough & Carter
Londoun Street
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