East’s top college basketball teams highlighted in season preview
A five part series ranks St John’s Seton Hall Villanova and LaSalle as the East’s strongest teams with Holy Cross Duquesne NYU Columbia and St Bonaventure close behind. Noting CCNY and Long Island’s withdrawal reshapes the field, the piece predicts Seton Hall and St John’s jostling for No. 1 with Villanova, LaSalle and others vying for strong seasons.
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St. John’s
Seton Hall
Villanova
LaSalle
Joe Reichler
New York
College
Cron
CCNY
Sean
South Orange
N. F. Villanova
Philadelphia
Holy Cross
Duquesne
Uni
Versity
Columbia
St. Bonaventure
Connecticut
Penpraia
Fordham
Georgetown
Ae College
Niagara
Colex John’s
Brooklyn Redmen
New Jersey Pirates
Bob Zawoluk
Jack McMahon
Ronnie MacGilvray
Sally Walker
Jim Walsh
Jim Davis
Dan Dunn
Honey Russell
Pirates
al Severance
Wildcats
Larry Hennessey
Tom Gola
Norman Grecken
Jac
Ken
Explorers
Gene Markey
Togo
Holy Cross Crusaders
Bob Cause
Bobby Sassone
Vincent
Yogi
Yokabaskas
Manly
Jack Molinas
Lions
Midwest
Proposals To Restore Thorpe Medals Draw Mixed Reactions
Mixed reactions in the United States and Europe greet a campaign to return Jim Thorpe’s 1912 Stockholm medals. The effort, led by a “Fair Play for Thorpe Committee,” seeks the decathlon and pentathlon medals Thorpe lost after being deemed a professional.
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New York
Jim Thorpe
Stockholm
Europe
Russia
Sweden
Thorpe
Carlisle Indian Institute
Pennsylvania
Big Jim
Hugo Weislander
Ferdinand Bie
Norway
Weislander
Associated Press
Swedt
Sports Museum
Weislarder
Fredrik Rude
Six Killed in Navy Plane Crash Near Miami
A Navy aircraft crashed beside Escambia Bay near Pensacola after a routine instrument approach from Miami to Corry Field. Six military personnel perished, including two Marines, two Navy enlisted crewmembers, one Air Force officer, and one Army enlisted man. names withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Tama
Iowa
International Soundphoto
Pensacola
Fla
Escambia Bay
Civil Aeronautics Tower
Miami
Corry Field
Navy
Air Force
Army
Francisco Franco Birthday Note and Rise to Power
AP Newsfeatures recounts Francisco Franco born December 4, 1892 in Galicia Spain. He became Chief of State after seizing control in the Spanish Civil War and later saw the 1947 ratification of a law confirming his succession.
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Francisco Franco
Galicia
Spain
Controllini
Franco
Missing Grandmother Feared Dead After Mountain Search
Mrs. Ann Brage, 76, disappeared from her Double Oak Mountain home Sunday morning. Three light planes and 350 searchers scoured rugged terrain with no trace. Police examine a possible bus ride toward Birmingham or Washington. Relatives include sons Irvin and Arthur Bragg living near Alexandria.
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Ann Brage
Double Oak Mountain
Ce Ie
Washington
Irvin
Arthur Bragg
Alexandria
Fortune teller’s map aids Virginia search after rain cuts crew
Relatives of a missing woman in Virginia sought help from a fortune teller in Goodwater Alabama. The diviner drew a map ending at a sheer cliff but the family believed the woman did not fall. Most searchers left after heavy rains while a prayer service was held at Ernest Brage’s home with Reverend George Holmes leading.
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Goodwater
Ala
George Holmes
Brage
Ernest
Crime Club members freed after social misbelief
Four men in Jacksonville Florida were freed after they joined a group calling itself a Crime Club believing it to be a social organization. Police uncovered the case and released the men pending further inquiry.
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Jacksonville, Fla
Five men charged in suspect breaking and entering case
Detective Set G H Houston said the arrest of three men in the crime spree led to uncovering a club with dues, by laws and trial procedures. The clubhouse proved an arsenal of weapons, many taken from a southside store a week ago, Houston stated.
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Set
G. BH. Houston
Houston
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Chicago
Amateur Athletic Union
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Brundage
AAU
Winchester
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Ty. “and Enema
Lady Claire
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AP Newsfeatures
Loudoun Street
Winchester, Virginia
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