Roundup hints at Sugar Bowl ties and baseball moves
News notes from New York discuss air raid alarms for Fordham and Missouri in the Sugar Bowl era, Brown relocation rumors, and baseball trade chatter centering on Johnny Mize. Dodgers and Giants pursue him while shoulder trouble lingers. other items mention John Sullivan in boxing and Frank Frisch’s pitching staff.
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New York
Fordham
Missouri
Don Barnes
Browns
Los Angeles
Johny Mize
Dodgers
Giants
Typographical Dash May Signal Coaching Change
The Coffeyville Journal notes that a small typographical dash this time of year can imply a coach’s resignation or planned resignation, a subtle indicator in football circles.
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Jay Simon
Coffeyville
Kans
Bears Packers Playoff Tickets Sell Out Fast
Ticket market survey shows 46 484 seats sold for the Bears Packers playoff game and tickets quickly rolled out after release. San Penehees office reports staff working 12 hour shifts to manage the surge.
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Bears-Packers
San Penehees
Baseball Moguls Open Session in Chicago Trade
In Chicago the wartime major league baseball executives opened a session with a key American League trade. The Chicago White Sox exchanged outfielders Mike Kreevich and Wally Moses, both 31, with Moses hitting .301 last season. Moses had been hampered by injuries including a winter automobile accident.
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Chicago
Moses
Connie Mack
Deer Placed In Virginia Mountains For Restoration Program
Virginia will receive two hundred or more deer in early 1942 to release in understocked good deer areas as part of ongoing restoration efforts. Deer are captured when snow is deep and shipped from northern states, funded partly by National Forest revenue. Releases will occur on National Forest lands in the western region, with involvement from the U S Department of Agriculture and the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries.
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Richmond
Virginia
Commission of Game
National Forest 8
National Forest
U. S. Depoy Service
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
War Threatens Fate of U. S. Medical Mission
Japan attacks threaten to endanger the U S Medical Commission to the Yunnan Burma Rail road project aimed at malaria control among Chinese builders on the Burma Road. The commission includes Dr Victor H Haas and other Public Health Service and Rockefeller Foundation personnel with plans to join in Burma.
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Science Service
Washington
Japan
Burma Road
Aaeth Jentist
Scien
Medical
Yunnan-Burma
Thomas Parran
U. S. Public Health Service
Victor H. Haas
Yunnan
Burma
Public Health Service
Fred P. Manget
Marshall Balfour
Rockfeller Foundation
Far Eastern
Paul Stephenson
Peiping Union Medical College
W. L. Jellison
H. A. Johnson
The
Frank W. Fisk
University of California
Rockefeller Foundation
FW. Thomas
E. R. Lacy
Tennessee Valley Authority
L. B. Hall
Georgia State Department of Health
Arthur B. Morrill
Detroit, Mich
Water Board
Gordon Smith
Joseph Pasterski
San Francisco
T. H. Tomlinson
Commission
Wright
Daniel EB. Wright
Winchester
D. E. Wright, Jr
Berkley
Calif
Rockefeller
Fights Last Night AP Briefs Winners and Draws
In New York Herbie Katz outweighed Tony Musto for an eight round decision. Al Hart stopped an opponent from Mount Vernon after four. Cal Cagni drew with Vic Dellicurti in an eight round NJU matchup. Tank cars carry other goods besides oil milk molasses and vinegar among rail freight examples.
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Associated Press
N. Y
Herbie Katz
Brooklyn
Tony Musto
Chicago
White Plains
al Hart
Washington, D. C
Mount Vernon
New York
Cal Cagni
Jacksonville
Fla
Naval Air Training
Vic Dellicurti
Drew
Duquesne Debates Charity Football Game
Duquesne University studied an invitation to play a post season charity football game on New Year’s Day in Griffith Stadium Washington. Proceeds would aid the U S O and British war relief. The bid came at a banquet honoring the Dukes undefeated and untied squad. Rep Samuel Weiss was relay point. Texas University was proposed as a potential opponent.
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Pittsburgh
Duquesne University
Griffith Stadium
Washington
Dukes
Samuel Weiss
Duquesne
Texas University
Local guests visit Brucetown families during December
Dr and Mrs F A Cochran host Col and Mrs R C Bull of Lehigh University Bethelem Pa and Mrs Lillie Lute of Chester Pa at Swimley Va. Mr and Mrs S J Swimley visit daughter and son in Philadelphia. Nearby guests include Mr and Mrs Walter Steer Baltimore Md Mrs Walter Dunn Martinsburg and Mr and Mrs Arthur Bush Charles Town W Va. Supper hosts Mr and Mrs Robert Mowery with Paul Shirkey and daughter Ruby and Miss Catherine McKee. Charles Duvall Baltimore and the Swimeys’ son and mother attend weekend visits.
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Brucetown
F. A. Cochran
Swimley
R. Co. Bull
Lehigh University
Bethelem
Lillie Lute
Chester
S. J. Swimley
Charles White Shearer, Jr
Philadelphia
Walter Steer
Baltimore
Walter Dunn
Martinsburg
Arthur Bush
Charles Town
W. Va
Jack Boden
Paul Shirkey
Ruby
Catherine McKee
Robert Mowery
Charles Duvall
Pareerte
F. H. Swimey
Curly Denied Air Corps Dream by Tuberculosis
Curly, a gifted youth eager to join the air corps, fails the army air force exam due to a tuberculosis diagnosis from a chest X-ray. Doctors praise his potential as a born aviator, but the disease ends his immediate flight plans. Christmas Seal Committee funds aid early diagnosis and treatment efforts for those unaware they are infected.
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Curly
Air Corps
Army Air Force
Christmas Seal Funds
Lake Tahoe location on Nevada California border
Lake Tahoe sits on the boundary between Nevada and California just west of Carson City, the capital of Nevada.
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Nevada and
California
Carson City
Nevada
San Francisco Reprimand Spurs Air Raid Readiness
Lieut. General John H. DeWitt rebuked San Francisco for poor blackout compliance during the first mainland air raid alarms. He called failure to heed orders criminal and urged immediate preparation for possible attacks from the skies.
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San Francisco
John H. DeWitt
Fourth Army
DeWitt
Canada
Mexico
California
Blackout Monitored In City Amid Aural Alarm
Across the street large advertising signs burned while Alcatraz lights shone on the bay. In the city an air warden demanded a householder switch off a bathroom light. A one hour blackout from 2:25 a m showed a 10 percent improvement over prior alarms with no bombs reported. Radios were silent during the blackout.
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Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Bay
Alarmless warning in San Pedro harbor district
Major-General Jacob E. Plickel of the fourth air force warned there is no cause for panic but civilians and the military must stay alert to danger and be ready for emergency measures in the San Pedro harbor district, a key shipping and naval center in southern California.
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San Pedro Harbor
California
Jacob E. Plickel
Fourth Air Force
Notice of Nonrespon sibility for Lester Combs
A brief public notice states the signer will not be responsible for any debt incurred by Lester Combs or his actions and directs readers to "SEE COMBS" with a date of 12 10 31.
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Lester Combs
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