Roundup Tangles For Duke State Rose Bowl Site Shuffle
Sports notes from New York recount pending Rose Bowl site changes and the East West game. Other items include Bobby Jones wartime sports stance, Anton Christoforidis buying defense bonds, Ron Rickey trade fairness ideas, Alexis Thompson promoting tennis tours, Gene Garfielius ending twenty fifth year, Chic Cr includes 150 pound football idea, Phil Rizzuto draft deferment, Bay Packers game cancellations, Utah State Army coaching shifts, and Ben Hogan earning the Vardon Trophy with Miami Open points.
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New York
Duke
Gon State
Surroun
North Carolina
Jong
Birmingham
Ala
Morris Brown
Langston
Bobby Jones
Anton Christoforidis
Ceferino Garcia
Cleveland
Branch Rickey
Alexis Thompson
N. Y
Gene Garfielius
Buffalo News
Pritz Crisler
Michigan
Princeton
Pritz
Ann Arbor
Phil Rizzuto
Local Colleges Shine In All American Honors
Virginia players receive multiple mentions in AP All American honors. Bill Dudley of Virginia leads Virginian selections with first team status. Bill Chewning of Navy and other Virginians gain second and honorable mentions.
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Bill Dudley
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Bill Chewning
Navy
Richmond
Dudley
Chewning
Virginia
Ends Knox
William and Mary
Preston
Jackle Bass
McClure
Virginia Tech
Ramsey
Sauerbeck
Billy Stihling
Baugher
Washington and Lee
Catlett
Johnson
Muha
Pritchard
Corcoran Reveals 65000 Dollar Fee For Organizing Firm
Former official Thomas G. Corcoran told a Senate committee he received a 65000 dollar fee for organizing a magnesium company and helped secure a 3500000 dollar RFC loan. He said his private work involved five clients and that fees totaled 100000 dollars with no charges for influence.
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Washington
Thomas G. Corcoran
Roosevelt
Tommy
Senate
Corcoran
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Velt
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Asiite A
Nee Ad
Eclipse blackout timing questioned at WBEN broadcast
A scrambled fragment notes a Dec 26 practice blackout discussed with a Switch operator asking if it was at one o clock. The text also mentions toy blocks and miniature buildings used to train soldiers in Quartermaster Corps practice, with mentions of training and storage issues.
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Sta Wben
J.C
Quartermaster Corps
Handley Opens Cage Season With 34-11 Win
Handley high school opened its basketball season with a 34 11 victory over Berryville. Jim Huyett scored 14 points to lead Handley while Berryville’s Bill Henson added 7 of his team s 11 points in a game the Handley squad controlled after a strong first quarter.
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Berryville
Santa Claus
Hunter Maddex
Jim Huyett
Handley Cagers
Boloca
Clarke County Five
Bobcats
Bobcat
Handley
Bill Henson
Haniley S
Ness
Beoor Civestedsisones LT
Esaceves
Vnceweves
Cscs
Jackson
Henson
Rutherford
Thomas
Tavis Coo
Jenkins
Big Name Horses Head For Florida
Miami report notes top thoroughbreds eye Florida stakes like Hialeah's 50000 Widener Cup while war headlines temper exodus from California. Florida limits meet sizes at Hialeah 1200 and Tropical 700, shaping which horses can race amid shifting plans for Tropical and Hialeah opening.
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Miami
Fla
Whirlaway
Florida
Hialeah
California
Charles 8. Howard
W. L. Brawn
Challedon
Pictor
Midland
Mother Carries On For Son
Philadelphia report shows Mrs. Reba Feldman, whose son Jack aged 18 was killed at Pearl Harbor, volunteering at the army recruiting post. She takes up where he left off and is assigned to the army quartermaster depot. the piece notes a new packing method for army clothing.
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Philadelphia
Reba Feldman
Jack
Army
Pearl Harbor
Sweater Girl of 41 Margaret Landry Wins Contest Title
Margaret Landry of Baton Rouge Louisiana has been chosen Sweater Girl of 1941 from over 5000 entrants nationwide. She wins 500 dollars and a free trip to New York City for the national contest to select the typical American girl in a tissue knit sweater and skirt.
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Margaret Landry
Baton Rouge
New York City
Bond and Stamp Drive Set to Raise One Billion Monthly
Chicago reports a nationwide drive to normalize defense savings bonds through house to house canvasses and voluntary payroll deductions. A target of one billion dollars per month was announced by Harold N. Graves, with four hundred million dollars from small bonds priced at eighteen dollars seventy five and maturity value twenty five. The plan allows employees to authorize payroll deductions and permits cancelation at any time.
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Chicago
Defense
Treasury
Cne
Harold N. Graves
Secretary of the Treasury
Company Committee To Meet Tonight On Regulations
The committee on regulations for a proposed semi military company, including Claude M. Grim Horace Browne Harry T. Cook and Harry N. Lewis, will meet Mayor Anderson this evening at 7 30 in the Council Chamber city hall. After finalizing regulations another meeting of all interested parties may be held at the armory.
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Claude M. Grim
Horace Browne
Harry T. Cook
Harry N. Lewis
Anderson
Council Chamber
Armory
DiMaggio Top Athlete In AP Poll Of 1941
Joe DiMaggio was named the nation’s outstanding male athlete by the Associated Press poll for 1941 after a string of 56 consecutive hitting games and a .357 average. Ted Williams finished second, Joe Louis third, with Craig Wood fourth and Don Hutson fifth. Warmerdam led track with 14 tallies. coaches Leahy Blaik Brown Bierman among those considered.
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New York
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankee
Associated Press
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
DiMaggio
Williams
Joe Louis
Craig Wood
Tommy Harmon
Michigan
Niles Kinnick
Iowa
Don Hutson
Green Bay Packers
Minnesota
Bruce Smith
Cornelius Warmerdam
Frank Leahy
Notre Dame
Earl Blaik
Army
Burt Shotton
Columbus Redbirds
American Baseball Association
Paul Brown
Ohio State
Bernie Bierman
Gophers
California Is A Playground With Out Any Sports
Southern California faces a winter without major sports as war aims blunt leisure. The absence of Pasadena Tournament of Roses Rose Bowl Santa Anita racing cuts vast tax receipts totaling about 1.43 million from Santa Anita and 3.5 million statewide. Workers lose roughly 1 million in wages and Pasadena foresees 1.36 million in New Year spending vanished with 62 floats canceled.
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Los Angeles
California
Pearl Harbor
Santa Anita
Pasadena
Snapp and Renner High Rollers In League C Matches
League C standings show Snapp and Renner leading in a busy Monday night. Health Club, Rustic, Crown, Goodrich, and Friendship posted several wins with top scoring by Renner and Kurtz. Individual game and set leaders include Snapp and Friendship with strong scores for Royal Crown and Goodrich.
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Snapp and Renner High Rollers
Oss Eves
Weustic
Sds
Ava
Goodmcn
Ewes
Froyal Clown
Esvice
Srp S Sens
Ulin Bas SU
Rata Tithies
Ee Ee
PGI
Svins Ve Celbre
Ellis
Rustic
Crown
Goodrich
Kurtz
Friendship
Eagles
J. K. Mill
Buick
Renner
Lineburg
Royal Crown
Lunsford
Snapp
Ciem
Stoneburner
Road bid totals reach thirteen million for Virginia projects
Bids for State Highway Department projects this calendar year total about 13,060,000 with low bids announced for Route 23 in Scott County and Route 1 in Spotsylvania County. Phoebus and Elizabeth City County also posted low bids for curb and gutter work. A visitor season at Mount Vernon is discussed with April starting period noting 80 percent of annual visitors.
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Richmond
State Highway Department
C. D
C. P. Pugate
Wise
Scott County
Tennessee Line
W. W. Tuck and Son of
Virginia
Mount Vernon
East West Game in Sugar Bowl Set for January Three
Sugar Bowl sponsors adopt a war orphan and stage the East West all star game January 3 in New Orleans after Fordham Missouri on January 1. Tulane and the Shriners coordinate, with service men offered 30 cent tickets. Proceeds aid Shriner hospitals in San Francisco and Shreveport.
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New Orleans
Fordham
Pasadena
Duke University
Tulane
Mid-Winter Sports Association
Shrine
A. N. Goldberg
Association
Shriner
A Child's Reality
A radio report of war on a new front stirred fear in a six year old in Wood River Illinois. He cried that the Japs had invaded Toyland and bombed Toyland until his mother reassured him the target was Thailand, not Santa Claus’s quarters.
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Wood River
Ill
Toyland
Thailand
Santa Claus
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
L. J. Skiddy
Syracuse
Herald-Journal
Joe
San Francisco Bay Packers
Columbus Bulldogs
San Diego Bullmes
Utah State Agricultural College
Armed Forces
Ken Vanderhoff
Bill Whitesides
H. B.lee
Ben Hogan
Hershey
Harry Varden
Profesional Golfers Association
Hogan
Goodyear
Goodyear Service Store
Braddock
Germain Sts
Shenandoah
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
South
Bill Kern
West Virginia
Knoxville
Tenn
Bobby Cifers
Billy Gold
Bill Slater
Jim Gaffney
Allegany
Cumberland
Pingley & Carper
Piccadilly St
U. S. Army
U. S
George Washington
Ptes
PTE Winter Ts
iErs Lord
Greyhound
Ré.-Teip
Jacksonville
Pase
Florida Tours
Greyhound Terminal
N. Braddock St
By Orlo Robertson
Philco
Grand Canyon
George
Geo. T. Barnsley
Stanley
Miller’s Hardware
Santa Claus Headquarters
Bell Clothes
Bell Clothes Stores
Winchester
Front
Stenderd
BIG Table
E. Boscawen Sr
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