Football Rules Proposals Tested In Southwest Trials
The football rules committee tested two proposals in the Southwest last fall as college games allowed subs to report to any official. Hardin-Simmons coach Warren Woodson used intra-mural games to try granting a scored-on team choice of goals, and officials say it worked. Pete Reiser to receive the 1941 rookie award at the Chicago baseball writers dinner. California papers claim Chicago bids too eagerly for Pebble Beach golf.
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New York
Cwideo World
Football Rules Committee
Southwest
Warren Woodson
Hardin-Simmons
Pete Reiser
J. Louis Comiskey Memorial
Chicago Baseball Writers
California
Chicago
Pebble Beach
Calif
Lajoie and 1907 Indians sparked early cry baby clash
Eugene J. Whitney notes in the Cleveland Plain Dealer that the Indians began their famous cry baby era in 1907 under manager Larry Lajoie. Midseason the club sought a new pilot after first baseman George Stovall was suspended following a run in with Lajoie, prompting a complaint to president John K. Adams which failed to go anywhere.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Lajoie
Eugene J. Whitney
Indians
Larry
George Stovall
Johnee
Sugar Bowl section boosts papers amid sellout rush
Fred Digby reports both his paper and the Times Picayune issued a large Sugar Bowl section three weeks before game day. The piece claims the Sugar Bowl as its own booster, noting rival papers laughed at the show.
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Fred Digby
The
New Orleans Item
Times Picayune
George Bleackley
Waterford
N. Y
Victory McLaglen
Buff Donelli
Jimmy Wilson
Pete Reiser
Joe Tuiner
Nelson Rockefeller
Charles Evans Hughes
New York Girl Finds $500 Bill Returns It to Police
June Millard, 13, of New York City, found a department store $500 bill and turned it in. After six months the bill is returned to her, identified as a descendant of Millard Fillmore, the 13th U.S. president.
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June Millard
New York City
Millard Fillmore
U.S
Duke Players Volunteer for Service Amid War Call
Wallace Wade reports about three fourths of Duke football players planning to volunteer. Three signed up last week as the Mather Field baseball squad in California fails to raise funds. Sacramento Coast League Club donates ten monkey suits. Wilfred Willets, Georgetown multi sport standout, stars for the 96th Coast Artillery basketball team at Camp Devis. Lieutenant Pete Smith, Marquette end coach, receives orders to report to Fort Sill. Hal Conklin, Patterson Dux Club guard, is eighth member to enlist. club grew from 21. Max Lofler of Fordham plans to play tonight then rush to induction with midnight deadline.
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Wallace Wade
Duke
Mather Field
Calif
Sacramento Coast
N.C
Pete Smith
Marquette
Fort Sill
Okla
Hal Conklin
Patterson
N. J
Max Loffler
Fordham
City College
Buddy Baer Exudes Confidence Ahead of Louis Bout
LAKEWOOD N J Jan 6 Buddy Baer talks bluntly about facing Joe Louis in Madison Square Garden Friday night insisting he isn t scared and can box or brawl as needed Promoter Mike Jacobs eyes a gate over 200000 with about 20 000 fans expected for the heavyweight title clash.
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Lakewood
N. J
Jacob
Buddy) Baer
Joe Louis
Wake Island
Maxie Baer
Louis
Buddy
Madison Square Garden
Barrymore
Joe
Mike Jacobs
Rustic's White Bolls 160 Game And A 415 Set
League team standings and last night results for Rustic and local clubs. Knits Mill led by Kiracore and Ring with top games while Royal Crown and Goodrich posted strong sets. Team totals show Rustic 588 in team game and 1727 in team set with Ellis and Goodrich close behind.
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Rustic
Kurtz Ui Atans
Esceeveesers Sl
Goodrich
Royal Crown Health Club
Friendship Sane Elks
Buick Sc
Svseeeeseeeres Eagles
Seescagees
Knit Mill
Eagles
Health Club
Buick
Ellis
Friendship
Kurtz
Royal Crown
Wnite
Kiracore
Ring
Sencindiver
White
Southard
Plank
Lineburg
Lunsford
Prehabilitation Seen as Duty in Preparing Youth for Service
Medical experts urge prehabilitation to lift registrants from lower physical classes to A-1 before examination. Family doctors and dentists should guide minor corrections and possibly minor surgery to increase usable manpower and personal well being, extending to all ages as a patriotic obligation.
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Selective Service
Busiest Teacher Claims He Can Out Ju-Jitsu Japs
Seattle January 6 A 51 year old Danish born policeman Svend Jens Jorgensen claims he can out ju jitsu the Japanese and is Seattle's busiest extra curricular teacher. He has taught law enforcement officers in the northwest and written four books on the art. He says his system is largely original and reflects techniques learned from others but he can defeat any oriental foe within seconds. Jorgensen became a police instructor in 1934 after learning the art following a 1921 shooting incident. He notes gun defenses and claims a strong police record of 67 captures without firing a shot.
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Seattle
Svend Jens Jorgensen
Northwest
Navy
Jorgensen
Webster
Tokyo
Denmark
Superman Teattl
Florida drivers pay for serial numbers to aid children
Motorists in Florida who want a certain serial number will pay $1 for the privilege, and the revenue received will go to dependent children.
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Florida
Virginia Tuberculosis Association Seals Sale Appeal
Miss Leslie Combs Foster of the Virginia Tuberculosis Association urged confidence that late Christmas seal gifts will swell the year end total. She noted many recipients had not replied to letters yet while war conditions push health groups to fund home front protection. Dr. Riggin and Dr. Parran stressed continued health gains and broad state and national support.
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Leslie Combs Foster
Virginia Tuberculosis Association
Miss Foster
United States
Virginia
I. C. Riggin
Thomas Parran
United States Public Health Service
Fights Last Night by the Associated Press
Baltimore slugger White won a 135 pound outpoint over Joe Peralta in Baltimore. Norman Rubio defeated Bunky Wall in Albany at 144 pounds. Wallace Cross beat Tedy Wint at 204 pounds in East Orange. Bob Montgomery stopped Mayon Padio in Philadelphia. Lou Brooks outpointed Herbie Katz in Wilmington. Charles Lulu Costantino outpointed Nat Litfin in New York. George Nyberg defeated Jay Secrett in Port Arthur ont.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Mayon Padio
Philadelphia
Lou Brooks
Wilmington
Del
Herbie ‘Katz
Brooklyn
New York
Charles
Lulu) Costantino
Nat Litfin
Chicago
George Nyberg
Port Arthur
Pasteurization urged for goat milk by agriculture dept
The Department of Agriculture says goat milk should be pasteurized for the same health protections as cow milk. Officials emphasize safety and disease prevention in dairy products.
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Department of Agriculture
100th Anniversary Commemoration of Salt Lake Pioneers
July 24, 1947 marks the centennial of the first pioneer entry into the Salt Lake valley. The day recalls early settlement, travel routes, and the enduring heritage of Utah’s capital region.
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Salt Lake Valley
War Casualty McIsaac Recovers After Montebello Sinking
John McIsaac recuperates in a Los Angeles hospital from injuries suffered when the tanker Montebello was torpedoed and sunk off the California coast. He was steering in a zig zag course when the torpedo struck.
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John McIcaac
Los Angeles
Montebello
California
McIsaac
Football Tougher Today Than In Good Old Days
A Lehigh University official recalling fifty years of college football argues today’s game is tougher. He notes the old era featured close contact in piles yet fewer injuries, while players used heavy gear and relied on teammates pushing from behind.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Lehigh University
Walter Okeson
Astute Okeson
Courts Of Nation Are Closed To Enemy Aliens
The Supreme Court barred enemy plaintiffs from suing in U S courts for the war duration. The Italian ambassador challenging seizure of the tanker Brennero and its oil cargo at Hoboken was not heard, as war suspends such suits under the Trading With the Enemy Act. The decision cited that no action by an enemy or ally may be prosecuted before war's end, except patent and copyright cases.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Don Ascanio Colonna
Brennero
Hoboken
N. J
Homer .L. Loomis
New York
Italy
United States
Half a Million Fish Produced For Va Anglers
Virginia hatcheries operated by the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries shipped over 500 000 freshwater game fish last year. The system began twelve years ago with a Marion trout hatchery and has since expanded to Montebello Front Royal Stevensville and other sites.
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Richmond
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Virginia Wildlife
Commission
Gram
Marion
Montebello
Front Royal
Stevensville
Virginia
Chambersville Visitors Gather for Christmas Week
In Chambersville Virginia on January 6 visitors at J H Rosenberger home included C J Windle of Strasburg Mildred Green of Winchester and Sally Belle Pingley of Washington D C Family Christmas visits appeared at G L Rosier home with John Hoover Raymond Hollar Rev Edwin Smith Isabel Keor Maude Brewer Betty Lou Bradfield and Maynard Brewer Others attended Mrs Cora Sale at Mt Falls and Myra Payne visited her sister Mrs Harry Carper in town
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Chambersville
J. H. Rosenberger
C. J. Windle
Strasburg
Mildred Green
Winchester
Sally Belle Pingley
Washington, D
Raymond Hollar
George W. Hulver
Mt. Falls
Goldie Boyce
Hagerstown
F. C. Boyce
G. L. Rosier
John Hoover
Edwin Smith
Isabel Ke Or
Paul Kerns
Maude Brewer
Betty Lou Bradfield
Maynard Brewer
J. E. Patterson
Cora Sale
Charles Racey
F. H. Bradfield
Re Name Certain Vitamins Is Recommended
The National Research Council food and nutrition board suggests renaming pellagra preventing vitamins to Niacin and Niacin Amide. The group notes nicotinic acid, used in enriched bread, is not tobacco derived and aims to ease public alarm over the nutrient.
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Washington
Food and Nutrition Board
National Research Council
C.A. Elvehjem
University of Wisconsin
Tom D. Spies
University of Cincinnati
Hillman Hospital
Birmingham
Ala
U. S. Public Health Service
W. H. Sebrell
Early Foreign Trade Beginnings
The Arabs initiated land trade by carrying goods and silver between regions. The Phoenicians became the first maritime traders, exchanging Nile crops and Western Asian goods like oil silk dyes and spices.
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C.D.R. A
Nile
Western Asia
Handley Five Resume Schedule After Holiday Layoff
Handley basketball returns after a two week break with a better overall record than in 1939 1940 and 1941. The first real test arrives Tuesday against Martinsburg a West Virginia rival with Flick out and Stewart Laidlaw stepping in. The CVAL opening contest will reveal the parity of the two teams and Handley’s league prospects.
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West Virginia
Martinsburg
Flick
Stewart Laidlaw
Tia Handley
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South Main St
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Harry Carper
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