Word: alabama
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Lieut. General Robert Lee Bullard, 86, World War I commander of the Second U.S. army, whose aggressive tactics at Chateau-Thierry, the second battle of the Marne, and the Argonne earned him the nickname of "CounterAttack Bullard" on Governors Island, N.Y. Alabama born Bullard once shocked fellow Southerners by announcing: "I would rather have been named for General Sherman than for General Lee. Sherman knew how to fight...
There was little time for frivolity, anyway. The girls put in five grueling days of promenading on the boardwalk, posing for pictures, smiling their patented smiles and strutting before a board of eleven judges. The field was gradually narrowed down to five contestants-the Misses California, Canada, Minnesota, Alabama, and Memphis...
Elsewhere life was much prettier. Alabama's 38-year-old Governor Jim Folsom, who stands 6 ft. 8 in. and goes in for the homespun manner, went calling on the 18-year-old daughter of California's Governor Earl Warren. The press was promptly awash in dewy anticipation. "We did a little sight-seein'," reported Folsom, a widower and father of two. "And ... we had some dinner and dancin'." Was it serious between him and Virginia? "That's a 'no comment' question, honey," said he. But he was shortly moved to an extension...
...confused with the Cards' "Harry the Cat" Brecheen). He thinks his hitting this year is due partly to being an everyday player, partly to some advice about his batting stance from brother Dixie (when they meet around the circuit, they usually discuss their Alabama hardware business). One of Harry's neatest tricks this year has been hitting a solid .438 in four games against Cincinnati's sensational, 16-straight Pitcher Ewell Blackwell. Says Harry: "I guess I've just been lucky...
...Alabama's state senate tied a string to its annual appropriations for the University of Alabama and Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn). It ordered the two schools to play each other at football next year or do without state funds. There has been no Alabama-Auburn football game since a free-for-all after a game 40 years...