Word: shreveport
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...World War I than West Point), maneuvers, a showerbath, dinner with ex-Governor Jim Ferguson and 900 other guests (roast Texas steer). Then on 160 miles to Tyler, the East Texas oil fields blazing fountains of burning gas in the hot night; to bed at 1:30 a.m. In Shreveport, La. a holiday crowd of 10,000, and a reception by Governor-elect Sam Jones; to Jackson at midnight, to bed after the usual talks with politicians, the usual three glasses of milk...
...freed 91 players, four of them brought up from the farms to Detroit's own roster, the rest secretly kept in "cold storage" on bush-league teams from Shreveport to Seattle. Detroit had prized this buried talent at something like $500,000. Beyond this paper loss, it had to shell out some $50,000 in adjustments. One team with which Detroit had a secret deal, Hot Springs in the Cotton States League, found itself with only one player after the great emancipation...
...Shreveport, La. radio officials several times silenced parts of a campaign speech by Governor Earl Kemp Long, Huey's brother, because of his hells, damns, other profanities. Finally, political prudence getting the better of discretion, they gave...