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November 12, 1944

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NAVY OVERPOWERS CORNELL, 48 TO 0; Uses Regulars Part Time in Notching Seven Touchdowns -- Jenkins Middies' Star

By Louis Effrat

BALTIMORE, Nov. 11 -- With the regulars in action less than half the game, Navy's gridiron forces, their guns trained on that Dec. 2 date with Army, made merry today at the expense of Cornell. Among the crowd of 25,000 persons at Baltimore Stadium none could possibly deny that Carl Snavely's Ithacans were thoroughly outclassed, even more than the 48-0 score indicates.

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BAN ON RECORDS OFF AS PETRILLO WINS; RCA, CBS TO PAY FEES; Big Concerns Give In to Music Union After 2-Year Fight, Blame Washington

By Jack Gould

Comment on signing of music recording contract

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432 to 99

By Unknown Author

Party alignment chart, 7 Roosevelt Congs, '33-47

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42,200 SEE MICHIGAN DOWN ILLINOIS, 14-0; Wolverines Win Fifth Straight as Lund and Weisenburger Score -- Young Stopped

By the Associated Press

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 11 --Stopping Illinois' speedster left halfback, Claude (Buddy) Young, except for a pair of midfield sprints in the first period, Michigan defeated Illinois, 14 to 0, for its fifth straight football victory today before a crowd of 42,200.

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Less Meat by 8% In '45 Predicted

By the Associated Press

Agr Dept predicts less meat, US, '45-46

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Notable Births

1944Ken Houston, American football player^[†]

Kenneth Ray Houston is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1986.

1944Booker T. Jones, American pianist, saxophonist, songwriter, and producer^[†]

Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr. is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, earning him a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement.

1944Al Michaels, American sportscaster^[†]

Alan Richard Michaels is an American television play-by-play sportscaster for Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime Video and in an emeritus role for NBC Sports. He has worked on network sports television since 1971, with his most recent work being with NBC Sports after nearly three decades (1976–2006) with ABC Sports. Michaels is known for his many years calling play-by-play of National Football League (NFL) games, including ABC Monday Night Football from 1986 to 2005 and NBC Sunday Night Football from 2006 to 2021. He is also known for famous calls in other sports, including the Miracle on Ice at the 1980 Winter Olympics and the earthquake-interrupted Game 3 of the 1989 World Series.

Historical Events

1944World War II: The Royal Air Force launches 29 Avro Lancaster bombers, which sink the German battleship Tirpitz, with 12,000 lb Tallboy bombs off Tromsø, Norway.^[†]

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, on the merger of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). Following the Allied victory over the Central Powers in 1918, the RAF emerged as the largest air force in the world at the time. Since its formation, the RAF has played a significant role in British military history. In particular, during the Second World War, the RAF established air superiority over Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain, and led the Allied strategic bombing effort.