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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1947
Page
3
28 OPTS HIGHWAY VAN 11 10 X 20.12 ply tires 1100 one 713 M 1 6 SE BOX RADIO baby bed used furniture 318 tue PIECE DINING ROOM SUITE lightly used excellent condition Stroud Washington FORD 1% TON TRUCK platform bed Good clean TUCK Go K Sundberg Phone 93 W Russian highway 12 84
Major leaguers begin spring trimming with 20 Americans and one National League player headed to the minors. Yanks optioned Karpel Ames Manette Starr Mustaikas and Al Clark to Newark while DeRose Bradley Wight Sterling and Deininger go to Kansas City. Stevens shipped to Toledo with Helf Johnson Bilbrey Shore Wren and Friend also sent. Coan optioned to Chattanooga, Vaughn to Hollywood, Fetzer to Hartford. NL clubs eye early winloads as Brooklyn and St Louis lead.
Washington April 2 The president removed Lt Col James A Kilian formerly of Litchfield from a promotion list for colonel before submitting to the Senate Kilian had been convicted by court martial for permitting cruel punishment of enlisted men in England during the war His sentence included reprimand and a 500 fine The War Department had originally sent 83 lieutenant colonels to the White House for promotion by seniority and Kilian was included in error Secretary Charles Ross said Kilian’s name was on the list and is no longer on it
Quiet private home offers a nicely furnished bedroom with a large closet for a woman. Phone contact listed as 1984 34 for arrangements.
St. Petersburg April 2 The World Champion St. Louis Cardinals trail New York Yankees 4-3 in the exhibition finale. Yesterday rookie Don Johnson blanked the Cardinals on two hits for seven innings as the Bronx Bombers won 7-2.
Memphis manager Doc Prothro asserts the 1947 Memphis Chicks are in good shape overall though pitching is a concern. The outfield is intact, infield largely new but solid, catching looks solid, while several proven hurlers left. New rookies compete for spots as veterans and holdovers fill roles in a stacked but uncertain pitching staff.
Augusta Ga April 2 four of last year's top titleholders Hogan Mangrum Ted Bishop and Smiley Quick ready to add a touch of glamor to the eleventh annual Masters opening tomorrow PGA champion Hogan leads the field with fellow Texan Demaret in pursuit with Nelson returning from retirement Locke and Snead also scheduled to reach Augusta for the opening round arriving yesterday from Johannesburg
Weather halted several exhibitions across the South yesterday as Atlanta's Crackers lost 6 to 4 to Charleston. Chattanooga Lookouts led 2-1 in four innings before rain stopped play. Mobile,Birmingham and other matchups were postponed. Memphis Chicks welcomed back catcher Ralph McNair, while Nashville Vols weighed bringing back Charlie Brewster after his release.
Maine's Republican legislature became the first in the nation to ratify a proposed constitutional amendment linking presidential tenure to four year terms. The Senate approved it with no discussion and the House passed 82 to 10 with the minority voting no. Thirty six states must ratify for it to become effective.
In Alexandria on April 1 the two shoes bought by General Robert E. Lee for 2.88 dollars remain unpaid. The shoe store, when the purchase was made, returned a check for the amount plus interest sent by students of Washington and Lee University. Mrs. Clinton Ballenger, a descendant of the store's original owner, found the item in old accounts and both she and the store refuse offers to settle, noting the purchase price apparently was never paid.
Kansas City April 21 Ray Sugar Robinson welterweight champion must move up to middleweight to earn a title shot at Tony Zale, 160 pound champ. Promoter Art Wittch said Robinson will face Georgie Abrams, Washington middleweight, at Madison Square Garden May 16, to test his claim.
Associated Press listing yesterday's scores include Washington A 4 over Toledo IL 2, Detroit A 2 over Boston N 0, New York N 2 over Chicago IA 0, Boston A 8 over Fort Worth TL, New York A 7 over St Louis N 13, Chicago N 4 over Cincinnati N cause, Kansas City A over Pittsburgh NJ 2, Louis A 13 over Philadelphia A 12, Brooklyn N 6 over Montreal IL 1.
London April 1 Crown Prince Paul the new king of Greece follows George II as a tall elegant royal. He sports a monocle and speaks perfect English, is 45, darker and more imposing, an all around sportsman with yacht and flight interests. A former major general in World War I era service, he led the plebiscite backing the royal return and married Princess Frederika Laise in a grand 1938 ceremony attended by forty princes and twenty bishops.
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