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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1944
Page
6
FOR USED LAWN MOWERS AND repairs call Ovear TM T. B. Fen wick phone 180-1 1013 West Avenue B Moore's City Market 26-3tp
Wanted reliable hustler to replace Emmett Turnage as Rawleigh dealer in South Hempstead County serving 1500 families. No selling experience needed to start. Opportunity to join a profitable permanent business with 30 years of Rawleigh sales. Good profits. For particulars write Rawleigh's Dept. AKD-118-10B Memphis TN or see L. H. Boyett Stamps Ark 26-31p.
Browns aim to tie the modern American League opening win streak record at seven with a win over the Indians. Luke Sewell’s squad has opened 6 straight, one short of the 1933 Yankees start, while other league games saw the Giants fall in 12 innings and the Cardinals crushed.
The State Department pressed Sweden to halt shipments aiding Germany but Sweden refused to stop all trade. Allies want postwar access to essential goods, with priority to nations that cooperated. About 83 percent of Sweden’s wartime imports came from Germany or its allies, while 17 percent came from Allied sources.
A roundtable of quotes from coaches and officials across states argues that bolstering high school and junior baseball will solve player shortages and build future fans. They cite uneven umpiring, limited equipment, and the need for summer play and stronger coaching to sustain the game.
May dispatches say six engine transport planes are being used to evacuate the besieged Axis garrison around Sevastopol. German anti aircraft guns sit in trenches and on streets as Soviet airmen pound the port. Izvestia cites Red Army progress beyond Inkerman heights.
A poem submitted by John Phillips of San Gabriel high school was misfiled into the adult division of the University of Redlands Browning poetry contest. It outscored 678 adult entries, winning the top prize in the misfit category.
Mrs Rex H Kenner found four swarms of bees establishing a hive in the rumble seat of her coupe on a downtown Santa Barbara street. Police were baffled so she summoned an exterminator to remove the bees. China’s five northwest provinces are estimated to raise large shares of livestock including cattle sheep and camels.
A War Department list shows 539 U S soldiers held as prisoners of war by Germany. Included are Pfc. Ross D. Krazer of Siloam Springs Ark and T Sgt Thomas G Vinson of Harrison Ark.
Lawrence E. Joiner of Hopkinsville Kentucky and his anti aircraft crew were eating a dinner when German bombers attacked. They fired a barrage that shot down one plane and deterred the others, then returned to their meal.
Year ago Hugh Casey former Dodger hurled a no hit game for Norfolk Naval Air Station as they defeated Norfolk Naval Station 4 to 0. Five years ago Lou Ambers knocked out Honey Melendez in the fourth round at Boston.
The Southern Association opens its 1944 season with veterans on the mound. Ed Greer leads Memphis Travelers while Frank Veverka tops Chattanooga Lookouts. Nashville aims with Mack Stewart against Chattanooga, and Atlanta relies on Pedro Jimenez for the Crackers against Knoxville Smokies.
Birmingham pounded two Selma moundsmen for 12 hits in a 9 to 3 victory at Selma Alabama. Walter Milner pitched three hitless innings in relief as the Barons prepare to meet Camp Sibert in Gadsden.
In Los Angeles 10,500 spectators watched Henry Armstrong defeat John Thomas by a split decision after 10 rounds with Armstrong at 141 pounds and Thomas at 139. Referee Abe Roth favored Thomas while two judges ruled for Armstrong.
Angeles saw Henry Armstrong defeat John Thomas on points 141 to 139 in a ten round bout. New York hosted Morris Reif who outpointed Joe Amico 142 to 137 over eight rounds. Jersey City featured Joe Governale beating Verne Patterson 154 to 149 in ten rounds. The Andes mountain chain is described as extending over four thousand miles.
Louisville Kentucky April 26 a seven Kentucky Derby candidate today challenges a favored eighth Challenge Me from Bronte Farm in the $10,000 added mile and a half Blue Grass Stakes at Churchill Downs. The winner likely to be the pick to win the $75,000 added mile and a quarter Kentucky Derby May 6 behind Stir Up. Challenge Me has not raced since his arrival but has shown speed in workouts. Stir Up remains the horse to beat in the race of the roses. Rivals include Skytracer Harriet Sue Alerter and others in the Blue Grass preview with Derby implications.
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