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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1948
Page
3
A male spotted birddog aged about three years answers to Joe with a bad scar on the left hind foot and one lemon and white. He wears a collar with the name and a Liberal reward offered. Contact Chas or Wylie at 886 or 398-3.
Associated Press summary lists Cotton States League games today with Pine Bluff at Hot Springs Greenwood at Greenville BE Dorado at Natchez Hulena at Cla. The note references historic Canada parks beginning in 1985 with Banff reserves for public use.
Mangrum and two others Sam Snead and Dutch Harrison chase a winner take all $10,000 purse in an 18 hole playoff at Tom OShanter to boost earnings to $22,500. Snead shot 66 in round one while Harrison posted 71. Harrison is a 48 year old veteran from Little Rock Arkansas.
Lou Boudreau warned Cleveland would win the pennant but the Indians faltered, then surged back with seven wins in eight to threaten again. In a doubleheader against the Yankees, Robinson homered three times and drove in decisive runs as Cleveland split the pair, while other AL teams posted wins and losses shaping the pennant chase.
Herman Keiser of Akron led the Ozarks Open golf tournament in Springfield with a score after the first day, one stroke ahead of defending champion Harry Todd of Dallas. Otto Greiner of Baltimore and George Boleste of? Fill. Thirty-six holes remain on the $5,000 event schedule.
Boston, Aug. 1f- The major leagues may restrict day baseball to Sundays and holidays with some Saturdays as the five day work week spreads. John Quinn, Boston’s National League leader’s general manager, notes the shift aligns with travel speed and modern life. He cites the time old players spend in offices and the night hours required for management. A ground rule anecdote recalls a Polo Grounds blimp incident and an automatic double if hit.
Coaches from 174 high school and college programs gathered in Yetville on August 9 to hear Tennessee teammates share football concepts. Speakers included Farahi Bird I 3 and Term Hickman who outlined single wing ideas and power-line strategies, with remarks on formation tricks and early coaching baptism under Bob Neylan at Tennessee.
Nashville swung within a half game of first place Memphis Chicks by sweeping both ends of a Southern Association doubleheader from the Atlanta Crackers 9-6 and 6-5. Memphis beat Mobile 7-1 but the second game ended early at 1-1 due to darkness. Birmingham and Chattanooga split a pair.
A primitive barter method called silent trade involved two groups exchanging goods without direct contact. One group leaves items in the forest while the other group, unseen, places equivalent articles nearby to complete the exchange.
National League results roll in with Brooklyn and Cincinnati a night apart. New York and St Louis posted losses while Washington and Philadelphia pulled ahead. Southern Association Birmingham led 14 2 with Chattanooga and Birmingham dominant. Texas League items include Beaumont 3 2 and Oklahoma City 0 0 as Dallas and Fort Worth reported.
Municipal court docket lists several defendants with pleas and bond forfeitures. Marcus Faulkner discharging firearms within city limits. forfeited 310 cash bond. Others include Garland Grant Owen Neil Sid Williams Andrey Jamerson Mary Jones drunkenness. bonds forfeited. Robert W H Russell speeding. Clarence Scott speeding. Chest Smith disturbing peace. Minnie Reed A P Powell peace. Sarah Williams posse seating liquor. bonds forfeited or paid.
Little Rock Fort Smith and West Memphis lead the lineup for the annual American Legion junior baseball tournament set for next Thursday through Saturday. West Memphis beat Melbourne 8-1 to qualify, Fort Smith and Little Rock had previously qualified, while Pine Bluff versus Warren and Hot Springs versus Camden were delayed by rain. Hope lost 4-1 to Hot Springs after winning their opener.
Horace Kennedy will open a singing school at Caney church in Nevada county on Monday August 16. The school will run for 30 days and the public is invited to participate.
County Health Unit announces an immunization clinic to be held at McNab Colored School on August 9 at 1 30 p m. Typhoid diphtheria and smallpox vaccines will be administered to attendees.
The docket lists multiple defendants with pleas of guilty or not guilty for a range of offenses including assault and battery, drunkenness, and disturbing the peace. Fines vary from 10 to 100 dollars, with several cash bonds forfeited and notices of appeal or motions to dismiss noted. Notable names include Edgar Still Randolph Haddix Lucy Jefferson Jessie Griffin Mary Jones Jenifer Truman Frank Dempsey and Willis Godwin.
New York City consumes more milk per person than any other city, averaging about one pint daily. The claim places New York above Hamburg Copenhagen Berlin London and Paris in per capita milk usage.
The only woman commissioned in the Confederate army was Sally Louise Tompkins, a cavalry captain who ran a hospital in Richmond. The source notes this distinction and cites a Britannica dev elopedia.
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