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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1943
Page
4
DeWitt MacKenzie argues Berlin’s abandonment would mark a grave German crisis. The piece compares Nazi behavior to Britain and Russia, suggesting retreat hints at peril yet notes continued fierce combat and no surrender.
The Philadelphia Athletics suffer 13 straight losses and 19 of 22, yet public reaction stays calm under Connie Mack. Dennis Gatehouse of the St. Louis Browns pitched four hits in a 4-0 setback, while the Yankees edged the Indians 2-1 in a 13 inning nightcap delayed by power failure.
A June 20 AP column recaps looming World Series plans with games in Yankee Stadium and St Louis, notes Navy and Army sport adjustments, tweaks in boxing careers, and potential shifts in baseball rosters due to labor trouble. It cites opinions from Abe Greene and scout Egan on player performance amid labor issues.
In the National Stockyards Illinois report for August 20, hogs show steady to higher bids with 180 lb and 270-290 lb categories. Cattle crowd remains mostly steady. veal and beef categories show varied values, while sheep and lambs open steady to firm with mixed deck quotes. Regional grain and stock names appear with prices for bliss triumphs, russet burbanks, long whites, and cobblers across multiple western and midwest states.
Chicago August 20 Poultry live on 31 trucks held at ceilings with prices unchanged. Potatoes arrivals 87 on track.
Washington defeated Chicago 4-3 as Ceveland slid into a tie for third. Detroit split a doubleheader with Boston, 4-3 and 10-0. Philadelphia upset St. Louis 6-5 in a night game with four unearned runs in the sixth. Jim Russell hit two homers and Vince DiMaggio added his 14th as Pittsburgh crushed New York 8-1. Curt Davis held Chicago to eight hits in Brooklyn 9-2 over the Cubs, snapping six straight Dodger losses. Cincinnati topped Boston 7-5 with a three-run sixth.
New Orleans on Aug 20 reports hedging pressure pushing cotton futures lower while the market closes steady. Key contracts Oct Dec March May and July retreat with declines from 4 to 7 cents. daily receipts total 2,959 with stock at 130,649 and staple grades listed.
General stock commitments tightened over the weekend amid talk of major military developments. Gold mines and specialty issues gained modestly while leaders fell fractions to over 2 points. Overall turnover ran around 600 000 shares as activity fluctuated. Earlier gains faded with wavering bids, but some stocks closed above the day’s worst.
In Chicago on August 20 activity in grain pits was light and the market moved within narrow limits. A Kansas City report cited no strong directional tendency as trading showed small fluctuations without clear momentum.
The Southern Association pennant race narrows to a three team showdown as New Orleans Knoxville and Nashville each win to extend their streaks. Knoxville beat Montgomery 9 8 in 11 innings while New Orleans topped Little Rock 5 2 and Nashville defeated Atlanta 13 5. The season ends in a couple weeks with a key five game series between the Vols and Smokies.
Russian reports say Red Army forces attacked four villages and forced a retreat of fresh German battalions. Tank use was impractical in the rough terrain as infantry fought at close quarters while Soviet airmen repelled repeated German thrusts.
The original forest area of the United States is estimated at 820000000 acres, about half of the nation’s land area.
Commodity Credit Corporation shows 22.3 million bushels of 1943 wheat in grade loans by Aug 15, far below 64.5 million last year, attributed to attractive market prices. Wheat futures eased with September at 1.44 1 4, December 1.46 1 45 7 8, oats near unchanged to within 1 4 lower, rye down 1 8 1 2, cash wheat No 3 red around 1.70 1 2. Other grain bids include oats No 1 mixed 74 74 1 4 and No 2 white 74 3 4, barley 1.17 1.25 nominal, No 3 1.24.
New York cotton futures inched down as traders saw little news to spark buying. Late trading saw prices fall 5 to 15 cents a bale with October at 19.90 and December around 19.76 as hedge selling pushed values to day’s lows.
A blast and fire at the Congoleum Nairn plant in Kearney New Jersey killed three and left eight missing believed buried in rubble. Eighty percent of the plant was in war work and the blast damaged nearby buildings as searchers used steam shovels to recover victims. Fire officials cited cork and linoleum dust as a possible cause while Army Ordnance noted the exact cause remained unknown.
In Ontario California on August 20 a flight instructor in a routine training mission loses multiple components and a cadet parachutes out. The instructor guides the plane to a safe landing with dignity intact despite the successive equipment failures.
Justice McFaddin spoke on a post war plan arranged by Lyman Armstrong. Ted Jones chaired the meeting with James H. Jones absent. Guests included Dr. F. D. Henry of Hope Jim Brewer of Morristown and R C Ellen of Rohwer Ark.
Rosin is applied to cover sensitive wires in flying instruments to insulate and protect them. The practice reduces risk of electrical interference and wear in high vibration environments.
The mercury fell to 57 degrees last night, a possible August record, with a daytime high of 4. For the past three nights lows reached 60, 65 and 57 degrees, per Experiment Station Records.
Washington reports a strong possibility that only non-deferrable fathers will be drafted in October’s quota of about 312,000. Induction of the pre-war father class remains slated for Oct 1 with no proof of a reduced goal for 1943, despite Navy, Coast Guard, and Marine figures fueling a total arms service push.
Senator Wheeler of Montana vows immediate action to bar induction of fathers for the rest of the year as Congress returns September 14. House Military Committee Chairman May of Kentucky says he will introduce bills to stop taking fathers and may seek discharge of those now in uniform.
Governor Adkins said he would announce tomorrow the appointment of a new utilities commissioner to replace the late Arthur J. Johnson of Star City. He listed 10 or 15 possible appointees under consideration.
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