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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1949
Page
3
fragmentary sports note references a game dated August 24 with the Doughboys and a Southeastern legion or junior baseball context. The readable text is sparse and uncertain about full details or participants.
Lakewood of Atlanta hosted a tournament where Arkansas slipped to a second defeat after a three game win streak, following an earlier loss in Little Rock. An undersea photographer comments that the octopus is not vicious, while politicians search for new ways to label opposition. A photo caption notes a life in the limelight with a figure described as constantly in motion.
Westbrook Pegler catalogs Margaret Mitchell’s visit as she declined Hollywood offers and refused works not her own, while condemning the book trade as vulgar and corrupt. He laments critics, praises Mitchell’s integrity, and cites national political fears amid postwar culture wars.
Philip Mickman an eighteen year old Yorkshire schoolboy completed the English Channel crossing in 23 hours 48 minutes, reaching Kingsdown near Dover after two prior attempts. He swam mostly in darkness and rain, was greeted by family and trainer, and celebrated at a Dover hotel. A Cuban rival continued his own attempt elsewhere along the coast.
The escort boat watched as Shirley May prepared for the final hours of a dramatic attempt with France calling the pouchiest piece of swimming he had seen. Shirley May postponed the swim to early September, while Mickman’s father described it as the story of a boy who wouldn’t quit. Conditions were reported as ideal despite a strong tide.
A fragmented radio schedule lists various programs and artists for Thursday morning and afternoon, including Sign On Rhythm Roundup Rhythm Ranch and Farm Breakfast. Notable entries include Walter Mason and Sunrise Serenade Cecil Brown Faith in Our Time Kate Smith Sings Harvey Harding Sings and Gabriel Heatter Mail. The long list shows daily talk, music, news, and variety slots with frequent station mentions.
Radio listings for New York show Aug evening schedule featuring ABC and NBC programs. Notable acts include Lonight, Attorney Yb Big 30, Spin to Wins 7330 Tr, Conductor Showcinse, ABC-7 Stars in the Night, Born On Triad, Heatter and 30 Family Tormedy Plays, and Concert Ss preg Welcome 4. Robert Q and Kuie Smith are listed among stations to listen.
Hamburg, Aug 24. Hugd White of Little Rock, 40, is charged with murder in the beating death of his 64 year old father City Marshal Mead W. White of Portland Arkansas. Prosecutor John F. Gibson says White confessed to striking the fatal blows without motive after two days of questioning. White had prior murder conviction in Texas and a 40 year sentence. he received a conditional pardon in 1944. Marshal White died after being beaten at home Saturday night and dying Sunday in a Lake Village hospital. White claimed the Texas killing was impulse driven and a motion will be filed to place him in a state hospital for mental observation.
Forest fires driven by 49 mph winds rage across 35000 acres of western woodlands and imperil 2000 workers trying to halt spread. The blasts of heat send flames roaring through treetops as flames surge into the canopy.
A string of wildfires roared across the western United States as winds 35 to 40 mph fueled three large blazes in Idaho burning 16 000 acres in Hell s Canyon Wart Springs and Circle End Creek. Shasta and Modoc forests reported over 10 000 acres burning near the California Oregon border. Southern California fires spread across 3 000 acres with one near Camp Pendleton under heavy defense response. Western Sierra Nevada slopes saw 100 lightning sparked fires burning about 2 000 acres in Stanislaus Sierra and Sequoia forests.
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