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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1948
Page
2
Poultry breeders announce a new variety of chickens that lays blue eggs, highlighting breed development and potential market appeal for distinctive egg colors. The news notes the advancement in poultry breeding and consumer interest in novelty eggs.
Dragonflies capture and consume tiny insects with rapid strikes. Observers note their hunting is swift and precise, often completed within moments.
Ouachita faces the local American Legion team at the high school gym tonight at 8. Ouachita boasts a strong four man lineup after edging Prescott Legoraires. The Legion five also beat Blevins by a single ten points Friday.
The Cardinals and Bears battle for the Western division crown at Wrigley Field in a much anticipated clash. A sold out crowd of over 31,000 is expected with television coverage and standing room sold out weeks in advance, amid a historic Bears Cardinals rivalry dating to 1920. The Cardinals feature star players including Trippi Angsman Christman and Harder while the Bears add LiWdack Layne Connor in a fierce defensive battle.
In Miami on December 8, a warning that top pros must hustle to keep leadership in the $10,000 Miami Open arose after two unknowns carded 68 in qualifying. Buster Mills, 31, a former caddy, and other players from Charlotte posted strong scores as the tournament, the silver jubilee edition, began.
The minor leagues opened their annual convention with delegates and club presidents discussing inflation and financial pressures on small teams. Commissioner Trantman led talks on how rising costs threaten franchises including Newark, whose decline illustrates the broader issue of television affecting attendance and viability of minor league baseball.
New Orleans veteran Rugh Luby was named player manager of the Pelicans for 1946. Luby, ten years on the diamond and a key infield for the Pacific Coast League, will lead the Southern Association club as announced by general manager Vince Rizzo from New Orleans while Rizzo attends the minor leagues convention in Minneapolis.
Arkansas high school football honors list the top players for Class A and Class B across six districts. Jarauld leads Class A with three selections for Paragould and Batesville’s Dozier among top backs. Class B features Lake Village, Dermott, Pocahontas and others with multiple picks.
Dallas police charged Art Shires a former major leaguer and boxer with murder in the death of William Hiram Erwin a former minor league player and umpire. Shires allegedly fought Erwin on Oct 3 and later died from hypostatic pneumonia and cirrhosis with contributing blows heat and abdominal injuries cited in the coroner report. He was released on a 1908 bond and is due in district court before Judge Robert A Wall.
The AP wire lists scattered college basketball results including Saint Louis defeating Baylor 59 44 and Washington St Louis 52 over Westminster Missouri 38. Kirksville Missouri 52 beat Missouri Valley 46 while Mississippi Maryville Missouri 43 topped St Benedicts Oklahoma Baptist 48 Tulsa 5. Southwestern East Texas Friends University 38 Phillips 930 Panhandle A M andouri Central 7 Chillicothe State 67 Indiana State. Southwest Texas Tech 46 Rice 39 McMurry 61 Southwest Texas 54 Hardin Simmons 57 Howard County JT 3 Southeast Oklahoma Arkansas State Jonesboro 39 East Texas 60 Austin 47 Far West Stanford 63 College of Pacific 50 San Francisco 49 California 47.
Edward L. Goodrich, 28, of Cauthron Arkansas, was killed when struck by a truck on an access road to the Bull Shoals dam site near Mountain Home. State Patrolman Frank Carruth said the accident was unavoidable as Goodrich had stopped to check a tire and stepped into the truck’s path.
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