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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1937
Page
6
The 1937 season marked baseball’s peak since 1930 with record attendance and strong showings by the Yankees, Cardinals, and Cubs. Highlights include Mickey Cochrane’s near-fatal injury scare, Babe Ruth’s 17th, and the Yankees’ dominance in both leagues, as fans hailed a standout year for the sport.
Connie Mack, age 75, remains intensely active with the Philadelphia Athletics, managing the club and running its business. The piece portrays his daily routine at Shibe Park, his plans for the 1940 season, and the respect he commands from players, peers, and Philadelphia sports writers.
Italian source hints at a baseball reshuffle with the Cubs and national league contenders. The piece references figures such as Luzzeri and Lemate, suggesting ongoing changes around World Series ambitions and team leadership. No clear dates or strongly named teams beyond Cubs are established.
Mrs. Gertrude Redfern, wife of Maat Redfern of Detroit, files in Wayne County Court asking for declaration of widow status. Petition references past actions, seeks legal recognition amid prior petitions denied, hearing date set for January.
Fresno State charges into a postseason game against Arkansas State Teachers in Los Angeles on Christmas Day. The Bull dogs dominated the Far Western Conference with four league wins, one loss to Hardin-Simmons, and a 46 to 8 setback to Nevada. Star back Toby Heeb and fullback Ken Gleason anchor a potent offense, blending forward passes and lateral plays to complicate defenders.
A parachute jump by 15 year old Morale Kramer during a Christmas party at West Boston Airport ended in disaster as the wind carried him into Boston Harbor. Army Navy and Coast Guard units searched the frigid waters, while two enlisted men and a sergeant were hospitalized after separate capsizes and a water searchlight cruise.
Police said three organizations the Farmer Labor party the Proletarian party and the All Japan Council of Labor Farmer Unions led a movement aiming at a general revolution based on Communism. The Home Ministry ordered their dissolution as arrests, including a Parliament member and several university professors, were made in nationwide raids begun last week and announced Thursday.
The nation records a 70 percent rise in income taxes collected through December 20, with total monthly receipts at 467,782,101. The Arkansas figure nearly doubles the previous year’s, totaling 4,211,244.16 to date, as collector Homer Adkins notes expected large year-end collections.
Washington reports Congress ended its special session with little enacted. The Senate approved a housing bill 66 to 4 before adjourning, while the House sent it to conference. Wage and hour and farm and housing bills lingered in committees or conference. Some members called the session a missed chance to pass Roosevelt measures.
A verdict of death by own action was returned by Dr A J Terry deputy coroner after a brief inquest into the death of Edward J H McReynolds aged 48 former director of publicity and advertising for the Missouri Pacific railroad found dead in a bed at his home with a bullet wound in his heel The widow Augusta Clay McReynolds testified to finding the body but offered no reason for the act Funeral services will be held here and the body will be cremated.
Memphis residents report a spate of robberies and abductions in Shelby and neighboring counties. Chemist F. Kessler says he was beaten robbed of 50 and dumped from his car in river bottoms. two assailants fled. Cashier Robert F Shutt says two men abducted him from his vehicle near Hernando Mississippi and stripped him before leaving him tied and robbed. A. H. Murrell reports a similar robbery and car confinement incident.
Secretary Roper says estimates show up to 10 million bales of cotton yearly could reinforce highways. Cotton products soon to aid airport runways with donations up to 10 thousand dollars per project. Agriculture Department notes ongoing testing of cotton reinforced roads under varied traffic. oldest experiment dates to 1926 in South Carolina on Route 2 between Chapin and Prosperity.
Glenwood Arkansas Caddo River Lumber Co to close its large mill on Friday and consolidate operations at Rosboro plant. The Glenwood mill once one of the Souths largest, has run skeleton crew after 1936 fire destroyed the planer and 500000 feet of lumber. Rosboro will run on two eight hour shifts as managers discuss reports of moving to Oregon for virgin timber holdings.
LITTLE ROCK. The 1938 automobile and driver's license sale starts January 3 at the capitol and in designated cities, with a March 1 deadline for purchasing. 1938 licenses cost 35 cents and new licenses require a license holder to pass an examination if they have no prior license.
Pilot Lee Gelbach tested new mystery fighting planes at 20 000 feet. Thirty of these single motor mana planes are being built by Grumman for the Navy. Two aircraft took off from the Quantico naval aviation base in Virginia for observers. Armaments and performance details remain secret.
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