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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1952
Page
2
In District 74 Junior boys basketball opening night featured Genoa Arkadelphia Laneburg Dellgat Welvancing and Courh doe Bitamiltiger advancing. The tournament schedule lists games Thursday and Friday with teams like Arkadelphia and Lanburg posting tight wins and overtime thrillers.
Sunday service ordination at the department chord and ministerial ranks. Several churches present a program led by Rev. SN Conk. Golden Bars of Antioch Baptist Church to host a memorial event. Prayer meetings and sermons announced at Beeber Memorial, Bethel AME, and other churches with pastors and local leaders attending. Family and community members listed with visiting and meeting reminders.
AP reported college games with scattered results including St Johns Knl, Albama, Kansas, Oklahoma A&M, Texas Christian, Baylor, and Arkansas. The page also notes social events, engagements, and business filings, listing families in Minden and Pine Bluff with plans announced for Ranch House Inc. and other corporate actions.
Arkansas tech and teachers share high finish as Arkansas colleges chase the regional title with a pivotal victory. Center Harry Neff leads scoring as Manvel Whitey and Boyd Miller follow. Standings show Ark Tech atop, Southern State, and Ark State tied in pursuit.
Sporting columnist notes Indiana’s basketball prowess and debate over which state leads in producing top players. He cites Pennsylvanian, Texas, and California stands while recounting a New York panel listing top college players. The piece discusses regional air of basketball strength and the spread of talent to the professional ranks.
Hope teams traveled to Gurdon as the Senior boys crushed their rivals 63 to 34 while the Joint Junior second team lost 14 to 2. Jim Yorom and Bobby Bruce led scoring with 20 and two points respectively. Joh Keck added points to lead the junior squad.
Walter firseh, captain of the Kentucky basketball team, agreed to come to New York as a potential witness in the college basketball scandal. Hjalmar Andersen of Norway set a 1,000 meter speed skating world record with a 16 second victory, marking his third consecutive gold in the games. St. John's of Brooklyn and St. Bonaventure bid to join the National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden next month. Nils Ruhlsson and Don McNill led advancing players in the tennis quarterfinals. Sam Snead and Betty MacKinnon captured medals in the International Mixed Team Golf event in St Augustine. Harvie Ward tied for first in the tournament in Florida.
Sports Mirror reviews past eras noting Tonia Wagner at 77 signing his 40th contract with the Pittsburgh Pientest hs i coach. It also recalls five, ten, and twenty-year-ago bouts and matches involving Fore rurner, Schuster Carran, Ray Robinson, Max le Burger, Paul Rum yar, AVIWe Mackallane, and the May Goals Tournament of Taiji.
In a scattered set of bouts, Virail Akine stops Joe Gilmer in Los Angeles while Jin my Champagne and Jin–my Champagne loses on points in Newark Irvington. Cesar Brion outpoints Joe Kahut in Argentina and Portlorel, Oregon. Carey Mavelid scores a decision in Hartford Cincinnati. Baby Face Jones defeats Ger Wid Leural in Detroit.
United States crude oil and condensate production fell in the week ended February 16, with Mississippi leading losses and several states posting declines. Oklahoma and Montana posted increases, while Alabama, Eastern Fields, Florida, and Texas showed no change.
Washington reports Senate Finance Committee opens hearings on a bill to provide a percent boost to unemployment compensation in hard-hit areas. The federal government would fund the supplements, with Sen Moody and 14 colleagues, and Secretary Tobin expected to testify at the initial hearing. The plan is estimated to cost about 200 civilian dollars annually to the federal government.
In a seven story Berlin office building once Siemens and Walake headquarters, 200 boys and eight priests live under bombardment threat. Father August Kilinski and Sister Mary Angelina run the orphanage with aid from American officers, volunteers, and damaged city services. The piece contrasts bleak conditions with civilian courage including women hostages and wounded in ruined hospitals, highlighting daily survival and moral resolve.
The annual school election in Howard and Hempstead Counties Arkansas is set for March 13. Voters will decide on a 27 mill maintenance and operation levy and elect a school board member for five years. Polling places remain as previously designated. Signed Mary Foçl Bonn Secretary February 26, 27, March 4.
Paragould February 1st reports indicate St Louis Browns pitcher Vern Taylor and other major league players are active in the area focusing on church bells. Chief Sam Hunt says a large bell from Wood's Chapel Church was sold for junk and several other churches have reported bell thefts.
The Spring Hill School District in Hempstead County schedules its annual election for Sunday March 15 from 8:60 to 6:30. Voters face a millage ballot of 27 mills for debt and operation of schools, plus a board seat for 4 years. Also elects county board member for five years. Secretary R A Souier notes date in February notices.
The readable text lists players from the New York Yankees and Philadelphia teams and multiple horse races with names and odds at Santa Anita Hialeah and Fair Grounds, mentioning winners and purses but with fragmented, error-filled details and several unclear entities.
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