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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1940
Page
2
In New York a contract signing links Lew and Sutherland to pro football with the Dodgers paying about $20,000 and $12,000 a season. Pitt plans to ramp prestige as Dan Tap and others discuss the annual charity game.
Rings Arkansas reports the baseball league faces a player shortage as the "Will Receive Aid" team sheds 22 players from the roster. Commissioner Landis cited calls for jobs across the country and talks of a new agreement with higher classification. Several major teams have pledged to cooperate, signaling possible restructuring.
NEA describes Finnish sauna customs with two soldiers stepping from 90 degree heat to cold outdoors. They sit on straw, steam fills the room from hot stones, water hisses on the stones, and bathers whip themselves with birch switches before cooling in cold water or snow.
GAINESVILLE Ga Rudy York shifts from catching to first base with Detroit. He welcomes Hank Greenbergs possible move to the outfield and says he feels at home over there, confident it is his spot.
Bruce Catton reports Washington notes that the Civil Aeronautics Authority will decide whether American Export Airlines may operate to Rome, challenging Pan American’s expansion plans and testing if ParkAmerican Airlines holds a trans Atlantic monopoly. Hearings closed. final step rests with the CAA. The piece also covers House fights over NRPB funding and Mrs. Ella Crider’s Civil War pension, plus SEC rubber gloves cost dispute and a lighthearted note on a dubious regiment.
The Hope High boys and Palies High teams release a two school cage calendar with multiple road and home games. Hope faces Magnolia Arkadelphia Warren North Little Rock Jonesboro Texarkana and Arkadelphia while Patnos Perry Patinos Prescott Magnolia and Garland travel to Prescott Patinos New Edinburg and Blevins host the County tournament with a district event set for March 12.
Prescott Wolves edged Willisville 36 to 21 to capture the Tri County Meet final. Willisville led 9 to 2 early, but Prescott surged ahead and held a narrow margin. Bodcaw over Laneburg 35 to 3 in consolation. Wolves aim for Blevins next Tuesday and Patmos visits Wednesday.
Shreveport La Hanna Jake Hanna director of athletics at Gladewater Texas high school and former Centenary football star was appointed to head coach at Centenary college. His appointment fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Curtis Parker and takes effect immediately.
Promising heavyweight Sikes from Little Rock and Pine Bluff Ark fought in Chicago debut against Bob Ray of Decatur Mich. In the third round a left hook dropped Ray, who was counted out on his back. Sikes weighed 186 pounds to Rays 181.
Chicago youth George Meyer, who spent the season with the Oklahoma and Shreveport clubs, says intense afternoon heat and poor night lighting dragged Texas League batting averages down. He notes only six regulars hit .300, with days over 100 degrees slowing players and nights around 90 with poor illumination hindering ball tracking.
Pueblo court reporter Francis Cuckow, famed for legal cases, recounts a minister delivering a two hour uninterrupted sermon or address. The event emphasizes oratorical stamina and the contrast with attorney shorthand.
Hollywood gossip recalls a playful list of star bath scenes from 1939 films. Ann Sheridan, Joan Crawford, Hedwige Fouillere, Marjorie Weaver, Lucille Bail, Madeleine Carrol, Ellen Drew, Jeanette MacDonald, Ise Miranda, Irene Dunne and others are named for provocative or amusing tub moments as the Academy season looms.
Excerpt on Arnold Heim and August Gansser journey through the Kailas circuit in the central Himalayas detailing the pilgrimage ritual at 18000 feet. The article notes cairn building, roadblocks, and the arduous three week process, including Tibetan women among the walkers. Mention of a wistaria vine garden in Sierra Madre closes the piece.
In Pacific Grove California a new law is aimed at protecting migrating butterflies. The ordinance imposes imprisonment for molesting the butterflies that gather each autumn near the Asilomar resort. Scientists note the annual migrations, with monarchs arriving about four pm at the butterfly trees and returning northward in spring.
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