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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1942
Page
6
A sprawling summary of MLB action shows the Tigers loss to the Senators and the Red Sox being blanked by the White Sox. The Yankees stretch their winning streak to 12 after a 4-1 decision over Cleveland, with DiMaggio's streak ending at 18. Brownies blow lead to the A’s, Dodgers top Reds, and Cubs beat Braves 2-1 as Passeau earns his 14th win.
The World Wide Features piece highlights athletes serving in the armed forces. Vernon Smith once starred at Georgia, now Lieut. Smith at Morris Field Army Air Base in Charlotte. Capt. Arthur Frantenak Jr. plays for the Air Force Training Detachment at Thunderbird Field. Ben Grady, ex Michigan and Pitt coaching, is a Navy lieutenant. Arthur Schabinger works at Luke Field as athletic officer. Herb Thomas, veteran of WWI, seeks action at Camp Blanding. Pet Herman Reich stars for Fort Lewis. Jimmy Tighe to fight for Marines in Ireland. Camp Croft draws football talent including Stan Krivik, Henry Adams, and Lou Abbruzzi.
A dated AP recap notes the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 4-1 to lead the American League by 10 games. It also mentions Sid Luckman’s two-year Bears contract and past tennis results in Davis Cup and Wimbledon.
The column surveys colorful sports chatter about Umpire disputes and player quirks, noting Umpire bans and springtime chatter. It mentions Bill Brandt Day and osteopathy jokes, the Ford Garrison in Fort Worth as a high value ballplayer, Daffy Dean versus Diz, and a National Public Links event for war relief. It also covers coaching moves, broadcast quirks, and John C. Wolfman’s note on Jimmy Dykes.
AP dispatch from Chicago reports the Tom O Shanter Open and amateur event entering a chaotic fourth stage amid muddled results. The day featured the first five figure prize in the Open, match-play rounds for the All American Amateur, and notable clashes including Pat Abbott and Gus Novotny advancing, with Bud Ward facing Lars Stewart in a marquee amateur clash.
Edmund J Williams of El Reno Oklahoma names his sons Raymond Edmund 22 Franklin Edmund 13 Benjamin Edmund 18 and Edmund Chester 5 all with Edmund as a middle name. He explains avoiding Junior to prevent envy and possible fate if he were hanged for horse stealing.
Chicago July 23. Alsab may start in the Arlington Classic for three year olds, a race with over 85000 dollars in prize. Owner Al Subath and trainer Sarge Swenke will decide today after Alsab’s six furlong workout in 1:14. The colt has shed weight since a layoff and is being considered among a field of 12 three year olds led by Shutout Valdia Orphan and Will Regards.
A Washington community reports repeatedly finding fresh graves near Fort Lewis, prompting sheriff deputies to inspect three mounds. In each instance the dirt contained only an orange, a mill bottle and a paper sack, and army authorities confirmed the graves were fox holes from military maneuvers.
Muskrat watchers on the Summerberry Conservation project near The Pas Manitoba provide Indians with about 25 dollars monthly and keep many families off relief. Government officials say muskrat skins are graded and auctioned, with a catch around 300 yearly yielding about 800 dollars to permit holders. Indian game wardens guard a 170000 acre area to prevent poaching.
In a tense Southern Association pennant race update Nashville was beaten 42 by New Orleans, lifting Lukhe Rock to second while Athintu's Crack ere stil led by seven points. The Vols trailed the Travelers by three as Pat Ankenman drove in a run and Docking scored on a fateful play. Catcher Mickey Krefines left for hospital after a ninth inning collision. next games feature Memphis at Chattanooga, Atlanta at Nashville, Birmingham at Knoxville with listed pitchers.
Standings and Wednesday results from the Southern Association show New Orleans 4 Nashville 2 as the only game. Thursday matchups include Little Rock at Avanta Birmingham at Knoxville Memphis at Chattanooga New Orleans at Nashville and multiple interleague games with scores across several series.
Claude Passeau of the Cubs silenced the Braves with a two hit performance. Kirby Higbe of the Dodgers held the Reds to five hits and drove in two with a double. Rollie Hemsley of the Yankees collected four hits including a tenth inning double in a win over the Indians. Roy Cullenbine and Sid Hudson led a 2-1 Senators victory over the Tigers with a Cullenbine homer and five hit pitching. Beazley kept Phils to ten hits as the Cardinals shut them out. Bob Johnson drove in three on three hits to help the Athletics beat the Browns.
Ruth Buchanen known as Auntie Ruth in Ann Arbor Michigan has turned letter writing to U S soldiers into her full time war effort. She received an Emblem of Honor Pin typically given to mothers of four or more sons killed in action. Since October 1840 she has sent about 5000 cheerful letters birthday cards get well cards and sympathy notes to soldiers of many nationalities including former University of Michigan students lonely Negro soldiers a Greek boy and a Canadian in officers' training reaching hundreds of American boys in service.
Prescott News reports a Red Cross meeting set for Friday at 4 pm at First Presbyterian church. Women from Prescott and organizational and church groups are urged to attend to discuss the new year’s war garments and surgical dressings quota and materials.
Mrs Hubert Whitaker hosts a Friday afternoon reception from five to six o'clock. Misses Helen and Mary Gail Whitaker will entertain with a ten for Mrs Poindexter Whitaker Lid, the recent bride, in Lone Orving.
Prescott society items list visits and travel from Tuesday to Wednesday including Mrs. Crawford Miss Yancey Miss Allison Mrs. Pan Tomlin and others. Camp Robinson Camp Bowie and relatives are mentioned with several visits and homecomings. Also notes on Mozambican music and meadowlark as official bird of seven western states. El Salvador Indian language shift noted.
A文unt Rich volunteers to write home for soldiers during Pearl Harbor days. She mails letters daily to a Navy bomber pilot and pledges weekly parcels to 30 others. She recalls a Negro correspondent's note about trucks aimed for Tokyo and plans to publish a memoir detailing soldiers' attitudes from California to Maine.
George Tucker reports Esther Forbes’s Paul Revere and the World He Lived In is a nonfiction social history of Boston and New England before during and after the Revolution. Forbes a Worcester writer and descendant of Sam Adams details Revere’s roles as silversmith engraver bell caster and powder maker while tracing diaries town records and gravestones in a labor of love aimed at readers of history and genealogy.
Alegria, a Chilean graduate student and writer, values natural appearance and nonconformity in college life. After earning a master’s at Bowling Green State University, he taught at UC Berkeley on a fellowship and returned to Bowling Green to write fiction and promote Spanish-American literature.
A fragment recalls a club binding its books using an imitation leather and a notably sticky substance. A misquoted line mentions Miss Forbes and a nickname Best Sme of the Month, hinting at playful, informal club humor.
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