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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1943
Page
6
Dodger management faces a push from the Phillies led by Harris’s firing and Fitzsimmons debut as manager. Phillies sign Harris’s successor after a wave of moves and stage a strike threat to force reinstatement with a city-wide war-relief day boosting attendance and revenue.
veteran Dodgers rumor mill off the Philadelphia move hints Branch Rickey behind the Phillies choice while speculation notes Rickey’s control and a Marine-like management split. The column also touches Navy publicity rules, Army rejection of Johnny Schiechl, and Ring Magazine boxing counts with Chalky Wright as a recent champion in uniform.
U S forces in the South Pacific enjoyed turtle steak as a new addition to service chow. The quartermaster detachment bought live turtles weighing 200 to 300 pounds each to feed the entire force.
A year ago Van Lingle Mungo lost to the Chicago Cubs 4 to 2 in his debut as a New York Giant. Three years ago Henry Jeffra dominated Spider Arm strong 125 to retain the World Featherweight Crown in Baltimore. Five years ago Hank Greenberg hit two homers for Detroit against Philadelphia Athletics, boosting his season total to 35.
In Oakland Paul Lewis 148 1 2 defeated Rudy Ramirez 146 1 2 by knockout. In Elizabeth Buddy Farrell 151 1 4 outpointed Johnny Brown 151 1 4 in New York. In Woonsocket Jimmy McLarnin 134 outpointed Lynn Warren 136 in New York. In San Diego Archie Moore 157 knocked out Eddie Cerda 147 in Mexico City.
A tanker loaded with gasoline is sunk by a submarine causing the loss of enough fuel to run 500 cars for a year. The incident highlights wartime supply disruptions and fuel shortages impacting transportation.
Buzz Berkeley, Hollywood director, uses a custom crane and elevator to shoot banana number scenes with chorus girls. The improvised down‑shot technique, once derided, helped his musicals attract money and fame as he expands the camera’s reach on set.
About 60 coaches and athletic directors spent a day debating war time football fate. General Fleming praised Cushnell plan for War Department study and a three man sports committee. Harmon supported Army ban on intercollegiate sports for trainees while Navy trainees may play if studies stay clear. Ralph Young outlined open Midwest policy allowing bonafide students to compete, even former professionals. A Roosevelt letter hinted at possible reconsideration of the army order.
Washington watchers tire of predicting a perfect war food leader. Names such as Knudsen Kimmel Henderson Brown Wickard Davis Odlum and Short are praised yet face rocky problems and few stay in front line plans.
The Protestant group reports 81 000 new members in the year to reach a total of 6 640 424. Fi faith meanwhile calls for chaplains, leaving 360 pastoral charges to be supplied, a rise of 141 over 1941 amid 628 men received on.
George H Storck, 71, dies in Jacksonville after a life as a sculptor and fur importer. Born in Paris, he is noted for an unsuccessful 1928 attempt to fly around the world. A stray line about trees evaporating moisture appears.
A speaker argues that audiences would accept cameras in theaters. He notes dancers on stage and suggests using camera coverage could attract viewers and expand access.
The piece highlights Marvin Jones a pivotal figure from 1933 to 1940 as House Agriculture committee chair, detailing his role in farm legislation, his rise from a tenant farmer, and his approach to compromise to aid farmers. It notes his influence on wartime economic policy and his later wartime administration role. It also surveys El Oro province in Ecuador as a wartime reconstruction model with cocoa, rice, tobacco, and future crops.
Harold V. Boyle describes a jeep ride east of Gela on the Sicily coast with Allied troops, nursing staff, Italian wrecks, and paratroopers. He notes paratroopers on bicycles and horses, camouflage helmets, and a peasant whose horse was borrowed and not returned, sent to Civil Affairs.
BBC aired for the first time a sound clip of a British soldier flexing both arms. One arm bore a gunshot wound while the other was sound, and listeners in Australia and New Zealand could distinguish the injured arm from the healthy one by the sound.
The Knoxville Smokies ride a hot streak in the Southern Association, winning eight of ten to sit one game back of the New Orleans Pelicans. Herb Anderson earned his 13th win with a sharp outing, Andy Seminick hit his 11th homer, and two spectacular catches helped seal a 4 3 win over Little Rock.
Six Hot Springs men await trial on charges of accepting horse racing bets after a raid by state policemen on five Central avenue establishments. Names given to Asst. Police Supt. Cliff Atkinson include Tony Karsten George Clayton J T Hollowell A Blemenstein Gordon J Henderson and George Pakis. Atkinson said information was turned over to Prosecutor Curtis Ridgway. Warrants issued by Rev F L Hurst who was named justice of the peace by Gov Adkins aided the raid conducted on White Front Citizens Club Ohio Club Kentucky Club and a liquor store venue. The six men were arrested and charged by Garland County Sheriff Marion Anderson.
Radio Rome reports the new Italian cabinet ordered the release of political prisoners and scheduled elections for a new chamber of deputies four months after the war ends. It also says several fascist leaders were arrested to preserve order, with no details on Mussolini’s whereabouts. Vatican City noted as the world’s smallest independent state.
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