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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1942
Page
2
Navy meals feature Henry Beans among shipboard services and routine chores. The account notes record players aboard and a lack of formal flag star arrangement laws, with six rows of eight stars by common practice.
By Harry Grayson, Pat Conger former United Press Berlin correspondent recalls a year and a half on the continent. He weighs 105 pounds again after internment in Germany, served in Denmark France Zurich and Berlin while covering sports and war news.
In 1940 before the Michigan Ohio State game Fritz Criser and Forest Evashevski received a cable from Zurich expressing hoped dedication of a touchdown. Michigan scored six that day and Conger, Chicago sports authority, recalls listening to the Michigan Minnesota game from Bad Neuheim. He offered to share scores of 1941 games through contact. Softball was a major pastime with improvised equipment and bases, and doctors stitched injuries after games.
The article notes Berwanger, brother of Jay Berwanger, as a speedy addition to the University of Chicago freshmen track team. It also references various historical and statistical snippets about agriculture, lakes, secession debates, and housing trends, reflecting a collage of regional and national notes from the period.
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