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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1945
Page
5
The notion that germs cause infectious diseases was considered only a theory during Abraham Lincoln's presidency, reflecting early uncertainty about microbial causation in medicine.
Chattanooga Lookouts beat the Nashville Vols 7-6 to close within one game of New Orleans and one and a half of Atlanta in the Southern Association pennant race. Atlanta lost 4-2 to Birmingham as both clubs feature strong pitching.
Stars and Stripes reports Edward Leo Delaney 58, once an American expatriate, was seized May 20 in a Prague hotel after he boasted to two reporters about Nazi broadcasts. Delaney fled the United States in 1939 and was indicted for treason in 1943 along with seven others. He used the alias E. D. Ward and worked from Genoa and Berlin broadcasting anti semitic propaganda. Ezra Pound is noted as another captured American radio propagandist.
In New York signs greet General Eisenhower with pro Allied slogans while factory workers show support. Across Hollywood Clark Gable learns police restrictions on using his rifle to shoot local pests on his ranch after returning from service.
Miles City Montana June 20 County Commissioner Frank A Spears tried every lure in his kit with no success. At last he pulled from his pocket and used a red ration token as bait catching a fish a sucker.
Police Chief Pete Kala marides questions Dog Catcher Monty Clinton about slow dog catching. Clinton replies dogs run beyond city limits where he has no authority, noting their increasing cleverness and evasion.
Forest Dugat of Harlingen ordered a new meat saw months ago and received it this week. Yesterday he attempted to borrow a side of beef to practice with the tool, highlighting the ongoing shortage context.
Three generations from the same family celebrate youthful vigor in Salt Lake City on a June day. The write up highlights energy, family ties, and local community spirit across generations.
After winter basketball scandal Brooklyn College creates the post of administrator of athletic eligibility for men and names Verne Booth, a 1924 Olympic distance runner, to the position. Also notes ongoing contract signings by Commissioner Happy Chandler and other sports mentions.
In a family bowling contest James M. Kirk ham narrowly defeats his son Arno and grandson Kreg to claim the win. Denver reports a letter from Mrs Lawton Callison seeking a friend named Brown from Colorado, a veteran killed in France, with 509 Browns listed locally. Postmaster J O Stevie passes the inquiry to Charles F Brown and then to his son Pfe, Raymond Brown is recovering in Fitzsimons General Hospital.
Hamburg reports say a tired German soldier tipped British police to Adolf von Ribbentrop. The informant, worried for his wife and brother, despised the war and feared the Nazi regime. Von Ribbentrop was later found sheltering with a divorcee in Hamburg and arrested by Allied forces.
The Associated Press lists today’s MLB games by league and time. AL matchups include New York at Boston, Philadelphia at Washington, Cleveland at Detroit, Chicago at St. Louis with game times. NL games feature Boston at New York, Brooklyn at Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh at Chicago. Tomorrow’s slate lists four AL and three NL contests with limited timing.
Swedish nightingale Jenny Lind gave her American debut at the Battery Park aquarium in New York City, a site formerly Fort Clinton where the structure began in 1810. The historic venue hosted the famed singer during an early 19th century era.
A quotation notes Newfoundland as an island of 42 734 square miles at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. It asserts Newfoundland belongs to the Neniich Empire and is not part of Canada. The excerpt includes the proverb Those that die by famine die by inches attributed to Matthew Henry.
Westbrook Pegler denounces the end of wartime cooperation by American Communists and cites a New York slow down bus strike as a strategic move. He links the action to CIO leadership, Pearl Harbor pledges, and broader Soviet wartime tactics while warning of orchestrated civil unrest and production disruption.
A trio of castoff pitchers Wolff Hausmann Bowman blanked opponents in 31 innings as Detroit and Boston tightened races. Wolff held Philadelphia to one hit in a doubleheader sweep for Washington. Hausmann and Bowman each earned crucial 1-0 wins aiding Boston and Cincinnati while Detroit topped Cleveland. Giants slide persists as Brooklyn, Pittsburgh chase leaders. White Sox beat Browns.
In the Arkansas Women’s State golf tournament semi finals at El Dorado June 20, former champions Mrs Gordon Perrin of El Dorado and Miss Jane Whitmore of Little Rock advanced. Perrin beat Mrs J D Stephenson 7 and 6, while Whitmore defeated Ed Dell Worth to reach the final before facing Mrs Jack Woods. Other first round results include Simmons over Duggar and Turner over Levine by default.
In Buffalo Johnny Green 147 from Lackawanna defeated Johnny Jones 155 of New York by TKO. Milwaukee Charlie Parham 149 knocked out Bobby Richardson 152 of Cleveland in eight rounds. New Bedford Johnny Cool 134 stopped Jerry Zullo 133 of Chelsea in five. Oklahoma City Proctor Hein beat Ted Christie in five with TKO.
United Press reports Tony Falco age 148 and from Middletown outpointed George Red Doty 148 of Hartford in a ten round decision.
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