Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Revises 1939 Laws
Effective June 8 the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission summarizes changes to state game and fish laws. The new hunting license fee rises to 1350 annually for residents, hunters under 16 exempt, and fur dealers’ licenses increase to 5 per year. Migratory bird rules align with federal regs, turkey season moves to April, and deer seasons adjust to two five-day and two two-day periods. Nonresident trip fishing permits to be supervised, muskel fishing licensing to end, and trotline licensing updated.
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Tide Rock
Arkansas Gane Fish Commission
Anzan
State wildlife license and season changes urged
A set of proposed regulatory changes would hike license fees from 2.50 to 5 a year and hoop net fees from 1 to 2, close evasion of hoop net rules, raise white bass and crappie minimum size from six to eight inches, cut aggregate mixed string limits from 40 to 25, require fish used for picnics, create a 5 license for minnow sellers with supervision, move minnow seasons, adjust black bass seasons, and authorize gigging July 1 to August 31 with a resident license.
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Game and Fish Commissions
Softball Film to Be Shown Monday at Hope High
Monday night at the Hope High School auditorium a free screening of Softball the Game of Millions will entertain softball fans. The Briggs Manufacturing company, world champions in 1937, produced the sound film detailing softball history and its development to the present day. Briggs players appear in a clinic demonstrating proper pitching batting and base running techniques.
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Hope ‘High School
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Briggs
Latvia’s makeshift stamps from German maps and roubles
In the final days of World War I Latvia turned to seized German military maps and unfinished Russian rouble notes printed on school paper to create its first postage stamps. The improvised stamps filled a need as Latvia sought independence and a national postal system, producing designs Germany would not have approved.
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Latvia
Way
Arg
Pevied
Tetter
Germany
Hag Ise
Hegeysgbh
Ned Service
Brooklyn Dickers With Cards to Get Medwick
In St Petersburg Florida a potential trade scenario emerged as the St Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers discussed sending Joe Medwick to the Dodgers. Branch Rickey Larry MacPhail and Leo Durocher attended talks with MacPhail saying the Dodgers would pay a record price, possibly 200000 in cash or players. Farmers nationwide earned 5346000 in cash income from hops in 1938.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Joe Medwick
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Medick
Branch Rickey
Cardinals
Larry MacPhail
Leo Durocher
Dodgers
MacPhail
Durocher
Medwick
Lumen
Cubs Hit by Injuries Threaten Early Camp Roar
Chicago players Tack Bartell Whitehill and Dean are sidelined or limited with injuries as spring training proceeds in Avalon. Hack suffered a hand injury, Mesner fills in at third while Bartell may miss weeks to a year. Whitehill cracks an ankle, Dean remains a question mark as Diz tries to stay fit for the season and Hartnett hopes August brings full strength.
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Avalon
Calil
Gabby Harnett
Chicago Cubs
Stan Tack
Dick Bartell
Bar|Whitehill
Diz Dean
Hartnett
Cubs
Hack
Steve Mesner
Bartell
New York Giants
Woody English
Whitehill
Cleveland
Tex
Pittsburgh
Raines
Diz
Owen
Six Baylor Football Players Ineligible for 1939 Season
Baylor University announced that six top sophomores would be ineligible for the 1939 football season due to failing to meet scholastic requirements. The notable loss cited is J. B. Russell among the ineligible players, signaling a setback for Baylor’s hoped for season.
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Baylor
Waco
Texas
Baylor University
J. B. Russell
Cle
Frankie Frisch to Broadcast Boston Home Games
Frankie Frisch, former St Louis Cardinals manager, signed a one year contract to provide play by play descriptions for all home games of the Boston Bees and Boston Red Sox next season. A loophole allows resignation if a major league managing opportunity arises, but none appears likely at present.
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Boston
Frankie Frisch
Mintinger
Louis Cardinals
Boston Bees
Boston Red Sox
Frisch
Cardinals
Crooner Makes Debut At Age Two In South Bend
South Bend, Ind. William Hesselgrave celebrated his second birthday by singing on a local radio broadcast. He learned by humming and fills in when he cannot say the words. His repertoire spans from Rock of Ages to A-Tisket A-Tasket.
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South Bend
Ind
William Hesselgrave
Illikies
Belton Club Notes on Shrub Planting at Church Grounds
The Belton home demonstration club held an informal session at the Baptist church on March 8. The regular meeting was omitted and the afternoon was spent setting out shrubs on church grounds. Members brought cuttings from home and Miss Bullington contributed a large amount. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs. Chester Dotson.
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Belton
Belton Home Demonstration Club
Baptist Church
Bullington Boven
Chester Dotson
Doc Prothro's Team Drops Third Straight
In New Braunfels, Texas, the St. Louis Browns beat the Phillies 6 to 4 with a six run sixth inning, four unearned. Hayland Clift homered with two aboard in the first, Norman Dewees drove in a Phils run.
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New Braunfels
Texas
St. Louis Browns
Phillies
Phils
Hayland Clift
Browns
Norman Dewees
Local North Carolina town notes Swiss settlers in 171e
Burne Ent and several line names are listed as aspirants in a regional sports or academic context. New Bern, the second oldest town in North Carolina, traces its settlement to 171e by Swiss immigrants.
Addressing the President and War Finance Facts
Questions and answers from a library quiz cover how to address the president, author of the American Creed, its passage by the House on April 3 1918, and the U S war cost estimate of 14 705 000 000 as shown in the Treasury report of June 30 1947.
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United States
Wilkin Tyler Page
House of Representatives
Secretary of Treasury
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Florsheim
McDowell
Milt Padway
Wisconsin
Chicago
Oldmark
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Wolverines
Phil Balyeat
Warren Breidenbach
Doug Hayes
Ross Faulkner
Hope Ark
Brooklyn
Dickers
Chicago Cub
Gabby Hartnett
Dizzy Dean
Ed Carnett
Catalina Island
Crooner
Doc Prothro
Art Kranz
Jim Gilmore
Charles H. Weeghman
Harry F. Sinclair
Phil Ball
Robert Ward
Sinclair
Weeghman
Ball
COPA
Wynea Service
Hie
Glade
Tfe Bho Ie
the Library
Harry W. Shiver
E. Aye
John B
Matcilee
Washington
Talbot
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