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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1943
Page
4
Social calendar items reveal local gatherings and hosting duties among Mrs. Kyler, Mrs. Stewart, and other society members. Reports include dinners, bridge games, and parties at Methodist and First Baptist churches, with attendees named and notes on decorations, menus, and prize awards. Military notices mention cadets and promotions, including Wallace Van Sickle and Gerald Bales, alongside local travel and visiting relatives.
Hot Springs notes Texan Tucker joining White Sox spring camp as potential regular after 24 players join the armed forces. Once seen as too small, he built fundamentals from age seven and credits improved hitting for high Texas league numbers. He aims to translate daylight hitting to the majors.
OSCAR KAHAN reports the St. Louis Cardinals, fleet and speed oriented, prepare for another season after the loss of Enos Slaughter and Terry Moore. Manager Billy Southworth plans a speedy, slam-bang approach with eight outfield candidates, including Buster Adams, Harry Walker, Johnny Happ, and Stan Musial, aiming for balance in left, center, and right fields.
SPORTS ROUNDUP by HUGH FULLERTON JR. reports on a Jamaica track plan for a victory garden with a three acre potato patch in the infield, possible changes to baseball rules, wartime sports movements, and various notes from boxing, baseball, and college hoops circles, including DeMarino photos and coach changes.
The team faces uncertainty as Morton Cooper, a 22-game winner, suffered a back injury in winter and a troublesome knee from last summer. His condition and return prospects cast doubt on the pitching staff, with Walker Cooper Ken O'Dea Sam Narron and rookie Jerry Burmeister also in view.
New York Pvt. Johnny Greco 135 Montreal outpointed Clea Shuns 123 Los Angeles. Washington Joe Baksi 209 Wilkes-Barre Pa outpointed Gus Dorazis 194 12 Philadelphia. Philadelphia Young Kid Robinson 158 Philadelphia knocked out Nick Kursich 165 Baltimore. Boston Sal Bartolo 127 1 2 Boston outpointed Joey Archibald 190 Providence Worcester Mass. Leo Sawlcki 151 Worcester knocked out Tom Callahan 149 New York. Hollywood Jimmy Garrison 145 1 2 Kansas City outpointed Rodolfo Ramirez 146 14 Mexico City.
In a charged Riviera style scene at Phoenix Sky Harbor, Loraine Stuart reveals plans to wed Captain Jim Carr at noon the next day in an outdoor chapel. Ed Bryan and Pat Friday react with shock as the couple seals a businesslike commitment amid wedding preparations and emotional fallout.
Ocean Wave topweighted at 128 pounds among a field of top three year olds entered for the eighth Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park. Wendell Eads rides Ocean Wave from post position in the mile and a furlong race expected to draw about 6,000 fans. Other contenders include Dove Pie ridden by Johnny Langden, filly Siravio, Spartiate with Joe Datillo, Beau Of Mine, Her Guardian, Modest Lad, Iron Works, Seven Merits and Uncle Billies. The program also features the Au Revoir handicap and the preceding races, with Bring Me Home winning the fifth race in 1 14 for 6 furlongs.
Detroit and Chicago, major league rivals, begin the red flannel league season with Virgil Trucks and Paul Trout on the mound for Detroit. White Sox boss Jimmy Dykes names rookies Gordon Maltzberger Floyd Speer and Donald Hanski to pitch. Weather halts intra-squad games. Yankees manager Joe McCarthy cites player shortages and reluctance to pit pitchers against each other to avoid idle players.
In 2012 Joe Louis KOed Abe Simon in the sixth round to secure his 21st consecutive title defense. Receipts from the bout benefited Army Emergency Relief. An earlier note cites Commissioner Landis fining Lindsay Deal, a rookie outfielder, over a season pay discrepancy with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Little Rock report shows total appropriations by the 1943 general assembly at 122,823,218.58, up from 117,038,205.73 in 1941. Increase largely due to public schools gaining 5,708,494.39 while general state agencies declined by 339,592.99.
Garrett Memorial Baptist, First Methodist, and First Baptist churches outline Sunday and weekday activities. Garrett Memorial lists Sunday School at 10, preaching at 11 and 8, plus Bible study groups and prayers. First Methodist schedules chimes, worship, special sermon, youth fellowship, and choir practices with midweek events. First Baptist notes Sunday School at 9:30, morning and evening worship, Sunday School in a Guernsey School, and Baptist Training Union activities.
Hope Gospel Tabernacle at N Main and Ave. D. Paul Gaston pastor. Sunday School 9 45 a m Guy E Basye superintendent. Morning service 11 00 a m with special revival message. Young peoples service and adult Bible study 6 45 p m Evangelistic service 7 45 p m sermon What does it mean to be lost At the Tabernacle you are stranger only once.
Corner Fifth and Grady hosts Bible classes at 10:00 a.m. and worship at 11:00 a.m. The Love of God is the sermon theme with a communion at 11:40 a.m. Evening service at 6:45 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. Wednesday study on The Sweetest and Bitterest Word. First Pentecostal Church at W Fourth and Ferguson holds services 10:00 a.m. Sunday School, 11:00 a.m. regular worship, 8:00 p.m. evening service, 7:00 p.m. Young Peoples. Week night services Wednesday and Friday. First Presbyterian Church, Thomas Brewster, minister, offers Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and morning worship at 10:55 a.m. Evangelism and a Bible study on Acts led by Mrs. Dorsey McRae Monday afternoon.
The Auxiliary observes a week of spiritual enlightenment and invites all to attend. Pastor Millas W Baggett leads 9:45 Bible School with Malcolm Porterfield, Saveristies at 10:50 Morning Worship includes Lord's Supper, Ted Jones and Mrs Alfred Haynes. Sermon: The Harvest of the Flesh. 1:45 Christian Youth Fellowship. 7:45 Evening Worship features familiar hymns and a sermon Two Kinds of Fools. Wednesday prayer meeting 7:43 p.m. Thursday choir rehearsal 8:00 p.m.
Memphis Tenn residents plan to raise chickens in backyards to offset food rationing. Distributors report orders for chicks up a month ahead as demand grows. Egg dealers say fertile eggs are scarce to meet ha chettes, reflecting tight supplies.
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