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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1949
Page
2
Weatbrook Pegler argues Wallgren's denied bid for National Security Resources Board chair shows Powerbroker Dave Beck shaping national politics through the Teamsters. He draws parallels with Truman and Wallgren, noting Beck’s labor dominance, manipulation of Tobin, and push to place Wallgren in key offices while backing Dewey and Warren at moments.
A round up of sparsely detailed action from New York with vague notes on early season activities. The piece mentions a player named Piigets and describes delays, sun exposure, photos, reporter interviews, and a short nap on the bench in a typical training day.
A scrambled OCR page outlines a dense radio schedule with show titles and times, plus a block of sports notes. It includes remarks on players like Satch and Bevens, mentions the University of Missouri campus activity, and references baseball, football, and training camp anecdotes.
Things look up for the Phillies as Bob Carpenter funds the club’s turn toward success under Eddie Sawyer. The team emphasizes youth with key acquisitions Hank Borony, Ross Meyer, Bill Nicholson, and Eddie Waitkus while relying on Del Ennis, Richie Ashburn, Robin Roberts, Curt Simmons, and rookie infielders to push into the first division this season.
A schedule lists NBC and CBS radio programs for New York on March 29 including This Is Your Life and People Are Funny, plus ABCs Talent hour and high school democracy discussion. The piece also notes Senator Cain as a leading Republican figure and references union influence and presidential nomination speculation. It closes with baseball scores from Associated Press games across Philadelphia, Detroit, Brooklyn, and other cities.
Reported discussion centers on finalizing the two minute cage rule with emphasis on definition of from play, holding the ball, and jumper after a held ball. Committee to announce final ruling. changes include timing and substitutions.
In Monday's exhibition games the Southern Loop teams posted four wins and one defeat. Atlanta Crackers beat Pensacola in a seven inning set with six runs on twelve batters, Cliff Lingquist allowed three hits in five innings. Other results saw Chattanooga, Mobile, Birmingham, and Little Rock winning, with notable performances from Joe Tox per and Tom McBride.
United Press reports last night bouts with multiple outpoints and knockouts. Notable actions include Lee Sala defeating Denorva in Cleveland, Arvis Donato stopping Rockey Marciano in Providence, and Eddie Boldue knocked out in Manchester New Hampshire. City by city results show varied outcomes for boxers from Newark to Manchester and beyond.
A second daughter was born to Charlie Chaplin in Santa Monica California on March 2 1934. The mother is Oona O Neill Chaplin his young wife.
Sammy Snead defeats Lloyd Mangrum by two strokes in a first playoff for the Greensboro Open. Both finished regulation at 276. Snead captures $2,000 first prize as Mangrum earns $1,400. Snead sank clutch putts, Mangrum misfired on the final hole, gifting Snead the win.
The national basketball committee of the United States and Canada announced rules to curb late game stalling. A personal foul charged in the final 120 seconds will be treated as a technical. the fouled player gets a free throw and out of play, and ball possession goes to the fouled team. A held ball will be called when a player withholds the ball for five seconds without an apparent effort to act. The committee also named new officers: Chairman George R. Edward, Vice Chairman P. Maguire, Secretary V. Parger, Treasurer Bryce Drake.
An article outlines Charlie Chaplin’s family links across marriages. It notes children with Mildred Harois, Lita Gray, and Joan Barry, and that his union with Paulette Goddard remained childless. It mentions a 1943 paternity suit and ongoing custody details from court records.
Cincinnati March 30 Three changes in baseball rules were announced by Commissioner A B Chandler aimed at reducing new players in the bonus category. The main revision raises bonus ceilings in Triple A and Double A to 6 000 with 0 0 in Class A and 3 000 in Classes B C and D. Existing ceilings varied by league. A second change makes ceilings apply to the entire country instead of yearly installments. A third allows drafted or Waiver awarded bonus players to be optioned out for one year by their new club.
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