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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1948
Page
2
County Jatign selects Fred A Luck, John L Wilson Jr and Omisra Evans for circuit clerk positions in a contested local race. Strong bids, party alignments unclear, with focus on experience and qualifications in court administration.
The Blile fcoomptroller's office reported Strong School District No 83 of Unio county violated the school fund depository law in the 1946-47 fiscal year. Funds were kept at Citizens Bank of Strong then transferred to the county treasurer after auditors flagged the depository. Current assets across 13 districts totaled 255 248 with liabilities 17 537 leaving a cash surplus 237 810.
Public notice announces a bid opening on April 16, 1948 for furnishing materials and performing work on miscellaneous repairs at the U S P O Hope Arkansas. Referenced specimens dated Feb 12, 1940 and general conditions through Sept 15, 1942. details at the custodian building office or division engineer.
A fragmented report notes late supporters voicing discontent about a unity paper and its handling. The piece mentions Ta Whe mann Fachywe and opavirges pee eed, with references to endling paper and slean pipe. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
A study notes a proportion of stibirtils among a sample of women aged 20 to 30, comparing groups with ages 30 and 20, highlighting innate differences and noting BNOE Westene Henares whey SL as identifiers within the data.
Sports Roundup notes managers and owners worry over a bonus rule that bans optioning players who signed large bonuses to the minors. The rule aimed to curb lavish signing payouts but left many young players benched for seasoning. The piece also describes Olympic fencing trial antics with electric swords that buzz on touch and a shouted reaction from basketball fans.
Ace Hutikins, once a noted midweight fighter nearly two decades in the ring, along with his brothers, now run a horse rental business for film studios. Their Burbank, California headquarters anchor the operation.
London reports indicate Britain will oppose Spain’s inclusion in the European recovery program. Officials say the House vote to include Spain alarms many and could rally anti communist forces against the Marshall plan. Diplomatic sources call the move political dynamite harming unity among ERP nations. Spain’s reception, via Spanish press, is cautiously positive.
Former boxing champion Barney Ross announced readiness to enlist in the George Washington Legion to battle Arabs in Palestine. The drive aims for 20 000 volunteers with Ross leading recruitment in major U.S. and Canadian cities. Officials said nurses and pilots are already recruited and planes are ready except for machinery.
Kentucky Wildcats lead with a 36-2 record and height edge as Ralph Beard Ken Rotling Alex Groza Cliff Barker Wallace Jones anchor a veteran lineup. The Phillips Oilers counter with Pitts Renick Bob Kurland Lew Beck and Gordon Carpenter aiming to upset in the finals. Both coaches and bookmakers favor Oilers to win with Kurland and Carpenter among likely Olympic selections.
A cluttered list of boxing results from various cities and venues. Several bouts show outpoints and stoppages with fighters named including Manuel Orlaga Lovie Bell Mike De Cosmo and Andy De Pow among others.
The Arkansas River development bill faces delay as the House Public Works committee may postpone action for another week. Trimble, author, says it will be treated as an amendment to a general plan costing about 9350 million, with only 55 million currently available. The plan covers navigation, power, flood control dams, and requires region-wide engineering studies. A separate measure to fund 250 000 for region-wide planning has cleared the House and awaits Senate action.
Arkansas high school basketball tournaments set attendance records with 20 220 paid admissions and gross receipts of 19 852 57 for senior boys junior boys and senior girls events. Net receipts totaled 2 780 for the packing and organizing teams. Fourteen thousand four hundred forty five people paid for senior boys and ten thousand seventy nine dollars supported junior boys and senior girls rounds. All inter rounds were hosted at Little Rock with games at home sites across the state for the first time.
Murry Dickson of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched a no-run, no-hit nine innings in a spring exhibition, facing 30 batters with six strikeouts and one walk. Bevens allowed seven first-inning runs as the Yankees were held in check. Dickson extended his streak of nine-inning games as a Cardinal. The report notes Rickey’s Brooklyn purchase of Ray Campanella and other spring camp updates from Vero Beach, Bradenton, and Lakeland, with various managers and players named.
New York March 11. High schools will play football on the college pattern next season. A uniform set of rules was adopted by a committee of college and high school representatives reducing differences from as many as 150 to about 75. Remaining variances cover kickoff quarters and substitutions. The group says the code offers logical, orderly cooperation and can be used as a textbook in study groups. E. A. Thomas of Wichita was favorably inclined.
The Army Criminal Investigation Division reports two American soldiers, Robert D. Graves and Solomon D. Booker, charged with murder over jealousy stemming from a gypsy girl named Sunya. A gypsy girl is held as a material witness. Bodies found February 9 in a forest north of Munich.
A dense daily broadcast grid lists programs and entertainers from Adventure Parade to Mutual Newsreel. Names include Tom Mix, Gabriel Heatter, Arthur Gaeth, Kate Smith, Billy Rose, and Morton Downey with show titles spanning musical acts, news editions, memory lanes, and dramas across a March 31–April 1 schedule.
A fragmented listing details Central Standard Time radio lineup for tonight including NBC CBS ABC and MBS slots. Programs span sports talk drama and variety with names like Abbott and Costello Crosby and The Whistler.
Detroit report states Ethic director Prisz Crisler plans resignation from the University of Michigan before June. At 49, Crisler recently remained Michigan head football coach while reportedly negotiating for a Chicago post offering a much higher salary. He gave no comment.
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