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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1947
Page
9
Partial readable text shows a notice about a new store building project near Miles Lane on the Lewis Highway. References to Bob Nichols and a South 810 Street address appear amid garbled OCR. No clear dates or full details are present.
Notice to creditors seeks claims against estates of Evelyn W Hubbard W E Brian Paul E Bright J W Turner and others. Letters of administration and testamentary issued Feb March and April 1947 by the court with executrices named. Claimants must exhibit their claims within six months or be barred from benefits. Ward Sales.
Pegler comments on Dave Beck and James Tobin in a 1947 column about the Teamsters Union power structure. He notes friendships within the leadership, ambitions for the presidency, and the looming 1940s convention while sparring with the union’s patronage and internal politics.
Fayetteville reports Arkansas spring sports near end of season with track and field golf and tennis strong, Parker trackmen losing a triangular meet at Stillwater but setting marks. Oklahoma A&M won Sall Water meet. Arkansas second. Golfers sweep Washington University in St Louis. Tennis edged by Washington University and St Louis U. Baseball to face Oklahoma A&M in Fayetteville and Stillwater series. Razorbacks split at St Louis.
National League results include Chicago 6 Cincinnati 4 and St. Louis 10 Pittsburgh 6 with a seven inning second game noted ice. New York 3 Boston 1-11 Philadelphia 7-5 Brooklyn 3-4. Texas League Dallas 11 San Antonio 7 Houston 8 Fort Worth 2. Oklahoma City 13 Shreveport 2 Tulsa 6 Beaumont 8. Southern Association Mobile 12 Birmingham 1 Athlanta 3-3 New Orleans 1-2 Memphis 5-1 Chattanooga 2-1 Nashville 9-3 Little Rock 5-6.
Nine years after his historic major league debut the Phillies readied a late surge with their aging stars Lynwood Rowe and Didehens Leonard leading a comeback. In a Sunday doubleheader at Shibe Park 40,952 watched as Philadelphia toppled the Dodgers 7–9 and 5–4 after Rowe left with a stiff neck. Leonard, from Washington, aided by Ennis with four RBIs, held Brooklyn to seven hits. Cubs move to first with wins over Reds as Doyle ade shines. Braves split with Giants. Cards beat Pirates in 10 innings. Indians explode for 16 hits against Browns. May 12 coverage notes Notre Dame football prospects, Michigan State coach changes, and local sports miscellany.
Associated Press report shows Atlanta Crackers winning 2-1 and 3-2 in New Orleans to climb to third place in the Southern Association, as Chattanooga loses to Memphis. Charlie Trippi and Charlie Glock led Atlanta with four hits between them, crowd 12,257. Other results: Nashville split with Little Rock, Mobile routed Birmingham, and Chicago’s standings tone.
Paul Meuloiain pitched a brilliant one hitter to defeat the Hot Springs Bathers 54 to in the opener of a doubleheader. Apt Hamilton homered in the eighth inning to break a tie. Wiloyd Foge struck four times. Greenwood and Greenville stay in the race for second place in the Cotton States League standings as other games shuffle the table.
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