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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1952
Page
2
Real estate notice offers a two unit duplex on a lot with multiple rooms and amenities. Mentions price around 92 000, garage, trees, and several larger plots for sale or rent, with jargon and numerous misspellings per OCR.
May day in Washington features a heated struggle over socialized medicine tied to social security benefit increases. Democratic and Republican lawmakers clash as AMA protests target provisions expanding permanent disability rules and federal oversight, with a November vote expected and millions currently receiving monthly checks.
Texas league action produced multiple one run games with Dallas and Oklahoma City featuring late rallies. Fadel and Witte led key hits as teams battled in tight innings, while Hal Hrivhnen and Warry Schepting produced notable plays.
A string of boxing results from Portiuned Oregon to Oakland California shows multiple bouts with knockouts and decisions. Notable names include Archie Moore, Ralph, and Walter Cartier with varied outcomes amid a noisy, garbled report of weights and venues.
Halley and the weather crew reported on a day of disrupted play as the Greenweat Dodgers faced Monti Lit and Mooroc. Palubielka and Palvbvksi delivered key hits while Bowden allowed nine safeties in a pitching duel. A tragic note mentions a bridge accident on the Santa Fe line ending in a crane collapse.
Cleveland pitcher Mike Garcia limited opponents to nine hits over 69 innings with a 1.29 ERA and five victories. In a recent outing he held the Tigers to nine singles while walking none, and he avoided extra-base hits as he improved to four straight wins.
Takyo Shirai won the fyweight championship from Radu Marino to give Japan its first world boxing title. Belmont Park hosted Hitex at $7.00 to win the Master Bid Purse while Exemplar at $8.40 took the Featened race at Suffolk. Johnny Adams achieved his sixth and seventh straight wins at Hawthorne in the Lincoln Fields Meeting. Mildred Babe Didrikson Zanavias underwent hernia surgery in Beaumont, Texas.
Henry O Donnell learns from Henry that McDevitt has been posing as a promoter to push a crooked nitrates deal. Henry urges cautious action to protect others and uphold a sworn word, risking his own reputation and ties to Leonia and Antoinette’s circle.
Memphis, struggling to shore up infield, added Baltimore import Sam Meeks at short. Meeks committed three errors as Memphis fell to Atlanta, while Don Finerton and Carlton Willey contributed for Atlanta. Nashville beat Lovey New Orleans 7 with Ed Wolfe pitching for New Orleans.
A scattered scoreboard shows results from the International League, American Association, Pacific Coast League and others, noting Rochester over Buffalo 7 6 and Syracuse 7, Montreal 13 Springfield 5. Sal Maglie pitched the Giants to a 4 0 win over the Pirates marking his 70th straight win in 1952 and over a four decade span.
The column lists park night on Wednesday May 21 with a softball game between Blue Jackets and Yellow Jackets, admission 10 or 24 cents, and a Wiener roast May 22 at Prescott with bus from Garrett Chapel Baptist Church at 7 pm, admission 5 cents. Also notes Garrett Chapel’s pastor’s fifth anniversary starting May 26 with guest churches Nashville Prescott and Hope, plus a revival in Warren Arkansas led by Rev. F R Williams and a death of John Rice May 17.
May 20 radio schedule shows NBC CBS and ABC programs across networks including Dr Kildare and Queen for a Day. A separate report from Preston, Kansas notes Mrs. C H Uhriuh killed by a fast Rock Island train while delivering mail. she was sucked under wheels as she attached a mail bag.
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