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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1950
Page
2
A dense listing of radio programs and time slots including Frank Sinatra Sings Melody Bank and various music and talk segments. Notable items include Rhythm Ranch Hands Melody Corral and Queen for a Day, plus News and Calendar of Events segments and veteran tributes.
The piece cites Allen Smith alias Smiley a Russian-born con man living in Las Vegas and facing deportation while federal courts debate his citizenship claim. It laments Justice Department corruption and political interference, tying Smiley to Leo Durocher Frank Sinatra and George Raft among dubious Hollywood underworld ties.
Mineral Springs faces Legionnaires in a tight match as Ot Henry leads Dance Music to a dramatic victory at the Mutual Reports arena where top theft concerns loom over the airport project and fans await final scores.
The Nashville Vols suffered a 10–0 loss to the Atlanta Crackers, handing Atlanta their first win over Nashville this season in the Southern Association. Birmingham beat Chattanooga 3–2, Mobile edged Memphis 5–4, and New Orleans defeated Little Rock 7–4 as part of the week’s results.
The Travelers defeated Mobile and New Orleans on successive days, rising in the Southern Association standings. Nashville’s Vols swept Atlanta with two wins, while Memphis Chicks moved Mobile to fourth. Birmingham and Chattanooga edged in an extra inning tie. Little Rock and New Orleans produced the season’s most explosive twin bill with six homers. Monday features Chattanooga at Birmingham, Nashville at Atlanta, Memphis at Mobile, and Little Rock at New Orleans.
Radio listings show Vinnie and Mr Lincoln at 8 on CBS-6 Beulah sketch at 7:36. Bob Hope at 8, People are Funny at 9:30, Morton Downey at 10:15. Mr and Mrs North and Life with Luigi on CBS. Johnny Doligi drama at 8, Phillip Marlowe at 9:30. ABC offers Counter Spy at 6:30, Carnegie Hall concert, Time for Defense, 8 Count. Robert Nathal commentary. MBS features Count of Monte Cristo at 7:30, Detective drama at 3:30, Mysterious Traveler, York May 30th Forme Wednesday items. NBC morning Red Foley Barn Dance, CBS 30:30 a m Grand Slam. ABC 10 a m Romances drama, MBS 9:40 a m Say It with Music.
Rained out last night. All members of the softball league will meet tonight at 7 o clock at the Youth Center.
A fragmentary text links York apartment to Raft with a underworld figure shaving a sucker in a craps game. It notes Durocher’s one year baseball suspension and a broader mismanagement batch of social errors cited by commissioner Chandler. Sinatra’s decline and Ratti’s continued popularity are mentioned as part of a broader public attitudes shift toward heroes.
On Memorial Day May 30 the Philadelphia Phillies led the National League, one-half game ahead of the defending champion Brooklyn Dodgers. Key pitchers 23-year-olds Simmons and Roberts pace the club, with Simmons posting six wins and two losses and Roberts twelve wins last season. The Phils previously stood sixth with 17-19 a year ago, now 22-13 with strong road performance. Dodgers struggle on the road, while Yankees prepare for a holiday doubleheader against New York.
All youths in and around Hope are invited to meet at Fair Park at 3 p.m. Wednesday for tryouts and organization. The team is open to all players who will not reach their fifteenth birthday this year.
Sports Mirror recalls anniversaries from the Indianapolis 500 and Wood Memorial at Jamaica. It notes Bill Holland’s 560 mile speedway win with a record 121.477 mph, plus Wilbur Shaw’s third Indy win ten years prior and Giants Dodgers crowds at the Polo Grounds fifteen years back.
Manuel Madrid outpointed Lou Williams in Ocean Park California. Rex Layne knocked out Willie Parker in Lewiston Utah. Philip Kim stopped Robert Inheshua in Honolulu. Logan Utah and Los Angeles fights reported with multiple knockouts and decisions.
Ezra Hill of Hot Springs was electrocuted while erecting a telephone pole in Malvern Tuesday. He held a stick that became entangled in power lines as Memorial day holiday fatalities rose to eight in Arkansas. Earlier, four drowned, two died in traffic accidents, and one was killed by lightning.
Indianapolis May 30 crowds swelled to expected 175000 as hub to hub competition loomed in the Memorial Day auto race at the Speedway. The fastest 200 lap field in 94 runnings could finish in four hours at 125 mph, weather permitting. Bill Holland set the four hour mark last year with a 121.327 mph average, while Mauri Rose, from South Bend, edged him for first money in 1937 and 1948 and seeks a fourth win with a front drive car now owned by the Howard Keck Co. Rose’s shift follows a long career in a Blue Crown team and a non stop drive to sixth last year with Jimmy Jackson.
Regulars on the University of Algona baseball team hit over 300 during the Wildcats 1990 campaign. The season summary notes strong batting across the roster with several players posting high averages and key contributors delivering clutch hits in important games.
El Dorado Oilers move half game ahead of Hope in the Southwest Arkansas semi pro league after 12 games. Hope has 8 wins, Waldo 7, Cambens, Murfreesboro, Springhill, Gurdon, and Mineral Springs follow as divisions shape. Oilers turned a triple play against Gur don, Mineral Springs won 5 4, Springhill forfeited for an ineligible player, and three players turned professional including James Byrd and Waldo’s 2 0 pitcher. Remaining series: Gordon vs Springhill, Hope vs Camden, El Dorado vs Mineral Springs, Murfreesboro vs Waldo.
At Camp Robinson Little Rock May 3 delegates from 933 youths attend Boys State. They will elect state officers and hear Governor McMath discuss state government. Yesterday they named officials of two counties with several future judges clerks and commissioners among winners. Tomorrow they will hear addresses and elect four state executive posts and seven Supreme Court justices.
Memphis Tennessee May 30 police search for a man who killed Charlie Wright a 53 year old Black man who was stabbed to death Sunday while minding his own business near a quarrel group. Deputy inspector W W Wilkerson said Wright remained silent when someone shouted what have you to say and was stabbed.
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