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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1944
Page
6
Today marks a narrow 28 to 26 victory for Ohio State over Illinois in a tense football thriller. Three years back Alsab edged Bless Me by a neck to win the Walden Stakes at Pimlico. Ten years ago Bucky Harris agreed to manage the Washington Senators.
Fayetteville reports the Arkansas Razorbacks tied for fourth in the Southwest Conference and close the season at Dallas against SMU. A win would give them three victories one loss and one tie, the best mark since 1937, with TCU and Texas still in play for the title race.
A legal notice lists delinquent real estate taxes for Fulton Arkansas area parcels including Maggie Hall Henry Adams R B Williams Spencer Willis Betty Mitchell Mary Jefferson and others with lot and block designations. The lands subject to sale will be offered to the highest bidder for cash on December 2, 1944, to cover taxes penalties costs advertising and six percent interest. Commissioner’s seal dated October 16, 1944.
Army defeated Notre Dame 59 to 0 to extend its seven game win streak and pile up 419 points. Navy routed Cornell 48 to 0 as both service teams prep for the Army-Navy clash in Annapolis. Other scores include Ohio State over Pittsburgh 54 to 19 and Michigan 14 Illinois 0.
Boston’s Gil Dodds, the indoor miler champion, may retire after February graduation from Gordon College of Theology and Missions. He expects to be called as a missionary, possibly to the Orient. The note appears among multiple briefs from across the country.
Alloy advances in steel air craft forging improve forgings and save materials. Close cooperation between designers and forgers should enable economical postwar production of smaller forged parts.
Western Michigan coach Herbert W. Read fields an all new squad for the first time in 24 years as he starts with no veterans and replaces 14 lettermen from last season. The piece also notes early football coaching shifts involving Lt. Joe Maniaci and potential Fordham Maryland changes.
Notre Dame football coach Ed McKeever, noted for dedicating four hours each morning to training Navy trainees, makes a confession revealed in an interview. The admission highlights his disciplined routine and commitment to service.
In his weekly radio talk Mayor La Guardia says time sheets show husbands of Queens sanitation workers did not work overtime and urges wives to call for them at end of their shifts. Also reports: Arthur Lindquist and spouse welcome twins yesterday, their third set in 13 years. A dud aerial bomb found in a Los Angeles front yard is treated as possible prank.
Ed recalls attempting the Navy obstacle course at noon when no one watched and managing to finish it in a single try. The remark highlights his improbable test of endurance and determination.
Wake Forest Harvard and other squads dropped from the ranks of unbeaten and untied teams. The list now totals 15 with schools such as Miami Ohio Ohio State and Mississippi State among the remaining. The report notes season totals and references several military and technical institutions.
A large crowd gathered but 83 year old Mrs Albertine Bohrmann did not engage. She stood briefly on her front porch and urged as she reentered the house Please keep off the grass.
Lt. William L. Austin on leave in Perth Amboy New Jersey sent out his laundry. Before it returned he was transferred to Los Angeles. He waited through 15 months before his wife, visiting New Jersey, retrieved the bundle.
In Chicago on November 13 82 year old George V Haering a white haired pharmacist repelled a robber at his drug store by hurling a jar of strawberry jam. The intruder fled and left behind a bruised suspect who was later identified by the police.
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