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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1944
Page
6
Real estate ad listing multiple acreages with highway access, house types, and prices. Properties range from 60 to 275 acres with notes like close in or subject to offer. Contact C. B. Tyler on Cotton Row or Tom Carrel for the furnished duplex ad listing two bedrooms and hot water.
A roundup notes Ed McKeever joining football writers and broadcasters meetings while defending high scoring games. Comments from Col. Biff Jones and linesman Dave Reese injury unfold as Notre Dame faces ratings slips. Also mentions Joe Louis contract talk and a Navy softball scene aboard SS Lou Gehrig with Keesler Field instructors taking part in teams.
Yale pitcher Ed Machaj, who went 19 4 for the Elis and graduates in February, has received offers from four major league clubs after being rejected by the services. Ray Dumont promotes lifetime national tournament tickets at Whitman, promising to cover $100 cost over three years and selling 50 annually. Army end coach Stu Holcombe expects a hard fought Army Navy line battle by December 2. Don Hutson expresses irritation after a Cleveland defender shoulder shoves him during a recent game.
Lt Col Earl Blaik credits Dec Blanchard with the key open field block that leveled Notre Dame tackle John Adams in the Army Notre Dame game. Pop Warner later called it the hardest block he had ever seen as Blaik praised the play.
Fayetteville reports Arkansas with full strength for next Saturday after upsetting Rice, while SMU works toward a stronger lineup. Coach Rose emphasizes defense as Parkers show zip in workouts and Arkansas optimism grows. SMU updates include Rothstrom likely ready after ankle injury and Kotlarich possible return, but Dyer remains out with a knee cast.
In Stuttgart on November 14 1944 top duck call athletes vie for prizes totaling 1000 dollars at the National Duck Calling Contest. Hunters have spent days warming their voices for the annual event attracting finalists from previous years and many entrants. A pre event address by A C Glassell of Shreveport Louisiana president of Ducks Unlimited precedes the contest.
News briefs from New York and across the country report auctions at post offices for unclaimed packages where cigarettes are barred and redirected to the Red Cross for servicemen. Other items include a crow stealing gasoline coupons at Carlsbad Caverns and a returning veteran learning his wife has joined the WACs.
In Kansas City on November 14 Kansas State quarterback Jay Payton’s son shone as his father boasted an average of 5.7 yards per carry. Separately John Fitzpatrick of Los Angeles set a 16 break in a three cushion billiards match against Joe Chamaco of Mexico City, who won 50 40.
Hope's Bobkittens meet the Texarkana Arkansas B team at 7 30 pm in the local stadium. Admission is 10 or 25 cents. Coach Foy Hammons prepares the senior squad for the Homecoming game Friday night against the Nashville Scrapper.
Philadelphia Joyce outpointed Williams in a 10 rounder. In Baltimore Murray stopped Walker in 3 rounds. Washington Doyle earned a fifth round TKO over Butler in a 5 round bout.
The Associated Press ranks Army first and Navy second in the service division with Randolph Field leading the overall college and service breakdown. Notre Dame drops from the top ten after a 59 0 loss to Army, while the college group remains led by Ohio State and Georgia Tech behind the service schools.
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