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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1949
Page
2
A faintly comic scene unfolds in a bar where a patron asks for a cure for hiccups. The bartender, wiping the bar, replies with a slap and a quip about not having hiccups, prompting the man to protest and reveal his wife is waiting in the car.
Spring Hill girls beat Willisville 28 to 25 led by Mary Lou Butler with 17 points. Spring Hill boys lost to Willisville 25 to 17 as Dix Naling scored 13. Bryan Buller led Spring Hill with 9 points.
Monday to Tuesday radio lineup lists 5:00pm to 11:00pm programs featuring Tom Mix Gabriel Heatter Fulton Lewis Jr Straight Arrow News Murder by Experts Crime Fighters John Kennedy Billy Henry and more. Includes 12:00pm to 11:00pm slots with music interludes news reports and live shows across multiple stations and dates.
Fort Smith report notes Tom Fairweather retires as president of the Western association and will vacate as Three I league leader after 1950. Howard Goetz of Des Moines named to succeed him as Western association head. Fairweather, World War I era Des Moines mayor, presided over franchise relocation talks with the New York Giants backing Fort Smith.
SMU will host Notre Dame at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, drawing an expected season total of about 1,000,000 attendees for the year. Notre Dame’s visit accelerates ticket sales with Baylor and ND set to bring large crowds, while 346,000 already have attended Cotton Bowl showings of the Mustangs this season.
New York reports Brooklyn's large and unique farm system tops five minor league clubs. Veterans and top prospects supply stability as they train to win in Brooklyn or fetch high prices later. The piece weaves in anecdotes about Jake Wade, a Davidson-North Carolina State game, and Arkansas football fan reaction, plus notes on Loren Ellis and Valparaiso basketball.
Guernsey high school will host three Patmos teams Tuesday night starting at 6 45. The senior girls, senior and junior boys teams from both schools will meet, with buses running.
The Arkansas high school football playoffs open this week with Hart ford versus Atkins in a key District Four B clash. Osceola awaits the winner after Friday’s action in the Class B setup, while Van Buren hosts Subigeo versus Van Buren for a shot at the Class AA finals. Pocahontas earns District 28 rep as a three way tie ends season.
New York November 14 report lists 20 college football programs still unbeaten and untied after week’s results. noted upsets include Bastay university’s 14-13 loss, Dartmouth’s 15-7 win over Cornell, and Arkansas Tech ending Henderson State’s seven game skein 26-0. Other rivals and points tallies from various colleges appear in the summary with scores and records.
Rice seizes the Southwest Conference lead needing a win over Texas Christian and SMU loss to Baylor to seal the title. Baylor eyes an upset over SMU, while Arkansas faces a pivotal game after beating Texas A and M. Doak Walker and Kyle Rote pace SMU as Rice relies on a methodical fastball offense.
Jordan said the upcoming game will attract the largest attendance of the season for Notre Dame, noting no other game on their schedule has drawn or will draw 75,000. He attributed the expected turnout to the stadium size and the event’s prominence.
Hot Springs resident Mrs. Lois Moffo captured the 1949 Arkansas women’s championship with 1597 all events scratch and 1024 handicap. Alber tine Hoyt of Little Rock won high single with 871. Doubles went to Margaret Mack Pine Bluff with Edith Smith Hot Springs and Dorothy Embree Little Rock. Team title went to Ricks Clinton Buick of Hot Springs with 2599 points.
The Langston High Tigers battled the Hot Springs Lions to a 0-0 Homecoming tie at Hammon's stadium. Rainy weather did not dampen the crowd and parade as Yerger's Homecoming teens led floats from Hopewell and Yerger Elementary schools.
Pittsburgh, Nov. 14. A raft riding ex prizefighter bound for the Florida Everglades in search of buried treasure is missing from a treacherous river stretch above the city. Sammy Muscato, a middleweight from Buffalo, left Oil City Friday night on a navy surplus raft and has not been heard from. The voyage, planned to continue along the Allegheny, Ohio and Mississippi waterways to reach New Orleans and eventually Florida, faces hazards from sandbars and rapids.
Nov. 14 a man entered a Little Rock liquor store and brandished a gun at clerk Lyn Cornish demanding money. The armed robber balked after Cornish challenged him, nearly colliding with a customer as he fled, leaving Cornish noting he was never nervous until the man left.
AP analysis outlines signs Britain may recognize the Chinese communist government by year end to protect deep interests. Washington holds that nationalist forces still hold China’s key areas though Reds control much of the mainland. The piece quotes Seymour Topping on industrialization as a prerequisite to maintaining Communist legitimacy and notes potential Western aid shifts.
The Associated Press reports a page of college football action with Arkansas Tech’s title bid cooled by Henderson’s 0-26 upset. Arkansas Tech and Henderson entered undefeated, but Tech’s loss and looming Thanksgiving games highlight a thin title path as other conference matchups unfold. The Little Rock Junior College Trojans then swept Northeast Louisiana 12-13 in the Shrine bowl, boosting their Little Rose Bowl hopes.
Two young men, Dennis Schuster and Melvin Cohen, claimed a plot to assassinate Federal Judge Arald R. Medina to impress girlfriends. FBI and police traced the hoax. Medina was away on vacation. Sisters Marlene and Audrey Gordon denied the tip. the four were released after investigations.
The trial of Representative J Parnell Thomas of New Jersey on fraud charges was postponed again, extending delays by another week. The case centers on alleged financial misconduct involving campaign funds and related activities.
Fordyce Redbugs exit District 7AA and move to 7A starting 1950 joining DeQueen Nashville Arkadelphia Gordon and Prescott. Smackover Buckaroos clinch district playoff spot with 21-6 win over Hope. Texarkana remains second, Magnolia visits Friday in Magnolia. Hope sits third as Camden and Fordyce trail in district standings.
Thousands of Arkansas and out of state hunters head to woods for deer in the first split season opening at 12:01 a m. Friday and ending at midnight Saturday. Prospects: a record turnout. 35 000 in the first week. duck hunters focus around Stuttgart. main public shooting ground not ready. several counties closed. season runs until December 27 with favorable conditions hoped for despite rain.
Attorney William H. Collins told Judge Alexander Holtzoff that he remains engaged in another case and cannot start the trial this week. Holtzoff then tentatively set a start for near Monday. A new date was reset to November 2.
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