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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1950
Page
2
Property listing from Greening Realty Co presents a 5 room house with hardwood floors built-ins midder n, a large store building and van, and a well equipped grocery market. Terms shown only to interested buyers. Includes insurance and loan services from Doans Hope Federal Saving and Loan and others. Phone 1200. 1-St. 3t. tote. rere.
The piece notes protests over alleged suppression of historical truth about World War II and the Roosevelt era. It cites Prof Henry Elmer Barnes and Dorothy Thompson as critics, reports attacks on editors and journalists, and discusses anti-communist currents, censorship, and the Free man magazine.
Virginia University faces two NCAA code violations cited by President Célgate W. Darden. He says plush alumni funded athletic scholarships, institutional control issues, and nonuniversity charges like books and room were included. Darden notes alumni gifts totaled under $32,000 with most going to football players despite academic requirements.
New York radio schedules on Wednesday and Thursday list NBC CBS ABC and MBS programs including Mr Chameleon Bing Crosby and Fibber McGee. The page shifts to political questions about a 1940s condemnation debate detailing Morgenthau plans, anti-communist groups, and Miss Thompson’s stance amid wartime era censorship.
Arkansas high school football scene centers on Van Buren hosting Fayetteville in a key district one clash for the class AA title. Magnolia and Blytheville also bustle as district leaders, while Magnolia battered El Dorado, and Blytheville seeks its third district crown. Arkansas Razorbacks coach Otis Douglas stirs crowds amid a Baylor win as Harold Stockton taunts bears, and editor Al Rose jokes about a Parkers passer. Baseball notes include Hot Springs Bathers sale and minor league moves, plus Maslin Godwin eyeing Arkansas State Police work.
Prices for rough rice rose 10 to 15 cents per hundredweight across the southern belt as mill inquiry and offers firmed. Arkansas Louisiana and Texas harvests continue rapidly with farmers not selling freely, mills increasing quotes while milled rice prices held near last week. Demand remains active with ample domestic supplies and light export inquiry.
Roundup from New York to Canton reports ongoing NCAA sanity code debate sparked by Colgate W Darden report to the Virginia board. It notes perceived flaws in Darden’s stance, football and basketball tidbits, and upcoming games and talent rumors across Alabama Tennessee Notre Dame Tulane and Missouri Arkansas. It mentions junior baseball tours and a Kentucky writer’s new play.
In a playful rumor column the writer predicts Yale loses to Cornell and Purdue defeats Town, Texas defeats Arkansas, with bold language about protecting reputations and fortunes in a quirky wagering tone.
Sports Mirror recalls events from past years noting Gandon Glisson, leading jockey, fractures collarbone at Jamaica track. Also mentions McQuinn quitting baseball after trade and Billy Conn defeating Al McKoy in 11 rounds before 15,523 at Boston.
New York reports say Branch Rickey, Dodgers GM, may buy or take stock in the St. Louis Browns or join Pittsburgh’s Pirates setup. Other sources cue a shift to retire or move elsewhere as Rickey’s Dodgers contract nears expiry and stock deals unfold amid family and partner ownership dynamics.
Forrest City October 17 Houston Pitts of Muskogee Oklahoma waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the St France county grand jury in the traffic death of C L Polk Jin Helena Polk Helena city attorney was killed Friday in a three car collision on U S highway 70 near Vere A charge of voluntary manslaughter was filed Pitts was arrested in Forrest City on a speeding charge Delmar Campbell Arkansas Highway Patrolman said the bond was set at 95000 and Pitts was expected to make it today
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