Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 91, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1943 — Page 6

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Nine Minor Leagues Will Start Season Many Suspend Play For War's Duration (By United Pre*,* What's happening lo the mint r league* thia year? Well, most of them have folded up. All but nine, in fact. Os those Bifle. the one* with the beat chance of flubbing the 1943 season are the three double-A circuits the International league, the American Assoeitlon, and th. Pacific coast league. The International la the only loep which continued in operation through the first world war without any suspension of play. And the International again seems to be the one best fitted to pull through this season The International really hit bed rot k in 1919. A player limit of 14 men per club had to be established, such was the shortage of players. World war number two finds all eight International league clubs ready to start the campaign on April 22 Each team has an average of 25 men. But the league Is looking to the majors for some more help The hardest hit of the ( teams probably is the Newark Bears — champions In 1942. Only seven players remain from last year’s squad, and only one was a regular. Other clubs are in similar trouble, hut most of them can call on at least three or four veterans. The playing quality of the circuit undoubtedly will go down but the managerial level Is almost certain to remain high. And colorful. Because three new dynamic figures are at the helm of International league Yearns. The immortal Pepper Martin — the original wild horse of the Osage—will be piloting the Rochester Red Wings. Former major league catcher Gabby Hartnett will guide the Jersey City Giants. And the Inimitable Fresco Thompson will run the Montreal Royals. Another new manager will he Greg Mulleavy of the Buffalo Blsons, who has moved up from the playing ranks. Preseldent Frank Shaughnessy promises that the International lea

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gue will finish this eeason, come what may. The circuit may have to take even more drastic measures than were necessary In 1919. But, says Shaughnessy, "We’ll keep <-m playing." —o — Report Count Fleet Overcomes Injury Derby Favorite Had Suffered Slight Cut New York, April 16-tUPI The form players of the hor*-> racing world don’t know how close they came ot disaster within the past few days. Their Idol at the moment is a young colt named Count Flautthe ahortMt-priced winter book favorite for the Kentucky Derby. But during the running of the St. James pur*, at Jamaica on Tuesday. the Count's left leg was nicked. His trainer. Don Cameron, was afraid that infection would get In. and that Count Fleet would be out of action for a long time. But before you go out and call off your bets- -we’ll tell you that Count Fleet i* perfectly all right. The leg has healed, and he won't be bothered in th • least by the injury when he runs at Churchill Downs. Cameron kept news of the cut secret, until he was sure Count Fleent was okay. He didn't want to wtart a wave of hysteria among horse followers. The big brown colt sustained the injury when he wa* carried wide on the first turn In the St. James. Hl* left forelegg was nicked slightly. apparently by a stone, and the skin wa* broken. Cameron treated him immediately. And as it turned out, the cut healed speedily and perfectly ALLIED FLIERS (Coatlnssd Ft*a Faa* D carry out these decisions Militant leaders in the nation's capital Insist there have b en no developments In the Pacific to force a revision of the original Casablanca plans. Secretary of war Stimson reveals that American and Australian filers will be given etiotitb plan * to counter Increased Japanese strength In the South Pacific and to replace Allied losses. Stimson's statement appears to have been reas-tiring in Australia. How ver. Australian foreign mln later Herbert tOvatt, now in the United States, concedes that Hitler must lie attacked and beaten first. His concern, he says, is for a fair allocation of military supplies for the outh Pacific to permit a continuous hammeting of th Japanese SECOND WAR DRIVE iCeatißMd FrvSa Fu*« 1) were on the job today and many transactions were completed One team, composed of Ear! Fuhrman and A. R. Ashbaucher. turned In purchases for more than HO.Oot) from merchants on Second street. The county's goal is 1730.000 and general chairman Graliker hopes to have the drive completed by April 23. so that the last week can be devoted to follow-ups and Intensive work on meeting the quota.

HOLD CONFIRMATION tCoBtIBOBd rr«a> rage i> Evangelical Lutheran church, Frledheim. will be held at 10 a. m Sunday. Members of the class are: Maxine Fuhrman. Edwin Korte and Richard Miller Aa In customary, the pastor. Rev. Walter J. Lueck*, will have charge of the service and nerve aa epeaker Feeble Lutheran A special confirmation service will be conducted at 10 o’clock iu the morning on Palm Sunday at the St. Paul's Lutheran church. Preble. The confirmande are Mary Ann Ewell. Wm James Becker. Norbert William Daniel Shaehe). and Marvin Christian Theodore Ewell The rite of confirmation will be admin Uterrd by the pastor Rev. A T Koehler, and the members of the confirmation class will receive their first commuaion cn Good Friday The morning service on Good Frida/ begins at 10 a. m. and the evening service it 7:M p a Megley Reformed Al the Magley Reformed church, four children will be In the confirmation class in special services Sunday morning nt 10:«0 o’clock with Rev John M. Michael, ehnreb pastor, delivering the serm:n. They are: Magdalene K Hllgeman. Marjorie J. Scherry. Kenneth E. Worden. Roland F. Scherry. Rev Michael will aae as hie sermon text I Timothy 1:11. Immanuel Lutheren At the Immanuel Lutheran ehnreb. oa route five, there Is a possibility that the confirmation

Tom Harmon Imported Missing 111 Tommy Harmon, former University of Michigan football star and now a second lieutenant in the U. S. army air forces. Is reported missing in action. This photo of Harmon standing nest to hi* plane, "Little Butch." was taken r-cently in the Caribbean Sea area at a base where he stopped en route to an undisclosed destination. The football figure bear* Harmon’s famous No. 99.

services, scheduled to be held Sun-1 day morning at 9 30 o'clock, may have to be postponed. elnce Helen KrU'ckeberg, a member of the class. Is reported to be suffering from the measule*. Herbert Marbach Is the other member of the I confirmation class. Il- v. William II Remmert, church pastor. Is to be the speaker. o RUSSIANS TAKE NAZI (Continued prun Fag* 1) German fliers had shot down 6G Ruasian planes while lotlng only two of their own. The Russian* also report local , successes In small-s.ale fighting' southeast of Kharkov, on the Smo- ■ lenek front and around Orel. o STRATEGIC HILL (Continued Fron- Fag* l» land and I-nke Blzerte protects most ct the land approaches. Underground chamher.i blast'd out ot 60 feet of rock contain supplies for a long siege. It Is estimated that Blzerte Itself can be defended with only 30.960 troops On the other hand. British experts say that, to defend Tunis, the Nazis must hold the important P nt du Fahu pass to the aouthwi st and the dominating height* of Cap Bm> across the gulf of Tunis, to the east. These positions are threatened by the French and the British eighth army Tokyo Anniversary Major General James H Do. little—ls he ha* time fur such thing-i —can pause Sunday to celebrate the first anniversary of hl* electrifying raid on Tokyo. On the isth of April a year ago American fliers led by the dashing Doolittle thrill'd the Allied world I -and frightened the enemy —by j carrying th? air war to the key cities of Japan. Today Dcollttle is stinging the enemy In another theater of the war. He la in active command ot the streamline Allied air force tn northwest Africa. As top field officer. Doolittle has been leading

Spring’s Here! 35,301 See New York Twin Bill 1 _____.. A crowd of M.. 0! fans one of the largest er -r to nee a spriag exhibition. Is pictured above In Taahee stadium. New Yorh wairtlnp the first game of a charity double-header la th* opener, the Brooklyn Dod# rs defeated the Taaheee, • to 1. and. in the nightcap, the Flatbusbera edged the Giants, 1 to fi.

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American. British and French bombers in their assaults on Axis ports In Italy and enemy bases in Tunisia. Doolittle I* a flying general who *pendo much of his time aloft. He I goes on many of the raids himself. And often he take* over the controls of the plane which carries him into the attack. As the Tunisian campaign draws 1 to a clow. Allied military observer* ' expect to see the flying Doolittle take a dashing new role In the fighting over Europe. Babe Dahlqren Soon To Be In Service Philadelphia. April 16—(UP)— I Fhwt lisseman Babe Dahlgren of i the Philadelphia Phillies may be on his way into the armed force*. Dahlgren has been notified by bi* draft board that he’ll lie called for a pre-iuduction physical examination within two weeks If he passe*, his entry into service probably will take place before the baseball season I* well under way. Dahlgren broke into the major leagues with the Boston Red Box in 1936. He la'er played with the New York Yankees, the Chicago Cubs and the B ooklyn Dodgers. The Phllllew obtained him this year from the Dodgers. He I* conceded to be the best-fielding first-sacker In action today. — - o Indict Hockey Player For Draft Violation Dertoit, April 16—(UP)-A federal grand jury indictment charging vloloation of the selective gervice act has been returned against Jim Orlando, a Detroit Red Wing hockey player. The Indictment accuse* Orlando ot falsely claiming to be employed In a Montreal war plant and of falling to notify hie local board of a change in occupation. The 2S-year-old Red Wing deI fenseman was arrested on the charge last March 29. and now hi free under 92.000 bond.

Ickes Recommends Crude Oil Increase Brown Declines To Comment On Boost Washington. Apr 16 'l l’’ Petroleum administrator Ickes ha* recommended a general average Increa* of 35 cent* a barrel on the price of crude oil. Ickes told the Patman small business com mlttee this morning that he made the recomm» ndation in a letter to OPA administrator Prentiss Brown but that Brown ha* not yet answer d his letter. Brown, who testified earlier before the committee, declined to comment on possible boosts in petroleum prices. But he did say that the pr sldent's recent antiinflation order ha* opened the way for price Increases which would aid In the prosecution of the war. Brown aho told the committee he believed pre* nt oil *hortages are due more to transportation than to production difficulties. With this position. Ickes took Issue. He said that a price boost would encourage the digging of new wells pud the greater production of oil. H also said that an Increase in oil price* would counter-act the present trend toward monopoly in the oil industry like* said that the 20 companies which controlled 60 percent of the nation's oil business two years ago now control 70 pen- nt of the business. OCCASIONAL SHORT. (ConttauwA From Fax* D OWI writ rs who recently resigned. Director Elmer Davis say* It Is the best compilation available at the moment. He say* delay ha* been caused by conflicting data from the agriculture departm nt. However, the report says there will be an adequate supply of healthful food to maintain sufficient menu lev Is for the American public. There will lie less meat, canned fish, butter, cheese, canned milk, canned fruit*, fresh r getables and other foodstuff*. Fresh fl«h. eggs, turkey*, fluid milk and cream, lard, fresh citrus fruits, canned fruit juices, tomatoes and potatoes lead the list of commodities that will be available in about the same amounts. Tl>re will be a larger supply of chicken, margarine, apple*, frozen fruits, wheat and rye. The report points out that the food situation Is not predictable and that civilian* must expect Inconvenience*. — O'- — Name Omitted From Certificate List The name of Morton Teeple was omitted from the list of Decatur penion* who received certificate* of merit from Purdue univemity for completing the war training course In connection with the defense classes conducted in this city at the junlor-aenior high school. Mr. Teeple received a certificate In essentials In management. He Is employed at the Central Soya company's plant and his name was omitted from the first press release j sent out by Purdue university. q — 400,000 Frenchmen Now In African Army New York, April M—(VP)-Tha Algiers radio quotes General Glraud c* saying his French army In north Africa now numbers 400.000 men.

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Fourth Alcatraz Escapee Nabbed Found Hiding In . Cove On Island San Francisco, Apr. 16 (UP) — Floyd Hamilton, one of the four convicts who attempted to escape from Alcatraz federal penitentiary Tuesday, i* back Inside the prison walls. He was returned this morning after he was found hiding in a cav on Alcatraz island. Warden James Johnson announced that Hamilton -once given up for dead —was found "sick. sore, wet and hungry." Ills recapture came three day* after he jumped Into San Francisco bay with three other d speradoes in a vain attempt to escape from "the rock." Johnston announced Tue»day afternoon that Hamilton probably had been shot to death or drowned as he tried to swim to freedom. Os the other thre who atttmpted the escape, two have been recaptured and the third I* believed to have been kill d. Harold Brest wa* recaptured in the water. Fred Hunter wa* found hiding in an Alcatraz cave several hours after the break, and James Boarman sank after he was shot whfl • swimming away from the island. to take 300.000 soldiers to France with him when the Allied Invade Europe. — _ ICORT SUN. MON. TUES. Cont. Sunday—All Seats 10 to 4 TWO GREAT FEATURES! •• **"*-* ***** **• is***(d ma ****** IA e* ■** H*pe'u wvmw*, v Wk * Q *•• th* sm>* wha wk wJV k**w to* —Added Mimical Hit—j You II Get MoomtruckT 1 and Tunes truck! L •. I ■ - H- jA Y?An f f I Evenin** te-2Sc la*. Tax -0 Tonight & Saturday ROY ROGERS “HEART OF THE GOLDEN WEST’ With George (Gabby) Haye* ALSO—"G-blen v* the Blaab Dragan" PaMe Ina. Tax KIDS—6c Set. 1:M to 3P. M.

Interview Tradesmen i For Sea-Bees Rating Lieut. Robert G. Kramer. CEO. t'HNR. of the civil engineer corps, will he at the Fort Wayne navy recruiting substation next Tuesday to int rvlew all tradesmen. 17 to 50 years of age for ratings In the Sea-Bee*, navy construction battalion. according to word received from Fort Wayne. The navy especially need* carpenters. plumbers, el-ctrlcians. iron worker* and machine operators In the trade group* Adams county men interested in joining the Sea-Bee* are urged to cal! at Hat station. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur f— —— 1

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