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Pepper Martin Makes St. Louis Comeback Ploying Night Tilts Pepper's Only Worry Cairo. 111.. Mar. 28-(VPI- The •■wild hos* of the Oaage." Pepper Martin. J* set to launch a major league Comeback with id* old team, the St. Ix-ul* Cardinal*. Th- re’s only one thins that ha* him worried, and that’s pinyins a night lie’s Mill sot speed. He still 1 ran bit ‘and get on base Hi* I throwing arm I* almost a* good I as It was when he played with the ga* house gang Hut Martin i doesn’t know how his aging ’ peepers are going to re-act und- r j light.-. H<« says ‘t can't spot a fly hail at night. In fad. I had to sit out nlsht games last year for fear of getting bopped on the head.*’ Pepper, who’s starting his comeback at 40, spent 19 of his 21 years in probssional baseball with the St. Louis Cardinal organftatiou. He left the Cards in IMO with 5 OR won four to/* 01 Orwtß MRSONAI SICUftITV ... - W» wUI m*k« * K' 1<»" bet as ««drk as « Will a terser one. Your stenatur nod lt.--.in* ars th» <hi«t sseuri*./ rssuirwnsals. A wnall part of your ln-ten; -*<b month will r<-..•> a lose? teems ars availsMe to fximsr* or : o*h«r peroona with iwMjm©. Leant privately aiada up to f iMualhr on day you apply* I-* 1 on Ulf y;m ab< -t It—no oblg*- i tioa. U.OCAI E.9AN COMPANY IsssrssrsM Owr Sent- *ts» - T.usksx* l-!-7 < OtCSTUa, ISEISWA J i ■—T-. | CORT — Last Tons Tonight — -WEEK ENO PASS Noah Beory, Martha O’Oriocoll A -VIGILANTES RIDE” Rusts 11 Hayden Bob Wille Sc 25c Inc Tas WED. & THI RS. I EW* SEsßf —FLUE NEW SERIAI iigTTjhwi 9 THRILLETf| ADVENTURES! * Hu ?Uv- fQvytiiq newi ond rod ° I ** f °' * J - 5 Ik afJ ■ II LR | I II ■ il I k P I M 111 U Thrilling Ch apt* re With Dan Terry, Elys* Kno*. -O--O RMitfiii® Kdf** A "VtsNery Thru Ale Fewer."

a 12 year balling average of .298. J Martin spent the next three years piloting Cardinal farm clubs, with marked succes*. Hacramento won tho pennant on the west coast for the first lime in IM years while Marlin was Its Im>ss. But the old-timer is glad to climb back into a Curd uniform. And he’s glad to be with a club ? that ha* a chance to cop another pen nan.-. r In fact, from where Martin r sits, he »• es a ro*y future for the I Carduruls. except for the night j gamed. ; The wild boss says: "1 ought to have a gqod year. ’. But I like to sleep at night -not j I chase baseballs I can’t see." I o— — ■ All-American Nel Team Is Announced Army Player Heads Sporting News Five St. I-oiiis. Mar 28. (t’Pl The Sporting News announces that Itale Hall of Army has been chosen captain and forward of the publications second annuaT all American basketball team. George Mik an of DePaul is named center, and Atld Brindley of Dartmouth forward. Otto Graham of Northwestern and Bob Bi annum of Kentucky i are picked as guards. Hall, whose home town is Parsons. Kan . is also named player of the year. The 1941-44 team is dedicated I to the memory of Everett Norris. 1 a physical education instructor at , Arkansas university, who was kill- ! <-d tn an automobile accident while I accompanying hl* team The- second squad is made up of Dick McGuire of St. Johu'e and 1 la-o Klier of Notre Dame as forj wards. Boh Kurland of Oklahoma ! Aggies at center, and Billy Morris iof Washington State and Dave I Danner of lowa at the guard position*. U. S. BOMBERS (Continued 9-rum Fags t> not think there is any particular advantage In going into ail detail* that would be very helpful to the- enemy." Churchill then add cl that it was possible that Allied operations at Casslno had not moved ahead sufficiently for a statement now. A* the prime mlttlsttsr spoke, fifth army big gun* traded barrages with enemy batteries on the Casslno front. But the over-all «nHAAarM4MVWMAA*ANM*« FbBWM • i 4 — Last Tims Tonight *— In Gorgeous Techricolor! -THE DESERT SONG” Dennis Morgan. Irene Manning ALSO—Shorts -9c 35c Inc. Tas WED. & THI RS. * Ol’P BIG DAYrT” First Show Wed at 6:30 Continuous Thurs. from 1:30 * BE SI RE TO ATTEND! & \ yjAJrii «JH iAi’AVWw »V W'SSx Erl. A Bat—Kay Kyser A Gang, -Around th» Worrd" o—o Coiwtßfl Suit, mon Curie”

Dartmouth Favored To Take Net Title Favored To Defeat Utah This Evening New York Mar. 28—(CPI — Daittnouth is the strong favorite In tonight’s N<‘ A.A. bask- tball final. The eastern division winners meet the I'tah Blitr. Kid* at Madison Square Garden in NewYork-. The Indians are favored because- they rtpset Ohio Staters Illg Ten *qttad last Saturday. 60 to 53. The t’tes. on the other hand, were eliminated from the national Invitation tournament l»y Kentucky last week. But this year has been a good one for the underdog. St. John's which carried away Hie national invitation title- Sunday night was a dark horse. The Rodmen weren’t expected tn survive- their first game. But they knock-d out the lywerful Blue Demon* Io take the crown Whether or not the long-shot I'tah team proves to be a surprise package tonight, it will play St. John's Thursday night for the unofficial basketball champion-■ *hi| I'tah is bound to play Hi. John's. Because even if Dartmouth wins the N.t’A.A. title, it will have to pas* up Thursdays game. The Dartmouth five is Infiltrated with navy trainees, and fheie’s a navy ruling on thelength of time a trainee can stay away from hi* base. That bar* the Indian* from Thursday night’s conte* _ ————n —— URGE CONTINUANCE (Con-lnuad Fc-om Psgs It a elitn hope that the senate-ap-proved ”G I bill of rights- will reach the floor before the Easter congressional holiday begins next Thursday. The measure is a veterans omnibiw bill which provide* total benefit unofficially estimated at McWm.OdO.OM.’and it's now the subject of hearing* before the house war veterans legislation committee. There are new signs that many of tho nation's 4-F‘» may get around to having a veteran's statu* ( after all. War manpower chief I M< Nutt says that crushing man power demands of the fu’ure might be met in part in tightening control over 4-F'* Apparently It 1 is McNutt’s idea that 4-F’s not now In essential work could Im* Inducted and then given the op-, tlon of returning to civilian em-, ployment in the enlteted reserves. And those in essential work could be granted occupational deferments Selective service director Hersituation hasn't changed. I'mall-scale patrol actions continue all along the Italian front. Three Natl thrust* were turned back on the beaches b< low Rome altd the French north of Casslno stopped another Natl jab. The Allied air war over Italy follow* It* same daily pattern. Medium bomber* have attacked Naxl rail and dock targets in northern and c ntral Italy. Nail ihipping off the Italian west coa«t and off Yugoslavia also was brought under fre»h attack. Speaking of Yugoslavia, the partisan* annuonce a signal victory. Marshal Tito’s headquarter* Kates that the partisans, i backed up by Allied commandos | air and naval units, have captured the Island of Hvar In the Adriatic. Hvar I* lust south of the port of Split. The island was taken after three day* of fighting It offer* an excellent lease for a possible Allied invasion of Yugoslavia.

tI Ihe nUMt I-KO IN I How US. A. Party Lines Are Drawn — Lt / U±'k?3 QY/ jSrTr S< rz^oflir N M Q Ln O Lu <a£r"tv\ c °’»© V’Qfti ?7® ' I WMHM imMIJU 1 \md (7) \\ \ \_\\ VJ L__lxk__?. 3 M WINOfU WKUCN V*M delegate huntteg tn tM «tde Often primary apace, of th. w«M nd «m of the toughMt prertdentlal campaign, ta U. ». htetory challenges the World war for public attention, thio political map of the nation becomes particularly intersating The light areas have Reoubiican MMnlMratMM and the dart area, have Democratic governora There an N RepubUcaa and a Democratic state odmlnistrattana The numerals are the electoral votes of each state. Adding them up the Repubhcan. would seem to leave U» out of Ml votes, but. of courts, party strength within a given .tat. dow ate ninniarily indieate that the party would dominate a national election, hut it doe. potat out strength of CL O. P. orgaataaticw and state eoterte-focton in aa election. (lattrutitui)

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*h<-y says that work battalion* made up of men phyalcally unfit for combat duty I* the next possibility for the army and navy. From Washington today come* definite new* that there won't be any Increase In “B” gasoline ration* That I*. until there Is enough gasoline to spare. Rationing chief Colonel Bryan Houston say* he hasn't any idea when there will be that much gas. He emphatically denied statements, attributed to him. that there would be more gasoline for "B" coupon holders within 30 days. DPA official* have repeatedly said that the demands of the armed forces would result In further gasoline cuts. o— —— Monroe Man Injured In Fall Monday Night Ron Lee Myers, of .Monroe, sustained fractures of both legs above the ankle Monday nigh- about 9:30 o'clock when he fell off an elevator In that village. He landed on hi* f»et and received no other Injury. He was taken to th * Adams county tin mortal hospital, where he wa« treated and is rontalnlng. _____ _—— o Manslaughter Charge Placed Against Youth Fort Wayne. Ind . Mar 28 (VPI - A Fort Wayne youth will be arraigned next Monday on man slaughter charge* arl«ing from a traffic death. Twenty-uwo-year-old Nam Kuntx was driving an auto which struck Clare Edward* a* he was descending from a s reel car. Edwards died 1<» day* ago of the injuries Originally. Kuntz was charged with recklew driving. The count was changed to manslaughter, after the victim'* death. Yank Soldiers To Parade In London Nw York. March 28 (I’Pl— Thursday will be “America Day” In lx>ndon Yank Dougtsboya will stage a

hwy f z _ —— * sMffit iwzadSto. ■, fiwi rfnM NEW SL'RCICAL DRESSING— Ploter of pari* dressing, being nmde by Mrs. Thomas Rardin. Robins licld, Ga.. so boon lo busy surgeons on battlefield. Dipped la waler the dressing is ready for immediate application and hardens in low minute*. Million* of dressings and bandages are m*ds by Red Crass voluuiese producGou corps workers. mile and-a-half parade, their biggrot to date. The British radio, heard by the Vnited Pre** in New York. »ay American light and uiedfvm tank*, artillery pieces and trailer-born aircraft wll lie featured. M- mdiem of the War* will march with the dougl (hoy*. o Provide Food For Relocation Centers Washington. Mar. 28. — (VPI — Japanese-American fanners living In the 10 war relocation authority centera are producing virtually all of the vegetables needed by the 90.000 resident* of these camp*. WRA director Dillon Myer say* the tanner* have converted 10.000 acre* of idle land Into gardens. These plot* produced 41.000.000 pounds of vegetable* in 1943. In addition, the evacuee*, who were transferred from their west coast home* nearly turee years ago,

Fort Wayne Store Is Gutted By Fire $250,000 Damage At Sears, Roebuck Store II ~ I— t Fort Wayne. Ind . Mar. 28 —(VP* An investigation te underway to determine the cause of iaet night’s fire In the Sears, Roebuck and Company store a! Fort Wayne. Fire chief Carter Bowser say* that so far he ha* -been unable to learn what set off the blaxe. An unofficial estimate of the loss to the building and stock i» |2SO.<MM'. One fireman, Walter Sliitxer, suffered a posaible fractured hip when a beam from an elevator shaft fell upon him. The city's entire* fire fighting equipment fought the flame* while a large crowd of Monday night •choppers piessed against the* firelines. The five-story building was con structed In 1918 by the I. O. O F lodge, and ha* an Insurance apprairal value of 1190.000, and the valuation of the* building for taxation I* iw.ooo. The Sear*. Roebuck c ompany I ha* occupied three floor* and the front half of the fourth floor for about 15 yc-arw. Previous to that, the building was leased by the Steele-Meyer* department store. The I. O. (> F. lodge room* occupy the rear half of the fourth floor. O r Donald Maione Trial Postponed By Judge Connersville. Ind, Mar. 28. — (VPl—The trial of Donald Maione, an Andrew* resident, han been postponed while the Fayette county prosecutor continue* hi* Investigation of an alleged termite exterminating fraud. Judge Andrew Golden granted the postponement in Connersville, but he set no date for the new hearing. Malone and four other men were charged with obtaining money un dcr false pretences from a Connersville citlxen. One of the others, Raymond Gill of Wabash, faces trial ofi Friday. The three other men have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentence . —o Say Hungary Plans Anti-Jewish Policy London. Mar. 28. — (VPI — A Budapest broadcast says Germanoccupied Hungary will inaugurate an anti Jewish program Immediately Meantime at Istanbul, the Hungarian consul-general has resigned his post He explained that It was Impossible to cooperate with a government which delivered his couttry to a foreign power. Oil Production To Be Below Demands St. Louis, Mar. 28.-(I'Pl — W. W. Vandeveer predicts that this year's oil production in the Vnited State* will be 180.000,000 barrels below the anticipated demand. Vandeveer. who Is district two director of the petroleum administration for war, says production ’will be held down by the combined shortage* of supplies, manpower and transportation facilities. ~ o - J Pfc. Oscar Hoffman of Campbell. Ky. spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hoffman snd family. Mr. and Mr*. Orville Heller of Griffith spent the weekend at their home in Prefele. • Mr. and Mrs. Victor BMNrtck have raised about 1,000,000 pounds of dressed pork Four centers raised about half of the beef required for these camp*. The centers are located in California. Arisona. A'kanaas. Vtah. Idaho. Colorado and Wyoming OVEH-IAKH) BAKED BEANS MIN«| KMplMdylßkMrag f■■ 1 /ft MppmoNAm I f U GERBER MEAT MARKET 150 E. 2nd St PMM 9T

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AMERICAN HEROpj] R'x LEFF When war broke out. Marine Sgt. Maier J. KuthwkiU <,f \ » City was rtudying journalism at night, wiling nock* in Wdl wl’’ times. On December 31, 1941, 24 days after Pearl Ihrbor, hr J been awarded the Purple Heart for woundi KCeheJ in bayonet eombsf, and the Navy Cross lor fighting off in<| kiiLng F " 150 of the enemy storming a maehine-gun emplacement. II. 1 . no J,!* until we win. And you? Are you still buying Uul e<tr« (.' J?” ' '-»»7Anb

and oona of near Fort Wayne spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George Bultemeier and daughter Helen. Mr. and Mr*. Frank Coppes* of Monroe ispent Hunday with Mr. and Mm. Hansel Foley and son O’dell. Mr. and Mr*. Henry Schuller and sons and Mr*. Victor Bidberlck and *ona of near Fort Wayne spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. George Bultemeier and daughter Helen. Pvt Donald Werling of East lensing Michigan spent the weekend with hta parent*. Mr. and Mrs Milton Werling and family. Ensign Arnold Conrad of Florida »pent several day* with hl* mother and Mr. and Mr*.-Walter Conrad Mm. <a*na Sherlock spent the weekend with Mr. and Mr*. Milton Hoffman and famßy. Mr*. Hansel Foley and Mr*. Frank Coppess spent Saturday in Port Gene Adreon and son* and Miss

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