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• TTTT TITI . - -1 lowa, Surprise Team 01 Year, Set For Irish (’hhag Oct. 22. tl'pt lh Ed die \ndtrxon who inik» 11 -pec il ty of streti hiti-- limited 4tidii >n talent Into winning i•> ul, n,t o is. h tip to hl* old trlckit .izain todiy wi'h the Univexl'y of low.i Vnd-rxoii cam** Ini'k to HuHawkeye- thlx full after a three yea war time absence and f uni hilii-ef w th the rloom eat pro pact* of any cniferen ■■ toolhall roach Dll ill: I lie thre> ‘eaaopH \mle won war away lowa won only foi:r ■.■ano > while I “Ina 2" and app> red a ‘ llh’h to lie a lowly ■• ond ilaiM i finisher attain The outlook wasn’t helped any when Anderaoti under* nt an opet nt ion and was loaplta'lzed f r a month A two malt etaff of Fiank Car deo and Joe She. ket k . irrled on during his illnu s Hut in the most Itan edit table season In blit nine history. lowa hits been the big r.trp Ise team and it ate's into the mid we-i x headline game Saturday at 1 wa C ty against Nolte Dame with a ie..,rd of four vit lories and one defeat In some quarters the current lowa outfit is being compared to the Hawkey.. ' last gr. at team, the "Iron Men'' of the !!».'?!♦ seisotl Which the late Nile Kinnick paced It -lx victories and a tie in eight starts. for the s< liool's nio-t Impressive :■ .diroti re. nd In 2" sea | sone Hile of the notable victories of the 1939 tampaign was a 7 Io 6 triumph over Notre Dame While \iid-n: ti's current team has slightly more "depth" than the "Iron Men." it depends on relative ly few m.-n for i' pirich and de fenslve strength. In its vlctoty Saturday over 111 diana. lowa use.) but II substitute* lowa opened it« season with a 39 j tn 0 triumph over North Dakota} State, then d<>wne] Purdue 16 to ", was edged by Michigan 14 to 7 and topped Nebraska 21 to 7 before the Indiana conquest. The Hawkeyes have depended on 1 Dick lloerner. a 212 pound fullback I who started nt lowa in 1942: Hob

o o — Last Time Tonight — j "CENTENNIAL SUMMER" Jeanne Cram. Cornel Wilde, Linda Darnell, Wm. Eythe ALSO—Short* 9c-4Oc Inc. Tax O — O WED. & THI RS. o o OI K BIG DAYS! First Show Wed. at 6:30 Continuous Thur, from 1:30 BE SI RE TO ATTEND! n tniiiM wittt Pht O'BRIEN k . Ruth WARRICK W“ v Wgn -f'luu (MT 3, tMIE BUM 18. < xIKIAMM MwkSnAXaaaauM mm u MR I I'M >' < ' Il ftM * »MH ■ MUWW —o Frl. A Sat—"o.B.B." Alan Ladd —o Coming Sun. — "Without Rotorvationo."

Sullivan who played pie war footbull at II ly Cross; and Kmlem Tunnell, a transfer from the Universify of Toedo. for their scoring i punch It is the big lowa line, with the Sc loetier twins, Hal and Herb at the ends, that has been the key to the Hawks’ success however. In I shutting ou' three of Hu five opporents to date lowa Ims proved to .to- of th. mid west's finest } defensive outfits Notre Dame, with power, spec.) and reserves that to four deep will rate as the pronounced favorite ovei lowa but the Hawkeyes' "comeback Hit are conceding Hie Irish irdhilig In othei midwest gum* Saturday Illinois opposes Miihlgan; In dlutia engages Nebraska; Milllie■ota plays Ohio State. Purdue lll< •Is Pttsbii uh and the College <4 the Pacific tangles with Northwestern - o Bluffton Woman Dies Os Accident Injuries Mrs Charles E Sturgis. *«>. of Bluffton, died Monday afternoon at the Wells county ho pital of injuries eiistained Sunday evening when site was struck by an auto while «tossing the etrect near her home. Surviving are the husband, a former judge - f the Wells circuit < nut, one daughter. Miss Clara Stirgis, at home; three sons, Elmore of Bluffton, Charles E Jr., of New Yotk City and James of l.oiiieville, Ky. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Thursday at the residence. ti Lad Pulls Trolley, Is Killed By Auto Indian.ipolls. Oct 22 lUl’i Richard A- I'etamore, 15, had a swell idea for a Halloween prank, he told hie three companions as they rode along in a city streetcar last night. When the two boy* and tw > girle alighted from t.ie car, Richard sneaked to the rear and jerked the trolley off tin- electric vehicle. Ills ! ft lends watched approvingly from the sidewalk. Richard darted away from the streetcar toward the sidewalk. A passing automobile struck him. He died minutes later just as a police emergency car arrived.

I CORT o 0 — Last Time Tonight — "RIVERBOAT RHYTHM” Leon Errol. Glenn Vernon A "DARK HORSE" Philip Terry, Ann Savage 9c-30c Inc. Tax O 0 WED. & THURS. Kp* . .. * f . J dtt" ’SMHmmMMFSAS ■agg <6 wB I ■ pHoS? tr<- on the WGE A MAGNACOIM PRODUCTION I \ iMt HALERU BOOTH |> A I V*“tW 1,1 NIM fkjq? hi ssms it tit munis 1 KNIUC PfCliat -X —o Frl. A Sat.—Starrett A Burnotto "Desert Horstman.” —o Coming Sun. — Brought Back! "Sen Antonio” — In Color!

Pro Net Leagues i Form Association n Chicago. Oct. 22. (I'P) The |. r.val American and National baskett, hall leagues and four other pro circuits pooled their efforts today P to make proftesional basketball one , of the biggest crowd sports In I, No th America. H The pro league officals annoultc- , ed formation of a National Assoclu- „ Hon of professional basketball ( leagues to govern ethics and rules and "develop pro basketball to a ) degree surpassing anything heretoI fore attempted.” ~ An executive board of eix membars was chosen to set up a "unified code of ethics, rules, eligibility requirements, protection of con- .. tractural rights of players and territorial rights” Ward t Piggy t Lambert, new commissioner of the National league, . and J hn O’Brien, of New York, president of the American league, both were named to the executive board. They said the association would “promote and Patter the introduction of professi-nal league basketball through 'he United States and Canada and would be expanded to include other leagues f The association was set up by i officials from leagues with a total membership of 52 teams from ; coast to coast. i Other members of the executive ■ board were: Frank llasdoa, Herkimer, N. Y, commissioner of the New York state league; Claude B Davidson. Boston, president of the New England league; Roltert Morris. Seattle, Wash, commissioner of the Pacific coast league, and William 11. Morgan. Hazleton. Pa., president of the Eastern league. James II Hartnett. Seattle, wax mimed secretary of the organisation. National professional league members Include Syracuse. Rochester and Buffalo. N Y.. Youngstown, it. Detroit. Fort Wayne, Ind , Chicago Oshkosh Wis. Sheboygan. Wis., Indianapolis and Anderson, Ind The American league teams are Newark. Trenton. Elizabeth. Jersey City and Pattensen, N J.. Philadelphia. Brooklyn. Wilmington Del.. Baltimore. Md . and Troy N. Y. ♦ - MARINE STRIKE I ■■ l (Continued From Pw«» Ows) national mediation board said it ’ was considering offering its serv--1 ices to TWA and the AFL airline ’ pilots ausoclation. whose strike call ’ yesterday grounded 90 TWA planes flying 28.0U0 miles of domestic and » foreign routes Chairman Frank P. Douglas said I the board had not heard from either side since the strike began "but we may attempt to bring them together to discuss the matters." He said a decistion may Inmade later today. ’ i His announcement came two hours after the White iWmse said the office of reconvrsion director J hn R. Steelman had contacted the board altout the strike and its possible solution. The pilots struck a» 4:59 am. 1 EST. yesterday and within a matter of hours service on TWA’s 28.(HM)-mile aerial network had ground to a standstill. (However, a London daily mail , dispatch from Paris said TWA wax running a special flight to .New York for United Nations personnel stranded by the walkout. Dr. Julian Huxley. Britishs scientist, was one of the passengers on the plane flown by Larry Trumble, assistant superintendent for Europe, and Stanley Stanton, assistant technical manager, the daily mail said I I TWA estimated that about 1.400 I pilots and co-pilots hail walked out I to support the demands of approxI imately 400 operators of four-en-I glued Constellations and DC-4 SkyI masters. The union said the walkout would I continue until TWA met its deI mauds for nearly 114,300 annually I for top bracket pilots who operate | Constellations 77 hours per month of half day and halt night flying. I It sought nearly >13.161 a year for

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Eddie Collins Denies Return To Philadelphia Boston. Oct. 22-tll’l Eddie Collins, general manager of the Boston Had 8»x und former star second baseman of the Philadelphia Athletics, denied Imlay that he wus going to return to Philadelphia to be president of either the Athletics or the Plilllit*. Answering published reports that manager Joe Cronin of the Sox would move into the front office to succeed him. Collins said "I expect to stay in Boston ax long us I'm in baseball.” Baltimore Seeks Joe Louis Fight Baltimore. .Md.. Oct. 22 — (UP) — The Maryland state athletic commission opened negotiations today for promoter Mike Jacobs to stage a world heavyweight champ ionship fight between Joe lamis and Curtis Sheppard of Baltimore at the Baltimore municipal stud iuin next summer. Chairman Thomas P. McDonnough of the commission had two delegates notify Jacobs by telephone that Maryland's three com inissioners would call upon Jacobs at his New York offices on Nov. 15 and formally extend the promotion invitation, which wax voted at yesterday's commission meeting The two delegates were Roger Pippen. sports editor of the Baltimore .News Post; and Jesse Linthicum. sports editor of the Baltimore Sun, The three commission members McDonnongh. Michael Freedman and Dr. Anthony ltii<hnese -- voted unanimously to recognize Sheppard ax top challenger and to invite Jacobs to promote the l-ouis-Sheppard fight McDonnough explained that Sheppard was recognized ax fore most contender because of his recently Impressive record and because of Hie lack of ability among other current contenders. Sheppard's manawer. Max Waxman. pointed out that the 25-year-old *'hu< het man" had knocked out such prominent heavies ax Joey Maxim. Johnny Flynn. Jimmy Bell, O'Dell Riley, Yancey Henry. Buddy Walker. Wallace Cross, Big Boy Brown und Eddie Blunt. At tills point, chairman .McDonnough declared that the commission was "well aware of the intensive hut futile efforts made recently to induce Elmer (Violent) Ray to fight Sheppard.” Youthful Escapees Nabbed In Missouri St. Louis. Oct 22 -(UP) A 17-year-old Martinsville. Lid , boy and a New Jersey youth were held by Missouri police today (oilowing their escape from the Dangervllle. Tex., jail on Oct. 11. The pair. Robert Sink. Martinsville. Ind., and John Claudopoulos, 23, Westfield, N. J. were awaiting trial for burglary when they fled Dangervllle. They were arrested by Missouri highway patrolmen yreterday. Police said the youths admitted staging at least 12 robberies in Indiana where they drove in stolen automobiles after escaping from Jail. Use Trams A recent survey in Philadelphia showed that only 8.4 per cent of the people traveling into the downtown area come in private automobiles. The rest ride in street cars, trackless troUey coaches, gas buses, railroads or walk. Skymaster pilots in similar Join The strike wax called after the union rejected the salary scale recommendations of a presidential fact finding board for these groups of pilots. TWA said it wax now paying, in line with the board's recommends Hons. >11,015 76 for top Constellation pilots and 110.230.36 for top Bkymaster captains on the 77-hours-per-month basis.

Report Amos Stagg To Quit Football Sun Frin<lxco Oct. 22 tl'P) Amos Alonzo Stagg w;:- ready today to aiinoiiuce hie voluntary retirement after 57 years of footba>l coach ng. the United Pn-xa learned. The "grand old man Is planning to announce next Saturday that he will give up his krltl activity after hix college of the Pacific team concludes Its 1946 season. The retirement decision will l>< told during halftime ceremonies ut Evuneton. 111., in the college of the Pad-fle-N irthwextein contest Although neither Stagg nor College of the Pacific offlt lais would confirm the retirement report. It wae understood the 84-year-old vet erun already has written the decision into his speech. If wax learned lie lx stepping down only because his wife who is hie chief scout insisted. After nearly s x decades In the sport, Stagg is still hale and hearty. Stagg wax "retired" once before, but If wax against his will und it didn't tuke. He wax released In 1932 as "overage" by the University us Chicago af.er he had couched the Marootts tor 41 seasons fr 4ii 1592 through 1932. Hix teams hud won 273 games, lint 142 alid tied 29 Although 71 years tdd. he moved to California's oldest college ut Stockton and began coaching College < f the Pacific teams ill 1933 In 13 years he directed his gridderx to 55 wins. 7" losses and seven ties, despite annual con:«s«is against major achixds like Northwestern. Southern California and California.

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including the first t*o ye-'M ’ hm coaching career at Spilngfleld I College in Masxachust tts, Stagg i elevens had C implied SSK victories, i heel! beaten 223 times and tied In 37 games until Hie H'urt of this year. So far In 1946 College of the I aliflc has iM'Uten Williams Army Air ' Base and Santa Barbara State and '■ been defet.d by Arizona and the University of Oregon. Stagg'* greatest period of cess wax 1921 through 1924 when H hl* Chicago teams won 26 out of r 30 contests. ' it wu* expected that hie assistant, ‘ lairry Siemerlng. would be named the new head coach at 4’ollege of the I’jcifli i Attend Convention t ' Os Insurance Agents — The state convention of the Ini' diana axsociatim of Insurance ’• agente I* being held at Indianaf polls today and Wednesday, with « the following membera of the 1 Adame county association in attendance: (Henn Neuenschwander, ’• Bryson Fetters. Grover Moser, A. • D. Suttles. l*o Ehinger, Glenn Hill. • Walter Bockman. E. W. Johnson. | • J. E. Bernstein. G. Remy Blerly. I J David Heller and Kenneth Runyon | 0 ~ | , Ludlow To Conduct ( Campaign By Mail i i r ( 1 Indianapolis. Oct. 22. — I UP) . 1- Rep. Uiuix Ludlow, D. Ind., will conduct his campaign by long die - tance again. j • Ludlow's secretary, Mrs. Herbert j 1 Pilb-n. said today that ho would i . be nimble to return here because | i. of Illness. She said Ludlow, 73. |

would campa.gn iiv ma'l. Ludlow was first elected in i»jx and since then hue sei ted hi <<m. grexx for 10 terms —O BEVIN REVIEWS (Continued from Page |) area ” Italy—"We are looking forward to renewing relations on a most cordial basis with a to w democratic Italy.” Bavin derided ax "abter mm sense” what he called all»-g tt Hons that the British want to oppress and exploit the peoples nt the middle east. ASSAULT fContlnued from Page 1) counsel, through his witnesses, however, brought out the conten tlon that .Merriman had acted In Self defense when Teeple came to the field brandishing a dub and cursing violently, while th.defendant and his wife were enraged in husking corn on the land they had rented. The fact that once before the

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