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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
Londos Would Become First Perfect Bu'per
By DAN PARKER
CLEARWATER, Fla, March g.

 you CAN'T IMAGINE RELIEVED the people down this way felt when they recently Dmmie LOndos the rmng Creek farewell tour he has no nenon reur years yea a'4 ''N'' history sport snatch the words right out of his s e Dmms @ wrong on two counts Wrestling hot the worlds sport every that the worlds first perfect wrestler was become perfect interested in finding 6soDs 01s na7s the ~rsns exclusive interview with him. the first he had given in over ten m "Vyhat is your ambi.v., good sr?" I tmidIy. shpOrt hOmbiOn be de besees rOSser in de DzImme, hexng his bps and striking living statue pose.
 you already, LOndOs?" queried awe-siCken mare % a % nn %' S '%a replied a enutes too long and almost miss . de bus When am perfect rO years old will be?" pressed remem boring claimed recently that LOndOs SO "Thoughty-sx showing his beautiful shOuI development which he attributed to sOmbery pie and q thought you you 389" asked ago. said Londos Two from thoughy makes thoughty-six, have you?"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
Boys Club Notes

Tonight's basketball attractions will feature the second play-off game between the Pond Aces and the Bombers at 8 o'clock. In the pre- liminary the Varsity Girls will play host to the Torrington Full Fash ions. The Pond Aces won the first game but have to win tonight in order to pack another trophy in their their club house safe.
 The Boys Club swimming team will practice this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 Intermediate league games sched- uled for Monday night are as fol- lows Vikings vs. Vagabonds at 6:46, Marvels vg. Bees at 7:30 and the Ab- rigades vs. Rivers at SIS.
 The deadline for the Intermediate Tournament Is thls coming Friday night at 8 o'clock. The lO0-lb tourney Is scheduled to begin this coming Saturday morning at n o'clock. All local midget teams are welcome to enter this event.
 Tuesday night the Boys Club Ti- gers play . return match with the North End " quintet on the club floor, The Varsity Girls will play . preliminary contest beginning at 1i30.
 The Boys Club Is sponsoring . newly formed Grammar School Swimming League wlth MeFFimAn Dnsgan, Walsh, I,egnal, Rliaselll Weli0n, wilson and Malonsy seh0olf entering teams. The circuit will meel every Saturday beginning At iOi9O TihlB coming saturday VII be de- voted 10 leaill practice with eaell naemlaF 0f tl1A Boys Club sWlin' ming team acting as . grammar school coach.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
CUNNINGHAM IN
 LAST MILE TONIGHT
Famous Runner With Iron Legs Makes Farewell
 Appearance

New York, March 9-(UP)- Around the board he strode to fame seven years ago, Glenn Cunningham runs for the last time in Madison Square Garden tonight. For the first time since he cycloned out of Kansas in 1883 to tie the world in- door record with a 4:12 performance in the Columbia mile of the K. of c. games, the great Glenn will take back seat in the same feature to- night.
 Even though nis streak of six straight victories was broken last year by Chuck Fenske, it was Cum ningham the crowd came to see and cheered. Those who came to see old Iron Legs" tonight will be there to say farewell to the greatest middle distance runner the world ever pro- duced-not to cheer his familiar las lap "kick" to victory. Glenn's bell lap kick is gone. Washed up at 30 is an old sports story.
 Glenn expects to run few more times outdoors this summer but this will be his last whirl indoors, and he promises to put forth his greatest effort of the year. It will have to be a great effort, because in their plag- uing Glenn again will be Fenske, winner of six straight mile races around the board track circuit this winter.
 Frank Brennan, K. of 0. meet di- rector, has it all figured out on paper for Glenn's 4:04.4 world in- door record set at Dartmouth two years ago to be broken. Brennan's plan calls for the ace three-quarter miller Johnny Borican to set a 3:03 pace for six furlongs, then let the mile field ge all out in an effort to produce 60-second flat final quar- ter, for a 4:03 record. The other milers will be Louis zamperini and Gene Venzke, who have finished ahead of Cunningham regularly in the past few weeks.
 Glenn is not bothered by this bal lyhooed assault upon his record, the fastest mile ever run by man, say- ing I'll run my own race. Let the others keep with Borican's pace if they want. I've run too many miles not to know my limitations. I'll be in there to win"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
At The Training
 Camps
BY UNITED PRESS
 REDS

Clearwater, Fla. March 9--UP)-- Cincinnati's Reds invaded the Brokolyn Dodgers training base here today for the second of their spring exhibition games.
 The Dodgers scored a 9-6 victory over the Reds yesterday In the grapefruit legaueg's curtain-raiser with Q three-run rally in the tenth.
 TANKS
 st. Petersburg. Fla, March o. lUP)-The New York Yankees play their exhibition game with the St. Louis Cardinals today. WashbuTn, Russo and Breuer are scheduled for thFee-inning Yankee pitching chores,
 GIANTS
 Winter Haven, Vla,, March Q - (Up)-Manager Bill Terry Of the New York Giants admitted today that he had received "PeeleTk" from r0dger President Larry Maephall ln regard 10 A 1eke B0nuFa trade, . Maophall gesture apparently lns tended 10 hurry the signing Of IlFo0klyn's dlhsallsfled first baAeman, Dolph camllll,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09

Tonight at 700 o'clock sharp, 125 members and friends of The Con- necticut Light and Power Company Bowling League will clamp down the cover on their 19S9-4O season at the Quaker Inn where they will hold their fourteenth annual bowling banquet.
 A chicken dinner with all the trimmings is on the menu for the Powermen, as well as an excellent program of entertainment which has been lined up by the Bowling Committee and Chairman Tom Flanagan to make this event an- other in the long list of successful affairs put on by these boys.
 The league, which consisted of twenty teams each having five members, staged this year the clos est race in the history of the Power Company's bowling activities.
 After nineteen weeks of compe- tition with 10 0bowling enthusiasts competing weekly, in the final roll of this past week three teams, Dis trict Engineers, Meter Readers and Storeroom were deadlocked for first place with several other teams so close that their chances were good of finishing in the money.
 In very exacting finish the Dis trict Engineers team of Captain Ray Beardslee, Walter Nelson, Frank Dwyer, George Lynch and Frank Monaghan showed their heels to the rest of the field in copping the ban ner by one point margin.
 Meter A team made up of An- thony Colucci, Charlie Baxter, Otto Boppeler, Eddie Culhane, led by Captain Dick Hyland also rolled a bang-up game landing behind the leaders in second place while Cap tain Bill Leroy led his Storeroom outfit of Joe Galipeau, Ivan Adams, Harold Kelsey and Ole Martel into third position.
 The other prize winners for the season are: High Individual Aver age - Eddie Culhane, 107.72; High Individual Three Strings - Johnnie Beck, 4O1; High Individaual Single, Dick Hyland - 164. Ted By, league treasurer, will hand out the seasons prizes. A few of the entertainers from the talent in the league who will per- form are John "Tippy" Moriarty, Benneh Goldstein, Harry Owens tap dancer, Ray "Wimpy" Beardslee Swedish ventriloquist, Charles Bax- ter, vocalist, and Tony Lauro, con- toritionist. In addition to this com pany talent the bowling committee or Bob Nelson, Jack Roberts, Ben Goldstein, Anthony Colucci, George Brown, Bill Schand delmaier and Tom Flanagan, chairman, have arranged for several professional acts which should prove interesting to all.
 Sweepstakes
 At 300 D. m. this afternoon, the league is putting on a sweepstakes at Sena's Alleys in which the 100 members of the league will partici- pate.
 The bowling committee is award ing prizes to the participants with the best scores with and without
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
ST. AIMS SURPRISE
 TEXANS TROUPE

Brooklyn Texans proved the sur prise of the second round of play in the Washington Park Commun- ity Basketball League, but the big gest surprise of all was registered last night when the Texans, strong fnvorites over St. Anns were dump ed overheard by the Frenchies, 34 to 28. The winners started strong. led 19 to 2 at half time and held a smaller lead 20 to IT before the final period.
 In the other game of a double header, the Loew-Poli team won as expected from the Tribunes 47 to 36 Griffin scoring l3 points for the winners which Chipman rang up r markers for the Tribes. Rinaldj, Leece and Damelio with 8, 8 and ' points also helped the Poli cause considerably.
 Damelio and Long with 24 points were the stars of the St. Ann vic- tory. Bartkus and Katz for the Texans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
Bewhiskered
 Basketeers Here Sunday,

The House of David, with Water bury's Matty Sheehan in the lineup, furnishes the opposition for the K. of L. hoopmen tomorrow night as John Stankus presents another of his Sabbath attractions at St. Jo- seph's hall.
 Sheehan began the season with the Liths, helping them to beat the Davids last Thanksgiving night, but was signed by the bearded clubs management after the game and has been playing great ball for the past three months. He's come up with a scoring punch to supplement his usual smart floor game and has fast become one of the most im- portant members of the squad, mak- ing his fifth year with the team his best of all.
 However, in Captain Jimmy Woods, Abbey Acker, Joe Bellis, Warren Jacques and Mamie Citrin, the bearded club has a well-bal- anced squad of cagesterS, with no one man dominating the play, ali playing vital parts in the success of the team.
 This team play has netted vic- tories over the Bridgeport St. Cy- ril's, Hartford St. Cyril's, Meriden Insilcos, New Britain Cremos, New Milford Defenders and Holyoke Hurricanes, one of the four teams to top the Knights in IT games this season.
 The Knights, averaging over 50 points game, will rely on Freddie Ferrie; who's doing IT 8 game, Joe Joyce, Frank Saldukas. Nick Hudo- benko, Vic Verbyla, Dick Tuckey, Wally Salemonas, Joe Swasey and Henry Koch.
 The game is set for 8 o'clock, St. Joseph's Holy Name opening the program at 2 o'clock against an op- pOnent to be selected tOday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
PHILLY RAMBLERS AT ARENA SUNDAY

New Haven, March 9-Starting to- night, the New Haven Eagles have five games of regular Int-Am league competition left to play, while Springfield, a point behind the Eagles in the standing of the eastern division, have only four, and it ap- pears now that the Battle Birds will finish in second place, a coveted playoff berth.
 Tomorrow night at the Arena, the charges of Jimmy Ward will engage the Philadelphia Ramblers, coming here from a Saturday night engage ment at Hershey.
 Armand Mondou, center ice star. will make his first appearance in a New Haven uniform on Sunday night, in two months. Mondou will remain with the Eagles right through to the finish in their drive for the playoff crown.
 Bert Gardiner will be in the nets for the Ramblers Sunday night, after having turned in three wins for New Haven last month. Philadelphia and the Eagles have broken even in six games to date. The Providence Reds vii lbe here next Wednesday night. Lineups:
 Ay.--
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
Philadelphia
BULLDOGS OPPOSE
 GAMMA HI.Y TODAY

The Bulldog hoopmen resume basketball activities at the Boys club gym this afternoon. by taking on the strong Gamma lily quintet at 1880. The dammas. boasting one Of the most powerful teams in this city will show an array of eagers who have performed with local high ssho0i teams.
 "Reds Wallins, who has been fea- turing the fine art Of basketball this season, and Johnny Lynch, c dinaln- utive star, HtlI Do seen at forward for the Gamma; Jackie DFiehel. Wilby center and captain co the pivot post, with Larry Shea and b0bbie Roland in the rear posts. Aleng with these Hlon Warren LaFs son, Hefble Darling, Wally 9t0veke1. Don MafIes aEsd falll c0lfey will also see action.
 The south RnderS shooting foF their iTth vlel0ry 10 2i staEle, will counter with HhiAFs Dnnlall0 dnakie 1FaveFs, "WhitsyS nadeloelgl, 4eay iannael0He, Joe Dagnei, 5noile wTs mldR and hallmy pFocoplon,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
Woof Woof Sweepida Not Named For Derby
B|MELECH TOPS LIST OF 127
 ENTRIES FILED
Kentucky Derby Purse Inc creased to $75,OOO for
 Race Scheduled May 4

Louisville, Ky, March g 9- (U.P1 --Bimelech, Colonel E. R. Bradley's unbeaten juvenile champion, led ali the rest today in list of 127 eligi- bles announced for the 66th run ming of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 4.
 Though Bimelech, unbeaten in six starts as a two-year-old, probably will be the shortest winter book fav- orite ever for the mile and a quar- ter race, the entry list was the larg- est since 1881 when 130 were nomir- ated.
 Only two of the years top three year-olds were missing from the group of 35 colts, 35 geldingS and seven Allies. They were the cham pion s of the winter season, John Hay Whitney's Flamingo Stakes winner, Woof Woof, and Sweepida, H. c. Hills speedy gelding which won the Santa Anita derby.
 The second most important entry was the Millsdale Stables Andy K, winner of the Arlington Futurity and Champagne stakes. Andy K finished second to Bimelech once and third another time-the only times they met-but earned $43, ,36O as two year old.
 Bimlech, son of the late Black Toney and La Troienne, earned $131 ,00: He won, among other races. the Belmont and Pimlico Futurities and the Hopeful stakes.
 More Money
 The Derby purse has been in creased from $50,OOO to $75,O0O. Ot the added money, $500 plus $3,075 nomination fees and $500 for each starter, will go to the winner. A field of 10 would make 1t the richest derby in history with 8 net value of $61 ,025. Aristides got $2,85O fo' winning the first in 1875 and Reigi Count, 128 winner, took the. recor, high of $55,375 when 9 started. Woodward Has 5 William Woodward, who had thret Derby winners with Gallant Fox Omaha and Johnston, named f1v, this year-Fenelon, Duslry Fox, Fox flame, Foxleigh and Flarette.
 Henry L. Warmers W. L. Rancl also name i've as did Mrs. E. Mars Milky Way Farm. Kantan Gallant Dream, Sky Dog, Cinesa, and Marching Feet are the WarneI hopefuls while Gallahadion, Tougl Hombre, Chatted, Gold Teddy an, Valtite are from Milky Way.
 Mrs. Payne Whitney's Greentrt' Stable, whose Twenty Grand set tn Derby record of 2:01 4-5 in 1881 named Cherry Tride, Corydon, Red Doc, and Yes or No. Hal Price Headley entered Stagefright, Ram ases, Third Covey and the Rage Mrs. E. G. Lewis Jacomar, Perfect Love, Samuel D. and Genl Man. ager, while Woolford Farms has Is- colassie, Prompt Pay, Quenemo and Inscolad. All four are by Insco, Sire of Woolfor Farms 1888 winner, Lawrin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
BASSICK, LYMAN
 HALL HOOP CHAMPS
StratfOrd Subdued 35=25; MiddletOwn 45.l8 in
 "B" Play
(Special to the Delnocrat)

New Haven, March 8EBaSSick high of Bridgeport proved itself the best interscholastic basketball unit in Connecticut with convincing 35 to 25 victory over a neighborhood rival from Stratford here tonight in the finals of the Class "A" tourna- ment. After a few minutes, the win ners went to town" led 20 to g at half time and holding a lead that was just too much for the tall but trailing team from Fairfield coun- ty.
 In the Glass "B" tournament Ly- man Hall of Wallingford proved best taking the title with ridiculous ease from Middletown 45 to 18, after a 19 to lead at the half. Spellacy, with 16 points was tops for the win nerS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
TECH HEY TOPS
 DIAMONDS 35=l6

The Tech lily quintet defeated the Diamonds at the Central YMCA by a score of 35 to 16. Aurio and Ratkweig stood out for the winners with nine points each. For the losers it was Vendrella with six points. At the half it was a very close game. The score 15-12 in fa- vor of Tech. In the last half the winners pulled away and held the Diamonds to only points for the last half,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
District Engineers Power
 League Pin Champions

handicaps in order that all who take part will have an equal chance to win a prize. The Sweepstakes and season prizes will be presented at the banquet.
 With the Sweepstakes in the af- ternoon and the banquet in the eve ming, the Power League bowlers no doubt will have busy day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
NAUCY TANKERS
 WIN STATE GROWN

Naugatuck's YMCA swimming team, one of the best in the eastern part of the country won its twelfth straight meet last night at Hartford, and with the victory went the state "Y" league championship. Nauga- tuck's point score was 37 against 29 for the strong Capitol City crew.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
WOLCOTT BEATEN

The Wolcott A. c. were no match for the Tech Hi-Y basketeers who scored a '48-24 verdict in a one-side game at the Pearl street gym re- gently.
 The box score:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09

Tw0 hheepd0gs Of the SIlad wls hFua" collective farm to IiilhAia kllled seven wolves which attacked the farm sheep
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
BLUES WIN

Cashin's Blues scored a 32-28 vic- tory over the B.S.J. team yesterday at Washington Park Community House.
 The box score:
 FlaaRatsats, HAfnaaa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
WATERBURY BRASS GOODS
(AIattatuck RecEeati0n)
RCRAPPERg

Prices lOF hegOna hand vekAeA ili DenDagk have jumped from 20 lD 70 lpsr efnt Alnes ille outbreak of lllf fnfDponD Nnf,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-23

us dllu 1tIuldIly Oil lllt NOIWeSldI
battlefield seemed to increase the
threat that the conflict would
spread to a new front in northern
Europe.
On the Danish Island of Bjorn-
holm, 25 miles from the Swedish
coast, according to reports circulat-
ed by French authorities, the Ger
mans have concentrated troop trans
ports. The same sources asserted
that German troops had been con-
centrated in Norway near the
Swedish frontier after many Nazi
airplane flights over Sweden.
In Brussels, the Belgian officials
increased their guards around pub
lie buildings as precaution against
surprise action" and Belgian guns
fired ON foreign aircraft in the
Brussels area.
Dispatches from Stroemstad, on
the Skagerrak coast. said that four
large German transports and two
deStroycrS had been sighted this
morning moving northWard along
the Swedish coast and that later
a dozen WarShipS, believed TO be
British destroyers, were seen in the
same area. Gunfire was heard
several times off the coast.
Radio Stockholm Tuesday night
reported a naval engagement in the
Skagerrak. off the south coast of
Norway, where the earlier reports
said German WarShips and trans
ports and British deStroycrS had
been sighted.
In Berlin. the Nazi newspaper
Nacht Ausgabe sharply attacked a
Swedish newspaper for publishing
a report that German fliers had
machine gunned women and chill
dren in Norway and warned the
Swedish government that such
"atroclty stories will become bitterly
serious
On the Norwegian battlefield. the
Allied counter offensive squeezed
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-23
Allied Air Fleets
boInbard Oslo Base
Two and Half Hours
Warning Bomb Plummets
Into City Following
French Pamphlets

MELLERUD, SWe d S h
Frontier. April %. (UP)-
Allied airplanes bombed the
Oslo airport for two and
one-half hours carly today
in their first counter-blow at Ger
man forces in the Norwegian capl-
tai
The bombardment of the airport
began at midnight
Squadron after squadron of Al
lied planes swept over the northern
suburbs of Oslo and unloaded bombs
on the air field which the Germans
took over two weeks ago.
The German forces had been us
ing the Oslo airport as an impor-
tant terminal of their aerial trans
port lines from Denmark to the
north.
Men and materials flown to OS-
10 we're being foreWarded to the
battle fronts by plane and by land
transport, it was understood.
Inc airport Is III suburb nOftn
of Oslo.
Two French planes had given
residents of Oslo warning of the
airport bombing yesterday. Shortly
after noon they flew over the capi-
tai at an altitude of about 10000
feet and scattered leaflets saying
that the Allies we're going to start
AIR operations in the Oslo sector.
I'VE are coming to help you, :"
the leaflets, printed in Norwegian,
English and French, said "Evacu-
ate to the country, We will not
lombard the city but the attack will
be centered at Oslo. Do not be
afraid"
The first bomb landed near the
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-23
Worships Can Keep Pace
With Planes. Soys Edison;
u. s. Fleet Satisfactory

SAN DIEGO, April 23. oUPo--
Secretary of Navy Charles A. Edison
believes battleShips are capable of
holding their own in competition
with airplancS.
Although the question of silpcr-
iority has been argued for years
by navy men and airmcn, Edison
said II was his opinion that battle
ships could keep apace
The sea fighters arc being stream
lined and equipped with armor
superStructure as a defense against
aerial bombardment and to protect
the large compliments of officers
and men from flying metal.
The navy secretary, who had just
returned to the United States from
two weeks at sen with the II. S.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-23
To|an May Direct
Migrant Inquiry

WASHINGTON, April 23. CUP)-
Rep. John H. Tolan, D., Calf, said
today that the five man committee
the house has authorized to study
the migrant relief problem would
survey the broad social and econo-
mic aspects of the situation and
would moi concern itself with the
"bindle stiff" or habitual hobo.
Tolan Was author of the resolu-
ton which the house adopted yes
terday. Under the normal proceed
urc. he Will become chairman of the
group. Democrat Leader Sam Ray
burn said that members of the COM
mittcc would be appointed soon
The group will conduct the inves-
tigation during the congressional
recess and report to the house next
January on recommended legiSla-
ton.