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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
Boys Club Notes

Intermediate league basketball games tonight find the zephyrs and Vikings opening the program at 6:45 followed by the Bucks and Marvels at 7:30. The final game at 8:15 will be between the Vols and the Clare monts. Joseph Lamberti and Thomas Griffin will do the whistle blowing tonight.
 The Boys club state league team opened its season Saturday at the Meriden Boys club by trimming the Meriden team 28 to g. Long Jack Padaigas walked of with scoring honors when he turned in total of IA points. This coming Saturday the local hoopsters play host to the Bristol Boys club in 2:30 contest.
 The Boys club Varsity Basketball team will meet at the club around 3:30 Wednesday afternoon for the trip to Springfield College. The Var sity has captured all three tits to date but will have to be in excel. lent shooting form to take the re- serve team of the New England col- legiate champs. The main game that evening will be between the niversity of Connecticut and the Springfield College quintet.
 On Friday evening the Varsity will play host to the Torrington Wonders and the Bombers will en- certain the o. l. o. team, also Of Tcrrington. Dancing will follow the main go to the music of the Melody Masters.
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Suffolk Downs track. Judge Lam dis reportedly told Adams to dispose of his baseball holdings before Jan. 1, 1941.
 Crooner Bing Crosby and Elmer Ward, clothing executive, had of- fered to purchase the Bees, but Judge Landis also had opposed this deal because of Crosby's interest in a California race track.
 Ed Note-AS a result of the deal, expected to be formally announced this week, the Hartford franchise in the Eastern league is expected to be transferred to New Haven, which will operaet as a Boston farm" as Hartford did last season, which was very poor one, financially0
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
B. C. EAGLES WORK
 OUT FOR THE PRESS

Newton, Mass. Dec. 9.-(UP)- Boston College. idle since defeating Holy Cross November 30 to com plete its l0-game schedule undefeat- ed and united. started practice to- day for its New Years day clash with unbeaten Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans.
 Practically the entire session was conducted for the benefit of news reel and newspaper photographers The squad confined its drill mostly to blocking and tackling fundamen- tals.
 Three linemen-Alex Lukacnik Joe Mango and Al Morro-were side- lined by grippe attacks. Coach Prank Leahy Ilirsed cold.
 The team will leave December ie for southern conditioning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
REDWINCS, HAWKS
 WIN CLOSE GAMES
Bv United Press.

The Chicago Black Hawks climbed into third place and the Detroit Red Wings frightened their hold on sec- ond place in the National Hockey League games last night.
 The Hawks took over third place from Boston by nosing the Bruins 3-2 on Gully Dalstrom's overtime goal before a crowd of 16,412 in Chicago.
 A crowd of 13,O61 New York fans saw the Detroit Red Wings come from behind with two goals by Mot ter and another by Wares to down the Rangers 3-1.
 This weeks schedule: Tuesday Rangers at Boston; Thursday-Mon- treal at Toronto, Chicago at Amer icars; Friday-Rangers at Detroit; Saturday - Chicago at Toronto; Sunday-Montreal at Detroit; Tor onto at Chicago; Americans at Rangers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
SPARTAN JUNIORS WIN

The Crusaders took it on the chin again last night at the North End "" court when the Spartan, Jrs., paced by Hanrahan and D'Agostino, defeated them to the tune of 33-15. B. D'Agostino and Manzi were the key-men of the losers, scoring II points between them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09

Denver also ill the running. The race shapes up as one of the clos est in years.
 Colorado los t several fine reg ulars through graduation, in- c1uding Jack Harvey, rated as one of the best centers in the land. Also gone from the squad that ran away with the league title and went on to win national
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
BIC FREEZING JOB

It takes from six to eight hours to freeze about twenty-three tons of ice for hockey and skating events In Madison Square Garden.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
PURITY RESTORED

Eddie Oatman was a professional hockey player for twenty-four years then regained his amateur status.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
Utah And Wyoming Are Threats To Colorado's Big Seven Crown
Six Lettermen
 Back With UteS; Denver Is Strong
Second of six sectional college
 basketball rOund-ups.
BY DON SANDERS

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
 Six teams are out to dethrone Colorado as basketball champion of the Rocky Mountain Conference, but it looks like a pretty tough assign ment.
 Utah and Wyoming are expected to be the chief contenders, with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09

Score at half time: Norwalk IT,, Speedboys l6. Referees; Santopietro and Schofleld.
 A lively preliminary saw the West Side Jayvees a g to 24 winner over the Torrington CYO boys, Snokis scoring l2 points.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
BASEBALL RECORD

Ray Schalk was the only maor leagjue catcher ever to make a putt out at all four bases in one game.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09

Time: Four 8-minute periods. Re- teree: Romeo.
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Barons Beaten By EagIes

New Haven, Conn, Dec. e.-(UPl-The New Hav' ened their second place position in the eastern dys Hockey League last night by defeating the Cley Drouin, Cain and GrabOwsld scored for the Eagles shot the lone Cleveland goal.
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NEXT: The southwest.
Evening star., 1940-12-29
IRON
Coniinved from poge eight

he asked the girl soldier on guard for
Siu-i, and was told to wait.
She came a few moments later and
quickly he told her his orders. And
you?" he asked.
Il am to go into training. merely
And Meng gan?" he asked, wanting
only to hear of her and knowing very
well that he knew more than Siu-li did.
Il have not seen her." Siu-li re-
Piled.
He knew he should tell nothing he
had been told, and yet he wanted some
communication with that small crea-
ture slipping her lonely way among
the enemy He said in a low voice,
too low for the guard to hear:
''If you see her today, tell her said
to take care of herself as she goes.
And then, when he saw the astonish-
ment in Su-h' eyes, he added quick
ly, ''She is more valuable than you
know - to the cause, | mean
But Siu-Ii was shrewd with the
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The general nodded in agreement.
No, | have no message for him.
Martin said.
The general nodded again.
Then you may CO." he told him.
He did not see Meng-an again.
When he reached his tent six men
we're waiting. When they saw him
they saluted. I'VE are to go with you
INTO the hills" they said.
BY some means they had with them
the few tools he needed - pickaxes,
buckets for rock fragments, materials
for mapping, and rolls of bedding.
at once?" he asked.
at is so ordered" they replied.
But | must see someone before
CO." he protested.
I'VE will wait a few minutes"
soldier said. The general does not
like delay" No, he would not, Martin
knew, thinking of that firm young
figure.
At the door of the women's barracks
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eight months out ef the
year even in cold climates.
Like walking. golf is one
OF the best all-round ac-
tivitles from the stand
point of health, and is one
of the most pleasant ways
to take exercise, sun and
fresh air and to plant your
heels in cool, green earth.
1t will help you control
the needle on the bath
room scale, Will relax
you and will send you
off to bed for sounder
Slumbers.
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ing cold, tonic air and exhilaratlng
motion can do to put a shine on your
beauty is something only your mirror
can tell you.
Bicycling invites you out of doors
in fine weather all year round, and
is fun from the first moment you learn
to balance yourself on the seat. This
is an exercise especially suited to thin
girl who wants an all-around body
builder and needs to develop legs and
thighs. To accomplish both aims.
however, she should cycle lelsurely
for half-hour periods and rest in
between times.
Bowling is another body builder.
Well-equipped alleys, centrally locat-
ed in practically every city, make it
easy for you to drop in and topple
tenpins, whenever the spirit moves
you. This is a resistive exercise which
develops muscles in arms, chest and
shoulders. But do not let the over
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SPORTS ARE BEAUTIFIERS
And city women have many o choose from

|" HE girl who adopts a sport as
hobby has the odds in her favor
in her race with other girls TO
win good looks. Exercise, in this pleas
ant disguise, is something she is going
to stick to. because she gets fun out of
It, When she excels at her sport, her
self-esteem goes up, she always has an
ace-ln-the-hole for conversation, and
her doors swing open to new worlds
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ny TO choose from

weight take alarm. The energy used
in bowling will burn up fat and re-
place it with tight, flexible muscles
at the walstline, abdomen and hips
TO do a good job OF reducing via the
bowling alley, however. keep a strict
watch also on the diet.
If you are casting around for a
mild sport. take golf. a game that
you can tackle at any age and play
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shrewdness of a woman. Il was about
to ask you, now that we are here, If
you regret coming, but think need
not she said.
He laughed sheepishly, feeling him
self grow red. mo, you need not"
he agreed. II am not sorry"
WEEKS passed him, and he spent
them day upon day in searching the
barren hills. They were not barren,
he was beginning to discover. Under
their sandy, tawny surfaces there was
rock, and in the seams of the rock
minerals. He walked up the steep
beds of mountain streams, his eyes
upon every CLINT and glitter. The
men with him were we'll chosen. for
they were men who belonged to the
hills, who had spent their youth
washing the streams for silver.
But is there iron?" he asked them
as he asked the hills themselves.
That we don't know, for we never
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M %<rsa blythe

builders on the list of sports. To bal
ance yourself on skis, you must keep
your body straight from the lower
back all the way to the shoulders.
This uprightness, propelled by free
moving arms and legs, develops an
elastic bearing. limberness and good
coordination of muscles. What brac-
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Swimming

SwIMMING. steady and
unspectacular sport, loved
by MILLIONS. is fun all the
year round - in heated
pools during the winter,
braCing surf or village
creek, or wherever YOU
find it, in the warmer days.
1t offers the combined
benefits OF all other sports
and 1t gives you the easiest
and most natural OF all
exercise. Swim often and
you will build long,
smooth, symmetrical mus
cles, strip off surplus fat.
You will also acquire grace
and posture such as you
can never get on land. Its
most spectacular benefit
shows in chest develop
ment, a building up OF
pectoral muscles under
lying the breast. best
achieved through the back
stroke.
On the tennis. squash
or badmlnton court you
can build grace. speed,
strong. up-pLllng mus
CleS. good physical stamina
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and 1.-THE. well-knit figure in a COM
petltive game that exhilarates, puts
you on your mettle and, at the same
time, teaches you good sportsman
ship.
Yours for the taking and for only
a small outlay for class instruction
is fencing. the klngly art of advance
and defense with the foils Though you
must work long and patiently at
study and practice. there is no ac-
tlvity which will better reward you
for your time and effort Expertness
with the foils gives you poise, bear
ing, grace, speed. nlmbleness of foot.
synChronized motion, alertness of
mind and eye, and finally self-confi-
dence that comes from knowing that
you possess these qualities. 1t melts
off surplus fat, develops the bust and
shoulders and gives you energy of a
rare. magnetic kind that has few equals
as an asset of personality.
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called his men. They were eating fifty
,eet below HIM in a shallow valley.
lie had climbed out OF 1t to see the
hills while he ate.
Come on = he cried, and when they
were come: 1--WE must make haste~'
the enemy has flown as tar as this.
They had worked longer after that.
and every day they searched the skies.
There were no planes for ten days
more. and then eleven planes flew
over them like wild geese
That was the day he found iron.
He found 1t early IN the morning
low, near the base of the peak upon
which he had spent uselcssly nearly
fifteen days. He had gone too high.
The iron was old, and aeons had
driven the deposits deep INTO the
bowels OF the mountains. Have |
been looking too high. everywhere"
he asked himself.
1 IL was 81 CANlNCI ny lItlS l'OoolDit
thing that he went no higher He Gov
cred half the base OF the mountain
by noon. and IN seven places he found
signs OF iron. whether 1t was seven
different places, or all one great rich
vein he did not know. But when he
sat down at noon, he ate his bread ~
such excitement that he could scarcely
swallow Then it was that he heard the
planes and, looking up, saw their
gooselike passage. The sight might
only Yesterday have filled him with
despair But today he shook his fist
at them. and shouted: I'VE have our
bullets for your'
Now he could go back with good
news. He was even glad that he had
found iron IN autumn instead of
spring. Soon it would be too cold for
the enemy planes to fly over the in
land areas, and during the winter
months the mines could be planned
and made ready.
He had long talks about machinery
with his men. When he thought OF
machinery for mines he was troubled.
How could they construct and haul
and place those great masses? But
these men had been miners without
such aid. Bamboo and ropes and
wooden buckets were their tools,
and Martin listened to them. "A little
more than they have had and 1t will
be much, he thought as they went on.
EVERYWHERE through the country
side there were signs of autumn. The
harvests were good, and the farmeus
grew bold to reap them, because few
airplanes came now to bomb.
in the summer we spend half the
day in our bomb huts," they told
Martin. well, it's cool there!" they
said, grinning with mischief We'll,
we have had bandits of many kinds"
another SAID. Wherever he went there
was no talk Of hardship or surrender.
81 wish my father could be here" he
thought. "lf he saw these people,
could ne still betray them?"
The thought OF his father was like
sore IN his heart Whatever he did.
he thought, 1t would not be enough to
atone for his father. And when he
thought of Nieng an, he asked him
self what right he had, the son of a
traitor, to think of her.
In this mood he walked the miles
back to the enCampment, and without
asking for his sister or Meng an he
went, dusty as he was, to report to
the general. In his hand he carried
the fragments of rock. He laid them
on the table.
81 have found iron, >" he said simply,
and plenty of it. -
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looked for 1t when there was silver, q"
they SAID
They led him to shallow pits they
had dug. These he tapped and exam
med and tested the fragments he
chose There was silver everywhere.
but he could not find iron.
We may have to make our bullets
OF silver, he thought grimly.
The strange hills surrounded him,
and silence was their atmosphere.
There seemed no life in them, and yet
sometimes he came upon monastery
built out OF sandy rock and seeming
in its shape and color so like a cliff
that only a gate told the difference.
Inside the priests lived. silent so long
that they could scarcely speak when
he addressed them, men whom the
mountain winds had dried and beaten
upon and bleached until they too were
sand -colored. Yet every one OF them,
when told of his task, was eager to
help him and to show him certain
dark ledges they had seen. Everyone
knew that they had an enemy.
EVERYWHERE they knew. In the night
under the endlesSly clear skies and
beneath the sharp stars he thought
OF those who were farmers bv day
and soldiers by night. and OF his sister.
who had been so tenderly reared, now
learning to march long hours and to
fire a gun; most OF all and longest,
he thought OF Nleng AN, making her
lonely way in and out through the
enemy lines.
She has the hardest and most
dangerous work of us all, " he thought.
When he thought of this his bitter
ness against his father heaped itself
up with gall, "FIe betrays everyone
of us. ne thought The filal plety
ne had been taught he put from him
forever - that ancient teaching which
had tied together the generations of
his people
g am no more his son" he thought.
I'VE must build new country, and
every generation must be its own
iawnaker."
There is no lron," he told the
general later.
There must be. the general said.
go back"
The hills were bitterly cold now
with autumn. The foolish silver was
rich everywhere But the hills held
nothing more. He had stayed a month,
and then the cold ram had driven him
down from the summit. 1t had seemed
he must make report of having found
nothing, He knew. too - the long
silent nights and the hot moons had
told him - that he longed to see
Nleng an. Had she come and gone
safely? He must know, or thought
he must And so he had come down.
He had gone at once to Siu-h. But
Slu-li was not there. She had been
sent the day before with her regiment
to a village to the east to make forays
by night against an enemy garrison.
He was sick with alarm when he heard
1t, and then dlsmayed because since
she was gone there was no one he
could ask about Mengan Everyone
went about his business here, and it
was no ones business to speak of
Meng an And he had had to go then
to the general.
go back the general said now.
Against his look there was no hope OF
refusal. Besides, how could he say,
II cannot, until have seen certain
woman" How could he even say, Il
must hear first If Meng- an is safe?"
The general saw his hesitation.
We are still at war;" he said; why
do you delay?'
Il do not" Martin said doggedly.
He went back that same day.
He had lived in the hills so long now
that when he thought of cities and of
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selt-esteem goes up, she alv
ace-ln-the hole for convers
her doors swing open to 1
OF interest.
Even if you are a city
dweller. your parks, play
grounds, womens clubs
and gymnasiums give you
the same natural advan-
tages in sports that your
suburban friends enjoy. In
the long list of feminine
sports from which you can
choose there is one for
every season, climate,
taste, age and need. In
choosing yours, you can
even size up its particular
benefits, and make sure it
satisfies a definite beau
tifylng aim.
To make that easier for
you, | have induced some
physiCal-educatlon experts
to interpret certain pop-
ular sports in terms OF
these beauty benefits.
Before you plunge into
a new physical activity
they warn, 1T is wise 20
get your doctors approval.
Then break into your
game or sport slowly, so
as to condition yourself
gradually. Learn the fun
damentals from an expert,
If you can. Getting those
right allows you to go on,
on your own, and makes
progress more rapid"
Ice Skofins
T IRST, let's see what
benefits you can get from
ice skating, a sport that
has whirled into favor all
over the country, and
draws young and old to
frozen lakes and ponds
and artlficlally iced rinks.
Because you glide with
both the skating leg and
the free leg tlexed at the
move your body with smooth
springs and dips, leg muscl
same exercises they would 1
deep bends. That's why t
hips become slim and 1.-the
tset turn in dexterouS n
ankles become strong, slim
pie. In speed skating, yo
hold your hands behind y
forces you to square your
swell out your chest, and
up your spine,
When Sprlng tnaWS Ou
pond or rink, you can buck
feet in roller skates, thus
your fun and beautlfying a
through the year.
If you live in the. colo
where ski slopes rise in cit!
where snow trains can tai
nearby hills, consider skin
one of the finest poise an
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of Major Jesse Graham of the regu- lar Army. Major Graham, who has had long experience with National Guard units elsewhere, has beer assigned to a years service in Al aska by Lieutenant-G General Johr L. Dewitt, Commander of the Ninth Army Corps Area. Valuable advice and counsel in the organization stage have also been received from Lieutenant Commander J. s. Mac Kinnon of the U. S. Navy, whose long residence in Alaska has been especially helpful.
 Roy Mulvihill of Juneau has beer appointed Adjutant-General of the Alaska National Guard with the rank of Major. Serving as Captain of Company A of Juneau will be William Walther; Capt n John F Van Glider is in command of Com pany B at Ketchikan, Captain AL bert Pearl of Company c at Fair banks and Captain William Nien1i of Company D at Anchorage.
 Modern equipment will be fur nished by the Federal Government, including the necessary material for the heavy weapons company at An chorage.
 Air Squadron Asked
 Authorization was originally had for only two companies but with disintegration of the status quo brought about by events abroad, this was speedily broadened to four companies. In addition approval is being sought for formation of an air squadron. While no decision has been made as to where such squadron would be located, the suggestion has been made that Nome would provide a fine train ing site for a unit of that charac- ter.
 Some question has been raised
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as to the advisability of establish ing companies at Fairbanks and Anchorage, in view of the fact that etrcng detachments Of the regular Army will be maintained at the latter city, while Fairbanks will al least have Air Corps ground forces. The truth is that an analysis re- veals National Guard troops are vitally needed at those points. In event ol trouble it might be nee essary for regular troops to be shifted quickly. in part or in whole, to some other section of Alaska. In that event National Guardsmen would bear the brunt of protecting the big air bases The mere pres ence of Alaska soldiers will give the regulars a mobility they otherwise would not possess.
 Another Gold Rush
 A quick transformation mas been brought to Alaska by swift under taking of defensive structures, an undertaking which has occasioned a sudden influx Of new people to the big land which was unique in that here, as nowhere else in the world, one was apt to know ones neigh bor by his first name, whether that neighbor lived across the street or a thousand or two thousand miles away. It is a transformation com parable, in a sense, to that which took place during the gold rush days Employment in respect to de- fense works has, all in a hurry, brought into being our third most important industry and additional military construction, and main tenance of that now underway, will for a long time to come play | major part in the TerritoFy's eco- homie life.
 But there are probably none Of Us who would not gladly do with out the personal and community gains which national defense ex- penditures have conferred if by so doing the necessity for their being made could be obviated. After all. it is a tragic thing that a nation at once so great and powerful and