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By SIGRID ARNE AP Feature Servi,e Writer

CAMP DIX N J.--"Pea soup grunted the bus driver peering through the fog.
 Mustard Ireplied, staring down into the yellow muck we slithered through. We were in Camp Dix, one of the biggest of the new draftee training centers. To the right stood drab rows of khaki tents as far as I could see. To the left unpainted wooden barracks.
 Young draftees in goloshes slushed past through the muck I searched their faces for some inkling Of their feelings. Some of them were to be my job for the day. I had been invited to Dix to act as an Army hostess
 We skidded up to headquarters, 44th Division. I was whisked. in to see Maj. Gen. Clifford R. Powell, Post Commander. A Youngish, solid man, he was full of the sub ject: Army hostess. hs
 Officers Dig Down
 Did we want an. Army hostess?' he repeats. His eyes twinkle. We wanted one so badly that we, per- sonally-officers of the 44th-dug into our pockets and paid hostess house expenses for first three months ourselves" '''f
 The Generals aide took me around to the hostess house. It's big, rectangular, stone building mostly one big room with a huge fireplace rising through the cen ter. Next to a comfortable couch two young draftees were reading. On the side porch two more played ping-pong. On the front porch six played darts.
 system Needed
 We stepped into bright side room lined with books. A slim gray haired woman and a pink-faced soldier were studying a book. She pointed as she read.
 You see, it says bounce the ball before you serve-Oh. Hellol' She looked up with a bright smile.
 Mrs. Ethel K. Logan, our senior hostess said the Generals aide. Mrs. Logan turned over her little
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maple desk to me. There were chrysanthemums on it.
 ''The boys keep dropping in until taps,'s she said, You take them. I'll be here to help"
 So I sit at the desk and wait.
 The first stands shyly on one foot and holds his overseas cap and big notebook.
 This" he announces, lis a-well it's a scenario. I wrote it."
 wonderful
 Its for Mickey Rooney. How shall I get it to him?" He looks anxious. So we hunt up Rooney's address in a movie magazine ano the youngster looks relieved.
 "Y. w." Helps Out
 Then comes a young sergeant About that dance, Saturday. Car you get us 75 girls? May we deco rate with pine branches?'
 That stumps me. How do you scare up 75 girls? Mrs. Logan says Sure" She phones the Trenton Y.WC.A. In ten minutes it's fixed The YWCA. has list of girls they've looked up. The lads call fol them in Army lorries. They pile il with their chaperones. Dance al the hostess house until 10:45. Gt home with their chaperones.
 The next is phone call iron
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ALL HAVE REASONS

Now, about the why of the ru- mors. understand the agents Of all three big powers have per- fectly good reasons for spreading dirt on the Italians.
 The British, for instance, are well aware of the new food restrictions in Italy, know that unrest IS spreading, and therefore hope ru- mors of this kind will help along that unrest and bring about dis orders. Rumors of riots have start ed riots before. These rumors, too, can be the means of finding out
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|0UR yGRD TRIES OUT AS AN ARMY H05TES5
 AND FINDS SHE FEElS LIKE AN ARMY MOTHER

Ever wonder what it's like tc hc an Army hostess? Sigrid Arne went to Camp Dix to find cut. Here she tells all. a'
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Death of Premier John Metaxas of Greece robs the embattled Green nation of a leader who has been given much credit for the successful trend of the fight against Italy. King George of Greece named Alexanderhos Ko- rizis, governor of the National Bank of Greece, to Metaxas' post until a new premier is selected.
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diplomatic staffs of front men to harbor their undercover agents. And they all have crack crews Of
 spies and rumor makers on hand.
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VACANCY Nugget Apartments.
5tuIIing ChampionIs
 Now Prisoner of War

LONDON, Feb. 13.-Eric Phelps, British professional sculling cham pion, is prisoner of war in Ger many. Phelps coached at Frankfurt, Germany, and developed many of the German oarsmen in recent sea- sons.
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sHuCKLIN IN TOWN

Sam Shucklin came in from Sit- ka on the North Coast. He will stay at the Gastineau while in Juneau calling on local merchants.
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Three Big Powers Spreading Dirf on
 Italian Situation

Continued from Page One)
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HANNrBAL's PLAN STILL GOOD

HANNIBAL'S PLAN STILL GOOD | Wouldn't it be a historical scream if Hitler should invade Italy on the same pretext Hannibal used when he crossed the Alps so many centuries ago?
 As the Great Carthaginian (no mean propagandist for an old timer captured each Italian town after crossing the Alps. he was careful to tell the local bigwfgs that he had no enmity for the Italians. He loved 'em The only reason he was conquering them, he said, was to save them from Rome.
 It seems that's the way city slickers of those days had of in ducing suckers to jump out of the frying pan into the fire. Nobody seems to have improved on it, either. sA fsf
 c.,,hccriI,o for Tho p.nonire
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NOTICE

I will not be responsible for any debts other than Mrs. Sawyer's and mine.
 adv. J. H. SAWYER.
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to convince tiie world that the Ital-' ians should be saved from killing
 each other off. Thus, theirs would be a humanitarian motive--at least
 that's what 4the censored news stories of the occupation could sayll
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Evening star., 1941-03-18
Lomburdi-for- -Dunninq Trade Is in Air

the here.
though would Like the Tigers the
defense
tip-of world champions provided
all The Bees
who finished seventh, 65
solid
solid Behind Walters they
Beggs Whitley
McKehnie admit that he lombard the
They think that he
Harry Dannng
filling
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. March 49,
II the University of Florida turns
up with dizzy doings on the gridiron
next fall-Charge it off to rugby.
Coach Tom Lieb-Who learned
few football shenanigans from the
late Knute Rockne-disclosed today
he has prescribed the British game
for his players, using it in spring
practice to promote open-style play.
Rugby, says the Florida coach, is
a game with good qualities appre-
eiated by few Americans. And, he
adds, if it is used properly in foot
ball training, I'VE can adopt a lot
OF plays from it.
Develops Open-styl Play.
"I may be all wet in the use of
rugby" he says, but the game of
football is coming to it fast and the
people who pay to get in to see a
game are entitled to action. The
open style of play is becoming more
and more popular, and if we develop
ball-handlers instead of brutes we
can utilize this style of play"
"a good 'rugger' team" explains
Lieb, "is expert on the lateral pass,
field-goel kicking and punting on
the run. Dick Hyland, present
sports columniSt on the Los Angeles
Times, was great rugby player
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Brooklyn Bondwuqon Guininq Some Riders

press will year. they
whipped straight 1889
decided the Cardinals spring But Reds
back win they did and when they ouaded the Tigers
established
the both National
coming series.
with lombard doubtful club claim the balance
OF the Reds The Yankees pitching doubtful The Tigers ned is
Cardinals
and how time last they 27l2
There much talk about the Dodgers lot
Brooklyn bandwagon There like the
the token, there doubt
unity lacking the
MacPh Manager Leo Durocher ndugng periodic
matches There is that 50gam exhibition schedule
Of baseball to play punging
soidity guarantee will repeat
that
Evening star., 1941-03-18
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, March 18-
Broadway hears shipwreck Kelly
has sold his football Dodger stock
to Sonia Henie, the wife Of Dan
Topping, who was Shipwreck's
partner. Our Mr.. Sid FEEDER
breezed in from Bavana via
Miami today with tip that the
Giants will bust loose with a big
deal any day now. Maj. Bob
Neyland of Tennessee is telling
friends privately he expects to be
recalled to Army duty within
three months-despite War De-
partment statements it has no
such plans. Mebbe they mean
immediate plans. Mike Jacobs is
strictly kosher, but he was born
In a Celtic neighborhood and
never misses a ST. Patrick's Day
parade. which is why he few
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Oshkosh Five Amino
For Sweep Of Pro
Basket Honors
National Event Winner
In World PIoy Semis;
Rens Also Advance
RN the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. March 18-The Osh-
koSh, Wis, All-Stars are aiming at
clean sweep of professional basket
ball honors this season.
The clever Wisconsin quintet won
the National Pro League playoff last
week and now has reached the semi
finals of the world championship
tournament.
Oshkosh earned a semifinal berth
last night with a 38-to-31 decision
over the Philadelphia Sphas, put
ting the victors against the fancy
shooting Toledo Huts tonight. The
New York Rens, the 1889 cham
pionS, play the Detroit Eagles in
the other semifinal game.
The championship game is booked
for tomorrow night.
Toledo crashed through last night
with 43-to-33 triumph over the
Chicago Bruins. runners-up to the
Harlem Globe Trotters in the 1910
title tournament.
The Rens, famous Negro five.
survived with an easy 43-to-15 con-
quest of the Kenosha. Wis. Royals
The Eagles reached the semilnals
with Sunday decision over the
Globe Trotters, defending cham
pionS.
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Florida Using Rugby in Spring
Grid Drills to Develop Ball
Handling and Trick Plays

while at Stanford and Santa Clara.
He didn't have the physique to be
an outstanding American football
player, according to some coaches
ideas of dimenSional requirements,
but he had speed and kicking abil-
ity that was phenomenal Then
there was the great Pat ODay Of
Wisconsin, former Australian
rugby player, wonderful kicker
who could dropkick on the run dis
tances only dreamed up by the pres
ent-day boy.
Also Good As Conditioner.
I'VE play the game for condition
ing" Lieb continues, "and use it
right in our practice sessions. In
this way we can develop lot Of
skill in ball-handling and OPEN
field running.
In the American game, the lateral
pass has not been fully utilized and
the coaches have put so much stress
on holding the ball and recovering
fumbles that it is hard to get a boy
to surrender the ball when tackled
In rugby when a man in the open
field is tackled, he has the option
of kicking the ball down the field
or throwing it backward to a team
mate; but he must let loose of the
ball"
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Agriculture, Population Quints
Upset in Recreation League

Upsets of the pace-setters by a
pair of lowly teams of the Census
Bureau division provided the big
surprises In the D. c. Recreation
Department Basket Ball League last
night.
The ruder shock was occasioned
by the Business BaronS. who dealt
the Agriculture quint its first de-
feat in nine starts by a 20-14 score.
But Populations second-place team
failed to pick up any ground as it
went down before the inspired play
of Geography, lila The Barons
entered their game with a record
of only three victories in seven
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Gonzogo Bosketers Will Leave
For Eastern Event Tomorrow

GonZagas basket ball Eagles,
owners of The Star Metropolitan
championship and the Catholic
school title, will seek further honors
in the Eastern States Catholic in
vitation tournament at Newport,
R. l., beginning Thursday.
Tomorrow afternoon at l o'clock
a squad of 10 players, headed by
Coach Irvine Horse) Holbrook, will
leave from Union Station. No mat
ter how they fare, they will stay for
the entire tournament and begin the
return trip on Sunday morning.
Those making the trip are Bobby
Mulvihill, voted the outstanding
player in The Star tournament;
Francis Counselman, Joe OLone,
Hart Downs, Bernie Nolan, Buddy
Rowzee, Tom Whelan, Bob Lauck,
Reds Murphy and Jack Walsh.
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Eastern Al Baseball
Schedule Includes
Six Outside Foes

Eastern, runnerup last year for
the District high school baseball
title, has a 14-game schedule ar
ranged for this year.
In addition to their interhigh
opponents, the Ramblers will meet
Episcopal, Gonzaga, Coolidge, Wash
ington-Lee, Montgomery Blair and
Navy Plebes.
The schedule Gall games at $3.50
except PlebeS at a.
April 16. at Episcopal; %, Roose-
velt; "a. Gonzaga; Is, at Coolidge;
20, at Wilson: 80 Westinghouse
May 2. Western: 8, at Navy
Plebes; 6 at Washington-Lee; 7,
Gonzaga; 9, Central; l3, at Tech;
Is, Blair; 20, Anacostia.
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Giants Are Reported Ready to Announce Big Deal
Ned Vols Coll; Aod Nat

two home games Wyoming u.
cagers lost this season were on
the nights that Wyoming's cow
boy Governor, Nels H. Smith,
didn't sit on the bench. Irish
Eddie Brink, the old lightweight,
is host at Tony Pastors Green
wich Village spot.
One minute interview Mrs.
Denny Myers (wife of B. C. foot
ball COACH: Being married to a
football coach is like living in a
trunk. But, of course, you get
to see a lot of nice colleges
Grapefruit League-There are
IL former American Leaguers on
the Dodger roster. Yankee Coach
Earl Combs works so hard on his
farm during the winter he always
puts on weight in training camp
while others are struggling to
take it off. Scribes with the Cubs
report that If Lou Novikof
doesn't stop giving Jimmy Wilson
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Basket Ball Seen as Aviation
Aid by Head of Naval Team
Which Flies to Tourney

1--WE respect these cadets as fu-
ture officers and they respect me as
an officer" he said. When I tell
the players to be in at a certain
hour at night or something like that,
they do it."
Volcansek believes the 1.200-mile
Florida -to-Denver flight is the long
est ever made by naval basket
ball team. The team won the South
ern A. A. U. tournament at New
Orleans.
Evening star., 1941-03-18

starts, while Geography had been
licked four times in six games.
But where the Aggies failed, Cor
ner Cafe succeeded in remaining
undefeated in EaStern's Section 2
by walloping Christ Church, 1920.
In the same league, Marion A. c.
took second place away from Pincus
Grill by winning, 1927.
Garvins Grill, Trinity Lutheran
and Vienna A. c. were the victors
in the Central Division, all but
Vienna by close scores. Garvins
stopped Happy Hollow, 42-39, and
the Lutherans edged out Boarding
House, 1892, but Vienna whipped
Fort Hunt ShamrockS. 40-3O.
Evening star., 1941-03-18
The InfieId Made Them Champions

To the casual the Reds look better than these
Shortstop Billy Myers gone but his place is taken harder hitter
Eddie oos outfelder Jimmy Gleeson val Goodman
to the bench There is slightly
their pitching That pitching not be entirely the medium
the This February
the
ably wouldn't make baseball book this The draft he explained
II what Uncle with Gnberg Anovich
those fellows"
how the neld ball Infeds the pennants
-Show club with crack nfeld and I'll show
tender
Evening star., 1941-03-18

back from Miami for yesterdays
spectacle.
Florida styles-Ed Barrow is
bouncing around Florida wearing
a straw hat and an overcoat.
And old Hans Lobert is helping
coach the Phils dolled up in a
baseball cap, sweater, shorts,
baseball shoes and wrist watch.
Busy mans newspaper-Tom
Lacey, Harvard's wrestling cham
pion, has authored $50 poems.
And Dick Harlow, the football
coach, knows intimately each of
his 800 varieties of plants, their
lineage and history, likes and dis
likes. Tennessee is going to make
all those fine backs imported
from Florida feel at home by
putting sand on the home grid
iron. Jake Wade Of the Char
lotte Observer tags Sid Hudson
"a beautiful, young pitcher"
Goodness, Gertrude. The only
Evening star., 1941-03-18

the run-around about getting
into condition, Lou is going to
find they grow them very, very
tough in Kensington, Pa. Witt
Guise, Cincinnati sodthpaw, is
what you would call a character.
Every time he makes a hit he
gives dollar to charity. But
it has cost him only three bucks
In his professional career.
Little hearts fluttered-A lot of
Cincinnati cookies worked them
selves into a dither when the
usually reliable Times-Star made
a misprint and reported Ernie
Lombardi had sent a wife Gn-
stead of a wire) to Tampa from
Oakland, Calf.
Today's guest star-Zipp New
ma, Birmingham News: DOC
Prothro's version of The Phila-
delphia Story is whole lot diff
ferent from Katherine Hep.
bsirn's.s
Evening star., 1941-03-18

Win, Lose or Draw
For Solidity Look to the Reds
BY FRANCIS {. STAN,
Star STAFF Correspondent

ORLANDO, March 8It
Reds third straight this
Dodgers to have improved the Cardinals
play full under capable Billy Souhwoh
another thing Ernie Lombard ankle
Old Schnozle all
But the Reds remain the team to beat They the solid
National
the
16 of the Cardinals Unless Paul Deinger Bucky
pitching baseball
talking his
Reds Orlando I'm still satisfied he said of
lombard hodout he had the thing
possible cripple apparently did
reasonably confident
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Virginia Is Underdog
To C.C.N.Y. Five as
Tourney Starts
Duquesne, Ohio Bottle
In Other First-Round
Contest in New York
BY TIE Associated Press.

BY tie Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 18-Four
college basket ball teams whose
combined efforts during the past
season produced Ga victories and IL
defeats open the fourth national
intercollegiate invitation basket
ball tournament at Madison Square
Garden tonight.
Four more, with records at least
as good, will play first-round games
Wednesday. Semifinals are liSteo
for Saturday and the final for next
Monday.
Tonight's pairings send Duquesne
against Ohio University and City
College of New York against the
University of Virginia.
DuqueSne was runner-up to Col
orado a year ago and has perhaps
the most impressive record of the
quartet. Playing a big time
schedule, the Dukes won II games
and lost to Ohio State and De
Paul OF Chicago. They have the
same five regulars who played in
last years tourney. Ohio u, play
ing opponents of considerable
power but lesser fame, won 16 of
10 games. The Ohioans boast of
having "the fastest attack in the
Nation" led by Frank Baumholtz
who averaged 17.8 points a game
this season.
City Colleges IA victories and
four defeats don't look very i'm
pressive, but the Beavers are slight
favorites over Virginia, with a 17-3
record. Since January /, City Col
lege has won II of 13, losing only
to Loyola at Chicago. Virginia
Southeastern Conference champion,
beat such teams as Tennessee,
and st. Joseph's of Philadelphia, as
well as Southern Conference clubs,
but lost to Navy, George Washing
ton and road game to v. M. I.
Evening star., 1941-03-18

A big entertainment program is
planned for the players. There is a
banquet tomorrow night, a parade
Thursday morning and an address
of welcome by the Mayor. There's a
dance, sightseeing trips. a roller
skating party and another banquet
at the Journeys conclusion. Humor-
GUS feature of the program will be
an exhibition basket ball game be-
tween newspapermen covering the
competition and coaches.
Gonzaga will open the tournament
at 4 o'clock Thursday, meeting La
Sale High of New York.
Evening star., 1941-03-18
BY LOUDON KELLY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

hSSOCIdttO EItSS SpOIlS WIllct.
DENVER, March 18.-Add basket
ball as weapon of national defense
A young naval air lieutenant, who
brought his training station team
here by plane from Pensacola, Fla,
for the National A A. U. tourna-
ment-now in its third day-said to-
day the 5o-year- old sport is excellent
training for future airmen.
Il don't say that every basket ball
player could become a flyer" said
1t. Max J. Volcansek, a blond Mime
sotan, but the game is mighty big
help to any boy who has the other
qualifications.
Basket ball certainly teaches CO.
ordination, and that's something you
need flying an airplane. Every cadet
has to be in top physical shape to get
his wings and think basket ball is
the best conditioner there Is"
Volcansek, guard on the Pensa-
cola quintet. was a stellar guard for
Manchester in the Minnesota College
Conference.
''At our station, basket ball is swell
relaxation from the training grind
for the cadets following the team as
well as the players" he said.
All the players are cadets, TAX
ing six to ninef months courses,
except Volcansek and 1t q. g)
Ray Plum. The team, undefeated
this season, stretched its winning
streak to 80 by beating the Chem
ical City Athletic Club team of Mid
land, Mich, 43 to 40 in second
round tournament thriller last
night.
Earl Watson, former Kansas Wes-
leyan star, is the outfits sharpshoot-
er, with 295 points.
Discipline on the team is firm al
though Volcansek said he makes no
attempt to be a tough drill SER
geant."