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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
10 Drive
On Icy Streets

This IL the time Of year N
point out 10 drivers that for
safety's sake special care should
be taken on icy streets and pave
ments, says l.. X. Marshall. gen.
eral service manager of Pontiac
Motor Division. After driving on
dry paXements and highways for
six or seven months, motorists
frequently forget that il is Wise
to do everything more slowly ir
icy weather. says Marshall.
ut takes longer To perform
most driving operations in slip
perry weather" ne says. ITO in
sure the same control over
car as in dry. warm weather.
slower acceleration. slower
braking. slower speed are
required. Fast stops and starts
tend To make any car skid.
The outstanding exception 10
the rule of starting In low or
first gear Ia when there Is an
icy pavement. Then start in
second or high, and engage the
clutch slowly. This enables the
tires 10 grip the ice better be-
cause the wheels won't spin.
ITO stop on an icy pavement
let the engine slow down the
car, using the brake only when
the car has come almost To a
stop. Then " hen almost
stopped push out the clutch.N
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
Chevrolet Prints
10000 Truck Books

Every one Of He Chevrolet AKA
army trucks, a\great standard"
unit for military service, Is
equipped with a service manual
hailed by the army as completes
and authoritative in every detail.
Now in its twenty-fifth printing.
nearly 10000 such books have
already been produced.
Published at the request OF the
technical service division of the
Quartefmaster Corps. these manu-
ais contain all information per.
tinent TO the service and MAIN
tenance of Chevrolet trucks. The
books are published in Detroit by
Chevrolet service experts and are
edited by the army itself to assure
their meeting regulations. Distri.
button of the books Is handled by
the army only.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
Copper Industry
Speeds Output

HANCOCK, Dec 20.-The Mich
lran copper industry has put its
shoulder 10 the wheel Of Uncle
Sans defense machine.
Rejuvcnated by increased wages.
special market prices and pledges
Of support from both federal and
state governments the industry Is
on an even keel again and headed
for, an era Of expanding produc-
ton 20 bolster the nations war
chest y
To help hasten production OK
panSion. Governor Murray ID: Van
Wagner already has proposed
that the federal government post
funds 10 open new Upper PENN
sula copper mines where deposits
are known 10 exist
IRE OPM labor division, in re-
cent encouraging move, recon-
r1eRded seven-day, three-shitl
week for copper, zinc and lead
mines to expand production.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
Extra Tire,
Owners Urged
Hudson Service Chief
Gives 10 Commandments

Automobile dealers can render
real service 10 their owners by
warning them 10 protect the extra
tire and wheel in the rear COM
partment Of their cars, Thomas
II. Stambaugh. director OF national
service operations for the Hudson
Motor Car Company, declared Sat-
urday
Stambaugh recommended 10
commandments Of precaution 10
both dealers and owners to make
sure that the spare tire and wheel
are not only ready for use when
needed. but also 10 insure the
longest possible wear.
!. Make sure that the tire,
tube and wheel are in the rear
compartment
?. Examine the rear deck COM
partment lock 10 see that the
lock and key are funCtiOnlng
properly as precautlon against
theft
3. Have the air pressure in
your spare tire tested so that
the assembly may he used when
needed, thereby insuring the
further life Of the fiat
{ When a-flat occurs, change
the tire Immediately. Do not run
10 the nearest service station.
;. Check tire inflations every
week all around.
6 Inspect tires every 10 days
so that they can be switched 10
different wheels 10 insure longer
life. Include the spare tire in
the switching operation for the
same reason that two pairs Of
shoes. changed frequently, will
ouIlaSt the same two pairs worn
separately.
I. Have tires examined fire.
quently for spotty wear. which
VIII suggest wheel alignment
checking.
S. When tires are worn
smooth. have them regrooved or
recapped,
Q. Injuries or bruises 70 tires
should he ulcanized AT once.
10. Keep oil off garage floors.
OIL has deteriorating effect on
rubber.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21

The engineer explained how the
precision gage works:
at IL used I'm combination with
an ingenious machine known as
camlapper, which applies a
delicate abrasive action in the
grinding of master cams. The
master models are required To
set up the mass production of
completed cams used in Ford
engines.
AT all times during the
grinding process. the gage keeps
the operator posted on the
tolerance (clearance), assuring
correct dimensions down To the
finest point you can possibly
imagine"
Both the gage and the tapping
10 which IT is synchro-
nized are products of the Rouge
plant laboratories. Ford engineers
point out the equipment is a far
Try from the days, not so lone
ago. when master cams were
finished by hand.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
Output Of Plane Engines
Compared With World War |

1918 Liberty. Wright. Rolls-Roycs
and Allison are the other prins
cipal engines being made in the
United States for military aircraft
i'm World War IT. The automotive
industry was the big source OF
Liberty engines in World War /,
with The principal producers being
Packard. Ford. Lincoln and Nor
dyke e. Marmon. Orders also had
been placed with Buick. WHY'S
Overland and Odds when the
Armistice cut short further pro-
duction.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
Tire Sales Ban
ExtendedtoJdn.5

WASHINGTON. Dec. 20 tINS) d.
The ban on sale of new AUTO
mobile tires. which was 10 expire
December -. was extended today
10 January ) IN an order issued by
Donald NJ Nelson. director Of
prioritieS of the Office OF ProduC-
ton Management
The extension. Nelson said was
made necessary 10 complete the
rationlng plan which IS being
worked oui Jointly by the OPM
and the Office OF Price Admins
trailOn.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
Considered by Union

A man would work Monday
through Thursday for total Of
81 hours. while another man would
work Friday through Sunday. a
total of only u hours However,
ne would receive double time for
working Sunday and would be paid
for 80 hours.
The plan was offered as an al
tentative 10 the unions swing
shift plan under which four shifts
of men would each work 40 hours
per week, Reuther said. and Is now
being considered by the union.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
$4,000 More Soon

Orders for $1,000 more will be
placed soon, Oliver said, and the
war department is now discussing
an order for $4,000 trucks OF all
types.
II was pointed out that the huge
orders would do much 10 alleviate
acute employment caused by the
curtailment Of auto production and
a shortage OF tlI~s.
y The GM six-shift week plan was
proposed by c. f. Wilson. presi-
dent OF the corporation, Reuther
said. Under the plan, Reuther ex-
planned. the work week would be
divided into six shifts and three
shifts daily
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21

Sale Of cylinder head gaskets
averaged one for every II vehicles
in service. A new storage bat
terry was sold for every 2.5 pas
senger cars and trucks on the
highways. A new or rebuilt car
buretor was installed for every
"a vehicles in operation. Fan belt
sales averaged one for every 81
units on The road Spark plug
sales totaled 78 200,527 units in
1899 or spark plugs for every
car and truck in service.
The potential service business
has increased since 1899. with g.
600 900 more Ears and trucks reg
istered at the close of 1871. As
new car production is cut of,
older cars will be kept in service
longer and il seems assured that
there will be a resultant increase
ia demand for replacement parts.
Only bar 10 record sales is the
limitation that has been placed on
manufacture of replacement parts
due 10 wartime material priorltles.
January parts production is linn
tied 10 one-third Of the parts out
put in the first three months Of
1871, thus maintaining the l94l
rate il materials are available.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
Right Drive

Because American exports have
been reduced TO almost nothing
by the international crisis. the
drive automobile is
rapidly becoming as extinct in this
country as history,s famous dsdo
bird. -
However. right-hand drive cars
have not disappeared entirely, be-
cause in San Francisco recently
Pontiac delivered a new one 10 F.
j. Gellion. British vice consul for
the Portuguese colony of Macao,
and managing director NJ the
Macao Electric Lighting Company
Ltd. public utility.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
Drug Distribution
Ended by Ruling
Time. star correspondent

LANSING. Dec. 20 Plans Of
the state health department TO
give sulfanilomide drugs to fight
pneumonia were halted today
by an attorney generals opinion
which revealed that Michigan
druggists oppose the free distribu-
ton OF the drugs as unauthorized
state medicine.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
Plan Clothes Study

BOSTON. Dec. % GNS) -
Keeping pace with technical adj
vances in mechanical warfare, the
Boston quarterrnaster depot has
set up a research branch 10 i'm
prove cold-climate clothing<or our
soldiers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
JAW Accuses
Auto Industry Of
Blocking Defense
R. j. Thomas Demands
Manufacturers Use
Available Machinery

The automobile industry was &C,
cused Saturday Of failure Il
convert its plants 10 defense pro
ducton and Of refusing 10 co
operate with the national defense
program by UAW-CIO leaders who
spoke before a meeting OF the
unions defense employment com
mittee in the Book-Cadillac Hotel
The opening lln-ln-the attack
against the industry's manage
ment came from r. j. Thomas
president Of the UNION
1.-THE manufacturers refused
10 adopt the union conversion
plan over year ago when II
was first advanced" Thomas
said THAT the plan was work
able Il borne out by the report
Of the Tolan committee OF Con-
gross which investigated the de-
tense program.
Eve demand that the indus
try make use of the machinery
available for defense work and
cease making excuses.
Labor to Sacrifice
Labor agrees 10 give up It's
right 10 strike, provided the
proper Cancellation and arbitra-
ton machinery Is set up. In re-
turn We ask that management
sacrifice something, too"
Thomas disclosed that JAW
Go members have purchased Sf2,-
100000 worth OF defense bonds
and he pledged tina, "as soon as
possible" the union will sell $50
000O00 worth Of bonds TO its
members.
"Two JAW Go members
went down on the L. =. =. Ari-
zapa," he said - telegram 10
the president I'VE are answer
ing this dastardly attack by
purchasing bonds TO replace the
Arizona az quickly as possible"
4 black picture Of unemploy-
nent among Michigan auto work
crs WAS painted 20 the committee
by Victor Reuther, union official
Rcu'hcr eaIc the auto plants Will
OILY work two weeks in January
IT orrtev to MI tncir production
quotas
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
Chasing Spooks
Story on Radio

Unique in title and unique in
subject Is the Front Page Drama
The Case Of the NANCY Grow y
10 he sponsored by The Detroit
Sunday Times over II radio sta
tons IN Michigan and Ontario.
next Wednesday Thursday Fri
day and Saturday the program
being based on an article, Chasing
SpookS from Caves Needed for
Bomb-Proofs 70 appear in The
Weekly with next Sun
days issue, The Detroit Sunday
Times
The day 81 the program will
differ on various radio stations as
shown below.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
ONTARIO

CFCO Chatham. $50 p. m.
Thursday: CKOC. Hamilton. lis
p. m. Saturday; CKRC, Kitchener,
s p m Thursday CkCO, Ottawa,
s l5 p m FRIDAY, GIGS. STRAIT
ford. Us D. m. FrIdaN
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
MICHIGAN

wick. Detroit. 2 p. m Friday,
WFDF. Flint. Gas p. m. Friday
WASH WOOD. Grand Rapids,
1915 p. m. Friday; WIBM Jack
son. 9:l5 p. m. Friday; WIN
Lansing 9:l5 p. m Friday, WKBZ,
Muskegon us p m. Friday,
VICAR. Pontiac. . Is p. m Thurs
day: WSAM, Saginaw. Sis p. m
Saturday: WTCM, Traverse City
I 20 o N MeineSdaN.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21
Demand for Replacement Paris
To Grow During Emergency
Only Shortage
Of Materials
to Stop Record

With passenger car production
drastically curtailed and dealers
more and more dependent upon
service operations TO carry them
through the wartime emergency,
it is Of interest to scan the picture
as IL pertains 10 sale OF replace
ment parts. Based on 1899 Bureau
OF Census figures. the latest avail
able, a new muffler was sold for
every six motor cars and trucks
on the road in that year. accord
ing 10 the publication Automotive
Industries. There were 30, 2942 2S
MOTOR vehicles registered in the
United States in 1899.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21

received bv the busy battery
of Detroit Times teletype ma
chines'from ace correspondents
everywhere.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21

TO insure fastest possible trans
mission from every capital,
from every war front, to The
Detroit Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-21

scattered all over the world,
wherever news is liable to
break, sending stories to The
Detroit Times. .
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-08
PREPARES TO LEAVE. DIES

Kalamazoo. Jan S-Mrs. Hattie
Roller, ~. died at Borgess. Hospital
OF heart attack Tuesday as she
was preparing to leave the hospital
after an operation.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-08
Cleary College to Resume
Cage Wars Thursday Night

tion In football, basketball and ten
mis-, is the only sure starter against.
st. Mary's Patterson mas indicated
that he may shuttle his lineup in an
effort to work out a winning com
bination.
Tall and rangy Barnes, who saw
some action last winter on Mich
igan Normal's freshman team, Is
also a valuable addition to the
Cleary squad Although a center in
high school. he may be shifted to
another slot so that Patterson may
continue to utilize TIE height Of
Jack Nystrom. six-footer from Nor
way, Mich.
Batterson's JOY over his latest re-
cruits was tempered somewhat by
the announcement Tuesday that
Russ Vessels. Flint guard. had
withdrawn from school Vessels
was key player in Cleary's offense
in early season contests.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-08
;oden Gloves Tourney Starts Tonight With IS Entries
LABOR UMPIRE

Philadelphia. Jan. SAP Or.
George William Taylor OF the Uni.
yersity OF Pennsylvania. IL tbs
new labor umpire in disputes be.
tween the General Motors Corpora
ton and the co United Automo-
D le Workers Union. Taylor. asso-
ciate professor OF industry in the
Wharton school OF Finance and
Commerce. announced he had ac-
copied q joint appointment by tn,
union and corporation 10 succeed
Harry A. Mills now chairman
81 the National Labor Relations
Board. M the position.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-08

son. Robert Woodside, Oscar Hall,
and Denith Atkins. Ypsilanti;
Fred Wenzel. Belleyille; Dan
Shannon, Hamburg; Harold Pas
ter, Allen Rendell, Pat Carleton,
Ann Arbor; Bernard James, Wal
ter LeSavage. Beatty, Cassidy Lake
Novice Welterweights
Harold Coe, Edward Wildly,
Walter Hatch. James Williams,
Thomas Robb. Reginald Forester,
Marvin Robinson. Elijah Thomp-
son, Robert Williams, and Art
Willis. Ypsilanti; Don Smith.
George DeWolf. and Robert Jack
son, Ann Arbor; Phillip Joseph,
Steve Malinoski. John Kuskavetz,
Cassidy Lake; Junior Hale. Chef
sea, Stanley Sankowski, Willis.
Novice Middleweights
James Buck, Earl Holbrook,
Chelsea Matt Hoffman. hester,
Cassidy Lake; Jack Brown, Alan
Norton, Wayne; Manford Coe, Ro-
bert Estermyer, James Owren.
Ralph Blackrog, and Dick Grossly,
Ypsilanti.
Novice Lightheayy
Dean Allward, and Buster Lee
Ypsilanti; Price Osborn. Chelsea.
Novice Heavyweight
Irwin Prough. and Robert Ames,
Plymouth; William Klapper, Bel
leville; William Morgan, Ann Ar
Dor.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-08
Odds Reappointed
Under N. A. A. u.

Dr. Lloyd W. Olds, Michigan Nor.
nal track and cross country coach.
has been notified of his re.appoint-
ment as chairman of tho important
National Amateur Athletic Union
track and field committee by Pres
ident Laurence hi Bencdetto.
In addition. Dr. Odds has toen
named by President hi BcnedcttO
to the foreign relations committee.
This group will lay plans for next
summers Pan-Amorican games. in
which athletes from all Of the coun-
tries Of the Western Hemisphere
will participate.
DR.. Olds is the only Michigan
man to head an A.A.U. committee.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-08

Two former Ypsilanti High School
basketball players. Glen Stout and
John Barnes. will make their initial
appearance as members OF the
Cleary College cage team Thursday
against st. Mary's of Orchard Lake.
The game, scheduled for Y.H.S,
gymnasium. will start at I p. M.
Coach Lou Batterson's undersize
quintet will attempt TO crack five
game losing streak as It resumes
action after the holiday layoff. The
Commercials will take the floor with
but two days of practice.
Stout. who was graduated from
Ypsilanti High School last June
after three years of prep compcti-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-08
SEEK AMORTIZATION

WASHINGTON, Jan S -AP An ad-
ditional As firms have applied for
certificates enabling them TO amor
tie the cost Of plant facilities
constructed for defense orders over
a fve-year period for tax purposes.
the War Department announced
Tuesday. The certificates request
ed would attest that the facilities
arc necessary in The interest OF
national defense during the cmer-
gency period. The firms marking
application inc uded the Buhr Ma
chine Tool Co. OF Ann Arbor
fMichO.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-08
DISMISSAL UPHELD

Cincinnati. Jan. S AP A deci
sion OF the Detroit district oou.
dismissing suits by j. Sterling
Wickwire and Donald NJ. Teer, Of
Jackson (MichD. for recovery 81
1929 income taxes amounting To
Sl,722 and S2,023, respectively, was
upheld Tuesday by the sixth L. S.
Circuit Court OF Appeals.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-08
I'll. S. Tankers
Lose Contest

With only one day Of practice
since the reopening of school fol
lowing the Christmas holidays, the
Npsilanti High School natators were
annihilated by Jackson's swimming
team Tuesday afternoon by a 6s to
IS score. Unable to capture a single
first place and only one second, the
Braves from the beginning OF the
meet were unable to cope with the
seemingly unlimited power of the
Class 4 Jackson squad.
The re ults Of the meet:
so yard free style Morgan o.
first. Noble 90 second Norton
(Y) third. Time; 257.
100 yard breast stroke Hwick
ca first. Siebold CD second. King
ston (Y) third. Time: ELL
220-yard free style Babbs Cd
first, Nichols CD second, Camp
(l) third. Time: 2:44.5.
10oyard back stroke--Cooley 90
first. Wadke N) second, Cole GU
third Time: 1919.
100-ysrd free style Noble %
first, Clemens CD second. Suggitt
(Y) third. Time: 61.2.
150-yard individual medley-De
Mond O. first, Bouckley CD sec
ond. Briggs (Y) third. Time: 1896.
Diving Braden CD first. Yearger
tD second. Tucker 90 third
$50 yard medley relay jackson
(zwick. Cooley. Teglund), first.
Ypsi High (Wadke, Briggs, Sug-
gitO' second. Time. 1855.
22o-yard free style relay-Jackson
(B'ank, Harris. Richardson. Jack.
SOM first. Ypsi High livingston.
Freeman. Koppin. Powers) second
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-08
SALARY OFFER MATCHED

Mt. Pleasant, Jan. S-AP-W. X.
Williams. for IA years city manager
here, Tuesday withdrew a resigna-
ton he had offered. Whitman said
a decision by the city commission
TO match a salary offer he received
from Traverse City motivated the
withdrawal.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-08

TO PLAY NORMAL

The University OF California
baseball team. which will tour the
Middle West next season. will meet
Michigan Normal at Briggs Field
June ?. Coach Ray Sites an.
nounced Tuesday California will
also play Michigan Michigan State
and Western State during its jaunt
through the state
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-08
sasketsaiI
WIDOW RECEIVES ESTATE

Flint. Jan. AP-A will hled.
for probate Tuesday showed Glenn
r. Jack son. local Businessman Whp
died Zee @ left his $4,000 estate
to Mrs. Josephine 2 jackson his
" dow
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-08
NlEcgs. NEPAEws PROFIT

Pontiac, Jan. sap Dr. Harvey
S. Chapman, retired physician. vii
ed the bulk Of an estimated $780,
600 estate to nieces and nepheNs
in Ohio and California, il was re.
vealed Tuesday. DR.. Chapman an1
his wife were killed in a New
Years Eve traffic accident.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-08
NupGEp FROM FIRST

Boston, Jan. S-AP-The Boston
Bruins nudged the rampaging De-
troit Red Wings out OF first place
in the National Professional Hook
ey League race Tuesday neht by
holding them to a IL overtime tie
before 1900 fans at the Boston
Gardens.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-08
Sports Calendar


TONI1NT
Boxing
Golden Gloves preliminarics. Up.
SLANT Aimory. 7:31 y. IA.
THURSDAY
Wrestling
Battle Royal lpsilanu. Armory
5 20 p. m.
Swimming
Roosevelt High School AS. Trcu-
ton, RllS pool o. m.
THURSDAY
Basketball
Cleary Collc-e IS ST Mary s
OF Orchard Lake ). n s gym Z
. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-31
4sAl Ne;us plenty Of
STOUT SIZ Z s
-i1 Thu .24.50 event


We know fhot you stout fellows
want good clothes at q bedrock
price, so we're prepared with
complete size and color ranges
in SHOUTS as we'll as suits
for other hord.io-fif builds.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-14
Wings eDm MamiaOla'S Best Athlete Defensemam

being violin player and band leader but Len zoe and
Jack all preceded sam hockey PLAYERS IN Winnipeg Joe
played forward Columbus club fos4rd line with Mud Brunei
tau of the Wings few The club incidentally
known the Team of All Nations boosted 10 different
naonaes. Frenchman jew and Ishman formed the line
Mud and Joe played while Polish Alex shbcSy with
the New York Rangers the second line with Italian
and Scot
The Wings the for defense possibilities and
Coach Harry Nell OF Monachs Sammy for look
by Manager Jack Adams The Wing boss likes Samnys
style and If he dosen keep him certain put strings
him before sending him back Winnipeg for little more
seasonng-and to lot him get his growth
I'm I'm quite ready I'm still eligible
other hockey" sammy But certainly
would like watch that Jack belt them around ta
1 could learn things here"
Adams says he'll have make up his mind whether
20 Keep Sammy This fes being ooVbarded with 1res
from Winnipeg most Of them from the Of the Wnni-
peg Bombcrs
III don't keep Iavtt this season" read ~
kilograms PLEASE send him back 70 Winnipeg We need him
when play Dominion football championships