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Evening star., 1941-06-07
FeHer Ready for Call
To Army Expected
Late in August
Won't Request Deferment
Tribes Ace Declares;
Gets QUESTIONABLE
By the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND. June 7.-Order No.
2.857, baseball's No. pitcher, looked
in the mailbox today for selective
service questionnaire addressed to
Robert William Andrew Feller and
averred he would be ready for the
call-which may come in late Au-
gust.
II don't expect to ask for defer
ment-after all, why should -" he
said when he heard the news.
Everybody has to do his duty, and
If they call me I'll do the best I can.
What branch of the service? 1T
doesn't matter. and anyway. that's
something to take up later" he said
The series? He wouldn't predict
the pennant chances of the Indians,
who can thank Feller's right arm
for their continuance in first place,
but admitted he would like to be in
the world series. But it's all the
same to me whether they call me
one time or another"
Not Reluctant About Draft.
Next year? Yes. If I am called
no matter what the date-it would
keep me out of baseball next year
altogether.
But there was no tone OF reluct-
ance in his voice. and C. C. Slap
nicka. Tribe vice president. COM
mented that "he's really tickled to
death at the chance If We were in
the war. he would not have to be
drafted. because he would enlist"
Slapnicka said the club would not
seek Feller's deferment. but he i
be a big loss to us and to the whole
American League"
How much the s45 OOO-a-year Eel
Ter means to the Indians was dem
onstrated vividly yesterday when he
shut out the invigorated Athletics
2 to o. walking none and allowing
four hits. 1t was his fourth victory
since his staffmates last won a game
on May "a, his fourth shutout and
twelfth win of the season. His II
strikeouts ran his 1941 total in that
department TO lOl.
Call Expected in August.
His local draft board has mailed
questionnaires to 5000 of its 1880
registrants, and some selective serv-
ice officials expect the hurler to get
his call in the latter half of August
with his physical examination COM
ing earlier. =.
The lad who came directly to
major league baseball from Van
Meter. Iowa, is %, and his FIVE years
with the Indians have given him a
.6S6 pitching percentage-s4 won
and 43 lost.
If and when he is summoned for
duty he will be 8 good many salutes
behind big Hank Greenberg. the
swatting Tiger left fielder, and Hugh
Mulcahey. the pitcher from the
Philadelphia Nationals.
Johnny Rigney of the Chicago
White Sox and Benny Mccoy Of the
Athletics are among the major
league players reported expecting
selective service calls soon.
Evening star., 1941-06-07
quas Against S. A. Weather Ruling Echo IS Dash for Open Title
Win, Lose or Draw
BiIIy Conn: He's FIushy and He's Arrogant
By FRANCIS z. STAN.

defended his
like Billy Conn., AS must
this fight scheduled for June l8 at the Polo Grounds Some
the second time he
Schmng world champion he faced with
the necessity erang his only professional defeat
Irihman from Pittsburgh 1t estap-
He will fight anybody
square rather doubt Louis likes to hight
likes Joe has made his pile He has
fighting hardship conveniently
S relatively rich and ready to retire
most of Louis chaengers IN tha ne is COM
78 legitimate
ceremonies He is ght-heaVyWght VINO mas
physical for the last few years
Billy already is built up Louis never mas oee
held dsdan for the champion ana VINO
yasm confident and derisive than Conn.,
Evening star., 1941-06-07
Maryland, Mid-AtIontic
Net Meets Cancelled
BY the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, Md, June T.
Cancellation of the 1941 Maryland
State and Middle Atlantic tennis
tournaments, which attracted many
nationally ranking stars both last
year and in 1899, was announced
today by Frank G. Roberts, secre-
tary of the Middle Atlantic Asso-
citation.
Roberts said that the Baltimore
Country Club, host to the Journeys
the past two seasons, was forced
to cancel both events due to the
withdrawal of financial help given
the California stars In previous
years.
Evening star., 1941-06-07
The Challenger Is Spottine Weight and Punch

confident The last be big Buddy Ba
could Il" DON'T added Buddy they III
developed everybody knows
disqualified Mike Jacobs favoe referee
after Buddy mufd his big
chance In the first round
schmelng thought when he got into the
for 40 later he finished
Godoy apparently thought he could
win Tommy and couple of others.
sheer brashness Here is
double ball for another or SO
Practically all of his friends have pointed
out that real wisdom point posponng big league stuff But
Conn win 1t Conn who insisted on TINS
the world champion and perhaps the
worlds possibly those open
ing four five used for
Evening star., 1941-06-07
Standing of the Clul
Swimming Pools Opened
By Welfare Group

Five public swimming pools op-
Grated by the Welfare and Recre-
alton Association opened today.
During the remainder of the sea-
son they will be open daily from
9 am. to noon, l to pm. and
7 to II pm.
They are: Anacostia Recreation,
Banneker Recreation Center, Ia
koma Park, Francis Junior High and
Mckinley pools.
Evening star., 1941-06-07

Runs batted inl,-Myer. Early 60, Lewis,
Cramer Campbell (3), Tebbetts (2). Ver-
non, Case Mullin, Croucher, Gehrinser (2).
York Two-base hits-Campbell (2). YER
Tebbeats Mue Home stoen
base-Pofahl. Double play-Gehringer to
York. Left on nbases-Washington, s; De-
troit z, Bases on balls-o1 Chase, s; of
off Rowe, 5. STRUCK out-By Chase, s; by
Rowe, B. Hits-of Chase. 8 in 5is in
CaTrasauel i in ] inning; of Masterson.
/ in / inning; off Gebel. 3 in l inning
tnone' out in second); of Rowe, in 6
innings Winning pitcher-Rowe. Losing
pitcher--Chase. Umpires-Messrs Eommel,
Hubbard and Ormsby., Time-2:21. At
tendance s12 Stpaid).
Evening star., 1941-06-07
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Sturs Yesterday
e, the Associated Press,

Bruce Campbell, Tigers--Batted in
three runs with two doubles to lead
attack on Senators.
John Wander Nicer, Reds-Pitched
oEe-hit shutout against Phillies.
Max Butcher and Rip Sewen. Pirates
Butcher pitched six-hit. ball. ana
Sewel hurled five-hitter and set held
in sweeping double-header from Giants.
Bob Feller, Indians-Shut out Ath-
letics on four hits, tanning IL and
jim Foxx and Ted williams. Red Sox
Their home runs accounted for fve
of Boston's six runs against White Sox;
Lon Warneke, Cardinals-Beat
Braves with six-hit pitching.
Kirby Hisbe. DodEers-Hurled hve-
bit ball and batted in two runs With
dniihle to cnrh Cuba. 4
Evening star., 1941-06-07
Hiqh School Diamond PIoyoff
Goes to Third Contest as
Raiders Lace RombIers

the Ramblers scored two on three
hits. Both these markers were bat
ted in by Kenny Curles, usually a
pitcher but in this instance pinch
hitting for Angelo SpirodopoliS.
Evening star., 1941-06-07

Totals As 1927 s Totals Al II % IA
sBatted for Foreman in ninth.
+Batted for Spirodopolis in ninth.
tBatted for Miller in ninth.
Slated for McLaughlin in ninth.
Western OO6 600 520-13
Eastern -- 900 III O02-
Runs--Hineary 90. cady; Leach; Shoe. Shoe
90. Foreman, Hite t2), Vernon, MunSon.
Errors-Hileary, Leach, Shoemaker, Love
l2), Hite C2l. Hoffman, Spirodopolis. Yer
non 90 Munson C3), McLaughlin t2).
Runs batted in1sHilleaTy t21: karas; g; Love. @
kaa9fii kaughiin 20 T%o-bsse MMeIaughiin:
x Guries: sacriflssMLoye. Left on
on balls-Off Bray. 3; of beavers, 3; off
spieser of KTldel by stsgek sp;aSeT puby By
Kuldell. s; by Hines. 3, HitS-of Bray,
3 in pa innings; off Kuldell, in 53sz
innings: off beavers in 4 "a innings: of
Hines in a innings; SI sIleser 6e.XeT. in
Passed balls-Shoemaker t2). McLaughlin.
Winning pitcher-Kuldell. Losing pitch,
er-Bray Umrires-Messrs. Mattingly and
Fry Time-2:35.
Evening star., 1941-06-07
Standing OF the Club
Games Today.

V"I'Tr7
Wash. at Detroit 2. Wash. at Detroit. ..
Phlla at Cleveland. Phlla. at Cleve. t2t,
Boston at Chicago. N. Y. al St. l. t2'.
New York at ST. L. Boston at Chlcaso.
Evening star., 1941-06-07
Meadows 2 Feet Short.

The man Is unreal. No wonder
Meadows looked sad. His best last
night was nearly feet under the
San Francisco Olympic Clubs great
est star.
Grover Kiemmer of California
outlived a box thrown around him
and outran Cliff Bourland and HUI
bert Kerns of University of South
ern California and Gene Littler of
Nebraska to win the featured 400
meter race in 46.5 seconds-better
than the 468 record held by John
Woodruff of Pitt since 1899. But
for the tight quarters involving Lit
tier and Kerns, Klemmer might
have gone for a world mark.
Evening star., 1941-06-07
Warmerdam' S Great
Pole Vault HumbIes
Previous Champ
Meadows Nearly z Feet
Under Coost Wonders
Record of 1854
BY ROBERT MYERS,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

COMPTON, Calf, June Earl
Meadows stood off in the shadows of
the pole vault pit and watched in
undisguised awe and perhaps a
trace of sadness.
He was watching that man" in
action, the man who not only had
beaten his accepted world pole vault
record time and time again, but
who repeatedly had thumbed his
nose at a height they used to call
the 15-foot ceiling.
Meadows IA feet II inches stands
as the official world mark. 1t was
great when he and his teammate at
Southern California, Bill Seton. set
it in 1887. Today that mark is puny.
Makes Two Great Vaults.
Cornelius Warmerdam made 1t
seem even more insignificant last
night. Warmerdam, the nearest
thing to real, live Jack-and- the
beanstalk, rose to even greater
heights while Meadows looked on.
Warmerdam brought the crowd to
its feet with a mark of IS feet 50
inches. He already had the crowd
comparatively small one of 4,OO0-
in an uproar with a vault of Is feet
AZ inches.
That vault, up to then the most
brilliant of a brilliant parade of
achievements in other contests in
the annual Compton track meet, was
better than Warmerdam's previous
high, set six weeks ago at IS feet 25s
inches.
Evening star., 1941-06-07

NATIONAL.
Results Yesterday.
Cincinnati. :: Philadelphia, o.
Brooklyn, 4; Chicago. /.
ST Louis. 3; Boston. I.
PITTSBURGH. S.; New York. As.
Evening star., 1941-06-07
Major Statistics
SATURDAY, JUNE 7. 19il,
AMERICAN.

hcsults IcstcfuoF.
Detroit. Il; Washington. s.
Cleveland. .. Philadelphia, 0.
Boston, s: Chicago, 3.
Only games scheduled.
Evening star., 1941-06-07

THREE-EYE LEAGUE.
Evansville 4: Moline L
Sprir. EffeId. 4: Decatur, 2.
(Only Kames).
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-25

y 0Q4DUOue 70 take MT. when
( baunl's truck back to Caleb
o1I1eo that intelligent gentleman
1toniaed you were not to sci
Dot anywhere on his property
unin. That would come to
NO. Can you swing it,"
q Angus Is suffering acutely.
I ~ rot ~.875 in the bank al
md $3.50 which they took
Vhen I came In here. Blu,
~ por1a saving that money
Addie.. I didn't figure
1e Gpiana happen. I guess
n Ut married now. Blu,
~ back to Caleb and
3 chu ct another jot
nv ooon ri have some
qey .seved up"
~ looks surprised
M Z cen't 20 back e
p ~ Mr.: Fitxwatel
~ 6bs = big star Of
~ stay In New
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-25
Declare War
on Plant Ills
Group to Observe
Common Diseases

Michigan becomes test tube
state in mid-July when plant
pathologists from all of the
North Central states tour typi-
cal producing areas to observe
any unusual plant diseases and
controls.
Dates for the event are July
1O-11.12. Each year the group,
numbering so, selects a state for
the event. This year under the
craftsmanship of Don Cation, re-
search assistant in plant path
ology at Michigan State College.
Michigan is the subject.
The tour begins at 8 a. m.
Thursday. July 10, at Stevens
Vile. Berrien county fruit and
vegetable production will be
scanned. Then the BURBERRY
culture at South Haven is to
be inspected, unusual in that the
BURBERRY has no known diseases.
Another stop during the day
will be at South Haven at the
Dow Chemical company's spray
projects where equipment and
methods will be studied.
Second day of the tour brings
the visitors through the muck
and celery districts between
South Haven and Kalamazoo
and thence to East Lansing for
a banquet. In the evening event
DR.. I. E. Melhus, head of the Iowa
State College botany department
at Ames, Is to lead discussion
on 1.-THE Role of the Phytopath-
ologists in the Present Emer-
gency."
Saturday, July IL, is to be
devoted to a study of current
work at Michigan State Col
lege. The visitors will see ex-
periments useful in studying
transmission of peach virus,
breeding of celery for disease
resistance, snap dragon rust
resistance work, the studies OF
bacterial ring rot in potatoes and
the root rot disease in pines al
the college Pinetum. Other de-
partments such as soils, farm
crops, horticulture and botany
will cooperate.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-25

Much Of my military liS6 ~
besn ypent n Close asaociaf
with him. s:'
''You must remsmbSr thai ~
tain u Of the old French military
school. brought up on the tradi.
tions Of the Franco Prussisn var
Of 1870. He used the same tact
ics In the war Of 1914. When the
mechanical war Of 1889 arrived.
he still could not zee any dn.
ference, He tried to fight lt with
a STACEY that was 20 yearv old
The result could only mean
catastrophe. Moreover, he was
always q pessifnist. He always
saw only the dark side Of IN AZ
fair"
knew there were more rea.
sons. I had learned from others
of Petain's associates Of his deep
royalist sympathies that caused
him to mistrust his own people
in a democracy and caused him
to prefer dealing with . dictator:
how to many OF his intimates he
had always been q man Of great
personal ambition. Now that he
was old and could no longer play
an important role in war, he
could play 1t only in defeat.
THERE WAS NOTHING
ELSE TO DO"
The General gave me q ciga-
rette and continued slowly.
when the armistice was signed,
I knew that 1t was a false armis-
tice, arranged by Petain and his
associates to suit their own pur-
poses and their philosophers. and
that 1t was a complete, q stun
ming, denial of the spirit and
wishes of the French people.
There was nothing to do but
to call upon my countrymen TO
resist. Any true Frenchman with
the knowledge of the circum.
stances would have done the
same.
There have been theories that
the character of the French sol.
der had changed enormously
since 1918. From personal OBJ.
servation, / can assure you to
the contrary. The French soldier
of 1910 fought just a. bra, ely,
died just as heroically as his
fellows of 1914 to 1918. 1t was
some of the chiefs whom he
trusted who failed him and dis
honored France" M
The sun began to touch the
palm-framed horizon. Strangely
clad Negroes, their work fin
ished, sauntered past on the road
outside on their way to the ma
tive village.
General de Gaulle took me to
the door. Some young French
soldiers stopped before the white
gateway. "Vive de Gaulle!" they
shouted. We shook hands and I
climbed into the automobile
waiting outside.
His tall figure vanished.
had talked to q man who
seeks to save a great nation from
death.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-25

man?"
Spike drums on the table.
Something like a cop, yeah.
Only you won't have to do any
Of the rough work-that is, the
protecting. All you'll have to
do Is to collect money. See,
sometimes these broccoli mer-
chants forget how much we pro-
tect them and they wapta WEIGH
about payin' up. Well, figger
IL they get one look at YOU"
Angus spirits have scared.
it'll feel kinda good doing
some honest work again. What
are you paying?"
Zone hundred smackers."
Angus frowns. Gosh, Spike,
I was getting hundred and q
quarter back in Caleb"
"Oksy. No arguments. One
and . quarter IL 10. Find q
place to stay and meet me back
here nmo time tomorrow. I'll
clse IN = weeks pay IN ad-
vonot - you can hnd . bunk
Dotewi,oror
0p<ka ponDss over ave bills
typo uDoloa two tens and . ave
GnCoD soGnt6 them three times
teGoee n ~. "Wbat did you
~ - No. payin' me?"
9 I hnpote0 end twenty.
~ b4slee : Srsk. Don't tell
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-25
Probable Pitchers
NATIONAL LEAGUE

New York at Chicago-Car-
penter (4-D VS.. Lee (6-8).
Philadelphia at Cincinnati (2)
-Podgajny (5-2) and Grissom
(0-6) VS.. Riddle (6-0) and Turn
er (l-2) or Pearson (0-2).
Boston at St. Louis-Hutch-
ings (O-O) VS.. White aid.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh--Ham-
lin (4-4) VS.. Butcher (5-5).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland at Boston-Bagby
(5-4) vs.. Grove (4-2).
st. Louis at New York-Gale-
house (4-2) VS.. Chandler (0-3).
Chicago at Washington-Rig-
ney (3-5) VS.. Hudson (5-O.
DETROIT at Philadelphia -
Newsom (5-l0) VS.. Babich e.
~.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-25
Fights
Last Might

oy Inc ASv0otosvO wv
NEW YORK-Chalky Wright,
127A, Los Angeles, stopped
Bobby Mclntrye. 1881. Detroit.
(5).
TORONTO-Sammy Ansott,
1877, Louisville, KY, outpointed
Harry Hurst, 1871, Montreal,
uO).
HARTFORD. Conn.-Bobby
Ivy. 1913, Hartford, outpointed
Harry Jeffra, 124h,. Baltimore
(1O).
ALBANY. N.Y.-Bobby Brit
ton, LAB, Miami. outpointed Vim.
ME Vines. l45h, Schenectady,
NY, 1O.
CORPUS CHRISTI. Texas
Manuel Azteca, 1873, Galveston,
stopped Sammy Musco, 1913,
Omaha, (6).
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-25

GduI COUNT and omgsar JedS caro-" Of Free
yelled
elected from dssdnt shores ms
silence
dngHishcd American
the de GduleconroId area OF french
NEA Service and The Daily Monor
The tooung Dispatch immediately after Bnrmdns inter
piep NTH General month delayed IN
BY BEN LUCIEN BURMAN
copyright, 1871, NEA Service Inc.)
BRAzZAvILLE, French West AfrcaFrom the jungle heart
of Africa Gae charges today that Marshal
Petan before he took command OF the
retreating French army on May 20 OF last year :,
"France is done; we must according to de
Gaule aged Petan plea wartime Premier Reyna
nearly full month before the Franco-Cerm armstce
This revelation exclusive interview which
General de aue legend shrouded leader OF Free France
granted his temporary quarters in this sleepy he
settlement on palm-f ringed banks OF the Congo
For time General de Gaue-a tall tower OF man
solemn and measured words-tod the publication the fui
story of the chain of events which led him 70 divorce
the vhy government and to start the free
movement
There was no way He stirred his tea In reflection
was not matter minutes not matter OF QUICK decision
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-25
BY BEN LUCIEN BURMAN

The debacle was long in coming.
I saw 1t arriving. More than that,
I SAW THE OEBACLE BEING
PREPARED"
He sat there for a moment. He
is an extremely quiet man-far
more than the reserved English
man than the popular concep-
ton of a gay, electric French
man. He is a shy figure, obvious
Nv accustomed to thinking a lot
in solitude.
His blue eyes grew troubled.
81 am very reluctant to say what
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-25

What you are saying II silly,
puerile. I am an old and expert
enced military man. And know
that England Is finished. The
war IL over
"And so, when he became
head of the Government and had
the power. he asked for the
armistice."
COULD PLAY ROLE
ONLY IN DEFEAT
asked General de Gaulle II
he could advance any explana-
ton Of Petain's extraordinary
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-25

I am going to tell you," he said
but I love my country and my
countrymen. The life of France
and of the world is at stake. The
truth must be told no matter
whom it touches.
GAS you remember, Marshall
Petain took over supreme COM
mand of the army as minister OF
war on May %. All France be-
lieved that he was going to ally
all the great powers Of the coun-
try to resist the Germans. This
was his duty. But unfortunately
for the world hic actions were
exactly to the contrary.
PETAIN'S ATTITUDE
BEYOND BELIEF"
AT that time ! was in the war
office of the Reynaud Ministry.
I shall never forget the occasion
when Petain arrived for his first
conference with Reynaud. To my
establishment, instead of advanc-
ing plans for hating the enemy,
with his first words he urged
that Reyraud ask for an armis-
tice.
"'We are finished, he said.
We must capitulate.' -.
Remember, this was the 28th
of May-almost an entire month
before the armistice-when the
resisting powers of France were
still enormous. From that mo-
ment on, every time he saw Rey-
naud-at every slightest oppor-
tunity-he continued to repeat
his plea: France is defeated, we
must give up
Even If matters had been 60
ing we'll instead of badly, the
psychological effect would have
been disastrous. For a general
supposed to be defending his
country and for an officer Of the
French Army. whose tradition
was to die before surrender, his
attitude was beyond belief"
DEFEATISM
OF PETAlN
General de Gaulle turned to
speak to his adjutant, who came
in with a message, then went on
quietly. II know that honor in
these days has become a plati-
tude, but it is not merely word
to be found in the dictionary. II
there Is to be no faith in sacred
promises. do not see how q
civilized world can be possible
II tried to argue with Petain
and one of my colleagues in the
War Office joined me. France
must resist we pleaded. We
have promised England that we
would fight to the end. What
ever happens, we must keep our
word. Moreover, there is no rea-
son for despair. We have lost
some battles, but we have not
lost the war. It Is 10 the frs,
time that France has been in
vaded and won I'm the end. The
situation was desperate at the
Marine in the last war, but
France did not surrender. Even
il the Germans sweep across all
France. we can fight delaying
actions as long as possible and
then carry on the fight from the
colonies. The war has really just
begun
But each time Petain would
deny us. You are young. he
would fell lis. again and again
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-25

me you're still not satisfied"
Angus Is too weak to speak.
What he got In Caleb for driv-
ing Mr.. Wittenbaum's truck was
e120 Q month.
Ito BE Continued)
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-25

conduct He telegram ANY explanation b in the
his adutsnt brought sonaty Petsn himse
him and went thoushtuy: known him for long time.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-25

l4Yy 49, vahD @ q 3
~ q po6us1ov lavsevipg her.
fl61 - ec1uEuo - Nh cell until
3oSE ~ vtsa Nh miller tells
06Soops polsas ulaSgste b wsiS-
~ Se - ~ h The lnspssteT's office.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-12
GRANGE DRAMATIC
 CLUB IN MEETING
Golden Cleaners Assemble Tomorrow Night at
 Mrs. Obst's Home

Naugatuck, Aug 12-The Beacon Valley Grange Dramatic club will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in Grange hall. Tomorrow the Golden Clean CTS will meet at the home of Mrs. Ruth Obst, New Haven road, 'and a hot dog roast will be enjoyed. The meeting will start at 10:30 a. m.
 The Lewis Engineering company will play the Grange softball team at the Raytkwich field at 6:30 p. m. Wednesday. The Grange Dramatic club will rehearse at 8 p. m. Fri day in Grange hall for the play, Cheese Cottage" to be presented in September.
 The Grange will hold it's regular weekly meeting Friday at 8 p. m. in Grange hall at which time Mrs. May Miller will present 8 safety program.