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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-10-24
SPEAKING OF
SPORTS
BY ROBERT MeSHANE
Immortal Third Strike

Immortal Third Strike
y WAS just couple Of weeks ago
That the mighty voice Of Brook
Ign was swelled into an ear-splitting
roar. Supporters of the Dodgers
were berserk. Catcher Mickey
owen had just dropped that immor-
tai third strike to give a World
series game to the hated Yankees.
When the shouting and the tumult
died-when Brooklyn became normal
agan-Catcher Owen had escaped
with his life. Flatbush fans, sitting
any urge to commit mayhem, admit
TED that In baseball Is In every
sport, there Is great chance for er-
ror. Owens mistake occurred dur
ing blue chip game. But that's .
part Of baseball-an unhappy part.
owen isn't unique in his position.
John Miljus' wild pitch in the 1927
series between the Yankees and the
pittsburgh Pirates was just as disas-
trous. It was in the ninth inning
OF the fourth and final game of the
series. The score was tied at SO.
combs walked, Koenig beat out q
ount, both men advanced on a wild
pitch. Ruth was walked purposely
to I'LL the bases. Miljus famed
Gehrig and Meusel. Then Miljus
wild-pitched the winning run over
the plate as Tony Lazzeri stood with
bat in hand.
1t wasn't . complete surprise to
Laxzeri. Miller Higgins, Yank pi-
lot, had cautioned him: watch
Miljus-he's getting anxious and
he's going to throw one away"
$780, 900 Error
Fred Snodgrass made his famous
mistake in the 1912 series between
the Boston Red Sox and the Giants.
He muffed fly ball in the eleventh
inning Of the seventh game. Called
the 500, 900 error, it gave the Sox
two runs, the game by a score of
81 and the series, 4-3.
The Yankees are not without
blemish. Ancient baseball history
reveals that Jack Chesbro, q IA
nous spitball pitcher for the Yanks
In 1904, threw the pennant away
with wild pitch.
It's true, of course, that most of
these errors lacked the drama of
Owens muff, for this game, it
seemed, was ended. The develop
ments taking place after the third
strike were enough to break the
heart Of a stole.
However, Owen is made of stern
stuff. Time will ease the strain and
1t won't be long until Brooklyn
forgives. But Mickey might as well
know that Brooklyn never forgets.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-10-24
SEVERAL ALTERNATIVES
AHEAD OR ELSE INITIATION

hnLAD IN LLSL Int La 1lOCN
THE GOVERNMENT is pouring
out billions of dollars in the form Of
exceptionally high wages for the
production of war materials. This
increased revenue in the hands OF
the people is producing an unusual
demand for civilian consumer goods.
The government, through the pri-
critics board, is limiting materials
that may be used for the produc-
ton of civilian commodities, thus
creating a shortage of those in de-
mand. This demand, without suffi-
Gent merchandise TO meet it, is
causing a rapid price increase.
Foods, especially, 60 higher each
day. 1t is out of such conditions
that initiation is created.
The American people have these
alternatives:
Stop, or materially limit prepared
ness and aid to England production.
A wage reduction that will pre-
vent people from having money with
which to buy.
A system of rationing Of all food
and other commodities for civilian
use, with each individual privileged
to buy only an equal share of what
is produced.
Government price fixing that will
keep prices at normal level with
out sufficient commodities to supply
the demand.
Or suffer the evils of initiation that
may bankrupt all of US.
EACH YEAR Sl42
JOHN DOE has a mortgage on
his farm amounting to $4,735, on
which he is paying an annual in
terest charge of SAP. That is the
proportionate share of each John
Doe who is the head of family Of
average size of the indebtedness Of
our various branches of government
municipal, county, state and ma
tional. 1t includes his share of OBJ
legations incurred by the many adj
ministrations and corporations Gre
ated by congress, the Indebtedness
of which is guaranteed by the fed
eral government, and also includes
his share of the vast appropriations
made and to be expended within the
next IL to Is months. He may not
know it, but he pays that $142 an
nual interest charge. 1t is a part of
his tax bill or, indirectly, it is in
cluded as part of the price of ev-
erything he buys. There are more
than &c, 900, 900 John Does in the Unit
ed States, of which more than 6,000,-
900 are farmers.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-10-24
TIMES CHANGE

81 DID NOT THINK he would run
for a third term" was the clever
answer Jim Farley made to \ re-
porter who asked il Jim thought
the President would run for 4 fourth
tarm.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-10-24

and Fordham alone would make 4
4 hard schedule for any normal
squad.
This menu is entirely too much
for the material Nal Stevens has
at hand. From now on it would be
fine days work for N,Y.U. to beat
anyone Of these opposing outfits.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12
Swimmer Draws
S40O Traffic Fine

Richard Koch. 20-y AFRO d
Wayne University law student and
intercollegiate swimming cham
pion. must pay fine of $500 and
will mot be allowed to drive an
automobile in Canada for two
years.
This was the sentence imposed
by Judge CrIah Cf'adden, in
Windsor. when Koch was found
guilty of reckless driving. Should
Koch fail TO pay the fine he must
60 10 jail for four months
Koch, who lives at 1909 Pingree
avenue. was involved in an acct
dent July u, 1910, in which Miss
Elaine Allison of Windsor was
fatally injured
His father Is Herman Koch. vice
president of the Union Guardian
Trust Company.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12
Stun Landlords
Face Mandatory
Jail Sentences

Stiff mandatory penalties for
the owners of dilapidated slum
property who repeatedly violate
building ordinances were provided
today in an ordinance formally
approved by Common Council.
Violators Of building ordinances
previously were subject to a maxi
mum penalty of 90 days imprison-
ment or a maximum fine of $500
for any building offense.
Under the new ordinance the
penalty is the same for a first
offcnse: for second offenSe a fine
of at least $50 is mandatory, and
for a third offense a Jail sentence
of at least 10 days is mandatory.
The new provisions are the out
growth of the work of the council
rent committee, which has been
investigating the high rentals
charged TO low income groups for
slum dwellings.
The committee. he d ed by
Council President John w. Smith,
is drafting state legislation 10 curb
future rent increases and is maxi
ing plans for mass production of
low-cost welfare homes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12
Enrolment Says
STA for Schools
Spring Term

Supt. Frank Cody reported to-
day that enrolment in the Detroit
school system for the Spring term
was 245.291. a decrease of STA
from the Spring term a year ago.
The elementary grades had the
largest decrease, 2.819 fewer pupils
than year ago.
The Board of Education APP
proved a supplementary budget
request which would provide for
S123.082 in raises for janitors and
other non contract employees.
Common labor would be increased
from so to 65 cents to 10 cents
an hour: five-day sick leaves would
be granted non-contract employees;
assistant janitors would be in
creased from S130 TO S135 a month
and janitors in Class E schools
would be increased from $140 to
S145 a month.
Robert Siebert, CIO represents
tive of the school employees, told
the board the increases we're in
adequate and repeated the organi-
zation's demand for S1,500.000 in
raises.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12
Petition Forgery
Charged TO I

Seven men who allegedly OBJ
tanned small sums of money by
forging names to nominating peti.
tions of candidates for public ofs
fees were to be arraigned in
Recorders Court today on charges
of obtaining money under false
pretenses.
The men were working for cam
didates for the Board of Education.
Police said only SO of LASS in one
block of names were genuine.
Named in the warrant were E.
Clifford of SCI MeDeugall avenue,
Ray Edgerly of 452 Michigan ave-
nue.. John Clifford of 2413 Fourth
avenue. Carroll Murphy of 210
First street. Joe Miller of SAG West
jefferson avenue, Ray Murch OF
179 Henry street, and James
Coughlin of 1882 Bagley avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12

'.Not having the slightest idea
of what vas expected OF me, l
arose early and called the hotel
management to ask them how to
get in touch with the Detroit
symphony Society. They in
formed me that they weren't
quite sure. l next asked a porter
where the Detroit Symphony
usually rehearsed and he said
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12
Dr.. Yonkman TO Speak

Or. Frederick 6. Yonkman will
address a meeting Of the Women
Auxiliary OF the Wayne County
Medical Society, Friday. al p m.
in the society's club house Wood
ward and Garfield avenues.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12

and. chief dispenser Of music in
England for the last 40 years ar
rived in Detroit Monday night TO
direct the Detroit Symphony in a
pair of subscription concerts in
Masonic auditorium this week.
II arrived" Sir Thomas told
Us. with only telegram in
. forming me OF 8 a. m. re-
hearsal.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12

proved that silence Is golden
when ii comes TO keeping the
Germans and the Italians in the
dark about our maneuvers.
ALSO we have, in this con-
fiict, the advantage of not having
to maintain a vast army on the
continent.
AS 1 have not been in Eng
land since last May Che has been
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12
SyniphOny Can't Find Ii

Clipper in March and shall con-
duct the Summer concerts as 1
directed the Drury Lane Opera
all through the sieges of the last
war. The bombing was annoy
ing, but we managed to give
uninterrupted and rather fine
performances
He will direct tomorrow eve
ning's program here with repea
performance Friday afternoon.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12
Urges Round Table Support

Warning that racial and re-
ligious persecution thrives where
the population does nothing to
combat it, Basil O'Connor, presi-
dent of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis, urged sup
port of the round table conferences
of Catholics. Jews and Protestants.
lO'Connor, former law partner of
President Roosevelt, is also presi-
dent of the New York r u IN d
Table.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12
BY CHARLES GENTRY

If you saw a distinguished but
harried looking gentleman trying
TO break into the back door Of
Masonic Temple yesterday morn
ing II was only Sir Thomas
Bcecham. Bart the famous Eng
lish director, who was looking for
an orchestra
The noted 63-year-old conductor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-12

he didn't believe they did.
I'm desperation l asked the
maid IL she knew anything about
the symphony orchestra and she
said she didn't believe this city
had one. After some rather COM
plicated telephOning I managed
TO get in touch with the SYM
phOny Offices and was greeted
with cries of Where have you
been? We're waiting for you"
To which 1 replied, Yes, but
where are yOu?'
II finally managed TO get a
cabbie who knew where the
Masonic Temple was and he de-
I livered me to the door-which
was locked. So were the next
four doors l tried.
HARD TO FIND
FINALLY I got to the stage
door, making a final attempt,
and was admitted to the re-
hearsal of your orchestra which
i find Is a splendid one, though
a little hard to find"
Thus the goateed. humorous
baronet. founder of five English
orchestras. director of Covent
Garden and head of the London
Philharmonic Orchestra described
his initial plight in Detroit.
He has sponsored, aided or been
influential in supporting the
careers of every leading musician
in the concert and operate world
today. Due to his fathers large
industry in putting out Beecham's
pills. he has one of the largest
fortunes in England. which has en-
abled him 10 devote his life to
music without thought of none
tary reward.
RETURNING IN MARCH
He has a magnificent sense of
humor and IS almost complacent
in his belief that England will win
the war.
Although Americans seem to
deplore our lack of sensational
propaganda showing Overwhelm-
ing British victories. II has been
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-01
NEGOTIATION
WITHOUT STRIKES
OVAL Street JOurnaI)

\
One corporation making military air
planes has concluded an interesting ana
probably significant agreement with
CIO union representing its employees. Ihs
contract runs for a year, grants a SUB
stantial wage increase for all employees,
provides scaled vacation privileges and
forbids strikes of the sympathy, st-down,
stav-in and showdown varieties. Appar-
entity it does not absolutely bar any sort
of a strike but its provisions Tor afbltfa-
ton of differences arising under the con-
tract through conflicting Interpretation
of its terms may be supposed to render
any strike highly unlikely.
Labor disputes have all along been rec
ognized as a possibly serious danger TO
prompt execution of the defense program.
Occasional stoppages in armament fac
tories have already occurred, IN conse-
ouence of which more than one member
of congress has been heard to demand
drastic legislation to prohibit such inter-
ference with the national defense. Now
comes this agreement between the BreWs-
ter Aeronautical Corp. and the UAW-ClO
to suggest that the parties thereto may
have found more promising approach
of the solution of an extremely difficult
problem than "a law with teeth in 1t.
This negotiated agreement, moreover,
NAV we'll indicate a better method OF
smoothing out employer differ
ences than the enlargement of labor rep
resentation on the National Defense Ad-
visorv commission or the multiplication
of tri-party overhead "councils' for the
several industries working on defense
contracts, such as Philip Murray has pro-
posed The adjustment of wages, hours,
seniority and other privileges should be
carried on as much as possible locally
and close to the factory concerned there
in. Carrying such matters up into the
higher levels of the defense program con.
troll is bound to increase the danger OF
their becoming involved in politics-elth,,
er party politics or the politics internal
to the labor movement or even both. 1t
is hard to imagine anything more unfor-
tunate to national defense than, for eX-
ample, its ENHANCEMENT with the ClO-
AFL controversy
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-01
MEMBER

American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. NatiOnai
Editorial Association. Cali
fOrnia Newspaper Publish
ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-01
FARMLESS FARMERS

The county board of trade and the Ell
Centre chamber Of commerce have done
a good job in outlining a plan to bring
''farmless farmers" from the east and
midwest to Imperial Valley. These farm
ers are not those who have lost their
farms because of poor ability, or natural
catastrophe. They are the ones whose
farms have been required as sites for ma
tional defense industries. The govern
ment has bought them out. They have
money, and most of them will be looking
for some place else to settle.
Why not Imperial Valley?
No reason at all-except that most of
them have never heard of Imperial Val
ley. That's the obstacle the chamber OF
commerce and the board of trade must
overcome The only way to overcome 1t
is by getting in touch with those farm
less farmers" telling them about the
valley, and offering them land here. We
can't do that by talking among ourselves
about what grand idea it all is.
1t is results that count, and the only
way to get results is to go after them.
We need work, not words.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-01
THUMBS up FOR AMERICA
TOO IN THIS new YEAR

There are going to be a lot of things to
worry about in 1941.
If you're of a mind to- you can fret
yourself into nervous breakdown about
the war in Europe, and Uncle Sans
chances of getting into it.
Or, if you'd rather, you can wear your
self away to nubbin of your former
self in tragic mental contemplation of
all the things that could happen in the
internal domestic economy Of the United
States
Or, if you prefer to do your worrying
strictly on a local basis, you can make
yourself fit subject for psychopathic
examination by dreary-minded dwelling
on Imperial Valleys pressing needs for
credit, drainage, small farms, more farm
ers and hundred and one other things.
If you want to worry for worry's sake
you can find plenty of the stuff worry is
made of, wrapped up in the bundle mark
ed "1941' that has just now been left on
our doorstep by Father Time.
Over in England, where they're nav
ing lot more trouble than is likely to
come to this country for great while,
they've got an expressive gesture that
does away with the need for worrying,
and turns energies loose for other, more
necessary efforts.
1t is thumbs up.
Use it yourself sometime, and you'll
find out it is pretty good safety valve.
When you reach the point where you're
about willing to concede that the world
is coming to an end, that civilization is
on its last legs, that all friends have
turned into enemies and that the hole in
your pair Of socks is too big to mend
then force grin and wave stubborn
thumb under Fate's nose. You'll feel a
lot better for it,
You've got to remember, though, that
there's big difference between the chap
who Just worries, and the fellow who
thinks thing over with the intention of
doing something about it.
Thumbs up means you won't worry
about things just for the sake of worry
ing. But it means something else, too.
1t means you'll do your best to remove
the problems about which you might
otherwise just worry. A worrier is fel-
low who looks for the worst that can
happen, and means to himself about it.
He's not at all the same as the man who
goes to work to make sure that the best
happens.
'.Thumbs up" doesn't mean closing our
eyes to the dangers. 1t merely means
meeting them with actionSnot with wor-
ry.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-01
by Bruce Cation =.
The Inside Track in Washington

out of it-largely because he Is
taking the capital A off the word
art" and is getting it out OF
the art museums and into places
like postoffices, hospitals and court
houses where ordinary folk can
enjoy it.
Biggest stunt Bruce has pulled
recently is the set of water colofs
he got together. Uncle Sam was
building a marine hospital at Car
vile. La. Usual procedue is to
allot l per cent of the building
cost for decorations. Bruce an
nounced that he'd pay $50 apiece
for each of 300 water colors-which
comes to 00-stipulating only
that they be pleasant and cheerful
in tone.
More than 10000 paintings were
submitted in this project, most OF
them by comparatively un k n oW II
artists. and most of them extremely
good. Bruce had committee OF
ranking artists pick the 300 for the
hospital: then he put the best OF
the remainder on exhibition IN
Washington, invited the public to
buy them at $50 each, and a lot
of pictures have been sold.
And so, if your tax bills are
bothering you unduly and you think
the government in Washington is
going to the dogs, you can get
consolation out of the fact that il
will go with artistic trimmings.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-01
HIGHWAY PlCKUPS'
ARE UNSAFE
(Palo Alto Times)

Each time we just about get to the
point of deciding that maybe, after all,
the danger in giving lifts to hitch-hikers
is overemphasized, there comes news OF
some new case in which a stranger given
a ride rewards his benefactor by robbery
and, sometimes, assault and battery IN
addition.
The past week provided two incidents
of the sort. One was in Boston where
a woman, after having given lift to
pleasant-mannered young man, discover
ed that her handbag containing 5000
was gone. The other case was in Phoenix,
Ariz., where a motorist was robbed by a
youth whom he had taken on at Las Cru
ces, n. NJ. The passenger, pulling gun
on the surprised motorist took his money,
forced him to leave the car and drove off
in his vehicle.
There is a disposition in most of US to
relax our opposition to the hitch-hiking
menace when the THUNDER is young
boy But the fact is that most Of the
crimes of the sorts here reported are
committed by the youthful hitch-hikers.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-01
by Willis Thornton
Another Year Of Wonders

In the days when it was fashion,
able to toss Latin phrases into
writing to show the authors ver-
satility, they used to call such a
wear as the one just passed, "Annus
MirabiiS,' the wonderful year"
The poet Dryden popularized the
phrase by his poem of that title on
the year 1866, which was such a
time for England, crowded with
great events. the great fire of Lon
don. the defeat Of the Dutch fleet,
and a shower of others.
BY any such standard, 1910 was
certainly such a year. Free nations
fell like ten-pins, and vast world
war found q growing number of
people locked in bloody combat
from Chungking to Athens.
To prophesy of the year TO come
would be fun, but it would be dis
honest. What will happen during
the next II months we do not know.
All We know is that events of the
greatest gravity are in the making
We know that two worlds are at
war eve have that on no less an
authority that Hitler HIMSELF and
we know that even during the year,
one or the other may become
triumphant.
In years past it has been our fate
to read in the history books Of
those tremendous periods when the
world was in fluX . when the
Asiatic invasions of Europe were
finally hurled back when the
Roman Empire at last fell prey to
the northern barbarians when
the Moors were driven from Spain
when Napoleon's name became
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-01

charm to frighten the childrT
of a continent. And always we woA
dered: what must it have beg
like to live in such drifting, da1
gerous days?
Well, now we know. We, too, Iii
in just such a time. We know viii
life is when humanity has launchf
mighty events, like men who s,opsl
a dixie to the sea only to be swell
away on the tide of their ow
making.
To a child, every new day is {
if the world had begun again. TT
child grows, and begins to think
terms of weeks. of months, an
then of years. But man, with h
short span, never grows SO old thi
a year loses significance. To tn
oldest man or woman, the dawn {
a new year has certain fascins
ton. After all, these pages al
clean, they have not yet been neat
lined with constructive deeds I
splotched with destruction. II
the good and the evil remain VI
recorded.
Let the auspices be never so "a
and menacing, we cannot be saz
The eYils so clearly presaged me
never happen at all; there may
on any Of those white day-pag'
good and happy things which ha'
failed to cast any shadow befc
them. Such is the fascination
the new year, such as its ever-r,
curing hope:
May we meet the good Wi
thankfulness, the evil with courae
and all with grace TO play our pa
well. And so-Happy New Year!