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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29
Tigers Meet
Boston 5ox
Tribe Blosts
Detroit, IL

ODETROIT, April 20 - R -
The Detroit Tigers, victims of
three consecutive maulings by
the Cleveland Indians, returned
to Briggs Stadium today to be-
gin their 1941 rivalry with the
Boston Red Sox.
Johnny Corsica. was booked
to pitch. for the Tigers, while
the veteran Bob Grove drew the
Loston assignment.
Cleveland frightened its hold
on first place in the American
League yesterday by blasting out
d 7-to-2 victory. over Detroit.
Lefty AL Milnar scattered six
hits and struck out five batters
in the process, while Hal New
houser, Tiger southpaw speed
ster, allowed only four hits and
famed nine before wildness
overlook him in the seventh.
Paul Dizzy Trout and Hal
White completed the hurting
chore, each allowing an addi-
tional hit. Two runs were netted
on Trout's offering, however.
Beau Bell opened the scoring
drive for Cleveland in the fourth
with a triple and came home
on Ken Keltner's roller. In the
following inning Frank (Pinky)
Higgins and George (Tuck)
Stainback evened the count with
q pair of doubles, but Cleveland
staged three-run rally in the
sixth that sailed away the game.
Newhouser started by walk
ing Bell and forcing Ray Mack
to pop out. Keltner singled and
Catcher Rollie Hemsley drew q
pass to load the SACHS. The Tiger
hurler eliminated Milnar by the
strikeout route and haf. q two
and-three count on Roy Wealth
erly when he uncorked q bad
pitch.
Weatherly, reaching over his
head. drove the ball back
through Newhouser's leg, and
scored Bell, Keltner and Hem
sley.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29
Mountaineers Engage Strong St. Philips Nine Detroit
Buekhols Sh6kes I
Lineup 70 lssspsovs
Scoring Power

disappointed by ths hitting ~
his team In two prpvlouD ecGs,
tests, Coach Ernest D0ckho1B ~
shufflins his batting oc(1ae ~
the hope that he may ~ Rod1s
err scoring punch for TIT enn1D
today with Wyandotto - III
Covered Wagon diamo6d
Paul Strumpfer. Agaropn -
Gray rishtAelder, win u movodl
up from sixth place r. III bet
ting order 70 the leadoH sUot.
Strumpfer collected tyvD Aits q
the Bather's thrse hi>s cef Gross
Pointe In last Thurpda1sa eonto1L
Ken Strassburg will = lnqzl1
up from the cIeanSD po0ifQ0 -
the No. 3 spot. Stra1 barr 49,
spiked in practise yesterday ~
may not play today. q. rs MS
Buchholx win call lpo0 LII
Bliss, star rishthandas 49,
four hit hurting rave 1 q.
Clemens . 20 win over x4061V y
in the season opener - ~ ro'
the pitching choreg 1lfss Nm;
also bat behind StraaGbure - ~
cleanup spot. He split = nail -
his pitching hand inv doNs -
but will b able ~ tak6 IL.
mound for today's battJo. Il \, N
The probahle lineQp win - 4
Strumpfer. right6eldeS; ~
liott, second base; S(ro1nuki =
hrst base; Dlis4 pitcher: o1liG .
centerdelder: DeardSloo, ~ q
fielder: Walters, third ~
Banks catcher; and llllg
shortstop. n
Wyandotta rsportadly ~ II
strong squad and ~ utlk tIi0l
are in for = battl1. - ~ ~ -
beat Monrod, ~, 1T 80 !, q ~ &
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29
Dodgers I'm Lead:
Bump Reds. 3-2.
to Fourth Place

offenSe - the Dodgers - SIX
hits, including . home run by
Buck Mccormick.
But the Dodgers had that
"xing" that challengers some
times get and champions even
tually lose.
Whitlow Wyatt. near 81 years
Of age and getting bald, struck
out ten Of the champs and held
them TO six hits, too. When Nc
Cormick's homer put the Reds In
front, the Dodgers had what Il
took to get back in front - q
single by Jim Wasdell and =
home run by Alex Kampouris,
who led the international League
in circuit-swattins last year.
When the Reds tied the score
through Ernesto Natali Lombar-
dis triple In the seventh, the
Dodgers had what was needed
to win In the ninth - . single
with two on by old Whit Wyatt
himself.
The Reds haven't skidded, but
to finish IL games in front Of
the Dodgers last year they had
10 win II games by one run
and Brooklyn had to fall into
q lot of trouble like Joe Med
wick's beanins, Harry Lavaget-
to's appendicitis operation, Wy
ats sore arm and Peewee
Reese's broken heel bone.
You can bet that the fighting
IL going to Be . lot fiercer this
year. The st. Louis Cardinals
are in the middle Of Il. also.
They were idle yesterday. along
with the rest Of the league but
today were to open their eastern
swing against the third-placo
New York Giants.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29

er asked some, such highly orb
ginal question q Hot enough
for you, gyamp?"
Ny grandfather's grandfather
gave my grandfather . long
searching look. and replied In
his fich baritone:
Grandson, when are you CO.
ing to begin thinking with your
head3" -. -. ..y
Hawl Ever since my erand-
father related that tale, ] have
taken especial pains 10 think
with my head" to coin . Phrase.
That II why I advance 70 you,
1t this writing. such inescapa-
Bile and uEaaqswerable logic In
support q my choices for the
Derby.
md now, um-kumf! FAREWELL
And don't forget to. wage -
for your veteran clockerl @
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29
Racer Needs
Another Race
Cliff Bsrssrs Mey
Become Iron Men'

oNDIANAPOLIS, April %
R-Cliff Bergere, tall, dapper
Hollywood automobile stun (
man, has yet to win the Indian
apolis speedway 500 mile race
but this year he can become the
Iron man" Of the famous Hoos-
Ter arena Of speed.
Bergere, whose bright colored
clothes make him look more like
q fashion plate than race driver,
needs to drive only 1S6 miles of
the May 30th race 70 cover more
miles on the indianapolis track
than any other man.
And II he only starts he will
gain at least . tie for having
driven in the most races.
This will be Bergere's 14th
start, but Ralph Hepburn Of Los
Angeles can equal that mark by
also starting the 1o41 classic.
Gray-haired, 44-year-old Ber-
gere now has driven 5,004 miles
at indianapolis. . figure sur
passed only by Louis Meyer of
Huntington Park. Calf, who has
5,249 miles to his credit. Meyer
has retired from competition.
Only two active drivers are
older than Bergere, who took up
movie stunting because he
wrecked 20 many cars in dirt
track racing. Ira Hall Of Terre
Haute, Ind, soon will be 30.
Hepburn II -.
Bergere has Anished in the
money Ave times since his hrst
start in 1927 but never better
than third.
This year, he will drive the
same car - last year-a four
cylinder Job In which the late
Floyd Roberts won the 1897 race
ut the record speed Of ll7.3
miles IN hour.
"A leaky oil lire forced Ber-
sere out Of the 1910 rscs ct ,l27
miles. 80
II just feel that lady luck is
on my side this yeGr and that's
Ill I nesd." n I'd today.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29
The Sports Glass


Hitting now the mojor problem confronting the Mount
Clemens bohes In comes the boys in the Maroon and
Blue have collected ony seven societies. all Of them bog
oers Ihey won the first engagement With Monroe 20 but
dropped the second to Crosse Ponte 10.
In their first two contests Of the yeo-one procse
oos ooonst Lincoln oh School, Of Van DYKE and the other
oooinst Monroe the Boevs played erroess ball and earned
their victories the third oeoins Crosse Ponte, they we're
charged with four errors which responsible for two
i%<v, oet< The
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29
Major League
STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Games behind leader.
MONDAYS RESUL
Cleveland Z. Detroit 2.
Chicago 2, st. Louis i.
Only games scheduled.
TUESDAYS GAMES
Boston ut DETROIT.
Washington at Chicago.
New York at st. Louis.
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29

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$780,. 0sassl Psssss,ls 80 Sspssss.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29
LEAGUE

Games behind leader.
MONDAYS RESULTS
BrooklynS, Cincinnati 2.
Only game scheduled.
TUESDAYS GAMES
Chicago at Boston.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn.
st. Louis at New York.
Pittsburgh at PHILADELPHIA.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29

NEW YORK, April 3e-AoN
Irishman, out Of the kentucky
Derby. worked . mile ~ Jamaica
In las. Trainer Jim ,Fit1slm-
mons has IN idea the Wheotley
Stable colt will be ready -
The rronknso, Nay 10. u
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29
OUH 0OOTS
KING COLE
PORTER'S CAP

I expect q photo finish ut
Churchill Downs. an afternoon
partly cloudy with possible
showers and Q great many all
out hangovers, hak -kaff!
Your correspondent il OPP
posed to the methods Of most
handicappers who explain their
choices with such vague phrases
as This Is the SPOT, Throw
last race Quit" and, oh, yes, my
hree-star specialr'
Egad, what sort of reasons are
those? I provide clients with
solid reasons based upon careful
analysis and painstaking scru-
tiny.
Facts are what we want.
ARMS FOLLOWERS WITH
NDISPUTABLE FIGURES
&. Your handicapped Il am re-
ferring to myself) relegates to
the scrap heap ideas which are
not pertinent, arms his follow
ers with indisputable figures,
compiled in the light Of concen-
tration on known factors. I'd.
Note: Do you know what he Il
talking about?)
have long retained q wisp
Of advice which one of my
grandfather Hooples passed on to
me from one Of his grandfathers.
Jove. he was . canny chap! I
believe he once won Z derby
with q steed he battered ut old
Sheepshead Bay, but / am told
that the hat was not q very good
At.
My grandfather's grandfather
was quite Z halter man. Several
times he incurred some unpleas-
antness by haltering the wrong
horses at night, but In this way
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29
bal|ler Tennis,
Coli Teams Play

OMount Clemens golf and ten.
mis- teams will continue their a.
sault on the records today when
they take on Royal Oak and
Monroe on home territory while
the baseball team tries 10 toppls
Wyandotte.
The netmen have won two
massachusetts and Wyan-
dotte-and dropped one "a
Crosse Pointe. The golf team
downed Fordson, Al. In their IN
itial engagement.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29
DAYroN. o. April 49,

ton Of the Middle Atlantic
League will wear white shirts
with rcd sieeves and white pants
with red stripes o. side this ssa-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29


Hitting lost the game.
Settlers Must Hit
II the Bothers ore to bet
anywhere this season they will
have to stort smoking the op-
pie around harder and oftener.
Comes cont be won by good
pitching and fielding alone.
With Ralph Siewert still try
ina to recover the form he
showed lost year even the
pitching cont be relied upon
too heovily-ond the fielding
begged down in the Crosse
Pointe game and Is just as opt
to bog down oeoin. Today the
team tokes on Wyondotte -
and Wyondotte downed Mon
roe, the team the Bothers just
nosed out, AZ. lost week.
Whot they show in this game
may be q very important index
of how we'll they will fore this
year. =
Coach Ernest euekholx 10
soins 10 Try 70 remedy the
hittins weakness by shut
fling the betting order. put
tina Peul Stsumpfes, center
fielder, in the leedoff posi-
tiem end Ken Stsossburs,
first seeker, in the No. Z
spot.
Strumpfer led the t e q m
oooinst Crosse Pointe with two
sinoles. He con hit and will be
used os the speorheod Of on
offense. Strossbure. while not
a sIuaaer in the accepted sense
/ Of the word, usually gets his
bat on the ball and com S
through with some sort OF q
poke. With this leodoff COM
4 binotion BuckhoIz hopes to
moke the most Of the batting
power he hos. Strumpfer hos
been batting sixth and Stress
buro fourth in the cleanup slot.
Wos, Those Tigers!
And speaking Of hitting
Just whet Is wrong with
our Tissrs9 Surely Del Baker
must b wondering the some
Trims. The Tigers won the
pemnent last year on their
sIussins-end, BY gosh. Il
they 70 going 10 win u esein
they better start eudsel'ins
quickly.
Tiger pitching is good, but
Cleveland, and, as it is devel-
opino. the Yankees too have It
over them in this department.
| And Tiger fielding isn't ony-
thing thot pennonts are won
on. Lost year the club ranked
sixth with Washington with q
1853. Both CIevelond and the
Yankees tied for fielding hon.
ors in 1910 with O .975 over
oee. and look thot good now.
No Stree. u the Bensols
ere going to moks q serious
bid for the fIes this yeer,
they're going to hove 70 live
W 70 the .z68 evsross they
set with Session in 40. Al
this writing they ere hitting
On ebysmel Ill. Mecosky
leads with Q 1913.
Yes, we know the season is
still young. But there's no time
to. stort like the PRESENT.
we may be 50 trite.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29
Great Grandpap HoopIe Won Derby;
Hat Didn't Fit, So It's Our Boots
Mystic Major
Also Sees Great
Many Hangopers
By MAJOR AMOS HOOPLB

By MAJOR AMOS HOOPLE
Veteran Claiming Expert
oUPSrDE DOWNS. Ecuador.
April 2s.-Har-rumph!
Ones fame follows one where
yer one goes, Egad! I came to
this delightful track In the
Ecuadorian foothills to watch
the claiming races and make q
few claims regarding this and
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-29

But no sooner had I arrived
than my editor requested that !
select the winner of the Ken
lucky Derby. May 3. So, with
out qualms or any further ado,
give you the order of finish:
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-03
To Honor Former
Governor With A
Luncheon Friday
Dinner Will Be Served In
School Cafeteria. Invita-
tons Sent to Many.

Former Governor Cam Morri-
son and Mrs. Morrison will be
honored at a civic luncheon to be
given in the dining room of the
Riverview high school tomorrow
afternoon, starting at 1890 o'clock
and lasting until 1870.
County officials and represen-
tatives of the various civic or
CARNATIONS in the county are in
vited to attend the luncheon, as
well as to occupy a seat on the
speakers stand.
This group includes Mrs. Ed
Barr, Legion Auxiliary; Charles
Stellar, American Legion; Tho
mas Sears and Miss Lenna Gam
bill, of the FSA; Mrs. Ed Ander-
son, Woman's club. L. P. Coward,
Red Cross; Mrs. w. B. Austin,
Hospital Auxiliary; Langdon
Scott and DR.. J. K. Hunter, Ro-
tary club; Ed Anderson, Ashe
hospital and county fair; Station
McIver, soil conservation district;
G. F. Messick, REA; DR.. Robert
King, health officer. G. J. Rich,
Continued on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-03
Germans Capture Russian
Naval Base; Fierce Fig hitting

Fierce fighting continued on
the RQssian-front this week
with both the German and Rus
sian forces claiming victories at
different points.
The German Baltic armies
stormed and captured the Rus
sian Baltic naval base of Ri
ga Tuesday, Berlin announced
and struck deep into the Rus
sian center with a pane
charge carrying at least 80 miles
southeast of Minsk into the VIC
unity of Bobruisk.
This central thrust was ac-
knowledged during the day by
Moscow but the Soviet COM
mand's night communique de-
clared that an artillery counter
attack was holding the German
advance back "in the Minsk di-
rection."
Coincident with this historic
struggle in the East, the Brit
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-03
To Sell Ashe County Home
Property At Public Auction

S. c. Eggers & company, of
Boone, has been awarded a con-
tract by the board of commits
sioners to sell the Ashe county
home property at public auction
and plans are now being made
to conduct the sale of this val
liable property in the near future.
With the number of inmates in
the institution constantly dec1in-
ing, the commissioners have been
giving serious consideration to
the advisability Of selling this
fine 185-acre farm and investing
the money in what is believed
to be a more useful purpose.
They point out that an addi-
ton to the courthouse is badly
needed at this time and that work
on an addition can commence as
soon as funds for the sponsors
share Of the cost of construction
are raised. The proposed project
has already been approved by
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-03
To Hold Education
Conference Next
Week At A. S. T. G..
Teachers And Principals To
Meet July Gil. Sponsored
by State Department.

A conference for teachers,
principals and superintendent
will be held at A. S. T. G. next
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
July 9, 10 and II, under the
sponsorship of the state depart
ment of public instruction and
the department Of elementary
school principals.
This is one of three confer
ences on elementary education
that is being held in the state.
Approximately 275 persons are
expected to attend the three-day
conference at Boone. The gene
raj theme of the conference is,
"What are the Good Practices in
Evidence in a Good Elementary
SCHOOL," An interesting pro-
gram has been arranged and
Supt. J. B. Hash urged yesterday
that Ashe county teachers and
principals attend.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-03

ish government announced that
Sir Archibald P. Wavell, COM
mander-in-chief of British forces
in the Middle East, had been
transferred to commander-in-
chief of India, and that he would
be succeeded in the Army of the
Nile by General Sir Claude Au-
chinleck.
The United States government,
disclosing that an official Rus
sian request for aid in supplies
had been received, prepared to
attempt to comply. The Russians
were understood to have asked
only for assistance in placing or
ders with American industries
already piled high with United
States defense contracts.
On the western front the Bri-
fish again made strong daylight
bombing attacks on German ter
ritory, carrying on and even ex-
tending their 1ong-unbroken aer-
ial offensive.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-03
$4l,5O5.OO Spent In Ashe
County During Past Year
For Public Assistance Aid
Total of 312 Old Persons Re.
ceived $28,551.OO. Needy
Children Got So, 454.

Public assistance payments for
Ashe county's aged, needy and de-
pendent children totaled Sal, sos
for the fiscal year ending this
week, according to Nathan H.
Yelton, director of the public as
sistance division of the State
Board of Charities and Public
Welfare.
Yelton said $28,551 was spent
during the year for old age as
sistance in the county with 312
persons receiving grants from
this fund during the month of
June. In addition, Is widows of
Confederate veterans received
$4,000 for the 12-months period
making the total spent for needy
aged $33,O51.
Dependent children received
$8,454 during the year, with 1876
being given checks during the
month of June. Grants in both
categories were paid from COM
bined federal, state and local
funds of which the county paid
one-fourth the cost of grants and
administration, with the state
making up another fourth and the
national government providing
one-half the total outlay.
Yelton said the total expendi-
ture for the state during the fis-
cal year was $6,416,528.
The public assistance director,
who has managed the program
! for four years and two months
leaves the state welfare depart
ment this week to take over as
secretary to the State School
Commission.
Mrs. w. T. Bost, State welfare
commissioner, announced the ap-
pointment of R. Eugene Brown,
assistant to the commissioner
since 1880, as acting director of
the public assistance division eff
fective July 1. Brown will serve
as division head until a director
is chosen from the merit system
register to be set up following
merit examinations this fall. It
will be the first prominent post
in the state government to be
filled from a merit register.
Public assistance expenditures
in adjoining counties for the year
weer as follows: Allegheny coun-
ty, 1883 for old age. $4,781, for
needy children and $3.50 for
Continued on Page Eight)
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the WPA and work can start i'm
mediately if the county can put
up its part.
Another argument advanced
for the sale is that by selling the
county home property, more val
uation will be placed on the tax
books.
A. E. South, clerk of superior
court of Watauga county, is as
sociated with Mr.. Eggers in the
real estate business. This firm
has been selling property in this
section of the state for the past
IS years.
While in town yesterday, Mr..
Eggers said he proposed to cut
up the property into lots and
tracts. ut is ideal for building
purposes" he stated.
No date has been set for the
proposed sale, but will be an.
rlounced in the near future, it is
stated.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-03
Draft Boards
Ordered To Defer
All Men Over p
Selective Service Official Acts
at Request of Congress
men. Effective Now.

The local draft board, as well
as 6499 boards in the nation,
were ordered yesterday to defer
all men now subject to induction
into the army who have reached
the age of %.
The order was issued by Briga-
der General Lewis B. Hershey,
deputy selective service director.
It is estimated that around eight
million between the ages of 28
and SO are affected.
In his telegram to the state di-
rectors, Hershey pointed out that
pending legislation before the
House military committee would
provide for deferment of all men
% or more years old.
During the past week President
Roosevelt issued an order that
the compulsory service would be
for only a year,. as originally
planned In recent weeks there
have been many rumors that
those now in service would be
retained for a second year.
He set a tentative quota for
the next year, starting July 1, as
100000 men.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-03
Expect Large Crowd To Attend July Fourth Celebration
81 Young Men
Registered For
Draft Tuesday
Serial Numbers To Be As
signed New Group By July
9. To Hold Lottery
LAMBERT is FIRST

Eighty-seven Ashe county
young men who celebrated their
21st. birthdays between October
16, 1910 and July l, 1941, regist-
cred at the local draft board Of
flee in jefferson Tuesday under
the regulations of the national
selective service act, Chairman J.
w. Luke announced yesterday.
In addition to the eighty-seven
men, two out-of-county youths
and two with former service af-
filiations registered, he stated,
making total registration of 81.
Over 1900 registered last Octo-
Der.
All other young men who have
not registered are urged to do so
at once and avoid severe penal
ties that may be imposed in ac-
cordance with the provisions of
the law.
The first registrant Tuesday
was Joseph Fred Lambert, who
works for Fred Coward, of near
Jefferson. He was born October
20, 1919. Registrant number two
was Wallace Houck. One colored
man, Joseph Fred BLY,, was in
cluded in the registration.
Serial numbers will be assign
ed to the new registrants by July
9 and shortly after that date a
national lottery to determine
their draft numbers will be held,
Mr.. Luke stated. A complete list
of this second draft group will
be published later.
Members of the draft board, J.
W. Luke, Ed Barr and Bruce
Bowlin, as well as Clerks Sam
Davis and Charlie McNeill, were
in charge of the registration.
The board meets regularly ev-
cry Monday afternoon in the Of
flee in Jefferson.