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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-14
AAU Handball
Nears Windup

Defending champions went on
r. the finals of the Pacific North
west AAU Handball tournament
today ~ Bruce Hildebrandt Of
Seattle won his semi-final singles
match and Don Lewis of Tacoma
and Ted Jensen Of Portland tri-
umphed In doubles semis
Hildebrandt beat Rudy Weiss of
Portland 2l-s. fills and will face
Frank Riback Of Portland, who
downed Al ziegler. Tacoma. 2i-5.
FLIP.
Lewis and Jensen beat Bob
Holder and Orville Stewart Of
Tacoma At. ais. and viii meet
Smith and Richen Of Seattle
who beat Cebula and Mccailister.
Portland. fills. ais.
Quarter finals were run off
last night
Bruce Hilderbrandt of Seattle
defending singles king, beat Dr
Herb Rotchford of Spokane 2l-2o
as in quarter-finals. Rudy Weiss
Portland. ex-champion. beat jos
Mclaughlin of the same city 2i-s
ai-ll. Frank Riback. Portland
heat Pat Mansfield. Spokane. IL
II. 2l-l5. and Al Ziegler. Tacoma
beat Bob skok. Spokane. 2l-l7
11-e.
n 0ouhaes, Defending
Ohanpsea Don Lewis and Ted
Jenssn d Portland beat Skok
- Canta. spolnae. ella
1871, 21-3o.
Other results: Cabula-McAllis
Ter, Portland. beat Parks-Caldwell
Vancouver. 2l-1e. fills. Smith
Riches, Portland. beat Eagen
Evans, Seattle. 2l-6. ZIG. Stew
art-Holder. Tacoma. beN Slatt
Healey, Butte. 2l-ll, 2i-5.
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Hot Corner in
Capable Hands
Roy Perry Added
TO Tiger Roster

Ray Perry. obtained by the
Tigers from the San Francisco
Seals. 10 expected to be one Of the
outstanding players in the Western
international league this year.
A third baseman. Perry was
considered one Of the best players
ever developed in the Pioneer
league He was with Salt Lake
City last season
VITA the Beea, Perry rated
- IT, best third nacler In the
league. He Was . unanimous
choice Of sports editors In
P1ooeer league cities for the
hst corner On the Ieague all
Perry IL . power hitter. Last
season he raped out IL home
runs, six triples and 81 doubles.
Topped Pip's List
After seeing Perry In action,
Manager Pip Koehler Of the Tigers
put him No. on his list Of play
srs wanted for Tacoma
Perry n . dazzling fielder
and figure. Ia be one 81 the
keat defensive third sackerS
IN THE hlstcry cf the Western
lnterNstioaal league.
Had IL not been for the fact that
Dan Francisco Ia loaded down with
young infielders, Perry would have
stuck with the Seals this year.
Nanny Fernandes. shortstop: Al
Steele, second sacker. and Ferris
rain. first baseman. are all short
Of Class "A experience. and Il
was deemed inadvisable to keep
still another.
o'Doul had planned TO have
rernandes and Fain thanked by |
veterans In the person Of Ted Jen-
ningn. third base. and Tony Lac
Deri, second base. Laxxen was in
hrsd just before the opening of
the season and O'Doul had only
Jennings a. q seasoned player to
tart the year.
Perry hits right handed and the
hort Tacoma left field fence IL
expected to be to his liking. The
Ehird sacker will report here
when the spring camp
,pens At the Western State hospi-
~ grounds.
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CNCNNA
PITCHER WANTED

South Tacoma Pines are looking
for young pitcher. Any one in
terested is asked to show up at
the Pines practice session this
Sunday at the Robert Gray field
in South Tacoma. Practice begins
al 2. n.
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Major Camps

NEW YORK - Bob Bowman
pitches for the New York Giants
against the Cleveland Indians at
the Polo grounds today. AL Mil
mar and Mel Harder will divide the
Indians pitching.
Two homers by Gerald Walker
and one each by Gene Desautels
and Roy Weatherly featured the
Indians IL triumph over the
Giants yesterday.
NEW YORk-Charley Keller led
the New York Yankees TO a rs
win over the Brooklyn Dodgers
yesterday to snap Brooklyn's IL
game winning streak. He hit two
homers to give the Yanks the win
ming edge.
CHICAGO The Chicago
Cubs and White Sox play the
second of a three-game home
coming exhibition series today
with hornton Lee and
Johnny HUMPHREYS scheduled
to do the honors for the SoY.
Nern Olsen and Vance Page
for the Cubs. Yesterday the
Cubs nosed out their cross
city rivals. to l, giving the
Cubs Z To 5 advantage In
the spring series.
WICHITA, Hans. - The Phila-
delphia Athletics continued their
exhibition series here today with
the Pittsburgh Pirates. The AS
dropped an 1913 game to Pitts
burgh at Hutchinson yesterday.
LYNCHBURG, Va. - Past all
major league opposition in spring
games. the Philadelphia Phillies
went against Lynchburg here
today. The pills lost a Al game
to Washington yesterday at Mar
/ tinsyille.
I CINCINNATI - The Detroit
Tigers try today 10 make it two
in a row against the Cincinnati
Reds. who defeated them in the
/ 1910 world series. Detroit won
1873 in a free-hitting exhibition
game with the Reds AT Dayton
Friday. paced by Hank Green
bergs two homers and double.
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LEXINGTON, ky. = Calumet
Farms Whirlaway, second choice
in the future books at Al. moved
step closer to the Kentucky
Derby today when he scored his
second consecutive triumph by
turning back five rivals IN the
Joyner Handicap at Keeneland.
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Ruth. who was . fast man
with . dollar when his home run
hitting first put him In the big
money, took good care Of his
cash In the later years and now
has annuities that place him
beyond worry.
A good part of his time is
spent on the 81. Adams golf
course here in New York where
he works tirelessly to correct
the hooks and slices he some
times gets in the tremendous
shots he booms off the tees. II
he could sharpen up his short
game a bit. he would be able
TO compete with the top-flight
pros.
That 3s-hole match ought to
he good show staged by the
two best showmen who ever
trod q baseball diamond.
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EASTER DOUBLES

EASTER DOUBLES
Scores in the Hi-Way's Easter
Doubles have scared in the past few
days. Top place Is now held by
Mildred Eaken and Bill Horn with
1904 score The other four teams
which are now in line for prizes are
Wescoat and Wescoat, 1858; Schesser
and Sehesser 1856: Scidmore and
Caravano 1882: and c. Westcoat and
C Portman l224.
This handicap tournament ter
inmates at midnight Easter sunday
rs percent handicap is allowed nom
400 scratch. and all the prize money
goes TO the teams which succeed in
staying among the five highest
scores.
PIAyfNoR SUMNER LEAGUE
Manager wilson has announced the
organzstion OF tvo-man league
TO start on the PLAY Nor alleys May
I and continue for IL weeks. Further
information MAY De obtained from
him at the Play Nor
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PORTLAND
SACRAMENTO

T0tsls .........-8h IH II II 7
One out when winning run scored.
aRan for Grilk IN eighth.
b Ran for Klcinke in ninth.
score by Innings
Portland .......00 900 600 100
Sacramento .......... 100 600 0oi-2
Summary Runs responsible for,
Liska ?. Kleinke /. bases on balls,
Liska /. Kleinke l. struck out Liska
7. Kleinke S: two-base hits Adams,
Blattner. Scalzi. Reich. Kleinke: sacri-
flee hits. Liska. Adams. Coscarart;
runs batted in Adams. Wright Gut
teridge time. l:4s: umpires. Enseln
and Widner.
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Bengal Bats
Blast Sumner

Stadium Tigers raped out Is
hits Friday afternoon to defeat
Sumner Spartans. 10 to 3, in the
Stadium. 1t ~as the fifth straight
Bengal triumph.
Bus Mitchell with 3 for 4 and
Frank Bonaro with for 3. led the
hitting assault. Bobby Anselines
fielding featured.
Summer go. 900 100 100 3 4
Stadium 49,. o04 020 22x-l0 l3 4
Smith and Wood: Dahl. Olson 90,
Cloush t9). and Dubois. Higgins 90,
Stray o..
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Batted for Cantwell in ninth.
b Batted for +. Raimondi in ninth.
Score by Innings
San Francisco .......lO4 600 020-7
Oakland ........0 03 600 000-3
MISUNDERSTANDING pitcher, Stutz;
losing pitcher. Salveson; innings
pitched. Sslveson az; at bat. off
Salveson IS; hits. off Salveson 7; runs
scored, off Salveson S; runs respon-
sible for. Salveson 2, Stutz 3. Can't
well /, struck out. by Salveson 2.
Stutz 7: bases on balls, off Salveson
o. Stutz S, Cantwell !: hit by pitcher
Tauby. E. Raimondi. Rigney by Stutz;
two-base hits, Holder g. Jennings,
Christoff. Juby, Fain. runs batted in.
Fernandez 2. Powell. Fain 2. Christoff
2 Gudat. Stutz: sacrifice. Cantwell,
StutZ. double plays Fernandez to
Steele to Fain. Jennings to Steele 70
Fain. Juby to Rigney to Dunn: time,
1855; umpires. Jordan and Snyder.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-14
Bill Lee in old;
Leiber Still Out

CHICAGO Signing Of Pitcher
Bill Lee to his 1e41 contract left
Outfielder Hank Leiber the only
holdout on the Chicago Cubs roster
today.
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AZ Race Days
AT Longacres
Two ChdritY Days
Slotted for Track

There will be forty-seven days
Of thoroughbred horse racing at
Longacres this summer but
The Washington Jockey club.
operators Of the track, will cut in
on only IS OF them.
IL WAS announced this Sat
urday by President Joseph
Gottstein Of the Washington
Jockey club that, by agree
ment with the Washington
Horse Racing commission,
Wednesday, July 3. will he Red
Cross day ut the track and
Tuesday, July 20, will be
British War Relief day.
On both of these days the en-
tire gate receipts. the tracks
share Of the pari-mutual handle
tten per cent and the breakage)
and the gross receipts from al
most all concessions will be turn
ed over to the respective COM
mittees Of the two organizations.
This setup Il similar TO the
highly successful Red Cross
day staged Mt Longacres last
summer when every employee
Of the Washington Jockey
dub donated time and efforts
and paycheck for the day that
the event might he 100 per
cent profitable.
The only monies not turned over
to the charity day committees ar,
the purses for the eight races. tn,
governments admittance tax anC
the states share of the pari-mut
ual handle.
In order to present the tw,
charity days. the Washington
Jockey club agreed TO relinquisl
one Of their original as days o
racing. The Washington Hors
Racing commission on its par
granted permission for an extr
day Of racing-British War Re
lief day. on Tuesday, July 20.
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Pacific Coast League

YESTERDAYS RESULTS
Sacramento ., Portland !.
San Francisco :, Oakland 3.
Seattle at Los Angeles. off, rain.
Hollywood at San Diego, off,
rain.
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The Sacramento Senators. und'
appear 10 be unstoppsble The S
2 TO l beating and thereby retail
league leadership. Norbert Kleir
the Cardinals. doubled in the mint
Guttsridge with the winning runs.
San Francisco scored = : 70 ;
win over Oakland when Eddie
Stutz turned the Acorns back with
five hits while his mates were
reaching Jack Salveson and Ben
Csntwell for Is. including a brace
Of double by Brooks Holder.
Hollywood and San Diego. Sc
attic and Los Angeles were post
poned because of wet grounds.
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Sacramento Triumphs Again;
Rainiers-Anqels Rained Out

er the leadership Of Pepper Martin.
'olons yesterday handed Portland a
ned their undisputed Pacific Coast
IKE. who pitched nine-hit ball for
h inning 70 score Endicott and Don
Ad Lisks gave the Solons q hits.
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Irish Scot
Pin Feud

There are few good natured
feuds that exceI those between the
Nicks and the Scots. such WAS
exemp,ified last Monday night st
the bowling of the Eagles Lodge.
n happens that Bud Mccormick
bowls On the Smoke shop team
and IL followed In the lineup nv
scotty Murdoch. In one frame
Bud shot the hall down the alley
and when he looked there was the
ST split staring at him.
Scotty Murdoch jeered at him.
but Bud. undaunted, played the
neat ball carefully down the alley,
and 10. and behold. the ball gently
kissed off both pins.
PLAY that one on your bagpipe,
you bloody Scotchman," caustical-
ly said Bud
When Scotty shot his ball down
the alley and took a look at the
slaughter caused. there was the
f~f-'AV spun ~ btk a. tht anu ohit
Of the toughest In the book to
master. Bud gave such q shout
n never was heard since the year
OF the Big Wind In Ireland.
Go TO IL, mumbled fingers. and
count your dead" he tainted the
valiant Seotty.
Scotty picked his hall from the
rack. gave II a wipeoff on his
sleeve and silently called on Saint
Andrew 10 help him In his need.
Sqnaring away, he sent the hall
swiftly down the alley. and when
the dust had settled there were
no pins there. Scotty having made
one Of the most difficult shots In
bowling.
Play that on your two-stringed
Irish harp, you omadhoun." smiled
Scotty. but Bud grabbed him
around the waist and they did an
exhibition Of the Highland Fling"
TO the amusement of spectators.
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Class A woMrS's LEAGUE
BROADWAY ALLEYS


The Broadway alley bowling team.
composed OF 10 Halko. Dona Smith,
n; Ostberg. Marian Borgioli and Mary
Ellis, won the second half Champion
snip OF the class A Women's league
which finished its schedule on the
Broadway alleys Friday night.
The second half winners will meet
broadway Sport Center, first half
winner, for the all season title.
Sarah Hoard was tops among the
scorers In their closing matches. roll
ing 1913 for the high single game and
5o7 for the high total.
Ellyn Sanderson rolled 482. Lily
sutherland At. Elsie Nixon 4e3. for
other good scores.
Village 2; Broadway Sport Center 2
rashlon Bootery 2, Brotherhood of
Railway Clerks Z. Fisher COMPANY o.
Washington Dry Cleaners Institute 8.
Tacoma Womens Credit Club ]: Cas-
cade Linen and Towel Supply 4.
Myrtles Beauty Shop 0.
Cascade Linen and Towel Supply
rolled 73s for the high single game
and 2l2s for the high team total
OF the final matches.
MILWAUKEE LEAGUE
BROADWAY ALLEYS
Inc Milwaukee, league closed its
second half Friday night on the
Broadway alleys with the Boilermak-
ers and Coach Yard tied for the sec
ond half championship. They will
shoot off the tie at date to be
announced.
G, C. Collins. one of the noisy
Boilermakers. led the scoring in the
final matches with $50 Frank KIM
ner rolled $50, and Harry Sheridan
o46. for other good totals.
Inc Milwaukee men will roll their
doubles and singles tournament next
Friday nisht at the usual time.
MaCCABEEs LEAGUE
PLAY NOR ALLEYS
Five Hot Shots won the second hal,
championship OF the Macca bee.
league and will play the SQuakers
first half champions. for the all
season title next Friday night on the
+, PLAY Nor alleys
final matches Friday night with ,
2os single and S4s total.
X STREET MERCHANTS LEAGUE
The championship play-off between
johnson Candy and Peterman o
Tacoma will be held Monday nigh
at 1880 on the PLAY Nor ailevs.
Teams. of the X Street Merchant
circuit Will be paid off tonight a
o'clock. Treasurer Ernie Craig ha
announced.
HANDICAP TOURNAMENT
PLAN NOR ALLEYS
handicap tournament. with team
event. doubles and singles. will b
STAGED on the PLAY Nor alleys o,
April rs and az. Manager Curly Wi
son has announced Teams will shoe
on Saturday night at I, Q and l
O'Clock. and doubles and singles vii
De rolled Sunday at IL, and
o'clock. There will be one priz
for each four entries.
MARKET STREET BOOSTERS
COLISEUM ALLEYS
In the weekly matches OF tn
Market Street Boosters league. IN
Poodle Dog team led the way wit
q 2oi2 total. High single game tear
was shot by Evergreen Tavern, a 81
game
Individual honors went 10 ] Ran
kin with 40 single and 70 X. Pet
enberg with n $40 series
Interstate Produce 234e (o) VI
Poodle Dos 26l2 90: high game
Rankin 2io; high series, J. Rank
corbitt and Co. forfeited to Wal
tenoee Service.
]. Cora and sons 1883 80 "
Commercial Distributors 2sss d1
high game. Boyer 2ol. high seriel
Knuosen 524
evergreen Tavern 2sss t2l vs. Con
sumers Market 246s C2A. high sam,
p. Fietenhers 2oi, high series :
Fietenbers sac.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-14

Bowling

Tacoma women boWiers, in their
annual City Association meeting
Friday night. elevated Yvonne
johnson from the post ~ secre-
tary 20 that Of president for the
1912 year.
Serving with Mrs. johnson. eall
be Sally Lanham. vice president.
Hazel Frost. secretary. Mildred
Geer. treasurer: snd Lola Holm
berg. sergeant at arms
Three delegates and three
alternafe< 70 the Women's
international Bowling Con-
gress In Loo Angeles were
elected Mary Hewitt, Fanny
Gamble and Bertha McCor-
mack viii serve a. delegates.
while Mae Knight. Dorothy
Troy and Doris Malesky were
named alternates.
The Tacoma association went
on record as favoring the reten-
ton Of the so per cent handicap
rule and urged a change in the
national rule which prohibits a
member from bowling on more
than one team of which she has
been a regular member in City
tournament.
Fol owing the business
meeting. trophies and pins
won In the 1941 City Tourns-
ment were presented by Bes-
sic Trowbridge, the retiring
president.
Those receiving the awards in
oluded; Sally Lanham. Erma Mus
selman. Lola Holmberg. Josephine
Resch, Dorothy Troy. Mae knight.
Marjorie Shaughnessy. Margaret
Christianson. Mabel Anderson,
Bernice McDougsll. Claudia Frary,
Dorothy Johnson, Mary Harrison.
Margaret Davis.
Mary Hewitt, Elizabeth Davis.
Lorraine Miller, Hazel Frost.
Grace Eshpeter, Margaret Mum
yam. Mildred Reynolds, Mildred
Geer, Frances Lusier. Gene Strand,
Babe Penowich, Dorothy Daily.
Bertha Mccormack and Freddie
Reimer.
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Women's City league held their
annual banquet and meeting at
the FRS on Thursday night. Mary
Hewitt was unanimously re-
elected president, Dorothy Troy
replaces Doris Malesky as vice
president and Helen Blattler was
reelected secretary-treasurer.
Most of the leagues will be
finishing their schedule this week
and the playoffs will start the
following week. The DR.. L. s.
Milestone team will bowl the
Roy p. Archer girls on Saturday
to determine the winners of the
Women's City league.
The johnson Painters and
the kream krust ladies of the
Coliseum Booster league will
bowl for the championship on
Wednesday Mt the usual time.
Play will he across the last
six alleys for, total pins.
Helen Blattler waited until the
last night of league play to get
on the Women's Honor Roll at
the Coliseum. Her 213 ties the
cellar position.
The ten highest scores Of the
year were rolled by Eleanor
Brown a 900, Margaret Christian
son and Charlotte Zatkovic 225,
Marjorie Shaughnessy 222. Mil
dred Reynolds 220, Ruth Seidel-
man 21s, Hazel Frost ZIG, Louise
Wahlers and Mildred Geer 215,
Margaret Titlow and Helen Blat-
tier 213.
Erma Musselman holds the
honor of having bowled the high
est game in league or match play
for women on the Coliseum alleys
for the year. She rolled a 236
which still stands at the end OF
the season unless it knocked off
in some of the play-offs.
Tokstad Furnace men were
hotter than their furnaces
themselves In the middle Of
January. They rolled games
Of 800. 984, and 800 for q
huge total Of 2sI2. Individual
scores were Huff $50, Tok-
stad AS, Sanderson SEE.
Carlson 557, and Eggleston
| 400.
DR.. L. S. Whetstone's team o.
the Women's City league have
reasons to swell with pride. Fri
day they rolled a scratch series
with a dummy, of 2404. Mayb'
they should have gone East
Every girl rolled over 500 excep
one who fouled but finished Will
a 496. The dummy score was 375
M-wAY SPRING LEAGUE
Hl-WAN ALLEYS
The new eight team Sprinl
League at the Hi-Way Alleys got of
TO 4 flying start with Bill Horn
546 leading the scoring. Big game
were rolled by Oscar Hoffman zoe
Warren Toporke all and Bill Hori
200 =
Soueek's Rondivoo took four from
Beck Lumber. South Side Fefttlize
had the long end OF a 3 TO dicisIol
over Semaphore Tavern. Spot CAT
took four from Pine Cafe and Hook
ers Chemical held three from Taco
ma Amusement
The league members voted 70 roi
~ week schedule on the aHi-Wa'
lanes Forrest Eaken vPs electe'
president and Jordon Parker va
{ dexirusrsd for the r,0ks ~ secretary
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MACCABEES LEAGUE
PLAY NOR ALLEYS
HANDICAP TOURNAMENT
PLAN NOR ALLEYS

A handicap tournament. with team
event. doubles and singles. will be
STAGED on the PLAY Nor alleys on
April rs and az. Manager Curly Will
son has announced. Teams will shoot
on Saturday night at I, and II
O'Clock: and doubles and singles will
De rolled Sunday at II, and 4
O'Clock. There will be one prize
Tor each four entries.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-04
ARMY DAY TO
BE OBSERVED
COAST ARTILLERY UNIT TO
PUT ON EXHIBITION AT
LA CoNCHA PARK

Key Vests observance of Army
Day will be featured tomorrow
by an exhibition of equipment by
Soldiers of the local coast artil-
berry unit at La Concha Hotel
park.
Modern guns and equipment
will be displayed in the park
rom to 10 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon and two squads of en-
listed men from Battery ''E'' will
be on hand to explain and dem
Onstrate for visitors.
Equipment which will be set
up in the park includes latest
types of machine guns, automatic
rifles, field telephones, range
finding instruments and 81 nm.
and 155 nm. shells. Field kitch-
en- equipment and a new type of
reconnaissance car with front and
rear wheel drive will be dis
played.
Under the direction of F.
Townsend Morgan, director of
the Key West Art Center, WPA
artists and students here have
designed all signs and posters to
be used in the exhibition.
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CITY COUNCIL
Continued from Page One)

to the mayor and Public Safety
Committee.
Paul Albury, chairman of the
recreation committee, asked that
the council give its approval to
the recreation program now being
outlined for the benefit of service
men and local people as well.
The council approved the move
ment.
A letter was read from Ser
geant Robert Saunders from Fort
Crockett, Texas, where the Key
West National Guard is station
ed, requesting that pennant
with the name Key West be sent
to the camp to be displayed by
the members of the organization.
1t was decided to purchase a pen
nant as requested.
1T was ordered that 500 feet of
second hand fire hose be sold to
the Board of Public Works for an
amount of $50.
Mayor Albury informed the
council that a representative of
the federal government has ex-
pressed a desire to have the local
aquarium turned over to the
government for its operation. The
matter was referred to the Public
Welfare Committee, along with
the city attorney and the mayor.
It was ordered that bids be
called for the purchase of twenty
uniforms for the firemen, the
bids to be returnable April II.
The uniforms will cost approxi-
mately $500.
The report made by Auditor
Chas. r. Roberts showed that
during the month of March COLI
lections on real estate amounted
to SIS, 1918, personal ! taxes,
$353.73, making total of current
taxes collected, $5,521.46.
Fines collected by Chief of Po-
lice Ivan Elwood amounted to
1856. Building permits, $1,000.
collections, $935.80.
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AROUND BALKANS
Continued from Page One)

country and Yugoslavia, Premier
Teleki is said to have chosen
suicide and Regent Horthy's re-
ported flight is believed dictated
by the same cause.
A story reaching here said
German troops marched swiftly
through Budapest toward the
south last night. Endless columns
of men and mechanical equip
ment are reported to have echoed
through the streets of the Hun
garian capital throughout the en-
tire night.
A radio broadcast from Berlin
quoted government spokesman
as saying there is no change in
the crisis, 'but it certainly is not
improving.
German newspapers, which
suddenly toned down their stor-
les of Yugoslav atrocities, today
reported that an army of 1000
British regulars with heavy mec-
hanized equipment are massed in
Greece near the Yugoslav border,
Usually reliable informants al
so disclosed a story that Britain
and Turkey may be planning a
sudden onslaught against Italian
troops in Albania which would
crush the remnants of Premier
Mussolini's army there before
German troops could move to
their aid.