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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26
PURPLE KNIGHTS SET FOR WEST
 SIDE HOOP GAME
Waterbury, Nauga [ U C k Rivals Meet Again Sat-
 urday In Borough

One of the years outstanding bas- ketball attractions will be present. ed Saturday evening at the Naug- atuck "Y" when the Purple Knights play the West Side Speedboys in what is expected to be hard fought battle. The main go will be support ed by headline preliminary as the Naugatuck Highlanders meet the Speedboy Jrs., in return engage ment at 7:30.
 Several years ago the Knights and the Speedboys started out as green combines who took all oppo- sition into camp to be ranked as basketball leaders in state hoop cir cles. It's true the SpeedboyS have a more impressive standing record than the Knights, but records mean little or nothing when these two re- spective rivals clash.
 Adding fuel to ready made fire the Speedboys have taken three straight from the Knights and rule a favorite to hold the Indian" sign over teh Balinsky coached five Sat- urday. Last year the West Sides took the first of the annual series with two overtime victories and this season took another with much less difficulty. On the other hand the Purplemen will be out for their first win over their friendly rival. The Knights, enjoying an in an out season, should be in top form for this important contest for the Naugatuck aggregation has never drilled more faithfully for an on- coming contest. All in all its looks like plenty of action when the Knights and the Speedboys meet at ehborough "" Saturday
 The preliminary between the Highlanders and the Speedboys Jrs. is expected to be an attraction of it's own as the two teams met two weeks ago with the West Sides talk ing the upper hand by one point margin. The game had teh fans on edge and should prove another thriller in this next meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26
VerrikerS Lead Cut To 4 Games In Mercantile

Tony Greco's Speedy Parcel De- livery team took all three games from the Brookside Dairymen to place them in tie for third place. The deliverymen hit on all cylin- ders last night to take the lead for a team high single game of 698 away from the Brookside dairymen who held team high single game all season with a score of 6S0. The Grecomen also threatened the sea- sons high three games with score of 1856 which was only II pins shy of the Verriker Paintmen score of 1867 rolled sometime ago for the league high three games to date.
 Verriker Paint outfit took two games last night from Eddie Las ky's Brock Hall Dairy team and then dropped the last game to cut their leadership down to 4 games, as Sammy Greenblatt's Metropoli- tan Cleaners wiped out the Fulton Market all three games. Matzkin Furniture outfit took two games from the Michigan Market team to round out the evenings schedule. Scores:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26
CLASSY PRO GOLF
 FIELD AT ST. PETER

St. Petersburg, Fla, Feb. 26-(UP) Led by defending champion Jim my Demaret of Houston, Tex, a record field of 14O, including the nations leading professionals, tee of today in the first round of the $5,0O0 St. Petersburg open golf tourney.
 The tournament begins with 18 holes over the par Il Pasadena course today, continues with 18 to- morrow and ends with two rounds 36 roles-Friday.
 A six-under-par 65 during a prac- tice round yesterday installed Ky Laffoon, Chicago pro, as one of the pre-tournament favorites but he had plenty of company as several others equalled or bettered par. They were Ralph Guldahl, twice U. s. open champion, 70; Ben Hogan, 68: Craig Wood, Mamaroneck. N. Y, 66; Bob Shave, Cleveland, 70; Harry Adams, Chicago, 68; Dutch Harrison, Little Rock, 70; Leonard Dodson, Spring. field, Mo, Il.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26
EAGLES RECEIVE
 MONTREAL AID

New Haven. Feb. 26.-The New Haven Eagles have received a trio of players from Montreal to strengthen the local club for what will be the greatest finish in pro hockey in this area in years. The Battle Birds are engaged iEi four way fight with Providence. Spring. field and Philadelphia for first place in the eastern division of the American league, and also the best playoff spots.
 George Mantha, wlnger. Polly Drouin, center, and Connie Tudln, defenseman. will join the Eagles At Buffalo on Thursday night, Mantha Or Drouln need no introduction Co Eagle followers. Both played sens katienal hockey here this season,
 T'udln k An amateur Biap from Montreal, and this will Do his first pro experience with Now Haven, He can also play wing or center posi-. ton, and should prove very valuable Co tho New Haven cause,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26
"Clipper" Smith Quits Holy Cross

Worcester, Mass. Feb. 26.-CUP) A coaching shakeup today had completed the rounds of New Eng lands seven major football col- leges with the appointment of Edgar (Eggs)) Manske, Chicago Bears professional team end, as end coach at Holy Cross college.
 Manske, former Big Ten All-Con- ference end at Northwestern and one time assistant at Boston uni1 versity, will report March l. Auth critics announced later yesterday that John Oittle Clipper Smith had resigned as part-time assistant coach to devote full time to his job as personel manager of a Hartford, Conn, airplane factory.
 Since the end of the l940 season, Yale, Brown and Dartmouth have changed head coaches. and Boston College still Is without a successor to Frank Leany who went to Notre Dame. Harvard and Boston Uni. versity have undergone shifts in their assistant coaches.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26
Circus Winter Quarters
 Much Like Training Camp

hadn't made up your mind you were on circus lot, drab, pattern less and nondescript as it may seem. But this would turn out to be Ely Ardlety, queen of the flying trapeZe and the most sensational aerialist since the days of Lillian Lietzel, than whom people tell you challengingly. there never can be a whomer. Ely, a Russian who is currently desolate about the fate of her husband, a Polish officer who disappeared with the German in- vasion, is the sweetheart of the big top, but the tradition of Leitzel is still alive and vibrant. She was one they'll never forget.
 And so it would go on your wan- deringS through the many acres, you would come across one center ring act after another, the Concello troupe, the Christini family, the superb Alfred Court and his cats, the Yacopis, even the clowns, and they will all be dressed casually in worn, rumpled clothes and sweat CTS; and some of them will be smoking cigars or drinking coke or nibbling on sandwiches; and in be- tween times members of one troupe will saunter over to where another troupe is working to fraternize or observe new bits of business that are to be introduced.
 And pretty soon you will get to meet them personally and you are pleased to find they are interesting, bright and ambitious people who work from four to six hours day in semi-isolation getting themselves in shape and their acts in desirable form. A friendly. family sort of spirit prevails. Everybody knows everybody else. It's "hello Mike D and "hello Suzie, how'd you do this winter" and fare the kids all right?" Everybody speaks to every body else. There is one group ex- ception. The laborers aren't sup posed to speak to the ballet girls This has been law of the lot since the circus started to go in for fem mine beauty. Nobody knows why It's just law.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26
Draft Board Spurns
 Hank Greenberg Pea

Detroit, Feb. 26-CUP)-Ben O. Shepherd, chairman of Hank Green berg's local draft board. said today that the Detroit outfielder would be subject to call in regular order, pre- sumably about July on the basis of the present rate of inductions.
 Greenberg had suggested to the board that he be deferred six months and placed in classj with the ex- planation:
 My years of earning power are limited. One year out of action as a baseball player will reduce my ef- fectiveness considerably. I shall not be able to resume my present ca pacity after one years absence"
 Shepherd said Greenberg's plea was denied and he was placed in class 1. He will be given sub- classification in class after physi- cal examination and he can appeal within five days after the examina- ton from the boards ruling.
 Greenberg has made clear earlier that he is not attempting to avoid military training altogether.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26
WHITES 142
 JUST ENOUGH
 FOR CHASE WIN
Brass Team Blows" Big Chance Despite 2 "6OO"
 GameS-Other Results
BY CHOP-CHOP CHARLEY

Two sticks of wood do not seem important in the ordinary course of human events, but, when they are moulded into bowling pins and represent the difference between winning and losing a game, they can mean the 1940-41 championship of the Industrial Bowling League, which, once again, seems to be in line for Chase Metal. Last night at the Mattatuck alleys, the Chas- CTS came up against an American Brass outfit that was tied with them for the lead, with four weeks to go. Two out of three meant great deal for it would give the winner one game lead, which is all important, at this stage of the Dusty proceedings.
 Third Game Needed.
 Here's what happened, with the fans hanging of the chandeliers: Chase won the first game 563 to 542, as the best Brass single was Healy's 125, while Joe Lovallo's 130 was ten pins better than his nearest team mate and five better than Healy. A SOP game by Brass in the second ten string heat was good enough for a win, against a 587 by Chase. as Sharon, a 12O bowler, rolled a wobbly 99. Then came the third game, and when it was over and the scores checked more than once, Chase Metal rolled sos, American Brass rolled 606, and the defending champs took 2 of games by Q margln of two pins, which give them a one game lead in the league over Brass and may be enough to eventually gain them another title. Brass needed that third game bad- ly and lost it by two sticks when Whites l42 was rolled just where it would do the most good.
 Griffin of Seth Thomas had a 146 high single while Winnie Lucrasreiii of Waterbury Manufacturing hit a 383 set for high three. Scores:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26
EAGLES, BROOKLYN WIN MIDGET GAMES

Eagles and the Brooklyn A. c. were winners Of Initial basketball games played In the Midget Tour nament. held annually ct the Brooklyn YMCA under the direc. ton Of Mel Kelly who also donates Q prize 10 the tournament winner. LAeilla and Mcdonald with q and i2 points led the Eagles to | well-cafned 3Ds2D triumph, Russo scoring i3 for the Hoods,
 70 the second game the BAG, Mldgets defeated tlle Maryeb 22 70 iT, fD0ceaFdl and DI0Fi0 doing most Of tho damage with q points, necs cIo getting 70 fof tho Maryels.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26
BULLDOGS MEET

The following members of the South End Bulldogs are asked to be present at a special meeting called by Presdenit Al Damelio. The con- fab will be held at the Boys Club Library at 7:30 tonight.
 Jack Trayers. Ted Galucci, Tom- my Reardon, John Reardon, Harold Paranteau. Al echiayone, Sam Pro- copion. Al Kovaluck, Paul Parker, Julian Deschenes, Jack Erlnida, Tom CalsKce, Louie Procopion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26
BECK CD
DREXLER
Ten Grand" For Trainers

Boston, Feb, 20s--tuP-1ralners awards totallng ei0.2DO will be dis' trlbuted to trainers of winning horses in i4 stake races At Buttolk Downs during the e0-day meet from May i2 through July 70, it was an' notlneed today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26
4 HABIT WITH HIM

Pat McDonald. former weigh. lly0wer, own tweniy.four national championships during hlD compesl' tive career,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26
THEY START EARLY

Auburn. also known as Alabama Polytechnic Institute, begins its Spring football practice the middle of FerbuAfy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26
PLAYED IN PERSIA

Perslans played chess in 800 A. D. They called 1t "shatranJ," accord- ing to historians.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26
High Single--Griffin l48. High Team-Lucarelli, 313. High GAme--Wat. Mfg. 62O. High rhree-aSeth Thomas i604'

Tonight, at the Mattatuek, Second Division Industrial league teams get ln action, with the Seoylll outfit In Q ton game lead. The schedule and standing;
 Oakylilc vs. Paper Box.
 @coylll VA. Wat Clock,
 BenrtA vs. fyefybody's Market,
 Lea Mfg. ys. Mutual Bedding
 standard Brands Ys, Farer Nowb Top Notch ys. bomcrs BfnAs.
 Last week Baker Of DenrAs tonk high single with ib7 While oalup DO Of Wat, Clock had high hHe' with 505.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26

High single-Charley Marzarlo, l66.
 High three-Charley Marzano, 395. High game-Speedy Parcel 696. High team-Speedy Parcel, 1856.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26
COLLEGE DASKRTDALL
 RESULTS
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-26

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Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
No. Size is Not Enouqh

Productionsis the lifeblood of our great
nation, and in its pulsing stream today
flows virulent disease
1t is disease that RACES unchecked
while our moral ally, the British people,
look back upon defeat after defeat and
curse the shortage of arms and materials
which caused them 1t is disease that
goes INTENDED while the dictators pre-
pare new war plans in Dakar, only
scant 1900 miles from the coastlines of
the Western Hemisphere, and speak
to order warlike preparations on the is
land of Martinique, within short bomber
range of our Eown American cities.
1t is disease that kills as surely as
bombs and guns, for it denies us the weap
ons to repel the harsher death.
It's symptoms are before us day after
day. screaming for attention. They are
manifest today in our west coast city of
San Francisco, where a handful of mach
inists refuse to build ships unless they
are paid three cents more each hour and
given double pay for overtime hours, in
stead of time-and-a-half
A million men have been sent into the
army, with no limit on the hours they
can work, and they are paid S21 month
They cannot strike.
Seventeen hundred men bring the mil
lion into the shadow of potential death
because they want S1.15 an hour instead
of SLIP. They can strickland they do.
And we, the greatest people in the
world, do nothing to protect the lives
of those in uniform; nothing to assure
the complete help to Britain that is our
nationally endorsed American policy.
Congress might we'll ask the million:
"What do you think of defense strikes?"
And the people might well ask con-
gress: "How long are you going to delay
the action we demand?"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
GAN EDITORIAL)

Remember your fairy tales?
Giants we're slain through trickery,
treachery and stupidity.
Remember the Bible tale of David and
Goliath?
The slender STRIPPING slew the great
warrior because Goliath, in his colossal
blindness, believed that size was enough
America is colossus among nations.
Realization of it's vastness is stunning to
the European mind. Intelligent men
from across the Atlantic have stood in
awe at the end of journey from one of
our coasts to the other, bewildered at a
greatness even their intelligence had not
been able to comprehend without actual
sight. We are big in terms beyond the
European imagination. Where they work
in hundreds we work in thousands. Thou
sands of acres, thousands of planes, thou
sands of men.
So great are we in the roll call of ma
tions that our very entry into Europe's
war would overshadow in its effect on
Europes morale any victory the Axis
powers could achieve.
And yet-are we big enough?
Are we big enough to prove that Lind
bergh and his kind are wrong, that De-
mocracy can survive, that the grave crisis
of today is not a death knell, but merely
a time of trial through which we shall
come victorious? Are we big enough, not
to whip the world, but simply to make
good our national bluff-to see that en-
ough help goes to England so that she
can stem the tide of world terrorism?
In the world of today we are not as
big as our resources; we are only as big
as the resources we use We are not as
strong as our factories, but only as strong
as our production.
And our production is not strong!
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
Ullionist Indicted
For Extortion by
Threatening Strike

NEW YORK, May 23 (UP)--A
federal grand jury today indicted
William Bioff, convicted panderer
and business agent of the Interna-
tioal Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Employees (AFD, and George E
Browne, president of the union, on
charges of extorting $550,000 from
four motion picture companies.
The indictments, embracing three
counts, charged that Bioff and
Browne had extorted the $550000
from goth Century-Foxe, LoeW's,
Inc, Paramount Pictures, Inc. and
Warner Brothers under threats to
call a strike in the motion picture
industry
United States Attorney Matthias
F. Correa who sought the indict-
ments before the grand jury, charg-
cd that Bioff and Browne had en-
gagged in extortion for their own per-
sonal profit. Each would be liable
to a maximum sentence of 80 years
in federal prison if convicted on
the three counts.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
Mayor ProcIaims
Dairy Day Here

In a statement issued Friday,
Mayor Robert c. Hatton Of Ell
Centre proclaimed Sat urday
Dairy Day.
He urged that all citizens CO.
operate in the celebration to the
end that dairying may he rec
ognized az, the "backbonl Of
Imperial Valley agriculture
Meanwhile. plans went for
ward to accommodate crowd
of three or four thousand at Ell
Centre stadium where prize
dairy cattle will be shown, free
lunch served and addresses de-
livered in observation of the day.
The program will start at 10
am. with the cattle exhibition.
Speaking program was set for
early afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23

air-borne troops that seized the
Malemi airdrome, the communique
added, but reinforced German
troops succeeded IN halting the al
lied advance.
Great Britain's sea and land
forces fought grim and furious
battle against Adolf Hitler's air
invasion of Crete and for the mo-
ment appeared to be holding their
ground against the lultWaffe's mas
terry of the air.
Nazi air-transported troops were
suffering heavy casualties in fight
ing on the strategic Mediterran
can island, according to British
authorities, while the navy in face
of powerful dive-bombing attacks
had thrown back al attempts to
land urgently neeGed' German
troop reinforcements, tanks, artillery
and munitions.
NAVY LOSSES HEAVY
The duel that may help to decide
the question of airplane versus war
ship obviously cost the British navy
heavily, it was admitted in Lon
don. But British officials discounted
German statements that a dozen
warships had been damaged and
that four cruisers, three destroyerS
and five speed boats had been sunk.
The war went on in lesser tempo
on other battlefields around the is
land of Crete, which both sides
Continued on Page 6; Col. a
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
Strike
Threat
Voiced /
Enlisted Forces
May Furnish Men
To Build Ships

SAN FRANCISCO, May
23. (UP) = Union leaders
heard today that the navy
would use its own machinists
to reopen II shipyards and
repair shops. unless the strike which
had closed them for two weeks was
soon settled.
The navy plans to transfer ma
chinists from its Mare Island ship
yard to the struck yards, the union
leaders heard build ships to the
bare point of floating and tow them
to Mare Island for completion. The
struck yards have naval and mari
time commission contracts totaling
more than $500,000000.
A navy spokesman denied the re-
ports saying there would be a for
NAL announcement. if such were the
case. He admitted, however, that
he had heard some talk of that
kind
John P. Frey, president of the
AFL metal trades department, said
that there was something lin the
wind but what it is cannot say
For the second straight day navy
trucks transported Frey's AFL met
al trades workers through CIO ma
chinists' picket lines to the Moore
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23

night between the North American
Aviation Corp. and the United
Automobile Workers (CIO). Rich
ard Frankensteen, UAW official,
accused the company of bargain
ing in bad faith. The union asked
l0-cent wage increase. Secretary
of Labor Frances Perkins immed-
lately referred the dispute to the
national defense mediation board.
Contractors, the army and AFL
leaders joined in sweeping move
to fight the outlaw" strike of AF'L
workers on the governments $685.
100000 ammunition loading plant
at Ravenna, O., When 5000 strikers
rejected union proposals to resume
work pending negotiations, the army
ordered all work suspended until
the project could be cleared of
"agitators.'
At Washington, the defense med
iation board reopened hearings. on
the dispute between southern soft
coal operators and the United Mine
Workers of America (CIO). Nego-
tiations collapsed Wednesday, re-
newing the threat of a work stop
page in the bituminous coal fields
A labor holiday" of 1000 workers
protesting alleged company discrim-
ination interrupted production or
$5,000,000 in defense orders Thurs
day at the Allis Chalmers plant al
Laporte, Ind. A company spokesman
charged the action of the CIC
farm equipment workers violated d
recent agreement reached with the
aid of the defense mediation board
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
Gold Lined Bearings May SereU u. S.
AirpIanes if Tin Supply Runs Out,
Metal Expert Declares in |. A. Talk

LOS ANGELES, May % CUP)--
The nations hoard of gold at Fort
Knox, KY, the biggest In the world,
was proposed today as a source of
bearing lining for airplane motors.
DR.. Oscar e. Harder. president of
the American Society for Metals
and assistant director of Battelle
Memorial Institute, told the Vest
ern Metal congress that electro-de-
posted gold could be used in the
event of emergency
ut is known that pure gold in
electro deposited form is a good
bearing metal, but relatively little
work has been done on gold up to
date Harder said.
THE present preparedness pro-
gram doubtless will give considerable
attention to ways and means of
finding substitutes for tin bearing
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23

metals or in decreasing the amount
of tin required in different types
of bearing metals.
I'VE have the worlds largest gold
mine at Knoxville. and in an emerg-
ency gold could be used as bearing
lining"
Bradley Stoughton. professor of
metallurgy at Lehigh university.
urged the American people, for the
first time since the world war. to
save tin and lead foils and alumi-
mum products for national defense
purposes.
He said the Amerdcan public
should remove and save the foil from
cigarette and candy packages ,and
revive the practice of using dried
fruits instead of canned goods in
order totutilize tin for national de-
fense needs. -
Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-23
VALLEY LEADS THE WAY
Calexico Speeds Anti,Strike Drive

Under momentum impaired by
Imperial Valley Toastmasters clubs
and accelerated by Kiwanis clup
action, Imperial Valleys anti-de-
fense strike campaign drove forward
Friday to certain national recogni-
ton.
These things were sure:
That 200 individual Toastmasters
clubs throughout the nation will
consider petitions asking congress
to outlaw strikes, lockouts and shut
downs in defense industries.
That the petitions, citing the in
equality of drafting men for $2l q
month into military service and yet
allowing defense strikes over minor
wage demands, will &C into the Con-
gressional Record after presenta-
tion to congress through Senators