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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
APPLINC SPURNS
WAR Time CUT
FROM white S0x
Star Infielder and Club
Officials Toss Contract
Back and Forth
BY NED ROBERTS
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent


Sandy Springs, Ga, February 26
-(UP)-Lucius B. Appling rolled
up to the Sandy Springs general
store and post Office in something of
a other this morning, kicked over
a stack of well buckets-on sale this
week-and loudly called for:
zone airmail special delivery"
Luke slapped the stamp on a long
white envelope, addressed to Harry
Grabiner, vice president, Chicago
White Sox, Los Angeles, Cal, and
damned it into the slot next to the
pickle barrel.
Can you imagine that guy" the
Sox holdout. shortstop storfned to
the assembled members of the San
dy Springs Observation-Disclosures club
II told him I'm willing to cooper
ate. I'm willing to be fair. What
does he do? Mails me back the same
contract-and a note saying This
is war time Well, he's getting it
right back again"
Appling, who is attempting to ne
gotiate contract for his 18th sea-
son as the White SoXs regular
shortstop, simmered down long
enough to explain:
THE Sox sent me a contract ten
days ago. They wanted me to take
a cut both in my basic salary, and
in my attendance bonus - that is
they upped the attendance figure
the team would have to play to be-
fore I'd get any extra.
Earned His Pay
'T don't figure it. I played in 1854
out Of 156 games last summer. hit
.314. I've been with 'em IL years,
and myaverage is about .315. And
I'm fielding nine hundred and some
thing. So write him politely, I
don't think I ought to take a basic
pay cut.
Now they send me back the
same contract and say it's war
time. I know there's a war. If hte
Sox attendance doesn't hold up, I'm
willing to take a licking-in my at
tendance bonus. But not in my basic
pay-nO sir"
Luke, who usually is cheerful and
calm said he certainly hoped his
contract would be arranged before
the White SoX start training at
Pasadena, Cal, March S. He is the
teams only unsigned regular.
Appling may be vital to the White
Sox draft proof" team. He is 81.
married, and has two baby daugh-
tiers. Furthermore, increased night
games would not impair his value
to the club.
1.-THE Tights don't seem to bother
me-" Luke said. Il hit 314 for the
season-.3l4 for the day games play
ed, and .314 for the night games"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
Bradley Fled Hoop
Team Opposes
Boys Club Friday

In what should prove to be a top
notch basketball game the Bradley
Field Aviators will play the Boys
Club Senior League AlI-Stars Fri
day night at the Cottage Place gym
nasium. Physical Director Johnny
Ward has lined up this stellar at
traction to help usher in the Fifth
Annual Naugatuck Valley Tourna-
ment that starts at the Club this
coming Monday evening. At 7 o'clock
the Enkcors and the Zephers will
clash in the first of a possible three
to decide the Club intermediate
hoop championship. The main game
will get underway at 8 o'clock with
Joe Mobile handling the whsle.
Too Good?
The U. S. Flyers has an outstand-
ing array of hoop talent and should
prove to be too hot for the local
to handle. The aviators
really have collegiate al-star team
with members of the squad hailing
from colleges that always have super
basketball teams. All of Coach Hum
meHs flyers will be experienced COL
lege ball players and in the case of
two of them they have gained ALL
Conference honors while performing
at the University of Illinois and the
U. of Kentucky.
Vote For Team
Members of the Boys Club are
conducting a poll to select the club
players that will oppose the Army
Flyers. Leading the selection SO far
and the probable starters are Jim
Roach, AL Regain and Halleran of
the Spartans, Sonny Renaldi, AL Da-
melio, Danny Rosa and Lazar Ian
income of the Warriors and Ray
Chapman, Charlie Bedell and Felix
Longo of the Bombers, Collegians
and Alumni teams.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
DUKES DRAGONS
LEAD DART LOOP

Naugatuck Feb. 26 - Last night
the U. S. Rubber Dart Baseball
League played the second game in
the competition for the T. j. Need
ham trophy.
Homers played an important role
in deciding the outcome of five
games as Tommy Palmieri and Bob
Ruccio of the Boot Room, Monish
of the Carton Wildcats, Nardello Of
Dukes Dragons and Sweet of Pan
ming Pumas hit round trippers.
Frank Fitzgerald was the individ-
ual star of the evening, hitting four
consecutive triples.
Dukes Dragons, a new entry
from the Tennis Cutting Dept, are
tied for first place along with Plan
ming Panthers, Carton Wildcats,
Tangredi's Tigers and Packing Po-
MES with victories and no defeats.
The score:
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
RUBBER WORKERS
PLAY SATURDAY

NaugatuckS Feb. 26-The United
Rubber Workers Local As. basketball
team will play host to United Rub
Der Workers Local 203, Laurel Rub
Der Co.. Garfield, New Jersey, at the
Naugatuck YMCA Saturday, at $3.50
p. m.
Saturday will be Rubber Workers
night at they. A large following is
expected to come from New Jersey
headed by Charles Nunnari, Secre-
tary of Local 203. The Garfield
focal according to latest reports has
one of the finest Union teams in
New Jersey with former college stars
rounding out their team.
Interest is running high, in both
Jaugatuck and U. S. Rubber Com
sany Employees.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
Cowley, Despite
Broken Jaw, Props
For Ice Playoffs

Boston, Feb. 26(UP)-Center Bill
CoWley, the Ma tional Hockey
Leagues most valuable player and
leading scorer last season, may re-
cover sufficiently from his broken
jaw to return to the Boston Bruins
lineup within two weeks, team ply
sicians believed today
CoWley, sidelined since Jan. %
when his jaw was shattered in five
places in a collision with sgd Howe
of Detroit, was allowed to skate yes
terday. The injured jaw, expected to
keep him out Of hockey for the rest
of the season, has healed excep-
tionally we'll
"The fragments are in very good
position" said DR.. Charles w.
Crowley after viewing x-rays, "and
there is union in all five of the
places where the jaw was shatter-
ed i"
Cowley, who has been on liquid
diet, will skate daily to strengthen
himself for the Stanley Cup play
offs. He will wear a guard similar
to that used by frankie ,SinkWich,
Georgia football star, last fall.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
Auto Racing Off
For the Duration


Washington, D. c., Feb. 26-Deci-
sion to postpone for the duration of
the emergency all official racing &C
tivities under the sanction of the
A. A. A. contest board, governing
body of the sport in the U. S., was
announced today by the American
Automobile association.
Primary reason for this action &C
cording to Thos. P. Henry, of De-
troit, Mich. president Of the A. A..
A., is the fact that the war effort
Is vitality in need both of rubber,
fuel and strategic materials used in
racing, and of the full-time efforts
of the highly-skilled young man.
power represented by the racing
fraternity
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
Crosby, Naugatuck Make "a" Tournament
DODGERS OUT OF
RED BROOKLYN
BANK INDICATES
Baseball Club Has Paid Off
$50O,0OO in Loans
Since MacPhail

New York, February ga petit
ton was filed in Surrogate's Court,
Brooklyn, yesterday by the Brooklyn
Trust Company asking that the
bank be permitted to resign as one
of the executors of the estate of the
late Charles H. Ebbets, owner OF
one-half interest in the Brooklyn
baseball club, because the Dodgers
have been financially rehabilitated.
The bank, Grace Slade Ebbets
and Joseph A. Gilleaudeau, the
executors of the estate have held
a so per cent interest in the
Brooklyn National League Baseball
Club, Inc, adm the Ebbets-Mc-
Keever Exhibition Co., Inc, two
affiliated companies owning Ebbets
Field, the franchise, contracts and
other facilities of the Dodger club.
In the Clear
Commenting on the filing of the
petition. George v. Mclaughlin,
president of the trust company,
said:
Because the ball club stock
constituted the principal asset of
the Ebbets estate. the trust COM
pany made loans to the club,
hereby preserving the assets of the
estate and providing means for the
club to rehabilitate itself finan-
cially. These loans reached a maxi
mum of about 100000 at one time.
The loans have been fully re-
paid and the Brooklyn Trust Com
pany is asking to be relieved Of it's
dual position that of acting both
in a fiduciary capacity and as a
creditor of the estate"
The petition set for the opinion
that the Dodgers should now oper-
ate profitably and that it no longer
needs such services as the trust
company may have been able to
give in the past.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
Burnham, Mackey
Get Purdue Posts

Lafayette, IN, Feb. &c = (U.P)--
Purdue University, seeking remedy
for long suffering athletic head
aches. filed the vacant posts OF
athletic director and head football
coach today from the ranks OF its
own coaching staff.
Guy (ReO Mackey, 81, assistant
varsity football coach and admins
trative assistant, was appointed to
the dictatorship and Elmer Burn
ham, As, freshman football coach,
was selected to tutor Purdue's 1912
varsity football team. Both will as
sumo, Office March 1, President Ed
ward G. Elliot said.
Burnham replaces Nal Edward
who resigned last week as head
football coach to rejoin the Navy.
Mackey, native of New Albany,
Ind, starred at end on Boilermaker
elevens from 1926-1928 and joined
the coaching staff after graduation.
Durham, a four-letter star from
Springfield College in Massachusetts,,
coached football 16 years at South
Bend Central High school. He was
brought to Purdue in 1885.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
ECANS INCREASE
DUSTY PIN LEAD

AS a result of its three game
"Whitewash" job on the Farer News
tenn last night at the Mattatuck
alleys, Egan's Diner increased its
lead in the second division, Indus
trial bowling league by quite mar
gin as Waterbury Clock shut out
runner-up Scovill by a 80 score.
Grout of Waterbury Clock owned a
high single of $50 in his very first
game while ellis of A-P won high
three with 1872. the Oakville Primers
rolled SOB high game, and A and
P. won pinfall with 1,735. Scores:
IND DIVISION DUSTY LEAGUE
(Mattatuck Recreation)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
STANLEY
Duggan, Wilson
In Title Game

Half of the city's schoOlbOys
championship among public
and parochial players and
schools was scheduled to be set
tied this afternoon when Dug
gan and Wilson shoot 1t out
for the Grammar School
championship Of the basketball
world, the winner to meet the
east end entry, SITS. Peter and
Paul, Catholic league champs,
for the city title, mythical
though 1t is. At 4 p. m. today,
the minor school league win
ners, Woodrow Wilson meets
the major winners, Duggan at
the Wildly gym, Eddie Court
ney to referee.
Both teams did not lose a
game Of their regular cam
paigns-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
FROSH BASKETBALL.

Freshman League basketball r..
suits yesterday, showed Crosby art
Leavenworth winners over SACRED
Hear. and Wildly by impressive mar
gins. the Hearts losing 1852 gam,
to Crosby while Wildly was on tn
short end Of 80 to Is count. Du
buque and lotto Of Crosby score
ten points each. REGARD 8 for Sacre.
Heart; as DiNapoli and Caffre,
were good for IA points in behal'
OF Leavenworth.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
BOYS CLUB TOURNEY

The Northend Tigers, Meriden
Northenders, st. Joseph's Holy
Name, Bombers, three members of
the Scovill Shop League, Spartans,
and the Warriors all handed their
entry blanks into the Naugatuck
valley tourney committee at the
Boys Club last night. The deadline
for the rest of the valley hoop
teams is tomorrow night at o'clock
when the managers get together
in the club library to talk things
over with the tourney committee.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
WEIGH VS. CHMIELEWSKI

Boston, February 26-CUP)-Co.ey
WEIGH OF Portland, Me, New Eng
land middleweight boxing champion,
will defend his title in a 12-round
bout with Henry Chmielewski OF
Cambridge at Boston Garden Marc
Cambridge at Boston Garden March
10, the Goodwin A. c. announced
today.
In four previous fights WEIGH has
defeated Chmielewski by technical
knockouts twice and the Cambridge
challenger has won two decisions.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
MARTIN JOINS UP

Boston. Feb. 6-(UP)-Leo Mar
tin of WATERFOWL. 26-year-old golf
ing twin who holds the Massachu-
sets amateur championship and
formerly was New England titlist,
has volunteered for the naval re-
serve, it was disclosed dotay.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SCORES
fBy United Press

fBy United Press
Navy 81, Georgetown 36.
Army 81, Williams SO.
Tordham 81, Brooklyn 40.
st. Johns 81, N. Y. U. SO.
c. C. N. Y. 38, Manhattan 35,
Niagara 36, Syracuse "a.
Seton Hall SO, De Paul 80.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
WESLEYAN WALLOPED

Storrs, Conn, Feb 26 - (U.P) -
The University of Connecticut bas-
ketball team closed its home season
last night by overwhelming the Wes-
leyan Five, 66 to A. Jaskilka scored
10 points for Connecticut, and Will
lie Slit led the Wesleyan scorers
with II points.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
BRAVES

Boston, Feb. "a = (UPD - The
Boston Braves added another bat
terry to their roster today with re-
ceipt of signed contracts from
Pitcher Manuel Salvo and Catcher
AL Montgomery. Salvo won only 7
games against 16 losses last season
but had more than his share of
hard luck. Eleven players remained
unsigned.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
At The Training
CAMPS
RED SOX

Sarasota, Fla, Feb. "a - (UP) -
The Boston Red SoXs swung into
spring practice today with 20 bat
terymen reporting for the first Worl.
out. Infielders and outfielders are
not due until Monday. Pitchers Ken
Chase and Cecil Hughson arrived
yesterday with their signed con-
tracts, leaving only two batterymen
missing-Catcher Frank Pytlak and
Relief Pitcher Mike Ryba.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
BASKETBALL RESULTS

Boston University SO, Brown 81
Army 81, Williams SO
Colby So. New Hampshire 40
Dartmouth So, Holy Cross A
Middlebury Al, st. Michaels 46
Springfield 60, Amherst Al
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
HUGE FEEDING JOB

More than $500 employees are en-
gagged by the Stevens catering firm
to dispense food and beverages at
Churchill Downs on Kentucky
Derby Day.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26

The Garden City Ski Club OF Long
Island is active all year, its men,
bers taking to the wates, when the
skiing season Is over.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26
OVERCAME HANDICAP

Carmelita Landry, North Amer
lean speed skating champion, lost
the sight OF her right eye as the re-
suit of an accident in her child
hood.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26

Jimmy Foxx, who struck out 103
times last season to set new record
has led the American League in
strikeouts seven times.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26

Totals -. ... 51S 495 532
Individ. High Single-Ghout. $50.
Ind. High Single-Gillis, 3S2.
Team High Single-Oakville, 603.
High Three-A. & r., 1895.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-26

1ST NJ. E. Forfeit
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-17
DON'T LET TICKS HORN
IN ON VACATION DAYS

One case of Rocky Mountain spotted
fever or ''tick bite" fever was re-
ported to the Baltimore County
Health Department for the week
ended July 4. The case occurred in a
three-year-old white girl living near
a wood area in the western section of
the County. The child gave history
of having been bitten by tick sew
eral days prior to the onset of her
illness. The patient was hospitalized
in the University Hospital.
DR.. William H. F. Warthen, health
officer of Baltimore County, again
emphasized the Importance of search
ing the body daily for the presence
of ticks. This is particularly impor-
tant in the case of those who work or
play in wooded areas. Any ticks
found should be removed immediate
ly. If the tick has embedded itself,
care should be taken to remove the
tick with forceps, apply iodine to the
wound and thoroughly cleanse forceps
and hands in alcohol.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-17

ment to all in the realization that the
head Of the Army Air Forces is
Iong-range thinker and planner.
Nobody knows better than Arnold
the magnitude of the struggle ahead.
And nobody appreciates more the
courage and skill of our heroic filters.
He feels each loss a personal one, for
like all great leaders he loves and is
loved by his men. When one of his
War Birds is knocked out of the air
for keeps personal letter goes from
the General to the nearest kin Of the
flier who gave his all for his country.
General Arnold lives and works for
the day when we shall have air equali-
ty or superiority in the enemy's home
grounds, when we can pour on him
more than he can take and avenge the
loss of those who have been fighting
so valiantly against overwhelming
odds.
"The best way to stop hostile
aerial operations, he says, sis to de-
stroy enemy planes at their bases"
General Arnold believes in offensive
action and is convinced, to paraphrase
a Civil War dictum on cavalry, that
victory will go to the side ''to get
thar fustest with the mostest bombs"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-17
GAMERS FACE
LABOR SHORTAGE
COMING SEASON

Gamers may experience a labor
shortage during the coming season,
according to a survey of canning
house labor requirements in Mary
land made recently by DR.. S. H. De-
Vault and R. F. Burdette of the agri-
cultural experiment station.
This survey shows that during the
first week in July canning houses in
the state will employ about 1000
workers. The labor requirements
will increase each week thereafter
until the last week in August or the
first week in September, when about
24,500 workers should be employed.
The greatest labor shortage will prob
ably occur between August 20 and
September 10. At that time Gamers
and farmers will be competing for
labor to pick and can tomatoes.
1t is estimated that canning fac
tories will need almost 5000 more
workers than were employed during
less these workers can be recruited
from outside the local area, Gamers
may experience considerable diff
Guilty in handling the tomato crop. In
1871, tomato canneries operated at
only 20 per cent of capacity and sew
eral factories did not operate because
they could not obtain sufficient labor
The acreage of tomatoes for canning
in Maryland has been increased %
per cent in 1912 over 1941, and pres
ent weather conditions indicate bet
ter than average yield. Eight fact
cries in the state that did not operate
in 1941 plan to can tomatoes this
year, and six factories that have been
canning other products in the past
plan to can tomatoes also this year.
Most Gamers report that the short
age of women for peeling tomatoes
will be more critical than the shortage
Of men for other operations. During
the first week in September, 1871,
Gamers employed 19,418 workers, of
which 1874 or 81 per cent, were
women. Gamers estimate that they
will need about 10000 women during
that period in 1912.
Nearly all Gamers pay tomato
peelers at a certain rate per bucket,
but, in some instances, the slower
peelers must be paid bonus because
they are unable to make the minimum
hourly wage rate. Paying bonus
to the slower workers tends to dis
courage the faster workers and, as a
rule, most Gamers will not continue
to employ anyone who cannot make
the minimum hourly wage when paid
on piece rate basis. Gamers re-
port that many housewives, elderly
people and school girls are available
and anxious to work in the canning
factories, but they do not apply for
work because they cannot earn the
minimum hourly rate
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-17
Classified Advertising
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE

This does not mean that your
credit is not good but to open charge
account and mail two or three bills to
collect means an expenditure of any
where from 1Oc to Csc. This adver-
Using does not Justify this expense
hence we must request payment in
advance for all classified advertising,
such as, For Rent, For Sale, Lost,
Wanted, Cards of Thanks and In Me-
mOriams.
We charge &c per word first inser-
ton and 1c per word each insertion
thereafter, provided cash is enclosed
with order Ono ad is accepted for less
than 25c). Count your words and you
can easily figure the cost.
WORCESTER DEMOCRAT
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-17
WANTED

WANTED-A large Feed Manu-
facturer located in Buffalo desires a
live wire distributor for their COM
plete line of poultry, Dairy and Live
Stock Rations. We are not a new
company but have been operating on
the Eastern Shore for past seventeen
years. Our Feed is we'll advertised in
all leading Farm trade papers. Here
is real opportunity for a large
Broiler grower to save money and
engage in very profitable business.
Generous credit arrangements can be
made. Answer by letter, Box 388,
care Worcester Democrat
July 1925
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-17
Insurance On School
Buses

The Board of Education of Worces-
ter County will receive bids on or be-
fore August 10, 1912, for placing pub
lie liability and property damage in
surance on all school buses in Worces-
ter County for the year 1942-43 For
details and full information apply to
the office of the Board of Education,
Snow Hill.
BY order of the Board of Education,
A. C. HUMPHREYS,
Secretary.
July 1925
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-17
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER

To The Democratic Voters of Worces-
ter County:
1 hereby respectfully announce my
candidacy for the nomination for
County Commissioner from the Third
Commissioner District of Worcester
County, subject to the Democratic
Primaries, September 9Th next. Your
support before and after the Pri-
maries will be appreciated.
RILLIE P. DENNIS
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-17
WORK
TODAY
Plan For Tomorrow

Straight thinking is important today,
as Government war expenditures
bring increased earnings for many
families.
Prudent persons will take advantage
of today's opportunities to pay off
their obligations and get out of debt
:. to invest regularly and as much
as they can in U. S. Defense Bonds
. to save in advance for heavier
Taxes next year . to lay aside a
reserve fund for postwar readjust-
ment.
tomorrow
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-17
CARD OF THANKS

Our thanks and appreciation are ex-
tended to all our friends and relatives
for their kindly sympathy and atten-
ton, during the illness and after the
death of Mrs. Elmer NJ Vickers. For
flowers and autos we are extremely
grateful, and for all other evidences of
friendly service.
HUSBAND AND CHILDREN
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1942-07-17
Citizens National Bank
Pocomoke City, Nd.
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
HOT OFF THE CREDIBLE

When drying clothes, hang them
straight, placing like garments to-
gether On the line. This organizes it
for sprinkling.