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Evening star., 1942-05-07

Boyer's Pharmacy bowlers today
with a score of 1874 boast first place
in the Glass B team event of the
Washington City Duckpin Associa-
ton tournament and well deserving
of the top spot is the quint of Bow
man. Carlisle, Upperco, Warner and
Watson.
Of to a discouraging start last
night at Convention Hall with a
game of SIG, the Boyer outfit came
back with 626 and 639 to replace
the strong Perruso's Cafe in the
National Capital League as the
leader by a four-pin margin.
Jim Carroll was the only other
roller to charge to the front in the
32d annual championships. Add
ing a 357 singles score to 387 in
doubles and 354 in teams, the Silver
Spring pin mauler gained tie in
Glass B all-events with Mickey
Evening star., 1942-05-07
I,7S4-5l9 626 639

CLASS c
Claims
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only topping Seabiscuits all-time
winning record by July. but
also becoming the first half-million-
dollar money winner in all racing
records.
Beats Sparkling Field.
The Biscuit still was on top today
with his S437, ,73O bankroll. But even
the oldest inhabitants. still gasping
for air at the way little Mr.. Big Tail
ran around and away from as classy
a handicap field as ever was put to-
gether in the Dixie yesterday
couldn't see how Whirlaway could
miss picking up all the marbles be-
tween now and next July 4.
Here was the horse who was de-
spised in Florida a year ago. He
was beaten four lengths in the Blue
Grass Stakes. Then he started to
click, and, with yesterdays s19275
lingo prize Blenheims best son
showed a bank balance of S371,8 ,811
for his two-and-a-f Traction years of
racing
= This still was some $1,000 short of
Sun Beau'S S376,744 second-place
standing in the all-time money
winning lists, and about s66o00 be-
hind Seabiscuit'S record.
But Trainer Jones told the Asso-
ciated Press today he figures Whirly
will make his next major start in
the Suburban Handicap at Belmont
on Decoration Day for a $4,000
jackpot.
Looks Fit for Campaign.
After that, Ben isn't quite sure,
but he probably will take a crack at
the s30,000-added money in the
Brooklyn at Aqueduct in June. and
then, unless some overambitious
track Handicapped puts milk wagon
behind BenS baby and house and
lot on his back, Whirlaway will have
whirl at the $4,000 Massachusetts Is
Handicap in New England on indie
pendence Day.
This was the tough program in
line to switch last years bum" tc
the head man of the all-time. Yet,
those same old-timers who were
practically speechless at the way he
came from 20 lengths back with 129
pounds on his back to whiz past
Challedon, Midland and Attention
in yesterdays Dixie didn't see, to-
day, how he could miss. The only
bogeyman in his way, they rea-
soned, was if truckload OF pound
age was loaded on his back.
And even at that, the way he
went in the seth Dixie he appeared
as if he could pack the fat lady in
the circus and do all right.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
l.524-hI2 495 bI7
l,5S6--523 536 527
CLASS D
EntfrnriSes
l,6e5-63O sol 564
1,5SO-492 5s4 504
War Risk
Greenbelt After Come

547 1.569-537 493 539
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Women's City Pin
Card Tonight
TEAMS (1:30).

TEAMS G:3O.
CLASS C-King (St. Martins>. Jack &
Jill tBrooklandl. Continental Life Insur-
ance tBrookland), De Perini tBrookland).
CLASS D-TechnicaI STAFF Comm &
Misc J, Miscellaneous CVet. ADM. Goss
Co. (Rosslyn).
CLASS E-Alcohol Tax Comm. &.
Misc), Arlington Trust (Rosslyn).
CLASS F-Interest No. (R. P. c..
DOUBLES (7:3O.
CLASS B-Ruth Johns-Pearl Watkins
CLASS c - Rebecca ArmStrong-AgneS
Thaxton, A Schotter-E Sebastian
CLASS D-Daisy Sharp-Charlotte Ham
mer.
SINGLES $3.50.
CLASS A-Stimmie Hart Dorothy GUIDE
CLASS B-Mamie Payne, Helen ODea
Vivian Nolan. Hope Wilkerson, Margaret
Mattingly. Marg. Shields.
CLASS edna Freeman, Mary NJ
Bang, Ella Limerick. Alberta Baudu. Pat
Smith. Bernie johnson, Sophia Dampier,
Adelaide Brown, B. Davoren.
CLASS D-Myra Hutchinson. Anna
Beyer, Hllda Sprinkle. Emma King, Mary
krebs, Dorothea Krebs. NJ. NJ. Joyce. F.
Cooper.
CLASS R-M. Kanary, B. Falls
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Wright Seeking Fourth
Duckpin Win in Row

Al Wright will seek his fourth
consecutive victory tonight when
Gait Davis stages his weekly mid
night handicap tournament at Ross
lyn, starting at 10 O'Clock.
Wright, who last week fired an
all-time record game of 203 in the
District League, came back to achieve
his third Rosslyn win in a row.
Contestants can enter until mid
night.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Ex-Cub Pilots, Doing
We'll in A. A. Race,
Match Strategy
PS the Associated Press.

Rs the Associated Press.
A couple of former Chicago Cub
pilots now managing American
Association clubs got their first
chance to outmaStermind each other
today.
They were Charley Grimm and
Gabby Hartnett
Grimm took charge at Milwaukee
in 1941 and this year his Brewers
are the surprise of the league, set
ting the page with IA victories and 5
defeats.
Hartnetts association managerial
debut came this season as chief of
the indianapolis Indians, who are
holding down third place in the
pennant race with nine games won
and nine lost.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Martini S Steel of Home
Gains Nuimun's

Harry Martin of Naiman's, former
Central High School catcher, stole
home with the tying run as Marine
Corps Headquarters and the Photog-
raphers battled to a SIS stalemate
in their Departmental League game.
GlaScoe held the Marines to seven
hits, but one was a home run off
the bat of Third Baseman Bob
Miller. Askanas. Marine tWirler.
stopped Naiman's with four bingles,
two credited to Wicklein.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Sports Program
ForlocuI Fans
TODAY.
Baseball.
TODAY.
Baseball.

Detroit VS.. Washington, Grif-
fifth Stadium, 3:15.
Washington and Lee VS..
Georgetown, Medical School
Field, $3.50.
Roosevelt at Georgetown Prep,
$50.
Tennis.
st, James at Episcopal, Alex
andria, $3.50.
TOMORROW.
Baseball.
Washington and Lee VS.. Mary
land, College Park, 4.
Eastern at Western (high
school series), 4.
Anacostia at Wilson Chigh
school series), 4.
Dewitt at Bethesda Chevy
Chase, Bethesda, Md, $50.
Tech at Episcopal, Alexandria,
National Training School at
George Washington High, Alex
andria, $50.
Track
Mason-Dixon Conference meet.
Baltimore.
Tech VS.. Maryland Freshmen,
College Park, 4.
Coolidge at Eastern, T.
Golf.
Georgetown VS.. Penn State
and Princeton, Princeton. N. J.
High school series, Wilson VS..
Tech at Bannockburn, Central
VS.. Roosevelt at Indian Spring,
ington.
Tennis.
Maryland VS.. George Wash
tngton, Columbia Club, /.
Randolph-Macon at American
U.
Georgetown VS.. Temple, Phila-
delphia.
Midget Auto.
Opening program of season,
West Lanham Speedway.
SATURDAY.
.s.sf.-~ Baseball.
washington VS.. New York, at
New York.
Georgetown VS.. Maryland, Col
lege Park, 4.
Duke VS.. George Washington,
East Ellipse, 2:30.
Catholic U. VS.. Western Mary
land, Westminster, Md.
American U. VS.. Randolph
Macon, Ashland. Va.
Coolidge at Landon, 3.
Western VS.. Navy J. ", An
napolis.
Track.
Army VS.. Maryland, College
Park, 3.
Mason-Dixon Conference meet,
Baltimore.
Hill School and Woodberry
Forest at Episcopal, Alexandria,
Golf.
Georgetown VS.. Pittsburgh and
Cornell, at Princeton, N. j.
Lacrosse.
Maryland VS.. Rutgers, New
Brunswick, N. J.
Tennis.
Maryland Freshmen VS.. Navy
Plebes, Annapolis.
Georgetown VS.. st. Josephs,
Philadelphia.
st. Andrews at st. Adams.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Famous Hockey Players
Split Up in Service
By Ii, Associated Press.

BY lht Associated Press.
TORONTO, May BOBBY Bauer,
Woody Dumart and Milt Schmidt,
members of hoCkey's famous "kraut"
line which made history with the
Boston Bruins, have been scattered
by R. c. A F. transfers.
Bauer arrived here yesterday for a
course in radio aeronautics at the
University of Toronto. Dumart has
been posted to Trenton, Ontario,
and Schmidt, still in Ottawa, ex-
poets posting soon. The trio
entered the service in midseason.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Macon IsS. A. Leader
After Six Straight
Over Columbus
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
AUGUSTA. Ga, May 7.-Macon's S
Peaches are getting fat on a diet Of
Columbus Red Birds.
Nine days ago Harrison (Wlck
Wicket and his Columbus crew we're
perched at the top Of the South At
lantic League. Then Macon came
TO town and shot the Red Birds to
pieces. From first place the Wicket
wonders fell to fourth.
Last night at Macon, Milt Stock S
first-place terrors captured their
sixth straight game from Columbus,
6-3. 1t was the peaches 18th vic
tory in their last 13 games and gave
them a full two-game lead over
Jacksonville.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Shut Out Was Second
Big Racing Winner
Handed Wright
By thu Associated Press.

By thu Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Calf. May L.
Wayne Wright, who rode the second
choice Greentree entry, Shut Out
to victory in the Kentucky Derby
Saturday, secretly may have been
willing to let Eddie Arcaro have his
pick of mounts.
In 1886 Charley Kurtsinger had
his choice of Mrs. Silas Mason's
colts, Valevictorian and He Did, for
the Santa Anita Derby.
Kurtsinger chose Valevictorian,
and like Arcaro. finished sixth. while
Wright piloted He Did to victory.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Wilson, Vance Battle
In Opening Round
OF Kenwood Golf


Wilson meets Joe Vance in the first
round Of the Chamberlain Cup golt
tourney at Kenwood next Saturday
Pairings in six flights of the an
ndal affair were announced today as
follows:
First iight-c P. Redick vs. p. o Bason
P. s. Averson vs.. v. G: Myers. Joe Vance
Barker. j, E Vol vs. James Dusbabek. Il
Riviere Is: +. S. Foster. W. H. wensel VS.
second flight. M Davies VS.. W. r
Luckett. J. E. Freeman vs.. George vass'
jr.: Don Pollock vs. G. r. Hopkins, s. T:
Price VS.. Sam De Vecchio, R.. T. Woodneld
vs.. 9. E: Rathell. Marvin Wire vs.; c: NJ
L. V. Bcwly vs.. G. H. GALLOWAY.
Third fiight-George Borsari VS.. C. Han
nissn. E. S. Pierce vs. Felix Altrup, ": X,
McCoach vs., E P R. Ross J: E, McElvg1in n a.
Fuchs. j. W. Nesbitt vs.. H. Il. Hughes, II.
T. Morse VS.. C. J. Holdredge.
Fourth flight-Wlliam Hardt VS.: G. B.
Rse Rneus IS A3haT + Gray yoansaan M sam oNea &at
kins VS. Bert Ariss, z. H. Brent VS.. r. j.
Hopkins Carl Gnam vs.; H; J. Cooper,
Charle5 La uyft Foe vs. W. J. Lank' A. s. sain
Fifth iishtEH. A. Nelson VS. R. J. Ash
hunt vs. w. D. Lanier, H. P. Jones VS. E.
Golden, R NJ Kerr VS.. F. j; schrider, e.
D. Smith VS.. William Woodward, L. v.
Perce VS.. c. w. Starr.
Sixth fishSs@PaTi nt IT, El,ett y; W. r
Byrne vs.. p. W Dent. Z; F. CgrEan vs Ray
Frank VS.. Hal Shelters.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Rutgers Beuts Syracuse
As Tuner for Terps

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW BRUNSWICK. N. j.. May
7-Rutgers lacrosse team awaited
the invasion of the Maryland squad
Saturday after defeating Syracuse
here yesterday, 8-6. in stirring
contest.
Don White, second defense, led
the Scarlet attack, scoring a goal
in each of the four periods.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Unbeaten Costaniino
In Big Boxing Test
Facing Wright
Ry IA AssocIated Press.

By TIC Assoclated Press.
NEW YORK. May Lulu Cos
tantino, little East Slider who
has gone undefeated in Sc profess
sional fights and has built himself
into tremendous favorite, gets his
Zig chance tonight when he faces
Chalkv Wright. recognized in New
York State as featherweight cham
pion, in an eight-round non-title
bout at St. Nicholas Palace.
Costantino holds decisions over
two former champions, Harry JEFF
fra and joey Archibald. Due to
his superior experience and greater
punch, Wright has been installed a
So favorite.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
MeIIunos Nine Snures
Its League Opener

Mellanos nine was off to a good
start in the Industrial League flag
race today after routing Center
Market, 10-1. with a demonstration
of slugging yesterday on the Ellipse.
The victors pounded Hoff, Flynn
and Watt for II safetiss, culminat-
ing their attack with five-run out
burst in the final inning Silver
mans triple featured the fence
busting.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Goes II Sticks Ahead
OF Panne|| With One
Match Remaining
Lucky Strikes Win, 30,
Over Hisers for Slim
Hold on First Place

With only three more games to roll
top honors for the second successive
season in the fast District League to-
day loomed for Hokie Smith and his
Lucky Strike mates. Smith, by vir-
tue of 1873 game, the highest league
string of his brilliant bowling ca
reer, and 449 set holds a lead of
72 pins over Cletus Pannell of Ana
costa Spillway, his chief rival. The
Lucky Strikes as result of a
sweeping victory over Henry Hiser's
Bethesda quint grips first place, a
game ahead of the deadlocked Hi
Skor and Arcadia teams.
Smith, with 1852, is some 30 pins
ahead of his last years average.
Pannell dropped to l27-s9 with set
of 345.
Trailing Pannell by margin of 80
pins last night as the Luckies in
vaded Bethesda, the celebrated
Hokie struck with the first ball in
his big game >and held hot pace
through most of the set. His other
scores wers 146 and lis, giving him
his top set of the season while his
inspired teammates helped a lot to
put the clamps on a surprising Be-
thesda outfit.
Three Others Nail Headpin.
Harry Aikens 39e, Bub Geuthler's
1886 and Dave Burrows 376 were DO
tent wallops in game counts of 683,
SAT and 635 for the nights high set
OF 1865. With George 10th hitting
for 150-403 and Chester Lindstrom
148-394, the Marylanders were no
setups, particularly in the middle
skirmish when the Hiser crew posted
643.
In a hectic flag chase Hi-Skor
won 81 over Penn Recreation
as Irwin Simon. with 800, led in
team count of 1,843. Hi-Skor
clung to second place. The erst-
while leading Arcadia quint dropped
into a tie for the runner-up spot by
losing a game to King Pin. Ell Geib
and Wendell Meyer gave Arcadia its
81 edge with respective counts of
151-4oo and 371.
Arlington Remains Fourth.
Arlington held to fourth place
with 2-1 victory over Georgetown
as Paul Jarman's 152-408 led. Two
games out of first place, the Vir-
ginians still have chance to land
the pennant.
Convention Hall, in fifth place,
dropped out Of the race by losing a
game each to Ice Palace and King
Pin in a double-h header. Jack Tai
bert's 156-394 and Johnny Ressa's
386 led in the Ice Palace victory.
1t also was curtains for the Ross
lyn outfit as Clarendon whitewashed
the Gait Davis rollers on their home
drives. Chick Darr led the attack
with 160-394a while Nick .einaldi's
146-382 also aided the winners.
Hyattsville put the skids under
SpillWay as Joe Remsburg shone
with 1880. Peacock's Bethesda
was a 81 winner from Brookland
while Lafayette showed under Del.
Ray with a 1908 count featured by
Ernie Burkhalter's 1913.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Torrey HurIs 2-Hit Boil
In Cleveland A. 6. Win

Cleveland A. C.s baseball team de-
feated Episcopal Highs 14-year-oId
team. IL, yesterday behind the two
hit pitching of Bill Torrey.
Cleveland was slated to play the
ST. Adams Baby Blues this afternoon
at st. Adams.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Minor Results
INTERNATIONAL JEAGUE

&Ao4FhL
Montreal, 3; Jersey City, P 90 In
Syracuse, o; Rochester. 4.
Newark a. Toronto, double header
postponed.
Baltimore at Buffalo, postponed.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONS
Louisville at Kansas City. postponed.
Toledo at Minneapolis. postponed.
Columbus a. ST. Paul postponed
Indianapolis st Milwaukee, POSTPONED.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
San Francisco, r. San Dielo. /.
Hollywood 6 Los Angeles. 3.
Sacramento =. Portland. O.
Oakland, ), Seattle, 4 GO innings).
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Beaumont. 5; Oklahoma City, 3.
Fort Worth. q San Antonio, !
Dallas, 3. Houston. O.
Tulsa, +; Shreveport, Ul innIngs).
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Birmingham. II: Knoxville. Q.
Atlanta. g Little Rock. /
Chattanooga, & Memphis,
New Orleans at Nashville, postponed.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Scranton. b: Elmira. 3 90 innings).
Blnghamton. 3: Hartford, j.
Albany al Springfield. post tponed
PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
Norfolk, 4 Winsto ton-Salem, l.
Others POSTPONED
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Coach Is Sure His Club
Can Pound Thut Apple
b. the Associated Press.

SACRAMENTO, Calf, May T.
Even their coach admits the Sacra-
mento Junior College baseball team
has that old scoring punch.
The team whipped Placer Junior
College OF Auburn, 25 to l, but really
didn't get into high gear until the
game with McClatchy High School.
The boys won that one, "a to 2.
Evening star., 1942-05-07

and the Belmont last spring
And now it was the greeting of a
couple of pals that were hooked up
together in the greatest achievement
IN turf history.
This was the "Hi-ya- pal" between
plain Ben Jones, the Missouri magi-
clan of the turf, and whacky Whirl-
away, the Kentucky cannon ball, as
they sat back and looked over sit
uation that envisioned Whirly not
Evening star., 1942-05-07
AiIor to Lead Generals

LEXINGTON. Va, May 7 tP.-
Lillard Ailor has been elected cap
tain of Washington and Lees track
team for 1943. He specializes in the
shotput and discus.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Rough Gets Woshburn Job

TOPEKA, Kans, May 7 LP,.-
Bob Raugh, 35, former Nebraska
athlete. has been named head foot
ball coach at Washburn. He sue
ceeds Elmer w. Holm, who re-
signed
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Harrison Roofers

GreenbelA wants game Saturday
with an unlimited nine. Call War
aeld 94s3 this evening after 5.
Evening star., 1942-05-07
e Smith Shoots Set With 1888 Game Gain Lead in Dvcpn Ra
Turf Money Record for WhirIy
BY July Now Appears Likely
Great Race in Dixie Shows Horse Is Ready
For Drive to Pass Seubiscuit's Mark
BY SID FEEDER.
Accounted Praxe gnnrts U-ifs

BALTIMORE May IA and his horse winked at each
other in barn No. Pimco today.
a he
and the jeers of the mob when the horse failed
winter brought to mind the pats the that with
Evening star., 1942-05-07
Scores in Mems
Duckpin Event

CLASS A CLASS B.
Willis l24 l15 l2S D H n Il H. ia 101
ClsSel- lis IA l0l L Ha m 4 % l03 1O2
7Io-242 28e 22s e27-2o7 2I7 2O3
CLASS B
Jepson ll3 % l35 Vail as 1O4 l15
Roberts 1l3 l2l 1913 Sullivan 81 l15 Il9
7os-226 Pa 236 645-I92 2l9 234
CLASS C.
White 100 l1Oll6 Jones 81 50 1O4
Fisher 9S lis 9S Costlg'n 1O1 - l42
s40-19s 22s 2I4 647-Iss 2l3 246
Earrln lO3 l03 124 SWEET l35 lU2 g3
Kelly 100 III Ill Pratt IS s4 ll2
e5s-2O3 a2O 235 e04-@13 IS8 2O5
Stokes l24 100 l26 De!tCh - lU4 SIS
Bon ette lO3 134 l63 Freem 9s III lOl
eee-227 243 229 592-ls2 221 ls9
CLASS D.
Lyns: 133 l9s 19t 0t Gs5m:n GHg.: 194 50 50 sS sS
e5o-240 20l 20o 5as-22l 1s6 l9l
Tssss bstfen 9 9 g lS2 e ERiSsy EBbs 1 80 81 e
624-l79 219 226 594-22I Is7 1856
CLASS E.
Frazier --..---.-----------1os ia l02
WahI ----------------Ioo 20 4-u
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462 400 l,420-4S5 457 AIS
Cardinals,
1,464-5Il 493 46O
CLASS D.
] .393-475 449 469
Question Marks.
] 3 U|--5U2 462 ABS
Edison Rezuty Shan

1.ae7-4s1 457 45e 1.<sa-I7o b1e I47
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-12

HouSh. regional director of the Of
flee of Price Administration in San
Diego He telephoned the Ell Cen
tro Chamber of Commerce that the
rationing board will be left in Win
terhaven and will be inspected
carefully to ascertain if it is neceS-
sary to leave it there permanently.
I'VE will send inspectors to VIM
terhaven,' Housh said. Also we
have reached an agreement with
the clerk who had been serving
the board and believe we have
everything satisfactorily set up so
that the office now may continue
functioning.
Housh did not say what arrange
ments were made with the clerk.
The uproar over the Winterhayen
rationing board started because the
OPA refused to pay for a full-time
clerk. The board in protest re-
signed in a body. Then the OPA
put the Winterhaven area under
the Yuma board. That action blew
the lid off and all Imperial county
and part of Yuma county began to
telephone and telegraph for a
change. Yuma didn't want the
extra work and Imperial county
wanted to keep its boundaries in
tact even when it came TO ration
ing,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-12
Gir|,7,Dies Here
From Meningitis;
Danger Discounted

Cora Ann Harris, 7-year- Ell
Centre elementary school child, who
died Tuesday from meningitis, was
buried Wednesday after private
grayeside services.
While the disease is not easily
transmitted especially by contact
with persons who are suffering
it. Ell Centre school authorities are
taking every precaution to protect
school children.
The little girl, daughter of Mr.,
and Mrs. Alonzo Pat Harris, of 535
South Sixth street, Ell Centre, was
i'll at home some time before the
disease developed, so there was be-
lieved to be little likelihood that
there was any exposure at school.
Mary Jane Neal, Ell Centre school
nurse, said Thursday that since
meningitis as we'll AS many other
children'S diseases sometimes be-
gin with cold symptoms and signs
of eye irritation, all children show
ing these signs are being excluded
from school. No child who has
been absent from school even .
fraction of a day because of cold
pink eye or any other communica-
bic disease may be readmitted to
school without slip from the
nurse. The slips may be obtained
at the school where the Child at
tends.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-12
County Called 1st
Outpost Against
Attack from Rear
Plane Spotter Stations
r. I.V. Seen by Army
Nan As Most Vital

Declaring that the lmpe-
rial county air raid warning
service is the most important
link in the Pacific coasts
first line of defense, Capt. j.
E. Droege Thursday arranged to
station staff sergeant of the fourth
fighter command in Ell Centre to
keep in constant touch with the
unit personnel.
There isn't anything that can
be said about the Importance of the
Imperial county link that would be
an exaggeration. said the officer
who recently assumed charge of
the air raid warning service in I'M
perial. San Diego, and Yuma coun-
ties. This string of observation
posts running through Imperial
county is the only guard on the
back door into the vitally import
ant military sections of San Diego
and Los Angeles. The army must
have them and they must be eff
GENTLY manned"
DANGER TO SOUTH
He pointed out that in order TO
provide adequate defense there must
be population and communication
facilities.
Look to the south of u.s." he
said. Our friendly neighbor is do
ing good job but one look at a
map of the area south of the border
will show there Is little population
and few communication facilities.
THE observers on the Imperial
county posts stand virtually alone
between an invading enemy and the
Pacific coasts important military
defenses. Anyone can see what the
eyes and ears of the observers mean
to the defense of this nation"
PLANE SAVED
Since Pearl Harbor, ground OBJ
servers of the nation have saved
more than s2,000,000 worth of
planes by helping find lost pilots.
just because Buster league mas on
the alert at post west of Ell Centre
not long ago, he saved the plane
and the life of pilot hopelesSly lost.
Headquarters did not know where
the plane was and since 1t had onlv
a receiving radio, headquarters did
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