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are of that cahber. To be exact,
there is one-Pete Reiser of Brook
lyn-and you couldn't make Larry
MacPhail turn him loose with blast
ing powder. Maybe the Cardinals
have man or two who might solve
our problem. but did you ever hear
of them parting with anything
good? No, and you never will"
So Giles, in his desperate effort
to get batting strength while his
pitching staff still Is hot as a pistol
has been forced to take a chance on
almost any outf1elder put on the
market. At the moment there is
reason to believe he could obtain
Joe Medwick from Brooklyn, but he
would have to give up one of his
top pitchers-probably Elmer Riddle
and there is no assurance that Joe
would help the Reds. 1t is a mean
problem.
The team probably lost some in
field strength when Third Baseman
Bill Werber was sold to the Giants
Neither Bert Haas from Columbus
who has been giving the job a battle
all spring, or Chuck Aleno, whom
most observers expect to win ii
when his sore arm fully RECEIVERS,
performs quite like Werb0. Haas
however, has been hitting some long
balls. ----- .-..
Ernulr NnCx~~.snL C3.H>I
Eddie Joost, with an additional 2C
pounds on his frame, is playing the
best shortstop of his career, and
Lonnie Frey is the same dependable
second sacker, but big Frank McCor-
mick hasn't got going at all. He
isn't hitting, and 1t threatens to
affect his usually brilliant fielding
around first.
Nothing much needs be said about
pitching corps that includes
Bucky Walters. Paul Derringer,
Elmer Riddle, John Wander Nicer,
Gene Thompson, Whitley Moore and
few others. Bill McKechnie's
only problem, as usual will be
which one to start. Walters hasn't
appeared quite up to par in couple
of games, but he says it's only be-
cause his control is faint bit of.
He thinks it will be okay in q week
or so. ~
The team can count on good
catching from the Veteran Rollie
Hemsley, but already 1t Is missing
the occasional long lick that Ernie
lombard used to hit.
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for practice at noon, but ap-
peared at 2 o'clock. He didn't
loaf when he got there, though,
for, much to the amazement OF
everybody, Buck sprinted around
the outskirts of the garden dur
ing most of the game.
Bruce Campbell has supplanted
Mickey Vernon as the Mats
cleanup hitter. Bruce has been
graduated to the No. 4 spot in
the batting order chiefly be-
cause Vernon is having trouble
getting the ball past the infleld.
Vernon will swing in the third
slot behind George Case and
Stan Spence.
Second Baseman Frank Crouch
er returned to the lineup yes
terday, but demonstrated his
throwing arm still Is ailing.
I'm worried about him." con-
fssses Harris. Hes . swell play
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-04-01

mumps, was to be permitted to
play a few innings against Or
lando Air Base here today. The
Air Base outfit, which was to i'm
port Sergt. Hank Greenberg from
McDill Field in Tampa for the
occasion, is the first team the
Mats have faced not of major
league caliber.
Harris was to show the soldiers
no mercy, at least in the pitching
department. He was reluctant to
break the sequence of his pitch
ing plans, so intended to send
Early Wynn and Bill zuber to the
mound. Tomorrow it will be the
Mats VS.. the Cards at st. Peters,
burg. while on Friday the Mats
enjoy an open date.
Pitcher Buck Newsom arrived
at the Mats training camp In
typical Newsom style-two hours
late. He was instructed to report
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-04-01

look Dack on ~ years OF Dig league
and double-A ball and have his dogs
to fool around with, what more can
he ask?"
At the plate, Porter developed a
twitchy style which made the fans
roar and which earned him the
nickname "Twitchy-Twilley." Twill
ley Is his middle name.
Could Lay Wood on Ball.
But at his peak, twitchy style and
all, Dick could pound that old ap-
pie, as many a pitcher will attest.
And he was also right smart
fielder, as Babe Ruth will attest.
Back in 1914, in Porter's home
town, Allen, village near Princess
Anne, the locals we're having game
The 12-year- old barefoot Porter
strobe up to the diamond and de-
manded a place in the lineup.
They put him In at shortstop. He
banged out a couple of hits. And
his baseball career was born.
In 1921, when he was Is, Porter
broke in with the Baltimore Orioles
and hit .321. His bat was a potent
factor in six of the seven straight
remnants the Orioles won for Jack
Dunn.
Not until 1928 did Porter get a
chance in the big time. Then he
went to Cleveland, where he came
to be known to American League
fans as ''Fidgety Dick" and contin-
ued to fatten his batting average
He hit $50 one year and topped 800
every season until the Indian:
moved into their massive new
stadium.
THAT ended it." Dick said. THAT
park was so big you had to hit
the ball as far as Lake Erie to gel
q base hit. I caught a home run
on the Babe there one day-ovel
$50 feet long. He cussed me-"
Sets International Loop Records.
Porter established several records
IN the International League.
He claims the most games, 1925;
the most at bats, 5,173; most runs
p54; most hits, 1,706; most doubles
273; most triples, 90, and most runs
batted In, Gal.
He was released outright h 1s4s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-04-01
Navy Department Wins
Another Hockey Come

1t was five victories in seven
starts for the Navy Department.
ice hockey team today, following its
1877 win over the pucksters from
the Curtis Bay Station of the
Coast. Guard at Riverside Stadium
last night.
Some 1900 spectators saw Joe
Paulding and Warren Colby each
score three goals for the Navy team
to lead the locals attack.
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He Decides Capital Now Is Important

Those recall the tied-up hogfa lost
last not likely the fellow this Bobo
with the Nationals Here Washington where pitched
innings broken kneecap reporter socked
thrown ball while mugng for President Roosevelt the ham in old
Bobo undoubtedly will making official Bobo decided
the other that Washington
That's where belong he quoted He believes that
OF course takes than ham ball Unless he
blow that fast ball by the hiers Bobo
the ball likely
will return NeWsom is "a IS
had rubber trouble ambition
TO win he
The fact that Griffith already well supplied with pitchers won't
read the npaonal Norman Newsom Dutch
Leonard Sid Hudson Wilson Walter
have four pitchers
That
to be the No he would have to be Newsom.
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Diamond Loop to PIon

An organization meeting for the
Departmental Baseball League will
be held tonight at the Atlas Sports
Store, 927 D street NV, at o'clock.
President Vic Gauzza of the loop re-
quests all managers to be present,
and representatives of clubs inter-
ested in playing in the league are
invited.
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BY a Star stan Correspondent.

ORLANDO, Fla, April 1.-Out-
fielder Ernie Koy of Cincinnati
might have been a Nat today ex-
cept for his unimpressive per-
Torrance against Washington
yesterday. Manager Bill Nc
Kechnie of the Reds inserted
Koy in the lineup solely for the
purpose of exhibiting him to the
previously interested Mats, but
Koy failed to arouse further en-
thusiaSm.
President Clark Griffith of the
Mats still may elect to gamble on
the right-hand hitting Koy as an
outfeld reserve, but Manager
Harris failed to detect any prom
Use In Ernie, as he obtained only
o scratch single In four trips to
the plate.
Third Baseman Bobby Esta-
tella, recently hospitalized with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-04-01
SoftbuIIers to Guther

District Recreation Softball
League has a meeting scheduled to-
night at 8 o'clock at recreation head
quarters, 3149 Sixteenth street NV.
Program for the coming season and
assignment of fields will be dis
cussed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-04-01
Jockey Arcoro Ace Angler

MIAMI, Fla, April / (P.-Jockey
Eddie Arcaro, winner of the SIS 900
Flamingo and the $4,000 Widener
stakes here this winter, turned his
attention to angling yesterday and
entered a 3-pound, 10-ounce trout
In the plug casting division of the
$4,000 Metropolitan Miami Fish
ing Tournament.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-04-01

by Syracuse, which he had man
aged since 1888.
Now he spends a lot of time
hunting with his dogs-rabbit
hounds, coon dogs and settlers.
Port still holds a share in the
Admission, Ala, club of the South
eastern League.
My active days are done, I'm
afraid" he said. TITS tough. But
then I've got my dogs"
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'Twitchy- TwiIIey' Porter Admits
~ Years in Game Finishes Him
Style at Bot Gave Nickname to CIouter
Who Played for Tribe, Set Marks in |. L.


SALISBURY, April latter years sparkling
ball Dick Twchy TwieyD Porter afraid his active days
done.
the Eastern Shore sausage king who starred in Inter-
national League ball, is philosophical about it.
"You can't
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-04-01
SIugging OutfieIder Needed
To Put Cincinnati Across
Great Slab Stoff Appears Doomed to Open
Another Season with Skinny Support
By the Associated Press.


TAMPA Fla, April 1.-Uness they talk somebody
300httng ouelder very the Cincinnati Reds
will have to start another under the old blight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-04-01
Cronin and Grove Stopped Him in Boston

Once he achieves goal Newso loses interest AS rookie with the
Browns back 1884 he B automatically moving the head
Of the ST. The didn't
really Griffith
Jimmy De Shong winning regularly Washington
working here Newsom intensely jealous Shong
him when people talked
would have start with old Bobo After he had established himself
better pitcher than Shong interest Gth
traded
Newom bowling in Boston, did he last long
For thing Cronn didn't along with the fellow
didn't
covering from his and Grove No pitcher the Red
Sox There Grove Newsom had dominate
wouldn't
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-04-01
With Tigers He outshone Bridges and Rowe

So IN another trade Bobo landed back St. You could hear
him thinking great
Bobo He got into again pitched his heart working A
oing innings winning 20
pitched his
another
a
Detroit made the deal Wealthy Walter Briggs ard his
ciates pennant having Schooboy
outsne pitched the 1910 with
q victories against only defeats
really pitch. be
acquired control added change of and
polished didn't better than 1910
Not much better
to
ouch Leonard Hudson And Bobo
n deadly be a good pitcher.
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(See HAWKINS, Page ca
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-18
Retail Prices Pegged
Merchants Put Up Tags Showing How Much
May Be Charged for Goods

the Retail Merchants Association,
said that Detroit retailers are
fully prepared for the new statute
and that they are determined
to give the law their fullest pos
sible support"
Boyd pointed out that the con-
sumers probably would see little
effect of the new rul-
ing other than the open display
of price peaks.
He reminded buyers also that
each retailer was permitted to set
his price ceiling on the basis OF
the high March level in his own
store. Thus prices Of identical
items may vary in different stores.
Meanwhile, the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation has offered
TO buy rationed or frozen ma
terials from merchants hurt finan-
cially by wartime restrictions, or
TO give loans TO dealers with their
goods serving as collateral.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-18
Suicide Kills Four
Mother Turns On Gas; Husband, Children Also
Die; Miracle Saves 2-Year-OId Girl

PONTIAC, May 1s.-The at
tempt Of a young mother TO COM
nit suicide by cooking gas today
brought death not only to her but
TO her husband and two of their
three children as gas filed their
home at 487 Ditmar avenue.
Mrs. Geneva Kirk, 26, was found
with her head in the kitchen oven
with the oven and her head COW
cred by a bathrobe. Deputy Coro-
ner Joss Voorhees, said she COM
mitted suicide because of i'll health.
AS the gas seeped through the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-18
Canadians Raid
Dutch AirfieId

LONDON, May Is (INS).-
Nazi-held airdromes in occupied
Holland were blasted early today
by Boston (Douglas) bombers
piloted by Canadian filters, the air
ministry announced.
One of the heaviest aerial as
saults of the war was conducted
against the occupied coast of
France by other Raj bombers.
Lashing out at midnight across
the English Channel. the Raj
planes pounded targets on the con-
tinent for two hours.
Residents of England's Kent
coast, across from Dunkirk and
Boulogne, described the explosions
along the French coast as the
most continuous and heaviest they
had ever heard.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-18
ChineseyFedr
Running Raid

CHUNGKING. May 1S (UP).-
Chinese military leaders, though
cheered by japanese reverses in
western Yunnan province. watched
apprehensively today for the first
sign of an enemy attempt to seize
strategic Running in sudden
northward push from the French
Indo-China frontier.
Temporarily halted along the
Burma road, the japanese were
known to be massing large forces
in northern Indo-China.
! There were mounting indica-
tons that the next enemy move
would be an overland thrust along
the railroad from Laokai toward
southwestern China's key trade
apd communications center oi
Running. the provincial capital Of
Yunnan and the Burma road
northern terminus.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-18
A Sad Day
Messages From M o tn ers
to Nazis Joyless
Br Unlted Press

German mothers broadcast pa
thetic messages 10 their sons al
the front yesterday-the Reich's
Mothers Day-but none eX-
pressed happiness or pride in her
sons exploits for Adolph Hitler.
Most of the messages, as
recorded from the German radio
by the United Press in New York,
expressed anxiety and forlorn
hope that the sons soon would re-
turn home.
The German announcer told the
troops:
This is Mothers Day and you
soldiers are deprived OF the
privilege and joy Of bringing
flowers TO your mothers. So, we
called some OF them to transmit
messages from home TO you"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-18
Reds Hurl
Million at
KharkOv
By HENRY SHAPIRO
United Press stan Correspondent

MOSCOW, May ia Russian
army estimated at 100000 mesl :
stormed through blazing Villages.
on the approaches to Kharkov To-
day after annihilating suicide.
squads Of German paracbntists
and infantry reserves rushed into
battle aboard trailers drawn By
Nazi tanks. f7
An official communique said the
Red army continues TO forao
ahead" toward and around Khars
kov. portions of which were 70.
ported afiame from artiIlerey bun-
bardment, on the seventh day ocf
Marshal Semyon Timoshenkos M
offensive.
A feet Of 1000 or more tsnk-
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house, the others were overcome
in their beds.
BY almost a miracle, Dolores, 2,
In the same bed with her sister
and brother. survived while the
other two died. Dolores was lying
face down in the bed while Bar
bara, 5. and Bobbie l. were sleep
ing face up, police said. In st.
Joseph Mercy Hospital. Dolores
was reported recovering despite
about six hours in the gaS-flled
home.
Robert Kirk, IS, the father, a
war production worker, was found
dead in another bedroom.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-18

Prices on virtually every COM
modify within the scope of normal
retail purchases were pegged with
the opening Of stores today.
As a check against imitation,
the Maximum Price Regulation
Act placed a ceiling over all cost
of-living items based on the high
est level charged by each store
in March.
The act, which actually became
effective midnight Sunday. COM
pels all merchants to post con-
spicuously the ceiling prices on
all merchandise affected by the
law.
Outstanding exemptions fro m
the act are used cars. crops and
certain raw materials.
Designed to control the upward
trend of living costs. the price
ceilings will remain in effect fol
the duration OF the war.
Charles E. Boyd, secretary Of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-18
Slack Days

The question among women
no longer is, Shall I Wear
Stacks" but, What kind shall
l wear and when" And a mere
man has some good and au-
thoritative advice on the SUBJ
jet.
He is Russ Westover, creator
Of Tillie the Toiler. and you'll
find the first of an interesting
illustrated series by him on
Page 8 of today's paper,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-18
3 Million Hurled at Reds;
300 U-Boa+s Roam Atlantic

The following dispatch contains last word what
happening behind the enemy lines Europe
head of the United Press Staff Reynolds Packard
of the United Press Bureau home
after having been nerned the challenged the United
States they Lisbon following
over all view of Germany italy,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-18
White tOPiteh
Against Red Sox
By LEO MACDoNELL

Hal White. recruit right-hander
will pitch for the Tigers against
the Red Sox in the second of "a
Ithree-game series at Briggs Sta
klium today.
Charley Wagner will. hurl for
the Red Sox.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-18
BY FREDERICK oECHsNER AND REYNOLDS

FKEDEKICk OECHSNER AND REYNOLDS PACKARD
e
LISBON May 18.The Axis is stalking everything, in-
Guiding almost 100000 troops in Russia and possibly
800 Uboats in the Atlantic on ast-chance onslaught
against the Red army and United Nations shipping hopes
of victory at any price" in 1912.
When left Germany and Italy Adolf
the highest Naz firmly convinced that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-18
! s;:@T HIT[ER'S PLIGHT:
KILLS 100000 HOSTAGES
Axis Stalking All
On Victory in 1912

The following dispatch filed by Glen NJ Sadler OF
the United Press reached Lisbon from
Germany the way the United States exchange for Axis
naionals.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-18
The Weather

The sun will set At SIS p m today
and rise tomorrow a. SOS a m.
The moon ain set today a. ii:42 p. m
and rises tomorrow at $50 a. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-18
IN THE
NEWS.
BY CHARLES S. RYCKMA,

~ .
peller Club of tn,
United States an organiza
ton active in development Of
the American. merchant ma.
rine, has asked the assistance
Of the Hearst newspapers In
interesting capable, ambitious
and patriotic young Ameri.
cans in careers In our ma
tons very important and
most vital maritime establish
ment.
The Hearst newspapers are
glad to comply, since they
have aggressiyely and per-
sistently advocated an ade-
quate and well-manned Amer
lean merchant marine for
many years. and have been
concerned in peacetime by Its
inadequacy nd are now
gravely concerned i'm wartime
by It's continuing inadequacy.
As Mr.. Tode writes, our
maritime shortcomings as to
merchant ships Is now and
finally being remedied, under
the harsh compulsion of war.
In fact, our shipbuilding
program for this year origi-
nally CONTEMPLATED cOnstruc-
ton of $500 new ships, and
will probably be expanded to
provide at least 5000 new
ships.
This Is a commendable and
thrilling program, although
certainly not excessive and
probably a minimum meeting,
Of requirements In view of
war losses and of congested
war supplies at our docks due
to a present lack of ships.
1t may be reasonably ex-
pected to solve the problem
as to ships.
But as Mr.. Tode writes,
there will remain the problem
Of men to man them,
He says, on his own unques-
toned authority and In agree
ment with all informed naval
authorities, that our new ship
construction now underway
will require the services of
$4,000 licensed deck and engi-
neering officers and 100000
unlicensed personnel.
This Is more men than COM
posed our entire navy until a
few months ago.
There are not that many
trained merchant marine Of
ficers and seamen now avail
able, or in training.
The expanding navy has
sharply depleted our always
thin ranks of professional
merchant marine officers and
seamen.
The armed forces and the
war industries have sharply
depleted the great reservoirs
of American youth from
which all war enterprise must
draw.
Two essential things must
be accomplished, IL our forth
coming and vast numbers of
new merchant ships are not.
to be idle and useless ships.
and thus become a part of the
already great congestion of
war production at our docks.
First, ample training facili-
ties for merchant marine Of
ficers and personnel must be
provided. And this Is very
wisely and efficiently being
done, as Mr.. TOde informs us.
through the medium of state
and federal ship and shore
schools and especially through
the capable United States
Coast Guard.
Second, the merchant ma
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-18

World Famous Comics! Three
pages every day In Daily Detroit
Times
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-18
By GLEN M. STADLER
United Press STAFF Correspondent

LISBON, Portugal, May 1S-Adof Hitler is feeding
his vast total machine the loot of 13 conquered
countries and attempting to maintain order by hundreds
of thousands of executions.
Almost 100000 Europeans have been slain by Nazi fir
ing squads The equivalent of $4,000 cash and
goods has been taken from the defeated
1t is policy of 'woe to the vanqushed to the end
that revolt at home may be STAYED off long possible
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-18

the wars crisis was at hand.
The Axis is going to strike
with all of its strength and it
can still hit hard.
NEAR END OF ROPE ..
But the leaders know that they
are nearing the end of their rope
unless they quickly win new re-
sources. They know that the war
against America is unpopular;
that there is defeatism in Italy.
that German psychology ha
swung to the defensive. They
know that the strain on Axis war
production and on home morale is
increasing; that Japan is an
ally.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-18
Terror Serves Dual Purpose

The Nazi technique of government by terror has been
systematic and thorough 1t has the double purpose
of preventing uprsings and permitting virtually unopposed
plumber despite sporadic instances OF candestne resistance
Here, compiled from private and official sources
the statistics executions:
Poland, $500 slain; Jugoslava, 5000; France and
Belgium 1900; Holland 300; Norway $50; Greece $50;
Russia, Latva, Estonia and Lthuania about 100000.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-18
Prinz Eugen
1orpedoed in
Air-Sed Fight
4 Destroyers Raked
as Raj Bre aks Up
Dash for Shipyards
BY SIDNEY j. WILLIAMS
Uassed Press staff Correspondent

LONDON. May 1s.-Torpedoes
loosed BY British torpedo planes
crashed into Cermany's crack
heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen during
the night in a savage fight be-
tween a British plane feet and a
German naval and aerial force of
the Norway coast. the air ministry
said today.
Four destroyers escorting the
Prinz Eugen were raked by cannon
fire from four types OF British
planes which attacked the ships.
Five German Messerschmitt-109
and nine British planes were
downed in a series Of ferocious
dog fights.
DAMAGED BY SUB
Scared by bomb hits when IL
made the daring run with the Ger
man battleships Scharnhorst and
Gneisenau past the English Chan
mel coast from Brest to the North
Sea. in February. the 10.000-ton
PRINCE Eugen had gone TO Trond-
helm. on the southwest Norway
coast.
There, while guarding against a
British invasion and awaiting a
chance to attack the vital Allied
northern supply route to Russia.
it had been damaged by a British
submarine torpedo.
Apparently. the air ministry
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STILL POWERFUL

If they fail this sumner there
is every reason to feel confident
that increasing American war
strength will turn the tide so de-
cisively the Axis will never regain
the initiative.
We came out of Axis Europe
after years of reporting political
and military crises in all parts of
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