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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-04
Funeral Of 6. |. Beck,
Wyoming Pioneer, Today

By the Associated Press.
CODY, Wyo., Dec. 4.-George T
Beck, president of the last Wyoming
Council in the territorial DAYS OF
1889 who died Wednesday at 81, will,
be buried today in this one-time
frontier settlement, which he
founded with William F.. Buffalo
Bib Cody.
Born in Lexington, KY, in 1856
Mr.. Beck, the son of Senator, was
successfully a prospector in the
Rockies, flour miller, utility company
founder and banker. He was one
of Northern Wyoming's earliest
settlers. -
Mr.. Beck was the father-in-lav
Iof Nelson T. Johnson, American
Minister to Australia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-12-04

Corpuscles, as well as corporals,
can fight. Enlist yours at the Blood
Donor Center, District 5000. Enlist
ments accepted at your convenience.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10

Yessir old Sanity himself will Just glow in his new Kern
overcoat Whether lis one Of our atwood fIeeces, a
smart herrjnoDone or one Of The popular mixtures -.
is bound to please him. In smoky 9reys blues,
browns and ta0s. Aso we have The well known
"Rockors@ all wool fleece coats. Both come in single
and double breasted styles.
KERN-S MEMS SHCP-MEZZANINE
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10
After Battling
Japs He Fears
Only One Thing

BATTLE CREEK, Dec 10.
One year ago the Japs held the
Buna area on New Guinea. And
Buna Village. And Buna Mission.
One year ago some Australian
experts said il was impossible TO
send troops over the Owen Stan
ley Mountains for a rear attack
One year ago I'd 1t. James r.
Griffith had never killed a Jap.
His right arm wasn't paralyzed,
he weighed AS pounds mot 96),
and was the fightinGest bantam
rooster that ever came out of
Litchfield, Ill. He wasn't afraid Of
anything e..
He didn't know what IL was
like then TO hear for II days the
voice of a wounded friend crying
for water 10 see men die from
the fangs of giant swamp rats SCI.
10 be unable 10 cat because OF the
smell of dead Japs : or 10 feel
the bite of Jap bullets in his neck
and face and shoulder -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10

water to him, some quinine,
vltamin tablets, and c rationS.
But we can't get him.
For days he lies there call
ing for water. He keeps a diary
over so pages-describing his
reactions. Sometimes he grows
delirious. When he comes to,
he carefully jots down what
went through his mind. An In
telligent kid, he makes his re-
port both scientific and military
the number Of JapS he sees
and how equipped. On the elev-
enth day he dies-of thirst. He
keeps the diary almost 10 the
end. When that diary Is printed
il will be one Of the most hor-
rihle documents Ia come out Of
this war. RescuerS got To him
the day after he died a.. But l
wasn't there
con the morning of Dec. I |
get my orders To report To the
Buna sector for combat, and !
break all records over those II
miles. Seeing your friends cut
down like that, realizing sud
denly the ruthIcssness Of Jap
cruelty, IT stirs In YOU an mex
plicable hatred. a boiling blood
lust
II report az headquarters At
10 r. m. At , p. m. l get my
first smell ~ battle
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10
State Will Protect
4City Rail Crossings

State Highway CommissiQner
Ziegler informed common council
today that steps are being taken
10 provide protective devices at
four OF the city'S most dangerous
railroad crossings
The city asked protection for
six crossings but Ziegler pointed
out that prioritieS on materials
precluded the possibility of filling
all requests.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10
Afraid of Nothing

jim Griffith still isn't afraid 81
anything except the kind of tall
lie hears outside the hospital o.
higher wages and more profits
and mot enough food .
"Food?" he repeats in a flat
tone. Crossing the Owen Stan
leys we'd 60 four or five days
at a time on half can Of meat
straight up l0,000-foot
mountain so steep we'd take
half day TO climb 500
yards &. l."
A hard look Domestic his chm
and a hard glaze over his eyes.
maybe just don't under
stand. Maybe we're not fighting
the same war. Maybe / have the
wrong slant $50.
1--WE were proud TO he picked
as the first I. :. infantry OUTFIT
sent TO that combat zone. ] was
proud and still am 10 he the
first L. :. man or officer To set
foot on New Guinea in the task
force that later cleaned mp
Buna -.
And the corporal that fol-
lowed me out of the plane-the
first Of II planes TO land at Port
MoreSby i'm this operation-he'd
he proud too, II he were still
alive
THAT WAS i30 I'm the after
noon Of Sept is.
AT seven the next morning
our entire group sets out TO
build a Jungle road So miles
along the coast to a point where
we can start across the noun.
talns. II takes us until Oct. u.
Out Of Fos~i'-l
On the leh.
ovr '0ttS Ger
company Is proud 90 he an
advance party-starts on what
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10
Grumbling at
Home Holding
Terror for Him

bullet kills our c. q. not $50
yards away. One OF the officers
/ brought Is instantly put In
command, I As his executive.
This Is Dec. rs.
ION the 18th the &. q. orders
our battalion Withdrawn for n
rest. Before. the withdrawal I
am TO take new troops IN little
bridge which Is 10 cover our
withdrawal. and point out Jap
emplacements and m &C h
guns. At the last minute the
{. q. asks newly appointed
Capt. Bottcher To perform this
duty. He is pointing at a ma
chine gun when bullet hits
him in the right arm At
the time I think I'm lucky
that might have been me-
Now know II would have
saved me what l. To come
Though one az the few Of
ficers unwounded. nay weight
has shrunk 10 liS pounds. I
can't sleep from the tension, I
can't eat because Of the stencil
Of dead laps, and I'm too tired
10 think. I just don't give 2
dam about anything
Then after my II hours IN
the rest camp they pull us back
into the lines The Japs are
trying TO break through the
triangle &C..
Here begins my real ordeal
In the fight for Buna Mis-
sion ="
Continued In Mondays De-
trOit TimPS.l
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10

is to become "a days of COM
pletely eXhausting effort before
the fighting even starts.
II guess IL seems tougher on
me because I'd been in an Aus
tralian hospital with an injury
while the others trained for this.
! was soft compared to them,
hut an officer must set an eX-
ample and that's probably why
| drop more weight than the
others. Everybody drops up TO
20 pounds. Yet, Of 800 men, we
lose only one through sick
ness
It's not only the terrain and
lack Of food. but the weather!
Holy COW. how IL rainS.-eVery
afternoon Mt fright through
ponchos and blanket pups. Any
thing under a five-inch fall the
natives call n driZZle. When
they say rain, they mean u.
Once the fall is IL inches in II
hours
"Of course the weather delays
the food. Planes are to supply
us every five or ten days AZ
specified dropping grounds. II
we can't get through, we don't
eat. Sometimes the planes can't
get through either. We pray for
good weather 49,.
con the 23d day out. I'm sent
ahead to a dropping ground, to
distribute food 10 the whole
battalion as II comes through.
It's p firing Job and puts me 10
days behind my outfit when the
RrAtipu starfe
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10
Tries to Make 1t Up

with four men and some ma
tives. / try 10 make mp the 10
days, hut on Dec. , first contact
with the laps comes in y bomb
attack on our forward hospital.
They Kill several patients, the
doctor, and a few aides ] got
there in time 10 help bury
them
Its our first taste ~ lap
warfare. It's the first stirring
Of a bitter hatred Of jap trcach-
cry that Chokes in our thrOats
before we're through &C..
The Japs are now cut of In
two places. a large group at
Buna Mission. q smaller AZ san
amanda. II miles northwest Of
Buna.
next dav 7 YVES 20 60 into
my first co0'h"' IN tho Sana-
nanda sector. but ~ the last
moment the {. q. pulls me back
10 help with supplies -.
That night the wounded
come I'm. We count our losses
and they're heavy Among them
Il an officer I'd gone 10 school
With-a cloeo friend ..
"Tbe Iars had waited while
he led fis r'cu across n r'p"''ine
gun lnno. then they moved him
down. He's lying out there now,
shot in the hip, his left arm
paralyzed. Rescue parties cant
get 10 him and the Japs leave
him for bait, TO shoot those who
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10

CVr to C.r
company Is proud 60 he an
advance party-ttarts on what
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10
Can't Get to Him

"~vo won ara ldnpd in the
&C at'..'ft. IN cfire~ S01
man wounded in the second.
The third time, ! try. and man
age 10 throw two canteens of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10
$50 Weekly
For News Tips

The Times pays $50 weekly
to readers who telephone the
first tip on news events or
on the likelihood Of news
developments or pictures.
The prizes:
Best Tip of Each Week $500
second Best 1000
Third Best 800
Next Ten Best, each 100
PHONE THE CITY EDITOR,
CHERRY 1900
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10
Barely Evades SHIPPER

so far, little twists Of fate
strangely protect me. Sent for
r-.-'- ---~r'. % S~-a ada. I
arrive hack AT daybreak with
two officers and over 100 men
at the same moment a snjpers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-10
They're in Triangle

"We're now I'm what's known
as the triangle an area ZOO
by 100 wards situated between
Buna Mission and Buna Village.
Armed with "A tommy gun, siN
grenadPS and a .ij pistol. they
send me, only n second lieuten-
ant. as battalion eNecutiNe--the
Iiaison officer between the COM
panies-becaus the officer per-
sonnet. as we'll aS the enlisted
personnel. has dwindled consid-
erably ny the time l report at
the {. Il.
"In this, my first encounter,
they stop us dead In our tracks.
We get our share Of Japs, hut
all about us ! see boys come
back riddled with wOunds-one
with seven bullets In his stom-
ach. another with his face gone,
others with legs off, and some
blown 10 hits by mOrtars 49,.
From the 18th 10 the lith Of
December we fight constantly
in that triangle. It's hard 10 say
how many OF the enemy you Kill
in general engagements Of that
kind. It's all rather imper-
sOnal -.
"a more personal encounter
comes when a Jap officer struts
down the trail between two Of
our companies at moment
when I'm not carrying the
tommy gun. I just happen 10 see
him before he sees me. Like a
reflex, I fire three shots from
my AS. The first two hit him In
the chat Hafa daaH oil RIGHT
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-11
SanSOns Triumph
I'm Climb 10 First

Continuing its climb toward
the top. Samson Fish Company
scored a 2-l victory over Petch
Tool & Die No. | Tuesday in the
Defense League al BoWl-O-
Drome. The win put Samson in
a three-Way tie for second with
Servo Vacuum Service, which
lost two games TO Greyhound
Lines No and Greyhound No.
., which dropped two 10 NJ. r.
Anderson. Kraft NJ a h in g,
league-leader. maintained it's
three-game edge by winning the
old game from Petch No. . In
other matches Clinton Bar-B-Q
edged Sheppards Service and
DeGrandchamp won a pair from
Rose Chevrolet.
Individual honors went 10 Leo
Sandrowski of Kraft's who had
207-201 in sos and Gordon Pen
man of Clinton who rolled 223
game.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-11
Two New Marks
Set i'm Big IL

Two new marks were estab-
lished last night i'm the Big II
League at Bowl-O-Drome and
both were set by pacemaking
Lambs Recapping which scored
a 81 win over Sheriff Theut
Lambs had a middle game of
1904 in a three-gam total of
2.616 Two Lamb bowlerS,
Bernie School and Marv Leggett
also captured individual honors.
School had a $50 game in Col
and Leggett had high game of
236.
Three other sweeps were re
corded, Miller Bros. Creamery
blanking Johnnie's Bar to take
over second place, Bell Lumber
withdrawing Kreiner Grocery,
and Leo's Hi-Speed doing the
same TO Kraft's Hi-Speed TO
move out of the basement. The
remaining matches were 81 de-
ciSions, j & j Music defeating
Gjlbert's Cut Rate and Rene's
Hi Speed downing Carvings.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-11
BY COACH ROY QUINN

Each squad member accepted
the change i'm coaches with com
plete and absolute cooperation.
This is due in large part TO the
preparation for the change by
Earnest Buckholz and the play
ers respect for the teaching of
coach Buckholz.
My few minor changes in
playing technique were assimi-
lated without question or diSsen-
sion, and the suggested game
strategy was carried out with
firmness and dispatch by Cap
tain and quarterback John
(Pete) Roberts His leadership
of the team was of the highest
calibre. II was Captain Roberts
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Built Like a Tank, Ira Rodgers
SUPPLIED Own Pass Protection

Spears, succeeded the old Dart
mouth guard in 1925, and after
giving up the head coaching job
in 1880 remained as the aid of
Greasy Neale, Trusty Tallman,
Dr.. Sleepy Glenn and Bill Kern.
He took over a civilian team this
fall after Kern was commission
ed in the Navy Pre-Flight pro-
gram.
There is a tradition at West
Virginia that Ira Rodgers must
be shot in the pants with BIB
gun before every baseball game.
He never fails to be ambushed.
Fat Spears drove miles TO keep
the record intact.
II isn't that Rodgers ever had
tC be awakened.
Those who were deployed
against him in his playing days
wished he hadn't been quite so
lively.
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Stars 10 Bowl
for Gard Fund
Pol Hoffmon, Young
Sensation 70 Appear

How would >ou Ike % oelp
supply cards. checkers, aom'aoe>
ar0 9,her games 'o oIF i.-'.tii-
men overseas
Yoa can 80 i uy attending "A
bowling match Sunday evening
AZ The Bow % Drame l79 South
Cratiot and contributing 90 the
Bow ers Victory Legion
pr.0r.ra-s of ,h.s ser>.cemcn s
match MI. he DeIa,Ne Die and
e,r.,-sv . +u.r nf Michigan $
,,,ts,ar5.re .b,v1.re teams who
are maxine battle NJ it for first
place "a the Michigan Major
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Teams Courage.
Spirit Praised
Future Prospects Good; Many Key
Players Available Next Season

duty TO direct the offense of the
team and he a capable mad in
spring leader.
TIGHT DEFENSE
The defense was directed by
Herb Martell, the center When
a team had as few points scored
against IL as had Nj. c. II S. this
year, the credit should go To his
valuable defense direction. If
most valuable player award
were being given, / have no
doubt il would go to Herb Mar
tell He was the keystone of
the offense as all plays start with'
the center, and his direction on
defense left nothing TO be de-
sired, with the possible eXcep-
ton of his size.
All of my players tried to per-
form TO the limit of their abil-
lily, but the Bliss, Pot
oroka, Floore, Sullivan, Maikos-
XII, and Capt. Roberts played as
though each was inspired
COURAGE IN CAPITALS
Football is supposed to devel-
OPP courage When Chester Mai
koski continued to play after
having dislocated his shoulder,
then Swapping and tapping il to
keep il from being dislocated
again-courage and determina-
ton are spelled in capital let
tiers.
With several key players re-
turning for next year the pros
poets, in my opinion, look very
good Players such as Charben-
eau, Manning, BoStWick, MarteA,
AlWardt. KrauSe, Torrey, Drum,
Baxter, Erdman, Flory, Brett
meyer, Vickers, Kolp, Mighion.
and ESchenburg are such as
would gladden. the heart of any
coach.
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ONO on runs from Is to rs
yards.
He passed West Virginia to
1910 lead over Princeton in the
opening quarter, was hurt fore
cd to the bench He returned in
the final period to pass to an
other touchdown. personally ac-
counted for the Tigers worst
reverse following World War /.
$50.
Rodgers pitched West Virginia
20 a 30-7 victory over a capable
Rutgers combination, chucked
the pass that edged a remark
able Washington and Jefferson
array led bv the renowned Fats
Henry, also in his last year. 10.
Walter Camp made him West
Virginia's only All-America.
Good natured Ira Rodgers,
extremely modest, totally un-
sophisticated and still as bash
ful as Schoolbov is an inSti-
tuition at West Virginia a %
year stretch having been broken
only by service I'M the Army in
1918
He assisted Or Clarence w.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-11
George NOtebOOm
Bowls Best Series

George Noteboom, bowling
anchorman for Overhead in the
Detroit Edison League at Bowl
O-Drome Tuesday, registered
the leagues best series Of the
season by Stringing together
games of 202 20O-245 for 647.
He spanked his team to a 80 vic
tory over Warehouse, which is
sharing first place with Meter
The latter lost two games to
Sales Last-place Service upset
the apple cart with a 80 win
over Repair while Engineers
took two from Bookkeeping.
In the womens section league
leading Team f dropped two
games 10 Team O and Team ID
won a pair from Team c Muir
iel Roses 178 and Louise
FlaaCke's 407 were high scores.
The Standings:
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BIG IL LEAGUE
GaSOIineS Take
Initial Defeat

Heretofore indicated, Case
line had the first blot placed on
its record yesterday in the Lad
les Civilian Defense League at
Bowl-O-Drome when il lost its
final game to Stoves. The Gas
oline gals. however, picked up
three points to maintain COM
manding lead Tires registered
the only other sweep, blanking
Foods. Sugar won three points
from Shoes and Fuel Oil and
Automobiles split four points
equally.
Lora Ray had 4O8 for high Sc
ries and tied with Ida Baldwin
for high game 1913.
The Standings.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-11
BRIDAL CHARM

NORTHAMPTON, Mass Be
cause its Last II occupants in the
past two years have married a
charmed room in Smith Col
lege dormitory, now the sleep
ing quarters OF WAVES, has a
waiting list a mile long saws
the college paper. Scan . The
latest occupants of the room 10
win husbands were two WAVES.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-11
EDISON WOMEN'S LEAGUE
Pcpsi's Chop
Stewart Lead

Stewart Sales had It's lead
chopped from four to three
games Tuesday in the Monitor
Leader b League al Mount
Clemens Recreation The Sales
men lost two games to second
place Pest Cola Fisher Towers
and Jock & Meldrum, dead
locked i'm third place, each won
two games. Fisher defeating
Phelan Upholstering and J & NJ
winning from Eagles. Howell
Roofing picked up three games
by forfeiture from Spruce Inn.
High marks were Frank Pie
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MactIpine's Trail
RN Four Points

4 sweep over Salters Market
put MscAlpine'S Faygo four
points behind kraascs Service
last night bon the Ladies Weducs-
day Night League ~ Mount
Clemens Recreation krause s
had 90 be content with winning
one game from Guhcrts Cut
Rate LaCroiN & GrocsOcck
climbed 10y banking Wolverine
Chips The remaining match re-
suited n , j victory for Miller
Bros Creamery over Jock x
Medium
Erma Davis walked of with
twin honorS. having . POS game
y 5O7 series
The Standings
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Independents
Take League Lead

Independents replaced Bat
kinS Radio as pacenaker of the
Class B League al Macomb Rec
reation this week While the
Radiomen were losing all four
points 90 Franks Market. hide
pendents registered a slam at
the expense Of State Farm In
surance. a third shut out was
marked up by Bannow Drug
over Mount Clemens Dairy The
remaining match between Pepsi
Cola and Wolcotts Mil was
halved.
The Standing
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LADIES WEDNESDAY NIGHT
LEAGUE
R. of {. Pushes
Ahead of Field

Board OF Commerce drew
farther ahead OF the field Tues
day in the Bath City League at
Macomb Recreation turning In
a shutOul al the expense of XII
wants Club The remaining
three matches were 3 y affairs,
High Twelve Club winning from
FelloWcraft Club, Lions Club
from Young Business Men and
Eagles from Optimist Club
Dave Meddaugd of b Of c..
had $40 for best solo count.
Ihn GtnnnLl-r.-
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Family Tavern
Climbs Near Top
thursday

A 40 victory over Carl's Fur
niture put Family Tavern in
second place last night in the
Victory League at Macomb
Recreation. Tavern now trails
City Dairy by one point The
latter came up with a 81 win
over Modern Electric Two 9TH
er victories by the same margin
were scored by Andy's Service
over Sub-Depot Engineering and
Winnie Andy's Five over Cover
ed Wagon.
The Standings.
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The Monitor-Leader
thursday NOVEMBER | l943 PAGE !"
PAGE IA

Monitor-Leadcr Minor League at
BoWl-O-Drome. The Mechanics
took over undisputed possession
Of the No ! slot last night by
winning three games from Hi
Speed, which previously was a
co-owner of first. The shutout
dropped Hi-Speed into a tie for
second with Glefke Company,
which dropped two games TO
First National Bank KoppItZ
stayed tied for fourth with the
Bankers by winning a pair from
Smoke Bros In other matches
Denmarsh Hotel won two from
Servo Vacuum Service and
Johnson's Service picked up
three by forfeiture from Knights
of Pythias.
Eddie Stadler Of First Nation
al copied high series honors
with Csc while Harry Gahlau
and Bob DeFrancis tied for high
game, 246.
The Standings.
uAx,-- $1,000.
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MONITOR LEADER MINOR
LEAGUE

An average of 5000, 900 vaca-
tionists visit the l8 national for
ests in California every year.
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LADIES CIVILIAN DEFENSE
LEAGUE

San German, Puerto Rico,
boasts the first church built in
any territory OF the New World
now under the American flag,
erected in 1911.
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NcEvOys Take
First Place

McEvoy & Dunlap was sole
owner today of first place in the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-11-11

lan's 232 game and Merle Bat
kins' $50 series.
The Standings.