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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
DETROITER THIRD

| Johnny Williams Of Columbus
placed second with George Patrick
Bergin Of Detroit earning good
third after trailing fifth IN school
Figures.
Second and third place winners
in novice dance were John O'Leary
and Janet Hoffman Of New York
City and Floyd Spellman and Ann
Murphy Of Columbus
Twelve junior girls who have
qualified 10 skate their free style
programs today IN order Of marks
in school figures are: Eileen Nc
Donald. New York; Dolores Miller,
CinciHnati; Ruth Kelly, Dayton;
Jean MacGillivray New York,
Caroline Werner Newark; Pat
Carroll. New York; Nancy Lee
Parker, Detroit; Shirley Moulding,
Ogden, Utah; Marion Fortunate.
Cincinnati; Mary Lou Orr, Wash
ington. y. c.: Julia Boone. Vent
nor. n. j. and Irene Crawford,
Paterson. y. J.
Remainder Of today's program
was 10 be novice mems and ladies
school figures: lunior dance ellml-
nations and junior dance finals,
; 10 n l,---.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
Detroit Skaters Score
In New York Meet

NEW YORK. May 13- Detroit
skaters took the lions share Of
senior speed skating hOnorS yester-
day in the ARSA national roller
championships here.
Harry LindberC and Norman
Archer were One-tWo IN the men 5
44O and Betty Ross finished first
in both the 440 and $50. Alice Hol-
land Of Detroit was second in the
440 and third in the $50.
Kenneth Dean took a second In
the intermediate boys 220 and
Fred Lettau was third in novice
men 5 singles.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
NEW BALL, OLD BALL, CLEAN BALL, DIRTY BALL
AL Look Alike DO Pinky

Harold NewhouSer and Russ
Christopher Viii he the rival
pitchers when the Tigers and Ath-
lcticS engage each other IN the
second game Of the series at
Briggs Stadium today.
NewhOuSer will he seeking
his first win Of the season. lie
lost a tough TO fiVe-hitter to
the Browns In his other start.
Christopher won two games anc
lost four 10 the Tigers last year
Higgins Just keeps on getting
hitS-new ball, old ball, clean
ball or dirty ball, He got three.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
Got Flowery Writeups

Flores. once tho property Of
the Cubs, had four straight sea-
sons with Los Angeles He IS
IS years old and now calls la
Habra. Cal. his home lie
COZ some fioWery writoupS in
the famous Brewery GulCh Ca
zette Of Bisbee. Arlz.. for win
mig "A out Of 30 games for
Bisbee in the Arizona-TeXaS
League in 1898.
Umpire Bill Summers reports
= test made for Don Barnes.
president OF the Browns in St
Louis recently revealed that
from a 9-foot drop the 1912
baseball bounced IS inches. the
early 1912 hall - inches and
the new 1913 ball Il inches.
Uncle Sans ceiling on salaries
vas The financial factor in the
deal that brought Ernie Lom-
hardi 70 the Giants IN exchange
for Hugh Poland and Connie
RYAN The Braves ceiling is
So 500 the salary paid Eddie
Miller. the ShortStop traded tn
The Cincinnati Reds g.. As the
league s best hitter last year.
lombard figured ne was worth
S. o00 for he 1919 campaign
Bon Quinn az tho Braves
agreed with him &C.. The Giants
salary ceiling is much higher
than Boston s Bill lUCoS.
for instance. received ST 500
'E~t year Under 'ne Law"
\rv York ColIc pa. lombard
Ns Sl5 1Ot That Was 'oo
fgfc on Tho cOrtract tho p e
rhrTrer signed W4'h Horace
~'f0r~sv.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
Stretching May Fix
Thornton Lee S Elbow

CHICAGO, May Il CUP)- Dr.
n. II Levcnthal who discovered
three hone chips in the business
elbow OF Thornton Lee, Chicago
White SoX pitcher, believed today
that stretching would put the biz
SouthpawS arm in shape.
Lepenihal said Lees PRINCIPAL
difficulty IS with muscular adhe-
SionS IN his left shoulder which
could he worked out with stretch
Ing He said he would give Lee a
course Of instructions IN the proper
stretching technique today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
He1ferich
Tops Dye Golf

J. G. Helierich was right Al
home in winning top honorS in the
opening Detroit Yacht Club coll
/ tournament yesterday al Plum
! Hollow with a round of 70
It's his home course and he's
Ia former club champion there. 3
+. Goodman took low net laurClN
with S7-l6-7l tally while Frank
LarklnS. the old sea captain and
dock caller. waddlcd in with
lOS-34-74 for second low net.
Seycnty-four played in the tourna-
ment. first Of eight on The Dye
schedule. The second will he held
at LoChmOOr June l6.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
Resume SoftbdII Meet
AT Mack Park Tonight

The Detroit SOftbai' AS>ocla.
ton tournament for Tho service
men trophy VIII be resumed N
Mack Park tonight with Team
stcrS Local 337 opposing Packard
Local 100 in another ~ the first
round games AZ : 30 p m
Hudson Motor Defense, DSA.
girls champion. meets Local -
Bombcrcttos, Metropolitan champs,
AZ q o'clock
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
His Circus Catch,
Single in 18th
Beat Athletics
BY LEO MACDONELL

May -. 1913, will 60 down in
Tiger history as a red letter day
for Robert Ned Harris, more gen.
orally known as Ned Harris, Of
West Palm Beach, Fla.
That was the day Ned made a
Isuper-dooper circus catch which
saved a ball game in the tenth
Inning and then in the fifteenth
Inning Of the same spectacle bat
ted home the run that gave the
Tigers victory over the Athletics,
3 10 ..
The game was played yesterday
at Briggs Stadium. as you prob
ably guessed from the date, and it
was presented before a chummy
gathering Of 2.945 paid spectators,
plus 1T ServiCemcn.
II was the Tigers fourth extra
Inning game of the season and
Their second i3-iHHiHe affair The
whipped the Indians in the first
l5-lnning game when Dick Wake
field battcd home the ClinchCr.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
MOTLn CHECk ERRORS

for-siV In Yesterdays marathon
tilt with the A., batting home
one Of the three runs. Hoover
hit home another and Harris the
big third one.
As always when The play misses
fine. the Tigers looked bad on tho
unsuccessful squeeze play IN the
fifth, But had 10 worked they
would have looked gilt-edged
The Browns looked great work
ing il against the Tigers for a
winning run and the White SoX
looked like chumps when il failed
against the Tigers.
Richards turned In some swell
pegging 10 second and third.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
Legion - OdlIiiv
Ken Hicks Pitches 90, No-Hli++er for Vanker as
Catcher Gets All Assists; No OutfeId Putouts

Mother outfeid had a putout
Hicks struck ou rs
Learned had II runners loft on
base Do losing 90 PoSSehuS ID
Vince Kaiser singled stole and
came .n on bon PctItS single 10
score the winner IN tho eighth
BuShwav and Briggs tied al SIS
when play stopped because OF
darkness.
Police scored its second straight
victory in defeating Beaudry 5-3
PIttcngcr and +Ternstodt postponed
their gane 10 a later date.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
MCNutt Backs
0dd-Hr. Games
Photo by Times STAFF Photographer

WASHINGTON, May Il tUPl
Major league officials who pre-
viously claSScd as TOO radical
morning baseball games for swing
shift defense workers, today were
expected TO fall into line behind
the innovation following endorse
ment- by war #anPoWer commits
Sioner PauLN, McNutt.
MeNHtt SAID he definftciy-waS IN
favor Of odd hour games so War
workers on various shifts might
have an opportunity 10 watch the
contests.
He explained that for The ben
fit Of workers whose shifts start
in the afternoon. teams might
play some OF their day games al
an earlier hour even IN the
morning Night games would take
care Of day shift workers while
those working a late night trick
could attend AZ the usual hour.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
HARRIS SAVES TIGER GAME, WINS 1T
Eastern Clubs
Routed in First
Games in West

'-e eastern American League
clue, swing INTO the West for rhc
FIRST tuo ibis season Today took
a0 Jhe aspects Of 2 roW IS a re-
7----- 0- rrTT 0DonInE games.
All four eastern invaders were
beaten with the result that tho
New York Yankees lead over the
CIo,rard Indians dwndled n the
pace o. a couple OF hours To one
game
As tho h.chucht of tho Vests
concerted charge tho Yankees
were turned hack by = 10 ! IN Ia
innings AZ Chicago as Johnny
HUMPHREYS turned IN SiN-htter
20 break Yankee Ernie Ponham 5
I4--l--l-.s., < -y-tpeaIi-ef4- H4eHftd ~
three,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
CHUBBY STOPS MATS

That took care Of the Yankees
and IN night game tho Scconc
place Cleveland club dnWncd The
Washington Senators, 8 10 3. he
hind the seventh hurting O
Chubby Dean.
The Detroit Tigers outlaSted Tho
Philadelphia Athletics, 3 10 ?, il
Is innings.
Tho 81 Louis Browns pushed
The Boston Red -SaX- a little deepei
into tho cellar with a to I vic,
tory clinchcd hl Chet Laabs
.thrco-Tun homer in the fifth
All games IN the Nationa
League were postponed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
Michigan Normal 9
WdIIops HiNsdaIe

YPSILANTT, May IL CUP)-
Michigan Normal Colleges base
hall team collected y hits yeSter-
day 10 wallop IIillsdale College
II 10 I. The DalcS made their
onl, run in tho eighth inning on A
walk and A double. The lineScore
HiusdaIe 200 400 OlO
Mich Normal o3E oc0 500 N - u
Fa'r'rF Waugh Iuds and Hoffman
srs'E. Mann and Harvey
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
Big S S S Value
DETROIT
PHILADELPHIA
Totss ST lo1tt 80 Totals 43 p -

TotAs ST '1Ntt 81 Totals a3 y - u
xTSa out When vim ~E rsr scored,
Ran for Richards M fifteenth.
-Ba'ted for Trucks In fifteenth
Philadelphia 600 100 olo 600 o10.
DETROIT 0nh nOl 100 600 nol -
Runs Sisnsr' VAC Nakehs.d Richards
Metro. Errofs Higgins NaksheIf. Harrs
Runs hated IN Hal Higgins Hoover
FstaIsUa Harris Tuo-t4ss hrs Rl0cd
worth Wakefslt Han. Higgins NaIo
sacrnce hits Richards BRIDGES nout .
% Hal 90 Slenert E,charf'
IN Hoover 20 B.ooiw0r'n Hoover 20 B.oo7
worth % YORK Left nm bases .PrIadelphl IA
7 Detroit Bases on balls On Woit
m Bridges 2 struck 0u' ~ WOLF 2 ~
Bridges 5 hv Trucks S Hifs-Of Bridges
Z in innings m Trucks In : innings
Ralk-W WOLF Winning pitcher - Trucks
t'mpirss Summer SfeWar' Time of game
u IS Paid attendance 2 as.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
LdMottd Awarded
TK0 Over Ferrard
Special 10 THE DETROIT TIMES

CINCINNATI. Nav 10 Jake
LaMotta was awarded a technical
knockout over Tony Ferrara in
the eighth round here last night
after he had put the Brooklyn hoy
down four times IN the Stanza.
Only 1921 witnessed the bout.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
Scratches
e.tEntk DOWNS

SUFFOLK DOWNS
rack hsRvt
Second r7rr Grand Gay O~srco
Fourth Race chance Cross. Ng't-
0Haa' r.rl Sod
Fsn,a Rae. Lady Orchid. Ys1ni,
CIT ECHriL DOWNS
Hfsrt FAST
Fsu Race Mention >ins', DAYS
T7-- Race Ms'eria1ys Hare Green
t.1rs 'p
leg-r Pa-e.N ssv Mss
sA'1 Fsse Bu0trg Sarrs
BELMONT Park
TRACK muddy
Second rsre IIbevf, sand P-s'tv.
g-0r 1mps0e ".se NIecs Sine,s, MIS-
Fo..A ra-s-sa.fora n Designate
fssr ta Cr Msross> sun
.rrEa.
e5F rsra-r .rer, Morris
Srs'r'- Race H4thar CIV Tax.
sr0rrsNAN.s PARK
Track Tt--s.
r.u Fa.e. Hs-a Lee
-t..of farr-Gs~ r.t
r-- Race Mount Ks's Lively
r-tsr
-- rs-.-H,s rsa,-s.- sunny
Csfra Arrs~r.F
7s.s-.s Es-e .AHsy. N'tv ouss',
t.-.- Race Wsstsa Pr". Tor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
Practice for u Year
To Earn Skate Title
MARGARET RUSSELL

Elmer and Geraldine RinCeiSen
OF 81. Louis have proved the adaGe
that practice makes perfect
Last year, when the national
roller skating championships were
held in Philadelphia, this young
married couple entered novice
skate dance for the first unN The
26th place they earned left them
with very red faces.
But They vowed they'd put in as
much practice as possible before
the next meet. Today they are the
national novice skate dance cham
plonS. Even broken leg suffered
by Elmer seven months ago dldn I
interfere with fulfilling their
dream
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
LURID DETAILS

Now. about that catch ~ Ned (
To start the inning Bob Swift
the catcher. singled 10 center one
Of three hits Carncrcd of Trucks
in seven innings Trucks struck
ont Wolf and disposed Of Elmer
VaIo with case Things We're pro-
crossing nicely for Trucks and The
Tigers
Then came the wou'd-be villain
none other than Jo-Jo White a
former Tiger The "TiCah Man
got hold Of ono Of NirCil.S fast
pitches and lined II ouf 10 right
center. seemingly out Of reach Of
the Tiger outfcldcrS
But ont Of nowhere Harris
came Streaking. reached low and
far with his Cloycd hand turned
a SomerSault and cape UP with
the ball cluichcd tightly IN ms
paw
The catch prevented probable
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
WINNING BLOW

Joe Kuhel veteran first base
man Won for Tho SoN with the
S'andout play Of the game. Short
stop Snu1Y SurnwciSS. Of The
fankS, was intent upon holding a
runner Al second IN the 10th and
left a hole between his position
and third, with the result that
kuhel shortened his grip on the
bat swHnc gently hut with IN
erruE aim and punched a bal
through The spot to drive IN the
winning run,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
Weather Stops Spsrtans

EVANSTON. H.. May Il up
Yesterdays scheduled baseball
game between Michigan State Col
lege and Northwestern University
was Cancelled because Of the
w p
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
Sports
Mack Rates Mats
As Best Looking
F.aq Coo-eooers
By LEO MACDONELL

Corrts Mack >7Es Washington
'-e o->' looking s.an r0 has
ser0 this >pr.~1 &C.,. and that
tre Senator, prom $50 20 Pc Scri-
OILS aaa,caac.N- fer caar.n.azshzn
ar~rr>.
1.-The Yankees, despite their
successes. DO not look like the
Yankees of old" declared The
So.>e7.-oa q1ofof The Athletics.
v-7- -r-y younger -'0RirE every
CAV.
Mack Las high praise Tor To-
- W~fe. former FlGcf, now
starring for Inc Athletics.
White Is one 81 my best
lid" L--c-A-n-d- Mack Sa-d-lA-ta
I.s eyes a-tWlnklnE
White. 81 course. spent some
'-a4+-. 49, p ~, Tigers -tfr-t1e hiG
leagues before going 10 Seattle
1-----r Wits aCo, Tron Where me
As go' hm White. Too,
looked tho picture Of health and
moved about with the same old
sprnE m his step and the same
Old smile on MS map.
Mack praised The 75-foot
crushed brick F" rack Separat-
rs the grass eHtield from the
stands AS a great, new improve
rlent."
Every park should have IT,"
Mack pointed out.
TIE head ~ The As Is sure
'-e ciuhS will 60 through The
season :. SrShe doesn aP-
prove Of po~TNg games He
doesn't Ncheve there is any de-
mand for the A. NJ. contests.
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Kazoo Meters Win

MT. PLEASANT. May IL (UP)
Kalamazoo Colleges tenn s
team scored, a 4 10 ? defeat over
Central Michigan College yester-
daN
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GRUELLING CONTEST

This novice dance contest was
a gruelllng one. Forty-eight
couples entered the event sane
TONED by the Roller Skating Rink
Operators Association IN Arena
Gardens.
Norman Latin n New York,
skating in his FIRST national, made
il an all star year by winning
mnior boys figure skating, Earlier
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13
NATIONAL LEAGUE

+GanCS bPhlnd IeduCr.
YESTERDAYS RLSJLTS
81 Louis ~ Boston posiponed
Pittsburgh A. BROOKLYN, post pone'.
Chicago A. New York. postponed
Cincinnati Al Phiadelphia, postponed
ToDAN's GAMES
s. Louis ~ Boston.
pItfsnurgh A. BrooFitn.
Chicago AZ New YORK.
Cincinnati az Philadelphia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13

He nailed three runners who
tried To get smart with him.
Wakefields double in the sixth
was his first real hit into right
field He has been planting most
of his hits and caught fly balls
in other fields. lie is a left
handed batter, but hasn't got
around TO pulling the bali.
Cramer. out for some days
with an ailing knee, II ready for
action. But Harris performance
yesterday may not hasten Docs
return To center, until the Oppo-
Sition comes mp with a southpaw
pitcher, which may cause O'Neill
10 switch.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13

in the season. the 13-year-old
SChoolboy collected New York
states idnier figure, Junior dance,
junior pairs and tours titles.
Young Latin led all the way in
the event. He piled up a flve-point
lead IN school figures and never
lost the advantage with bril-
liant free skating program.
Latin succeeds Gene WoodSon Of
Cleveland. who Will compete this
year in novice men 5 class.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13

NEW YORK. May 3 INS1
The appointment Of national
sports co-ordinator within short
time" was predicted today by Her
bert Bayard Swopc, chairman of
the New York State Racing Com
mission.
Addressing the annual dinner Of
the National Association of State
Racing Commissioners, Swope a
Of the war department,
said the sports co-ordlnator would
dictate how ALI sports. including
racing. shall he handled in such
a manner as not 10 affect the war
effort
WOULD CHECK ERRORS
He added a sports co-ordInator
in Washington would do a lot Of
good. If only because he would
prevent mistakes being made
II do not know what man Is
going to inherit this job" he
said. but there are several un-
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Major e que
Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Games behind leader,
NE>TFRDAl RF~IITS
DFTFOTT Ii3-3 Philadelphia 200 IS
fnr.ngsl Fldges Trucks t9I and Ri1h-
ARDS Wolf and SNt"
chicago gal New fork N 90 -
riors1 Humphres and Turner Bouhan
and D'ckrs
house Peterson a. Potter co. caster
tnl and HAYES Dohs0r Terry ts'. R-opn
90 and pH-'es
Cleveland s.I3.i wash 1r'0r ? a. psas
and pesauteIs WYNN, SCARBOROUGH 90,
Hsefner t5j and EAry, GIu'Iani.
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TonNIS GANTs

TODAN'S GANES
phNade 'phIs A. DETROIT.
R0V9n ~ 81 Louis
Sew YORK a. Chicago.
Washington A. Cleveland.
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Evening star., 1943-09-22

Dixie Dunbar was to lea( the second
V. I was third to take off and as l
was warming up noticed that Capt.
"Snuffy" Oesterreicher of Columbus,
Ohio, who was to fly on my right
wing. was having trouble. His right
engine was failing and backfiring.
His plane was taken off the line
1t looked as though young Charlie
Mayo, our newest pilot and the only
off-duty man who had asked for the
assignment, was going to have his
chance.
Fly Through Mountain Pass.
At Kila Kila. our strip near the
coast three miles southeast of Port
Moresby, New Guinea, we would take
off through little gap on the hori-
zon that opened right on the bay.
Once over the bay the pilot would
always try his guns on the old wreck
on which We practiced skip bomb
ing. Then as we banked the tail and
tunnel gunners would try their guns,
shooting them into the ocean.
Guns OK, sir" each said over
the interphone
There was clearance between the
clouds and the gap. the only place
you could go through the Owen
Stanley Mountains at 5000 feet. The
peaks on both sides were lost in the
clouds.
All the tenseness was gone now
as We wiggled around to make our
selvas comfortable in our seats. The
Evening star., 1943-09-22

poultry business parttime. and Fred
Jacob Greene 10, listed as farmer.
The following men were denied
determent as hardship cases:
Milton Turner, 27, machine oper-
ator. United States Naval TORPEDO
Station; Jack Leroy Ettle. %, optical
instrument aSsemblef, Naval Gun
Factory, Navy Yard: Morris Edel-
stein, 20, file clerk, Internal Reve-
nue.; Joseph Frederick Pitts, 26.
postal clerk, City Post Office: Martin
SWelg, 81. bookkeeper and helper in
meat market: Ralph Emerson Powe,
29, assistant clerk. Transportation
Corps, War Department.. Joseph
Paul Slayton, 80, administrative as
slstant for personnel War Depart
ment: William Oscar Bederman, 10.
manager of tailoring establishment:
REman Greenberg. 36. shoe store
manager, Schlff. Co.: Harold Hur-
WITT. %, cost accountant Rubber
Reserve Co.; Alonzo Fuller Thomp-
son, 33, general helper. Norfolk
Navy Yard Ernest M Yusko. %,
assistant clerk, War Department:
Christopher Charles OMalley. 27,
Government Printing Office plate
maker: Lawrence Lewis Fields, 26.
blueprint operator, Washington Navy
Yard, Thomas Crit DeRamus. 81,
clerk, War Department.; William
Price, 26, War Manpower Commits
sion, Solomon Shapiro, 30 liollor
store proprietor: Samuel David Cor
don. 80, salesman, E. Kahn & Co:
Angus Kenneth McKinnon. 30.
principal freight rate examiner,
General Accounting Office: James
Francis GRADER, 90, principal fiscal
accountant, War Production Board
Cleveland, Ohio: Armistead b
Rood ST, "a. industrial specialist,
War Production Board Bernard F..
SeWell, "a, commercial teacher, pub
lie schools; James Arthur Conley.
a. taxi driver: John Joseph Rubino,
25, maintenance mechanic and ship
ping clerk, District Coal Co.: Jimmy
Wong, 80, waiter. Lincoln Restau-
rant: John Joseph Keely, 33, office
of chief of finance, War Depart
ment; Edward H. Slater, 36, electri-
clans helper, United States Naval
Air Station, Anacostia, D. c.; Mil
tor London, 18, baker, Londons
Bakery Henry Lafayette Farrar.
35, assistant superintendent, Home
Beneficial Life Insurance Co; Lowell
H, Ewing, 80, lawyer
Evening star., 1943-09-22

them But We could see the top
flight of B-25s going north and we
knew they were one minute after the
Fortresses. Walker and his Beau
fighters gave us a final buzz and
were off and we followed a minute
later. Both the Beauighters and our
A-20s tHavocs) were weaving to
keep down our speed as we were the
fastest planes in the formation.
Spot Destroyers.
We were in the blue now and the
sea was sparkling with little waves.
I kept peering ahead intently into
that vast empty space to the hori-
zon. After about Is minutes 1 saw
something strange. Rings of ripples
were expanding here and there in
the water below U.S. They weren't
bombs because there were no ex-
plosions.
Shells from naval guns would
throw up geysers which I ought to
be able to see from the height I was
flying. I found out later that the
circles of ripples were caused by
our P-38 fighters upstairs. They
had sighted Zeros and had promptly
dropped their belly tanks, the tanks
which had contained the extra gaso-
line that had brought them so far
to fight.
Then saw two great wakes ahead
and to the left, parallel and bent
away from me in huge arcs. I peered
again and at the right end OF the
Evening star., 1943-09-22
College Confers Doctorate
On James E. CUMMINGS

James E. Cummings, assistant di-
rector of the department of educa-
ton, National Catholic Welfare
Conference, has been given an
honorary degree of doctor of hu-
name letters by st. Francis College,
Loretto, Pa
Mr.. Cummings, native of Shen-
andoah, Pa. joined the National
Catholic Welfare Conference here
Is years ago. He had studied at
Bloomsbury pa State Teachers
College and the University of Penn
slyvania before coming to Washing
ton. Mr. Cummings received his
A. B. in education at George Wash
ington University.
During the World War Mr.. Cum
mings became educational supervisor
for the Knights of Columbus for the
Southern States. He also helped to
organize the organization CORE
Spondence courses for servicemen
Mr.. Cummings is married and has
four children He lives at 704 Alli-
son street NV.