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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28
FORM BASEBALL LOOP

Barney McCoSky, hard hitting
Outfielder for the Detroit Tigers,
is spending his first March in
many years in Michigan He
expects 10 get his call as naval
aviation cadet in the next 10 days.
A baseball league with at least
six camps for the Detroit area has
been organized g. .. They all expect
10 start practice within week or
10 days The teams entered
are Crosse lie. Military Police,
Selfridge Field. Coast Guard,
Dearborn Naval Training Station
and RomuluS Army Air Station
:. Naval Armory and Fort Wayne
may be in before The season starts
the first week in MAY
Harvey Riebe. who caught few
games for Detroit last year after
Birdie TebbettS left for the army
air force, has been promoted 10
corporal at Fort Mcclellan. Ala
hama where -is-s+at ieHeA
He Joined the army about month
after the baseball season ended
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28
START PRACTICE

Our old friend Mickey Cochrane
opened baseball practice at Great
Lakes the other day Most OF
the stars who made his team one
of the best in the land last year
have been sent away, including
John Rigney, Johnny Lucadello.
Don p dgett, Benny Mccoy,
frankie Pytlak and Chester Had
lux, all former major leaguers . F..
But a better than average rop
turned out for the first drills, in
Guiding Tom Ferrick of the Cleve-
land Indians, Bob Harris of the
Philadelphia Athletics. and Ted
Gray, a Highland Park lad whom
Detroit had sent 10 Winston-Salem
last summer He was definite
big league material George
Diekey sof the White Sox is on
hand 10 help with the catching
duties and Johnny Lipon, who
starred at shortStop when given q
a trial with the Tigers last fall.
has a good chance to take over
that assignment with the middies.
IS WINNER
Mitchell Skotarczyk of Detroit
was one Of the wrestling winners
in last weeks show at Great Lakes
He defeated Irwin Schiff of
Chicago
Bob Wakefield, brother of Dick,
Tiger oHtfiefder., reported AT Par
ris Island marine training station
last week . He had a chance TO
Join the Tigers but decided to try
his hand at college first He
was a sophomore at Illinois when
he entered the service 1t.
Charley Colbert, former Tiger
shortstop, now coach of the Naval
Training Station team at Norman,
Okla, has AL Benton, ace hurler
of the Tigers as one OF his MAIN
STAYS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28
Added Events
Open Way for
All Shooters
BY DON GILES

The third annual William Ran
dolph Hearst Citizens Marksman-
ship Rifle Competition will he held
Saturday and Sunday, May % and
80, at Olympia in Detroit.
This is the good news thousands
of rifle shooters throughout the
state have been awaiting for
months. The shoot is open Ia
every man, woman, boy OF girl
in Michigan and like other years,
there will be no entry fee.
Entry blanks and full deiailS, as
well As a complete program will
be sent TO every rifle club and
shooting organization in the state
within the next few days.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28
BIDS FOR POST TEAM

At Crosse lie the officers and
men are well pleased with the
work of. Abe Kushner, form r
Lions trainer. who has been sta
toned there for more than year
. He played basketball and helps
condition all the athletes . =.
Felix Cassarotto. who learned
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28
ADD NEW EVENTS

Several new important events
have been added 10 this years
program Among the important
ones are individual events. both
in the expert and novice divisions;
a special civilian defense shoot.
open 10 members of the Michigan
State Troops, Michigan Home
Guards. Detroit SportSmen'S Con-
gress Minutemen, Civilian Train
ing Corps and other similar
groups.
Another event Of equal impor-
lance Will be the Michigan Inter
scholastic High School champion
ships, open 10 members Of high
schools throughout the state.
A special womens team race
with a beautiful Hearst trophy as
prize for FIRST place has also
bpep added
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-28

LivERNoIs s SMILE I'd. UN. I.s7is
Second Ave. Buses. llih Street cars 81
Evening star., 1943-10-17
Il From Capital Area
Go 10 Pref|iqht School

ATHENS, Ga.-Twenty-o naval
aviation cadets from the Washing
ton area have reported to the Navy
Pref1ight School here. They are
Robert J. Saunders, 4507 Temple
lane; Robert w. Talks, jr., South
Clifton Terrace Apartments; Rob-
ert K. Saunders, 1925 Parkside drive;
Ermen J. Bosco, 4517 Illinois ave-
nue.: Ralph w. Lassise, 1914 North
Capitol street; Lawrence S. Mar
tin, 30l3 V place Sc: Joseph H.
Geissenhainer, 4419 Fessenden street
NV; John r. Victory, 2l07 Plym-
outh Circle NV; Robert J. West
brook, 623 K street S.W.
Harold Curtis Parker. 1915 Forty
third street NV; Carl R. Nolte,
1926 r street Sc; Alfred L. Smith,
3548 Brandywine street NV: Law
renee A. Colburn, 43l9 River road
NV; Joseph J, Lynch. jr., yeoman.
second class, Naval Reserve, COL
Kennedy street NV: Richard c..
Dyer. 36l6 Rittenhouse street;
Charles D. Fox, 4506 Leland street,
Chevy Chase. Md; Carl A. Daniels,
48 Rollins avenue, Seat Pleasant,
Md; John E. Watson. 1904 Shep-
herd street. Mount Rainier, Md;
Lloyd W. McChesney. 1000 Balti-
more boulevard. Cottage City. Md;
Dahn A. Crandall, Alexandria, and
John A. Washington. 1926 North
Edgewood street. Arlington.
Cadet Donald G.. Brumback,
Tampa, Fla, who was graduated
from Washington Lee High School
in Arlington. also has reported here.
Evening star., 1943-10-17


CHAPEL HILL, N. C.-Four men
from the Washington area recently
completed the intensive ll-week
course here at the Navy Preflight
School. They are:
Naval Aviation Cadet Harvey
Gordon, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
A. ALEX. 5000 Ordway street NV,
a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High
School who attended Catholic Uni
versity. He will receive primary
training at Moffet Field, Calf.
Naval Aviation Cadet Charles
Oakley Hildebrand, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. B. M. Hildebrand, who will 60
to Peru, Ind, for his primary train
ing, He attended Mckinley High
School,
Naval Aviation Cadet Matthew
Nicholas Mezzanotte, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Nicholas Mezzanotte, 3730
Davenport street NV. Cadet Mez-
zanotte, who will 60 to Glenview,
ILL.,, for primary training, attended
Central High School, Maryland Uni
versity, Peabody Institute and Co.
lumbia University.
Naval Aviation Cadet Charles
Everett Webb. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Webb, 1909 Nineteenth street
Sc, who also will 60 to Glenview
for primary flight training. He at
tended Columbia Junior College.
Evening star., 1943-10-17
Sergt. CoNey Named
To Faculty Of School
For Flexible Gunnery

FORT MYERS, Fla.-Sergt. Nelson
c. Colley, "a, son of Mr.. and Mrs,
G. c. Colley, 4o4l Thirty-fourth
street, Mount Rainier, has been ap-
pointed 10 the faculty of the Army
Air Forces Central Flexible Gunnery
Instructors School.
In letter to Mr.. and Mrs. Colley.
1t. Col. Richard r. Waugh, director
Of training at the school, stated that
sergt. Colley, who has just completed
an extensive instructors course
there, has been selected from a class
of instructors to remain at the school
as g member Of the faculty.
Your son has been chosen as an
instructor" Col. Waugh wrote, be
cause of his fine cooperative at
titude, leadership. personality, high
degree OF intelligence and fine
record"
Sergt. Colley attended Central
High and Emerson Preparatory
School in Washington and Duke
University. He was employed at the
Federal Bureau OF Investigation here
when he was drafted in October,
1912. and was active in the bureaus
basket ball and baseball teams.
Born in Washington, he moved to
Mount Rainier with his parents
about Is years ago.
Evening star., 1943-10-17
D. {. Pilot Takes Dou
Along for Luck in
Forays Against Japs
BY SERGT. DAN BAILEY,
Marine Corps Combat CORRESPONDENT


HENDERSON FIELD, Guadal-
canal Delayed When the war is
over, members of a Marine Corps
torpedo squadron here won't be sur
prised If Hollywood tries to hand
SPAN, an 8-month- old female Pom
eranlan. contract.
For SPAN, who looks like a refu-
gee from some white fur coat and
who weighs less than 5 pounds, is a
veteran of six air combat missions
against the Japs
Shes seen raids over Munda, trips
over Kahili and liaison hops over
various other points in the South
Pacific. While flying. her plane has
been fired at by enemy antiaircraft
and attacked by Jap Zeros. And If
you ask her if it's true that she has
about As hours of combat flying she's
so modest she won't reply at all.
The pilot of the plane in which
SPAN flies is First 1t Jean S. Labat,
U. S. NJ. c., %, of 5000 Tilden street,
Washington, D. C.
1t. Labat places lot of faith in
SPANS power. Since she joined
the squadron several weeks ago she's
been with him every time he's taken
of except one. And it was on
that one flight SPAN missed that
1t. Labat crash-landed off Munda.
Now he refuses to 60 unless SPANS
along.
Maybe SPAN won't win the Acad-
emy Award in Hollywood, but mem
bers of the squadron are of the
opinion that with her campaign
bars and ribbons she'll certainly re-
ceive lot of fan mail from her dog
dom admirers.
Evening star., 1943-10-17
Former Posto! EmpIoye at Congress Writes
Of Dangers Supplying Mail in Sicily

When you hear some guy beat
ing his gums because he hasn't
enough gasoline to 60 for a Sunday
spin or enough sugar to make ice
cream, and at the same time pop
ping off about how much he is doing
for the war effort, just tell him he
is d lucky he isn't in this hell
hole
That's the treatment recommended
for complainers back home by Sergt
w. A. Long. jr., former employe of
the postal division of the House of
Representatives, now in Sicily.
In letter to his wife, Mrs. Flor
ence Long, Jackson, Miss, from
Sicily dated September /, Sergt
Long writes:
las l sit here pondering over past
events I realize how utterly impos-
sible it would be to recall all that
has taken place since We first landed.
The first few weeks were like an
unpleasant dream that one tries to
forget Yet it continues to creep
through your thoughts.
Outfit Commended by General.
Our part in the Sicilian cam
paign was more or less an insig-
niflcant one; nevertheless. a job that
had to be done, and we did it we'll,
getting Communications from the
commanding general. 1t fell to our
lot to deliver Americas letters to
the boys who were bearing the brunt
of the battle. This required the
utmost efforts of all and before the
campaign was many days old
Johnny Doughboy' was sitting in
his foxhole and reading words of
encouragement from his loved ones
at home. Our only reward was the
satisfaction of knowing We had, in a
small way, contributed to help the
boys forget momentarily the misery
and hardship they had to endure.
There was no time clock to punch
and we worked necessarily for days
it seemed Our greatest danger was
from snipers and air raids. Jerry
call and blast the hell out of our
bases. At times the earth felt that
it would actually crumble beneath
our feet. You could hear the whistle
of the bombs as they fell; then you
almost automatically braced your
self for the impact and covered your
head to protect you from falling
debris and shell fragments.
Too Weary to Be Afraid.
You seldom feel sorry for your
self because you know there is some
one else who is taking worse beat
ing. You are too exhausted from
the long hours to be afraid-you
have reached the stage where you
don't much care All you want is a
little rest, and occasionally you
might drop of to Sleep
Things happen very rapidly You
walk around in a daze and when
you snap out of it you whisper to
yourself: What's this? Is this really
me and how did this all come
about?' Then you thank God that
you are still alive. Home seems
miles away: sometimes you wonder
If there is such thing as home
where people laugh and kids play in
the streets.
You folks back home will never
be able to appreciate the supreme
sacrifice your soldiers are making
Evening star., 1943-10-17
Three Marine Officers
Finish Air School

PENSACOLA, Fla-Three Marine
officers from the Washington area
recently were graduated from the
Naval Air Training Center here.
and soon will be assigned to active
duty with the Marine Air Corps.
They are Second Its. Doug~-s
Eugene Monroe. son of John T.
Monroe, 1927 Sixth street South,
Arlington, Va: Herman Leslie Bush
ong, jr., son of Herman L. Bushong,
2128 First street NV, and Leonard
Daniel Wilson, son of Walter F.
Wilson, Brookeville, Md.
1t. Monroe. a graduate of WASH
ington-Lee High School, enlisted
as an aviation cadet in August,
1912 1t. Bushong is a graduate.
of Mckinley High School and en-
listed as a cadet in October, 1912.
1t. Wilson was graduated from Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute and be-
came an aviation cadet in August,
1912.
Evening star., 1943-10-17

home for two weeks in July, and
returned overseas.
OF his life on a Pacific island, he
wrote his parents last September:
80 - When We landed We had
quite bit of work to do as we
landed on practically jungle island
We cut away the .underbrush and
set up camp. We had to build a
shower and a place to wash Our face
and hands-a sort of big platform to
put wash basins on. We also had
to build latrine.
For all these very much appre-
ciated improvements, We had to dig
fairly deep holes. The holes for the
shower and, wash-up stand were
filled with stones to take care of the
seepage 1t was quite job. but
really made life so much more COM
Portable.
I'VE have to carry our water a
couple of times a week In big drums.
1t is chlorinated to purify it. We do
our own washing and hang our
clothes nicely to dry so they won't
have too many wrinkles in them
when We put them on. I assure
you all this is quite an experience.
"On the island We have quite a
few things such as tangerines,
oranges, coconuts and wild boar
Our lieutenant shot one few weeks
ago and We had fried pork chops
the same night. 1t was really a
treat to eat fresh meat.
80 = Try and send me newspaper
clippings Of any Importance, or any
OF President Roosevelt's speeches"
South Pacific Notes.
Second 1t. Richard Earle Roach.
Marine Corps, 30l Montgomery
street. Chevy Chase, Md, has been
promoted to first lieutenant. He
was first commissioned while in
action on Guadalcanal last year.
A former employe of the National
Youth Administration, 1t. Roach
enlisted in the Marine Corps Re-
serve in May. 1889. and was called
to active duty in 1910.
Seaman (First Class Clifton Lie
Evening star., 1943-10-17

for your safety. So when you hear
some guy beating his gums because
he hasn't enough gasoline to 90 for
a Sunday spin or enough sugar to
make ice cream. and at the same
time popping off about how much
he is doing for the war effort, just
tell him he is d lucky he isn't in
this hell hole. This probably won't
make you feel any better and be-
fore many more lines I'll be blowing
my top. SO We had better change
the subject.
Odor Of Death Prevalent.
"As the campaign progressed we
kept moving up until we found a
suitable location for a base. AS we
entered the city in which we are
now situated We were met with the
odor of the unburied dead. The
homes were bare of occupants. the
streets were Uttered with debris,
and the only form of life was the
chatter Of troops moving up.
The city gradually began to take
shape as the people streamed in
A. VAL A'iN NhNSo AL lllC
hills, carting with them their few
belongings. You could notice the
shop owners clearing away the
crumbled bricks in an attempt to
open up for business. Each day
you noticed few more little shops
open, mostly novelty shops, food
stores. etc. At first it looked as If
we would eat the natives out of
house and home because all the
food We had eaten for days had
been canned beans and hard
biscuits.
The Army officials put a stop
to this in a hurry and placed all
restaurants off-limits. This was
done for two reasons: The first. to
protect our health, and the second,
to conserve food for the local people
"As you passed along the street
you could see Mussolinis posters
being torn from the walls. One
poster. I remember distinctly, It
depicted John Bull as an octupus
Evening star., 1943-10-17

is equivalent to Ii. S. N. Rateiine.
80 cents. Since the Americans have
arrived, however, the city vendors
and peddlers have with the utmost
shrewdness raised their prices, and
unless we'll informed as to the goods
and quality one is very likely to be
badly stung. For instance, taxicab
fares are annas t16 cents a mile,
but the drivers, knowing that We
are unfamiliar with the Indian
prices scale, will demand 2 or 3
rupees for a short ride.
The natives are perhaps the
worlds best bargainers. They enjoy
bargaining for its own sake and
actually would be unhappy II the
customer paid the first asking price.
The other day I priced small
image of the Tai Mahal tthe fabu-
lous tomb built for his wife by an
ancient Mogul conqueror). The
merchant wanted u rupees (most
dealings are in the sign language.
I offered 2. He came down to 8.
I offered and he reduced his de-
mands to s, went up to 4. and
after much hageling could have
obtained the article for that price.
Evening star., 1943-10-17
Maj. Aiken in Charge
OF Pursuit Squadron

WESTOVER FIELD, Mass.-Maj.
A. S. Aiken, who formerly resided
at 6205 Lombard street, Cheverly.
Md, with his brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. G. w. Lambert,
is in charge of pursuit squadron
here after more than 10 months of
active service in Alaska and the
Aleutians.
Maj. Aiken took part in more than
70 raids over Dutch Harbor and
Kiska and received the Distin-
gulshed Flying Cross for "partic-
ipatins in many missions against
the japanese despite strong enemy
opposition"
Maj. Aiken first flew to Alaska
over the inland route in January
1912. His patrol area was from
Anchorage. Alaska. to Amchitka
Island, so miles from Kiska. When
the Japs attacked Dutch Harbor on
Unalaska Island in June, le42. and
later took Kiska, about 800 miles
away. Maj. Aiken began to see ac-
ton in earnest.
Before being appointed a f1vinp
cadet in 1910, Maj. Aiken took a
Clvll Aeronautics course at Mary-
land University. He was commits
stoned at Kelly Field, Tex. Mrs
AIKEN lives in Sioux City, Iowa,
Evening star., 1943-10-17
J. f. Williams on Team
High in Panama LEAGUE

HEADQUARTERS, PANAM "A
CANAL DEPARTMENT - Corpl.
John E. Williamson, whose wife lives
at 81 Farragut place NV, helped
his base basket ball team finish a
successful season with IA wins and 3
losses. A regular performer, his
passing and shooting was the de-
Gliding factor in several close games
enabling his team to finish in run
nerup position in the department
sectional championship.
Corpl. Williamson entered the
service in January. 1912. and re-
ceived basic training at Keesler
Field, Miss. Later he was trans
ferred to the Caribbean area, where
he had since been stationed serving
as radio operator with transport
unit. He attended Maryland Uni
versity and was employed as a clerk
in the War Department.
Evening star., 1943-10-17

q uIOllIu.
These are some of the impressions
OF New Georgia given by Second 1t.
Carl Wedel, son of DR.. and Mrs. T.
o. Wedel, 3504 Woodley road. His
father is a canon Of Washington
Cathedral.
A mortar shell killed three men
beside him in a foxhole the day
after the capture Of Munda's last
ridge.
Il didn't even know their Names"
he said, land now I don't want ever
to know"
Acting as liaison officer between
two OF the divisions, 1t. Wedel land
ed on New Georgia with his division,
which, despite artillery fire, had no
casualties.
1t. Wedel received his B. A. de-
gree at Yale in June, l941, and
joined the Army two months later
He went overseas in May, 1912, and
was commissioned at an officer can
didate school in the South Pacific
in January.
Evening star., 1943-10-17

with his eight tenacles wrapped
around the world.
Now that We don't have to worry
about machine gun nests on roof
tops or BOBBY traps in the doorways
we enjoy looking the place over and
notice things that had heretofore
escaped our eyes, such as the swol-
len bellies OF the dough fed kids. the
hopeless expressions in the eyes of
the old people as they try to begin
life anew. and the numerous women
who walk down the street wearing
mourning for their loved ones lost in
battle. You see children PLAYING
and laughing in sight OF wrecked
buildings and twisted girders. In
the street you can hear the music
from the hurdy-gurdy. They play
two tunes-one sounds like the
'Woodpecker Song and the other
l Want to Ride a Ferry
There are numerous things I'd
like to write you, but it seems as
II there is never sufficient time to
accomplish all one would desire. It's
getting dark and I can hear the
guard raising old billy he'll because
there are lights on, so if I'm to
escape the guardhouse I'd better
say goodnight
Sergt. Long was employed at the
House from January 1892. to Janu-
ary, 1887. the same year he was
graduated from the National Law
School. which he attended at night,
He left Washington several years
ago to return to his home, Shreve-
port, La. where he was married
Before entering the service in No
vember- 1912, he was employed by
the Gulf Refining Co. in jackson
Miss. His brother, Sergt. Marvin
V. Long. was among the first United
States marines to land at Guadal-
canal when the Solomons CAM
paign was begun, and subsequently,
lost a leg in the fighting there.
Sergt. Longs cousin is Mrs. Mar
garet F. Gaskins 1888 A street Sc
Evening star., 1943-10-17
Former OPA Economist Tells
Of Wars Travel Benefits

Probably 1t was worth no more than
2 rupees.
1000, 900 in Lowest Class.
india contains many religious
groups among its 10000 900 in
habitants. Most numerous are the
Hindus. who are divided into castles,
each Of which is all-inclusive-
making 1t impossible to rise from
one caste to another. Among the
Hindus are 10000, 900 untouchables,
or noncaste people. These are the
most wretched people in the coun-
try, as they are avoided by caste
members as il they had the plague.
He may not touch his betters'e nor
must his shadow even cross their
path.
The second most numerous re-
ligious group is composed OF Mo-
hammeoans, who constantly are at
cross-odds with the Hindus. Then
there are the Parsees, or fire wor-
shippers. When Parsee dies, his
BODY is exposed to the elements and
the flesh eaten by the vultures.
Although not numerous-only about
5000 .000-the members of this sect
are very prosperous. being members
OF the merchant class. Christians
NAV be found Also. as well as Jews.
Il visited Mohammedan mosque
the other day. Before entering had
to remove my shoes. The interior
was extremely beautiful, with hand
worked marble facades. The place
was spotless. saw the worshipers
as prayer with their faces toward
Mecca in vast room covered with
red carpet. This room is capable of
holding 1000 persons The mosque
contained a pool in which the Wor-
shippers wash their hands. faces and
feet before approaching the altar.
"One outstanding feature of In
dia is the great number of besgars.
They are everywhere-some with
loathsome diseases. others with
limbs of. and all dressed in the most
ragged clothing imaginable.
Travel Has Widened Horizon.
"All in all. this is a fascinating
country. Picture seeing Mohamme-
dan women dressed in flowing white
robes from the top of the head to
the feet, with only two Sits to peer
through, raggedy beggars, naked
children, men wearing only loin
cloths, co-mingled with people
dressed in the height of Western
fashion.
"As to myself, I have never felt
better in my life. miss you all and
sometimes experience a tinge of
homesickness. But that is only nat
ural. Balancing the asset and LA
bility sections Of the ledger, 1 find
that my life has been immeasurably
enriched by the things I have seen
and will be enriched still more by
what will follow.
Who would ever have imagined
me. a Government economist. who
never until he entered the Army had
seen that part of the United States
west of Harpers Ferry. becoming a
world traveller? Strange things
happen. do they not?"
1t. Ratcliffe is a graduate Of Gen.
tral High School and George Wash
ington University. Before entering
the service, he was an analyst in the
rubber division OF the Once of Price
Administration. He was commits
stoned in January at Harvard Uni
versity.