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Base Bowling League To Get Underway


 Here's big news for the strikes and spares enthusiast! The Base Bowling League will get underway on December nineteenth. We have been for tunate in securing the use of the Midtown Alleys, West Hartford, through the courtesy of the JWB-USO, on Tuesday evenings from 1900 to 20O0.
 At this writing entries have been received from Finance and Section B. Others are needed to round out a we'll balanced loop. Get your Sec tiOn's entry in to the Base Special Service Office as soon as possible so that your outfit may have the benefit of the two weeks practice period, starting THIS Tuesday eve- ming. CT transportation will leave from the Main Gate and of course there is no charge for the use of the Alleys.
Bradley beam., 1944-12-02

no Harmon, O'Brien or Kelley to dominate the field. The boys are going to have to burrow a little.
 First choice of most coaches whose teams have faced Army is Glenn Davis, whipfast left half back for the Mule. Davis, who car ried the ball an average of only 5 times per game during the first 7 games on the schedule, piled up the incredible average of 18.8 yards per try and scored 19 touchdowns through the Penn game.
 Despite Davis amazing record, there are some coaches who rate him behind Doc Blanchard, his pile-driving teanamate. Blanchard, a plebe, isn't as fast as Davis, but he hits the line harder, blocks harder and kicks better. Ed Nc Keever, Notre Dame coach, thinks Blanchard is the best all around back playing football today.
 Not even Blanchard, however, can run as hard as Navy's Bob Jenkins, who once carried Joe Sta nowicz, Army's 200-pound tackle,
Bradley beam., 1944-12-02

become a fixture at these shows. Five CYO lads from Hartford were brought forth fully masked and placed in different sections of the ring. Rules were that a knee touch ing the canvas would eliminate it's owner. Wild swings threw three of the boys off their feet and in the climax, Bill Coley knocked his op- ponent down. The star performer in the event was the pole to which a glove was affixed and from time to time brought in contact with the gladiators' noses.
 The referee for the bouts was Joe Aquotta and the judge was Capt. Dewey B. Johnson. Pvt. Nor man Rand took care of the time keeping details while It. Rupert Mallach did all the announcing.
Bradley beam., 1944-12-02
See What the Boys in the Back
 Rooms Will Have

See What the Boys in the Back
 Rooms Will Have
 Every year about this time a bunch of boys start whooping it up in back rooms all over the U. s. in their efforts to pick the best football player in the land.
 Last year the boys in the back rooms picked Angelo Bertelli, of Notre Dame, as their choice and gave him the Heisman Award, presented each year to the winner. Previous winners were Frankie Sinkwich, of Georgia; Bruce Smith, of Minnesota; Tom Harmon, of Michigan; Nile Kinnick, of Iowa; Davey O'Brien, of Texas; Clint Frank and Larry Kelly, of Yale, and Jay Berwanger, Clark Shaugh- nessy's boy from Chicago. All these men were backs, save Kelley, an end, who used to play in the other guys backfeld all afternoon bong.
 This year no one knows what the boys in the back rooms will have. There's no Berteni around,
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public that bated cool 6 with choices the hardly like Sgt compelled lnqush Wrong picked the the AL flag ther
  of Baltimore the classic touch However big Th Middle forward wall Party. We'll stick with the stub 
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 years Finance oaked aOih the Bradley Bo10ng fGShion This 1Oheher Moneynpen WeVe hedrd their and they triumph also be- We also gaher Uia the gr0peVne that something ay about thts. ALI in oH successful the sphtSpdre boys
 Along Headquarters forming For aU the lurSd detals t0eU endeGvor to f ohdt a0hem the do
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of Springfield, battled it out in the wind-up with the Bradleyite talk ing the decision. In the first heat, Harvey landed solid right on his opponents whiskers that made the Killer just ghost of his nick name. Gale pounded his opponent thoroughly during the second round but in the final frame the Killer shook off the effects of that first hard right hook and slugged it out to capture that round. However, Harvey's early lead made him the winner.
 ART AND JIM IN CLOSE FIGHT
 In the semi-final, two of Brad ley's best men put on a real "Bran- nigan", as Art Saulsgiver and Jimmie Washington hooked up in a three-rounder. Saulsgiver repeat edly drove hard rights to the head in the first round to easily win that stanza but Jim came back strong in the second and his clever boxing tied Art in knots. With the fight at this point fairly even, both boys rushed from their corners at the bell and for the third round actual ly threw more damaging punches than in the rest of the bout. Both men were shaken by jolting left jabs and hard right crosses but weathered the effects we'll enough to give and take more punishment. At the final bell, the only possible verdict was given-a draw. These
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fine ringmen, as usual, put on an excellent, clean punching fray. Art, at 146, had a one pound pull in the weight.
 Beau Jack" Daniels, 142 lbs, lost close decision to Ray Laurie of Hartford in one of the prehms. Laurie, weighing IA, beat his op- ponent to the punch most of the time and took popular boxer to the cleaners.
 In the curtain raiser of two rounds, Don Quinn, 128 lbs., of Hartford, took a decision from Jimmy Heatherly, 130 lbs, of, the Bradley Field Weather Detach- ment. The WX man showed a willingness to learn the game and Quinn did his best to give him a boxing lesson. Once Jimmy gets the ring savvy of some of the other lads, he'll bear watching.
 GALLEY WINS BATTLE ROYAL
 As an added attraction, the crowd was treated to the first bat tie royal to take place at the Base. From some comments heard 1t went over with a bang and should
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Saulssiver in Fast Draw
 With Jim Washington
Battle Royal Drdevs Fans Interest

the the the Bradley Hartford Spring battle comprised the with the BR being staged here at the Base
 190 b the show far his the Base he demon eagernes mix opening opponent Springfield weighed
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ten pounds less but the two men slugged it out toe-to-toe in the center of the ring for two rounds with Jones getting the nod at the final bell. Billy's windmill attack made his debut roaring success.
 HARVEY LANDS HARD RIGHT
 Gale Harvey, 168 lbs. and Charles Killer St. Paul, 165 lbs.,
Bradley beam., 1944-12-02
BATTING THE BALL WITH BOB

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Hear about the sailor who had Wave in his hair until he went to sea7
Bradley beam., 1944-12-02
Basketball News

With winter gradually setting in, the basketball season at the Base gymnasium is rapidly getting underway Most of the sections have already been given certain hours in the evening in which to practice, and within the next week the teams should be in good enough shape to start playing regular games. There is still de- mand for men who want to play this season. If you are interested the following men can be contacted in these sections: Section B, T3Sgt. Kollar; Section G, Sgt. Gutkowski; 94th, T/Sgt. Pinckney; Section K, Sgt. Bisanzo; Section c, Pvt. Erwin; Section H, Sgt. Ruley; 93rd, S/Sgt. Neck. For further in- formation concerning the basket ball season contact Pvt. Norman Rand at the Base gym.
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piggy back 10 yards across the Mule goal for a touchdown. You could give the Heisman Award to Jenkins and no one would get sore about it.
 If the boys in the back rooms don't go for Davis, Blanchard or Jenkins, they can give the award to Don Whitmire, Navy tackle, who is the greatest lineman in the country, or to Buddy Young, a back, who is threatening Red Grange's 20-year scoring record at Illinois. In 1924 Grange scored 13 touchdowns including 4 in 12 min utes against Michigan. Young has scored Il already.
 Then there are Les Horvath, the back who held Ohio States school boys together this year; Bob Feni- more, of the Oklahoma Aggies, Bob Kelley, of Metre Dame, Shor- ty McWilliams, of Mississippi State, and Gordon Clay, of South ern California, the best back on the west coast. The list runs on and on.
 You could pick any one of these fellows for the Heisman Award and no one would raise much of a holler. But the boys in the back rooms may cross everyone up and pick Rutgers guard instead. You never can tell, as we say in the Shavian theater.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-04-27
Turning Over An
Old Leaf
BY PHILLIP A. GLADHEIM

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are not forgotten yet"
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-04-27

49, rual;.l o...,.;.., DAMMIT me- IN
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closing 10 H""tr from ne essay
How insignificant, al the moment,
Seem the influence, Of the sensible
bInps which are tossel ard fall and
lie about as. 50, or SO. in the environ
nent Of calIv childhood. liow indeli-
Div. As we afterwards discover, they
affect Us; with what capricious at
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-04-27

At this time Of year, Garrett Coun-
ty Iomemakcl.s are still getting most
or their foods from the cellar. Often
the members Of families feel that they
have Just plain beans and tomatoes
one day and tomatoes and beans the
next. The following recipes may help
to make those beans more palatab!e:
Au Gratin
Spread the beans in shallow bak-
ing dish and pour over them 4 thin
white sauce with cheese added. One
cup Of cheese to about two cups of
sauce gives yellow. nippy sauce; but
if You can't spare the points, use less.
Cover the beans with bread crumbs
and spcck; eff butter, then bake until
bubbles &urgle up through the sauce
and the crumbs are toasted brown.
Beans and Tomatoes
Drain the liquid from canned beans
and put them in Il shallow casserole.
Cover them with tomato sauce and
buttercd bread crumbs, mixed with
some GRATED cheese. Bake in a $50
degree oven until the sauce is hot and
the crumbs toasted.
Beans and Bacon
Cut three slices of bacon into small
pieces cook anil crisp, and take out
The bacon. Slice half an onion and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-04-27

German prisoners (about 10000
in a prison camp in Canada, cele-
brated Hitler's birthday on April 20.
A swastika was on the huge birthday
cake.
The Bureau of Mines is producing
more than enough helum to meet all
wartime requirements Of the army.
navy and governmental agencies.
Helium is a non-inflammable gas.
Known vitamins can be converted
into vitamin c by d process discov-
cred during a search for new uses for
sugar.
Veterans of World War II already
on pension rolls exceed 100000, &C
cording to Frank T. Hines, veterans
administrator.
Strong support developed behind
legislation to simplify and streamline
the nations individual income tax
laws.
Supplies of beef for civilians are
expected to be larger this spring and
summer,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-04-27
RED HOUSE LUTHERAN PARISH

Next Sunday, the fifth Sunday in
April, church service at Red House at
HOO O'Clock. The schools Of the Par
ish meet at the usual time, The even
ing service a. St. Johns is a. 500
o clock, and the theme is How Amer
lean Christians may use their Liberty"
The Gospel for the day shows how
Jesus faced the problem Of pain and
sorrow with His disciples. Among
1ther things, He said: Il will see you
again and your heart shall rejoice'
Officers Of the church council will
be chosen by ballot at The close Of the
morning service.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-04-27

le would Josh me with a few pleas
antilles and continue on his wav I
would follow him with NV ewes until he
turned the corner This was y daiIv
,:tual. and both Of us GREW so nc
custoned to the meeting that we were
disappointed If either failed TO pur in
an appearance.
The remembrance Of This incident
can be accounted for in that the a,tl3c-
ton was greater than the aversion. So
fer as can remember he was the
frs. person. OUTSIDE OF INV par
,nt; who made over me and gave me
attention He was Liy and in,nnr-
tant man and was p little bow sitting
en- = oa4a-post In sDit4 Of his own
concerns and pressing, duties, he found
time and interest fo,. Ii-le how
have tried f., on,Dl3ta thf. lft.lp detail
Inv makino cvo, little boys and oi,.,s.
.nd This has hocoue a1mo,, daily
practice Il is pleasure 10 see little
face, light I'M. thew are made to feel
that affpr MI thew are somebody,
which indeed they are.
In that same Springtidc I remember
the luxurious bloom Of the lilac trees
that grew along the fence. One morn
.ng. shortly after Mr. Hamill had
paused on his way to the office a trio
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-04-27
Betrayal OF
Public Trust


To The Editor of The Republican:
Here we are one of the greatest
nations ON earth. founded ON the
princinlos of freedom and liberty \
Christian nation-a democracy SLOW
ly but surely allowing ourselves to be
misled bv some selfish. greedy Dolit-
zeal machine and permitting this ma
chine to kill the very soul Of dcmoc-
racy through the BETRAYAL of the trust
of the common man.
What do mean by that? mean it
literally, Here is how that is han
pcning.
A certain faction is ORGANIZED and
built up to finance and otherwise fur
Their the campaign of certain per
son for election to a public office
They introduce this man publicly as
the only candidate who has the
qualities Of craftsmanship to further
the cause Of democracy and work for
the common good. He is praised to
High Heaven for his great achieve
ments and his great love for his feI-
10" men lhey p, preach ABOUT ms grea
ness MS uhsSlllSh Will TO serve iHe
common people uhIIi one n!Sn' thlilk
MN only second to God in ms love for
an ~, nlailhIIlo. J. men comes P'ecIIoh o3|.
-. ny 10y % 'ie F"'eI9 uiI'I''
Ine IN IIeilcc OF inns masterpiece Oh
tN pioII"JIoil lIocN 70 Iiie poliS ana cast
uIelL P@ lr} III ms IaN0f, ana ne Is
t'GGteu: He" comes lHe ieJ oo"h.
II ms ~ an h'2II olI! ICE lhe 'Ir$t
ci en- ne VIII MAKE WlIl De TO fIL-
a. ~ ms 'pP&intIsl 9llIceN MIIn ms
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-04-27
DIARY OF THE WAR

crossed Channel to drop $500 tons of
explosives on NaM installations in
northwestern France. Reds made no
mention Of FIGHT for Sevastopol in
Climca and repulse Of German at
tacks near Narva on northern front
and in Poland area Reds sank four
enemy transports in Black sea and
badly damaged four others; Turks
said they would stop chrome ship
ments to NaziS. Raj bombers from
Italy smashed Bulgarian railway
center 80 miles east Of Sofia. Army
and Navy battle casualties totalcd
$4,000. it was announced. Allied fleet
planes in Pacific blasted Jap ailfields,
shipping and installations at Sabang
in northern Sumatra. Stillwell's Chi
nesc encircled Jap division in north
Burma.
SATURDAY - Allied b o m b crs
dashed in increasing fury at Hitler's
defenscs across Channel. General
Patton arrived in Britain for duty
Germans reported greatest concentra-
ton since Dunlerque in British home
waters. Nazis said invasion blow
would no +;nad with NOW, Allied as
saults in Italy and Balkans Destruc-
ton OF Nizi factories was accelerated
by record bomb load dropped by
P,;tieb ON CoIoono and Other, rail
canto,s Ron,ha,s also h;t R,cbarast
Pon,ani, and otbo, +aroats in tba+
.,..a Inns bod thrown rn;,,forcnn,or+s
i,ol,,di,a. tank. into invasion, If India
I,,+ wan, r.naIIoI bv british Inns
,yor. .,.;,ino. i, d,ivn ON Cbinnso at
l,hanubsio, P,esiane onanol . now
.ffoc,i,,o ~ poIard
S!-%nAv For, t,opsand Allied
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90 oo0 tons If ,v,Iosivos rThn,, bi+
11o,,,,, ,or,1,o..+ Of Colou,o o,d
Atlantic wall ItoIv-boscd nIanns oava
Avi. COMMUNICATIONS in balkans and
,.,.tla,,, T+ol, continued noundi,o
Allied ;ofert,., md Tanks ware sin
n,o.s;,o onward from, Noninu, nIoin
n Iodia and situat;o, t,oro continued
favorable 1t was revealed American
Warships took part in raid on Su
matra. China'e military future was
endangered by Jap invasion thrust in
the Honan province.
MONDAY-From Italy and Britain
Allied planes attacked Europe in
strong formations for seventh STRAIGHT
dav, hitting plane-producing towns
and invasion coast. Leaders said the
plan to destroy the German air force
was reaching a climatic phase. Reds
announced no change on Eastern
front. They took a HEIGHT in the drive
for Seyastopol. The deadlock persisted
on the ground in Italv. The Jan Of
fensive in India was at standstilI
but in China enemy troops fought their
way to the outskirts of Chenphcien
About 10000 Jams were trained bv
NIacArtbu,'s Yanlis around HolIandia
New Guinea. in three LANDINGS in the
first reconquest of Dutch territory.
Their detectives were three airfields
lying midway between the American
beachheads.
TUESDAY More than 5000
American planes from Britain and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-04-27

home of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hostetler.
VANS. in charge
Deep Creeh-Sunday School 1913
a. m. The Worship Service / 80 a M.
subject, And /, If / Be Lifted Up"
Prayer Meeting, 500 D. m. Thursday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-04-27

THURSDAY. APRIL -. 1914.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-29
BY LYLE c. WILSON

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.
(UP)-The newspaper PM
reports editorially that Sec
retary of Interior Harold L.
Ickes is so distressed by some
of President Roosevelt's pol
icies that he may resign from
the cabinet if the situation
fails to change.
The report states, specifically,
that Ickes considers himself "muz-
zled" by the state department and
therefore has been compelled to de-
cline an invitation publicly to de-
nounce the Spanish government of
GeneralisSimo Francisco Franco at
a Madison Square Garden rally to
be held next week.
This rally is being organized to
sponsor a demand for break in
diplomatic relations with Madrid.
In response to a United Press in
uuiry whether he had been invited
to speak at the anti-Franco rally,
Ickes replied: Il have been invited
and if l were not holding an official
position I would be glad to go up
and say what ] have thought for
some time about that gentleman.
But in view of my official position,
I have declined"
PM does not suggest that the
state department actually interfer-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-29
Arrests Disclose
Officers, Men
In Cigaret Steal

PARIS, Dec. 80. (UP)-Two hun
dred enlisted men and two officers
who were arrested by the army's
criminal investigation department
in late November and early De-
cember have confessed receiving
more than 100000 from the sale
OF stolen American cigarets in the
black market, the army disclosed.
Major General Milton A. Reck-
ord, provost marshal for the Europ-
can theater, termed the violations
the worst kind of sabotage and dis
loyalty.
Operations of the arrested men,
however, Reckord said, constituted
"only a minute fraction" of the
traffic which early this month caus-
ed widespread cigaret shortages on
the front and in rear areas and
made American cigarets available
in most Paris bars, cafes, and hotels.
Among thos> arrested, Reckord
revealed, were a few small time
Chicago racketeers," but the major
ity were simply ordinary American
youths who succumbed to the
temptation for easy money"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-29
Sixteen PerisIhed
In Plane Crash

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Dec.
29. CUP)-The death toll in the
crash of a transport type plane
found by the Second Air Force
search and rescue station on Black
Mesa mountain, Arizona, mounted
to 16 Friday, according to an an
nouncement from Second Air Force
headquarters here.
Officials who estimated the num-
ber of dead at IL Thursday night
said that lno Identification was
available as yet.
The plane which had been miss
ing since Christmas Day while en-
route from Tucson, Arizona, munic-
ipal airport to Palm Springs, Cali
fornia was located Thursday night.
The wreckage was found by Major
X. P. Kelley, who led the search by
four military and IL civilian air
patrol planes.
The search and rescue section still
was locking for P-38 fighter plane
also reported missing on Christmas
Day. The plane was en- route from
Long Beach, California. to Coolidge.
Arizona, and had line of flight
over the same terrain which claimed
the transport.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-29
Drilling Starts
On Oil Well
In Braw|ey Area

BRAWLEY, Dec, 29.-Drilling op-
erations started Thursday en- the
site established three miles north
of here by the Amerada company
last September and representatives
of the Rocky Mountain Drilling
company of Los Angeles said today
that the drill is down 100 feet.
The drilling marks the first at
tempt to find oil in the irrigated
areas of Imperial valley, since the
Hcltville we'll was abandoned south
east of Brawley ten years ago.
On September 26 the Amerada
company surveyed and established
the site for the we'll on the Mrs.
Nellie B. Veysey 800-acre tract To-
Gated three miles north of BraWley
on the Calipatria highway, now un-
der lease to A. j. Kalin. The well
is on the extreme northwest corner
of the field on the east side of the
highway.
Representative of the drillers
said that the contract for drilling
calls for 10000 feet, although the
original contract was for 5000 feet.
Drillers are working three shifts
and are using a rotary drill boring
a ten and five-eighths inch hole.
The Amerada company which
holds the lease for oil rights has
more than $4,000 acres under lease
in the Brawley area and some $4,000
acres in the Heber area.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-29
An.TIme Record
Set by Rail
Lines Of Nation

CHICAGO, Dec. 20. (UP)-All
previous railroad passenger and
freight transportation records were
shattered in 1914 despite the fact
that the number of cars and engines
has not increased appreciably in the
last five years, j. j. Pelley, president
of the Association of American Rail-
roads, revealed Friday.
Freight traffic, he said, amounted
to approximately 74O,uuO, coo, 900 ton
miles, or 1.8 per cent above the pre-
vious all-time high of last year. The
figure represents two and one-fifth
times the number of ton miles
moved in 1899.
Passenger traffic, he said, amount
ed to 96,000,00O,OO0 passenger-miles,
a 93 per cent increase above the
1943 figure, largely through the un-
precedented amount of army troop
movements.