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Evening star., 1944-05-02

CHICAGO, May Jimmy
Wilson, who yesterday resigned
as Chicago Cubs manager, is the
20th boss of the club since the
organization of the National
League in 1876.
Eight Of the Cub managers held
their jobs one year or less. OF
the 20 managers Cap Anson held
the boss job the longest-from
1879 to 1897. Since the turn of
the century pilots holding long
est reign were Frank Chance,
1906-1912. and Charlie Grimm,
from 1882 to midsummer of 1898.
Evening star., 1944-05-02
En Sports Stunning Draft Blow Near for Mats as Navy Beco Wynn
Win, Lose or Draw
By GRANTLAND RICE.
Rules Leaders Ponned as Grid Obstructonists

College a which must met
This crisis certain rule changes notably kickoff
nightmare which help give college
break with the along such lines
been blocked far by the rules committee and others who
become stubborn out line with the wishes the players the
public and at least 90 of the coaches
The coaches meeting will clear the muddled
atmosphere college football belongs Little,
Columbia football working
perately to have such a session.
support of every the
minority exception certain the rules committee
ordered changes S
This is completely and heavy blow at the college
especially professional meeting helped
College st the biggest part of the game There are
some Is or 20 leading eams-over 400 college teams
still don't believe that per cent rule s5 cent especially
when the latter is right
Kickoff Rule Makes Joke of College Come
The main arguments at hand first of ALL the
outof bounds college kickoff rule This avesty
game kickoff opening play one of the
high spots of football and has been for 70
What happens nowthe big waits expectantly
may go from yards to
touchdown But what takes place? promptly
kicks out of bounds giving the ball to the other
The forces caught and run
back with 5yard penalty for outof bounds kick
perfect rule.
My suggestion kickoff the
should be given to the other side at mded
when the kickoff due The college remakers should permit
the tee.
strongly in favor and
of the coaches of permitting tumble
the ball. with Little that
at any point back Of the line of scrimmage
These changes should con-
sdred to give college football fair chance with
pro game in the way OF public and player interest.
Rules Committee Should Meet This Spring
But here is the main pointn swiftly
no reason for committee sit back let
definitely The main that there should
rules committee this spring mail
mands OF players coaches and pubcr the
Bill Bingham Of Harvard chairman committee
hgh-class Bill
of the first to abandon football
Point Annapolis Dartmouth Nore Dame
and others carried Bingham football man can't
understand the attitude of Bible
ham.
If charges aren't made college teams
playing under their CODE regardless committees
desire to sleep and dream, "as time goes by"
can't believe the football realizes the e-
mendous mistake making college
is shirkng vital responsibility meet
North American
Evening star., 1944-05-02
League Statistics

TUESDAY, MAY 2. 1914.
AMERICAN.
Results Yesterday.
Washington, IL: Boston, 4.
Cleveland, 8; Chicago, 3.
Others not scheduled.
Evening star., 1944-05-02

Runs-Artino. Eeinhard. Hughes, Wheat
ley. Errors-Kirk, Settle, Lemon, Hughes,
Kirby. Giuseppe. Stolen base-Kirk Dou-
BILE play-Kirk to Hughes to Lemon. First
base on balls-On Giddens, 4. Struck out
BY Giddens 5: by Cocimano, g.
Evening star., 1944-05-02

Runs batted in-Kuhel t2D, Myatt a.,
Johnson. Two-base hits-Myatt Spence,
Sullivan. Stolen base-Kuhel Double play
Sullivan to Myatt to Kuhel Left on
base on balls-oh Wolff 4; of Terry, /;
on Hausmann. 2 off Judd, ! Struck out
BY Woih, 3; by Terry, |. Hits-On Terry.
8 in j 2s innings; of Hausmann, in 2is
innings; OF Wood, in 3 innings; off Judd,
Z in. 2 innings Wild pitch-Wood Balk-
Messrs. Jones, Berry and Hubbard. Time
200. Attendance-l. 500.
Evening star., 1944-05-02

Games Today. Games Tomorrox.
Wash. at Boston. Wash. at Boston
n. Y. at Phila. N. Y. at Phila
Chicago at Cleve. Chicago at Cleve.
Detroit at st. L. Detroit at st. l..
Evening star., 1944-05-02
Batting.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

NIEHNH IUNhL LEAUUE.
Jersey City, 6; Buffalo. 9
Rochester, IL: Newark, 4.
Montreal, 4 Syracuse, 3.
Only Games Scheduled
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-02
Polish Tenor Pleases
 Large Audience Here
Jan Kiepura Presents Splendid Program at Waterbury WOmens Club; Variety of Selections Highlighted

Jan Kiepura, Polish tenor, pleased and satisfied the large audience last night at the Waterbury Wo- mems club auditorium. MT. Kiepura has a voice, manner and musical equipment that supply him with all that is necessary for the concert artist. His presentation of a fine group of songs was happy end to the four concerts in the Fine Arts Series sponsored by the Mat tatuck Musical Art society. He had the fine support of Otto Herz as accompanist, and you might say the evening was entirely successful, from the opening "Celeste Aida" from Verdi's Aida" to the singing of the National Anthem in which the audience joined.
 A slight cold seemed to hamper the singer at the start, but he was soon able to get the effects that he desired in voice placement and as the evening went on his voice seemed to become warmer and fuller. Possessing beautifully toned vocal organ he manages ad- mirably to get the most out of a song. Intense feeling and an awareness of the text as well as sound musical intelligence have equipped him with all the requisites Add to this a personal charm, and you have successful concert artist With his dramatic flair Kiepura has plenty to offer in the way of good singing. Though he is singing daily at the present time in the light opera "The Merry Widow" his voice Is fresh and he handles it expertly
 To go on from the opening Verdi he sang the striking Romance" by Bizet which taxes the voice con- siderably through the different vo- cal ranges, and in this he had not yet identified the hall acoustics which gave him a difficult job. Tn Massenet's Dream" from "Manon" the first act aria from ''Tosca" ano Rossini's "Danza" he was getting the best out of his voice, and this continued agreeably through his singing of Hageman's Miranda, and the aria from Martha"
 Highlights in the program were his singing of three songs by com- posers from his native Poland, ''Ro- nance" from "Halka," by Monius- zko, "A Baltic Legend" by Nowo. wiejski, and "Kujawiak. Polish Dance," by Wiseniawski, which wa; his arrangement of the familiar piece usually played by violin. Al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-02

"The Bigger They Are The Nicer They Are.' The expression has kicked around show business for years, but in no case is it more ap- plicable than when applied to John Charles Thomas. For years one of the legion of Thomas devoteeS has been 75-year- grandmother from Waltham, Massachusetts. Rarely does a Sunday pass without the little old lady listening to the singers NEG program, and writing her favorite the comment on his performance. In fact, when the star was broadcasting from New York several weeks ago, he brought his ardent rooter to Gotham to see the show, at his expense. When advised by letter last week that she was henceforth going to be confined to bed due to the ravages of old age, John wrote and asked for her five favorite selections. To make her in generation more bearable the famed baritone is going to record the five songs in private album as his personal tribute.
 Here's a story about hound dog who won law suit in Chattanooga, Tenn, just by sitting back and keeping his mouth shut.
 Gilbert Martyr used it recently as his little niftie' on the Kellogg News program, heard over the Blue Network Monday through Fri day at 11:30 a. m., EWT.
 It claimed the dog. They were J. B. Blalock and Hubert Harris. Both described the dog in detail, differing in just one respect. Harris testified in court that the dog-his name is Sport-never parked when his quarry was treed. But Blalock testified that the dog DID bark. So the judge invited all hands to go along with him on 'possum hunt ito settle the matter. Well, Sport settled 1t himself. Yes, settled it by sitting back under the tree and keeping his mouth shut. Harris won the suit-and Sport.
 George Hamilton Combs, Jr., WIN news analyst and former congressman from Missouri, got as mad as anyone else at the atrocity stories released last week and on his Friday night commentary (28- p. m.) he tied up the Japs' horror with a war bond appeal.
 Within a few hours Combs lis- teners had poured out more than $20,000 for War Bonds and the re- turns are coming in steadily by mail and telephone. The one broad cast is expected to bring applica- tions for War Bonds totaling more than $30,000.
 ] Madame Beatrice Mery, French
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-02

three were grand songs, the first a thing of beauty and . Joy fors ever, which goes for the second, and the third, a fine spirited song .n which Kiepura practically danced with his voice.
 Then came his last two on the program, a nicely phrased song from ''The Merry Widow" the Pavilion Song," and ending triumphantly with the laughing song from "Manon Lescaut" by Auber. Here Kiepura vocalized in a series of tone progressions connoting laughter and his voice throughout this was full, rich, and surprisingly fresh. End ing on a laugh, he continued to smile and offer few for good meas ure including the Spanish folk song, "Ai, Al, Ai," also 70 Sole Mic" and when 8 call came from the gallery, "Sing another Polish song," he responded with 8 typical one. He also sang for an encore midway in the program, La Donna Mobile" from Verdi's "Rigoletto."
 Throughout the program he inter- larded bit of light talk and also ex- plained something of the nature of his Polish songs. -M.M.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-02

The adventure of five American flyers who parachuted into the for- hidden land of Tibet, and made their way back to safety through the offices of Tibetan monk is drama tized on Columbias "Dateline" pro gram Friday, February A. (WABC- CBS, 7:15 to 7:30 p. m. EWT). Subtitle for the broadcast IS: 'Dateline: Shagri-La."
 The five flyers are It. R. E. Cro- zier of West Texas; Flight Officer Harold J. MCullum, of Quincy Mass: Corp. Kenneth B. Spencer, of Rockeville Center, N. Y; Corp. William Perram of Tulsa, Okla, and Pfc. John Huffman of Straughn, Indiana. Their story, when told in dispatch filed by George Palm CT, United Press correspondent in India, who interviewed the flyers, was characterized as "The escape story to end all escape stories"
 The flyers were in B-24 cargo plane blown off course while cross ing the Himalayas. Running out of gas, and buffeted between 25,- 900 foot peaks, they bailed.
 Through the aid of a monk who spoke English, they reached Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. The Tibetan l foreign minister then arranged for their safe passage to India.
 'Dateline: Shangri-La" is pro- duced by Paul White, CBS director of News BroadcaStS, and directed by Marx Loeb. Charles Paul conducts ! the orchestra.
 If it hadn't been for Hollywood stage production of the Broadway hit, Anything Goes.' the group known to radio listeners as The Sportsmen might never have come into being.
 But back in 1885, four young men who were singing as members ot the famous Paul Taylor chorus heard that casting was about to take place | for the Pacific Coast version ot the musical comedy. They knew and liked the catchy Cole Porter melodies; had even sung them with the chorus. And when they learned that a quartet was being sought, they decided to organize. Those young men were Bill Days, Max Smith, John Rarig and Thur Ray anscroft. They practiced the tunes tried out and were selected for the play.
 That was the beginning of The Sportsmen. For after their suc- cess in the stage production they adopted that name for their quartet and went on to innumerable radio appearances. They've appeared on Kraft Music Hall" the Jack Benny show and many other broadcasts. At present they're heard on such NEG shows as Eddie Cantor,s Time to Smile," the Ginny Simn1s show, ''The Joan Davis Program" and a | coffee program. They've also worked in motion pictures, their most recent being Here Comes El- mer" with Al Pearce, produced at Republic Studios.
 The boys consider their most difficult assignment their radio ap- pearances with Dave Roses orches- tra. They sang throughout. but their voices were used as instru- ments, against an orchestral back ground of woodwinds and violinS.
 Bob Ripley, whose Mutual pro- gram is heard every night from Monday to Friday, is one of the few famous cartoonistS who still does his own drawings without farming out the actual renciI-work to assistants. Having passion for moving objects, Bob encourages live chipmunks to butter around his desk while drawing and keeps many
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-02
ST. FRANCES CLUB
 POSTPOlNING DANCE

Naugatuck, Feb. 2-At meeting of the St. Francis club Monday night it was decided to postpone plans for a dance until after Easter, Bernard Sullivan said. The ap- proach of Lent and limited amount of time left for preparation of the dance has caused the postponement
 The club will hear a secret service man discuss the organizations work and see films dealing with counter feiting and theer activities at a meeting Sunday, February 6.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-02
POTATOES GET AROUND

Potatoes were introduced to the United States from England, al- though they are native to South America. Four trips across the Atlantic and 200 years were re- quired for the potato to travel from Peru to Spain, Spain to Flor ida, Florida to England, and Eng l land to New England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-02
WAVELETS
By ED LEAMY

soprano, is making her American debut as featured soloist of the new Beauty in Music" program heard over WQXR Fridays, from 10:15 to 10:45 p. III. She will be accompanied by William Tarrash.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-02
159O--WBRY--96

3:15-Elizabeth Bemih--News 3:3O-Columbia Masterworks of
 Music 4:00-Broadway Matinee 4:25-Bill Costello, News 4:3O-Collins DriggS at the organ 4:45-The Raymond Scott Show 5:O0-Fun With Dunn 5:15-The Suppertimers 5:45-American women 6:OO-American Brass Treasury
 Show 6:15-To Your Good Health 6:30-News 6:45-The World Today 6:55-The Meaning of the News 7;OO-He Was There--Victory
 Interview 7:05-Organ Interlude 7:10-To Whom It May Concern 7:15-Harry James and His Music
 Makers 7:3O-ScoViIl on the Air 8:00-The Monty Wooley Show S:3O-Dr. Chrihtian S:55-News--Bill Henry 9:0O-The Frank Sinatro Show 9:3O-Jack Carson 1O:O0-Great Moments in Music 1O:30-Cresta Blanca Carnival 11:00-News 11:15-Joan Brooks, Songs 11:30-Invitation to Music Herbert
 Panssen, Baritone; Bernard
 Hermann, Conducting 12:00-Sign Off
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-02
WATR PR0 GRAMS l32O Kiloa ycles

3:1s-My True Story 3:45-Little Jack Little 4:00-Blue Frolics 4:30-True Detective Mysteries 5:00-Melody Revue 5:30-NeWS 5.45-Superman 6:00-Yankee News 6:15-Terry & The Pirates 6:30-Pleasure & Profit: Interlude 6:45-Jack Armstrong 7:00-Fulton Lewis, Jr. 7:15-Serenade in Swingtime 7:30-Phone Your Answer 7:45-Fourth War Loan Interview:
 Interlude s:oo-Sizing Up The News--sam
 Batter S:15-Fulton Oursler-- News S:30-Your DuBonnett Date With
 Xavier Cugat 9:00--Gabriel Beatter 9:15-Believe It Or Not 9:30-Spotlight Bands 10:00-Master Mentalist l0:30-Tony Pastors orch. 10:45-Del Courtney's Orch. 11:00-Yankee News 11:15-Raymond z. Henle, Com
 mentator l1:S0-Lou Breeze's Orch. 11:55-News
 TOMORROW A. NJ. 7:30-Happy Hank 7:45-Sacred Heart Program S:00-Yankee News 8:15-Melody Roundup 8:45-Early Bird 8:45-Morn:ng Devotions 9:00-Breakfast Club 10:00-Sweet River 10:15-Shoppers' Guide 1:00-Breakfast At Sardfs 11:30-Gil Martyn--News 11:45-What's Your Idea? 11:55-Strictly Personal 12:00-OPA Consumers News:
 Melodic Moments 12:15-Yankee News l2:30-News 12:45-Fourth War Loan Drive:
 Let'h Dance 1:O0-News: Fourth War Loan
 Interview 1:15-Jack Berch And The Three 1:30-Music In Variety 1:45-Carnival 2:o0-Headline News: Two O'Clock
 Jump 2:l5-Yankee Kitchen 2:45-American Red Cross 3:O0-Treasury Star Parade 3:15-My True Story 3:45-L.ttle Jack Little 4:00-Blue Frolics 4:30-Let's Be Charming 5:00-Melody Revue 5:30-News b:45-Superman 6:00-Yankee News 6:15-Terry And The Pirates 6:30-Music For Dining 6:45-Jack Armstrong 7:00-Fulton Lewis, Jr. 7:15-Carson Robison's BuckarooS 7:3O-Todd Grant 7:45-Treasury Song For Today:
 Interlude S:00-Watch The World Go By S:15--Fulton Or ~sler, Eewa S:30--HumaT. Adventure os00--GRb RbrtAt 8eastaE
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-26
SECOND SECURITY
TALK IN OFFING

WASHINGTON, Sept. %. - R -
The Observation-Disclosures phase
of the Dumbarton Oaks world Sc
curity talks is about to conclude
and it is now virtually certain that
the Big Three will have to have
another discussion on the same
subject.
1t was learned authoritatively to-
day that the three powers have
reached number of agreements,
totaling document of about 20
pages, but they have failed to de-
termine the voting powers of large
nations in the future international
peace organization.
Delegates of the three powers
are expected to wind up the pres
ent talks tomorrow or Wednesday,
and Britain and the United States
will go into conference with Chin
eSe representatives.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-26
Land Would Cut UpTrade
Of Germans And Japanese

policy. Hull was asked at his
news conference for comment
on published reports that
Secretary Stimson and he op-
posed Morgenthau's plan to
break up German industry.
In reply he disclosed that it
is subject of wide open dis
cussion not only among Of
ficials here but also among
American, British and Russian
leaders.
1.-THE whole question of deal
ing with the postwar German
situation has been receiving
attention by each of the gov.
ernments most interested,
Hull said, land that includes
this government and the state
department.
ut would serve no purpose
to say more at this time ex-
eept that the higher officials
of the governments concerned
will reach mutual understand
ings, I hope, at an early stage.
1t is very necessary that we
wait until we know the true
conclusions they reach"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-26
Disaster Faces Germans
Throughout Balkan Area

ton with individual groups
shifting for themselves, sur
rendering or fighting more or
less on their own responsible
ity, according to reports from
Cairo. Experts expressed be-
lief similar pattern of chaos
would appear in Germany
when the Wehrmacht disinte-
CRATES.
The about-faces Romania
and Bulgaria, and the swift adj
vances Of the Russians to the
frontiers of Hungary, Yugo-
slavia and Greece placed the
outflanked Germans in an un.
tenable position.
Air blows coupled with
partisan activities have di.
rupted enemy communications
throughout the Balkans.
The air command reports
said secret landing fields have
been laid out in Yugoslavia,
Greece, Albania and other
countries, and that the number
of such airports would aston
ish the Germans"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-26

ROME, Sept. 25.- Up The
Balkans were described today
as "a morass which threatens
to engulf all of the enemy
forces that are left" with
chaos spreading among the
Germans in southern Greece,
Albania and Yugoslavia.
The Allied air command dis
closed that since the summer
of 1912 more than 5000 tons of
guns, ammunition and other
supplies had been flown to
Yugoslav partisans and patriot
forces in other central and
southern European countries.
Without this vast variety of
supplies" the report stated,
"the partisan armies would
most likely have remained
guerillas, their losses would
have been heavier, and the
Balkans would have remained
a German bastion, instead of a
morass which threatens tosen-
gulf all of the enemy forces
that are left"
German forces in the Bal
kans are said to lack coordina-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-26

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25-R
- Vice Admiral Emory S.
Land, chief of Americas war;
Time Merchant Marine, swung
INTO the capitals raging argu-
Ment over German peace
policy today with an assertion
mat the Allies should carve
up both German and japanese
foreign trade and divide it
among themselves.
Denial of world commerce
70 the enemy, states would
mean their end as modern in
uustrlal nations, Land made
GEAR, and in advocating such
d course he apparently rang
Cd himself alongside Treasury
secretary Morgenthau in fav-
orihg the return of Germany
specifically to an agricultural
state.
At the state department
secretary Hull gave virtual
ol1lclal conformation to an
associated P ess story OF
saturday night disclosing a
cdnlnet split on German peace
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-26
Committee Considers
Contempt Proceedings


WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.- Up =
The House campaign expenditures
committee today postponed until
tomorrow action on a recommen-
dation of its counsel that it insti-
tue contempt proceedings against
Edward A. Rumely for refusal to
turn over records of contributions
to the Committee for Constitu-
tional Government.
Chairman Anderson (D-NM) said
the contempt recommendation was
made by John A. Caddell, commit
tee counsel following Rumely's ap-
pearance before the committee
this morning. Rumely is execu-
tive secretary of the organization.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-26
BRITISH DISCLOSE
NEW SECURITY PLAN

LONDON, Sept. 25.- Up The
British government made public
tonight on the eve of the recon-
vening of parliament, a tremen-
dous social security plan affect
ing every man, woman and child
in Britain and the government
answer, at least in part, to the
controversial Beverage plan OF a
year ago.
During the first year it is esti-
mated the plan will cost $1,000,
900, 900, compared with $2,78o, O0O,-
900 for the Beverage plan. 1t
covers human needs from the
cradle to the grave.
It would provide unemployment
and sickness insurance; health
service; widows pensions; retire
ment pensions; family allowances;
orphans allowance; motherhood
grants and death grants.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-26
Reds Roar Through Estonia
Russian Army Speeds On
Toward Riga; Germans
Fleeing For Lives

LONDON, Tuesday, Sept. 26.-(R
Russian troops on the ninth day
of their powerful northern often
sive yesterday had virtually freed
all of Estonia, winning the Baltic
seaport of Haapsalu and 35-mile
strip Of the Gulf of Riga below fall
len Parnu as they sped on toward
imperilled Riga, Latvian capital
and Nazi escape bottleneck.
The enemy last night held only
a thin belt of western Estonia,
about 20 to Is miles wide and 40
miles deep, as well as a few is
lands off the west coast and MAJ
shall Leonid A. Govorov's Lenin-
grad army was expected to over
run that area by today or tomor-
row.
Germany's fleeing troops had
only one evacuation port left to
them, Virtsu, and Red army arm
ored columns were bearing down
swiftly on it. Soviet planes were
bombing. and strafing the disor-
ganized enemy, and the Red banner
fleet was loose in the Baltic sea
for the first time in three years.
Red Army columns were within
IS miles of Riga on the north, Sc
miles on the northeast, 40 on the
east, and last were reported only
six miles from the prize citadel
on the south. Soviet artillery was
pouring shells into the city.
The Moscow bulletin announcing
the increasing German disaster in
Estonia and Latvia, where origin
ally 100000 Germans had attempt
ed to hold off the Russians, also
told of the capture of so localities
in southern Poland, including Be-
rehy Gurne, only three miles from
the Czechoslovakian frontier.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-09-26
BIDDLE SAYS Clio
POLITICS LAWFUL

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-tR)-
Attorney General Biddle reiterated
today that Investigations have dis
closed no violation of election law
by the CLIO Political Action COM
mittee or the National Citizens
Pac.
He explained that the former
organization confined its activities
to primaries, and that the latter
financed itself through individual
contributions.
On Senator Moore's (R-Okla.)
contention that the Hatch act had
been violated by contributions
amounting to more than $5,OO>,
Biddle wrote that his investiga-
ton showed that the Pac had stay
ed within the limit on each con-
tribution to a candidate or COM
mittee. He added that provisions
of the law apply only when in
fact real contributions are made
to particular political committees
and candidates"