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Evening star., 1944-07-02

bitterly.
Martha was tremendously interested in her
work and she wasn't bad. for one who had
never done agency work before. Her lettering
wasn't 50 hot, but her layouts were good,
and her figure work excellent No pun in
tended, Ed added every time that thought
crossed his mind. Martha, bent over her
board, was distracting sight
Scores of times Ed caught himself doing
little sketches of the sweet line of her neck
flowing into her shoulder: of her face with
that curiously intent look - and each time
he flushed and erased the sketch with furious,
angry strokes.
MARTHA working out all right, Ed" Dave
said one noon at the White Front as they
lunched together. Il thought those sketches
for the Caldwell booklet were smacko."
She's okay." Ed said shortly
Her work has nice original touch"
A LITTLE too original. in some ways" Ed
said Commercial art isn't portraiture what
we want are the types. You know: 50 you can
tell the business man. the derelict the house
wife. the deb, at glance"
That's right: you gotta get the story over
fast, and on the first trial You may never
have second chance" Dawes old sales pat
ter fairly rolled off his tongue. You could
show her how to handle that stuff, Ed"
Il have, several times She's trying hard
enough to get our slant But - wonder if |
couldn't handle it all myself, Dave?"
Nothing doing! You'd work yourself to
DEATH fellow. if you had your way
Which might be better than making an
utter ass of oneself, Ed thought miserably.
1t was that same day that Ed saw Martha's
boy-friend, When he stepped out Of the eleva-
tor. Martha and tall. broad shouldered SOL
dier were just hurrying through the entrance.
She had her arm through his. hugglng it
against herself, and laughing up at him with
that excited adoring look in her eyes.
Now, chum, you should get the idea"
Ed said to himself There's no fool like an
old fool"
He played with the idea of getting tight,
but after two shots of Scotch he decided that
hang over would be of little help: 50 he went
to funny show" He sat through it staring
grimly at the screen
lHE next morning Martha came in with
eyes like stars "Oh, Ed. you should see my
soldier wasn't expecting him at all; not for
weeks and weeks And when | saw him -"
Il saw him." Ed said II hope you'll be
very happy. Now if you will hop on this
Ramsey job Martha. maybe we can finish it
by tomorrow"
The stars dropped out of her eyes, and her
lips quivered for a moment Ed felt as proud
of himself as though he'd just kicked a
starving kitten. Don't pay any attention to
me this morning." he said quickly. Il had
Evening star., 1944-07-02
The Art Department was
a happy little family -
till Martha came. Then {.

DAvE breezed into the Art Department -
IL it was only single dingy room, but it
was still the Art Department - smiling as
broadly as though he'd just stolen Acme's
three best accounts.
ed" he said, this is Martha Wilbert
Ed Mayhem, our Art Director" Dawes in
Productions were always utterly informal, like
Dave himself.
Ed laid aside his pipe and stood up, brush
ing crumbs of art gum from his lap. After
twenty years at drawing board. that be-
comes habit Martha Wilbert smiled at him
from under dark, curving eyelashes and gave
him warm brown hand.
She was tiny thing, cute as button
Somehow, she made Ed feel big and awkward
and unkempt.
I'm so glad to meet you, Mr. Mayhem"
she said. Il ="
Call him Ed" interrupted the boss. "And
call me Dave. We're just one big happy fam
lily here = or were" He glanced at the three
empty boards Nov, guess we're just one
happy lille family
Dave winked at Ed over the girls shoulder.
waved airily, and strode off down the corri-
dor to his Office.
Take your pick of the boards" Ed said
Supplies are in the big cabinet over there"
He realized that he wasn't being very gra
cious, and he knew why He was ratified.
Its going to be SWELL" he added, TO have
someone to talk to again. hope you don't
mind pipe smoker"
Il love itr' Martha said earnestly. "And
even if didn't - we'll, he told me you've
never had woman in your department be-
fore, and that you didn't like the idea at all.
What I'm trying to say is that III try to
to fit in."
Fit in? This fresh, radiant young creature,
fit into a d1ab, ink -spattered art department
in one-horse local advertising agency? Ha!
fellow would have her in little white house
with green shutters and -.
Dave talks too much," Ed said. Don't
worry about not fitting in.''
He picked up his pen and started scratching
in shadows beneath the ample bosom of
motherly woman standing before service
flag and proudly displaying loaf of Schmidt's
Bestbake Bread.
Within a week, Ed was worried. Within
two weeks, he was calling himself fool Here
he was, nearly forty-one, falling for sweet
young thing who smiled and waved her eye
lashes at him simply because there were prac-
tically no males left in town except the 4-F's
and middle:aged like himself, and girl had
to have someone to practice on. Or perhaps it
Evening star., 1944-07-02

very happy. Now if you will hop on this
Ramsey job, Martha. maybe we can finish 1t
by tomorrow"
The stars dropped out of her eyes. and her
lips quivered for a moment. Ed felt as proud
of himself as though he'd just kicked
starving kitten. Don't pay any attention to
me this morning." he said quickly. Il had
rocky night last night. Very"
OH She smiled again. forgivingly. i
know exactly what you mean. But she didn't;
all day long. at intervals, Ed felt her eyes on
him. Each time he scowled. and bent closer
to his work.
When Ed came down the next morning
Martha was already at work.
'Moming!' she said brightly.
Good morning. Martha" Ed tossed on
his hat and coat and rolled up his sleeves
A sheet of blue paper was thumb tackled to
his board. Across the top was printed: "APPLi-
CATION FOR EMPLO OYMENT, Dawes Ad Shop.
He looked up inquiringly, but Martha was
TW-7-7-A
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Wildcats Defeat Favored
Durham Bulldogs, 1917

choice. On Buck Cheeks bobble at
short for Durham, Pitcher Smith of
the Cats reached first and Regis
ter scored the first run. Wildca
third baseman Michaelis was hit by
a pitched ball, filling the bases.
AT this point McIlwain cracked a
double into center to score Harriss
and Smith. Affords remaining con-
troll then deserted him, and he
walked Piner, Dyches and Holt,
forcing in the final two runs. Snow
then obligingly whitfield at a third
strike and Register was thrown out
by Buddy Coward, Bulldog hot
corner protector.
Putting together three hits, two
walks and an error, the Wildcats
tailed four times in big third
inning. With two away and two on
Right Fielder Holt smashed a tri-
pie to deep left to clean the sacks.
A walk to Snow, single to lett by
Register and an error of Harriss
grounder by Bill Hamilton at first
for Durham brought in the other
two runs
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Tuesday Brings Opening
OfMixed Up Ball Season

that 60 per cent of the men who
started last year are still avail
able.
Some clubs have as many as
seven of the first nine and the
average is five, not including en-
tire squads of subs and other pitch
erS.
Until they traded Lupien, the Red
Sox could have given you the same
lineup with the exception of the
battery and the st. Louis Browns
still have their infield intact. The
Giants with only Johnny Rucker.
Mel OFT and Billy urges, who
won't play, held over will present
the most new faces in the National.
Detroit, likewise, has only three
who opened in '43. Rudy York,
Pinky Higgins md Roger Cramer.
Of the 474 players under con-
tract in the big show, approximate
ly 40 per cent are AT and the
same percentage LA, on call or
subject to induction. The other 20
per cent is divided among those
with military discharges, under
Is, over 38 and Cubans not subject
to the American draft for six
months.
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BY WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, April 16. - up -
When Lieut.. Bill Burghardt and a
fellow officer crept through the
Nazi- infested darkness the night of
March Is, 1913 near Ell Guettar to
establish an advance radio relay
station he had no idea that before
long he would be writing to his
folks in New York from Oflag 81,
a German prison camp.
But that's just what the former
ski coach at the University of Mon
tana and rodeo performer has been
doing, penciling cherry notes about
life under guard.
One letter to his father, w. H.
Burghardt, reads in part:
will forego my personal story
to report on camp activities. Pre-
war sports personalities eds note:
Assumed to be with him)-Ed
Berlinsky, North Carolina State
'39 (footbalD; Big Bill Luttrel Ten
nessee 40, footbalD; Herb john
son, New Hampshire U. 40 (base-
BALD; Bob Oshlo, Iowa U. '35,
Crack; John Creech, Rhode Is
land State Al crack; Stud Beas-
ley. Texas Christian Al (golf); Ben
Hessler, Cornell AZ (ShelD; Jim
Bancker, Yale Al (wrestling) j..
"Stage productions and bi-night-
ly lectures are the main source of
entertainment. The finest of clas-
steal and swing music is played
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TITO REPORTS
NAZI SHIPS SUNK

NEW YORK, April Is. - Up
Headquarters of Marshal Josip
Broz (Tito) declared today that
Allied motor torpedo boats had
sunk II enemy ships in the last
eight days and told of stubborn
fighting" between Partisan troops
and reinforced German units in
western Bosnia.
The broadcast communique, re-
corded by U. S. government mont
tors, said the Germans had
brought up reinforcements of men,
tanks and planes in the Bihac-Knin
sector in western Bosnia, and said
fierce fighting had ragged for the
last three days in Herzegovina.
Partisans in Herevogina had
stopped all enemy attempts to
penetrate in the direction of Vilu-
81, the communique stated, and
added that in Slavonia German
and Croatian puppet forces who
had broken through into liberated
territory near Podravska Slatina
had been repulsed.
The Germans succeeded in talk
ing a small place in the Bijeljina
sector in eastern Bosnia, the
broadcast said, while the Parti-
sans cut rail line near Priiedor
in Bosnia.
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SPORTS TRAIL

daily over a loudspeaker system.
We boast of our own swing ano
classical orchestra conducted by
Bob Rankin scholar of julliad con-
servatory of music.1
The educational program fills
every need, thanks to the student
relief society of Geneva. The YIN
CA keeps us supplied with books
sports 4uipment, etc. The Rec
Cross is doing a prodigious job ii
the handling of foods, packages
and mail. The war prisoners aic
society has sent many parcels.
We have parole walks severa
days week in company with q
guide. In season we participate il
softball, basketball, badminton
field hockey, ice ckating. At pres.
ent take out groups for skating
instruction on a small pond out
side of camp. Religious services
are held three times a week -
In another note Lieut.. Burghardt
relates he is busy writing and will
try to publish an Institutional book
on winter sports containing new in
formation and a rather new meth
cd of preseason training.
He was attached to tank de-
stroyer battalion and distinguished
himself as commander of light
platoon which wrote a glorious his
tory from Oran to Ell Guettar. He
was promoted to first lieutenant
On the field for his outstanding
| nerfnrrnan ce
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By ELTON CASEY

DURHAM, April Is. - Durham
High Schools Bulldog baseball nine
suffered its second Eastern Con-
ference loss Friday when Coach
Shunny Brittain's Wilmington Wild
cats defeated the locals 10 to 7 in
contest played at Durham Ath-
letic Park.
Philip Affords usually good con-
troll went haywire in the eighth
inning and the resulting three
walks, and two hit batsmen, COM
blned with two timely hits, gave
the Wilmington club five runs and
the ball game. At the beginning Of
the eighth the count was knotted
at 5-5 and Durham two runs in
the last half of that frame were to
no avail.
Second Baseman Snow of the
Wildcats was hit by Afford to spRr1
the fatal eighth. First Stacker Reg
lister hunted for single, putting
men on first and second. Snow
was forced at third as Shortstor
Harriss got life on a fielder
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BY JACK HAND

NEW YORK, April 16-R-Un-
ruly spring training weather that
washed out many final tune-up
games, plus trickle of returning
ball players whose draft and war
job status have been changed
serve to further complicate the 3rd.
wartime Major League season that
opens Tuesday under an unofficial
nod of approval from the White
House.
Vice President Henry Wallace
will sub for FDR again in tossing
out the first ball at Washington
when Clark Griffith highly-re-
garded Senators pry off the lid
with the Philadelphia AS. Other
openers in the American are New
York's World Champions at Boston.
st. Louis at Detroit and Cleveland
at Chicago.
In the National the St. Louis
Cardinals make their bid for a
| third straight flag at home against
Pittsburgh. Chicago will be in Gin
cinnati for the traditional opener.
New York's only game will find
the Giants entertaining the Bos-
ton Braves, while brooklyn will
invade Philadelphia.
With all lineups literally sprinked
with rockies, managers had bank.
ed heavily on the final weekend Of
exhibitions to give them a start
ing day lineup, but most of them
will have to experiment as they
go along.
In many ways the opening weeks
of the season will present another
phase of training activity with one
vital difference - this time i
counts. At leaat 10 of the 16 biz
league clubs are not set in vita
positions and the others Woult
like some more time.
The unexpected return of Et
Head, Pat Ankenman, and Lloyt
| Waner to Brooklyn, Spud Chandler
Ernie Bonham and Rollie Hens
ley to the Yanks, Pete Coscarart t.
Pittsburgh, Lou Novikoffs' singing
=. and the surprising shift that sen
\ Tony Lupien from the Red So
to the Phillies are just a few c
the examples of last second move
that will alter lineups.
$ AS matters nov stand, each clu
+ has enough immediate problem
to occupy the managers time with
out worrying a out the ultimate eli
! feet of the draft. The old sayin
4 about games won in April count
S ing just as much as those in SeI
i TENDER will be doubly true dun
ing this unsettled year.
i Now that the PRESIDENT has give
a his blessing - through Secretar
4 Stephen T. Early-on baseball
/, continuation, all that is needed
: similar vote of confidence fror
the fans in opening day turnouts.
A glance at tuesdays probabl
5 lineups as compared with the 1874
opening day box scores reveal
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|A.A.U. SWIMMERS
SKATER RECORDS

OAKLAND, Calf, April 16.-lR
Two records tumbled in the first
two days of the Women's National
A. A. U. senior swimming and div
ing championships.
Ann Curtis, of San Francisco,
twice broke her own American re-
cord in the 440-yard free style ev-
ent, lowering her previous mark of
5:27.S by half a second in the Sc
mi-finals to 5:273 and then in the
finals to SPLIT.
The other mark lowered yester-
day was in the 440-yard free style
relay by the Multnomah Club OF
Portland, Ore. Coach Jack Cody S
aquatic team swan the distance
in 4:09.1 which was one-tenth Sc
cond faster than the team made
in the University of Washington
meet in 1912.
Suzanne Zimmerman of Portland
retained her 10O-yard back stroke
title by defeating Betty Shields and
Marie Corridor, both of the Wo-
mems Swimming Association OF
New York and Muriel Mellon OF
Florence Chambers Swimming
Club of San Diego. The time WIS
1912.
Nancy Merki added her second
A. A. U. crown when she won the
220-yard breast stroke race in g.:
1875, from Patty Aspinall, Rivera
Club, indianapolis, Ind; Joan Fo-
gle of Indianapolis and Barbara
Yodice of New York.
The Multnomah> team was Tar
in the lead with "a points, tralled
by the Women's Swimming Asso-
citation squad of New York with
Is, the Crystal Palace plunge OF
San Francisco II; the Riviera
Club, indianapolis, IL; St. George
Dragon Club, Brooklyn, 5; Medl-
nah Athletic Club, Chicago, 2; Pas
adena Athletic Club, Pasadena,
Calf, 8; Athens Club, Oakland, l,
and the Florence Chambers Swim
ming Club, San Diego 1.
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Scribes Predict Cards
Will Take MI. PennQnt
r,,u YORK April 16-(R-If the

NEW YORK, April 16-(R-If the
~ who write the baseball
Oo!. os for the papers are correct,
pee Louis Cardinals are a
''s otine for their third straight
ss,-atjonaI pennant in the campaign
.,srting Tuesday,
'' NJ 81 scribes participating in the
1nal Associated Press senior
AUNT AUNT survey, ST tabled the Billy
s ctl squad to finish on top,
'Ua 'an figured the Cards would fin
s ~ second, and the other three
~. ssnooned EN- in the third spot.
YIN TTyia5cinnati and Chicago received
NV first place votes each, and
,ss+ wears cellar champs, the New
W., ~ort Giants, were given the nod
~ two writer's. The Giants, in
y ;3aen+ally, we're the only Eastern
t NV, TO get a first place ballot,
ND tbe Pittsburgh Pirates were
s s only Western team that didn't.
~ The probable order of the finish,
90 PREDICTED by the scribes, is St.
ToIjs Cincinnati, Chicago, Pitts
birgb. Brooklyn, New York,
pbiiadelphia and New York, so
.bo writer's are looking for lots
Of changes.
With practically every basis of
computing strength upset by the
draft and other wartime problems,
+bp writer's showed a wide def
ference of opinion except in the
case of the Cards and the Boston
Braves. The Cards, counting eight
votes for first place choice,
seven for second, etc., piled up
523 of possible total of 536, while
tbe Braves had only ITO as they
failed to get above sixth,
New York Giants were named
for all eight spots, the only club
in the loop to be played across
the board" Chicago was given a
vote for all except the seventh
berth. and Cincinnati was ignored
only for seventh and last.
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WILMINGTON MAN
GIVEN PROMOTION

WASHINGTON, April 16. = Up
The War Department today an
nounced the temporary promotions
of these five officers from North
Carolina:
James Bratton Lampley, AC,
Hendersonville; Frank Turner, AC,
Rt. /, Lawndale; and William Rob-
ert Wood, Ed, Swannanoa, from
1st lieutenants to captains.
Annie L. Wyatt, ANC, Gastonia;
and Graham Connolly Hargrove,
AC, 4O6 South Fifth ST., Whining
ton, from End lieutenants to LIST
ieutenants.
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SOMMERS CERTAIN
OF. DELLA UPSET
BY TED MEIER

NEW YORK, April is. - (P) II
Freddy Sommers has put himself
on the spot. He predicts, without
any ifs or butts, that Mike Della,
5 to l underdog, will knock out
Ike Williams in their 10-round fight
at the Philadelphia Arena tomor-
row night.
Sommers, as you may have gath
cred, is manager of the lightweight
Della. For weeks he has yammer-
ed to anyone who listened that
his 21-year old Italian scrapper is
a coming champion. Now that Her
man Taylor, Philly promoter, has
matched Della with tough Ike from
Trenton, N. J. Sommers hasn't
CLAIMED up.
81 make no reservations" he as
serted. mike will knock out Will
iams. You know why? Williams
never has had a harder puncher
in front of him. Della can hit with
either hand and is dangerous right
up to the last second. He's won 80
of his SO fights by knockouts and
this will be his 31st kayo. Sure you
car quote me.
If Della makes good Sommers'
words it will be surprising, to say
the least, since Williams, punch
er in his own right, is regarded as
a standout contender for the light
weight title New York and Penn
sylvania Versiom now held by BOD
Montgomery. Williams was knock
ed out by Montgomery in the l2th
round back en- January 70, but thls
trip to the canvas is supposed to
have given the Trenton negro IN
valuable experience.
Connie Mccarthy, Williams,
manager, scoffed at Sommers
prediction that Della will send WI
liams to Sunderland. "Oh, yeah'
he said. Tell Freddie to be sure
and be around to pick up the plec"S
when Ike gets through
At any rate the tight Detweel
Ike and Mike promises to draw
capacity crowd of close to Ivy ooO
l and a gross gate Of nearly $2o'ooo
Wax candles r e p-opaply o.
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LaGuardia Tells People
OF Correct Ball Outlook

NEW YORK, April Is. - up -
Mayor F. H. LaGuardia urged New
Workers today not to take their
baseball too seriously in this war
year.
He said in his weekly broadcast
over city station WNYC:
Don't go to the ball games in a
critical frame of mind. Don't GO
to find fault. The calibre OF play
may not be as good as usual. but
I have feeling it will be. What
ever it is. it is still baseball. Go
out the parks and give the players
a boost. Let the young boys oil
America pick their heroes OF the
baseball season.
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North-South Women's
Golf Tourney Opens

PINEHURST, April Is. - (P) -
The And North and South Women S
Golf Tournament will open here to-
morrow with an 18-hole qualifying
round
Match play will begin Tuesday.
The field will include Marjorie
Row of Admission, Ala, leading
player in Florida tournaments this
year; Peg Kirk, Findlay, Ohio;
Kay Byrne and Katherine Fox,
Metropolitan district stars; Mrs
Estel!e Lawson Page CT ChapeI Hill
former national champion and vst-
eran contender in the North and
South, and Dorothy Kirby of Allan
ia, Ga, also a perennial favorite
and defending champion.
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YANK DIAMONDERS
GET HUN SUPPORT
ANZIO BEACHHEAD, April
/D.1,-oJA fD- Notes from Net

ANZIO BEACHHEAD, April 9
-Delayed)-R-Notes from Net
tuno:
You can't keep yanks from play
ing baseball in the spring unless
they're actually manning a gun
with the Germans lined up in the
sights. In the past couple OF weeks
I've seen dozens OF lmpromptu
ball games going on. Yanks ana
Canadians have a diamond winch
is so near the German lines that
they solemnly swear that every
now and then they hear shout
from across the way which goes
something like this: "Mein Colt!
Vat A robber; Vat crook! He vas
out a mile: You should be working
for Himmler!"
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Duke University To
Open Spring Sports

DURHAM, April 16.-(P)- Duke
University's spring sports pro-
gram will get under way at o.
clock tomorrow afternoon with the
baseball and track squads meet
ing the Chapel Hill Pre- Flight
teams on the Blue Devils home
grounds.
The two events were scheduled
to have been held Saturday but
were postponed on account OF tn
weather.
Sam Ambrose, Fred Witzel,
Frank Irwin, Wright Hollingsworth'
Howard Hartley, and Gordon Car
yer are among the Devil track
men.
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PIRATES WIN

DETROIT, April is In The
Pittsburgh Pirates clinched their
spring exhibition series with
the Detroit Tigers today by VIM
inc. 9 to 5, before 2,275 specta-
tors who braved 40-degree tenn
peratures at Briggs Stadium. The
Pirates thus took the series, two
games to one, with another game
tied.
Paul Trout, who will pitch De-
troit's American League opener
Tuesday, held Pittsburgh to one
hit in three innings, but the FL
rates landed on rookie Rufus Gen
try for seven runs in the next
three frames. Hal Newhouse1
yielded the last two runs.
Trutt (Rip) Sewell gave up three
runs in five innings for the Pl
rates, and long John Gee yielded
the final two, one on Rudy York
homer into the left field stands
in the sixth.