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Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21
Frank Parker No. !
In Net Ratings
Pauline Betz Tops
Women in u. s.

NEW YORK. Jan. % CUP)-
The L. s. Lawn Tennis ASSOCia-
ton voted today 10 continue IT'S
wartime tournament schedule IN
l945 reelected Holcombe Ward
of New York, president and
named Pauline Betz and Sgt.
frankie Parker as the top rank
ing players.
Tentative tournament d I Q 5
were awarded, beginning with the
women's indoor al Chestnut Hill
Mass. March Is and ending with
the Pacific Coast tournament AT
San Francisco on Sept. p The
nationals will be held at Forest
Hills beginning Aug. % The ma
tIonal Junior and boys meet IS set
for Kalamazoo July 30
Approved top rankerS in other
divisions were. Mems doubles, Air
Cadet Robert Falkenburg, Holly
wood. Cal. and 1t Don Mcneil
Norfolk, Va; junior singles Falk-
enburg: junior doubles. Falken-
burg and John Shea. Los Angeles
boys singles, Herbert Behrens.
Fort Lauderdale. Fla, boys
doubles, Don Mathey. Princeton,
y. j.. and Sidney Schwartz,
Brooklyn.
Girls singles. Shirley Fry. Ak
ron. O.. girls doubles, Jean Doyle.
San Diego. Cal, and Margaret
Warner. Fl Paso Tex. interscho-
laStic singles. Bernard Bartzen,
San Angelo, Tex; interscholastic
doubles, Dean Mathew and Don
Mathey, Princeton. y. J.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21

days record crowd Of 14,127 paid
admissions viii be surpassed be-
cause the standing room only sign
has been up most Of the week at
the box office. SerWcemen ad-
mitted free will boost the attend
ance figures.
ScalperS are very busy. but
choice seats are almost unobtaln-
able at any price
The Wings were sull quoted as
favorites At 6-5 late Saturday 10
run their unbeaten streak at home
10 II games. They have not lost
here since Montreal scored the
only victory for an invading team
with a 81 triumph Nov. 3.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21
Bigl0Heads Delay
Naming Boss
Commissioners S Job
Gets More Power

CHICAGO Jan % tUPl 49,
Athletic directors and faculty rep
reSentatiyeS of the Western Con-
ference today took preliminary
steps toward the selection Of a
Big Ten athletic commissioner by
drawing 2 rough draft" revision
Of fhe-ronfcrcncc. = rulebook which
ultimately Will give the commits
SiOneT'S office broader and moro
detailed powers
Working bChInd closed doors
for almost eight hours. the two
groups prepared the revision and
discussed possible successors 10
the late John l. Griffith. the Big
Tens first and only athletic
comm sSIonCr
Thc draft viii be- studied hN
the member schools and voted or
AZ 4 later meeting ~ which tlmC
tho conferences next athletic head
Is expected 20 bc named
we drrtaAd IL would he use
less 10 offer man the com
miSSioners job without first
telling him what his powers
are" athletic director X l.
tTucl Wilson oi Northwestern
SAID
After We have completed
work on the new rule book. We
will then select our man." he
added
Wilson said there are only a
few names being mentioned for
the Job, adding that the new com
missioner viii definitely ENJOY
moro p0Mers than Mr Gnnllh
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21
Gil Dodds Wins
His Last Race

BOSTON. Jan. 20 oUPl-Gil
Dodds romped 10 On easy two
mile victory a. the 29th annual
Boston YMCA meet today, then
hung Hp the fabulous spikes that
carried him through one of the
greatest campaigns IN track his
tory
The plank-poundlng parSon. who
leaves tomorrow for a preaching
engagement on the Pacific Coast.
displayed only momentary flashes
Of the brlihance that made him
Americas No. l miller, but he had
enough 10 outlaSt war-trlmmed
handicap field of nine Scho0lboys.
His time, 1854, was Is seconds
slower than the "Y' track record
he set a year ago.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21
Wrestling Match Won
By Merchant Marines

NEW YORK. Jan. % (UP)-
The kingspoint. n. Y, I. s. Mer-
chant Marine Academy wrestling
team defeated Brooklyn Poly
Tech 3l-5 today. scoring its fifth
straight victory and clinching the
metropolitan intercollegiate cham
pionShip
Star for the Merchant Marine
team was William Bernard, l65
pounds. and former eastern inter-
collegiate champion in his division
at Lehigh
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21
linked in Toronto

Primeau admitted he was moi
too impressed with what he hac
seen of Richard, but FASTENED tc
recall that the Montreal star has
been mixed on Toronto ice.
For that reason ] haven't
aeen the bay At his best, Pr
nsau explained ANY player
who can sink goals like he does
must he great.
1T may he, however, that
certain experts have gone
trife far In calling Maurice
second MorenI. The new Cana
diem will have To carry his
greatne" another 10 years be-
fore making a MorenZ com
parIson.
anyway. ali three - Morenz
Cook and Richard-can play or
this scribe hockey team.
Incidentally, Primeat nomlnate'
Ted Lindsay Of the Red Wings ~
a candidate for the most valuable
rookie Of the year award
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21
Says Pressure May
Brinq Back Racing

MIAMI. Fla, Jan 20 uNS)-
Mortimer (Mortyt MahOney, dean
Of mutuel directors, has an idea
that racing will resume over the
New York tracks this summer
He said he would not be surprised
If Chicago would only have a tenn
porary lapse.
T am of the opinion that I'd
Kelly. the leading political fac
tor in Chicago. will impress on
the Washington officials the
wonderful revenue derived from
racing" he said
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21
ODDS FAVOR WING

The odds favorlnG the Wings
take only their home ice record
into consideration and ignore the
fact that the CanadienS thumped
them 81 and S-3 in the last two
games there aftcr taking the first
Of the season. 81.
Manager Jack Adams thinks the
two 3D. scores and the 3-3 tie
which resulted from the first
three games are more indicative
of his teams 5 ability. The Wings
appeared 10 fall apart in the last
two games at Montreal, before the
charge Of the CanadienS forward
line OF Maurice Richard, Elmer
Lach and Toe Blake. They are the
big three IN league scoring.
The WingS-and many coaches
around the lcague-inSlSt that De-
troits second and third forward
lines are superior TO Montreal $.
But. while Montreal has been out
scoring Detroit. = goals 10 IL IN
five games. the big line alone has
produced lb.
There is little question the game
will start out as a close checking
leather vest contest. with both
teams waiting for a break. The
first score Will throw the game
wide open Adams is looking 10 big
Earl Seibert and Harold Jackson
TO throw some heavy checks and
discourage the Frenchmen from
daShing in on goahe Harry Lum-
lay
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21
Praised by Du+ton

But then came Mervyn fRed
Dutton. president Of the Nauona.
League, with high praise
Richard has one OF the hard
est shots I have ever seen,
Dutton told the writer al Olym-
pia the other night between
periods of the late-starting Red
Wing and Ranger game. mo
REM had great speed and could
handle a puck, but he was not
great scorer
For a scoring forward, Duttor
indicated that his choice was Bill
Cook
Joe Primeau, center iCemar
Oith the Maple Leafs goal-pro-
ducing line that included Harvey
(Busher) Jackson and Charlie
Conacher has a right 10 be heard
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21
Another Ct Gives
McSpaden Lead
Holding One-sfroke
Margin OF tucson

TUCSON -Ariz., Jan, 20 -tUP}-
Harold (Jug) McSpaden of San
ford, Me, proved today he was
back in top golf form as he won
his second consecutive three :
under-paT round of 81 10 take the
lead al the halfway mark in the
IS 900 Tucson Open golf tourna-
ment al the RI Rio Country Club
with a l34.
With a high, brisk and chilly
wind sweeping the fairways, par
came closer 10 holding its own in
the second round with only seven
golfers bettering regulation
figures.
Joe Zarhardt. Norristown, Pa,
the first round leader, slipped TO
a par 20 10 tie for second place,
one stroke behind McSpaden, with
Bruce Coltart, the burly better
from Atlantic City, n. j., who
added SO 10 his 65. and Byron
Nelson. last years leading money
winner. who shot a 68, one stroke
above his first round
One stroke farther behind were
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21
Mack TO Stay Out

CLEVELAND. Jan 20 lCP)-
Ray Mack. second baSeman for
the Cleveland Indians who yeSter-
day was Temporarily rejected
for military service, announced
today that nc would retire from
baseball for the duration because
he felt he could do more for the
war effort by staying on his war
plant Job.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21
Reu+her Brewers Scout

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 90 CUP)-
Walter Dutch Ruether, former
star Southpaw of the major
league who resigned recently as
scout Of the Chicago Cubs, has
been engaged as full-time scout
for the Milwaukee baseball team
of the American Association, il
was announced today.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21
IIIini WrestIers Beat
u. NJ, Biz 10 Champs

ANN ARBOR, Jan. 20-Illinois
wrestling team handed the Big
Ten champ, Michigan, its first
defeat of the season today. 21-10.
Robert Burwell, 12l pounds; Bob
Bohannin, las FOUNDER; ROLAND
HarkneSsS, at 165 pounds; Ed
Bower, 155, and Ray Snyder,
heavyweight, won matches for Il
lnoiS. Jim Gales, IT'S pounds,
and Newt Skellman at 136, were
Wolverine ViCtOrS.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21

along comes Coach frankie Bou'
cher of the Rangers with the
statement that il is ridiculous
TO compare Richard with Morenz
"MOrenL was one of the
greatest puck carriers the game
ever produced" Boucher re-
called. Richard can't stick
handle past his nose. He IL fast
and a puck-chasing OppOrtunist,
hut I can name a dozen other
hockey players better than
Richard"
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21

n a lor ague
hockey the first
player Of Greek
descent - Wal
ter An tS)
AtanaS AtRnaS
rates As one Of
he SpeedIeSt
skaters IN the
loop Besides
hockey. Ants
is active in ten
ms and swim
ming He was
horn in Haml-
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21
Giants Schedule IS
Exhibition Games

NEW YORK. Jan. 20 CUP)-
The New York Giants tonight an
nounced 15-game spring training
exhibition schedule. opening March
"a. and three contests with service
teams after the major league sea-
son opens
The Giants Will report a. their
Pleasantville, n. j., camp on
March II.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21
SEES HEAVY CHECKS

Montreal is bringing in one new
player. forward Ken MoSdel re-
Gently discharged from the Cana
dian army. MoSdell. who formerly
played for the Brooklyn Ameri-
cans. is on the second line with
Ray Getliffe and Murph Chamber
lain
The Wings have left wing Carl
LiScombe back after a weeks abb
sence TO replace Tony Bukovch,
50 the club is close to full strength.
As interesting as the result of
the game 10 many fans Will be the
success which rookie Ted Lindsay
enjoys in checking Richard The
brilliant Montreal forward was
held TO one long shot goal by the
aggressive youngster in the last
game. He so resented LindSay's
checking that he brought seven
minutes in penalties upon himself.
Since then Richards has been
labeled a big head by Adams
and. if he reads the papers, will
be out to hang up a few goals at
Jolly Jacks expense.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21
SpOr
Hockey Men Can't
Agree on Richard
By LEO MACDoNELL

\ In hockey circles. the debate
ybntinues to rage over Maurice
Richards greatness as a player.
Jack Adams declared recently
that the young Canadlens sensa-
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21

uon was one
of the greatest
players he had
seen in 20
years
By other eX-
pertS, Richard
has been COM
pared 10 the
late brilliant
HoWie MorenZ
of a n OF h o T
puck pursuing
era
HnUf g L a. p
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21
2-Day Meet
Next Week
Out-of-T Town Skaters
Race for First Time
BY KEN HALL
skates Derby Editor

Since 1882 when Alex Hurd OF
Hamilton, Ont, won the Osmun
Memorial Trophy there has been
no such outState competition in
this 2-mile event as will be seen in
the 23rd Detroit Times Gold and
Silver Derby on Belle Isle next
Saturday and Sunday.
The meet now looms as the
greatest in the long history OF the
Times Derby.
Among the contenders will be
Bobby Fitzgerald of Minneapolis,
who recently broke Clas Thun-
berg's half mile mark and is skat-
ing better as a senior than he did
as an intermediate before he went
into the service in 1912.
Others expected from outside
Michigan who will be contenders
are Don Evans and Budd Quinn Of
| tCieveiand, and Bobby &utting OF
Chicago. Also expected are seniors
from Winnipeg, Man. Connecticut
and New York states
This means that Vino Bozich,
| three time winner, will be put TO
the test in an attempt to make II
four. Vino won the plaque in
1910, Al and "A, being the only
three time winner Alex Hurd was
| the only skater from outside the
state TO annex it in the Ia years
it has been in competition.
TWO MEMORIAL EVENTS
In addition 10 the Osmun race
the visiting skaters also will COM
pete in the Oscar Parmentier mile
trophy race which will have its
third running for this UAW-CIO
plaque, and the Detroit Times
open 440 and $50 yards.
Among the visiting girl skaters
will be Betty Fahlin of Mime
apolis and Rita Janet of Chicago.
Janet is the Illinois intermediate
champion of last year now skating
senior. These girls will skate
against the Wronas. Lorraine
, Sable. Mary Locke and other
NllCfllEdH ldSsIcS III tIIE I1dii y
Carl trophy mile and Detroit
| Times 220 and $50 yards open
events.
OPEN TO ALL
The races mentioned are open
to any skaters in North America
and any ice speeders who wish
10 enter may do so. They also
may compete in the grand march
and the four novelty events on
the program.
Michigan skaters will vie for
, the gold and silver skates. and
"A state title races for girls and
, boys from the cradle class TO
seniors at distances from 100
yards TO three miles.
If you want 10 enter. fill in an
! entry blank printed on today
sport page and mail or bring il
10 the Skates Editor, Sports De-
, partment, before m dni gh
) Wednesday.
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21
Hockey's First Greek

The Rangers may not be Stan
ley Cup finahsts, bur they can
boast of having introduced 10
Detroit evening times., 1945-01-21
Canadiens a Sellout,
Ticket Scalpers Busy
Ry LEWIS II. WALTKR

hockey crowd AT olympia this Sunday night
depends mashas ruling when enough fans have
the second place Detroit Red Wings charge
against world champion Montreal Canadiens
permitted that last Sum
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C0NFEREES FAIL
TO END STRIKE
(By The Associated Press

= = :" =
Soft coal industry and labor rep
resentatives conferred in Washing.
ton for hours yesterday in an effort
to agree N compromise plan TO
end a six-state strike.
The coal walkout, involving 1885,
900 miners and nearly half of the
country's soft coal production, is
the biggest of scores of labor dis.
putes keeping 451, 1000 workers off
the job. ..4..
Other developments of the day:
1. Armed sheriff deputies broke
up mass picketing in the Hollywood
motion picture studio strike and ar
rested several hundred unreslstlng
pickets without violence. = =
2. The New York longshoremen' S
strike tied up more than $50 ships
and the Army said soldiers might
be used as stevedores to prepare
the big liner Queen Elizabeth for
sailing.
3. Some $4,000 CIo textile work
ers resumed work at 284 shops In
three eastern states after COM
promising on wage increase de-
mands. -'s.r
The Wright Aeronautical Corpora
ton granted a % cents an hour
wage increase on all basic rates for
hourly paid employees in its plants
in the Paterson, N. j., area. About
5000 CLIO United Automobile Work
ers are affected now and more may
be included when reconversion to
peacetime operation is completed.
The previous basic rates ranged
from 81 cents to $1.41 an hour.
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AYAL0S SUCCEEDS
COL. JUAN PER0N
Siege In Argentine Expect
ed To Be Lifted
Shortly

BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 10 R =
Gen. Eduardo Avalos was named
Minister of War tonight replacing
Col. Juan Peron, Argentina S
'strong man." whose resignation
Avalos forced yesterday. 1t was re-
ported that lifting of the nation.
wide state of siege imposed by
Peron was imminent.
Avalos appointment was an.
nounced following a cabinet meet
ing. Two other men also were nam
ed to key posts formerly held by
Peron supporters.
Commodore Edmundo Sustaita
was appointed Secretary of Aero
'nautics replacing Brigadier Gen.
Bartolome De La Colina; Col. Arts.
tobulo Mittelbach was made acting
Chief of Police at Buenos Aires
succeeding Col. Folomeno Valaz-
CO. The new appointees were re-
ported to be friendly to Peron.
1t was not disclosed officially
WAcIllcl lLlc, C1U1llCI COlloluCI GU
ending the siege, under which
hundreds of government opponents
have been arrested during the past
two weeks, but observers believe
1t a likely step. s.t.s -~
The siege was ordered by Peron
Sept. 26. The wave of opposition
If r,royrokod was nna Of tho inn
mediate causes of his custer en-
gineered by Gen. Ava1os, comman-
der of the big Campo De Mayo
garrison in suburban Buenos Aires.
:, Business and civic groups anx-
ious to bring about the lifting of
the siege, planned a mass demon
stration tonight in front Of govern
ment house. 49, -. ......
The cabinet met for two and a
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All Activity May Cease
By End OF Present

The Kure Beach plant of the
Ethyl-DoW Corp. has received
definite orders to discontinue op.
erations, it was learned last night
from l. F. Harlow, general man
ager of the. Dow Chemical COM
pany, of Midland, Mich.
In a telephone conversation, Mr.
Harlow revealed that the plant,
which now employs slightly over
100 persons, has been placed on
an operational basis designed 4
utilize, the present store of raw
materials with the probability OF
all activity b eing. suspended
around the first of the year.
Mr.. Harlow. said that employees
of the plant, which has been pro.
ducing ethylene dibromide during
the war from processed seawate-
could be placed in the company S
huge new plant at Freeport, Texas
The Dow Magnesium company
and the Ethyl-Dow corporation are
expanding operations at the Texas
site and the discontinuance of op-
erations here is understood to be
part. of a program of centraliza
ton of the program of the com,
pany and its. associated corpora.
tions..-~t g....~ - .--'- .
No provision for disposal Of the
kure Beach plants equipment
has been made, Mr. Harlow said
and the site will not be abandon
ed. ts -,.
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BYRNES NAMES
JAP COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. Up
Creation Of an Allied Commission
to advise on Japanese control poll
cies was announced by Secretary
Of State Byrnes today but he, en-
phasized the United States intends
to maintain its dominant role.
The status of Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur as Supreme Allied Com
mander in Japan is to remain I'M
changed, Byrnes said, and any
time the victor, nations fail to
agree on policy United States policy
will prevail. ~
Russia has proposed setting up
Control Commission at Tokyo,
Byrnes reported, and while this is
yet to be taken up with President
Truman and the Army and Navy,
the Secretary left no doubt that
he favors rejecting the proposal.
Headquarters Of the Advisory
Commission are to be in Wash
,ington, with meetings in Tokyo
when necessary. Invitations for the
first session here Oct. % went out
to nine other nations yesterday.
These developments on Japanese
occupation policy and machinery.
were discussed by Ryrnes at : a
news conference at which he also
disclosed: q, ~
1. He has appointed Maj. Gen.
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. g.
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DEAD OF BELSEN
HAUNTED KRAMER

LUENEBERG, Germany, Oct.
10. = W.H - Mrs. josef Kramer,
wife of the Beast commandant
of the Belsen concentration camp
testified before a British Military
Court today that he used to pace
the floor, crying: why? why?
why? why?" f
He was haunted, she said, by
the thousands who were being
slaughtered in his execution cham
bers.
Mrs. Kramer, a plain peasant
type, mother Of Kramer's three
children, said he'd come home
from the concentration camp and
say to. her: I'm sure that those
responsible for taking these lives
Tin the gas chamber) can't sleep
easily at night!'
She described her husband as a
man who hated his duty but did it.
One of the other ~ defendants,
Irrna Grese, a blonde Nazi girl
guard, concealed her face with her
hands to hide her laughter.
Exchange Telegraph said Mrs.
Kramer was slapped by former
Belsen inmates as she left the
courtroom. They crowded about
her shouting your husband muir
dered our children - you still have
yours..D
Kramer ended his cross exami-
nation by saying he believed in
God but that any order from Costa
90 Chief Heinrich Himmler had to
be abeyed- ANY other opinion sim.
ply didn't exist"
The next defendant to testify was
upright, soldierly-l looking DR.. Fritz
Klein, formerly Of the German
minority in Roania who was medi
cal officer under Kramer at Bel
sen. He sounded like witness for
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Zippy Weather May
Last Few More Days
Weather Man States
By The Associated Press


7; The seasons first zippy weather
in the South will stay: for a few
days, the Weather Bureau advises.
The mass of cold, air which NOV
ed in from Canada bringing near
freezing temperatures to some
areas will be sdissipated gradual
ly. -,4
Cloudinesss and rain is the fore
cast for the Gulf. coast, and dry
weather for the rest of the south,
but no immediate change in the
temperature is predicted.
Tuesdays chill winds extended
as far south as north Florida, and
furnaces in. some sections were
stocked for the first time this sea-
son. ....., &c.,;
The mercury dipped to IS a;
Nashville, Tenn, and Birmingham,
Ala, yesterday, and in some areas
it went even lower. Even in south
Georgia it went into. the low SOS.
Some representative tempera-
tues: Albany, Ca, S., Mobile, Ala,
So, Montgomery, Ala, 49, New Or
+ ms So, Memphis, Tenn, 81, Jack
son, Miss, 46, Charlotte, 4. c., 80,
Augusta, Ca, AZ Jacksonville, Fla,
So, and Miami, II.
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CONSTABLEDIES
in HAIFA RIOTS

JERUSALEM, Oct. 10 - up -
A British constable was reported
killed and an Arab and a Jewish
policeman wounded today when po-
lice were ambushed in the hills
near Haifa by 200 Jewish illegal
immigrants who had escaped from
detention camp.
The attack occurred after the
ponce had seized eight Jewish
boys, reported to have been among
the fugitives. The attackers. arm
ed only with sticks, freed the boys
and took them to nearby Jewish
settlement.
The police took up posts nearby
and sent for troops, but made no
immediate attempt to recapture
the fugitives. =
A number of Jewish workers left
their jobs in Haifa factories during
the day and were reported to be
On their way to assist the fugitives.
The Immigrants, all survivors OF
European concentration camps,
had bedn detained at the Athlith
clearance CO = p south of Haifa for
entering Palestine with authorize
ton. After breaking out of the
camp early t. 5 morning, they fled
IN the direction of Mt. Carmel.
In Tel Aviv, meanwhile, a police
communique said t1arge, mob
mad stoned police making what
was described as a routine
Search.''