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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-28
Top-Kick Wins
Bronze Star
In Med. A rea

WITH THE Gath ENGINEERS IN
FRANCE - First Sgt. William r,
Wilson. OF 1927 South Parkway.
Chicago, Illinois, was recently
awarded the Bronze Star medal
for meritorious service IN connec-
ton with military operations in
direct support OF the Italian cam
pagn from June 5 TO September IL,
1914, il was announced today.
The actual presentation was
made in France by Brigadier
General Ralph NJ. Immell, deputy
commander Of the Army Service
Forces Advance section. which
supplies the Seventh Army front.
SERGEANT WILSON'S out
standing performance of duty" his
citation reads, in assuming the
esponsibilities OF a company adj
ministrative officer while his unit
was engaged in rehabilitating a
critical rail communication line
proved his exceptional ability as a
leader"
BY his excellent planning and
foresight" the citation continues,
Sergeant Wilson procured and de-
livered many tons Of engineer and
railway supplies from base $50
miles away. maintained courier
service with higher and adjacent
elements Of the regiment and per-
formed special service functions
for his company Sergeant Wilson's
efforts contributed materially to
the successful completion OF the
units mission within the allotted
time
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-28

delphisn. They have shown .
highly commcndable spirit in
using their spare time for study
ing. and I'm sure that IL will he
repaid when they return TO ci-
william life"
THE PROGRAM was establ shed
AZ the request OF the men by 1t.
Frank J Valenta. Of Cedar Rapids.
Iowa. when the company first ar
rived overseas in November. 1914.
A class in beginners reading. writ
ing and arithmetic based on cours-
es from the Y s. Armed Forces In
S,itute Is taught by Corporal Earl
Brooks, former teacher OF Carbon
dale. III.
Members OF the company who
completed their formal education
before entering the army show a
preference for advance studies in
business correspondence and ad-
min. strat.ou. Others are taking
courses IN music, art, and engi-
neerlng.
THE PROGRAM IS part Of the
War departments policy 10 encour.
age soldiers 10 continue their ed.
ucsuon interrupted by the war
Most leading colleges and CORE.
spondence schools in the United
States cooperate with this pro.
gram. making il possible for the
soldier 10 study any subject from
beginners reading 10 advance
courses for college degrees
Names OF the Michigan officers
ard men taking the courses follow:
Ann Arbor-Tech SGT James w.
Wilson. ABS Glenn ST. Grand Rap
iiS-Naster Sgt David S Robin
son. 10 Miller street. SW: River
Rouse-Pvt Mairthel Dudley. sol
lenolr street
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-04-28
DetrOiter In Unit
Celebrating Year

HEADQUARTERS. 1914 ON
TRUCK BATTALION. England -
When the soldiers and officers OF
the 203l,h QuarternSsier Truck
Company Aviation OF the Eighth
Ar Force Combat Support wing
pulled INTO their home station fol-
loving a Today trip 10 the Conti-
rent last week. they took time out
10 celebrate their first year over
seas
As unit in the Air Service
Command. the service Of supply
Of the Air Forces. the company
has been hauling everything
from blankets for bombed refu-
gees 10 the big Block Busters"
for the Eighth. Ninth and Raj.
SGT. THOMAS MEYERS. 1856
Norwood avenue. Detroit, Mich,
: member Of tins company that
hsS Travelled enough miles over
he past - months 20 equal 30
tlp> around the world in hauling
80 600 tons Of bomoS, small arms.
engines Instruments. plane parts,
and Nync equipment
CLIMAX - the year was the COM
0codaron from VICE AIR Marshal
OF ne Raj. W r Cushion. for
cX.ent ona, work done with the
Raj Bsrracc Balloon command
,c iNc a. emergency
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-15
BY WARREN HALL

BY WARkEN
@AMERLANE. one of the greatest conquerors
4 who lived, soon will have another dis
y tinction. He will be the emperor who was
buried twice in the same spot.
Five hundred and twenty years after his death,
the fierce Mongol despot is to be reinteFred in his
capital Samarkand, in the same impressive mau.
soleum from which his remains were taken not
long ago by Russian archeologists.
The exhumation, although IL violated traditions
and stirred long forgotten fears and prejudices,
made important contributions TO history as well
as archaeology II established, among other things,
the cause of Tamerlanes lameness-a subject
over which historians have argued for centuries.
II also proved Of his descendants patrcide.
Tamerlane, fruit of the same desertsown ae"n-
illogical tree that had produced Genghs ~,
was born in 1886 at Kesh 'the City OF Verdufe,
so miles south of Samarkand the Golden
in what is now UZbekistan He was the son
of a minor chieftain, but he married a prtn-
\ cess and by the time he was %, was at the
head OF an army.
In Western Turkestan during this
period everybody was fighting every
body else. Tamerlane subdued the sur
rounding clans and, in 1870, proclaimed
himself Grand Khan with Samarkand
as his capital. Then he embarked on
career OF conquest that probably never
has had equal During 40 years of
fighting often against almost mpoS
sibe odds he never lost battle
Even old age and almost total blind
ness failed TO dampen the warriors
ardor In 1404 when he was 68, he be
gan preparations for invasion OF
China, but before the expedition had
much more than started, he became Ill
en- route and died on Feb. z, 1405.
He was embalned with musk and
rose water, wrapped in linen, laid in
an ebony coffin and carried 10 Samar
kand
ND there, still in the ebony coffin
~ and draped in a cloth Of gold and
silver brocade, the archeologists found
his skeleton. Covered by stone slabs
weighing more than two tons, his tomb
stood in the center of massive mauso-
leum.
Beside him lay his elder son, MI
ran Shah, and his younger son.
h-Rukh, and at his feet lay his
favorite grandson, Ulug Bek.
Tamerlane's real name
Timur, and the Anglicized version
is distortion Of Timur i Leng, or
Tmur the Lame. There have been
many stories to account for his
lameness. One was that, as youth
he carried off sheep and the SIT
herd shot him in the leg Another
was that in 1863 in a battle
IL Vas TdmerIGne's S0rdOnic Whip
10 Drag Along Bajosef, His Defeated
Turkish Rival, in Iron Cage While
He Made Nep COnquesfs and Cap
L..
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Flaherfy Warmly Honored
BY District Sporfsmen

Vincent x. Flaherty, former sports
columnist for a local daily, can re-
turn to his new chores with a Los
Angeles paper with the satisfaction
of knowing that he still occupies a
warm spot in the hearts of local
sportsmen. That was demonstrated
last night when capacity audience
filled the Duet Club for a testi-
monial dinner in his honor.
Guests included Baseball Commits
sioner Happy" Chandler, District
Commissioner j. Russell Young, 1t
Gen. Jimmy Doolittle and Treasury
Secretary Fred Vinson.
Flaherty, visibly moved by the
tributes showered upon him, could
respond only briefly.
Thank you, and God bless all OF
you," he said.
Evening star., 1945-10-31

ingston, catcher with the Chicago
Cubs. $3.50 for grabbing an umpire
In the recent World Series.
Birmingham had refused to turn
over seven players to the Reds,
claiming the major league club had
sent the Barons four men who could
not reasonably be expected to make
good in la league. Chandler
ruled that Cincinnati had fulfilled
its part of the working agreement
and was entitled to player contracts
selected from Birmingham.
In the Livingston case, Chandler
reminded the player that contest
ants in the series had been warned
to keep their hands off umpires.
Mickey had momentarily grabbed
the arm Of Jocko Conlan, National
League umpire, when called out try
ing to stretch a hit into a double
in the sixth game with Detroits
Tigers.
Chandler, who witnessed the In
cldent, wrote Livingston, saying:
Ordinarily, 1t would require a
very severe penalty. However, I do
not like to impose penalties upon
players. I am. In this instance,
merely imposing fine of $3.50"
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Mccarthy Stays at Yonk Helm;
Will Be Busy With Two Camps
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3l.-Joe Nc
Carthy isn't ready to step out of
baseball and Is looking forward to
the next spring training season as
one of his most interesting advent
ures.
He came out of a three-hour hud-
die with President Larry MacPhail
yesterday to announce that the YAM
KEGS will have two conditioning
camps. at st. Petersburg and Bra
denton, for the first time in history.
II hope to manage the Yanks for
the next 10 years if my health holds
out" commented Mccarthy who
must make flock of decisions be-
fore February.
Joe Di Maggie, Tommy Heinrich,
Phil Rizzuto. Charley Keller, Spud
Chandler, Aaron Robinson and Red
Rufiing already have returned from
the wars and many more like Joe
Gordon, Bill Dickey, Bill johnson,
Buddy Hassett and Johnny Sturm
are expected before another season.
Then there are rockies scheduled
to come back from the services such
as First Baseman Steve Souchock,
Pitchers Vince de Biasi, Tommy
Byrne and Herb Karpel and Catcher
Gus Niarhos, who still is on the
Kansas City list.
Unofficial estimates indicate about
10 players will be quartered at St.
Pete and across Tampa Bay at
Bradenton, where Coach Art Fletch-
er probably will be in charge If hts
health permits.
Player personnel won't be the only
change at the Yankee Stadium next
year where lights for night ball will
be installed. MacPhail said the in
stallation of the most powerful
lighting system in baseball will start
January / at a cost of $250,000.
The rightfield bleachers will be
rooted and a double-decker stand
will increase the seating capacity
to about 5000.
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Irish Horde Of 1945
Like Rockne Sauud

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Oct. 81
Like the Notre Dame hordes of
Knute Rocknes day, the unde-
feated Fighting Irish will wade
into Navy at Cleveland Saturday
bristling with battle-tested shock
troops.
AS a matter of fact, Notre
Dame reserves have carried the
load against all except one of
five Irish victims. In 800 game
minutes to date, the varsity has
played fewer than 140 as a unit.
It was the second, third, fourth
and even fifth stringers who
mauled Georgia Tech, Pittsburgh,
Dartmouth and Iowa.
After Notre Danes bruising
opener against Illinois, when the
Irish had to go all out to win
TO, enemy scouts spent more
time looking at their player
programs than their work
charts.
Evening star., 1945-10-31
BY HUGH FULLERTON, JR.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-The
latest headache for football
coaches who pour "T' for the op-
position these Saturday after
Moons seems to be the "back-in-
motion" penalty. They're all
catching it and a couple Of speak
ers at Mondays hamburger and
hot air session protested that they
wouldn't believe the officials until
they had seen the game pictures.
Army's Herman Hickman main-
tanned there was considerable
doubt about some OF the penalties
called against Army because on
cials can't be sure when that ball
is snapped right back into the
quarterback's hands whether or
not 1t Is passed before the backs
start moving. And Adam walsh
voiced q similar opinion about
costly penalty to his Cleveland
Rams.
Maybe Spherical Steve Owen
had the answer for that one:
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Army Rose Bowl Trip
Left 10 West Point

Army's hopes OF playing In the
Rose Bowl were on the upgrade to-
day as War Department officials
made it plain that 1t was a matter
for West Point to decide--if the
team Is invited.
A West Coast paper previously
stated that Maj. Gen. Max Taylor,
superintendent of the academy, had
promised. the Cadets they could go
to the Rose Bowl If they received
the invitation and finished the sea-
son undefeated.
Col. Lawrence Biff) Jones, grad
uate manager of athletics, stated,
however, the team would hang up
it's suits after the final game with
Navy.
Meanwhile, the Treasury Depart
ment showed interest in Army's ap-
pearance In the Pasadena classic as
possible feature of the $11,000,-
100000 Victory Loan scheduled to
end December 8. Last years Army
Navy game was transferred from
West Point to Baltimore and thrown
open to the public as War Loan
drive feature.
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Penn's S Dickerson Is 'Linemun
OfWeek as Quukers Lose

spired the entire team" in the opin-
ion Of Comdr. Oscar Hagberg.
Al Nemetz Of Army received some
fancy compliments for his tackle
play against Duke. Other players
nominated were:
Ends--Bob Sronaugle, Penn; Bob Ra
vensburg, Indiana; Bill Ford. Michigan;
Max Morris, Gorski, Northwestern; Neill
Armstrong. Oklahoma Asgies; Hank Walk
er, Virginia; Kelley Mote. Duke: Reid
Moseley, Georgia; Helm, Washington.
Tackles--Mike Jarmoluk. Temple; Han
sen, Northwestern; Buster Mcclure, Me-
vada.
Guards--Georse Walter, Temple: Jim
Cresar, Holy Cross; j. C. Colhouser, Okla
homa Assfe: Jim Lecture, Northwestern;
Grant Darnell, Texas Agsics. Bob Dobel-
stein. Tennessee: AL Brinker Tulane; Gas
Centers-Dick Scott, Navy: Dick Harris
Texas: Richard johnson, Baylor; Hugh
Bowers. Tulane; Vaughn Mancha, Ala.
u
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Cards, Rated Off Packer Game,
Will Be Touch for Redskins

to convince Todd 1t was the best
thing to do, because the wiry half
back was leaning toward the rival
All-American Conference.
While Todd would not reveal
which team had made him the
offer, it was believed to be Cleve-
land, which has been raiding Ma
tional League rosters with no small
degree of success. Todd was tempt
ed by fat offer, which the Redskins
wouldn't match, but his friendship
with Baugh outweighed other con-
sideration. President George Mar
shall had given up on the player,
but Coach Dud De Groot and Baugh
argued several hours and won him
over.
Todd Not Ready to Play.
Todd will not be ready to go Sun
day. although he seems in pretty
good shape He isn't worried about
his jaw, which he broke last year
while playing for Iowa Pre-Flight,
and shouldn't have much trouble
getting the hang of the T. but four
days isn't suficient time to get hep
to the situation. Todd will play
left halfback with Bob Seymour and
Buggsy Bagarus on offense, and play
defensive right half until adjusted
then he'll play both positions.
The board of strategy had its first
look at pictures of the New York
game last night and were depressed
by the atrocious blocking and tao
king of certain individuals. No
body, of course, missed seeing Baugh
muff the tackle on Weiss that gave
the Giants q touchdown and the
photos show that Frank Atkins, the
leagues leading ground-gainer, is
not the circuits best blocker. That
little failing easily could offset his
ball carrying and might prove cost
ly ina crucial game.
Evening star., 1945-10-31
By LEWIS F. ATCHIsON.


The Cardinals will be tough for
the Redskins Sunday If their per-
formance against the Packers was
criterion. They were beaten by
the length Of q small boys imagina-
ton, 1914, but take away Don Hut
sons three touchdowns and 1t was
even-Stephen.
The Cards went so yards for their
first score, later marched from their
own 38-yard line to the Packers
nine before being stopped. then. with
Bus Mertes' 52-yard run as a Gen.
terpiece, came back to punch over
another score.
The Packers had a l0-yard edge
in passing, but the Cards were six
up In running, and with Paul Christ
man, the old Missouri passer, E6
Rucinski, Motts Tonelli. q returned
war prisoner; Ernie Bonelh and Lex
Cantor In the lineup, the Card,
demonstrated that they can't be
regarded exactly as pushovers any
more.
Exhibition Thrown Out.
We can throw out the TT tie II
an exhibition game between tn,
teams at Buffalo last month. TIL,
Skins were in the throes of gettint
organized and not doing very gooe
job of it at that particular time
But the Cardinal line was too tough
for the Tribes backs that day anc
it may be again this Sunday. Ii
that event Baugh's passing will bs
big factor.
The Skins, meanwhile, had an.
other pre-war veteran in the folt
as Dick Todd put his signature to 9
contract and turned out for practice
It required all Of the eloquent per-
suasiveness of Baugh's Texas draw
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Angler
Claims Marlin Mark
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ACAPULCO, Mexico, Oct. 31.-Car-
vel Bowen of Hollywood, Calf, yes
terday claimed he set world record
In light tackle fishing when he
caught Pacific black marlin weigh
ing 1875 pounds with three-thread,
nine pound line.
Bowen said he hooked the marlin
about Is miles of Acapulco and
landed his catch after a battle OF
about an hour and 81 minutes.
He said the catch was being regi-
stored with the International Sail
fish and Tarpon Club Of New York
City.
Bowen said he used a three and
three -fourths ounce tip with a light
weight l50-yard reel, q No. 60
hook with regulation 15-foot leader
The reel, he said, was one of the
|lightest ever used for deep-ses
fishing.
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Returning War Vets
Instead Of Minors
Eyed by Majors
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 81. Baseball
players of possible major league cal
iber and carrying price tags rang
ing up to $500 will be practically
a dime q dozen here tomorrow.
That will be when major league
managers and owners meet for the
annual player draft at the baseball
commissioners office. There are
5,434 of them listed from among the
Nations minor leagues, all Of them
eligible for the big league draft.
The majors, anticipating burden
Of returning veterans Of World War
II, and wondering what to do with
q surplus Of players, aren't expected
to be in mood to pick up minor
league players in the draft this sea-
son. Last year they took 21 players.
The Philadelphia Athletics, Amer
lean League tailenders, will have
first choice in this years draft. The
Philadelphia Phillies, who finished
last in the National League, will be
second. The Athletics can choose
any player among the 5,434 minor
leaguers they wish.
Cubs Get Last Choice.
Then, after the Phillies make q
pick-if they do-the seventh place
American League team is next, and
the seventh-place National League
team will follow, with the selections
continuing in that order until final
ly reaching the Chicago Cubs. The
Cubs, National League champs this
year, get last choice, following the
Detroit Tigers, American League
and world titlists.
Few teams are expected to draft
players since so many men are ex-
pected back from the war before
spring training opens.
The st. Louis Cardinals have q
backlog Of 495 players, counting
those on their service roster. in affll-
lated minor league teams, and some
voluntarily retired. The Cards have
such men as Stan Musial, Enos
Slaughter. Walker Cooper, Terry
Moore, Max Lanier and Red Munger
in service-all of whom might be
discharged before next spring.
O'Connor to Conduct Draft.
The Cardinals, with their far
flung farm system, probably have a
greater store of player wealth from
which to draw than most big league
clubs. But all other clubs have the
anticipation of strengthening them
selves by regaining players lost to
the armed services. Players now in
the minors and eligible for the draft
still are of doubtful quality.
Leslie O'Connor, secretary to the
late Kenesaw Mountain Lands,
baseball's first commissioner, will
conduct the draft tomorrow-per-
haps as his last work In the former
commissioners Office here. He will
become general manager of the Chi
cago White Sox in few weeks, while
the commissioners Office is being
moved from Chicago to Cincinnati,
Ohio, by A. B. (Happy) Chandler,
the new commissioner.
Evening star., 1945-10-31
6. W. U. Will Resume
Sports al Practical
Time, Marvin Says

George Washington University in
tends to resume intercollegiate
sports as soon as practical, DR.. Cloyd
Heck Marvin said today, but will
not jeopardize its membership in
the Southern Conference by at
tempting an ill-advised temporary
program. The school has been out
of sports three years.
A campus vote to determine
whether students favored sports
revival, beginning with basket ball,
resulted in a vote Of 1,270 for such
a move and IL against it. Some
1000 students are registered at the
university for the current term.
DR.. Marvin said he expected to
confer with Max Harrington. grad
uate manager of athletics, early next
month with view toward formu-
lating the Colonials' future policy for
sports.
Resumption OF sports on a full
scale will await the return of all
members of the athletic staff, in
cluding Head Football Coach Johnny
Baker and Director of Athletics
John Busick.
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Nv the Associated press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3i.-Penn lost
the game to Navy but Joe Dickerson,
q Quaker guard, showed enough
ability to be named the Associated
Press ''lineman Of the week" for
his brilliant defensive play.
Recovering four Of seven Middle
fumbles and disrupting Navy play
by frequent sorties into their back
field, Dickerson was one Of the chief
reasons why the Midshipmen had to
take to the air to win in the last Is
seconds. He is q 25-year-old junior
from Philadelphia.
Navy also had leading candidate
in End Dick Duden whose play 'in-
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Bagarus, Punt Return
Ace, Third Redskin
10 SET Loop Pace

National Football League figures
for the first four games today re-
vealed the Redskins have enough
flrsts to win a track meet.
Steve Bagarus, whose sparkling
broken-field running against the
Giants completely captivated New
York fans, joined Sammy Baugh and
Frank Atkins among the leaders by
taking over the No. spot ON punt
returns. On 10 trips Buggsy has
accumulated ia yards. His longest
romp is mere %, but one of these
days he's going all the way for six
points.
Frank Atkins not only maintained
his ground gaining lead over Phila-
delphia's Steven Van Buren, but
added to 1t with 48 yards against the
Giants. The Rams held Van Buren
to "a yards, giving Atkins 62-yard
advantage.
Baugh's scintillating performance
OF 10 competitions in % attempts
sent him far ahead of his passing
rivals. Sans record shows 81 passes
completed out of 88, for q total Of
78l yards.
1t Is noteworthy, however, that
Baughs overall total exceeds Sid
Luckman's by scant SIS yards, al
though the Chicago Bear ace has
connected only on So of his 100
throws.
Meanwhile, Don Hutson-who
holds the most times retired" rec
ord, boosted his point total to IS
for the season by tallying 81 against
the Cardinals. 1t is almost a FORE
gone conclusion that the Packer
end. who skaters a record almost
every time he steps on the field, will
win scoring honors. Hutson also
boosted his pass-snagging lead to 20
for a total of 20 and 633 yards.
Bagarus shares runnerup honors
in this department with Cleveland's
Jim Benton, each snaring II, but
the big Ram end has a total Of BIT
yards to Steve's 269 and three touch
downs to Steve's singleton.
Baugh, of course, missed another
pass completion and Bagarus q
touchdown In the Giants game Sun
day when Sans throw to Steve in
the end zone was nullified by
penalty. L. r. A.
Evening star., 1945-10-31
indians Rate Come
With erps Even

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Oct. 81.
Coach Rube McCary of the
William and Mary football team
put the pressure on two phases
here yesterday as the Indians
prepared to visit Maryland at
College Park Saturday.
He spent much time in oiling
up his passing attack, seeing the
Old Liners as vulnerable to the
aerial game, and also stressed
defense against running plays In
which the Maryland team has
shone this season.
He feels that If he can check
the Terps' ground game the IN
dians might heave their way to
victory in a contest he regards
as $3.50 proposition.
Evening star., 1945-10-31
Four Leading Teams CIoshing
I oniqht in District Pin Loop

was welcomed back after a sojourn
in Kansas City.
BY winning two games from john
MES Tavern, Potomac Grill gained
a tie for first place in the Greenway
National League with the losers.
Harry Hoke's Radio moved a game
back of the deadlocked leaders by
whitewashing De Alleys Tavern No.
2. Andy Fillman's 378 was high as
Eve Rude Beauty Salon routed River
Terrace Service Station. Ollie Ly-
nard of Venezia Grocery raped
out 154,