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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-03-29
mickey" BalIa Named Playing Manager
Hagerstown Owls; Will Play Third Base
Twenty Nine YearOd Honorably Discharged Veteran Of
World War 2 Named By President Sterling To Run Club

and outfeld, batted 200 in 1914 with
Detroit Federation B. B. Club.
Edward RED" Galasso, Bronx, N.
Y. Pitcher, % years old, SILL" tall,
IT'S lbs, right handed all the way,
At, Pro experience.
c. F. Goodale, outfield, Louisville,
KY, fine player, played right field
for Sunbury in 1910, wants to get
back in the game.
Thomas Kasinec, Detroit, Mich,
Honorably discharged veteran, Is
years old, played with Bill Rogells
All-Stars in 1914, batted 288, right
handed all the way, pitcher and OUT
fielder, $40" 1853 lbs.
John Kocsis, Susquehana Univer-
sity, Selinsgrove, Pa, Pitcher.
Aaron Asopsky, Bronx, N. Y.
/ Pitcher, discharged veteran, 5'-8''
tall, 81 years old, right handed all
the way.
Garon Lefty" Marmor, Bronx, N.
| Y. 10 years old, 81" tall, 100 lbs,
left handed all the way. AT.
Stephen Sloboda, infielder pur-
chased from Williamsport in Eastern
League.
Leonard D. Spivey, Madison
Heights, Va, II years old, g. tall,
IT'S lbs.
Ray L. Schalk, infelder, At, 26
years old, ST" tall, 14O pounds,
switch hitter.
Ralph Zeigler, Greencastle, Pa, q
years old, 1876 lbs, 3rd baseman, g.
2" tall, right handed all the way,
packs lot of power and has a mar
velous arm. Might try him as a
pitcher. AT,
| Ernest Gober, outfelder, New
Brunswick, N. j., has experience in
Inter State League
Nick Mentis, Baltimore, Md, out
fielder, AT "a years old, recon-
mended by Arthur Ehlers, good hit
ter, should lead the Interstate
League, or finish not lower than 3rd
Howard Cramer, Shippensburg
Pa, infelder, II years old, Sill
! tall, 155 lbs, righthanded all the
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-03-29
League Standing
WOmen'S Division

Only two more weeks of bowling
and the PanSies are still in the lead
with Frances Couchman, their cap
tain, pins in the lead for total pin
fall.
Honors this week are divided
Pansies captured high three games
1929, and the Violets took high sing
lie game, 533. Carrie Nunamaker had
high individual three games, 324
and three girls rolled 126 for high
single game as follows: Laverne
Rudisill, Carnations, 126, 102, 322;
Lucille Crawford, Jonquils, 1875, 314;
and Katherine (Spinach) Stouffer,
Daisies, 1875, 3O4
Other high scores were rolled by
v. Patterson, 112, 106, los, 1913; v.
Warner 113, .106, 103, 1922; F. Couch
man liz, ITO, 316; P. Ferguson 10,
104, 312; M, Snyder ia, 300; M. Del
linger 113, 107, 307; NJ Hepfer 116,
3O6; v. Gossard 1O8, 100, 3O2; M. Nc
Claim ITO, 106; M. Routzahn 103, 1903;
c. Price ITO; A. Elliott ITO; E. Hause
1903; F. Shaw 1903; B. Bonebrake 1O6;
M. Kriz los; I. Wingert los; B.
Schwinger 104; A. Knodle 104; L.
Unseld 1O3; o. Shupp 1903; R. Bow
man 102; l. Fridinger 101; " Rohrer
10i; G. Leatherman 101; H. Sim 101.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-03-29
ROTARY CLUB LEAGUE

It's just an everyday occurrence
when Bob Foltz, Mike" Ellinger
and Geary Porter are high men on
their teams, as they were again last
week, but when doc" Lightner,
Max Kieswetter and Paul Frizzell
land on the top of the heap-brother
that's NEWS. But that's exactly
what they did last week, each man
being high scorer on his team.
The Rims finally broke the first
place tie and they did it the hard
way, being without the services of
Max Fiery. BY winning two out of
three from the Wheels, while the
Axles were taking the Hubs into
camp, the Rims took undisputed
possession of first place.
300, or Better Glass
Foltz 344, Porter BAL, Dorsey 329,
Ellinger 1913, Kieswetter 1923, J.
Reynolds $40, Fultz 300, Zimmerman
800, Lightner 3O8, Lindsey 3O1.
Team Standing
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Rufus Edwards tells me that the
annual Cumberland Valley Bowling
Tournament, sponsored by Raney's
Coliseum, will not be held this
year, as both Gene Raney and
Rufus feel that they should cancel
this years tournament in Difference
to the request of the ODT to cut
down travel as much as possible.
That's real cooperation.
And while / am on the subject of
Bowling, Raney's Coliseum will be
packed to the rafters next Thursday
night, when the three Service clubs
-Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary-tangle
in their annual tournament for the
trophy awarded the winner by the
Bowling Alley management.
AS usual, rivalry will be plenty
keen, but 1 understand that Louis
Sager, manager of the KiWanis team,
afraid that Poffenberger and Wilmer
may not be able to carry the burden
alone, is considering borrowing FL
linger from Rotary, and Copley from
the Lions, in order to even things up
a bit.
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BOWLING
SCORES
SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE
MEMS DIVISION

Trinity retained their three-game
lead when they won three from
Grace u. B. Emanuel u. B. and ST.
Paurs U. B. held on to second posi-
ton when they won three each. ST.
Johns and Washington Square are
tied for third place.
Honors for the evening were well
divided with P Fales of ST. Paups U.
B., being tops for single game in the
individual class with ISL. Mcdonald
of Trinity put three nice games to-
gether for high total of 359 In the
team section, st. Paul's U. B. had a
single game of 587, but ST. Johns
was best for three game total with
1869.
The 12O-32O Club
Trinity - Harshman, 1923; Roger
Miller, 331; Mcdonald, 141-359; John
Minnich, 100, 324.
Emanuel U. BAL Gossard, 1873
331; R. Hart, 1870, 1856; ]. Poffenberg-
er, 100, 321.
St. PauTs U. B.-Jones, 100, 339
P. Fales, ISL, 1877; Fisher, $50.
ST. John's-Couchman, 127, 800
Ferguson, $50; Day, 100, $50; Krot-
ger, 1913.
Washington Square-K. o. King
100, $50; Kendle, 121; Jim Gossard
131, 1856.
Grace U. BIB Hause, 122, 1886
lCarl Rider, 122, 800.
misunderstanding, 122, 324; Rine
hart, 1874.
Baptist-Clarence Little, 1916.
ST. Mark's-'Doc" Leatherman
1924; Smith, 131.
Christ's Reformed-Jim Causher
100, 1922.
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Not Telling

Not Telling
The lady appeared at the paying
teller's window and inquired, How
much money did my husband draw
out of the bank last week?"
Il am unable to furnish you such
information" replied the man.
"Well, aren't you the paying
teller?" insisted the lady.
ayes, madam" was the rejoiner,
''but I'm not the telling, payer"
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way, very fast, solid line drive hit
ter.
Robert Crimmins infielder, Louis
vile, KY, over from last year.
Robert Doak, Raleigh, N. c., out
fielder, left handed all the way.
Floyd Doss Lynchburg, Va, g. tall,
100 lbs, left handed all the way, II
years old, pitcher and first baseman.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-03-29
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
BY DOUG STEWART

Although this will be Mickey Bal
las first year as club manager, he
seems to be starting out on the right
foot, for Oren Sterling, president OF
the Hagerstown Ball Club, tells me
that Balla has already rounded up
more ball players for the team than
any manager the club has ever had.
Although l have never seen him
in action, l am told that Mickey, in
the sixteen games in which he held
down the third base job during
Allentown'S stretch drive toward the
pennant, did a swell job and was
quite factor in Allentown coping
the flag.
Steve Sloboda is getting a tryout
with the Toronto team and if he
makes the grade (and l see no rea
son why he shouldn't) his sale to
Toronto will undoubtedly include
some player help for the Owls.
When I talked to Mr.. Sterling on
Saturday he told me that he had
not made working agreement with
any club, but that there might be
developments before the opening
game.
The Owls open their training camp
on April 9Th and will set up head
quarters at the Dagmar Hotel
Mr.. Sterling was in Hershey on
Tuesday, talking to Bucky Harris
manager of the Buffalo Bisons, who
told him that he would let him have
a couple of men before they broke
camp. But the best news was that
Buffalo has given Sterling permits
sion to deal with Napoles, that color
full little Cuban infelder, who was
such a favorite with Owls fans dur
ing the latter part of the 1914 season
Here's hoping Mr.. Sterling can sign
him up.
At the suggestion of an American
Legion Post in Baltimore, Mr. Sterl-
ing has invited Nick Menti, a Balti-
more lad, to camp for a Looksee. H5
played the last two years in the Bal
timore Semi Pro League, had a bat
ting average of $50, and is classified
At. His hackers claim that he is {
better outfelder than Pat Riley
Here's hoping.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-03-29

What three know, everybody else
knows.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-03-29

Troop 5 swept the board in the
Boy Scout Basketball League, not
only coming out on top at the end
of the regular season, but also walk
ing away with the game against the
Boy Scout All-Stars. Now that the
Scouts have made start, I hope
they keep the league going next
winter and to encourage them, l will
be glad to donate trophy to the
winning Troop.
Don't fail to remind me of that
promise next winter gang.
NJ VI c..L
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-03-29

The FERA Cargoettes lost out to
the Martin Bomberettes in the AAU
basketball tourney finals, played in
Baltimore on Sunday night.
Although the game was heart
breaker to lose-the final score was
37-36-it is pity that Paxton the
Cargoette's coach, saw fit to hurl
such blast at the officials in charge
of the game The girls have played
excellent basketball all season and
deserve lots of credit, but their
coach should learn to take the losses
with good grace, realizing that no
one can'win all the time, and that
officials can only call them as they
see them, not as the coaches and the
spectators see them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
|Scorcities
 |Irk Senate

Washington, April 2-(UP)-The special senate food Investigating committee is going to move into the black market-and break 1t up or know the reason why.
 Chairman Elmer Thomas. D. Okla, said today the committee would try first to "stop the black market and if we can't do that we'll get the operators
 He revealed in a statement that he has received hundreds of letters from all parts of the country com- blaming about black market oper- ators in everything from meat to liquor and cigarettes.
 The committee already has com- pleted one series of hearings into the food situation, with emphasis on the growing scarcity of meat.
 Thomas said the work provided basis for thorough investiga- tion into what goes on from the corner grocer to the office of the chairman of the board of the na- tion'S largest corporations involved in the sale and distribution of food and related products"
 A special house committee also is Investigating the food shortage.
 The CLOS cost-of- living commit tee demanded today that both the senate and house food committees investigate the War Food Admin istration's responsibility in the cur- rent shortage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
Last Peace Proposal By Hitler Rumored; Germans Called Upon to Fight Or Perish

Hitler was described as deter mined to continue his war against Russia but was said to be willing to retire if general election showed he was not wanted by the German populace. He was also said to be prepared to allow Austria a plebis- cite on whether she desires to con- tinue as part of the Reich.
 If this proposal should not be ac- cepted, according to the report Hit Ter was said to have threatened to shoot all Allied officers now held as war prisoners as well as to execute hostages from occupied countries and 250,0O0 Jews remaining in Ger many.
 There was no grounds for believ- Ing the report had any authtenti- city. The so-called underground Nazi movement in the west was the sub ject of innumerable Nazis broad- casts.
 These said that German men, wo- men and boys and girls were band- ing together in an underground
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
Circus May Close First
 Port Of June

Hartford, Conn.,, April - (U. P0 = Counsel for the six Ringing Brothers-Barnum and Bailey Com bined Shows, Inc, officials under sentence resulting from last July's tragic fire, declared today the show would. have to close after its Boston Garden engagement in June and probably go into receivership if the men were forced to serve their jail and prison terms.
 Former Lieutenant = Governor William L. Hadden, representing the officials who entered no contest pleas in February and drew sen- tences ranging from six months to two years, said the circus would be compelled to return to winter quar- ters in Florida "as a safety meas ure, without these men,"
 Hadden, arguing on motions to set aside the sentences, and permit the officials to withdraw their pre- vious pleas, declared that 'imposi- ton of these sentences will do no good, and do tremendous harm" " The bulk of the circus personnel, he said, was composed of temporary employees and few hundred semi permanent workers, whereas the six accused were key men of the show and indispensable to it's oper- ation. (Continlled on Page A)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
Okinuwu Loss To Hurt Jops
(By United Press)

The influential Tokyo newspaper Yomiuri Hochi frankly admitted to- day that the loss of Okinawa would leave Japan with mo hope of turn ing the course of the war;
 In an editorial, quoted by Tokyo radio and recorded by United Press at San Francisco, the newspaper said the entire strategy of the Pa cific' was based on the battle of OkinaWa.
 "The loss of Okinawa will mean the collapse of the vanguards of Japan" the editorial added.
 A Tokyo broadcast, recorded by the EGG, reminded the Japanese people that the American progress westward from C.uadalcanal to Okinawa had the final objective of effecting landings on Nippon's home land.
 The broadcast said the invasion of Okinawa was a move which "bears a seriousness that has not been seen previously"
 One enemy broadcast, with ex- planation, described the invasion of the Ryukyus as "a seldom and di- vine opportunity for Japan to win the war"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02

The Red Army advance continued to be aided by heavy bombardments of the U. s. 18th Air Force carried out against ViennaS rail communi- cations.
 The Moscow radio reported that increasing disorders were spreading in Carinthia and Styria and also in Vienna itself.
 Moscow dispatches said other RuS- sian forces were storming Wiener Neustadt, Austria's most important industrial center, and had pushed to within sight of Bratislava, capital of the German puppet state of Slovakia.
 Stettin Assault Starts
 The London Daily Mail quoted unconfirmed German reports that 30 Russian divisions, possibly 450, 900 men, had begun a massive assault on Stettin. Germans biggest Baltic port, from points on the east bank of the Oder opposite the city.
 Marshal Feodor l. Tolbukhin's Third Ukrainian Army group plunged to within 20 miles of Vienna after capturing Trausersdorf, 22 miles southeast of the Austrian capital and just west of Lake Neu- siedler.
 The advance also carried to with in 10 miles of the Greater Vienna" area delineated by the Germans after the 1888 Anschhuss and em- bracing 25O square miles.
 Both Vienna and Wiener Neustadt, 24 miles the south. were outflanked by another column which drove z! miles inside Austria and captured Kirchau, 36 miles south southwest or vienna. This force cut the Wiener Newstadt- -Zagreb railway and ao- vanced to within five miles of tne Vienna-Venice trunk railway.
 Wiener Neustadt, site of 8 much hombed German Messerschmitt air.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
British Armored Divisions
 15 Miles Beyond Muenster; Holland Liberation Looms
BY BOYD D. LEWIS

Paris, April 2. - (UP) - British armored divisions plunged IS miles and mora beyond MuenSter today in . aSt-breaking drive that promised the imminent lber- ation of Holland.
 Remnants of the German 18th Army, possibly 50,000 strong, were racing eastward from the Dutch Seacoast in disorderly flight to escape the British tank columns closing across their line ot retreat.
 Simultaneously the Amer ican First and Ninth armies closed an armored ring around the Ruhr, and per- haps 150,OOO crack Nazj troops were trapped in the industrial basin.
 At the center of the collapsed German battle screen, It. Gen. George S. Patton's Third Army tanks drove more than half-way across the Reich to within 152 miles of Berlin.
 Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery'S 21st Army group headquarters lifted the security blackout on the British Second Army today to reveal that the Britons were in and beyond the Westphalian capital of Muenster, 227 miles west of Berlin. Scottish and English veterans Of Fl Alanein and Montgomery's march across North Africa were out in front of the blazing tank drive that promised to clear the Nazis from all Holland in a mat ter of days and lay open the short road to Berlin.
 Resistance Melts
 German resistance was reported melting away in the path of the British tanks. The ar1nor rode down die-hard German gunners in the streets of Muenster, while ar- mored outriders swept east, nortil- east and southeast to points 100 miles or more beyond the Rhine.
 Osnabrueck, 27 miles north -north-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02

movement, calling themselves "Werewolves. Werewolves, in Ger man folk lore, were wolves inhabit- ed by huban spirits who made for- avs at night.
 "The German freedom movement has sprung up in occupied western Germany" one broadcast said. Men and women, boys and girls have declared themselves fighters for freedom. determined to continue to struggle until the enemy has been expelled from German soil.'
 Other broadcasts told Nazi leaders to win victory or perish"
 Wage war everywhere entirely without mercy or yielding" the ap- peal to the Nazi leaders said. After the collapse of 1918 we pledged our- selves body and soul to battle for our country's right to exist. Now the hour of our sternest testing has come"
 All local party leaders were order ed to stay at their posts and any one who left his post was called "a low scoundrel"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
By w. R. HIGGINBOTHAM

London, April = (U.Po - Ru- mors of a so-called Hast peace pro- posal" by Adolf Hitler circulated to- day as Nazi home propaganda took on a desperate tone, calling on all Germans to fight or perish" and claiming that an underground Nazi Werewolf" movement was arising in occupied German territory.
 Source of the peace rumor was the Free German press bureau in Stockholm.
 This source said that Hitler had asked Foreign Minister Joachim Won Ribbentrop to deliver to Bri- tain a "last peace proposal"
 The Hitler bid was said to in- clude request for an immediate armistice in the west; maintenance of the German armies in the east; Joint occupation of West Germany by British, American and German armies: a European peace confer ence at which Russia would not be represented
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
nousondsO Of roops Flee Holland
(Navy photo from NEA Telephoto). |.
By RONALD CLARK

Fist Army Group Headquarters April 2 = (UP) - Thousands ot German troops and hundreds of tanks and guns streamed east out of Holland in panicXy flight today
 The Germans apparently had be- gun the evacuation of Holland.
 (Radio Orange, the Netherlands station in Britain, broadcast an ur- gent warning to the Dutch people to remain calm in the face of the possible evacuation. The Nazi-oper- ated Hilversum radio for the first time since Holland was invaded in 194O failed to broadcast single program in the Dutch language yesterday)
 The main flow of the east-bound traffic appeared to be funneling through the border towns of Heng- elo, Almelo and Coevorden, all roughly 70 to 75 miles north of the Rhine.
 Many lines of vehicles were con- verging on the Enschede area, in the same general district. The ap- breaches to the town were jammed with vehicles set afire by RAF planes.
 There still was no indication whether the traffic was coming all the way from the coast, or merely from central and northern Holland. but in any event it was one of the most panicky German retreats since D-Day in Normandy.
 Should the Germans evacuate Holland, however, it al peared likely they would leave behind suicide squads to man V-bomb launching sites until the last possible mo- ment. Clearing of the Dutch coast would lift Germany's V-bomb siege of London and southern England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
City Zone Board
 Denied Judgment

A motion made by the Sycamore Corporation of West Hartford and the City zoning Board of Appeals for a judgment in their favor in the East End zoning litigation was denied today by Superior Court Court Judge Frank P. McEvoy, who thereby opened the way for the plaintiffs to seek a new trial.
 The litigation was started nearly five years ago by Henry Corden, Helen Meridas, and Frank Gaglione when the zoning board permitted the Sycamore concern to make an addition to its building at the cor ner of East Main and Wales streets. The addition was made so the First National store, tenant on the premises, could be enlarged into 8 Super-market.
 A superior court trial ended in a decision for the plaintiffs in June, 1942, and the defendants then ap- pealed to the State Supreme Court of Errors in Hartford. The high court ruled on March 21 that there had been error in the trial and re- manded it back to the local court ito be proceeded with in accord ance to law The defendants last Friday asked for a judgment. In his memorandum of decision Judge .McEvoy refers to the speci- flc language used by the high l court in its direction. He refers to the Hartford courts opinion that 'the plaintiffs may be able to file an amendment curing the defect, and states that in view of that language "the plaintiffs should be accorded this opportunity of at least attempting to amend"
 The particular error, which the plaintiffs now will try to correct is in regard to posting of a bond Permission to make the correction. in the form of an amendment to the original complaint, was sought last week when the plaintiffs filed a special motion, and a hearing on the request is expected to be sched- uled shortly.
 At the hearing last Friday refer ence was made to the plaintiff's $ request in regard to the amend (C1y,fsv,I1nd pono Al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-02
.Jops Lose
 3O8,18O Men In 6 M onths
BY Fl. D. QUIGG

Manila, April 2-(UP)-America troops killed or captured 308, 8,18Q Japanese in seizing control of 32 islands in the Philippines during the last six months, 1t was an- ounced today.
 Gen. Douglas MacArthur's com- munique, in disclosing the Jap anese casualties, also announced continued gains by U. s. forces on Luzon, Negros, Cebu and Minda- nao.
 In the last five days throughout the Philippines the Japanese ca- sualties amounted to 10,971 killed and 185 captured, while the Amer ican losses for the same period were $40 killed, 48 missing and 9l9 wounded.
 The heavy casualties on the Jap anese were inflicted by the U. S. sixth and eighth armies which re- conquered the main portion of the Philippines, including the capital of Manila, and left only one major island = Bohol-still under Jap- anese control.
 On Luzon, ground forces con- tinued to compress the Japanese pockets while Fifth Air Force bom.oers again hit the shattered port of Legaspi, on the southeast ern tip of the island, with 200 more tons of explosives.
 Elements of the 11th corps push ed into the Santa Maria River Val ley east of Manila at point nine miles southeast of Tanay, but were meeting increasing resistance.
 Two columns of American troops were moving slowly over the rug ged terrain in northern Luzon against Baguio, former summer ca pital and Japanese headquarters in the Philippines. One force was less than three miles south of the city and the second contingent had
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