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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-07-05
BEHIND
HOME PLATE
By DOUG STEWART

If the Field Athletic Association
would just put fence round the
Knothole Gang section in left field,
with gate, it would make the work
of Councilman Jack Hellane
hundred per cent easier. Mr..
Hellane, who gives all his time to
the Knothole Gang when the Owls
are playing at home, is doing re-
markable job with the youngsters
and deserves the thanks of the
people of Hagerstown for his un-
selfish efforts. He has asked the
officials of the Field Athletic Asso-
citation, time and time again, to put
the fence and gate up for him, so
that he can better control the kids
from wandering about all over the
lot, and l hope they will see their
way to do this little job right away.
The sum of $525 has been donated
by the Mayor and Council, civic
clubs and fraternal organizations, to
enable fullsize Knothole Gang
bleachers to be built, and this money
is now on deposit in a local bank.
The officials of the Field Athletic
Association have stated that it is
impossible at this time, to secure
lumber and so the bleacher stands
will probably not be built till next
year, but surely a fence can be
strung round the section, with a
gate, in order to help Mr.. Hellane
out.
How about it gentlemen?
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-07-05
How about it gentlemen?

For a long time l have been TAX
ing a razzing because 1 have been
so optimistic about the Owls, but it's
my turn to laugh now.
The work of Dutch" Dorman,
generally recognized as one of the
best managers in the minor leagues,
is beginning to show up and / firm
ly believe, that from now on, the
team will continue to climb.
Through Tuesday night the team
has won nine out of the last eleven
games, Wilmington stopping their
winning streak of seven straight
games when they knocked off the
Owls in loosely played game on
Tuesday night, to the tune of 10
to 6.
When young Zych first came to
the Owls, Dutch told me that the
youngster was one of the best pitch
ing prospects he had seen in long
time and he is proving to be just
that. The lack of control, that hurt
him in his early starts, seems to
have been conquered and he is
rapidly developing into one of the
best young pitchers in the league.
From the day president Oren
Sterling announced the working
agreement with the Chicago Cubs,
you could notice a steady improve
ment in the team. The boys seemed
to realize that, with help available
from the Cubs extensive farm
system, they would have to fight
for their positions and they seem
to be doing just that. There is a
noticeable improvement in the hust-
ling of the team, to say nothing of
a sudden splurge of power at the
plate, but most important of all, the
team is getting some real pitching
at last.
Of course our big winning splurge
has occurred at home and it remains
to be seen whether the boys can
keep it up on their next road trip,
but somehow l feel sure that they
can and will.
The Owls have got a Whit of
that old pennant bunting and they
are out to grab it for Hagerstown
Everything is in readiness for
Hagerstown's Today race meet,
which opens on Tuesday. General
manager Wolfe has everything in
first class shape and banner crowd
is expected on opening day. The
first race starts at two o'clock, with
eight races daily and all of the best
nags now running at Charles Town
will be here, as well as many who
have been racing at Delaware.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25

BUY WAR BONDS AND sT.un,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
Crown Prince Umberto
Denounced By Woman

ROME, March 24.-P)-A wo-
man with a baby in her arms de-
nounced Crown Prince Umberto,
during solemn mass tolay COM
memorating the first anniversary
Of the ardeatine caves atrocity and
was taken out if the church by
Carabinieri and priests.
The women who arrived at Santa
Maria Degli Angel church after
the mass had started sighted UNI
berto among the officials.
Get out" she shouted. I'VE
don't want you. Nobody wants
you"
She was a member Of a group,
some of whom were identified as
relatives of the Ardeatine victims,
who arrived at the church after
the doors were closed. The women
succeeded in entering but the 9TH
ers remained outside, demonstra.
ting throughout the service.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
Ry ROBERT EUNSON

WITH THE U. S. NINTH ARMY
EAST OF THE RHINE, March "a.
-R-The U. S. Army Engineers
wrote the greatest chapter in their
already colorful saga today when
they set up ferry service on the
Rhine and started bridge across
the historic water barrier while
German 0o's and -nortars hurled
fire at them.
The man who wrote that song
about the Army Engineers with
hairy ears should do another one
now about their crossing Of the
lower Rhine. He could write one
verse about the officer from Penn
sylvania who launched the first
landing craft, medium, in the
Rhine ard loaded it with a tank
destroyer to hurry more firepoW-
er to those doughboys on the other
side. The last line would tell how
the craft was knocked out by IN
SO on the return trip.
That's the last damn time III
ever mention having hobby in
this mans Army" shouted a wet
and tired storm boat operator
who once was an cupboard motor
enthusiast. pausing for breath
while his buddy helped load
wounded infantrymen.
The assault went off in such
perfect form that as soon as the
infantry started fighting its way
inland along the east bank the
engineers began moving crane;
and landing craft to the river:
edge for LAUGHING. Bridging ma
terial was brought up to the ferr.
site and sections of bridges began
appearing after daylight
By 9 am. equipment was bein;
moved up for bridge construction
although most of the crossing site
were still under mortar and Sc
nm fire.
A command post caught d
rect mortar hit and went up j
smoke, setting off an ammunitio
dump. Wren Maj. Frederick Hev
lit of Hawthorne, Rd., Baltimore
Md, tried to run across a fiel
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
DANIELS IS NAMED
PRESS SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, March "a In
President Roosevelt said today JON
athan Daniels will become the
White House secretary in charge
of press relations.
Mr.. Roosevelt is asking Stephen
Early, who held the press JOB OR
years, to stay on as White House
secretary temporarily, pending the
choice of a secretary in charge OF
appointments.
General E. M. Watson, who had
the appointments assignment, died
on the return trip from the Yala
Big Three conference.
Mr.. Roosevelt said in a state
ment tina, Il hope to be able by
early June to name permanent
secretary in charge Of appoint
ments. At that time Steve will be
free to enter private employment,
in accordance with the wishes ne
has expressed to me-"
Daniels, AZ, is a former Raleigh,
N. c., newspaper man. He has
written several books, the best
known being "A Southerner Dis
covers the South" and "A South
erner Discovers New England" He
has been in charge Of Press Rela-
tons while Early undertook press
relations assignment to armie in
France. He is a son Of Josephus
Daniels, former cabinet officer.
William D. Hassett, who has been
handling appointments since Wat.
sons death, now will return to his
own secretaryship. He handles cor
respondence and research for the
president, among other things.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
Tar Heels Aid Engineers
In Lower Rhine Crossing

to check for casualties, his driv-
er, John Rogers, Route 2, Hart
sell, Ala, held him back and ev-
eryone else laid low until the 800
mortar shells in the building went
up, engulfJng the area with thick,
dusty smoke. The explosion knock
ed this correspondent SO flat that
Rogers had to shove him into
foxhole Hundreds of phosphores-
cent shells showered fire all
around us.
The sailors fighting so far from
the sea include 1t. UG) Donald
b. Crane. "a Thomas ST., Spring
field. Mass; also Seaman 1-c Har-
rison Wood, Earlysville, Va; Cox
swain Leonard Bobbitt, 800 Green
ST., Durham, N. c.; Seaman &c
Charles Outlaw, Fayetteville, N.
c.; Seaman 1-c John C. Hardin,
302 South Main ST., Fordyce, Ark.
Coxswain Henry j. Villemaire, 81
Stanwood ST., Roxbury, Mass.
Also Cxn. Elmer Weeman, Cor
ham, Me BM2-c Charles L. Wat
son, Route l, Bristol, Va; BM2-c
E. R. Wade, Roanoke, Va; GM3-c
James L. Watts. 544 Person St,
Fayetteville, N. C.
Cxn. Charles S. Griffin, Mash
vile, Ca; BM &c Wallace Jeffer-
son, Hungtington, Va; EN- SC
Thomas Moorehouse, a u US
Mass; S &c Joseph W. Gillian,
Jonesville, N. c.; EN- 1-c Barron
Moore, Salisbury, N. c.; Momm
&c Lester Marker, NC, Minnville,
Tenn; BIN &c Earl T. White,
Route 2. Lynchburg. Va; GIN Sc
James A. Pizzano, 81 Inn ST., Wo-
burn, Mass and S &c Joseph M.
Hill, Johns, Ala.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
SMALL CRAFT WARNING

NEW ORLEANS, March 24.-WH
The U. S. Weather Bureau here
tonight issued an extension of small
craft warnings from Galveston,
Tex, to St. Marks, Fla. The warn
ing folliws: Small craft warnings
continued Galveston, Tex, to Pen
sacola, Fla, and small craft warn
ings indicated east of Pensacola,
to St. Marks, Fla, 7 a. m, EWT.,
Sunday. Fresh to strong southerly
winds Is to occasionally IS miles
per hour. Radio broadcast au-
thorized.
BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
CLUB CLOCK

Goldenrod chapter, No. 142,
Order Of Eastern Star. will
hold the regular meeting Mon
day evening at 8:15 O'Clock
in the Masonic Temple. Mem
bers and visiting Eastern Stars
are invited.
A pre-school clinic will be
held at the new" Sunset Park
school on Monday afternoon at
2 o'clock for all children who
will enter school for the first
time in the fall.
The Whatsoever circle Of
the Kings Daughters will hold
an Easter sale on Saturday,
March 81, at the Wilmington
Furniture comp any, North
Front street.
The Woman's Missionary So
ciety of Southside Baptist
church will meet Tuesday al
ternoon at. 3 o'clock at the
church. Rev. Carr will be
the guest speaker. The Sum
beams will meet at the same
hour. The intermediate GA
will meet at 4 o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
GRAVES DESIGNATED

FRESNO, Calf, March 24.-(R
-Twenty-four graves of persons
with Japanese or German names
have been desecrated IN the m oun-
tain view cemetery here within
the last two weeks and efforts
have been made to force the lock
of mausoleum containing the
ashes of nearly 300 japanese, Sher-
if George J. Overholt said today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
Urges APPROVAL

CHARLOTTE, March 24.-tR-
The Atlantic Cotton Association
ton Woods International Finance
today urged approval of the Bret
plan, and advocated new govern
ment policy on cotton growing and
distribution which would enable
American producers to compete on
world markets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
CERTIFICATES ISSUED

RALEIGH, March 24.-(P)- EN-
ployment certificates were issued
to 1884 minors during February,
or 555 less than the January total
OF 4,089, the State Department of
Labor said today. Most of the Ger.
tificates were issued to boys be-
tween the ages Of 16 and II.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25
KILLED ON Wo M.

s SALINAS Calf. March a.,
INA e, Sgt Fritz rruan. Of s.
linas, all-around cowbov '. ', "a
plon of the Rodeo Assocja,iaa s'l,
America, was killed in the c"n. Of
OF Two -, Jima. Truan's wife S s.;s
was killed Feb. %. SaIo ne
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-25

A pudding, cake or batch of
cookies with dates, raisins or dried
fruits needs less sugar than a plain
one
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-02
Bills Introduced
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donment of joint school districts
81. demonstrating the papers
and exhibits the jury may take to
jury room.
49, Oils and leases committee-Sale
and lease of unredeemed tax title
property.
33. Oils and leases committee-Re
lating to state oil and gas leases.
"a. Larson - Validate and confirm
sales made by any county of any prop.
erty.
35. Committee on state and county
economies-Notice of application for
tax deed.
SO. Committee on stock growing
and grazing = Bonding of livestock
markets.
81. Committee on stock growing
and grazing-Grass conservation COM
mission
SO. Misunderstanding to state indus
trial school.
49, Plank, ct al = Teachers retire
ment system.
40. Stromnes- Examinations and adj
mission to practice optometry.
Al. Committee on fish and game
Power of fish and game commission
to dispose of moose when damaging
public or private property.
AZ. Committee on stock growing
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-02
REPORT OF WORK
I'm SUPREME
COURT FOR week

January 26th - State ex rel. Sam
Mercer v. Arthur M. Woods. APP
pealed from Missoula County, Mis-
soula. Opinion of the court prepared
by Chief Justice Howard A. Johnson.
Justice C. F. Morris dissented.
Held: In an appeal from the judg-
ment of the district court in which
that court reviewed by certiorari the
proceedings in a contempt matter oc-
curing in the justice court, it was
held that there was no error COM
mitted by the district court in refus-
ing to reverse the judgment of the
Justice court that the relator Sam
Mercer was guilty of contempt in the
presence of said justice court
January 26th-John Wieri v. Ana
conda Copper Mining Co. Appealed
from Silver Bow county, Butte. I'm
animous opinion of the court prepared
by Mr.. Justice c. F. Morris.
Held: The court affirmed the judg-
ment of the district court which de-
MED plaintiffs petition for additional
compensation. The district court had
affirmed the decision of the Industrial
Accident Board which held that the
cause of the disability was fractured
femur and that the disability was tenn
porary in character and did not ex-
coed ~ weeks; and that the defendant
had already paid plaintiff more than
his disability warranted.
ORDERS:
January 23rd-Court denied petition
for rehearing in Frank Chatterton v.
Mary Lukin, appealed from Glacier
county, Cut Bank; and in Tony Elich
v. Industrial Accident Board, appealed
from Musselshell county, Roundup.
Prepared and released by:
PETER MELOY, Marshal
Montana Supreme Court.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-02
REACTIONS AND HICHLICHTS
OF DEBATE MVA
Held in Placer Hotel, January "a, 1945

/ talked in favor of the MVA was heart
warming. One point that they failed
to drive home to this mixed audience,
was that the consumers of electricity,
the people, pay all the taxes for the
corporations. 1t is added into our
monthly light and power statements
1t is important to explain that the
lowering of rates to the people using
electricity in the IVA, or any similar
organization proposed for other areas,
is in effect taxes saved.
Whether the people pay taxes in
their light and power statements, or
pay taxes to the Internal Revenue
Department, does not make one iota
of difference.
The writer would suggest to any
reader who is laundering about with
indecision on this great issue, to send
for the book "TVA, Democracy on the
March, by David Lilienthal, and
when you have read this powerful
treatise on democratic processes, you
will be able to make up your own
mind, and not be stampeded into ac-
cepting the propaganda of the cor
poration owned and controlled press.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-02

intelligent to pass resolution that
the state inaugurate one experimental
carding plant, or that the convention
hire a professional gambler to run a
crap game in the Finlen hotel, profits
to go toward an experimental carding
plant.
Even a resolution would have saw
ored of sense il 1t had directed the
College at Bozeman to teach the rudi-
ments of the arts of carding and tan
ming.
Only one thousand have returned
to Montana of six thousand of our
inductees already released honorably
from the military service. Our situa-
ton is growing no better, rapidly.
Butte, an inland city, would not
have grown like Seattle, but it might
have grown like Denver during the
last thirty years If the town had not
been dominated by the Anaconda COM
pany, and in way to make this town
and that company the object of
boycott from Peru to Calgary, from
Houghton to Tonopah.
Stagnation, even if wished for is
impossible. Unless we cooperate we
will further disintegrate
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-02
MAKING A FOOTBALL OF THE
TEACHERS RETIREMENT LAW

but cannot compel. This is in har
mony with the American principle O
local self government.
If the law is enacted to tax schoo
districts for teachers retirement pay
the school trustees can ignore the Law
with impunity. Therefore, If the ia,
cannot be collected, the law is inoper
alive.
ing school districts, say that the
teachers unions are in favor of such
a tax. This is misleading propaganda
The Butte Teachers Union voted by
secret ballot on the scheme and the
result of the poll showed eight votes
against it to every one for it.
Some small teachers unions favor
it, one union is divided and in doubt
| the other unions have not expressed
a preference. However, it is obvious
that many teachers haYe formed their
opinions from stories told about the
legislature going to appropriate one
and half million dollars to the school
fund.
The organizations, including the
School Board Association, that have
endorsed the tax on schools have not
sponsored the bill. The Teachers Re-
tirement Board is the sponsor of H.
B. No. 65, and efforts were made for
over a year to line up a majority of
the members of the board to sponsor
the bill.
The members of the Retirement
board who voted in favor of sponsor
ing the bill are Attorney General Bot
tomly, Elizabeth Ireland and Mr.. Day
liss Of Billings forming the majority
of the board. Miss McNelis of Butte
and Torrance Macdonald voted
against the bill-the latter for consti-
tutional reasons
Twenty-one states having a teach
ers' retirement law provide for an
appropriation from the state to the
fund.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-02
(Contributed)

|
Mr.. Bricker delivered a talk with
figures purporting to belittle the con
ditions in the Tennessee Valley and
comparing our great plains economy
with the peoples of the SOUTH who
have been kept in subjugation, ignor
ance and poverty for many genera
lions.
The writer who is a patient soul
has taken time to read the record and
knows the condition of those people
in the Tennessee Valley as 1t is to-
day, after 10 years of federal develop
ment and help to the common peoples
| there; and he also knows the condi-
| ton of these same areas and the peo-
pie who lived there prior to this up
building program, originated by that
great statesman, the late Senator
| Norris.
Mr.. Bricker did not wish to tell the
true figures, showing the revolution
airy change for happiness and better
living in the Tennessee Valley. The
truth dos not fit into this kind of
I'M Ell. bsdoiOH anu d DItpOuuGT-
ance of statistical data propounded
by the Chamber of Commerce and the
Montana Taxpayers Association, the
operating headquarters of the power
monopolies in Montana, does not con-
fuse the average citizen of Montana
any more; by their works we shall
know them.
Senator D'Ewart, in making his
final fifteen minutes rebuttal against
the MVA proposal, stood there and
read typewriter dialogue, prepared
in advance by his master mind die
tators, the power interests in the
state, giving the audience the old
DRIVEL about states rights, states
water rights, encroachment of the
federal government by bureaus, and
in the same breath he advocates that
the Bureau of Reclamation and the
Army Engineers do this vast job. Very
to say the least.
The fine spirit of the men who
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-02-02
By JAMES D. GRAHAM

The representatives of the School
Board Association came to Helena re-
Gently and presented to the house
committee on education batch OF
bills to be introduced as committee
bills. One of the bills called for an
appropriation of one HILTON five hun
dred thousand dollars from the Gen
eral Fund of the state to the School
General Fund. which later would be
allocated to the various public schools
throughout the state. Some of this
money reached the state treasury
from receipts of school land rentals,
interest on invested money in the
school fund and tax on inheritance.
The amount asked for by the School
Board Association was eight hundred
thousand dollars per year more than
they received from the legislature in
1943 and half million more than was
asked for two years ago.
The committee on education con-
sidered the bill and in due parlia-
mentary order the bill reached the
committee on appropriation.
On Saturday forenoon, January 81,
the committee on appropriation re-
ported to the house, recommending
that an appropriation of eight hundred
thousand dollars be made to the Gen
eral School Fund for the year ending
June Both, 1916 and the some amount
for the year ending June 80, 1947.
This is one hundred thousand dollars
more than was appropriated two years
ago.
The advocates of levying tax on
schools equal to three and one-half
per cent of the salaries paid teachers
have spread the propaganda over the
state, for nearly two years, that the
Legislature would this session -appro-
pirate million and half dollars to
the general school fund and the school
districts would receive more money
from the state and therefore, they
could pay tax to the state treasury
for the Teachers Retirement without
increasing their tax levy.
The action of the appropriation
committee on the school fund bill
would indicate that the advocates of a
tax on schools to provide funds for
Teachers Retirement are false proph-
cts Bobby Burns used to say "The
we'll laid plans of mice and men often
go astray"
The proposition of having the legis-
lature appropriate money from the
State Treasury to be allocated to the
school districts, and then have the
school districts pay part of the money
back to the State Treasury to meet
the states contribution to the Teach
ers Retirement Fund is nonsense.
Why go to all that trouble and waste
of time in bookkeeping, when a
straight appropriation from the Cen
eral Fund to the Retirement Fund is
all that is necessary?
The advocates of taxing public
schools to take care of the states
obligations to meet the teachers re-
tirement pay, say that house bill No.
IS, now before the legislature, makes
it mandatory for the school trustees
to levy tax on the taxpayers in the
district.
Nine prominent attorneys, located ]
in different cities in the state, say
that the legislature has no power to
enact law to tax school districts for
any purpose, that the legislature can |
advise school trustees on the subject