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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-14
Ring Decisions
By the Associated PressD

(By the Associated PressD
Baltimore Willie Pep, 1913, Hart.
ford. Conn, and Jimmy McAllister,
1872, Baltimore. drew 10 (non-title).
Clarence Wilkerson, 1864. New York.
knocked out George Slater, l6l, Bal
timore. 3.
Philadelphia 49, Lennox Dingie,
l4Sl2. Philadelphia. outpointed
Smuggsy Hursey. l51ig, Washing.
ton. s. Jimmy Hill. l49, Harris
burg, T.KO. Young Kid Robinson.
1888. Philadelphia. 4.
Fall River. Mass - Gene lie
Blanc. 1873. Fall River. outpointed
Tony Ferry. 1874. Fall River. s.
Oscar st. Pierre, l4S Fall River.
knocked out Nick Respiano. l43,
Newark. n j.. s.
Highland Park, n. Tommy
Monti, 1874. Brooklyn, knocked out
Al Celia. 1870, jamaica. n. Y, &.
Charlie Howard. la, Pittsburgh.
knocked out Ralph Griffin, IA,
Newark. !.
St Louis Archie Moore. 100
St Louis. knocked out Colian
CLANCY, lS2, Indianapolis, 5. Dave
Riley, l43, St Louis. outpointed
Sparky Reynolds, 1857, Hunting
ton, w. Va. S.
Minneapolis -- Jackie Graves.
12Si2, Austin, Mimi. outpointed
Jimmy Joyce. 1870. Gary. Ind, 8.
Art Price, 135%. Detroit, oHtPeiRt-
ed Billy Smith 1851, Minneapolis.
s.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-14
Back When
nv the Assoclated Preks

Cry the Associated Press
Today year ago-Army was
awarded the Henry l.. Williams
trophy emblematic OF the National
Collegiate Football Championship,
by the University OF Minnesota.
Three years ago-A survey show,
ed racing fans all over the country
wagered s559,375.5SO, an increase
ct s23.O00,oO0 over 1871.
Five years ago-A crowd OF So.
600 saw Notre Dame defeat South.
ern California 10-6 in their annual
football classic.
Ten years ago-The Detroit
Lions defeated the New York
Giants 26-7 for the championship OF
the National Football League
championship.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-14
Machine Division

MdCnlne DIVISION
Winnifred Brainard 430, Helen
Timber 3S3. Bertha Mild 3S7 Ad-
rienne Pepin 2S9. Virginia King 3iS.
Game totals $50 1852 ESQ 1897
Foundry Department
Jimmie Oswald $50, Alice Ions
key 3l9, Doris Mud 34s. Bertha
Hartman 1854, Fay Cradit 3l5, ham
dicap 4S.
Game totals 500 5s7 500 174i
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-14
Michigan to
Face Sailors

Ann Arbor. Mich. Dec. ZAP
Four eN-colleglans and one former
pro star probably will be in the
Great Lakes lineup Saturday when
the Bluejackets entertain Michigan
at the Naval Training Center In
their first basketball meeting since
World War /.
The Wolverines won a 2S TO IS
decision from Great Lakes in 1917,
the only other time they met on
the hardwood.
Since beating Michigan State at
East Lansing SO TO 40 last week. the
Bluejackets have taken on new
coach, Wilbur c. Eubank, giving
their temporary pilot Mel Riebe
former pro player With the Cleve-
land Allmans, an opportunity to
concentrate on his guard position
with the Gobs.
Against Michigan, which handed
the same Michigan State quintet a
~ TO SO lacing, the Bluejackets are
expected TO use Jack Pfieffer, form
erly OF Ohio State. at center; Ned
Cradle OF Illinois Tech at the other
guard, and Bud Petit OF North
western and Tony Orlando OF Rens-
selaer Poly at forwards.
Coach Bonnie Oosterbaan Of the
Wolverines expects to use fresh.
man Harrison, Michigan leading
scorer with 40 points in three
games, at center along with for.
wards Glenn SelbO and John Null.
laney and guards Walt Kell and
Dave Strack.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-14

MADRID ms - Approximately
one ton Of English gold sovereigns.
worth more than a million dollars
placed in custody OF the Spanish
government by the German embas-
sy just before the German surren-
der. was turned over 10 an Allied
commission Thursday. Money will
be placed at the disposal OF the
Allied Reparations Commission for
distribution among nations with
claims against Germany.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-14
Local Cagers'
Third Victory

Michigan State Normal College
scored another victory Thursday
night against Kalamazoo College
cagers. $40. Neither team scored
in the first four and one-half min
utes OF the game. The score az
the half was 29-l4 with Normal
leading.
Howard Messenger was high man
Of the evening with IS points, and
Gilday was second. scoring II.
This was Normal's third victory
OF the season.
Normal will again meet Kalama-
700 In home game. January 2.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-14
ERIFF HAS
HOBBY HORSES

Ann Arbor. Mich, Dec. TAP
Washtenaw County sheriff's officers
now have to feed and water as
horses each day. The animals are
bright red hobby horses found
abandoned about two miles west
Of here. A sign in front of the toys
stored in the sheriff's office says
don't forget to feed and water
these horses"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-14
THURSDAYS WomEN's

Smith Furniture
r. Lille 25S, r. Morrison 279, W..
Lappinen 2S5, +. Russell 346. NJ.
Mackey 349, handicap 267.
Game totals 555 '55 5S4 1894
Ellen's
A. Koble BAL, +. Jeppesen 335, NJ,
Thilo 362, =. Beatty 3S1, J. ThayeF
443.
Game totals sol els $50 1862
Moray's
II. MCCOmb SIS, {. Hunter (avC)
Al. L. Lore 39s, NJ. Leslie 1853, +.
Messner 457.
Game totals 67l 643 500 2013
Killers
Mills 1853. +. &c 400. Turner 39S.
Steele 425. Miller 304. handicap 22S.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-14
Moose No. z

\. Phillip $40. G. Olson 271. NJ.
Wissinger 372, Fl. Koeller 293. P.
Robtoy 367.
Game totals 525 594 524 1913
Moose No. 3
NJ f. Smith 37l. b. Dillon 321. p.
Harris 30l. Il. Rusch 2SS, A. Clark
1924. handicap ~.
Game totals $50 SIS 5lS lG47
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-14

iTolsn Laundry
W. Koch S34, f. Wolfgang 295.
l. Waiting 259. L. Zinn $40. /.
Smith 1898, handicap 25s.
Game totals 5s9 GA sos 1919
Moose No.
NJ. Evans 4O5. d. Bevier 1856, V.
Sanderson 1856, b. Crow 23l. G..
Johnson 373.
Game totals $50 500 63s 1921
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-20
Hard to Understand

If it be true that the builders of the Pitch Reservoir feel that the City of Wa terbury should reimburse them in an amount of approximately $1OO0, repre- Senting interest at six per cent on final delayed payment to them, it would seem as if our city officials were most nasty last fall in deciding to accept the project without penalizing the contractor for his failure to live up to the exact terms of the agreement. As we recall it the city decided to excuse the New Haven firm from any penalties accruing from the ex- tra year taken to complete the job.
 It would seem as if this was conces- sion of considerable importance on the city'S part. But if it was concession, it now looms as one which did not bring with 1t appreciation for anything the city did. The public of Waterbury will cer- tain1y agree with those civic bodies which termed the request for reimbursement for interest bit far-fetched. On the legal side of the question, too, there would not seem to be much room for argument by the petitioners.
 There was much disposition through out late 1943 and all during 1914 to hold the contractor responsible for the years delay in completing the reservoir and dam. But the city ultimately conceded that times were difficult for any contrac- tor undertaking such a project and ac- cepted the job with good grace and with a willingness to concede any rights 1t might have for redress. Now that the opposite disposition is being displayed, it is more than obvious that municipalities are held fair prey too often for tactics that might not go between individuals or fin private business. From the tone of our city officials, though, it would seem as if they would not go for this sort of thing And they certainly shouldn't!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-20
Living Memorials

Waterburys War Memorial Commission is apparently well-advised in it's efforts to agree on type of monument that will not be mere stone figure, but will offer this community something that can be put to practical advantage. The type of memorial advanced this week as what the commission feels should be ultimately ap- proved for the city is certainly practical. Of the three proposals the first two- public auditorium, neighborhood play groundS-more than recommend them selves to our close attention. They would seem to be more closely attuned to our needs than the suggested music shell, although the latter will have it's fair share of supporters.
 As to the need of any of the above it certainly can be said that Waterbury is lacking in the type of public auditorium that has been proposed. However, proJ- ect of this nature would require good management, once the physical result had been secured. Such management would have to be based on a continual plan of operation, not one to be bounded by the immediate postwar years.
 Waterbury needs many more play grounds than it now has. Efforts to ex- pand this form of recreation have been sincere, but unfortunately too many ob- Gtacles have loomed in the paths of those concerned. If the war is to be an agent for our acquisition of an adequate sys- tenn of playgroundS taking care of all sections of the city, particularly those where congestion exists in living quart CTS and need of recreation is greatest, then it will, in the midst of all it's cre- ated misery, return us some good. The war memorial commission is apparently doing good job and needs our encour. agement to persevere until it has secured Q living monument to our boys and girls of World War IT,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-20
HAULING OUT THE WOOD
(New York TimeS)

When winter has turned the cor ner into February and piles of gray birch, maple and oak are dotted around tine woodlot comes the time to haul out the wood. During the gray days of December and January a farmer likes to get the chopp.ng done. After the midwinter thaw and before the big snow of ground hog time there is usually Q period of good sledding.
 Many a farm lad who sees little glamour in splitting wood and less in stacking 1t in the woodshed enjoys a Saturdays work hauling 1t from the woodlot. A one-horSe bob with it's four tall, sturdy oak stakes is . good vehicle to handle. The Morgan mare insists on trotting across the moving field, up the grade of the side-hill pasture and along the road that winds through the maple-sugar grove and into the woodlot.
 Loading the wood onto the sled Is satisfying work. There's no par. tIcular sense of urgency, as in hay ing or in digging potatoes. If a chap wants to follow . rabbits track . spell, that is part of the days routine. Partridges are likely turk ing in the thickets. Tracks show where a red fox trotted slowly by early in the morning. The blue jays flash among the trees shouting raucouSly that the sun is climbing higher and springs around the corner.
 The bobsled, piled high, slides
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-20
Unheralded, But Not Unsung

We did not read that banners were un- furled or bands summoned to play mar tial airs some days ago in Hartford, but, nevertheless, a hero arrived And his battle-fronts have been the Pacific regions, particularly those of South China Recourse to the press accounts of his arrival likewise do not indicate that his was the triumphal return of the con- quering hero. No, it might not have been seemingly for such a demonstration to greet the Rev. Joseph Sweeney, M.M., a Maryknoll missionary who has returned to his native land after dozen years or more among the "heathen Chinese.
 The work of Father Sweeney is easily likened to that of Father Damien. He has labored to bring the peace of an earthly existence and the more perfect contem- plation of a better one in the Kingdom of God thereafter to the thousands of lepers in South China. Whatever has been done to benefit their physical beings, to remake their bodies by kindling the spirit that lies within may be credited to the enthusiasm, the zeal, and above all the tremendous energy imparted by Father Sweeney Of New Britain.
 year ago his brother, the Rev. Leo Sweeney was repatriated from Korea III an exchange of prisoners. Father Leo died in New Britain last August. Out in China, according to James Keller and Meyer Berger, authors of "Men of Mary knoll", they refer to Father Sweeney as Big Joe". Due perhaps to his size, it certainly measures the man and priest that he is, too Back here in Connecticut we minimize the work of the foreign mis- sion bands, because we see merely the printed word about their endeavors. But no hero of the wars has braved more perils, undergone more physical danger, faced an enemy with fewer weapons than this "man of Maryknoll". We welcome him home; we pay him our very humble respects.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-20
THE RI0on CALCIUM

A reader informs me that when he asked his dentist about calcium deficiency as a factor of softnesS, crumbling and rapid decay of his teeth, the dentist did not scout the Idea but said 1t was a simple mat" ter to determine precisely-the den~ tist sent the patient to a labora- tory and the technician measured the blood calcium. The blood cal- cium level was within the normal limits-betwen g and 115 ng. per 10Occ-So the dentist concluded the notion of calcium deficiency could be dismissed.
 All that is pretty darn scientific, but 1t doesn't mean that the pa tient's teeth get all the calcium they need.
 Tn rickets, which is essentially due to calcium reflciency. the blood calcium is within normal limits in most instances. In tetany, too. which Is due to Ntamin D deflcien- cy and inadequate intake of cal- cium, the blood calcium level may be within normal limits.
 The blood calcium level is nain- tained at pretty constant normal in most circumstances, being found below normal only in certain criti- cal emergencies. In this respect it is like the blood sugar. If we were to dismiss the idea of calcium de- flciency in every instance where a blood test shows the calcium con- tent within normal limits, great deal of trouble which responds well to calcium and vitan1in D feeding would go unrelieved.
 Take for example the common manifestation of adult tetany - cramps in legs and arms, particu- larly in the legs, usually coming in the night. It Is seldom that the blood calcium level is found below normal in such sufferers, yet they experience uniform relief from the painful cromps over considerable periods when they increase their calcium and vitamin D intake. Oft- en where the cramps occur nearly every night relief comes within twenty four hours after the suffer- CT begins supplementing his or her diet with a suitable calcium and N- tamin D ration once a day.
 Or take headache, plain "nervs ous" headache, dull headache, mig aine, neuralgia headache-few such sufferers have low blood calcium, yet many experience prompt and prolonged relief when they begin supplementing their diet with cal- cium and vitamin D.
 A great many young women par ticularly who have an abnormal craving for carbohydrate (starches, sweets) may consume far too much carbohydrate and store up surplus fuel as fat, yet have a blood sugar level rather lower than the normal, perhaps because they do not get enough vitamin B to metabolize the carbohydrate.
 Unless the dentist is 8 physician he is hardly qualified to interpret such tests of the blood calcium lev- el. If he attempts to do so he is likely to give his credulouS patient bad advice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-20
New Rules Needed

Economic Stabilization Director Fred M. VinSon has, for all practical purposes, put Brooklyn, N. Y., war plant out of business for defiance of National War Labor Board directive. In the SevereSt governmental crackdown of the war, MT. VinSon cancelled all war contracts of the E. A. Laboratories, and shut off all its al- locations and prioritieS of scarce mater ialS. The background of this defiance may be familiar. Last August the pres ident, vice president and committee man of the United Auto Workers local at the E. A. Laboratories were arrested in the act of receiving $500 from the con- pany'S president This payment, the company officials charged, was demand ed as the price for ending SlowdownS at the plant. All three union officers were convicted of attempted extortion, and sentenced to year in prison. They are now out on appeal. There was strike at the E. A. Laboratories in September. The company now maintains that the union abrogated it's contract by violating it's no-strike pledge. It also refuses to re- hire the three convicted union officials, or to continue negotiations if they are to be present as representatives of the work CTS.
 ms IS III Oe1la1Ce OI LIle WILD O1ucA to resume operations on the same con- tract and employment basis as prevailed before the strike. In view of the union officials record, the VILE ruling might seem open to question, and the compa- ny's defiance to be not wholly unreason- able In imposing these sanctions, MT. Vinson called upon Congress to enact leg islation which would substitute statutory rather than executive action to enforce WLB orders. It is doubtful that MT. Vim son could have chosen better way of goading Congress into action than by this drastic step.
 Of course, it's a little tough on the E. A. Laboratories, which has lost it's Army and Navy business and most of it's material for producing civilian goods. But perhaps the company will consider that it has fallen in righteous cause. Surely its fate adds force to the already urgent demand that the WLB be given author ity to enforce it's directives-authority that can be applied to either party of a dispute with equal justice, authority that isn't dependent on the caprice of some outside department or official, and that is reviewable by the courts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-20

Federal Governmerit) and the air lines through mail subsidies. various services, and massive airports. Vet each industry has been expected, as it grew, to support its own fa- cilities.
 So 1t is timely that Gustav Metz man, president of the New York Central system, should contrast Grand Central Terminal, New York, with two airports nearby. The in vestment in the former, on which a return is paid to security holders, $ nearly $1O0,0O0, 900, and annual taxes in 1924 were $3,000,O. He re- marked that nearby is a municipal airport costing $50, ,000. 900 in pulp lic funds, with another being con- structed at larger cost. Both are tax free, and charges to users are too low, he ayers, toliqMdate the public investment.
 Defenders of public airports say that some day the air lines will be large taxpayers as result of pres ent encouragement. But 1t may be reasonable to ask, ''When does an infant grow ur?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-20
Dependable Weapon

, The news that William Joyce, the Nazi- loving Englishman who called himself Lord Flaw flaw, has gone off the air should come as no surprise. For he has been given the impossible task of trying to propagandize Nazism by means of hu- nor and ridicule. And it just wouldn't work.
 One of Nazism's bulwarks is fanaticism, as Hitler has often pointed out. And fa- naticism is completely incompatible with humor. Hitler and his gang have always taken themselves with deadly seriousness If they once had been able to laugh at Themselves, much of their stupid, ridicul- ous, barbarous philosophy would have eyaporated. And they never ridiculed their opponents with any effective light heartedness. They could only sheer. :.
 Since their sneers have turned to fears, humor is the first expendable psycholog- acal weapon. Nazi humor was always er- catz. And now that the going is really
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-20
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 Poor Kid

Baby will be three months old in week. Her bowels do not move unless an injection is given. She has been given different kinds Of laxatives. Doctors gives no satis- Saction-just says to give her plenty of water between feedings.
 (MrS. s. V. T0
 Answer - Be sure to give her plenty of food between waterings. Never give an infant of that age a laxative or an injection. That is unnatural and 1t deranges the auto- matic regulation of the entire di- geseive function.
 G. I. Josephine
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-20

is too busy to see its best friend in Argentina" replied MT. Polk, "that 1s news, and I'm writing the story"
 Anuguished moans came over the phone from MT. Warren. And in an amazingly short time, Ar genuine oppositionist Iramian was received by Rockefeller. Avra Warren was also present. He, incidentally was the State De- partment representative who vis- ited Bolivia and recommended recognition of the new Bolivian Government despite close ties with Argentina. Probably not realizing this, Iramain remarked to Rocke- feller:
 "I hope you are not going to make the same mistake with Arr gentina that you made with Be- livia and recognize her."
 Warren bridled and shot back some questoins about why Ira mains Patria Libre party oper- ated in Argentina without a con- stitution. Apparently he ignored the fact that no opposition party can operate in Argentina against the fascist government except underground.
 Eventually Rockefeller asked the Argentine leader what he wanted from the United States.
 We want no money, no arms," was the reply. We want only the continued nOn-recOgni- tion of Argentina"
 Rockefeller excused himself briefly at this point and went in to see Secretary Stettinius. When he returned, he assured Iramain:
 Don't worry. There will be no recognition of the Argentine c0lOneIs."
 Hull's views had prevailed. This will be the definite policy of the United States at Mexico. CAPITAL CHAFF
 Secret Service is on the trail
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-20

said this to Peter, can we suppose that the humble fisherman would have regarded him with anything but disdain and incredulity?
 Yet all these things have hap pened. One day, Jesus, standing on the shore, had called to Peter as Sc sat in his fishing boat and had said: Come ye aftera me and I will make you a fisher of men" Peter left his nets to follow the unknown teacher. Things went pretty hard for the fisherman the rest of his life. He had great honor among the little group of Christians who re- garded him as their leader. but he had no honor at all among the influential and learned people of his day. Finally, he suffered martyrdom.
 Two thousand years have passed, and Peter is enchrined today in the hearts of millions. The point of the story is that Christ made a world figure out of very humble man. He stepped up his personality. inc fiuence, and talents to inconceIv- able heights. And what He did for Peter, He does in . measure for