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National Net Games
Grow To 48 Players

NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-LP'-The
Gath National Mems Singles Tennis
Championships, which were plan
ned as another compact 32-playe1
tournament as in the past few
years, grew into Amman event to-
day as the draw was made.
The tourney starts Tuesday at
Forest Hills and runs through La
Dor Day. The women's singles were
kept within the 32-player limit.
The defending champions, Sgt.
Frank Parker and three-time win
ner Pauline Betz, both of Los An
geles, were placed at the head OF
the seeded lists.
Parker, who flew from Guam to
defend his title after playing
against Don Bulge and Bobby
Riggs, professional stars, in a
service series in the Pacific, is not
expected to meet serious opposi-
ton before the quarter finals. He
drew first round bye and will op-
pose Pfc. George Ball of Ell Paso,
Tex, in his opening match. Miss
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Nays Numbers Nearly
mate Nut Cases

more babble.
The auctioneer then tells you
about the coils sire, the imported
Tourist II and by how many
lengths Tourist II twice won the
Grand National Steeplechase at
Belmont Park. This is supposed
to get the jumping set jumping
cut of their seats since Hip No.
IT'S is destined to become steeple-
chaser.
But the only one to get excited
about Hip No. It's, to be known
as Quick Reward-if he ever gets
to the posts the auctioneer. He
begins calling for a $1,000 bid,
working gradually down the scale
until the colt goes under the ham,
mer for $500.
It's the final sale of the day and
he lowest price paid for any Of
the 1856 yearlings offered during
the three-day sales at the Meadow
Brook Club, once the scene of his
toric International polo matches
It may he that Quick Reward never
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Nv WHITNEY MARTIN

HEIDELBERG, Germany, Aug.
"a. IT, Brooding clouds, sulklng
about ridges of the Odenwald
Mountains and dipping into the
Neckar river valley. finally had
opened up and spilled all, washing
out a game between the Third and
and Seventh Army all-stars. But
if you could not go to baseball the
alert Seventh Army Special Serv'
ice officers were going to see that
the baseball game came to US.
Lieut.. Barney Ross. pro OF the
Special Service Division, came cas-
inc up on an erector set which pas
ses for an elevator in this resori
hotel to inform Us he had three
players in the lobby he would like
Us to meet. so We tagged at his
heels.
Three tough CT S arose when we
entered and we should have recos-
nized two of them, although IN the
setting and clothes we would not
have recognized Babe Ruth.
We are sure we would have re-
cognized Pfc Whitley Moore had he
been standing on the mound for the
st. Louis Cardinals and we would
have identified Pfc Don Holloway
if he had been at second base for
the Chicago White SoX. Here they
were lust two more rugged Ameri-
can fighters, like thousands OF 9TH
ers who mastered the master race.
The third man we had never seen,
but Bill McKechnie has seen him
and we have a bunch will see a
lot more of him. He is Sgt. Eweu
Blackwell, %, who right now is the
talk of the European theatre for his
pitching feats in the Third Army.
He has won II games and lost
none.
All three men saw plenty OF &C
ton and plan to resume diamond
oareers-BiackWel with the eager
ness and confidence of youth; Kol'
loway with the sernity of an athlete
at his peak and sure of himself.
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|zAHARIAS DOWNS
W0MEN'S CHAMP

LAKE FOREST, Ill, Aug "a
(P)-1ncomparable Babe Didr;l,...
zaharias proved she was orlv r,,n
ing 'possum, after all. in tbs W.
mems Western Amateur ca.
Tournament as She bowled oro,
defending Champion DOROTHY r..
main OF Philadelphia, 5 and g. in
today's semi-final round.
The former olympic track sta,
from Los Angeles, shooting f.,
her first western amateur cron,n
enters tomorrow title ro,,ns
against plump Phyllis Otto Of A.
lantic, Ia, 1914 runner-,In WIN.
rallied to drum medals 1o,';a s
suggs, Atlanta, Ga, 2 and
The slim, hard-hitting Babe lea
from the start and finished tbro.
under par for the Is holes nIavad
while Dotty once again fell undo,
the Zaharias jinx and came anau
on the second nine.
Miss Otto, a senior al NORTH.
western University, trailed Mis-,
Suggs by hole at the turn bu,
won the 18th, 18Th and 1h+,
move ahead by two holes. Thu
next three holes were halved
giving 51s Miss Otto the match on the
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NEW BERN WILL GET
NEW DIESEL PLANT
FOR POWER SOON

NEW BERN, Aug. IA New
Diesel electric power plant will be
built shortly for New Bern, it has
been decided by the city alder
men, upon recommendation of the
firm of Burns and Mcdonald, con-
sulting engineers of Kansas City,
Mo.
A five-unit Diesel power plant
will be erected on the lot adjoin
ing the present municipal steam
plant. Burns and Mcdonald have
been engaged to draft plans and
specifications and supervise con,
struction and installation. Bids
will be asked next month from
companies which manufacture
Diesel engines.
For months the losal power stu
alton has been studied by the al.
dermen and also by Chamber
of Commerce committee. The
present plant is outmoded and far
overloaded with the recent growth
in population. New Bern was one
of the first cities anywhere in the
country to own it's electric light
plant and later became one of the
first towns to start rural electri,
fication. Besides 26 miles of cleo
trio lines within the city, the mu'
nicipality owns about 100 miles Of
rural electric lines.
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heen hooked up in one of the
tightest pitch ng duels of the season
here and kept a crowd that totaled
"A, 1872, including 81, 227 paid admis-
sions, almost breathless.
Erecheen gave the Cubs but four
hits, all singles, in winning his
ninth game, and Borowy allowed
only three. 1t was a play at first
base that gave St. Louis the break
that led to the v Glory and Borowy' S
second loss, against four wins, since
joining the Cubs.
Whitley Kurowski hit low bound.
err to Len Merullo at shortstop. In
his haste to get the ball to first
base, he threw high, forcing Phil
Cavarretta to leap straight up into
the air to stop the ball. KuroWski
touched first before Cavarretta had
dropped down to the bag, and
was called safe by Umpire ''Dus
ty' Boggess.
Ray Sanders, Cardinal first base
man, then slashed one of BoroWy' S
pitches down the right field line
for a double, driving KuroWskl
home. Both pitchers were a bit
erratic at first, but stead ed as the
game wore on, and Brecheen wound
up his sting by setting the Cubs
down, 1928, in the last three In
nings, climaxing it by striking out
Pinch-Ritter Roy Hughes.
Aside from Merullos error and
Sanders doubled, the Cardinals
threatened but once in the game.
In the first inning Johnny Hopr
singled and stole second, and Bus.
ter Adams walked. with one out
Borowy struck out KuroWski ano
Sanders flied to left to end that
threat.
The Cubs had players in scoring
position three times, but each time
Brecheen would bear down to enc
the threat
In the first, with one out, Roy
johnson beat out bunt and Fsa
nuts Lowrey singled, but Caviar
retta hit into a double play to enc
the inning. In the third, with one
I out, Bill Nicholson singled, Mickey
Livingston was thrown out anc
Merullo walked. Rorowy lifted
fly to center for the third out. II
the sixth, Nicholson walked ane
Livingston singled to put him OF
second when two were out, bu
Merullo hit a fly to left.
The victory was the eighth TO!
St. Louis in II starts against thu
league-leading Cubs this season
The two teams still have II NOR
games to play, two more in thi
series. Pickup Nat. at Chicago.
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3etz will start against youthful
Betty Rosenquest of South Orange,
N. j.
Other seeded men players in
clude William Talbert of Indianap-
oils, runner up to Parker last year
and winner of most of this season
major Journeys; Pancho Segura OF
Ecuador; Navy 1t. Gardnar Null
10y, Norfolk, Va; Frank Shields,
New York; Elwood Cooke, Los
Angeles; Army 1t. Seymour Green
berg, Chicago, and Air Cadet Rob-
ert Falkenburg, Hollywood, Calf
Jack McManis and j. Gilbert Hall
of New York, who were ranked
ninth and tenth nationally last year,
were not seeded
A seven-player foreign list,
drawn from five nations, was
drawn in this order: Andres Ham
mersley, Chile; Heraldo Weiss and
Alejo Russell, Argentina; Ladislav
Hecht, Czechoslovakia; Francisco
Arcocha, Mexico and Henri Ro-
chon and Brendin Macken, Canada.
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COAST Line GETS
new LOCOMOTIVES

The Atlantic Coast Line railroad
this week received the much need.
ed two 6,OOO-horse power diesel
passenger locomotives to be put
into service Immediately on the
company's main lines, officials re-
vealed yesterday.
Ordered from the locomotive di-
vision of General Motors in La
Grange, ILL.,, in October 1943, these
engines represent the first install.
ment on an order of four. The
additional locomotives are in pro
duction at the Lagrange factory
and will be delivered sometime
this fall.
The two locomotives are COM
posed of three 1000 hip. units each,
or six units in all, which brings
the ACL's total ownership to forty
seven 1000 hip. units now in opera
ton with the six additional units
mentioned now on order.
There are now tWenty-four z,700
hip. freight diesel locomotives in
service, with twelve additional
| ZOO hip. locomotives on order
for delivery early next year Nom
the General Motors company.
/ Thirty-four 100 hip. Diesel
switchers are now operated along
the ACL lines, with no additional
ones on order as yet.
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BOBBY hatch-or the poor house
if you 60 overheard like so many
''improvers of the breed seem to
be doing these days.
Theauctioneer, usually gen;
with plenty of beef on the boot
and a booming voice that woulo
make circus barker cry for his
vitamins, starts his spiel which
runs something like this:
clip number 176, Chestnut colt
out of half-sister to seven winners
including Stormer (26 wins,
Squall Q6 wins. Stormblown az
wins, blah, blah, blah, or until
it gets so monotonous that you
feel like saying:
Hey mister! If that horse is SO
good then let him talk for him
self" But no, you have to be
polite. So you just sit under the
auctioneer tent and listen to some
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will 60 over the jumps but at
5000 he could turn out to be one
of the bargains of the turf.
1T has been often said that no
one knows much about selecting
a yearling. Matt Brady, trainer
of such former standouts as Mr.
Khayyam and Esposa, goes that
one better by saying:
mo One Knows Much About Race
Horses in General"
So when you go to yearling
sale intent on making a purchase,
forget about such bargains as
Alsab (S700) and Man O. War, Q
steal at $1,000. Try to remember
the $3.50 William Helis paid for
Pericles, now three-year-old who
never started; or the $75, 1000 New
Broom, the $4,000 Hustle On and
the SOS, 900 laid on the line for
Broadway Limited. Not one Of
them made good.
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BY FRANK Eek

JAP NeWSfeaCureS sports Wrlterl
WESTBURY, N. Y.-To a fellow
who has spent much time-and
little money-following the horses
without ever bothering hoot
about their origin the most fasci
mating sight at a yearling sale is
the hip number.
This is not to be confused with
that blonde chorus girl in the first
row. The hip number is black
numeral printed on white paper
and slapped on the horses hip,
probably just as quick as you slip
a two dollar bill on a horses nose
at the mutuel window.
This number is catalogued in a
book called Thoroughbred Year.
lings and when the nag-pardon,
yearling- is paraded in the sales
ring you can refer to the book
for his background.
Looking up the background OF
a yearling probably is one of the
quickest ways to wind up in the
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The Sports I rail
Nv WHITNEY MARTIN
Bv WHITNEY MARTIN

and Moore with the vague doubt
of man who knows he is near
the end of the trail but is hoping
to squeeze out little more cash
and glory.
Whitley has been in the majors
since 1926. He was traded by the
Reds to the Cards, but in 194S,
visioning an early service call, did
not report 10 Billy Southworth' S
team. The last he heard he had
been opioned to Rochester. >,
Il do not know who owns me,
he said. "-.Iy arm is sound, though,
and l think I can still win. DO
no; know what the Cardinals will
do with all of the pitchers return
ing.
Moore said teams in the ETC do
not measure up to major league
standards although there are some
mighty fine individual players. He
saws he has seen several OF the
young fellows around q years old
who never played pro ball but
would be worth scouts attention
He is with the Seventh Army.
lackweI. who attended Lucerne
College in California and who stands
six feet, five inches, was sent to
Syracuse on opt on. He says he took
part in several Cincinnati games
but had not won and lost record.
He is a highlander whose best
pitch is sinker.
Moore, Blackwell and Holloway
are Just samples of pro ball play
ers who saw real action on the
battlefronts. Maj. Gen. Alexander
Boiling, commander of the Saith Di-
vision of the Seventh Army, said
there were is pro ball players in
his command Who either were
killed or wounded.
Neither Moore, Blackwell or Kol-
loway has enough points for early
discharge under the present setup,
but all said on leaving:
See you down South next
spring"
Hope is a wonderful thing.
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the Bogue Field Air Raiders last
week that required 18 fast innings
to determine the winner. In the
Pirates last meeting with the Swan
boro club they dropped a twelve
inning game by the score of to
4.
Manager Kite did not disclose his
starting pitcher, but limited that
he might give Pate Wish another
chance at the Marines. Fish start
ed against them before. but was
relieved by Johnny Wilbourne. Fish
had not had much duty snce he
was injured several weeks ago, no
ever he may get the nod for to-
nights encounter. Standing in re-
serve will be Roy Lamb, the Pr
rates main Utility player, Lamb
hurled one game this season and
won the contest. He has played
almost every position on the club.
Johnny Wilbourne, who fans rate
The hardest-luck pitcher in the
country, also will be on the side
Ines. Wilbourne has lost several
games this season by one or two
run margina. However, the big
Highlander always out-pitches bis
rival. Wilbourne went the route il
the Is inning Bogue Field game
allowing but Is hits.
"Snag'' Allen and Sam Paxton
Pirate regClars-who were out of the
lineup Wednesday night are expect
ed to take Their places in the fiele
tonight. Allen, leading hitter of The
club was at his wife'a bedwide
went an operation last week ane
at the hospital where she under
Sam Paxton was out of the city.
Cy Perkins will be the Swans
boro hurler tonigh. Perkins allowed
the locals seven hits in the pre-
viouS contest.
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Hopes For Pennant Ride High
AsCards Take 1-0Win Over C,he

CHICAGO, Aug. 24.-tRHPe nnant
possibilities rode on almost every
pitch today as St. Louis and Chi
cago opened an important three
game series, and it wasn't pitching
laxness, but break of the game
that gave the Cardinals a 10 vic
tory.
Hank Borowy, recently waived
out of the American League and
acquired from the New York Yank-
ees by the Cubs, and Harry Brec-
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NEW BERN, Aug. 24-Members
Of the Rotary and Lions clubs ana
junior chamber of cammerce have
voted to dispence with their regu'
lar meetings next week ana III
stead attend the barbecue get-to-
gether of the senior chamber OF
commerce Monday night at tne
armory. Former Gov. J. M'
Broughton will be chief speaker
at the informal gathering. j. u
Ormsby is president OF the chaii''
Der of commerce.
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PROBABLE PITCHERS
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-N)-Probable
pitchers for tomorrow's games, with
won and lost records liz parentheses:
National League
New York at Brooklyn (2)--Feldman
do-12) and Zabala Q-2) VS.. Gregg Us
i0l and Weber CD.
Boston at Philadelphia -twi-nightl
- Lee CD and Hutchings (6-6) VS..
Sproull go and Barrett (5-16l.
Cincinnati and Pittsburgh Bowman
U0-0 vs. Ostermueller (S-2.
St. Louis at Chicago-Burkhardt "a
~ VS.. Prim (9-5).
American League
Washington at New York (2)-Leonard
CAS-, and Niggeling (e-1o) VS.. Bonham
(5-1O) and Bevens 10-6).
Philadelphia at Boston-Flores 6-6,
VS.. Heflin CD.
Chicago at St. Louis might -Cald-
well $3.50 VS.. Hollingsworth $50.
(Only gaines scheduled.)
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Posts IA In The Rain
To Take British Crown

BRIGHTON, England, Aug. "a
tE1 Henry Cotton, twice British
open golf champion, shot final
round of IA in heavy transform
today to win the $4,000 British P.
G. A. tournament. Cottons 72-hole
score was 301. Percy All:ss and Ar
thur Havers tied for second at 305.
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BULLETIN
PITTSBURGH, Aug. a.

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 24.-(P
The Cincinnati Reds cut
short a ninth inning rally to
defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates,
RI, before 12,723 fans at For
hes Field tonight to break a
six-game losing streak. Ed
Heusser limited the home team
to eight scattered hits for his
ninth win of the season.
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IRKED PIRATES
FACE SWANSBOR0
ON HOME FIELD
Kite Hints Pate Fish Ma!
Get Another Chance
At Marines

The Wilmington Pirates, still
smarting over losing extra inning
contests, are all set to meet the
Swansboro Marines at Legion Sta
dunn tonight at $3.50 o'clock, ac-
cording to Bert Kite, local manager.
The Buccaneers have a knack OF
dropping games that go into the
overtime brackets. They lost
heartbreaking 9 to decision to
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Pot or uclz Is Tops
In American Derby

CHICAGO, Aug. 24.--(P)-Pot o
Luck, stretch running son Of
Chance Play. tops field of eleven
3-year-olds in the 35th renewal Of
the famed American Derby al
We shington Park tomorrow.
The race, with a gross value Of
S88, $50, will pay the owner of the
winning thoroughbred S69,950 if all
overnight entrants start. The dis
lance will be mile and a quarter
Pot O. Luck, owned by Warren
Wright of Chicago, must carry lI
pounds, four mere than his prn.
cipal challenger. War Jeep, owned
by Mrs. Elizabeth Graham OF New
York.
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BULLETIN

GREENSBORO, Aug. "a
(P)-Rain halted the semifinals
of the States Men SOftban
Tournament here tonight.
Sesni-finals will be held TO-
morrow afternoon; Greensboro
ORD section VS.. Greensboro
BURNER at 2 p. M, and Moore
General Hospital VS.. Whining
ton at 3 p. m. Both games will
be at Memorial Stadium.
Finals will be tomorrow
night, consolation game at 8
o'clock and championship tilt
at 8 o'clock.
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State Bureau To Survey
North Carolina Resorts

RALEIGH, Aug. "a. -UE- With
the travel picture substantially
changed by lifting of the gasoline
and other regulations,
the State Advertising Bureau is
making a survey of North Caro-
lima resorts to determine their
plans for fall business.
Many places, the bureau an
nounced, will stay open longer this
season because it is expected that
thousands of idle war workers and
discharged service men will take
vacations before getting back to
work.
The largest of the New Hebrides
islands is Espiritu Santo, which its
discoverer, de Quiros, mistook for
the great southern continent that
later was found to be Australia
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The term COD" meaning
collect on delivery, originated in
l84l when skipper asked an
express company to collect pay.
ment for the goods from the con.
slgnee at the time of delivery.
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ton was obtained from accident
victims while they were at the
Marine Tent Camp hospital.
1t was stated Friday that there
were no eye-witnesses of the &C
cidetns.
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OFFICERS ASSIGNED

CAMP LEJEUNF, Aug. 24-Lt.
Col. John c. Petit, 1t. Col. Jo-
seph F. Remand and 1t. Col Harry
F. Rice have been assigned to duty
here
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I Although Australia's flocks
comprise less than one-sicth of the
worlds sheep, they produce more
than one-fourth of the worlds wool
requirements.
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The Solomon Islands were dis
covered in 1867 by h Spaniard
Mendana, who believed they had
supplied the gold for Solomon s
Temple.
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Errors: Livingston, Merullo Run bat
teo in: Sanders. Two base hit: Sanders,
Stolen base: Hopp. Double plays: YER
ban. Marion and Sanders; Hack, johnson
and Cavarretta. Left on bases: St.
Louis s; Chicago s. Bases on balls: Bre-
cneen 5; Borowy 5. Strikeouts: Bre-
cheen 3; Borowy 2. Umpres: Conlan.
Boggess and Pinelli. Time 2 IL. Attend
ance: 27227
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STANDINGS
RESULTS YESTERDAY
National League

National League
St. Louis /, Chicago 0.
New York at Brooklyn; postponed
rain, doubleheader today.
Boston at Philadelphia; postponed,
rain.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (night).
American League
Washington at New York: postponed,
rain, doubleheader today
Detroit at Cleveland might.
Chicago at st. Louis might.
STANDINGS
NEW YORK. Aug. "a Up Major
league standings. including day games
of Aug. "a.
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There are about 1911 79 railway
bridges in the United States.
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BASEBALL'S BIG SIX

HOME RUNS
National League
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PROBABLE PITCHERS

0oes not include night games.
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requirements.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-09
Daily Market Report
Ypsilanti Markets
GRAIN
tBuylng PricesJ


(Ypsilanti Farm Bureau)
Ear corn tLWtl .,............ l.
wheat (Du.) .......,........ !.
oats (bu) ..................
by (bu.) Observation-Disclosures. J.
Buckwheat (cwtD ........... 9
PR JOUCE
(Wolfs Grocery
Eggs, strictly fresh Cdoz) 5 D..
OabbaSe .(Du.l ............. >
Dry onions tbuJ ........... l..
Carrots (doz. bunchesl ..... o.,
Pepper squash (buJ ........ O.,
Turnips (buD .............. L.
Celery (doz. bunches) ...... i!
Rutabagas CbuD ............ o.
Parsnips (bu) ............. 80
Apples tbuD ............... ..
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Whitaker Blaze
Suspect Released

The Whitaker Rd. resident who
was held on suspicion of setting
the fire which destroyed a garage
owned by Perry Vedder at Whit
taker. December 20, has been re-
leased. No charges have been
made against him.
A broken lock, found in the ashes
OF the building. had led the state
police to reopen the case. This
suspect was arrested because he
had in his possession. a 1T" gaso-
line ration book which was sup
posed to be in the garage at the
time Of the blaze.
State police were unable to dis
prove his statement that he had
found the book while helping fight
the fire. The ration book was re.
turned to the owner None of the
coupons had been used