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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-11-09

er, Annie Bankhead, Katie Nc
Twain, Macy Mcdowell, Minnie
Rae Hawk, Marilyn Tucker,
Henry Pollard, Betty Bowman
Carolyn Farmer, Bernadine Har-
kins, Helen Milton, Barbara
Moore, Shirley Nelson, Mary
Smith and RSa Lee Barbar. In
the 2-B are Dorothy Gibbs, Clio
ria Gillian. Bette Lou Smith,
Vivian Hale, Barbara johnson,
Carolyn Mensie, Evelyn San
ders, Dorothy Simpson, Loretta
Wyatt Patricia Aska, Roger
Bowman, Genevieve Hawk, Jas
per Jones and Evonne Round
tree.
Lester johnson. son of Nj
and Mrs. Odom White of 5l4
Superior ST.. is this week en-
loving an all-expense-paid tour
OF the nations capitol. He flew
to Washington Monday as the
guest Of the Detroit Times, hav-
ing won a paper boys subscrip-
tions contest Lester has been
Times boy for two years and
is in the sixth grade at North
rup School. He is thirteen years
old
The Twin City Darcus Club
met with Mrs l. Johnson Of
18th ST in Ecorse The next
meeting will be held in the
home Of Mrs. Marie Love Of
Polk street
/ The Astrological Crus a d ers
meeting held in the home Of
Mrs. Cynthia Tucker Sund a
/ afternoon. The club discussed
the Lower Pluto Influence.
Church News
The Zion Church Of God gave
birthday BANQUET in honor Of
their pastor, Reverend j. d
Smoot in the homo Of Mr.. and
Mrs Fischer Tucker Of 1892
23rd ST. on Friday evening.
Reverend G. R Dixon former
" pastor Of the City Church 81
God for the past two years has
accepted a pastoratc here. He
was recently selected president
OF tho National Association oi
the Church Of God Reverend
Dixon is tho president NJ the In.
terstatc Ministerial Alliance He
preached his farewell sermon or
SUNDAY in Junction City, Kan
sas He is now naStor of the
Church Of Cod. 400 Palmerston
Welcome to River Rouge, Rev
crcrd Dixon.
Tho Rockville COLLEGE, Alumni
Library Fund ends Wednesday
evening Members are asked to
be present
On tho sick list this vook arc
Mrs Ethel Tavlor n 1854 Nc.
Grav' and Mrs. Flora Talhert
NJ Ord 81
police News
Mrs Willie 1.oo Stallwor'h. 81
wears old NJ 3os4 10th ST Is
brine held for eo~fonce after
PLEADING ruil,v in Federal Court
for altering four one hundred
dollar war bonds belonging to
her er11nlovers
Jack Mccoy 2l7 Fairront. and
TYLER Seldom SAB Erskine were
arrested in River Rouge for
reckless and drunken driving
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-11-09
RIVER ROUGE
BY Ethel Tucker

On the Northrup School Hon
or Roll are in the 6-B, 5-A, 5-B,
Dorothea Johnson, Rosa Lee
Redd, Jacqueline Burr. Frances
Leonard, Dolores Simmons, Jean
Parker. The 3-B's are Allen Or
tygia, Beverly Dalton, Marilyn
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-11-09

drama captivaied the audience
Mr. Loving is 10 be congrstula.
cd on the very fine show.
Nj and Mrs John Lietner Of
9i46 Russell gave birthday
party Saturday for their daugh
ter Jacqueline, who was five
years old. Little Miss jeanne
Martinez said she had wonder
ful time.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-11-09

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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-11-09

When discomlorts Of colds make chill
dren feel 50 miserable. many young
mothers now rub on PENETRO for
auick-acting relief It's so clean and
white, 50 pleasant to use and 40 eiiec-
tive, PENETRO'S modern-typo. rnedi-
Gated vapors arc released foHcet to bring
soothing relief 10 irrtated upper bron-
cnal tubes, clear he head. relieve sore
throat helpql the coughing Of colds
Modern nothsrsevcryWhore are chang
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1946-11-09

johnson, Ophel-
ia Morris, Bar
b ara Davis.
Margie B ates.
Gloria Carte n
June Youn 6,
Brenda Sad Ter,
Beverly Jordan,
H en- Douglas
and Edgar Dou-
glas. In the IA
are Mary Tuck
Evening star., 1946-06-20
By George Huber
Sfor Sfoff Corrsspondenf

NEW YORK, June 20.-Is Joe
Louis today as good a fighter as he
ever was? 1t hardly seems possible
that a man of 80 can be as good as
he was at %, when he was the
youngest ever to win the heavy
weight championship. but many of
last nights ringside critics are tab
bing him not only as good, but bet
ter than ever.
What's different about today's
Louis and the prewar Louis? Well,
he outboxed Conn, who can box with
middleweights. Also, before he
strictly was a counterpuncher ex-
cept in that second Max Schmeling
fight when hot with anger, he went
out to nail Max as wickedly and as
quickly as possible.
Today Louis apparently can hit as
hard as he ever hit, and certainly
he can hit as fast. Those payoff
punches of his came with such
crashing speed that there still is
plenty of disagreement among the
fight writer's, trained to watch for
such things, as to the succession Of
blows that put away the boy from
Pittsburgh. It's going to take the
slow-motion movies to clear that up,
but until then our version is a right
cross, right uppercut and a final
left hook that landed on Conn S
jaw as he dropped deckward.
He's a much more mature Louis,
too, confident Of his ability to meet
people and talk with them on a
variety of subjects. His four years
in the Army probably did that. To-
day he's much easier to interview
and the way be can answer the fast
Evening star., 1946-06-20
TeIevision Is Comfortable WAY to See Fight

counted the punches Conn landed
that night and had two fingers
left over"
Did you see the fight, papa?"
asks Susie.
Papa saw the first heavyweight
championship fight ever televised
at the Statler Hotel in Washing
ton," says Mama proudly. He
came home and said it was as
clear as a glass of spring water.
He said then that television was
here to stay"
"All the big shots were there"
said papa with a nostalgia sigh.
Senators, cabinet members, even
Mrs. Henry Grafton Doyle-she
was chairman Of the school board
and they all liked it. I remem-
Der Joe Turner saying he would
have liked to have had a tele-
vision set in his arena at $40 a
throw. He would have made a
fortune"
WAS it just like being at the
ringside. papa?'
No, it wasn't. I missed people
stepping on my bunions and no.
body jumped up and blocked my
Evening star., 1946-06-20
Conn Kin Take Beatino
As Radio Tells About
Blows Louis Lands
by tte Associated Press

PITTSBURGH, June 2O.-Mem-
bers of the Conn family, sitting
tensely by their radios, WINGED every
time Champion Joe Louis struck
Challenger Billy in his second I'M
successful bid for the world heavy
weight crown last night.
The Pittsburgh's kids defeat was
especially sad for his pretty l6-year-
old, red-headed sister, Peggy Ann.
When Conn went down in the eighth
round Peggy cried out, and as he
took the count of 10. she wept bit
terly.
At the home of another sister, Mrs.
Vincent Cunningham, a crowd had
gathered to cheer the contender.
But at the challenger's home, re-
porters and photographers were told
his wife was mot at home"
Smiling bravely in spite of the
knockout, Conn's stepmother, Mrs.
henrietta Conn, said:
I'm so sorry for Billy. He was SO
confident"
When told that Billy said he was
through fighting, his stepmother de-
clared:
Il believe that's true. He's reached
his peak and he wouldn't want to
go down instead of up"
Mrs. Cunningham said: I'm sorry
Billy lost. He worked so hard. Louis
is a great champion"
Evening star., 1946-06-20
BIeacherite Has Lauqh
On 500 Ticket Clan
By Harold CIoossen
Assoeioted Press Sports Writer

SECTION 43, ROW 13, SEAT IA,
YANKEE STADIUM, New York,
June 2O.-I watched the worlds
heavyweight championship fight
from a $40 seat in the center field
bleachers, repeatedly in Yankee Sta
dium. and saw more than Chal-
lenger Billy Conn did.
With a pair of eyes that can't see
a dinner check from six PAGES, I
saw, from 400 feet away, the left
hook Champion Joe Louis threw to
end the bout at 2:19 of the the
eighth round.
The bleacher section was the
most exclusive area in the stadium.
It had a fence around it to keep the
$100-a-seat guys out-and we
bleacherites were glad of it.
But the thing that pleased us
bleacherites most was the fence.
Half of the $100-a-seat fraternity
lined up to ooh" and "ah" as the
other half marched in during the
first half of the program. We kept
our seats and watched the show.
And then when some of the pluto
Gratis started playing catch with an
orange we laughed and figured we
not only had saved 500, but also had
got floor show.
Evening star., 1946-06-20
Champion Is Better Than Ever Critics Aver,
With Punch Potent, Legs Still Sound at 81

shouted questions in a crowded post
fight dressing room is amazingly
different from his almost tongue
tied prewar form when his managers
and handlers had to do his talking
Does Louis himself think hes
better than ever? Asked that in his
dressing room after the fight, where
the sports writers and cameramen
fighting for spot close to him were
supplying more action than was
seen in the ring, he said, Il don t
know. I didn't test myself tonight.
It wasn't a hard fight. I just took
my time and waited for a chance" +"
Are the legs okay?" They were
suggested as possibly Louis weak
ness at 80. Legs are all right, ~
replied Joe. Didn't bother me. I
didn't get tired at any time"
Does Conn think Louis is as good
as ever? Well" said Billy after
ward, "he never hurt me until the
eighth, but he never hit me solid
until then. I was going away from
those lefts and they just grazed
me. But boy. he's still a great hitter
he'll murder those other guys.
There amt anybody around he
can't hit, and he'll kill them"
Conn last night was not, as he
was supposed to be. the best man
ever to face Louis. Either Billy left
his fight out at Greenwood Lake,
N. j.. where he reached his peak
about 10 days ago, or in the Army
where he spent four years. Or just
possibly he left it on the floor at
the Polo Grounds when Louis put
him away five years and a day pre-
viously.
Buddy Baer. when he fought Louis
that first time in Washington, gave
Joe a much tougher battle before
Evening star., 1946-06-20
First Seven Heats
DuIIest on Record
By GrontIond Rice

NEW YORK, June 2O.-After
seven of the dullest and the most
ineffective rounds ever known in
a heavyweight championship,
plodding, stalking Joe Louis final
ly caught Billy Conn in the
eighth round at Yankee Stadium
last night with a right and a left
to the jaw that dropped Conn
f1atter than a pancake. Conn was
on the floor at 2:19 of the clos
ing chapter.
Louis proved that he still is
king of the ring. He proved
again that the half gods go when
the gods arrive. In his 22d defense
of the title after a nine-year
reign, Louis was so much the
master of a dull and rather stu
pid evening that no argument
can ever break loose on the sub
ject.
North American Newspaper Alliance)
Evening star., 1946-06-20
Koyo in Eighth Convinces Billy
Heavy Champion Is |nvincibIe
Loser Finds Joe, Defending Title I'D Time,.
Far Better Than in 194l After Dull Stort
BY GoyIe ToIbot
Assoeioted Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, June 20.-Joe Louis
still has it.
Billy Conn knows Knocked out
by one of the greatest of champions,
bleeding from cuts across his left
cheek and nose, Conn sat smiling
on rubbing table deep under Yam
kee Stadium last night and declared
with solemn finality that he never
would fight again.
"The kid from Pittsburgh is put
ting his cue stick in the rack" said
the gamester who had gone. down
under an eighth-round barrage from
Louis.
You've seen the kids last fight.
It's not there any more"
Tears glistening in his eyes, little
Johnny Ray, who raised Billy from
pup in the boxing game, added
his own SAD words to Conn's valedic-
tory. There's no use going on if
he's going to get his head knocked
off. Billy never will fight again.
He's done. We're not kidding our
selves"
In every respect, except for those
who had their hearts bent upon ice
Louis retaining his crown, it was a
lugubriouS ending to what had given
bright promise of being one of the
memorable events of boxing history.
Bout Dull Almost to End.
Up to the last few seconds, when
the dynamite in the big Negro's
fists suddenly went off and left
Conn wrapped in darkness on the
floor, the great crowd banked in
the Yankee ball yard had witnessed
as dull fight as the ring game
ever spawned. At $100 a head it
must have been horrible.
Afraid to mix with the grim, de-
termined Louis, Billy had for seven
and a fraction rounds done al
most nothing except dance around
and elude with desperate purpose
the blows that he seemed to realize
would come sooner or later.
He was a far different Conn from
Evening star., 1946-06-20
No. 5 Club Is Undefeated
In Police Boys LEAGUE

Paced by the excellent hurting of
Lefty Graves, who has not lost a
game this season, Club No. 5 of the
Police Boys Club League has swept
the first half of an elimination tour :
nament without a tumble.
Despite an improving nine from
Club No. 4, the No. 5 team goes into
the second round as a topheavy fav-
orite. Winner of second half action
will meet the first half victor
to decide which will represent the
Police Boys Club in the intercity
competition with Baltimore, Phila-
tdelphia, New York, New Jersey and
teams from the New England
States
Evening star., 1946-06-20

Louis let Conn do all the bouncing
and running, while he merely shut
fled in the right direction and he
had Billy at a disadvantage all the
time. Eventually Joe worked his
man into just the right position and
in three punches it was all over.
Referee Eddie Joseph had the
easist job you could imagine. He
didn't have to break a clinch and
about all he had to do at the finish
was signal the end of the count and
help Billy to his feet. What's more,
Eddie got paid for it and was some
40 feet nearer what action there was
than the $100 cash customers.
Evening star., 1946-06-20
By Lewis F. Atchison

Mama, turn on the television
and leave us see who's winning
the heavyweight championship
flight"
It's 1860 and nobody goes to
prize fights any more. Why
should they when television plas-
tiers it right on your living room
wall?
My, my, imagine that old man
still beating up those young
sters," says papa as two figures
flash on the screen. Its just
like the second Buddy Corn fight
back in 1896"
Billy Conn, papa" says Sammy.
Louis knocked him out in the
eighth round"
Corn or Conn. what's the diff
ference. He treats them all alike.
Three fingered Brown could have
Evening star., 1946-06-20
Girls Game Among Three
On SoftboII Loop Card

A trippleheader is on tap in North
east Night Softball League action
this evening in Washington Softy
Stadium with Federal Bureau of In
vestigation girls opposing Mitchell's
Gift Palace in the opener at 7
o'clock.
IBM goes against Pincus Grill at
8:15 and Kavakos Grill tangles with
American Trailers in the nightcap
at $50.
Evening star., 1946-06-20
Junior Net Finale
Slated Saturday

Richard Fink and Garry Thom-
as duel for the junior tennis
crown in The Stars City of WASH
ington tournament has been post
poned until Saturday because of
wet courts.
The match originally was sched-
uled yesterday at Friends School.
Time of the match will be decided
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1946-06-20

succumbing, and so did number of
others on the champs long list. So
the fact that Louis performed his
speciality last night as usual might
not be regarded as proof he's as good
or better than ever.
Unless you saw it. He's done and
continues to do everything asked or
expected of him He's defended his
championship many more times
than any other fighter and he's held
it much longer. And he met the big
test of his career by coming back
after more than four years away
from real competition to do his usual
job.
The CT bill of rights guaranteed
veterans their old jobs back. Louis
has his. It's the job of knocking out
people. And he's still very good at it.
Evening star., 1946-06-20

view every time Louis threw a
hook I didn't have one soft
drink spilled down my back and
I sort of missed that mob fighting
to get on the subway and then
the train back to Washington.
Anybody could tell you'd been to
the fight by the way your hat
was punched in and your clothes
torn, and you always came home
hungry. No, it wasn't like the
good old days"
There, Louis has knocked him
out again" says Susie. Now can
I switch on Gladys Glamorous
in The Sodden Hearth"
Evening star., 1946-06-20
Tokyo War Crimes Court
Given Result of Fiqht
BY the Associoted Press

TOKYO, June 20.-The Interna-
tional War Crimes Court had just
recessed fer lunch and Marshal
Donald S. van Meter of Ration, N.
Mex, gave the usual instructions to
the audience-then added:
For the benefit of the English
speaking persons in the court, Louis
knocked out Conn in the eighth
round"
Evening star., 1946-06-20

Francis sn ing guests expected by Promoter Mike Jacobs
stands had 500
no fault of Louis The et was Conn however innocent and we'll
Greenwood Lake j. he had
Conn, at %, Was Woshed-Up Fighter
successfully defended his title % straight
times, have latest
Bu ntna s cse e @ nd m nb recall
~ Conn LETT his fight that's for At the when
and jig in the early rounds of the Pttsbrgher
poor decrep legs But after half dozen rounds
haa without Conn doing enough work to earn even single
vote sheet didn't
strategic egc
the of testing elderly underpnning
Louis never could qualify
m mda aan o oo a n a M SIMPLY ss na his from the
deep breath
Louis has punched and blown number "ins" his
champion fights
were against two pretty good menMax schmeng Conn.,
Joe Let Billy Set the Tempo
In his second fight with schmeng the Bomber
harDored heart The German had Become an enemy
not because destined previously
thsr bout lsss disposed Of schming the
soTs him. conn quite futile
G1o e that d
Louis last night the determined fighter rushed
had scored the only dsparaged
IN he In LAST Asasf d
By to play W his s dea was to wear down Louis
to force him into the role the initiative
Conn erred In erred period.
Louis Not Conn, Was Better Boxer
Conn who supposed be the master boxer couldn't hold
candle to Louis with tactics
elusive target did boxing his
less reflected the opinion newspapemen
officials didn't
ve rounds with two simply because nothing happened
So dull the fight that the began
round In the eighth and final round the only real
coming cut ConnS
he began
to out of gas.
and then in bewldeng success
sion OF punches copyrighted by the Brown Bomber Billy
he At the count
referee Eddie Joseph sihed the
eleven the Pttsbugher his bleeding
nose but grlnnng holding
sheer hepessness
That's the smoothe thing Billy did
ghost the
Evening star., 1946-06-20
Louis, Master Ringmon, Makes
Referee Job Soft for joseph
BY Hugh Fullerton, Jr.
Assoeioted Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, June 2O.-Strictly
as second guess it seems the Army
made bad guess when it only gave
Joe Louis sergeant's stripes. He
should have been at least twc-star
general. Joe gave a masterful ex-
hibition of tactical warfare against
Billy Conn last night and if his legs
are slower than they were five years
ago it didn't make any difference.
Evening star., 1946-06-20

brOWn SIuggef The youngSter finally lost, but IN
this dream he seemed to promise that next time
he'd be avenged. Then war blotted out approx
matey four years and then last night, Billy Conn
got his second chance. And as early as the second
round the dream was ended Billy Conn can't lick
Joe Louis; he never could.
Billy sat on his rubbing table few minutes
after his eighth-round Knockout swabbed his face
with turkish towel and said, to the assembled re-
porters: That's my last fight. They're not going
to kill me- few feet away his tough little man
ager, Johnny Ray, added amen. He'll never
fight no more" said Ray. Hes not going to get
punch drunk
Meanwhile crowd of less than $4,000 cash
customers approximately half the number of pay
ted hu Ian ruoc
Evening star., 1946-06-20
Goeltz Routed by Budqe

RICHMOND, Va, June 20 (P.-
Frank Goeltz of Washington proved
no match for Don Bulge in the
National Professional Tennis tour
ney here yesterday, the latter VIM
ming, 60, Go, 60.
Evening star., 1946-06-20
Major League Standings and Schedules
THURSDAY JUNE
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results.
Wash. at Cleveland, rain.
N. Y. at Chicago, rain.
Boston at St. Louis, rain.
Detroit, 8; Phila., 0.
Games Today.
Wash. at Cleveland, $3.50.
New York at Chicago ca
Philadelphia at Detroit.
Boston at st. Louis (n).
Games Tomorrow.
Wash. at st. Louis (n).
Phila. at Chicago tn).
Boston at Cleveland (n).
New York at Detroit.
Evening star., 1946-06-20
NATIONAL LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results.
E 'ooklyn, 7; Pittsp'gh, 0
n. York, 4; Cincinnati, 3
St. Louis, 8; Boston, 8.
Chicago at Phila. (rain)
Games Today,
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn.
st. Louis at Boston.
Chicago at Phila. (2).
Only games scheduled.
Games Tomorrow.
Pittsburgh at Boston (n)
st. Louis at Brooklyn (n)
Cincinnati at Phila;; (n)
Chicago at New York.
Evening star., 1946-06-20
Win, Lose or Draw
Twas Wild Dreom, But Now It's Ended
By FRANCIS {. STANN
Star Stoff Conexpondenf

NEW YORK, June 20Now that back it,
like dream, Wild impossible of thing
years In the beginning which would
weight
Evening star., 1946-06-20
Financial Angle
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, June 20.-Facts and
figures OF last nights Louis Conn
fight at the Yankee Stadium COM
pared to their 1941 meeting at the
polo grounds:
Evening star., 1946-06-20

(see FIGHT, Page AID
Evening star., 1946-06-20

filing than quietly the subway
Thousands had paid
the worst heavyweigh championship fights all times
fault of Louis The cupr
He either left his fight in the geenwoods
Greenwood Lake j. he had it
Evening star., 1946-06-20

NEW YORK June 2OJoe aggressive youngste
still has it. who just five thrilled
Knocked similar by fighting
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-10

All times PM Eastern Standard. To
chance to Central Standard subtract
one hour; to mountain standard rub
tract t-S2 hours.
TirSSe listed are those supplied by
net'W. IS. Relay times by local stations,
may vary in some instances.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-10
1916 LINT CROP
ESTIMATE DROPS
Department OF Agriculture
Sees 8,482,O00 Bale
Production Mark

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9-R-A
cotton crop nf 8,482, 600 bales was
estimated Monday in the Agri-
culture Department. final crop re-
port of the year. This estimate is
about 5000 bales less than was
forecast a month ago.
The estimate is SO percent be.
low last years small crop of g.
DISCO bales and is about one third
smaller than the ten year Q935-44'
average of IL, 1853, 900. It also was
only 537. 900 bales above the 1921
crop which was the smallest since
1895.
Despite the smallness of the crop
supplies for the current season
will be ample because it is sup
plemented by reserves from prev
ious crop.
The production of cottonseed-
an important source of vegetable
oil used in food and industrial pro-
ducts-was estimated at 3.452, 900
tons. This is 6 percent below that
produced last year and "a percent
below the ten year average. The
department said reports from
cotton ginners indicate 62.9 pounds
Of cotton seed were produced this
year for each 37.1 pounds of lint.
The department Sali that the
acreage harvested this year was
slightly larger than last year, but
the unfavorable weather conditions
and severe boil weevil infestations
caused wide spread damage to drop
the crop below last years level.
The yield of cotton per acre was
estimated at 230.7 pounds COM
pared with 1886 last year and
243.8 for the ten year average.
Meanwhile, the Census bureau
reported that 1866, 914 bales of
cotton from this years crop were
ginned prior to December /. This
compared with 1882, 667 bales a
year ago and 1922, 672 in 1Y44.
The percentage of the crop ginned
to December l was estimated at
83.5 percent compared with 1873
to this date a year ago, and 92.1
for the ten year average.