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Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1951-09-06

Neperseniai, komunistams lei
dus grizti vokieciu pabegeliams
is Lietuvos Vokietijon, lyg ir
buvo atskleista mazute gelezines
uzdangos dalele, prislegusi musu
krasta. Vakaru Europos laikras-
ciai nuskambejo platesniais ap-
rasymais apie nepaluztancia pa
vergtos lietuviu tautos dvasia ir
nepaprasta lietuviskos Strides
geruma, gelbstint badaujancius
vokiecius. Tai buvo bolseviku
okupuotos Vokietijos dalies pa
begeliai Lietuvon, bege jiesko-
dami prieglaudos, duonos ir Sir
dies. Tuos nelaimingus zmones,
daugumoje moteris SUI vaikais
priglaude svetinga lietuvio uki-
ninko pastoge, kurios tradicinio
kilnaus nusiteikimo nepalauze
jokia bolsevikine okupacija. Vo-
kieciu vaikai ir paauge jaunuo-
liai per keleris metus ismoke
graziai lietuviskai kalbeti, savo
pergyvenimus pasakodami Vo-
kietijoje, lietuviskai tvirtino,
kad jie niekados neuzmirsia to
nepaprasto krasto.,
Tuo tarpu mes daznai iprato-
me galvoti ir kalbeti apie Lietu-
va, kaip apie mirusi krasta, ku-
riam gal kada nors prisikelus
ant likusiu griuvesiu reikesia
statyti nauja Lietuva. Mes lpra-
tome galvoti, kad lietuviQ tautos
gyvenimas, lyg ir sustingo ana
pus gelezines uzdangos ir, kaip
tos Erzketrozes pasakoje, ku-
riam laikui uzmigo. Lyg tai da-
bartini laikmeti reiketu ir, is
istorijos isbraukti ir palikti tus-
cia tarpa.
sitaip klaidingai galvojame
del to, kad NUNS permazai yra
zinomas dabartinis Lietuvos gy-
venimas ir del to-, kad musu gy-
venimo skirtingumas mus pri-
verte atitrukti nuo savo tautos.
O tautos istorija sudaro visas
tautos nueitas kelias, kad ir kaip
ilgai il butu pavergta buvusi.
Nueitas kelias ne tiktai sufor-
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ARGI NUNS NESIDIDzIUOTI?. !.

muoja tautos charakteri, bet at
skiruose laikmeciuose leidzia
tautai pasireiksti visoje puiky-
beje. Jei laisvas valdymasis duo
da galymybiu ivairiu rusty lai-
mejimams ir ekspansijai, tai
pavergimas kartais nepaprastai
isryskina tautos samone ir uz-
grudina jos valia. Nera jokios
abejones, kad ir dabartinis laik-
metis lietuviu tautos istorijoje
paliks labai svarbiu ir labai zy-
miu pedsaku. Ten bus rasta daug
herojizmo, nepaprastumu ir
daug dvasines puikybes.
Juk ir dabar, kada kiekviena
diena mes labiau civilizuojames
ir musu dienos darosi Wis dides-
mes geroves perpildytos, paverg-
tieji lietuviai kasdien tyliai ko-
voja uz betkoki zmoniskuma, uz
Dievo ir zmogaus prigimtus ista-
tymus uz lietuviskaja valia lais-
val gyventi.
Aukstesnioji filosofija pripa-
zista, kad pergyventas skausmas
kiekviena zmogu dvasiskai uz-
grudina, tik svarbu, kaip jis ta
skausma pergyvena. Lygiai ir
tautas pavergimas uzgrudina,
jei jos dvasiskai stovi auksciau
uz pavergejus.
Musu minetas pavyzdys kaip
tiktai irodo, kad lietuviu tauta
ziauriausiame ir labiausiai de-
moralizuojanciame pavergi m e
nera praradusi savo dvasinio
orumo. Musu tautieciai nera nu-
stole zmogiskumo jausmo, kad
ir kaip nezmoniskai SUI jais yra
elgiamasi.
Tarp lietuviu jautrumas kitty
vargui, bunant ir patterns di-
dziausiame varge mus ne tiktai
turetq nepaprastai jaudinti, bet
mes privaletumem savo tautos
dvasine galybe ir didziuotis daug
daugiau, nei visais didziuju tau
tu civilizacijos laimejimais ar ju
nepaprasta materialine galybe.
A.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1951-09-06

dvasiniai menketi :. Skaudu,
kad tai ypatingai rysku musu
paaugusio jaunimo tarpe.
Dauguma musu jaunimo, tik
su mazomis isimtimis, dirba vie
noki ar kitoki darba, ir daugelis
gerai uzdirba. Tiesa, kad nauja
gyvenimo kryptis ir naujos gy-
venimo salygos, viliojancios REX
lamos ir visokiomis gerybemis
pripildytos vitrinos turf daug
pagundu, ir pinigas, prie kurio
dar nespeta kaip reikiant pri-
prasti, taip greitai isslysta tarp
pirstu, kad noromis nenoromis
reikia laukti sekancios mokeji-
mo dienos su dideliu nerimu. Ne
maza dalis situ pinigu iseina bu-
tinoms islaidoms, kita dalis ne
butinoms, bet viena dalyka gan
lengvai galima konstatuoti, pa
skaicius vienos ar kitos knygos
prenumeratoriu sarasa, aplan-
kius sekmadieni lietuviska kios-
ka - lietuviskai knygai kaip ir
nieko nelieka .. Daznai net
girdi, esq, nera laiko nei skaity-
ii.
Tai kurgi jaunimas ta savo
laika deda, jei mes zinome Sci
mu, kur vyras ir zmona dirba,
taciau salia tarnybos ir seimos
pareigu bel darby turf laiko per-
skaityti daugiau kaip viena laik-
rasti, o pritrukus lietuvisku kny-
gu, skaito knygas svetimomis
kalbomis skolindamiesi is viesu-
| ju biblioteku. Jie dar suranda
laiko ir kina, ir j piknika nu-
eiti ir kitasf pramogas aplankyti.
zinau taip pat jaunu zmoniu,
kurie ir dirba ir mokosi, ir tue
budu bresta tkraisiais, vertin-
gaisiais zmonemis.
Taciau nedaug tokiq, kurie
randa ir laiko, ir pinigu lietuvis-
kai knygai. O musu spauda Sian
diena pergyvena vel sunkius kri-
zes lalkus, tlk 81 karta tos kllu-
tvs butu grynai materialines,
kurias galima butu lengvai pa
salinti, jei patys kiekvienas sa-
vyje pasalintu viena didele mo-
raline kliuti = abejinguma lie
tuviskai, sunku tremties kelia
financial, knygai!
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1951-09-06

Jei NUNS gyvenimas siandie-
ma atrodo toks neitiketinai skir-
tingas, taciau jaunystes natu-
ralls pomegiai ir jaunimo psi
chika visuomet ia patti. Todel
keista, kad jaunima nevilioja
knygos, o juk dar taip neseniai
lietuviskosios mokyklos aukle-
tiniui knygos skaitymas buvo
viena is maloniausiu pramogQ IL
gals rudens vakarais. Net pa
moku metu vienas kitas drasuo-
lis slepdamas knyga pasuoleje,
godziai gaude nors po sakinl
kokios nors knygos. Tiesa, ne vi
sos knygos buvo tikrai skaity-
tinos ir vertingos, taciau pats
tas skaitymo pamegimas jau ro-
do, kad knygos isigyjimas ar
skaitymas nera vien pareiga, bet
taip pat ir didelis malonumas,
turis dar labai daug geru priva-
lumu. ~
Tiesa, tremtyje Vokietijoje,
tick dabar paskutiniu metu cia
Amerikoje atspausdinta jau ne
viena idomi ir vertinga knyga.
Mielos seses ir broliai! Kodel
neatnaujinti NUNS, to grazaus,
paskutiniu metu Lietuvoje taip
paplitusio paprocio, ir vardiniu
bel kitu svenciu proga vietoje
neskoningu blizguciu dovanoti
knygas? Neuzmirskim isigyji-
ma lietuviskos knygos tik kaip
l. materialine parama ar mora
line nasta, bet ziurekime is visai
sveiko ir normalaus tasko -
kaip j malonuma ir isigyta ver-
tybe, taip, kaip daugelis krastQ
jaunimas, kad galvoja.
Jaunimas - musu kencian-
clos ir sunkia kova uz buvi ko-
vojancios tautos pagrindas. Jei
jam nereikalinga lietuviska kny-
ga, kuri yra tiksliausias tautos
kulturos ir dvasiniu vertybiu
isreiskimas, tai koki isnykimo
vieskeli pasirinksime mes, nu-
vargusi, bet Wis dar nenusiminu-
81 tauta? Ar isnyksim "kaip du-
mas blaskomas VETO" Ne, ne,
ir dar karta ne - anot Maironio
paeme "arkla, knyga, lyra'', mes
| eisim Lietuvos keliu!
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A. BALASAITIENE
lAUKn

Ak, uzdekt svesas juodo boksto sksnosparnu guouos
ak uzdekt svesas tamsiose kapnynu koplyciose,
kad per juroj uzsnudusius ukanu lydimus tous
visi mano griztanca lame sanakt pamatytq.
Mes isgersm is gintaro tauru nektara auksini
ir taures sudauzysim aukstojo kranto atslate
baltas aivas atplauks jis manuju laivq paskutinis
jo bures Mburu spinduliai aukso ietum apaistys.
Tx bijau kaptono as kausancio zvilgsnio jo zodzu
uk niekad jo avas neskros mesvo uros pavirsaus
yg matau kaip o rankos per yidur bure perskrodzia
r nuskes laivas, grztancia aime pamirses.
Bet as stoviu ant kranto stataus zibntu rankoje
if seku akimis ties akiraciu VETO zadima
ir rodos tarytum ten bures is too moja
tamsiam danguje zburiai sviesti ina.
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Is Myk'laiii' Putin' AltOriq SeSely

ka atsakyti. Bet tuo tarpu seniai
Vasariai, pasisveikine, eme
kviesti svecius toliau, ir visi ejo
ii vidQ, kur jau lauke paruosti
pavakariai.
Liudas dziaugesi, kad sveciu
susirinko net daugiau, negu jis
buvo numates, neatvyko Tri-
kauskas, kuri kviete tik is man
dagumo. Jis SUI savo fanaberija
butu tik kitten nuotaika gadi-
nes. Gerai, kad nera ne Braz-
gio. Tas ir nekviestas butu at
lydejes Luce, jeigu ta diena
butu pasisukes Klevisky.
Erdvi Vasariu seklycia buvo
pilna sveciu. Vieni uzkandziavo;,
kiti gere arbata, vieni sedejo,
kiti siaip sukinejosi po seklycia.
Bet niekas dar nenorejo likti VII
duj, kai lauke buvo taip grazu
ir silta. Jaunimas pirmiausia at
sirado vel sode ir taresi, ka cia
sudainavus, ar kaip kitaip davus
valios savo energijai ir geram
upui.
Il kalneli - susuko staiga
suplojus rankomis Luce. - Ten
tai kad uzdainuosim! Visa apy-
linke skambes! Tegu cia seniai
sau vieni po sodeli vaikstineja.
Il kalneli! I kalneli!..
sauke ir kit. Tai buvo panasu
j obalsi, kuris visiem patiko.
- Vesk mus tamsta j kalne-
ill.,. " 4.
Ir pro vartus, keleliu visi pa
sileido galulauke.
Ar yra kas nors graziau, kaip
siltos ankstyvo rudenio popie-
tes? Saulei jau neliko ne ket-
virdalio dangaus kelio, ir il is
sono atsargiai sildo jun veida.
JUS nejauciate ore vasaros tvan-
ko, bet vien lygia ramia silume-
le, kuri JUS gaivina, kuri JUS
skatina judeti, juoktis ir dali
nuoti. Suartos rugienos kvepia
dregna zeme. Nuganytos pievos
sausai atsiliepia po jusu kojo-
mis-. JUS galit eiti, kur akys ne
sa = niekas nieko jun nesakys,
ir niekur jus nerasite jokios kliu-
ties. Kur-ne-kur parudavusiu IL
nu ruozas, kur-ne-kur pajuoda-
vusiu dobiliu sklypas, kur-ne-
kur dar tebezaliuojanciu bulviu
laukas; bet ir per il zengdami,
dideles skriaudos nepadarysite.
Rudenio lauku laisve - plati ir
miela, kaip jusu moral, kaip jii-
su svajones.
| Kai isejo jaunimas j galulau-
ke, isidrasino ir pagyvejo net ir
labiausiai nedrasus. Kaimo ber-
! niukai ir mergaites pasijuto,
J kad cia jie randas savose deko-
racijose, prie kuriu jie derinas
geriau, negu paneles, ponaiciai
ir kunigeliai. Kaimo jaunimo
balsam tik laukuose skambeti ir
kaimo dainas tik cia bedainuoti.
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luotlupos

Kiekviena kuryba, kiekvienas
didesnio pobIdzio veiksmas rel
kalauja ne tiktai didelio dva-
sinio susikaupimo, jegu koncen-
travimo, planingo darbo, bet
taip pat ir pasiaukojimo, bel
sugebejimo atsisakyti daugelio
malonumu.
Ir amerikieciu spaudoje kas-
kart stipriau jauciamas miroli-
Psrkelta i 6-ta pusl. }
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1951-09-06

Liudo pastangos isjudinti pir-
mali savo sveciu sustingima.
Pagaliau j kiema ivaziavo pa
|rapijos klebonas, O netrukus Pet
rylai SUI studentu Krapaiciu.
Nuotaika pradejo taisytis. Jau
susidare diktokas burelis geru
pazistamu, kurie tarp saves ne
sivarzydami, drasino ir kitus ar
bent atleido juos nuo pareigos
ka nors kalbeti. Du studentai ir
trys klierikai, kadaise geri tos
pacios klases draugai, per ke-
lerius metus nutole, dabar vel
eme atrasti anuomet jungusius
juos rysius. Dvi paneles pasijuto
turi po asistenta, ir dvasiskiQ
draugyste jau ju nebevarze. Sc
Mai Petrylai ir Vasariai vel gi-
miniavosi ir dziaugesi, kad jau
matyti ITO vargo' galas, ir kad
kita vasara ju sunus jau bus
galutinai suristi su baznycia. Pa
galiau klebonas su savo placiais
interasais tiko prie kiekvienos
grupes.
Seniui Vasariui jau seniai knie-
te vestis svecius apziureti soda
ir bites, bet jis Wis dar lukuria-
vo Kleviskieciu, kurie jo akyse
daugiausia apie tai nusimane.
Bet saule slinko vakarop, ir jis
ryzosi pasiulyti bent esamiems
paragauti tokiu ten oboliu ir
kriausiu. Visi leidosi j soda, kas
klausyti seimininko aiskinimu,
kas kresti ir rinkti vaisiu, kas
siaip jau pakrikai su kuo pasi-
kalbeti ar pasivaikscioti.
Jau puse .sodo buvo apziureta,
kai keleliu pasirode dar vienas
tirstai prisestas vezimas. 81 kar-
ta tikrai buvo jie, Kleviskieciai.
Seimininkai ir kai kurie sveciai
ejo j kiema ju pasitikti, maziau
pazistami pasiliko sode, arba is
tolo seke atvaziavusius.
Didelis buvo klieriko Liudo
nustebimas ir dziaugsmas, kai,
be kanauninko ir Liuces, pamate
brickoj dar kun. Jonelaiti ir Var
nena. Vasaris zinojo, kad Var
nenas neva del ligos buvo caves
leidima isvaziuoti j uzsieni ir
studijavo. viename Vokietijos
universitete, bet paskutiniais
metals maza apie j turejo ziniu.
= Natal, koki netiketa svecia
I; as tau sugavau, - kalbejo svei-
kindamasis Jonelaitis. - Var
giai butum ir pazines. Visai ne
panasus j buvusi klierika Var
nena.
Laimei, siuos zodzius girdejo
tik Liudas ir atvaziavusieji, XII
taip Varnenio opinija kaimieciv
akyse butu buvusi pagadinta
nebepataisomai. Jonelaitis il
pats susigriebe netakta pasa-
kes, ir visi susimerke apie tai
daugiau ne zodzio.
- Nemaniau, kad pateksiu
Sta krasta, - teisinosi Varne-
mas Vasariui. - Teks dabar tau
name atgal vezinti trejeta my
lily.
Bet cia isikiso pats kanau-
ninkas.
! - Myliu visokius literatus,
poetus ir artistus! Tuomi jau as
, pats pasirlpinsiu. Paviesesi dar
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kad vieninteles jo isleistuves ne
padarytu jam nei jo teviskei ge-
dos. Jis prisikviete daug sveciu.
Be artimuju giminiu ir apylin-
kes geru pazistamu, pazadejo
atvaziuoti ir jo draugas Kasai-
tis, ir prizes, pat atostogas isves-
tas kunigas Jonelaitis, ir du bu-
vusieji gimnazijos draugai, da-
bar jau studentai, Gudzilnas ir
Krapaitis. Ketino atvykti ir to-
lima Vasario giminaite, kursiste
Murmaite SUI viesejusia pas ja
kazkokia klierikui nepazistama
drauge. .zodziu, sveciu burys tu-
rejo butt ne tik gausus, bet ir
ivairus.
Visa savaite prizes isleistuviu
sekmadieni Vasarius pagavo
/ triuso, rengimo ir rupinimosi
karstis. Nutarta svecius laikyti
per nakti, mes vaziuoti j semina-
ria reikejo vaziuoti tik pabaigoj
savaites, tad visiems buvo laiko
pasilikti ir pasiruosti. Rengtasi,
vestuvem, krikstynom ar ku-
riam kitam dideliam kaino ba-
liui. Tx pacios primicijos atei-
ty turejo pranesti sias CANA ne
tiketas isleistuves. Vasario te-
yam jos : ir buvo kaip ir mazas
primiciju bandymas. Nors klie-
rikas jiem nieko tikro nepasake,
bet jie is klebono girdejo, kad
Liudas kitus metus tikrai parva-
ziuos subdiakonas, nes semina-
rios vyresnybe gera turinti
apie j nuomone. Ne tik tevai,
bet ir kiti siuo pranasavimu IT,
kejo; Vasariu klierikas ir baz.
nycioj ir zmonese elgesi, kair
dera tikram dvasiskiui..
Isleistuviu pokyliui viskas bu-
vo numatyta ir viskuo pasiru-
pinta. Valgiu kaimo vaisese vi
suomet esti gausu, daugiau, ne
gu reikia, - o cia Vasario mo-
tinai ketino patalkinti pacio kle-
bono gaspadine! Gerimu senis
Vasaris nemego, bet grieztai ne
kente tiktai degtines. Uztat la
bal vertino obuolini vyna, o per-
nykstis buvo pasisekes gerai
Dziaugesi senis galesias pasi.
girti dar viena savo sodo gerry
be.
Pats klierikas rupinosi, kad
visur butu svaru ir grazu. Pa
dedamas broliu, jis Slave kiema
vale soda ir kartu SUI seseria
tvarke jos darzelius. Nebuvo uz.
mirstas ne Ausrakalnis, j kurj
buvo numatyta pasivaikscioti su
jaunesniaisiais sveciais.
| Pagaliau atejo laukiamasis
sekmadienis. Vasariu namuose
visi priruosiamieji darbai buve
baigti, ir jau nuo pat ryto susi
dare laukimo nuotaika. Liudas
SUI tevais parvaziavo is bazny
clos pirmieji ir kartu parsivezi
klierika Kasaiti ir studenta Gu
dziuna. Paskui juos tuojau pa
sirode dedes Murmos bricka, ku
rioj salia dedienes ir dukter'
kursistes, sedejo ir ju skrybe
liuota viesnia. Pamazu rinkos
ir kiti sveciai, sveikinosi, pazi
nosi, snekuciavosi. Kiekviena'
ziurejo kur jam patogiau detis
kur jam bus suprantama snek;
ir lygus bendrakalbiai. Daugeli
SuSitiko cia nirnna karta. del t,
Arizona sun., 1951-01-04
Your Neighborhood Shopping Guide
Potronize These Reliable Firms The For Less

National division race; two from
the New York Yanks, and one
each from Pittsburgh, Philadel-
phia, New York Giants, Detroit
and Los Angeles complete the first
eleven.
Mac Speedie was named as an
end on the second team, while
Otto Graham whose great run
ming and passing in the division
playoff and championship battle
with the Rams carried the Browns
to the league crown, had to settle
for honorable mention.
Also receiving honorable men
ton were Tackle Lou Groza,
Guards Bill Willis and Weldon
Humble and Center Frank Gatski.
Motley burst into prominence as
runner again this season after
a comparatively mild campaign in
1949. When the Browns forward
pass offense began suffering and
the team dropped two contests to
the New York Giants Motley took
charge until Graham again hit his
stride at Washington in the final
game of the league season.
Marion finished with 80 yards
in 40 attempts, which compares
with his 1947 and 1948 seasons
when he rolled for gains totalling
889 and 964 yards, respectively.
He appeared in fourteen games
in those seasons, however.
The all-pro team was selected
by Associated Press writer's in the
eleven pro ccitieS.
might expend so much of its fight
ing equipment and so many lives
that it would not be able to assert
itself in western Europe, which,
military experts believe, is more
important in the global picture
than China.
The manpower pool in the ages
between 19 and Is under existing
statistics agreed to by Selective
Service, the Army, the National
Security Resources Board and
other civilian agencies is approx
imately 100000.
Arizona sun., 1951-01-04
IN THE NATIONS
CAPITAL
BY LOUIS LAUTIER
or the NNPA News Service

The United States is moving
toward partial mobilization for
war, and unless EXAMINATIONS like
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
and the National Urban League
demand full use of the manpower
and skills of colored people, less
effective utilization will be made
of them in industry than during
World War II.
1t is particularly desirable that
Government agencies concerned
with the mobilization programs be
urged now to provide the same
opportunities for training to de-
velop the skills of colored work.
ers, and for refresher courses for
those already possessing skills,
because already there is talk of a
manpower pool and the assign
ment of workers to jobs on the
basis of labor needs. If unframed,
the colored worker may be as
signed only to unskilled work.
The mobilization program as
outlined by Defense Department
officials = which undoubtedly will
be expanded = appears to be as
follows:
Whether or not this country
engages in an all-out shooting war
in the next two or three months.
emphasis is being put on produc-
ton.
Reminiscing on the First World
War, General George c. Marshall,
the Defense Secretary, recently
reminded the House Appropriation
Committee that when Congress
appropriated $642,OOO,OOO for the
Air Corps everybody thought that
settled the question. The Army
got one plane into Europe before
the end of the war.
During World War II some high
Arizona sun., 1951-01-04
Carver Plays
L-itchfieId,
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Sporting an impressive 6-1 rec
ord for pre-C Christmas perform
ances on the hardwoods, the Car
yer Monarchs, West-Central Dis
trict Champions, play host to the
Litchfield Park Owls, and journey
to Ajo to determine probably the
number one spot in the conference
if both the Red Raiders and the
Monarchs win their Friday night
engagements.
Carver and Ajo for the third
straight year share top honors in
conference play, Ajo coping the
crown two years ago and Carver
turning the tide last season. Last
year in regular seasons play, Car
yer defeated Ajo at Ajo, 56-52, in
spite of Jim Cordy's 3O-point eff
fort, but dropped a close 1851
decision to the Red Raiders on the
Monarch court in the return game.
Carver, however, proved the bet
ter of the two by handily defeat
ing the quintet from Ajo in the
finals of the West-Central Dis
trict tournament, 1881.
At the West-Central tourna-
ment last year, Jim Cordy and
Frank Nogales of Ajo and three
Monarchs, Willie Kemp, now at
Arizona State College at Flag
staff, Hadie Redd and Jesse jack
son, were selected by the con-
ference coaches as the all-diStrict
mythical team. Cordy and No
gales have been consistently lead
ing the Red Raiders in their pres
ent undefeated district efforts.
jackson and Redd are teaming
with Carl Hammons, Calvin Wat
kins and Bertrand Russell for a
very successful early season start.
The Monarch have won four dis
trict contests, defeating Scottsdale,
Bagdad, Wickenburg and Buckeye,
as well as disposing of Phoenix
Tech and st. Mary's here in the
city. Their lone defeat has been
a close 51-5O verdict to the Mo-
gales Apaches.
Litchfield Park could provide
the Monarchs with an upset Fri
day night as the Monarchs will
have had only two days of prac-
tice before this weeks games due
to the long Christmas holiday.
The Junior Varsity preliminary
will begin at GAS pm.
Aside from the first five var
sity boys making the trip to Ajo
Saturday are Burnie Brooks, Paul
Kemp, Roy Dunbar, Charles
Christopher, Freddie Lee Ander-
son, Colonel Lee Robinson and
Willie Mccoy. Manager Ted Nc
Creary will accompany the group.
Arizona sun., 1951-01-04

officials thought General Marshall,
then Army Chief of Staff, was
not increasing the Army rapidly
enough. But he was opposed to
excessive speed.
General Marshall believes a sim
liar course should be followed
now. The country has MIXED it's
resources in men and SkillS very
heavily on account of Korea. The
plan is to move forward with the
mobilization program in such a
way that it will provide a base for
very quick expansion.
The goal is sixteen combat divi-
sions, using the same number of
men as a division or increasing
the number of regimental combat
teams; increasing the Navy from
$50 to 1,020 active ships in the
Navy, two Marine divisions at full
strength, and an Air Force of
sixty-eight wings instead of forty
eight groups.
This is only an initial step in a
planned four-year effort to restore
the military might of the United
States and to provide a deterhent
against aggression and a base from
which a rapid build-up can be at
tained in case of all-out war.
The government is doing every
thing possible not to be maneu-
vered into an all-out war with
Red China where this country
Arizona sun., 1951-01-04
HENDER50N'S
COMMENT
BY EDWIN b. HENDERSON
For the NNPA News Service

The December Coach" a school
sports publication, printed two
articles showing concern of the
nation for athletics in elementary
schools. The Athletic Institute,
headed by Colonel Theodore Banks,
has set aside $4,000 to initiate
action leading to promotion of
athletic sports for the 125,OOO ele-
mentary schools about the nation.
Already leaders in the field are
considering lighter weight basket
balls and footballs, modified fields,
and lower heights or wider rims
for basketball for the kids.
This is a welcome sign, for, al
though most school systems pro-
vide curricula programs of games
for the elementary school boys
and girls, many have failed to
realize that boys of the upper
grades don't play after school
hours the weak games taught in
classes, but want to copy after
the seasonal sports their fathers
and older brothers play.
One of the reasons this has not
occurred before is because wo-
men teachers in elementary schools
cannot teach the way to pass, kick
or throw these balls or the stra-
tegy of the games.
In the near future we are going
to see many elementary schools
giving instruction in basketball,
softball, and modified football for
the kids.
Thousands of television specta-
tors saw the fatal ending of the
career of one of the best boxers
the City of Washington has pro-
duced when Sonny Boy West was
knocked out in the st. Nicholas
Arena in New York City.
To see a boy killed before your
eyes is rare. One wonders if the
doctor who had stepped into the
ring the round before the fatal
blow should not have stopped the
fight then. West had complained
of a numbneSs and inability to
see clearly, but the spectators
wanted the show to go on.
No blame can be put on his
opponent. This kid was just play
ing the game. wonder, however,
whether ring boards could not be
made of some type of sponge rub
Der or plastic so that the shock
of a head hitting the floor would
not be so severe.
It is a known fact that the fatal
effect of a street fight has always
been the head injury on contact
with the hard surface. Instinct
lively, in a normal fall, the head
is protected almost as reflex
act. But if stunned by blow,
there follows no instructive. re-
bound.
Boxing fatalities always bring
forth a wholesale condemnation
of boxing as a sport. It should not
be, for we can't make Americans
soft by taking all of the hazards
out of vigorous games. Yet, as in
other games, officials must give
first consideration to the health
or physical well-being of the con-
testants.