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Diario las Américas., 1959-01-22

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MADRID (UpD Il T0QERo
espanoI, Damaso Gomez, sa-
LID en- avion para Caracas,
Venezuela, eoniraiado para
Tres eonidas.
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Diario las Américas., 1959-01-22
Serd ell Segundo
Mejor P0godo
de la NdeiondI
MentIe Pedro $4,000 Este Temporada. =
Meys oevP6 el sesundo Lvsar en- Bateo

SAN FRANCISCO, enero
~2l.-(UPI)-Willie Mays, que
con I'm promedio de .347 ocupo
On 1858 Ell segundo puesto en- ell
sampeonato de bateo de la Ii
ga Nacional, firm6 hoy contra
10 para la temporada proxima
por una suma calculada en- GER
Ia de 10000 dolares.
Ese salario haria de Mays oil
tegundo pelotero mejor paga-
10 de la Nacional, aventajado
Diario las Américas., 1959-01-22

Comite Executive del Comite
Olimpico International nj he ex-
pulsado a nadie del movimiento
oiimpico."
Mayer expreso la esperana
de que Ell congreso de Munich
pondra fin q este desagradable
confllcto politico.
Diario las Américas., 1959-01-22

soIamente por Stan Musial de
los Cardenales, que Sc cree ga
ma 100000 dolares por ano.
Ell jugador con mayor salario
en- las grandes ligas es Ted Wi
Hams, a quien segun Sc calcula
los Medals Rojas pagan $4,000
dolares.
Mickey Mantle, que ell ano
pasado gano unos $4,000 dola-
res, Sc cree que pedira este ano
$4,000.
Diario las Américas., 1959-01-22
JAI ALAI
SeIeeelones de EpiianIo
JUEvEs, ENERO ~


1--Gregorio : Muguera II,
Pablo +. Quintana, Francisco
Ibar
2-Ceberio Domingo, Fran
cisco : Andoni, Ubeda = Quin-
lana
pablo, Benito, Quintana
4-Urcola, Solana, Francis
CO
5-Solana . Larranaga, Qua.
ra Arakistain, Echeverria.
Guarits
6--Gregorio, Andoni, Do
mAngc
7-GregorIo : Arakistain,
Solana Arrarte, lsldoro-Sal-
samendi
8-Guara, Piston H. A piri-
9-Larrafaga, Guarita, So
lozabal.
10-Solozabal Larranaga,
Orbea : Araquistain, Echeve-
rria Churruca
11-0RBEA : QUINTANA,
Guara Larranaga, Isidoro-
Churruca
Diario las Américas., 1959-01-22
Hacia Lima
ell Equipo
FLAMENCO
clasifie6 vieecumpe6n
= von q Nuevo Torneo

RIO DE JANEIRO. enero q.
7UPD-Hoy Sc dirigi6 en-
vuelo directo a Lima en- un
avion de la Panair Do Brasil,
Ell equipo local de futboI Fla
mengo, que ell sabado ultimo Sc
Classified vicecampeon en- ell tor.
neo de Rio de Janeiro de 1858,
terminado solo ahora.
FL FLAMENCO participant en-
ell torneo International que CO.
memo a desarrollarse hace una
semana en- Lima.
Diario las Américas., 1959-01-22
RUEDA DE CONSUELO

Los equipos participates en-
la Rueda de Consuelo fueron
Separates en- dos grupos: Al Ca
NADIA, Filipinas y Republica Ara
ne linda (RAU); b Argentina,
Uruguay y Mexico.
Los integrantes de cada CRU
pc jugaran entire 81, de acuerdo
con e. siguiente programa:
Enero 81: Filipinas-RAU; Ar
gentina-U Uruguay.
Enero %: Canada-RAU; Uru-
guay-Mexico.
Enero %: Filipinas-C Canada;
Argentina Mexico.
Ell rs de enero Sc mediran los
dos mejores calificados de cada
grupo por Ell octave y noveno lu-
gar.
Los calsificados segundos en-
cada 2rupo Sc disputaran Ell de-
elmo y undecimo lugar.
Diario las Américas., 1959-01-22
DERROTAD0 ROBINSON
GARCIA P0R +. RYFF

Ell peso liviano frankie Ryff,
reacciono en- los ultimos rounds
para veneer al cubano Robinson
Garcia por decision de los jue-
ces.
La pelea Sc efectu6 en- 81
Auditorium de Miami Beach y
2,106 persOnas Sc eongregaron
en- Ell.
Ell n~orteamericano peso 1877 y
media libras y Ell cubano 1874 y
medals.
Evening star., 1959-10-17
Got His Commission
Before Graduation

He was commissioned in the
Regular Army several months
before his graduation from VMI
in 1901, but he had to wait
several months after gradua-
tion-until after his 21st birth
day-to accept the commission,
Second 1t. Marshall was sent
in May, 1902, to join the 30th
Infantry in the Philippines
There was still some fighting
with the MoroS in the southern
islands, but the insurrection
was over and Marshall's regi-
ment was peacefully engaged
in occupation duties in Luzon
and Mindoro.
In the autumn OF 1908, the
3Oth Infantry was ordered back
TO the States and Gen. Marshall
come with it to serve at various
posts until the summer of 1906,
when he was assigned to the
Infantry Cavalry School at
Fort Leavenworth as a student
Completing the course as a dis
Evening star., 1959-10-17
SERGEANT AIDE
TO BE MARSHALL
PALLBEARER

ST. PETERSBURG. Fla,
Oct. II (AP). - M/Sergt.
James w. Powder, 81, will
serve Gen. George C. Mar
shall for the last time
Tuesday.
Sergt. Powder was an
aide. a driver-and a friend
to Gen. Marshall from
1884 to 1945.
News of Gen. Marshall's
death came to Sergt. Pow
der last night at his trailer
home here. Later he re-
ceived a telegram from the
Defense Department re-
questing his service as an
honorary pallbearer at the
funeral.
OF his final meeting with
his old chief, he said:
Il visited him last fau
in the hospital at Walter
Reed and he wouldn't let
me get away from him He
said lots of people come to
talk but they don't have
anything in common Ike
you and I do"
Evening star., 1959-10-17

tinguished graduate, he was
assigned Immediately as stu
dent at the Army Staff College
later the Command and Gen.
eral Staff School - and or
graduation in 1908 was detailed
as an instructor there.
From the moment that Mar
shall was designated an in
Structor at Leavenworth, he was
a marked man in the Army
he had a "star in his pocket.
He went back to the Philip
pines in 1913 for duty with the
18th Infantry at Fort McKin-
ley. 1t was during this voul
that he was the central figure
in an incident that became one
of the most celebrated of the
Marshall legends.
Manila was to be attacked
and defeated" ir maneuvers
and Gen. Marshall, still a first
lieutenant. was assistant adju-
tant of the defending forces. a
decidedly undiStinguished job
But the chief of staff of the
defending troops became ill and
the command was in a quandry
Someone suggested that 1t
Marshall be sent for-he was a
graduate of the new-fangled
staff school and might know
how a field order should be pre-
pared. The commanding Off
Ger acted on the suggestion.
do you know how to write a
field order?" he asked the lean
young lieutenant. .
Eyes. sir. l think I do"
"Then write one!"
1t. Marshall rose to the oc-
caSion. He called up the staff
officers and unit commanders,
picked them clean of informa-
tion concerning their troop dis
positions. supplies, hospital
trains and knowledge of the
enemy" then dictated the
field order, which they wrote
out in longhand as he dictated.
1t called for an attack, which
was carried out successfully as
1t. Marshall went back to
his job as assistant adjutant.
Gen. ]. Franklin Bell, in
command in the Philippines,
called the hurriedly dictated
field order the finest plan he
had seen for the defense of
Manila, and told his staff:
Gentlemen, keep your eyes
on George Marshall. He is the
greatest military genius of
America since Stonewall Jack
Son!"
Gen. Bell wanted to jump
him to brigadier general, as
John j. Pershing had been
jumped from captain to briga-
dier but in 1t. Marshall'S
case. the recommendation was
not adopted. 1t was more than
20 years before George Mar
shall became a general officer.
Evening star., 1959-10-17
Critical Situations
All Over the World

In a speech at the University
of California at Berkley on
March 10. 1913. Gen. Marshall
himself compared the type of
decisions he had to make as
Secretary of State to those that
had faced him as Army Chief
of Staff.
Unfortunately, critical sit
uationS are not confined to
Europe" he said in the Cali
fornia speech. "They exist
in the Middle East. in In
donesia, in China-and we can
not ignore Latin America. or
our direct responsibilities in
Japan and Korea. Therefore.
very important decisions must
be made by our Government as
to exactly what we should do to
meet these various crises. Our
means are not unlimited-we
Evening star., 1959-10-17

limit on the service of drafteeS
and guardsmen.
His demand that these re-
strictions be removed was his
most controversial legislative
recommendation up to that
time-July l941-and the tes-
timony he offered before con-
gressional committees reflected
his character.
When it was suggested that
the released selecteeS would be
Reserves who could be recalled
to active duty the instant they
completed their year of service
Gen. Marshall retorted sharply
that such procedure would be
most unfortunate" that the
soldiers would think they had
been victimized by a maneuver
by sharp practice. under cover
of the law"
Evening star., 1959-10-17
Succeeded Johnson
In Defense Post

After the Korean war broke
out in June, 1850, then Secre-
tary of Defense Louis johnson
was sharply criticized by a
number of Congressman and
others for what they called
Americas lack of military pre-
parednesS. There were per-
Sistent reports of friction be-
tween Mr.. johnson and Sec
retary of State AcheSon.
The President accepted Mr..
JohnSon'S resignation on Sep
tember IL, 1850, and made Gen.
Marshall Secretary of Defense
because of his unusual quail
flcationS" in the critical cir
cumStanceS."
Congress showed what it
thought of Gen. Marshall by
promptly passing special legiS-
latlon exempting him - and
him only - from provisions of
the law. saying a person could
not become Secretary of De-
fenSe within 10 years after
holding an active military post.
In 1851 he retired from the
defense post and from active
public life.
To the problems of both war
and peace, Gen. Marshall
brought a calm, orderly mind,
quick to grasp the fundamen-
tails of a complex situation and
make decisions unswayed by
emotion or sentiment. He Strove
to fit each decision into a grand
strategical pattern and resisted
any pressure to view isolated
problems out of perspective -
"localitis." as he called it.
Quiet, soft-Spoken, modest,
Self-effacing were among the
adjectives often applied to Gen.
Marshall.
In her book, Together, the
Annals of an Army Wife"
Mrs. Marshall did not agree
with much she had read about
his retiring nature and his
modesty."
Those WRITER'S" she wrote
nave never seen him aroused.
1t is like a bolt of lightning out
OF the blue. His whitening vo-
cabulary and the cold steel of
his eyes would scar the soul of
a man whose failure deserved
cenSure
That was a side of Gen. Mar
shall carefully hidden from the
public. In another part of her
book Mrs. Marshall explained
why.
He would say" she wrote,
81 cannot afford the luxury of
Evening star., 1959-10-17

George Catlett Marshall had
Q career as soldiers statesman
unique in American history.
To three Of his country's
most important jobs - Army
Chief of Staff, Secretary of
State and Secretary of De-
fense-he brought the COM
bined qualities of a great mill
tary leader and a patient dip
lomat which led President Tru-
man to term him a virtually
indispensable man.
AS Army Chief of Staff, Gen.
Marshall was the chief archi-
tect of allied victory in World
War II.
AS Secretary of State in the
early, critical days of the en-
suing cold war" his name be-
came a symbol of American
leadership in the struggle of
Western democracies to estab-
lish just peace.
And as Secretary of Defense
after the cold war" became a
shooting war in Korea, he di-
rected efforts to mobilize a new
American fighting machine to
win victory there and deter
aggression elsewhere.
Gen. Marshall became Chief
of Staff. the professional head
OF the Nations military estab-
lishment and commander of
its field forces, on the day that
Hitler invaded Poland on Sep
tember l. 1889. He directed the
building up of the greatest
military force in history and
its deployment to defeat the
axis.
President Truman credited /
Gen. Marshall with exercising
greater influence than any
other man on the strategy of |
victory" and ranked him "at
the head of the great COM
manders in history"
President Eisenhower, his
protege, said recently he had
a near veneration for Gen.
Marshall.
Evening star., 1959-10-17
Continued AIonq
The Upward Path

When Gen. Marshall left the
infantry school in June, 1882,
however. he still had a long and
uncertain way to 60 before his
ability and the discernment of
Gen. Malin Craig finally
brought him to the Army'S top
position. The next step was
command of the 9th Infantry
although he was only a
lieutenant colonel-at Fort
Screven. Ga. and Fort Moul-
trie. S. c., the assignment that
he recalled later as the hap
pieSt of his career.
In october, 1888, he was as
signed to Chicago as senior in
Structor of the Illinois National
Guard by Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur. then Chief of Staff
Gen. Craig. who succeeded Gen.
Macarthur, effected Gen Mar
Shall's promotion from colonel
to brigadier general in 1896
and assigned him to command
the 5th Infantry Brigade at
Vancouver Barracks, Wash.
Gen. Marshall had been at
Vancouver Barracks a year and
a half when Gen. Craig-who
already had picked him as his
successor-called him to WASH
ington as chief of the War
Plans Division of the general
staff. A few months later he
made him deputy chief of staff
Despite the seniority claims
Of 80 other officers. Gen. Craig
and Gen. Pershing (who once
called Gen. Marshall the finest
officer of the First World War;
pressed the Superlative compe-
tence of Gen. Marshall when
President Roosevelt was con-
sidering a successor to Gen.
Craig, and the very junior
brigadier was chosen.
1t was a military hot spot"
that Gen. Marshall stepped
into. Acting chief of staff from
midsummer of 1899, he became
chief of staff on the day Nazi
Germany's aggressions culmi-
mated in the attack on Poland
September /, 1899.
Britain and France aban-
doned appeasement and World
War II was under way.
Within a year after the fail
OF France. Gen. Marshall COM
manded an army of 100000
men-but an army with re-
Strictions on its use outside the
United States and threatened
by expiration of the one-year
Evening star., 1959-10-17
\arshaIPs So|dier-S Statesman Career Stands Alone

scientific mass destruction and
to reinforce the Nations will
for peace with strength, Gen.
Marshall urged: ID Intense
scientific research and Develop
ment and 20 a permanent
peacetime citizen army, with
universal military training.
At his own request, Gen.
Marshall was relieved as Chief
Of Staff on November 20. l945,
and was succeeded by Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Gen. Marshall had scarcely
any leisure for his hobbies Of
riding and gardening after his
retirement before President
Truman sent him to China as
his personal envoy with the
rank Of Ambassador. For q
year he labored in vain to me-
diate the differences between
Chiang kai-shek's Nationalist
government and the Chinese
Communists. He succeeded in
getting a truce agreement. but
1t broke down. He blamed sex
tremist elements of both sides"
for frustrating efforts to end
the Chinese civil strife.
Called back from China to
become Secretary Of State after
the resignation Of James F.
Byrnes. Gen. Marshall acted
with characteristic firmness to
remove what he considered a
handicap in his new job-specu-
lation that he might be a can
didate to succeed Mr.. Truman
as President in 1948.
Evening star., 1959-10-17
Saw Active Duty
On St. MihieI Front

In July of 1917 he went to
France with the first convoy of
the 1St Division. He partici-
pated in the operation of the
1st Division east of Lunneville,
on the st. Mihiel front and at
Picardy and Cantigny. then was
assigned to General Headquar-
ters at Chaumont and given
the task of drafting plans for
the st. Mihiel offensive.
In August of 1918 he was at
tached to the 1st Army and
continued work on the St.
lMihiel operation. AS that battle
got under way he was given the
task of moving some 500.000
troops and 2.700 guns to the
Argonne front in preparation
for that engagement.
So successful was the opera
tion that the attack came as
a complete surprise to the
Germans.
(After the war Gen. PerShing
said of this achievement that
1T was a stupendous task and a
delicate one that it was
carried out in the brief period
available without arousing the
suspicious of the enemy indi-
Gates the precision and smooth
ness with which it was calcu-
lated. and accomplished.~
In october of 1918 Gen. Mar
shall was appointed chief of
operations of the 1st Army.
then in the midst of the Meuse.
Argonne battle. and in Novem-
Der was made chief of staff of
the 9th Army Corps.
Gen. Marshall received the
Distinguished Service Medal for
his staff work and the decora-
tionS of several of the Allied
governments. When the ar
miStice came he was a tempo
rary colonel, but later reverted
to a captain.
There followed four years in
Washington as aide to Gen.
PerShing and then assignments
to the 18th Infantry at Tien-
tSin. where he remained three
years. He returned to the
United States in 1927 as an
Evening star., 1959-10-17
Army Was Growing
When Japan Struck

The period OF service was ex'
tended and the restrictions re.
moved so that the Army was
flexible and still growing wher
the japanese struck at Pear
Harbor December Z of tha'
year.
Gen. Marshall later cam,
under some criticism during ;
congressional investigation int
the reasons the Army and Nav!
were unprepared for the sur
prise attack. r..
He testified that if the Arm!
command in Hawaii had acteC
properly on information in it,
hands, the attack probabl!
would have been averted.
After Pearl Harbor came thu
decision to concentrate on de.
feat of Germany first anc
Japan second and the creation
of the Combined Chiefs of staff
to coordinate and direct the
joint lo-American effort. Il
was not Gen. Marshall who
suggested this organization, but
it waS-by British and Ameri-
can teStimony-Gen. Marshall
who made it work.
After victory was achieved
Gen. Marshall, citing that
America was entering the
atomic age, said that the
Nation must prepare OF
perish"
He noted a hopeful sign in
the fact that peace-lov;ng ma
tionS were seeking a way tc
avoid wars. but warned:
Yet until it is proved that
such a solution has been found
to prevent wars, a rich nation
which lays down its arms as we
have done after every war in
our history will court disaster
The existence of the complex
and fearful instruments of de-
struction now available make
this a simple truth which is. IN
my opinion. unbeatable"
To cope with the menace of
Evening star., 1959-10-17
Took Offensive
In the Cold War

A new kind of warfare con-
fronted Gen. Marshall when
he was made Secretary of State
at the beginning of 1947-po-
htlcal economic and theological
conflict with Russia that came
to be called the "cold war p"
Within six months after as
Suming direction of American
foreign policy, Gen. Marshall
seized the offensive in the cold
war" with a proposal that
started Western Europe on the
road to economic recovery
through cooperative Self-help
and American aid. Communist
efforts to wreck the program
were a measure of it's threat
to Soviet aims.
Known the world over as the
Marshall Plan," although Gen.
Marshall never called it that.
the European Recovery Pro-
gram was the major grand
strategy development of his
first year as Secretary of State.
Gen Marshall underwent a
successful operation for re-
moval of a kidney in December,
1948. Facing a long period of
recuperation, he submitted his
resignation as Secretary of
State.
But he had been out of public
life for only eight months when
President Truman called on
him to become president of the
American Red Cross. He as
Sumed that post on October l,
1949, and, associates said,
worked like a beaver" at it.
Gen. Marshall himself said
that he left the quiet of retire.
ment at his LeeSburg (Va.J
home because the Red Cross
offered too great an oppor-
tunity and challenge to be
ignored"
A bigger challenge came in
less than a year when he was
called back to the cabinet as
Secretary of Defense in a
period of crisis.
Evening star., 1959-10-17
Got His Relaxation
At Leesburg Home

Under constant pressure of
work of the highest respon-
sibility for years, Gen. Mar
shall always strove to keep in
good physical condition through
exercise and relaxation. AS
Chief of Staff. he took daily
horseback rides.
He had no time for any real
vacation while running the
State Department, but he did
manage to spend many restful
week ends at Leesburg.
Some OF his gardening meth
DDS, though productive, were
not entirely orthodox. He was
very likely to stretch out COM
fortably on the ground beside
a lettuce or radish bed and
sprinkle seeds with his right
hand while propping his chin
on his left. But other times
would find him vigorously
welding a spade. giving the
muscles of his big body the
exercise they needed.
AS a vegetable gardener he
was successful with everything
but aSparaguS-and he claimed
that wasn't his fault. Once
when The Stars farm editor
visited him at Leesburg, Gen.
Marshall recalled:
Il broke my back making my
asparagus bed. After the bed
was finished, I gave emphatic
instructions that the asparagus
was not to be cut for three
years. You know, if asparagus
is cut too early the life of the
plant is shortened.
Nevertheless, the asparagus
was cut. l tried to convince
Mrs. Marshall - even showed
her a book, but it didn't do any
good. You know, talking to-
your wife is just like talking to-
the birds. You can't do any,
thing about it,"
Although Gen. Marshall never
was known to say so in just
those words, he must often
have felt much the same way
about trying to convince Con-
gresS and the people generally
of the need for consistent mo-
bilization efforts in the face OF
the Soviet threat.
He did tell the Senate For
eign Relations Committee dur
ing the summer of 1851 that he
was shocked" by signs of a let
down in this country following
the start of cease-flre talks in
Korea.
He saw more reason than
ever" to vary on long-Fan
preparation for defense against
Russia. Gen. Marshall consid-
red Russia "our real opponent" !
Evening star., 1959-10-17

~SNI'S W NCHs CTCOI yO IL w U
To the people of the United
States:
With sadness. I announce
the death of General of the
Army George Catlett Marshall.
who died today (Oct. 16) at
Walter Reed General Hospital
in Washington, D. c.
AS soldier and statesman,
Gen. Marshall devoted his en-
tire life to selfless service to
his nation. To his resolution
and strength of purpose, his
steadfast courage and wise de-
cision, this nation, and indeed
the free world, are deeply in
debted for survival at a time
OF great peril, for the safe
guarding of freedom, and for
the strengthening of peace.
Chief of Staff
In World War II, as Chief
of Staff of the Army, his was
the military responsibility to
bring into being and commit
to combat the largest Army
force, ground and air, in our
Nations history. In a war of
global dimensions he was a
principal architect of our mill
tary strategy and of the ulti-
mate allied victory.
Called subsequently to serve
as Secretary of State and as
Secretary of Defense, he met
new dangers and bore new re-
SponSibilitieS, increasing yet
further our country's debt of
gratitude to him. A fitting
tribute to his greatness will
endure in the memory of the
noble plan which bears his
name, by which the American