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Show The any ed dead neither living ball to flowers know player at this Mt is stage "eer the name is Melvin of the Giants. A ROTEE's toclay. e en- Not long ago the Brooklyn representatives of the National league were chosen to battle it out for a poor position in the second division. Today they are the surpri se team of baseball. No one concedes them the pennant, but neither does any so-called expert gaze into the crystal ball and venture out on the wellknown limb by tagging them as tailenders. of his Thomas Mel Ott inly New York. came from the Bayou disstraight to the big town. He never played in a minor league. was a bat boy in size and years McGraw saw him-and never lle m go. is kid was a big leaguer the once he was born,"' McGraw ‘He doesn't need any r league schooling."' Yhen the young spring of 1940 e riding through gales, sleet, and weather blown from the ‘ren Lands, they said Ott was He was only 31 t through. old, but he had been around HA time. He was starting slowtod killing weather conditions, & he was still out there, hanging "When the season opened Mel Ott ~~g still on the job and as time -ves on, Mel is still up around the class with the old punch. lis Career at his physical peak, is five nine inches in height, weighing He was 155 to 160 pounds. ta Babe Ruth, a Jimmy Foxx, dank Greenberg, a Hack Wilson oe* ti a Lou Gehrig in physical make- always had a queer habit g his foot from the ground J of as started his swing-his right foot giind then swinging from his left is right foot promptly settled isto place. It was his own It wasn't action. ‘ . supposed to wie form," but it was the way Ott niited to play. And it was ‘‘form,"' - all, ght. the of **form'' shifting It must be ‘‘form."' r in his 15 years ts, up through 1939, -tled out 369 home runs nestbles. He had lashed ei and 791 of these blows pie extended extra bases. with the Ott had and 359 out 2,061 had been S far back as 1928 Mel plastered a runs. He had hit 25 or home runs through 10 or 11 He had hit over 30 home through seven seasons. With ulk of Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx or B SRS - & ome berg, Ott would records. e is - anywhere have from broken 50 to 80 shy in weight while compet- with the major siege guns. But mark when 1940 turns in its set records. He is still something F of Jimmy Foxx and Lou Gehbut don't forget that Mel had: to them more than 50 pounds, lot in long-range hit- #e Bayou Entry a & =<==ua Ee B ei won't be far from the 400 home- h means a Ott has never been interested Tying for so-called color. He ~ pops off. He has never tried : ake a headline by some eccenaction. He gets into no brawls umpires, He has no interest in ga showman. Just happen to like baseball,'' ells‘ you. "If I'm anything at Write me down as a ball player." *, Ott isn't a ball player, tall players, Shy, KS the spotlight. there are retiring, he the main answer is that Mel batted in more than 1,400 runs i Something over 2,000 hits, with Ti-year average, up to this season, 10n't believe the fan appreciates Mel crowd, Ott. at This for New York, especially. take him for granted. They him for granted because he breaks training, never folds m the job, always plays his 2 to the limit. S always ‘‘Good old Mel. He's ys there." e But not being a nut headline seeker, never caring to owman, _ 800d there, the mob old Mel'? forgets had how always forget that he has lambasted home runs a year for 12 ecutive years-that he has ed the 30 home-run mark for yp" years. Even big Hank Green- q has passed the 30-homer mark tT five years. } addition to all this, Mr. Mel Ott te an outfielder. He can cover | Share of terrain under fire. irty-one isn't old. Lefty Grove gj But Ott is in his sixteenth ot league Dodgers i thing in base- campaign, and fh all these years he has given thing he had to give, with so ping like a loafing moment. Moore and mine, Flatbush are fans to a repetition of that vicof it comes, the residents points to take a coastline the fall months. Sport Shorts George Hildebrand, umpire, league ican would do well during cruise former Ameris generally y discovcredited with inadvertentl playing outering the spitball while team in 1902 field for the Providence of the Boston Red _.. Ted Williams dy for tempoSox has a good reme Whenever he s. rary batting slump noon he imposes has a hitless after on practice of batting hours two Glenn man. laid down by the total amount necessary There has been established a large canning factory in Heads Many Businesses. President Grant in addition to being titular head of the Mormon faith is head of many powerful Utah in- dustrial and commercial organizations. They include factories, banks, hotels and insurance companies. In spite of all that keeps him ‘‘on the go'"' he keeps in close contact with the most humble members of his flock. Keen-minded and witty Mr. Grant is a firm believer in work and more work. "It keeps you young and main- He he asserts. such retirement advocates. tains your pride,'' is dead set against plans as Townsend "Why, it's the silliest thing I have ever heard," he said. ‘‘I certainly do not indorse such a pension plan for my members." He stopped to figure out how much he would have received if the plan were effective when he was 65 years of age. "Why, I would have received thou- No sir, I urge at sands of dollars. all times that church members give a full day's work for their full day's pay." Jersey New York, Connecticut, New Russell, were The life and character of Mr. Young, second leader of the church, unquestionably have inspired the five men, who since Brigham's death in 1877 have worn the mantel of president of the Mormon church. Heber J. Grant, seventh president, is a native of Salt Lake City. He is tall, erect and still is a ‘"‘powerhouse"' despite his recent serious illness which forced him to refrain from his strenuous and untiring job of attending to even the smallest details of operating the church. Pitcher looking next Chicago day Cubs' . . . first base- s And he added: "I urge that they keep on working their life time, providing they are able." Along with his right hand men, Jr. -First Counselor J. Reuben Clark Mcand Second Counselor David O. Kay, who make up what is termed bearded presidency," ‘"‘first the out President Grant quickly points in the church can care for its own gotten Article II as follows: ‘ Dv Ae tae te Se: 7 J ae a PS comes. SRN TE ata RP er me a ere ae ate alate ee Oe Sennen F. PARTON Features-WNU Service.) EW YORK. - Most airplane makers who expressed an opinion about Henry Ford's offer to make 1,000 planes a day were doubt- ‘ ful about Mr. Industry ‘Can Do pora's ability Anything' inOur \Defense Effort Mr. Fairchild is, himself, reassuring in exemplifying the tradition of Yankee inventiveness. His father, the late George Winthrop Fairchild, once chairman of the International Business Machines corporation, was the inventor of the dial telephone, the computing machine and finally the adding machine, to keep track of his mounting millions-about 10 of which went to his son. He had begun his business career at $8 a week. ‘Anything is possible'? seems to have been a sort of family slogan. the future if it can be relieved of the debauchery to character which follows along with a dole. In order to render moderate financial assistance to those who were engaged in small farming or business, and who did not have a bankable undertaking, the church set up the Co-operative Security corporation. This company has made a number of small loans, which are largely character loans, but has limited the amount it would lend to any one person to a few hundred dollars. Finally, the church has not yet made any effort, or pretended to make any effort, to take its members from governmental work projects. Leaders say it has merely urged those on such projects to do a full day's work for a«day's pay. While the church welfare plan aims, of course, to help those in need, its real purpose is not merely to substitute church gratuities for others furnished by charitable or governmental agencies, but to rebuild the characters of its members and to promote and foster the patriotic, civic, and spiritual qualities of the people. He Knew Poverty. Heber Jeddy was born in 1856 in a pioneer house where the large Z. C. M. I. mercantile establishment now stands, nine years after Brigham Young had arrived in Utah with his band of pioneers fleeing from persecution in Missouri and Illinois. When Heber was a growing boy the Mormons under President Young were beset by disease, famine and more persecution. Mr. Grant's father, Jedediah, was one of Young's leaders. His boy, Heber, grew up under conditions of poverty. He struggled hard to support his mother after the death of his father when he was at a tender age. He possessed the will to succeed with everything he undertook to do. He later built his mother a fine home when he was often branded as a failure. Meantime he exhibited a talent for business and weaved his pattern of life, without the aid of anyone except his mother, who constantly encouraged him to carry on under the ideals laid down by the L. D. S. church. The churchman has many favorite sayings which he has recited to Latter-day Saints at various church conferences that are held in the historic oval-shaped tabernacle on famous Temple square. One of his sayings is based on his ‘‘persist in doing'' philosophy. Praises Sense of Humor. He asserts: ‘‘That which we persist in doing becomes easy to do; not that the nature of the thing has changed, but that our power to do has increased."' The Mormons, particularly those in the western states, have proved to be long-livers. Longevity is typical among the pioneer families in Utah. Heber Grant, who will be 84 years of age next November 22, believes that age is a quality of mind. He often has repeated: ‘‘Age is a quality of mind; if your dreams you've left behind, if hope is cold, if you no longer look ahead, if your ambitions are dead, then you are growing old."' A humorist and a known philanthropist, President Grant has appeared at many leading conventions as a principal speaker, often ‘‘stealing the show." ‘"‘Without a sense of humor a person will fail to make friends,'' he declared. ‘And the more friends, the more you get out of life."' He warned that the ‘"‘curse of idle- ‘Canada acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the ad- vantages of this Union. But no oth- | Heber Jeddy 83, presi- church. ness shortens a man's life.' He said those who are near, or in the socalled ‘‘pension age' better think twice before they take a permanent rest. Mr. Grant has been a great organizer and devoted many of his early years to missionary work and was the first representative of the church to preside over a mission in Japan. He was only about 26 years of age when he was ordained a member of the council of twelve apostles. No He More was president the President Grant has had three wives and was the father of twelve children, two boys and ten girls. His sons and two of his wives are dead. He has been quoted on the subject of polygamy as follows: ‘‘Plural marriages have long been passe. Although they used to be in good form among members, today they are condemned. There are still some who attempt to practice it, but they suffer when they are discovered. Before the practice was forbidden it was different. Contrary to the propaganda spread by the enemies of the church, plural marriages as practiced by church members were not different from any other form of holy matrimony. "The laws of the church were such that a man was required to get a written indorsement before he could enter into plural marriage, and he had to have an excellent character. Even when the practice was common, the number of such marriages was insignificant compared with the population." ‘Words of Wisdom.' The church president is constantly urging his flock to obey the teachings of the ‘‘Word of Wisdom." This prohibits the use of intoxicating liquors, tobacco and tea and coffee. In his entire career as president of the church, Mr. Grant has only been absent from two general church conferences in Salt Lake City. Both times he was forced to remain away on account of illness. Once he had to go to Chicago to undergo an operation and again he wasn't able to preside at the great gathering in April, 1940 when he was confined in a Los Angeles hospital. The annual report of the church for 1939 shows a total church mem- bership of 803,528. There are 645,618 and 157,910 in the mis- in the stakes sions. EZ By JAMES According to this, it would appear that Canada could become a part 1 don't want fer There Than war, and turned monoplane -- in @& out the the United - ao chivalry is not inseparable from patriotism, this writer asked Norman H. Davis, chairman of the American Red Cross, to send . to this col- Red Crea Chat ac Lauds paragraphs Response GiventoAppeal 2»°ut a toe the work of the Red Cross in its greatest endeavor. He responded as follows: "Anyone attempting to bring material assistance to the millions of homeless and miserable war refugees is inevitably seized with a sense of futility. There is so much that needs doing immediately, and there are so many obstacles to overcome that the burden of responsibility becomes almost overwhelming. "These moods of futility I can dispel by concentrating my thoughts on the splendid support received by the Ameriean Red Cross from all over the country. When I think of the 350,000 volunteers sewing bandages and knitting garments, or of the millions of Americans in every walk of life who are contributing to the Red Cross warrelief fund, my spirits are immediately buoyed. Pride in the generous and patriotic response of the public gives each Red Cross worker new courage to carry out his tasks. "The war-relief funds are going to work for humanity almost as fast as they come in. Relief supplies are being distributed, hospital supplies are on the way and ambulances have been ordered. Clothing and surgical dressings are being shipped to the stricken areas, in huge quantities. Our activities are rapidly being geared to greatly increased needs as the toll of invasion continues to mount. I have an abiding faith that the people of this country will help the Red Cross keep pace with its increasing obligations. Mr. Davis is a Southerner by birth, and therefore fundamentally humane; as a successful business man and financier, he is effective, and as a European ambassador at large under five Presidents, he is discreet. In the dark depths of the rear seat of his town car, one night two years ago, I had a talk with him about He was, power politics in Europe. an indeed, discreet, but I gained RUSSEL I of the deeper realities of the European impasse, as now tragically re- WAR call When, later, he was apvealed. pointed chairman of the Red Cross, LOWELL it murder- it seemed to me that our greatest tradition had been fortuhumane nately personalized, in a man with both a touch of homespun and the tc sophistication of one accustomed getting things done. you hav it plain an' flat; my planes cabin States. impression of his shrewd awareness FER Ez ing : of council of twelve apostles during the presidency of Joseph F. Smith and following President Smith's death in 1918 he was elevated to the top ranking position he now holds. The once burning Mormon question-polygamy-has long been forever banished. Any person of the faith who attempts in any way to practice plural marriage is excommunicated from the church. Urges As a youth, Sherman M. Fairchild was mainly interested in cameras. His father had tapped him for junior executive of his company. When the young man stuck to cameras, this interest later shading into airplanes, his family was indulgent. They thought the boy was just having a ‘‘wanderjahr'' and would round up at a desk when tthe time came. But the camera obsession wasn't just monkey business. At 21, he had invented an unique flashlight camera and several years later brought through a radial aerial camera, organized the Fairchild Aerial Surveys and caught attention with a trail-blazing aerial survey of New York. This led to plane-building. In 1927, he corralled several companies, set Igor Sigorsky build- Polygamy. made er Colony shall be admitted into the same unless such admission be agreed to by nine states." of the United States without a referendum vote by the other 48 states. Grant, dent of the Mormon to go no furder testyment fer that. is an expert whistler. ; cone CUT VELVETEEN O FIT; THEN TURN EOG to deliver. ¥°UNg and energetic Sherman M. Fairchild, president of the Fairchild Engine and Airplane corporation, thought "anything would be possible' provided sufficient money, materials and personnel were available. He was reassuring as to the industry's capacities in tooling, plants and other requirements for a quick shift to mass production, Famous Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, capital of the Mormon church. Founding Fathers Opened Door for Canada Engconquer Germany Should land, take a look at the Articles the by drafted ration, of Confede the United of Fathers Founding say find, You will States in 1777. colPearson and Allen, Washington specific umnists, a paragraph giving seeking legal precedent for Canada of the a member as admittance The Founding FaUnited States. long-forthers opened the door in EOI nies sgaapds By LEMUEL (Consolidated since addition to smaller units scattered all over the church, a clothing factory, a clothing renovating shop and salvage plant, with several stores established to distribute their output, and two saw mills. One stake is undertaking an experimental soap manufacturing project and still another group is manufacturing ladders and another adobes for building homes. Newest venture in the plan is the construction of 23 grain storage elevators having a total capacity of 350,000 bushels. At the present time a large crew of workmen, the majority of whom are devout church members, are working day and night pouring concrete in the giant forms. They will be paid in kind and will receive some cash. The grain elevators are located in Salt Lake City. Ever since the planner, Brigham Young, drilled the necessity of hard work and thrift into his flock there has been more or less strict obedience to his commands. Hud- are that you don't reChances it, but Brooklyn won the member in back pennant league National games and 1920, a year they won 93 the faithful storehouse, in addition there are 67 regional and stake storehouses that serve approximately 100 of the 127 stakes and there are small emergency bishop's storehouses in the remote rural wards of the church. The welfare plan operates a coal opening game. himself 800,000 in Salt Lake City a central bishop's nor Durocher MacPhail Neither show any surprise over their team's They have early season standing. new an airtight infield and a brand The catching is good, and outfield. exthey than the pitching better pected. That adds up to improvement in anybody's league. best And Brooklyn, probably the is sold baseball town in the nation, Just rememon this year's team. out on a ber that some 30,000 turned for the afternoon rainy, miserable adjacent the results. past. fast, In 1939 MacPhail bought Outfielders Jim Ripple from the Giants and Fred Walker from Detroit, and traded Pitcher Bill Posedel to Boston for Backstop Al Todd. Since last year MacPhail has outHe paid Louisville himself. done $45,000 and several players for Shortstop Hal Reese. Roy Cullenbine was given $25,000 to sign, and the Red Sox realized $25,000 for Outfielder Other additions includJoe Vosmik. ed Pitchers Carl Doyle from Memfrom the Cardinals Macon Max phis, and Jim Carleton from Milwaukee. He also acquired Wes Ferrell, Newell Kimball, Gus Mancuso, Charles Gilbert and Herman Franks. and which duces He Pays to Conquer lost 61. than for adequate relief in any given community, has been showing rapid Hutchinson. forward tory. If of more church a century ago. Operate Coal Mine, Factories. The plan, which materially re- Starting in 1938 MacPhail purchased First Baseman Dolph Camilli for $45,000. Whitlow Wyatt, Milwaukee moundsman, was acquired next, followed by Pitchers Hugh Casey from Memphis and Bill Crouch from Nashville. Pitcher Vito Tamulis came from the Browns and Outfielder Ernest Koy from the Yankees via waivers. Buddy Hassett and Jimmy Outlaw went to Boston for Gene asserts the man who is seer, revelator, and leader sors, Catcher Babe Phelps, Infielders Du- Ira Selves,"" prophet, The project is based purely upon religious principles, assert its spon- But there's one big reason why the Dodgers are a penLarry nant threat. They MacPhail have all the fire and spirit of a college fraternity team with 10,000 spectators. Their upsurge began when MacPhail, baseball's big idea man, took charge before the 1938 season. He was responsible for the purchase of players. Durocher directed them. As evidence of widespread housecleaning activities, there are only nine players still on hand from the questionable squad he inherited. The veterans on hand are Pitchers Fred Fitzsimmons, Van Lingle Mungo, Luke Hamlin and Forrest Pressnell, Outfielder Newspaper Union.) 1918. Rapid Change Artists rocher, Pete Coscarart, John son and Harry Lavagetto. Western eral agency, is going to be a permanent plan to ‘"‘help people help them- Just a few years ago the Dodgers were always good for a laugh. Their brand of baseball wasn't guaranteed, but their style of entertainment was sure fire. Uncle Wilbert Robinson was at the helm, and it was an uneventful game when one base runner didn't overtake another or when an outfielder wasn't put out of action for a few innings by a fly ball. All those things are of the Today the Dodgers play a heads-up brand of ball. Boss. Larry MacPhail is one of the best showmen in the business and Manager Lippy Leo Durocher is as confident and smart as any manager rightfully can be. by MORMONS have cared for the essential needs of our own since the Struggling days of the ‘forties' under the guiding hand of the great colonizer, Brigham Young." So says 83-year-old Heber Jeddy Grant, president of the Mormon church. But he doesn't rest with talk, and that accounts for the huge Mormon church welfare plan to banish unemployment. This plan, wholly divorced from politics, seeking and wanting no aid from any municipal, county, state or fed- The rise of the Dodgers can't be construed merely as a local development. Fans far from the banks of the Gowanus canal, bordering Ebbets field, are rooting for the former Daffiness Boys. If the home team can't win, John Q. Public is all for the Dodgers. They have the people's vote. bj w's -Giants 1925 at the 2 of 16. For 16 ie Dynamic ho test (Released ao WE Union ball this me. McSHANE Newspaper nor has at least one record that ther ball player carries today, 1909, Western tale? wera * By ROBERT by (Released A 5 pal, introduced It of the finest of all slogans. called, ‘"‘Flowers for the liv- _ college once ne Purdue By RUTH WYETH SPEARS pD° YOU remember Miss Fixit who, a week or so ago in one of these articles, made over an old rocker? Today's sketch shows how she used that chair at her desk, The full description of the transformation of the chair is in Sewing Book 5, which is offered here for the first time. This new book contains 32 pages of helpful ideas for homemakers and is a OLD George Ade, By CLARENCE D. WILLIAMS a ry (il WHO'S NEWS THIS Ya WEEK So Church Sets Up Baffling, But Not to Them Velveteen Frames For Your Pictures ee Dodgers' Rise wee Dole Debauches, Says Mormon Leader, of Sports- available to readers of this paper for 10 cents in coin to cover cost and mailing. Miss Fixit painted an old desk blue to match her chair. She had some enlarged snapshots that she wanted to hang over the desk but she also wanted to repeat the blue color and some of the red in the chintz used for the chair. So, she decided to make blue velveteen frames for the pictures and then hang them with red ribbon. The diagrams show you exactly how the frames were made for I have a feeling that you are going to want to hang some of your photographs in this colorful way. Betsy, who streamlined an old iron bed, which she found in the attic, will be with us again next week with more "attic magic.'"? Meanwhile better send' your order for your copy of Sewing Book 5 to: MRS. RUTH WYETH Drawer 10 Bedford Enclose Name SPEARS Hills 10 eeeeee Address ..... New cents for eeeeteeeeee Coe eee Book York 5. eeeeeeeeeeeeeee eee eeeeeeeeeee The Better Way to Correct Constipation One way to treat constipation is to endure it first and "cure" it afterward. The other way is to avoid having it by getting at its cause. So why not save yourself those dull headachy days, plus the inevitable trips to the medicine chest, if you can do it by a simple common-sense "ounce of prevention"? If your trouble, like that of millions, is due to lack of "bulk" in the diet, "the better way" is to eat Kellogg's All-Bran. 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