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Show 0. S. Soldiers Play at Opposite Ends of Earth 17 NEW IDEAS omc-moJ- ze In Obedience The body of all true religion consists, to be sure, in obedience to the will of the Sovereign of the world, in a confidence m His declarations, and in imitation of His perfections. Burke. PRECISELY 22 years ago the Gray Eagle led Cleveland to her last pennant her only pennant in some 50 years and more. The Gray Eagle is better known as Tris Speaker one of the great outfielders, one of the great .rjfcxi ballf players of all baseball time. The Gray Eagle was the flying hawk who Ty Cobb I from leading the kind of cotton goods dainty chintz to bold plaid gingham is being used for bedspreads. Most of these materials are about 36 inches wide and you will need 114 yards for a bed 54 inches wide. See diagrams for cutting dimensions. pre-vent- American league j consecutive seasons. This Results count, but so does cost . . . Save, when you buy Clabber Girl; save by using no more Clabber Girl than your favorite recipe directs. makes Tris halfTr.s Speaker eagle and half- Cut the center portions first; hawk especially ball hawk. side sections for then the Id like to tell you something the pillow cover; then the about this kid Lou Boudreau, Tris strips for the pillow cover and said. This leaves a spread. Not a bad strip for the side ruffles of the Johnny Doughboy can now see the green grass under the Icelandic snow and ice, and in the picture at gested. . spread. If you make your own right we see him organizing a game of baseball with the use of a broom handle. That is Jack Reisny-r- , Not a bad manager," the Eagle seam welting, cover cord with bias at class with first private, bat, Sergt. Laurence Cumiskey both from Ohio catching. At the left U. S. almost screamed, If he has the basted, as at A, and stitched strips diers, stripped to the waist, play a game of badminton in the heat of Australia. chance to keep going Im talking with the cording foot, as at B. about the war now hell be one of the best that baseball ever knew. NOTE: This bedspread is from BOOK Heres a kid who is 1 of the series of booklets which Mrs. This smart, game, crafty, forceful, re- Spears has prepared for our readers. directions book also step spected and admired by every man for making gives slip covers, dressing table on his club and a corking ball play- skirts and 12 different styles of curtains a er on the side. Including simple rigging for draw curTo get a copy of Book 1, send your But the war is far more impor- tains. order to: tant than Boudreau or baseball. No one "knows what will happen a little MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS later on. Im just trying to tell you New York Bedford Hills what Boudreau might have been in Drawer 16 normal times. 10 cents for Book 1. (hk. 7ilotnci SHE KNOWS RAF Pilots and Red Troops Are Inspected r igssBl Enclose How It Happened Name When Alva Bradley, president of the Cleveland club, was looking around for a new manager," Speaker continued, he asked me about three or four possibilities. They were all good men. But I asked Alva, Why go away from your own club? Who would that be? Mr. Address Somehow Tramp Knew He Wasn't Addressing George A tramp, coming down a country road in England, stopped a moment in meditation before a sign Bradley asked. A kid named Boudreau, I on which was written: George said. How can you find a better He then enand the Dragon. man? tered the tavern to which the sign was affixed and asked for the landLous only 24, Bradley said. If he were 21 Id still like him. lady. Noble lady, he began, have In a year or two hell be one of the best in baseball. Take him and you a meal and some old clothes to spare for a poor, hungry man? give him a chance. Not for the likes of you. Now At that time we were not at war. I she said sternly. Then, seeI figured then that Boudreau would go desired to get another word he need a year or two, or maybe three, ing to pick up the answers. Hes picked with her, Well? could I Cakmak, chief of the Turkish air staff, is pictured (at left) when he inspected the Royal Air pilots based somewhere in the Middle East. And at the right his royal highness, the duke of Gloucester, tier of King George VI of England, inspects the crack Russian troops billeted in Teheran, Persia. Gen. Sefik lmost s re haul e That lal laxa ey eithr o actio: spring. Feller has V- a much bigger yob to look after treatlnr illions o ntestme' way A big bowlful of Kellogg's Corn Flakes with some fruit and lots of milk. maam, Z4- - is b IrBRtS eal, and 7 J, ' j. flame-throwi- ng equipment v s tA v piness nade te Millions and Millions of Travel Miles s . llicml diwn w o! oi nducin W lr"' li'ir t n Opir retBO it to to fWrt' c i, rfU1" mil tine bf" k.oU ne A" - 5 has had more brains than most U- H the d, na'01" irnlnk - -- 7" P T. If T m A " i it It i ft x A f T , over great stacks of old tires make rubber mountain rangesrubber e than 20 acres of ground near the rei laiming plant of a large l'rn in Akron. There are millions of mtles of travel represented here, n,any an American will now look back with regret at the days when hasnt quite fair with his tires Htose tribe. of Speaker has had the personality that belongs only to a few around the top rung. He is now in his fifties, all gray and partly bald, but still more ready and willing to get In any form of war work where he Seymour and Beryl Everett (left might be useful. At present he is to right), children of the first secreon a draft board in Cleveland at S. Vichy, embassy tary of the U. he tells you, we are play, reach the safely of Americas "where, A id lies not just no favorites In mg born were children The shores. that. saying Europe. I r . t fc J A X) $ 2 b a pbott Ukt in tKtun it Bataat h U.S. Amt Sittal Ctrpt The War isn't fought in Fox Holes alone ITS We turned the pages back to 1908, only 34 years ago, when Tris was playing with Little Rock. That was our first meeting. The Gray Eagle was a great ball player then. Time has taken nothing from him He has been beyond all question the greatest fielding outfielder in the games history and I can give youi Jimmy McAIeer, Fred Clarke, Jim-- 1 my Sheckard (Ring Lardncrs pick), Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Joe Jackson, and several others. And normally Tris was better than a .350 hitter. Beyond this, the Gray Eagle from Hubbard City, Texas, 4 A? , Yankee team. About the Eagle ty rs ' & , When Boudreau took his Cleveland club south this spring, he understood what Fellers absence meant. He knew the psychological I dont think, he told his effect. n club. Lets squad, this is a prove it. I dont know where Cleveland will finish this season. Everyone who knows baseball also knows that the Yankees have most of the good ball players. How can you beat a club that has Joe Gordon, Bill Dick ey, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Keller, Anthony Morch, New York inven Rufftor, exhibits his method for convert and such pitchers as Bonham, Don of Chandler, One Breuer, autos. Russo, for into water ing, gas ing the bottles contains water and so- aid and a few more. But in this first year, with Feldium. Connected with the battery, the electricity generates hydrogen ler missing, the Indians are still up gas which can burn. It costs 5 cents there giving the Yankees a battle, And dont forget there are hardly per gallon to produce. Morchs exhibit was a highlight of the Invenany members of this Cleveland tors exposition in New York. squad who could even make the Hail Native Land y ' m i twi ond-ma- up a covering fire while a completely 'PPed flamethrower (top) plays the lethal stream of fire on a pillbox Below: og chemical warfare maneuvers at Edgewood Arsenal, Md. soldiers of the 31st engineers capture the occupants of a fortified box after a raid at Edgewood Arsenal. The U. S. army that can be carried by one man. perfected - 7 Boudreau's Job timbers set FOOD ENERGY! a. had won 24 games in 1939, 27 games in 1940, and 25 games in 1941. When yqu lose a guy who can win 76 games for you in three years, youve lost more than your shirt! Soldiers in the MINERALS! V St Feller meant Cleveland. Bob water lelped bt better see PROTEINS! S- - 7 r1- Cleveland, nus Bob Feller, looked to be one of the major flops of r, norma f Is mad Creek L VITAMINS! 1 mi-- I ymedld lpallyoi: oion anc breakfast ER W' around this a gentler o lack Mr SELF-START- the have Feller News for Motorists Army Flamethrower Takes Pillbox lem ton. Then please, speak to George them up, with the material he had. Lou took over a club that wasnt so hot last season even with Bob Feller winning 25 games. Lou didnt Gef several packages today and enjoy t fought in the mind. Its fought with will to Its fought with a belief in a cause worth dying for. That will, that belief, is known as moral t. Our enemies have had years of indoctrination. They have been conditioned to believe themselves part of to which the contribution of their a "new order They believe lives is small but ... them-aelv- cogs in a vast machine. use they Our soldiers do not fight that do not live that way. Theirs is the belief in the sanctity of the individual way-beca- To maintain their morale in the American way, the USO has devoted all its time and energy since practically the beginning of conscription. It has done this by staffing and maintaining club houses near all training camps and in our outlying possessions from Alaska to the Caribbean. Today its work is far greater than ever. Its need for funds to carry on more than doubled. Tht USO needs jour help more than ever hejorel High government and military officials including General MacArthur have praised the work done by the USO and recognized its importance in the war effort But it needs recognition from you recognition in the way of dollars and cents. Tor the six national USO are publicly supagencies which comprise the , ported. " Now above all times, to make your dollars count, give to the USO! Send your contribution to your local USO Committee or to National Headquarters, USO, Empire State Building, New York, N. Y. 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