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Show THE Thursday, March 2, 1944 TIMES-NEW- PAGE THREE NEPHI, UTAH Bombed by Allies; Nazis Talk Monastery-Fortres- s y vw .... Olrt'ut SUKttN KAU1U Washington, By VIRGINIA VALE Released by Western Newspaper Union. chaperon on BEING aDate," the Blue network show, has its hazards. Veronica Lake's parents were chaperons for an evening, and, to add an extra fillip, the program's sponsor had arranged for hansom cabs to take the servicemen D. c. ARMY WIVES AND PROMOTION'S The extent to which army wives Influence promotions, dictate military expediency and dominate the army always has been a matter of the 1943 itm vo argument that begins with Ewing, over 50 years ago, up to Bill Dickey through campaign, there is sure to be a wide difference of opinion when it conies to naming the greatest catcher baseball ever knew. At the Baseball warm debate at army posts. Inside the war department, there are two schools of thought. One admits there is a certain amount of petticoat influence; the other maintains that the army is a man's army and that women have absolutely end their girls from the radio studio A crowd of fans nothing to do with it. were milling around, waiting for anThose of the former school point Dates." other glimpse of the "Blind to the fact that Gen. John Pershing, One of the horses bolted, tossing the when only a captain, married the cabbie off and leaving Mrs. Keane. daughter of Senator Francis Warren who is as tiny as her famous daughDf Wyoming, then chairman of the ter, helpless inside. Everyone ran, senate military affairs committee, d creaming "Runaway!" but a after which Pershing was jumped in Anzac soldier, used to emer- rank and became a brigadier gengencies, stopped the horse before eral. Then, when Woodrow Wilson faced senate controversy over who damage was done. should head an American Expediof Andrew Stone, producer-directo- r tionary force to France, with many "Sensations of 1944," thinks so well senators demanding Teddy Rooseof his Idea that he plans to produce velt, Wilson selected Senator Warand thus quashed ren's senate controversy. The petticoat school also points to the fact that Gen. Douglas MacAr-thu- r first married the beautiful daughter of Edward T. Stotesbury, who rea J. P. Morgan partner, quested Secretary of War Weeks to advance MacArthur to the rank of major general when most of his West Point classmates were still majors and colonels. Another example is Mrs. George Patton Jr., wife of the pistol-packigeneral. Her coolness, poise and huscharm helped her band out of a good many peacetime scrapes long before his unfortunate encounter with a sik soldier in to the Stork Club. w hik Writers' s " annu ;i 1 pageant where Bill Dickey was honthis debate ored, broke out in many spots. It became al most a rash. Buck Bill Dickey Ewing Bill Bergen ' Roger Bresnahan Johnny Kling Ray Schalk Billy Sullivan Gabby Hartnett Mickey Cochrane and then Bill Dickey. These, at least, were among the best. Left: Benedictine abbey on Mount Cassino which was bombed by U. S. Flying Fortresses. This monastery, In the forgotten days that have which was founded in 529 A. li., bad been used as a fortress by enemy troops which were firing down on slipped over the hill I once played our men, according to Allied explanations of the bombing. Leaflets were showered on the monastery a day many rounds of golf with John Montbefore the bombardment warning the monks and any Italian refugees there to leave. President Roosevelt said gomery Ward who pitched to Buck that the bombing and shelling of the ancient abbey was justified. Right: German prisoners taken in fight- Ewing. ing on the Rapido river in Italy answer questions asked by United States intelligence officer. "There will never be another Buck Ewing," Ward once told me. "He is the top. I still remember the day when Buck split the first two fingers There was so on his bare hand. much blood on the ball that I couldn't throw it. I insisted that he retire. Buch almost tore my head off. He finally agreed to tape or tie the two fingers together, but he refused to quit. A great hitter brilliant back of the plate." Johnny Kling .of the Cubs was a master. He was the only catcher I COUR buttons, a wisp of soft ever knew who stopped Ty Cobb's striped cotton ana a gay mue base running, who pinned Ty down. Juck parade they all add up to McGraw always named Roger make the nicest little play frock in town! use Dits oi yeuow ana Bresnahan at the top of the list. Sicily. brown scraps for the baby-duc- k In the other school are those who told he a star catcher," "Imagine g of to a genhost be to me once, "fast enough point my appliques. The pinafore frock sizes for lead-of- f years. ELEANOR POWELL erals whose wives have had no poman. Bresnahan is the j litical influence on their careers. catcher I ever saw and I greatest To obtain complete pattern for the Play one "Sensations" each year for the General Marshall's first wife aspired know how good Johnny Kling was." Frock (Pattern No. 5000) applique' Baby next(three years; Eleanor Powell of to be an opera singer, was sick for Duck and finishing directions, send 16 this year's edition will be the central a long time, finally died. General ents in coin, your name and address and Best The Three She pattern number. Eisenhower's wife is an unassuming figure of each one. I Looking back a few years ago Due to an unusually large demand and lady who has kept in the backrecall the argument a few of us had current war conditions, slightly more time General Somervell, until The desire to remake "A Farewell ground. Is required In filling orders for a few of with Joe McCarthy, who knows more to Arms," that touching love story recently, was a widower. the most popular pattern numbers. baseof this one share man's than Warof World War I, struck both 'Warning' to Fliers' Wives. Send your order to: ball business. ner Bros, and Paramount. Warners Now, however, comes a new argu-Be- r ROME NEEDLEWORK At that time McCarthy was a bit wanted it for Ingrid Bergman and General in this controversy. 149 New Montgomery St. Hartto whether as uncertain would which Gabby Humphrey Bogart, "Hap" Arnold, chief of the army San Francisco, Calif. nett or Bill Dickey should get the have been better than the combina- air forces, has been put squarely on Florida's beneath At that call. spot set tion Paramount up Ingrid Berg- record by Col. Alfred L. Jewett, man and Ray Milland. Paramount commander of the air forces techwhispering palms, the Yankee manowns the story; therefore it will be nical school at Gulf port. Miss., as ager was a trifle inclined in Hart-nett- 's NO ASPIRIN FASTER direction. their picture. an than genuine, pure St. Joseph Aspirin. wives influence that recognizing Xeft: These men are typical of the Chinese fighters trained by Lieut. Gen. Joseph Stilwell. They were World's largest seller at 104. None safer, There was noisy and rugged opofficer's promotion. none surer. Demand St. Joseph Aspirin. after they bad scored a victory over the Japs and are sitting in a former Jap trench. Center position from the supporters of MickCraig Reynolds, the hrst HollyColonel Jewett himself doesn't photographed wood actor to don a uniform in make any bones about it. He says inset: General Stilwell as he walked up to a Burma jungle lighting line. Right: Lieut. Col. Newman Burns ey Cochrane, a great catcher, a and Capt. Arthur Draper (right), hold a flag found on the body of a Jap. World War II when he enlisted in the that an air force officer's "efficiendangerous hitter, a fiery leader. It Cruiser Names was finally agreed that the three marine corps in September, 1940, will cy report" is affected by "activiCruisers of the United States return t the screen as a result of a ties by his wife." The "activigreatest catchers in the memory of named No all present, and some of them went navy have heretofore beennew-typcontract signed with RKO. After ties" in this case refers to joining e for cities. Recently a Bill were 40 back 50 more In Dickey, than years, engagements serving the Gulfport Field Women's club. of was the first cruiser Cochlaunched, and Hartnett Pacific and Mickey South in the European Gabby Colonel Jewett last month sent out named to be six the built, Alaska, no order. in rane was he the awarded of particular theaters war, a circular letter to all officers" under But after that date Bill Dickey, in for the territory. Others of this Purple Heart and two presidential him, virtually ordering their wives Arkansas fashion. type will be named for other terrihis citations. Retired with honor as a to join the club. V moved along to break many major tories. first lieutenant after being badly 1 He even went so far as to warn wounded, he can now walk with the that, "in the event that any officers' lieu catching records aid of a brace and with scarcely a wives do not wish to belong, it is d 1. To be the first catcher that trace of a limp. ever drove across over 100 runs that their husbands so state in jfii a letter to the commanding orncer. In four successive seasons 2. To be the first catcher that RKO is building up a good, sub- such letter to be submitted prior to ever caught over 100 games for stantial stock company, to have plen- the fifth of the month following the 13 successive years ty of talent ready for its enlarged date the officer reported to the sta 3. To be the first catcher that production schedule. Recent addi- tion for duty." ever took rookie pitchers, such And then, apparently afraid that tions to the list of male players as Atley Donald, and turned FIRST rub throat, chest, and back Bert Moorhouse, Sherry Hall, Sam- his subordinates might not take the with Vicks VapoRub at bedtime. their efforts into long winning warning, my Blum, Frank Mayo, Larry hint in the stretches, such as 12 in a row. THEN spread a thick layer of Wheat, Jason Robards, Chester Car- Colonel Jewett laid it right on the 4. To be the first catcher that lisle, Wheaton Chambers and Alan line by invoking the authority of Gen VapoRub on the chest and cover with a warmed cloth. ever averaged well over .300 for Ward. Looks as if the shortage of eral Arnold. 16 big league years. "Active participation in the work actors won't worry that studio any. RIGHT AWAY, VapoRub goes to of the Women's club is a matter in work loosens phlegm eases It is difficult to pick out anybody muscular soreness or tightnes- sthe he was a better catcher or and Warner Bros, have lifted suspen- which higher authority, including say . helps clear upper air passages-relie- ves a more useful adjunct to a ball club sion of their contract with Dennis chief of the air forces, is vitally in coughing. Brings wondewarned Colonel Jewett than Gabby Hartnett or Mickey Morgan, and booked him to play op- terested," "And rful comfort in the O officer every two bluntly. comwere in a these For romantic Cochrane. great and invites posite Ida Lupino to find his in every way, along evrestful sleep. ballplayers V edy. "The Very Thought of You." ir forces may expect VapoRub And he and Irene Manning, the ro- efficiency report affected by the ery known road. They had more mantic singing team who costarred manner of participation in these flame than Bill Dickey had. But In "The Desert Song," will do an- activities by his wife." against this both lacked his coolness Threads in Greenbacks white. in and black So there it is and calmness; his unruffled poise other screen musical together. The threads in our paper money. with trouble In the offing. They'll be reunited in "Henrietta the made of silk, are now ' Edformerly the 3. Walker James presents NEXT CLEANLINESS a musical .S - ..mit r, has always been a mascomedy. Eighth," ,' iih- made of dyed cotton. ward J. Neil Memorial awarded for terDickey TO GODLINESS at handling pitchers, especially Take it from Lieut. Col. Jimmy This Is an American field hospital. Its mercy role Is plainly sym 1943 by the boxing writers' associaThere's a new reason for the spiryoung pitchers Inclined to lose conto and tion seen from dead, 4,135 boxers, living ground ited marching of American sailors Roosevelt, the President's son. the bolized by red crosses on white backgrounds easily trol or blow up at critical moments. to call who nation's the You might call Bill the Great Sooththese daya. The boys are "hupping" first thing a fighting man thinks or air. Yet several of these hospitals were bombed by Germans In the arms.answered Al Buck, president of the boxtheir shaken It to the rhythm of Aleo Templeton's about after a hard battle is a bath. beachhead area south of Rome. This particular hospital Is near Nettuno. He massages er. band compositions. The star of the Jimmy, who distinguished himself Several American nurses have been killed in attacks on such hospitals. ing association, receives the plaque. nerves. CBS "Carnival" received a re- with the marines in the South PaI also recall a few years back recently telling friends to American league pitchers quest from the navy department for cific, was talking his war of some experiences. Doc; a group of his martial selections, about who faced the Yankees. I asked a of "We had a pretty tough time and they have been photostated for few of the best how it felt to face it on Guadalcanal, as everybody distribution here and overseas. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. knows," Jimmy related. "After one Several had this to say "In the battles was over. for fast diuretic aid Not for nothing have Warner of the first hard clutch I'd rather face either than a were some us of taken aboard FUNCTION KIDNEY WHEN Bros, made all those biographical with men murder He's i Bill Dickey. ship. The first thing they offilm. They've learned that pictures navy on bases In a tight game." need LAGS this from But meaL us a was fered square of that class have brought in the Bill Dickey was that way when he We had man we weren't hungry. dinurbtoce doe to need Functional largest amounts of mail in the past, aged very well came to the Yankees in 1928 and of diuretic kidney K on our aid mir cum (tabhiog rations. set a so special bureau has been up 1929. in was He cmu still urinary flow to be frewas a bath. But began starring My in the fan mail department before What we all wanted when Mort Cooper fed quent, yet scanty and (martins! You may that way I guess the soap and water sharp lote sleep from "getting up nighll" ofea "The Adventures of Mark Twain" is him a fast one In the last world our appetites, for we Just may feel diy, nenrous "headachy." released. They figure that Twain's ened up out Bill show and closed the series out cleaned the larder about ship's In such cits too want to uimuUte In will a veritable result popularity g borne run. with his kidney action fast. So if there it nothing nftcrwards." landslide of letters. systeniically or organically wrong, try Cold Medal Capiule. 1 hey'r been faCAPITAL CHAFF mous for prompt action for 30 years. 1 aka ODDS AND ESDS Dickie Moort, Slonsnn, Billiard Artist care to use them only directed. Accept thild tlar of yntrrdny who it now 18, CAMG (Allied Military Govern most of famous ' Charles Peterson, bo substitutes. 5 at your drug Mors. rrcrived hi draft rail uhile at work at ment) is facing a tough problem re trick shot billiard players all the tons of and 300,000 oranges RKO nn "Are The Our Children?" garding art I and one of the game's greatest Sios-so. . . "llearenly Day Marring fibber 300,000 tons of lemons waiting to be 'v 1 1$ ists, casts his vote for George bUCee and Molly, now under way at picked in Sicily and southern Italy ' as the top of the veterans, RKO ...A tale that't ttartled Hew York The fruit is ripe, but men can't be SAVE YOUR SCRAP whatever the sport. it took Mrt. Sinatra a month to trt m spared from the front to pick It. maid . . . A mmhrr of Bob Ripler'i Meanwhile, we are forced to ship to Mar gain "Just consider," C. Peterson said. Intf itaff dnrt nolhinf but decipher the some dried citrus into Italy. Sloson once gave exhibl "George badly $crauled Uttert that com to the C American Zionists point out that Timothy "Tlny" Baakln, 6 feci tinns for Gen. U. S. Grant and Ade Charles James Deerlng coos for his sister after he was delivered at Relieve It or Not expert , . , Each month IV, Dr. from directions Inches, complains he's "jast hv and father his lina Patti, and that wasn't yesterhome to more telephone grandmother has contributed by Tom Conway gelt about 1 OQ requettt Palestine Old METAL, RAGS, F. Ilellrr of Des Plalnes, 111. A billiard Isolated the country home civilian.' lie was rejected, although day. He was a great billiard player other than war effort coup any the Henry from people, aiking him la find minting over 70 years ago and he is great u. It was Impossible for the physician to gel there. Charles was born he reduced from 350 to 212 pontif and Near East. in the Including RUBBER and PAPER try rrhes lifted. and had h' friend, relatives or article, lle't the mmufacture of land mines. Milliard player today at 91. shortly before dawn. detective in the "Falcon" teriet. 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