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Show EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS, CASTLE DALE, UTAH At Barrage Balloon Training, Center (omq -- 0 was ra'wbide ve mm. Released by Western Newspaper Union, the toughest piece ol that ever came to the 'T'HE extremely sad state of the heavyweight boxing situation was brought into the limelight recently with Lou Novas defeat at the hands of Lee Savold and Bob Pastors failure to gain better than a draw with Tami Mauriello. Despite unimpressive records,, Nova and Pastor were looked upon as outstanding contenders for the title. When they were tripped up so abruptly by a pair of underdogs they proved all over again that todays heavyweight (with the exception of Joe Louis) is no more than mediocre fighter with a sharp financial eye. From John L. Sullivan to Joe Louis, a total of 15 men have held the heavyweight championship. None of them fought so often as Louis, and none of them had so little trouble with their competition. Why? Not because Louis is a greater fighter, but because todays field cant compare with that of former years. The Boston Strong Sullivan, Boy, was a champion for 10 years. He whipped all comers, fighting barehanded and with gloves. In 1892 John L. lost the title to James J. Corbett,. perhaps the greatest boxer and smartest fighter in ring history. When Sullivan lost, he lost to a man. How would Nova and Pastor rate in such company? death of Chuck Wiggins brings this ar- gument into the spotlight For mander Gene wer Com- Tun-ne- y says Chuck Wiggins was the eq roughest piece of J. Ato he ever met in a ring and Chuck picked elitf Harry Greb. It might be menIs this tioned that Tunney tg?" Greb a close Rice places second to the unlad?" able Chuck in the way of Greb when ;ness not as a fighter. rat that the fellow Tunney always tied., ed on top as the best man, wed i for pound, he ever met ssmander Tunney is now Stan Griffis in the Relief drive. We were mettej Wiggins (almost national-an- d blom about Harry Greb. has give you two examples, ed any which bring in both said, On my way to my first ipsey fight I met Chuck Wig-A- t the time I was working on bt uppercut to the body. I was e nw with this punch. As in I happened to hit him punches on two occasions. Each the referee warned me. have dropped and oed a foul either time, and would tbeen awarded the fight. Jut when the referee warned Wiggins turned to him with a Leave us alone, he said, Ley didnt hit me low. It was a punch. Naturally that stopped help-dynam- ic talk-rjbo- ! Wig-cun- Wig-cou- referee. e id . , fifth round, Tunney I whipped in with a it body uppercut and I used all ad. Chuck had come in fast the punch landed low way e belt Again the referee ned me and once again Wiggins him to get away, that the punch tmued, it 11 ut be-th- yoi belt vita high. as we moved into But ptellli PEP.ii Kins cereal rltamiu T em whispered, up a little. a clinch Say, Gene, That last one rymeai me, PEP I I cent. was nest, toughest could have nonOT The bill creating a Womens Auxiliary Army has been passed and one creating a Womens Auxiliary Navy is in the works. It is soon going to be a question whether to tip your hat to a lady or give her a salute. Barrage training center, Camp Tyson, Tenn., where crews are trained to handle, sail and repair the huge gas bags. Upper left: Trainees seated around their instructor. Lower left: Gas filtered through the purification plant being forced through the high pressure manifold to be stored for Right: Sewing a seam in a barin time. a stitch rage balloon There will be 150,000 gals in the new army, and it is fairly obvious that before long there will be so many of them in uniform that a woman dressed like a woman is going to feel conspicuous. It is all going to be a terrific blow at feminine daintiness and charm. The boudoir is going to look like an army locker room, every clothes hanger is going to have a military garment on it and the male members of the family are going to have their troubles telling which are their hats and which belong to mother and sister. re-us- e. Flock for Service on Navys PT-Boa- ts We fear a big drop in charm. A woman has to have everything to project oomph in flat heels and an army hat Deadly Puncher V No The gals will be paid. Directors will get $3,000 a year and expenses, assistant directors will get $2,400 and expenses, and those from Junior leaders to first officers will get from $648 to $2,000 a year and expenses. Expenses will bridge losses. of applications to the The successes of our motor torpedo fleet in Philippine waters have brought a flood been set np for this have schools boats. the to aboard serve want Special who officers navy from young bombs.' Picture at of use the in instructions depth is receiving purpose. At the left a group of officers ft cannon. automatic an Orlikon about of them a shows gathered group right anti-aircra- Salvage Work in Desert Battle Zone New War Bonnet Nothing would raise the morale of the American buck private like being 'relieved of the job of making his own bed. It may be sent anywhere in the world. And there is this one great consolation: it will not be sent out In those funny spring and summer hats. , Name... Address. 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Headline. We suppose this will mean a of those wobbly rear return tires. Arnold Headley, seaman, second Arapahoe Inclass, is a dian from Ethete, Wyo. Here be is demonstrating with machine gun bullets at the U. S. naval air stotioa material of collection of the is cases huge shell of part This pile at Corpus Christ!, Texas, just how The British. the desert of the by Libyan salvaged from the battlefields his ancestors looked with a headIn cases will be used again, for they are of valuable brass and copper. dress of war feathers. Headley is and ammunition and Italian token British guns have many instances the the station boxing champ. have used them against their former owners. To Manage All-Sta- r Service Team Gal in Every Port? Private Purkeys sweetheart, Harriet, says she supposed all those soldiers are being sent to Ireland because they are green troops. THOSE MUSICAL COMMERCIALS Radio advertisers are going jingle mad. There is hardly a product on the air market today that hasn't been set to music. can't tune into the radio these days without finding yourself In the middle of some musical boost especially written for infantile intellects. You There was, a time when an announcer would plug a drink, hair oil, bon bon or cigarette in a straight TALK. He didnt need an orchestra to say a good word for a loaf of bread, or a choir to emphasize the value of a can of beer. two-hand- May Warn of Disordered Kidney Action Modem life with it hurry end worry: end irregular hibita, improper eatinfinfecdrinking Itt risk of ezpoeure end work on the tion throws heavy strain of the kidneys. They are apt to become over-taxe- d and fail to filter excess acid and other impurities from the blood. You may auffer nagging backache, headache, alssineea, getting up nights, leg puna, swelling (eel constantly eigne tired, nervous, all worn out. Other someof kidney or bladder disorder are times burning, scanty or too frequent urination. Try Voan't Pill. Doose help the kidneys to pees off harmful exoeas body waste. They have had mors than halt a Are recomcentury of public approval. mended by grateful users everywhere-A$- k gear neighbor DMSP.iM 23 WNU W HOTEL BEII LOMOIID OQDEN, UTAH He didn't have to set a Mother Goose jingle to music to beat down your sales resistance. a e. l, 1 wish some of them will be assigned to cook, make beds and do the general housework which the boys now have to do. The Women's Army will be (Except within its own ranks. Ed.) . Jim-Wild- include will do has not been completely decided, but if the boys in the army could get their 6 rcse-patch- not Just what the ladies L 1 your rug cotton and begin GET on this crocheted Indian rug! There will be no generals, majors, Its lovely in any room and, of colonels, etc., in the Female Re- course, you can do it in four serve. Those responsible for the strands of string, too. matter were smart enough to know Pattern 7272 contains instructions and that chaos might result But there charts for making the rug; illustraUons of will be other less militant titles. The It and stitches; materials needed. Send as directors, your order to: ladies will be ranked assistant directors, first leaders, Sewing Circle Neediecraft Dept. second leaders, junior leaders, etc. 117 Minna St. San Francisco, Calif. The preliminary battles will be who are 15 cents over Enclose the question (plus one cent to fought cover cost of mailing) for Pattern to be plain everyday members. Bob Fitzsimmons came along to win the title in 1897. An excellent boxer and a deadly puncher, Ruby Robert had the legs of a lightweight and the body of a heavyweight. He was 37 years old when he lost the title to James J. Jeffries. The latter was one of the best. Jeffries was a good boxer and a hard hitter. His lasting qualities outweighed his attack, Jeffries was followed by Tommy Burns, who held the title from 1906 to 1908. Bums, who doesnt rank high in the records, was. followed by Jack Johnson, the best defensive boxer of the lot. Johnson, overly cautious, was able to hold the title from 1908 to 1915, mainly through defensive strategy, Jess Willard, a mine-ru- n heavy weight whose size saw him through, held the title for the next three years, losing to Jack Dempsey on Chuck Wiggins, the man I ever fought, 4, 1919, claimed the fight July the eyes of many, Dempsey In ee times against me that night, was the greatest heavyweight in gotten away with it But not uck." ring history. Certainly he was one of the most spectacular. A crm Wiggins always said Greb was crowd pleaser. Jack was a toughest man he ever fought timak champion, savage, hard-hittin- g uggested to Tunney. always ready to slug it out with can't say he was wrong, Gene an opponent. Dempsey whipped with a grin. Ill tell you such fighters as Billy Miske, nething about Greb, too. Bill Brennan, Georges Carpen-tie- r, The last time I met Harry he Tom Gibbons and Luis blind In one eye. Maybe the Firpo. Gene Tunney, probably the smartrot ber wasnt any too good, but he still something to handle. In est heavyweight of all time, was round as Greb came charging top notch boxer and packed a betnailed him with a full right to ter wallop than many observers bebody. I could feel my glove lieved. His retirement in 1928 ainst his spine. I saw his mouth end to the most magan brought pen and his eyes start rolling, nificent era of boxing. After Tunittpped back to let Greb fall. I ney, the heavyweight class went ew this was a knockout into the steepest tailspin of all time. punch. The next had thing I knew Harry Der Max Comes Along on the ropes trying to hammer 1 head off. Max Schmeling fought Jack SharI felt for a few seeds that I was in a cage with a key for the title after Tunney reM tiger. I had to finish the round tired. Schmeling won the title with otectmg myself. That was Harry Sharkey lying on the canvas screamb. foul. Der Max never was ing as a great champ. In a regarded he Making of Tunney return engagement he lost to SharCommander Tunney will tell you key on a decision. at his battles with Chuck Wiggins Primo Camera won the title from id Harry Greb were the two main Sharkey in 1933. Camera was a dors in getting him ready for the physical freak a joke champion. rat Dempsey fight. Now back In Italy, Primo managed to make a fortune for his board of Tnnney wont admit that he thinks 'th Wiggins and Greb were even managers instead of for himself. ugher than Dempsey, but thats Max Baer, always the playboy, be feels down in his heart. I whipped Camera in 1934. Max had nt mean harder punchers. Nei- - more possibilities than any of the iff was a killing puncher. But 1 latter-da- y fighters, but all were ean rough, tough, wasted. He was a clown at heart A hard puncher, he had the best anything goes. to build in the ring. But Max wasnt getting ready for Dempsey Ill interested in hard work. JT for Tunney that he never picked Jim Braddock proved his courage or the violet ordered road. When he selected when he won the title from Maxie. uck Wiggins, Harry Greb and But courage, a fighting heart and bberman Bisko he elected to ring wisdom compensated only in Calk through a garden of horns part for slowness and lack of youthlnd poison ivy Anyone who could ful assets. ade through this trio, especially Todays champion Joe Louis ' Greb even though he was ranks with the greatest fighters. He part, alf blind, was about ready to walk is the best puncher of sto a cage and grab the raw meat them all, and the most active. His ay from a record Is Impressive in spite of the Bengal tiger Tunney still rates Greb the great-e- st fact that a good share of his opfighter he ever met. So does ponents have been ham and eggers. evMyone else who ever met Greb, Joe wasnt, snd isnt, responsible specially the bigger fellows who for that deplorable condition. ere his meat. Or yon might ask Other contenders would be better siekey Walker, on the smaller side, off if, like Pastor and Nova, they but as good and as tough as eliminated themselves at least (7 happened to come along temporarily. be ring knows a far longer list SHORTS fireat fighting men under 150 SPORT Pounds than over that mark C Pitcher Ace Elliott, formerly with Joe Gans, Kid Lavigne. the Phils, is managing a semi-pr- o Walcott, Benny Leonard, Owen nine in Mount Clemens, Mich. soran, Frank Erne, Terry McGov-Driscol- C, The first World series was played Welsh. Attell. Nelson. between Boston and Pittsburgh In 1903. "feast, on and on. ?d how many fighters, pound for fi,The New York Giants of the NaPound, ever could match Harry tional Professional Football league Gfeb, Stanley Ketchell, Sam Lang-- had the least points scored against or Jack Blackburn? them in the 1941 season a total of Greb at 160 almost murdered such 114. weights as Gene Tunney, Tom C. Former Heavyweight Champion boons, Jack Dillon and others lack Johnson is a door man at a ttoni 190 to 200 York cafe. New pounds. ! That Women in uniform will be the 1942 of our war program. Girls will be doughboys. feature left-hand- ed Gamest Fighter ibout the iff day. THE WOMENS ARMY Tramp, tramp, tramp, the girls are marching! Lieut. Gordon (Mickey) Cochrane has been appointed manager of service baseball team composed of former minor and major the all-stto right) league players now in the navy. Shown above are (left Col. for the of in navy; activities sports charge Comdr. Gene Tunney, John Thomas Taylor, assistant director, bureau of public relations (war department), and Mickey Cochrane. ar Radio is the most imitative of all the arts. Let some sausage maker come on the air with a sales talk via a male quartette and a dozen other business men will have their commercials musicalizcd. Are you a cigar manufacturer? Very welL Youll want something like this to convince tho American that you have the best smoke. "Just one gal is enough for me,' public Health and vigors what you this sailor old but an song, says need, seems to be of a different turn of You can get em, yes, indeed; mind. While his arms are quite full, Smoke Bazookers new cigar , . , his wink speaks volumes. Tra la, tra la, tra to lari SIS Baths SIM te M.M Family Roe au for 4 peteeaei Air Cooled Lounge end lobby Dining Room CeVeeShop Tap teem Bams at Patary Klwants Executives Excbaage Optimist Chamber ef Ceamerce and Ad Clah tit Beome Hotel Ben Lomond OGDEN. UTAH Hebert E. Vislck. Mgr. 43 |