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Show ' " var-- r'" " " " ' """ r i mi iii m MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE. DELTA. UTAH ,: TT WAS easy enough to understand why Ewell Blackwell was base-ball's best pitcher in 1947, and why he might easily be baseball's best pitcher in 1948. After meeting Blackwell again out here in Los Angeles, I began to study his physical make-up- . Six feet five and a fraction, for a starter he looks slimmer than a quill, thinner than a drink of water. Your first guess would be that the Red's able sniper would weigh in at 160 or 165 pounds. "I do better than GranllandRice h a V Blackwell said. "Make it 198 pounds, and you'll be right." Which means there is a lot of fiber and muscle on those long bones. "This coming National league race should be the best in baseball history," the Red bean pole said. "The American league race will be a two-clu- b scramble Red Sox and Yankees. In the National league, they already are talking about the Dodgers, Braves, Cardinals and Giants. These will all be tough. But the Reds won't be any push-ove- r. "We'll be stronger than we were last season. We'll get much better pitching. We'll score more runs. We'll bother more teams. Johnny Neun is planning a drive at that first division and we won't be far away." "Just how do you figure the race?" I asked the human sky-scraper. "A very tough race," Blackwell said, "too tough for me to pick. But I can promise you this. Boston is going to make a big effort to have a Boston world series. It could hap-pen. With the new stars brought in, Stephens and Kramer and other help, the Red Sox have the edge in the American league. Not a big edge, but a margin to work on. It would be a killing margin if we knew that Hughson, Harris and Fer-ris- s would be O. K. Pick Braves to Beat "The Braves will be tough to han-dle in the National. They have two star pitchers in Spahn and Sain. They have a star manager and a flock of good ballplayers. The Dodgers should be just as good and the Cardinals will be better than a year ago. But the Braves still have a good chance in a very tough scramble. "After winning 22 games last sea-son, I was sorry that I was halted by an injured knee and a bad back," Blackwell said. "I was no good the last three weeks. I'd like to slip by that 25 mark this year." Johnny Lindell, another 6 foot, 4 or athlete, came by a few minute later. Lindell is one of the most under-rated ballplayers in the game. John-ny was an star in Cali-fornia baseball, football, tennis, track and field and golf. This covers quite a span. In baseball he can pitch, play the outfield, first base and hit. Lindell refuses to concede the Red Sox any pennant. "I know how much those Browns will help," he said, "but I'm not sure they'll cover the margin we piled up last fall. Here's another angle what wins pennants? Pitching, of course. We'll have another strong staff again, backed up by Joe Page. But who knows how good Tex Hugh-so- Mickey Harris and Boo Fer-ris-s will be? All had bad arms in 1947. None of the three was any too effective. An operation could help Hughson. But it also could help Spud Chandler, .one of the best I've ever seen. Tiger Hurling Best "What about Frank Shea one of the best young pitchers I ever saw? His arm was O. K. again at the end of the season and this should mean at least a e winner. We'll have a better pitching staff than the Red Sox. and that will make a big difference. "I know it's tough to beat out a club that has Ted Williams, Vern Stephens, Johnny Pesky, Dora and so many other good ones, but we had a pretty fair ball club. too. We ran up 19 in a row with our two best pitchers on the bench or in the hospital. We also have a few fellows who can hit when you need hits. "The Tigers may have the best pitching in either league. Their in-field doesn't look any too hot and their outfield is a guess. Cleveland will be a much tougher team to beat. Bob Feller will have or should have a much better year after a much longer rest. But the race should be between the Yankees and the Red Sox. The Pennant Races You can't blame the west coast in taking a deep interest in the two big league pennant races, The west coast gave the two Joe and Dom, to the Yankees and the Red Sox. The west coast sent Joe Gordon and Johnny Pesky to the Indians and the Red Sex and Jack Robinson to the Dodg-ers. This is only a beginning. Ted Wi-lliams left San Diego to join the Red Sox and he still stands as the best batter in baseball. V .... - ; ' : . - DELICIOUS . . . Pert Lila Lee Hatley Is Washington state's choice for queen of the 1948 apple blos-som festival in VVenatchee valley this April. Just turned 18, Lila Lee picks apples during summer va-cations; and if that's what made her what she is today, cheers for Johnny Applcseed. ill ' DiYSRSiFsco rmms ! ' I j bT - program ; Ant !.-f- s:ift...3i Sm - Xi-- i each n ' ' ' T si StifjU.uti 4 ) s, ;. Jl f H . ,i li , ipJrv v 1 . . iElf FIVE-STA- WINNER . . . The five-poi- program of the Tupelo, Miss., "rJc1'.' Rural Community Development council forms the theme of this booth, which won first place over 18 entries at the 1947 fair. Dairying, cotton, truck farming, poultry and forestry are the points emphasized by the council in its plea for versified farming. g' Er,lALL TOWNS, U.S.A. Mississippi Project Sets pattern in Rural Planning $9 By EARLE HITCH di Released by WNU Features. !25i! Country life must be made hopeful, healthy and happy . rural regions are to continue as the main source of our na- - .onal strength. One of the major phases in the revamping of !Jelat rural pattern of living is the expansion of rural occupa- - )ons. For the first time since the factory system put an end kSA) handicrafts in the home and village shops, economic is taking a turn favorable to the rural environ- - 'VJ1 i. A been several years in maturing, and it is the more effective now for hav-ing made progress with caution. It has not started to go anywhere until its supporters believe it is in their power to help it get there. Chief aims are to encourage new types of farming, especially types that will aid in soil en-richment and at the same time yield better income to the small hill farmers. Poultry and fruit growing are being emphasized, and dairying has been backed for a number of years. To aid in getting this work started and to keep it going, several special-ists have been hired with funds contributed by the program's backers. Chief factor in success of the Tupelo plan is the kind of sponsor-ship it has. The leadership and the full influence of the Tupelo Daily Journal and its publisher, George McLean, are supporting the project. The Daily Journal has guaranteed the funds necessary for the first three years' activities. The Cham-ber of Commerce, of which McLean now is president, is doing its part by financing a special program in horticulture, which is allied with the plan in general. Community Backing. In previous years banks and busi-ness men have helped introduce dairying and better dairy breeds. Tupelo business men realize that business will thrive and their town will grow to the extent that the en-tire community prospers. They are convinced that there should be more earning opportunities on the farms and in the rural neighborhoods. They are helping not only to build up a better farming industry, but also to promote new town indus-tries that will make assured mar-kets for things produced on the bet-ter farms. The plan that has been developed covers five counties and is the big-gest rural community development plan in the United States, in the number of people it affects and the extent of its program. It already is demonstrating how small farming resources can be improved when energy and imagination are applied. The next article will give details that were followed in establishing the Tupelo plan. I kV'For more than a century it has " 'en otherwise. Rural enterprise, limited to farm- - ing and a dwin- - Rural America dling retail :dy)lt At Stake trade, followed itu nc the path of non- - 3 Tibi resistance. Out- - P"! No. 5 side, of the fertile ,ver sf. In a Series fa belts and COJt(j the mill towns of horocji the upper South, NE'i untry income has been declining the land wore out and the people TJt for jobs in the city. Now, there 1jKie reasons to believe, that trend Jjjjn be halted. Invention and discov-JJ- y offer the earning opportunities UICKF wnicn the country has been wait-FOR-NDIGESpinning and churning are gone; ewise, tanning and tchering, milling and hoeing. But nyse lost occupations, sorely in the small farm communi--j 'Is, can be replaced. There is new J kid better work to be done, both the land and in the local mills d plants. The community which Vrtr.es to increase the earning Q Ipacities of its population can do -- 1 New Pattern Evolves. "iVasted land can be restored and ;d for new kinds of small-far-age. New production systems, is the extension of rural power 'es, give country manufacture an e it never has had before. These A 'ngs, of course, cannot be brought V52ut on a community-wid- e scale , vhout careful planning and deter-- 7 goohned leadership. They are most UGHctive when they are undertaken your rh a long range program for com-- u nity development. D Vine Rural economic problems are ?conmS''" '00 mucn neglected. Only dm 'ew intelligent and patient at-U- 0 tempts have been made to find nourij;urable solutions. Consequently mmffie plans that are succeeding TIKre important not only as local pri4rograms, but also as patterns tj0r other places, for there are ast areas of rural America ''hich need some kind of eco- - omic rescue. most successful plans have -- J.vbe adapted to particular condi-is- . Consumer tastes, market lo-- u Aons and. the job of organizing jW 'c support have to be taken into this gt,:ierat'orl along with restoring nt relif 'and a"d finding out what can ,jtationPruduced by the farmers and the ?r labor supply. This will take ( isheS iness backing and business man--3 ment. It never has been suffi-l- l to make a plan and count on s to work by popular voluntary anally pnn. "tirt Ambitious Tupelo Project. ojpelo, Miss., has one of the most rgetic and plans in . country. It is a plan not for f primarily, but for the large i7pl area of which Tupelo is the "Iier' Tlle Priect 's especially tnrffiable from the fact that it is not Jjtcd to dealing with present rural plems, but also is looking ahead P,s iroblems that probably must be Actio". d in the t. burrj" prop" e Tupelo program is no sud- - expoJ""; outburst of enthusiasm. It has utraio 5sg . r " 1 JR 1 JVM ' ! v ' s , INCLUDE DIM OUT ... If Secretary of State George Marshall can be believed, there Is at least one prominent public figure who will not be running either for president or vice president next November, and that is Secretary of State Marshall. Quizzed as to whether he would consider being running-mat-e for Mr. Truman this year, he shoved his hands deep into his pockets and answered: "I don't think any reply to that question is required in the light of what has been said. I will never be involved In politics. I cannot be a candidate for any office.," Mar-shall's greatest desire Is to retire from public life to his Virginia home. New Method Simpliiies Building Poultry House Kv A NYONE who can drive a nail ; j!. and saw a board should be i; ( ' I able to build this poultry house. ' A simplified pattern method of construction has been worked out 1 which takes all the mystery out of ' building. ; f The pattern now available at small cost provides first, a complete purchase list of lumber needed and explains exactly where each piece Is used; second, it con- - tains complete step by step directions I' written In language everyone can under- - stand; third, it provides assembly illustra- - ;; ' tions which show the location of each fram- - ing member and fourth, full size patterns are provided for cutting all angles on raft- - i er and gable studs. These are traced di- - J rectly on to the wood. The rafters and gable studs are then cut to the drawn lines. The pattern method for building this poultry house is designed for the per- - son who knows nothing whatsoever about building. And yet, because it is so easy to follow, and because it offers sound meth- - x ods of building, handymen and carpen- - Vv ters, as well as the average homeowner, J successfully use this pattern. v 'I Measuring !tO feet by 10 feet this house I provides an 'deal place for a small flock of hens. Its Ize, however, is such that many peopls "ase it for storage of garden i tools or for ue as a backyard workshop. f Send 60c lA coin for House Pattern No. 14 to Patten Publishing Company, P. O. f f Box 215, New York. ' Don't delay! At the first warning ' i J sniffle or sneeze, put a few drops i j t of Vicks ol in each nos- - i. 5 tril.Forif used in time, helps prevent many 3i rj. i ' colds from develop- - VS-.- SV i I lng. Relieves head j X T I i? cold distress fast. T 4 l Try it! Follow di- - " fe'y rections In package. Lt k yyfffi GLASS OF lmJ WATER I OAGIC JlOflE TORTURE? , SORETONE Liniment's Heating Pad Action Gives Quick Relief! For fast, gentle relief of aches from back strain, muscle strain, lumbago pain, due !o faligue. ex-posure, use the linimeni specially made to soothe such symptoms. j Soretone Linimeni has scientific rubefacient - ingredients lhal act like glowing warmth from a ' f healing pad. Helps attract fresh surface blood to 5 J superficial pain area. i K Soretone is different! Nothing else "just like f h." Quick, satisfying resuhs must be yours or j money back. 50c Economy size $1.00 ' Try Soretone for Athlete's Fool. Kills all 5 types of common fungi on contact) Beware Coughs from coRisnon colds j That Hang On j Creomulsion relieves promptly be-cause it goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel t germ laden phlegm, and aid natura to soothe and heal raw, tender, In-flamed bronchial mucous mem-branes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with the un-derstanding you must like the way It quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs. Chest Colds. Bronchitis j GIRLS! VO&BN! try this if you're f J: CERTa1 On DAYS' Ot Mont-h- Do female functional monthly disturb- - ances make you feel nervous, Irritable, so weak and tired out at such times? tjj Then do try Lydla E. Plnkham's Vege- - table Compound to relieve such symp- - toms. It's famous for this! Taken recu- - j j larly Plnkham's Compound helps f s build up resistance against such dls- - tress. Also a great stomachic tonic I Vv4 4 X Tnrttiiwr'- -J 'TOY BULLDOG' . . . Mickey Walker, famed "Toy Bulldog" of the ring who fought them ail big or small and won the middle- - weight championship of the world, has new job as sports editor of the Police Gazette. j . w" - j WAR BRIDES FROM NIPPON . . . Now it's Japanese war brides who are starting to arrive in the United States in greater force. Home from occupation duty in Japan, these are two of the American soldiers who landed in Seattle with their newly won Japanese wives. Sgt. and Mrs. Vincent P. CostcIIo of Philadelphia (left) and Cpl.-an- d Mrs. Doyle Sims of Memphis, Tenn., are interviewed by a customs officer npon their entry into the U. S. FASHIONABLE . . . While not as famous as Anatole of Paris, Daniel Loreski of Pittsburgh, only 15, is coming right along as a fashion designer. He casts a criti-cal eye at one of his creations. I Kf JSC K I ""vw" 1 I Jt j PASSING THE BUCKS ON A BREADLINE . . . For a little while they were handing out no bread on the daily breadline at St. Francis monastery in New York. Instead the unfortunates who come there for a little of the staff of life got dollars. Joseph Snyder, who won $250 on a radio program, decided there were others who needed the money more than he did, so be passed out his prize money, a dollar at a time, to the habitues of the breadline. r POLICE PROTECTION . . . Mayor Israel Rokach of Tel Aviv, Palestine, recommended use of a 10,000-ma- n United Nations police force to keep order in the Holy Land after British forces with-draw on May 15. Women Uphold Law On Idaho's Frontier BURLEY, IDA. Women still up-hold the law in Idaho. When the only woman deputy sheriff in the state resigned to get married. Sher-iff Saul Clark promptly appointed another woman to take her place. Marjorie Philbrook resigned as deputy sheriff to marry Cleve John-son, state highway patrolman, so the sheriff gave her job to Mrs. Barbara Lindsay. I i I V POET'S BIRTHDAY . . . Cele-brating the attainment of his 70th year of life, Carl Sandburg, noted poet and biographer of Lincoln, cuts into cake presented to him by students of Knox college at Gales-bur- g, III. Seedy Party SHENANDOAH, IOWA. When a local seed company provided its em-ployes with a watermelon treat, it was strictly a matter of business. The company wanted the seeds. SPUDS AND SEAFOOD . . . The annual senate debate on the relative merits of the Louisiana shrimp and sweet potato vs. the Maine lobster and potato took place at a congressional luncheon, with the argument ending, as usual, in a draw. Here, Sen. Owen Brewster (Rep., Me.) feeds bit of lobster to Sen. John Overton (Dem., La.) as Elsie Waters (left) and Betty Green watch entranced. " lrt m . ,ir . , ' '" - IIM , ' 8 0 'froa't'iiapei to Mark Bravery of Chaplains "PHILADELPHIA. - The bravery gfffeel f)ur wartime chaplains, two Prot- - "disS"""13' a Roman Catholic and a ty'ori, who gave up their lifebelts on noo'inking troPsniP and were last mrm'"1'? standing together, arm in arm, sd Dj'ir heads bowed in prayer, will ?Pir"::ornmemclrated in a chapel here under sponsorship of m 4 Philadelphia interfaith sponsor-- 1 1 1 1 committee. j fihe shrine, which will be known lJie "Chapel of the Four Chap lains," will be open 24 hours a day and will provide facilities for the worship of Protestant, Jewish and Roman Catholic faiths. Approxi-mately $150,000 has been raised for the chapel. The chaplains were among 1,100 troops aboard the Dorchester, a troopship en route to Europe, when it was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantii: on February 3, 1943. |