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WEDNESDAY. MARCH 28, 1945 THE P1OUA DAILY CALL PAGE SEVEN Service Parade PHONE 105 LIEUT. MARGARET HOUSE, ARMY NURSES CORPS, WRITES OF LIFE WITH YANKEES IN GERMANY Mrs. Louis Erb of West North street hos just received a letter from Lieut. Margaret C.

House, R. now with the Army Nurse Corps in Germany and a former surgical supervisor at Piqua Memorial hospital. The letter, dated March 8, not only provides first-hand news of the writer but gives a brief but graphic picture of what is going on in the wake of the fleeing German army. Miss House writes: Dear Erbie: Here I am at last in the land of the Heils, only no one is Heiljng me. The country reminds me of "the dark country." Very much.

We are in buildings. Was once a nut house, so guess we are to the right place. we get as patients, you'd know those stories were never exaggerated. Old men they are. It's a shame the way they treated vince of India, having been overseas 21 months as an office clerk.

He has two Indians working under him and he writes that they get along fine together. Also-- he frequently sees radio parts in the planes that were made at Lear Inc. here. For Bills address, phone 1002. Don is in Co.

379, U.SJf Great HL Moved in and started working but are crossed the Ruhr. It was so small. Could see where it had flooded, Jerries fled in everything. There are dead horses still hitched to wagons along the road. Buildings were still burning as we came by.

They gathered a lot of German dead and buried them back of us the other day. We were going to move into tents in a field but the infantry took a town the night before we moved so we went into buildings. Have heat and water but the power plants are out. We use our generators and go on about our business. The first time in two and a half Well, I must run along so say so long now.

JOE'S HOME I In from Kingman, Arizona for that most damsels would give their Easter bonnet to have on their legs. Mrs. Joe Harden of 415 Wood street. Joe is a member of the Air Corps, as yet unassigned. HOSPITAL Pacific Ocean air evidently didn't CF A XOTCH And did you know that Donald Trostle has been promoted to master sergeant with the 9th.

Army in Germany? He's also just com- pleted his third year of service. i LYONS IS HOME And are you aware of the fact! i that Cpl. Sumner Lyons, formerly i at Lear Inc. left Monday afternoon I for Camp Shelby, Mississippi after a furlough from the Aleutians, where he was stationed for seven months? BRADFORD NOTES Bradford--News from every nook and cranny in the sown Is coming in this week from local servxe lacs. Sgt.

James Hunt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hunt, arrived Saturday after spending 23 momhs Iran, is now enjoying a 23-day fur- i lough before reporting to California for reassignment. Jim is a member of the Air Force. Osher buddies from Bradford highways and byways are Capt.

Edward Hushes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hughes, who has arrived in New York after spending the past two years in Africa, and Neville Roesser, who has been with his wife and daughters for the past few weeks. He has now reported to Norfolk, Virginia for further orders. HAPPY BIRTHDAY The Piqua Daily Call will publish the birth, of men and icemen, from, this area in Out armed services, provided parents or relatives supply tnem.

in ezery instance, tne name and address or relative must be Birthdays of men overseas should be, forwarded in order that they may be published 39 days in advance of the actva: date. For those in service ttitt fn the continental United the birthday dates will appear taw weeks advance. Cooperation, of parents and relatives it urgently requested. APRIL 5--Pvt. Russell Denman.

His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Denrnan of route 2, phone 2285-W-l, will furnish his address. REPORT OVER 500 TOP SPORT STARS DIE IN SERVICES i For that night I 'd have to get the cot out again. Major Short came by to see me back in Holland.

He was only seven miles from us. His wife sent him my address. It's nearly three years now since I went into the army. Doesn't seem possible. Don't know where the time has gone.

March 10 will be nine months since we landed in recover from pneumonia. He writes his parents. Mrs. George Bayman of Forrest avenue that he is now able to be up a short tine each day and is rap- idly improving. heard and read about how the Germans used the French and other countries men as slave labor.

Wefl, if you could see some of them DIDXT FORGET JITDY Please don't accuse us of telling falsehoods when you read the following-(we never tell lies because foaming out of our mourn land us an insutuuon) but Deeper an apprentice seaman at Great Lakes not only wrote lette rs this week to the two legged em )ers 10 but a to the do Jud BILL'S IX FLORIDA i Bill Cruse's technique at hand- iling a basketball had nothing to do with his new job, that of hand- 1 ling a gun. Now wearing the khaki in exchange for his red and blue ball togs of Piqua Central, he is i stationed at Camp Blanding. Flo- 5 rida. where he anxiously awaits mail from old school friends. The son Mir.

and Mrs. L. J. Cruse of 313 Franklin street, Bill's address is Pvt. William Cruse, Co.

200 62nd IT Camp Blancing, Florida. HE WANTS MAIL Another G. I. who is yelping for mail is Pvt. Russell Denman, whose address is Co.

133rd I.TJB., 82nd Camp Robinson, Arkansas. BY WALT BTERS United Press Staff Correspondent I Chicago, March 2S, (CP-- More than 500 of nation's top pro- fessional. collegiate and amateur i athletes have given their lives in i the service of their country since I Pear! Harbor. Sports' National Service flag 1 hangs heavy with gold stars repre- sensing athletes whose feats be- fore the war made them nationally famous. Until the war ends, it will be impossible to obtain a complete Here are a few of the more familiar names: Lt.

Col. Tommy Hitchcock. 10- goal International polo star, killed in a P-51 plane crash. Ens. Nile Kinnick, AU-American halfback and leader of the Univer- of Iowa's 1939 "Ironmen," was i lost in the Caribbean Sea when his plane failed to return to its carrier.

Sgt. Torger Tokle, 26, holder i of 24 ski records, including the North American Jump record of 289 feet, killed in Italy with U. S. Ski troops 25 days ago. Starred At Berlin Lt.

Lou Zamperini, outstanding i miler, who gained international fame during the 1936 Olvmpics at ner sent her from Germany, unless Berlin when he climbed a flagpole she wants to end up behind bars, and slo i a Nazi He for she received a Nazi armband act on jn tne and a pin, with an eagle and swas- Major William iBUly) South- tiska attached to it. worth. 23. brilliant minor league Pvt. Wehner, wno has been in baseba! i player and son of the man- service over two years, nas spent ager of the cardinals, half of that time overseas.

He was -in ri when his B-29 crashed in the formerly employed at the Electric Bay New Guardia New ported the landing and Capt. William Sprague commanded the amphibious attack force. On Luzon, the First Cavalry division and the llth Airborne division were nearing a junction they edged the Japanese into the southeastern tail of the island. The cavalrymen, pushing south of Laguna Bay seized Malvar airfield. seven miles north of the road bub ltack by MTURNING VETS' TEST 1945 Minor Ball Season to Tell Story of the Force raided the airdrome and i facilities of Legaspi.

near the! extreme tip of Luzon again Sunday with 80 tons of bombs. the same day hit Formosa, bombing i and strafing an alcohol factory and; a power plant at Okayma. APRIL 11--S, Sgt. Fletcher D. Little.

His wife, Ruth, 365 East Main street, phor.e 1441-W, will furnish his address. APRIL 26--Pfc. Daniel CooL His address may be secured by contacting his wjie of 115 Garnsey street. APRIL Marion R. McCSay.

His mother, Mrs. Jane McClay of 928 West High street, phone 1228-W. wiU gladly furnish his overseas address to friends. BRIEFS ON 1945 TRAINING GAMPS Manufacturing Co. here.

SERVES IN ITALY York, last month. Lt. Joseph B. Hunt, 26. winner of the National Amateur Tennis Sin- With the Fifth Army, Italy--Pri- gles championship in 1943.

killed vate Robert G. Baker of Pio.ua, Feb 2pd when Nayv plane Ohio, recently joined the 1st Arm- cras 'hei at sea." Capt. Charlie Paddack, famous sprinter, once known as the world's ored Division's llth Armored Infantry Battalion on the Fifth Army front in Italy. The llth Armored Infantry, a fastest human, died in a plane Aiaska He was servlng BLOOMIXGTON, March 28, Whether Al Lakeman can take over satisfactorily as the Cincinnati Red catcher wac the number one question today on the club's Lakeman'replaces "iron man" Ray Mueller, who caught every one of Cincinnati's 155 games last season before going into military service. Manager Bill McKechnie said Lakeman handled himself well in training camp workouts, but still needs to show whether he can handle himself in major league company.

William (Bocky) Walters, who won 23 games for the Reds last year, arrived yesterday for his first tvcrkoui. FRENCH LICK. IND. March 28. Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds will share training facilities here after next Monday for the remainder of the pre-season conditioning schedule.

Manager Charley Grimm of the Cubs said today. Grimm, said the team's would play eight exhibition games here anti at Fort Snox. for military personnel. Grimm said Ed Hanyzewski. has been to action Major Th omas Howie star against the Germans since it was halfback at citadel the fanlous BY JACK CTDDY United Press Staff Correspondent Hew York, March 28, (U.PJ--Frank J.

Shaughuesy, president of the International League, believes that the approaching campaign in the' minors will be the most important since Pearl Harbor because it sho'jld disclose defirutely whether players returning from service can hope to regain their former prowess on the. diamond. It will be a tip-off campaign particularly for players who hare been in combat on land or be said today. It should show whether their hardships, shocks and absence from the game will prevent recapturing their previous form. The big man with the thick thatch of grayish-brown hair discussed the situation at his downtown office.

He said. "When the minors open this time, I estimate, that at least 25 per cent of the play- ers will be returned servicemen. This percentage will increase before autumn. The percentage ex-service players is higher than one would casually expect, for this important reason: the minor leagues" are using far fewer players now than they did before Pearl Haroor. Oniv 10 minor circuits are operating r.ow, instead of the 42 -hz- existed 141.

Because of conci- sions. 32 of them up--none recently, however. Many Problems "Most of the players returning to the minors from service now are men who have beer, a the arrr.ec forces for some tune--aien have been to the armed forces for some time--men who have seen action. Their problems are far different from those of the few players who went service and were used on camp ar.c base teams, where they managed keep in fair playing shape." "From isolated cases already noted," he "it would" seem that men who have seen long, active service in the infantry and marines are finding particularly cirficuit to get back ir.to playing shape. Players who have been shocked in combat, sometimes get jumpy when the crowd yens" or when there are other loud noises during a game.

And players who for hare been roughing it in the junflea and mud, or long packing heavy equipment, find It difficult to get muscles used to the fast action and split-second timing required on the diamond. BRITISH SWEEP March Quick Relief from Pile Irritation 40 years ago a Buffalo druggist created an ointment for relief from the itching and smarting of Piles. It brought such quick cooling, soothing, astringent relief that its fame spread throughout the country, and made Peterson's Ointment a favorite in thousands of homes. Ask your druggist for a 35c bos of Peterson's Ointment today, or 60c tube with applicator. Money back if vou are not delighted with relief own eyes.

It was boldly addressed to Miss Judy Leeper, 600 College street, and politely inquired if she were being treated O. getting enough food, and et cetera. Goodness, but boot camp must be trying. In letters to his parents. Mr.

and 'i Mrs. Emery Leeper. Don revealed that he is the mail clerk for his company, and in tests qualified first for the mail division and second for radio technician. He gathered his mail experience while acting as office boy at the Atlas Underwear Co. Don's older brother, Cpl.

William J. Leeper is now in the Assam Fro- 8 GRAND SURPRISE i Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Taylor of 1123 Madison avenue were quite surprised to receive a copy of the Michigan Chronicle with their son's (T-5 James H. Taylor) picture on the front page.

i James was pictured along with i other members of the 1361st Engineers Dump Truck company in Manila, whose job it is to transport' water in huge storage tanks. He has been overseas a year. the 28 his victorious troops into Brookljii Dodgers reported today he VOWed captare that he had a Jack Chevigny. former compromise with curfielder Fred NOtre ame grid greal Who later WaJJter National League the Marines. XAZI SOUVENIRS Mrs.

Leo Wehner of 707 Manier avenue won't be wearing the sou- venirs her son, Pvt. Joseph B. Weh- El for Cassino, Anzio, Rome, bridge- University He was durin heaos over the Arno River and acuon tne first passes througn tne Gouuc barrier. The llth Armored is now sparring for an opening into the Po Valley. Private Baker's wife, Lena, lives at 174 Eisenhower Court, Piqua, Ohio.

Before entering the army he worked as a storekeeper at Wrisht Fieldl TOP GAGE CENTERS IN TITLE CONTEST APPROACHING END eJUSt A REIVIIIMOER-- LADIES, WHEN DOING YOUR WEEKLY GROCERY DONT FORGET TO MAKE YOUR PURCHASE OF ENRICHED WHITE BREAD The bread that gives your family the extra vitamins that they need nowadays. ASK FOR IT BY NAME. (Concluded From Page One) i MTJNCIE, March 28 Vic Bamhart, son of Clyde Barnhart, Tx-as in a good position today to emulate his father as a star for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The youngster, who hit. 310 for the Albany Senators in the Eastern League last 'season, was number one candidate for the shortstop beruh with the toward the Swiss border -and the Bavarian Alps to escape advancing allied armies.

Other Nazis were said to be joining the Volksturm (home preferably outside their home towns in the hope of losing their identity with the party and escaping punishment as war criminals. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Zurich said Himmler recently today to see whether a big player was more useful as an offensive" or as a defensive man. The question involves the greatest scorer ever to appear in Madison Square Garden, six-foot nine-inch George Mikan of DePaul, and perhaps the greatest defensive man in collegiate history, seven-foot Bob Kurlar.d of Oklahoma A M. Mlkan set enough offensive records to necessitate revision of the ledger as DePaui swept to the National Invitation championship, while Kurland was fensive strength in LAFAYETTE, March 28. fU.PJ --The Cleveland Indians, isolated from major league competition because of wartime traiel restrictions, arranged a week-end schedule today with the best baseball teams in the area.

Tne Indians will play the Chanute Field, service nine Friday, and the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana Saturday. A game is booked for Sunday with a LaFayette semi-pro team. ST LOUIS. March 28, (U.R/--The St. Louis Cards were "on the COLLEGES ADOPT SEVEN NEW RULES FOR BASKETBALL in TM a "or a stand YANKEE CARRIER (Concluded From Page One) championship final last night.

at their flooded Cairo, 111., training 3 meet Thursday base. Manager Billy Southworth; night for the mythical national Red sent the entire squad through an Cross championship and the critics overtime workout yesterday, finish- are divided over who will emerge as! ing up with an intra-squad game in the standout. -R-hich no score kept. Infielder --m i mmm mmM Johnny Antonelli. a rcokie from the Columbus farm club, and left- handed pitcher George Dockins, i joined the cliit.

both coming in unexpectedly. by land-based planes other than Sit- perfortresses damaged three small cargo ships around Hachijo 150 miles south of Tokyo, Monday. The Japanese reported that 60 to 70, Superfortresses followed up yester- day's daylight assault on Kyushu southernmost of the home islands with another raid last night. In the Philippines, elements of the American Division, which landed on Cebu Monday, drove within txc and a half miles of Cebu City, capi- tal of the island. The city was in flames and it appeared the Japanese were destroying it.

On Luzon, the First Cavalry and llth Airborne divisions Hear- ing a junction south of Laguna Bay where they were edging the Japanese into the southeastern part of the island, already under a steady bombardment from Fifth Air Force bombers. Liberators also hit Formosa again, bombing and strafing an alchol factory and a power plant at Okayama. On conquered Two band of Japanese holdmz out in the caves at the northern end of the island made a suiclce attack on airfield No. 2 and U. S.

Marines killed 165 of them. Your Gl Rights QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON SERVICEMEN'S PROBLEMS STORIES CONFLICT fConcluded From Page One! introduced a bill to put black mark- eteers in prison. 3. The national farmers linicr. said it thinks the thing to do is to have food administration buy up the nation's meat supply ar.c aliot it equitably among civilians armed forces and needy Allies.

4. OPA granted price increases on pork sold to the government and WFA ordered 80 per cent of the 2945-46 canned fish supply set aside for government purchase, thereby probably slicing the civilian share by 125,000,000 'Mi pounds. CEBU CITY IS i'! system not so hot, especially i when you're seeking "hnrry- I up" money. Why bam and i look, wby humble yoondf to or relatives just remember City Loan a at your jerrice, ready to back yon op with cash on fCorcluded From Page One) 15th century from a poisoned arrow. It is only 75 miles from Ormoc on American-held Leyte and approximately 350 miles southeast of Manila.

Admiral Russell Barkey commanded the task force which sup- Lester A. McDonel, Mgr. i 325 X. Slabi Phone 27 LOAN AMP COMPAff WAGNER Funeral Home 407 W. HIGH Phone 345 If no answer Phone 123 BY DOUGLAS LARSEX i NEA Staff Correspondent Washington.

Magnitude and complexity of the job of placing turning servicemen in their pre, war positions is just beginning 'o dawn on Selective Service. The law governing reemployment rights is worded in general terms offering many iegai points of question. Rights of a veteran to his old job, however, are broadly covered by the following conditions: 1. The job must be in the employ of private employer, U. S.

Government territories and possessions, or the District of Columbia. 2. The position must have been other than temporary. 3. He must have left such position after May 1, 1940, in order to enter upon active military or naval service tne land or naval forces of the United States.

4. He must have satisfactorily completed his period of training and service and received a certificate to that effect. 5. He must be still qualified to perform the duties of such position. 6.

He must make application for reemployment within 90 days after he is relieved from service. 7. If the position is in 'he employ of a private he is entitled to his old job unless the employer's circumstances have so changed as to make it impossible or unreasonable to reinstate the veteran to such position or to a position of like seniority, status, and pay. The veteran shall not be discharged from such position without cause within one year after such restoration. The President has ordered set up in each state a State Veterans' Service Committee combining representatives from Selective Service, a Manpower Commission and i Veterans Administration.

Job of the committee will be to set up lo! cal committees to provide job information and aid in administering the reemployment rights of veterans. New York, March 28. (U.PJ--Tall players, the target of rousing criti-' cism, because of their advantage in. scoring plays, actually benefitted today in revisions to collegiate basketball rules fay the legislative com- mittee. Although case histories of some' of the most successful tali players in the game were submitted, the rules body emerged with seven minor changes, and nothing was done to stop the offensive onslaught; of the rangier players.

Instead the committee passed a rule which stated that points will not be nullified if a player touches the basket hoop or net when a field goal obviously has been made. The most important of the other changes effected was the cancellation of the 30-second rule, which heretofore enabled a team to get by without a charged time-cut when a player was substituted Under the revised rule, only an injury to a player will prevent a team with being charged with a out if a substitution is made Another change provides standardization of signals by officials for all parts of the nation to enable' players to know u-hat action was being taken by the referees. Other changes were: out-of-bounds ball is to. be given to the nearest oSer.sive player to avohi delay fay passing it to a man in a distant part of the court. cancelled goals brought about any violation, the ball is to be taken oat on the side court instead of behind the basket.

plays when the offensive player steps into the back cotirt. he is to be permitted to retain possession of the bail. 4. Officials to be given the power to fix the responsibility of screen- ing plays upon offerive men. Concluded From vakian and Hungarian approaches to Austria and southern Germany.

In the north the Russians fought through the streets of the twin Baltic ports of Gdynia and TiaMig In the Pacific, Tokyo rencmcd that about 90 American carrier planes attacked Kyushu Island in southern Japan again today. Tokyo also said American reinforcements landed in the Kerama Tf 3 near Okinawa southwest of Japan. Amancan forces on Cebu in the Philippines drove to within 2S miles of the capital, which was in flames. As the break-up of the Wehr- macht on the western front continued, American bombers ranged over Germany again and demoralize: ion withm the Reich appeared to be growing. Reports from'the continent said prominent Germans, including Foreign Minister Joachim.

Riobentrop and Adolf Hitler's personal physician were fleeing toward the Alps and the Swiss border. The German radio announced additional civilian evacuations from Berlin. More than L300 American heavy faoicbers and fighters attacked Berlin and Hannover, aiming at two of the principal remaining sources of German arms production, now that the Ruhr is about to be en- veiopeci. The attack on Berlin followed another heavy night bombing fay British Mosquitos, for the 36th straight night. The situation on the fighting front was partly obscured by a blackout on the full progress of the American First and Third armies.

Beginning at the northern end of the front, overnight developments were about as follows: The British Second Army advanced another six miles, overrunning Erie and Dorsten and spearing to within about 30 miles of Muenster, Canadian First Army troops forged ahead beyond Emmerich but made slower progress over the swampy Rhine flats. On the right flank of Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's 2lst Army group, the American Ninth Army pressed into the factory town along the northern and western edges of the Ruhr basin. The Germans were putting UD their best resistance there, but were being crowded slowly back. Front reports said armored units cut the north south road between Dorsten and Bottrop, Essen suburb, and were moving with gathering speed.

Last official reports on the First and Third armies in the center placed them both at about 50 miles beyond the Rhine, but they were clearly much farther than that. German and other reports indicated the Third Army was somewhere between 90 and 100 miles east of the Rhine, apparently headed in a spreading drive toward Fulda in, the north and Nurenberg in the south. The First Army advanced to within three miles of the road center of Giessen, threatening the Nazi retreat from Frankfurt. FAIR WARNING! "Don't say we didn't warn you" say the registrars at the Miami County Auto Club to those car owners who have not ye-, purchased their 1945 license plates. The deadline is April and there is sure to be a long waiting line, unless many motonsts get their tags immediately.

Good Friday afternoon the auto club will be closed from 12 to 3 o'clock, so that will shorten the tune left to buy the tags. Xr.e office will be open from fl a. m. until 7 p. m.

both Friday ST.Q Saturday with the exception of the three hours Friday afternoon. SAVE YOUR TIRES TO SAVE YOUR CAR GENERAL TIRE KRAFT SYSTEM RECAPPING tint Balances Recaps Like New Tires PREVENTS SHIMMY GIVES MORE MIIEAOI M'SHANE TIRE SALES 513-15 N. Mom Phont 235.