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APRIL 24, 1942 THE OTTAWA JOURNAL 21 Foias Ottawa Athletes flGuioiiig ix Fn ireinraep YTJEto Aire Leaving IFor veirseas Tony McCarthy Is in Group, To Join London's Fire Service i Five Other Firemen Have Been Accepted for Service Overseas Tour Oftawa athletes will among the tlx firemen from this city who have volunteered and have been accepted as members of the Canadian Tire Fighters (or i Overseas' Ser- 1 vice in Great Britain. Tony -1 McCarthy, Ot-1 tawa Big Four football star for past several I seasons, along Vwtth Billy JSchults and V'" Captain Billy LV Graham. who played with the 1 Ottawa pro la- bmmirf cross team and I with the Fire- Tay McCarthy.111"1'1 around 16 years ago, and Eddie Andrews, a de-fenceman in junior hockey leagues six years are the four athletes who will be among those going overseas. Doug. Ash' and Gerald Dixon, who were both keen followers of all branches of sport In Ottawa, are the other members of the Ottawa group.

Board of Control has approved ON JfiL yz: LL AMLEVS Doug. Palmer's team defeated Eddie Baxter's team on the St Pat's alleys to capture the trophy donated by Rev. Canon G. D. Prudhomme for the championship, of the Catholic Youth Organization Bowling League.

Palmer took the high cross with strings or Ml. 267 and 201 for 711. Malsle Lever had a cross of 837 while Mar-Jorie Blake posted a sine la 226. The annual banqaet and presentaUm of prise i the various winners la the CY.O. Leaa-ae will be held en Wednesday, May 6.

I Tha Merchants League championship era woo by th Traveller team, Iretlng Charles Of Uvy UuH amoa out ot nv. i Th Jintlco Department result: Men's high croaa. 1. Kent. 33: men's ainf le.

J. McLaughlin, 772. Ladle' high atrif le. D. Clara.

110; ladies' Aifh croaa, Mrs. L. Brown. In the Forest Products- Laboratory League which operates on Y-MC-A. alleys.

R. S. Millet had a cross of 616 which Included 6 single of 266. Vine God in had a cross of 620 while W. X.

Wakefield rolled a single of 231. Marjorl Wells bad a cross of 438. with 227 her best single. St Joseph's Bowling League complete its scheduled games with teams in following order Won Lost 38 17 Moran X. F.

Carroll 28 -23 24 24 23 23 -23 23 23 22 22 19 20 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 23 23 Hurley T. Burke O. Burke Bishop Gregory i Munro- Spence RiopeUe McDonald Brennan J. OUR NEW SPRING SUITS HAVE AH- on QC RIVED from afiUs73 Fir Chief O'Kelly's request that the six men be given leave of absence for the duration and the party will leave for Great Britain in about a. month's time.

The Ottawa men. together with other Canadian fire fighters, will serve with London's National Fir Service on their arrival la Great Britain. The departure of McCarthy, who started his grid career at St. Patrick's College, means Rough Riders, will be without on of the best outside wings la the country when the Ottawa team operates next Fall. Besides football, McCarthy also played hockey and was a fin defenceman with Air Force, Monties and Canadiens In the City League.

Graham la captain at No. 4 fir station while Schultz and Andrews are members of No. 3 station. McCarthy is with No. Ash with No.

2 station and Dixon with No. 8. McCarthy and Ash are the only single men la the Ottawa group. Fire Chief G. X.

Huff, of Brant-ford, and a former president of the Ontario Lacrosse League. Is the commander of the Canadian Fir Fighters for Oversea Ser vice la Great Britain. TUBE Bradford R. Csrroll Allan Duiord Th first six teams will compete In th playoffs and to clarify sixth plac position teams tied play off tonight at 7.00 p.m. to decide sixth position.

The semi-finals will be played on April 26 at 7.15 P-m. with the finals Wednesday. April 29. at 7.15 pjn. The winner will meet O.

A. Moran's team, first half winner. The Health of Animate-Agriculture League final resulted In Dr. Tanner's teem winning three fame. Mies L.

Barnes had trie hlch atrial. SOS. Mr. T. Green, on th apposing team, had the high CTOas of 144.

Player on th winning team were Mia Barn. Ml L. rinkelstem. Or. r.

Leslie. Or. i. Met. Stuart.

Or. A. Tenner. i The Dependents' Allowance Board reauitai Ladiee hlch eroaa and alagls. VtaXiS Hickman, S10 snd Men a croe.

Sod. Leeder t. H. Hal-Lee, til; single. Pate Briers.

BR, Huge U.S. Army Bill Goes to White House WASHINGTON. April () Th Senate completed legislative action' today on a $19,131,397,000 military appropriations bill carrying a provision authorizing the renegotiation of war contracts to eliminate excessive profits. Th measure, which now goes to th Whit provide funds for 31,000 new army plane and equipment for a army. EPIDEMIC AMONQ NA2US.

KU1BYSHIV, April 23. Th Communist newspaper Pravda reported today a typhus epidemic is rsglng among German troops on the Russian front It said advices received from within nmy lines Indicated th plsgu is especially sever among troops of th Yartsevo garrison. Follows 'Big Joe' In Hitting Power LOS ANGELES. April CP) What's la a nam? The leading hltte ill centre fielder en th Le Aa-galea City College nine la Jo Maggl. 20 25 20 23 20 23 16 29 Victoria Cagers Beat Winnipeg WINNIPEG.

April 23, Art caipraaa, six-foot three veteran, put on a spectacular one-hand throwing exhibition her tonight to score 26 points as his Victoria Dominoes won their fifth Western Canada men's senior basketball championship In nine years, defeating Winnipeg St Andrews 46-34. Dominion champion In 1933, 33 and "39, the Dominoes will entrain tomorrow for Montreal to Oilers in th national final. Displaying superb fre shot marksmanship la th first and third games, th British Columbia champion took th series 2-1 as they swept the perennial Manitoba tltllsts said. They won th opener 43-39 and lost th second by th sam score. Boat sears: Tleteeia.

ra Us. IS 3 a Motttshaw, Baker. It A. Chapman, Nlool, rt C. Chapman If McBata.

Total is 1 C. MeCaneo. rf Carmichael at Tame; 1 Brook, rg Smith. 1 I Creenborg. B.

McCanco. .7... rs Pts. IS Ooa Boanyk, I Totals Official: Oou IS Whittle Kerr. Both of Wli nnlpeg.

Says French People Will Aid Britain With Second Front TORONTO. April 23. CP) Lieut CoL Phillip H. Pierrene, head of th Fre French movement in Canada, said on his arrival her today that "a small second front can be established and held by th British In Franc soon and with th help of the population, holding it will be relatively Msy. "For a Urn before and follow, ing th collapse of France, the people there were generally he said.

They didn't know Just what had happened, but thought Marshal Petaln bad done what thought best for the country. "New, with th return of Laval to power, there la no doubt about their feelings. Acts of sabotage are being carried out all over1 the country, and th tim will soon com when these will become gen eral, when there will be a mutual uprising of all th people." Th Free French movement Is receiving strong support In French-speeklng Canada, said CoL Pierrene. "I quit appreciate there Is a noisy minority la French-speaking Canada who are enemies of ours, but they are definite 1 fa th he continued. "Unfortunately they sr vociferous and their opinions are spread across th country." DIES SUDDENLY.

NTW YORK. April 34. Cf Max John Pollet, 38, regional vie president of American Airline, Inc, died unexpectedly today in the lobby of th Belmont Plaza Hotel. Culberison A SHORT trump suit should be conserved as much as possible, but not to the point of Note todsy's deal West, dealer. Neither aid vulnerable.

KOBTH 4lt 1 4 All AX16 WIST EAST AH. A gll I 9 llfl QJ9 ll SOCTH 414)11 4ITII 46492 Th bidding: Wee XertB Bast SovtB 1 heart Doakl saearta I mass raw (aaai Actually, th best contract for North-South waa five clubs, but this would have been difficult to reach by logical methods. Surely, South' two-spad bid was correct, and when this rssched North, th latter could not expected to assume that South was bidding od tour-card suit. Th five honor tricks la the North band, and tack of a heart stopper, made his jump to gam la spades th most attractive action. West opened th heart king and continued with th ace.

South saw that he could not afford to discard on this trick bees use he would surely have to lose a diamond and a dub. Hence, although, he wss ager to preserve his trump length, he had to ruff. Now things did not look so good. It would be necessary to clear th club suit, and th opponents probably would load another heart, forcing South again, and reducing him to two trumps. la sight were only eight top tricks, with th ninth possibly to be gained from a three-two club break.

Th 10th trick could not be obtained through ruffing South's fourth diamond with th trump ace, becsuae, if -that plan were used, both dummy and South would be down to two trumps, and th defenders would have at least on frump trick. There was on possible rsy of TIME OUT! ST Don't yea little think ear left fielder far? 500 Teachers III, To Do Forced LafcfoH STOCKHOLM. April 24. (BUP) Norwegian advices reported today that- the Ger- mans had taken. 900 school teachers, most ot them 111, from concentration camp and sent them la a coastal steamship to northern Norway to do forced labor.

German Students To Make Munitions BtRNX, April 24. 0P Ger man high school boys ana giris will spend their Summer vacations this year working la munitions factories under a plsn mobilizing all German labor resources, Berlin despatches to th Basal National Zeitung said today. Younger students are Being mobilised for farm work, and schools ln sectors will be closed immediately so they may go Into field camps, th despatches declared. Within a few weeks. It was said.

there will be scarcely a German in er woman not engaged In some manner of war Th biggest gsps in the labor front, however, will be filled by increasing use of wsr prisoners and civilians imported from conquered lands, the advices reported. Huns Claim Sinking Of British Transports BERLIN (from German broad casts). April 24. (rP) The, Nasi High Command claimed today that German U-boats In th Mediter ranean had Slink two British transports totalling 13,600 tons, and three coastal sailing ships. sUCTTJRX FROM MONTREAL.

Members ot th Royal Canadian Air Fore Central Band returned from Montreal on th 12.43 pjn. train today. While In Montreal they were busy on Monday and Tuesday visiting the various aircraft factories, where they played selections for the workers. on Bridge hope, and declarer promptly seized upon It After ruffing the second heart, he led three rounds of clubs West took the third and continued with hearts, South asn ruffing. Nerw declarer had to ftktr everything on finding a three-three break of trumps.

He cashed the king and queen, then entered dummy with a diamond, and led th trump sec. To his great satisfaction, both opponents followed. This bit ot luck permitted the declarer to cash the established fourth' club for the fulfilling trk. la carrying this victory garden National Government Proposed for India MADRAS, India, April 24 CP) A resolution urging the All-India Congress Party' executive committee to invite th Moslem League to consultations on the establishment of wartime National Government for India was passed today by the Madras branch of the party. The resolution also recommended that the Congress Party "acknowledge the.

'Moslem League's claim for separation, should it persist In that claim when the time comes for; framing th futur constitution of KILLED IN FALL SAINT JOHN, N.BM April 24 CP) Lawrence E. Garnett, 51 year-old fireman, was killed last night when he fell Into a 10-foot excavation pit while working at th East Saint John dry dock. The Journal's Cross-Word Puzzle ACROSS 1. Let bait bob and dip 4. Portion of curved line 7.

Location g. Part of a table 4. Cleat for -fastening lines It. Nimble U. Dealer in lee 13.

Russian river 3. Turns a rope 24. around a pin 4. Awing 9. Controls 6.

Capital of Egypt 7. Made fast Defects 10. Cement 12. Otherwise 14. Snares 16.

8pend time Idly 23. Slight drink 16. Mire 17. Plant disease 16. Conjunction 20.

Portico 21. Compass point (abbr.) 22. Headland 25. Gratify th full 27. Hatred 20.

Nourishes 32. Self-sufficient person 34. Strike 35. Centimeter (sbbr) 37. Cut off short inert elti 3.

Biblical cit 40. Slices of bacon 42. Resort 43. Pilaster 44. Worldly 4.

Knot In wood 48. Lemur 4. Seaweed 50. Lament 51. Reef 32.

Pigpen DOWN 1. Plunged 2. Newapaper article i 1 to is 'frill 26. 28. 30.

31. 3.V 35. 34. 36. 41.

Solution to this puzzle will bo published tomorrow. TIMS may be thortand ghavihg con-ditiong touch but boys in the Air Force have to shave csart. So naturally, more lifebuoy Shaving Cream is used in training camps than any other brand Take a tip from the Air Force, use lifebuoy yourself for a fast, clean 7T 77 ar yr tt ir 77- fiiiiiiiiiz nil sldns because LAWN BOWLINC Uniform Scoring and Draw Needed in Tournament Play I By N. C. HART, Umpire, Provincial Law a BowUa I AaaoclaUoa.

The Provincial Lawn Bowling Council, at its meeting on April 11, requested the official umpire of the to present several problems to the lswn bowlers 'of Ontario. Some of these have a direct bearing on the duties ot the umpire, while others should fall within the Jurisdiction of the publicity 'committee, if and when such committee Is organized as authorized at the annual meeting in November last "i This meeting of the council was the best ever held from the standpoint ot attendance, representation and business transacted. President W. B. George, of TCemp'tville, is to be congratulated.

By approximately an 60 percent, majority the council approved the adoption of the "plus-and-mlnus" system of scoring for tournaments of a limited Bomber games and which cannot be decided strictly on the elimination plan. Similar approval waa given to the "hlgh-vshlgh" scheme of tasking draws for such eompetl- These schemes will be fully out lined in the 1642 annual and a re-, strongly recommended to the various districts and clubs 'for a fair trial during the ensuing season. It is hoped that a full discussion will (alra nlarai at thm n.vt annual meeting of the PX.B.A. and sometf" f' tU competitors plan approved so that there may be uniformity throughout Ontario in conducing ot tournaments. 1 It was emphasized thst clubs are quite free to adopt whatever plans they wish in arranging their competitions, but it was stressed that clubs should state the type ot play to be adopted for th tournament so that competitors may know what they are to expect.

Advertising should contain such phrases as: "Elimination with plus-and- Charge over usual raw Elongated nh Mud King's eldest son Scatters in smsll drops Tierce Steep, rug-Red rock Biblical food Sacred aong. Stem-; Vetrr's AJNver 42. Wander 45. Source 47. Ptace y.

shave. Its dense, stay-moiit lather cuts down razor-pull. It's land to tender. it contains the same pro-4 tective ingredients as lifebuoy Health Soap. Sen refreshing you need no-after-shaving lotion.

Economical, too over 120 shaves in the big, red tube: "aggregal scores only, "no dead ends tc. In such cases, entrants are fully aware of the conditions to be met and can have no reason for criticism if the system, as advertised, is adhered to. 1 I JO On curt of one-day, hslf-day and shorter tournaments has been that many enter, expecting the contest to be on the hlgh" draw system with "plus-and-mlnus" to count, or on some other scheme common to the area, and then find that the local committee has adopted cockeyed rules which art an abomination to most bowlers. I a a The elimination of local schemes and the adoption of a uniform plan should result la Increased harmony and la aa Improvement la entries. Club committees should remember that "you" may fool all of the 'bowlers some of the time, but you can't fool all th 'bowlers' aU the aj a a Suggestions about the rules, systems of play and scoring should be submitted to th new rules committee W.

B. Cowan, N. Hart and W. F.Kelly. (Editor's Note: Lawn bowling notes by Professor N.

C. Hart of the University of Western Ontario will continue to be a regular sports page feature ot The Journal this Summer, As official umpire for the Ontario association, chief organization for the 10,000 bowlers In Ontario, his 1 pronouncements la District 16.) Sandstorms Reduce Operations in Libya CAIRO, Egypt, April 24. (JP) British artillery dispersed Axis Infantry and motor vehicles moving along th coastal sector of the Libyan battlefroht yesterday, but sandstorms prevented any other land operations, Middle EasVJ Headquarters said today, The destruction i of seven German bombers over Malta was announced by R. A. P.

Headquarters. 1 British 'planes attacked objectives in Libya and the airdrome at Comlso, Sicily, during th night Daylight operations were curtail-, ed by the sandstorm. -'r Four Ottawa Men Broadcast Saturday 'Tour Ottawa men will be heard on the "Letters- from Britain" broadcast Saturday over the CBC from 7 to 7 JO pjn. The tour men are: Fit Sgt Jenner, Fit Lt E. T.

W. Nash, Section Officer R. Wells and Private J. Benger, all of. Ottawa.

ROOSEVELT AGREES. LONDON, April 24. 830 Prime Minister Churchill has received a message from President Roosevelt that he agreed with all the conclusions reached by U. S. Chief of Staff, Gen.

George Marshall, after his Visit to Britain, an informed source said today. 1 Bishop Warns Hitler May Strike In Desperation HALIFAX, April 23. th war's crisis may break at any moment with Hitler, realizing the Allied superiority, striking oujt; la blind desperation. Air Marshal W. A.

Bishop said tonight in anj address before the St George's So-atty. any moment now the great crisis ot this World Wsr -may break upon said Air Marshal Bishop, -who -won the Victoria, Cross as a pilot in the First Great rvar ma now i uirccunr Ui. ic crulting for the Royal Canadian ait ore, "some learnu concatenation of circumstances will bring It about In Blind Desperation. "We know that the terror in Europe has been whipped up by demagogues striking at the raw nerves of young people left desperate-and without hope. 1 Therefor when Hitler realizes that our Allied superiority is established he will strike out In fatuous and nuna aesperauon in au curec- Uons." 1 j- Hitler alone was not responsible for the war, he said.

Th blame and guilt rested on the people of Germany and Japan. In 1916 Germany collapsed internally, "mutinied and rebelled because the people themselves were Incapable of the sustained effort that our people "Good morale is a great influence the Air Marshal COR tinued. "I think possibly it will be the greatest of all in the final ttrlnntn' rtf thai vrir afiff tfcavAl, lies one of the greatest factors la our enduring strength." In maintaining morale the help of every person was needed, he said, warning of "the great damage that can and is being don by loose gossip and careless criticism and idle 1 Lands Canadian Flyers. Of Canadian airmen, the First Great War ac said: 1 "In the whole ot the world there are no better trained flyers than the Canadians we are sending to the other side, i "They can go into any fight in the air with the knowledge that they know their Job, that their adversaries cannot excel them, and from my observation could not possibly 'equal them." I "From Germany we heart and have heard for years now, th proud boast that her enemies will not find het the same Germany: as In he said. "Our boast: is quite different Our enemies will find our services, our troop, our women and our men the sam as they were In 1918 unbeat-abte." i'J "While a war-monger ing nation; exists in the world there can be no permanent peace.

Th Axial powers pride themselves on being trained to fight They must be crushed or there is no hop of: peace." th market place or every needed article or service. You can buy. atll, exchange, or employ most anything or anyone under th ran. Try it Phone 2-532U rJntlcdtJftiiavfaj Kwk oil first year sales A jiS records for economy blades. ALtrtn sswswer TV Ar-TJt I.

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