European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1945 the stars and stripes s the yesterday shoppers flood Canada for in rationed articles stars and stripes Bureau new officials at Detroit disclosed today that there has been a tremendous increase in the number of american shoppers who Cross into Canada to Purchase meat and other items which Are rationed in this country but not in Martin customs collector Lor the Michigan confirmed Canadian reports of sizeable increases in the amount of american currency being spent in opposite Detroit on the Detroit Bradley pointed out that purchasers must surrender ration Points when they re Cross the an said too Many of them dont realize he said most of them american passed from the Canadian to the american Side of Detroit Windsor Tunnel last Al time Normal would be about o o o president Roosevelt thanked millions of americans who used his birthday to Back the fight against infantile and predicted that this would be we will never tolerate a Force that destroys the happiness and free future of our he any More than we will tolerate the continuation on Earth of the brutalities and barbarities of nazi or Jap the presidents message was read in Washington by 000 at Coley new England middleweight found his boxing classes coming at the same time As choir practice at Cathedral grammar he consulted with school who moved boxing ahead of apparently deciding Good choir boys also should know How to use their maybe this would apply to France and maybe it Sherman mentioned the cigarette shortage in a recent letter to his son in the South Pacific with the this week pop received a package containing 30 note he was unable to read the but each pack had a rising Sun it must be Tough in the if we remember our dime brands o o o homesick for Kentucky they just had local option elections featured by heavy Early dispatches say Greendale and done Rall precincts of Fayette county voted in los Singer Ann Mccormack was granted a divorce today from Clarence Stroud of the stage and radio Stroud seems Clarence was another ring hit me about three different it made me ill and i had to stay away from the Singer told the court in describing a backstage Blitz at Earl Carrolls restaurant last o o o v and Cecil who once insisted on broadcasting from a Stretcher rather than disappoint his voluntarily stepped out of his weekly radio show last night rather than pay a on Dollar Union while Demille listened at Lionel Barrymore took Over As temporary master of Demille had been fighting the assessment a Long and last week a Superior court decision upheld the Validity of the Al radio artists Union order Banning him from the state in throes of fuel crisis 31 Thomas Dewey yesterday proclaimed a state of emergency throughout new York state and ordered All state departments mobilized and the state guard to stand by to assist in dealing with a food and fuel crisis resulting from the prolonged cold the governor cited grave shortages of Coal and a threat to egg and milk production because of Lack of Railroad officials reported the transportation picture somewhat brighter and some communities received Small amounts of an Appeal for experienced Railroad men was made by the the Railroad retirement Board and the War manpower widespread closings of other Public night amusement nonessential stores and other build Ings were in effect in Many it was estimated there was Only a six Day fuel Supply left in the state with no More fuel on the the governors office received following reports of snowfall this month 49 inches 73 55 Syra 107 113 81 105 and old the order for the state guard to stand by was its first Alert since it was mobilized after Pearl new Golf not easy one Eagan seeks new plan for judging prize fight new Job of arriving at a More stable and dependable system for judging prize which chairman Eddie Eagan of the new York state athletic commission has set for is not As easy As it would in fact it has been tried before and nobody has succeeded at it James Farley tried it when he was in eagans present Job during the roaring 20s and went about it in somewhat the same manner Eagan has decided to Jim called in referees and experts and after several Days of conferences decided to give his plan a officials and referees deemed Best acquainted with far Chicago Hawks Hack 53 Dahl with three and Clint with two unassisted paced the Chicago Jack Hawks to a 53 Victory Over the Boston Bruins Here last Dahlstrom scored at of the first with the help of Butch and Smith net Ted his two goals in the Herb Cain pushed two Boston goals through the the first unassisted in the opening the second in the third with Ken Smith Bill Thomas got the other Boston score in tie third on a pass from Bill Dahlstrom had assists on by Mcdonald and Pete Horeck in the final hockey standings National league l 5 8 14 20 19 22 t 54 48 36 23 21 16 26 Detroit 22 Toronto 17 Boston 11 new York 7 Chicago 6 american league tuesday nights scores Louis Buffalo 2 Cleveland Hershey 2 leading hockey scorers g a Montreal 15 40 55 Montreal 18 54 Montreal 29 50 Boston it 31 50 Detroit 14 29 43 20 18 38 new York 16 20 36 Toronto 15 19 34 Toronto 6 28 34 Toronto 17 16 33 Leys system were assigned to the main event at the Broadway Arena and Farley himself went Over to keep when the bout was Over and the cards of the three officials were compared one official had voted for a draw and each of the other two gave a decision to a diff Erent what Eagan has in mind is some thing approximating the Point system used in other with each round decided on the basis of ten this plan is not yet com plete like he intends to have the officials and writers discuss the matter with him before formulating a definite a former Amateur boxing knows his Bea busting business and has expressed his Dis satisfaction with the system Fol Lowed in new where a Boxer gets a decision if he wins a greater number of rounds than his Oppon although there Are Many weaknesses in this the most glaring fact is that if a Man beats his opponents brains out for Throe minutes he gets no More credit for it than the other fellow who lands one left Jab More than his pugilistic As Harry Balogh would put there is one school that claims stink Roos should be blamed not on the scoring system but rather on scorers most officials Are former fighters and when the Battle is fairly close a judge who spent his years in the ring As a Classy Boxer is Likely to lean toward the Clever fighter and the other judge who took six to get in one would string along with the basketball faces grand jury Check in Kings county bulletin the Brooklyn grand jury acted fast indicting Harvey Stem Mer and Henry gamblers who bribed the Brooklyn College they were charged with conspiracy to commit fraud and deceit if face a maximum punishment of five years in prison and Dollar their trial has been set for both pleaded in Nocent to the indictment each was held on dollars the Kings county grand jury commenced investigation into basketball gambling activities and had questioned the first wit Ness less than 13 hours after it became known that five members of the Brooklyn College quintet had accepted dollars in bribes from professional gamblers to lose by a certain number of Points to Akron University at bos ton the game was called off when news of the scandal broke into the players involved Are capt Bob Bernard Jerry grand and Larry no charges were made against but Treyve been dropped from the squad and Are undergoing further Harvey one of the two men excused of bribing the players was held under Las Ball and his alleged associate Harry Rosen has a bail Label pinned on since he is being charged with thefts of garments and the investigation of these clothing deals led to the discovery of the basketball Maurice Tubby coach at Brooklyn said the rest of the schedule would be using freshman Talent which is due to enrol for the second semester the county judge Samuel Liebowitz ordered n Broad thorough mayor Arch Foo of expressed his indignation that punks and procurers had invaded col2late the Little Flower also asked the support in put to these cheap tin horns be Hind or Forrest Frog Kansas City basketball coach who predicted professional gambling would eventually create a scandal in College placed the Kame for the entire business in Brook Lyn on the comenge atomic offi a meeting was held in Ned Irish Madison Square Girden office thorough airing of the entire affair featured the meeting and Steps were taken to make any recurrence leading College scorers 0 Fig it to Oregon state 31 1 373 derail 15 128 320 15 69 295 Rhode 13 118 9 285 14 m 35 225 Oklahoma 15 201 12 81 39 201 Columbia 79 42 200 Cas basketball tuesday nights scores league 5 Eli chs marauders 24 males docks 12 Browns rails 17 Johnsons 0 forfeit league 2 Cas 13 Puhn doers sings 22 Fla feet ullies 20 Cornell i flyers 0 forfeit Blondie Fly Chic Young who that seemed to satisfy Hershe went rk5ht to sleep Tell Mer to go to sleep that its late at night and that Well do something about it in morning in tired of being a girl i i want to be a what Are you going to do about it in the morning