European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Yank the army weekly 1945 take Mike contributions for this Page should be addressed to the Post Exchange the army 205 East 42d new York y at dammit Frank fort saturday co in solitary grandeur where he the charge of quarters in the captains chair head Man of All he sees about him except that Hes the Only person awhile he writes and smokes and tries to then heeds the Brazen summons of the his his his Brothers in of have gone on pass and he is All gone is the top gone the old too vanished the techs and Loveys far away in Distant Juke joints privates hold but the charge of has to what twist of Fortune is it that decrees the charge of quarters must a noncom be this is one detail that he cannot Buck Down to the private or the the men of lower rank and Stripe less sleeve Oer whom he used to lord it through the week have taken off shall catch the while dear lonesome Vigil How you laughed 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and the crowd is giving him a tremendous ovation now Hes slipping off his special Crimson Field he bows slightly to the exchanges a few words with Joe his Burch is massaging those Dinkle turns now and faces the glistening and Here comes the mayor that applause is in Honor of the who is bringing the newly minted Nickel for this championship As you friends of the radio tonight main event at the Marble bowl pits touted by filch Ball As the unbeatable Coin against the sensational Young Danny Danny Dinkle rather Rose Ona tide of Victory after Victory to win the Al service championship last month by running up three free games but now the mayor inserts the the Board lights and the game is on Dinkle pulls Back the Knob almost care it there goes the first Ball it looks hundreds of Field glasses Are trained on that Silver Ball its got the it misses the its got the its Dinkle put terrific reverse English on this one its got the six and seven its bounding up now from the rubber aiming toward that it didst quite make just lacked a hair and the first Ball is spent twelve thousand score arid four lights put out a Good first Ball for Hes preparing to push the second Ball into playing position standing perfectly at not at All his Wavy Blond hair he pulls Back the and there goes Ball two a two ounce shot off the one pin it it grates a its falling toward the purple which is that Means i no it hits the rubber guard its going out of Dinkle is tap Ping the left Side of the its gone a House Ball that was a House ladies and gentle the kind you read about a Tough break for the after a Good first Ball Only and the number one pin on his second that one got away from but he still re Mains his face looking perhaps a Little drawn As he pushes up Ball the filch Ball representatives seem to be exchanging that bad Ball was a real break for it could mean the and if so you can expect to see impose Simball machines in every Arcade and drug store and Post Exchange in the near Dinkle paused there a moment to receive a word of encouragement from and now Hes Hes ready to there it goes a spinner on the left it looks like from a smooth spinning an easy shot off the the Down to and its going through the Center rollover its bouncing gently Back and Forth at the rubber padded those things Are and its going yes and the crowd is going wild one More hit and the super special will Light there it is super special is lit Danny Dinkle is both hands gripping the its a Long Bounce that not quite the Way we ship a Man Jack Camp he shoves the up to the Hes got it listen to that crowd listen to them go wild that shot put Dinkle out in front with a Good margin and two More balls it looks like he has the match sewed ladies and sewed and while the Champ takes time out for a Quick Mike fill More who will review for you the match so take Mike a aft Paul Perella Why dont you two do something Roger cant do at comp aah 61 moviegoers is your spine tired of Pine do you splinter easily do you have Corners 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