London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1945, London, Middlesex 1945 the stars and stripes sports Page 3 reports China bailout in War 26 Lack of constructive War Effort in China largely the chinese Are now throwing their whole weight into j the War and by Spring tie country War production should be double tha was announced in part of a report by Donald Nelson on his recen Mission to published in Washington part of the report was withheld for Security Nelson reported that the ground work of a number of significant measures which since have been put into effect were Laid during his the report lists them Steps to Check the japanese chinese War production Board set technical production Mission sent to China is now at production requirements chinese Banks now Grant Loans for War production at less than half the usual rate of interest and in a few Days instead of transport facilities allocated to in the chinese Dnald Nelson to bolster chinese Ike lauds com z 26 citation praising communications zone troops and Headquarters men for exceptional service a the emergency created by the German offensive was issued by Eisenhower i praised the communications zone Nien for their Quick and decisive action in Manning the defences of of the River making a major distribution to the stopping of the diplomatic triumphs needed san 26 must match armed victories with triumphs of International negotiation because americas stake in the peace is the greatest of any Palmer Portland oregonian publisher Anc former Domestic declared Here despite the Public thinking to the he we have been soundly trounced in every diplomatic engagement the report some Lihe gee inadequately clothed 26 measures have been taken to insure adequate clothing for Allied troops fighting in the icy cold of the Western front there have been isolated instances of soldiers arriving at the front without sufficient Eisenhower Headquarters disclosed in a report to the War j released last night by Secretary of War Henry said that one involved certain Engineer combat battalions which reached the 6th army front improperly and in an instance of this continued the immediate action is taken to fill the along Nith measures to prevent a repetition and to place the it added Tucht disciplinary action was taken wherever Yaj it was despite the recent Frost bite and Trench foot less severe than in the fast two months of 15th of helped russians 26 Nathan commander of the 15th air Force in said today his strategic bombers and fighters had Given As much support to the russian ground forces on their Southeastern front As to the Allied troops in beginning last after the russians reached he told a news the 15th coordinated its attacks with the russian drive and made several raids at the specific request of the prior to he the 15th had hit German targets on ask clemency for 26 heavy sentences passed by courts Foj partial on american soldiers who army Imar ettes to Paris Black marketeers have i Joyed Many parisians to ask that the sentences be of letters have been received i f the newspaper All asking that be group of Young headed by Nicole Virote seems to us that we an share to some extent in the fault which they com and the complicity of certain frenchmen in this Case fills us Vith could we not try to time hearts of those who Are in a if not to absolve them from their at least to give them a Chance to we it would give us the of paying Back part 6f our not Only to these men but More to their mothers and wifi Jose anxiety must be do help wanted Given write Yotive a Esipion or Protem to help the stars and upper bilk Tendon or Ato Telephone tue reunions f reunion dinners for tie residents of the Fol 1 v towing towns and districts will be held next the arc Mostyn club Edwarc 29 30 wed Spartanburg i 1 old Lahoma Guthrie Friday 2 Rocky i mountains j Olworth Carolina Ali it dinner reunion dinner will be hew at ufos venom Square club at Send Erv sons to English sneaking 37 Charles 5l May not met than fete fan Way wanted a any wanted by Oati tent in a Thomas tube i l b by Twining its own who came to Washington for conferences with air Force said the 15th is not coordinating attacks with the current russian offensive because the bombers would have to operate too close to the russian soviet armies get Allied air Aid 26 Allied air forces May offer their help to Russia As soon As the red army advances to within Range of bases now being used to support the Western american heavy bombers already have ranged As far As East although not since the russians1 arrived they have also bombed targets in Eastern Germany in shuttle raids to soviet none of these operations was in close support of the red May lower vote age 26 Bill to permit 18yearolds to vote was introduced in the state legislature yester Chandler against baseball ban Sale to Topping group reported stars and stripes Bureau new Syndicate comprised of Larry Dan Topping and Del Arizona has purchased the new York Yankees according to an exclusive Story in today new York journal american by sports editor Max Kases Story says the Deal was consummated yesterday for More than two Anda Halbmillion dollars with of the manufacturers Trust trustee for the heirs of the late Jacob signing coned Yankee president who had stated emphatically on Many occasion that he would never permit Macphail to acquire the be reached Foi a statement this in Robert a business associate of Veri fied the report this morning that the Trio had completed the i understand the Deal was put through Becker Webb Tele phoned me in the morning to Transfer some Money to him in new York to facilitate his part in the Becker said he believed the Price was around once Over lightly Gene upon a time la Belle Sonja Henie was the Darling of Amateur figure skating she was pleasant and went out of her Way to be Nice to photographers and Hollywood because somewhere under her Golden looks the ambition to Coin a Fortune on her skating eight years ago la Sweet and reaping a Finan Cial Harvest As a glamorized Star on and that when she began coating her Lovely smile with plenty of of course it could be merely but As her bankroll increased la Sonja rapidly made Greta Garbos seclusion look Tike minor league curiosity lured us to Madison Square Garden the other night to compare the wartime ice follies with the peacetime except for a slight weight increase in that portion of her Anatomy which leads All else on a fall to the ice and the faint Rumor of an additional Chin or la Sonja looked the same As in the current show is probably her and the Reck less idea occurred servicemen in the might enjoy Reading an interview with our Good neighbor from the idea was a for a moment we had forgotten that an army publication in Europe is not vital to ticket sales in the but after a couple minutes of talking on the Tele phone to la Sonja personal representative came the after la Sonja movies Are distributed overseas Gratis and ice show tickets Are available without charge at local servicemen so Why bother too Busy miss Henie Henie is awfully tired and unable to Grant said her aide in charge of brushing off unwelcome want there an interview in some civilian paper was our s64 but those Are miss denies orders and theres nothing i can do about he could you talk to prepare a Story servicemen would like and mail to us we that might eventually be Why dont you Call Back in couple of weeks before hanging up the receiver we explained that a circus was coming to own in a couple of weeks and that he third elephant from the left in the Middle ring had promised to Grant an interview for stars and stripes guess a Guy in uniform cant be too Par ocular these question Box to Eugene footballers Defeated Penn in to Art its football series with Ohio Michigan has won lost 11 and tied against Minnesota the wolverines have won lost 13 and tied watched cagers new 26 Han fans watched Basket jail games last by Courtesy of Chicago Tribune by Chester Gould the blasted fur coat must have come from the third the buildings Ashe tossed it out the window it caught the curtains tin hearts ieans1 shaky was thrown am apartment pm its help t vitamins a by Courtesy of United features a crash flames ova o to whistle at me off of mfg Worth club added to dodger farm Chain Bear 26 president of the Brooklyn escorted a band of newspapermen Here yesterday and took the occasion to reveal that he had purchased the Worth club of the Texas league and would use it As a farm club for the bums after the Rickey also revealed that outfielder Luis Olmo and Pitcher Ben Chapman had been reclassified 1a by their draft boar is and that Pitcher Erwin of Saint had been much to the sorrow of the who had counted heavily on him for service this own denies turf rumours published reports that horseracing officials had petitioned the office of War mobilization for a relaxation of the nationwide ban on the turf sport were branded false today by an own spokes papers around the country have published suggestions that weekend racing be permitted and that the Kentucky Derby be run for the Benefit of Breed improves without a Public ticket the own spokesman said that although several racing representatives have discussed matters with Washington nobody is asking right now for Spring meets or any other form of relaxation of the expos ton somewhere in the Pacific former Boston University football has received the Bronze Star for Hanley and two enlisted men extinguished a fire on a truck loaded with High explosives on Saipan after enemy fire struck the vehicle and stopped it 60 Yards from a command Albright Detroit 33 Bunker Hill naval Baer Field 25 Central Indiana Normal Wabash 37 Lovel Hospital Harvard 38 Mccloskey Texas aggie 33 South Carolina Newberry 36 Stout Field Butler 42 m stars unsuited for War senator says Albert Happy Chandler said yesterday that baseball should continue during wartime and that when work or fight legislation comes up before the Senate he will put in a Good word for the National i think baseball should have the right to use Chandler said if that would keep the National game Chandlers View Point on baseball is directly opposite that of his Andrew chairman of the House military Chandler affairs who said recently that there was no excuse for Able bodied men playing baseball under present playing baseball is the most essential thing those Fellows can Chandler referring to the rejected that about All there Ever they have no particular mechanical nearly so much As a War foolish to discount morale its foolish to t discount the value of baseball As a morale for that reason alone those Fellows would be More valuable playing Ball than fiddling around at something three leading sports figures came out with optimistic words for base boxing and Louis Cardinal manager Billy Southworth said hat despite the fact that Over base Ball players Are in the armed forces there would still be enough of them to operate he main baseball leagues in 45 Joe Louis ventured the opinion that there Are still plenty of Good boxers to keep the game going until some others get and Alice former Tennis Hamp now touring army said she lad noted a Large interest in the net game she thought would carry Over into civilian life after the she thought enough players would be found to hold he usual american tournaments in moguls Hershe Ysl vie tvs new league Lub owners will learn plenty when they hold their meetings Here next week concerning the position of selective service officials concerning whether baseball hould operate on a full a limited Cale or not at Al in Ford National league who met with Lewis Hershey n Washington Early this have a voluminous transcript to put before the National league clubs and Clark president of the Washington who accompanied will have something to Tell his while he did not say he would address us fellow club owners on what Hershey asked Griffith said on the Asis of his talk with he Felt optimistic that baseball would be played behind the sports headlines buddy Young Philadelphia Marty Cardinal was honoured by Philadelphia sports writers at their annual dinner thursday night As the outstanding athlete of the the also honoured athletes who made the supreme sacrifice in the ser vice of their country and whose Patriot courage and sportsmanship were embodied in Robert of the army air son of Jimmy Wil s o n Cincinnati coach and former Philadelphia and Chicago cub was killed on a flight Mission last month in he was a baseball Star at Princeton prior to Illinois University track and foot Ball was inducted thursday and commenced Boot training at great lakes naval station new Pep will make his last title defense before reentering the service when he Battles Phil Terra former Aba at Madison Square Garden Pep was Given the common sign by his draft Board and okayed for army service nine months after receiving a discharge from the i Cath Erines senior club has filed a certificate with the Ontario hockey association if will permit Bryan former new York Ranger to return traction in the Canadian hockey a Saskatchewan was refused permission to Cross the Border and play with the rangers this Senson because of Man Power regulations violent los Angeles scored a technical Kayo Over Henry also of los in the ninth round of a scheduled ten Rounder at mechanics Hall Here last it was rays 23rd consecutive Victory and he had Little trouble with who seemed Content to clutch and try to last the Ray weighed Jones 207new an opinion you Are want ing yet Mike americas leading boxing thinks the european War will be Over this summer and that he will be Able to stage the Joe Lpuis Billy Conn bout in new Mike thinks both Joe and Billy will be discharged soon after the european Vic Best basketball team in the whole country As far As Nebraska fans Are concerned represents the Lincoln army air the wings have won 2 of their 22 games by an average of 26 Points and have averaged 65 Points per their Only defeat was a beating by great their starting five is composed of Ray Lumpp of Nyu and Victor Kraft of the Harlem Globe Trotters at forwards Reese another Globe Trotter at Center and Eddie Ehlers of Purdue and John former Johns set shot at the still Arent con Vinced about Frankie the for Mer Georgia University and Detroit professional football Star who has been released by the marines and the maritime service and rejected once by a for a complication of has been recalled by his Clarke county draft Board and will take a physical examination fireball Frankie is reputed to Flat High blood pressure and a heart
