Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1944, Cairo, Egypt                                Middle East i r v v i by Dene Lynch the american Way of life which gives a kid every Opportunity Ami facility to develop his body via Public by Selmat Scholastic Athle is paying off in a by was in this j the reason for this observation conies from Story out of the states describing the Rescue of a Young fighter bomber Pilot in the South Pacific who Creek to the fact that he is alive to his know ledge of a Little swim Ming and Cross country the flier is Louis Vanzutphen of new York City who wears the distinguished flying Cross and the purple Here is Vanzutphen Story i knew my p39 was hit a Cou ple of but it didst seem everything was work ing but about Halfway Home engine be Gan smoking and pretty soon it conked i was flying about and that Jungle Down there looked its a bum feel i pulled the Crank that automatically Jettison the p39s right but it was so was the other that meant that i had to open a door and those doors open against a 200 mile id get it open four or five in straining with All my 1 tried to get my the Little crack and fall but the door slammed shut and threw me Back into the cockpit on my its like a you go kind of a fellow does when Hes fighting his Way out of a Corner by throwing As Many punches As he i remember beating on that door with my while the plane spun toward the and then the next think i knew i was free of the Vanzutphen came to Earth in a thick Jungle with a suffocating ceiling of he then went in search of a Clearing where he might be seen by search ing reaching River he swam and floated until nearly finally pulling himself up on a Little Island in the Middle of it to spend the there followed a Day of groping through the floating in the nursing along his pro visions and then he heard a Low flying an australian he crashed through the sworn out in the River to another Island and the plane came Back and roared Over while lie yelled and waved his and then it they had seen eight More Days passed before he was he lived on what dropped to him from the some times he had to swim for land dive for them when he reached the spot where they hit the at last a searching two aussies and nine broke through the Jungle and spotted him on a it was a Long trip Back through the Jungle to Van who has since been transferred Over to heavy is comforting to see four engines work ing for old Tob now has Hung up Jim Boston Brates right Hattie major league entered baseballs select Timte by flinging Enterprise Oklahoma City two s six and eleven were reported peddling canned goods in their police investigated and found that 1he Hoys were quickly depleting their mothers pantry canned goods at 10 cents per ration Points it sure was a Good said the older brother As they prepared 10 their Pacific coast league i los Angeles san Francisco san Diego Hollywood Seattle Portland Oakland Sacramento pet 11 p 11 7 11 7 9 9 9 10 474 3 9 7 12 5 11 american association Milwaukee 5 1 Toledo 3 1 Columbus 3 2 Louisville 2 3 Minneapolis 2 4 Kansas City 1 2 Paul 1 2 Indianapolis 1 3 yank inducted Uncle Sam was Back at the Yankee clubhouse this week and Spud locker is now empty and Rollie Hemsley is Likely to be Sog Arae Winner last was inducted into the army for limited service at while Hemsley has been reclassified into the loss of Hemsley will leave the champs without an experienced Boston braves Hopes submerged when three of their regulars were accepted to the they were Damon Butch Nie Man and Connie Detroit got a break when both Rudy York and Joe Orrell were rejected for military York had a bad knee and Orrell was turned Down because of his Gene Raj physical must report for in 30 Leahy in Navy prank notre Dame foot Ball has received a lieutenants commission in the de Leaphys assistant at Boston and notre will take Over at South Rumor has it that Leah will coach Iowa pre violets take relay Philadelphia new York successfully defended its Quad termite relay title at the Perm relays by winning the event in new York coast guard team was Dartmouth Camp Lee Bill Hulse failed in an attempt to set a record for the three Quarter his time was six seconds Over the won the game who Homer with two Blooper Ball hip Sewell won his first 73 against the braves won lost two for the week to drop to seventh while the cubs continued to be Doormat of the league by losing four out of brownies pull away Louis Browns pulled away out in front by winning two Froll major league standings of april 30 National league Louit York Cincinnati Phi Ladelphia cd a Norun game As the braves beat Brooklyn helped along by smashing out a Tom walked Paul the first Man to face then retired 26 straight men until two oat in the ninth before walking Waner again just before the last the feat gave Tom a two won and one lost record for the season though he has Given Only four hits in three he has tossed 26 scoreless innings and 12 consecutive witless it was the first no hitter in the majors since Lon Warneke of the cards blanked Cincinnati 20 on and the first pitched by a Boston Mounds Man since Louis retained its hot Streak in the american league Long enough to tie the modern major league record by cop Ping straight games at the Start of the season before losing to the White sox saturday this feat tied the record of the 1916 new York giants and the 1940 who each won nine the established a new american Lea gue a Mark formerly held by the 1933 new York Yankees at seven giants slip Back Louis cardinals forged out in front of the National league by a Hal game by winning one out of three against the reds and one from the Mort Cooper was again knocked out of the Box As he started his second the giants held onto second place by splitting four games with the dodgers and dropping one to Rookie Bill Voizelle racked up his third of the season by trimming the dodgers giant hitters ran amuck in one of their games with the walloping them 265 to set a new major league runs Tivenin re Cincinnati reds split two games with the pirates in addition to the card series to hold third place while the Phillies divided two the besides the giant win to take the fourth Brooklyn won one against the braves in addition to the giant series for fifth the old then led the dodgers to one of their Vic tories Over the 50 Curt 38yearold did the pitching while old Dixie Wal Ker clubbed out a Pittsburgh beat the cubs once besides the Cincy series to get into sixth Vince Dimaggio Boston Chicago american to fac not ouch Chandler Lippy Leo of the Brooklyn shown As be Humb broken in a game with the Bouton red Leo shoved of pc fat right Pap to try and snare shortstop maw chs wide Peg to Force Newso ipe 26 Ai the dodgers won the game 32 in 12 innings 4wt lost hem be out of action for at least 6 Cleveland and splitting four with the White Jock Kramer notched his third Victory of tti6 3i Over the the athletics split two games each with the yanks and re4 soc to remain in second one of the wins was a i boning 54 win Over the red sox with a fryery Joe Berry emerging the the Rod sox Ajao divided pair with the senators for third in its other game to hold of Cleveland indians bounced from its series with Louis Anc slapped Detroit Lor two grandpa Joe heaving won one of the games in 12 innings Veteran Mel harder the Detroit other game of the we was a 20 Victory Over the sox in which Al Newhouser 12 allowing Only four Chicago lost to Detroit and b three times out of four with tote brownies to share the cellar with the go Clouter wins Over buddy Walker Joey boxing instructor at Baer scored a  win Over the Veteran heavyweight John buddy Walker at giving away More than ten pounds at won seven of the ten Humn Erin Hank Armstrong kept pedalling along the comeback Trail by pounding out a lopsided ten round decision Over hairy Thomas in los armstrong1 had Thomas on the floor in other bouts of the Wil lie former featherweight leu mus Over ten rounds Lou Nova stopped Dixon in the fifth Ner Burlund shaded in 12 rounds Tommy father diviner known chilled qua the fourth rouin4 for straight win since turnip Dummy Navis Stolpu Doug Willow in the sixth