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if E t é opening day attempts the New York Giants and Phila- delphia Athletics. Weather permit- ting, the Giants will inaugurate their season tonight against the Philadelphia Phillies while the Athletics stick to daylight with the Nee Yock Yankees as their opponents. Legion Baseball Program Is Well Underway Here The American Legion Junior Baseball program is now well un- derway. Games are being played each Wednesday and Friday even- ings at the Wicker's Stadium. Post Commander Vance C. Stir- | rup of Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28 stated today that the primary pur- pose of Junior Baseball is the teaching of concrete and practical lessons of citizenship and sports- manship by the playing of Ameri- ea’s own game - BASEBALL. Basebail is American, and as one | ar z i gee 2 EER ses 5g rigtce he be 5] ot SS ™. ay Following Throwoh in lead with two wins Fini ss Z i 20 F & fu ek Other hit et include and Cas- tro KW. ins, ig gun with a slamming half-thousand. In the base fpilfering depart- metit Leon leads the thievery with a grand total of five cases of larceny, closely. following is Herrick, 4, and Bazo has grabbed off wilt , E. Rodriguez and At- we a three bagger each Curry, Perez, Pierce. Bazo, az, Santana and Knowles have joubled off opposing pitchers. runs so far go to S. . Rodriguez. throwing them up wiles and eo xi against no fea’ . Rodriguez and Bean each in the won and ge ednesday night finds A. L. s the line against at eight p.m., Wick- CHICAGO «—More than 19,000 fans, anticipating a bloody brawl, j will icago Stadium tonight fey" Hast the miedlewoight to mi wi ed off Sugar Ray Robinson. If there are any late arrivals the scrap may be over before they a also goes for millions tele: viewers and radio pint the country. will he wise to tune in on time for this one. At 10 p.m. EST the mauling Graziano will start bulling his way in toward Robinson, the masterful Stylist with lightning in each fist. Most observers think the clash won't go more than eight rounds of the scheduled 15. Robinson is a 3-1 favorite and odds are even |that he'll score a knockout inside it choice by Ray Krupa produced West Palm Beach's only run. St. pe g came up with a tally to break a 22 tie and mi. Ron Pope moyed a! on Held’s sacrifice, Gil aia intentionally. Bob St Pe grounded to Humberto Fernandez who stepped on second | ch, but threw wild to first and Pope scored with winning tally. Havana the Braves their sixth straight setback Fe oa the Cubans got only ams hits Leu Ballard. SPORT SHORTS ATLANTA — Florida’s golf | team bowed to Georgia Tech, 14-13 Tuesday, Don Cole, Tech, was of the symbols of the American way of life it teaches citizen-| ship, sportsmanship, responsibility, team work and the ability to take | the geod with the bad — victories | with defeat and upon these basic | Principles, AMERICAN LEGION JUNIOR BASEBALL was founded the years, Legion Jun- ior Baseball has grown, both in the | total enrollment of boys competing | job the program and in the contin- acceptance and support trom | wrofessional baseball, oe » Fe] Seed iduals whe recognize the program activity for the building of a bonesty Stars | American Legion Junior Baschan sraduates. The American Legian building for future good cttigen. | Ship through its vas: ball program. or Base Appresimaigiy medalist with 73. WINTER PARK W — Florida's baseball im won its 10th game without a . 21, ever Rollins Tuesday. Dick Brown pitched the victory, giving up only | ieee wears 11 inches of hem- stitching his eye from gashes opened by Randy Turpin when he lost his middleweight title to the Briton and won it back in a rematch last fall, Rocky undoubtedly will be snip- ing at that old wound with the strategy that if he can't belt the ampion down for the count he might bloody him up enough to score a TKO. The gross gate probably will hit $261,000. This plus $34,000 for TV- tadio rights will net a share of $84,000 for Robinson and $70,000 | for Graziano, ———— | Miami golf team ended its 1952 season with a 23-4 victory over fo University of Cincinnati Tues- ry. At the same time, the University of Miami tennis team defeated Cin- cimnati, 7-2, Old Time Trophy bits | pad’ abt Eosothed ron" dies Birch | Florida's first run and) drove in the second. | MIAMI W® — The University of | 1,000,000 boys up to 17 years of a. play baseball every year under the | as 2 pouth | gion. | can Legion Junior Baseball pro gram. included co the rysters of | clubs making the leagues of the | Natignal Assocjation in 1951 were} ~ | 4877 former Legion Junior Baseball players. QLD CO. “L” Key West's prid Punt Ca F year this outlt was sent to the ja War Roundup By GEORGE A. MCARTHUR SEOUL ®—U. S. Shooting Stars North of Haeju, on North Korea’s , four U. S. waited stroyed two bridges a! 7 10 Red soldiers caught in the open. In the same area, a Red « repulsed two assaults by an Allie "| Batrol. the Chongju Rail Bridge and Communist front lines. : Naval ‘and Marine warplanes Lak from American carriers both coasts of North Korea Tues- day. Pilots from the Philippine Sea and Boxer attacked rail tar- from the Bairoko reported de: tion of more than 100 buildings and six gun positions. American warships hit a variety “lof Red targets on the east. The Towa and Mackenzie fired on Red soldiers at the eastern end of the battle line. The Hamner attacked | P) the Kojo area and the Rochester and Edmonds hit rail targets and Communist shore batteries in bat- tered Wonsan. ‘ MUNSAN (® — Korean truce supervision negotiators took only 20 seconds today to decide they had nothing new to say on their double-barreled. deadlock. The delegates exchanged only 27 words, They agreed to meet again Thursday. In the past six sessions they have met for a total of only |. four minutes and 20 seconds. The two sides are locked ov, Red nomination of Russia as and the observer Del Allied demand for: a ban, om she rebuilding of military airfields dur- ing an armistice, The Allies delayed again any move toward resuming off-the- record talks on exchanging pris- oners of war—the third key issue still unresolved. The Reds said Sunday they were*ready to resume the talks. The talks on prisoners have been in recess since April 4 while both sides separately explore possible solutions. The Allies had demanded voluntary repatriation; the Reds had insisted on the mandatory re- turn of all prisoners of war. Here’s all that was said in Wednesday's session on truce su- pervision: Chinese Maj. Gen. Hsich Fang: “Has your side anything to say?” U.S. Maj. Gen. William K. rison: ‘No.” Hsieh: “Since your side has | nothing new to raise, I suggest we | Fecess until tomorrow at the usual time.” Harison: “We agree.” TOKYO (M—Lt. Allen Pope, 23, | is going home to Florida for some test after keeping the Communists in Korea awake for more than four months, | The tall, young flier from Home- | Stead, Fla., lost come sleep him- | self as a B-26 bomber pilot on 55 night missions over Communist lines if he looks a bit drawn, it’s be- cause his job of shooting up trucks, | jains, roads and Communist sol- | diers carrying supplies to the front | Was not an easy one. | “We do the dirty work for the glory boys,” says Pope. The night-flying B-26 campaign | against Red roads and rails is part | jof the Fifth Air Force's 24-hour jassault on the persistent Reds. Winner a Meinen Border om actwe cui, Eisenhower Gains Ground On Taft With In N. J. Pre essive Win BASEBALL: 1 Cleveland St. Louis New York Washington Detroit Chicago National Brooklyn Chicago pr Pseesd New York Pittsburgh toe semomeatetes’! HHEeCooee ornnatens BEeREEEEES Bee8222 &2688532 ee Jax Beach Daytona Beach St. Augustine Leesburg Florida International Tampa 6 West Palm Beach 4 4 COSHH HENNE Miami Havana Miami Beach - Lakeland St. Petersburg Ft. Lauderdale OAR HOWE DN DHMH HOS see2e88 A 4 4 3 3 0 Roger Peabody, once a mem- ber of New Hampshire’s varsity ski team, is now the president of the New Hampshire state board of basketball officials. In many animals the same sense organs are used for both taste and smell. Pope flew with the 452nd Bomb Wing, based in Southern Korea. It's a lonely job and a dangerous one. “The anti-aircraft is increasing all the time,” says Pope. “When we get over a prime target area the automatic weapons send up a Steady stream of Red ‘golf balls’ at us. The heavier guns send streaks of green. It looks like Christmas Eve up there.” Pope says the Reds have de- | veloped a whole set of tricks to foil the steady pounding of the Air Force. “They have portable rail and road bridges they put up at night and hide away in the day time,” he said. “They have crews that live right alongside the tracks and can repair a rail cut in about six hours. They're persistent little so- Fy & 2 = iy a [ in Bek The position of the New Jersey republic; tirely favor Taft were eis and two/ more were running strongly in the | district races. One Stassen man was elected. . | money under the GI Bill? . | private lending agencies. Wednesday, April 16, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 8 Mrs. J. Edgar Willing PANTOMIME ARTIST is Gladys Pratt Willing, wife of J, Willing. She was a student of of J, Edgar drawing and decorative arts at Washington University, St. Louis, a member of the Art Stue dent's League in New York, and played in many pantomimes including that of Alice in “Alice in Wonderland” while at schook, Her background includes 18 years as associate in education on the staff of the American Museum of Natural History in York where she headed four photographic expeditions for museum to secure documentary films in France and She lectured at the museum and arranged special the films. She wrote three books on natural history which published by Random Hoyse, Inc. While at the Atheneum, Hartford, Conn., as exhibits assistant director (it ig the oldest museums in the country), she secured special lectures and shows given in the muséum’s theater. sociated with the Key West Players for two years, Mrs, Willing has acted in “The Passing of the Third Floor sisted in many ways including doing the set for Back,” nd as- She has the role of a Milwaukee matron in Tennessee ¥ Here are authoritative an- swers from the Veterans Admin- istration to four questions of in- terest to former servicemen: Q. I am an ex-WAC, going to school full time under the GI Bill. I'm married and have a child, Would I be eligible for the $120-a-month subsistence for veterans with more than one de- pendent (my husband and child)? A. No. You may, however, be eligible for the $105 rate paid to veteran-trainees with one de- pendent—that dependent being your child. Q. How do I go about finding a lender who will lend me A. Information as to who makes GI farm loans may be ob- tained usually from the County Agricultural Extension Agent. Information concerning home| and business loans may be had| from your local Chamber of | Commerce, or by inquiring at} banks, savings and loan associ tions, mortgage and insurance | companies, and other public and | Q. Ihave a service-connected | dental condition, and was fitted! ? A. Yes. Bridgework which be- comes ‘unservicesble through legitimate wear and deteriora- tion may be replaced, provided your dental condition is shown to be serv Q. I surrendered my manent policy for went back into mili! I expect to get out Td like to know what I to regain my insurance tion, A. You may either (1) to VA in Washington, a new permanent policy on permanent plan by paying required reserve and the mium for the current either case, you must act 120 days following your tion from active service, Physical examination is not necessary, (Veterans living in Ker West who wish further Seance about their benefits should con tact the VA Office at Room 218, Federal Bidg.) CARTER cm CARBURETER Climatic Control Eliminates Hand choking and Gives You Quick, Easy Starting the Year“ Round, You'll Get Greater Driving Pleasure From a CARTER EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR IN KEY WEST & MONROE COUNTY ROY'S KEY WEST AUTO PARIS CJ. POR SERVICE 121 Duval St. Murry's Auto Elect, Bill's Garage Poincians Service Station Phones 1677 —~ 1678 Sweeting’s Auto Service Muiberg Chevrolet Navarre, inc, The Twins Garage