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m I - i Tha 03EG0XY STATESMAN. Satan, Oregon. Friday Morning. Marcn 3. 1841 PAGS ELEVEN Hockey Clubs Suspended SEATTLE, March of ficial of th Pacific Northwest lc hockey league said tonight he had been advised that national effidalh suspended owners, play era and clubs in the Southern California ice hockej league be cause' it recently had raided the northwest circuit , of various players. : - AI Leader, executive secretary of the Northwest league, said he had been notified of the action by Phil Thompson, of Atlantic City, president of the Amateur Hockey association of the United States. 'Leader said the raiding of play ers ' from his league was , done specifically by the Los Angeles club. The players who jumped the Northwest league for Los An geles' hockey ; included Goalie Stubby, Mason, Forwards Art Schuman and Flea Morrison, of the Vancouver, BC, Maple Leafs, and Goalie Bill Gribble of the Seattle (Boeing) Bombers. The amateur hockey group Is affiliated with the National Hock ey league, professional Ice loop, and the suspension might extend to possible play with the latter organization, Leader said. v uy DeLay "Improved',? At Silverton Hospital !; . - . ... . ,.. ii SILVERTON G uy "Pop De Lay, suverton nigh school athl etics director and coach, is re ported "improving" at the hos pital -where he was removed Monday following i several days illness at his home. DeLay was stricken with an i inflammatory condition in leg arteries and veins during the recent basketball season. Keltner Returns Indian Contract CLEVELAND, March 1 Third Baseman Ken Keltner of the Cleveland Indians today re turned his signed contract and telephoned Vice President Roger Peckinpaugh that he would give up. his 2-11 araii ciassmcauon m a Milwaukee foundry "and see t.- , n . 1 wnai nappeos. Keltner explained his attitude "If the army wants me, that okay, butl'm a ball player by trade and I'm going to play ball until I'm called." 'General Finance Defeats Chemawa Sale m's independent General Finance quintet defeated the Che mawa All-Stars 31-44 last night at Chemawa, with Center Keith Morris potting 22 of the Finan ciers points. Forward Panier of . the All-Stars led his club with 14 counters. S CHEMAWA (44) (51) Pinter (14) F Wilder (4) . F Sanders (I) C Metager (0) .G. eOavts UJ G. Chemawa sub oral finance GUhooler S. GEN. FINANCE ( Garftnkl (7) Compton (22) Moms (S Sheldon (3) Btmom Williams . Gen Calvary Baptist Five Upset by Salt Greek Calvary Baptist's league-leading quintet in the senior "A" church basketball league was upset 33-28 by Salt Creek Baptist last night on the YMCA floor. The losers led at halftime, 14-3. - Forward Bartell led the Sal Creek team with 12 points, the same -number scored by Roy Houck of Calvary Baptist. CAJL. bap. cat) Houck (U) . Doiwd (3) Zahare (2) . Thomas (7) LovcU (0) Calvary Baptist (33) SALT CREEK ..F (0 B. Villwork JT. (12) Bartell C (10 Fast G ,-(4) C. Villwoek G. (1) Buhler sub Bloom Salt Creek Thlestes S. NW Airlines Ask Fare Cut WASHINGTON, March l (dP) Northwest Airlines proposed i re duction of fares for air passengre service today in briefs submitted to civil aeronautics board (CAB) examiners supporting its applica tion for direct one-carrier service from New York to the Pacific northwest ! The company proposed a Mil waukee-New York fare which Its representatives said was $4.10 less than'' the existing air passenger fare and proposed similar reduc tions between Milwaukee and Cleveland and between Detroit and Cleveland. I ! J The company's counsel, Seth Richardson, announced that jlO company witnesses w o u 1 d be available for cross-examination !by attorneys for other airlines to morrow. I The port of New York authority has appeared before CAB, urging establishment of direct service to the Pacific northwest, and repre sentatives of Detroit have asked the CAB to extend the city's serv ice to Chicago and New York. Northwest . Airlines application calls for a route from Seattle New York via Minneapolis-St. raui, Milwaukee, Detroit a Cleveland. I because there were no cradles. As the word of the births got around town, a crowd gathered in front of the house, but no one was admitted. Pioneers Trim " - : I Milwaukie 5 MILWAUKIE, Ore., March 2- (flVOregon City won the Clacka mas county basketball crown ;to- night by turning back a last-half Milwaukie drive for a 41-37 win. The Pioneers next meet Gresh- am, top team in Multnomah c ty outside of . Portland, for ithe championship of district 7's east era division. Mother of New QuddsHopes To Marry Babes9 YankFather - Hi; By EUTH COWAN HEANOR, DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND, March 2-yNora Carpenter, frail, attractive, 23-year-old mother of quadruplets, said tonight that she hoped to many the American doughboy identified as the father of her babies and "would like to go to America with him." Nora's mother, Mrs. Ellen Carpenter, and Miss Edith Mathews, nursing home superin tendent, said the father is Staff Sgt William Thompson of Pitts burgh, Pa. . '5 He was present at the birth of the babies and saw all four be fore rejoining his outfit, Mrs. Carpenter said. j - i . Nora evidently was very much in love; with the soldier & whom she met while she was serving in the ATS. She described him to interviewers as a "fine fel low? and gave happy assent when asked; "would you like to go to America?" . -.1 j i She ! smiled contentedly when told the babies were gaining in the nursing home where ; they were (taken from their f bureau drawer: emergency, beds In the grandparents' modest home. I "I f am : very happy about : my babies,? she said, "but I never could! have believed there were ourvfjThen she added, "I expect jto- be up and around in about two fweeks!;! to take personal 'care of 'the children. 'i I Miss Carpenter said the babies' Ifatherj J "was married about two years ago in America and they ihad no children" ! ; I j She ; added, "I understand he has seen his .commanding officer about the quads and I'm, hoping arrangements will be made to enable j us to get ! married some time in the future." The! mother declared, "everyone in Heanor knows I'm single and it would he foolish for me to pretend I'm not. Pve never clainied to be married, j "I met the American, who is a fine! fellow, when I was in -the ATS j ! (auxiliary territorial ser vice).ti ;: Ur . The; 1 friendly, . brunet'J mother told me tonight hist before she went to sleep that she was happy to learn that the j eldest! of her babies had gained two ounces and that the youngest : and weakest waslt'doing all right now." Nora's mother, Mrs. Ellen Car penter;! who is a munitions work er, expressed hope her daughter t Indians Play Saints Tonigh MT. ANGEL Chemawa' In dians, champions of Marion coun ty B league, clash with St John's of Milwaukie, champions of Mult nomah and ; Clackamas counties, here Friday night on neutral jMt. Angel college court in a state district B-l quarter-final basket ball game. The tussle is billed for an eight o'clock start . EAST ORANGE, NJ. -UP)- The wrong Guy got the two bucks sent by Mrs. . A. Cahleman of East Orange as a birthday present to her nephew, Marine CpL George F. Guy, on duty in the Pacific theatre. But Cpl. George A. Guy, also a ' marine in the Pacific, upheld mightj be married "for the chit drett'si! sake. She ; said the doughboy father was, waiting in an adjoining room at the; Carpenter home when the quadruplets were born. "I ; took the first in to show himTf -she said, "and while he was still admiring her the second was born. I He saw them all before he left." With a twinkle,' she added that after the first baby was J born "I knew there'd be another, because the nurse winked at me, but when the third came, and then the fourth, I hate to tell you what said,! but it was bloody awful, was shocked." i The 1 babies were put to bed In the opened drawers of i a chest the honor of the corps, back the two bucks. He lent Crossword Puzzle a is 2) xPsPlP 34 47 SO- 40 9 21 35 3 1 22I 32 42 v777 21 'A 38 20 w 8 3 5 10 2T 30 1 Wife Weeps; . Husband Said Quads' Father PITTSBURGH, March 2 - (ffj The Pittsburgh wife of Staff Sgt William Thompson, identified by an; English nursing home' super intendent as the father of quadru plets born to an unwed girl in Heanor, Derbyshire,: was in seclu sion today. : ; ; . v . , - Mrs. Mary Jenemann. mother of Mrs. Thompson, said the family had "no definite proof that Sgt Thompson is the quads' father. She explained: "When Eleanor (the 25-year- old beautician whom Thompson married here in 1942) came home from work where she was called by a New York paper, she was hysterical. She has been crying ever since. ' v:- : - - - "She is suffering from a terrible shock.1 This is a terrible thing. "Until we have definite word that it is Eleanor's husband, I feel that I shouldn't talk about it" Six ji months ago, Mrs. Jenne- mann ; said, Sgt Thompson wrote Eleanor from England that he was in love with an KngiiffJi woman. "He told Eleanor he wanted a di vorce I so he could marry her,' Mrs. Jenemann added. Asked if Eleanor would give her husband a divorce, Mrs. Jenemann said they had consulted an attor ney who had advised them not to discuss the case until the quads' fatter was "definitely" identified. ' She added,- however "We are Catholics and it is against our religion to divorce. But Eleanor is over 21 and shell have to make her own decision." : Later, Frank J. Jenemann, Ele anor's father, declared flatly: fWe are not applying for a di vorce. We are not going to do anything. Let him sweat it out' Located at a sportsmen's club where he is employed, Sgt Thomp son's father, William H. Thomp son, sr., said: ?ni dq all I can for himand if it wasn't for the wax, I'd, be on a boat in the morning to stand by bis side. "I knew Bill's wife very well and I think she is a fine little person." , - The elder Thompson said he and the sergeant's mother -were di vorced when Bill was a child. 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Insect 28. most Indigent 27. metal t machine-bar - 23. masculine name - 29. pinch ' 30. aeriform matter 32. shelter 33. primary color 38. spread for crying i 33. devastate 39. hit with !i ' open hand 40. narrative 41. citrus drinks 42. small harbor 43. feminine name 44. close : 45. mind 48. completes 4S.soft tat Paul Lukas, Jennifer Jones Iff in Oscars for Best Acting HOLLYWOOD, March 2-(fls)-Paul Lukas, 48-year-old Hungarian-born actor, and Jennifer Jones, a screen newcomer, tonight won f ilmdom's highest accolade the academy of mo tion picture arts and. sciences "Oscar" awards for best acting performances of 1943. J 1 Miss Jones, who previously had appeared in but few minor I roles, was presented with the small cherished statuette for super be acting in "The Song of Bernadette." J Coincidentally, this was the Oklahoma-born actress 2 4 th birthday. - -;!- . f . LUkas won his academy award for; his . performance in "The Watch on the Rhine." I i Charles Coburn was adjudged the best supporting actor of 1943 for. his work in the comedy "The More; the Marrier," while Katina Paxinou, the Greek actress, won the award for best supporting ac tress for her performance in "For Whom the BeU Tolls." The academy's high honors for the most outstanding , movie of 1943( went to Warner Brothers' ,Xiablanca, while Michael Cur- uz Won the Oscar for best direc tum; for the work he did on that picture. . .; .- Miss Jones, who was born Phyl lis ttsley. made her starrinc role as the saintly peasant girlin "Th Song of Bernadette." It was her first bi part . 1, . She ; won the award Over such academy nominees as Joan Fon taine and Greer Carson, both pre vious "Oscar" winners, Jean Ar thur and Ingrid Bergman. ' Lukas nosed out: his four com petitors, Gary Cooper, previous winner, Humphrey Bogart, Wal ter Pidgeon and Mickey! Rooney. Nominated against "Casablan ca-" were the films "Song of Ber nadette "Heaven Can Wait' w-uuw xncKienv Watch on me j Rhine,- "Human Cnmedv1 "Madame Curie," "The More the merrier," "In Which We Serve" anq r or Whom the Bell Toll " Producer Hal Wallis was given the Irving G. Thalberg memorial ta-ckPJ! ' I.. 1 n vu iur me mutt rnn. sistent high quality of production. iwinis screen presentations which included 'Casablanca," "Air Force" ana - Action in the North Atlantic" .Unlike in the 15 creviou ran wheii the awards were made at a oanquet by filmdon's elite, to night's ceremonies, due to war conainons,. were conducted at ineatre where they were shared wim; 1 the ticket-buying public. The; theatre's 2000 sea tin z can. I city, was fiHed to overflowing. Rain that fell intermittently throughout the day failed to keep the ardent fans away from the program, which included acts of vaudeville and other entertain ment . , i The awards included: Best two reel short: "Heavenly 1 Music;" best one-reel short: "Am-1 phibious . Fighters;" best short ; subjects, cartoons: "Yankee Doo dle Mouse;" best scoring of mu sical: This Is The Army." Best song:. "You'll Never Know;" best score, dramatic pic ture,' "The Song of Bernadette;" best special effects, "Crash Dive;" sound record, - "This ! Land Is Mine; interior decorators of pro duction receiving awards from art direction (color), "Phantom of the Opera;" interior decorators of production receiving awards for art direction (black and white), "The Song of Bernadette." Film editing: "Air Force;, cine matography (color), "Phantom of the : Opera;" cinema tography (black and white), "The Song of Bernadette;" art direction (color), "Phantom of the Opera;" art di rection (black, and white), "The Song of Bernadette;", documen tary I short subjects, "December Seventh," by United States navy; distinctive documentary achieve ment feature, "Desert Victory" by the British ministry of informa tion; best original picture story, "The Human Comedy." -; Best original screen play ."Prin cess ORourke;" best screen play, "Casablanca;" best direction, "Casablanca" by Michael Curtis. Hoover Uninterested In '44 Elections MIAML FfcL, March J-tfV Former President Herbert Hoover said today that he was "not in terested" in forthcoming elections. ;- Arriving by Pan-Ame r 1 c a n clipper after a Bahamas fishing trip: he said he was "only inter ested now ini the successful con clusion of the war." Hoover will fir to New York tomorrow. 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S. Ceact Gaardsmea provide a Jam seirioa" - for sekUera aboard a Coast Gaarel snaaaed traasport . pna xr savaBoa ex auaia sa u raaae sinsuuns, on ax, . . . whom Is sChesetted st right, were crew asea. t ACSC TO IBOADWAYATUr oevem yr ta Holly, weed ITsiisift Batlavaa aa letamed t Broadway waere ahe f Juytegia "Th Yk ef the Turtle." Kiss SaHavaa Is pktartd 1-.. :- COMTRI QUTIOMLLia Sayse, Crazlan scprano of tie UetropoIIlan eprra. gives a check te Eiw&rd Johnson,, general manager ef tie SletrcpcUUn. as her contribution ta th cri"-'3i Ilea's riT 1st IZZ2Z lit wtrtlza cecs F I CUT I tIC COUFLE-U. Cmdr. Charles G. i-EIcfl- ' wraiUu USX 2, looks pre!y at to aewiy.woa commission of hit wL'e, LL Ol) Jas Lst'JL UzZvni (left) ci tl ;&rs,C