MEAT BEGINS TO FLOOD MARKETS . . . Interior view of meat packing plant in New York City a
scant few days following expiration of the office of price administration—showing meat on the book and
plentiful. In meat centers such as Chicago, Kansas City and Los Angeles the supply was even more
plentiful. Whether it was a rush by farmers to get cattle to market before enactment of new OPA or be
cause of, at least, temporary end of black market, the reason is not entirely clear. Higher prices was
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U.S. CAVALRY PARADES IN TOKYO . . . The U.S. 1st cavalry division is shown parading down one of
the main streets of Tokyo during celebration held in the Japanese capital. Lt. Gen. Robert Eichelberger,
commanding officer of the 8th army and Maj. Gen. William Chase, commanding officer of the crack cav
airy unit, reviewed the display of U.S. might from a stand in front of the Imperial hotel in Tokyo. Many
GI’S watched from the sidewalks.
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THE WINNER AND HIS CANDIDATE , . . Former governor of Min
nesota, Harold Stassen, and Mrs. Stassen are shown as they voted at
St. Paul in Minnesota Republican primary election. Insert shows
Edward J. Thye, Republican governor of Minnesota and political
protege of Stassen, who defeated Senator Henrik Shipstead. Stassen
fought Shipstead on his record of having voted against the U. N.
TOKYO GANGSTER LAID TO REST . . . Toyko had Us first gangster
funeral since the occupation, when Matsuda, the “Boss of Shimbashi”
district, was sent off to his ancestors in the true gangster fashion.
“a-la-Chicago.” The streets were banked with flowers as the two
hour memorial service began with the chanting of the priests and the
beating of tom-toms by his “boys.” Photo shows Matsuda’s ashes
being carried in the procession through streets of Shimbashi.
CLOUD OVER BIKINI . . . The
atom bomb as it exploded over
the “guinea pig” fleet moored in
the lagoon at Bikini. The photog
rapher was in a B-29 flying at a
safe distance and altitude from
the atom bomb explosion on the
atolls.
VET DANCES WITH PLASTIC
LEGS . . . Jerry Singer, Holly
wood film dancer, who lost a leg
at Okinawa, is dancing again these
days, despite artificial leg. He Is
shown going through a dance for
film, “If I’m lucky.”
I
' | 'HE ash-swinging mix-up in the
-*■ American League among such
riflemen as Ted Williams, Hank
Greenberg, Charlie Keller and Joe
Ted Williams
Dimaggio has been
more hectic than it
at first looked to
be. Ted Williams,
the Red Sox blast
er, was the man to
beat back in mid
April, and he is
still the one to beat
through the long
August and Septem
ber march ahead.
Only Wakefield
has fallen behind
schedule among the big hitters.
The others have picked up just
about where they left off and the
scramble still will be keen along
most of the remaining route. There
is little chance now that anyone will
come close to overtaking Babe
Ruth’s high mark of 60 homers, or
the two big years that Jimmy Foxx
and Hank Greenberg had in the
past — but it will take around 45
homers to lead the two circuits, and
the four present leaders all have a
shot at this target.
While Joe DiMaggio’s general av
erage has been well below other
years — his lifetime mark is
around .337 — the Yankee outfield
er hasn’t lost his grip on the home
run bat. His long-distance range
remains. It has remained for
Charlie Keller to improve in both
departments — the Maryland Maul
er has moved into his biggest sea
son and so far he shows no signs
of slipping back.
While Yankee hitting generally
has been below the expected aver
age up to this July date, its home
run count has been healthy enough.
In the way of long distance blows,
Keller, Dflttaggio, Henrich, Gordon,
Lindell and others have managed to
hold their own or do just a shade
better. The American League still
has the margin in power.
In the National
Johnny Mize of the Giants is still
the top home-run hitter in the old
er circuit. National League support
ers will tell you that National
League hitters have to face smart
er and better pitching. This may
be true but we doubt it. We can’t
quite visualize better National
League pitching than Feller, New
houser, Chandler. Hughson, Ferriss
and a few more have been offering.
For the past 25 years the Amer
ican League has adopted the old
Babe Ruth slogan — not to “hit
’em where they ain’t” but to hit
’em where they can’t get at ’em. In
the way of a home run market, it
is almost a certainty that the Amer
ican will have the four top men.
Baseball again has proved, as
boxing proved in the case of Joe
Louis, that the punch is the last
thing to leave the athlete’s system.
Hank Greenberg certainly has
proved it to a marked degree. Hank
is no elastic cat around first base
—the old legs are not what the young
legs used to be. They never are.
But the Tiger slugger has proved
that he can keep on getting his
home runs, whatever else may have
happened through the enervating
process of added years and a long
war layoff.
• • •
Your Money's Worth
From which sport does one get
the best return for the money he
invests as a spectator? We offered
this query to a rather large group
of sports-loving fanatics who follow
the fortunes of many games. We be
gan to figure out the cost, plus the
excitement, the thrill and the sat
isfaction derived. It broke down
something like this:
1. For a World Series game, the
cost for a reserved seat is $5.50.
The cost of a seat for a series of
three games is $16.50.
2. For an Army-Notre Dame
or an Army-Navy football game
the top seat cost is $4.40. The
price is no higher for a Michi
gan - Ohio State or a Pennsyl
vania - Army contest — for any
football contest.
3. For an Open Golf contest
the cost is $2.50.
4. For an International Polo
match the cost tag is around $5.
5. No championship or high
ranking basketball game costs
more than $3 or $4 for a seat.
6. You can see a national ten
nis championship match for no
more than $5 if that much.
7. For a day at the Olympic
games you could get a good seat
for $3.
8. You can get one of the best
seats at the Kentucky Derby,
the Preakness or the Belmont
for prices that range from $5
to $10.
It was here the argument warmed
up, all on one side. Then why
should a boxing match range
from $16.50 to $100, when on a gen
eral average the contestants
involved are far below the average
skill of baseball, football and other
stars, including golf?
One answer might be that the
public is willing to pay. It is, of
course, all up to the sporting public.
It still can be said that no law exists
which forces anyone to pay far
more than a show is worth — and
the public is the only agent that
can handle the situation.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO MEAT . . . Meat shortage? They evi
dently never heard of a meat famine down Rocky Mount, N. C. way
where porkers part with giant hams like the one above, which tipped
the scale at sixty pounds or three times the weight of Sally, who looks
at it with disbelief or "something." Rather a large size ham to put
In the oven, meat shortage or no meat shortage.
ITALIAN PRESIDENT GAINING FAVOR . . . Benedetto Croce, fa
mous philosopher, is shown, left, as he congratulated Enrico de
Nicola, who was recently named provisional president of the Italian
republic. President De Nicola enjoys enormous personal popularity
In Naples, a monarchist stronghold, and his election by the Italian
constituent assembly, won some ardent monarchists over to “De
Nicola’s Republic.”
THE ARMY GOES BACK TO THE HORSE . . . The horse has come
back into his own with the U.S. constabulary forces now on duty
patroling some 1,600 miles of German border along the Czech and
Russian frontiers. Here Pvt. Manuel Ward, standing, is inspecting
the pass of a civilian from the Ukraine, while Pvt. Gene Robbins sits
on his horse. Both GI's are from Troy, Ohio. Maj. Gen. Ernest Har
man, who rides a grasshopper plane commands the unit.
HOWARD HUGHES’S MAMOUTH PLANE WRECKED . . . Wreck
age of Howard Hughes’s largest great plane is shown after it had hit
telephone wires, crashed into a home and then into Rosemary De
camp’s garage, finally hitting another home in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Home Is shown burning In background. Hughes was only one in plane
when It crashed. He was rescued from the fire and rushed to hos
pital, where It was first reported that he had nttle chance to survive.
HONOR CAMP FIRE LEADER
. . . "Edith M. Kempthorne Ex
tension Fund" has recently been
established in honor of Edith
Kempthorne who has served the
cause of Camp Fire since its be
ginning. Fund will carry on her
work.
WAR PROFITS PROBE . . . MaJ.
Gen. William U. Porter, retired
chief of the chemical warfare
service, is shown as he appeared
before the Senate Mead committee
as it was investigating Rep. A. J.
May and war profiteering.
PAPOOSE-PACKING PAPA . . .
The morning beach atroll and
baby-tending chore are easily com
bined by this papa at Nag’s Head,
N. C. He took the baby’s auto seat
out of the car and b’isted it onto
his shoulders. The idea was
copied from packs brought to
America by war brides.
BELGIUM WILL REMEMBER
... An urn holding blood-stained
earth from the battle of Bastogne
was presented to President Tru
man at White House by Belgium
Ambassador Baron Silvercruys,
right, as a gift from Belgium in
honor of U. S. GI’s.
NEW TENNIS QUEEN . . . Pau
line Betz, California star, who took
the world’s women's tennis crown
at Wimbledon, England, when she
defeated Louise Brough, Beverly
Hills, Calif., in straight sets in
what was an all-American final.