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Texans Give Aid to Conversion
Of German Plant

BY KENNETH L. DIXON,
Associated Press Staff Writer.
GERMANY.—Two sports-minded
American officers have started re-
converting one small portion of
Germany’s erstwhile war industry.

CAPT. JOHN PFITSCH of Tyler,
Texas, and Lt. Cassius M. Lea of
Fenton, Mich., are using a former
‘|German 88-nim. shell factory for
‘| production of baseball bats. ;
‘| In the small town of Tunger-

‘| Division were walking through the
factory when they saw a number of
woodworking machines and a siz-

_| 448th Antiaircraft Warning Bat-
talion needed baseball equipment,
now that the shooting is over.

_| ‘Soon a makeshift production line
.| was working and the first bats be-
‘| gan appearing—ones that would be
hard to beat even back home. They
were trade-marked Pfitsch Lea
Tungerhutte Bat which admittedly
‘is plenty of trade-mark for any bat.