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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Decline OF Giants Showed Up
All Too Clearly At Box Office

cago Cubs, as a coach. Meanwhile,
MacPhail was purchasing Kirby
Higbe, the hottest young pitcher in
the National league, from the Phil
lies.
THAT MacPhail is tough compe-
tition," Stoneham sighed. HE
must have promised them a pen
nant this year the way he's spend
ing money"
He was asked if the Giants had
the currency necessary to buy a
star or two.
Sure we've got the money" re-
piled the youthful prexy. Maybe
not the kind of dough MacPhail is
tossing around. But show us the
player what will help us and We'll
buy him"
How high would the Giants be
willing to go for such a player?
"You find the man and then
we'll. start talking price" Horace
hedged.
"Sure, some of the players we
could buy would hurt us more than
they would help" contributed
Treasurer Leo Bondy.
There is some doubt about that.
The Giants as now constituted
have only one outstanding star,
Catcher Harry banning. Their
pitching staff is shot since Carl
Hubbell finally succumbed to the
years, and Mel OFT, their o n ce
great right-fielder, has shown signs
o fgoing over the hill at last.
The hard truth is that the Giants
under the Terry regime have not
come up with any new stars. They
have gone back gradually but sure.
ly as the team gathered originally
by the late John McGraw has
played out it's string. First Base
man Babe Young is the closest
approach to a star produced by the
Giants farm syster and a team
of Babe Youngs probably would
not win a. pennant.
The Polo Grounders need help,
and if they don't get it by Spring
the entire National league will feel
it where it hurts worst-at the box
office:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Famed Surgeon, so, To Retire
And Spend Rest OfLfe Writing

done while I still have sufficient
|lucidity Of mind to do it," he said
as cody, as if probing for a bullet.
1T is wrong to do and do, and not
get the digestive profit of your ex'
perience, the good and the bad,
and translate it for the benefit Of
others.
There are so many plumbers
one would give anything to have
corrected"
He looks to the future crowded
with the work Of his pen, instead
Of his scalpel, hoping it will last
a long time to satisfy his tire.
mendous interest in the changing.
laundering world for which, he
says, II have never lost my en-
thusiasm."
He ~subscribes to about 40 week.
ly and monthly literary and medi-
cal publications, buys all the local
newspapers, edition after edition,
particularly for the latest Euro
pean war reports, and takes time
out Of his work, day and night, to
tune in European b%roadcasts.
His memory is fabulous. Besides
English, he speaks French, Italian,
Spanish, can make himself under
stood in Russian and reads Por.
tuguese, Rumanian and German.
When he presided at the Inter.
national Surgical Congress in Brus-
sells in 1888, he addressed the dele
gates in four languages.
Lafcadio Hearn wrote of him
with establishment in the late 10th
century:
II visited him to obtain some
material for a fantastic anatomical
dream-sketch and asked where I
could find good information re.
garding the lives and legends OF
the great Arabian physicians.
He ran off a long string of names,
giving the specialties Of each man
and criticizing his work" l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
W. And M. To Change
I94I Football Schedule

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 21.-RE
Carl Voyles, director of athletics
and head football coach at the Col
lege of William and Mary, an
nounced today two changes in the
William and Mary football sched-
ule for 1871.
The coach, on a brief visit to
the capital. said that the North
Carolina State game, originally
scheduled in Norfolk, November
Is, had been cancelled. The game
might be played in Williamsburg
November 20, he said.
The proposed game with George
Washington university has b e e n
definitely scheduled, but it will be
played in Norfolk Friday night,
October "a, and not Saturday, Oc-
tober Is, as originally planned. 1
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
BY Y TALBOT

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-lR-The
Giants, one of the most valuable
Properties in baseball, are going
% die slowly and horribly h
'oinlhg summer unless an ener-
seIc effort is made soon to blow
HE back into their limbs and
Joints.
Inc club that was winning pen
nahlS only a few years ago and
Mnazlng fat on capacity crowds at
le Polo Grounds dropped to sixth
pace IN the National league last
ssaSoh. Toward the end their at
Hnoahce was pitiful, much to the
s:Stfess both of the Giants and of
visiting teams.
1T Will be that way from the
ss'l' next spring unless something
f. uOhe toward convincing the fans
d."t The team has a fighting
saalce. Local baseball filberts are
WV 'hlpued with much of the old
oa aL'ah spirit. They are interested
uly IN winners.
resident Horace Stoneham
,I'o"s this all too well, and so
t tues Manager Bill Terry. T h e y
, m also that Larry MacPhail
t meI IN Brooklyn has built a team
cs r. VIII crush them in the next
dTag palgn and dishearten e v n
tS sv;ulh.the-wool Giant fans. Y e t
hail. Efforts to snare the sort of
nea p lhey need SO far have ap-
,Jo ~ De exact, they have obtained
Bnb ofengo, a fair infielder, and
IAN poWman, a losing pitcher in
nsI O' Doth from the St. Louis Cardi-
Hsrtand they have signed Gabby
-~IeIt' late manager of the Chi
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
RALEIGH
BRIEFS
Star-NeWs Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel
BY N E r

RALEIGH, Dec. ALT the 1941
General Assembly should get
round to serious consideration of
state support for a nine-months
school term, there is a very good
chance that there would be pre-
sented the odd and unusual spac.
tacle of the principal financial
be%neficiaries - the teachers of
North Carolina-lined up in solid
opposition.
How the teachers would stand de-
ponds, of course, on the attitude
OF the appropriations committee to.
ward the nine-months term. The
group which i~nstructs Tar Heel
youth isn't dumb enough to resist
getting one-eighth more money
than they now receive; but-and
here's the rub-there is a strong
likelihood that a nine months term
would be sanctioned only on the
basis of a reduced monthly wage
to teachers.
In brief, the teachers will favor
a nine-months term provided their
salaries are maintained on at least
the present schedules as to month.
ly pay; but they will probably
raise a storm of protest if it should
be proposed to support a nine
months term on money insufficient
to maintain that level.
The present salary scale gives
the average teacher something
like ST, 900 for 160 teaching days.
If it is proposed TO give them ST.
125 for nine-months, it will be all
right with them; but if it is decided
they would get, say, only $1,000
for the nine-months, there would
be a row of no small proportions;
because the monthly wage scale
would be smaller under such a
plan.
There is much vocal support for
the nine-month idea, but when the
legislators try to devise ways of
raising the more than So, 900, 600
extra which it would cost, there is
a strong chance that the noise
will subside.
It is worth noting that agitation
for a nine months term was not
started prior to or during the gen.
eral election campaign, much less
during the primary battles last
spring. Nobody dared inject any
such explosive issue.
Here's a prediction: - The legis-
lature will not vote a ninth month
at state expense unless next Gov
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
BY GLADWIN HILL

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-R-Toss
a quarter in your hand, like the
movie gangsters do.
It's not hard. Anybody can do it.
Now take two quarters, and try
to keep them going, up and down. 1t
takes much more %dexterity.
Now try it with three . four i.
five -. six -. 60 -. 900 -. . G..
900 -. 100000 -. 5000, 600 80. opps!
You dropped them all. ..
A nightmare-but it may give you
an idea of the scope of the exploits
ct a baldish, pudgy, dynamic, mys-
.erious little man named Howard C..
Hopson.
He handled n billion dollars.
He startes with the nickels : d
dimes he made as a newsboy in Fort
Atkinson, Wis, and worked up until
he was whirling the assets of the
gigantic Associated Gas and Electric
system in a kaleidoscope manner
that has baffled exact analysis by
financiers, accountants and lawyers
right down to this moment.
The huge and intricate financial
scaffolding which Hopson built up
to enable him to perform his unpar-
alleled feat collapsed last January,
with losses to many investors.
So, as Hopson, now a shattered,
feeble 5S-year-old husk of a man,
sits there mute, the United States
district court Is trying to determine
whether his dazzling fiscal prestidi-
citation of the last eighteen years
crossed she bounds Of legality.
The attorney general says it did
That Hopson's exploits involved
enough instances of mail fraud and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
~Heavyweights Signed
For Title Shot Tourney

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 21.-R-
Gs5e kaufman. promoter, said to-
night he had signed five heavy
Weights TO participate in an elimina-
ton boxing tournament, the winne-
10 meet Champion Joe Louis.
They are: Paul Hartnek, Minnea-
Nis; Tony Novak, Kansas City;
Dan Bowling, st. Louis; Eddie Mad
e., New York; and Neville Beech,
Memphis.
Kaufman added that he had an
oral agreement with Pinkie George,
MANAGER Of Lee Savold, to have the
Des Noines heavyweight fight in
the climax bout of the tournament
in January.
Several other fighters also will be
signed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Reno-V Waters Now Barred
From Bets On BangtaiLs

HENO, Dec. 21.-R-Reno, where
gambling long has been legalized,
must "cut out bets on horse races
entirely" District Attorney Ernest
S. Brown said today. He issued or
ders to two leading clubs to cease
accepting such bets.
The order, brought under a state
anti-nuisance law, made no reference
to any other form Of gambling.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
LUMBER BURNS

BELMONT, Dec. 21.-CR-Fire
last night destroyed a building of
the Belmont Lumber company which
contained a large amount of dressed
lumber and three delivery trucks.
The loss, which officials declined to
estimate Immediately, was partially
covered by insurance
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
Mel Jones Takes Job
With Columbus Team,

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 21.-R-Mel
Jones, business manager of the
Portsmouth (O.) baseball club, has
been named business manager of the
Columbus (Ga.) club, it was an
nounced tonight at the ST.. Louis
Cardinals office. Both of the minor
league units are members of the
Cardinal organization.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

HOTTEST AND MOST MASSIVE
The Orion stars are the most mas
sive and hottest of all stars. Their
surface temperatures are estimated
to be more than 10000 degrees, COM
pared with II, 200 degrees for u
own sun.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
l.

ATLANTA, Dec. 21.-LR-Atlan-
is mdefeated-united Boys High
school team has declined an invita-
ton Of Lexington On. c. High to
play a football game Jan. 1, Coach
sn0rty Doyal announced today.
ScloOl officials made the decision,
The coach said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

ernor J. Melville Broughton comes
out strongly and openly for it.
And another me-: - Even with
gubernatorial blessings, no nine
month term will be voted with sui.
ficient funds appropriated to main.
tain the present monthly teacher
salary scale. In other words, if the
teachers get another months pay
from the state, it is going to be at
a lower rate per month.
Note on the reduction of bureaus
and agencies of the state govern
ment: The only legislative pro-
posal which has been advanced with.
out even a hint of opposition from
any source is a retirement system
for state employees. It's dollars to
doughnuts that a brand new division
of the government would be set up
to handle such a system.
Goodbye, Jenny" said this cor.
ner's sometimes collaboration Lyn
Nisbet to the bureaus efficient Sec
rotary, Lucille Harris, as he started
out the door.
What do you mean calling me
'Jenny'?" she queried.
well, you're my girl friend and
a while ago you called me a jack.
ass" replied Lyn land a jackass'
girl friend is always Jenny"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
PURCHASE

BOSTON, Dec. 21.-RAThe Bos-
ton Red Sox today announced pur-
chase of the contract of Outfielder
John Barrett from the Louisville
club of the American association
for Pitcher Alex Mustaikis and an
unannounced sum of cash. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

During October, 1910, n%on-schedul.
ed commercial an dprivate flying to-
gether resulted in % fatal accidents.
OF this number, only two fatalities
occurred in the civilian pilot train
ing program Of the CAA.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
LONGEST
RAH .WAV

The worlds longest electrified rail
way is located in Italy. It :'uns
from Bremen Pass to Reggio.Cala.
bria, a distance of $40 miles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

Soap is made from locusts in
northern Africa. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

With Christmas drawing nearer,
we've been peeking over shoulders
as those last minute letters to Santa
are scrubbed, and we found out just
what the guys and gals at the air.
pert are hoping St. Nick will leave
in their stockings. Here are some
of the requests.
Dear Santa, Please bring us a
compass for our Cub, one that will
give a true reading instead of point
ing north all the time.
BURKE & LAVERNE REHDER
AND HERBERT BROOKS.
Santa, I've been a good boy, so
please bring me three comfortable
propellers for the Stinson SO I can
make lots of noise with it.
JIMMY PENNINGTON.
Please, Santa, a book on How to
Fly. 1t might help.
MILTON FINKELSTE1N.
Dear S. Claus, Would appreciate
lots of new students.
WARREN PENNINGTON.
Santa, A Waco F, please.
ALBERT WOOTEN.
Dear Santa Claus, Please won't
you bring Obed Malpass back to me
for good.
SKID" (the airport pup
Please, santa How about a nice
completed airport.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

Dear Santa Claus, Please, please
a new inspector.
ALL THE GANG.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22
COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final at washington, George
Washington 48, Duke 80.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

All of the Civilian Pilot Training
program students wrote one like
this:
Dear Santa, Please bring me n
of the free flight scholarships.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

Santa, please send lots Of new
members for the Aero club.
DWIGHT McEWEN.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

Dear Santa, Could use an air line.
CITIZENS OF WILMINGTON.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

SPINS and Spirals: We notice that
Billy Robertson has been fitting
around alone these days getting used
to his new wings Two Marine
ships, North Americans, r at the
field. We understand that the Ma
rines might consider a base in south
eastern North Carolina Bill
Belts is home for the holidays from
Charlottesville, Va. where he is a
C. "A. A. instructor =. The Stinson
will be at the airport this weekend
for passenger hopping. Come on out
and take q hop owe town. And
here's a tip: The gaily colored Christ
mas lights that adorn the streets
look very nice from the air.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

Dear Mr.. Claus, Please bring me
a Cub amphibian, they are so cute
and only two or three thousand.
ANNA FEENSTRA.
P. S. On second thought, how
about some readers for this column.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

Please, santa How about a mic
airport.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

Here's a prediction: - The legis-
lature will not vote a ninth month
at state expense unless next Gov
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

And then there r the hopefuls
who are considering hanging the
wind sock on their mantel, with
homes of finding a Cub in it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-22

Dear Santa Claus, Please won't
you bring Obed Malpass back to me
for good.
SKID" (the airport pup
Evening star., 1940-12-03
British Aid Buckers Accused
Advocates Said to Hove overpIoyed Their Hand;
Hints Of Propaganda Work Disturb New Deal

groups, had an important part In
bringing the United States into the
last World War. Congress now Is
particularly sensitive to any sug-
gestion that 1t is susceptible to the
influence of propaganda organiza-
tions.
Lothian's Talk Ill Received.
Even more definite Is the adverse
reaction Of the administration circle
to the-statement by the British AM
bassador, Lord Lothian, that Great
Britain soon may need American
financial assistance. While 1t Is
conceded that steps may have to be
taken ultimately to clear the way
to extend credit to Britain for the
purchase of war supplies. there ap-
pears to be complete agreement in
American official quarters that this
need still Is a considerable distance
away.
1t may be indicative of the ad-
ministration's trend that opposition
to financial aid to Great Britain is
most pronounced among the ultra
New Dealers. Their viewpoint is
that this move is fostered primarily
by the wealthy British upper crust,
which Is loath to surrender its
American securities.
1t was reported last week that the
British government had required
owners of some l60 American stocks
to deliver their holdings. presumably
to be paid for with British treasury
notes. The purpose Of this step,
Of course, is to make the American
securities available for the estab-
lishment Of dollar credits for pur-
chase of American war supplies.
1t is not surprising. say the New
Dealers, that wealthy Britishers
should be loath to dispose Of their
foreign investments, but 1t by no
means follows that British fighting
strength will be weakened by their
so doing. It will be time enough to
consider the extension of credit to
Great Britain. they aver, when this
move is demanded by the Labor
wing of the British government,
which more and more Is taking over
the job Of fighting the war.
Rise Of British Laborites.
All of this leads to another point
which is likely to be heard much Of
as the debate over laid to Britain"
gets fully under way. There is q
group In the United States, Of
which Joseph p. Kennedy is q
spokesman. who believe there is
menace to this country in the rise
of Ernest Bevin, Herbert Morrison
and other socialistically inclined
Laborites to important posts in the
British official hierarchy. The con-
tention of these is that a Socialist
government in Great Britain after
the war might prove as difficult for
the United States to work with in
matters of finance and trade as the
existing Socialist regimes in Ger
many and Russia.
On the other hand there Is an
element of American omcialdom
which believes that the United
States should do everything pos
sible to foster the growth Of the
Laborites as factor in the British
government, on the ground that it
is the faction most determined to
rid the world Of Hitlerism once and
for all.
Particularly noted in this connec.
ton was the suggestion from Lon
don last week that Mr.. Kennedy's
successor as Ambassador to Great
Britain may be John G. Winant Of
New Hampshire, former chairman
Evening star., 1940-12-03

which Dealer Senator Nicely OF
Virginia Another 100 cent
is Senator Minon Of Indiana
two Senators who 1t predicted by
authority last would be appointed to the Federal nenn
Schweenbach OF Washington whose
In the Federal Court
Indiana would give the President
Minton
suggested circuit court judge member OF the Supreme Court
The administration the hepwhch at times
President Garner presiding ofcer
President Elect Wallace
troubles II the Senate becomes recac1trant
Evening star., 1940-12-03

"Our first job, Mr.. White said
"was to send the destroyers to Eng
land. We learned there were GER
tain overage destroyers that could
easily be spared-150 of them-but
we plugged for so. Taking that
number as a goal was pure hunch,
but I want to say that we've never
had an objective that wasn't ap-
proved In advance by the general
stats of the United States Army
and Navy.
I'VE put Gen. Pershing on the air
but the really smart trick we pulled
was that after Lindbergh made his
speech we put his mother-in-law
MRS. Dwight w. Morrow on the
air. And was that a face card? 1t
was!
"She said, Telegraph the White
House and your congressman and
the next day - = $4,000 kilograms
came tumbling down on Washing
ton, saying. Give the destroyers to
Great Britain They never knew
what hit them"
IntimatiOn of Propaganda.
This pronouncement was disturb
ing to administration officials on
several counts. First and foremost
was its intimation that the de-
stroyer-naval base deal was Matched,
not by President Roosevelt or his
official aides, but by an outside prop
aganda organization. If the reac-
tion Of his close associates is a
criterion the President himself did
not relish this suggestion.
Secondly, there is the assertion
that the general stats of the
United States Army and Navy" col
laborated with the White commits
tee in devising the plan. The rank
ing admirals and generals annually
have to go to Congress to explain
their requests for appropriations and
they were quick to visualize the en-
barrassment to which they may be
subjected when the congressional
inquisitors inquire as to the accu-
racy of Mr.. Whites remarks.
Third, there was the implied boast
that the White committee put
something over on Congress. The
fact, of course, Is that the de-
stroyer-naval base deal never was
submitted for congressional ap-
proval and 1t was chiefly criticized
in Congress on this ground.
Finally, it is doubtful whether
the White statement was calcu-
lated to strengthen American pub
lie opinion in support of aid to
Great Britain. There Is a widely
prevalent impression that propa-
ganda. Matched abroad, but car
ried out by American promotional
Evening star., 1940-12-03
Scholarship Awarded

Miss Jean Parrish, 3211 Foxhall
road NV, has won scholarship
for 194O-1 to Mount Holyoke COL
lege, South Hadley, Mass, the Mount
Holyoke Club of Washington an
nounced today. Miss Parrish Is a
graduate of Woodrow Wilson High
School.
Evening star., 1940-12-03

For that House legislation
giving the and home for the Christmas holiday
donothng
developments
fense situations require its presence
The refusal Congress to adjourn and the of the
Walter bill been rather amazing OF the Pres
dents reelection The leadership in the next Congress
independence legislators asserting
they differ with Chief Republican minor
will be the nucleus opposition naturally
opposition policies the radical
will Congress
as it the Congress.
Evening star., 1940-12-03

paid in a democracy when the pro-
tests of 100000 people and a
majority of both houses OF Con-
gress are ignored by the Chief
Executive. For by removing him.
self from contact with the citizens
as they plead with him to sign the
Walter-Logan bill and revise 1t aft
erward as experience teaches the
President will be increasing rather
than diminishing the basic reasons
for our disunity. It's tremendous
responsibility.
Reproduction Rights ReservedD
Evening star., 1940-12-03

An instance
in point was the
recent revela-
ton by William
Allen w hit e,
chairman of the
C m m ittee to
Defend America
by Aiding the
Allies, of what
purported to be
the Il n S | d e
story" of the
part that COM
mittee pl a y e d
in pro m o t ing
the destroyer
naval base trade.
Evening star., 1940-12-03

question: WlletIl-
er any President
in time of a
crisis should alb
sent h i'm S e +
from the terri
tory Of t h e
United States
q n d rem ov e
himself almost
completely from
the processes OF
public opinion.
Mr.. Roosevelt
plans a sea trip.
The announced
purpose is in
spection of de-
Evening star., 1940-12-03

Of the Social Security Board and
present director Of the International
Labor Once at Geneva. In the
latter capacity Mr.. Winant has
been closely associated with the
British labor leaders, who undoubt-
edly would be very much pleased by
his selection for the ambassadorship.
Evening star., 1940-12-03

Qelcdt lOI 0IUs
ain in the war
h q s definitely
passed from the
axis powers to
England, at least
for the moment.
M ore accu.
rately and fairly.
let US say that
the initiative
has passed to
England ana ner
lit tie ally
Greece. for 1t Is
t he smashing
Greek defeat Of