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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-31
GHOST DIVORCE
CASE IS AMUSING
DR.. William A. Boyce Is
Serious, However, in
1 His Fight to Win

Los Angeles, July 31.-(UP)-Dr.
William A. Boyce, wealthy eye
specialist promised a further ma
FERTILIZATION today of the ghost
sflo-sha, who, he said, stole his
wife's love.
His attorney had produced a
partial naturalization. Cross ex-
amining Mrs Boyce yesterday at the
trial of her divorce petition, they
demanded that she read from her
diary. She did so, as follows:
March II, 1888 Bill (Boyce) and
/ went to Mrs. Julians Ca medium)
and sat in concentration. Sho-sha
laid his hands on my head in such
q comforting way"
Mrs. Frances Lomax, of New York,
Mrs. Boyce's niece, testified then
that Mrs. Boyce had journeyed
through ethereal lanes" with Sho-
Sha and Sho-Sha had made her a
super-woman. She hasn't finished
teStifying. She came here with her
husband, Aldredge, to help DR..
Boyce in his counter suit in which
he named Sho-Sha correspondent.
Some of Her Reasons
But before she was forced to read
from her diary, Mrs. Boyce set forth
the reasons she wants a divorce.
For one thing, she said, her hus-
band had habit of removing his
false teeth in the presence of guests
and passing them around for in
spection. Also he ate his soup nois-
lily. Also he chewed tobacco and
Spat it about indiscriminately.
Then there had been the nudists.
I'VE were staying out in the des-
ert near Palm Springs and there
DR.. Boyce met some people who
were nudists," she said. He became
very interested and wanted us both
to become nudists. He thought he
would try the idea out for a while
and went up in the hills wearing
only his shorts. He later told me
later that he had an embarrassing
time because he had lost his trous-
ers-or shorts-and didn't know how
he was going to get them back.
But he found them again"
DR.. Boyce, sitting at his attor-
neyS' table was heard to grunt.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-31

nlayed around with that as title,
but it didn't quite work out"
WARY
AT FIRST
When he returned to New York,
still thinking along these lines,
song for her Armistice Day radio
program.
He naturally thought back to the
war, to "Yip! Zip! Yaphank"-to
God Bless America"
"You see in the original version
had the line Make her victorious
on land and foam"
Berlin strobe across his office to
the battered upright piano.
His fingers quickly picked out the
old melody. 1t ran way up the scale
to a different high. Berlin sang in
half-spoken whisper
'"You see," he smiled, wrinkline
his forehead above his black, horn
trimmed glasses, lit wasn't right
And Make her victorious wasn't
appropriate in 1888. So :" His
fingers rippled over the keys again
with the version Kate Smith intro
duced to America on Armistice Day
1888.
The song spanked American ina
gination and patriotism immediate
ly. But Berlin was wary. Il was
grateful beyond words that it had
the quality it seemed to have, but
I wanted to make sure it kept that
quality"
So the lyrics were copyrighted
against use by commercial radio
programs Except Kate Smiths,
whose them song it became), by all
swing arrangers, by all cabarets and
hight clubs.
All patriotic organizations are
welcome to the song, and both Re-
publican and Democratic conven-
lions adopted it as their theme.
HE'LL KNOW MORE
IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS
Berlin continued: 1--WE thought
it was so obviously an American
song that the royalties should go to
our youth organizations"
A committee was established and
decided to give the profits to the
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
The fund has netted SAC, 900 on
the 100000 copies of sheet music
sold to date That looks like a drop
in the eventual bucket.
Is God Bless America" a new
national anthem?"
st don't think you can vote a
national anthem" Irving Berlin
said. II know you don't sit down
and write one. The people adopt a
song, or they don't. I think that
God Bless America is the most i'm
portant song I've ever written. I'll
tell you more about it in five years.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-31
c. AMaUM
CRACKERS

PULITZER PLAYS
Here are the names of five plays
which won the Pulitzer prize in their
production years. You should be able
to give the authors and the approx
mate dates.
l. They Knew What They Want
ed"
2 Our Town"
3, "Of Thee I Sing"
4. Miss Lulu Bett."
5. Strange Interlude."
Answers on Back Page
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-31
BEARS ALSO HAVE ToOTHACHE

Berkeley, Cal. tUP)-Bears are
probably the only American wild
animals that enjoy the otherwise
exclusively human attribute of hay
ing q tcothache, the University of
California has announced. The con-
clusion was reached after the exam
nation of the teeth of 5,257 Ameri-
san wild animals. Only the teeth of
hears showed dental carries.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-31

Sailed away, not in any trunk,
but in the back of Berlin's literally
tbne-full mind along with hundreds
Of other song fragments, God Bless
America" passed 20 half-forgotten
years.
Then in September, 1888, Berlin
went to London for the premiere of
"Alexander's Ragtime Band" the
tune biography of Irving Berlin.
"It was during the Munich crisis, u
no recalls, and everyone there, my
self included, was pretty emotional
I wanted to write something that
would say, Thanks, America ]
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-31
SHE GOES TO FAIR DAILY

San Francisco-(UP) Miss Ida
Groesback, rs, is an exposition fan.
During the 1899 Golden Gate In
ternational Exposition she visited it
1873 times. This year, she has at
tended every day except one when
she had a cold. She is retired
school teacher.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-31
gruroRIA RACES 100 YEARS OLD

Melbourne. Australia CUP)-The
Victoria Racing club has celebrated
ne Tooth anniversary Of the found
M 81 It's race course. Plans for a
,acing club first were discussed In
l83g when blacks were still spear
~ the cattle Of the white "invad-
RS" 80 miles away. and me track
nns o6ened two years later.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-31

vudoslav exports to Germany
haTe increased greatly over 1859
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-03
OPEN TENNIS
PLAY HERE TODAY
Boys To Meet Franklin Net
Team At Robert Strange
Park This Afternoon

The New Hanover High sch 'ol
boys tennis team will open its 1874
season this afternoon on the Robert
Strange courts against the fast
Franklin High school meters.
Starting play at 3 o'clock, the
match will consist of at least four
singles and two doubles and Coach
Glenward Blomme expects to use the
members of his first eight players in
title match in an attempt to stop the
challenge of the vicitors.
The F-tanklin teams lineup was
not available last night but the team
is made up of some experienced play.
ers, some of whom played against
the Aces last season. This is The Sec
ond year the visitors have had a net
team, but they played some matches
in the early fall and are all set tc
take the measure of the locals today.
Lionel Johnson, number one acc
OF the Phantoms, will start off the
matches with Nelson Taylor, Charles
Boney, Harold Hinnant, Jerould
Robinson, Charles Edwards, John
Evans, Burt Myers and Paul Smell
making up the lineup in order of
their respective positions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-03
PRESIDENT GIVEN
BID TO FISH HERE
Sheriff. Writes Senators To
Use Efforts To Interest
F. r. In Bald Head

SOUTHPORT, April 2.-Senator
Bailey and Senator Reynolds have
been requested by Frank o. Sher-
rill, Of Charlotte, owner of Bald
Head island near here, to use their
efforts in enlisting the interest of
President Roosevelt in the posi-
bllit!es of sports fishing in the
Southport and Wilmington areas.
A copy Of the letter to Senator
Reynolds was forwarded to the
Brunswick county chamber of com.
merce:
IT would like to present to you
some facts which would probably
open to the President a new and
easily accessible fishing and recre-
ational area I am presenting the
Wilmington and Southport area be-
cause l am the proud owner Of Smith
Island near Southport.
Around Southport is one of the
grandest fishing spots on the At
Iantic coast and, although the great
scope of the sport has not yet be-
come generally known great num-
bers of sportsmen go there for their
fishing.
II know that there are many
places to which the President could
go, but for accessibility and sport
nothing in North Carolina car beat
the Cape Fear area, because the
President could leave Washington
by train at 6 o'clock in the after
noon and be in Wilmington the next
morning at 6 o'clock. There he
could Immediately board the cutter
Modoc or other vessel for his trip
to the fishing grounds. Leaving Will
mington by train he could have prac-
tically the same schedule returning
to Washington. There would be no
necessity of his having to make a
long and tiresome journey by car.
"As a personal suggestion, Mr..
Roosevelt would be welcome to all
the facilities on Smith Island, an
island of $4,000 acres, palm studded
and covered with lush vegetation
and tall hardwood trees. On this
island is the Cape Fear Light House
and the Cape Fear Coast Guard sta
ton. If he desires not to be bothered
with crowds he would enjoy this
island in complete rest. The auto
mobiles on the island would take
care of his transportation problems.
ION behalf of the Wilmington and
Brunswick county Chambers of
Commerce and myself I am tender
ing this invitation. We would not
want him to come unless we knew
he would have a grand time"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-03
Cozart Whips Strafaci
Tn Amateur
Durham Boy Wins Over De-
Tending Champ On 18th
Hole; Other Tar Heels Win

PINEHURST, April 2.-R@The
North and South amateur golf tour
nament took a wholly unexpected
turn today when young Bill Cozart
of Durham defeated the two-time
winner and defending champion
Frank Strafaci Of Brooklyn, N. Y,
on the 10Th hole.
Cozart had a four on the extra
hole, Strafaci a five. It was there
that the Durham lad Clipped seven
feet short and holed it; the Brook
Ignite Clipped five feet over the
cup and missed.
Strafaci, down most Of the way,
squared the match on the 18th only
to lose on the short par-three 18th
where he took a five after being
bunkered. He exploded over the
green in two, was short in three
and missed his putt.
He squared it again On the 18th
when both were just over in two
Cozart missed a short putt and
Frank holed a four-footer to send
the match into the extra hole.
Other North Carolina boys did
we'll. Medalist Grover Poole, Jr., of
Raleigh, whose qualifying 6S still is
the talk of the colony, won handjly
and stayed in with four other state
players, Chuck and Ship Alexander,
Bobby Dunkelberger and Cozart.
George T. Dunlap, Jr., of Pine
hurst, five times winner of the ANA.
teur event, needed 10 holes to toss
out Hobb Anderson of Wilson. On
the 10Th, Anderson bunkered his
second and took a five. Dunlap,
Pinehurst favorite and former Ma.
tional Amateur %titlist, had a four.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-03
Tar Heels Chalk Up
22nd Tennis Victory

CHAPEL HILL, April 2.-R'-
The University Of North Carolina
gained it's 22nd consecutive victory
in tennis here today by white
washing Dartmouth college 9 to 0.
Undefeated since the Princeton
setback in May, 1888, the Tar
Heels swept the nine matches
without so much as the loss of a
single set. To date Carolina hasn't
lost an individual match this sea-
son. The Tar Heels beat Haver'
ford 9 to 0 and Colby S to 0 in
their opening matches last week.
Carolina will play Williams to-
morrow in the first of a two-match
series. The two teams will play
again Thursday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-03
EVENT TO ATTRACT
OVER 100 ENTRIES
First Arrivals For Weekend
Show AT Legion Field Are
Leatherwood Entries

The vanguard of approximately
100 horses that will compete for
prizes in the third annual Cape Fear
Horse Show to be held at Legion
stadium Friday and Saturday arriv.
ed yesterday and last night We're
safely installed in their paddocks
near the show ring.
Between 10 and Is horses arrived
yesterday and more are expected to.
day.
First among the arrivals yester.
day were the horses of the Leather.
wood Farms of Bluefield, W. Va,
and judges OF horseflesh said afte
viewing the animals that they were
among the finest ever seen here.
Other entries came from the Fow.
Ter stables at Winston-Salem, Mt.
Airy, Greensboro and Sedgef:eld.
A majority of the horses are OK
pected to reach the city some time
Thursday al several that are enter.
ed in the show here are now compel.
ing in the Charleston, S. c. show.
which will end tonight.
The show will open at Legion field
Friday afternoon.
With the arrival of the horses at
the field, the stables began to take
OF the appearance of fashionable
s'lcw stables, as tack rooms were
set up and handsomely decorated
and the horses were cared for as
only the blue bloods of the show
ring are.
Meanwhile the Cape Fear Horse
Show, Inc, which is presenting the
show a. a community enterprise,
announced advance ticket sales
are proving most encouraging and
indicates the show will attract the
largest crowds which have seen
such an event in the three years
the show has been staged at
Legion field.
Tickets have been placed on sale
at Saunders Drug store and at the
Cape Fear hoteI or may be secur-
ed from any of the board Of d.
rectors of the horse show.
For those who desire to pur-
chase parking spaces, so they may
watch the show from their cars
parked at the ringside, tickets may
he secured from Garland Palmer at
the Morris Plan bank.
Information was received from
H. H. Mitchell, director of the
show, yesterday that two more
tentative entries have been made
for the show here, one of them
being the Tuxedo Hunt club of
Atlanta, Ga.
Arrangements have been COM
pleted for a Horse Show breakfast
which will be the chief entertain
ment feature of the show. 1t will
be held Saturday morning at II
O'Clock at the Cape Fear hotel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-03
CORNELL DEFEATS
TAR HEELS,l2T06
Cheshire Shelled Off Mound
By Big Red Batters In
First And Third

CHAPEL HILL, April 2.-R>-
CornelIs Co-Eastern intercollegiate
league baseball champions went on
two big early inning scoring sprees,
pounded out IL hits on two Tai
Heel pitchers, and racked up a Il
to 6 victory yer the University Of
North Carolina here today.
The victory was Cornelrs second
consecutive on it's four-day inva
sion of this state and the defeat
was Cardinals third in four starts
to date. The triumph also enabled
the Big Red team to avenge a II
ito 1 defeat administered by the
Tar Heels here last spring.
John (Lefty) Cheshire, sopho
more pitcher from Wilmington
vas the victim of Cornell's earl.
inning scoring blasts. Aided by two
Tar Heel errors, the Northerner!
scored five runs off three hits or
Cheshire in the first inning ane
four runs off two hits on him il
the third to send him to the
showers.
George (Lefty) Ralston, Cheshire!
successor, was somewhat more eff
fective. Although touched for sew
en- hits, Ralston bore down in tn.
pinches and yielded only three runs
Walt Sickles, who led the East
ern league in strikeouts last sea
son, pitched the victory for thu
Northerners. Sickles also was gen
erous with hits. He gave up NJ
less than 10 blows but left nine
Tar Heel stranded on the
bases and struck out seven.
Topkins was the games fielding
star. Although he bobbled an easy
chance in the fourth inning, he
handled 10 other chances perfectly
He threw nine runner out at
first, figured in two fast double
plays, and caught three flies, n a
nice running catch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-03
TOURNEY FIGHT
FINALS STARTED
Crowley, Jenrette, Hill, O'Sul-
Ivan and Johnson Win
Intra-Mural Titles

The finals of the intra-mural box
ing tournament, an annual sports al
fair of New Hanover High school,
! were started at the school yesterday
! morning before a capacity house OF
cheering and wildly excited student
fans.
James Crowley was crowned cham
pion in the 95-pound class by pound
ing out d three-round decision owe
Joe Newton in the first bout of the
morning. Crowley came out eau
tiously in the first round and after
feeling out his opponent got down
to business and through wider ring
experience outpointed Newton to
gain all three rounds.
]. P. Jennerette COPIED the 105'
pound crown by pounding his way
through the bid of Hugo Van Mes
in three sessions. Jenerette peppered
his opponent with rights and let's
to the face and body and although
Van Mes made some sreat rallies late
Ill ltlS 1161l, iS "oo AAe~D1S - '
come the margin of the winner.
Jimmy Hill and Billy Blake staged
a great battle with each lad throw
ing his punches with telling effect,
and Hill emerged from the battle
with the title in the 115-pound di-
vision.
Harper O'Sullivan gained revenge
and it was sweet in the 125-pound
weight as he stopped Joe Markitou,
winner last year over O'Sullivan, in
three rounds of beautiful boxing.
Markitol a unable to stop tt e
rushes of the victory-bound O'Sulli'
van, who has improved over last
year.
Ernest Johnson kept up his fine
boxing which he has displayed
throughout the tournament to swee,
Harry Waters from the title in the
135-pound class. Johnson, packing a
terrific right hand punch could ne
get in a knockout blow, but gathered
in q wide margin Of points to win a
unanimous decision Of the judges.
The fights will continue today
with ali OF the remaining champion.
ships being awarded at the home
room period.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-03
!Seueral Horses Arriue For Cape Fear Show
Bobby Jones Shoots 66
In Meet Practice Round
Strictly Fictitious

DALLAS, April 2. @-
Peter Willis Cawthon, drawing
Texas Tech football coach who
once scrimmaged his lads for
two hours after . four-touch-
down victory because they
jest looked terrible" strobe
from the practice field in
spring training the other day.
To Line Coach Dutchy Smith
he parked:
'Smith, 1 turn 'em over to
you. 1 can't look at 'em any
longer"
Straight to the clubhouse he
stormed. Hours later the foot.
ballers dragged in. There, in
Coach Cawthon's writing, was
a large sign:
"Any character depicted in
today's practice was strictly fic.
titious and any similarity to a
real football player or team.
living Or dead, was purely CO.
incidental"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-03
WIN OVER CLINTON, , 10 4
THREE HIT BALL
HURLED BY JONES
Six Errors BY Clinton Allows
New Hanover To Score In
Sixth And Eighth

CLINTON, April 2.-Clinton's P.
Jones limited a visiting New Han
over high school nine to three
safeties and struck out II men here
this afternoon but six FRO by
teammates offset his masterful pitch
ing performance and the Wildcats
edged out the locals, 5 to 4, in a
game that ran close throughout.
The Cats scored three runs in the
sixth stanza on hit and two err
rors and sent two runs across the
plate in the eighth frame on three
successive ror
Although overshadoweaa 80 Jones,
who exhibited perfect control by not
even walking a man, Bobby Edwards
hurled good ball for the Wildcats,
giving up but five hits while going
the route.
For the first three innings the
game looked like a pitchers duel
between Jones and Edwards. The
Clinton lads broke the ice with a
tally in the fourth when they COM
bined a double by S. Fakes with a
walk and an error by Smidt for one
run that came on q squeeze play by
P. Jones.
Two base hits by Dunn and Whit.
field, a single and a fielder's choice
play, gave the locals three markers
in the eighth inning, but the Cats
played some tight fielding to halt a
rally and protect their one-run lead.
Rhodes led off for the Cats in the
sixth frame with a single. Paige
famed and J. Edwards advanced
when hit by a pitched hall. Stands
hit to c~enterfield and Rhodes scored
when the centerfielder bobbled the
ball. Edwards and Stands advanced
and scored when Lees hot grounder
was fumbled by the Clinton second
baseman.
The eighth inning opened with j.
Edwards reaching first on an error
by the second baseman. Stands was
safe on another error by the second
baseman and both scored when the
Clinton shortstop errored a grounder
by Lee, who despite the fact he did
not get a hit, drove in four runs.
J.. Edwards with one for three,
paced the Cats batting attack. Dunn
with one for one, led the locals at
bat.
The game was the last for the
Wildcats before their Eastern Glass
A conference game with Wilson at
Legion stadium in Wilmington
Thursday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
TL1 LNv coNroe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-03
duke Nine BEATS
| HARVARD, IA TOO
Three Blue Devils Hurlers
Pitch No-Hit, No-Run
Game At Durham

DURHAM, April 2.-P)-Pitch
Iers Bob Vickery, Bob Weaver and
Bill Mock each took a third inter.
est in a place in Dukes Hall Of
Baseball Fame by hurting a no.hit,
Ino-run game against Harvard's Ivy
League co-champions here this af,
ernoon.
While vickery, Weaver and
Mock set the Crimson batsmen
down with regularity, the Blue
Devil hitters put on their great
est barrage of the season, clubbing
out IS hits, seven of them for
extra bases, for a 40 victory.
There was only one Harvard bat.
ter to come even close to getting
a hit. He was Burgess Ayres, the
starting hurler, who belted a line
drive to l~eft-center in the sixth
with George McAfee racing over
to catch but dropped the ball as
he slipped and fell. Otherwise
Duke played errorless ball.
Only other Harvard boys to get
on base were the six who were
given walks. Just one reached third
and he got there on consecutive
walks and an infield out. With two
on and one away, Mock whitfield
the next two. A total of II Har.
ward hitters went down swinging.
George Byam and Glenn Price
shared hitting honors, Byam blast.
ing out four for five including two
triples and a double and Price also
getting four for five-a double and
three singles. Eddie Smokes had a
double and a triple. These three
boys drove in II of Dukes "A tai,
lies.
Duke splurged for four runs in
the first, three in the fifth and
after getting one each in the sixth
and seventh ended up with a five
run splash in the eighth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-03
Jean Bauer Wins Medal
In Charlotte Tourney

CHARLOTTE, April 2.-R-Jean
Bauer of Providence, r. l., fired a
three-over-par 39-39-78 today in
winning the medal in the qualifying
round of the Charlotte Country
clubs women's invitation golf tour
nament.
A stroke behind with 41-3S-79 was
Jane Cothran, the defending cham
pion from G%reenville. S. c. Scores
Of SO or better got into the char
pionship flight. Match play sta4 6
tomorrow. Fifty-seven competed.
Mrs. Ben Parks of Charlotte and
Deborah Very of Worcester, Mass,
tied for third place with Sis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-03
Road Officials Inspect
Work On Wright Bridge

RALEIGH, April Two
highway commission officials, Chief
Highway Engineer w. Vance
Baise and Bridge Maintenance En-
eineer C. B. Taylor, went to Dare
county today to inspect work on
the Wright Memorial bridge over
.Currituck sound.
The spans sub-structure Is be.
ing strengthened, and 1,5o0 feet of
it are being replaced by an earth
fill.
The bridge was damaged twice
as the result Of the winters cold.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-03
SMOKE RINGS
D0bbin's Comeback
BY SAM Raglan

Time was when Old Dobbin pulled the plow every day
in the week and on Sunday was hitched to the carriage 10
h.n1 the family to church. But not so now, Dobbln mas
donned a white tie and tails and has become a society man.
The horseless carriage might have slowed the morse
interest down a bit but Dobbin has staged a great CONE
hacl and when he goes into the show ring today It's the
hest excuse known for a parade of fashions: Women we
with each other to spring an outfit that Will attract more
ewes than the horse and the males sport the colorlul oress
eoo,e iHs more q r. less traditional.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-03
ELON WINS

GUILFORD COLLEGE, April 2,
R-Tal Abernethy allowed only
three hits in the first six innings
and Fuller allowed the same mum.
Der in the last three as Elon de-
feated Guilford here this afternoon
in a baseball game, Z to l..
Beaver Shell, going the whole
route against the Christians, kept
things under complete control with
the exception Of the fourth and
fifth innings, during which all sew
en- Elon runs were scored.