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The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09
Hard Riding Cyclists
Set for Hill Climb

With their motors gcarcd TO
perfection and the epic event just
4S hours in tho ofiing, a hard
riding troupe Of Cumberland cy-
clists are cooked and primcd for
the Edgewater Beach hill climb
Sunday afternoon. This bluc-rib-
bon event OF the year SWINGS into
action at 2 O'Clock and the lovers
of this thrilling outdoor sport arc
in for an afternoon OF action.
six events. two each in the nov
ice. amateur and expert classes,
are on tap for the masses and with
IS or 40 pilots entered. the dust is
sure to fly. Elaborate prcpara-
lions have been made TO keep the
spectators well-posted on the 60
ings-on. A sound system will be
used TO designate the riders. the
events and other specifications.
Sanctioned by the American Mo-
torcycle Association the event car
ries with 1t prize share money ag-
gregating 5000.
Expected participants include
Jimmy Welsh. John Cosgrove.
Buddy" CoSgrovc, Richard Fox.
Clarence Meyers and Chick"
Grimm. all well-known to local
hin climb addicts.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09
Employer
.RapsChanees
In Wage Law

Washington. T;a, / - Il POM
incnt New Jersey manufacturer
today fully endorsed the CLIO
stand in opposition to Wage Hour
Act amendments.
In n wire to Pres. John L.
Lewis. Robert w. johnson OF New
Brunswick. N. j.. head OF the
johnson g. johnson textile prod.
ucts company. declared:
Wage hour amendments aim.
ed toward weakening the law
should be defeated. We should
now strengthen the wage hour
law. The time has arrived 10
consider the six-hour day, the
30-hour week with a minimum
wage Of 55c.
There are millions of uncm-
ploycd in America and more mil
lions who arc underpaid. II Is
only through federal and state
wage and hour laws that we will
solve this problem.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09
Exclusive
VOICE
of
LABOR
Lou Ambers To
Risk Ills Title
Tomorrow Night

A clouting cowboy from down
traditional Texas way and a classy
champion from Herkimer. N. Y.
battle 1t out under the lights to-
morrow night friday at Madi-
son Square Garden for the worlds
lightweight boxing belt. The coy
ote is Lew jenkins and the cham.
pion is. YOU guessed 1t. TIE one
and only-Lou Ambers.
Now here's a fight that offers
the extreme In comparisons. be-
cause the two Louis are as differ
ent as day and night. One is a
savage smasher. but only a fair
boxer. while the other is just a
mediocre gunner but a beautiful
boxer. jenkins is the lad who does
the hitting. Pound for pound,
he totes the hardest right hand
in the game today. with the posi-
bic exception Of Joe Louis.
Popular in n. Y.
II takes a pretty good boy TO win
the esteem OF the New York boxing
fans and hold that esteem. But
jenkins has done just that. He
blew into the big town just one
year ago and in that short time he
has scored impressively. In his
most recent starts he obliterated
Tippy Larkins. New Jersey. in one
round and erased Billy Marquart.
Pittsburgh. In three.
In fact. it was those victories
that gave him the right to meet
Ambers for the championship.
There YOU have a pretty fair coun-
try picture of what the chap from
the Lone Star state can do and It
looks like Ambers will go through
possibly Is rounds OF a terrible
ordeal.
But the brilliant AmberS isn't
worried. He's met and defeated
the best in the business. Time
after time he has gone to the post
on the thin edge of the ice and
each time he came through. Make
no mistake about it. Lou Ambers
is one Of the finest boxers that
fistiana has ever seen. He had to
be good to beat Armstrong and he
had to be good to give AL Davis
the shellacking Of his life.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09

other, gives his stamina and VI
tally an acid test tomorrow night
when instead Of fighting six
rounds as he heretofore has done,
he'll try TO go eight against
Whitley Boord and inland
esouses he can make the rifle.
"A lot of the wise guys" lie says,
thought couldn't go six rounds
but I did and IL I can go a strong
six there's no reason in the world
why / can't go eight"
"Bucky" Harris. royal head Of
the Washington Senators. is an
optimist - he claims Sidney Hud-
son. the Mats right handed rookie
is the best prospect he has seen
since "Schoolboy' Rowe came 20
the Tigers in 1893. Connie Mack'S
dividends are beginning to pay
off = off TO slow start. Benny
Mccoy. the high.priced second
baseman. has now hit his stride
and Mr.. c. Cornelius MacGillicud.
dy is chanting that old refrain.
i told you so"
For the past two weeks Mccoy
has been the real Mccoy. both IL
the field and at bat. In one game
he Dashed out two dazzling doubles
and retaliated the following day
with a quadrupulic smash that
turned the tide Of the ball game.
Hes one reason why the AS have
been playing good ball to date
and If the Mackmen can get any
kind OF pitching. they'll make
things tough for the other clubs.
Cumberland's IL TO 9 conquest
Of the Frostburg Demons last
Sunday was just the shot in the
arm the Ponies needed. The
Geldings. aided invaluably by
"Jazzbo Joe" Gcatz, looked like
a distinct improvement over last
years noundering horde. All
they need now is few victories
at the start of the season 10
buoy up the hopes OF their fol-
lowers whs have been disillu-
stoned the past two years be-
cause Of the poor showings Of
the 1888 and 1880 Cumberland
Bi.State entries.
The boys on the club insist It's
going to be a different story this
year and If they can promote that
point TO the satisfaction OF the
B. B. Bugs. there's no reason why
they shouldn't inveigle better
crowds for their 1910 jousts at
Community Park estate. Sunday
Midlands champion Indians in
wade the proSaic surroundings Of
the ball park for a battle with the
Colts and manager Sonny"
Geatz has a sneaking suspicion
that his 1910 retinue will do some
scalping at the expense OF the
tribe. Champs or no champs.
If the Colts hit like they did Sun
day the Indians are in for a lac
ing, he said. That's that!
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09

would be indeed fortunate. they
thought. TO crash the regular out
field corps along such seasoned
stars as Joe vosmik. Ernie Koy.
Jimmy Ripple. Ray cullenbine and
Walker.
Sidelincd Two Stars
But he did break into the lineup.
And how! On April 90. he pound
ed the parapets for two home
runs, drove in an aggregate OF
four. fielded flawlessly and mag
nificently and otherwise. brlstled
with class as he beat the Braves
almost singlehanded.
He backed up this accomplish
ment with other deeds Of valor
and 1t wasn't long before Messrs.
Ripple and Koy. both OF whom
know their baseball business. were
sidelined to make room for this
young upstart from New Orleans,
La.
What about his past record?
Well. he patrolled the outfleld for
Nashville, Southern Association
last year and finished the season
with a fine batting average Of .3l7.
Not bad when you consider that
II was his first year in organized
baseball. he having previously
played with semi-pro clubs in Ala
bama and North Carolina.
Played Against Locals
A "leftie" all the way round. the
flashy Gilbert might be the marvel
Of the National league and a new
conner TO most Of us but to Phil
Fleming. shake" Clark. Wayne
Triplett. Norm Gerdeman. Woody
Osborne. the Nestor boys and 9TH
ers who played with the Cumber-
land American Legion club in the
1885 worlds championship junior
tournament he's no stranger.
Fact of the matter is Gilbert
was member of the New Or
leans club that opposed Cum
berland in Chicago. Remember?
The Southerners won the first
game. but Cumberland came
back 10 take the next two and
the championship. Phil Fleming
winning in II innings and Trip
plctt hurting a three hitter.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09
Diamond Duel Here

Cumberland's first scholastic
amond duel Of the 1910 season.
-ded for tomorrow afternoon at
immunity Park. brings together
e-honored forces Of Allie
y High and LaSalle Institute.
allied as the favorite by dint
It's three consecutive victories
"ri-State interscholastic play.
any expects to live up to its
tme rating by making the
nd Gold baseball men walk
ank. Not only that but
adcliffe's cohorts have a
1g that they'll win the
nship again this season.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09

NEW YORK - CFPj - Local
insurance agents of the John Han
cock Mutual Life Insurance Co.
selected Local 80. Industrial In
surance Agents Union (CIOp. as
their bargaining agent by a Sos
10 479 vote in a State Labor Re
lations Board election May ..
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09

Bittncr has been calling the local
union officials and members Of the
mine committee together and
pointing out TO them just what
the approaching primary means
to the United Mine Workers Of
America.
These officials In turn will re-
turn to their local unions and
carry on the organization work
necessary to insure that the Labor
vote turns out enmasse.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09

on the night before the primary,
every local union throughout the
state will hold a special meeting
at which time a thorough check
will be made to make certain no
stones should be left unturned.
Efforts are being made. especial.
~ in the southern coal fields to
have the mines idle on election
day. on May 18th.
From Morgantown
Voice o Labor
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09
Shrout Out To
Move MARK From
Ring EscutcheOn

Clarence (kayo) Shrout Is
an hombre Of resolute determi-
nation. Three years ago Char
ley Brant almost sent him into
the promised land" with a
series Of right hand punches
that all but lifted him into OBJ
livion. But that was three years
ago and il may be a different
story tomorrow night friday
when the Kayo guy glides into
the State Armory ring for an
other "pot-shot" at the boy
who put him down when both
were fighting in the amateurs.
No. they won't be appearing in
the main go at the Armory be-
cause Red" Lewis and Ira
Hughes have that distinction, but
there's more interest right now in
the Shrout -Brant fuss than there
is in the main go. But It's only
natural that 1t should be that way.
because both boys have several
things in common. They are Bit
ter rivals. to begin with. and once
they receive their instructions to-
morrow night from the referee.
there will be little Or no love lost
between them.
Both Can ClOut
To say that neither Of them can
hit is an exaggcration. because
they both swing from the City
hall. figuratively speaking.
Which means that when they
hit you it's for keeps. Past ba-
rometcrs indicate that their bout
although scheduled for six rounds.
won't 20 the distance because
there's too much power behind the
Slugsing fists of the two young
men.
At this writing. Brant seems to
be q slight favoritc among the fis-
tic bugs in and around town. but
il would not surprise If the Kayo
chap up and slapped his opponent
down quickly. Shrout apparently
has been improving in the past
six months or so, but the same
cannot be said for Brant. because
he has sustained four straight de-
feats. In justice to the Somerset
county boy. however. they were
melted out BY experienced oppo-
nents. There's the set-up: It's
Shrout and Brant in one of the
six-rounders being offered at the
Armory. Take your choice.
The Main Go
Other sharpshooting at the drill
shed calls for some E.gh-class ac-
ton. ornamentins the main so is
Red" Lewis, Richmond. Va. and
Ira Hughes. Pittsburgh. Pa, and
this scrap. too. shapes UP as pref
~ nearly an even bet. It's sched-
uled for eight The semi final.
also eight rounds. features Char
ley Burns OF Johnstown. Pa. and
Carl Turner of Fairmont, w. Va.
wild Bill" INLAND. heretofore
appearing in Six-rounders. will
give his stamina real test
against Whitley" Boord in
scheduled eight round tilt.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09
=Il:I;{E
BY JACK GALLEN
HERE AND THERE ALONG
THE RIALTO OF SPORTS

The Abb likes the march again and this time these
solemnfaced baseball cyncs going themselves better
In fact they're breaking all records for passing the buck They
connecting all kinds of and preexs for the appa
ling eary-season plight of the nvncbe( 2? New York Yankees
and they're blaming the gnominious of the world cham
pons the temporary dsablemen of that Earring joter-Joe
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09
Seanen Cain
$40 Monthly
Pay Boost

New York, May 4.-Sea-
men employed on eastern
deep-sea vessels have won a
$40 monthly wage increase.
it was announced today by
Pres. Joseph Curran of the
Natl. Maritime Union.
His announcement follow
ed union wage negotiations
with representatives of the
shipowners association.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09

NEW YORK - (FP) - Sen.
Robert r. Wagner and Mayor r.
II. LaGuardia will address the
opening session Of the silver ju-
bilee convention Of the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers tCIo)
on May - In Madison So. Garden.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09

Dimaggio.
But such is far from the truth.
It's true that the wearer Of base
balls royal raiment have stepped
off on the wrong foot and it's
also true that they have been
fioundering about like a crew OF
drunken sailors but there's no
reason for the boys to get alarm
ed. They'll step up their pace
later on, and even IL they don't.
these cynics must remember that
the Yankees are not getting any
younger. that the Boston Red Sox.
Cleveland Indians and Detroit
Tigers are better equipped this
year than last and that many
sport writers predicted the down
fall OF the New Workers long be-
fore the season started.
WHERE'S THE RESERVES?
1t has been the proud boast Of
the naughty champions in past
years that every time a regular
stepped out OF the lineup they had
substitutes. equally as good. to
fill the bill. For example. Di-
Maggie didn't start the season last
year. Yet the Yankees won more
games without him than they did
with him! Don't misconstruc this
statement. To say that a ball
club wouldn't miss DiMaggio is
almost a baseball blasphemy. bu.
the truth OF the matter is that the
Yanks don't miss him half as bad
as the boys pretend. To prove it.
let's sally into the statistics.
At this writing. not one men,
Der of the New York Yankees is
hitting 800 or even close TO It.
Do you think DiMaggio. even II
he were in the lineup actively.
could 20 in and swing those curl
ing cudgels of the other warriors?
He could not. They have to hit
for themselves. Even the Yankees
fielding has been anything but a
delight to the eye. And here again
my argument is upheld. Just how
DiMaggio could prevent some OF
his mates from kicking the gong
around a field is something that
not even a Blackstone could solve.
The Yankees never claimed they
were a one.man club. They usual
~ won with or without some of
their best members OF the cast.
But now that the team is off 70
an inauspicious beginning their
In
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09
Bi-State League
Standing of Clubs

Saturdays Games
Cumberland at Westvaco.
Midland at Frosthurg.
Keyser at Hyndman, post.
Sundays Games
Midland at Cumberland.
Westyaco at Frostburg.
Keyser at FroStburg.
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09
A QUICK TURNOVER

There should be a quick turn
over ut the State Armory 10.
night. Five corking good bouts
are listed. But few. IL any
punch patrons expect the
Shrout-Brant tiff TO go the
limit. This is the encounter
that's holding the interest Of
fandom and holding IL In a big
way. Shrout is Of local vintage
while his opponent to-bc first
saw the light Of day in Somer.
set County. In other words,
these sectional seekers are ready
to put on Swing session" that
will top all swing sessions. They
are real rivals and neither has
any love for the other.
This clouting clash should re-
suit in a quick turnout. When
they met before. three years ago.
Brant battered the sturdy Shrout
into submission in less than two
rounds. But past records are poor
baromcters. Wipe the cob.web
from your think tank and go back
a few years when Max Schmeling
gave Joe Louis a terrible thump-
ing. What happened when they
met some time later in a return
match is history. Louis put him
away so quickly some Of the spec
tators never had a chance to light
their cigarettes. The same may
happen tomorrow night. Shrout
may turn the tables.
CABS AND CUISINES
The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-05-09
CABS AND CUSHES

Every time a baseball team
scores a few runs nowadays, the
old timers and blame Il on
the lively ball. "Whg." they in
dignantly cry. we never had
anything like that In our time"
Don't let them kid you. As far
back as 1886 the University Of
Michigan nine blasted the day.
lights out OF all scoring records
up TO that time by submerging
the Hlawatha club In a pitching
t?) battle by the score Of IS TO
10 - What would happen today
II q ball club scored IS In one
game.
Wild Bill" inland. Cumber-
lands classy boxer known from
one end Of the habitat to the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-19
TRAFFIC HEAVY
AT FORT BRAGG
Lieut.. Moore Says Similar
Situation May Develop
At Holly Ridge

RALEIGH, Dec. 18.-R-Three
times every day, traffic on the 10
mile stretch of N. c. 81 between
Fayetteville and Fort Bragg as
sumes the proportions of a football
crowd, Lieut.. A. T. Moore, high
way patrol commander of the Fay
ettevile district, said today.
Work on expanding the military
post is being carried on around
the clock, with three eight-hour
shifts, Moore explained, and it is
at shift-changing time that the flow
of automobiles rivals that around
the scene of a football game.
Three patrolmen have been add
ed to the two normally stationed at
Fayetteville, and the p atro is
maintaining a "a hour patrol of the
highway between Fayetteville and
Fort Bragg.
A similar situation may develop
between Wilmington and Holly
Ridge, where a new army post is
being constructed, officials said.
The patrol force at Wilmington will
be increased from three to five
and at Jacksonville from one tn
two. I
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-19

al, O58, 900 compared with 1884,
900 last year.
The flue-cured yield an acre was
$50 pounds on 749, 900 acres: Bur-
ley, 1856 on 1863, 300 acres; fire-cured,
1853 on lis, 700 acres; dark air.
cured, 859 on 40, 500 acres; cigar
types, 965 on 1,427, 900 acres.
Final 1910 production figures for
principal tobacco growing states:
North Carolina, 500, 800, 900 pounds
of ali types; Kentucky, 295, $780,
900; Tennessee, 1O3, 800, 900; Vir-
ginia, 81, $40, 900; South Carolina,
81, $50, 900; G Georgia, 76,420, 900;
Pennsylvania, 1924, 900; Wiscon-
sin, So, 532, 900; Maryland $780,
900; Ohio, 26,43O, 900; Indiana TO-
222, 600; Connecticut, %, 1896, 900,
and Missouri, $500, 900.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-19
WEED PRODUCTION
PER ACRE BOOSTED
Yield Per Acre Estimated Al
965 Pounds BY Depart
ment Of Agriculture

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.-R-
Their acreage sharply
by AAA programs, the na'lon >
tobacco farmers made more TO-
bacco an acre in 1910 than e'ei'
The agriculture department. IN
it's final crop report OF the year.
an estimated yield of s65
mounds an acre was As pounds
higher than the previous recoio
yield of 1899.
Because of the sharp reduction
in total acreage, however, the crop
of 1876 All, 900 pounds produced
m 427. 600 acres was 26 per cent
smaller than the 1899 crop OF l.
1858, 1854, 900 pounds.
Tobacco farmers voluntarily cut
their acreage to offset loss OF ex-
nort markets because of the war.
The greatest production drop
WAS in flue-cured cigarette type
tobacco with the 1910 crop esti-
mated at 1873, 9O3, 900 pounds, or
nearly 81 per cent below last years
1859, 800, 900 pounds.
Burley tobacco production was
estimated at 327, 708, 900 pounds.
In 1899 it was 1894, 1913, 900 pounds.
This was an increase, however,
over last November's figure OF
1910 production of 321, 230, 900
pounds.
The estimate for fire-cured types
was SO, 37O, 600 pounds, slightly larg-
er than last years crop but 26
per cent smaller than the 10-year
average. This years production of
dark air-cured was placed at A.
512, 900 pounds against 43, $50, 900
last year; southern Maryland at
81, 800, 900 pounds against 81 $780,
600 in 1889, and cigar types at
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-19

In Oregon, you must be a prop
erty owner to vote.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-19
1910 Crop Production Second
Highest In History OF Country

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.-R-
With acreage yield averaging the
highest on record, crop production
during 1910 was the largest of
any year except 1887 despite re-
stricted paintings d federal
farm programs.
Reporting this today, the agri,
culture department said that favor
able weather conditions, an in
crease in the number of farm
workers, use of more power equip
ment, and Improvement in varie-
ties of many crops, contributed
to the largest production.
Yields per acre of field and fruit
crops were shown to be 1875 per
cent of the 1882 or "pre-drought
period" average compared with
the previous record of 117.7 per
cent in 1887 and 81 per cent in the
drought year of 1884.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-19

Coming on the heels of three
good crop years, officials said the
1910 harvest was expected to add
to previously accumulated sur
pluses of some commodities, par
ticularly cotton, wheat, corn, to-
bacco, and hay.
Production of the principal field
crops was 104.5 per cent of the
pre- drought level compared with
1913 per cent last year and 100. 9
per cent in 1887, a year in which
reserves YER greatly depleted be-
cause of crop failures. Fruit pro-
duction, although below the aver
age of the last three years, was ex-
pected to be 80 per cent above the
pre-bought average. Commercial
vegetable pro- duction was esti-
mated at 43 per cent above the
same average.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-19
WILL OPPOSE CARVING

VICHY, France, Dec. 1S.-CP-1n
an editorial considered officially in
spired, the newspaper LIE Temps said
today that France would not resign
herself to letting her vast empire be
carved up" Those who count on her
doing SO Just because she was
beaten on western battlefields," the
editorial said, deceive themselves
cipo1Iar1vD