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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
Bearded Stars To Exhibit
Pepper Game In Tilt
AT Legion Field

The bewhiskered House of David
baseball team, rated the country's
No. l mixture of baseball and
comedy, will put on their act
against the Wilmington Pirates at
Legion stadium Wednesday night.
Well-known to about every base
ball fan in the United States, the
bearded giants Of the diamond mix
comedy with their adeptness at
baseball to draw down the house.
Old Favorites Back
Most of the old favorites, who
have toured under the David
banner for the past four years, are
back this year, including Ed Ham,
man, king of the sports clowns,
who is a worthy rival to Al Schact's
act.
Other stars with the David nine
are Joe Sovoca, who hit % home
runs in the teams trip to Canada
last season to gain the title OF
Canadian home run king; Joe
Darcy, e~x-Syracuse Chiefs pitcher
OF the International league; and
Red Handley, Glowing and
smuggling catcher.
One of the features of the game
will be the campus Pepper Came
exhibited by Hannah, Darcy and
Lou Parenty.
The House of David lineup in their
appearance here will be as fol-
lows:
Lou Parenty, 3b; Ed Hannah,
SIS; Joe Darcy, RI and p; Mickey
Bell, CT; Steve Yargo, lib; John
Murphy, 2b; Red Handley, C; Bill
Gelbuda, If; Joe Sovoca, p and RI;
Lefty Roy Selfton, p; and Ronnie
Gains, p.
Manager Bert Kite of the Pirates
will probably call on Eddie Lowell
or Norwood Skipper for mound
duty in the game, which will be the
fourth of the season for the Bucca.
neers.
The BUGS chalked up their sec.
ond victory in three starts Friday
night against The Citadel nine.
winning 8 to 2.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12

be forced down into a haystack by
bad weather. Students, take heed
Speaking of screwbirds, the
two latest additions to the local
g~'up are Bill Archer and David
ion of Sunday movies, one of the
Brinkley :. When asked his opin-
why not fly instead" It re-
students replied, what the heck,
mains a mystery to us why peo-
pie SO interested in the advance
ment of aviation in Wilmington
don't join the Aero club which
was organized for that purpose.
Thought for today: If the wealth
er looks bad, take a tip from the
birds and stay on the ground.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
UNC's Track Team
Easily Beats Georgia

CHAPEL HILL, May 11.1R-
With versatile Harry March set
ting the pace as usual, North
Cardinals varsity track team clos
ed it's dual season by almost doub-
ling the score on Georgia here to-
day. The Tar Heels easily won
80 IL to 43 1-2.
March was the meets high scor-
er with Is points. He won the
high and low hurdles and the broad
jump. Thus in five meets this sea-
son March has scored a total of
II SIS points, OF better, an aver
age of nearly 16 points per con-
test.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
BY r. j. POWELL

The Leland and Hi-Kappa base
ball clubs, current leaders in the
Cape Fear Baseball association with
four wins and NO defeats, face still
opposition this afternoon as the as
sociation's eight teams swing into
the fifth week of play.
Leland's slugging Bears will jour
ney out to Legion field to meet the
second place Pepsi Cola gang While
the Frat nine will be the guests OF
the r C Cola outfit on the Robert
Strange diamond. Other games OF
the day will find the up-and-down
Purol Bluebirds battling the tied
for-bottom Jackson Boilers at Rob-
ert Strange in the second game OF
the day there and Masonboro's Ram
blers entertaining the Athletics on
the sound. All tits are scheduled to
begin at 8 o'clock.
Mound Duel
The Leland-Pepsi Cola affair is
expected to develop into a mound
duel between the Lelander's Lefty
Brew and the Pepsi's M and only
Snag Allen, who is stepping out OF
his role of dugout manager in an
effort to curb the growing Bears.
This will be Aliens first start OF
the season. The remainder of the
Leland teams lineup will be the
same with Woody Brew behind the
bat, Herbert at first, Lyon Clark
at second, Workman at third, Cliff
ford Clark at short, and Norris,
Pen Clark and Hollis in the garden
patrol. With several 500 and 400
hitters in the lineup, this aggrega-
ton has averaged 16 safeties per
game.
Pepsi Cola's lineup will look like
this: Baker catching, Horton play
ing first, Paige holding down Sec
ond, Smidt playing the shortstop po-
sition, Stands in the hot corner,
and Reese, Day and Lee in the out
field.
Long existing friendly rivalry is
calculated to make the game at Rob-
ert Strange a close, h~ard-fought
struggle. Skeet James bunch al
ways have proved a tough ice for
the fraternity men and with flashy
Johnnie Edens on the slab, the res
are determined to break the Hi
Kappa's winning streak. With John
Hendrix doing the elbowing, the Cola
team defeated the frat nire IN an
exhibition tilt early in the year.
However, in rebuttal, the frater
nifty lads feel confident that they
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
|CHIS0X TRIUMPH
OVER TIGERS 10
Knott And Bridgers ALLOW
Only Two Singles On
Each Side

DETROIT, May 11.-tR-Detroit
and Michigan celebrated "Geh.
ringer Day" today in honor of the
thirty-seventh birthday of the De.
tro Tiger second baseman but
the Chicago White Sox wouldn't
cooperate and took a 1-to-0 decis.
ion after a bitter pitching duel.
Jack Knott, of the Sox, and
Tommy Bridges, of the Tigers, the
rival moundsme7, allowed only
two singles each but the victors
managed to bunch their blows for
the games only run in the third
inning.
True to baseball tradition Geh.
ringer wen hitless in four times
{ bat. Before the game he was
presented gifts ON teammates
and admirers and check of an
undisclos 1 sum from Owner Wal.
ter o. Briggs, of the Tigers.
Chicago's winning ally W a s
started by Mike fresh with one
out. He hit a roller toward third
an, Bridges slipped as he picked
up the ball. fresh getting a sin.
gle. A Wild pitch enabled fresh tc
reach second and he scored on
Bob Kennedy's single to right af.
ter Knot had famed.
Detroit's hi we're made by
Bruce Campo the sixth and
by Dick Bartell in the ninth but
each time Knott rose to the oc.
c.sion and kept the plate I'm
GRO Sed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
House of David Nine
Play BUGS Wednesday
North Carolina Wins
Over Clemson, 1914

CLEMSON, S. c., May IL
(AP)-North Carolina lombard
ed Clemson for 20 hits today
and gained a 1914 victory for
the Tar Heels tenth Southern
conference win against no de-
feats. 1t was Clemson's first
conference defeat in eight
starts.
The boys from Chapel Hill
got to Winston Holiday in the
first two innings, landing eight
safe blows and jumping to a
six-run lead before Dobson
took over the Tigers pitching
duties with one out in the
second.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
Navy Beats Duke In
Track Meet, SO To 81

ANNAPOLIS, Md, May 11-LP-
Several academy and meet records
were broken today as Navy bested
the Duke university track team, SO
to 81.
l.. Brett, of Duke, set a new rec
ord of 9 minutes. 53.2 seconds in
winning the two-mile run. The prior
record was 9 minutes, 81 seconds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
CHlCACO'S CUBS
DEFEAT PIRATES
Glen Russell's Sixth.Inni,,
Double Comes With
Bases Loaded

CHICAGO, May 1l.-g-c,.,
Russell's ixth-i' ing double ua,,
the bases load gave the cbio.
go Cubs a 7-to-5 victory over Pitt.
burgh today in the second g,ro,
of their series.
The Pirates moved into :,
Il in the fifth when they knocl'
ed Claude Passeau out of the bor
Vince Page, his ruccessor how,
ever, thr titled the 3ucs with onl,.
one hit for the remainder of ,ba
game.
The Cubs counted three runs IN
the fourth and then Page himself
started the winning rally in tbo
next f anne with a double. After 4
base on balls Hanks Leiber SIM.
led Page home with the tying RIM
Another walk filled the bases and
set the STAG G R sselrs blow
Jim Gleeson led the Cub at.
tack with triple, double and
single.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
Rocky Mount Downed
By Portsmouth, 81

PORTSMOUTH, Va, May 11.-LR
Don Curry and Hank Schluter HI.
homers today to lead Portsmouth to
a GA victory over Rocky Mount and
square the series at one-all. Yves
Ratterree joined the Cubs today ana
pitched nine-hit ball.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
FROSH BEATEN

WAKE FOREST, May 11.-R-
A three-run blast = the 18th inn
ing gave Charlotte's Central high
baseball team a 6-3 victory over
Wake Forest freshmen here to-
day and broke up a brilliant pitch
ing duel between Lefty Livingstone
of Charlotte and John Conneley.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
The Chief Is Awarded
Purse Over The Fox

NEW YORK, May 11.-LR-
Fighting Fox, William Woodward's
cratic five-year-old, ran one of
his good races today in the Ex-
celsior handicap at Jamaica but it
availed him nothing. The purse of
$4,000 went to Maxwell Towards
The Chief when the Fox was dis
rualified.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12

NtW LOIh ------------ OOU UL1 UtU Ul-c
Error: Gordon. Runs batted in: Fin.
ney 4, Selkirk 8, Dickey, Doerr 2, Hen
rich 8. Dahlgren. Cramer 2, Nonnem
kamp. Two base hits: Heinrich. Sci.
kirk, J. DiMaggio, Tabor. Finney
Home runs: Finney, Selkirk. Heinrich 2
Stolen bases: Gordon 2, Keller. Sacri.
fees: Grove, Desautels. Double play
Gordon and Dahlgren. Left on bases
New York 10; Boston Z. Bases on balls
off: Russo 2, Dickman 3. Hash 1. Had
ley 1, Heving 8, Hildebrand /. Strike
outs by: Russo 6, Hadley 2, Heving !
Hildebrand 1. Hits off: Russo 9 in !
% innings: Hadley 1 in 2 1-3; Murphy
3 in 2-3; Hildebrand, none in 1-3; Dick
man 5 in z (none out in sth) !; Hash 2 in
1: Heving 2 in 2: Bagby 1 in ]. Hit by
pitcher by: a (Dahlgren).
Passed ball: Peacock. Winning pitch.
er: Heving. Losing pitcher: Murphy
Empires: MCGOWAN, Kolls. Rue and
Geisel. Time: 2:03. Attendance: p. 1926.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
T~RAPSHOOTERS

CHARLOTTE, May 11.0R-The
North Carolina Trapshooters asso-
cations annual meet ended today
with John l.. Morehead of Char
lotte gaining the coveted all
around championship by breaking
1854 pigeons out of a possible 400.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
DUKE BEATEN

CHAPEL HILL, May 11.-lR-
North Cardinals freshman base
ball state champions closed their
season with an impressive z to 2
victory owe Duke here TODAY.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
FURMAN WINS

GREENVILLE, S. c., May II.
R-Furman captured the mile re-
lay. the last event of the meet,
and defeated Davidson $685. today
in a track clash.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12

Errors: Campbell, Higgins. Runs
batted in: Kennedy. Sacrifice: Camp
bell. Double play: Bartell, Gehringer
and York. Left on bases: Chicago 8:
Detroit 4. Bases on balls off: Knott
3. Bridges 2. Strikeouts by: Knott 6
Bridges 6. Wild pitch: Bridges. I'm
pires: Summers. Quinn and Pipgras.
Time: lbs. Attendance: 25,525.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12

ErfUf GarTTS, HI11U7Cy :, TaSS-5l.
Runs batted in: Vaughan, Fletcher,
Handley, Cuisine. Leiber, Dallessanln,
Russell 3. Two base hits: l.. Wancr,
P. Waner, Gleeson, Russell, Mattick,
Page. Three base hit: GleesOn. Iou.
BILE play: Herman and Mattick, Left
on bases: Pittsburgh 6; Chicago 10.
Bases on balls off: Bowman s, Mae.
Hayden 1. Passeau .. Strikcouts BY:
Bowman 5, MacFayden ,, Pascal !,
Page 8. Hits off: Bowman 8 in ) %
innings: MacFayden . in . 1-3; Pas,
seat 8 in t %: Page / in 4 10. Win.
ming pitcher: Page. Losing pitcher:
Bowman. Umpires: Klein, Ballanfant
and Campbell. Time: 2:23. Attendance;
(actuaD 7,21l.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
INTERNATIONAL

Baltimore 1, Montreal O..
Syracuse 5, Toronto 3.
Jersey City 81, Buffalo 8.
Rochester 8, Newark Z.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
BOSTON

x-.Ran for Peacock in 9th.
xx-Batted for Hash in 9th.
xxx-Batted for Heving in 18th,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-12
, LEADING
BATTERS

HOME RUNS
American League
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-08-30
WORKING STUDENTS

Among U. S. educators, it is a
well-known fact that many young
men and women work their way
through colleges and universities.
But last week, many were surprised
to learn the scope of the working
student" movement.
Released in New York city were
results of survey of student en-
ployment in S95 institutions of high
er learning in the United States.
Made by Clarence E. Lovejoy, alumni
secretary of Columbia University,
the study showed that nearly SO per
cent of the men and 20 per cent of
the women enrolled in American
colleges are self-supporting in whole
or in part. And their earnings total
$32,50O,000 a year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-08-30
SHORT COURSE FOR OPER-
ATORS OF WATER AND
SEWAGE TREATMENT
PLANTS

The fourth annual short course
for operators of water aud sewage
treatment plants, will be held at thu
University of Maryland, College
Park, Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday, September 8, 4, and 5,
under the joint auspices of the Uni
versity, the State Department of
Health, the Observation-Disclosures Wat
er and Sewage Association, and the
-Four States Section" of the Ameri-
can Water Works Association.
Elementary instruction ON the
why and How" of water purifica-
ton and sewage treatment has been
arranged for new students and more
advanced work for those who have
attended the previous courses.
The provisional schedule calls for
lectures and demonstrations on the
following: Water Treatment and
Control, Sewage Treatment and
Control, Pipe and Leak Locating
Instruments, Maintenance Prob
lens.
Certificates will be awarded at
the close of the institute to those
who complete the course.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-08-30
WORKERS IN SKILLED TRADES
In DEMAND

Oren B. Harrison, interviewer
in-Charge of the Maryland State
Employment Service today stated
the number of people seeking work
is steadily decreasing. This de-
crease is caused by the increasing
number of calls being received from
private employers and road con-
tractors. The workers in the skilled
trades especially are in great de-
mand
AT the present time the office has
several openings for walters, wait
resses, cooks, countermen, carpen-
tiers as well as openings for workers
in shipyards. Applications for these
jobs may be made at the Office of
the Maryland State Employment
Service in the basement of the new
Court House, All unemployed people
In Cecil County are urged to regis
ter in order that they may be con-
sidered for work.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-08-30
THREAT OF HUNGER

Herbert Hoover, who organized
food relief in Europe during and
after the First World War, believes
that Europe is again heading Tor
famine. eff it is a short war;" he OBJ
served late last June, 'it may be
short famine, but if it is a long war,
there may be the worst famine in the
history of the world"
Not all authorities take Hoover's
prediction seriously. The Depart
ment of Agriculture, for one, is in
clined to regard his estimate as over
drawn. But a sitting of the rumors
emanating from Europe indicates
that a food shortage is close at hand.
The specter of famine, the aftermath
of most modern wars, may not yet
be haunting Europe, but all observ-
ers agree that if the war continues,
the coming winter will see infin-
itely more hunger than was seen
during the wars first winter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-08-30
OPPOSED TO STATE OWNED
INSPECTION STATIONS

Members Of the Keystone Auto
mobile Club in Maryland are almost
unanimously opposed to state-own-
ed and operated compulsory inspec-
ton stations, according to the re-
suits of a poll announced yesterday
by George E. Keneipp, Manager of
the Club.
OF the members who voted on this
and other points in a 1O-point pro-
gram submitted for approval of the
membership, 9S.5 per cent went on
record in opposition to a system of
inspection as proposed from time to
time, involving huge expenditures
of State funds to set up and operate
examination stations.
The heavy opposition vote re-
affirmed the position of the Club
that inspection is of doubtful value
as means of reducing accidents.
Recommendation for revision and
simplification of the State motor We
hicle laws received 100 per cent
approval, as did the platform plank
calling for complete uniformity of
traffic signs and signals. Year-round
availability of public Fairgrounds
and expansion of safety educational
measures likewise received unan-
imous support.
The practise of requiring car own
ers in Baltimore to pay the personal
tax on all personal property as a
prerequisite to registration found
little support among the member
ship, only 1.3 per cent voting in it's
favor. Keystones proposal for legis-
lation requiring the recording of
all aliens on the Maryland certifi-
cate of title received a 99.7 per
cent vote of approval, and use of
motor vehicle tax funds only for
highway and highway safety pur-
poses was supported by exactly the
same vote.
Keystone members are 100 per
cent for enforcement of the vehicle
laws, but record their vote against
'injudicious use of enforcement
authority.
A proposal calling for establish
ment of more one-way streets in
Baltimore was up held by 1872 per
cent of those participating in the
poll.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-08-30
Scrub 1t Out!

IT'S time for the women of Amer
lea to roll up their sleeves and
start scrubbing the dirty spots out
of the nations social fabric!
Many leaders in women's work be
lieve that women as a group have
been delinquent the last two dec
AIDES and now will have to pay with
real hard work if they are to re-
store social conditions favorable to
the Christian way of living.
Throughout history the women
have been the guardians of spiritual
and moral life. The great social
movements of the Nineteenth Gen.
tury were nearly all originated and
fought for by women. These women
worked under severe hardships,
without finances, without the right
to vote, and under the handicaps of
social ostracism and the fact that
they then were living in a mans
world
Today all that is changed. Now
it is in many ways woman's world,
women control the purse-strings of
the nation. They have more po-
tential power today than ever be-
fore in history. In many ways, they
are doing less with their power than
did the handicapped women of yes
terday.
Achievement of many social re-
forms and of the right to vote may
lave caused women> to think that
the good fight had been won and
that they could retire to placid con-
tentment in an armchair.
Women. sought and achieved
equality with men. Flushed with
their new-found freedom they pushed
on to achieve equality in the I'M
worthy ways of living. They climbed
up on the bar stools alongside the
men.
But all that is changing. Women
may prattle of freedom" when
they really mean personal license"
but let that freedom hurt those
they love-husband or child-and
women soon demand return to the
absolute code of Christian living.
Social disease, juvenile crime, al.
coholism, polluted politics, all of
these enemies of American home
life could be routed within the dec
ade # all women would unite be-
mind effective leadership to use their
powers of finances, of the ballot, and
of spiritual conviction.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-08-30
HOW MUCH MONEY?

To re-elect President Roosevelt in
1886. the Democratic National Com
mittee spent $5,651,O0O. To carry
Maine and Vermont for Landon,
the Republican National Committee
expended $8,893,OOO. These sums
were topped by the lavish expendi-
lures of state and local committees.
Observers have been wondering,
therefore, how the second Hatch
Dempsey Act will effect the 1910
Presidential campaign. Passed last
month, the Act prohibits a national
party committee from spending. more
than three million dollars a year,
or from accepting individual contri-
buttons of more than $4,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-08-30
MORE PRACTICAL HIGH
SCHOOLS

A committee of educators has re-
ported to the American Youth Com
mission that actual work experience
should be made part of high schoo!
currirulums, that courses in social
studies should be expanded, instruc-
ton concerning personal problems
be given, and improved methods of
reading be taught. The committee
believes that important needs of
most of the 100000 boys and girls
in high schools of the United States
are not being met but that the hopes
fostered by much of the present
system are doomed to disappoint-
ment.
1t is true that the great bulk OF
the opportunities open to youth of
high school education today is in
more or less mechanical fields of
employment. The incidence of child
labor laws, wholesome as is their
general effect, leaves countless
youngsters eager for means of learn
ing to do things with their hands
and to see how the worlds work is
done. Thus the coupling Of high
school training with useful occupa-
tons is desirable for many.
Yet the emphasis on reading
shows that the workbench cannot
supply all or more than moderate
share of a mechanics life. The
amount of reading matter which is
being hurled at everyone by the
modern press in newspapers, maya
zines, and books calls for speed and
accuracy on the part of the reader.
And the requirements of citizenship
call for discernment in his use of
the information he consumes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-08-30
POPULATION OF STATE PUT
AT 1,S11,54e
Maryland Gain OF 11% In Ten
Years-Growth Exceeded
Only BY Nevada

Years-Growth Exceeded
Only BY Nevada
With 1,811,546 noses, Maryland
population is right up there with the
best.
According to preliminary Genus
reports on fourteen States, Mary
lands growth was exceeded only by
Nevada, and was equaled only by
her close neighbor, Delaware.
Maryland and Delaware both
showed gains of eleven per cent;
Nevada's population grew by 2O.8
per cent, during the last decade.
To Maryland, and to other States
which showed gains in population
above and beyond the national aver
age, this may mean greater repre-
sentation in Congress and in the
Electoral College.
Any such increments of legislative
weight, however, are subject to the
will of Congress, and In any case
will not be available to Maryland in
the elections this fall
The average gain of population in
the United States was 6.5 per cent.
On the basis of such figures, such
shifts as may be made in Congress
sional representation among the
States probably will benefit the
South and Far West, while the
drought-ridden Middle West and the
depression-hit northeastern States
may suffer losses.
Reapportionment of the House,
however, will not be made before
the approaching Presidential cleo
ton, since the final figures will not
be available for few months and
Congress has the right to dictate
how, if at all, the apportionment will
be made.
The earliest election at which the
new seating may be used will be
that of 1912, provided Congress
takes some action next year. Re-
Gently an act was passed providing
automatic reapportionment some
time in 1912 il nothing is done at
the next session. This act could be
repealed, however, and even if used
might not provide new seatings un-
til 1914.
Maryland, at present, has six Rep
resentatives in the House.
Twenty-four of the 435 seats in
the House were shifted after the
1880 census and some officials pre-
dioted the number of shifts might
be even larger this time. They as
sumed that the total number of
seats would be kept at 435, as it
has been since 1910.
1t was believed that States which,
in the last ten years, increased more
than the 6.5 per cent, average gain
in the nation, stand good chance
of getting more seats. Those which
failed to gain as much, or lost, stand
to lose seats.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-08-30

New Deal for nearly eight years.
Revision of methods of Government
have been given free and fair
trial in those years. Now comes the
time to definitely approve the Roose-
welt and Wallace methods-or go
back to the old ways of Democracy.
Messrs. Roosevelt, Wilkie, Wallace
and McNary are all good men. The
principles they represent should gov
ern and control. The people may be
trusted. Abraham Lincoln phrased
an answer that fits-right now:
you may fool some of the people
all of the time, you may fool all of
the people some of the time, but
you can't fool all of the people all
of the time" The election will set
tie the puzzle bequeathed by the
great Emancipator.