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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-25
DUKE nine BEATS
n. c. STATE, 5T02
Bob Vickery Limits Wolfpack
To Four Hits And
Strikes Out Eight

DURHAM, April 24.-R-With
Bob Vickery holding N. c. State to
four hits and striking out eight,
Duke University's baseballers took a
SO Big Five and Southern confer
ence victory in a w~ell-played game
here this afternoon.
The Blue Devils scored three times
in the first. Carl Pierce walked n
scored on George MacAfee's double
to left. Then Pat Fehley let Smokes
hard grounder through him for a two
base error and McAfee tailed. After
Davis and Carey had popped out
Price singled to center scoring
Smokes.
In the fourth, State used W OF
its hits to score twice. With n out,
Constant singled to center and scored
on Browns triple to right. Brown
then scored on Harris fly to left.
Duke, after threatening in the
fourth, fifth and sixth, manufactured
Two more runs in the seventh. With
one ont. Smokes drew a walk and
went to third on Davis double down
the left field foul line. Carey singled
between first and second to
them both.
vickery gave up no bases on balls
until the ninth when he walked the
first batsman and then after two
were away gave two others free
passes to fill the bases. He famed
Chick Doak to end the threat. He
retired the Wolves in order in the
first, third, fifth, sixth, seventh and
eight innings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-25
WYATT ShelIed From Mound
AS Brooklyn Scrambles To
Victory With Late Rally

BROOKLYN, April 24.-R-The
DODGERS reverted to type today,
scrambling to an 8 to 6 triumph
over the Boston Bees in as wild and
uneven a ball game as the 10,4S0
fans present ever would want to see.
Whitlow Wyatt started on the
mound for Brooklyn hoping to re-
peat his shutout performance o.
last weeks opening game at Boston.
Instead he gave up sever hits and
five runs in the first three innings
and had to be removed in the fifth
when he walked the first two bat
tiers to let the Bees score again
without a hit.
Boston was held scoreless after
that, but it took the Dodgers until
the eighth inning to catch up.
They held a temporary lead in the
first when they exploded a four-run
firecracker fused by Roy Cullen
bine's homer with two on, but they
didn't score again until the fourth
when a walk and two singles pushed
one counter r
However, Bill Swift walked the
first two men he faced in the
eighth and the Dodgers were off.
Dolph Camilli singled one run home
and stole second. Cullenbine was
walked to fill the bases and Pinch
hitter Dixie Walker rocketed a sin
gle into left to score the winning
runs.
Rookie Chester Ross in leftfield
contributed to the Bees woes by
making three errors and Van LinGle
Mungo bolstered Brooklyn's joy by
pitching a hitless, runless ninth in
ming to show that he may yet help
the pitching staff.
Brooklyn now has won four and
lost none, sharing the National
league lead with the idle Cincinnati
Reds, who have won three and lost
~~~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-25
Maxi Sets New Record
For Three-Mile Run

NEW ORLEANS, April 24.-lR-
Taisto Maxi of Finland set a new
American outdoor record for the
three.mile run here Sunday, and no
body knew it until today.
His time of IL minutes. 1914 Sec
onds beat the mark Of 14:22.6 made
in 1918 by his countryman, Thomas
Hannes Kolehmainen. Don LaIh,
who finished some $50 yards astern
of Maxi here Sunday, ran the dis
lance in 14:27 in 1887, for the fast
est outdoor three miles in this coun'
try by an American.
Lorenzo Di B%enedetto, president OF
the National Amateur Athletic IN
ion, said tonight that I'VE were all
so wrapped up in Maki's chances OF
beating his own world record that
we didn't pay any attention to an
American record"
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Dodgers Stay Unbeaten
With SO Win Over Bees
Eight Net Teams Open
Play At Carolina Today

CHAPEL HILL, April 24.-(P)-
Representatives from eight teams
will begin play here tomorrow morn
ing in the preliminary round of the
University of North Cardinals fourth
annual interscholastic tennis tourna-
ment.
The teams competing include Boys
high Atlanta), Maury high Nor-
folk, George Washington high dan
ville), Walnut high, (C~incinnati),
Southern Pines, Wilson, Chapel Hill,
and Central high (Charlotte).
Among Charlotte's contestants is
Bobby Spurrier, winner of the state
singles championship in the North
Carolina high school athletic associa-
tons annual tournament held here
last week.
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Tar Babies Score 1910
Win Over Durham Team

CHAPEL HILL, April 24.-LR-
After spotting Durham High school,
the defending Class A champion, six
in the first two innings, North
Cardinals Freshman baseball team
went on a scoring rampage to tally
an even dozen runs in two innings
and win Is to 10 here today.
Score by innings:
Durham High $50 OBI OOo-1O Is 6
Carolina F. - o4S 100 20x-15 IA 0
Tillotson, Veasy, and Byrd; Mich
olson, Mack, c. Moore, and Barks-
dale, Wolf.
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SYRACUSE, N. Y, April 24.-P-
The nations best women bowlers
headed for Syracuse tonight, eager
to begin splitting pins in the 23rd
Women's international Bowling Con-
gress tomorrow. An all-time record
entry list of approximately 5000 con.
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TRIUMPHS

AsHEVILLE, April "a Up -
Harry Pletersek's four-base drive
over the ~scoreboard in rightfield to-
day enabled the Tourists to nose
cut the Portsmouth Cubs, 81, in the
series opener
The Cubs staged a six-run upris-
ing in the eighth to tie the score.
Pletersek, first mar up in the home
half Of the ninth, hit a three-two
pitch to decide the contest.
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NAVY BEATS DUKE

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, April 24-R-
Nays undefeated tennis team
swept through Dukes netmen today
6 to 3.
The Middies met their toughest
opposition as the Blue Devils took
two singles and one doubles, with
two matches going to three sets.
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MATCH POSTPONED

CHAPEL HILL, April 24.-P)-By
mutual agreement of both teams, the
scheduled tennis match between the
Carolina and N. C. State freshman
teams here today was postponed I'M
til a later date. The teams will play
in Raleigh Friday week.
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DAVIDSON WINS

CHARLOTTE, April "a Up -
D~avidson's tennis team registered its
ninth victory in 10 starts by defeat
ing Washington and Lee today on
courts of the Myers Park Country
club 81.
Dick Pinck, No. 1 man for the
Generals, scored a singles triumph
for w. and LIS lone point.
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WHIP BEARS

HICKORY, April 24.-P9-Lenoir.
Rhyme lost its third consecutive
North State conference baseball
game today, this time at the hands
of High Point. The score was 81.
Vow let the Bears down with sew
en- bingles, got two hits himself and
scored a run.
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National League

st. Louis at Pittsburgh-Cooper (o-1)
VS.. Klinger 90.
Brooklyn at Philadelphia Casey
DO VS.. Pearson (0-0).
Boston at New York-Posedel (0-1)
VS.. Lohrman (0-0).
Cincinnati at Chicago Derringer
DO IS. Dean (0-1).
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A WIN

ATLANTA, April "a LP Net.
men of N. c. State college defeated
the Emory university tennis team
today 6 to 8. The North Carolinians
swept all but n of the singles
matches.
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American League

New York at Boston-Pearson u-W
philadelphia at Washington-Potter
(0-D vs.. krakauskas (0-0).
Chicago at Cleveland-Smith (0-1- vs..
Detroit at st. Louis-Newsom (o-1)
vs.. Auker 1-0).
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Runs batted in: Cooney, Cuccinello,
Mast, Sullivan, Vosmik, Camilli 2, Gull
lenbine 3, Walker =. Two base hits:
Hassett. Masi, Cooney. Ross, Camilli.
Home run: Cullenbine. Stolen bases:
West, Ross, Cullenbine, Camilli. Dou-
Bile plays: Coscarart, Reese and Ca
MILL Lavagetto, Coscarart and Ca
MILL. Left on bases: Boston 6; Brook
Ign 10. Bases on balls off: Wyatt 8,
Sullivan 6, Swift 4, Kimball 1. Strike
outs by: Wyatt l, kimball 2, Sullivan
1. Swift 5. Hits off: Wyatt I in 4
innings; Pressnell, nom in /; Kimball
. in 3; Mungo, none in 1; Sullivan s
in 4 %: Coffman, none in Is; Swift
4 in 3. Winning pitcher: Kimball. Los
ing pitcher: Swift. Umpires: Reardon,
Pinelli and Goetz. Time: 2:37. Attend
ance: 10,4S0.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-25
LEADING
BAT TIERS

(By the Associated Press)
Batting (three leaders and ties
in each league, based on five or
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s p 9 r T s
, The Standings
RESULTS

YESTERDAYS
American League
Washington 8; Boston 6.
Detroit 2; Chicago /.
New York 8: Philadelphia f.
Cleveland s; st. Louis 4.
National League
New York 5; Philadelphia :.
Chicago 8: Pittsburgh 4.
Brooklyn 8; Boston 6.
st. Louis at Cincinnati, postponed.
field flooded.
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THE STANDINGS
National League
TODAY'S GAMES

NEW YORK. April "a up Prob
able pitchers in the major leagues to
morrow (won-lost records in parenthe
ses):
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BEARS WIN.

BEARS WIN.
HICKORY, April 24.-R)-Lenoir.
Rhymes tennis team had an easy
time defeating High Point 80 to-
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-25
HOME RUNS
American League
National League
RUNS BATTED IN
American League

Gilbert, Dodgers --------------
Mine tied with L
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
REPULSE
GERMAN ATTACK
,,,srior Force Put To Rout
with Heavy Losses,
Paris Says

o.R1s, March s-lR-rhe French
f reported tonight that a
e y, natrol east of the Moselle
fFsDS s.d fought off a German force
''s in numbers and inflicted
,s.ss on the enemy.
closed the first six months
Flsn' 1.r with statements by Pre-
d 'H naladier and other leaders ex'
pressing
M" ,onts issued to the press for
s,.;on tomorrow reviewed the
pl0p TO date and characterized
'fuS. success the economic warfare
pa, = a vsged against Germany
.+or six months of war;" Dalai
' 's;a "our frontiers are inviol-
der mr seas our free and all French
'e and women have the same de-
ps ~,;nstion consecrate their forces
s', .;ctorv of the Fatherland."
,nirel lean Darlan, commander
'h;of Of the navy, asserted that
', nsr0o use Of the seas is assured
,n.ance can dispose of all the re-
s.,s of her vast empire and fight
w., confidence for final victory
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that the war department was pre-.
maturely pushing for funds. Subse-
quently the house upheld the COM
mittee and passed a war depart,
ment appropriation bill minus the
$751; O0, 600.
The President said that the re
sponsibility for delay should be
squarely ON congress, because plans
are sufficiently far advanced to per-
NIT construction to get under way
this spring on the extra set of, locks.
which would cost 1927, 00O, 900.
The President made his remarks
at a press conference on a specia
train carrying him to Washington
from Pensacola, Fla, where he COM
p1eted yesterday a 1000 mile cruise
on which he made a thorough sur
vey of close and long range defenses
of the Panama Canal.
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NAZI SHIPS FAIL
TO RUN BLOCKADE
One Scuttled, One Captured
And Third Puts Back
Into Port

ARUBA, Dutch West Indies,
March 2.-CR-Out of three Ger
man merchantmen which dared a
run from this island through the
British blockade, n has been
scuttled, n captured and the 9TH
er chased back into port.
Today the British navy had the
Heidelberg, e,530-ton passenger and
cargo boat, in tow, taking her to
Trinidad.
Aboard a British warship believ-
ed to be the 1,060-ton escort YES
sci Dundee, was the crew of the g.
390-ton freighter Troja, which sank
after her seacocks were opened and
she was set afire when inter-
cepted.
The third ship, the 4,400-ton An
tilla, put back into port.
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Greek Freighter Makis
In Distress At Sea

THOMASTON, Me, March Up
-Mackay Radio reported that it had
Intercepted a distress message from
the 3,546-ton Greek freishter Makis
today saying she vas leaking very
badly and in "need of immediate
assistance" about 1000 miles due
east of New York.
The message said furthera
"Water in engine room Bro
ken rudder, chain and hatch .
Tarpaulins are split
The nearest vessel to the dis
tressed ship was the Greek steamer
stylianos Chandris, which at 4:3o
EST) said she was SO miles dis
tant and expected to reach the Ma
kis' side by $50 a. m. EST tomor-
row..
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TORNADO STRIKES
EVANSVILLE, IND.
CONTINUED From Page One)

others were unroofed. Several in
dustrial buildings were damaged.
Trees were uprooted and communi-
cations disrupted.
Among those injured were Mrs.
Dorothy Fireline, %, and her three
young children. Their home was
one of those torn apart.
Ralph Hayden, 40, and f. C.
Pfeiffer, "a, were injured as they
worked in a burial vault company's
one-story plant. Hack Moore, gar
bage collector, was another in
jured.
Bricks and concrete blocks were
hurled 200 feet.
Almost simultaneously, a tornado
swept through an Alton, ILL.,, resi-
Dental district. causing heavy dam
age. No injuries were reported i'm
mediately. Earlier, high winds dam
aged the Shawneetown, ILL.,, high
school building.
Insurance adjusters, after a pre-
liminary survey, estimated the dam
age at Evansville at $25O,000 but
said they feared a further cheek
would boost the figure.
GRANTEBURG, ILL.,, March p
GR-A man was killed and several
other persons injured seriously in a
tornado and electrical storm which
demolished every building in the
small community of FlatWood, four
miles north of here III johnson
county, today. The storm struck
at 1880 p. m.
Almost impossible roads made a
thorugh inspection of the area i'm
possible.
Curtis Abbott, SO, WPA WORKER
was killed while walking into his
yard.
BONNEVILLE, Miss, March g.
B-Six persons were reported in
i11red in a cyclone that destroyed
four houses in the community OF
Thrasher. six miles north of here,
at 8 o'clock tonight.
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D. RS NAME
PUT ON BALLOT
Continued From Page One)

u.rh+ have in my declining years
.ss confidence and respect of Ohio
folks"
u, shall keep in touch with What l
,s1isre TO be sound progressive pub
". roIicv. and will raise my voice
%.s,insr n attempt by either Pc
nicsl Marty or officer to impair
fl. lawful rights of Ohio people"
1opahey will reside at Governors
,iand, Indian Lake, Ohio, and de-
rms his time principally to the
mmists Mutual Insurance COM
ANY of Columbus, of which he is
PRESIDENT.
Grateful To Both
~ am grateful to those democrats
and republicans who have long sup,
nrtej me-" the senator concluded.
including faithful assistants who
have surrounded me.
Donahey's decision confused the
Ohio political situation. 1t brought
ouick expressions of disappointment
from democrats. Republicans said
II had frightened their chances of
carrying Ohio il November.
Other political developments to-
day included an announcement by
Sneaker ~Bankhead, an aspirant to
the democratic presidential nomlna-
ton that he would not oppose Presl-
dent Roosevelt if the latter desired
a third term.
MY candidacy will not be in op-
position to his denomination" the
speaker said in a statement ex.
pressing agreement with his broth
er, Senator Bankhead (D-Ala), that
il the President will accept a re-
nomination he can have it without
question:"
Donahey, who is Of Scotch-Irish
descent. is known as the senate's
champion listener. During his more
than five years in the senate he has
never made a floor speech.
You can learn a lot about other
senator's by just listening" he has
remarked.
Thrice Governor
Donahey carried every Ohio con
gresslonal district in his 1884 race
against former Senator Simeon D
Tess. He is the only man ever tt
serve three successive terms as gov
ernor Of Ohio.
I call myself a progressive -
with the brakes on" Donahey sale
recently. IF l disagree with my
PRESIDENT, I don't go consort witt
me enemy or abuse him. There cal
De honest differences between mel
over policies
l am an absolutely free man
NOo0dy owns a hair of my head
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F. D. R. RETURNS
TO WHITE HOUSE
Continued From Page One)

the EXport-Import bank are increas-
ed by $10G, 000, 900 to permit a $780,
900 1000 loan to Finland and similar
assistance to other nations.
Secretary of State Hull and Louis
Johnson, assistant secretary of war.
met the chief executive at Union
station when he arrived early ir
the evening.
On the journey northward on his
special train, the President today
accused the house appropriations
committee of camouflaging its rea-
sons for refusing $4,000, 900 he ask
ed to begin charging the Panama
Canal.
Congress, he said, has full author
ity to delay for a year the construc'
ton of a third set of locks, but he
added somewhat grimly that sucf
action should not be camouflaged by
statements that the war depart
ment was pushing the project toe
rapidly.
The appropriations committee hac
| said that detailed plans for the un-
dertaking could not be completed
until two years hence, and indicated
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ing land forces of the world, or
navies and air forces.
First and foremost, he vas said
to have declared, Britain's fort
resses at points like Gibraltar,
Malta and Singapore must be dis
mantled.
Germany regards such fortresses
as pirate hangouts."
Hitler's insistence on the return
of war-lost German colonies prob
ab1v was no surprise to Welles as
this German demand has been con-
slant ever since the Treaty of
Versailles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
Typewriter Co. Lists
81 D. c. Order Gain

NEW YORK, March 2.-(P-L. c.
Smith & Corona Typewriters, Inc,
today reported untitled orders for
typewriters at the end of February
showed an increase of 80 per cent
over the end of February, 1889. Prin-
cipal plants are at Syracuse, Gro
ton, Cortland and Geneva, N. Y, and
Aurora, Ill.
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U. S. PLANES FIND
SOUTHCATE SAFE
Continued From Page One)

(COntlnueO FROM rage OHe)
occurred since the European war
started.
Disposing of the possibility that
an American submarine had been
mistaken for a German U.boat. the
navy established that no United
| States subersible was in the vincinity
about 100 miles northeast of Puer.
to Rico.
Hours after the ship was located
there was no explanation from her
master for the electrifying, wartime
signal, $685. si%gnifying a submarine
attack. The Southgate's wireless ig-
nored requests for information, pre-.
sumably because Of unwillingness to
detray the vessels position should q
hostile val craft be nearby.
In accord with procedure followed
since the neutrality zone was Great
ed last fall, the navy likewise MAIN
tanned a protective silence, declin.
ing to divulge the position where the
Southgate was found in mid-morning.:
Rep. Fish (R-NY) said that the,
report of the attack on the South.
gate lis obviously part of a carefully
planned propaganda program to in-
fluence American public opinion"
Impugns President
In an address prepared for radio
delivery (CBS), Fish said that "a
month ago British ship was report
ed as having been the victim of a
German submarine off our coast, but
when Jul destroyers sought to locate
the victim it had vanished, only to
turn up later in a British port"
Unfortunately, some of the SUBJ
marine propaganda emanates frous
the White House." Fish declared. "A
few months ago it's was announced
from the White House that a for
eign submarine had been sighted
about 20 miles off Key West, Florida,
by navy patrol vessels"
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So SHIPS SUNK,
GERMANY CLAIMS
Continued From Page One)

insofar as ships and the men who
sail them are concerned.
An Associated Press survey
through yesterday showed that at
least 43S ships ~aggregating more
than 1902, 500 tons had been sent
to the bottom, 3,54S persons hat
lost their lives and 1912 others
reported missing and probably dead.
This meant an average of more
than 5000 tons per day. In the
World War the tonnage loss rar
less than 4,500 tons per day during
the first six months.
Nineteen nations have suffered
but England with it's far flung fleet
naval and merchandise been the
principal victim. Neutral Norway
ranks second, far above the losses
of Germany and France.
Here are the losses by nation.
includes naval craft:
Britain-2O1 Us naval ships
France-19; Germany-3S Is nava
ships; Norway-52; Sweden-35
Denmark-22; Greece-1S; Neither
lands-16 Il naval ship; Finland
IL; Estonia-6; Belgium-6; Italy
5; Lithuania-3; Russia; Ruma
MAI; Japan-1; Yugoslavia-1; Lat
vial; SPAIN.
These were the causes:
Submarines-139; planes-31; war
ships-14; mines-128; collisions AM
wrecks due to war causes-14; I'm
explained explosions-32; scuttled-
Is (aIl Germany: ships overdue an
considered lost-21; unknown-41.
The 26th week of the war CLOSED
yesterday with reports of only 1;
sinkings.
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EIGHTH CANDIDATE
INTERSTATE RACE
Continued from Page One)

west. The other six men ere from
politically eastern counties.
Simmons ran for the United States
senate in 1882, and announced he
would run in 1888, but did not file.
He is a veteran of the Spanish.
American war, and his "battle or
ders'' are that "eacb war vet can
whip so times his weight in wild
cats"
Simmons described hituss1f as a
"low-tax man." and says ne is the
lone economy-minued candidate in
a field of high spenders."
Another political development to-
day was the filing of a $500 en-
trance fee by friends of Robert
Steele, 3rd, a candidate for the U. S.
house of representatives from the
Eighth congressional district.
Steele, 4~1-year-old business man,
is the fourth to enter the race for
the democratic nomination in the
district. Other filers are w. o. Bur-
gin of Lexington, the incumbent, c.
B. Deane of Rockingham and Giles
Y. Newton of Gibson.
GREENSBORO, March 2.-R-
Edwin P. Hale, Leaksville farmer,
became the eighth announced demo
cratic candidate in the North Caro-
lima gubernatorial race, coming out
today on a platform advocating re
peal of the sales tax, reduction OF
farm and home taxes, expansion OF
education and public health appro'
priations, reduction in state eX'
penses and elimination of 10 state
agencies, and construction of farm
to-market roads.
Candidate Hale, who runs a
vegetable and truck farm neal
Leaksville, came to this state In
1880 from Virginia. He was born
in Smith county. Virginia, in 1902
and wa connected for a while with
the board of health in that state.
He resided in Allegheny and Surry
counties, being connected with the
health department of the latter
county, before moving to Rocking
ham county in 1887.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
Deputies Seek Gunner
Oh Turkey, Four Hens

Sheriff's deputies last night ar.
rested George Mcdowell, colored,
when he told them half a dozen
stories" about the turkey and four
hens he was found carrying in a sack
Now the question is, they said,
Who is the rightful owner of the
birds?"
They will be held at the sheriff s
! office until properly claimed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-03
SKINS

SALEM, Ore, March 2-(R-
Oren C. McDoyell, Jr., 21-year-
old m%eat-cutter, ended a brief
furry of excitement in Napa,
Cal, today by confirming that
two human skins sent to a
Napa tannery belonged to him.
They were obtained from a
dental school, he explained, add
ing, however, he knew nothing
concerning an unsigned note
asking that the skins be used to
make a pair of gloves.