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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-29
SPECIAL EVENTS
SLATED ON CARD
Capacity Crowd Expected 10
Attend Show For Benefit
Of Iron Lung Fund

The Ivanhoe and Tide Water
will meet tonight in the fea-
ture attraction Of the basketball
show planned at the New Hanover
High school gymnasium for the
benefit of the Iron Lung fund.
Advance ticket sales indicate that
q capacity crowd will be on hand for
the special events and the tilt.
The show is being sponsored by
the Officers Fellowship club and the
Tide Water Power company. The
game between Ivanhoe and the Kilo-
watts is a return engagement, the
locals having been defeated earlier
in the season in a game played
there.
The attraction is quite unique and
will offer something new to local
cage fans. The three features OF
the show is The Special Events, a
regulation cage game and a short
comedy exhibition.
All indications point to n of the
largest cage gatherings in the his
tory o. Wilmington, as the Officers
club reports that ticket sales ar
moving at a rapid pace.
The program:
500 p. m.-Brief address by mem
Der of Police Officers Fellowship
club.
sos p. m.-Special events.
/. Free throw contest.
2. Centipede eager %(novelty event)
3. Set shot contest.
4. Speed dribbling.
5. Long shot contest.
$3.50 p. REPRESENTATION of prize:
by Mr.. E. W. Mango. Gen. Mgr
Tide Water Power Co.
S:35 p. m.-Tide Water VS.. Ivan
hoe CIRCULATION basketball game).
900 p. m. (Half) Dogpatch VS.
Skunk Hollow "a brief cage farce)
9:05 p. m. - Second half, It'd
Water VS.. Ivanhoe.
Tentative line-upS:
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-29
Cats Win Over Burgaw
Mittmen In Meet Horo
New Hanover Scores 2 - =.
1-2 Decision; Only Fou,
Bouts Staged

The New Hanover High ,cs,,,
boxers triumphed over the p,,.~
mitt team, 2 IL to | u, in
here last night.
Several planned bouts woro
celled due to the prevalence =.
among members of the Br,,,-
team. "s8H
Results of last nights meet n...
as follows: "N'
Sanford Doxey, s., Wilminst,,
decision over spartman, IS. A
Jack Bryan, 100, Wilmington ~,
Willie Wells, draw. '"'
Billy Mead, 1o5, Wilminvtor l.,
cisioned Jones, 105. "
Allan Farrior, 14O, Burgav t,,,
sion over Bobby Lee, l4O.
Chief among the bouts which r,.,
cancelled was the Donald Raw l,r,
Jack Griffith fight. Lane il ~.
fined to his bed on account Of tr
Vance Red" Beard, of the 10.
News Golden Gloves team and mil,
dleweight champ of the soutbs..,
ern United States team, refereed n.
bouts.
Prior to the regular schedM,a
meet, three exhibition matches n.
tween local boys was staged, E,tv
King VS.. Kenneth Davis, Jack Mn
VS.. Douglas Meares, and Her5rt
Houston VS.. Wetzel Holt.
Coach Howard Jones said that +,
will take his team to Hamlet Fria,,
night for a meet. He plans TO tb,
about 10 or II of the local bows
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-29
Brunswick County Cage
Meet To Open Tonight
Two Duke Stars Get
Apprentice Grid Jobs

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Feb.
28.-(APeLooking to reorgani-
zation for development of its
athletic program, the apprentice
school of Newport News Ship.
yard, today announced q nine
nan coaching staff to assist
Frank M. Dobson, new athletic
director and head coach.
Dobson was the University Of
Maryland's football mentor for
the last several years.
The list includes: Freddie
York, formerly of Duke; James
Marion, Duke; Red Simpson,
Kentucky; Joe Jenkins, Furman;
Edwin Almond, University of
Richmond; Lynn Sweet, Buck
nell; Russ Boone, Randolph-Ma-
con; and Al Degutis and Ray
stephens of William and Mary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-29
De Witt Page Succumbs
While Attending Races

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. %. 49, up - De
Witt Page of Bristol, Conn, widely
known for his racing stable, died
while attending the races at Hialeah
Park today.
He collapsed Of coronary thrombo-
SIS just after watching the seventh
race on the program. He was taken
from his box in the clubhouse to
the track hospital, where he sue
cumbed a few minutes later.
Pages stable raced under the name
of Maemere Farm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-29
SMOKE RINGS
That Extra Day
By SAM Raglan

February 20 is that extra day thrown into the ealen,
dar everv four wears when election time rolls around ana
d e Jaou va nob have always favored making that one day a
fra n'd davvone in which everybody could do as he very
we'll pleases. auoono ito MIRO IN
think of at some time having one 24-hour span alotIeu to
sa. DC unnr own. But to get on with the story we 1lfst
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-29
loop CAGE MEET OPENS TO-DAY
Ipanhoe. Kilowatts To Play Here Tonight
Training Camp Briefs

|dav. IF he shows anything in the
o,,tfie1d. he'll stand an even chance
with other candidates"
No fewer than seven men patrolled
the outer gardens for the National
league champs last year-most of
them in left field.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-29
SLICK STUFF

CLEVELAND Up Ivan Ras-
putin, the wrestler, knows how to
prevent opponents from yanking at
his beard. He oils it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-29

turo Godoy fight say that the Chi.
lean was robbed Godoy, they
say, practically murdered the col.
ored boy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-29
PHILLIES LEAVE

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2S.-(P-
Phillie club officials and five play
ers left here today to open spring
training at Miami Beach, Fla. In
cluded in the party were President
Gerry Nugent, Mrs. Nugent, Phillle
vice-president and treasurer. and
their son, Gerald. .
Pitchers and catchers are due at
camp Friday but ether members OF
the squad won't begin chores until
Wednesday.
Nugent, commenting on reports
from the south that Manager Bill
Terry of the Giants wanted to
trade First Baseman Zeke Bonura
for Merrill May asserted Il wouldn't
take three Bonuras for May
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-29
PROMISING

AVALON, Calf, Feb. 2S.-E-
Although Chicago Cub pitchers
rounded out their first week in
camp today without having thrown
a batter, it became apparent
from the demeanor of Manager Cab.
by Hartnett that at least three new
have struck a promising
note.
They include Julio Bonetti, a
highlander, and Ken Raffensberg.
er and Verne Olsen, southpaws.
The first batting practice is
scheduled for Friday. The second
Cub squad arrives tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-29
MORAN O GOOD

TAMPA, Fla, Feb. 2S.-P-First
Baseman Cyril Butch" Moran who
hit 1892 in 1888 with Rogers, Ark,
and .341 last year with Muskogee,
Okla, may be the Reds solution to
their outfield problem.
I'D dislike to see a player Of his
ability frozen for years in the minors
just because of the impossibility OF
dislodging Frank Mccormick" OBJ
served Manager Bill McKechnie to.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-29
BAKER PEEVED

LAKELAND, Fla, Feb. 28.-F-
Manager Del Baker of the Detroit
Tigers indicated today he was get
ting peeved over Pitcher Buck New
SONS absence.
Newsom is four days late al
ready for spring training, and Bak'
er, with a trace of sarcasm in his
voice said Buck had advised that
urgent business" was keeping him
away.
The veteran twirler is expected
in camp tomorrow. The Tiger bat
terymen began work last Sunday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-29
INDIANS WORK OUT

FORT MYERS, Fla, Feb. 28.-R
Manager Oscar Witt led a squad of
81 Cleveland Indians, mainly bat
terymen, through their first spring
workout today.
OF 10 pitchers on the Tribes ros.
ter, the only absentees were Johnny
Allen and Willis Hudlin, still I'M
signed, and Johnny Broaco, who re-
Gently agreed to terms after holding
back several weeks. Catcher frankie
Pytlak, another holdout, also was
missing.
Witt turned over to Coach Luke
Sewell the job of teaching control to
two young speedball hurlers, Johnny
HUMPHREYS and Bill Zuber. The
Tribes chief credits Sewell with the
improvement last season of South
paw AL Milnar who won IA games.
FIRST WORKOUT
SAN BERNARDINO, Calf, Feb.
2S.-(P)-The Pittsburgh Pirates had
their first workout under the direc.
ton of new Manager frankie Frisch
today, and it left them groggy.
The !.Fordham Flash" put his 10
athletes through hours Of jogging
around the lot, bunting and playing
for the base-runners, fielding
grounders on the infield, chasing
flies and sprinting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-29
SIMMONS HITS EN-

ANAHEIM, Calf, Feb. 28.-R-
While the younger players stand
around admiringly, old AL Simmons
is slamming out a lot Of solid line
drives in the Athletics training
camp.
Gee, he's great" said Second
Baseman Benny Mccoy. Look at
that swing
Manager Connie Mack expects
Simmons to help with the younger
PLAYERS besides doing his share in
the field and at the plate.
Mccoy, who turned up with a
sore arm yesterday, said the pain
had eased today.
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Two Freighfers Collide
In Fog Off New Jersey
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-The S. s.
Seatrain Texas, a new S2,500,000
American freighter, and the Nor
wegian freighter Rolf Jarl collided
in a fog of the New Jersey coast
early today, Mackay Radio report
ed, but both apparently we're not in
serious trouble.
Four hours after the Seatrain
Texas sent an sos call reporting she
had struck an unknown ship" the
1,917-ton Norwegian vessel sent. a
message to the Seatrain Texas, in
tercepted by Mackay, which said:
I'VE will try proceed for five
fathom bank daybreak. Please stand
by until further notice"
The Seatrain Texas earlier had
reported she was in mo need Of
assistance"
The Philadelphia Maritime Ex-
change said its station at Delaware
Breakwater reported the Rolf Jarl
leaking badly" Both ships, this
report said. headed for Philadelphia
after the collision.
The collision occurred about IS
miles east southeast of Cape May,
N. j., Mackay said, adding that the
five fathom bank" referred to
meant five fathom bank hghtship
OF the Cape May point.
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Roosevelt Finishes
/ Labor Day Speech,
Starts on Second
Chickomoueo Dam Tolk
Expected to Contoin
Campaign Material
BY JOHN c. HENRY,
Star Staff Correspondent.

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. 81
President Roosevelt finished writing
one speech today, prepared to de-
liver another extemporaneously, and
began serious work on third.
All will be labelled "non-politicaP
but there will be surprise in some
quarters and disappointment In
others if they conform to the
strictest definition of this term.
For today's oratorical stint the
Chief Executive is to appear in late
afternoon at the annual rally of the
Roosevelt Home Club, held in front
of the cottage of Moses Smith.
politico philosopher and tenant
farmer on the Roosevelt estate.
Representative ODay and Judge
John E. Mack. who twice nominated
Mr.. Roosevelt for the presidency,
are others on the speaking schedule.
Judging by the course of events In
previous years, Mr.. Smith also will
have some homespun oratory to
present and any others on hand
and having the appearance OF con-
cealing a speech on their person
are likely to be called upon.
Finishes Park Speech.
Before showing for the Smith
jamboree, however, Mr.. Roosevelt
completed the writing of his Mon
day afternoon address for the Great
Smokey Mountain National Park
dedication high on the Tennessee
North Carolina border.
And while he termed this the
more important of two Labor Day
speeches, it is still believed that
the Monday morning address at
Chickamauga Dam, on which Mr..
Roosevelt only today began work,
is more likely to contain some cam
paign material.
Completion of this address is not
expected, incidentally, until after
the Presidents train has picked up
a large assemblage of public office
holders, political advisers, political
commentators, and just plain people
in Washington late tomorrow for
the trip into the Tennessee Valley.
For a non-political journey the dis
guise will be perfect.
See Trap Attempt.
Adamant in his refusal to refrain
from political debate while the
Nation speeds its defensive mobili-
zation and the Franklin D. Roose-
welt Library nears completion, the
President yesterday accused Wendell
Willkie and Republican spokesmen
of attempting to trap him into such
discussion on the RUSSELL -Overton
industrial conscription legislation.
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Summary Of Todoy's Star

Amuse- Page. Page.
ments - B-14 Obituary Air
Church Radio ------B-12
News --A-10-11 Real
Comics --B-12-13 Estate B-1-to-5
Editorials Az Serial Story A-12
Finance Alb Society AL
Garden Page B-6 Sports --A-1A-15
Lost, Found AS
Foreign
German bombers penetrate London
defenses. Page Al
Hungarian victory opens war for Duce
to gain in Balkans. Page Al
British warplanes rain bombs on
Berlin's center. Page Al
Nazis reported given air bases in
Rumania. Page Al
British mechanical bird dog hunts
down night raiders. Page Al
Hitler is reported expecting to defeat
Britain by October. Page A
Nations hearts are laden as Greater
Rumania passes. Page AS
Notionol
House passage of CONSUMPTION bill
next week expected. Page Al
Campaign opens in Senate with at
tacks on Willkie. Page Az
F. B. I. chief directs inquiry on Harry
Bridges. Page A-3
Peace rally told draft Is intended as
blow at labor. Page Al
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Rail Clerks Head Says
National Strike Is likeIv
BY the Associated Press.


CINCINNATI, Aug. 31.-George
M. Harrison, president of the Broth
erhood of Railway Clerks, said to-
day that Nationwide strike Of
employees of the Railway Express
Agency seemed ''the only way" out
of a dispute arising from the BROTH
erhood's demands for a 44-hour
week.
Mediation failed, arbitration
failed and now the. company wants
to juggle the findings of the Presi-'
dents Emergency Board" Harrison
said. He added that the meeting
of the brotherhood's district chair
men in Washington Monday would
be the last effort to avert a strike.
President Roosevelt's Emergency
Board issued its report August 2,
making September 2 the last day
of q month required before calling
a strike.
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Ry the Associated Press.

Tie ASSOCldltu fICso.
BUCHAREST. Aug. 31-The
establishment of German air bases
and headquarters for Nazi tank
corps and motorized units on Ru-
manian soil was reported by govern
ment circles today to have been
agreed upon at the Vienna confer
ence yesterday which gave half of
Rumanias Pennsylvania to Hun
gary.
German planes and soldiers had
not put in an appearance in Ru-
mania today, although the Ru-
manian general staff began de-
mobilization of most of the Balkan
Kingdoms 100000 men under
arms.
Other plans were being rushed to
vacate the northern Pennsylvania
area, ceded to Hungary by the axis
powers in an arbitration award.
This must be completed in IS days.
The aroused Rumanian popula-
ton in Pennsylvania carried on in
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Air and Motor Bases Reported
Given Germany in Rumonio
Army Demobi|izotion Begun Amid Rising
Protests Against Cession to Hungary

cessant demonstrations Of protest
to the governments capitulation.
Tens of thousands Rumanian
peasants f1ocked to Cluj. ancient
Pennsylvania capital. Here and
elsewhere in Transylvania there
were frequent anti-FaScist out
brekas with Italy blamed largely for
selling out Rumania," as one
speaker put it.
Many Transylvania groups sent
kilograms to King Carol declaring
they would refuse to abide by the
Vienna decision. An armed de-
fense corps" will be organized
quickly, they said.
The tension in Bucharest itself
was sharpened by the resignation OF
Minister of Public Health Vasiele
Noveanu, an Iron Guardist. who
stepped out as an admission of his
grave error" in agreeing to the
Vienna award.
In a dramatic address to King
(See BUCHAREST, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Frank {. Walker Reported
Postmaster General Choice
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Administration quarters heard to-
day that Frank c. Walker, 54-year-
old New York attorney and theater
owner, had agreed to accept a presi-
dental offer to succeed James A.
Farley as Postmaster General.
1t was reported on high authority
that the nomination of Mr.. Walker,
long close friend of President
Roosevelt, would be sent to the Sen
ate next week, probably on Wednes-
day, when the Chief Executive re-
turns from his Southern speaking
trip and defense inspection in
West Virginia.
Mr.. Walker, one time treasurer OF
the Democratic National Committee,
Is now president and general counsel
OF the Comerford Theaters, Inc.
(Story on Mr.. Farley's departure on
Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Wi|Ikie 10 Spend Week End
Writing Addresses
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RUSHvILLE, Ind, Aug. 81
Wendell L. Willkie, Republican
presidential nominee, made few ap-
pointments today in order to devote
the week end to writing speeches
for his Western campaign tour.
He talked yesterday with Dewitt
M. Emery of Akron, Ohio, who
afterward said he was resigning as
president of the National Small
Businessmen's Association in order
to campaign for Mr.. Willkie. Mr..
Emery will form a Willkie-for-
President small businessmen's COM
mittee.
The nominee, in a statement. ex-
pressed pleasure that Senator Ship
stead, Farm-Labor, of Minnesota
had offered his support, and added,
Every day there are new inde-
pendent and Democratic sup
porters."
Roger w. Straus Of New York,
Jewish co-chairman Of the National
Conference Of Christians and Jews,
sent Mr.. Willkie . telegram saying
the candidates recent statement
against racial or religious prejudice
was most heartening."
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Huge New Orders
Bring U. 5. Closer 10
$4,000 Plane Goal
$100, 600, 900 Engine
Contracts Crack
Defense BottIeneck

Newly placed orders for airplane
engines-once called the bottleneck
of the defense program-today
brought prospects for engine pro-
duction abreast of the Army Navy
goal of a 25,000-plane fleet in the
next two years.
With new plant facilities already
under construction and output
steadily increasing, survey of con-
tracts showed that upwards of 000O
motors for all types of planes have
been ordered for delivery by mid
1912.
At the rate of one and one-half
engines per plane, figuring in null
tiple-motored craft, experts esti-
mated that this total would be more
than adequate for the goal of 25, 900
planes of all types which defense
omcials have set for themselves by
that time.
To obtain the expanded produc-
ton of plane engines new plants will
have to be built. In the War and
Navy Department announcements of
the new orders, specific dates for be-
ginning and completing these plants
were not given.
In another step toward building
a more powerful air defense the
War Department awarded contracts
yesterday for 687 planes costing
500, ,728 ,742. The total was divided
into 40 interceptor pursuit planes
and 277 heavy bombers, and the de-
partment said the award brought to
2,677 the number of planes ordered
out of 4,247 provided for in the
194o-41 appropriations.
To Spread Out Plants.
OF the 2,677 planes, however, only
TAB were listed as combat ships,
while the remainder were chiefly
training planes.
Other defense Developments in
cluded disclosure by Army officials
of plan for spreading strategic de-
fense industries over five inland
areas, comprising roughly all those
sections of the country 200 to $50
miles or more away from coasts or
international boundaries.
And Secretary of War Stimson
sought to avoid conflict of inter-
ests between manpower and indus
trial production needs by requesting
release from the National Guard Of
all officers and men holding key DO
sltlons In defense industries.
The National Guard Bureau said
the Secretary, preparing for ex-
pected mobilization of the Guard
next month, had sent the request
to commanding officers in every
State. 1t was in the nature of an
advisory instruction, the bureau
said, Federal authorities having no
direct jurisdiction over the Guard
In peacetime.
The two largest engine contracts
let SO far were made public by the
Army and Navy this week. They
call for manufacture of 10000
Wright motors by the Wright Aero
nautical Corp. and 1900 Pratt g.
Whitney motors by United Aircraft
Corp.
Previously 5000 Rolls-Royce mo-
tors had been ordered from the
Packard Motor Co.-which also
agreed to produce 5000 for Great
Br1tain-and arrangements were
made with General Motors Corp. to
produce Allison aircraft engines.
All these contracts, and probably
others yet to come, foreshadow
huge expansion of manufacturing
facilities. Only a few months ago
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau,
(See PLANES, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1940-08-31


HERSHEY, Pa, Aug. 31.-Rain
was coming down for the sixth con-
secutive DAY and fairways were near
ankle deep in mud in spots as the
four semifinalists squared OF today
in the P. G. A. championships.
Spectators were scarce when Sam
Snead and Harold Gug) Nc
Spaden teed of first In their &c.
hole match, followed a few min
utes later by Byron Nelson and
Ralph Guldahl.
Snead holed a 15-foot birdie on
the first hole and an lS-footer on
the third to take 2 up lead over
McSpaden through the fifth. Gull
dahl drew first blood in his match
with a birdie on the third, where he
put his approach S feet from the
flag and was one hole UP on Nelson
at that point.
Continuing his hot pace, Snead
hit the turn 3 up. He added another
birdie 3 on the 372-yard 7th for
an out score Of SO, three under par,
to McSpadens SO.
Snead. out-- 345 335 343-33
McSpaden, OUT AS ABS 443-36
Snead was playing brilliantly,
especially under the conditions. On
the first nine he missed only one
shot, putting his drive on the first
hole into the rough, but he recovered
to score birdie and win the hole.
Guldahl made a remarkable re-
covery to halve the 579-yard sixth
in f1ves and retain his margin over
Nelson. His drive was in the rough
almost against a tree trunk. He
spanked his fourth shot of about 140
yards within 10 feet of the cup.
They halved the next three in easy
pars to leave Guldahl l up at the
turn. Although they started right
behind the first match, Guldahl
played so deliberately Snead and
McSpaden had picked up three holes
on them.
NeISOIl. JUL 3fO fSO f4S-SO
Guldahl: Out 444 435 443-35
McSpaden got one hole back on
the llth, where he sank his 6-foot
putt past a partial stymie for a
birdie 8. But that was his last taste
of success, and Snead made it 3
up again on the 18th with a birdie 3
to McSpaden's S. McSpaden had
10-foot puts for winners both on
the 18th and 18th, but putted short
each time. They finished in pouring
rain.
Snead, ill., 545 533 443-36-69
McSpaden, in 535 535 443-37-73
Evening star., 1940-08-31
Chinese Peace Treaty
Concluded by Jopon
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NANKING, Aug. 31.-The con-
clusion of four months of negotia-
tions for a Chinese-Japanese peace
treaty" was announced today by the
japanese envoy and Wang Ching
wei, president of the Japanese
dominated Central Government Of
China"
The announcement said negotia-
tors had agreed to the terms Of "the
final readjustment of basic rela-
tions," and that the treaty would be
initiated next month after approval
by the two governments and for
mally signed in October. ~ --