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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
CENSUS SHOWS
GAIN IN 10 YEARS
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with 1852, 218, and Mecklenburg, For
syth, Wake and Buncombe follow
in that order.
Twenty.one counties have popula
tons in excess Of $4,000 and there
are 26 cities and towns with NOR
than 10000 residents.
All records will be transferred tt
Washington, where any necessary
revisions and corrections will bt
made.
The census count by counties fol
lows:
Alamance 1926, Alexander 1886
Alleghaney s,34s. Arson 2s,412, Ashe
20, 662, Avery 1862.
Beaufort 1896, BERTHE 26,196
Bladen 27,144, Brunswick 1910
Buncombe los, 64s, Burke 3S,649.
Cabarrus 59,342, Caldwell $4,000
Camden 5,439, Carteret 1926, Cas-
well 20,o61, Catawba 51,635, Chath
am 24.619, Cherokee 1889, Chowar
1860, Clay 6,4o1, Cleveland 5S,028
Columbus Al ,635, Craven 31.5S7
Cumberland 56,847, Currituck $685..
Dare 5,881, Davidson 53,470, Da
vie 1895, Duplin 39,770, Durham
x ,735.
Edgecombe $4,000.
Forsyth 126, 447, Franklin 30,378,
CASTOR 1859, Gates 1857, Graham
6,4O7, Granville 29,333, Greene 49,,
439, Guilford 1928.
Halifax 55,9O5, Harnett 44.2S1,
Haywood 34,719, Henderson 26,049,
Hartford 1925, Hoke 1903, Hyde
1889.
Iredell 50,458.
Jackson 1882, Johnston 60, 703.
Jones 1926.
Lee 1898, Lenoir 1926, Lincoln
24,1S6.
Macon 1884, Madison 22,165, Mar
tin 26,o94. Mcdowell 23,4o1, Neck
lenburg 149, 791, Mitchell 1885
Montgomery 1921, Moore 30,s4s.
Nash IS, 694, New Hanover 47,749
Northampton 1924.
Onslow 1892, Orange 23,007.
Pamlico 9,777, Pasquotank POTTS
Fender 17,701, Perquimans 9,765
Person $4,000, Pitt 61,237, Polk IL,
S84.
Randolph 1855, Richmond 36,957
Robson 76,8O7, Rockingham 1874
Rowan 69,049, Rutherford 1852.
Sampson 47,403, Scotland 1921
Stanley $3.50, Stokes 22,647, Surry
Al, 748, Swain 1850.
Pennsylvania 1929, Tyrrell 5,
$40.
Union 39,113.
Vance 29,949.
Wake 1O9,467, Warren 20, 1852
Washington 1881, Watauga 1S,Os4
Wayne 5S,264, Wilkes 42,917, Wi
son so ,156. .
Yadkin 20,728, Yancey 1929.
The count of cities of more thai
$1,000 populations:
Asheville 51,263, Burlington -,
161, Charlotte 101, 1905, Concord IL,
556, Durham 59,731, Elizabeth Cit,
1854, Fayetteville 17,413, Gastoni'
/ 1911, Goldsboro 1926, Greens
boro $3.50, Greenville 1851.
Hickory 13,4SS, High Point SO, 44e
Kinston 1892, Lexington 1855
New Bern 11,S47, Raleigh 46,64C
Reidsville 1O,394, Rocky Mount rs,
909, Salisbury 1898, Shelby 14,036
%Statesville 11,428.
Townsville 11,073, Wilmington
81, $3.50, Wilson 1928, Winston-Sa
lem 1898.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
NEGRO IS KILLED
IN AUTO MISHAP
Elo Watson Struck On Castle
Haynes Road BY Rocky
Point Machine

Elo Watson, young negro farm,
hand. was instantly killed early
last night when struck by an auto,
mobile on the Castle Hayne road
in front of the farm Of George W.
Trask.
The young negro, whose age was
estimated at 10 or ~ years. mao
been talking to a negro on tne
back of a truck parked beside the
road and stepped out into the road
without looking, Coroner Asa ".
Allen said he was informed.
The a which struck him down,
the coroner said, was operated by
M. r. Walton, of Rocky Point.
Two or three cars following it ran
over the negro's body, ne said:
An inquest into the death will be
held Monday at 10 a. m, in the
grand jury room Of the courthouse.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
Hess SAYS NAzI
ATTACK AT HAND
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be concentrated on England, the
nation is saying that the moment
i sat hand finally to make a clean
sweep-to break England's power
even to the ruination of the entire
empire"
Germany and Italy were SO SUI
perior to Britain, he asserted, that
there can't be the slightest doubt"
about the outcome Of the battle.
England daily had been experience
ing tiny foretastes" of what is in
store for her, he added, land care
has been taken that all doubts will
be removed in England whether
the fuhrer's offer Ito halt the war;
sprang from weakness"
Hess pictured constantly in
creasing numbers Of German u
boats and airplanes against de-
creasing British shipping tonnage
and a sinking British ornaments
industry.
THE harder our blow becomes,
the carer WE approach peace" he
concluded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
STOVE OVEN SAVES
TINY BABY'S LIFE
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| charge-three drops Of sugar water
from a dropper.
With the sun still at full strength,
! Mrs. Swinney carried her meager
burden over the sandy hill the half
mile to her own home, its unpaint.
ed three rooms squatting next a
cotton patch.
On a little iron bed the baby was
laid. Three quart bottles of hot wa.
ter and fraying blankets were fash.
toned into Vevia Marie's second
makeshift incubator.
Day by day the baby grows strong
er, now weighing three pounds two
ounces. She is fed a mixture COM
posed of plain cows milk and corr
syrup, totaling' three ounces, every
three hours-day and night.
Vevia's r~esourceful nurse dug
down in a trunk and found a dress
a doll dress her own little girl, now
dead, had owned 20 years ago. The
doll dress fit. Now Vevia has other
dresses, all made Of plain cotton
but sewed by Mrs. Swinney's hand.
| One yard of batiste makes six
dresses.
Every day when the weather is
fair baby Vevia is placed near an
open window through which the sun
is shining.
On some days, the babe is bun
died into a bushel basket and car.
ried to the fields, protected from the
sun by a piece of t%arpaulin. while
Mrs. Swinney picks tomatoes.
1.-THE baby never has knocked me
out of a minute of my work." Mrs.
Swinney explains. This work in.
cludes milking three COWS twice a
day.
Girl babies are my favorite. We
had one, but we lost her. I'm going
to adopt Vevia if 1 possibly can"
Mallard ducks have been timed
at 60 miles per hour; canvasbacks
at u miles per hour.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
NAILS TO BLAME
FAMINE ON FOES
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peoples of the countries he a &C.
cupied?' asked a propaganda broad
caster who uses the air name Okay.
There is no necessity. There is
no obligation-neither legal nor
moral"
The broadcast today was addressed
especially to the United States.
The b~roadcaster suggested that
Great Britain could avert "a serious
food shortage" without aiding Ger
many by loosening the European
blockade.
Meanwhile the German press, dis
cussing harvest prospects, said
Germany herself was assured an adj
equate winter food supply and that
German surveys of Balkan crops
indicate that, while they are not
record breakers" they will be more
than sufficient to feed the southeast.
CThe United States minister to
Belgium, John Cudahy, declared in
a London interview this week that
near.famine conditions would fall
upon Belgium by the middle Of next
month unless the British permitted
shipments of food from America. He
employed the phrase, "a bowling
hell" to forecast conditions else.
where in Europe this winter.
(Cudahy, reprimanded by the
state department for the "unauthor-
lied" interview, headed home today
for Consultation" with President
Roosevelt.)
The German air force, punching
day and night raids on heavily in
d~ustrialized Kent in southeast Eng
land, was reported to have set off
great fires and explosions in some
of Britain's biggest munitions and
airplane factories and shipyards.
The munitions works at Faver-
sham, the Pobjoy aircraft factory at
Rochester and government shipyards
at Sheerness and Chatham on the
Thames were bombed heavily, the
Nazi high command reported, along
with two other ship repair depots in
Kent.
At Newcastle, east coast seaport,
the high command said great DAM
age was inflicted on docks, while
at Bristol, in the southeast, the air
port runway was reported destroyed.
The Germans conceded that Brit
ish bombers caused Some" casu-
alties and damaged buildings in
raids yesterday on western Ger
many, northern France, Belgium and
The Netherlands.
Two British raiders were reported
shot down by anti-aircraft guns.
Recapitulating the work Of home
defenders, the high command said
they had downed a total Of 1900
"enemy" planes since the wars
start.
In sea warfare, a Nazi U.boat was
reported to have added an $780,
ton merchant vessel to Britain's
shipping toll.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
ITALIANS CLAIM
WARSHIP BOMBED
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set afire in a fight off the Baleares
Islands Aug. l, but did not identify
the vessel.)
While Italian troops pressed on to.
ward the British Somaliland coast,
Italian planes bombed Berbera, CAPT.
tai and chief port Of the colony,
damaging a ship in the harbor and
setting fire to two grounded British
planes. Other italian planes. the
communicate reported, raidine the
egyptian coast near the border,
bombed the railway station platform
at Matruh and concentrations of
mechanical equipment and other oh.
oect1ves at Sidi Burrani.
"a dispatch from Alden, $50 miles
across the Gulf Of Alden from Der.
bera. said italian planes bombed
that British stronghold this morning
and killed four persons and wound.
81 II. Material damage in the Alden
RAID, however, was said to have been
slight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
Rufus Canady Held
In Theft Of Auto

It was double trouble for Rufus
Canady, arrested lic<e last night.
Canady was arrested by Will
mington officers on a charge OF op-
Grating an automobile while under
the influence of intoxicants.
After a~rresting him officers were
requested by Whiteville authorities
to hold him for them on charges
of having stolen the automobile.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
PARTICULAR WITH D1Ere

Civilized people enjoy eating the
scavenger animals, crabs and
shrimps, but shudder at the thought
of eating worms and grasshoppers,
which feed on healthy vegetables.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11

LAKE JUNALUSKA, Aug. 10
R-The Methodist assembly pro-
gram here next week will have
nothing if not erudition in plenty.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11

Eels have scales, imbedded in
the skin, which cannot be seen by
the casual observer
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11

Cricklewood, London, England, is
the site of the worlds largest
clock factory.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11

also were killed and
wounded. NoSnbe.
Sea balloon barrages. tba
ing aerial barricades desis,a l!'a''
fence off the skies over rso 10
ships, were the objective ..'"'a
peated German raids d,rin" re-
day. The British said tba lie
planes were dispersed Nv N'1l
antl-aircraft fire without neary
any hits. Scoring
Areas in Wales and acr,.
length and breadth of E N The
were raided in waves th,ss tsnt
through the day and night 'ss'sI
A terse air ministry comm,,,.
SAID the attacks were ''spraaSlq
many districts and acknoa.loV Over
there had been damage .Sas -
houses and some" fatsI;. t
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11
REHEARSAL"

LA L!NEA, Spain, Aug. H.,
-Anti-aircraft batteries an 'S-s
ently-arrived airplanes at c u 's
tar rehearsed today for ex Ttyss.
air attacks. ~Apeclet
The bursting shells first v,.,.
mistaken from the Spanish "sfi
for an air raid. eOdS'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-11

Mallard ducks have been timed
at 60 miles per hour; canvasbacks
at u miles per hour.
Evening star., 1940-12-03
British Fighter Squadron Field
Is Front Line of War in Air

ican emergency brake lever is the
button that turns on the machine
guns in the Messerschmitt.
Also a fiction is the story that
the German pilots are reckless lads
in their teens. I talked with the
head of the Air Corps Intelligence,
one Of whose jobs 1t is to keep
track of such things, and he told
me the German pilots were rarely
younger than 20, more often nearer
Is. He said only two that had been
captured so far had been trained
since the war began. Wherever
the new pilots the Germans are
training are being used, it Is not
over England
(To Be Continued.)
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Evening star., 1940-12-03

Will give a lee
ture Thursday in
the Carlton Ho-
tel beginning at
$3.50 pm.
Mr.. Lang has
served as techni-
cal adviser for a
number of mo-
ton pic tur e S
starring Sonia
Henie and has
played the lead
ing role in ski
Flight" He is
now assistant to
Friedl Pfeifer,
head of the Sun
Evening star., 1940-12-03
Funeral Services Held
For Rev. R. B. CIogett
Do tho Aecociotad preSs

By the Associated Press.
FREDERICKSBURG. Va, Dec. 8.
Funeral services for the Rev. Ray
mond Beall Clagett, So. pastor Of the
Fredericksburg Methodist Church,
were held here this morning. He
died Saturday night Of heart at
tack
Educated at Randolph Macon
College and Emory and Henry Col
lege, Mr.. Clagett became full-time
pastor in 1919. He served charges
at Waynesboro and other points in
Virginia, Shepherdstown and Moore
field, w. Va, and Mount Rainier
and Arnold, Md, before coming
here three years ago.
Burial will be in Front Royal.
Evening star., 1940-12-03

Valley Ski School.
The lecture will be followed by
two color films, Sun Valley Hoi-
day" and Spring Ski Chase" The
latter features Dick Durrance,
United States olympic ski cham
pion.
Evening star., 1940-12-03
Otto Lang, Noted Skier,
To Lecture Thursday

Otto Lang, internationally known
skier and author of books on skiing,
Evening star., 1940-12-03

A German farmer who died re-
Gently in Windhoek, South Africa,
had boarded $4,000 in small silver
coins.
Evening star., 1940-03-07
Eagles Dewey, Third
Now, Still in Race
For Top Scorer
Rovers' Ceilings in Van
With 80 Points; Orioles
CoIIondine Boosts Is

One Of the most torrid stretch
battles in the history of the Eastern
Amateur Hockey League, Is being
waged In the scoring department,
with five players scrapping for indi-
vidual runner-up honors and long.
shot chance of nosing out Albert
Ceilings Of the New York Rovers for
the league leadership.
The slump Of the Rovers has az
fected the talented Ceilings, who
held prohibitive lead several weeks
ago. Ceilings now has scored 90
points on SO goals and 50 assists, but
Norman Calladine of the Baltimore
Orioles has whitfield his lead, pulling
up to 70 points, and Hal Dewey Of
the Washington Eagles and Murdo
Mckay of the Rovers have rs.
Those players have broken the
previous record of IS points set by
Herb Foster last year.
Seeking to fracture a second-place
tie with the New York Rovers, the
Eagles will meet the surrently
sizzling Jersey Skeeters tomorrow
night at Riverside Stadium, with
Dewey also striving to break his
scoring tie with Mckay.
Also rated outside chances Of
snatching second place in the fast
fading season are Frank Boucher Of
the Rovers, who has IA points, and
Roy Covert of the Eagles, who ha@
u. Following are leading scorers,
including games of last Sunday:
Evening star., 1940-03-07
Layton Not Favorite
In Defending His
grail Honors
Meets 10 Greet Sturs
In Event Thot Opens
Monday in Chicago
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, March Chunky
Johnny Layton. whose red face and
bushy hair are almost as much a
part of the game as the angles
themselves, squinted down cue to-
day and saw a 18th championship
coming to him in the world three
cushion billiards tournament open
ing here next Monday.
Johnny and 10 other Of the great
est stars will start program OF
10 games, with each player meeting
twice in a grind extending through
April 4.
The betting odds, however, place
him no better than fourth in field
which experts say will be the fastest
ever to compete for the three-rail
title. Welker Cochran, the San
Francisco star who won the cham
pionship in 1886, is held at 81
with the famous Willie Hope of
New York and Jay Bozeman, who
registers out of Vallejo, Calf, each
at Al to win.
Prize money will total $20, 900, with
the top winner getting about IL
per cent.
Evening star., 1940-03-07
Late Entries Bolster
Interest in Races
Al Red|and Hunt
Virginia and Maryland
Horses to Be Tested
In Event Saturday

An interesting lot of horses were
last st-minute entries for the Redland
point races when the list
was closed yesterday by Capt. John
L. Hornor, jr., secretary, and unless
scratches riddle the card for the
meet which will start Saturday
afternoon at 2 pm. on the farm of
James B. Welsh, between Redland
and Norbeck, Md. good line will
he had on the respective merits of
Virginia and Maryland hunters.
Among the latest to enter the four
races are Tom Mott, sr.'s Sexton,
better known as James A or Play
Pal, which gained notice two years
ago as a ringer on the big-time
tracks. Sexton will race in the
heavyweight class with his trainer,
Judy johnson. in the saddle. Easy
Mark, owned by Gerald B. Webb of
Middleburg, Va, which won three
straight point t-to-point events in the
Old Dominion State last winter, also
has been entered in this cross
country run.
Redland Bowl, feature attraction
had five new entries added to the
early number of II. The newcomers
are Crompton Smiths Middleburg-
owned Bay Broom and Mowgri; Hal
B. Clagett's Black Knight, Boyd
Keys Can Mars and M. T. Rine-
hart's Dusty Devil. Others already
entered for this Smile test over
hunting country are Mrs. E. L.
Smiths Seagram, John Richards
The Boob, DIR. D. F. Crowley's Balla-
clava from Long Island, N. Y, and
James T. Loves Sir Rowdey. L. A
Randall entered two in the pair race,
Monty and Sonny.
Evening star., 1940-03-07
Fans Hopeful Londos
Will vanquish Cox
On Mat Tonight

Jim Londos, whose antiquated air
plane spin was one Of wrestling's
biggest box -office attractions, brings
q new bagful Of tricks to Turner's
Arena tonight 70 try on the body
and person of Joe Cox, his opponent
in. the main event Of the weekly
program.
Cox is a villain of first water in
the local bailiwick and although
Londos is not cordially liked the
customers will consider it q favor
to the community if he succeeds in
blotting out Cox tonight. 1t will be
90-minute-or less-bout.
In the preliminaries, Lou Plum
mer, who bowed to Cox last week,
tangles with Tommy OToole in the
semifinal. Ralph Garibaldi meets
Abe Coleman, Alan Eustace tackles
Frank Judson and Cliff Olsen battles
Jack Russell.
Evening star., 1940-03-07

Tabbing him "sure-fire bet, Ger
tain to make the grade" the Wash
ington Redskins today announced
the signing of the first Of their 20
draftees-218-pound, 6-foot-4 Tackle
Howard Stoecker of Southern Cali
fornia's 1910 Rose Bowl champion
ship eleven.
Scrutinized by both Owner George
Marshall and Coach Ray Flaherty
during the Trojans' 14-0 rout of
Tennessee last January l, Stoecker
will report to the Redskins camp at
Spokane in August in as high favor
as any new lineman they ever have
signed.
Not selected until the Redskins
had drawn eight others in the draft
last December, Stoecker had not
been seen either by Marshall or
Flaherty until the last Rose Bowl
game. That, 1t seems, convinced
them that they really had a prize.
Without doubt, he's the fastest
tackle I've ever seem" Marshall
said today upon learning that
Evening star., 1940-03-07
Semifina| Trays End
Districts Chances
In Golden Gloves
Mayo DecisiveIy Beaten
By Valentine; Petro
Bows to CurubeIlo
ypecial Dispatch To The star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March 7.-Gilbert
Mayo and Danny Petro, Washing
tons representatives in the Golden
Gloves tournament. failed to reach
the final round of the Eastern tour
nament fought here last night, being
eliminated in the semifmals.
Mayo. who scored one Of the quick
est knockouts on record-32 seconds
in the quarter finals, bowed to Lou
Valentine Of New York. Petro was
outpointed by Demetrio Carabella
in a fast flyweight encounter. Mayo,
a featherweight, was dropped twice
by the ''bolo" punches Of his op-
ponent, but Petro merely was out
boxed.
Carabella went on to defeat Ray
Wyzykiewicz of Buffalo for the title.
Valentine was outpointed by frankie
Donate Of Philadelphia.
In other championship bouts,
Johnny Aeillo, Philadelphia bantam
weight, outpointed Peter Beaton,
Westchester; Ray Robinson, New
York lightweight, knocked out Jim
my Butler, Atlanta; Al Tribuani,
Philadelphia welter. outpointed Bob
by Claus, Buffalo; Bob Jacobs, Phila-
delphia middleweight, won by t.k.o
over Cooper White In two rounds;
Andy Sfrisi, Philadelphia light
heavy. outpointed Ed Heinzinger,
Westchester, and Ted Wint, West
chester heavyweight, outpeinted Joe
Golombeck Of Charlotte, N. C.
Evening star., 1940-03-07
Record Tenpin Meet
Luring Over $4,000
Starts Tonight
COB Teums Drown From
729 Cities in A. B. 6.
Affair in Detroit
BY the Associated Press.

DETROIT, March THE 40th
annual tournament of the American
Bowling Congress. a ecord-breaking
affair even before the first ball rolls
down an alley, opens a two-month
stand tonight at the Fair Grounds
Coliseum.
Bowlers from all parts of the
United States and from Hawaii COM
prise the entry list Of more than
10000 scheduled to roll before the
close of the tourney May 7.
The recent list contains COTS
teams from 729 cities. The previous
record was the list of 4957 teams
entered in the 1898 tournament at
Chicago.
The doubles event has attracted
10,398 entries, the singles 20,874.
The Goebel quintet of Detroit
which rolled 3,151 in Cleveland last
year under the colors of the Fife
Electric Co., is the defending cham
pion.
Other titlists include-All-events
Joheph Wilman, Chicago, 2.02S;
doubles, Philip Icuss and Murray
Fowler, Steubenville, Ohio, ,405, and
singles, James Danek, Forest Park
ILL.,, 730.
Evening star., 1940-03-07

Stoecker had agreed to play with his
Indians next Fall.
That size isn't going to be any
handicap to him either, In our
league" the Redskins chieftain
added. "At six-four, he's as tall as
Willie Wilkin and Charlie Malone
and 218 isn't bad for a pro rookie
to start with. Why, in a year or so,
he's apt to be as big as Turk"
And you ought to see him run
interference! Believe me. when he
cuts down opposing tackles, they
stay down-but he stays up! Good
as our line was last year, I look for
it to be so per cent better with
Stoecker In there.
Remember, finally, that U. s. c.
was blessed with an abundance of
tackles last year. but Stoecker was
the only regular starting tackle
Mark my words, Stoecker will stick
in big-league football"
Editors note: Mr. Marshall called
the turn on no less than seven rook-
les last year when, on the second
day Of training, he predicted they
would make the team. All did,
Evening star., 1940-03-07
Girl Champions Are Confident
OF Victory in A. A. u. Swins

800-meter outdoor freestyle cham
pionships, entered the competition
here In hope she might annex one
or more indoor marks.
Other champions who will defend
indoor titles here are Dorothy Evans,
Philadelphia, 100-yard freestyle;
Dorothy Leonard, Worcester, Mass,
220-yard freestyle; Halina Tomska
Tullis, Chicago, 440-yard freestyle;
Helene Raines, New York, 220-yard
breaststroke, and Doris Brennan,
Providence, r. l., 300-yard indi-
vidual medley.
Two championship teams, the
Women's Swimming Association OF
New York and the Los Angeles
Athletic Club, will defend their
440-yard relay and 30o-yard relay
records, respectively.
Evening star., 1940-03-07
Stars Take Back Seats While Dub Boer Shoot Out Wood Stakes
Sports Mirror
By the Associated Press

0y tne ABSoclAteo FreSS.
Today . year ago-Dartmouth
retained Its Eastern Intercol-
legiate Basket Ball League title
by stopping Princeton, 1888.
Three years ago - Walter
Hagen, veteran Of every Ryder
Cup series, named captain Of
United States team foY matches
In England.
Five years ago-Henry Picard
and Johnny Revolta with best
ball Of 81, 10 under par, set rec
ord for four-ball competition in
eliminating favored Tommy Ar
mour and Bobby Cruickshank,
6 and 4.
Evening star., 1940-03-07
By the Associated Press.


MIAMI BEACH, Fla, March t.
With unassuming frankness, Helen
Crlenkovich of San Francisco pre-
dicted today that she would sue
cessfully defend her indoor national
diving championship from the To-
foot board at the A. A. U. women's
swimming meet, opening here to-
morrow.
Likewise, Helen Perry Of Cleve-
land, Ohio, said she had no doubt
that she would retain the 1OO-yard
backstroke title she won at Cleve-
land last year in Ill 2-10. 4.
Nancy Merki, the 13-year-old
Portland, Greg. girl who conquered
the effects Of infantile paralysis
and captureda the 400.meter and