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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
BY the Associated Press.


PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31.-If
Owner Tom Yawkey would pull
in his fences-particularly the
right field one at Fenway Park
his ambitious young left fielder,
Ted Williams, would feel much
more at home in Boston.
AS 1t is, Master Williams is
plumb discouraged about that
Boston right wall which rises up
382 feet from home plate.
st haven't had any trouble with
the Red Sox," Williams volun-
teered. 81 just can't hit enough
home runs in a home park that
has the longest right field wall
in either league. I want to go
some place-any place-where III
look better"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Duncan Quito Semipr,
Tourney; 5anford's
Nine in Finals
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
WICHITA, Kans., Aug. 31.-Ned
Butcher, pinch hitting for Sanford,
N. c., hit a triple and stole home in
the ninth inning to tie the score
and start rally that eliminated
Duncan, Okla, defending cham
pions, from the National Semi-Pro
Baseball Tournament.
Sanford won the 10-inning game,
4 to 3, despite five errors and will
meet Enid, Okla, in the seminal to-
night.
Enid was the only undefeated
team in the tournament until Hous-
ton got to three pitchers for Is hits
and a 10-to-2 decision last night.
All of the remaining teams have
five wins and one loss.
Houston meets Mount Pleasant,
Tex, in the other semifinal game
tonight. Finals will be played Sun
day night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Zones to Direct Boys
Club at Alexandria
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special DISPATCH TO The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. 31.-Lee
Zones, triple-threat halfback at
Elon College last year and former
four-letter athlete at George WASH
ington High School, will assume his
new duties as director of the Alex
andria Boys Club Monday. He sue
ceeds Billy Vermillion, former East
ern High School star, who resigned
to accept an appointment in the
Post Office Department,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

John @. Golfer, all logged out in
fancy clothes, will play his last bit
of holiday golf tomorrow and Mon
day at all the country clubs and the
public courses around town. With
the exceptions of Chevy Chase and
Burning Tree, where no events are
scheduled, all the clubs have listed
holiday Journeys. In truth it has
been a short summer. 1t hardly
seems but few days back to May
80 and the first big links holiday, and
here is Labor Day, the last of the
holidays during the golf season. at
hand.
Here is the schedule for the coun-
try clubs around town on Labor Day:
Argyle - Continuation of medal
round in club championship.
representations Committee
tournament, today, tomorrow and
Monday.
Capital-Continuation of qualify
ing rounds for club championship.
Manor-(Tomorrow), first round
in Presidents Cup tourney, and
women's 18-hole medal play event;
Monday, second round for Presi-
dents Cup.
Beaver Dam - Two-man team
tourney for the Needham C. Turnage
Trophy; also driving, approach and
putting events
Kenwood-Men's field day tourna-
ment; women-competition for the
j. E. Hutchinson Trophy.
Washington-Medal play handi-
cap.
Army Navy-Tournament for the
Admiral Standby Trophy, IS holes
handicap medal play.
Columbia - Best ball, two-bal
tourney at Is holes.
Indian Spring-Medal play event
Woodmont-Flag tournament, anc
weekend sweepstakes.
Quantico-Tombstone tourney anc
driving contest.
Winners in a surprise" tourna
| ment at Congressional were Mrs
E. Miller, Mrs. George JAM, Mrs
H. r. Harrigan, Mrs. Arnold McNitt
Mrs. E. A. Swingle, Mrs. H. Harper
Mrs. John I. Lever and Mrs. H. j
Klossner. Hostesses were Mrs. Mar.
vim Johnston and Mrs. J. L. Orr.
Washington Golf and Country
Club women staged a putting tour
ney on the odd holes during an 10.
| hole round. Winners were Mrs r
D. Young 90, Mrs. Douglas Tschif-
fely and Mrs. Harold Smith (16) anc
Mrs. Lloyd Dennis %.
Preparing for the coming Middle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Red Sox Fences Too Far, Walls Williams
Stop Him From Being Home Run Aee He soys Likes Club

Williams looked all right at
Shibe Park yesterday. He
bounced q double and triple of
the 331-foot right wall, the latter
scoring Doc Cramer to give the
Red Sox a 5-to-4 victory over
the AS.
In the National League, Will
liams pointed out, they'd been
home runs. In Boston they'd
been only long flies"
Despite his urge to find greener
and shorter pastures, Williams
asserted he never hoped to be
treated better than at Boston.
"Yawkey has been SWELL" he
declared. 81 haven't had any
trouble with anybody. ! get
along with everybody on the team
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Pro Tennis Tournament
Scheduled at CHICAGO

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. 31-The Chicago
Town and Tennis Club announced
today that the national professional
title tournament would be held on
its courts September 21-29.
The field is expected to include
Don Bulge, Bill Tilden, Fred Perry,
Vincent Richards and other ranking
pro stars of the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
East Washington Pin
Franchises Open

The East Washington Church
Bowling League will start hitting
the head pin on September 10 at
the Mount Rainier alleys with IA
teams in the loop. There is room
for several more outfits and fran
chises may be arranged by calling
Brock Burton at Atlantic 1885.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Taft Nine Plays EuoIes

Taft A. c. will play the Washing
ton Eagles tomorrow and Don Good
mans Studebaker nine Monday in
twin bills, each starting at 1870. All
games will be played on Taft field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Boosting They're Better 7eam Redskins Out End Packer Streak
Smart Holiday Slate Offered
Districts Golfers; Women
Plan Mid-AtIontic Meet

Atlantic women's championship at
Chevy Chase in October, officials
of the Middle Atlantic Golf Asso-
citation are going ahead with for
nation of a feminine committee to
handle the affair. Named on the
committee are Mrs. L. B. Plat OF
Chevy Chase, Mrs. Robert A. Lacey
of Columbia, Mrs. Ralph w. Payne
of Congressional and Mrs. e. Boyd
Morrow of the Elkridge Club OF
Baltimore.
An influential Virginia feminine
golfer will be added to the COM
mittee, which, according to Secre-
tary w. c. Barr, will handle the
tourney. Mrs. Walter r. Stokes
of Manor will defend the title she
won at the Washington Golf and
Country Club last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Firemen Break Even

D. c. Fire Department softball
team split a twin bill with Parksley,
Va, last night, dropping the second
game, CT, after winning the opener,
1874.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Small Motors Busy

Frank Small Motors nine will
meet Greenbelt tomorrow at pm.
and Monday travels to Locust Grove,
Va, for holiday game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Georgia Nine Defeated

Georgia Avenue suffered a 1875
setback at Connecticut Avenues
hands in the Hot Shoppe Softball
League.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Sports Program
For Local Fans

TODAY.
Baseball.
Washington. at New York.
Tennis.
District Recreation Department
Tournament. Reservoir Courts, 2.
Horse Show.
Forty-first annual Warrenton
CVaD event, 10 am. and all day.
Sailing Regatta.
West River Club, Galesville,
Md, 10 am. and 2 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Plumbers Seek Opponent

WEIGH Plumbers want a game for
Wednesday. Call Taylor $3.50. They
defeated the D. c. Police ten yester.
| day, 81 .-..-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
From the -'.-
Press Box,
Why Cubs Probe Deem
For Buried Treasure
BY JOHN LARDNER,


NEW YORK, Aug. 81 (N.AN.A).
Information from the Texas
League says that while there is not
a ghost of hop on Jerome II.
Deans fast ball any more, the old
Arkansas Traveller has been pitch
ing with considerable application
and relish from a notch about one
quarter over sidearm. winning eight
and losing six for Tulsa since the
Chicago Cubs farmed him down
there for experience.
Giving his age with a straight
face as %. Mr.. Dean now an
nounces that he is ready for another
whirl at the big time, and the Cubs
are calling him back to work o
series opener against Cincinnati
next week 1
1t may be just coincidence. but
the last time he was 20, Dir pitched
very good ball game. That was
about six years ago. AS recall it,
he shut out the Pirates.
My scout in the Southwest quotes
me highly optimistic Dean.
New Pitching Motion j
Easy on His Arm
what I needed" says Dir, "was
chance to practice this delivery
in action. Up with the Cubs I was
only working few innings week,
and you never can find out nothing
about your pitching unless you work
in a game Down in this league /
been in II games in two months,
and know what I can do.
This amt a real sidearm delivery
I got now. I still give it plenty
from. the shoulder. But it's the
easiest motion I can find; 1t don't
hurt my arm, and can put the
ball where I want it. HI, I don't
need no stuff in the National League
as long as I can find that plate and
| pitch to spots. I know more about
| them National League hitters than
their own mothers do"
Whether the Cubs really believe
Dir can be winning pitcher again,
don't know. My suspicion is that
there is a business angle to this
Cincinnati performance next week.
| Well advertised, the new Dean"
should draw great crowd to
Wrigley Field September 7. The
Cubs are going. nowhere this year.
They could use a hatful of money
at the gate, for Mr.. P. K. Wrigley,
though handsomely endowed with
chewing-gum wealth. likes to oper.
ate his separate baseball enter
| prise at a profit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Stroin Now on Pocemokers,
Reasons Bill Dickey

"A flock of people seem to think
the big strain is on the Yankees
from here out" Bill Dickey says. II
don't think so. The big strain is on
the pacemakers. Either we do or
we don't. just little while back
we were counted out. They were
counting nine when finally we got
up and started swinging. We were
in the spot where we had every
thing to win, and nothing to lose
that we hadn't already lost by a
f1ve-month slump.
1--WE know we've got to keep on
going. We can't afford to blow
many. Our main job is to bring
down Cleveland and Detroit. We
took both over for six straight at
the last meeting-and I don't
believe that will build up the con-
fidence I like to have when I'm
aiming at a quail"
q can testify that Bill Dickey's
confidence when it comes to Arkan-
sas quail practically is 100 per cent?
The late Mr.. Caesar refused to be
annoyed or concerned about the
Ides of March. Now the Ides of
September are here, when the
beware" sign will be hung for many
champions and challengers-the
Indians and Tigers in the American
League-Bud Ward in the amateur
golf championship-Riggs at Forest
Hills-and the Conn-Pastor pugilis-
tic pastoral in New York.
September is loaded to the top of
the main mast with action in every
sport the Nation follows.
Norton Of Texas A. and M.
Sees Hot Football Yeor
Just talked with Homer Norton
of Texas A. and M. 1--WE been
around football for long time" he
said, "but I've never seen anything
like this season promises to be. Any
team that can come through I'M
beaten in the upper brackets iwll
be promoting miracle mean
Ohio State, Cornell, Tulane, Texas
A. and M, Duke, Southern Cali
fornia, Michigan. Minnesota, Ford
ham, Princeton, Tennessee and a
lot more. They'll be due for hard
collision before we get the next good
snow.
Honestly, minus any blarney, I've
never heard of as many good teams
in one college year. AS Bob zuppe
used to say, You can lose 'em all
and still look good
After q weeks visit with a flock
Of coaches, I asked Homer to give
me a few sectional selections.
Look out for S. M. U. in the
Southwest" he said. Tulane in the
deep South-Duke in the Southeast
with Tennessee and Georgia Tech
close-Cornell in the Ivy with
Princeton crowding-Boston College
and Fordham-Ohio State, Mime
sofa and Michigan in the Big Ten
-Notre Dame always in there
Southern California and Washing
ton in the Far West-Nebraska In
the Big Six.
"And yet every one of these teams
can be beaten by one or more rivals
And most of them will be. Maybe
all Of them"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
COUNCIL OPENS BIDS
Proposals To Be Referred
To Special Meet OF Con-
gregation. Monday Night

Construction of a modern religious
education building at Sixth and
Princess streets is planned by st.
Paul's Lutheran church, officials of
the church announced last night.
The structure, when completed and
fully equipped, will cost between
$40, 900 and $45, 900.
Proposals for the general con-
tracing, plumbing and heating were
received and opened by the church
council last night. They will be re-
ferred to the congregation at a spe-
cial meeting Monday night at 8
o'clock in tn e Luther Memorial
building.
Contracts for the building are
scheduled to be let at that time.
The new building will be located
on the orner plot now occupied by
the Luther Memorial building, and
will face Sixth street. 1t is to be
constructed of hollow tile with stuc-
co finish. The architecture will be
IN k6Sp1nS Will lIldl VI lIlS Sllul I'll.
The structure will have a base
ment and two stories. The base
ment, in addition to housing a boiler
and storage room, will have a recrea-
ton ROOM, complete with stage and
equipment for visual education.
Space is also planned for a Scout
room, and a place for power tools
where certain crafts may be taught.
A general assembly room, so ar
ranged as to give a chapel effect,
will occupy most of the first floor.
This space may be made into ten
class rooms. The east end of the
first floor is provided with a modern
kitchen.
On the second floor, there will be
assembly rooms for the primary,
beginner, and cradle roll and moth
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
BULGARIA TURNS
EYES ON GREECE
Voices Hopes For Corridor
To Aegean Sea As Army
Occupies South Dobruja

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct. 1.-@-
Bulgaria turned her attention to-
ward Greece today and voiced eau
tious hopes for a corridor to the
Aegean sea.
Her new territorial ambition was
shown on the very day her army
completed occupation of Southern
Dobruja, with it's 400, 1000 people and
1925 square kilometers of territory,
which she won from Rumania.
Utterances by Bulgarian govern.
ment officials and newspapers indi-
Gated growing hopes that Greece
may be persuaded, like Rumania, to
a policy of peaceful revision" under
an increase of axis influence in the
Balkans.
Shopkeepers put up placards, 1--WE
are ready for the Aegean"
To show its appreciation for Sup
port in the Dobruja settlement Sofia
named streets today for Hitler, Won
Ribbentrop, Mussolini, and Ciano.
The Greek legation now is on Hit
Ter street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
COMMITTEE URGES
MORE BRITISH AID
Wants United States Navy
To Convoy Food And Ma
terials To England

A resolution calling on President
Roosevelt to use the United States
navy to convoy food and materials
10 England in either American
SHIPS or ships of foreign nations
vas adopted by the Wilmington
:aapter of the Committee to De.
lend America Through Aid to the
Allies yesterday morning.
The resolution was adopted de.
spte a warning that this resolu.
lion is tantamount to a declaration
9t war
The resolution was offered by F.
n, Fechtig, purchasing agent of the
atlantic Coast Line railroad, who
oo the crowd of nearly so people
attending the meeting, eve are 60
ing to be in this war. 1t is only a
question Of time"
%Porneroy Nichols, a new mem
Ter Of the executive committee O.
ne organization, asked isn't thai
,sAtamount to a declaration O.
var? If you feel that way why
19a you vote that way"
do feel that way" Mr.. Fech
ag replied, land I am willing tt
'ole that way. You don't declare
var anymore. You just have war
Much discussion followed the of
,eflhg Of the resolution. Windel
hughes advanced the thought tina
passage of such a resolution woule
o0nage the influence which the
'oAfnlttee has in the community
ana that this country can be o
steater assistance to Great Britain
y!,nout a declaration of war thar
WIN n at this time.
w. A. McGirt urged passage o.
ne resolution on the grounds it i:
Al answer to Japan's r e C e
continued on Page Four, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
Further Taxes
May Be Voted
In 1871.
Bills Craftsmen Estimate
1t Will Yield $525,000,-
600 On 1910 Income
HELPS ARMS PROGRAM
Will Provide Government
Life Insurance For Men In
The Armed Services

WASHINGTON, o c t. 1. II
Congress sent a compromise ex-
cess profits tax bill to the White
House today amid forecasts in
both house and senate that still
further taxes would be levied early
next year.
The bills craftsmen estimated
that it would yield $525, 900, 900 on
1910 income, including $3.50, 600, 600
from an increase in the normal
corporation tax, and from $780,
900. 900 to 81, 900, 600, 900 on 1871 in
come.
To Speed Defense
In addition to the tax provisions,
the legislation also contained claus.
es designed to speed up the de-
Tense program. These would sus-
pend existing profits limitations on
government contracts for construc-
ton of warships and airplanes and
permit corporations to charge of
against earnings, over a five-year
period the eosto Of new defense
manufacturing facilities completed
after June 10, 1910.
Included also was a section IN
der which conscripts and other
members of the armed forces may
obtain low-rate government life in
surance.
Designed originally to hold in in
check the profits that might ac-
crue to industries engaged in the
sale of national defense items, the
completed legislation also would
depend for a substantial part OF
it's revenue upon a flat addition of
81 per cent to the normal corpor-
alton income tax of concerns earn
ing more than Is, 1000 a year. This
change would increase the rate for
these corporations to "a per cent.
A tax of from Is to so per cent
would be levied on profits defined
in the bill as exceeding normal.
AS it went to President Roose-
welt the bill represented a COM
promise of house and senate bills
as worked out by a conference
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
Drive To Develop City
Urged By Hugh MacRae

A concerted drive for the develop
ment of Wilmington through "energy
and intelligence" directed toward
four definite detectives was advo-
Gated at the luncheon meeting Of
the Rotary club yesterday by Hugh
MacRae, Wilmington realtor and ag-
r%iculturist.
A strengthening of local trade
through the development of the sur
rounding trade area was particularly
urged by the speaker, who brought
out that the prosperity of Whining
ton depends in part on the purchas-
ing power of a wide neighborhood.
Other detectives suggested by the
speaker included increasing t e
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
St. Paul's Lutherans
Plan Education Building
Both Division Reaches
Maintenance Strength

COLUMBIA, S. C., Oct. L.
R-The 3Oth Division, made up
of national guardsmen from the
Carolinas, Georgia and Tennes-
see, reached its maintenance
strength of $4,000 officers and
men at Fort jackson today.
All units of the division have
arrived at the fort and have
been assigned to their individual
areas.
Under recent War department
orders, the division will soon be
boosted to a war strength OF 49,
1877 officers and men.
The forts population went
above 21,0OO with the arrival OF
the 18th Field Artillery, a Ma
tional Guard unit from North
Carolina which is not a part OF
the 3Oth Division. This outfit
numbered 1853 officers and men.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
CITY RAIDED AGAIN
Shell Splinters Fall In East
ern Part OF City During
18th Straight Attack
5000 ARE KILLED
Admiral Evans Made Die.
tator' OF British Capitals
Air Raid Shelters

LONDON, Oct. L. Up - London
summed up tonight the best de-
lenses Of brains and planes, steel
and concrete against the prospec-
lively worst wartime winter in It's
20 centuries.
Even as these preparations went
forward the Nazis launched their
25th consecutive nightly raid but it
receded-so far as visible and audible
signs Observation-Disclosures midnight.
Some Londoners left the air raid
shelters and hurried homeward but
others, unwilling to believe that
there would not be a resumption OF
the attack before dawn, remained
under cover.
New Wave
They were right, for just on mid
night a new wave of raiders ap-
preached from the east and the anti
aircraft barrage was resumed with
a mighty roar Shell splinters fell
in the streets of East London.
Then, the Nazis withdrew toward
the southwest, instead of continuing
on the accustomed route to central
London.
The raiders in their brief assault
had dropped bombs in a north Lon
don suburb, but no casualties were
reported. A few had come in by the
northwestern route; most of them
had entered over the southeast and
southwest coasts.
Official estimates of 5000 persons
killed and 5000 wounded in London
in September - compared with LOIS
killed and 1851 wounded in August
gave a great urgency to the gigan-
tic task of defense which must be
accomplished.
Parts Of Defense
These parts were fitted into the
machinery Of London's d~efenses to-
day:
/. Admiral Sir Edward Radcliffe
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-02
FRANCO MAY NOT
ENTER WAR SOON
Not Expected To Join Axis
Powers In Formal Alliance
Against Britain

~--- - : - r-|- -H"~
ROME, Oct. 1.-R-The likeli.
hood of Spain entering the war or
even joining the Axis powers al
this time in a formal a n { e
against Britain was virtually dis
carded by political circles today
as Generalissimo Francisco Fran
co.'s minister of government, Ra-
mon Serrano Suner, conferred with
Premier Mussolini.
\ Spain, said Virginia Gayda, au-
thoritative Fascist editor of Gior-
male d'Italia, sis and a remain
among the acknowledgement powers,
but its men and its policy natural
ly belong to the Axis system. 80"
May Abide Time
Observers regarded it as prob
able that Franco would keep Spain
out of the war until the time ap.
peared propitious for the attempt
to make a quick capture of Gil
braltar by German and 1t i a n
forces working in his behalf.
Qtaly herself kept out of the war
until last June, when the fall of
France was certain.)
Spain is at the side of Italy
and Germany" wrote Gayda, g..
and this attitude is useful to the
cause of the new order in Europe,
even if it does not achieve the
form Of immediate armed inter-
vention beside the Axis powers"
The Spanish envoy, who confer
red last week in Berlin with Adolf
Hitler and Foreign Minister Joa-
chin o Ribbentrop at the time
Japan Joined the Rome-Berlin Axis
had a brief talk with Mussolini
this morning and then went to
luncheon with Italian foreign min
lister Count Galeazzo Ciano.
His conferences with Mussolini,
n source said, were aimed at
reinforcing, clarifying and max
ing precise the identity of views
between the Nationalist Spain of
Generalissimo Franco and the two
victorious powers"