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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-25
MAJOR LEACUERS
BEGIN CAMP TREK
Most Grapefruit Leaguers In
Florida's History Begin
Arriving

TAMPA, Feb. "a. R-M Major
league baseball players, mindful
that the start Of another pennant
chase is just around the corner.
began drifting into Florida's II
spring training camps this week
for the Grapefruit circuits annual
conditioning campaign.
No Drills Yet
Also assembling in the Sunshine
belt were minor leaguers from II
clubs, although their actual drills
were not scheduled to start for
another week. Newcomers to the
list of % visiting clubs, the largest
in the states history, are the New
York Giants and the Cleveland In
dams.
The Florida Grapefruit league
exhibition games will start March
s, with the Brooklyn Dodgers play
ing the National league champion
Cincinnati Reds here. From then
until early in April more thar 200
games are scheduled.
Last years attendance fol the
circuit topped 100, 900 for $50 en-
gagements and that mark is expect
ed to climb to 1900 this season.
A highlight of the spring SEIZED
ule will be the all-star encounter
here March II, for benefit of the
Finnish relief fund. The New York
Yankees Joe Mccarthy will pilot
the American league entry, while
Bill McKechnie, soft spoken man
aser of the Cincinnati Reds, will
direct the National league stars.
Two of the major circuit clubs
will go to Cuba, each for a three
game series at Havana. Cincinnati
will meet a team of Cuban All
Stars March %, % and "a, and the
St. Louis Cardinals will follow
playing the same opponents March
%, 20 and 80.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-25
robson TOURNEY
FINALS TOMORROW
Furiously Fought Games Ar,
Anticipated As Fast Com.
petition Ends

L~UMBERTON, Feb. 24.-Robs,7
county's fastest high school "a,
tourney will go into the champi,
ship round here Monday njgb, j.,
the Barker Ten-Mile girls and n
Parkton girls, defending cham,
meet in the opening contest at
p. m.
In the finale of the night the N.r
ton boys, who rode in the tour1e
finals with a win over Smiths. wi
meet the GAINESVILLE quint in a con
test that is expected to be as fv-
ously fought as any game seen i
Southeastern North Carolina in som
years.
To date the tourney has been ii
most successful ever staged in 4
county, especially in view Of d
fact that an unprecedented srs
of upsets has prevented any Of 4
seeded teams from reaching the fin
round of play.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-25

Through the facilities OF the
Horse Show Underwriters assocla-
ton which is sending H. H. Mitchell
here this year to direct the show,
copies O fthe prize list and of the
facilities available here will be mail
ed to every city in the United States
and Cuba, telling horse folks of the
advantages which Wilmington a as
2, center for wintering horses and
for the presentation of fine horse
flesh in show.
Wider Scope
In addition to this widespread pub
licity which is rounding the COM
ing Wilmington show into outstand-
ing popularity in the South, one OF
the leading horse magazines of the
nation will carry a complete history
Of the Wilmington show in it's March
issue, with a story of the popularity
of the city in the world of horses.
The prize list this year is of wider
scope than ever before, carrying So
classes and including 10 divisions of
horse show classifcations.
This will assure Wilmington n
of the largest and most fashionable
shows it has ever had.
The grounds committee for the
show has already planted grass seed,
assuring a beautiful setting for the
show this year and arrangements
have been made to have the bleach
ers and seats set in place in ample
time for the presenting of this an
nual sports classic.
One of the new classes which ap-
pears in the prize list this year is
the roadster class, which is expected
to find unusual popularity with
sports fans in this section of the
state. The class will present fine
trotting horses hitched to sulkies,
with the drivers wearing their color
full racing silks.
A Fine Ring
With as fine a ring as is available
at the Legion stadium, it is anticip-
ated this class will have all the ap-
p~earances of a sulkie race and will
give Wilmington fans an idea of
what sulkie racing in this section
would mean.
Mitchell, who will direct the Cape
Fear Horse show this veal for the
first time, is one of the best known
directors in the South. He directed
the Miami show this year and for &.
number of years has directed the
horse shows at Charleston, Linville,
Birmingham and other places where
horse shows have attained outstand,
ing prominence.
Mitchell makes his headquarters
in Charleston and has been in the
business of directing horse shows
for a number of years, during which
he has met with considerable popul-
arity among horse showmen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-25
Long Creek-G Grady Girls
Take Pender Cage Crown

LONG CREEK-GRADY, Feb. "a.
The Long Creek-Grady high school
girls basketball team clinched top
honors in the Fender county con-
ference during the week by defeat
ing Penderlea High school by a
score of 16 to IA.
The boys team came out on the
short end Of the score in both Of
their games, losing to Penderlea ~
IA to 10 and to Burgaw 10 to IL,
Moore and Wilson were high
scorers in the girls contest and
Pigford led for P%enderlea. These
made eight consecutive victories
for the girls
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-25
Strafaci Takes Miami
Dixie Amateur Tourney

MIAMI, Feb. 24-CP--Frank Stra.
faci, former national public links
champion from New York, shot
seven-under-par golf for 81 holes to-
day to win the 18th annual Dixie
amateur tournament, 6 and S, from
Earl Christensen of Miami.
Christensen himself bested par by
one stroke, but he couldn't keep
pace with Strafaci, who scored a
morning 60, three. under regulation
figures, and got even hotter in the
afternoon.
A blazing putter brought Strafaci
three brides or the first nine. Four
down at that stage, Christensen raj.
lied with al incoming 33, three be-
low par, and cut his deficit to two
.holes.
The New Yorker pulled away again
in the afternoon with two brides
and an eagle for a 33, and he picked
up n more birdie before the finish.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-25
h,nnhoe And TWP Fiues
To Clash Here Thursday
Gaze Contest In MINIS Gym
Will Benefit Iron Lung
Campaign Here

Coming out of the Magnolia tour
nev with equally successful records,
the Ivanhoe and Tide Water Power
basketball teams are now
pointing for the Ircn Lung benefit
game to be staged Thursday night
at the New Hanover High school
gymnasium. Both teams won one n
lost one in the Brunswick tourney
The Kilowatts beat Bladenboro
Tuesday night but fell before the
Erwin Red Birds on Wednesday. The
Iyanhoe outfit turned back -Four
Oaks Tuesday but were defeated
Wednesday by the Rose Hill Eagles.
Have Won 16
The Iyanhoe season record reveals
that the Independents are to be reck-
oned with on the hardwood. They
have played %, games away from
home and have been on the WIN
ming end Is times.
Their % games were played against
X different opponents and only three
of that number were able to set
them back. Losses are recorded as
follows: Rose Hill Eagles, three
games, Maxton All Stars, two games,
and Leland All Stars one game.
Their victims include Whining
ton Y. NJ. C. A. Juniors and Seniors,
Wallace All stars, Long Creek high,
Long Creek All Stars, Taylors
Bridge High, Taylors Bridge All
Stars, Magnolia All stars, Pembroke
Indian College, Tide Water, Clinton.
Leland All Stars and Four Oaks.
On one occasion, due to a seized
ule mix up, the opponents showed
I'D to meet the Ivanhoe casers on
the same night. The independents
handled the situation nicely by play
ing both teams and, believe 1t OF
not, taking both games.
Manager Brown and C. Corbet,
are the big offensive guns on the
visiting squad. In their first Il
games they bagged 249 and 1873 points
EeSpeCtl' ely
J.. Corbett, Jones, and Horrell are
the defensive standouts on the
squad but are equally adept at poln1
sharing also.
The visitors are not only expect
ed to have a lot to say about Wht
wins the feature attraction of the
show but are also expected to pt
well represented when E. w. Mango
general manager of the Tide Water
Power company, presents the varl
Gus prizes to. the special events win
ners. These prizes were donated b!
local merchants and will be an
nounced soon.
The participants in the farce Gag
game, to be presented between tn
halves, claim that their routine vii
steal the show. This affair is billie
as Dog Patch VS.. Skunk Hollow
of comic strip fame.
Programs will be provided, as wei
as loud speaking equipment, through
courtesy of the Radio Service com
pany, in order that fans may keel
I'D with all details of the show.
The event is co-sponsored by tn
Police Officers Fellowship club AM
the power company on a n eH
pense basis"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-25
State High School Cage
Tourney Set For Tuesday

CHAPEL HILL, Feb. 24-R-
The North Carolina High School
Athletic associations 26th annual
basketball championship contests
will be played here Tuesday night.
Durham will defend the class A
title against the winner of the High
Point-G Greensboro game. Cary will
play the winner of the Walnut-Cove.
Paw Greek game for the class B title
and Green Hope and Rock Springs
will battle for the class C crown.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-25
Southern Loop Swim
Meet Set For March /, z

CHAPEL HILL, Feb. 24-(P-
The southern conference swimming
meet will be held here March IL
with eight of the loops Is teams par
ticipating.
The contestants will be clemson
defending champion; North Carolina,
Duke, N. C. State, Washington ana
Lee, William and Mary, V. M L.
and Virginia Tech.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-25
Gray Goose Third
Sets Worlds Record

ROCKLEDGE, Fla, Feb. "a.
R-Gray Goose Third, George
c. Cannon's non-supercharged,
tri-motored Gold Cup class ny.
droplane, rOared over the Rock.
ledge course at a speed of
92.3O8 miles an hour today to
set a new worlds record.
Driven by Hugh Gingras, the
22'foot racer bettered the rec.
ord of 91.4O8 miles an hour for
super'charged boats set by the
Italian, Theo Rossi, at Wash.
ington in 1887, and Jack Ruth.
erford's 89.776 for non.super.
charged boats made at Miami
in 1888.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-25

The opening round in the boys
division will pit Waccamaw VS.. Small
lotte and Bolivia VS.. Leland. south
port boys drew a bye.
Pairings
In the girls division the opening
round matches will be Shallotte vs.
Southport and Leland VS.. Wacca-
maw, with the Bolivia girls getting
a bye.
Thursday night the WaccamaW
boys and the Shallotte boys VIII
play while the Shallotte girls and
the Southport girls tangle.
Friday night will pit the Bolivia
boys VS.. the Leland boys and the
Leland girls VS.. the Waccama"
girls,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-25

The Model club is off to a fly
ing start. Quite a few of the young
model builders attended the meet
ing held at the chamber of COM
merce last Thursday night. But
not all those who came were of
the younger generation, for a few
of the Aero club members made
their appearance, to say nothing of
several other older model fans
Plans for the model meet to be
held March 9 at the airport were
discussed and officers for the clut
elected. Those elected were: Billy
Williams, presid ent; Billy Wagner,
vice-president; and Dewey Bor-
deaux, secretary-treasurer. A gov
erning board of directors made up
of Aero club members was selected
to handle the affairs of the club.
These were Albert Wooten. chair
man, Anna Feenstra, George Nor
ton, Burk Render, and Jimmy Pen
held at the chamber C. commerce
Thursday night. We think Dwight
McEwen deserves a lot Of credit
for the swell job he has done in
starting the model club. 1t was
Dwight who presented the idea to
the Aero club and has been in
charge Of the project.
Mixing pleasure and business, the
club studied the first aid course,
at the last meeting, but this week
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-25

Thought for today: With a
careless pilot at the controls.
an airplane will do everything
a bird can do-even to landing
on wires-but it won't fly off
again. So be careful!
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-25
:oh CoooboU Tournev Opens Thursday N1gh1
Ten Teams Are Entered
In Annual Competition
Finals of Fast Tournament Are Set For
Monday Night At Leland

usual1v one of the fastest county competitions IN this Sec
t;on Of the state. will get underway at Leland THURSDAY
nirh+ with ten teams entered.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-25

business will be forgotten at a
wiener roast.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-25

The latest from the C.A.A.
is that no more limited COM
mercial ratings will be issued.
This narrows pilot ratings 10
student, private, and CONNER
cial ratings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-25
BY
ANNA FEENSTRA

We think that one of the boys
has a really good idea. 1t seems
that his wife didn't care for fly
ing and he was very much inter-
ested. Perhaps she got tired or
hearing him speaking about It,
we don't know, but at any rate
he has persuaded her to start TAX
ing lessons and now she likes 1t
too. Too bad that some of the
people we know who want to fly
but can't do so because of parents
objections can't try this.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-25

Visitors of the week: quite
a few out of town planes stop
ped in last week. The Coast
Guard Douglas Dolphin" and
the Grumann came in on sew
eraI occasions, during the
search for the two drowned
fishermen at Southport. Doc
tor Jack Harrell, of Goldsboro.
brought his new black 1910
Cub Trainer down the other
day, and that's really a nice
little plane. Well it's a Cub
that so h. p. Lycoming en-
CINE simply purred too. Our
old friend, Gerald Grant, flew
down in his IS h. p. Aeronca
Chief with Doc that day
we finally got a look at the
new Cub Coupe the other day
when Tom Davis of Winston
Salem dropped in Thursday.
After looking it over, and we
did look good, we decided that
the Coupe was just perfect.
It's the incest looking light
plane OH the market, from the
new streamline chrome trimmed
cowling to its classy interior.
1t had chromium rudder ped
ais too, no stuff! An added
feature is the second gas tank,
located in the rear of the cab
in. One of the boys called to
our attention the fact that it
has a parking brake, thank
gosh! Said it was awfully han
DIFF you go for that!
Thursday brought another
visiting plane, a Gull wing
Stinson, owned by a rather eld-
erly woman from Pittsburgh.
We received a shock when we
found that the name of the
pilot was the same as one OF
the local screwbfrds! Speaking
of visitors, perhaps we should
MT fail to mention the trans
Atlantic Clippers that have
passed over several times. We'll,
they weren't exactly visitors.
but it's nice to think of it that
way. During a discussion of the
proposal to route these clippers
from Wilmington, we agreed
with the person who said that
interest in local flying should
be developed first.
Thursday proved to be so
Day. at the airport, with thr
persons making their first Sc
hops. They were Bonnie Baxte
of New Bern. Houston Cromart:
and Fulton Allen. When cornert
they wouldn't admit that they we
just a little rcared, but We kno
don't we? Several other studen
will be ready to solo soon. Ho
they don't forget the old traditi'
that says that the n who sol
buys a steak dinner for everyo,
else who sees him solo!
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-10
British Warships Seek
., To Locate U-Boat Base

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 9.-~F-
A search by British warships for a
German submarine supply base neal
the Canary Islands was reported
here tonight after the arrival of the
second British ship to elude subma-
rine attacks in that area.
Passengers on the Blue Star liner
Avila star, which sailed southwark
tonight, were quoted by the newspa-
per A Noite as saying three sub
marines attacked her although she
was conveyed by allied cruisers. One
submarine was reported sunk in the
ensuing fight while the Avila Star
escaped.
A gun battle between the High
land Patriot and a German subma-
rine on Dec. 20 off the Canaries was
related yesterday when that Royal
mail liner arrived here. The High
land Patriot was not hit and the
submarine fled after a two-hour bat
tie.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-10
John Beckham, Former
Governor Oh Kentucky,
Passes In Louisville

LOUISVILLE, KY, Jan. 9.-lH'-
john Crepps Wickliffe Beckham, the
peace" governor Of Kentucky fol-
lowing the 'blackest day" in the
states stormy political history-the
assassination of Governor William
Goebel in 19G0--died at his home
here today.
Beckham, 70, had been ill since a
stroke of paralysis last August
Death came at 5 a. m. Thus ended
a political career closely associated
with Kentucky for nearly SO years.
He was chairman of the Kentucky
rublic service commission at his
death, although inactive for months
The veteran politician, lawyer and
former United States senator mas
been termed the peace" governor by
some historians because he took the
reins of the state after Governor
Goebel was shot down on his way 10
the capitol building in Frankfort
and sought to salve the wounds OF
bloody feuding that tore Kentucky
apart.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-10
NEW BUS STATION
WILL OPEN TODAY
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lies commission in Raleigh Will also
hs present for the exercises.
The new terminal has been con-
styuc-ed at a cost of about TO-, 900
and comes after a long fight by
Ngvor Thomas z. Cooper and the
CITY board to have it built.
II is of modernistic design, be-
ing built of glass brick, building
brick and glastone. Its general
architectural design conforms with
that being employed on similar
buildings throughout the country.
1t was designed by Architect Geo.
.. Brown and was built by H. c.
Cayenaugh, Wilmington contractor.
Immediately following the open
inc exercises today, the new station
will he placed in use ald the present
bus stop at the Cape Fear hotel will
be abandoned.
The new union terminal is COM
plately equipped with all restaur-
ant, rest room, waiting room and
other facilities.
The participating bus companies
have issued a cordial invitation to
the public 10 attend the opening
tnGqv
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-10
SOVIETS WITHDRAW
FROM SUOMUSSALMI
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army communique, the shortest
yet issued by the Firms, which said
simply:
"Land: Except for patrol and
Jan. s passed quietly everywhere"
"Sea: No operations.
"Air: On the air front nothing
worth mentioning"
The Finnish spokesman Indicated
that the military standstill was the
result of the sweeping defeot which
the Firms reported yesterday they
had inflicted upon the Russian 44th
division.
1--WE can't have a victory like
yesterdays every day." he said,
but today's communique is very
significant"
Many Face Death
Remnants of the 44th, which the
Firms said they destroyed in a
big battle southeast Of Suomrssal-
m: on the central-eastern front,
killing thousands, today were re-
ported unofficially to be roaming
aimlessly through the cold, wild
region, many facing imminent
death by freezing or starving.
The vic ,rious Firms were said
to be using ski troops to round ur
Russians of both the 44th and the
Similarly defeated 163rd division.
which the Firms reported routing
late last month near Lake Kianta
a few miles north Of S~uomussalmi
Altogether between 10000 an6
$4,000 Red soldiers were said I'm
officially to be retreating over per-
ilous terrain toward the Russian
border in the Suomussalmi sector
as a result of the past weeks &C
ton. It was said that about 5000
Russians were killed.
The Finnish army reported Of.
ficially that it had taken loo
prisoners in the engagement with
the 44th alone.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-10
GUAM BASE ISSUE
REVIVED BY STARK
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(CUullIlutu L lUIll L axe OllcJ
that it might cause trouble with
Japan.
This testimony momentarily over.
Swallowed Stark's assertion that
present studies by the navy "indi.
Gated" that 10000 or 5%2,oo0-ton bat.
tleships might be an early develop.
ment, but that bigger, super-battle.
ships such as the 80, 000-tonners lei
toned recently in congressional cir.
cles were not greatly favored by the
experts.
A barrage Of critical questions
greeted the information about
Guam. Stark declared that while the
item had been included in the bud.
get for the 14th (Hawaiian area)
naval district because 40 congress.
sional authorization was needed,
there was no intention of covering
it up.
"You gentlemen may laugh" he
told the legislators who were grin
ming broadly, "but we want you to
know exactly why we did that"
He went on to explain that the
money, $1,000, 900 less than was re
quested last year but much less
than the 5000, 600, 900 requested fol
the fully equipped advance fleet
base'' recommended for Guam by a
special naval board, would pay for
dredging underwater runways and
construction for breakwaters. He
told reporters it would make the
harbor at Guam available for use by
the navy's long-range patrol planes
Chairman Vinson (D.-Ga.), who
sought to head off another row over
establishment of military facilities
so close to Japan - Guam being
only about 1900 miles from Tokyo
told newsmen later he would move
to spike any attempt to slip the
project through "by subterfuge."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-10
Virginia Assembly Faces
Major School Problem

RICHMOND, Va. Jan. 9.-P-
The Virginia general assembly, old
est law making body in the new
world, will convene for a new ses-
sion tomorrow with n of its ma
jor problems that of boosting public
school funds without endangering its
traditional pay-as-you-go system.
The 14O-member body, in which 4s
will be beginning their first TINS,
will be asked by the schools for So
10 40 additional a year to provide
free textbooks, an actuarially sound
teachers retirement system and a
$72O minimum average salary a
teacher unit.
The states general fund, from
which the legislature may make ap-
preparations, totals only about $685.
900, 900, so the proposed increase in
relation to the whole budget is of
major proportions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-10
Tenant Purchase
Committees Will Meet

The Brunswick and New Han
over county farm tenant purchase
advisory committees will meet
Thursday and consider applications
for federal government loans to be
used in the purchase and improve
ment of farms.
The New Hanover committee.
which meets at $50 o'clock in the
office of W. M. CHM, county super
visor, rural rehabilitation division
of the Farm Security administration,
includes Alex Janicki, chairman; E.
l.. Robinson; and Louis A. Covil.
The Brunswick committee, which
meets at 2 o'clock at the county
farm agents office in Supply, in
cludes James E. Gilbert, chairman;
William C. Gore, and A. Preston
Henry.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-10
WAGNER ACT
RULING IS GIVEN
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(COQGlnueO from rage Uney
single agency the multiple duties of
prosecutor, judge, jury and execu-
TONER"
The labor board order was issued
in 1898. 1t was the first time a
company had been directed to sign
a contract covering any agreement
il evolved with a union. The edict
was hailed by labor leaders. 1t
attracted wide attention at the time
because the CLOS demand for a
written agreement was the para
mount issue in the Little Steel
strike against Inland and three
other independent steel makers in
1887.
Today's sweeping opinion, handed
down by Judge J. Earl Major and
concurred in by Judges Evan A.
Evans and Will M. Sparks, set
forth:
LII IT'S ucClSlOHb lHC podiu IL
cognizes that signed agreements are
not required by the act in all in
stances and that an oral agreement
would not be invalid if acceptable
to both parties
1--WE are unable to agree with
the argument that the act imposes
a duty upon an employer applicable
only in some cases. Such a con-
struction of the statute might well
endanger its validity. When the
concession is made, as it is, thai
the matter Of a signed agreement il
dependent upon a request by the
! employees or their representatives
and may be waived, we think it is
clear that the matter becomes 6
subject of bargaining the same a:
any other request or demand.
"The statute is barren of an.
express language requiring a signed
agreement and it's must be helt
that no such agreement is required
unless we are authorized to .reae
into the term collective bargaining
the condition that all agreements
not some, must be reduced to writ
ing"