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The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19

Southpaw Edgar Smith enjoying
a record of 3.22, and the veteran
Ted Lyons turning in a figure of
3-24 as Sunday Pitcher" while
winning II and losing 8.
For the third straight year the
two men were first and second in
Strikeouts. Feller. as might be ex-
pected with his blazing speed,
was way out in front in strike
outs with 261. Newsom following
with 164 In 1899 Feller breezed
246, followed by NewSom with
1872: and in 1888 Feller's strike
out total was 24O and Newsom' 5
226.
Feller appeared in more games
than any other pitcher in the
league in 1910, taking the slab in
43 contests. and he also pitched
the most innings. with a total of
800 He faced the most batters,
1,168: and was high in full games
pitched with 81. Thornton Lee,
Chicago left-hander. turned in "a
complete jobs. and Emil AukeT
of St Louis, each pitched 20
complete games.
In 1899 Feller and Newsom
were tied in complete games,
both finishing "a of the games
they started that year. Feller
started 81 battles in 1910. which
was ten above Thronton Lees op-
portunities. and two above the
next heaviest starters, Leonard Of
the Senators and Auker of St
Louis. Bob Harris of St Louis
and Mel Harder of Cleveland
were knocked out of the box 20
times each while Jack Knott of
Chicago was sent to the showers
in 19 games.
Three pitchesr were tied in to-
tai shutouts with four each: Eel
Ter. Ted Lyons of Chicago. and
Al Milnar of Cleveland. Feller and
Red Ruffing each pitched four
ShutOutS in 1889.
In addition to his opening day
no-hitter. Feller turned IN one
hitter. two-hitter. three three
hitterS. and two four-hit games.
His no-hitter was the only one Of
its kind during the season. al
though Johnny Whitehead of St
Louis pitched a six-inning no-hit,
no-run game against Detroit on
August 5 for his only victory Of
the entire season Sid Hudson.
Washington rookie. came close
TO the Hall of Fame on two diff
4erent occasions. On June q he
shut cut St. Louis with one hit
and m August he duplicated
this feat against the Athletics.
Compiled by Howe News
Bureau Chicago, I'D
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19

Ond 6-6- Few thought that any
amateur could spot Riggs two sets
and win. But McNeill got his game
under control and began outpoint-
ing Riggs. He took the third set
at 6-3, the fourth at the same
score.
Surely Bobby had been coast
ing a bit and had saved enough to
rush through that last deciding
set. But he hadn't. The South
weSterner took that series of
hard-fought games at rs and the
most valuable crown in tennis
was his.
Marble Leaves Amateurs
With Alice Marble at her peak
the women's championship was
just a formality. She raced
through without the slightest diff
ficulty, busting off Helen Jacobs
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19
s4 a91y I?S
. By MEDORA FIELD

YESTERDAY: Ait<r ar 81:
night UigiI and great deaf If
thought, T5body hos been able 10
find out anything about Aunt
Mdgoje's murderer. But Aunt
Maggie cr0s murdered. and It
lOOksBds if someone III SGIlB and
Bills hOuSepGT:y must hare done
u EOt0 Lieutenant Gregory Is
IN the house, sraT1ining host and
hostess and apparently not too
triliing 20 share his findings tcith
them.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-19
McNEILL DOMINATES TENNIS SCENE

DlLLCN GHAt1AM Sports Editor AP Feature Service
NEW YORK Dec l9-TheFe o lObs
nonba Wimbledon last
summer Instead bomb threatened its
Australia q Ouis
Jack BrOmwch the before Philadelphia put
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
U. S. WILL PROBE
KHAN ACTIVITIES
District Attorney Doyle Is
Called In Or Night
Riders Case

ANDERSON, S. c., Jan. 11.-P
The federal government started an
inquiry today into Ku Klux Khan
activities in South Carolina.
The state called in U. S. District
Attorney Oscar Doyle after Chief j.
Henry Jeanes of the state constabu'
larry said that seized copies Of rec
ords of the Khan indicated one of
the "chief purposes of the organi-
zation was to act as IAN espionage
service" in industrial plants. Such
"espionage" is in violation of the
Wagner Labor act.
The Klan's records and CORE
spondence were seized last. week
with the arrest of Fred v. John
son Of Greenville, chief of staff to
the grand dragon of the knights of
the Ku Klux Khan in South Caro-.
lima.
Chief Jeanes started an investi'
cation of the Klan after Lanier
Pruitt, 27-year-old mechanic, had
been taken from his home and flog-
ged by a band of hooded men. Gov
ernor Burnet R. Maybank demand
ed that the band be arrested and
prosecuted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
Virginia Governor Asks
Larger Fund For Schools

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 11.-G-
With an outline before them of the
major programs which Governor
James H. Price would like to see
enacted, interest in Virginia assem-
blymen focused today on the gov
errors special budget message Of
next Monday in which he is expect
ed to tell how he proposes to fl
nance a recommended increase for
public schools and the expansion of
other vital activities. g.
Whatever the financial recommen-
dations may be, it was apparent
after the legislators heard his mes
sage at the opening of the biennial
session yesterday that the school
appropriation, which he recommend
ed be increased $2,519,465 for the
next two years, would be a key to
the fate Of many increases sought
by other programs and institutions.
Set off against the proposed school
boost, the governor held out a plan
to industry for an estimated $780,
900 annual saving in unemployment
compensation taxes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
Mansen Aid Stations Set Up
In Karelian hthmus War Zone

Il am confident" he said, that
the Russians respect my father and
Mr.. Hoover, who worked together
in saving the lives of at least TO-.
600, 900 Russians when three times
that many were starving in the
famine of 1922. In memory of
that work, I trust the Russians will
not interfere with the work of the
N~ansen-aid stations in Finland"
In Austria, in Czechoslovakia and
now to aid homeless Films, the 49,
year old son of the explorer has
turned from his career as an archi-
tect to direct activities of the Nan
sen-Hjelp'', as his organization is
known in Norwegian.
Young Nansen, built like a foot
ball fullback, studied three years in
America, and now is architect of a
new airport for Oslo, Norway's CAPT
tai.
my father gave UP the last ten
years of his life to refugee work,
until his death in $780," he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
NO SNOW FELL
ON BALD HEAD
Orange Trees Were Being
Set Out AS Rest OF
State Shivered

SOUTHPORT, Jan. 1.-The lower
North Carolina coast has had neither
sleet nor snow during the nation
wide cold weather that has existed
since Christmas. In fact, the i'm
mediate southport area is said to
be the only point in North Caro-
lima where there has been no snow
or sleet.
Over on Bald Head Island they
have been setting out orange trees
Only a small number to begin with
now. but more of them and also
lemon and other citrus fruit trees
will arrive in a short time. A week
ago Orion Plantation and Bald Head
Island together received two solid
from San Jose, Calf. More shipments
freight car loads Of semi-tropical
fruit trees, %shrubbery and flowers
are to follow in order.
Churchill Bragaw of orion and
Charles Mathews of Bald Head spent
five weeks in California last fall
making the purchases. In the ship
ment just received are more thar
300 varieties of the winter-blooming
camelias. The Orion mansion
grounds are already respondent with
the blooms of thousands of camellias
that have been growing there for
several years.
Monkey Puzzle trees, a shrub that
is apparently new to North Caro-
lima, were included in the two car
load lot of plants, trees and flowers.
The orange, lemon and other cit
rus fruit trees are guaranteed by
the growers to Withstand tempera'
lures of Is degrees and lower. Bra
gaw and Mathews are trained hor
ticulturists. They assert that the
trees will live and fruit in this eli
mate and their opinions r shared
by other horticulturists.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
RY ALBERT w. WILSON

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-PCNan-
sen-aid stations, flying the red,
white and blue flag of Norway, are
rising again-this time on the war
rayaged Karelian isthmus of Fin.
land.
It is the third time in the last
two years that this service for
homeless refugees has been revived,
perpetuating an organization found
ed by a man who gained worldwide
fame a half century ago as an Arctic
explorer.
Behind it is the story of a sons
devotion to his father, and of per-
sonal sacrifices by both of them to
aid the ever mounting rolls of vic
tins of wars, famine and politics.
Odd Nansen, the big, handsome
son Of the explorer, Fridtjof Nam
sen, has come to America to join
forces with Herbert Hoover in rails
ing funds for the aid of Finland.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
Beer Taxes Bringing In Million
And Half Dollars Yearly In N. C..

contributed a grand total of more
than six million dollars in taxes.
OF the $3.50, 954.59 in levies col,
lected the state itself has taken c5,.
1~5O,554.59, while the cities and towns
are estimated to have received $780,.
900, the counties 1886, 400.
Breaking down this total, Colonel
Ba1n's figures show that revenue
collections have grown from only
$1S3,1O2.37 in the calendar year of
1888, to $1,410, 893.02 in the fiscal
year which ended last June 80.
Indications are that the current
fiscal years collections will go well
beyond that total, with SIPS, 1881
turned into the state treasury in the
first last six months of the calendar
year 1889. This would indicate a
fiscal year return of approximately
81 500 .O06.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
When Poisons Slow
KIDNEYS
and Irritate Bladder

Go to your druggist today and
get this safe, harmless diuretlc
and stimulant-ask for Gold Medal
HARLEM Oil Capsules and start at
once to flush out waste matter
irritating acids and poisons thru
kidneys.
That's a quick and effective way
to help bring about more healthy
kidney activity and relieve that
bladder irritation with it's scanty
passage with smarting and burn
ing as well as restless nights.
Remember the kidneys often need
flushing as well as the bowels, and
some symptoms of kidney weakness
may be: getting up often during
the night-puffy eyes-backache-
shifting pains.
Don't be an EASY MARK and
accept a substitute-Ask for Gold
Medal HARLEM Oil Capsules-right
from HARLEM in Holland. GET
GOLD MEDAL-the original-the
genuine. Look for the Gold Medal
OIL the b0x-35 cents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
STATE ACTION
RULED OUT

The alien problem will center es-
pecially in congress because Of a
recent U. S. district court decision
clearly Indicating that states have
no power to regulate aliens, that
being a concern of the national gov
eminent alone. This decision threw
out a Pennsylvania law requiring
all aliens to register and show iden-
LITIGATION cards on demand. This
state law was to have gone into
effect last month, and is now multi
fled. A Michigan alien law of 1880
went out with it.
Since this is a good indication
that all similar state laws attempt
ing to cope with alien regulation
may be thrown out in court con-
tests, pressure will be redoubled
on congress as the sole power in a
position to deal with the matter.
It's likely that a senatorial COM
mission will undertake to study the
whole body of immigration laws,
some of which are clearly unjust
and a source of hardship without
achieving their objects very effec-
lively.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
PASSPORTS GET
A COMBING

At the same time the govern
ment is tightening up on even U.
S. passports. All present passports
held abroad must be re%validated
before a U. S. consul, and then are
good for only six months. They
will hereafter carry the thumb
print not only of the holder, but of
the consul issuing the valuation,
a further guard against fraud. New
pictures of holders will be checked
against those filed at the state de.
partment in making the applica-
ton.
Thus it is hoped to weed out
within six months the vast number
of such passports issued during the
Spanish war. and the phonies re-
Gently forged by a Greek counter
feiting ring.
Secretary Hull's insistence that
he isn't ambitious for the presiden'
CIV and isn't seeking it, will do lit
tie to stop the talk that he is apt
to receive before the 1910 campaign
President Roosevelt's official bene'
diction as successor.
Watch Hull's fight for his cher
ished trade treaties in the coming
session. If he wins a clear-cut VIC
tory for his principles over an or
ganized and bitter opposition, ne
will be in many ways the outstand'
ing democrat and might well be the
answer to his party's 1910 problem
The usual objection to Mr.. Hull
that he is too old (he's 69), comes
as often from proponents of MI
Garner (who is 71), as from any
one else. In any case, the reclpro'
cal trade treaty fight is apt to re
veal Mr.. Hull as either the out
standing democrat outside Mf
Roosevelt, or else as just n less
possible candidate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
H. D. Horton To Take
Oasis Shrine Post

CHARLOTTE, Jan. 11.-P-Oasis
Shrine Temple will open it's annual
convention here tonight.
H. D. Horton of Charlotte, CHIEF
rabban, is scheduled to be elevated
to potentate succeeding A. j.. COCK
ing, also of Charlotte.
The meeting will close tomorrow
night with a ball honoring the new
Epotentate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
}. R. FAvoRS
= SUPER-TAX PLAN
+, Per Cent Would Be
,,1.d To Income Levy
''' Eor Arms Fund

~cTON, Jan. l. Up
" Roosevelt looks with ia
'Fs'''' 10 per cent "super-tax"
OF income tax to pay emer-
d !" +iona defense costs, ad-
en'' - officials said today. but
congressional leaders to
initiative in framing pro-
'o'"'' .suner-tax,' although still
..,rnal idea, might be ap-
~,roactively to 1899 income
'''' u .s to 1910 income. A tax
W. would compute his levy IN
payer ,,.'a1 way and then add 10
cent to the total,
sources predicted that the
lp = TO the Presidents budget
FssFaa1s request for $3.50, ooo,o 900 in
r ':ssn,l taxes probably would be
' D1ansd after Chairman Dough-
s'sI n.NC) consults the house
On Isr. and means committee, Chair
way harrison (D-Miss.) consults
lla' .,nste finance committee, and
ne onnfpr with the President and
,oaretary Mcrgenthau.
'V oa = said that the President
.;etnsIrv eliminated all but income
so,,rces for new revenues when
a. specified that the new taxes
u ',h+ IN he according to ability to
' w. and avoid taxes which decrease
'ss,,msr purchasing power"
Ia also has indicated support of
- rsnorted "super-tax" by talk
w nrblicly of the success OF a
, % levy which he sponsored
hen governor of New York.
ua was represented as liking the
,nor.-av particularly because of
matbematical simplicity. 1t in
no complicated changes in
" rates. If a corporation calculat-
i,s income tax at present rates
he $1,000, it would know imme-
at4Iv that its tax under the pro-
,sed law would total $1,100.
some officials in the administra-
have wondered whether the
.upOsed 10 per cent boost would
,ply to all kinds of federal taxes,
others. would favor increasing
IL excise taxes on such items as
ssoline. theatre tickets, automo-
les. and refrigerators.
The budget also has caused some
ficlals TO wonder whether the
me might be ripe for broadening
e income tax base, a project
eviously endorsed in principle and
.iected as impractical by many
easury officials and the President
mself,
About the only sure administra-
on tax proposal this year will be
le taxation of interest from fu'
Ire issues of federal, state and To-
Il bonds. This project would apply
NV to future issues, however, and
$ immediate revenue Importance
c1ioht
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
Carolina
Neus Shorts

SALISBURY - The N. S. State
Baseball leagues directors will meet
here tonight to decide how many
players in each of three classified
tons will be allowed teams. The
classifications are rockies, limited
men and veterans.
Rules of the national association
the first two divisions. A I'D" league
may permit nine veterans on the
roster of Is players.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
Behind The Scenes
In Washington
WASHINGTON,

WASHINGTON, Jan. -11.-In
spite of Congressman Dies over
ebullient estimate of 7,000,O 900 aliens
n industry, which caused quite a
few chuckles here from those who
will undertake to prove that it
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12

dent movie-maker, after all, though
he won't leave Samuel Goldwyn He
has a separate company, to be call
ed Globe Films, and about $1,000
900 of ready cash to go to work
with. First picture will De a ren,ake
from Mary Pickford. After that he
plans four or five a year on class
A budgets, ranging up to a million
dollars each. But he also expects
to leave Hollywood for a few
months next summer to work with
his father during the presidential
campaign, however the nomination
goes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
a News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
BY HENRY AVEH

"A AI4tIlLlA
RALEIGH, Jan. 11.-If the North
Carollna general assembly should
ever get around to consideration Of
bone dry prohibition for the state as
a whole, or even to consideration of
permitting legally arid counties to
ban the sale Of beer, its members
ere going to be confronted with. the
prospect of losing about a million
and a half dollars a year in revenue.
The Brewers and North Carolina
seer Distributors committee, head
ed by Colonel Edgar H. Balm of
Goldsboro, has just come forward
with an analysis of tax payments on
beer, and presents official figures
showing that since the beverage was
legalized in 1888, the industry has
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12

BRIEFS
Star News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
By HENRY

RALEIGH, Jan. 11.-Commissioner
Of Revenue A. J. Maxwell's address
to the Sandhills Kiwanis club yes
terday was unusual in the contrasi.
OF its subject matter-rural roads
and the more than 70 per cent of
North Carolinians who live on them
with the setting in which it was
delivered-the Southern Pines Coun.
try club.
There's going to be no wholesale
execution of condemned men at Cen
trail prison next week. A statement
issued yesterday by Parole Commits
sioner Edwin Gill took care of that;
but it's almost a certainty that two
negroes will be executed on Friday,
January 10, and better than an even
chance that there will be triple-gas-
sings on March 8 and March Is.
The two just as good as already
dead are Clarence Rogers, one of
the negroes implicated in the recent
murder of a prison guard on death
row, and Glenn Maxwell, Allegheny
negro twice found guilty of first
degree murder by petit juries, and
once saved by the supreme court
because the superior judge told one
of the juries that Maxwell, on his
own statement, must be convict I'd
of either second or first degree MUIR
der. The highest court said that n
jury always has the legal right to
acquit any defendant no matter how
plainly his own statement may prove
his guilt.
The trio who were given 80 day
reprieve is composed of the white
men (Ralph Hanford, Roy Kelly and
Wade Hanford) doomed for the mur-
der of Alamance's Sheriff M. P. Rob-
inson and Burlington Policeman
Sonny Vaughn.
Governor Hoey has never indicat.
ed any weakness in dealing with
this type of crime and the chances
are at least ten to one that all three
will eventually be executed.
Two youngsters from Durham, one
only 10, the other a bare 81, con
victed of the holdup murder of A
M. Snipes, and a negro doomed for
rape of a Cumberland county white
u,oroo~ ~ ~1u, .1o{oI ~ Io oerhy.y
lated after reprieves Of 40 days.
The boys, Archie Clifford stephens
and ]. B. Murray, may get serious
consideration on account of theil
youth, but their offense was al
atrocious one and their chances are
far less than even.
Labor in North and South Caro-
lima has been exceptionally happ.
in recent months, and there ha!
been a decided dearth of industrial
strife in the two states, according
to D. Yates Heather and w. A. Nc
Alister, federal commissioners of con
citation, who were here briefly OF
Wednesday and who called at tn
office of Commissioner of Labor For
rest Shuford.
Heafner's headquarters are a
Charlotte; while McAlister has beer
recently assigned to work out o
Charleston.
Both said that there are no sign!
of trouble on the labor horizon ant
both praised the spirit of concilia
ton which has kept trouble in thu
Carolinas to a minimum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12

.sn't and couldn't
De So, there is
likely to be some
of restrictive
action a 6 a i INST
aliens in the COM
ng session.
Anything as ar.
oitary as cOmpul.
~fingerprint-
ing or concen'
-ration C a m p S
Will be resolute.
Y TO g h t by
groups devoted tc
civil liberties, but
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12

ing 70 young neg
no men reported
at the casting Of
flee and e r g
sent to the ward
robe department.
And h o u r later
they marched on
the set and were
net by gasps.
The porters we're
trinity uniformed
as railroad red
caps.
4 X
So J j m m y
Roosevelt will be-
come an indepen-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
In Hollywood
By PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 11.-short
takes: Director Edward Griffith
needed rs native por.ers the other
day for some scenes in "Safari"
showing Doug Fairbanks, Jr, and
Madeleine Carroll on an expedition
across Africa. An order for the ac-
tors was sent out, and next morn-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
0rsOn Welles Gets
Ham From tlYnn

Ham From FIynn
Funniest Christmas gag was Err
rol Flynn's gift of a ham to Orson
Welles-a ham with a beard on it
+. The diamond-and-ruLy bracelet
given by George Raft to Norma
Shearer must spell out romance
And Hollywood hears that Rats
wife has consented to divorce early
this year . Cary Grant and Fay
Wray are the steadiest team-about-
town.
The Community Chest Fund got
S365,OO0 from the picture industry
last year, but the drive this season
seems likely to hit only about hall
that amount-and the current quota
is $500, 600. Harry Warner, chairman
of the movie division, declared he'll
get the money IF I have to pub
lish in an advertisement the names
of those h~igh-salaried persons in
the industry who r attempting tc
Nevade giving help or are paying
paltry amounts
The storm troopers in Chaplin's
Dictator won't wear the MAJ
swastika, but a design which al
first glance looks like it. The insig
MIA is a double-cross Howard
Hughes has been testing a number
of actresses who are completely I'm
known to screen audiences a n
hopes to build his w small ros'
ter of stars when he gets back into
movie-making Next picture fol
Gloria Jean will be a co-starrins
one with Bing Crosby.
Mae West Rules
On Movie Set
Mae West has been ruling the
roost during shooting of my Little
Chickadee," making script change:
and c%riticizing the action. Bystand'
ers thought the limit had beer
reached when she demanded tina
Joseph Calleia part his ! air in thu
middle instead of on the side. Blu
his hair is now parted in the mid
die.
The Warner lot has had a quie
revolution on it's hands, with Olivia
de Havilland and Jane Bryan boil
refusing to play in a story the.
don't like, called Married, Prett!
and Poor" AS a disciplinary mea
sure, the studio is considering lend
ing Miss de Havilland to Repub
lie for an item titled THE Oompl
Girl and the Cowboy"
A studio recently hired an actol
for one picture at $500 a week, bu
he made a special request of thu
casting director that he be pait
every day, and in cash, becaus'
there was a judgment standin,
against him which he couldn't at
ford to settle just now, and h
didn't want his paycheck attached
So payment was made that way
and after the picture was finished
the studio discovered that it hell
the judgment against the actor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12

is in the wind. The rush for citizen
ship in every big city where there
is any great number of foreign
born shows that such action is be-
ing anticipated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12
SUPPORT
OIL MEN

WINSTON-SALEM - Representa-.
tives of the petroleum industry of
Forsyth and nine surrounding coun-
ties met today to discuss their prob
lens and to hear a speech by Capus
M. Waynick, editor of the High
Point Enterprise and former chair
man of the state highway and pub
lie works commission.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-12

r"NoI FLAVOR IN SALADS
led ". salads that are compliment
|adain Inc flavor of peanuts, try
|onnais peanut butter to the may
|flavon1 sometime. It's quite as
|and oNae as the chopped nuts,
much easier to nrenare