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JOINT MEET. OF
CIVIC GROUPS
SLATED TONIGHT
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committee, to be composed of the
best talent of the city and COM
munity, this committee to have
the wholehearted supper and unit
ed backing of every civic organi-
zation, industry, business, and in
dividual of the community.
Cards will be handed to each
person attending the meeting as
they enter the dining hall. Those
who are members of civic
clubs will sign the card and indi-
cate the name of their respective
club
These cards will be collected
during the dinner hour. If a men,
Der brings a guest, the name OF
the guest and the member with
the club indicated should be writ
ten on a separate card.
All others are requested to pay
the price of the meal printed on
the card at the time of entering
the dining hall. The card will be
marked paid and will be collected
during the dinner hour. The COM
mittee in charge announces this is
a joint meeting for all civic or
CARNATIONS of the city and COM
munity, all are invited, none are
excluded.
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AJAX SINKS TWO
ITALIAN BOATS,
DAMAGES ANOTHER
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their masts tumbling down on their
decks.
The destroyers answered briefly
but after a few salvos their guns
went silent.
The Ajax kept up her barrage for
several minutes. Then there were
terrific blasts as the magazines of
two of the Italian ships blew up, and
they sank. The other fled into the
darkness.
About a half hour later Ajax met
two other large Italian ~destroyers
and quickly engaged them. Both
turned tail and damned on full speed.
One of them, later identified as the
~1,620-ton Artigliere, was hit by the
Ajax. A mass of flames swept sky
ward from her decks.
Still a few minutes later the Ajax
sighted an Italian cruiser and four
d~estroyers, but was unable to make
contact with them becaused they
steamed northward in a hurry, max
ing ulrect Tor SICILY.
Ajax then turned to the trail Of the
flaming Artigliere and this flagship
dispatched a number of cruisers to
join her.
British planes of the fleet air arm,
looking like silver bullets in the glow
of the rising sun, shot from the
decks of aircraft carriers, spotted
the burning warship, then being tow
ed by another italian destroyer.
A small striking force of the fleet
air arm was ordered to speed ahead
and drop torpedoes around the tow
ing ship. The latter, spotting the ap.
preaching aircraft, slipped the tow
line and headed for Sicily, leaving
the blazing Artigliere to shift for
herself.
Some of the Artigliere's crew stub.
oornly fought the flames rapidly
enveloping their ship, while others
hurled themselves onto life RATS toss
ed on the sea. Many stripped them.
selves of their clothing and jumped
in naked.
Italian sailors who kept to their
snip, seeing the ~hopelessless of their
fight against the flames, waved white
sheets and her captain hoisted a
white flag.
The cruiser York, pulled up a shot
Instance away, signalled the Italians
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16

5000 gee-gees go to the post. over
a year and only one fift hof these
are yearling sales purchases.
The 10 out of the sales ring have
won % stakes and earned $306, 902,
a record that doesn't sit too well
with the ahorsemen who do their
own breeding and racing. The top
10 from this latter group have col
lected 1904, 1856 and hit the wire
on top in 20 stakes.
Off his Belmont Futurity victory,
Our Boots is generally regarded
as most likely to succeed Bime-
lech on the throne of the two-year
ODDS. He was picked up last year
by Royce G. Martin of Toledo, and,
up to now, in winning three and
finishing third once in four out
ings, he has collected $68, $50.
Level Best, a flying daughter OF
Equipoise was walked out of the
sales ring by Crispin Oglebay Of
Chicago for $1,000. She has won
five stakes to date from colts. and
fillies alike, has never finished out
of the money and has earned 1913,
000 3! .-.-r a
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It could serve to keep Japan of
Russia's back in. the Far East and
thus leave her free to oppose the
Axis in the Balkans. or the Near
East.
Whatever is impending in the
east, however, its advance notices,
as reflected, in the break of Mos
cows silence on German moves in
.Rumania must cheer Britain. The
latter country is experiencing night
bombing horrors worse than any.
thing visited. upon her in nearly
four months of aerial blasting. But
she is still ruling the air over
Britain by daylight and her fleet
still stands guard a g a n st inva'
sion. 2
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WAR INTERPRETIVE
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border incidents, either to rein
force diplomatic pressure or pave
the way for military action against
a neighbor. And Russia is now Ger
many's sole eastern neighbor from
the Baltic to the Black sea due to
Germany's protective" oecu.
patton of Rumania. There remain
no butter states" between them.
The essence Of Russian irritation
over the Nazi coup in Rumania
seems to be a feeling that a prime
purpose of the stroke was to PRO
tect" Rumania against Russia. No
other country Or group of nations
was in a position to threaten Ru-
manian frontiers or Rumanian oil.
It follows also, then, that Mos.
COW must regard the new Japan
ese-Italian German alliance as, one
aimed at her no less than at the
United States. 1t was designed tn
keep Russia inactive in the Near
East or the Balkans, due to Jap
anese pressure in the Far East,
while the Axis mates developed
their substitute for the quick vic
tory over England.
The first effect of that triple al
lance of doubtful meaning was to
increase rather than diminish the
American aid for. Britain. The OBJ
vious second effect is Russian op-
position to Axis new ORDER plan
ming for the Balkans and the Near
East. There are even reports that
Russia is willing to sign a military
assistance agreement with Turkey.
The Observation-Disclosures pact
has definitely boomeranged. f o r
Berlin and Rome just how seri-
ously remains to be seen.
London. diplomats are said to ex-
pect early signature of a Russo
japanese non-aggression pact. It
may come; but in the light of Mos
cows attitude toward events in the
balkans it might weaken instead
OF. strengthen Lapanese-Axis. ties.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
WILDCATS ALL SIT
FOR FRIDAY GAM
Local Eleven Hopes To Irm
Out Kinks For Raleigh In
Tilt With Clinton

The New Hanover High scbo
Wildcats are expected to be at ..
strength against the Clinton elo,,
Friday afternoon in a non,confero,
game.
The Wildcats will use this p,r
to iron out kinks in preparation +
the coming family argument YIN
the Purple Hurricane of Ra,ai.
High which will come to the Ioc.r
lair Friday night, October %. a,
an absence of four years and il
largest crowd of the season is .
pected to be on hand. Both foam
have about the same won and Ia
average and the battle should bs
toss-up.
The Cats took an early workm
yesterday afternoon and Pittm,
continued his fine running wbc
he. displayed in. the Kinston gam
The Cats came out of the week.sr
game with minor bruises and ,
members of the squad were on han
for practice yesterday.
The fair is going on this week an
the Wildcats + going to play on
field which will be announced 500
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
ear Ole TurfLeadersAre
Products Of Saratoga Auction

NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-R-The
biggest gamble in sports has hit
the jackpot this year.
For those who took a chance and
bid in yearling thoroughbreds at
the Saratoga sales in 1899, the dice
have rolled nothing but sevens in
the racing world, compiling one
of the most remarkable records
the ''hoss auctions" have e v e r
boosted.
The leading contenders for king
and queen of the two-year olds OF
1910, Our Boots and Level Best,
both came out of the yearling sales
ring. They went under the ham
mer for a total of $11, 100 and, to
date, have earned the neat sum
of $102, $50, which will buy a lot
of oats for even the hungriest gal.
loper.
Thirteen of the 26 leading juve-
niles who have collected 5000 or
more each during the years rae.
ing were bid in at Saratoga a
year ago, which is a pretty fair
average, when you consider that
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
KlMBR0UCH STILL
POWER OF ACCIES
Rig Texas A. & M. Back Out
For ALL American Again;
Misery Hasn't Hurt Playing
BY FELIX R. MCKNIGHT

COLLEGE STATION. Tex, Oct
15.-R-Jarrin' John Kimbrough
the 222-pound trip-hammer mount
ed on percheron legs, isn't exactly
coasting in his effort to do an en-
core on the all-American football
team.
The big, handsome fellow, pow
err boy of the Texas Aggies' grea'
string of IA straight triumphs, has
had the misery in his throat ane
legs. But you couldn't detect il
by the way he has carried on II
the Aggies' three victories to date
"Say for me, and I'm the one
most Interested" unused Coach Ho'
mer Norton, that John Kimbrougt
has taken up where he left OF
last year. And where he left OF
last year was good enough for me
John is doing things easier this
year.
ITO me the way John played
sixty hard minutes Of f b a
against U. C.. L. A. last Saturday
proved his greatness. He was
weak and tired boy when tn a
came ended, but I just had to use
him..
The story behind that story?
For four days before the U. G.
l.. A. game Kimbrough was in a
Dallas hospital. Fever, a sore
throat and a bruised leg kept him
abed. But he responded quickly
and only a day before the game
left Dallas by plane. He played
sixty minutes out in Los Angeles
in 90-degree weather.
What did he do?
Scored the games only touch
down from the Vineyard line on a
tackle blast; set up the touchdown
drive by driving back Is yards
with a pass interrogation and team
ing with wild Bill Conater to nudge
the ball on downfield through the
big Uclan line for the final SCOT
ing play.
One of the Aggie bulwarks on
defense, he saved a possible tie
when Ray Bartlett, big U. c. l.. A.
negro back, snagged a pass in the
clear and headed for open spaces.
It was 222-pound Kimbrough, one
of the fastest big men in the south
west, who trapped him from be-
hind. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
CORNELL RANKS NO. / in NATION
State Carolina Game Boosted Into Limelight
Boston Red Sox To Buy
Louisville Ball Club

BOSTON, Oct. 15.-R-Boston
Red Sox officials announced to-
night that the club had accepted
tentative terms of DOME Bush and
Frank Mckinney for the outright
purchase Of the franchise of the
Louisville club of the American
association.
Details of the transaction, I'm
der which Red Sox owner Thomas
"A. Yawkey will gain complete con-
troll of the IA club, are expected
to be completed within a Re W
days.
The tentative agreement w a S
reached in New York today at a
conference in Yawkey's office at
tended by the Red Sox owner, Gen.
eral Manager Edward T.. Collins
and Mckinney.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
Pepper Martin Quits Cards
To Pilot Sacramento Club

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 15.R-The Wild
Horse of the Usage is headed for a
new corral.
Pepper Martin, one of the most
~colorful baseball players of all time,
will do his galloping in 1941 as man.
ager of the Sacramento, Calf, club
of the st. Louis Cardinals chain.
In a ceremony rejecting an un'
usual personal interest in the hero OF
the 1881 World Series, the Cardinals
today named Martin the field director
of their Pacific Coast league farm
Present at Martins last major
league roundup" were Sam Bread
on, president Of the Cardinals ;
Branch Hickey, the teams vice
president and general manager, and
Phil Bartelme, Sacramento president,
who flew here to sign Pepper to a
contract.
Il gave everything I had while I
served as a player and I'll do the
same as manager" Martin promised.
No salary details of the one.year
contract were announced but Pepper
said:
well I'll be getting about the
same as I did with the Cardinals, but
I did talk them out of a tractor to
use down on the farm in Oklahoma.
The 36-year-old veteran, who play.
ed both the outfield and third-base
with the awkwardness of a young
colt, earned his wild Horse" nick
name with his madcap dashes on the
basepaths. His head-first slides were
among basebalrs thrilling sights.
He was with the Cardinals briefly
in 1928, returned to the minors and
then came back to a regular job in
1881. In the World Series that year
against the Philadelphia Athletics,
he did everything but steal the ball
park in a one-man show which the
late John McGraw called "the great
est individual performance in the
history of the World Series"
Although he was slowed down,
Martin is by no means through as a
player, as his .316 batting average
this year attests, and he undoubted-
ly will make many appearances in
the Sacramento lineup.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
N, C. STATE

RALEIGH, Oct. 15.-R-After-
shutdown darkness and the walls
around the playing field yelled N.
c. States preparations today for
the game with North Carolina here
Saturday.
The only information from Coach
Williams NDoc) Newton was that
one days hard work began with
a drill on the Wolfpack's offense
ended with a session of a defense
aimed at the Tar Heels.
However it appears that Newton
is grooming two complete teams
for the Greater University Day
game.
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WAKE FOREST

WAKE FOREST, Oct. 15.-R-
Coack D.. c. Peahead) Walker
juggled the Wake Forest line to-
day for a scrimmage which sent
the varsity against the freshmen.
Tony Rubino was still out with
a swollen foot and his right tackle
took over for Pat weston, who
shifted from left tackle. Frank Ka.
priva moved from left guard into
the left tackle position and Carl
Givler was at left guard, with his
old spot at right guard filled by
Louis Trunzo.
John .P~endergast, center, was out
with a bad leg, and Marshall Ed
wards, back, was out with a hurt
elbow, but all the injured are ex-
pected to be ready to play against
Marshall Saturday. 4
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JUGGLED

CHARLESTON, S. c., Oct. 10
R-Coach Bo Rowland juggled the
Citadel's backs today to find a click.
combination and decided that Thomp'
son, Newell, Lockwood and Howard
showed up best at times during the
workout. --
Ne plays were u in an effort
to gain speed and power for the Pres.
byterian game Friday at Sumter.
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On Big Five Grid Front
CAROLINA

CHAPEL HILL, Oct. 15.-RN
After a brisk passing session, the
Tar Heels put in another long drill
on blocking, but the showing in a
check-up scrimmage suffered a let
down from their interference
against the Horned Frogs.
With Frank O'Hare at the helm
and Mike Cooke standing out as
line-buster, the varsity pounded the
seconds for good gains at times,
but the reserves failed to put up
the expected opposition on defense
n ~offense, and the showing was
spotty.
All-American Paul SEVERN re-
turned to regular duty, but Jim
Lalanne remained at light work,
and Frank O'Hare, the No. q tail
back, ran the veterans in scrim-
mage and generated both back
fields in blocking drills.
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Heels.
More Mix-Up
And if you want to get into the
business for fair take this as a ne
dia. Wake Forest beat Carolina l2-O.
clemson whipped State 26-7 and the
.Deacons fell victims to the Tigers
800.
That puts State well ahead of Caro-
lima and in front of Wake Forest,
too for that mater.
And if you haven't got tanglefoot
of the brain trying to figure that
one down to a predicting point,
you're an oddly. And if you're an
oddly Barnum and Bailey will get
you if you don't watch out.
No Apologies
We don't mind much when we
miss calling a few football games.
Everybody else does at some time
or another.
While brooding over it Monday,
Bob Black, the Wildcats coach,
dropped by with the comment: you
certainly have a lot of a~pologizing
to do on Monday, don't you"
But Bob, himself admitted that he
had picked only four teams to win
this year and all four teams had
lost.
So we let it pass and mumbled
something about you never can
tell about football"
It's a tough racket, this forecast
ing business. And sometimes 1
think the old Genie, meenie, mimic,
mo system is the best.
Odds And Ends
Major league baseball lost one of
its most colorful characters yester-
day when Pepper Martin, the Wild
Horse of the Usage, who was the
one-man show, of the 1881 World Sc
ries between the Cardinals and the
Athletics, signed as manager Of the
Sacramento baseball club on the Pa
cific Coast There are few ball
players like old Pepper The
Wildcats Raleigh conference football
game here the night of the 25th
will be more of a toss-up than the
meeting between these two teams
has been in years -. The local high
school eleven also figures it has
just about an even chance of beat
ing Fayetteville If Cardinals
Jim Lalanne plays as spiritedly from
now until the end of the season as
he did against Texas Christian Sat
urday he'll be in line for some ALL
America berth And when you
start picking your All-Star teams
don't overlook Gates Kimball, the
Tar Heel tackle, who's just about
the best in the business hereabouts.
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GERMANY BOOSTS
PLANE ASSAULTS
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man warplanes had shot down 81
British planes over the London
area.
Five Nazi raiders were admitted
missing, although German officials
reiterated their claim that t e
British fliers were trying to avoid
combat. (The British admitted los
ing 10 planes and claimed nine
German craft were bagged.)
Although the Germans kept up
day and night air attacks on Brit
ain and themselves were subjected
to a British night raid on Berlin,
the high. command communique
stressed the war at sea.
Besides citing the torpedo boats
exploits, it said Nazi submarines
sank four other larger merchant
men totaling about 4 C,00G tons, IN
GLIDING the Il ,275-ton vessel Devon
shire.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
WEEK END RESULTS
AID TEAMS STOCK.
10000 May See Tilt Saturday
Wolfpack Lays Most Stress
On Passing Attack
BY FRANK b.

RALEIGH, N. c., Oct. 15.-RE
This time last week. The football
game here on Saturday between
N. c.. State and North Carolina
shaped up. merely as a localized
hair-pulling contest between sister
schools of the Greater University.
This time last week, the drug
store tailbacks were allowing as
how the old Tar Heels weren't what
they used to, be, and that old State
college was precisely what it used
to be. The implication was plain
the Tar Heels had lost their power
of other years; the Wolfpack was
as impotent as ever.
This time last week, Wake For
est and Texas Christian were rated
as two of the leading teams in
the nation.
Then two simultaneous explos-
ions last Saturday skyrocketed the
stock of both State and Carolina.
and State athletic officials now
are predicting that an overflow
crowd of 20, 1000 will see the game
between the Wolves and the Tar
Heels.
Explosion No. l occurred at Cha
pei Hin:e Here North Carolina hit
the comeback trail with a coura-
geous, 21-14 victory over T. c. U.
clicking for the first time this sea-
son, the Tar Heels demonstrated
conclusively that they should not
be rated in the -pushover class.
Explosion No. 2, a blast heard
throughout the football world, &C.
Cured in Clemson, -, where tn e
Clemson Tigers handed Wake For
est's undefeated Deacons a thor
oughly convincing, $50 licking,
This game indirectly b o S tie d
States prestige, since it establish
ed Clemson as a leading contend
er for national honors-and States
lone defeat this season came at
the hands of the Tigers.
On the basis of comparative
scores-and we trust you take your
comparative scores with a few
grains of salt-State is stronger
than Wake Forest, for the score
Of the State VS.. Clemson game,
was 26-7.
Comparative scores also show
pass the salt again, please-that
State is considerably stronger than
Carolina. This can be proved two
ways; State beat Davidson, $40;
Carolina beat Davidson 27-7. Glenn
son was 80 points stronger than
Wake Forest; therefore Clemson is
81 points stronger than Carolina;
but Clemson is only / points
stronger than State; therefore
State must be 80 points stronger
than Carolina.
Actually, most folks who follow
football believe that State has a
vastly improved team but a team
which will fall to Carolina Satur-
day and to Wake Forest Novem-
Der 8.
But don't rate the Wolfpack too
lightly. Remember that State up
set William and Mary, looked like
a million dollars against David
son and gave Clemson a tough
fight. Remember that an armis-
tice has ended the Civil war which
used to be fought within State
teams of other years. Remember
that Coach Doc Newton's country
boys have learned finesse. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
TECHMEN BLOCK

ATLANTA, Oct. 15.-LR-Reserye
Sophomore Tackle Tommy Anderson
turned in another star performance
today as Georgia Tech hurried
through a semi-scrimmage designed
to polish its blocking for the Van.
derbilt game. That blocking, with
few exceptions, was good against the
freshmen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
EXASACCIESAR
SECOND in POLL
Tennessee Is Only Southern
Team In First Ten; Glenn
son Given 18th Spot
BY BILL BONI

NEW YORK, Oct. 49, R-Cor
nell's veteran football team, which
has started it's 1910 campaign ever
more ~impressively than it finished
it's all-winning 1899 season, won
some paper profits" today when
the nations sports editors voted the
big Red the No. 1 team in the coun
try.
In the first of the years Asso
ciated Press ranking polls, 80 of 15e
voters placed Cornell at the top
Thus the Ithacans, unsecured on in
two major games in which they
piled up 70 points, took the lea6
over Texas A.. and M, the team
voted best last year.
Cornell polled 1896 points. OF
the Sc first-place votes they missed
25 went to Texas A. and M, with
LOIS points, and 26 to Michigan
with 1904.
The east and midwest dominates
the first ten. Besides Cornell, Bos
ton College in the eighth place an6
Pennsylvania in ninth represent the
Atlantic seaboard. Back of Michigan
for the midwest come Northwestern
1913 points for fourth; Notre Dame
1853 for sixth, and Minnesota, $50 fol
seventh.
The south, with T~ennessee's IL
points for fifth place, and the Pa
cific coast, with Stanford 267 fol
tenth round out the leading ten
Stanford, operating under Clark
Shaughnessy for the first time, is
the far VESTS only a%ll-winning
eleven.
Each of the top ten, except fol
Boston College, matched with Idaho
will have to go about Saturday tt
defend it's ranking.
Cornell tackles Syracuse, last team
to whip the big Red, in 1888; the
Texas Aggies face Texas Christian
Michigan sends it's Tommy Harmon
against Illinois, which shackled the
All-American a year ago; and North
Wisconsin.
Headline battle in the Southeast
conference and possibly in the nation
will be that between Tennessee an6
Alabama. Notre Dame always gets
more than a workout from Carnegie
Tech; Minnesota, with an extra
weeks rest, may need 1t to get by
Ohio State; Penn tackles Princeton
and Stanford hooks up with Wash
ington State.
The rankings (points figured on
10-9-8-7-6. ETC., basis, first-place votes
in parentheses):
E:.cA To~
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GETS SET

AUBURN, Ala, Oct. 15.- Up -
With their departure for Dallas set
for Thursday, Auburn's Plainsmen
quickened the pace of drills today
and sped through a brisk scrimmage.
The Plainsmen meet Southern
Methodist at Dallas Saturday..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
DUKE

DURHAM, Oct. 15.-R-Duke's
Blue Devils put in another hard
days work today in preparation
for Saturdays clash with Colgate
at Hamilton, N. Y, and have just
one more practice before depart
ing Thursday at noon for the home
of the Red Raiders.
All members of the squad were
present and accounted for today
with the exception of John Mania,
tackle, who may miss the game
due to an ankle injury.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
CONN VS.. JONES

NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-R-Pro
moter Charlie Murray Of Buffalo to.
day signed Lightheayyweight Cham
pion Billy Conn to meet Clarence
Jones, Buffalo negro light heavy. in
a 15:round over.the-weight bout in
Buffalo's new Memorial stadium
November Is. :,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-16
30 MEN. FOR TRIP

COLLEGE PARK, Md, Oct. Is
R-Jack Faber, head of Maryland's
coaching board, said today he would
take 80 men, including 10 backs, to
Gainesville, Fla, for Saturdays
game with Florida. III