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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
Conn Asked To Defend
Or Relinquish Title

7 CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-RNThe Ma
tional Boxing association today
asked Billy Conn, light heavy
weight champion of Pittsburgh, if
he intended to relinquish his title
now that he has signed for a June
fight with Joe Louis.
President Joseph Triner wired
Conn, asking whether you a r e
ready to sign Immediately in de-
tense of your title or whether you
have relinquished the same" Tri-
ner requested an answer not later
than Thursday.
B.B.A. rules state that a title
holder must defend his champion
ship every six months. Conn's last
appearance in defense of his title
was against Gus Lesnevich in De-
troit last June S. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
SUGAR BOWL RACE SLATED DEC. %
Jim Thorpe Says Football Has Not Improved
Benefit Grid Game
Here Nets $l27.6O

The benefit football game
played at Legion field Sunday
afternoon by the Brooklyn Blue
Devils and the Castle Street
Bears netted $127. go an incom-
plete check last night showed.
A few tickets still remain to
be heard from, sponsors said.
In announcing the results of
the game the sponsors express
ed their appreciation to those
who made the game possible:
the players and officials, the
Tide Water Power company
which transported the players
to and from the field, Willis
ton High school which furnish
ed uniforms, the Wilmington
Stamp and Printing company,
who handled ticket sales
Cooney Sellers, of the police
force, and Billy Burnett, mana
ger of New Brooklyn Homes,
who handled ticket sales
among negroes. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
CANALS DEFENSES
RATED INADEQUATE
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defenses in statements, Bradley as
sorting that airplanes> should be
sent there "as fast IS they come
off the production line"
He said he did not take issue
with the furnishing of aircraft to
Britain. rapidly, but as'~~'.
IF the Panama canal is tn e
lifeline of America, why not at
least have in the zone at all times.
even if only for a few weeks at a
time, the latest and most efficient
aircraft that comes off our pro-
duction line and after they have
been there for a few weeks, then
ship them abroad if the need
exists. for them.
Il did not see a single modern
a1rplane IN the entire canal zone."
Harness suggested additional an
tl-aircraft weapons and airplane
detector devices. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
STATE WILL PLAY
EIGHT LOOP FOES
V.P.I., Richmond And George
town Return To 1941
Wolfpack Grid Slate .

RALEIGH, Dec. 23.-R-The
1941 North Carolina State Wolfpack
will play eight Southern confer
ence football foes next fall on a
10-game schedule, it was an
nounced today.
Richmond's Spiders will return
to a Wolfpack schedule for the
first time in six years for the sea-
son opener here the night of Sep
TENDER 20.
Virginia Tech, not played since
1888, will be met November 8 at
Winston-Salem and the next week
the Wolfpack will go to Washing
ton, D.. c., to renew rivalry with
Georgetown, which whipped N. C.
State q to 0 in their last meeting
in 1920.
Three teams on the 1910 seized.
ule, William and Mary, Mississippi
State and The Citadel, will no
be played next year. A game with
William and Mary had been pro.
posed for mid-November but the
plans could not be worked out or
a mutually satisfactory basis.
The retur nof Georgetown to the
schedule means that N. C. State
for the fourth straight year will
meet an opponent who took par
in New Years Day Bowl gam.
football. Georgetown goes to the
Orange Bowl next week.
The schedule, except for a game
pending for the night of October
Is in Raleigh, follows:
September 20, Richmond here al
night; q, Davidson at Greensboro
at night.
October 4, Clemson at Charlotte
II, Furman at Greenville, S. c..
at night; 10, Wake Forest at Ra'
leigh at night.
November l, North Carolina al
Chapel Hill; g.. Virginia Tech al
Winston-Salem; Is, Georgetown al
Washington; %, Duke at Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
South's football fastest,
Officiating records show

Southeastern and Southern con-
ference football is the fastest in
the nation. Professional games
average two hours and So min
utes; the Big Ten clocks 'em at
2:34, and the Southern average is
2:l2. =. Secretary A. R. Hutchens
OF the Southern Football Officials
association says it's all in popping
the decisions. The S.F.O.A., by
the way, is about to put steam be.
hind its plan to develop young Of
ficials. Definite moves are ex-
pected about March /. q
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
SINKWICH MAKES
One TEAM ANYWAY
Georgia Sophomore Selected
On tAll-CrOatian America
Team By Newspaper
BY ROMNEY

ATLANTA, Dec. % Up -
-R-Georgia's frankie Sinkwich,
a pretty fair ball player on any
ones gridiron, missed out on the
honor team selected by coaches of
the Southeastern conference. j..
But he didn't miss making the
''All-Croatian America team" of
the newspaper Zajednicar. . Z.
Sports Writer Stephen F. Brkich
changed the name to Sinkovich,
made everything all right by
calling the Georgia halfback lone
of the sweetest runners in college
ball during the last decade"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
Tennessee Begins Work
For Sugar Bowl Game

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 23.-tR
A three-week practice fast was
broken today by the Tennessee Vol
unteers, Major Bob Neyland opening
his field preparations for the Sugar
Bowl football game with Boston COL
lege on New Years Day with a drill
that lasted more than two hours and
a half.
The varsity Vols spent most Of
their time in dummy" scrimuase
against the third stringers, garoed Ill
black and impersonating the hlSA'
flying Eagles in the east.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
. Sugar Bowl-S.E.C. tie-up
MIGHT benefit both sides

Might benefit both sides
The cold shoulder with which
Sugar Bowl spokesman met hints
of a tie-up with the Southeastern
conference brings crisp comment
from Columnist Walter Stewart of
the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Says he:
why not put an end to all this
pickering? The Sugar Bowl needs
the Southeastern conference much
worse than the Southeastern con-
ference needs the Sguar Bowl. But
both sides would gain by climbing
down off that high horse and shak-
ing hands. Climbing down is bet
ter than falling off. You break few
er bones"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
SET NEW

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.- Up =
Washington, Brooklyn and Pitts
burgh set new records for home
attendance as the National. Profess
sional Football league played to
over 1900, 600 spectators in 6S con-
tests during 1910, it was announced
today by President Carl L. Storck.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24

/. help, so wen lily ~.
II. Things Wanted
First we'd like Santa to answer
the nrayers of all the players and
coaches in the sports world that
thew be given a championship
that is if he can find enough to go
around.
Then we would like to ask a lew
things for Wilmington, and If SAN
ia is in the right frame OF NINA
we'll get 'em. A baseball club
would be No. l on the list right,
then would come a big golf tourna-
ment, an independent football
team. horse racing and a few more
sports events of that nature. Ihat
would do for a start.
We would also like to ask for loo
or more participants in the Golden
Gloves tournament and a sellout
crowd each night. We want 50 or
more basketball teams for the an
nual cage tournament. And then
when all that's over we'd like to
start looking at some baseball.
And when you are passing around
favors. Santa, don't forget to bring
a few more parks and Fairgrounds
We're sure they can be put into
use.
Bowl Game Odds
The eastern football teams are
on the short end of the odds, the
losing end, in fact, when bets are
wagered on the outcome of the
various bowl games of New Years
day.
On Broadway the Texas Aggies
are around 8 to 5 to take Ford
ham in the Cotton Bowl, Tennessee
rates 5 to 2 over Boston college in
the Sugar Bowl, Mississippi State
is 6 to 5 favorite over Georgetown
and Stanford is l to 2 over Nebras-
ka in the Rose Bowl.
In Wilmington the picking
Sheets" that is picking two or
more winners, are in most cases
like this: Mississippi State over
Georgetown giving six points: STAN
ford and seven points over Ne
braska; Tennessee and seven over
assBoston college; and Texas Aggies
fand nine points over Fordham.
On individual games the usual
sodds are 3 to 2 and take your pick.
s Exhibition Games
s. The outdoor sports committee,
,sappointed some time ago to work
5 with the Wilmington Defense
Council, is planning to try and ar
range n or two exhibition games
between major league baseball
teams here next spring.
Last year Cincinnati and the
Boston Red Sox were almost on the
verge of playing here, and instead
went to Durham.
Wilmington is right on the route
in the trek north from the train
ing camps and the chances for a
game or two look fairly good.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
Hot stove stuff:

A weekend huddle between Pat
Riley, former Albany (Ga.) out
fielder and Charlie Singleton, new
president of the revamped Valdos-
ia baseball club hints that Riley
may be next manager of the Geor-
gia-Florida league team. Van
derbilt and Florida would like to
play football in 1912, but Commo-
dore Pilot Red Sanders reports
they can't jibe on a date. -. For
the first time in years Alabama
won't play a basketball game in
Birmingham this season. Rea-
son: completion of a new auditor
ium-gym at Tuscaloosa, one of the
finest in the south. =. Tony Gallo.
vlch, Wake Forests great back, is
considering a fling at pro football
next season.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
at evacuation by sea or wholesale
surrenders could develop.

surrenders could develop.
Churchill gave no definite init
nation as to where Britain's
"blitzkrieg' would strike next in
Africa. There are many indica-
tons, however, that once Bardia
is taken, as seemingly it soon must
be, East Africa will witness an eff
fort to smash critically isolated
and far extended fascist forces in
cooperation with revolving Ethio-
plan tribesmen. MOI is it impossi-
BILE that a British counter invasion
OF Southern Italy may be blue
printed in London as an ultimate
step to drive Italy out of the war. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
MORE DONATIONS
NEEDED BY EMPTY
STOCKING FUND
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There will be many children who
will look in vain for their gifts
unless you make it possible by a
donation today to the Empty
Stocking fund.
Aside from bringing joy to
others, this spirit of giving, CIV
ing to someone who otherwise
would not receive, viii bring joy
and cheer to you. t. is Christmas.
Help the sponsors of this fund to
see that there are no empty
stockings here tomorrow. 8
You may make your contributions
either through j. Henry Gerdes,
treasurer Of the fund at the People
Savings Bank and Trust company,
or at the Star-News office.
All contributions will be &C.
knoWledged.
The fund to date:
Previously acknowledged - $1,219.32
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
SMOKE RINGS
Letter To Santa
By SAM Raglan

Once upon our time we wrote an annual letter TO eanta
Clalus-a very nice letter, telling Kris what a gooo 5e 7iNs ne ae
: 80 how GOOD we had been for a long time and kind OF
h;ntinc around at what we would like to find in the SOCK on
the morning of December rs. L.
But somehow, this year we were a little late gettlng Ine
n ree"e W.. all the trimmings are upon us. A letter now might
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24

The Cordyceps mushroom is a
parasite on an insect, growing on
the white grub of the rhinoceros
beetle. 8
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-24
WEATHER
Continued from Page One)

WASHINGTON, Dec. %. - (R
weather bureau records of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending
at s p. M.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Brig. Gen. A. |. Singleton
To Be Retired AUGUST 81

The War Department yesterday
announced the retirement of Brig.
Gen. Asa l.. Singleton, commandant
of the Infantry School at Fort
Benning, Ga, on reaching the
statutory retirement age of Ga on
August 81.
A veteran of the World War and
the Philippine campaigns, Gen.
Singleton had several tours of duty
here. After attending the Army
War College from 1921 to 1925, he
served as assistant chief of staff
in the supply division. In 1881
he returned here for duty in the
Office of the chief of infantry,
where during four-year period he
was chief of several. sections. In
1886 he was sent to Fort Benning
to command the infantry school.
Gen. Singleton holds the Dis
tinguished Service Medal and is
an officer of the French Order of
the Black Star.
An officer who rose from the
ranks during his Al years of Army
service, Gen. Singleton is a native
of Taylor County, Ga. He first
enlisted as a private June 8, 1899
in the Regular Army.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Dover Just Shrugs Off
Raid Warning After
Week Of Alarms
People Of Coastal Port
II Miles From France
Scott at Invasion
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DOVER, England, Aug. 10.-This
Eastern English port, just 81 miles
by sea and three minutes by dive
bomber from the nearest German
sorces on the Continent, shrugged
off as routine tonight an air raid
warning which capped a week her.
aided as the likeliest for a Nazi
olitzkrieg.
There was brief warning but
no enemy planes were sighted.
Nevertheless, patrol fighters streaked
the skies, anti-aircraft gunners
leaped to their battle stations and
heavy explosions were heard.
Numbers of civilians stayed out
side shelters to watch in vain for
action.
Like Holiday Crowd.
1t was about like the holiday
crowd at the seashore to watch
fireworks. Among the watchers on
the chalk cliff were sailors, soldiers
and airmen on leave and couples
gone accounting.
Typical reaction to any mention
of the threat of invasion came from
a policeman. He said. You won't
find the people have got their wind
up here. If Hitler does invade us
you will have to look sharp or you'll
miss it, because it won't last long"
One member of a barrage balloon
squad said, Il wish he'd try to
make landing and be done with
it. We don't like sitting around
doing nothing"
People Scoff at Landing.
A tradesman scoffed at the pos
sibility of Hitler's making success
full landing.
"1f he expects to be crowned King
OF England like they say. he expects,
he'll get a crown of airplanes in
stead"
In yesterdays raid German planes
tried to shoot down barrage balloons
protecting the harbor and were
chased off by anti-aircraft guns.
(The Germans said they shot down
six balloons off Dover yesterday
But air raids are nothing new to
Dover. Sometimes the town gets as
many as seven a day.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
New York Saves by Not
Insurinq Buildings

BY the Associated Press.
A report by Mayor LaGuardia of
New York saying that his city saved
money by discontinuing fire insur-
ance on its buildings was distributed
today to all major cities by the
United States Conference of May
ors.
Mayor LaGuardia said New York
City had saved nearly $4,200,OO in a
six-year period by failing to insure
its buildings. Compared with an
average annual saving of $698, $50
in fire insurance premiums, the
Mayor added the average annual
loss by fire damage to city-owned
buildings was only $21,750.
Similarly, Mayor LaGusrdia said,
policy of not buying casualty in
surance to cover claims against the
Evening star., 1940-08-11
CONSUMPTION
Continued From First Page.)

ceive one year of field training be-
fore the Presidents authority, as
provided in the bill, expires in May,
1912.
Marshall Asks 400 900.
Gen. George C. Marshall, Army
chief of staff, has asked for 100000
conscripts by October l to prepare
for dangers to American security.
The debate on the Burke -Wads-
worth bill, which began Friday and
Immediately boiled into a heated
controversy, is expected to continue
for more than two weeks in the
Senate and possibly longer in the
House.
Senator Barkley of Kentucky,
Democratic floor leader, said the
debate would increase the weight of
opinion behind the bill and that he
was opposed to compromise as pro-
vided in the Maloney substitute bill.
Senator Nye, Republican, of North
Dakota thought, however, that the
debate would build up opposition to
the point that even if opponents
were unable to defeat it in the Sen
ate, it would be compromised in
the House.
One Senator, who is in close touch
with the parliamentary situation,
said it was his judgment that If a
vote were taken tomorrow on the
Maloney proposal, it would be
adopted. He concurred with Sena-
tor Barkley, however, in the view
that as debate progressed more
Senators would be found supporting
immediate conscription.
This was said to be based largely
on the belief that Hitler's long
awaited blitzkrieg against England
might be launched in the next few
days. A number of legislators have
argued that British defeat might
put the United States next in line
for attack.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
80th Division Advocates
{. {. {. Military Training
Ry the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated PRESS.
BLUEFIELD, w. Va, Aug. 10
World War veterans of the 80th
Division recommended by resolu-
ton today that present and future
Civilian Conservation Corps men,
bers be given military training and
be compensated on the same scale
as those selected under the proposed
consumption act.
The veterans also adopted resolu-
tions Fundamentally supporting"
the principle of universal military
training of man power "as being
the most fair and equitable method
of selection of those who are to re-
ceive training without in any way
abandoning the principle of volun-
tary enlistment"
A. P. Terry of Wytheville, Va, was
elected national commander and
Fredericksburg, Va, was chosen as
the 1941 convention city.
Gov. Holt of West Virginia ap-
peared for an informal talk during
the final days program.
Maj. Gen. Frank Cocheu, Wash
fngton, was named honorary COM
mander.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
CoIored Man Held
In Jett SIoyine

A 25-year-old colored man, Clar-
ence Henry Smith. was held yester-
day for action of the grand jury
in connection with the Staying July
81 of Jay F. Jett, AZ, of 315 Franklin
street NE.
Mr.. Jett was killed while working
on construction of the Municipal
Center structure at $50 Independ-
ence avenue NV. Witnesses said
he was struck by a six-foot iron
pipe after he had refused Smith a
drink of water.
Evening star., 1940-08-11

unknown number ships of 5039 tons sunk in
Tonnage British ship unknown.
sTonnage unknown.
Gnudes Britain
Norway Netherlands
Finland Belgium Lthuania Yugosavia
Poland Soviet, Argentine, Rumana L.
Japan, l. Latvia, l. Spain, 1; Portugal l; total 785.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Losses in War at Sea


following lists warfare
49th week of the from
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Whole Recent Past
OF France 10 Come
Under Court'sVieW
War BIume' Trials
Assuming Much
Wider Scope

b. the Associated Press.
RON, France, Aug. 10.-Almost
the whole recent past of Frances
national life-not merely the quality
of its military and political leader
ship-will be examined before the
Supreme Court here in the forth
coming war blame" trials.
1t was evident today, as accusa-
tion piled upon accusation, that this
extraordinary prosecution by off,
cials of the new government of
Marshal Petain would be much more
than a proceeding to lay direct re-
sponsibility for Frances conflict
with Germany and her disastrous
defeat.
1t will push back through the
years into the broad fields of diplo-
macy, finance, social life, social ex-
periments and secret lodges.
Three Premiers Named.
Names of former Premiers Edouard
Daladier, Paul Reynaud and Leon
Blum are constantly mentioned,
along with those of former Minister
of Colonies Georges Mandel and
Gustave Maurice Gamelin, the de-
posed French generalissimo.
The case will be a long as we'll
as historic one. The court is ex-
pected to take formal charge short
ly. The government then will pre-
sent its complaint and secret in
vestigations and hearings will begin
Only at the end of all this
which will require weeks-win the
open trail be started.
The press alread yis spotlighting
the trail by accusing old-schoo.
politicians of keeping alive a state
OF dissatisfaction and refusing to
cooperate with the new regime.
Severe punishment" is suggested.
Lodges to Be Dissolved.
Only yesterday the cabinet elab-
Grated methods for dissolution of
secret lodges. especially Free
Masonry, which Is accused by the
controlled press of being one of the
chief agencies in undermining
French morale and governmental
efficiency.
Experiments by the Socialist
government of Leon Blum with the
40-hour week are particularly de-
nounced in inspired editorials as
a factor primarily to blame for
slump in industrial production.
Now the government is studying
measures to establish work week
of about so hours.
In the field of French diplomacy,
such comment as this, appearing
in La Tribuna of Saint Etiennie, is
illustrative:
1--WE are told that for the last
10 years France, in foreign policy,
played the wrong horse. This per-
sistent error over such long period
will be found at least singular"
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Bees Retrieve Honey

REIDSVILLE, N. c., Aug. 10 (R.-
H. D. Knight gathered 80 pounds of
honey from couple of his bee hives,
which he keeps as hobby. The
honey was placed in tub and COW
cred with a cloth. The busy little
bees found the honey and carried
nearly all of it back to the hives.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
New Dances Dominated
By Patriotism, Is Claim
By the Associated Press.

ByStne Akeoc1ateo Press.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 1o.-Patri-
otism dominates the new dances
accepted for next season by the
Dancing Masters Of America at their
national convention today.
Among them are the plymouth
rock" and a military dance, "the
liberty parade" OF the latter.
Leroy Thayer, Washington teacher
and president Of the Dancing Mas
ters, declared:
'It will sweep the country as the
Chestnut tree and the Lambeth
walk Patriotism Is the keynote OF
all our thinking and cannot help
but influence our dancing"
The plymouth rock" is danced
Evening star., 1940-08-11
AIphu Chin Rho Dinner

The Alpha Chi Rho Club of
Washington will hold a dinner
meeting at pm. Thursday at the
Cosmos Club, Madison place and
H streets NV. Joseph E. Hill
White of the solicitors Office, De-
partment of Agriculture, will pre-
side. Thomas j. Frailey, former
national president of the fraternity,
and secretary of local group Is in
charge of arrangements.
Evening star., 1940-08-11

Rich tungsten veins have been
discovered in the Isle of Pines.
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Press Will Be Honored
For Field Day Promotion

A banquet in honor Of Washing
ton newspapermen who are aiding
in promoting Police and Firemen's
Field Day will be held at the Har-
rington Hotel at 6:15 pm. Thursday.
Corporation Counsel Elwood Seal
will be the principal speaker. Capt.
J. l.. Werheim of the Fire Depart
ment is chairman of the Banquet
and Entertainment Committee and
will be master of ceremonies.
The field day program will be
given September IA at Griffith Sta
dium to raise money for the Police
and Firemen's Relief Associations.
Track events, motorcycle speed ex-
hibitions, softball games and other
sporting contests are on the pro-
gram. 1t. John Agnew and Pvt.
Dan Hickey are making plans for
the event.
Tickets are available at any fire
or police station. The goal Is
5000.
Evening star., 1940-08-11

city resulted in large savings to New
York.
Large cities, Mayor LaGuardia
suggested, should have courts of
claims, created by State law, to rule
on negligence actions against the
Municipalities.
Evening star., 1940-08-11

to special music and Is a novelty
fox trot taught at the convention
by Mrs. Louise Ege, Chicago teaehs
er, and demonstrated by Leroy
Thayer, jr.. son of the president,
and Rita Schlei, Dayton, Ohio. 81,
Evening star., 1940-08-11
Carol Leaves Bucharest,
May Meet King Boris

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. II (Sunday) A
Reuters dispatch from Bucharest
said early today that King Carol
had left Bucharest for an un-
announced destination in Rumania.
The dispatch added that it was
believed he might meet King Boris
of Bulgaria, near Craiova, during
the week end to discuss the Dobruja
question.
Rumania has been ordered by
Germany to negotiate directly with
Bulgaria for a settlement of Bull
garia's claim on Southern Dobruja
and with Hungary for settlement
of that nations claim on the huge
Province Of Pennsylvania.
Southern Dobruja was ceded to
Rumania in 1918 after the second
Balkan war. Rumania gained Tran
sylvania from the collapsed Austro-
Hungarian Empire after the World
War.