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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
l2l Boxers Left In GG
Tourney At Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, Feb. Is. -R-A
starting field Of 229 fighters in the
Carolinas Golden Gloves boxing
tournament was cut to 121 with 50
examinations this afternoon and to.
night at the Charlotte armory.
Two dozen battles were u off in
the afternoon and tonight 80 more
followed. Similar reductions we're
made on yesterdays starting cards.
Quarter finals will b. run off to.
morrow and the semi-finals will be
fought Saturday night. Champions
will be crowned Monday night in
eight weights of both Novice and
Open divisions.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
Fenske Good For Manv
More Years, Coach SAYS

MADISON, Wis, Feb. Is Up -
Now that Charles (Chuck) Fenske
has won four outstanding indoor
mile races on eastern tracks this
season his chances of dominating
the field for several years, as Glenn
Cunningham has done, appear very
good to Tom Jones, veteran Univer-
sity of Wisconsin track coach.
If Chuck doesn't lose interest, he
can develop more speed in the next
few years and go on with the best
of the mile runners until he an.
proaches his late thirties," Jones
said.
Jones added he believed Cunning
ham was dropping from his pinnacle
only because he had lost interest"
Fenske, now "a, could remain
among top-flight runners Of the
country for at least 10 years if he
continued his methodical training
schedule, the Wisconsin coach de-
clared.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
s P Q r is
Skating Contest Held
In Clinton Gymnasium

CLINTON, Feb. Is. - A skating
contest was staged in the Clinton
high school gymnasium Tuesday
night under the direction of B. e..
Lohr, superintendent of city schools,
and Coach c. H. Wood.
Winners in the skating contest
were Betty Sidberry, most grace
full; Percy Weeks, close runner,
for the grammar school; Ray
Wooten, most graceful and Martha
Joyce Ross for the High school. In
the contest for speed, Thomas Tur.
lington Of the High school was
winner. Rhythmic skating winners
were Gene Maultsbey, Thomas Tur.
lington, Rebecca Britt and Maxine
Harriss.
In the bicycle riding contest Ray
Wooten and Linwood Cherry were
winners.
Ii the boxing bouts Elmo Groom
and Joe Kalle were winners for the
High school. Ernest Quick was win
ner for the grammar school.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
MORGAN COMPANY
TO INCORPORATE
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ing, but the change will enable the
company to take on a trust bus.
mess.
Drexel & Co., of Philadelphia,
which has been a constituent part
of the Morgan partnership, will be
completely divorced, and will en-
gage in a general securities and
underwriting business, but will, aft
err April 1st, transfer it's deposit
banking business to the new Nor
gan corporation.
The change will make J. P.
Morgan & Co., ineligible to remain
a New York Stock Exchange mem
Der firm. However, under certain
circumstances it was understood
the exchange might permit ]. P.
Morgan and his son, Junius S., to
retain their individual stock ex.
change memberships.
The chief purpose Of the change
to corporate form, Wall street
sources said, was to provide a more
stable continuity to the firms ex.
istence.
Heretofore 1t had been necessary
to dissolve the partnership and
create a new one each time a
member died or retired, or a new
partner was admitted.
The four best known partners of
the present firm are J. P. Morgan,
Thomas w. Lamont. George Whit
ney and Russell c. Leffingwell.
Their ages range from 81 to r.. A
corporate structure, it al pointed
out, would greatly simplify the
business Of the firm N the event
Of retirement or death.
Morgan himself made the an
nouncement to a group of report.
ers who packed a small reception
room in the historic squat 20 Wall
street building, the north wall of
which is pitted by the bomb which
exploded there in 1920, killing thir-
ty and injuring more than 100. The
building has been heavily guarded
ever since.
Both Morgan, grizzly-haired and
stocky, and Lamont, slim and sill
ver-thatched, who stood by his side.
were in affable spirits. After copies
of a formal statement were distri'
buted, both made off-the-record ex-
planatory remarks.
Although the firm has technical
ly altered it's form many times, be-
cause of changes in partnership,
and has changed it's name, it has
only undergone M important funo'
tional metamorphosis.
That was in 1894, when, to comply
with the federal banking act OF
1888, it elected to retain its deposit
banking business and give up the
underwriting and wholesale securl'
ties business it had formerly han
died on a huge scale. The securi'
ties business was taken up the
next year by the then new firm OF
Morgan, Stanley & Co., headed by
three former partners and a num-
Der of Morgan staff men.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
Gibson Cards 66 Score
In Pre-Tourney Round

HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 15.-R-
Leland Gibson, young Kansas City
professional, bored through bone
chilling winds today to scorch the
River Oaks course, scene Of the
Western Open tournament starting
tomorrow, with a Sc, five under
perfect figures.
Gibson's feat was achieved in the
pro-amateur competition preceding
the tourney and won him individual
honors.
The prize money-s10O-was the
first he had earned or the winter
tour.
The slender professional scored a
one under par "a for the first nine.
On the back side he fairly steamed,
however, racking five brides. One
bogey-a 4 on the 240 yard No. IL
marred his report.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
Leland Quint Whips
Waccamaw Fiue, 42-N

LELAND, Feb. 15-Leland High
schools cagers defeated the Lake
Waccamaw boys, AZ to "a, in a game
played here tonight. The Wacca-
NAV girls defeated the locals in a
preliminary tilt.
The Lelanders grabbed and early
lead and enlarged their margin to a
22-14 lead at half-time.
P. Robbins racked up 10 points to
top the Leland scoring attack. Lowe,
Hall and George Hollis with eight
points each grabbed runner-up
honors.
Inman and Pruitt scored all of
Waccamaw's points, marking up II
each.
Leland will play Southport in a
doubleheader' here tomorrow night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
Iuanhoe Cagers Defeat
Leland Quintet, 1915

IVANHOE, Feb. 15.-Ivanhoe's IN
dependent cagers chalked up their
18th win in 20 starts last night by
defeating the Leland All-Stars, 80 to
10, in a game played on the Atkin-
con court.
First half play was close with the
score deadlocked at IL to II at the
intermission, but for the last half
the offensive of the Independents be-
gan to click and they went ahead
with a wide margin.
Brown led the Ivanhoe scorers
with Is points while C. Clark topped
the Leland offense with nine mark
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
Grammar, Church School
Cagers Card Nine Tits

Grammar school and Church
school basketball leagues have nine
games booked for the Y. M. C. A..
court this week end. Grammar
games will be played Friday after
noon and Church school games Fri.
day night and Saturday afternoon.
The schedule follows:
Grammar School Boys
3 p. m. Tileston VS. Hemenway.
1920 p. m. Winter Park VS. Isaac
Bear.
Grammar School Girls
1920 p. m. Tileston VS. Hemenway.
4:40 p. m. Winter Park VS. Isaac
Bear.
Friday Church School League
8 p. m. Tabernacle VS. Emmanuel.
1920 p. m. Fifth Avenue VS. South
side.
1920 p. p. Epworth VS. st. Andrews
Saturday Church School League
3 p. m. Covenant VS. Lutheran
Mission.
1920 p. m. First Baptis: VS. FRS
Presbyterian.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
CACERS SPLIT
twin BILL HERE
,.o., Bear Quint Beats Mid
nets, 1913; Juniors De-
feat Southport, 21-19

A. teams won one and
- basketball game on the
wv court last night when the Mid
s,ccumbed to the Isaac Bear
..ors nv 1913 and the Juniors
'.,+aa the southport high school
,sgers by 21-1s.
=, the preliminary game, the
.,aaots we're off to a fast start
wv NV led by so at the first quartet
NV "a at the half. The Bears be.
aau n click in the closing half
ssd tossed in Is points in this Pc
a s'0s while holding the ~" to a
l.ur six points. The Midgets' in.
nsaitv TO find the basket in the
s..l half was costly, as they
, .n,sun easy shots repeatedly. The
-Inners missed numerous shots in
,sa opening half but sunk them
s m all angles in the last canto.
n,".+s led the victors with 10
limits. while Waters was high for
The Midgets with 5.
The Southport Junior contest
,rrned out to be a real battle in
ths closing quarter after the Tri'
.nr,es had forged into a 1853 lead
IN The first half. The visitors raj
lsd in the second half and grad
Tsnv closed the gap as the Junior
shooting went haywire. With only
ors and a half minutes remaining
W NAV, Southport trailed by three
Doints but was unable to wipe out
mis- advantage as the "Y" team
coOllv "froze" the ball until games
end.
The "Y' team showed slightly
hotter PASSWORD during most of the
contest but really got hot only
in the second quarter, when they
tailed ten points in rapid fire Or
dor Owensby, scoring all his total
in the first half, tied with Lewis
southport forward, each getting ten
points.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
BRITAIN

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-R-
Angry denunciation Of Great Brit.
aims interference with American
shipping in her blockade against
Germany rang in both house and
senate today, climaxed by a pro
posal that warships be used to
carry this country's overseas mail
in future.
However, the senate turned down,
46 to %, an attempt by Senator
Clark (D-Mo) to prohibit American
airmail planes from landing at the
British possession of Bermuda
where, Clark charged, British cen
sors were "rifling'' the mails.
Chairman Pittman (D-Nev) Of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
HANCKEN SIGNED

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 15.-R-
The Athletics announced tonight
they had signed Morris. Hancken,
%, a rockie catcher, once Of the
Detroit TIGERS, but declared a free
agent by Commissioner K. M. Ian
dis. Hancken, who lives at Beau.
mont. Texas, caught for Seattle OF
the Pacific Coast legue last year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
High PIT. A. Will
Sponsor Chicken Supper

LELAND, Feb. Is - The Leland
High school Parent-Teacher assocla'
ton will sponsor a chicken supper
in the High school cafeteria tomor.
row night from $50 to 7:30 o'clock.
Special plates are being planned
for children and entire families are
invited to attend.
Proceeds from the supper Will go
toward the efforts to get a home
economics department for the school
next year .
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
DUKE O WIN

WAKE FOREST, Feb. 15.-L9-
Duke freshmen defeated Wake For
est frosh, A to "a, in a basketball
game played here tonight as a
preliminary to an encounter be-
tween the varsity teams Of the
schools.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16

control policy in a deliberate at
tempt to drag the United States
into the war.
The Minnesotan told the house
that Britain was forcing" Ger.
many to commit acts calculated to
anger this country and bring it
into the war on the side Of the
Allies
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16
PROPOSED AS
CLIPPER TERMINAL
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American merchant ships into war
zones to inspect them for contra.
band.
He contended that if an Ameri.
can ship was forcibly taken by the
British into a war zone port and
it was sunk by Germany, IS that
nation has threatened to do in
such cases, England would be re-
sponsible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16

Goats are raised primarily for
their milk, with their hides a Sc
condary product.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-16

ers. Corhett's floor work was an
outstanding feature of the game.
Evening star., 1940-03-28
Medical Men 10 Hear
Kober Lecturer Toniqht

GEORGETOWN University has in
vited members of the medical pro-
fession in Washington to hear the
annual lecture under the auspices
of the Kober Foundation for Re-
search in Preventive Medicine at
8:15 o'clock tonight in CASTOR Hall
The 1910 lecturer is DR.. William,
George MacCallum. noted path
ologist and professor of Johns Hop
kins University. He will speak or
Pathology of the Parathyroio
Gland" The medalist this year
was DR.. Frederick Fuller Russell OF
Boston,
The Very Rev. Arthur A. OLeary
S. j., president of Georgetown, will
present the lecturer with the Kobel
Certificate and accompanying hon.
orarium. The late DR.. George Mar.
tin Kober, former dean of medicine
at Georgetown, endowed the founda.
ton for the annual awarding Of
scientific honors. Tonight is the
anniversary of his birthday.
In addition to the Association o1
American Physicians, the lecturer
is selected in alternating years by
the Medical Society of the District
of Columbia and the Association Of
Military Surgeons. Officers of thest
groups, as well as many prominent
Government medical officers, will
be among the guests of the lni.
versity tonight.
Evening star., 1940-03-28
Motorist Loses Permit
For Role in Collision

Judge B. NJ. Hedrick in Arlington
County Cva) Police Court yesterday
ordered the revocation for six
months of the operators permit of
Howard Anderson, SO, 2156 North
Thomas street, Arlington, who,
police said. was the driver of a
car which turned left in front of a
fire truck Monday, causing the lat
ter to crash into a third auto, in
juring two occupants and a fireman.
Judge Hedrick found Mr.. Ander-
son guilty of reckless driving and
ordered his license revoked after
suspending fine of $40.
Injured in the third vehicle.
which had stopped at the side of
the road. were Mrs. Emma Over
street, 30, and her daughter, Bar
bara Ann, 6. of COLO North WASH
ington boulevard. Arlington. James
Campbell. 81, was the fireman in
jured.
Evening star., 1940-03-28
Get Yourself in Trim
For Your Sprinq Finery

Now is the time to take of
or put on the extra poundage
required for the new spring
styles. Too fat or too thin,
the booklet on WEIGHT CON-
TROL offered by this bureau
will make your plight less Of
a problem because it offers
practical and effective sug-
gestions for gaining or losing
weight. 1t is a simple, sensible
booklet on how to control
your weight without using
medicines, trick diets, or ap-
paratuS. 1t offers mainten-
ance menus and weight reduce
ton menus as well, which are
satisfying. There is also 4
table of weights for men and
women, and exercises for re-
ducing. Order your copy now.
Ten cents, postpaid.
Evening star., 1940-03-28
Scott Circle Underpass
Work in Fall Possible

Construction of the proposed We
hicular underpass for Scott Circle
likely will be started next fall, pro-
viding Congress approves the rec
ommendation of the House District
Appropriations Subcommittee for an
outlay OF $4,000 for drafting of
plans. Engineer Commissioner David
McCoach, jr.. said yesterday.
The cost of the project itself, esti-
mated at some s4OO 900, would come
out of the Districts funds for Fed
eral aid roads. AS the item appears
in the pending l941 District budget,
the Commissioners are authorized
to proceed with construction when
plans have been approved by the
Public Roads Administration.
The underpass for the circle would
be in the line of Sixteenth street.
Need for the project was outlined
by District officials on the experi-
ence on Massachusetts, avenue since
the opening of the Thomas Circle
underpass. 1t was found that traf-
fic, moving faster through this circle,
tended to pile up at Scott Circle.
Evening star., 1940-03-28


really fighting for the British and
not for themselves. Whenever q
French aviator is killed on German
soil tombstone is erected with the
inscription: This monument has
been erected to the memory OF q
brave Frenchman who has given his
life for Great Britain" These me-
MORALS are photographed and dis
trlbuted with the rest of the propa.
ganda pamphlets which are dropped
by German airmen over the French
lines or were spread around the
country by agents of the Russian
Embassy in Paris.
Chamberlain Less COnciliatory.
Mr.. Chamberlain, who has the
greatest consideration for the finan.
cial and industrial institution which
has made Britain dominating
power, is less conciliatory than he
was a few weeks ago. His pride has
been hurt by Hitler; he was shown
that he could be deceived in his
Judgment of men. Hence the British
Premiers stubborness in refusing to
discuss any kind of peace with Hitler
himself.
With Premier Reynaud at the head
OF the French government, the war
until victory policy of England has
been considerably strengthened.
Reynaud Clings to Post. .
To many observers the fact that
the French chamber gave what
| amounted to vote of non-confi-
dence to the Premier was indicative
that M. Reynaud would not remain
In Office even few weeks. The
French Premier. however, remem-
, bered that the French Republic was
established in 1875 by only one vote
majority and still stands, despite the
slim margin by which it was created.
M. Reynaud does not expect to
stay in Office long time, but wants
to be at the helm of the state until
| the ball starts rolling He is far
from being impressed by the Ger
man whispers that the Reich Is not
| fighting France; that it wants MOTH
ing from France. He believes that
peace on Hitler's terms might be
damaging at the present moment
for the British Empire, but would
be fatal for France.
Evening star., 1940-03-28

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Evening star., 1940-03-28

The reason, of David Lawrence.
course, is that the Congress, re-
spending to what was at the time
a demagogue appeal passed law
insisting that belligerent govern
ments pay in cash on the barrel
head
The administration didn'7 want
the law passed to require cash, but
had to yield in order to get repeal
OF the embargo passed AT ali
The British and French, in order
to comply with the American re-
quirement, have been compelled now
to rearrange completely their eco
nomic relations with the United
States. To get cash, it has become
necessary for the allies to acquire
foreign exchange, and this means
all sorts of changes in their system
of purchases. Likewise, war-making
has brought to the fore the necessity
Of certain products rather than
others, so the normal trade relations
are seriously impaired.
Threatens longtime Injury.
The United States by its legisla-
tion thus has forced the British and
French to conserve cash ann TO
cell securities held in America.
While outwardly this is being 1 me
In an orderly manner, the injurious
effect of it on the business of the
American people is bound TO be felt
long after the profits from munitions
or airplane making have been ab-
sorbed in the years trade lgures.
The truth is that as the pound
depreciates, South Americans will
find British goods cheaper than ours.
Also as the pound sterling goes
down the trade of the United States
with all areas of the world in which
the pound sterling is used will nat
urally be affected.
The British and French--and later
on it will be Canada, too--are MAX
ing emergency arrangements to get
cash because the United States will
not sell on credit during the present
war on the theory that if credits
are enlarged, America will be
dragged into the conflict.
Nothing of the sort happened in
1917 although propaganda has in
recent years been widely spread to
the effect that the United States
entered the war only for material
reasons.
More Loaned After War.
The United States, as it turned
out, loaned much more money after
entering the war in 1917 than be-
fore and everybody in the Washing
ton government knew at the time
that on a dollars-and-cents basis it
was cheaper to stay out than to
enter the European conflict.
The same is true today. America
will find it far less expensive to stay
out of the war but, at the same
time, it is a debatable question
neutrality-suspicious. as it may
seem to say so-America will ac-
tually lose more money as result
of the "cash- -the-barrel' policy
than if a system of short-term or
even long-term private credits had
been permitted. Economic arrange
ments are being made inside Eu-
rope and inside the British domin-
ions as a consequence of the war
emergency which will dislocate
American trade far beyond repair
That's why as cotton and then to-
bacco and also fruits are affected,
the American people will begin to
discover that cash on the barrel
head" sounded we'll as a slogan, but
1t has already disrupted many mil
lions of dollars of American trans
actions in products that are not
classed as war materials at all. Thus
do emotional decisions come home.
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Evening star., 1940-03-28
Bill Authorizes P. W. A.
Loan for Deeds BUILDING

The Public Works Administration
would be authorized to advance
$5OO,O to the District Commits
sioners for erection of a new build
ing for the recorder of deeds on the
site of the old Police Court Building
at Sixth and D streets NV. under
provisions of bill introduced late
yesterday by Representative Mich
OILS, Democrat, of Oklahoma. The
District would be required to repay
SIS per cent of the loan in annual
installments over 25-year period
Chairman Randolph of the House
District Committee also introduced
bill authorizing the Commission
ers to establish a public automobile
parking lot in the municipal center
area and to set aside space for cars
of municipal employees.
Another bill. introduced by Rep
resentative Lanham, Democrat. OF
Texas would designate building
guards in the District under the
Federal Works Agency as United
States Building Police. These guards
would be given the same authority
as members of the Metropolitan and
Park Police forces, but their activ-
tiles would be restricted to Federal
property. The measure also au-
thorizes salaries for the building
guards.