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five and rescued between 800
and 400 British merchant sea-
men whom they found bat
tened down under its deck.
the British admiralty an
nounced today.
News OF the audacious naval ac-
ton was disclosed In an admi-
rally communique. which said the
British warships acted upon adj
miralty orders to enter Norwegian
waters and rescue the prisoners.
As part Of the engagement, the
British destroyer Ivanhoe ordered
the German tanker Baldur. b.s0o
tons, to halt outside Norwegian
waters and the Baidur's crew
scuttled her in German fashion"
the admiralty said.
CHASE DESCRIBED
II was understood British pris-
oners rescued included So mer-
chant officers and go merchant
seamen, Of whom So are East In
dians.
Prisoners were sent At fun speed
to Scotland In the destroyer Cos
sack. under escort Of other war
ships.
The admiralty eommuniqBe
said one Of the British de-
stroyers, the Cossack. chased
the Aitmark threugh the
three miles Of Norwegian ter
ritoriai waters until u ran
aground.
Men Of the Cossaek went
ashore and. In . hand-to-hand
fight. killed four Of the All
mark men and wounded five.
One Briton WAS wounded.
Part Of the Aitmark's crew fled
inland. The remainder. the sdmi-
rally said, Submitted"
Terrible stories had been told
by British merchant seamsn Of
the Altmsrk. 81 severe discipline
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chances Of an early peace are
growing simmer with each pass
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
Dunkelberger Wins Round
In St. Augustine Meet

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Feb. a.
Mp - Another "big name" was
ERASED from the Golf Club Cham.
pions tournament here today as
Dick Van Kleek of Ponte Vedra
Beach, Fla, upset Frank Strafaci
nf Long Beach, N. Y, Metropolitan
Amateur champion, n up.
Other favored players advanced,
however, in second round matches.
Van Kleek was unable to match
D~trafaci's sub-par IS on the front
Aine and trailed two down at the
turn. Strafaci faltered with his
IRONS on the back nine, however,
Ind Van Kleek squared the match
pm the short 18th.
n The payoff came on the 18th
when Strafaci overshot the greer
with his second shot and took g
live to get down.
Bobby Dunkelberger Of High
Point, N. c., last years winner
barely got warmed up in swapping
W. Fl. Mcintyre Of ST. Petersburg
! and 6. He had a one under pal
~ on the first nine to lead five ur
1T the turn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
Y CACERS CARD
Tits TONIGHT
Midgets To Play Isaac Bear
Quint; Juniors Will Meet
Southport Team

Y. NJ. C. A. basketball teams
will offer a double bill for fans on
the "Y" hardwood court tonight
when the Midgets meet the Isaac
Bear Eighth Graders and the Jun.
Tors meet the Southport high school
cagers.
Both the visiting teams have de-
cisions in earlier games with the
'Y" teams, but the latter have
been putting in some strenuous
practice sessions preparatory to
the return games tonight. The To-
Gals should be rounding into top
form as the season nears it's eli
max.
The Midgets' starting lineup will
consist. of Waters at center, Prid-
gen and Jeffords or Groom at the
forward berths and Kelly and Man
er, Sudbury or Johnson at the
guard positions. The Bears are ex-
pected to line up with Watts at
center, Murray n Williams or
McIlwain at guard, and Aud and
Herring or Smith at the forward
berths.
The Juniors will present a some
what changed appearance with
Durham and Crowley at the for
ward posts, Owensby at center and
Kelly and Raynor in the defensive
roles. In reserve will he Bell, King,
Walker, helms, Milton, Broadfoot,
Biddle and Jackson.
The Southport team defeated the
Juniors at Southport in their mi
tial meeting this season, winning
out by two points In a close and
exciting contest. The Triangles will
seek to ayenge this defeat with q
decisive victory tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15

LAKELAND, Fla, Feb. 14.-lR'-
A two-way bunch that has been
spending the winter with Schoolooy
Rowe was brought out in public to-
day-and if it isn't a phoney, the
baseball world will be hailing a new
champion before the footballs fly
again next fall.
Here for a few days Of golf be-
fore the Detroit Tiger training sea
son opens Feb. 25, the towering
pitcher today summed up his wis
ion" Of the 1910 American league sea-
son in a few short words.
The Yanks are due for that long
coming crackup, and the Tigers are
going to have a terrific ball club.
We've been playing in tough luck
for several years, but we've got the
ball players and We'll be dynamite
to stop" said the six-foot, four-inch,
200-pound Highlander.
Think of a batting order with Nc
Coskey, Gehringer, Greenberg, York
Campbell, Higgins, Tebbetts and
Bartell in it," he said, warming tc
his subject. The Yankees can't Of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
COOPER PRACTICES
FOR COMING MEET
Veteran Golfer Is Recovering
From Dance Floor Accident;
Plays At New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 14-CP-
Lighthouse Harry Cooper took a
links test today after a three-month
layoff caused by a dance floor ac-
cident and declared the unwelcome
%by-product of swing music hadn't
hurt his golf swing.
Although forced to use a new and
lighter set of clubs because Of weak
ness from a pulled ligament in his
left hama, the Chicago veteran said
I'm hitting them as well as ever"
The Coopers motored here from
California ahead Of the touring golf
ers who move in from Texas for the
$4,000 New Orleans Open, which
Harry won in 1888. Play starts next
Thursday.
Baldish Harry was dancing with
his comely wife when, at the end of
the number, they tried a fancy
flourish. Mrs. Cooper slipped, Harry
reached quickly to catch her, she
seized his thumb. Her fall was
broken, but hubby went on the shelf
while the other top-notchers were on
the lucrative winter circuit.
Harry lost no time after arriving
here in getting onto the City Park
links, where the four-day tourney
will be played, and trying a new set
OF 13 1-4-ounce clubs - an ounce
and a quarter less than his old mes
He made a par 81 on nine holes
then went seven more, shooting two
balls on each hole, and reported he
was about even with par" despite
a high wind.
"Everything went fine" he : !:
nounced. my hand didn't bottle,
me a bit. I was hitting them as well
as ever. The only thing I'm afraid
OF Is getting into bad trouble and
having to blast my way out"
Harry declared he was still out
aIter the National Open Champion.
SNIP which has barely eluded him
several times so often that it hal
won him recognition as a topmost
hard luck player.
i cont feel I've been unluo2sy
though," he said. II think I've got
ten along very well. And it's bet
ter to go on for a long time and no,
win the nationa.. than to win It and
lthen fade out"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
STORMY WEATHER
WINS BOAT RACE
Yacht Wins Miami To Nassau
Event For Fourth Straight
Year; Good News Second

NASSAU, B. w. l., Feb. IA
R-Stormy Weather, skippered by
jovial William La Brot of Annapo-
lis, Md, today was declared win
ner, for the fourth consecutive
year, of the annual Miami-Nassau
yacht race in which the 184-mile
course record for elapsed time was
shattered by two of the Is entries.
Riding high on a strong favor
ing wind, the 54-foot jib-headed
yawl, flying the burgee of the An
napolis Yacht club, vas clicked in
% hours, six minutes, % seconds
of elapsed time and was given a
handicapped corrected time rating
of Is hours, "a minutes, 81 seconds.
Finishing second on a corrected
time rating Of 10 hours, 40 min
utes, SO seconds was the new and
previously untried 64-foot yawl
Good News, owned by Robert w.
Johnson of Princeton, N. j., and
entered from the New York Yacht
club. Its elapsed time was 20
hours, 81 minutes, seven seconds.
It was a bitter defeat for john
son, the wealthy surgical supply
ma manufacturer, who owned and skip
pered Stormy Weather to victory
in the Nassau race the previous
three years and who sold her to
La Brot only recently upon acquir-
ing Good News.
Claiming third place with a cor
rected time Of 10 hours, AZ min
utes, % seconds was the scratch
boat Toga, whose elapsed time of
10 hours, SO minutes, 80 seconds
as the first finisher broke the
course record by 43 minutes, 10
seconds. The largest craft in the
race, Tioga, 72-foot ketch owned
by Harry E. Noyes of Marblehead,
Mass, was forced to give time
handicaps to all other entries.
The previous elapsed time course
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
81 Eliminated In First
Round OF GG Tournament

CHARLOTTE. Feb. IA. - Up -
Opening eliminations in the annual
Carolinas Golden Gloves boxing
tournament this afternoon and to.
night deleted 81 young hopefuls
from the eighth annual charity
show.
Jim Braddock, former heavy.
weight champion, appeared as a
referee tonight before a packed
house at the Charlotte armory as
the reduction of the field Of ?29
entries got along. Most of those
performing in the t~hree-round
struggles today were in the novice
division.
Champions in eight weights of
both novice and open divisions will
be crowned In the finals next Mon.
day night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
BASEBALL PLAYERS
TURN TO C0LFlNC
Yves Terrell Starts Defense
Of Title In Annual
Tourney Today

TAMPA, Fla, Feb. 14-CP-Wes
Terrell, Brooklyn pitcher, will start
defense of his National Baseball
Golf title at Palma Celia tomorrow
when a field of Al players, largest
in the history of the event, tees off
in a 36-hole medal test.
The defending champion is auto
matically qualified in the title flight
but he said today he intended to play
the two medal rounds in an effort
to accustom himself to the tricky
Palma Celia layout.
Joe Medwick, St. Louis Cardinals
%outfielder, injected himself into the
title picture today by banging out a
II, one stroke over par, to pair with
Bert Montressor. Sarasota profess
sionaI, for the winning total in a
pro-baseball meet.
The Medick-Nontressor combina-
ton scored a sensational IS, with
the ball player turning in four
brides. Montressor scored IT pars
and one birdie in one of the best
rounds played here in several years.
AL Lopez, Tampa's only major
league baseball player, and stas
catcher for the Boston Bees, will
open the National tournament to.
morrow when he fires the first drive
of the medal round.
Lopez is paired with Tony Cue
cinello, Boston second baseman, and
Truett Sewell, Pittsburgh pitcher.
One of the top threesomes II the
medal round consists Of big Paul
Derringer. Cincinnati pitcher, and a
redhot favorite to reach the finals,
Jimmy Foxx, Boston Sox home run
king, and AL Simmons.
Champion Terrell is paired with
Lloyd Waner and Joe Medwick, and
Paul Waner, Jack Russell and Lloyd
Brown, three other ~favorites, will
tee off behind them.
Nick Altrock, white-haired coach
of the Washington Senators, and
n Of the keenest wits in baseball,
will tee off with Johnny Moore and
Rick Terrell in the second three.
some.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
OUT 0F- TOWN
HORSES EXPECTED
Plans For Annual Cape Fear
Show Made At Meet Here;
Mitchell To Direct Event

Members of the board of directors
of the Cape Fear Horse Snow AS
ISOLATION, Inc, met It a luncheoh
session at the Cape Fear hotel yes
terday and conferred with e. H.
Mitchell, who will direct the 1910
show, on plans for the event.
The date for the Cape Fear show
was set definitely for April 5 and
6 which will place it between the
and Pinehurst shows and
make it part of that circuit.
Plans are being made to care for
more than 100 horses from out OF
town, plus the usually large local
contingent and horses from nearby
sections.
AS in the past two years, the show
will be held at Legion field.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
KENTUCKY DERBY
MAY SET RECORD
$4,000 Purse Expected To
Draw 14O Horses; Entries
For Race Close Tonight

LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. l4.-f
A record list of nominees Is pre-
dicted for the first 5000 Kentucky
Derby on May 4.
Nominations for the sixty-sixtf
running of the country's top-fligh'
race for three-year-olds close tomor
row midnight, and that means mid
night wherever you live because
entry letters postmarked before the
witching hour will be accepted a
Churchill Downs.
Last year lis horses were noml
mated. Colonel Matt VIM, boss o.
the Downs, expects about $40 tt
try in 1910 for the biggest pot {
gold-plus a gold cup-ever Offered
the classic winner. Up to this veal
the cash was $4,000 added.
Bolstering the colonel's predic-
ton r two factors:
/. Breeders and trainers share II
the purse for the first time.
2. Cancellation of many important
races in England and on the CONT
nent because Of the war is expected
to develop a heavy invasion of for
eign thoroughbreds. The Downs
management mailed blanks some
time ago to various agencies II
Great Britain and Ireland.
There wasn't the slightest chance
Of getting Colonel VIM to break
precedent and give a hint on the
names of any Of the leading candi
dates already nominated. The colo
nel's view: TOO much like looking
in the box"
But the grapevine information blu
reau let it be known that Colone
E. r. Bradley, without a runner ir
the past two Derbies, hadn't
changed his mind about naming
Bimelech as his number l contender
Colonel Bradley, whose horses have
won more Derbies-four-than any
other owner, sometime ago predicted
not onl ythat Bimelech would wir
this years romp but the Bradley
stable would have the second an6
third horses as well.
There didn't seem to be any doubt
also about Arnold Hangers Roman
Flag, winner of the Breeders Flu
turity; Anthony Pelletteri's Andy K
and c. v. Whitney's Carrier ri
geon.
The boys oftimes in the know pre-
dicted that other nominators would
include Mrs. E. V. Mars, William
| Woodward, Greentree stable, King
ranch, Calumet farms, Woodfort
farms and Thomas Plat.
1t will be several weeks before
the nominees will be made public
Last year the public was Informed
Of the list March II. The cores
ponding Saturday in 40 would b
March 9, but there were indica
tions the date might be later t
allow the possible receipt of la.e en-
tries from abroad.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
TAMPA GETS tilt
FOR finn RELIEF
To Be Similar To Mid.
Season Au-Star Contest
OF Major Loops

TAMPA, Fla, Feb. IA. - A' -
Tampa was chosen today as the site
of the All-Star baseball game be.
tween two picked National and
American league teams for the
benefit of the Finnish relief fund,
and Sunday, March II, was selected
as the date.
A group of the city's civic lead
ers, including Mayor r. E. L. Chan
cey, met with Columnist Joe Viii.
liams, chairman of the sports com.
mittee of the relief fund, and en-.
Enthusiastically guaranteed that both
attendance and receipts for the
game would establish a new record
for southern baseball.
Tampa was chosen over Miami
and St. Petersburg largely because
of the greater seating capacity OF
its ball park, which is in the
neighborhood of 5000. This includes
about 1000 box seats, which will
be soI% for whatever the traffic
will stand. Temporary seats will
be strung out the length Of the foul
lines. bringing the seating capacity
possibly to 10000.
Civic leaders promised to hawk
tickets for the game from door to
door. One bank president said that
he and all his vice.presidents would
turn statesmen. A minimum goal Of
$3.50 900 was set, but the expectation
was that receipts would reach $780,.
600. Another $4,000 probably will
be realized from the radio rights,
Williams announced.
So far as possible, the game will
be a duplicate of the All-Star game
played regularly at mid-season.
Commissioner K. NJ. Lands will at.
tend, and former President Herbert
Hoover, who is head of the Finnish
relief fund, is counted upon to throw
out the first ball.
No definite decision about the
makeup of the two clubs was
reached. The original idea was that
players would be chosen only from
teams training in Florida, but as
Williams grew more expansive to-
day he contemplated bringing in
stars from clubs training on the
Pacific coast by airplane.
The rival teams will be chosen
by a committee of sports writers.
Williams wants every club in the
major leagues to be represented,
and he is particularly keen about
having the outstanding rockies or
hand. The three famous DiMaggie
brothers - Joe, Dominick and Vim
cent-probably viii be seen on one
and the same field for the first
time.
After the rival squads have beer
chosen, they will be turned over to
the managers to use as they desire.
Possibly the two managers will be
given a voice in the selection Of the
squads, but that is a detail to be
ironed out.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
Bees Leave For
Spring Training Camp

BOSTON, Feb. 14-R-The van
guard of the Boston Bees, eight
players led by Jack Onslow, new
manager Of the Hartford Eastern
league baseball club, will board q
train here tomorrow for Bradenton,
Fla. %
Others will be picked up along the
way and a total of 80 players is ex-
pected to detrain at the southern
training city.
The Bees also announced the re-
ceipt of the signed contract of Joe
Sullivan, the Brernerton, Wash, left
handler, who won six and dropped
nine games last year, showing
promise despite a bad ankle.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
REVEALS
NLRB-RFC ACCORD
Continued From Page One)

correctly sets forth the corporations
understanding"
Edmund J. Toland, committee
counsel, drew from Saposs the in
formation that he had been a So
cialist while attending the Universl-
ty of Wisconsin, that he taught at
the Brookwood Labor college, de-
nounced by the AFL as communls-
tic-and simultaneously denounced,
Saposs said, by the communists
themselves--and that he had advised
several prospective visitors to Eu-
rope where they could get informa'
ton on labor and cleft wing act1vl'
ties there.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
Goshen Track Plans
Rich Harness Purse

GOSHEN, N. Y, Feb. 14.-tR-
The richest harness race card ever
held at Goshen's historic half.mile
track in it's 100 years of existence
will launch grand circuit racing in
the east this summer, Owner F.
Roland Hartman, announced today,
From July Is to 20 a total of $685..
more than any preced.
ing year-will be offered in purses.
Fasteners will get their first
glimpse Of 1910 Hambletonian Stake
hopefuls, to be raced at the mile
track Aug. IA, in the $4,000 historic
stake for three-year-old trotters.
Kuno, Dunbar Bostwick's winter
book favorite for the Hambletonian,
is expected to make his first start
of the year in the stake.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
HORSE SHOW SET FOR APRIL Sc
AH-Star Baseball Game Scheduled March II
Rowe Says Yanks Due To Crack;
TIGERS To Be Terrific Outfit

fer anything TO stop it. and if ro,,
ask me their pitching staff is ,iab,.
to pop wide open with all those ola
men on it.
"Our pitching is open to ouestio,
On the basis of last year, but nv
bunch tells me that Buck Newsom
Tommy Bridges and I will be thre,
regular starters this season, ano
we'll have lots of help from Djzzv
Trout, Fred Hutchinson, Archie Nc.
Kahn and AL Benton"
Rowe hopes that Dick Bartell Nh.
tanned from the Cubs, will fill III.
shortstop hole.
AS to the switch which send,
Hank Greenberg from first base to
the outfiled in order to make room
for Rudy York, Hank can make thu
change successfully if he really
wants to-and I hope he'll try his
derndest."
Rowe is gratified over the deal
which brought Bruce Campbell from
Cleveland.
THAT Campbell was the toughest
man in baseball for the Detroit bail
club to put out"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
Berg, Bright Lose Out
In Everglades Tourney

PALM BEACH, Fla, Feb. IA
- Patty Berg, the Minneapolis
redhead, and Morton Bright of
Miami bowed out of the Everglades
club mixed two-ball golf tournament
today, but the medalist team of
Robert Sweeny and Grace Amory
of Palm Beach moved into the semi.
finals.
Marion Miley of Lexington, KY.
and Tommy Goodwin Of New York
ousted Miss Berg and Bright, 2 and
l, the same score by which the
Sweeny-Amory combination elimi.
mated Shirley Ann Johnson Of Chi.
cago and T. Suffern Taller of New
York.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
M'AFEE TO BEARS

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14.-lF9--
Bert Bell, president of the Phliaoe1'
phia Eagles pro football club an
nounced today he had acquired
tackles Russell Thompson and Mil
ton frost from the Chicago Bears
in exchange for negotiation risnts
to Joe Mihal, former Purdue tackle
and George McAfee Of Duke unlver
sitV.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
SHEPROSE HOLLAND
IS GIVEN REPRIEVE
Continued From Page One)

Hoke county for the double capital
crimes of murder and burglary.
The negroes got a reprieve in De.
cember to make possible a full inves.
tigation of the slayingNof the guard.
] S. Chesser. Governor Hoey pre-
viously had declined to intervene in
their behalf.
Gill said that nothing had appear.
ed to alter the case.
According to an investigation, the
commissioner said. both the men
were involved in Chesser's killing ito
a. certain extent"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15

Il the price.
III One Half Each
~ But an interesting phenomenon in
The athletic whirl of those two In
stitutions is that in any game caro-
Eadna will. run wild one half and Duke
The other, with Dukes running wild
booming in the last half, if recent
are to be accepted.
n Last November IL the Tar Heels
Nwere favored over the Blue Devil
Dleven and they were still the favor
i@ltes until the second half rolled
around. Then Duke romped away
Ito victory. Last Saturday the Little
Blues did the same thing. Carolina
hooked like a world-beater during the
first half and then the Duke cagers
came from behind to win 50-44.
II And the ardent Carolina fan who
raved and ranted through the first
half of the basketball game Satur-
day night, must have remembered
what happened last fall on the grid
Iron. With Carolina away out front
tand sure Of victory, the aforesaid
HEfan stumbled to his feet at the half
Etime intermission and walked out.
Eli II can't stand to see the rest OF
ait," he said, Duke will win"
IA SandIot Again
Nj sT ,,,occ ;t;l1 no copdIo+ bo1I for
Wilmington again this year" City
ATTORNEY Bill Campbell, who with
Others has been negotiating for a
pro ball club for this city, comment
cd yesterday.
IA Wilmington lost out in a chance
to get baseball because of a lack of
organized interest and some ready
cash, which could have turned tt e
tide no later than two weeks ago.
n Campbell thinks Wilmington could
Support Glass B baseball and feels
that every effort should be made to
bring pro ball back. We agree that
an effort should be continued to get
organized baseball back to Whining
ton, but if we can't get Class B then
get Class D, if we can.
Il Here And There
q Rupert Pate and Glen Crabtree,
two Of Wake Forests 1889 gridiron
stalwarts, r entering the pro field
II. :. Bill Campbell, who aside from
Hiking baseball, is an ardent Caro-
lima football fan, would like to see
the Tar Heels develop a strong line
II. . That's their weakness" / e
said . And he adds his opinion to
the list that young Bill Faircloth,
OF Clinton, who was n Of the out
standing performers in the Carolina
line last fall as a sophomore, Is A l.
America timber All American
l~eaguers; except the champs, OF
course, are saying that the Yankees
IRE due for a fall this season
Time only will tell The Cape
Fear Baseball association plans a
meeting this week to really get down
TO business and plan for the 1910
season The annual Cape Fear
Horse Show should be better than
sver this year, with the entry List
coming close to 100.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
State Frosh Defeat
Baby Deacons, 52-5l

WAKE FOREST, Feb. 14.-l-
One-point victories by the N. C.
State freshmen over the Wake For.
est Baby Deacons are becoming a
habit.
Last week, in Raleigh, the State
Yearlings handed the Wake Forest
club a 81 to Sc defeat in an over.
time contest.
Tonight the state frosh won over
the Baby Deacons by 81 to 81.
The visitors ere trailing 80 tn
20 at the half.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-15
FURMAN WINS

GREENVILLE, S. c., Feb. A.
R-Furman pulled a startling st.
Valentines upset tonight in defeat
ing Clemson colleges basketball
team, defending Southern confer.
ence champion, SO to 81. On jan
uary II, the Clemsons had wallop'
ed Furman $3.50.