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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
TIGERS MAY OFFER
REAL FLAG THREAT
Dykes Believes Club Certa;,
To Feel Pinch Of Landis'
Rulings, However

CHICAGO, Feb. 1-CP-Basebau,,
little round man with the biz ciy.,
Jimmy Dykes, thinks Detroit is Ger.
tain to feel the pinch OF Commit.
sioner K. NJ. Lands free agency rn,.
ings within three or four years-hut
he also believes the Tigers NAV on,
loose with a real pennant threa,
before the rookie famine sets in
Dykes, manager of the Cbicsg,
White Sox, breezed into town TODAY
for a short confab with White s.,
officials before continuing to Cali,
fornia and a pertaining sesso,
vacation. He didn't have much 4,
say about his own club, but made il
clear ne doesn't agree with thos.
who believe Detroit will need Year,
to recover from the Lands edjct
which recently cut loose 81 players
from the Bengal farm system.
Detroit will be Handicapped by
%loosing some of those kids" Dyke,
said, "but don't forget they've A
number of good young players with
the club now and that the MANAGE.
ment will be taking steps to find re,
placements for rockies lost.
"If the Tigers get the right breaks
in two Departmental pitching and
at shortstop - they may come I'd
with a fine club next season. Il
might be good enough to hold 10.
gether two or three more years.
SHOULD a couple of young pitchers
come through to help Tommy
Bridges and Buck Newsom, they'd
have a troublesome mound staff,
And I wouldn't be surprised to see
Dick Bartell have a great season at
shortstop. I've always liked his
hustle. Charley Gehringer has slip.
ped a lot, but he still can play
plenty of second base and is always
dangerous at the plate. l wouldn't
venture a guess whether Rudy York
will develop into a good first sacker
or Hank Greenberg into an outfield'
er-but both can lace the bail the
way I like to see it belted. And
Catcher George Tebbetts and Out.
fielder Barney McCosky are good
young players"
The pudgy Dykes, at ~, still is on
the active playing list, but to all
questions whether he'll do any pay
ing he has this stock answer: The
spirit is willing but the old legs are
weak-here's hoping I'll be in there
all season-in the dugout 1 mean"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
Appalachian Teachers
Defeat Guilford, 1928

BOONE, Feb. 1.-R-Appalachian
State Teachers colleges cagers won
their seventh straight North State
conference victory here tonight, de-
%feating Guilford college SO to %.
Appalachian, leader of the con.
ference, will play High Point col
lege here Saturday.
The game was one-slded through.
out. Appalachian got off to an
early lead which it gradually in
creased. Appalachian's C d
stringers played most of the game.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
State Frosh Cageman
Shoots Goal For Duke

RALEIGH, Feb. L. Up - With
four minutes to go in a basketball
game between freshmen Of Duke
and N. Z. State tonight, Bill Ball
OF State arched a long shot from
mid-court.
The ball swished through the net
without touching the hoop - the
hoop of Dukes basket. For Ball,
= Charlotte youth, had pulled a
"Roy Regal" and mixed his goals.
State quickly called for time out
and went on to win, despite the gift
of two points to Duke. The final
score was As to SO.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
Eighth Grade Circuit
Teams Ia Play Today

Teams in the Eighth Grade bas.
ketball league, boys and girls will
play their second series Of games
on the Y. M. c. A. court this after
noon, the first contest beginning at
300 o'clock.
The schedule:
Boys League: 800 p. M, Hemen'
way VS.. Isaac Bear. 1920 p. M, Win.
ter Park vs.. Tileston.
Girls League: 1920 p. M, Hemen.
way VS. Isaac Bear. 4:40 p. m, Win
ter Park VS.. Tileston.
The boys and girls games will be
"sandwiched"; that is. the first half
Of the girls game will be played be.
tween halves Of the boys game.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
Duke Defeats State To
Take Conference Lead

RALEIGH, Feb. 1.0R-D uke
took over the undisputed lead in
the Southern conference basketball
race by defeating N. C. State 57-27,
in a one-sided game here tonight.
Before the contest, Duke and
North Carolina were tied, each with
six victories and one defeat, for the
top rung in the conference stand
ings. Duke, with three wins and no
losses also is the leader in the Big
Five race.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
Iuanhoe Independents
Defeat Cherokee Club

IVANHOE, Feb. 1.-THE Ivanhoe
Independents added another victory
their string yesterday when they
defeated the Cherokee Indian Nor.
NAL college. The locals were ahead
throughout the game, except for a
1916 tie at one stage of the contest.
Locklear was high scorer for the
college team, while Brown led the
Independents with 16 points.
The Ivanhoe team will meet the
Wilmington Y M c A OF Monday
night in Atkinson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
ELON WINS

ELON COLLEGE, Feb. Up
A High Point boy turned on the
heat here tonight to hand High
Point college a severe setback in the
feature game of the North State
conference season as Elon scored a
40-19 victory over the Painters. A
thousand fans damned the gymna'
SUM to watch the test between
two powers of the conference.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
balance.

DdldIlCCs
Poor little Tiny Taylor Is
weighing a mere 232 pounds
these days, but he's ready to
go. Tiny says he doubts that
there will be anyone along the
local Golden Gloves horizon who
can stop him from making the
Atlanta trip. In fact, he has
already packed his handbag, all
he needs is a few more clean
shirts, and then Atlanta-bOund.
Taylor has moved to Whining
ton, and will fight as the heavy
weight of the locals. For the past
week he has been down in the gym
with the boys, and there is every
Indication that his predictions about
himself are true and correct. Before
coming here he had been working
out with the Carolina squad at
Chapel Hill.
Jack Bryan, who tips the scales
at 100 pounds, has enteral the
Golden Gloves, and will see action
the first night. Here is n boy
who should know something about
the game. His dad, TuEoy, is a
member of the Wilmington fire de-
partment, and in his day Tubby was
just about as good as they come in
his weight. With Tubby in his
corner helping to direct the action,
Jack is determined to go places
and this year at that.
Fred Barnhill is another of
the lads who is ready for the
fistic business. Fred is a light.
weight, but to dat. he hasn't
decided if it will be Open or
Novice for him. Makes no diff
ference which it is, when he
makes the final decision he'll
just about take the division In
which he enters.
Jimmie Casteen is working to-
ward fighting as a featherweight
this year. With the exception of
last year, when Jim fought as a
%flyweight, Golden Gloves, locally,
has always had one of the Casteen
brothers in the f~eatherweight class.
Casteen looks good, and the years
are not far distant befo: e he will
make the Atlanta trip as a member
of the Star-News team.
The trunks for the Wilmington
team have arrived. Red and black
they are, and they look almost as
good as the boys who will wear
them.
Three pictures of the Belmont
Abbey team arrived Thursday,
and from looking at these lads
photos, comes to the deci-
sion that these boys r good.
Several of them have already
Won honors in the Charlotte
meet, and that in itself is a
strong indication that they r
good.
Socrates, a young lad who puts in
his appearance nightly at the gym,
and who has been the faithful
friend of all who are connected
with Golden Gloves, gave out his
predictions for the ending of the
fighting with his boys. Socrates
says that all the local boys will win
their fights via the knockout route.
All except Red Clubb's first fight,
that he says, will be won by a TKO.
After that, all Reds Scraps will be
knockouts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
BURGLAR TOLLS
WITHOUT REWARD

FULTON, KY. R-When Harold
Owen awoke to find a negro ran
sacking his bedroom, he told the
intruder politely he had not money
but offered him a watch.
"Get your head under the cover
before I kill you," the burglar se-
piled.
He continued his search, found
no money, refused the watch and
left without any loot.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02

Tonight and Saturday night they viii
again do heavy drilling, and then Sunday a
little light workout to keep them loose. A
few of the boys are watching their weights
so that when weighing-in time m they
will be within the bracket they desire to
fight in. Often a little too much water or
weekend of heavy food will run a fellows
weight up several pounds, then he is too
heavy for his normal fighting and is forced
to meet opponents who weigh several
pounds more. Not only are they in a bad
fix" but so is the entire team thrown oft
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
Winiston Cagers Play
Statesuille Tonight

The Williston basketball team will
take on Statesville High school, re-
portedly one of the fastest hard
wood outfits in the state, on the To-
cal school floor tonight at 1880
o'clock. Statesville has been on a
tour all week and has defeated some
of the best teams in the state.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
GAME CANCELLED

WAKE FOREST, Feb. 1.-R-
Wake Forest college officials an
nounced tonight that a basketball
game between Wayne University
and Wake Forest, scheduled at
White Plains, N. Y, February 10,
had been cancelled.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
THANKS FOR TEETH"

If you've heard this one skip 1t.
-. links Poindexter, the south
paw who will pitch for the Athletics
this season, had all his teeth pulled
and false ones made at the expense
of the Phillies last year. 49,. When
he was made a free agent he stop
ped in President Gerry Nugent's
office to say goodbye and, as a part
ing gesture, removed his store
teeth, then said, Thanks for the
teeth, too" Red Barber again
will do the announcing for the
Dodgers broadcasts. Some OF
the folks think the Yankees are lin
ing up with the plea of Will Har-
ridge, American league prexy, to
help the St. Louis Browns because
the champions sold them Wally
Judnich, erstwhile Newark outfield-
er. But the Yanks would have
dealt him to the National league ex-
cept that the Browns refused to
waive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
FUN, FACTS FOR
HOT STOVE LOOP
Charter Keller's Hitting Abil'
ity During The World
Series Recalled
BY JUDSON BAILEY

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.1R-Fun
and fact for the hot stove league:
The Giants have 16 pitchers on
their squad and not one less than
six feet tall. -. Has anybody no.
ticed that Charley Keller Of the
Yanks, with three homers, two
singles, with three homers, two
only the 18th player in history to
make a hit of each kind in a world
series and just the third to do it IN
a four-game series. The other
two were Hank Gowdy and Kiki
Cuyler. While on the subject,
Babe Ruth did the same thing in
the 1923 seven-game classic. 4.
Herbert Hoover, who used to play
shortstop for Stanford, is going to
tell at the New York baseball
writer's dinner Sunday night how
badly he felt about being booed by
the fans in the world series at Phil
adelphia's Shibe park in 1929.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
WILL A JUDGE

Judge Lands is going to be
blamed for a lot Of working agree
ments that are broken off even
though they would have been ended
anyway. Leo Miller Of Indian.
apolis was n Of the first to say
the Lands ruling would make it i'm.
possible for him to operate Erie,
Pa, in the Middle Atlantic. but
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
BENEFIT GAME

WAKE FOREST, Feb. 1.-tR-
Wake Forest will play a basketball
game with the Hanes Hosiery team
in Winston-Salem tomorrow night,
for the benefit of the infantile par
alysis fund.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
Leland Independents
Play W. L. |. Tonight

The Leland Independents will play
the w. L. I. team on the Leland
court tonight at 8 o'clock. Both
clubs Ire undefeated and a fast game
is expected.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
HAAS SIGNED AS COACH

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-tR-George
Mule" Haas was signed today as
a coach with the Chicago White
Sox. Haas last played with the Sox
in 1887.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02

Nassau street, which t~raverses
the financial section of downtown
New York, was once known as "Pie
Woman's Alley."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02

weeks earlier he had announced he
wouldn't. renew 1t anyway because
the ball park wasn't lighted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-02
X X X Oh, Them
Golden Gloves
~ BY PHIL

With only three days to go before Dale Spencer rings
the Golden gong to start things humming along the tlstlo
firing line, the local lads are bringing up all the reinforce
ments they can find. Everyone is ready for action, and the
next three days will be a much longer time to them than
To anyone else, 49,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-15

white lights at all Nelson Rockefeller very popular with mob, say he's doing swell job putting in "the unofficial fix" Talk per- sists Frank Murphy would be hap pier at Dept of Justice-ilot enough action on bench Big new job being angled by almost everybody for chief of propaganda post similar to one Creel had last war. Lowell Mellett leading field Check if Capone still at Mayo Brothers. Went many weeks ago-same trouble.
 Imitation rumors laughed at {. Any one who performed miracles in 1883 (opening banks) can control money now" according to financial experts at Shoreham Hotel ring side Henri Bernstein, Parisian playright, now in New York expects to lose French citizenship Rene Kraus, author of "Churchill', was offered British passport acct of good propaganda work. He is Austrian. Refused it. However, he's flying to England next week. Has assignment to do book on RAP. Leaves pretty English refugee behind in U. s. Palm Beach and Miami Beach eX- pected to be chief spots this Winter where espionage agents from every nation will holiday Virgin Islands boss okayed entry thousands of refugees" waiting at Lisbon. Among many Nazi agents posing as "persecuted refugees" an old gag they've used in Poland, Holland, so- forth No sure way knowing which are who. So Prez killed it.
 Ambassador Kennedy interview Con persuading Lindberg to tell Chamberlain what he knewTwhich led to Munich pact) given me by Kennedy in Florida January, 1899. Every word okayed by him-we didn't use any of "off-record" stuff. Dr. Frank Nolan in attend ance Helen Morgan illness on Coast -"the heart" :. Did Seymour Weiss sentence (30 months) break? Jesse Lasky depressed over critical response to Quiet Please" says audiences howl at it. Wants me see 1t and tell whether 1t has chance. If not will close pronto. Why don't you cover it-you might save him some dough-or all those jobs .. At least five men expected to be FDR's running mate. Rob't H. Jackson and Wm. O. Douglas were two. So when Inner Circlers ask each other: Why do you think the boss picked Henry Wallace?" reply is supposed to be; You mean to say you never saw the picture in the papers of him juggling those boom- erangs?" Tn short, Henry Wall lace was the boomerang thrower who didn't boomerang on the President!
 -WINCHELL.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-15
OVERSEA PLANES
 CANNOT HIT U. s.
Igor SikOrsky, Authority on Aviation, Claims It
 Is Impossible

Boston. Nov. 15.-(UP)-Invasion of the United States by airplanes flying from overseas is an impossi- bility, according to Igor Sikorsky, internationally-known aviation auth ority.
 Sikorsky told delegates to the 18th conference of the New England council that despite amazing de- velopment in aeronautics, the pros- pect of aerial bombardment of this coast is no cause for alarm. There is no substantial number of aircraft available anywhere in the world that could attack the United States from across the ocean"
 Sikorsky agreed substantially with Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox who said earlier that airplanes could reach the United States for hostile purposes only via naval carriers and that the navy's present strength made this impossible.
 Commander Thomas D. Galbraith of the British royal navy and mem- Der of the purchasing commission said that should America ever de- eide that the totalitarian nations threaten and that 1t is necessary for her to take up arms then that indeed would be a glorious and happy day in the annals of British history
 He said. however, that we don't expect America to come into the war to pull British chestnuts out of the fire"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-15
MRS. COLNEY SET
 FOR BROADCAST
Lithuanian C. of C. Pro= gram Sunday on WATR
 to Start at 2:30
BROOKLYN NEWS

Mrs. Stanley Colney, formerly Miss Natalie Plangas, will be guest soloist on the Lithuanian Cham Der of Commerce Radio program on Sunday afternoon over WATR from 2:30 to 3 o'clock. The program is being held at this time, rather than the usual time of 1;30 to 2 due to the Red Cross drive program
 Plan Christmas Party
 The Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce Auxiliary has appointed Mrs. John V. Lasky, chairman of the committee of canvassers for the Red Cross campaign among Lithu- anian residents. Five members will assist Mrs. Lasky in canvasSing the Lithuanian section.
 Election of officers will take place next month. A grab bag will also be held at the December meeting at which time auxiliary officers will be hostesses.
 Demonstration Enjoyed
 Forty-six members and friends at- tended the health cooking lecture and demonstration sponsored by the Lithuanian Health and Recre- ation Club at 103 Green street last evening. MT. and Mrs. Fred Marzik and MT. and Mrs. E. Goncher were hosts. The next meeting will be held December 12 featuring a dem- onstration on "Quick Meals Con- timing Necessary Vitamins and Min erals
 Vincent Joseph Paluskas, fireman third class, U. s. Navy, son of Mrs Eva Paluskas of 142 Geddes terrace, has arrived home for a brief visit from the Submarine Base, New London, where he has been station ed for the past six months, attend ing the Submarine, Electric Storage Battery and Gyro Compass Schools Paluskas, graduated as leading ano honor student of class of 37, who originated from all parts of the United States. He enlisted in the naval services from the Waterbury Navy Recruiting Station, during March, l940. and upon his return i! to be assigned to the U. s. S Bonita, an newly constructed sub marine. now being completed at tht Navy Yard. Portsmouth, N. H.
 VaitOnis to Wed
 Joseph Vaitonis of 899 Highland avenue. and Helen Shepley of Maple Hill road. Naugatuck. recently re- corded wedding intentions at the office of Town Clerk Raymond J St. John in Naugatuck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-15
THREE FAMILIES
 FLEE FROM BLAZE
Baldwin St. Fire Blamed on Children Playing
 With Matches

Occupants of a three-f a m 1 y wooden house on 632 Baldwin street were forced to the street from the heavy smoke seeping throughout the rooms yesterday afternoon.
 The fire was discovered by Jacob Mitchell, who runs the Washington Hill Market in the same apartment. He saw wisps of smoke gradually drifting up to the ceiling from the floor over the cellar. He called a pasSerby who turned in the alarm at box 572. The blame for the fire was put to children playing with matches which ignited rubbish on an old couch stored in the cellar.
 Bremen used their aerial ladder in effecting an entry because of the clouds of smoke believing from the first floor. Damage was estimated around $500 from smoke and water. Acting Deputy Chief Stephen J. Bloomfield supervised.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-15
TWO MORE SHIPS
 BACK IN SAFETY
B of 68 Now Arrived in HarbOr; Brave Captain
 Held AttaCker

London, Nov Is - (U.P.) - Two more ships from convoy of 38 ves- sels attacked by a German raider in the North Atlantic last week have reached port safely bringing to 32 the number of vessels which escaped while the armed British Merchant Cruiser Jervis Bay fought the attacker, the admiralty an nounced today.
 50 far as now can be ascertained the raider sang four ships from the convoy with total tonnage of 25,- 453 but one ship of 1900 tons still is unaccounted for" a communique said.
 (T'he German high command last week claimed that its raider had "annihilated" the entire convoy with loss to the British of 86000 tons of shipping).
 The two ships reported safe today were the San Demetrio, 8073 tons, and the Morska Viola, 3,376 tons.
 One ship of 2,374 tons which es- caped from the raider subsequently was attacked by aircraft three days later and it was set afire and aban-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-15
Bishop of Portland

land Monday night, when the $1,- 100000 centenary drive of the Wor- cester Jesuit institution opens in Maine.
 Bishop Mccarthy is distinguish ed alumnus of Holy Cross and is a former head of St. Thomas Semin- ary in Bloomfield, which office he held before being consecrated bishop He is graduate of Holy Cross in the class of 1899.
 It is tradition with Holy Cross to launch all college drives in Maine, as Bishop Fenwick, founder of the college, had originally planned to launch his school there, the village of Benedicta being the site first chosen.
 Maine's quota in the centenary drive has been set at $25,000.
 Tn his letter to the Maine Alumni Bishop Mccarthy writes: Tt will not be necessary to rehearse the tribute of love and admiration we owe at all times to the college and its noble Jesuit faculty for what they both mean to us, her loyal sons. but we do acknowledge humbly and sincerely, that we cannot reward this institu- tion and its glorious band of teach CTS in terms of praise or goods for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-15
Maine Alumni Opens Campaign Monday To
 Raise $25, ,0OO Quota
Waterbury May Be Called Upon Shortly to Do Its Share in Reaching Goal of $l,OOO,OOO for
 Jesuit Educational Institution

the invaluable preparation they bes- lowed on us to go forth into the world and make it better by our ex- ample of Christ in practice and ex- ample. Maine and its institutions have been truly blessed because of the exemplary lives of Holy Cross men in every profession, in State and Church.
 Maine has been one of Alma Ma ter's loyal examples and trustful hopes in all times and Maine will asuredly rejoice the heart of her be- loved Father Rector and his sacri- f1cing body of eminent priests, your friends and exemplars in all that is true, noble, and good in life :"
 The Connecticut drive, in which Waterbury will participate, is not expected to be officially launched until later this year and possibly not until after the first of the year, John c. Gilmartin is chairman of the local committee making plans for Waterbury's cooperation in reaching the state quota of the cen tenary fund.
 A new gymnasium, science build ing, and faculty headquarters will be among the projects launched as Holy Cross prepares in 1943 to cele- brate its tooth anniversary of founding.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-15
Bishop Mccarthy Aids Holy Cross Fund
Million Dollar Sewer Allowance Given Waterbury

Waterbury's huge sewer devel- Opment program, under which the WPA has built more than A miles of sewers in five years will be further extended under new million dollar blanket project which has just been given Pres idential approval, according to Acting WPA AdministratO Frank Upman, Jr.
 Superseding and providing for the completion of other projects now active the new work also in- cIudes necessary extension of the sanitary sewer system to large and thickly populated residential areas and provides storm sewers to eliminate flooding of streets and private property.
 Total cost of for which allow ance is made under the blanket proposal has been estimated at S1,275,565, of which S946.350 would be in federal funds and S329,215 from the city as sponsor. It calls for the construction of 5.61 miles of sewers. of which 5.O3 will be sanitary sewers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-15
Compensation Agreements

Michael Bensetter, of 359 Tudor street, S23.16 beginning October 15 from the Waterbury Farrel FOun- ry Co.,, for hernia.
 Clarence Currier,. of Torring- ton. from the Turner & Seymour Mfg. Co.,, of Torrington. S11.06 weekly beginning August 2S for a broken heel.
 Andrew Skriptunas, of 60 Heway street, from the Southern New England Ice Co.,, Sl6 weekly begin ming October l for an injured thumb.