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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-20
NAZI
DRIVE INDICATED
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Mediterranean which is the basis
for the whole English war plan
for 1941."
Appelius did not specify on which
front the expected offensive would
start, but usually reliable sources
noted various possibilities, including
a drive through the southeast to-
wards the D%ardanelles, an attack
on Gibraltar through Spain, or an
ATTEMPT to take Dakar or England
itself.
The writer also cited Adolf Hit
ler's recent statement that he a
SUSPENDED some arms manufactur
ing because of surplus materials al
ready piled up and the Fuehrers
promise of victory for the German
people in 1941.
"The power of the German mill
tary machine will be greatly super
ior in the spring of 194l to that
of the spring of 1940," he wrote.
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KENNEDY'S TALK
LAUDED BY FISH
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to Justify this surrender of the au-
thority and responsibility of con-
gress."
The bill would give the president
broad powers to send arms, at
whatever terms he deemed salts,
factory, to nations fighting agrees
sors.
Commenting on Kennedy's ad'
dress, Rep. Fish (R-NY) said he
endorsed 1.-The sentiment it con-
tains in every respect"
Fish added that when Kennedy
appeared before the committee, ne
wanted to question him at length
concerning the bills delegation OF
War-making powers and control OF
the purse" to the President.
The New Yorker opposes the bill
in it's present form, but said ne
would be glad to support II II
it we're amended to "preserve con
stitutional powers for congress-
Chairman Bloom O-NY) OF the
House Foreign Affairs committee
declared, on the other hand, that
Kennedy made Just another os-
trich speech, with his head deep
in the sands of unreality.'
The chairman said he still pre-
ferred to take the advice OF Sec
retaries Hull, Morgenthau, Slim
son and Knox and Mr.. Knudseu
and, above all, that Of Franklin
D. Roosevelt"
William S. Knudsen, defense pro-
duction chief, and the cabinet
members were witnesses before
the committee last week an dali
urged enactment of the bill as a
measure necessary for this coun.
try's defense. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-20
NOW HOLDS
THREE TRIUMPHS
Richmond, Duke, W. & M.
W. & L., Have Won Three
of Four Games Played

RICHMNOD, Va, Jan. 19-R-
North Cardinals defending cham
pions and a surprising quint from
the University of South Carolina
have gotten off to a good start in
the Southern conference basket
ball campaign with three victories
each in as many loop chances.
Richmond has Won it's two con-
ference games while Duke, Will
liam and Mary and Washington
and Lee each have annexed de-
cisions in three of four conference
games played.
Other first division clubs in the
circuit race are Wake Forest and
North Carolina State with two and
one records. The eight leading
teams in games won and lost with
in the family at the close of the
season will clash in a tournament
at Raleigh, N. c., for the cham.
pionship.
Only four loop tits are sched-
uled for this week with examina-
ton holding top place in most of
the conference schools. North Caro-
lima meets N. c. States five at Ra-
leigh on Tuesday and the league
champs move on to Maryland on
Friday and to Navy on Saturday.
Wake Forest meets N. C. State and
Virginia Tech plays Washington
and Lee in other Saturday games.
Duke turned in the biggest sur.
prise of the week in tripping
George Washington university's
powerful five after the Colonials
had Won eight times over confer
ence members this season.. North
Carolina lost a third close game to
a northern rival by bowling to New
York US potent club 53-49 at Chap
ell Hill last night.
Clemson's up-and-down aggrega-
ton slipped from the first flight
last week by dropping three loop
games in a row by narrow mar.
gins. N. c. State stopped the Tigers
44-43, Wake Forest won 42-35 and
Duke downed the busy Clemson
team 45-42, giving the Tigers three
wins and five losses in family COM
petition.
Tho cfpoSipoc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-20
new TRACK MARKS
SET IN MET MEET
Venzke, Beccali and McClus-
key Are Leaders in Races
On Midget Auto Boards

NEW YORK, Jan. 19.-GP-At a
casual glance, foot racing and midget
auto racing appear to have no more
connection than pickles and ice
cream, but up in the Bronx, where
unusual things n found all the
time, they've discovered a way to
bring them together.
The Metropolitan A. A. U. cham
pionships, which have been kicked
around from armory to armory in
this region for the past several years,
with considerably more artistic than
financial success, were III last night
on the midget auto race track in
the big Bronx coliseum, and the re-
suits astonished even the A. A. u.
big-wigs, who don't astonish easily.
A~rtistically, the midget tracks
boards, which the runner said SEEM
ed to have more spring" than the
ordinary running track, produced an
entire new set of records for vir-
tually every event of the Metropoli-
tan meet run on it, with special con-
tributions by those three "Old Man
Rivers" of the sport-Gene Venzke,
Luigi Beccali and baldish Joe Nc
Cluskey.
Financially, the meet surpassed
even the most pleasant dreams Of
all concerned. Some $500 Bronx fans
turned out to welcome f~ootracing to
the neighborhood. 1t not only was
the largest crowd ever to witness the
Metropolitan meet, but also topped
the usual average attendance of the
weekly meetings of the midget autos
in the coliseum.
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WILLKIE TO TAKE
MESSAGE FROM F. R.
TO BRITISH CHIEF
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ticularly wished to confer with Err
nest Bevin, minister of labor, and
Anthony Eden, foreign minister. He
will leave by Clipper Wednesday.
Stephen Early, presidential secre-
tary, gave this description OF the
meeting between the President and
the 1910 republican presidential noml-
nee:
81 won't be long-I know what it
is to be interrupted while laborlng
on a. speech Willkie said at his en-
trance. Mr.. Roosevelt extended his
hand and said he was glad to see
Mr.. Willkie.
Before going to the White House,
Hull and Willkie discussed both the
European and the Far Eastern situa-
tons in a conference at the secre-
tary's hotel suite which lasted nearly
two hours.
Willkie described his talk with Hull
as "a very delightful and informa-
tive conference" and said that the
secretary of state had ~"eXtended
every courtesy" for his forthcoming
trip.
Willkie, who flew here from New
York. told reporters prior to his
meeting with Hull that he favored
the administrations lend-lease bill
for aid to Great Britain with three
serious notifications"
Return to the people after a
designated date of the power which
the bill would confer on the Presl-
dent.
Congressional retention of the
purse strings"
3-A congressional study of the
bill, section by section, ito see
whether any powers conferred on
the President are unnecessary
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-20
Wilson Cagers Now Hold Lead
in Eastern Loop; Durham,
Raleigh Unbeaten

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 10. - The
States Class A, B, and ) high schools
will reach the seasons halfway mark
in basketball this week with a total
of 20 games scheduled in the three
divisions.
The Class A schedule is as follows:
Eastern: Tuesday-Fayetteville at
Raleigh; Friday-Durham at Wilson,,
Raleigh at Wilmington Thursday
and Fayetteville at Rocky Mount.
Western: Friday-Winston-Salem
at Gastonia and High Point at
Greensboro.
The flu epidemic slowed up play in
the Glass A competition last week
with the result that the Fayetteville.
Rocky Mount, Fayetteville Durham.
and High Point Gastonia games were
postponed to a later date.
Three contests were run off &C.
cording to schedule with Wilson
trouncing Rocky Mount 81 to 20,
High Point downing Salisbury 40 to
rs, and Salisbury defeating Winston
Salem 80 to 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-20
Ouerlin, Cisco to Meet
In Bout Tuesday Night

NEW YORK, Jan. 19.-R-ken
JVerlln, middleWeight champion from
Washington, D. C. headlines this
weeks national boxing program.
He goes against Tony Cisco of
Aorrlstown, Pa, in a 10-round non
-ltle bout at Washington, D. c., Tues
lay night.
Steve Belloise of New York who in
TWO attempts failed to take the mid
uleWelght crown from Overlin, and
lshtlng back for the No. l con.
leadership, takes on Andre Jesserun
Hlso OF New York, in an S-rounder
lere the same evening.
Jimmy Leto, Hartford, Conn.,,
9attIer tackles George Abrams, mid
1leWelght contender from Washing
on D. C., in a hereunder at Balti
more Md. tomorrow night. On the
same card, Jimmy Webb, st. Louis
'oh'ender for the lightheavyweight
nue. crosses leather with AL Smith
il Baltimore for ten rounds.
webb is slated to box Tommy
tucker at Madison Square Garden
lefe Feb. %, with the winner get
ing a crack at Billy Conn, the light
0sa'S"elght king, for the crown.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-20
CAGE
SERIES SLATED
Waccamaw-Southpo and LIE
land-Shallotte Games in
Series This Week

SOUTHPORT, ia n.19.-The Wac
camaw High school basketball teams,
boys and girls, will be taken on by
Southport, next Tuesday night. At
the same time Leland will invade
Shallotte for a double header bill
with the middle-county teams.
These two double-headers mark
the beginning of the countrywide
championship series, participated in
by all five high schools of Bruins
wick and with both boys and sir-5
teams representing ecah school. 3D.
livia boys and girls drew d bye at
the start and will take On some of
the other four schools in regular Or
der. Each team is to have five dou-
ble-headers on its own court and to
play on each of the other four courts.
Some sources credit the Leland
boys and the Bolivia girls with the
ability to win in the tournament that
is to mark the conclusion of the Sc
ries. There may be some upsets to
this, however. The race is still to
the swiftest and none of the teams
can be counted out this early.
For the past several years South
port has had the weakest girls team
in the county. They may still be
that, but this year they have a lot
of friends who think they will make
a good showing before the season
is over. They are slightly heavier
than in previous years and are cred
tied with n lot of pluck. The east
that can be said is that they will
give the spectators some interesting
games to witness.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-20
Georgia Tech Leads
Southeast Cage Loop

ATLANTA, Jan. 10. - Up - An
amazing Georgia Tech basketball
team, which should be taking it's
humps but isn't, will try for is sew
enth consecutive victory tomorrow
night against the champions of the
Southeastern Conference-Kentucky.
Manned chiefly by inexperienced
sophomores, and theoretically gaping
at the seams. Coach Roy Mundorff's
outfit has Displayed more scoring
punch than any team in the league.
And if the odd assortment of talent
can hold together, it may yet be the
Cinderella squad of 1871.
Starting after Christmas. Tech
beet South Carolina thrice in warm
up games, took Clemson once. and
then whipped league opponents Mis-
sissippi (60-40 and Vanderbilt (55-48)
in successive games. All told the
Yellowjackets have scored 302 points
against 249 for six foes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-20
BEARD IS AMONG
LATEST TO FILE
Fayetteville Team to Partici.
pate in Meet; Roanoke
Rapids Plans to Enter

Entries for the fifth annual Star
News-Brigade Golden Gloves tourna-
ment continued to roll in yesterday
as plans for the fistic festival began
taking shape.
Among the latest entries is Vance
Red Beard, member of the 1910
Southeastern United States Golden
Gloves championship team, who
called by the Star-News offices and
announced that he is bringing a full
team of scrappers from Fayetteville.
Beard, now weighing 1856 pounds,
started training at the Fayetteville
Y.M.C.A. a few weeks ago for the
meet. Among the boxers on the
Fayetteville team are: Jim Mcleod,
165 pounds, Open division; Vernon
Bass, 1865 pounds, Novice division;
Hardy Bachelor, las pounds, Open
division; and an 11S-pound Open di.
vision entry.
Bachelor participated in the Tri-
oldlC 1OluCll 1lOFSo Iool lol1lSL oe
High Point last week, winning all
three bouts.
Carroll Wilson, editor of the Roa-
noke Rapids Herald, indicated by
letter yesterday that a Roanoke
Rapids team of boxers will be in the
meet to be held at Legion stadium
February 11-12-13-14.
The Herald is sponsoring a tourna-
ment on Friday and Saturday, jan
uary "a and 25 and the winners in
the meet are to be brought to Will
mington under present plans.
Meanwhile, Wilmington boxers
will resume training at the Golden
Gloves gym in the Brigade Boys
club tonight. Last week approx
mately 25 boys were getting into
condition for the tournament under
the training of Porter Davis.
There will be three divisions in the
1871 Golden Gloves - the juvenile,
novice and open diviions. All anna
teur boxers in this section are urged
to send in their entries for the
tournament now.
According to present plans tickets
for the four nights of fighting are
to go on sale the latter part of this
week, with the Senior Fraternity of
the Brigade Boys club having charge
of ticket sales.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-20
Says His Fireball
10 Be Blazing Once More

ORLANDO, Fla, Jan. 19.-lR-
Come summer, Van Lingle Mungo is
confident his famous fireball once
again will be blazing like the mid
day sun.
His 1871 contract already signed,
the 29-year-old Brooklyn highlander
said today the specialists at Johns
Hopkins had fixed his salary arm.
He added that he was cunning for
nothing less than a starters role.
Tn be good for at least $50 in.
nings this summer" he asserted.
Right now, I feel better than I have
in three years. That arm hasn't both
cred me since the operation last sea-
son.
Sure, We'll be in there with any
body's team for the pennant, and
Mungo is going to be taking his regu-
lar pitching turn again this year"
It'll be cunning for 20 wins, but
I know I'll get in 250 innings he
added.
The P%ageland, s. c., native tips the
scales at PIT pounds now, just seven
pounds over his playing weight. He
gave up basketball as an ~off-season
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conditioner and stuck to hunting dur
ing the winter.
Scarcity of birds and game made
for a better training program" he
explained. Some days we'd hunt
until nearly shutdown - walking all
the time. 1t was tough going, but it
kept my legs in condition and it's
surprising how much better 1 feel
since I stopped worrying about my
arm"
Mungo is getting down to serious
training well ahead of the remainder
of the Dodger squad by lobbing EN-
across to the students at Joe Strips
baseball school.
The fact that Van has accepted
his contract as rendered, in contrast
with his explosive salary arguments
in previous years, is interpreted in
the baseball colony here as an indi-
cation of his strong desire to get
back into the saddle. He even vol
unteered that the terms were salts
factory, and said the document is
ready for Skipper Leo Durocher or
Business Manager Larry McPhail,
whichever wants to pick it UP first,
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-20
Cats To Play Raleigh
In Loop Tilt Thursday
CAGE CARD

The basketball program for COL.
legiate cagers of North Carolina
this week is as follows:
MOnday-E. c. L. G. at w. Z.
T. C.
Tuesday-E. c. I. C. at w. c.
L. c.; North Carolina at N. Z.
State.
Wednesday - Appalachian at
ElOn.
Thursday-Blank.
Friday - North Carolina at
Maryland; Langley Field at High
Point.
Saturday-Catawba at Elon;
Appalachian at Lenoir-Rhyne;
Guilford at Atlantic Christian;
North Carolina at Navy; Wake
Forest at N. c. State; and Nc
Crary at High Point.
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NAILS BOMB ARMY
DETECTIVES In
VICINITY OF SUEZ
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of the Suez or what they sought to
do. The high commands communi-
que gave it only bare mention and
word was issued that there was no
use trying usual German news
sources for more information be-
cause there would be none.
Air Arm Extended
With the raid in that area, how
ever the German air arm within a
single week had reached from home
bases in Germany almost a thou
sand miles southwark to Sicily in
an effort to cut Britain's line of
supply through the Mediterranean
and had reached still another thou
sand miles to the Suez bottleneck
of Britain's line of empire.
The final thousand-mile reach
was dramatic. From the tone of
German official reports, it was evil
dent that Germany intends to make
the attack on the Sicilian straits
dramatic and effective as well.
Air attacks, nevertheless, continue
in Britain's home waters. An S,50O-
ton freighter was said to have
been bombed by a Nazi plane n
set afire today off Clacton-On-Sea,
southeastern English port.
The persistence of the Nazi at
tack on Malta indicated that Ger
many is determined to strengthen
Italian wing of the Axis which,
under British hammering of past
weeks, has been driven backward
along the North African coast and
beaten heavily at e and IN Al
bania.
Three heavy bombs hit the 49,
OOO-ton 1llustrious as she lay IN
Valletta harbor, DNB, official Ger
news agency said, but smoke
and flames from other bomb hlts
on the dock to which the carrier
was moored and on factories n
an arsenal obscured the scene n
prevented an accurate estimate OF
tho damage.
Single Sentence
The Suez Canal raid, part of a
swiftly developing German plan to
destroy British control of the Medi-
terranean, was given a single sen
tence in it's daily communicate:
Individual German battle planes
the same night Gan. 17) attacked
militarily important detectives in
the region of the Suez Canal in
Egypt"
THE base from which these
planes operated was not mentioned.
The British believe the German dive
bombers which attacked the Illus
trious on Jan. 10 in the Sicilian
Channel and again on Jan. 16 at
Valletta were based in Catanla,
Sicily, some 100 miles from Suez.
(Catania is roughly the same dis
lance from the canal as southern
Rumania where, it was reported
Yesterday from Belgrade, Yugo-
s1avia. the Nazi air force was hur-
riedly piling up gasoline stores and
building hangers and munitions
storage buildings, presumably in
exnectation of a coming aerial cam
paign)
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FIGHTING HARD

STRUGA, Yugoslavia, Jan. 49,
R-Reports reaching this border
town today said the Greeks and
Italians have been fighting hard
for the past "a hours in the coastal
sector near Dukati north of Chi.
mara
The Greeks pushed forward, the
reports said, but the Italians coun-
ter-attacked and drove them back
to their positions with heavy losses
on both sides.
In the Klisura-Tepelini sector
day and night fighting was going
on with indications that a decisive
battle was shaping up, the reports
said.
Greek airmen were said to have
bombed the port of Valona, but
there we're no reports of the dam
age. Greek sources said Italian
transport planes were dropping
sacks of food over Greek troops,
mistaking them for Italians. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-20
REV0LTA DEFEATS
COOPER IN MEET
Evanston Pro Turns in Re-.
markable Score to Win Top
Money in Frisco Open

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, Jan. ,
CP-Johnny Revolta, the golfina
man from Evanston, ILL.,, marched
over a rain flooded course today in
a remarkable exhibition of chipping
and putting to defeat Harry Cooper
of Chicago, 7 and 6, in the 36-hole
finals of the $1,000 San Francisco
match play open tournament.
A 20-to-1 shot when the firing
opened Wednesday, Revolta came
through to win the annual event by
the most one-sided score in its II.
year history.
Practically every green was a min.
iature lake and water stood a foot
deep on one fairway but Revolta
made the course look easy by his
performances.
He took to the unusual playing
conditions like a duck takes to Wa
ter to win the plaudits of a rain.
soaked gallery of 800.
A tribute to Revolta's short game
was reflected in the fact he had is
o%ne.putt greens of the 80 holes
played. He finished four under par
and Cooper was three over.
Revolta had a 33-36-69 for the
first round compared to par 1886
Y for the Preside course. Cooper
had a 35-37-72 for the first half.
The winner was two up at the ninth.
three up at the 18th and sever up
at the 9th. He toured the third
nine in IS against Cooper's 80.
Revolta was consistently out-driv.
en- but appeared willing to sacri.
flee distance to stay on the fairways.
His shots were bee.liners from green
to pin. He knocked in puts from 10
feet and less as if he had the ball
trained.
The victory was worth $1,000 to
Revolta, and $500 to Cooper.
Other money was distributed as
follows:
Tony Penna, Dayton. Ohio, $425.
Jim Thomson, Chicopee, Mass,
$3.50.
Jimmy Hines, Great Neck, L, L.,
$3.50.
Melvin Harbert, Battle Creek.
Mich, s175.
Fred Wood, Vancouver. B. C..
$3.50.
Lloyd Mangrum, Oak Park, ILL.,,
$3.50.
Al Zimmerman, Portland, Ore,
$3.50.
The following received $3.50:
John Perelli, Tahoe, Calf; Vic
Ghezzi, Deal, N. j.; Sam Snead, Hot
| Springs, Va; Jim Demaret, Hous-
ton, Tex; Joe Brown, Des Moines.
Ia; Bob Connolly, Seattle; Sam
Byrd, Philadelphia; Jim Walkup,
Odessa, Tex, and Leland Gibson,
Kansas City.
These received $50 each:
Eduardo Blast, Buenos Aires; Ben
Hogan, White Plains, N. Y; Emery
Zimmerman, Portland, Ore; Jim
Gauntt, Longview, Tex; Henry Es-
pinosa, San Francisco; Ray Man
grum. oakmont, Pa; clayton Heaf-
ner, Linville. N. c.; Bill William
son, Los Angeles; Zell Eaton, Okla
homa City; Jim McHale, Philadei-
phia:: DIN Dutra, Los Angeles; Law
son Little, San Francisco, and Dem
ny Shute, Chicago.
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ITALIANS FAIL TO
RETAKE HEIGHTS
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that 1000 prisoners had been cap
tured.)
Summarizing the days opera
tons, a government spokesman
said despite adverse weather con-
ditions a new advance of local char
acter was effected by our troops.
IAN important reconnaissance pa
troll was completed and some pris
oners were taken. According to in
formation we have ATTAINED, some
new battalions of blackshirts have
arrived in Albania but have stayed
in the rear-not following the di-
vision of Tuscany Wolves whose
seventy-seventh regiment was ex-
terminated. The Italians say no.
thing of this in their communi.
ques."
The spokesman denied Rome re-
ports that Salonika had sustained
heavy bomb damage and that Brit.
ish motorized forces had arrived
in Salonika.