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Evening star., 1941-02-14
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Vice President Wallace, who
throws boomerangs and walks up
the 898 steps of the 555-foot Wash
ington Monument just for exercise,
has introduced a new muscle de-
veloper-paddle ball-to Senate col
leagues, and is winning converts
almost daily
If uncertainties existed as to how
the quiet, scholarly Iowan would
mix" in his new role as the Sem
ate's presiding officer. paddle ball
has gone long way to settle them.
It's Form of Jai-Alai.
Less than month has elapsed
since Mr.. Wallace became Vice
President, but in that time paddle
ball has taken q prominent place
on the Senate gymnasium cur
riculum-long dominated by medi-
cine balls, punching bags. rowing
machines and the handkerchief
size swimming pool.
Paddle ball, incidentally, is a
modified form of the fast and
dangerous Cuban game of jai-alia.
The court is much smaller and in
stead of the long basketlike rackets,
the two players WELD an enlarged
table tennis paddle.
Mr.. Wallace, his teammates allow,
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Dogs Efforts Save Boy, 5,
When He Breaks Through Ice

Mitzi hates cold placeS-as mat
ter of fact her favorite loaflng spot
is beneath a radiator-but that did
not deter her from plunging to the
rescue of her 5-year-old master
when he broke through some ice
and nearly drowned
MitZi is thoroughbred fox ter
rier and the inseparable companion
of Stanley Robertson, jr son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Robertson,
1923 Franklin avenue, Silver Spring,
Md.
The child's mother, Mrs. Beulah
Robertson, today related how he
slipped through the ice in an
abandoned house excavation, and,
unable to swim, took courage from
the efforts of his pet to save him.
"All I know is that some woman
brought my son to the door; he was
drenched and purple with cold"
Mrs. Robertson said. II was so ex-
cited that I forgot to get the wom-
ans name, but she has my eternal
thanks"
Stanley told his mother later that
his first thought after slipping into
the water was, "I'll never see my
mommie ag.in."
Evening star., 1941-02-14
.Krivitsky Funeral
In New York Today;
Gun Sale Quiz Asked
Coroner's Jury Sworn
To Study New Evidence
In Mystery Suicide

Private funeral services were be-
ing held in New York City today
for Walter G. Krivitsky. Al, former
Soviet espionage chief, whose death
here Monday from a gun-shot
wound was listed as suicide yester-
day by Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald
The body was to be cremated
after the service
Meanwhile, KrivitSkys widow and
attorney. Louis Waldman, also of
New York expressed the conviction
that if Krivitsky destroyed him
self he was forced to do so by
threats against his family In
addition to his widow, Krivitsky is
survived by a 7-year-old son.
DR.. Macdonald swore in coro-
ner's jury at the Morgue yesterday
to receive any evidence which may
be produced in the future.
"Hounded" to Death, Aides Say.
Krivitsky's friends and various
anti-Stalin Russians have insisted
Krivitsky was either assaSsinated or
llOullNCo W NlNdllI Ny SCNIOG
agents intent on silencing him be-
cause he knew too much about
Soviet espionage methods. KrivitSky
claimed to have been a former chief
of Soviet military intelligence for
Western Europe.
KrivitSkyS purchase of an auto
matte pistol at Charlottesville. Va.
yesterday of request by Gov Price
that the Defense Council make a
survey of regulations governing the
sale of pistols in Virginia.
The pistol found in Krivitsky's
hotel room here when the body was
discovered Monday morning was
identified as having been purchased
at Charlottesville hardware store
At Richmond. Gov. Price said he
was very much interested" in the
regulations and believed some uni
formity should be established, espe-
cially since the defense program has
brought big concentrations of per-
sons in various parts of the State.
The League of Virginia Munich
palitieS will be asked to aid in the
survey, the Associated Press reported
In Charlottesville a city ordinance
permits sale of pistols to any one
over 81. The seller is required to
make monthly reports to police. A
former State law required that per-
sons obtain a permit for owning
pistol. The fee was 81. This law
later was repealed and the present
statute covers only the carrying OF
concealed weapons.
Evening star., 1941-02-14

But today it's another story.
Isn't it wonderful" the little boy
cries. I'VE have a trained dog at
our house 1t only took him min
ute to learn to swim when I fell in
the water"
He was able to place one hand
around Mitzi's back and they strug-
gled to the bank, but slippery mud
made it impossible for them to climb
out. 1t was at the bank where the
unknown rescuer found them.
"Mitzis coming after me gave me
courage" Stanley explained.
Mrs. Robertson declared she was
going to have him immunized
against typhoid because of sewage
that leaks into the excavation from
an old line nearby.
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Balkans
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Continued From First Page.)
mans believed an open conflict with
the Turks were likely.
Reports in Sofia said Bulgaria,
with Italian and German backing,
was making strong diplomatic efforts
to obtain from Turkey a pledge to
refrain from fighting if Nazi soldiers
entered Bulgaria
Sequence to Franco Talks.
Diplomats in Belgrade said the
Yugoslav conference with the Ger
mans was a logical sequence to the
talks of Generalissimo Francisco
Franco of Spain with Premier Mus
Solini of Italy and Chief Of State
Marshal Petain of France.
The axis, they said, was deter
mined to get to the shores of the
Mediterranean in as many places
as possible to carry on the war
against Britain. Premier MusSolini
was believed in some quarters to
have talked with Gen. Franco about
using Spanish ports in Europe and
North Africa for war bases.
1t was pointed out that Yugo-
slavia's Vardar Valley provides a
much easier road to Greece than
the route across Bulgaria's noun
tainS
Evening star., 1941-02-14
WuIIuce's New Game Makes
Muscle Men, of Senators

is by far the best player to date,
although some are getting onto the
game and are edging up on him.
The senatorial addicts of the new
game range from 34-year-old SEN
ator Bunker, Democrat, of Nevada
to 73-year-old Senator Green, Demo
crat, of Rhode Island.
Others who have been induced by
the 52-year-old Vice President to
get up as early as 7:30 am. for a
workout in the Senate gym are Sem
ators Ellender, Democrat, of Louisi-
ana, Stewart, Democrat, of Ten
nessee and Wallgren, Democrat, OF
Washington. all 40, and Senator
Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia, who
is So
EIlender Gets Revenge.
wallace beat the starch out of
me the other day." said the athletic
Ellender. Il asked him for return
match on the golf course, and I
trimmed him. OF course, he hadn't
played golf for 20 years"
In between his Senate workouts
Mr.. Wallace still goes back to his
Agriculture Department a few times
a week for a couple of fast games
of table tennis with old associates
there.
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Ickes Fears Shortage
Of Power for Defense
By tbe Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary of the Interior Ickes said
yesterday that the Nation faced
potential shortage of power for
national defense purposes and that
already there was a shortage in the
Pacific Northwest.
To meet the latter, he said, the
Reclamation Bureau will hasten
efforts to bring the vast Western
Federal power projects into capacity
use. He said the Bureau of the
Budget had been asked for certain
sums" to accelerate work which
would triple present production.
Secretary IckeS also said that
national defense authorities had
raised the question whether present
facilities were sufficient for an emer-
gency supply of oil from the mid
continent fields to the Atlantic sea-
board.
No immediate action was planned,
he said, but it might become neces-
sary to install an oil pipe line from
Louisiana to Norfolk, Va.
Mr.. Ickes said the Government
did not plan to finance the line.
1t should be built, he said, by private
oil operators.
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Hopkins Seen Persuodinq
England to Hold Out
b. the Associated Press.

HARTFORD, Conn, Feb. A.
Gov. Robert A. Hurley said yesterday
it was his "unconfirmed belief
that Great Britain was about to
capitulate to Germany two weeks
ago, but that Harry Hopkins, acting
as President Roosevelt's personal
envoy, had persuaded the English
government to hold out" pending
receipt of increased American aid.
Il am firmly convinced" Gov.
Hurley, a Democrat, told the State
Federation of Women's Clubs, that
England's situation was more crit
ical than most people knew"
Predicting the invasion of Can
ada and Mexico within one month"
in the event England capitulated,
the Governor said the danger of
invasion of the United States had
been 'understressed" rather than
"overstressed."
1T seems to me that now is the
time to confound the Germans and
act" he said.
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Berlin Officials Silent
On YuqosIov PorIeys

BERLIN, Feb. IA (P).-German
officials maintained silence today
when asked to comment on foreign
reports that Yugoslav government
representatives had arrived in the
Reich to confer with Nazi officials
A spokesman said he would not
deny that conversations were under
way. but added:
You must remember that We are
waging war and it is an obligation
of courtesy and prudence that We
make no disclosure which conceiv-
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Neon Wife Divorced

ELIZABETH, N. j.. Feb. IA lP)-
Harry Hische obtained a divorce yes
terday on grounds of desertion. He
alleged that before she left him, his
wife poured pounds of sugar in the
gasoline tank of his car and poured
shellac into the transmission.
Evening star., 1941-02-14

DR.. L. v. Ellicott said he saw no
health hazard there, but said he had
written the police department that
the excavation is a safety hazard
and he recommended that appropri-
ate action be made.
Evening star., 1941-02-14

agly could make friendly visitors
targets for the R. A. F."
Another authorized source said
there was no foundation for reports
abroad that Greek-German rela-
tions were near the breaking point.
Evening star., 1941-02-14

The greatest modern mine disaster
occurred in France in 1906. when
1,060 men perished in an explosion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-15
Fauorite Netmen Climb
In Winter Tourne,

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla,
Feb. 14.@R-Favored players kept
their ranks unbroken in the mid
winter invitational tennis tourna-
ment here today, but one of them
Wayne Sabin of Portland, Ore,
had to come from behind to escape
elimination. Semifinals are set for
tomorrow.
Sabin dropped the first set of
his match with Billy Talbert OF
Cincinnati, winning only three
games, but won the second at SO
and the third 6-2.
Bobby Riggs of Chicago, former
national champion beat Dick Nc
Kee of Miami, 81, 6-3.
Frank Kovacs, the Oakland,
Calf, sensation, was hard pressed
in the second leg of his match
with Charles Harris of Palm Beach
but won, 6-3, rs. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-15
Elmira Seeks Franchise
In Lower Baseball LOOP

ELMIRA, N. Y, Feb. 14.-R-
City Manager Ralph D. Klebes,
after hearing from a local COM
mlttee that negotiations for reten-
ton of Eastern league baseball
apparently have failed" recon-
mended today that the community
group attempt to interest a lower
classification loop in placing a
franchise here.
The Brooklyn Dodgers of the Ma
tional league, present owners, r
selling the Class A Elmira club
because of what they term opera
ting losses. Negotiations for its
purchase by several groups, in
Guiding Billy Evans, former Amer
lean league official, Dick Porter,
erstwhile Syracuse manager, and
Jack Ogden, one : time business
manager of the Baltimore Orioles,
apparently have fallen through. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-15
LELAND WINS OVER
BOLIVIA, AZ TO q
Girls Mark Up Victory for the
First Time in History of
Schools Series

BOLIVIA, Feb. 1.-THE Leland
defeated Bolivia, Al to %, here to-
night for the first time in the his
tory of cage games between the two
schools.
The Bolivia girls suffered their
first defeat in seven years of regular
season games. The game marked
the first time the Leland girls have
ever won an engagement from the
Bolivia girls.
Both teams battled on even terms
during the first halr, with the score
being tied IS to IS at the intermis-
sion.
Leading scorers for the Leland
girls we're: Ethel Douglas, with 20
points; Mildred Clark ard Elizabeth
King, with II markers apiece. Cat
herine Stone led the Bolivia girls on
offense with IA points. Play of the
Leland guards, Sylvia Bordeaux,
Eleanor Ganey, and Beatrice White,
was outstanding feature of the
tussle.
In the boys game, Bolivia defeated
Leland 80 to 81. The score at half
time was Bolivia IS and Leland 10.
Dan Willetts, with six points, Paul
Robbins, and Almond Ganey, with
four each, led the losers in scoring.
Leading point makers for the
Bolivia boys were: L. Danford, with
IL, and H. Mills, With 10.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-15
Frank Leahy, Of Boston,
lame Coach

head football coach Frank Leahy
from his new ~five-year contract
to enable him to answer the call
of Notre Dame, his Alma Mater.
81 deeply regret that I am leav-
ing Boston college but I consider
it my duty to return to Notre
Dame" Leahy said before entrain-
ing for South Bend. Every Notre
Dame man would welcome a
chance to go back as head coach,
for it is the greatest honor that
can come to any of us.
81 am going to sign a long term
contract as athletic director and
head coach when 1 arrive in South
Bend tomorrow afternoon. I am
going to bring along all of my as
sistants, Ed McKeever, the back
field coach; Johnny Druze, the
end coach, and Joe McArdle, the
line coach. We'll start Notre
Danes spring practice about
March 7.
THE financial element does not
figure in my decision to return to
Notre Dame" Leahy continued.
Before I signed for Boston col
lege on Feb. 3, I turned down three
much more attractive offers, one
Of which was what I considered
the finest contract ever offered a
college football coach. I could have
become financially independent by
accepting it.
Boston college has treated me
so well that I never would have
considered any other college. But
it is like going home to me to
return to Notre Dame" 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-15
MAGNOLIA MEET
MOVES TO FINALS.
Chinquapin All-Stars Elimi-
mated Magnolia Club in
WOmen's Division

MAGNOLIA, Feb. 14.-The four
semi-final games in the mems and
Women's divisions were played
here tonight in the annual all
star basketball tournament.
In the first semi-final game in
the women's division, the Chin
quapin All-Stars defeated the Mag
nolia All-Stars, 10 to Is. The score
at half-time was Chinquapin II and
Magnolia II. High scorers we're:
Wood, with nine points, for the
winners; and Chestnut, with eight
points, for the losers.
The Beulaville All-Stars elimi-
mated the Dunn Al-Stars 80 to "a
in the second semi = final game in
the women's division. Dunn led
at the intermission 10 to Is. Bostic
was high scorer for Beulaville with
II points, while Tart and Warren
were best for Dunn with 10 mark
ers apiece.
In the first semi-final game in
the mems division, the Goldsporo
All-Stars sWamped the Dunn ALL
Stars go to %. Goldsboro w a 5
ahead % to II at half time. Wat
son paced the winners on offense
with 10 points, while Johnson was
leading point maker for the losers
with nine.
The Wilmington Y. M. C. A.
overwhelmed the Rosehill All-Stars
SIS to % in the second semi-final
game in the mems division. Will
mington was out in front Is to IL
at the intermission. High scorers
we're: North, with % points, for
Wilmington, and Rouse, with 10
markers, for Rosehill.
Tournament finals Monday night
include: at 8 o'clock, women's di-
vision, Beulaville All : Stars VS..
Chinquapin All-Stars; and at 9,
mems division, the Wilmington Y.
M. C. A. VS.. the Goldsboro ALI
Stars.
The Dunn All-Stars will meet the
Rosehill All-Stars in the finals in
consolation for the mems division
at 10 pm. Monday. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-15
Y. M. e. A. Junior CUNT
Will Meet Southport

The Y. M. C.. A. junior varsity
basketball team will play the
Southport High school cagers at
7:45 o'clock tonight on the local
court.
The Y team will enter the game
fresh hight school quint. The two
Delco high school quint. The two
teams are evenly matched and a
fast and hard fought game is pre-
dicted.
Starting lineup for the Y five will
be: Pridgen and Butler. forwards;
King, Poisson, Wolfe, Harvell,
Kelly, and Johnson.
Among the Southport players
are: Simmons, Willis, and st.
George.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-15
Open Division

F1yweight championship-Packing
a hard right and a nice left as a
folloW-up blow, Donald Ray Lane,
ia, Of Wilmington, save Bennett
Kirby, Ill, of Lumberton, a good
cutting around to win by a good de-
cision. Ms,
Lane carried the fight all the way.
he rushed Kirby in the opening
round, hit hard to the head and body
with rights and used his left to the
body in close-in fighting.
In the second round, Lane had
Kirby near the knockout point. He
pounded the Lumberton boy hard
about the head, but dealt his heaviest
blows to the body. Kirby made some
thing of a comeback in the final
round. He managed to hit Lane about
the head in close, but his long rights
fell short.
Bantamweight Championship -
That powerful looping right of
Smoky Swami made this the short
est fight Of the night. One right that
started from away back caught
Douglas BaXley, 118, of Lumberton,
on the chin and the Lumberton lad
went down. He tried to get up but it
wasn't there. The knockout came in
"a seconds of the first round.
Baxley started off fast. He hit
Swami three rocking lefts to the
head and body. But that's about all
he got in. For the fighting little
Wilmington buzz-saw waded in. One
right caught the Lumberton boy in
the solar plexius. Another caught
him flush on the chin. Baxley STEP
ped back, but came in again. This
time his chin met Swann's rocking
right and the fight was over.
Featherweight Championship - l.
M. (Smokie) Dodd, ~126-pounder Of
Raleigh, who went through the quar-.
terminals and semi-finals on for
feits, lost another chance to exhibit
his famous fighting style when De.
Witt Babson, 124 pounds, of Roanoke
RAPIDS, forfeited the tourney title to
the Raleigh boy.
However, just to exhibit his stuff
in the ring, Dodd asked for and got
a three-round exhibition bout with
22O-pound Tiny Taylor, of Whining.
ton, after the regular fights of the
night were over. He didn't do so bad
at this either. There was no decision
and Tiny was winded, but Dodd
waded into the big fellow and land
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-15
BRUNSWICK CAGE
TOURNEY PLANNED
Five Consolidated Schools Will
Take Part in Meet Early
Next Month

SOUTHPORT, Feb. 14-At a
meeting of school heads this week,
plans were made for holding the
10th annual Brunswick county bas-
ketbaIl tournament during the first
week in March. Five white con-
solidated schools will participate,
each having both boys and girls
teams.
The event will be held in the
Shallotte High School gymnasium
and is expected to produce many
spirited contests. In pre-tourna-
ment scheduled games, some OF
the teams have been rather handi-
capped by the flu and are behind
in their schedule. However, the
results so far are such as to indi-
cate that the contests will be far
from one-sided. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-15
Barium Springs and Gate
City Tie in Mat Tourney

CHAPEL HILL, Feb. 14.-R-Blll
Hancock, husky 175-pounder, pinned
Willard Mccall in the final bout OF
tonight's program and en- a e
Greensboro to tie Barium Springs for
the state high school wrestling cham
pionship.
Barium Springs had ruled heavy
~favorite to win the tourney by its
fine showing in Thursdays semi
finals when eight of the orphanage
teams nine wrestlers battled their
way to the finals.
Greensboro fought doggedly, and
with som help from Durham, defeat
ed seven of Barium's eight flnallsts'
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-15
Johnny Lassiter is Awarded
Trophy for Best Boxer
In Annual Meet
By SAM Raglan

Champions in three divisions were
crowned last night in the finals OF
the Fifth Annual tar-New Brigade
Golden Gloves tournament at Legion
stadium, with two knockouts and
one technical knockout highlighting
the fistic climax.
Roanoke Rapids hard-hitting
Open division team won the team
championship and n Of their mem
bers, Johnnie Lassiter was awarded
the trophy for the BEST Boxer" OF
the tournament.
Open division champions crowned
last night were as follows:
Flyweight-Donald Ray Lane, OF
Wilmington.
Bantamweight - Smoky Swami,
of Wilmington.
Featherweight - L. M. (Smokie)
Dodd, of Raleigh.
Lightweight Jack Turner, OF
Roanoke Rapids.
Welterweight-Phil Hulk, of Roa-
noke Rapids.
MiddleWeight - Bob Moore, of
Roanoke Rapids.
Light-heavyweight Tom New
man, of Roseboro.
Heavyweight Tiny Taylor, of
Wilmington.
Novice division winners crowned
last night were:
Flyweight - Walker Watson, of
Wilmington.
of Dunn.
Bantamweight - R. L. Hamilton,
FeatherWeight - Dan Brisson, of
Lumberton.
LIGHTWEIGHT - Johnnie Simmons,
of Southport.
Welterweight - Mitchell Pridgen,
Of Lumberton.
Middleweight - Bill Kanos, Of
Lumberton.
Juvenile division champions were
al follows:
Donald Smith, Bobby James, Vic
tor James, John Odom, Greasy
Swami, T. C. Hunt, Thomas Hughes
and William Shepard.
In the voting for the team cham
pionship, Roanoke Rapids came out
with 10 points, Wilmington made
nine and Lumberton eight.
Lassiter, who lost by a decision to
Jesse Butler, popular Lumberton
scrapper in the semi-finals, was the
choice for the best boxer trophy.
Members of the committee making
the selection were Capt. Bill Colt, F.
F. Folk, Jimmy Jet, who acted as
judges for all the fights Of the four
night tournament, D. C. North, VET
eran fight fan, and Roy Cook, tour
nament clerk.
Presentation of the ju e i | e
awards was made by Aubrey Ever
EFT, president of the Senior Frater-
nifty. J. L. Allegood, Of the Star
News, made the presentation of the
awards to the Novice division cham
pions, and R. o. Heater, president
of the Raleigh Exchange club, made
the presentation to the open divi-
sion champs.