davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1942-01-18

ton and in 1923 was installed as
q regular. Never colorful, he
nevertheless was held in lofty
esteem by washington fans, who
came to regard any ball smashed
in his direction as an out.
A certified public accountant,
Bluege has been working this
Winter as an auitor at a local
hotel.
Griffith also announced the
signed contract of Catcher Jake
Early has been received Early
received what Griffith termed "a
substantial raise" and wrote the
Washington boss he again is
feeling fit. Early finished last
season with Bells palsy, an all
ment that affected his sight, and
later submitted to IN appen-
dectomy.
Evening star., 1942-01-18
SondIot Baseball Faces
Expansion This Year
b the Associated Press,

b. the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Jan. 17-Raymond
Dumont, president of the National
Semi-Pro Baseball Congress, said
today sandlot baseball would con-
tinue It's plans for this year and
would expand its activity.
Arriving here for tomorrow's
opening Of the annual Board of
Commissioners meeting, Dumont
said sports would play a vital part
in keeping up morale and the physi-
cal condition Of the Nation.
Evening star., 1942-01-18
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

Ossie Bluege, who could slip
his hand in a streetcar motor
mans glove and handle any posi-
ton infleld acceptably despite his
Al years. will be groomed as a
Nat player when the club con-
vencs for spring training at Or
lando, Fla. next month.
We're gonna sign Bluege as a
coach, but that's only techni-
cality." confesses President Clark
Griffith of the Mats. I'm in
structing Bucky Harris to train
Bluege as a regular player. I'm
not belittling anybody when I
say he'll handle any position In
the infield better than what We
have. He's simply one Of the great
fielders Of al time.
Evening star., 1942-01-18
OIympics Trim Orioles

BOSTON, Jan. II tPl.-Two quick
Boston goals in the second period
rvined a night of otherwise peerless
ne.-mirding by Goalie Roy Roche
and gave the Olympics a 20 shut
CIT over the Baltimore Orioles to-
night at Boston Garden.
Evening star., 1942-01-18

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. II R.-
The New Orleans Pelicans today
announced acquisition of Dib Will
liams, former big league infielder.
Evening star., 1942-01-18
F. D. RS Letter Right Down Griffs Alley

sngu light rveters welders gun-makers and
District of Columbia there 100000
old Of long leaves It's
schedules People
meals climb beds back
their morning without recreation They
taking
before Mr.. Roosevelt to Judge Lands
President Griffith the Nationals rails
Executives line And, incidentally hope
extended because gives opportunity tie day shift
to a he himself
Griffith could better have expressed his sentiments incidentally
G. had.no finger in this particular
Griffith the old radical ampaigned for night ball At
the old
President Roosevelt has ordered night ball. The stubborn
National Griffith capuaed yesterday. All, It's
great baseball Claus Virginia? You well
There fairies, elves, baseball.
Evening star., 1942-01-18
Court Officials Meet

The District Association Of Ap-
proved Bcr'-ct Ball Oficiels will hold
meeting this afternoon at 4 o'clock
at the Y. NJ. G. A.
Evening star., 1942-01-18
Tennis Plans Greater Schedule
Than Ever During Emergency
Full Program Of Tournaments Is Adopted;
Stors Called Down for Big Expenses
BY the Associated Press

BY o
NEW YORK. 1.-THE United Tennis Associa-
ton placed itself wartime footing today with plans for
tennis than the country played previously
1912 and disciplined of its amateur
member clubs excessive accounts last
President Hoombe Ward who reelected told the annual
Evening star., 1942-01-18


President Roosevelt poised the left wndu
baseball
mailed
Rockefeller
Evening star., 1942-01-18

oordinator OF
Phiies
ODou
already President Clark Griffith busting
another player.
Evening star., 1942-01-18
PeIicuns Get Dib WiIIioms

(See GOLF, Page ca,
Evening star., 1942-01-18

tSee BASEBALL, Page CA
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-10-09
US. Airpower Hits Hard
At Axis Ships In Africa

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.-(R-The
growing destructive power of
American air forces in Egypt was
credited officially today with sink
ing or badly damaging 81 Axis
.warships and other vessels since
early June while harrassing the
ports and supply lines of the Nazi
desert army.
Mai. : Gen. Russell L. Maxwell
advised the War Department that
damage from near m ses of
American bombs and other unob-
served destruction probably raised
this total of the havoc ought on
the enemy.
In report summarized by I'm
dersecretary Robert P. Patterson,
the American army commander in
the Middle East said the airmen
had loosed 3,161, 1000 pounds-about
$50 tons-of bombs in the past
110 days. Of these 100000 pounds
were dropped during September
alone.
The American air fighters oper-
ated with Britain's R oval Air
Force in support Of British forces
CONTINUED on Page Five; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-10-09
NAN PRISONERS
MAY Be SHACKLED
British Threaten To Give
Germans In Custody
Treatment In Kind

LONDON, Oct. 8.-R-The Brit
ish threatened today to shackle a
Nazi for every British prisoner the
Germans put in chains ostensihly in
retaliation for alleged, but denied
and improved, maltreatment of
Nazis taken on the channel isle of
Sark last Saturday night.
The Germans announced they had
manacled their Dieppe prisoners
mostly Canadians-as scheduled at
noon and the British War Office,
noting that Berlin ignored a sug-
gestion to have the neutral Swiss
mabe an impartial investigation, de-
clared an equal number of Nazi
prisoners would be treated in like
manner beginning at noon Satur-
day-unless the Germans released
the chained British prisoners.
1t was stressed here that the sup.
posedly offended power must init
late the request for an investiga-
ton by a neutral under terms of
the 1929 Geneva convention pro-
viding for humane treatment of war
prisoners.
Unofficial British sources. not
conceding any nistreatment of Ger
man prisoners, pointed out also that
the Geneva agreement did not deal
with the question of binding pris-
oners temporarily as safeguard
during continuing action to prevent
their return to the fighting.
The British had stayed their
shackling plans momentarily while
awaiting official confirmation from
the German high command to the
effect that the binding of British
prisoners had been carried out as
CONTINUED on Page Twelve; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-10-09
HOUSE APPROVES
CUAYULE PLANTS
Advised That Shrub Will
Aid Rubber Situation;
Expansion Allotted

WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-(P)-Ad-
vised that Guayule promised to ex-
coed expectations as wartime
source of natural rubber, the House
quickly voted today to expand
paintings of this shrub from $4,000
to 100000 acres.
It approved a $19,0Oo,OO0 appro-
priation for cultivation of Guayule
by the Agriculture Department on
plantations in California, Arizona,
Texas and New Mexico. The Senate
also must act on the appropriation.
While the House was acting, a
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
heard behind closed doors testimony
from Major Wendell Dove of the
Army on the possibility of getting
needed natural rubber from South
America. Details of his testimony
were not disclosed, but Chairman
Gillette O-Iowa) declared the group
received "ample evidence of ample
supplies
The prospects for larger-than.
expected production of natural rub
ber from the Guayule shrub were
disclosed with publication by the
House Appropriations committee of
testimony from c. NJ. Granger, as.
CONTINUED ON Page Twelve; Col. 81 .
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-10-09
s. Aiirnlen
Iii At Japs
: In Solonnons
Task Force From Aircraft
Carrier Smashes At Foe
In Northern Sector
HEAVY CRUISER IS HIT
Four Other Ships Bombed,
Many Planes Destroyed;
No American Losses

WASHINGTON, Oct. g.
R-An aircraft carrier task
force, striking violently into
the heart of Japan's defense
area in the North Solomon
Islands, has damaged an en-
emy heavy cruiser and four
other ships, destroyed eight
aircraft and blasted an air.
field, the Navy announced to-
night.
The operation, conducted in
unfavorable weather, appar-
rently caught the japanese
completely by surprise at one
of their most vulnerable
points. It was carried through
without the loss of a man or
plane and without damage to
any ship.
In Shorthand Area
"A Navy conmun1que, reporting
the action, said that the ships at
tackled were in the Shorthand Is.
land area, just south of the Is
land of Bougainville, which is the
main Japanese base in the Solo
mons. The airfield attacked was
Kieta, on the northern coast OF
Bougainville, As miles north OF
Shorthand.
For several weeks, the commu'
nique said, enemy ships had been
observed concentrating in the Short.
land area. This was authoritatively
interpreted to mean not that great
armada was massing there but that
on frequent occasions large numbers
Of enemy vessels put in. These
CONTINUED on Page Five; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-10-09
MarineIsBeaten, Sta bbed, Kicked
AndLiues To TeuAboutlt

a stop over ON his tour of Pacific
naval outposts.
while the fight at the tank was
in. progress another Marine, Pri-
vate Kenneth Koon, was shooting
at the Japs with his rifle from a
position nearby. He was reported
to have killed 81. This figure, it
finally officially substantiated by
the Marine Corps, will exceed in
one respect the famous exploit OF
Alvin C. York, World War hero
on the Western Front. York was
credited with killing 20 Germans.
York, however, in addition to the
men he killed, captured 1872. His
achievement earned him several
high decorations)
"We were advancing up the
beach in front of the infantry,
Moore told the writer. 'They were
CONTINUED on Page Five; Col. u
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-10-09
BRITISH REMAIN
FIRM ON INDIA
Repeat Determination To
Deal With Problem On
Original Basis

LONDON, Oct. 8-(RHThe gov.
ernment repeated its determination
today to deal with the Indian prob
lem only within the framework
of the independence proposals
made by Sir Stafford Grips, and
the House of Commons gave it
support by a lopsided 800 to II
vote.
L. S. Amery, secretary for In
dia, and Clement Attlee, Domin.
ions secretary, had led debate on
a bill to continue the life of the
Indian government and he frankly
told Parliament the Indian picture
is still dark and confused in parts
with sporadic disturbances daily,
which already have resulted in 84e
deaths and the wounding of 2,024.
Of these, go killed and 648 wound
ed were British soldiers, police or
government employees.
The House approval of the gov.
ernment's firm stand came on de.
feating motion of James Max
ton, Independent Labor member,
to sidetrack the bill.
Few voices were raised in sup
port of Maxton's motion, the most
influential was that of Arthur
Greenwood, labor leader, who cri-
ticized Prime Minister Churchill S
earlier announcement that the
Cripps proposals must stand un-
altered in their essentials
Amery promised that the prob
lem provoked by Mohandas K.
Gandi's demands for immediate
independence would be overcome
and that Britain was pledged to
see "India's destiny directed by
Indian hands free of all external
control"
He dismissed, however, the idea
of negotiating with Gandhi's ALL
India Congress party as long as
CONTINUED on Page Twelve; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-10-09
NAZl SUBJUCATlON
OF DENMARK SEEN
Evidence Is Accumulating
That Danes Soon To Be
Under German Rule

LONDON, Oct. S.-R)-Evidenc'
was accumulating tonight that Ger
many is about to make Denmarl
a completely subjugated state.
German-occupied for two year
and a half, yet nominally self-gov
erned and maintained as a show
piece of Nazi influence at it's "best,
Denmark was believed marked dow1
now for forced Modification for these
purposes:
1.-Suppression Of rising rebellion
against so-called German benevo
lence;
2.-Tight defense against Allied
invasion;
disqualification Of "Germanit
federation" project which is to b.
used for Nazi home propaganda
this winter.
1t was reported that the Ger
mans will insist that Denmark alst
declare war against Russia, re-arn
and hand over to the Germans con
troll of what Danish ships remair
in Danish waters.
Across the Skagerrak in Norway
the Germans executed nine more
patriots, making a three-day tota
of "a. The Oslo radio said the
death sentence of a tenth person
was commuted to is years at hare
labor. The reason for the --latest
executions were not given.
The Germans arrested 70 othel
Norwegians, mostly youths, in the
port of Molde, a ford below Trond
helm where the Germans have de
clared martial law in an effort tt
stop sabotage on military projects
Many. hundreds previously were ar
rested.
The Nazi pressure on Denmarl
was most critical.
Efforts to obtain the consent o1
King Christian for the idea of a
so-called Germanic confederation o1
Denmark, Norway and the Neither
lands having failed, it was reported
in a roundabout way that Hitler
has summoned Herr Kanstein. the
Gestapo chief for Norway, in or
der to make him Reichscommission
er and impose the full collaboration
which the Nazi demand.
Within the kingdom, Monday Is
likely to be critical day. Their
a new group of Danish Nazis is
due to depart for the Russian front
to fight for Germany. But recently
returned puppet troops of this ma
ture have been treated with scorn
by patriotic Danes, and the new
contingent may be kept at home tc
help in Modification of the king.
dom.
The Copenhagen newspaper Poll
tiken has been saying that "all re-
sponsible Danes are against reck-
less action which might endanger
the country" and urging that the
people avoid large gatherings
which may easily lead to disturb
ances."
From London meanwhile power
CONTINUED on Page Five; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-10-09
PROPAGANDA ACTIVE
Enemy Information Lays
Foundation For Pos
sible Withdrawal
CLAIM GOAL IS WON
Faint Hint Seen That Mill
tary In Control De-
spite Hitler

NEW YORK, Oct. 8.-(P)
The German propaganda
machine laid a foundation to-
night for a possible retreat
from Stalingrad, where the
Red Army's staunch defenses
have consumed Nazi troops
and machines by the thous-
ands for 45 days of flaming
siege.
''The fight for Stalingrad
has changed" said a broad
cast by DNB the official news
agency, quoting military
quarters"
''The strategic objective at
Stalingrad already has been
achieved" DNB continued.
''It is no longer necessary to
send German infantry and as
sault engineers into battle.
The finishing touches will
now be entrusted to heavy
artillery units and Stukas
(dive bombers)."
A Russian counteroffensive has
been pressing heavily against the
German left flank from the north
or the steppes between the Volga
and Don, and was even before
Hitler's speech of eight days ago
when the German chancellor
boasted unequivocally that Stain
grad would be captured-"you may
rest assured"
The very fact tn a military
quarters in Berlin were quoted as
indicating that the siege of Stain
grad might be lifted was a faint
indication that the military had
taken over the situation, despite
Hitler's latest promise.
The broadcast, as heard by the
Associated Press listening post,
continued:
''It is pointed out that every
where else on the Eastern front
where local adjustments of great
er extent are taking place, the
CONTINUED on Page Five; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-10-09

ed him up and bounced him off the
side of the tank.
4I guess they thought I was
dead" Moore recalls. IT had quite
bit of blood on me, and was I'm
conscious"
Private Moore, whose home is at
Ills Post street, San Francisco,
Calf, at first was believed to have
been killed in action. Rescued by
his comrades and skillfully cared
for by Navy doctors, he is very
much alive today, after being eva
cuated from the Solomons to this
base with other Marine wounded
He told his remarkable story
from his cot in the mobile base
hospital which the Navy has sta
toned here. One of the first to
visit it was Undersecretary Of the
Navy James v. Forrestal, who
paid a visit to the hospital during
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-10-09

line railroad company, the greater
part Of which came out of the rail.
roads shops here.
This figure which set the total
for the week-old drive at 1913,
62O pounds, is exclusive of collect
ions in the rural district of the
county by two WPA trucks
Reports of their days haul were
not available.
The street-to-street collection in
the city yesterday was upped by
the use of six additional army
trucks released for the work by
Camp Davis authorities. W. A.
Stewart, in charge of the operat-
ions said. The days work by eight
trucks yielded 1859 pounds while
the Brigade Boys club, keeping
up their record, turned in total
Of 1920 pounds. Included in the
Brigade collection were % cannon
pail, donated to the drive by the
Wilmington Light Infantry armory.
Residents were again assured
last night by Mr.. Stewart not to be.
Continued on Pape Three. Col 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-10-09
IN FACTORY SUBURBS
Russian Attack On Flank
Above City Holds New
ly Won Points
SOME AREAS RUINED
One Quarter OF Workers
Settlement Smashed
By Foes Fire

MOSCOW, Friday, Oct. 9.
-P)-German tanks and in
fantry broke into two streets
in a factory suburb of Stain
grad yesterday while the Red
Army attacking the Nazi
flank above the city held
newly-won positions by beat
ing off several small assaults.
A midnight Soviet commu-
nique said 16 of the so Ger
man tanks hurled against the
Red lines in the battered
northwestern outskirts of
Stalingrad were destroyed
and four battalions (about g.
600 men) of infantry were
wiped out.
"Only in one place the en-
emy succeeded in occupying
two streets of a populated
place." the communique said
Of this fight.
Field dispatches said one
quarter of the workers set
tlement now was in ruins
from German bombs, shells
and mortar fire, but said the
Red Army thus far has held
the Germans back from the
Volga river banks and the
heart of Stalingrad in a siege
now entering it's 46th day.
Tear Gaps in Lines
The Soviet dispatches said that
Russian tanks had torn gaps in
the German left flank above the
city, forcing the Nazi command to
divert elite Prussian troops to
meet the threat.
The late communique did not
credit the Red Army, however,
CONTINUED on Page Twelve; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-10-09
SENATE VET0ES
SECURITY TAX
Refuses To Levy On State
And Municipal Future
Bond Issues

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8-(P)-The
Senate, voting So to "a, refused to
tax the income from future issues
Of state and municipal securities
today after an extended debate
which stressed assertions that such
an impost would violate state
rights and produce Insignificant
revenues.
In making its decision, the Sen
ate for the first time in its con.
sideration of the new wartime taz
bill disregarded the recommenda.
ton of it's Finance committee.
The vote, however, brought it te
tine point of dicussing one of the
bill's major controversies, the
committees proposal for five
per cent victory tax on all individ.
Continued on Pare Twelve: Col, 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-10-09
Kansas Is Leading Nation
Tops Utah And Ore
gon Takes Third

NEW YORK, Oct. 8.-tP-Kansas
tonight forged into the lead by
hard work as the "a top states
in the national scrap metal sal
wage drive led by the newspapers
reported they had collected more
than one billion pounds Of iron and
steel junk.
The tonnage being gathered
across the country mounted hour.
ly and the tremendous flow of old
metal to the junk yards was il
lustrated by figures released dur
ing the day by the Newspapes'
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-10-09
U. S. MUST DECIDE
ON FIGHTING MEN
WPB Head Warns Nation
1t Must Choose Size
OF Armed Services

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. -R- A
warning from WPB Chairman Don.
aid M. Nelson that tn United
States must soon decide how big
a fighting force it can efficiently
maintain brought the nation face
to face tonight with the gigantic
problem of how best to distribute
its manpower among factory, field
and fighting front.
Although no steps have been TAX
en- yet to slow down the growth OF
the Army and Navy, he said in
response to questions at a press
conference that there is an "out'
side limit on their size.
Of immediate Importance, he
said, is 1.-The time element." He
indicated that he meant by this
that agreement must be reached
on the speed with which the armed
forces should be built up, so that
they might not outrun the ability
of the country's war plants tc
supply them with weapons d
equipment.
However, once the Army has
been built up and armed, it will
be a comparatively simple matter
to keep it furnished with an ade.
quate flow of replacement supplies
and equipment, he added.
There is constant discussion be-
tween tne chiefs of staff, the man
power organization, and ourselves
on the time schedule under which
lContinued on Page Twelve; Col. A
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-10-09
NAVAL AVIATION
FUNDS APPROVED
House Passes $6,236,956,-
621 Appropriation For
New Expansion

WASHINGTON, OCT. 8.-HR-A
$6,236, ,621 appropriation meas
ure. boosting this nations cost-of-
war bill to 1920, 900 100000 was pass
ed swiftly by the House today to
finance naval aviation expansion
program and variety of other war.
born projects.
The new appropriations encount.
cred no opposition on the floor win
ming final approval by voice vote.
Members of the House appropria-
tioins committee informed the House
that the United States soon would
CONTINUED on Page Twelve; Col. I
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-10-09

United Scrap Metal Drive COM
mittee.
At noon the committee announc-
ed Utah was in the lead and that
up until that time total collection
of 395, ,225 tons-790, $50, 900 pounds
had been reported by the top "a
states, but later in the day the
committee had to revise the fig
ures upward to 600, 800 tons-1, ,218,-
100000 pounds-a per capita aver
age for the group of 1875 pounds.
Most of the figures given the
committee were estimates and
were presented frankly as such by
state salvage leaders, who said the
junk metal was coming in so fast
and to so many points that actual
weights could not be obtained
quickly. The drive strated Sep
tember % and ends October II
Kansas, by nightfall, had bump
ed Utah cut of first place, which
that state had reached at noon,
CONTINUED on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-10-09
City And County Groups
Attending Rate Farley

Members of the City Council and
County Board of Commissioners
will leave this morning for Ra-
leigh where they will present New
Hanover county's case for the re-
duction of industrial and residential
electric and gas rates before the
State Utilities Board, Mayor Har-
grove Bellamy said last night.
One hundred per cent attendance
from both bodies is expected at the
conclave, he said.
City Manager A. C. Nichols and
City Attorney w. B. Campbell will
also be present.
The two groups will leave by
automobiles for Raleigh at Z o'clock
this morning. The hearing is sched-
uled for II o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-10-09
County Leaps To Second Place
In State Scrap Salvage Drive
Total OF l,313,S2O Pounds
Collected Here Since
October First

New Hanover county leaped to
second place in the newspaper
sponsored scrap drive in the state
Yesterday with collections reach
ing a new daily high of 1872, 039
pounds, it was reported by salvage
drive heads.
The county was topped in the
state drive only by Durham which
repeatedly had collected a total
of 1854, 9O5 pounds since the cam
paign started October l.
Swelling the days total conside-
ably was the 739, 200 pounds of soap
turned in by the Atlantic Coast
The Wilmington morning star., 1942-10-09
LOCAL BEACH HITS
HIGH SCRAP MARK
Between II And Is Tons
Already Salvaged At
WrightsviIle Resort

Wrightsville Beach's contribution
to the scrap metal drive is between
12 and Is tons, Town Clerk R. L.
Benson, chairman of the resort
salvage campaign, announced to-
day.
Everything from kitchen utensils
to automobiles have been piled on
the scrap heap at the collection sta
ton opposite Town Hall on way
nick boulevard, said Mr.. Benson
CONTINUED on Page Twelve; Col. 81