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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-05
HAVE HOUSING PROBLEM

Most wives make as great a sac
rifice as do their husbands when
the men go off to war. Life sell
dom is easy for them if they fol-
low their husbands, and it is lone
ly for them if they don't.
If there are children, they be-
come the wife's sole responsibility
and if she tries to follow her
husband there is certain to be a
housing problem, since SO many
landlords turn thumbs down on
children. even the children of men
in uniform.
But the main reason why civil
ians owe service wives so much
is because the wives of men in
uniform face the possibility of
having to go through life alone.
They stand a chance to lose their
husbands, and their children to
lose their fathers out of this war.
Yet for the most part, little has
been done for the wives. All too
often they are looked on as a
nuisance by community because
they add to crowded conditions,
help to use up scarce supplies,
and are here today and gone to-
morrow.
We're quick to try to make the
lot of the servicemen better, for
there is a glamor attached to his
uniform. But we have been pitt
fully slow to recognize that the
service mans wife should be well
treated too, even though she wears
no Uniform.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-05
NEW PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, Sept. a Up -
Denton E. Rebok, educator and
missionary, is the new president
of the Seventh-Day Adventist theo-
logical seminary at Takoma Park
here.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-05
MONDAYS MENU

BREAKFAST: Grape and
grapefruit juice, French toast,
jam, whole wheat toast, but
ter or fortified margarine, COT
fee, milk.
LUNCH BOX: Baked beans
with minced onion and pickle
sandwich on enriched bread,
cottage cheese with shredded
carrot sandwich on W h o e
wheat, whole tomato, peanut
cookies, hole peach, milk or
tea.
DINNER: Left over meat
and vegetable stew with bis
cult top, mashed potatoes, corn
on cob, whole wheat bread,
butter or fortified margarine,
cabbage and celery salad,
stewed ginger pears, coffee,
milk.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-05

MRS CARL CONWAY POOL-Qeft) the former Miss
Violet Preca Dawson whose wedding took place Sum-
day. August 49, at Calvary Baptist church Mrs
Pool the daughter of Mr. and Mrs c. Dawson of Rocky
Mount. photograph by Adams Studo)
CATHERINE ELIZABETH PLOTT-( rght daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs G. G. Pot of Tarboro, whose engage
ment is announced Candidate James B. Sstrunk of
Mr. and Mrs F. s. Sstrunk of Wilmington The wedding
will take place in the fall
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-05
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT

Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce E. Taylor
announce the birth OF a daughter,
Christine Ann, August %, at Mar
ion Sprunt annex. Mrs. Taylor is
the former Annie Lee Bell of Cur
rio
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-05

in the month, but warns that in
tensive work in every club will
be necessary to achieve this.
The l6 district meetings OF the
federation have been scheduled to
begin on October 5th, the first at
Wagram, and the last at Raleigh
on October goth.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-05

The purple martin is the noisl-
est of the nine species of Amerl-
can swallow.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-05

The smallest vertebrate II the
United States is the chorus ifog'
seven-sixteenths of an inch long.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
|Kochan-Lamotta Bout
Off as Navy Shifts
Former Suddenly
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-It took the
Navy to do it, but Mike Jacobs
finally has been forced to cancel a
fight show on the very day it. was
scheduled.
The card booked for Madison
Square Garden last night and head
lining Jake Lamotta and George
Kochan was called of by the pro-
moter less than three hours before
it was scheduled to begin when it
was learned that Kochan, a member
of the Coast Guard had received
transfer orders effective Immediately
and would be unable to appear.
The closest Jacobs ever came be-
fore to such a last minute" can
collation. in his 10 years of promoting
headline fights here was postpone.
ment on the eve of the Henry Arm
Istrong -Ceferina Garcia welterweight
title bout in 1888, when Armstrong
suffered sacroiliac ailment
Kochan, from Akron, Ohio, re,
ceived his orders earlier in the day
but believed he would be able to ge
through with the bout. Jacobs
called off the show after receiving 6
wire from Washington Nava
authorities advising it would not bs
possible for Kochan to take part.
With the elimination of las
nights program, the Garden end
it's boxing year with total of 322 ,02l
fans and $1,136 ,228 in gates for q
fistic shows.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Best Air Attack Faces
Top Passing Defense
In Cotton Bowl
By the Associated Press.


DALLAS, Dec. 30.-The Nations
No. passing attack will be tossed
into the Cotton Bowl Saturday
but
The years best pass defense will
be working against it.
That's a major feature Of the
exas-Randolph Field football game
New Year Day.
Figures from the National Foot
ball Statistical Bureau show Ran
dolph Field. with the fancy Glenn
Dobbs doing the pitching, with 12O
competitions out of 2l8 attempts for
1923 yards, topping college and
service teams for the season.
But these figures also show Texas
had the best pass defense in the
Nation and in one department the
best of all time.
With 135 passes thrown against
them, the Longhorns allowed only
As competitions for COG yards and
intercepted 80 of the pitches.
And here's the payoff: Passes
cost the opposition almost as much
as gained.
Texas took those 80 interceptions
back $50 yards, an all-time record,
beating the mark set in 1910 by
Pennsylvania by SIS yards.
If Randolph Field tries to cross up
Texas by turning to ground game,
the Longhorns will be ready for that,
too. They gave eight opponents a
total of only 500 yards rushing dur
ing the season-just 636 yards a
game.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Loop Leaders, Barons
And Bears, Play Tie
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
There appeared to be little to
choose between the leaders of the
Eastern and the Western Divisions
of the American Hockey League to-
day. They tried to settle their argu-
ment last night, but the best the
two teams-the Hershey Bears and
the Cleveland Barons-could do was
battle to % deadlock.
In the other league encounter the
Champion Buffalo Bisons romped to
q 3-to-0 victory over the Providence
team.
A crowd of 1O,S19 turned out to
watch the Eastern and Western
Division leaders meet at Cleveland.
The Barons, who have beaten
Hershey only once in the last IA con-
tests, were crippled by injuries and
Illness last night and could put only
IL men on the ice, but they managed
to take first-period lead and to
tie it up at 2-all in the third period
after the Bears had scored twice in
the second session.
Danny Sprout of the Barons and
CASTOR Gauthier of the Bears each
spent five minutes in the penalty
box for flsticuffing.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Lemon Gusts Mathey
In Boys Title Tennis

NEW YORK, Dec. 3O.-McDonald
Mathey of Princeton, N. j., seeded
No. 2 in the boys division Of the
Eastern indoor net championships,
was on the sidelines today as the
semis were reached. He bowed to
Peter Lemon of New York, IS, 6-4
a turned ankle in the second set
helping in his downfall.
Three other matches in the same
bracket brought triumphs to Leon
ard Steiner, Sidney Schwartz and
Fred Scribner. Lemon and Steiner
and Schwartz and Scribner will meet
in the semis tomorrow.
Among the three quarter-final
contests in the junior singles
Charles Oliver, Perth Amboy, seed
ed No. /, came through by beating
John Riihiluoma, Bermuda, 81
60, and gets his next test today
against Henry Osten.
Linton Baldwin, Brooklyn, seed
ed No. 4, won his delayed second
round match by beating William
Leak, Larchmont, 60, 6I3.
Six first-round matches in the
junior doubles were run off, with
Oliver, paired with Osten, winning
They defeated Sumner Sydeman
and Stanley We'll, 81. g.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Griffmen in Hole
If EurIy Goes

The Mats are faced with the
problem of developing some of
the young catchers on their re-
serve list If Jake Early, WASH
ington's No. l receiver, is induct-
ed into the Army when he goes
up for examination on Monday.
Early, rated the leagues best
catcher last season, has been
called by his Kings Mountain
On. c. draft board. Twenty
seven years old and father of
two children, Early knows of no
physical handicaps to service.
In addition to veteran Tony
Giuliani the Mats possess promis-
ing youngsters in Firmin Guerra
from Chattanooga and Danny
Reagan, formerly of the Yankee
chain.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Boys Quints Contest
For 5 Titles Today

Championships in the Boys Club
of Washington annual Christmas
basket ball tournament will be de-
cided this afternoon and tonight,
with five games scheduled in weight
classes ranging from 80 to $50
pounds. Activities are divided be-
tween Eastern and Central Branch
clubs.
Scores yesterday were close as the
Journeys end approached. Central
Branch nosed out Alexandria Boys
Club, 1927, in the 105-pound class;
the I Streeters won over Georgetown
Branch, 1881. at $50 pounds, and
Friendship topped Police Boys Club
No. II, 36-32, also in the 150-pound
division. In the 105-pound second,
Sacred Heart took q forfeit over
Georgetown Branch.
Today'S schedule:
so-pound class-Eastern ouins vs.
105-pound class-Central vs.. Sacred
Heart at Central, $50 pm
l20-pound class--Sacred Heart VS.. Gen.
tral at Central, 7:3O pm.
136.pound class--Eastern Rens vs.. Cen
tral at Eastern, 7:30 pm.
s15O-pound class-Friendship w. Street
at Eastern. $50 pm.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-Lonnie
Frey of the Cincinnati Reds wiped
out all fielding records for National
League second baseman during 1943
as his club led the circuit afield with
an aggregate of $50, official averages
released today reveal.
Frey, 81 years old and completing
his 10th year in the senior circuit,
fielded for .985 to wipe out the
previous mark of 1888 set by Earl
Adams of the Chicago Cubs in 1925.
The frail native of st. Louis made
only 13 errors in accepting 873 total
chances and participated in liz
double plays as he hiked his average
eight points above his 1912 figure
In the first season that saw Eddie
Miller, sure-fingered shortstop, in
the same infield.
The statistics reveal that Miller,
brought to the Reds a year ago
from the Boston Braves, was the
best fielding shortstop in Ford
Frick's circuit for the fourth straight
year. Miller's average was $3.50.
Fletcher and May Shine.
The all-star infield, on a fielding
basis, would be completed with Elbie
Fletcher of the Pittsburgh Pirates
at first and Merrill May of the
Philadelphia Phillies at third.
Fletcher, who like Frey has joined
the armed forces since the close Of
the season, was tops at the initial
sack with q 1896 figure while Mays
1858 was good enough to win the
honor at his post.
Dan Litwhiler's error on May 20,
his only one of the year and one
which ended q streak of 189 perfect
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Sharply Contrasting Camps
Suit Rival Sugar Tilt Tutors

Here they have something to look
at while they are not working. I
believe they do less worrying"
Alexander is working the Georgia
Tech team in the mornings and the
boys 60 to picture shows or the
races in the afternoons.
The rival coaches also agree that
forward passing will play an i'm
portant part in the outcome Of the
Sugar Bowl game and that it will
be free-scoring contest.
Il really expect to see both teams
score two or more touchdoWns
apiece" Alexander said TT will just
be which team can get the most Of
their passes caught"
Frnka thinks that punting will
have an important bearing on the
outcome of the game. Last year
Offers of Tennessee hurt us plenty
on punt returns and know that
Eddie Prokop is just as good in this
phase Of play" Frnka said. Bobby
Dodd. Techs backfield coach, is an
old Tennessee star, you know. and
am afraid that he has Tech well
schooled in punt returning"
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Injuries Place MANY
Turf Aces on Shelf
By the-Associated Press.

By the-Associated Press.
In addition to attendance, mu-
tuel play and other records set, the
l943 turf season also presented the
odd picture of champions injured
and placed on the shelf, month after
month.
One whose career, for the season,
ended in June was Count Fleet, the
horse of the year" and one of the
most remarkable to be seen in COM
petition since the days of Man O.
War. In all, the Count started only
six times, and yet, in those six races
he accomplished feat credited to no
other horse for he not only won the
triple crown but the Wood Memo
rial and the Withers as well.
Only one other horse in history
has been able to win the Kentucky
Derby, PreakneSs, Belmont and
Withers, and that was Sir Barton
which, in 1919, became the first WIN
ner of the triple crown
An injury suffered in the Belmont
Stakes proved SO severe it was
deemed advisable to retire the
Count for the remainder of the
camDaign.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Frey of Reds Sets New Fielding
Mark for N. |. Second-Suckers

games, didn't deprive him of the
outfielders' championship. The st.
Louis gardener, who started the
campaign with the Phils, had an
imposing 1896 to go alongside the
1000 he tackled up the year pre-
vious.
Claude Passeau of the Chicago
Cubs was the best fielding pitcher
for the second straight year, max
ing every one of his 68 chances
cleanly while Elmer Riddle of Gin
cinnati made the only miscue of his
major league career on August 3. He
had guarded his post perfectly
through 102 games. In all, 26 pitch
ers were perfect fielders, but the
title went to Passeau, who had the
most chances.
Lopez, Livingston Top Catchers.
AL Lopez of Pittsburgh and Tom
my Livingston of Philadelphia and
Chicago headed the catchers with
99l figures, each having 448 chances
and making errors.
III team lelullls, IIlt ptlllldlie-
winning Cardinals led with 4,278
putouts. Boston registered 2,O23 as
sists and had 6,391 total chances for
the leadership in those divisions
The Phillies made the most err
rors, 189.
The balta ball, whose deafness
drew protests from various loop Of
ficials at the start of the season,
helped the circuit to a new fielding
mark of 974 for the eight teams,
compared with the previous high of
973, which was set in 1888 and
equaled in 1912. The 1911 errors
recorded was l less than the figure
for 1912.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Six ). f. Grid Teams
May Resume in 1914
Ply The Associated prns.

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Dec. 30.-The Atlanta
Constitution said today it had
learned from a reliable source that
at least eight and possibly 10 South
eastern Conference schools would
field football teams next fall.
Certain of playing, the newspaper
said, are the four which participated
in conference games this year
Georgia, Georgia Tech, L. S. y. and
Tulane.
In addition, it reported, six others
Tennessee, Alabama, Vanderbilt,
Kentucky, Mississippi State and
Auburn-have expressed a desire
to sponsor the gridiron sport they
abandoned because of the war. Ala
bama and Vandy had informal
teams during the past season, but
engaged in no conference contests.
No indication of a change in plans
has gone from Mississippi University
or Florida, the Constitution said.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
1uskegee Plays Clark
In Vulcan Bowl Tilt

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 30
Tuskegee Institute Tigers, cham
pions of the Southern Negro Con-
ference, will seek to avenge their
only league loss of the year in their
New Year Day Vulcan Bowl game
with Atlanta's Clark College.
The Clark Panthers administered
TO defeat in an early season game,
but Tuskegee went on to win the
conference title with victories over
Alabama State, Morris Brown,
Florida A. & NJ. West Virginia
State, Wilberforce and Morehouse.
Morris Brown held Tuskegee to a
scoreless tie near the start of the
season, but was walloped, 32-13. in
a later meeting. Clark won five of
its seven starts.
Tuskegee lost to Texas College in
the Vulcan Bowl last year.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
pr +ha Arsocin.nlp.as,

By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 30
Coaches Henry Frnka of Tulsa and
Bill Alexander of Georgia Tech
agree that their training sites and
abbreviated practice periods for the
Sugar Bowl game here New Year
Day are entirely satisfactory"
Last year we worked 10 days here
for our game with Tennessee,
Frnka said at his training camp at
nearby Bay st. Louis, Miss, today
but I believe the four days of hik-
ing in the sea air and practicing will
just about bring us to top strength. u
Alexander said that the short
practice in New Orleans was "ade-
quate," but added that I'VE could use
better weather."
1T has been entirely too cold the
last couple of days to turn the boys
loose" Alexander said.
Alexander believes his boys are
better off "in the city" than in a
smaller town.
Il think it's bad for the boys to
sit around and twiddle their thumbs
in their idle moments he said
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Ross|yn Rally Nets Surprising
$o6,275 in Bond Pin Event

L predicted OSSie would make
good" said Harris, "and I would
have felt a personal letdown If he
hadn't"
Russ Hodges OF VOL, one Of the
hardest working members of a team
which apparently is headed for a
smash success in the bowlers' War
Bond campaign. to end January 8,
gabbed over the mike with Farkas
and Masterson. Andy spoke of
wanting to win in the worst way" as
a Redskin but the remark was su-
per1uous in view of his performances
against the New York Giants and
Chicago Bears in the Redskins last
two games.
Masterson, captain of the Red
skins, revealed that Sam Baugh was
hazy, or at least thought himself
so, when he returned to the Bear
battle after being knocked out. in
the early going. He asked me to
call the signals" said Masterson,
adding with a grin: But with a
clear head I didn't know 'em too
we'll"
Same Old Uncle Nick.
Altrock as usual drew laugh
after laugh. After more than a
quarter century with the Washing
ton ball club, Nick declared, he still
is in the dark on why Griffth hired
him, or why John McGraw of the
Giants once offered to buy him for
$4,000. Il don't know what kind
Of money he meant to use," said
Nick.
Art Brown of VOL and Walter
Haight, weighty sports writer, shot
one-boX match with the issue de-
cided by fewest balls rolled to knock
down the 10 sticks After firing a
dozen Haight conceded defeat but
with utter determination got the
last pin-after sneaking so feet be-
yond the foul line.
In other contests Tony Santini
shaded Perce Wolfe, No. / ranking
bowler of Metropolitan Washington,
381 to 379, and Al Wright humbled
Johnny Burger, 366 to 33l, the lat
ter being a battle of speedballers.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Western Squad d Choice
.0ver East in Shrine Game
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3o.-East-
ern and Western football all-stars.
their one heavy scrimmage behind
them, began tapering off practice to-
day for the Shrine Charity game
New Year Day.
The East coaches, none too opti-
mistic, with 2-1 odds favoring the
West, ordered two-a-day schedules
for the rest of the week.
Co-Coaches Grin Hollingbery
Washington State, and L. T. Buck
Shaw, Santa Clara, have indicated
Herman Wedemeyer, 19-year-old
Hawaiian sensation from st. Mary's
College, and Jimmy Nelson, former
Alabama star now with the 4th Air
Force at March Field, will carry the
Vests ball-packing burden.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
BY ROD THOMAS.

ArVllle EberSole, head OF the Ma
tional Bowling Council, a conserva-
tive fellow in spite of his promo
|tional yen, predicted the Rosslyn
rally in The Star bowling War Bond
campaign would raise s50,000, count
ing on Ossie Bluege, Bucky Harris,
Bob Masterson, Andy Farkas, Nick
Altrock, Arch Mcdonald, Russ
Hodges, Art Brown and Walter
Haight, not to speak of himself and
Gait Davis, last nights host. to
put all the money from the pockets
of a packed house.
Today Ebersole checked the re-
suits of rousing evening at the
.Rosslyn Bowling Center and found
S96.275 added to Uncle Sans bank
roll.
Football Sells for $1,000.
Biggest sale was $4,000, for which
David Collins of Arlington County
received football autographed by
all the Washington Redskins. Three
Ibaseballs. bearing the signatures of
Bluege, Harris, Altrock and illus
Itrious Clark Griffith, brought $500
apiece. Nine others sold for s10O
Or more each. A haf-dozen war
marked German helmets sold like
wienies and gave grim touch to
the affair, otherwise cheerful.
Bluege, manager of the Washing
ton ball club, declared Bucky Harris,
his mentor during large portion
Of his big league career, the smartest
manager in baseball. Bucky now
holds the reins of the Buffalo club
in the International League but is
known to be headed back to the
majors and to the biggest job he
ever has held.
Bluege and Harris were inter-
viewed by Arch Mcdonald of WTOP,
incompatible in his field as base
ball broadcaster and a genuine hit
wherever he appears in person.
From Harris he drew a bit of unpub-
lished news. Many followers of the
Washington club wondered what
was Bucky's reaction when Bluege
was appointed to succeed him as the
GriffS' manager.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Misses Fry and Lopaus
Gain Girls Net Final
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BROOKLINE, Mass, Dec. 30.-The
final of the Girls National Indoor
Tennis Tournament finds Shirley
Fry Of Akron, Ohio, as contestant
as result of her surprise victory
over Betsy Rosenquist of South
Orange, N. j., 6-3, 60, in the
semis yesterday.
Her victory over the 1912 runner
up sent her into a match with Lii
liam Lopaus of City Island, N. Y,
defending champion, today. Miss
Lopaus defeated Norma Meister of
Sharon. 6-1. 6-3.
Misses Lopaus and RosenQuist
eliminated Barbara Wilkins of New
Rochelle, N. Y, and Jean Pipes of
Wellesley, 6-1, 6-3, and Miss Fry
and Miss Meister defeated Norma
Depperman, Harrison Park, N. j.,
and Betty Coumbs, Westfeld, N. j.,
60, Ga, in doubles semifinals.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Maryland Board Bars
Rider Quinn for Life
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, Dec. l3o.-Jockey
Matt Quinn, 27, of Artesian, S. Oak,
has been ruled out of racing for life
after a series of hearings by the
Maryland Racing Commission on
charges that he offered another
jockey bribe to pull" his mount.
The commission voting was split,
H. Courtenay Jenifer dissenting
from the majority opinion of Chair
man Frank Small, jr., and George
P. Mahoney. Quinn still has the
right to file an appeal for reinstate-
ment before this or future commits
sions.
Quinn was charged with offering
$3.50 to Joe Pannell to pull" his
horse, White Sea, during the recent
meeting at Marlboro. Pannell was
killed in a spill at Charles Town, but
signed statement he filed with the
commission was presented at one of
the hearings and his widow. Mrs.
Anna May Pannells also testified
she was present when the offer was
made.