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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07
GRID CROWN WON |
! AT CAMP DAVIS
556th Aw Bn Captures
Touch Title With a.
6 Triumph !

CAMP DAVIS, Dec. 6-Flashing
brilliant aerial attack the 556th
AW Bn gained the Camp Davis
touch football title, 14-6, when it
came from behind to overcome
the 117th AA Gun Bn.
As in previous contests Billy
Shades pitching arm threw
strikes With abandon to Miller,
Parker, and Wilson for most part
and directly accounted for both
touchdowns. DefenslveIy Shade in
tercepted key passes to thwart the
117th time and again while team
mate Paul Baker, center, was the
most impressive lineman as he
broke through often to halt rival
ball-carriers.
The .117th scored early when a
trio of successful passes, Castine
to Postolese, covered rs yards
and netted a so lead. Wasting
no time following the kickoff Shade
connected twice to Wilson and
then tossed to Parker for the
equalizer. A Shade to Parker
pass earned the point after touch
down. ..@
| i passing and punting duel be-
tween Shade and Castine spiced
the second half. After ten score
less minutes Shade intercepted an
aerial in midfield. Shades flip to
Parker gained 20 yards and runs
of IA and IL yards by Shade and
Iacobacci took the ball to the
five-yard line. Miller cut sharply
to take Shades snap toss in pay
off territory. 1t became IA to
when Shade hooked one to Park
er for the extra point.
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ASAB, MARRIAGE
TO RUN SATURDAY
IL Horses Enter Big Louis.
lana Handicap In New
Orleans

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. g. H -
Marriage, winner of the S25, 600
New Orleans handicap last winter,
was assigned top weight of 1874
pounds today for the $4,000 add
ed Louisiana Handicap to be run
at the fairg rounds here Saturday,
Dec. Is.
The race viii be ever mile
and an eighth with Marriage, COM
peting among entries from Is NOM
nations, carrying the silks of cow
ard and Dupuy. Texas owner.
Alsab, Mrs. Albert SABBATH S
"Cinderella" horse who was rested
up in 1913, was weighted next to
Marriage at 122 pounds. The little
stakes in 194i and 1912 and is ex.
pected to add much color to the
fairgrounds. 1t it his first trip here
and George Wooif is slated to ride
him.
William Helis' Sa;to is expected
to be another strong candidate
from among the crop Of best handi-
cappers in the race which the
great Whirlaway won last year.
Salto made an impressive show
ing Saturday by winning the Mis-.
sissippi handicap, six furlong
sprint, in 1913. best time of the
inter meet to Gate.
Others who have been working
well at the fairgrounds are Mrs,
B. Whitaker's Requested and Pop
Pick.
The nominations, announced by
racing secretary Julius Reeder;
with weights, follow:
Marriage, 124 pounds, Alsab
122; Requested. lis; First Fiddle,
lis; Pops Pick, liz; Reaping
Glory, 10 Salto, no: Bushwhack-
er, 1903; Sanlborombon 106 Sick
les Choice, 106; Blue Serge, 1906;
Shotput, 106; He Rolls, 104 Lat.
ent, 1o4 Incoming, 1902; War Mas
ter, 1902; o. K. Sugar, 102, and Wa
Clean, 100.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07
Priorities Are Giuen
For Cornwallis Work

City Engineer J. A.. Loughlin has
receiy ed the "go'' signal from the
War Production Board on renova.
lion Of the CORVALLIS house.
This means that priorities for the
most vital materials to be used in
the reconstruction have been al
lowed. Up to the present, the city
construction force has had to limit
its activities until WPB consent
was gained on certain items.
1t is expected nat the house, I'M
Ger process of conversion into an
Officers club, will be completed
within three weeks.
Whether or not it can be occup.
led by Christmas depends upon the
availability Of the necessary fur
nishings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07
SPORTS TRAIL

NEW YORK, Dec. 6-((P)- last summer, when the
Army announced 1t would not permit it's tranees in COL
A TO play varsity football Lehigh University announced
would not schedule games for it's civilian football team
with schools playing Navy and Marine Students and we
T Nrote a story lauding that stand
We didn't see, and still can't see any percentage in
bh Of fuzz-faced 17yearods going out there and get
ting their brains knocked out by collection of older more
experienced and more rugged men, under the guse Of sport
ing comptton
WE'LL have report now on how Lehigh, and its two
fellow members OF the middle three
and Rutgersfared this year the grdron and are han
pv to discover they finished their seasons If they had
nayed the serv1cemanned schools the season probahD
would have finished them. '''
Anyway to back up into the history of the decision To
try play civilian schedule the presidents and athletic
MAD some kind of plan for football during the war;
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NO APPEAL


WASHINGTON, Dec. 6-R>-
Perhaps the most significant
thing about the Churchill
Roosevelt-Stalin statement on
Germany was what it didn't
say.
There was no appeal to the
German masses, over Hitler's
head.
This throws DIR. Paul Joseph
Goebbels' propaganda line
completely out Of joint. He
had been warning the Ger
mans for the past two weeks
against just such an appeal.
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Coast Guardsmen Take
Local Air Region Fiiue

Wilmington Coast Guardsmen
played the Wilmington Air Region
basketball team last night in the
gym of New Hanover High school,
and came up with their second
victory, 1914, after beating the
Air Base five last week. t
Players of the Air Region team
were composed of employees Of the
Information and Filter center
here. They were coached by En-
sign Wensel.
high scorers for the Coast
Guardsmen were Urlich, and Har-
Land, each tossing a total of 10
points, with Otis playing a fine
defensive game.
Wensel, Perpich and Tasati
were outstanding with the outfit
from the filter center.
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THE most serious pIoDIe11 was
~ loss of students, about $50 Out
~. u. . normal enrolment of 1000
III Seino left at Lafayette, and not
Inv more at Lehigh. Each OF
+he three schools also lost its
o M. one by death, another by
enlistment in the Navy, and third
by leave of absence.
II was agreed to try to keep
+be conference rivalry alive, and
+be three schools started practice
Sent 27. There were no pre-sea-
son camps and the regular mem
hers Of the physical education
staff doubled as coaches - Ben
Watson at Lafayette, Harry Rocka-
fellow at Rutgers and Leo Prem
dergrast at Lehigh.
Il was discovered that many
bovs who ordinarily wouldn't re-
nort for football, not having been
beh school stars, came out for
tbe teams, now that there was a
chance Of seeing some action, and
some Of these lads became quite
proficient, proving in several in
stances they would have been
rood enough to play in normal
times.
Competition was limited to two
games between each of the three
teams and to outside colleges
which played only civilian stu
dents.
The attendance at the games
vas something short of sensation
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Pete Mannagoff and Cowboy
Luttrall will get another crack at
Babe Zaharias and AL Massey.
Promoter Bert Causey announced
Monday night. After being beaten
in a tag team bout, Mannagoff
and Luttrall both stated that they
desired another chance. This time
Luttrall will join with Mannagoff
to meet Massey and Zaharias in
a regular team scrap. Instead of
TWO grapplers wrestling at a time
as they do in tag team ARRAY.
an four will be mixing it up at
the same time. Both men on a
team must be pinned before a
TALL is decided. The battle is sche-
duled for 2 out of 3 falls with a
80 minute time limit.
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LOCALS PERFORM
| in robson SHOW
Horse Meet In Lumberton
Goes Over Exceed
| ingly Well

The Robson County Horse Show,
which proved a great success on
December 5 in Lumberton, will
be an annual performance, it was
announced by v. P. Lambert, pres
ident of the Robson Horse Asso-
citation.
The contest had following of
horse lovers from several states
and offered $3.50 in prize money.
Ia large field Of 104 horses entered,
and Sc different classes were held.
The five gated grand champion
ship was won by ''The Patriot" a
Charlotte horse owned by Sam
Craver, Jr. The second place was
taken by princess Anne from Car
olanne Stables of Norfolk. Virginia.
Seven Wilmingtonians entered
steeds in the contest and all re-
ceived places in the various class
|es. Joe Morrison rode Genius
Maid, Robert Morrison handled
"Mercy Lady,, F. p. Blair was
up on "Blair's Silver Allen, Billy
McEa cnern was mounted on "Er-
rol Flynn" and Daring Alice" and
Billy Todd rounded out the male
horsemen from Wilmington by en-
tering Belle Acre.. "How I'm
Doing, and Little Sir Echo.
Girls entering were: Mary SUIT
ton on "Regatta'', and Marguerite
McRae riding "Mira-m mar. A steed,
Fun Wind, from the Myrtle
Court Stables OF Wilmington also
made an excellent showing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07
CHAPLAINS NAMED

The Wilmington Ministerial asso-
citation appointed chaplains to open
with prayer the January meetings
Of the city council and board OF
county commissioners at meet
ing in the YMCA Monday morning.
The Rev. F. W. Pashacll, pastor
of Trinity Methodist church, will
say the prayer at the January city
council sessions and the Rev. j.
Roy Clifford, pastor of Temple Bap-
fist church, at the meeting OF the
county commissioners.
The association was invited sew
eral months ago by these two gov
eminent bodies to furnish minis
ter to open the meetings with pray
er.
Ministers were also appointed to
be in charge Of Sunday services
held at the shipyard and at the
Hughes and Vance buildings IN
Maffitt Village.
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The wiley Mannagoff and the
rowdy Luttrall promised that they
will have some new tricks to show
their opponents and do not believe
that Massey and Zaharias can
defeat them again. Fridays tiff
with the fierce four tussling w1.d-
ly proved most popular with the
fans, and this team engagement
should also be hot one.
In an unusually fine prelimin.
airy match, Milo Steinborn locks
horns with Al Mills The muscular
Steinborn is sure to have his hands
full when he collides with "Alli.
gator AL" as this bone bender
knows his way around in any.
bOdys back ward
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07
COLUMBIA MENTOR
RECOMMENDS new.
PASSING RULING
Alterations Would Speed
Up Offensive Attack
In Football

NEW YORK, Dec. g.-tRALou
Little, football mentor at Column
bla and chairman of the coaches
Jules committee. recommended to-
DAY that forward passing be al
lowed anywhere behind the line Of
scrimmage by collegians and that
the tee be returned as rest for
the bali at the kickoff.
Using a pad and pencil during
the interview while his ailing vocal
cords got another day of rest, Lit
tie said he made the two sugges-
tions in the belief that they would
increase the offense.
Unrestricted forward passing be-
hind the line of scrimmage already
IS a part of the professional foot
ball code and is one OF the reasons
the Information clicks so success
fully for the Chicago Bears and
the Philadelphia Pittsburgh Stea-
giles. College passers must be five
yards behind the line of scrim-
mage.
Little penciled that this sugges-
ed rule change not only would ben
eft all the college T-formations-
land there are likely to be more
OF them next year than there were
thls'-but that it also would in
crease the effectiveness of t h e
eouble and single wing attacks.
1T would mean the development
OF the quick forward pass to Ell
ther end or the wingbacks which
would cause the first line of sec
ondary defense quite bit of trou-
BILE he wrote.
Little's plea that the use of the
tee be permitted at the kickoff
follows a season in which the out
of-bounds boot at the start of East
stands. The ball then was put in
play on the receiving teams 49,
yard-line.
The voiceless mentor holds thai
the non-artificial tee would bring
higher, longer kick and would
give the kitcking team a chance
to stop the ball carrier somewhere
near the 20-yard line. The pres
ent, non-teebooting results in fast,
low ball which is liable to long
run backs because tn defense
Goes not have time to form.
"'Seventy-five per cent of h e
time Little added. 'the kickoff
is being kicked out of bounds so
that unofficially we have no kick
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al, but it was considered salts
factory, everything considered
About 1000 attended each of the
Lafayette-Rutgers games, $500 a.
the first Lafayette-Lehigh game,
and $500 at the second RUTGERS
Won three of its five games@ La
fayette four of five, and Lehigh
lost five and tied one.
That attendance is far crv
from the crowds of the palrny days
OF the conference; days such as
those of 1925 when Rutgers and
Lafayette transplanted their game
to neutral Princeton Stadium to
accommodate the fans, and drew
10000.
But the schools aren't kicking.
They were making an experiment.
and IT the connection didn't come
cut as synthetic rubber that was
better than the real thing, at least
it had a bounce, and the spon.
sors are well enough satisfied to
go ahead with their winter sports
programs and plans for football
next year, war or no war.
All of which should be of en-
enlargement to schools in similar
circumstances, most of which
dropped the sport this year. The
middle three has shown that the
game can be continued, if you
don't demand that everything be
gold-plated. In other words, it s
sport for. sports sake, and the
middle three can take bow on
that account.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07
RECORD CROWD

One of the largest crowds
ever seen on the streets of
Wilmington was in town Sat-
urday, according to Police
Chief Charles H. Casteen.
Chief Casteen attributed the
heavy pedestrian and automo-
bile traffic to the beginning of
the Christmas shopping period.
A large influx Of servicemen
and visitors was noted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07
No DisaDpOintment.

Cooper John Hamilton says
Governor Bricker is "disappoint-
ing" How? Where there's no
expectation there can be no dis
appointment. - Lynchburg Va.)
News.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07

White man got their first glimpse
of rubber on the island of Haiti,
in a ball game. Columbus and his
men found Indian children play
ing with balls Of rubber on the
sandy beach.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07
Former Philadelphia
Pitcher Is Honored

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. G. R -
1t. Bob Savage, former Philadel-
phia Athletics pitcher, was wound
ed in action in Italy Nov. and
has been awarded the Order of the
Purple Heart, Connie Mack said
today.
The Athletics manager receiv-
ed the information in letter from
oavage's mother, who lives in
Manchester, N. H.
Oft. That's unfortunate at the start
ct the games when everyone is
Keyed up.
Unless use of the tee is per-
mltted, as it was decade ago
end As the pros now do, why not
crop the kickoff altogether and put
the Dali IN play by scrimmage?"
Al an alternative, Little would
have the ball go to the receiving
team on The S0-yard lire following
an out-of-bounds kickoff
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-07

INDIANS IN RED CROSS
Newest Red Cross irductees are
Alaskan Indian women, inducted
In the vicinity of Juneau, Alaska.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-10

the ordinary published material.
They were On the way to their
olsintegration
The United States embassy made
small pretense to expertness. The
ambassador, Laurence A. Stein
hardt, was best described by a
fellow ambassador as the best
consul who ever came to Moscow.
He negotiated for months to open
a consulate-general in Vladivostok.
He argued for weeks over exit
visas to1 Americans who had
adopted Soviet nationality and then
wanted to change their minds. He
Was known to call on the foreign
commissariat and protest against
the cancellation of the driving Ii
cense Of one of his chauffeurs for
traffic violations. His peak was
probably the time he shouted to
h.s telephone operator, You call
up Vyshinsky. and tell him that if
my toilet isn't working in on e
hour, I'm gong up there and use
KS Whether the toilet then work.
ed has not been recorded.
Steinhardt did busy himself with
the information and Interpretation
that occupied the time of the ex-
perts, but it was more as a lawyer
than an expert that he worked at
It. He would argue one side of
a question for hours, and then,
apparently to keep in practice, he
would switch and argue the other
side. He protested to some lnowl-
edge of the Soviet Union, but never
to expertness.
The press too, had its quota OF
experts. In fact, the correspond
ents out-experted the diplomats,
for this was the era when the
cables brought ambassadors min
Cte-to-minute instructions, leaving
them little responsibility or initi-
ative; when the n ews Travelled
swiftly, making their dispatches
dusty with age by the time they
reached their governments; d
when airplanes brought special en-
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-10
Jaycees And Wives Spend
Afternoon At Local Farm

Wilmington's first troops in the
Land Army, scheduled to become
more in evidence as the harvest
ing season approaches, include a
half dozen Jaycees and their
wives who spent the late after.
noon Monday gathering tomatoes
for Alton Brooks, Castle Hayne
farmer.
Since the Junior Chamber OF
Commerce has as one of its 1943
points laid to farmers" the mem
bers have offered their services,
free-of-charge, to local farmers
suffering from labor shortag ges.
Orders for workers are invited.
Leroy LeGwin is in charge of the
group.
Mr.. Brooks wasn't establishing a
precedent, but he did offer the
voluntary helpers part of the
tomatoes they picked.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-10
County's Indebtedness
Decreases By $79,5OO

Winding up his statements
on the financial status of New
Hanover county for the year
ending June 30, County Auditor
j. A. Orrell reported that the
county's Indebtedness had been
decreased by $79,5OO.
The decrease was made DOS
slble through payment of S70.-
600 in bonds as follows: county
home bonds, $1,000. court
house bonds, $4,000; and
school bonds, $4,000.
The floating debt in notes
payable for school building.
was reduced s9,5oo, making
the total decrease of S79, 500.
Mr. Orrell explained.
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CHI ,

The world Was wrong about So
Wet Russia. Friend and foe alike
failed to SET the tremendous po-
tentialities of this one-sixth of the
world, the enormous strength OF
these hundred and ninety three
rnillicn people. Adolf Hitler was
finally to admit it in his October 3
speech at the Sportsplast. Berlin,
orening the Nazi winter eli e +
campaign, in a passage as signifi-
cant as any that could ever be
uttered about the war in Russia.
We have been mistaken about
Gle thing the Reichsfuehrer said
We had no idea how gigantic the
preparations OF this enemy were
against Germany and Europe -
There was an ironic touch in
the 'fuenrer's words:
That l can say now. 1 say 1t
cnly today because l can say that
this enemy is already broken and
will never rise again
He went right on, making the
same mistake!
Her power had been assembled
against Europe, of which unfor-
tunately most had no idea, and
many even tnday have no idea.
lie said.
He himself had no idea, for two
raonths later. the Red army was
to rise. unbrcken, and drive the
Wehrmacht away from the gates
of Moscow.
In that passage Hitler outlined
unconsciouslv the phenomenon
which eventually emerged clearly
as a great factor in determining
the early course of the war in
Russia - universal miscalculation
end underest1mation of t III e
strength of the Soviet Union. The
mystery that was Soviet Russia
remaineo a mystery until the most
gigantic Of all military campaigns
exposed at the same time. in all
their ignorance, the experts who
bad professed for 20 years to know
all about the Soviet Union.
Usually it is dull business.
raking over the dirty Goals of a
burned-out fire and finding the
fagots that failed to burn. But here
it is of vital importance. For if
Germany had known the real truth
or the strength and intentions of
The Soviet Union, how the course
Of the wno.e war might h av g
changed! If Finland, Hungary. Slo-
vakia, and Ruman;a had foreseen
lie months of terrible struggle
ahead, how their attitudes might
have been altered! If the United
States and Great Britain had re-
elized the potentialities of their
rev ally, how much better they
,oight have taken advantage of
their opportunities!
Who were the experts who were
at fault, who made the errors
which cost so much? Here the
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voys to handle m s important
problems. A.; the diplomats in
fIuence dWindled, that of the cor
respondents increased. Theirs was
the major share in the enormous
task of educating public opinion.
The experts had few, if any,
personal contacts, either officially
or unofficially with the people of
the country they were trying to
judge. The foreign colony of Mos
cow lived a life apart, behind
walls which we're invisible but as
impregnable as the ramparts of
the Kremlin. Within those walls
came a few Soviet secretaries,
cooks and maids, an occasion
hallerina or frequenter of the
Hotel Metropole, but among the
great mass OF the common peo-
PIE, the experts knew no one.
Even a fleeting glimpse of the
physical aspects of the Russian
countrywide was denied to the ex-
rerts.
So these were the obstacles plac-
cd in the way of the experts
and they tripped over almost all
CT them. Their general consensus
was that the war in Russia would
last three weeks to three months.
They would have been surprised
then to know that it would 60 on
| to its third wear with the Red
army still trading blows with the
| Wehrmacht.
Copyright 1943 by Henry G.
Cassidy; Houghton, Mifflin Co.,
distributed by AP Features.
END OF CHAPTER I
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PSORIASIS
RELIEVE THE Ircu,Nc

Aid in removing scales and relieve u.
itching of Psoriasis the antisent;o' s'e s.;sl .as
uuiatlng way with Black and Wb;.s Whit,
Ointment. Use only as directed d Tnile nnnt,
cleansewlth Black and White Skin aiy Soany
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-10
LAST DAY

Tuesday is the last day for
WiImingtonians to secure ap-
plications for their No. 3 War
Ration books, Ration board
officials advised Monday.
Approximately 500 applica-
tions have been filed for one
persons who failed for one
reason or another, to receive
their third ration book from
OPA mailing center in Char
l0tte.
Only applications are accept
ed at the local office, 400
North Front Street.
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|CROUP TALKS US0
| COUNCIL CHANGES
20 Interested Citizens Meet
To Discuss Reorgani-
cation Plan

A group of 20 interested VIII
mingtonians gathered at the OPo
center at Second and Orange
streets Monday evening with the
purpose OF reorganizing a local
council to work in cooperation with
the five United Service Organiza-
tions units in this city.
Wade N. Cashion, regional di-
rector with headquarters in Rich
mond, Va, in immediate charge
of operations in North Carolina,
explained the functions of the
council as laid down in Bulletin
Is and answered questions pro
pounded from the floor, after
which Wilbur R. Dosher, who
presided, appointed nominating
committee with instructions to re.
lport at the next meeting, on May
LIS.
B. M. Jones was named chair
man and David H. Howes anc
Ben Swartz his associates. They
will offer candidates for chairman,
vice chairman, secretary and
treasurer.
In addition to Mr.. Cashion and
Mr.. Dosher, the following were
present: Misses Martha Ordway
Anna M. Shawbaker, Elizabeth
Billiard, Ingeborg Rudd, Frances
Sheltman and Ann Grossman, the
Rev. James H. Telvin, Rabbi M
NJ Thurman, the Messers. Jones,
Walter G. Kelly. John Snyder,
Howes, Herbert M. Senna, George
L. Sterns, W. T. Osborne, H. M.
Wellott, W. A. McGirt, Harry Solo.
mon and John E. Hope.
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