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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
CLEVEL LAND BACK IN FIRST PLAC]
Fines, Suspends
Allen For Roughing Un1p

arbiter's check. Magee also
was fined $500 and suspended
for the remainder of the sea-
son but was reinstated after
little more than a month.
Aliens fine and suspension
virtually duplicated that inn
posed by baseball commission
er X. M. Lands upon Frank
Crosetti of the Yankees for
pushing umpire Bill Summers
during the world series last
fall. Crosetti was suspended
for the first month of the cur
rent season and fined $3.50.
Although Allen frequently
has been in hot water since he
broke into major league base
ball with the New York Yam
KEGS in 1882, this is only the
second big fine he has been
called upon to pay. Oscar Witt,
then manager of the Cleveland
Indians, fined him $3.50 in 1885
when he walked off the mound
after umpire Bill MCGOWAN had
ordered him to change a shirt
with a tattered right sleeve
that annoyed the Boston Red
sox batters. Allen turned the
tables that time by selling the
shirt to a Cleveland depart
ment store for the amount Of
the fine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
NO EXTRA TAXES
IS SOL0NS' HOPE
Leaders Express Wish That
No Additional Levies
Will Be Made

WASHINGTON, May 20..H'-
Iconaressiona1 tax leaders held out
hone to Americas taxpayers tooay
that no new federal taxes OF rave
increases on old leyles Will pe
made applicable this year.
strong sentiment appeared to pe
developing against retroactive
taxation. ,,c,>
the House Ways and Means COM
mittee will consider a new gener-
al revenue bill ''as soon as prac-
ticable." but expressed personal
view that it might be best to make
any increased rates or new taxes
effective in 1914, instead of retro
actively for 1913.
Rep. Knutson Minn) House Re-
publican tax spokesman, said:
"We're not going to have any
more retroactive tax bills. We did
that last year, and there were all
sorts of inequities."
Congress enacted the biggest tax
bill in history last fall, and made
it applicable as of January l, 1912.
Knutson told newspapernen that
House-Senate conferees who work
ed out the compromise pay-as-you-
go bill had a "gentleman's agree
ment' against further increases in
individual income tax rates in the
next two years. Some legislators
said federal retail sales tax un-
doubtedly will be considered.
Doughton, longtime foe of such
a sales tax, said he would favor
it only as last resort to fl
nance the war. He took a similar
stand toward any compulsory saw
ings proposal, and emphasized that
the voluntary bond purchase pro.
gram had gained public support.
1t is understood that the three
ranking Democrats and three
ranking Republicans of the Ways
and Means committee soon will
visit Treasury Secretary Morgen-
thau to discuss and explore the
wartime revenue problem.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
PLAN IS SOUGHT
TO END UNIV ROW
Operators And Miners
Look For Method To
Avert Strike

WASHINGTON, May % (P) -
Soft coal operators and the Unit
ed Mine Workers sought in vair
today for a formula to solve the
|portal-to-portal pay issue, with
the miners reported holding fast
to their demand for time and a
half on the basis of 80 minutes
a day underground travel.
At the basic rate of 81 an hour
straight tirne), this would add
$2.25 a day to the underground
workers pay. If the money was
distributed among surface work
ers, the overall average probably
would be about 50 per person,
which is the UMW's original de-
mand.
The operators started out with
a proposal of 48 minutes travel
time, the figure shown in fed
eral department survey. This
would amount to 80 cents day
at straight time, or S1.20 at time
and a half.
It is understood that after the
miners rejected the 48minute pro-
osition, the operators sent out
some other ''feelers" in the way
of compromising either the amount
of travel time or the rate OF pay
for it, or a modification of both.
Negotiations will be resumed
tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
CHURCH REUNION
STlRS ASSEMBLY
Proposal For Merger !,
Presbyterian Group, ~
Is Heard

MONTREAL, May % -lP- ,
proposal for eventual reunior =,
the two branches of the pro..
terian church, divided sinca o.,
war days, stirred the interest 4.
members of the Southern brsrcb,
general assembly here TODAY =,
they heard that the Northern c.,
eral Assembly had approved IN,
plan as worthy of study" bv ~
ministers.
The plan was placed in fl.
hands of commissioners to the 8g,5
General Assembly of the Presby'
terian church in the United Ststes
which met here last night. !,
printed form, making a volume nj
237 pages.
The Assembly may express ii,
views upon the proposal later IN
the session but in submitting bs
report, the Southern members a.
the joint committee which Framed
il after more than a years stud,
made it plain that no definite a.
ton was expected at this tim
They said they assumed "tM
the taking of a vote upon he
question of union will not b,
thought of until the war is happily
ended, and until those no win Our
armed forces have had full op.
portuity to study the plan with
u.s."
Under the proposal, which would
require the favorable vote of three.
fourths of the Presbyteries in each
branch, the united church woul1
be known as the Presbyterian
church of the United States.
The Northern branch, the Pres
byterian church in the Unite
States of America, is now NEE,
ing in Detroit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
Nv HUGH FULLERTON

NEW YORK, May 28.-(R-
Johnny Allen, whose fiery tenn
per has outlasted his fireball,
today was given one of the stiff
fest penalties in National Leag-
ue history for attacking umpire
George Barr and precipitating
= near riot in last nights game
between the Brooklyn Dodgers
and Pirates at Pittsburgh.
Although the fracas was
broken up after Allen had
grabbed Barr and shaken him
hard enough to dislodge his
cap, Ford Frick, the National
League president, suspended
the veteran Dodger pitcher for
80 days and fined him $500.
Pitchers Less Webber and Rube
Melton who Joined in the alter
cation that arose when Barr
called a balk against Allen,
were fined SIS and $50, respec-
lively. Fred Fitzsimmons, who
also was banished from the
game, received no further pun
ishment.
National League statisticians
could not find a comparable
penalty since 1911, when Sher-
ry Magee of the Phillies at
tackled an umpire and landed
a left hook that laid open the
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
Warning Is Issued
On Refrigeration Of
Food During Summer

With the coming of hot weather,
DR.. A. H. Elliot, city-county health
officer, warned that extra precau-
tions must be taken to insure prop
er refrigeration of goods.
DR.. Elliot explained Friday that
although foods may be prepared
under the most sanitary condi-
tions, they may become poisonous
to the human body if allowed to
stand in the heat without the pro-
lection of refrigeration.
The health officer also declared
that those who carry their lunches
to work should omit milk and egg
product foods during the warm
weather.
Several cases of upsets caused
by inadequately cooled foods have
been reported in the city, he re-
ported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
CURB IS URGED
ON PHONE Use
Exchangites Told Reasons
For Curtailment OF
Operation

"Stay off the telephone unles:
it is absolutely necessary, L. B
Eisenhart, office manager of the
Southern Bell Telephone company
told members of the Exchange
club Friday.
II never thought we would come
to such a command as this, after
all the years of quoting the say
ing 'as near as your telephone,
but war has changed that" Ex
changite Eisenhart told the grouE
in his vocational talk.
He added: 1--WE are keeping
pace, however, and when the Wal
is over your telephone service
and facilities will be as up-to
date as it is possible to make
them"
Presented by Wilbur Jones, En-.
sign Lloyd W. Moore was guest.
Ensign Moore, at home on fur,
Tough, is stationed in New Or
leans.
Friday, June 18, was set aside as
Father and Son" day, when all
Exchangites are urged to bring
their sons to the club meeting.
Exchangite Robert Berman pro-
posed that the city investigate the
advantages of mid-block crossing
lanes to reduce jay walking and
traffic congestion at corners. He
pointed to the easier control OF
traffic flow in cities employing
the mid-block crossing lanes me-
thod. o. w. Mussick requested
that city authorities be advised
Of the menace to traffic of over
hanging limbs near sidewalks and
streets. Both proposals were re-
ferred to committee for discus
sion with city officials.
E. T. Jones and Wilbuh Jones
were elected delegates to the
State Exchange club convention
in Greensboro, June 23rd. Arthur
Brown and Knox Council were
named alternate delegates.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
ATHLETICS MOVE
NEAR TOP PLACE
Defeat Chicago White Sox
5 to z Behind Christo-
piers Hurting

PHILADELPHIA, May 28.-LR-
The Philadelphia Athletics moved
to within game and half of
first place in the American League
today as they defeated the Chica-
go White Sox 5 to 2.
Behind steady pitching by Russ
Christopher, the AS drove Buck
Ross from the mound with a three
run outburst in the fifth, breaking
a IL tie, and added another run
in the sixth for safety. Christopher
pitched the full nine innings, hang
ing up his fourth win of the year,
the last three in succession. He
has lost three decisions.
Catcher Bob Swift of the White
Sox was injured in the second in
ming when he was bunbed by Kol-
loWay, scoring on a double steal.
RH E
Chicago ------ 01O 900 oo1-2 9 /
Philadelphia 600 131 O0x-5 9 2
Chicago: Ross, Haynes and Tur-
ner; Philadelphia: Christopher and
Wagner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
Eastern Tobacco Belt
Prospects Are Bright

RALEIGH, May 28-P)-W.
P. Hedrick, tobacco marketing
specialist of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, said to-
day that "generally tobacco
planting in the Eastern Caro-
lima belt is off to good start
and with a favorable season
the crop should yield over
1000 pounds an acre"
Hedrick said that despite a
delay in planting caused by
cold weather and attacks of
blue mould, stands are good,
with a minimum of re-setting
necessary, except in cases Of
early transplanting.
Conditions in the Middle and
Old belts, he said, con whole
are satisfa ctory."
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
BNai Israel Synagogue
To Hold Memorial Rites

On the occasion of Memorial
Day, and in response to re-
quest of the Rabbinical Assembly
of America, calling for the obser
walton of days between Passover
and Shovvos as period of mourn
ing for the two million Jews mas
sacred in Europe, a special serv-
ice will be held at B'nai Isreal
Synagogue at 1880 am, Sunday
Rabbi Harry Bronstein has is
sued an invitation to all Jewish
men of the armed forces, station
&c in surrounding camps, as well
as the congregation, to participate
in the worship.
The sermon-topic for the morn
ing will be "The Worlds Memoir
ial Day."
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
RAIDS ON ITALY
Will. CONTINUE
CONTINUED from Page .0ne)

suggestions, whether from within
Britain or from safety-seekerS in
side the Axis 'that bombardment
from the air is a weapon that
shall be yielded up"
Reaffirming Prime M mister
Churchill's call on Italy to get
out of the war" Eden asserst
that "It is for the Italian peops
to decide whether they are TO en-
dure this bombardment to the BIT.
ter end and when it is to stop
His reference to those crying oul
against bombing evidently was al,
rected mainly against a smaIl
group in Britain which has pro,
tested the destruction of homes ana
civilian lives in the Raj mass
raids, and also was an answer 70
neutral and enemy propagandlsS
Laborite member Richard Stoke
who frequently has raised the queS
ton. told the House of Commons
Yesterday that there is an ever
growing volume of opinion in thls
country which considers the lnds'
criminate bombing of civilian CEN
ters both morally wrong and stfa
tegic lunacy." ~
While members cried mo no.
to Stokes, Dr. ~ty Prime MinlStel
Clement Attlee denied the pomp
| ing was indiscriminate and aSsur
ed the house that no one Woui'
divert the Raj from it.
Limitation of bombing has peer
suggested throl n Spain and othe-
non-belligerents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
TIE WITH SENS
BY DEFEATING
BOSTON S0X 81
Ken Keltner Sparks Indian
Recovery With A Trip
ple' Single

BOSTON, May 28-(R)-Ken Kelt-
ner recovered from his sinus at
ia ok to return to third base and
spark the Cleveland Indians to a
5-2 verdict over the Boston Red
Sox today and salvage one deci-
sion for his team in the three
game series.
The victory gave Cleveland a
first-place tie with idle Washing
ton.
Johnny Salveson, iron man last
season with the Oakland club OF
the Pacific Coast League went The
distance to give the Indians their
first verdict over the last place
Red Sox this season. He gave up
10 hits and kept them well scat.
tered except in the eighth when
the Sox put three together to score
their pair of taIlies.
Cleveland got off on the right
foot in the opening when Russ
Peters led off with a walk. After
Manager Lou Boudreau went out,
Keltner signalized his return to
action by lacing a triple into deep
right center to score Peters.
The Indians picked up singles
in the next three innings and add
ed another in the sixth with Kel:-
ner getting credit for a second
run-batted-in during the process.
Boston's runs came when Salve.
son weakened slightly in the
eighth. Leon Culberson opened the
frame by beating out bunt. Pete
Fox and Bobby Doerr singled to
load the bases with non out. Tony
Lupien's infield out accounted foi
the first tally and Jim Tabor drove
in the second with a long fly to
deep left center.
Score by innings:
RH E
Cleveland -- Ill 101 000-5 10 0
Boston --- 600 900 020-2 10 /
Cleveland: Salveson and Rosar;
Boston: Chase, Karl, Brown and
Peacock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
lO8 Students To End
Studies At Williston

There will be 108 graduates to
receive their diplomas from Super
intendent of schools H. M. Roland,
when the senior class of Williston
High school holds commencement
next Thursday night at 8 o'clock,
officials of the school revealed Fri
day.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be preached Sunday at 4:30 p. m.
by the Rev. R. Irving Boone. Glass
day exercises are scheduled for
Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 %. m..
and the class play for Monday
night at $3.50 p. m.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
WANTS GAME

The Marines stationed in and
around Courthouse bay at Camp
Lejeune, the New River Marine
base, have organized a baseball
team and want Saturday and Sun
day games with Wilmington teams.
at Wilmington. Interested man
ayers should contact Chaplain w.
c. Neill at the base.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
AT DAVIS

Captain of the 1912 Auburn foot
ball team, Wick Costellos is now
taking the officer candidate course
at the Antiaircraft Artillery School
Camp Davis. He received honor.
able mention on all-American elev.
ems and made few all-southea st.
ern teams. He also was captain OF
his Frosh team. Birmingham, Ala.
bama is his home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29

alive and kicking, and all coH.
cerned are having a swell
time.
The report comes from Gene
Thompson, sports editor OF n e
Bristol. Va.-Tenn., Herald Courier,
who writes primarily to chlde us
about one we booted in discussing
batters batting out of turn. Well
90 into that later. Enough to say
# really was tWo-base error.
"The Appalachian this season
primarily is kids league"
Thompson writes, although there
are few old-timers in it such as
Fred Gefty) Archer, of Kingsport,
who was with Connie Mack at one
time; jim Poole, another Connie
Mack player, who is managing En-
win and still playing first base,
and Hobart Lefty Scott, of Erwin,
who used to pitch in the Southern
association and now pitches and
plays the outfield.
Here in Bristol there are four
regulars just IT years of age and
all of them are playing good ball.
They are John Pramesa OF Wheel
inr. W. Va; Bill Schultz Of Chat
tanooga; George Roden OF New
York City, and Boyce Box. a home
town boy.
"Pramesa is a 2O0-pound catcher
who is hitting AL right now and
may be another Clyde Kluttz or
Ernie lombard. Schultz is CEN
ter fielder who looks like Ted Will
liams and who is hitting .421. He
was signed by Frank Hickey, who
rates the kid a major league pros
pect. Roden is fast-bau right
handler, and Cox is first base
man who is doing pretty well de-
spite the fact he does not have
even high school experience.
1--WE got a laugh out Of this
Pramesa kid. Somebody from West
Virginia in first tipping the Giants
off about him wrote that He is
a pretty big boy for his age and
should make a big man. He GER
tainly should be-for when he re-
ported here we found that he was
six feet two and feighed 200.
''We have a swell manager here
who certainly deserves break. He
is Hal Gruber, a native Brooklyn
boy who used to cheer the Dodgers
of the Dazzy Vance-Zack Wheat
era and then grew up to sign a
contract with Billy Terry and the
Giants-of all things! He first man.
aged the Giant farm at Milford,
Del, in the defunct Eastern Shore
league in 1941, winning the pen
nant. He came here last year and
won another pennant. This year,
with 13 rockies on a 15-man squad,
he has the twins in first place.
Not bad, eh?''
Gene doesn't say anything about
attendance, but it is taken tor
granted the league has some or it
wouldn't be operating, although we
know 17-year-old kids who would
play for nothing just for the fun
Of playing.
The ppalachian is J. Ross Edge
mons league. 1t was Mr.. Edge
mon who put out those unique
rules for his umpires and scorers,
The Appalachian is J. Ross
Edgemon's league. 1t was Mr..
Edgemon who put out those uni
que rules for his umpires and
scorers, the rules including stern
warnings to umpires not to write
bad checks under penalty of So
fine, and not to report to a game
drunk or it would cost them $25.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
RED CROSS REPORTS

Volunteer special service
committees of the Red Cross
met Friday morning to make
report of activities and "to
thrash out mutual problems"
Mrs. Ida B. Speiden, executive
secretary of the organization
reported.
Represented at the meeting
were the motor corps, canteen
corps, nutrition group, staff as
sistants. home service workers,
nurse aides, and production
workers.
Chairman of the special SER
vice is Mrs. j. B. Sudbury;
.vice-chairmen are Mrs. N. L.
Foy and Mrs. Louis Orrell.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
NouikohPs Base Hits
Fail To Win For Cubs

CHICAGO, May 2S-(P-Lou No.
vikoff finally got around to earn.
ing his salary with a couple OF
base hits today, but the New York
Giants found their Chicago "cou.
sins" hadn't changed a bit and
came through with a 3 to 1 vic
tory, after scoring twice in the
first frame.
This gave the Giants a record
OF five straight without loss over
the Cubs this season. It also serv-
ed to sink Jimmy Wilson'S woe
ful warriors deeper into the Ma.
tlonal League cellar and moved
the Giants up a notch to sixth.
r H Z,
New York - 200 900 0o1-s S !
Chicago ---- 600 900 100-1 9
New York: Feldman and Lom.
bardi; Chicago: Bithornand Her.
nandez.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
Firemen Down Stm-News
5-4 In Hanover League

The Firemen edged out the
Star-NeWs Friday afternoon, So,
in their second consecutive Han
over league victory over the news
men in two days.
Jordon pitched for the Firemen,
allowing seven hits as against four
garnered from the pitching of the
|Star-News' Bell. Five errors were
chaHzed up against the News, ag-
gregation as against two for the
Firemen.
Morris Powell of the Star-News
and Poopy Sandlin of the Firemen
each got two for three.
RH E
star-News ----- 21o 600 IA 2 S
Firemen ---- 100 103 ks 4 2
Star-News: Bell and Auld; Fire
men: Jordon and Casteen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
MICHIGAN STAR

Varsity football and baseball
performer for Michigan State col
lege, 1t. Paul W. Derrichson is
now taking the advanced course
the Antiaircraft Artillery School,
Camp Davis. His home is In
Georgetown, Delaware.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
Yankees Snap Losing
Streak To Beat Tigers

NEW YORK, May % up =
Hank Borowy's year-old jinx on
the Detroit Tigers finally brought
an end to the Yankees five-game
losing streak today.
The sophomore highlander,
who knocked off the Detroits four
times last year and has never
lost to them, gave his "whammy"
its first 1943 test, and wound up
with a 2 to l victory as ne serv
ed up an eight-hitter. This broke
a third-place American League
deadlock between the Yanks and
the Tigers, and left the New York
ers in sole possession of the spot.
Dizzy Trout and Roy Henshaw
combined to hold the Yanks to a
mere haH-dozen hits. However, one
of them was Johnny Lindels sin
gle with a runner on third that
produced the Yanks' first marker
in the fourth inning, and another
was Charley Keller's one-base wal
lop with a mate on second in the
fifth, which gave the New Workers
their other tally.
r H E
Detroit ------ 600 900 ooI-1 8
New York - 600 10 00x-2 6 2
Detroit: Trout, Henshaw and
Richards; New York: Borowy and
Dickey.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
The Sports Trail
By
Whitney Martin

NEW YORK. May 28.-QF9-Maybe you've been Won
derng how the minor leagues are making out this year.
Not the International American Association Coast
League and such but the minor minors particularly the
two class circuits which had the courage to start the
son when other minor minors going into nothbals
for the duration.
We have report on of these two the Appalachian
the lnfOrmaLlOn is much
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
American League

YESTERDAYS RESULTS
American League
New York 2, Detroit l.
Cleveland 5, Boston 2.
Philadelphia 5, Chicago 2.
St. Louis-Washington postponed
National League
Cincinnati II, Philadelphia 8.
Brooklyn 6, Pittsburgh 2.
St. Louis 2, Boston l Go inn
ings).
New York 8, Chicago 1.
TODAY'S GAMES
American League
Cleveland at New York-Dean
go VS. Bonham (3-O.
Detroit at Disadvantages q.
D or Overmire (2-0) VS. Terry 20.
St. Louis at Philadelphia-Sun.
dra (2-2) VS. Harris Old.
Chicago at Washington (night)
(2-2) VS. Wynn 3-3).
National League
New York at st. -Trinkle
Q-4) VS. Krist 90.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati-New.
som (5-D VS. Starr 90.
Boston at Chicago-Andrews a.
. VS. Passeau (2-2).
Philadelphia at Pittsburgh
Gerheauser CD VS. Rescigno T.
81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
Reds Outhit Philies
To Win Morning Game

CINCINNATI, May 2S-P)-Cin
cinnati's Reds unleashed their ba.
ting power today, winning from
Philadelphia lib in II am. game
for swingshift war workers.
Johnny Wander Nicer started,
and finished two thirds of an ianing
later after yielding two hits ano
four walks to start the Phillies
on their way to a feur-run lead
Vandy had thrown ten straight
balls when he was yanked in ia,
vor of Rookie Vernon Stone.
R H e
Gin. ------- 004 600 03x-ll IA !
Phil. ---- A10 600 300 8 12 Z
Philadelphia: Kimball, Kraus,
Podgajny and Livingston; Cincin.
natl: Wander Nicer, Stone, Beggs,
Shoun and Mueller.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29
1,264,S68 Tons
OF Fertilizer
Bought In N. C.

RALEIGH, May 28.-(P-Nora lod
Carolina farmers have purcha?saa p.;sa
i ,2s4, ,8e8 tons of fertilizer r,{t1r,e during
the past II months, D. >. C0ltr 0..io"l. ari.
assistant commissioner OF AgflcI
ture, said today. -, forti.
The figure were oaseu VI. 4n ~ hi,
lizer tax tag sales coming lh'o "''
office, Coltrane said. an Moc
Sales from July l. l942, IL 90 10 Iap; 4o",
27 of this year totaled 10Y z4o Gn, .Go,
more than for the corresponds
period last year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-05-29

The United States Navy lesgs, ~.
was organized in 1903 to a"aaC. 1aj.
public interest in naval prepare
ness.