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Evening star., 1943-12-10
BY the Associated Press.


NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 10
The big-timers of big-time football
talked informal" athletics today
and resumption Of full-scale grid
iron operations appeared likely in
the war-whittled Southeastern Con-
ference with teams of civilian IT.
year r-olds.
AS presidents of member colleges
gathered for the annual meeting,
spokesmen for Alabama, Georgia
Evening star., 1943-12-10

M: Eshmont, a Fordham ace be-
fore moving on to the New York
Giants; Mellus, who also played
for the Giants after being gradu-
ated from Villanova; Banonis, one
Of the best centers in the National
League while playing with the Chi
cago Cardinals and Bray, a bulwark
on the championship Chicago Bears
line.
Banonis played college ball for
the University of Detroit and Bray
for Western Michigan
Fitch won his football spurs at
Minnesota. Russell at Baylor and
Rogers at little Maryville in Mis-
souri,.
The line averages 2o9 pounds
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Kerr Picks Two Irish

NEW YORK. Dec. 10 R.-Full-
back Jim Mello and Center Herbert
Coleman of Notre Dame have been
selected by Coach Andy Kerr as
members of the Eastern all-star
eleven that will oppose the pick of
the West in the annual Shrine bene-
1t game New Year Day at San
Francisco.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
Basket Ball.

Basket Ball.
Georgetown Prep at Coolidge, 4.
Western at Montgomery Blair,
Silver Spring, preliminary
7:15l.
George Washington at Green
belt. $50.
Landon at Gonzaga. 5.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
Quantico Marines at Maryland,
College Park, 8.
Gallaudet at Loyola, Baltimore.
Football.
High School All-Stars VS.. Pref
Griffith Stadium. 200.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Bisons Win, Go Second

BUFFALO. N. Y, Dec. 10 P,.-
Buffalo scored its third straight
home victory last night, downing
Providence, to 3, before 3,795. to
take second place in the Eastern
division of the American Hockey
League.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALLENTOWN, Pa.--Benny Death
paine. 175, Windsor, Ontario. stopped
Jimmy Grinnage. IS. Philadelphia (5).
$50, Newburgh, NA r, outpointed Andy
Holland. l66, Ne13York 10).
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Win,Loseo orDraw
Giants PoschoI Provides Pro Grid Story of Year
By GRANTLAND RICE.


NEW YORK. Dec. 10 (NANA)-A by the name of Bill
Paschal from Atlanta who helped
into shot pro championship is the prize
gridron story of the year.
Paschal is the kid whose feet finally overmached Sammy
saughs deadly arm and kicking foot in the last
meeting WASHINGTON Sunday He
should thrill the Capital
The start of the story moves back early
Just gotten letter from Bill Alexander Georgia
Tech and one of the altime Here
letter:
There's kid down here by Bill Paschal. He
couldn't get by at Tech He the
back But he play lot Of football I'd like him
chance under Steve owen the passing
his along to Steve"
Steve Alexanders letter. got left"
Owen said I take chance Alex football
know he I'm kinda worried about the fact that Georgia
Tech and the Army couldn't him. but maybe the Giants
I can pretty near use anybody now"
Not Impressive as Freshman or Sophomore
He had
high school player He supposed the best back Georgia
Tech along ground
Georgia Tech freshman and he was on his way out as
sophomore
Shortly opened early practice
into
That Alexander has tipped off to quite football player
he said The kid the best backs I've
only quick but he
hard and drives through He has fine spirit Given
chance he will be of the greatest running backs football ever
knew"
good enough, ball carrier he's still
Cliff Battles, suggested
isn't Battles lit hard Cliff but he lacks
that dazzling break away elusiveness.
Owen Wouldn't Worry If 1t Weren't for Boueh
job which confrons him and his
somewhat involved matter Of handling Sammy
Baugh
to stop Baugh fronts" said.
passing kicking his defensive
especially passing You know Baugh be running and
direction and then another the Redskins
didn't have wouldn't Sammy is about close
to one-man football team as I've ever seem
a better stronger Giant team than we've had
proud that Giant line and have backfed
that ball along the ground
harder backs than Ward Cuff and
Physically I'd better shape than the Red
skins. m predicting
thejrDa eoetSp Onp RANG tOS r.
ball difference make the difference OF
points"
Evening star., 1943-12-10
St. Paul Gets Blades

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 10 (P,.-
Charles Hurth, business manager OF
New Orleans, has announced that
Ray Blades has resigned as pilot and
accepted a similar job with St. Paul.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
Dormun Keeps Pilots Job

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10 tP).-
Fred CDutch") Dorman has been
reappointed manager of Wilmington
of the Interstate League.
Evening star., 1943-12-10
And This Is No Joke!

During the football season, one
might call Monday quarterback
meetings The pause that rehashes."
Evening star., 1943-12-10
A. P. Service A|I-Americu Team
Player. Team.

Player Home Town. College.
E. Robert Fitch Camp Lejeune Minneapolis, Mimi
Mellus, Pa
G. Marion Rogers South Plains. Psburg, Mo, Maryvie.
&C. Vincent Banons, Iowa Navy. Detroit, Detroit U.
G. Garrard Ramsey, Bainbrdge. Waand. Tenn. W. NJ
IT Raymond Bray Del Monte Vulcan Mich, Western Mich
E. Jack Russell Blackland. Cleburne Baylor
B. Glenn Dobbs Randolph Field. Frederick Okla, Tulsa.
B. Eshmont, Del
Atlas Fordham.
B Richard Todd, Crowel, Tex. Agge
B. Smith. Faribaut, Mimi,
'Played professional football
ENDS-Perry reFEeht California;
Poschner,
TACKLESJoph Coomer (Aun College, and Victor
Schech Sampson Naval Training Station (Nebraskal.
GUARDS-Nk Keasos PreFlight (Anbrose), and Joe
Routt Fort Benning Al NJ.
CENTER-Quentin Greenough Alameda
BACKS-JacK Jacobs Field tOkahoma Juzuik
Lakes Naval Smith Lubbock
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-06
AMERICANS BOMB
HONCK0NC BASE
Leave Fires Blazing In
Former British Naval
Station

CHUNGKING, Sept. 5.-F-
American Mitchell bombers and
Warhawk fighters, heavily raiding
the former British naval base at
Hongkong, left many strong fires
blazing Thursday in warehouses,
gasoline storage tanks and other
buildings, 1t. Gen. Joseph W. Still
wells headquarters disclosed to-
day.
One Japanese Zero was destroy
ed and two others probably were
destroyed, while the Americans
suffered no loss.
The raid was one of several
made during wide sweeps Thurs
day and Friday against Japanese
and concentrations in Japanese
occupied China.
Raids on Yangtze river shipping
resulted in fires set among the
wharves at Shihh-Weiyao about 60
miles southeast of Hankow, the
sinking of two 100-foot oil tankers
and damage to others near Ich-
ang, and the damaging of a 100
foot steamer near Wuhsueh about
IS miles southeast of Hankow.
Enemy installations and equip
ment along the railway between
Kiukiang and Nanchang were at
tackled by Warhawks and an eight
car train was damaged and loco
motive blown up on the Hankow-
Canton railway. Two other loco
motives were destroyed. south Of
Kiukiang.
Enemy troops and barracks
were strafed at Yungsiu, and at
tacks on coastal shipping left 4
100-foot vessel sinking and another
125-foot boat damaged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-06
NEGRO ARRESTED
IN ROBBERY CASE
Member OF Gang Is Shot
When Attempted Hold
up Goes Wrong

The arrest of Willie Troy, Negro,
on charge of attempted highway
robbery late Saturday night, has
possibly ended the series of rob-
berries here which has terrorized
nocturnal pedestrians during the
past few months, it vas learned at
police headquarters Sunday night.
Troy, a partner of George Saun-
ders, who was sentenced to two
years In the state penitentiary on
similar charge about month
ago, was placed under a $4,000
bond pending a hearing Monday
morning.
The Negroes arrest eliminated a
two week stay in James Walker
Memorial hospital where ne was
treated for a gunshot wound suf-
fered when he tried his holdup tao
tics on the wrong person. A sol.
der, whose name cannot be re-
vealed, was walking in the Brook
Ign section of the city when Troy
dPPI OdCllCO llllll llO11l Tile rear. Line
soldier turned suddenly and saw
the Negro advancing with knife
whereupon he pulled a pistol and
shot Troy in the abdomen.
A total of 112 arrests was listed
by police over the weekend and
breakdown shows the major por-
ton of them to consist of minor
traffic violations. There were go
persons cited for overtime parking,
improper turns and the like.
Next on the docket were ID ar
rests for public drunkenness and
IL cases of assault ran third. Eight
were held on gambling charges
when police raided house in the
Brooklyn area. The morals count
side Of the blotter recorded six
arrests and three persons were
held for violations of the liquor
law.
Infringements of the dimout law
relating to painted headlights
brought citations to three motor
lists.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-06
ACCIDENT RATE
MAY REACH Low
Public Apparently Head
ing Warning Against
Holiday Travel
(By The Associated Press

This wartime Labor Day week
end gave every evidence today of
becoming one of the safest and
sanest in decades, as John @. Pub
lie at last appeared to be needing
governmental admonitions against
holiday travel.
Up to noon yesterday (Sun) an
Associated Press survey showed
that there had been only 38 violent
deaths in the period beginning at
6 p. m. last Friday. Of those,
10 resulted from traffic accidents,
II from other causes and two were
drownings. Up to that time only 16
states had reported violent traffic
deaths.
There appeared to be little like
lihood that the full holiday week
end total would be anywhere near
that of a year ago, when the three
day total was about $50. In 1941
the death toll was reported at GA,
and in 1910, at 514.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-06
Danes CONTINUE
NAzI SABOTAGE
Wreck Train, Power Sta
ton, Bridge And
Telephones

STOCKHOLM, Sept. 5.-CP-
o,,,,snv with Denmark under
Wi military dictatorship for a
..ok. has failed to hal, sabotage
.,,nst German war production,
Communication and transport IA
. .Y the Free Danish press bu-
r reau reported today.
N Wszi General Hermann Won
,yannecken took over the Danish
na~nrnnent last Sunday in an eff
fsn+ n out an end to sabotage and
l l,;olent resistance to German &C.
During the past three days sa-
,o+e,rs have damaged train car
WV ,;uo German supplies, the Ros-
t;lse mower station, Fredericksburg
..Ionbone conduits and one chan
wi bridge. The Germans relaxed
M. ,lr martial law curfew on Friday
W.T. reseinded the action because
~ the continuation of the sabo-
IT The Danes expect the Germans
;, continue efforts this week to
Establish a government of Danes
w order to relieve the Nazis of all
nvoon+ control over police and JUS
fire matters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-06

about ito get caught in the mid
die of the only enemy air raid all
day on the invasion forces in Italy.
The German air force never look
ed weaker than in that sortie by a
single fighter bomber when lush
targets of hundreds of surface craft
and thousands of motor vehicles
are presented from dawn to dark
along Messina strait.
I saw only one German prison
era service corps veteran in his
late twenties. He apparently de-
serted his company and had hid
in barn until the Eighth Army
arrived. Still shaken by the night
barrage of British and American
guns from across the channel he
nearly tainted in the lemon grove
during the bombing.
Reggie Calabria, once the proud
center of tourist seaside gayety
and archaeology in this ancient civ
iliZed region, is nearly dead city.
1t is as devastated as Catania and
Messina were in Sicily. 1t is more
bomb-battered than any city saw
in the Polish or Greek campaigns.
Walking its debris-littered streets
for two hours you . eet perhaps d
total of two dozen civilians, mostly
aged folks in shabby clothes with
gaunt faces furtively carrying
small sacks of wormy foodstuffs
looted from deserted stores.
In the main square hundreds of
tired infantry catch brief rest
under the shade of trees, their
khaki uniforms sodden with pres
piration.
Virtually every building in the
formerly thriving city says and
bears scars of Allied explosives.
The big opera house has a hole
in the roof,
Along the promenade by the sea
each fashionable hotel is a Win
dowless skeleton and the adjoining
electric railway is shambles Of
twisted tracks and torn lines.
Total air war, as copied from
the Axis and practiced by the AL
lies kills the life of an empty city
almost quicker than poison.
| A handful of black-clad police.
men still armed with revolvers
collected in front of the waterfront
municipal office where an AMG
Called Military Government rep
resentative would undoubtedly take
charge within few hours.
The police said American and
British air raids had destroyed
the communications, industry ano
commerce of Reggie Calabrla'
They said that $4,000 civilians who
fled the city's smashed homes are
now scattered throughout the
countryside.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-06
Continued From Page One)

Today's invasion of the European
mainland was a growing omen of
doom for Hitler's Reich and was
in all important phases a ridicu-
lousy easy walkover
The landing in Italy was liter
ally easier and safer than some
Of the tough exercises which the
Canadian and British troops under
went in the long months of train
ing in the United Kingdom. 1t was
carried out with far less casualties
tina the first day of the Sicilian
campaign.
The first Allied sappers got
ashore at 430 a. m. and the bulk
of the assault troops landed at 5
a. ~. or later
l can testify that an invasion is
a cinch when you control the sea
and air.
l hitch-hiked from Sicily to Italy
this morning in an American-made
'duck." thanks to the kindness OF
Capt. Frank Speir of West Hamp-
ton Beach, Long Island, N. Y,
who waved me regally from a
beach below Messina to seat atop
ammunition cases in one of the
E i g h III Arnny's "amphibious
trucks
81 was over to Italy about a.
m. and I'm going over again be-
fore noon" he said. Fancy two
trips to Italy between breakfast
and lunch
speir, an engineer in the Allied
Amphibious command, obviously
rnarvelled himself at the seagoing
efficiency of the Detroit-manufac-
tured ducks" which rolled in un-
broken columns from a Sicilian
highway into the wind-crlnkled
surf. and churned off in lines miles
long toward the European shore.
The tall long six-wheeled boat
trucks carry about four tons OF
cargo, including jeeps, and average
six knots in a moderate sea" he
explained.
Speir, wearing a floppy canvas
hat khaki shorts and tennis shoes,
climbed aboard another duck
and, with a Royal Navy motor
boat in the lead like mother
goose, my craft started me on the
quickest and pl .asantest voyage l
ever made to Europe.
A Royal Navy non-com directed
hyr a rNJ1,JJP aHHrPCS
system ashore until we got out of
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-06
Invading Eighth Army
Met Little Resistance

earshot, our propeller churning
white froth and the sun covering
the blue strait with dancing lights.
Remember, this is only four
hours after the invasion began.
The only evidence of armed ac-
ton were American and British
guns firing a. long rance across
the channel from Sicily. Far to the
south heavy British warships were
pummelling a few Italian targets.
but this action on the rim of the
horizon seemed unreal.
Despite continual swells our
"ducks' shipped water and the
skipper displayed confidence akin
to that of Columbus.
The returning duck" shippers
shouted the good news that not
only Reggie but San Giovanni were
already captured.
In less than two hours we pulled
in beside a big landing ship and
our truck hurried up wire mating
on the Italian sand just on the
outskirts of Reggie Calabria.
The dusty faces of Italian pris-
oners broke into wide grins and
they made the ''V'' sign as they
passed me.
In a requisitioned seaside farm
house I visited a field dressing
station where the only battle cas-
uaIty was a British Tommy who
had accidentally shot himself in
the foot.
"Only two enemy shells are re-
ported to have landed on this beach
during our first assault" said a
medical lieutenant. Il understand
there are a couple of dead in this
area, but l haven't seen them. So
far as 1 know our troops here
didn't lose a man.
A major said he was just about
to move inland in order to keep
up with the swift progress. The
words were hardly out of his mouth
when the scream of a diving plane
and fire of ground batteries made
all the staff hit dirt.
I got a mouthful Of Italian dust
and covered my helmetless head
with my hands as two of the Ger
man planes three bombs bracket
ed me within so yards.
One bomb missed landing ship.
A second raised choking cloud of
smoke and powder fumes in the
grove. A third set the house be-
side the railroad tracks on fire.
It's nv luck-and I'm not grabbing
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-06

Three Allied airmen reported
hospitalized in the city since raid
seven weeks ago were in the city
when it fell. Afoot I tried to find
them from descriptions given by
troops, but they already had COM
wandered an Italian car and driv.
en- towards the stretch of landing
beaches.
The troops differed whether the
airmen were British or Americans,
some insisting they were For
tress crew. It was tantalizing to
have to drop a story clue tenn
porarily and start hitchhiking back
to Sicily because the Eighth Army
has not yet arranged for this cor
respondent-the only American re-
porter in this sector-to get a car
and conducting officer across Italy
to follow frontline skirmishes. 1t
is impossible to dignity them by
the name of battles-at least thus
far.
AS | hiked to the nearest reem-
barkation point the latest batch of
$50 skylarking italian prisoners
trudged behind me, led by one
Canadian private.
A husky leading seaman. Don
Arney of (241 Eleventh St. Prince
Rupert, British Columbia, was just
getting ready to shove off in his
rusty, hard working landing craft
when I hailed him with the usual
'going my way?'
He and his number two crew.
man, young Norman Bowen, (254
Cooper St. Ottawa, Ont, both
veterans of the North African and
Sicilian invasions, said that to-
days operations were unbelievably
quiet.
It only took about one hour to
return to Sicily over waters now
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-06
Obituaries
w. A. GRISSOM

William A. Grissom, II, died at
his home in Dillwyn, Va, Wednes-
day following long illness.
Funeral services were held from
the late residence IN Virginia Sun
dav morning at II o'clock.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Grace Cox, and by the fol-
lowing children: Mrs. Henry Finch
and Mrs. S. S. Lewis Of Whining
ton; Lieut.. Eugene Hughes Girls
som of Langley Field, Va; and by
James Grissom of Savannah, Ga. /;
three sisters, Miss Tessie Grissom,
Mrs. H. c.. Collette and Mrs.
Agnes Bringloe fsouthport; and
four stepchildren, Mrs. D. c. Pad
rick of Wilmington; Thomas E.
E. Cox of Wilmington; Miss Loli-
ia Cox of Salisbury and Charles
Cox of Camp Patrick Henry, Va.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-06
labor DAY IS
OBSERVED HERE
Continued From Page One)

of Baltimore, field examiner OF
the NLRB, pronounced the election
"splendid" one with no unto
ward incident
Operation of the Labor Stabilf-
cation Act in effect here since May
Is. and by virtue of which vital
war industry employees may not
leave their jobs without sanction
Of their employers and the United
States Employment Service, has
been described as successful. Fur
tier tightening of the labor control
plan is scheduled for October !.
By that time, draft-age men, mar
RED or single, even fathers, must
be engaged in one Of the designat-
cd highly critical jobs if they ex-
pect to avoid immediate induction.
TIC date. even the most vital indus
tries Of the city have been releas-
ing some of their draft-age en-
ployeS to the armed services.
Women. as well as men. in the
city's war plants will deserve rec
ognitlon OF Labor Day 1913. Wo-
men are filling more mems Jobs
this year than they did in 1912. In
VaTlablv. employers have COM
mendad their work.
Retail stores, banks. citv and
county offices. the postoffice and
other business establishments will
OBSERVE Monday as a holiday. At
the postoltlce, mail will be distrib-
oSea IN postal boxes, and registry.
parcel post and general delivery
WINDOWS VIII be open from IL a.
u. 70 p. m. The bond window
WAN be open from $50 to $3.50 D.
m. r.
employees of the Atlantic Coast
line will be given holiday
ltaSA collections will not be made
a. residences, as Sanitation de-
p par. n employees will Join other
day. - oooei wing 'ne
The Uso club at Second and Or
fac 5T streets will throw open it's
t t5ra to shipyard workers
GGl.oushout Monday. Otherwise
niete are no special events on the
2'y S calendar. WV
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-06
Two Pocketbooks Stolen
In City During Weekend

Two pocketbooks were stolen
dnring Saturday night with to-
tsl loss of SIT in cash, it was
learned from police headquarters
Sunday night.
Dovle Williams. 40 Castle street
,onorted that thief had entered
bis bedroom and had made away
With his billfold containing $50
and other valuables.
Leon Montgomery, 7l3 Hanby's
auey declared the theft Of his
waTet with loss of $40 and 9TH
er valuables. He said that the
theft lock place between the hours
ot6a m. and 7 a. m. Sunday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-06
PROGRAM
ENLARGED HERE
CONTINUED From Page One)

an elementary introduction into
industry; continuation on a more
elaborate scale the course in aero
nautics begun last year; continual
ton with greater emphasis on the
pre-induction courses for youths
looking forward to armed service;
and the addition of a full-time in
structor in distributive education.
Physical improvements in the
main building include enlargement
of the library so that it runs from
one end of the structure to the
other-the equivalent of eight nor
mal-sized classrooms. Mr.. Hamil-
ton estimates that the attractive
10, 900 volume library is the larg-
est to be found in any secondary
school in the state.
The principals office now en-
braces a suite of two rooms, one
of which is a comfortable sitting
room for visitors with deep up
]holstered furniture, and book tables
scattered about.
The Bible department, for the
first time, is in one location. New
quarters for the two Bible instruc-
tors have been set up on the base
ment floor.
Discussion rooms for pupils have
been provided here and there.
Across the street, in the Isaac
Bear building, great change has
been wrought. On the first floor
which has been entirely renovated
and repainted-are the diversified
occupations room, the placement
officers office, the distributive ed
ucation room, the family-life CO.
ordinator's office; the nursery
school programs headquarters,
the county book room, and the
handsome large vocal music room
with its raised platform, its semi
circular chair arrangement and
its robe rooms and music cases.
The second floor has been plan
med almost exclusively for the ccm-
mercial department. There Will be
six commercial rooms, three OF
which will be equipped with type
writer's. All types of office ma
chimes will be available in the ell
larged department, which will be
connected by telephones.
The greatest change in the Isaac
Bear building will be the proposed
conversion of the auditorium into
girls physical education room
The stage will be retained.
No outstanding change has beer
effected at the vocational building
Thursday will mark orientatlor
day for freshmen, when the new
pupils report for introduction into
the ways of High school life. Ac-
Invites will be under sponsorship
of the student council.
On Friday, the opening day, stu
dents will go to their assigned
home rooms. They will hear an
nouncements and statements o.
High school policy in their home
rooms. and Will attend assembly
in the auditorium. Thirty-nllnute
class periods will be observed, dur
ing which teachers will distribute
textbooks and explain the nature
of the courses.
The regulav schedule will be in
full swing next Monday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-06
Trinity Methodist Church
To Be Dedicated Oct. 3

Trinity Methodist church here is
scheduled for dedication by Bishop
Clare Purcell, of Charlotte, head
Of the Methodist church in North
Carolina, at II a. M, October 3,
according to information released
by Bishop Purcell from Charlotte,
Sunday.
The Methodist church at Rich
lands will be dedicated at the night
service, October 3.