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AXIS COMEDIES
SIClLIAN LOSS
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coast. Another officer said that
the Axis with not more than 300,-
600 ground troops available to
watch 500 miles Of coast obviously
couldn't man all the beaches heav-
lily enough to prevent landings
and there is some reason to be-
lieve that he was fooled into put
ting more strength into the Mar
sala (west Sicily and Messina
(no1 theast Sicily) corners t h n
into the southeast.
"Thus with his forces grouped
mainly in the interior, he had to
wait until he saw where the main
Allied attacks were developing be-
fore he could start real counter
thrusts. If he threw his forces at
us too soon, he might have found
himself committed to attack on a
diversionary party while the main
blow fell elsewhere.
That this might have been the
Allied strategy was indicated by
sertorius, who reported attempts
were made Saturday to land at
Marsala, but that they appeared
to be diversionary attempts.
Other German oroadcasts prom
ised surprises" for the Allies.
The Italians said the United Ma
tions had lost "the first round" "
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FRICK IS UPHELD
BY DIRECTORATE
National Board Rules Phil
lies Giant Game
Replayed

PHILADELPHIA, July 12.-P)-
The board of directors of the Ma
tional league today upheld Presi-
dent Ford Frick or a protested
game between the Phillies and the
New York Giants June Is.
The protest was originally made
by the Giants sfter Babe Dahl
gren had hit a double in the ninth
inning to win for the Phillies 6
to 3.
The Giants contended that on
the pitch before the one hit, Dahl
gren had stepped out of the box
into the path of ball thrown by
Pitcher Ken Trinkle and should
have been called out for interfer.
ence.
Umpire Beans Reardon said he
was not in position to see the
pitch and refused to allow Dahl
gren to take his base. He did not
call him out for interference, but
instead ordered the Phillies' third
baseman to continue batting.
On the next pitch, Dahlgren hit
his base-clearing double. Manager
Mel OFT of the Giants protested
that the game should be resum-
ed with the score at 3-3, as it
stood before Dahlgren got his hit
and with the Phillies batting at
the opening of the 10th inning.
Frick upheld Otis protest but
added that either party could ap-
peal to the leagues board of direc-
tors. President Bill Cox of the
Phillies did that today.
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Babes Hitting Is Not Up
To Former Standard,
However

BOSTON,, July 12.-(P)-The fa1
and forty-eightish but still fabu
lous Babe Ruth, aided by such
recent American league heroes
as Ted Batting Cha1npion) Will
liams and Dom DiMaggio, todaJ
aster-minded a service all-sta1
team to a 9-8 victory over the
Boston Braves at Fenway Park.
During the late stages of the
game, which served as the piece
de resistance of Mayor Maurice
]. Tobin's annual charity field
day program, Ruth needed the
pleas of the $4,000 spectators and,
wearing his famous No. 3 New
York Yankee uniform, obliged as
pinch hitter. He took lusty
swings at Dave Odom's offerings
and mana ged to fly out to right
field on his third try.
Before the game. Ruth. who had
not handled a bat since last sum
ner, attempted to put on a long.
range batting duel with Williams.
who wore his recently discarded
Red Sox spangles. With Red Bar.
rett, she Braves bullpen pitcher,
throwing, Williams managed to
belt three balls into the right field
stands. Ruth, hampered by his old
knee injury, was unable, to drive
off the playing 1ield.
In the seventh inning, Williams
belted a homer against Odom
with two runners aboard and Di-
Maggie contributed a third inning
triple with a paiar of All-Stars on
base. Chuck Workman put the
Braves into a SIS tie in the fifth
by homering with one aboard.
Other members of the Ruth for
ces included Ensign Babe Young
of the Coast Guard. formerly OF
the New York Giants, AL Roberge,
former Braves infield now sta.
toned at Fort Devens, and Coast
Guardsman Jimmy Hogan, recent
Cleveland catcher.
r H E
Ruth's Stars 0O4 100 400 l3 !
Boston (N) - 120 020 300-8 18 {
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HARNETT TO PLAY
WHITEVILLE MINI
First Games OF East.,,
Legion Championship,
This Week

Play in the eastern Amor;o..
Legion baseball championships ',a, ,,'5n
get underway in Whitevile W., va,
nesday and Thursday of this wes> sS
with the Whiteville Legion te.,, .rs
meeting Harnett county in a & fo,,
out of seven game series 'O~'
The opening games will be b.,.
at the Whiteville school parI. .'',a !.
$3.50 p. m. Wednesday and Tbr.' d
day. 1' y
According to Coach Earl Bri,,.
ley, the starting lineup for Wb4s, %
vile will include White, pitcb.s e.
Hardee, catcher; CashwelI, n,
Proctor, 2b; Heath, 3b. S-ac,.1' ~
SIS; Rogers or Hall, IF, Hjckm.,'
CT; and Kelly, If. ''''''
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LAND VALUE SET
AT WATER PLANT
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power of eminent domain, last
August 81.
Basing his report on evidence
presented by both sides at hear
ing last December and January,
Special Master Rodgers further
found that the city's action is ex-
tending Sixth street to serve COM
mercial plants in the area, at a
cost of $1,000 brought benefits &C
curing to the properties far in
excess of the unimproved portion
of Hilton street which was closed
by the city in order to build the
new plant.
During the hearing, the defen-
dents objected that the closing OF
Hilton street, between Fourth and
Sixth streets, had detratced from
the value of the property. Witnesses
for the defense valued the tract
sought by the city at as much as
$4,000
The new filtration plant, bull
by a Federal Works Agency grant,
is expected to 60 into operation
this month.
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NATIONAL FAVORED FOR ALL-STAR TONIGHT
Broughton To Confer
On Use Of Italians
For Labor On Farms

RALEIGH, July 12.-P)- Gov
ernor Broughton said today that
he will confer with Army Off
cials here tomorrow on the pos
sibility of securing Italian war
prisoners for farm and other labor
in the state.
Manuy requests have been re-
ceived asking for the prisoners,
the governor said. They all asked
for Italians and mostly were from
eastern North Carolina. Altogeth-
er, the governor said, it would
take more than 1000 prisoners to
fill the requests. which included
farm work, railroad work, and
pulp and lumber mill operation.
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FIREMEN CLINCH
FIRST HALF FLAG
Defeat Star-News 4 To 3
In Hanover Soft
ball League

The Firemen clinched the first
half championship of the Hanover
softball league by eking out 4
to 3 win the second place Star,
News team, Monday at Robert
Strange park.
Mondays contest was a nip and
tuck battle with the NeWsmen in
the lead until the sixth inning
when the Smoke Eaters pushed
across two runs to tie the game
at 3 all.
Jimmy Moore, leadoff man for
the NeWsnen slammed out a home
run in the first stanza. Bowen
singled, R. Cook and L. Cook were
out on grounders, Gieschen was
safe on an error and Bowen reach
ed home on the error. In the
fourth, Roy Cook, singled. Giesch-
en- singled and Cook scored. The
next three men we're out.
The Firemen tailed one in the
second when Rivenbark walked,
Beasley was out on an infield
grounder with Rivenbark going to
second. Bu1lard singled to right
to score Rivenbark. In the sixth
stanza F. Casteen walked, J. Cas-
teen singled and Poopy Sandlin
doubled to center to score the two
base runners. In the seventh
Beasley singled, stole second and
went to third on c. Casteen's in
field out Moore erred Hamilton's
infield grounder and Beasley scor-
ed the winning run.
Clyde Jordan hurled for the
Firemen and allowed the Newsies
four hits and walked one. A. L.
King, Jr., pitched for the losers
and allowed four hits and walked
four for the six innings. Roy Cook
went to the mound for the News
papermen in the seventh and al
lowed one hit and gets credit for
the loss.
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Babe Ruth's All-StarS
MaStermind Braves, 9-8
Gasoline Rations Taken
From Pair On Opa Count

RALEIGH, July 12.-P)-Gaso-
line rations were suspended for
two men charged with possession
of loose gasoline coupons follow
ing hearings here today before
chief hearing Commissioner Dan
iel L. Bell of the fourth OPA re-
gion, OPA officials said.
Allen C. Edens, Jr., Durham Me-
thodist minister charged with pos
session of two loose "B" gasoline
coupons, was suspended for ac-
quiring, using or consuming gaso-
line from midnight tonight until
August l, OPA said.
James H. White Of Washington,
N. c., deputy collector for the
Department of Internal Revenue.
was charged with possession of a
quantity of loose CO. coupons and
with the use of "C'' coupons ille-
gally. OPA said Whites gasoline
rations were suspended for a per-
iod of 30 days beginning July II.
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RiualManagersAnn
Starting League Lineups

bers of his Vn ball club to start,
and whose only problem was the
loss of southpaW pitcher HoWie
Pollet, who left this afternoon for
St. Louis prior to reporting for
service in the Army Air corps.
Southworth was seeking a re-
placement for him on the All-Star
squad but naturally his chief con-
cern over this development was
the effect it would have later on
the Cardinals in the National lea
que pennant race.
Cooper, winner c. - games
against five defeats this season,
has been rested since last Fri
day and is fully ready to seek his
avenge the defeat he suffered last
year when he pitched the first
three innings of the AlI-Star af-
fair.
Truett (Rip) sewell of the
Pittsburgh Pirates, with a 1872
record, also is amply rested and
likely will get three-inning turn
for the National league with
southpaw, perhaps Max Lanier of
st. Louis or John Wander Nicer
of Cincinnati in reserve.
Besides strong pitching, the Ma
tional league has a heavy edge in
batting strength an dappears to
be at least match for the Amer
lean defensively.
For this reason the senior cir
cult, even though it has been beat
en- IN seven of the ten previous
contests, was rated popular
favorite by the capacity crowd of
33, 900 that will see tomorrow
nights installment. The game will
start at 9 p. m. (EWT).
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JAP CARGO ship
SUNK OFF KISKA
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addition, seven enemy ships proba-
bly, have been sunk and SO dam
aged there.
The four cargo vessels were the
first Japanese craft reported in
the Aleutians area since March
26 when light United States forces
engaged fleet of enemy cruisers
and destroyers near the tip of the
Aleutians chain and drove them
back toward japan.
The Navy also reported in its
communicate today the capture of
four Japanese soldiers who had
been hiding out on the rocky crags
OF Attu island since the main enc
my force there was eliminated aft
er 20 days of battling.
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$4,000 Expected To At
tend Eleventh An
nuaI Classic
By JUDSON BAILEY

PHILADELPHIA, July lL.-A'
The National league was conf
dent and the American league
apparently bewildered today as the
headliners from the two circuits
gathered for tomorrow nights 11tt
annual All-Star classic at Shibe
Park.
Joe Mccarthy, manager of the
Yankees and pilot of the Amerl'
can leaguers in the dream game,
hemmed and haWed about start
ing lineup and admitted frankly
that he was in doubt not only
about his battery but about some
Of the other positions.
In contrast Manager Billy South
worth of the World Champion st.
Louis Cardinals, who will direct
the National league representa-
tives, was specific about his bait
ing order and declared that it
was team he thought good
enough to win.
The National league will open
the game with this array:
Hack, Chicago, 2b.
Herman, Brooklyn, 2b.
Musial, st. Louis. If.
Nicholson, Chicago rf.
Fletcher, Pittsburgh, 1b.
w. Cooper, st. Louis, c.
H. Walker, st. Louis. CT.
Marion, st. Louis. SIS.
M. Cooper, St. Louis, p.
The Ameri an league batting
order announced by Mccarthy, in
GLIDING various alternatives, was:
Case, Washington, ri or If.
Keltner, Cleveland. 3b.
Wakefield, Detroit or Heath,
Cleveland, If or IF.
Stephens, st. Louis, SIS.
York, Detroit or Seibert. Phila-
delphia, 1b.
Laabs, St. Louis. ct.
Dickey, New York. or Rosar,
Cleveland, or Early, Washington,
Gorden, New York. or Doerr,
Boston, 2b.
Pitcher not selected.
By process of elimination the
likely opening hurler for the
American league seemed to be
Ernie (Jumbo) Bonham of the
Yankees, a highlander who has
Won eight and lost three and whose
last effort was victory over the
Chicago White Sox Saturday.
However, Bonham was bothered
in that game by an injured knee
and this kept Mccarthy from be-
irg certain about his availability.
He mentioned Emil Dutch) Leon
ard, the Washington knuckleballer
as possibility along with Cecil
(Tex) Hughson, the Boston Red
Sox ace who has a record of 9
and 6.
Hughson's chances of starting
were doubtful not only because
he pitched 3 1-3 innings yesterday,
but also because he has not ap-
pcared effective in his most re-
cent outings. He was charged
with defeat twice in Boston S
four-game series last weekend at
st. Louis.
No such worries confronted
Southworth. who named five mem
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-13
IDLE TO WORK

NEW BERN, July 12.-Pointing
to the necessity of action without
the loss of time if farmers are to
be helped in harvesting their to-
bacco crop and do other farm
work, the Craven county agricul-
tural council has requested Gov
ernor Broughton TO invoke imme-
diately war time authority to put
the idle to work and keep ab-
sentees on their jobs.
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POLLET CALLED

PHILADELPHIA, July 12.-(P)-
Howard Pollet, 22-year-old St.
Louis Cardinals southpaw who has
chalked up five shutouts in win
ming eight games this season,
Withdrew today from the roster of
the National league An-Stars to 90
to St. Louis in connection with
his enlistment in the Army Air
corps. He said he had been order
ed to report to the basic air force
school at Miami, Fla, Thursday.
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EISENHOWER SEES
INVASION ACTION
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proved to be a false alarm--they
were dawn patrol Spitfires.
The youthful commander Of our
destroyer, who was wearing a blue
turtleneck sweater and white
shorts, talked to Eisenhower on
the bridge while the Junior officers,
most of them with long boards.
watched.
Eisenhower was most eager to
visit the Canadians and greet them
and we disembarked near one of
their beachheads. But the word
disembarked doesn't give the right
impression.
We left our destroyer in what
is known as an "amphibious jeep"
and had the rare experience of
driving right through water and
straight up on the beach.
The troops had no idea that
Eisenhower was coming. Some
were swimming off the beach, 9TH
ers were cooking, laying roads,
building jetties or organizing watch
posts and sentry boxes.
The commander chief walked
through thick dust and found the
beach commander, a British col
onel, who said the Canadians were
further up. Eisenhower borrowed
a jeep and we followed in our am
phibious craft, which never had a
rougher passage on water than on
that Sicilian road. Near a tomato
patch, I saw my first "enemy"
Sicilian.
A boy of IA on a bicycle. He
grinned and waved and wanted to
have his picture taken. But one
should not deduce from this that
all Sicilians are friendly.
Last night, three British soldiers
on sentry duty had their throats
cut.
The persistent Eisenhower found
a Canadian captain, J. E. Moore
OF Vancouver, after a hot and
dutsy search. He gave Moore g.
message to transmit to- the Cam
adian general ahead.
Snipers were active in this area.
The generals agile jeep and our
water wagon wheeled around, got
separated and, roaring through
the dust, found our way separately
back to the beach.
Eisenhower chatted with the men
near the landing stage and then
said, pointing to our unnatural
craft:
rs our flagship ready?"
A naval officer grinned and re-
piled:
Are you prepared to set sail,
sir?"
The general clambered aboard
and we ground down to the beach
and smoothly entered the water.
It's a wonderful way to travel on
both land and sea, and Eisenhow-
er enjoyed being the guest of the
Royal Navy.
We then visited the headuuar-
ters ship of the British admiral,
had drinks during two air raid
alerts and finally got back to our
destroyer.
General Patton and Admiral
Hewitt and other officers gave
Eisenhower the up-to-the-minute
picture and filled him in on many
picturesque details. For instance.
the guns of one American cruiser
broke up an Axis tank attack yes
terday and destroyed several tanks
single-handed, though many miles
away. This must be one of the
first recorded instances of a battle
between a ship at sea and tanks
on land.
-N-
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TO ATTEND MEETING

RALEIGH, July 12.-(P)-Gover-
nor Broughton will attend meet
ing of the Zebulon Vance memor-
ial commission, established by
the last legislature, at Statesville
Thursday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-13

The Wilmington Council of
Churches will meet at Temple
Baptist church, Seventeenth
and Market streets, at s p. m.
Tuesday for the councils july
meeting.
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RESIGNS Passionate

COLUMBIA, S, c., July l2-s
The Rev. S. K. Phillips pastor 4,
the Arsenal Hill Presbyter,,.
church for the past II wears b.,
resigned and been elected pastor
emeritus.
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NAZIS SAY SHIP BOMBED

LONDON, July IL. - tR - The
German radio in a broadcast re-
corded by Reuters claimed today
that an Allied battleship which it
said formed part of the invasion
fleet sent against Sicily had been
damaged by bombs off the Sici-
liam coast. The report was with
out Allied confirmation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-13
COMMUNITY DANCE

Key Scales and his orchestra
will play for a dance in the
community building of Lake
Forest project Thursday night,
another in the series of the
dances sponsored by the pro-
ject's management.
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City Briefs
ADJOURNED SESSION

ADJUUh hN ED SESSIUN
There will be an adjourned
session of the Wilmington Pres
bytery in the Church of the
Covenant at IL O'Clock Tues
day, July IL All members who
attended the spring session are
expected to be present.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-13
RECORDS WANTED

The Red Cross chapter is
asking for records of military
marches for donation to near
by camps. Bring contributions
to Red Cross headquarters in
the customs house.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-13
ENGINEERS WIN

The Engineers extended their
second half record to four games
straight by polishing off the Stoeffi
Buns, to 3, in a Servicemen's
league game at Hilton Monday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-07-13
MEETING

The Women's Missionary So
ciety of Calvary Baptist church
will meet at 8 o'clock Tues
day night at the church.
Evening star., 1943-01-10
Hospital Heads Asked
To List Additional Bed
Capacity for WPB
Move Is Part Of Program
To Increase Facilities
Without Building
BY PAT JONES.

The War Production Board
yesterday asked District hospital
superintendents to list, the num-
Der of beds which can be set up
in existing space in their respec-
tive institutions.
In a letter sent out by Maury
Maverick, director of the WPB's
Governmental Division, superin-
tendents were requested to notify
the board by return mail" whether
they were prepared to put in the
number of beds it has been esti-
mated could be added without new
construction.
The effect of this letter is to
throw into the laps of the super
intendents responsibility that al
ready has been tossed around
among the Federal Works Agency,
the War Production Board and the
Senate District Committee. Here
tofore the hospital heads have had
no official say in the matter.
At meeting Wednesday, a special
group appointed Tuesday at a WPB
hospital conference recommended
delay in approval of further projects
until definite commitments for add
ing beds in existing space could be
obtained from hospital authorities.
This committee, headed by Com
missioner Guy Mason, estimated
643 beds could be added in Metro
politan Area hospitals without con-
struction, compared to an estimate
OF 76S presented by the WPB at
the recent Senate District Commit
tee hearing on the subject.
Differences Tabulated.
The following summary shows how
these tables were divided among the
city's hospitals and also where the
Continued on Page AS, Col. 81
Evening star., 1943-01-10
HITLER Reported
|GWen Wornino
By Von Book
Is the Associated Press

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. g.
Marshal Fedor Won Book, speaking
for number of German generals
alarmed by the dangerous position
of the German armies in the Cau-
casus, is reported in Berlin to have
urged Adolf Hitler to withdraw his
lines while there is still time.
Neutral sources just returned from
Germany said Won Book, formerly
commander on the Stalingrad front
who was relieved of his duties in
apparent disgrace, had returned to
a command at. the front in No
vember.
These sources did not know where
Won Book took charge, but they re-
ported that he visited Hitler at his
field headquarters and declared he
and other officers he represented
could no longer take responsibility
for the situation unless Hitler or
dered a retreat out of the Caucasus.
Hitler was said to have gone into
a rage and ordered Won Book out
Of the headquarters after stating
that he, as supreme commander.
bore all responsibility.
Later Won Book was seen in Ber-
lin, these sources said, but they
said he since had dropped from
sight and it was not known whether
he had returned to the front.
Rumors circulating in Stockholm
said 1t was believed Won Book Is
back on the Stalingrad front.
Evening star., 1943-01-10
German Steel Works
In Holland Blasted in
Ruhr Raid FoIIowup
Roll Targets in France
And Belgium Also
Attacked by RAF
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 9.-Speedy new
American-made Ventura Vega
bomberS of the Raj smashed at
the Ijmuiden Iron and Steel
Works in Holland today, planting
bomb bursts on furnaces and
coke ovens, in the second assault
in "a hours on Germany's steel
and industrial works, the Air
Ministry announced.
The raid, which was protected
by Spitfire squadrons, was follow
up to night assault on the Ruhr,
the fourth of the week on the teem-
ing Industrial valley.
Fast new British wooden Mosquito
bombers also attacked railway tar
gets in Northern France and Bel
GUM while squadrons of fighters
swept over the same areas and en-
gagged in battles with defending
Focke-Wulf 100 fighters.
New Spitfire Models in Service.
In one such encounter with IA
Focke-Wulfs near Abbeville, France,
latest model Spitfires manned by
Fighting French and West Lanca-
shire pilots shot down one of the
interceptors.
The Air Ministry for the first
time designated the new Spitfires
by their official name-Mark Nine.
They are new models with four
bladed propellers and Rolls Royce
Merlin engines. They are reported
to be in service in large numbers.
One fighter and one bomber were
lost in the daylight operations, while
five planes failed to return from
the Ruhr raid.
At the usual ratio of losses it was
probable about 100 planes took part
in the night attack on unannounced
objectives in the industrial center,
although some of the British planes
may have been lost while carrying
out mining operations in enemy
waters.
The Germans admitted casualties
and damage had been caused in sew
eral localities.
Cripps Warns of Heavy Assaults.
Although today's activities were
the most intense of several days,
cold, bad icing conditions and poor
visibility the past week have
prevented operations on the usual
scale.
Sir Stafford Cripps. Minister of
Aircraft Production, told workers in
factory making four-motored
Lancasters, however, that Germany
and Italy were about to undergo the
heaviest air assaults yet. Presumably
he meant these would be heavier
than even the l,000-b bomber raids of
early summer Weather alone, he
said, accounted for the brake on
operations in the last two months.
The Germans, meanwhile, pecked
away at Britain with relatively in
effective attacks, dropping a few
bombs on southeast coast village.