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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-03

LONDON, May 3. - Targets IN
western Europe have been bombed
so effectively for the past two
months that lines in northern
France and Belgium are no longer
capable of bearing the peak load
necessary for the Germans to re-
pei invasion. a Ministry of Econo-
mic Warfare spokesman said
He spoke as the air invasion IS
in comparative lull. although
italy based bombers struck heavily
and Britain based Mosquitoes
dumped two ton bombs on the
German chemical center Of Lever
kusen yard between Cologne.
The Ministry spokesman said
that no freight yard between Col
ogne and the Bay. OF Biscay. in Il
zone 100 miles deep, Is capable OF
forming trains. and only military
end coal traffic is handled.
Boys Of IA and one-armed former
soldiers are running the trains, OF
fetal announcements said
American and British sky fleets
based in Britain and Italy estab-
iished record in April. scattering
"a total Of 8o,4s0 tons of bombs on
targets in Germany and occupied
territory.
Germans Jittery
New Allied offensive operations IN
the Mediterranean, in conjunction
with the anticipated invasion OF
western Europe are forecast by the
Germans, who reported the rein
forcing of the defenses of the Dali
matian coast to meet q possible
thrust from the Balkans.
In a Berlin bi oadcast German
military commentator said large
movement of Allied troops and sup
plies was observed In Southern
Italy, indicating the Fifth and
Eighth ARMIES intend to launch
a fresh attack" The Germans init
mated they expected it to coincide
with General Eisenhower's invasion
and the renewal of the Russian
drive.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-03
Arends Confirmed
As u. 5. Attorney

WASHINGTON, May 3. = The
Senate has confirmed the nominal
ton OF Harry Arend to be U. s..
attorney of the Fourth Division of
Alaska with his headquarters at
Fairbanks.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-03
BY JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, May 8. - Secre-
tary of State Cordell Hull may have
made greater speeches in his long
political life than his recent. one
on U. S. foreign. policy, but none
more dramatic or more politically
significant.
The aging white-haired secre-
tary sat in the regular newscasting
room in the Columbia broadcasting
studios.
He was suffering from a cold and
showed he didn't feel well. His only
audience in the studio was hand
full of state department assistants
including Michael j. McDermott
his director of information, and
several radio technicians
At his elbow sat alert Assistant
Secretary Breckenridge Long, fol-
lowing line for line with his finger
copy of the speech. There was a
microphone before him, too, dead
for the time being but ready to be
snapped on in a flash, should Mr.
Hull's voice leave him or he be-
come too i'll to continue.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-03

Few persons can realize the
strain of a 42-minute. unbroken
radio speech. There aren't many
young, experienced actors who
could handle it without coming to
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-03
RAIL LINES,
PLAN IS ARE
KN0(kED0UT
Action Of Sky Fleet Make
Germans Jiitery-
New0ffensive

BULLETIN - LONDON, May
3.--American Liberators bombed
the Pas de Calais area today
for the fourth consecutive day,
hammcring Maxi installations
blocking the shortest invasion
route TO the continent.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-03

In view of that, the specific is
sues he clarified are vitality import
ant. Some of them were:
His positive declaration that we
could not recognize DeGaulle's
Committee for National Liberation
as the government of France. unless
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-03
Hull Writes One Plank
For Democrats; Foreign
Policy Given in Talk

the end exhausted.
Secretary Hull at his best, is not
a good radio speaker. He has
trouble with his esses. He cannot
convey over the air the fire and
force he displays in talking to small
groups. But if there is any one in
terested in our foreign policy or our
politics who, through the absence of
that force, failed to grasp the full
significance of it, he better get a
copy and start studying.
I'm going TO discuss the political
Importance of it here on the home
front and on the coming elections
Within "a hours, many obsery-
ers were saying that he had writ
ten the foreign policy plank for
the Democratic convention in Chi
cago in July. In part they can't be
wrong Coming events may change
some details, but if President Roos-
evelt is nominated for a fourth
term, then it certainly is the DEM
ocratic foreign policy plank.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
SCIENTIFIC BOUT
HERE ON FRIDAY

Reports have it that grappler
Pete Mannagotf had best be ex
tremely careful with Freddy
Steele, his opponent on this Friday
nights mat card. Both these wrest'
lers employ the same type style
and are built alike. The fans will
be treated to a strictly scientific
match when these two hook up, as
both of these men specialize ir
skillful tactics and never resort tt
rough stuff.
Steele made an impressive debut
here last Friday as he teamed with
Milo Steinborn in tag team bout
He will be battling with Mannagof1
for the top popularity spot in the
coming show. Pete has long ruled
here as the leader of the crowd
pleasers.
The Steinborn-Coffield match or
the card is more or less grudge
bout. Milo wants to settle score
with the rowdy Jimmie concern.
ing his disqualification last week.
Tickets are now on sale at the
Orion Hotel desk. Promoter Bert
Causey advised that the mat pa
trans get their ducats in advance
in order to avoid standing in line
at the ITALIAN Hall box office.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
Polio Fund Campaign
Goes Over The Top

Sending the New Hanover
campaign for the Infantile
Paralysis fund over the top by
a margin of S1,747.49, the Boy
Scouts and Wilmington's thea
tres brought in most of the
$4,647.49, which was reported
Tuesday by Harry Dosher, CAM
paign director of public rela-
tions.
Of this amount, $3,744.17 was
raised by the theatres of Will
mington, which was collected
by the Boy Scouts, and $933.32
was collected by the tag-day
sales and the coin boxes plac-
ed in stores throughout the city.
Wilmington's goal was $1,000.
Cali the sources of the drive
have not answered." said Dosh-
err. cat the final report, the
figure will be. swelled again."
he said.
To show the increase over
the 1913 theatre drive, Dosher
stated that the theatres of Will
mington last year collected the
small total of $500 as compared
with the figure turned in by the
group this year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
MCNUTT SUPPORTS
DRAFT OF LABOR
Continued from Page One)

tlal labor reserve consists Of wo.
men but about eight women leave
the labor market for every 10 who
enter it,
There are problems which back.
ers say national service legislation
Will solve, freezing workers in their
essential jobs, Or directing labor
into channels where it is most
needed. A big bloc in Congress has
been cool to the plan however, SO
cool that the House military com.
mittee has virtually pigeon-holed
the observation-disclosures bill which
makes both men and women sub.
ject to labor call.
McNutt declined to take a posi-
ton for or against the Austin
Wadsworth measure. He disclosed
he had drawn his own bill but has
no plans to send it to Congress.
Recently McNutt has opposed the
idea of such legislation on the
ground that voluntary controls, in
his opinion, work better. He point
ed out today that Britain, even
with national service, gets most of
Its labor recruiting don. on a vol
unteer basis. Even if labor draft
is authorized, McNutt said such a
|manpower administration as set up
up now would have to continue.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
SHEPPS SUGGESTS
BASEBALL PLAN

DALLAS, Feb. 1.-(P)-Two-team
baseball is seen by George
Schepps, president of the Dallas
club Of the Texas League, as the
means of operating in 1914.
The league did not operate last
year.
His idea is a rule making posi-
BILE both road and home squads.
II think we could operate sue.
cessfully by expanding our player
limit to provide use of men work
irg III defense plants while on
home stands" Schepps said today.
of course we wouldn't be as
strong for the road trips but we
could get by"
He argues that since the league
plays night ball the players from
defense plants could be used in all
home games.
'Howevel, they couldn't travel
with us, so we would have to carry
large enough squads to make pos
sible twelve or thirteen players for
the road trips" Schepps added.
The Dallas president said he
figured Tulsa and Beaumont would
not be able to operate but that
Dallas, Fort Worth, Shreveport,
Oklahoma City, Houston, and San
Antonio would make a nice, COM
pact circuit"
Asked about attendance, he re-
piled quickly: 1.-THE people now
would pay to see even a marble
game"
The Texas League will decide in
few weeks whether it will re-
sumo operations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
Harry Pratt Becomes Fine
Jockey Despite An Injury

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. l. -(P)- You
wouldn't think, watching boyish
Harry Pratt boot home winners
at Sialeah Park. that less than six
months ago he lay in a hospital
with two broken bones in his neck.
81 was sure my riding days were
over" said the hottest apprentice
jockey of the Florida season, SO
we'll regarded by horsemen here
that there is clamor for his
services and ne has mount in
every race of the program while
even highly-rated veterans are idle
Fart of the time.
The 17-year-old lad was thrown
by a horse at Rockingham Park
last September. Physicians found
that two small bones in his neck
were fractured, yet two weeks
later he was able to leave the
hospital.
Five weeks after that he was rid
ing again, and guided his second
mount into the winners circle
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
SPORTS TRAIL

Tor the championship at Goldfield
New, for which he got $4,000.
Nelson bears souvenirs of his
trade-a pair of twisted ears ano
Il flat bugle, but he isn't STUN
blebum. He is in splendid health
and attributes this to the fact he
never smoked, chewed or drank
and always kept himself in shape.
Concerning his weight, Nelson
confides:
I'm 1908 when I knocked out
Cans to win the title, I weighed
1873 pounds. Today I weigh 1897
my work is the first I've done
in more than 40 years., he add
ed. II worked along side a lot OF
young fellows less than half my
age and never get tired, nor does
my work get boresome. You know
il is just lately that if I didn't
work, I didn't eat. And I just love
eating"
Nelson, who earned more than
$500, 600 is regarded as property
poor. He owns residential property
in his native Hegeswich, ILL.,, but
never enjoyed great return from
it He owns about ten small hous-
es, but never has had the heart
to toss out non-paying tenants.
Nelson exploded one of the pet
traditions Of the ring about game
ness. He confessed he hated to
fight and never got into the ring
without a feeling of dread.
81 knew was going to get punch
ed and to get hurt" he explained.
"And they tell you that's a pleas
ant prospect and that man glories
III it. That's all the bunk. Nobody
who ever got into the ring can
Geny it.
Nelson's last battle was when he
was IS and, strangely enough, he
fought the reigning worlds cham
pion, Freddy Welsh, IL rounds in
q no-decision bout in st. Louis,
back in April, 1917.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
Spokane To Be Scene
Of P. G. A. Tournament

SPOKANE, WASH, Feb. 1-R-
The Spokane athletic round table
announced today the professional
Golfers Association tournament
for 1914 would be held in Spokane
Aug. 1870, inclusive.
The local fun club which has
sponsored the Western Amateur
and national public links champ
ionships previously, said it was
advised by the P. G. A. execu.
tive committee that Spokane's bid
for the event, not held last year
because of the war, had been &C.
cepted.
The round table said this year"
tourney would be a $4,000 event,
topping any previous P. G. A.
in the amount of cash put up"
The Mantle Golf and Country
Club, where the Western Amateur
was he'd in 1912. will be the site
of the P. G. A. event. :
U. S. industries spent more than
81 900, 100000 for safety equipmen!
in 1913,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
Wildcats Take 1870 Thriller
From Rocky Mount Basketeers
HO. CACERS WIN
TILT AT DAVIS

CAMP DAVIS, Feb. 1.-Hq ane
uo Btry, AAATC, lowered the 3re
low Target, 59-17, last night ii
Farnsworth Hall to gain it's seventh
basketball win against but one de
feat in Camp Davis National lea,
one Wasting no time the Hq. out
# with Kucyk's one-handers ring.
mo true, opened 1913 gap after
one period and from that point in.
creased its advantage with each
nassing moment. In the second
half Messing joined Kucyk as pro.
duction man and before the final
huzzer each had accounted for Is
TALES
late field goal by Bietterman
enabled the Goth Group to exc out
24-23 decision over the AAA
BOARD This low-scoring affair sell
dom saw the teams parted by
more than two points at any stage.
yietterman spaced his baskets,
five in all, so that the winners
were always able to keep abreast
If the Boardmen before finally
caaing the clincher. Mull's seven
,,oints aided the losers consider
ablv during the first half. This
meeting was likewise National
league clash.
Maple Hill court doings were
productive of a 1927 decision for
4he 56th Group at the expense of
Btrv K. AAS. Mascara and Nc
carthy were the big guns as they
found the range repeatedly through
ou+ the contest. A ten-point margin
developed in the initial half was
sufficient to Withstand Btry KS
nersistent efforts in the late ses-
zion during which both teams
fought to a standstill. Charland,
0rgan and Pearson paced the K
men in the second half but it was
Too late to span the seth Groups
oneping surge. By this victory the
.iroup cagers tied for fourth place
in the Southern loop.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
MARKET CENTER
HERE IS CLOSED

The Quartermaster market Gen.
ter in Wilmington was officially
closed by the Army Tuesday and
combined with the Fayetteville
center.
Capt. John J. Barton, officer-in.
charge of the Wilmington center,
said that combining of the two
units in Fayetteville would work
no hardship on persons in the
Wilmington area desiring to sell
the Army food products, as "a
representative will tour this To-
cality regularly"
An office will not be located
here, he said, but contact with
local producers and farmers will
be made by representative from
the Fayetteville center.
Producers and farmers in the
Wilmington area were notified last
week that bids for shipment OF
perishable subsistence to Camp
Davis, Camp Lejeune at New Riv.
er, and the U. S. Marine Corps
Air station at Cherry Point would,
after February 1, be accepted al
the Fayetteville market center, in.
stead of at the Wilmington office.
The Wilmington chamber oil
commerce protested tn e clos.
ing of the Wilmington market cen.
ter to Rep. Graham A. Barden
because it will mean additional
travelling for necessary contacts,
and with the transportation situa.
ton as it is today, it will be ex.
tremely difficult
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
Brother Of Former Grid
Great Is Now At Lejeune

CAMP LEJEUNE, New River.
Feb. Another name, famous in
the sports world, has been added
10 the roster of the fighting Lea
thernecks. Marine Private First
Glass Charles E. Dorais, Jr., son
OF Gus" Dorais, one-half of the
immortal 1913 Notre Dame for
ward-passing combination, is an
Officer Candidate Applicant, W-12)
at the Marine Corps base.
The younger Dorais, an athlete
OF note in his own right, attend
ed Notre Dame and the University
of Detroit His Viz training was
received at Oberlin College, 7Ober-
lin, Ohio. He was awarded football
letters at Detroit and Oberlin and
played freshman football at Notre
Dame.
Gus" Dorais is still actively as
ISOLATED with football. He coaches
the Detroit Lions professional
team and is member Of the De-
.roit City Council. He resides at
1895 Warrington Drive. Detroit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
|DUROCHER READY
FOR COMING TRIP

TAMPA, Fla, Feb. l. R -
Manager Leo Gippy) Durocher of
the Brooklyn Dodgers has been de-
layed on his trip overseas to en-
Durocher, here to entertain
terrain servicement but expects
to be on his way anytime now.
convalescent soldiers at Drew and
MacDill field hospitals, said to-
day he expected to head over
seas as soon as he returns to
Miami from a tour of Florida
Army camps.
He took cognizance of the fact
that President Branch Hickey u
the Dodgers hadn't been kept up
to the minute on his whereabouts
a touchy subject in the Brooklyn
front office.
BOSS Hickey thought 1 had al.
ready gone over" said Leo, but
we have been delayed until papers
are Strengthened out"
Durocher expressed optimism
over the coming season although
he said there was no telling what
caliber of material the majors
would have,
'There may be bunch of 15-
year-old kids in camp when I
get to bear mountain" he explain
ed, ''but if that's what we have
I'll make the best of it. But Pm
sure we'll have baseball.
Durocher doesn't take issue with
Commissioner Kenesaw M. Lands
and ODT Officials for not allow.
ing spring training in the South
this year. but since making the
tour of Army camps he said he
was convinced southern training
would have given the morale OF
the service men a boost.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
GERMANS RUSHING
TROOPS TO ITALY
Continued from Page One9


attacks were described as savage.
The first day of the Allied at
tack netted over 500 prisoners, in
GLIDING the entire $50 survivors Of
an arnored grenadier battalion
One dispatch said that "demora-
lized enemy infantry surrendered
in droves."
American troops smashed
through additional defenses Of the
Gustav Line north of Casino on
the lower battle front, and a dis
patch from Hal Boyle of the As
socjated Press, dated Monday, de-
clared that the entire enemy de-
lenses in that key corridor to Rome
were beginning to crumble.
German prisoners routed out OF
their steel and concrete bunkers
complained that they had been
without food for two days, indicat-
ing that incessant Allied air at
tacks against Nazi supply lines
during the past fortnight were hav-
ing drastic effect.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
BEST SCRAPS EDENS-

Buddy Best, 158 pound
cIouter, will meet Johnny Ed
ems, It's, tonight in the Vance
building at Maffitt Village at
p. m. 1t will be the last fight
for the popular Best before he
takes on the clever Red Beard
on February Is.
In a semi-final event, Kid
Scotty, former Indiana Golden
Gloves champ, hooks up with
Walter johnson of Forest City.
Besides these snappy tiffs, a
ring squad representing Maj
fit Village will meet a Boys
Brigade team. These fighters
are in top condition as the re-
suit Of weeks of training by
Huck Lilies, former Raleigh
heavyweight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
BY CHARLES DUNKLEY
pinch Hitting for Whitney Martin

BY CHARLES DUNkLEY
pinch Hitting for Whitney MARTINI
CHICAGO, Feb. 1. -P)- A fas.
cinating character is Oscar Mat.
thew Battling Nelson, beyond doubt
the toughest, toughest champion
in lightweight history.
Whoever named him "The Dur.
able Dane" certainly made no mis-
take.
Today, at the age of 81, Nelson
is hale and hearty, still possessing
all his marbles, and not walking
on his heels, as might be expected
CT a man who was belted around
as he was in % years of fighting.
Nelson, never knocked out in
more than 300 ring battles, is 60
ing back to his old job in Chicago S
postoffice as a common laborer af-
ter being hospitalized for two
months by a freakish accident that
kayoed him. During the Christmas
holiday rush the old battler got
his feet tangled in a rope used
for tying mail and plunged head
long into an iron pillar. He suf-
tered severe body injuries.
cts funny that a rope had to
lay me out" Nelson explained.
They couldn't do that to me in
side the ropes
His ring record is perhaps one
of the greatest in the ANIMALS of
boxing. From 1895 to 1917 he fought
them all, defeating such famous
boxers as Young Corbett, Jimmy
Britt, Eddie Santry, Eddie Han
ion and Joe Cans, finally losing
his title on a foul in blistering 43-
round engagement with AID VOL
CAST, the Michigan wildcat.
For his first fight, Nelson re-
ceived exactly 81 and a licking
from his father in the woodshed.
Ten years later he fought Cans,
greatest of all negro lightWeights.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
RESTRAINING ORDER

RALEIGH, Feb. 1.-The State
Utilities commission today ordered
J. H. Cochrane of Richmond, Va,
trading as Overnite Transportation
Company, to "desist Immediately
from the transportation of COM
modities between points and over
routes in the state of North Caro-
lima not. expressly authorized in
his franchise certificate" Chief
Clerk r. O. Self said. "7.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
Nations Top Dogs Haze
Big Day At Pinehurst

PINEHURST, Feb. 1. - R -
Quail in the cover of the Pine.
hurst field trial courses could moi
bide from Americas top biro
dogs today as four of five dogs
competing on the second day oil
The national quail championship
found nine coveys.
Tomahawk Dan, owned by Err.
nest Meade of Richmond, Va,
pointed four coveys in his two-hou1
heat. John Sumter. owned by R.
4. Gates of Spartanburg, S. c..
found three coveys; and Beau
Coura geous, owned by Harold Gar.
man of Reading, Pa, and Our
Congressman, the depending nation.
a. champion owned by Fred Clark.
son of New York, each found one.
Stein City Jack, owned by Gates,
had been in a kennel fight and
was not in the best condition for
tWo-hour hunt. He found no birds
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
LigAtr eight Clouter
Beau Jack Army Bound

NEW YORK. Feb. 1. - up -
The two lightweight championship
bouts to determine a single Occur
pant for the divisions throne were
moved up today when it became
known that Beau Jack, recognized
as the titleholder in New York and
Pennsylvania, likely would be IN
the army in two months.
Bowman Milligan, member OF
me Jack encourage, addressed a
letter to the New York State attn
letic commission. which said that
Jack expected his draft call within
q month and to be indicted three
weeks thereafter
The commission and Mike ia
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02

cobs, 10th century sporting club
promoter. then moved Jacks bout
with challenger Bob Montgomery
Of Philadelphia to March from
March 81. The winner of that bout
will tangle with Sammy Angott.
National Boxing Association king.
on March "a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
One Child Survives
OF N. c. Quadruplets

LIBERTY, Feb. 1. -(P)- Only
one little girl of gradruplets born
to Mrs. CASTOR Arlington of Route
l was still living tonight. Two boys
died shortly after birth yesterday,
and a girl died during the night.
The surviving four pound infant
and her mother were reported get
ting along nicely.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-02-02
BOLOGNA SAID RAIDED

LONDON, Feb. L. up = The
Rome radio said tonight in broad
cast recorded by Reuters that
Bologna, northern Italian city SIS.
miles north of Florence, had been
raided again by Allied planes
which caused heavy damage.