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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-17
BELGRADE NEAR
ITS LIBERATION
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divisions were caught inside the
city and that their position was
hopeless"
The Germans themselves ! d
Russian tanks had broken into the
inner defenses of the capital. The
Russian communicate, with charac-
teristic restraint, said only that
Red army troops with partisan
units ARE fighting for the capital
of Yugoslavia, but added that j.
500 prisoners had been taken IN
the. suburbs - --@ -.
For the fifth straight night the
Moscow conarnunique omitted any
reference to the momentous hap
penings in Hungary. From other
sources there came reports of q
giant !, tank battle on tn plains
south of Debrecen as Hungary
squirmed in the grip Of her Ger
man masters.
I At the same time a wedge was
being driven into Hungary from the
southeast by Marshal Rodion Nal.
inovsky's Second Ukrainian army.
Combined Russian and Romaniar
forces were sweeping close to the
northern + borders of Pennsylvania.
They enveloped more than 100
populated places Monday, Mos
cows cemmunique announced, and
captured the railroad station Of
Borsa, SO niles northwest of Bis
trita and only IL miles. from the
old Polish frontier.
Also strikin e northwestWard,
these units seized Moisei, Felsovis-
so and A1so-Visso on til anne
branch railroad, and reached with
in IL miles Of the border of the
Carpatho- Ukraine.
The third side of this triangular
trap was being closed from the
north by another Russian m y
smashing through the Carpathian
passes into Slovakia.
Far to the north Soviet troops
which Friday captured Riga, capt.
tai and principal port of Latvia,
pushed southwestward along t h e
coast and took at least 16 popu-
lated places. ...
Insterburg, a transportation hub
in the northern sector Of east Prus-
STA, was heavily raided by Russian
bornbers Sunday night, Moscow
siad, reporting three military trains
were blown up and fires started.
Along the whole front during the
previous days fighting, SO German
tanks were disabled or destroyed
and 81 aircraft shot down, bring
ing to a total of 1887 tanks and
$50 planes the number the Rus
slams claim to have knocked out in
ten days fighting.
The Russians pushed tanks into
Belgrade from the sotheast in the
widespread battle to drive the Ger
mans out of southeastern Yugosla-
via. The German agency trans
ocean reported bitter street fight
ing in the capital, with Nazi troops
contending for every house.
-V-
.Aout 1000 men and 100000
women have left Canadian farms
since 1889.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-17
FINGERPRINTs NO HELP

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. .16.-lREAu-
thorities said today that numerous
fingerprints found in connection
with the strangling death of Geor-
gette Bauerdorf, 20, found dead
in the bathtub of her apartment
last Thursday, so far have prov
ed almost worthless as clues to
ner slayer.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-17
SKIN E S1itS1.c Cause Sc

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tits, simple ringworni, letter, salt rheum;
bumps. (blackheads). and ugly broken.
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ing and soreness of these miseries with
simple home treatment. Goes to work at
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way. Use Black and White Ointment only
as directed. 10c, Csc, Soc sizes. 70 years.
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PESCHAU BECOMES
DEPUTY RECORDER
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send committee out to make the
adjustments.
other tax assessments and COM
pants were handled by the board
III Its unusually short session.
Funk Moring was given permits
won to use Legion stadium, at the
usual rates, for wrestling matches.
me board approved the request
o. Richard Small, 70, that he be
dlowed to enter the county home,
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POLITICS GROWS
BITTERER STILL
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election and that the. women vii
vote republican. :. :. e. s..
Formation of a Republicans-for
Roosevelt committee was >announc
ed in San Francisco by BARLEY c
.crum, attorney and. forme. heac
Of Wendell Wilkes California com
rnittee.. Crum said in a Statement
that the demonstrated foresight
Of the Roosevelt administrati ton is
essential in building, lastiins
peace" s@ -.
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Navy combat vessels and har-
bors in invasion areas are serviced
by more than so types of district
craft, each with specific job.
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What A Cough!
And owithurts, and nag.
And disturbs your sleep.

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BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
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.Aout 400,O0 men and 100000
women have left Canadian farms
since 1889. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
Favored HIGH School Alumnae Meets Cats Tonigb
ARMY. SAYS, NO!
ON OIL BOWL TIFF

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-R-
The army today turned thumbs
down on the proposal for an "Oil
Bowl service football game on
New Years Day at Houston, Tex.
The War department had been
requested to permit the Randolph
Field team to play another service
team in post season game at the
Texas city
The Department. announcement
did not specifically mention this
request but made it clear the
game would not be permitted.
The statement said:
THE War department announc-
ed today that circumstances will
prevent extension of the Air
Forces football season beyond
their championship game in New
York, Dec. Is.
This game, played under auspi-
ces of the Sixth War Loan with all
proceeds turned over to Army
charity will decide the Army SER
vice championship.
Further prolongation of the
playing season will not be advis-
able in view of the increasing ur-
gency of the war effort
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
BLUE DEVILS FACE
SOLDIERS TONIGHT

DURHAM, Dec. II. - P) -
Dukes young Blue Devils of the
hardwood will play the first of
two games this week when they
travel to Camp Butner tomorrow
night to engage the strong Camp
Butner post team at 8 o'clock.
Coach Gerry Gerard will send
the Blue Devils against the Uni
versity of Virginia at Lynchburg,
Va, Saturday night in their only
other start this week.
Duke lost its only start to Rich
mond Army Air Base last week,
1872, while its Saturday night
game with Camp Lejeune Marines
was postponed when the Marines
encountered transportation diff
culties
Camp Butner holds victories
over State College and Carolina
Pre-Flight, while it's only setback
came at the hands of the Univer.
sity of North Carolina Saturday
night by 43-41 in an extra period
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
TAG MATCH SET
FOR LOCAL. SHOW

Tag team matches have proven
so popular lately, that Promoter
Bert Causey has decided to continue
them this Friday night at the Tha-
liam Hall arena, with four stars
in the main event.
Johnny Long, local favorite, will
again be teamed with the 'Texas
Tornado" Jack O'Brien, and the
team is pitted against Don Lee, of
Birmingham and Johnny Turn
err, of Memphis, Tenn, who makes
his debut in Wilmington.
Last week Long and O'Brien de-
feated wild Bill" Middlekauff and
Don Lee, but the match wound up
in a riot in which some of the fans
got into the arena to exchange
punches. Causey says there will be
additional police protection for the
matches this Friday
In the opener, Jack De Vault will
meet Pete Managoff, both of whom
are well known in Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
HARDWOOD SEASON
BEGINS AT Minis
ONLY Four Basketeers Re.
turn To Play Former
Wildcats

The New Hanover High school
Wildcat cage quintet takes to the
hardwood in the high school gym
at 8 o'clock tonight against a
highly favored five of MINIS alum.
nae, marking the. seasons initial
encounter for the Cats with only
four returning members of last
years squad, including two letter
men, in the high school lineup.
Although the high school basket
GERS hold the slight advantage OF
having practiced as unit for the
past four weeks the alumnae hard
wooders are favored because OF
greater experience.
Expected to spearhead the Wild
cat attack are Carl Mason, rangy
center, and jim Groom, depend
able guard. Also depended on by
Coach Rupert Bryan are sharp
shooting forwards Billy Mason
and Jack Marcus, and reliable
guard, To-day Fennen.
The alumnae lineup is not short
of talent, as they boast the services
of such former MINIS stars as Leo
nard Negs) McKoy home on fur
Tough, from the army and his bro
Their, Graham, both of whom set
the conference on fire in past
years with their consistent high
scoring and accurate long-range
shots.
Al Collie, another soldier home
on furlough, was an outstanding
member of last years quint and is
well known for his fast-breaking
and dead eye Jennings Edwards
and Johnny Eldens, both ct whom
showed exceptional ability in all
three major sports during their
high school days, are expected to
lend color to the contest.
Standing out in reserve roles for
the Wildcats during previous prac-
tice sessions have been Tommy
Hawkins, Louis Collie, Bobby
Brindell, Norman Waters, Tinky
Rogers, and Don Hyatt, all of
whom are expected to see action
tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
1914 Season Promotes
Many Pigskin Oddities

and the ball wound up four yards
back of the spot where he had
booted it
Arkansas tackle Carroll Jones
and end Dan Matthews didn't get
up in time to catch the train for
the Texas Aggie game, so they
hitch-hiked to college station -
sans equipment - and watched
the game from the sidelines.
Georgia Tech hadn't won a game
from Georgia at Athens during the
Is years w. A. Alexander was head
coach - and this year as the engi-
neers won A to 0 Alexander was at
home, too i'll to attend.
John German, 16-year-old v. NJ
I. utility man, got in twice against
Virginia, once at tackle and once
at end Coach Hubert Pooley or.
dered him in the third time ano
German raced on the field without
waiting for instructions. A minute
later he was back with: "Say
coach, lot of the boys out there
need substitutes. What am l this
timer
Headlinesman Mike Oberhalma1
was caught with his knickers dowr
when the last play of the Kansas
Kansas State game was called
back, The official, thinking thu
game over, raced for the show
ers and was bathing when inform
ed Is seconds remained to play. HI
came back, his hair dripping ane
his knickers dangling about his an
kles
George Arabian, assistant Al
media Coast Guard coach, tried tt
act as peacemaker when his team
and St. Mary Navy Preflight start.
ed tossing punches after the game
Among other things he suffered a
crack on the wrist When he arriv-
ed home he found the works miss
ing from his wrist watch. With q
flashlight he climbed into the sta
dunn that night and found the
works - thus getting the works
twice the same day, in different
ways.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
D0UCHB0Y WINS
OVERSEAS TITLE
BY SID FEEDER

ROME, Dec. II. -(P)-A front
line United States doughboy chalk.
ed up the snappiest and most com.
plete knockout today as the second
annual Mediterranean theater in.
terallied boxing championships
opened but the British walked off
with most of the honors on the
first program.
The doughboy is Cpl. Leroy JEFF
frey of Kansas City, who was Civ
en- a seven-day leave from the 92nd
division to compete in the week
long tourney as a member of the
Fifth Army team. He fooled around
with Pvt. George Vrooman of AL
bany, N. Y, for about two minutes
in their amateur light-heavyweight
bout, then threw short left.
Private George was asleep for
the full 10 seconds.
Jeffrey and Pvt. Floyd Gibson,
Cincinnati middleweight, were the
only United States winners out of
the seven Americans who compel
ed on the opening card. Gibson,
like Jeffrey, had to whip another
American.
Competing in the pro division of
the 160-pound class, Gibson took
a lopsided decision from Sgt. Au-
trey Bardes of Chicago. Gibson now
is an MP on the Tyrrhenian zone
squad.
None of the Britishers had to
fight members of their own team.
As result, four of the five Bril-
fish fighters won, three of them
from Americans.
Pvt. Norman Tenant, stumpy
Scot amateur flyweight. outpointed
Pvt. w. C. Bento of Providence,
R. l.; Pvt. Ernest Skycock, Eighth
Army amateur bantam, flattened
Sgt. Louis Buffone of Brooklyn in
two rounds and Gunner Frederick
Mason outpointed Pvt. Victor vi
daro of Mt. Carmel, Pa.
A turbaned French Army band
played the national anthems of all
the participating countries. The
tourney is being held in a stadium
with sliding roof, a gadget which
is attracting as much attention as
the fighters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
UNSUNC HEROES
TO Be HONORED

BALTIMORE, Dec. II. - yP -
Weep no more for America I'M
sung football heroes-Dr. William
Jacobs is starting a national foun-
dalton to find and honor them.
DR.. Jacobs, president of Presby-
terrain college, Clinton, S. c., said
today that he was extending his
1S-year-old project OF presenting
trophies to gridiron blockers. in his
home state.
The plan, which carefully ex-
cludes headlined all-America selec-
tons now embraces the southern
and southeastern conferences and
DR.. Jacobs said it eventually would
include the Big Ten, Ivy league,
Pacific Coast and other confer
ences and leagues.
The obscure players who often
do the blocking which makes sports
idols of the ball carriers will be
picked by local communities for
unselfishness and craftsmanship
and honored at simultaneous ban
quets on a designated night. All
the gatherings will hear a broad
cast by acknowledgements speaker
from Baltimore headquarters.
DR.. Jacobs said he had given
$4,000 toward the foundation to
start the ball rolling, adding:
1--WE devoted lot of both time
and money to this idea, and l
want to be sure that when I peg
out, it will be continued"
Other impetus was added last
week when he awarded trophies to
three recipients from South Caro-
lima and the two southern confer
ences in a metropolitan center for
the first time.
The three-Alton Cumbie, South
Carolina winner; Thomas Davis,
Duke, southern conference; and
William Bevis, Georgia Tech,
southeastern conference were
honored Friday in Baltimore. Da-
Wis and Bevis will play in the Su-
gar and Cotton Bowl games re-
spectiVely.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
RESIDENTS NEPHEW
CITED FOR REPAIR
OF SUBMARINE TANK

1t. Louis P. Davis, Jr.. USN,
Is, of bingham, Mass, recently
was awarded the Navy and Marine
Corps Medal for his heroism in
repairing a damaged ballast tank
on submarine while on patrol
in the Pacific, it was learned last
night.
He was decorated by Rear Ad-
miral W. L. Friedell, commandant
of the 18th Naval District in San
Diego and Presidential Citation
accompanied the award signed by
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz.
According to the citation, 1t.
Davis, disregarding his safety,
worked in waist-deep water inside
the tank and constantly was in
danger of drowning had it been
necessary to use the tank to main
tain the security of the submarine.
1t. Davis is the son of Capt.
Louis P Davis, USN, a native of
this city and is nephew of Thorn
as w. Davis, general solicitor for
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Co. He is descendant of the at
torney general of the Confederacy.
Like his father, he is an An
napolis graduate and was appoint
ed by Representative j. Bayard
Clark of this district. He was at
Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941,
aboard a cruiser and Immediate
ly requested transfer to subma-
rine service. He has served in the
Pacific theater aboard submarines
since that date.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
SPORTS TRAIL

catch Matty in rocking chair,
although l don't think it was ever
tried.
Well, Joe. this really is pretty
sketchy, but time is short. l see
they are going to make more than
two million golf balls for service
men, and none for civilians. l
guess they figure you fellows can
rout the Germans and Japs with
mashie shots. I've played public
courses on Sunday that weren't
much safer than a battlefield, at
that. They might as well try that,
anyway. From what l hear of the
cigarette situation l guess they've
given up the idea of smoking them
out.
Write when you find time, Joe,
and meanwhile, keep punching.
Your pal-Whitney
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
-, WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, Dec. 11.-R-Sgt
Ioe Smith. Somewhere, U. ;. Ar
Dear Joe: Well, Joe, I hope this
finds you warm and happy ano
dry although maybe that combi'
nation is too much to ask as you
never we're happy when you were
drv and never dry when you were
warm. You always needed .
couple for snorts to be right com
Portable.
I'm Just kidding, Joe, like the
time we we're scuffling and you
BACKED my right eye. You were
aiming for the left one. I really
hope you are comfortable, al
though l know that comfort to you
right now probably means a
chance to doze on a rock pile for
10 minutes.
I'll try to sketch little of what's
been going on in sports lately.
suppose you know all about the
Ar1ny-Navy football game by now.
I had it doped wrong. I said Army
would win 27-7 and it only won
23-7. guess 1 added on the carry
ing charge when l figured mine,
although Navy should have paid
the carrying charge. The Middies
rode around on Doc Blanchard S
back all afternoon.
Anyway, I gave you the wrong
line on the game. I gave you Ma
vy's line as the best, and it didn't
turn out that way. Between that
Army line and Blanchard and
Glenn Davis all Navy could do was
wait FOR next year.
We're having a Bond Bowl game
here at the Polo Grounds Deem
Der Is between Randolph Field
and the Second Air Force and it
should be quite a contest. I sup
pose both teams will fly here. Pol
ishing their air games, Ell, joe?
All right it isn't funny. Anyway,
think Randolph Field will win
that one if it can harness Old Dob
bin, meaning Glenn Dobbs, t h e
Superbomber star.
The Major League baseball men
meet here today. but I doubt if
they do anything about filling
Commissioner Lands chair.
They'll probably tald it over and
let it ride for awhile You prob
ably know everybody h a S been
for the job but you and
me. I guess maybe that's because
they don't know you and they know
me.
Another commissioner has pass
ed on. You remember John Grit
fifth, boss of the Big 10. Well, he
died just after he'd been elected
to another five-year term. Base
ball also lost another famed figure
recently when Roger Bresnahan
died. He was rated one of the
finest catchers the game ever saw.
He was Christy Mathewson's re-
civer, and often said you could
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12

tiorai scoring championship before
heading for New York and the
Bond Bowl" game against unde-
feated Randolph Field in the Polo
grounds Saturday.
The lone touchdown scored by
the Second Air Force eleven was
a Glenn Dobbs aerial, and Dobbs
also made the conversion. It is on
the lanky ex-Tulsa U. All-Ameri-
can that the Superbombers will
place their hopes of upsetting the
Randolph RamblerS. Only two
touchdoWns have been scored
against Randolph all season.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
BY FRITZ HOWELL

NEW YORK, Dec. IL up -
"Gridiron Crimson the Football
Follies of IA"
That's the title of the year S
collegiate pigskin "oddity opera
in which the lads Juggling the leath
er lemon enacted some enhancing
antics.
Some serious sidelights popped
up, too, adding a bit of drama.
In fact, one of the top oddities
wasn't at all humorous-but it did
have humerus angle. (Webster:
Humerus-the arm bone between
the elbow and shoulder)
That oddly came about in the
Army-Notre Dame game when DR..
Dave Reese of Dayton, O., and
Benson university, one of the
country's top-flight officials, was
caught between couple of Irish
tacklers and Army's all-America
Doc Blanchard. Head-Linesman
Reese came up with a broken arm
and was forced from the game.
The $50 score was an oddly, toe
the worst loss the Irish ever ex.
perienced.
The lowdown on few high
spots:
All-America Bob Fenimore O.
Oklahoma A. and M. raced x
yards against Texas Tech. came
up to white line, and dived ove1
but it was the 10 yard line, not the
goal line. CA. and M. won anyway,
George Lob, Yale's quarterback
missed game because of an at
tack of mumps, but Joe Anderson
played center for Utah State witt
an artificial leg.
Paul Walker of Yale punted init
the wind against North Carolina
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
MAJORS APPOINT
GOVERNING CR0lIp
Baseball Committee con
posed OF Prick, Har.
ridge, and 0'Conno,
BY JACK HAM

NEW YORK, Dec. n
Major league baseball will h.
porarliy ruled by three. nm,
committee composed Of pros; .l'a
Ford Prick of The National II s.a'
President Will Harridge Of u,
American league and Leslie N IA
Connor, secretary to the Ia, I "
M Lands. AUG \.
That was decided todav >.
JOINT meeting Of the steering ~.
mittees of the two majors WIN ' .g'
announced immediate termjns s','
OF the major league agreem r.I
which set up the office of con,r, ,'
sloner and provided for p ,~s '
league committee to draw Nv
new agreement on which at Is,,,
a preliminary report must BE- -,
dy for review at the Febrs",
meetings, probably the first Trs'
day in the month.
In any event a new commjssior
er eventually will be named.
The two major leagues also tool,
joint action TO establish what will
be known as the Lands memorial
awards They will 90 to the no,,
valuable player selections in I'M
two leagues, made by the com.
mittee of the Baseball Writers As.
ISOLATION of America. The wrj,e-,
will be asked to name a COMMIT.
tee to select a suitable and prone
award for each league-the award
to be standard from year to wear
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
Christenbury Trophy
Established AT ECTC

GREENVILLE. Dec. II. - up -
"A memorial trophy for 1t. Gg)
john B. glastonbury, former
coach. will be established at Eas-
tern Carolina Teachers college.
1t. Christenpury, who coached
at Asheville High school before
coming here, was killed in the ex-
plosion of two Navy ammunition
ships at Port Chicago, Calf, last
July. - p.
He was graduate of Davidson
college and Columbia University
and was native of Statesville.
He Joined the ECTC faculty in
1910.
-V-
Of every 1000 soldiers in the
U. S. Army Air Forces, so are air.
plane armorers and IL are sheet
metal workers
-V
Ell Salvador has about $4,000 cof-
fee plantations, or fincas, with a
total of about 10000, 900 trees.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
Sugar Bowl SeU-Out
Expected By Christmas

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 11.-l9-
President A. B. Nicholas of the
New Orleans Mid-Winter Sports
Association said today that all in
dications point to a "sellout" of
tickets for the eleventh annual su-
gar Bowl football game by Christ
mas. The stadium seats $4,000.
Fans continue to express their
approval of Duke and Alabama
for our New Years day classic. "
Nicholas said "Sale of tickets is
continuing at rate of from 81, 600
to $4,000 day
Nicholas said that Alabama will
serve as home team for the
game.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-12
Alabama Has Icy Drill
For Coming Duke Game

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, Dec. IL
LPy - Alabamas football team
braved icy winds today to begin in.
tensive preparations for the New
Years day game with Duke in III.
Sugar Bowl.
Emphasis was on conditioning a,
the Tidesmen ran through brisk
workout lasting an hour and hall.
Most of the session was taken I'D
with running, passing and going
doWnfield under kicks.