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WPB Wants Cost-Iron
Pipe, Not Concrete,
Used For Water Line
Continued from Page One)

water supply for Wilmington be
obtained from Hoods creek.
Members of the Wilmington del
egation were of the opinion that
German had not changed his po'
sition. They felt, however, that
his recommendation of the Hood s
creek extension might be over
looked after other WPB authorities
had fully studied their brief. They
contend that several surveys had
been made by competent engi
neers to determine the best avail
able new source of water supply
All such surveys prior to Cor
mans visit to Wilmington, showed
that 'sthe only source of flowing
water adequate for Wilmington S
increasing population and free from
salt is behind the dam at King S
Bluff.
The Kings Bluff project, pro-
viding $1,500,000 to finance the
proposed line and pumping station
was approved by the Federal
Works Agency more than a year
ago under a program whereby the
government would finance go per
cent of the cost, the remaining 40
per cent to be shouldered by ne
city.
The pipeline has been extended
eight miles to point where di-
version to Hoods creek will be
necessary if Germans recon-
mendation is followed. There are
two miles of pipe available at the
project, which means that priori-
ties on the additional 10 miles of
pipe will be necessary to extend
the line to Kings Bluff.
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Veteran Mel OFT Cunning
For Ne1u Diamond Marks

stay at Pittsburgh, which is the
National League best.
/ The Dodger outfielder also leads
the active players in at bats, with
9,316; hits, with 3.112; doubles,
with 500; and triples with 1879.
Those marks compare with the
II ,429 at bats of Cobb; the 4,191
hits by the former Georgia Peach:
the 1893 two-base blows of iris
Speaker and the 312 triples by
Sam Crawford, who played for
Cincinnati and Detroit.
OFT also leads the activeplavers
in the number of runs scored.
having notched home plate 1888
times and has slugged the ball
for 1880 total bases. He's shooting
at the marks of 2,24 and 1888,
respectively, both of which are the
property of Cobb.
! Other longtime veterans in the
big time are Dick Bartell Of the
Giants, who will be starting his
seventeenth season; Mel Harder
of Cleveland, who will be going
through his sixteenth spring train
ing grind as will Bill Dickey and
Rollie Hemsley. a pair of New
York Yankee catchers.
Although he has been around on
" since the 1880 title race, Lon
Warneke, the Arkansas humming
bird who now is a Chicago Cub
pitcher, is the holder of a unique
record. He hasn't made an error
since June %, 1888 and had fielded
1T perfect games when the 1943
schedule ran out.
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By HAROLD CLAAsSEN

NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-lR-War
and it's man-power demands has
added to the Major League ca
reers of numerous veterans but
it is unlikely that any of them,
with the exception of Mel OFT, will
do much revamping of the record
books.
OFT, now boss Of the New York
Giants, will be starting his eight
eenth season under the big top
when the urnpires call play ball
in April and already owns the Ma
tional League marks for runs bat
ted in and homers.
The one-time boy wonders home
run total is 1853, as compared with
the TIA pounded out by Babe Ruth.
Ruth also is the pace-setter in runs
batted in with 2,209.
Two other players still active,
Paul Waner of the Brooklyn Dod-
gers and Joe Cronin, manager OF
the Boston Red Sox, equal otis
IS years in the majors but none
approach the Is years put in by
Eddie Collins of the Chicago White
Sox and Philadelphia Americans
or Rhody Wallace who spent his
quarter century at Cleveland and
st. Louis.
Waner has played the most
games of any of the active veter-
ans, 2,456, but is almost four full
seasons from the 1893 played by
Cobb. However. he is drawing
closer to the 2,7S5 participated in
by Honus Wagner during his long
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SPORTS TRAIL

NEW YORK, JAM lo-(AP)-We used to get lot
of chuckes out of the baseball hodouts holding out their
gnared hands every spring for money It wasn't our
money and fellow can laugh if it isn't his derby the ma
gcan IS breaking the eggs into, and BESIDES we leaned
little toward the ball players in their arguments as thew
pretty well hogtied in their employer-employees re-
latonships.
was funny because most of the players threatened to
quit the game unless their demands were met although
you knew some OF them making more out of the game
than they ever could hope to make at anything else and
the post Office clerks were telling them to get sheet
they were gong TO haunt the place. They weren't partcu
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Wildcat Quintet Meets
Goldsboro Here Tonight
High-Flying Cat Five After
End. Conference
Win
By BILL McILLWAIN

New Hanover's high-geared Wild
cat quint will play host to the
Goldsboro Earthquake cagers, as
they tangle in the high school
gym tonight at 8 for the Cats Sec
ond conference game of the sea-
son. The Hanoverians opened up
their league competition Friday
night with a 1914 triumph over
the Wilson Cyclones.
Coach Rupert Bryan's charges
are reported to be in fine condi-
ton for the affray and will be
slightly favored to take the con-
test. The Earthquakes, however,
are said to possess a well balanced
club and are expected to make
things hot for the local hard
wooders.
This will be the initial tribe en-
gagement for the 'Quakes, who
employ fast breaking style of at
tack that is most entertaining to
witness. Their hoop group is a
uniform built outfit consisting of
average height performers with
the exception of an extremel Ian
ky forward who is reported to be
their top operator.
New Hanover displayed a we'll
oiled scoring machine in their re-
cent romp and are figured to be
one Of the leading court teams in
the high school circles of the
state. With several men contribut-
ing largely to their point gather
ing, the Cats have an attack that
is most difficult to hold in check.
Bill Aud, Doug Pridgen, Beak
Tsantes. Al Collie and Harry Will
liams formed the starting quintet
for the locals in their last victory
and will probably take the floor
tonight.
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larry lllUeleSIeu, you under
stand. They just needed any
new contract that might come
in to light the kitchen stove.
Anyway. for some reaeon or 9th.
er. holdouts aren't so funny this
year, and we think that if a player
isn't offered what he thinks he is
worth, he shouldn't be too bois-
'erous in his indignation. People
Won't say he's in love, but they
might get the idea that anyone
Squawking about his remuneration
or playing ball right now is not
only doing himself no favor but is
making it little tough on ball
players in general.
The fact is the less said about
the financial returns of ball play
ers in 1914 the better it might be
for the ball players. There are
some service men, in the monority,
no doubt, who resent even the idea
Of men able to play baseball, play
ing baseball even if the men are
over age, At or ex-service men.
We don't think the service men
have thought very much about the
money paid ball players, but you
can imagine the reaction of some
erimy. tired, hungry $50 month
doughboy squatting in a fox hole
scanning a scrap of old aewspa-
per. yelling over to buddy Hey,
now d'ya like this Here's some
GUY who won't play baseball I'M
less they give him 10000 bucks"
We think the club owners have
legitimate excuse for baking at
very substantial salary boosts
right now. too. They had poor
season last year on the whole, and
this season promises to be worse.
They can't afford to pay men $780,
600 for playing for their own
amusement.
Well, as we said, it's not our
rope they's using for the tug
owar, but we should like to see
baseball retain the support of the
fans and service men, and we
don't think that squabbling over
money helps in any way to do it.
From a purely selfish standpoint
baseball, and especially the play
ers. should soft-pedal the financial
angles and try to give the impress
sion it is carrying on solely for en-
tertainment purposes. Somebody
might get the idea the boys are
playing because it is a soft job
with big pay.
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GRID MEETING SLATED

CHICAGO, Jan. 10-tR-Na-
tional Football League club
owners will meet with Commits
sioner Elmer Layden Wednes-
day and Thursday to null
over player prospects for the
1914 season and to hatch
ideas about postwar expansion
of the professional sport.
Layden today made it en-
phatic that the main purpose
of this huddle was to chart
plans for next fall when the
league will expand to its pre-
war size of 10 teams. Cleve-
land will be reactivated and
the Philadelphia Pittsburgh
combine will separate.
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AIR COMMISSION
WILL MEET TODAY
Continued from Page One)

but also very much concerned
about the possibilities of cargo
carrying aircraft being used for
transporting such commodities as
strawberries, beans, and other
truck crops in this area - the
chairman said
"Mr. Rowe also stated that after
the war there will be probably
fifteen times as many cargo
planes as before. Mechanics are
being trained and pilots will b
available for such commerce. In
addition to this, Tidewater North
Carolina, with all of its fishing,
boating, surf and beach facilities,
will be made available not only to
all of this state, but to many
states inland.
1.-THE commission wants to know
postwar plans for developing
Bluethenthal field and for promot-
ing and establishing landing fields
in this section to supplement a
program which has become nation
al in scope Mr.. Rowe announced.
George Franklin, consultant for
the North Carolina league for mu-
inequalities, will be at the meeting
Tuesday in the interest of the cit
les and towns throughout the state
who have made the aeronautical
feat possible.
''Cities and towns have been
primarily responsible for the posi-
ton that aviation has taken in
North Carolina. 1t is through their
initiative and foresight that 80 per
cent of the airports in this state
were built and ready for service
when the war began" Mr.. Frank
lin stated.
In consideration of the fact that
the cities and towns are prohibit
ed from levying any tax without
the vote of the people, Mr.. Frank
lin feels that they have done a re-
markable job in establishing and
maintaining local airports.
Franklin said that after the war,
cities and towns will receive out
side assistance from some source
of revenue, when they are turned
over lot of airports they did not
previously have"
His purpose for attending the
meeting is to present to the COM
mission a municiple view on post
war aviation.
Members of the commission were
honored at a reception given on
Monday at p. m. at the Cape
Fear club by the Greater Will
mington Chamber of Commerce.
Those members present were Roy
Rowe, chairman, BurgaW; E. c.
Brooks, Durham; Ben Douglas,
Charlotte; and William c.. Olson,
Raleigh.
Lee H. Smith of Burlington was
unable to be present at the recep-
ton. y
Accompanying the commission
in their visits to various parts Of
the state are Captain T. H. Davis,
manager of the Smith Reynolds
airport in Winston-Salem, and
George Franklin, attorney and
field consultant for the North Car
onlina League of Municipalities.
H. A. Marks, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, introduced
the members of the commission
to the Chamber group.
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HORSEHIDERS GATHER

CHICAGO, Jan. 10 Up -
Postwar baseball problems, af-
fecting major and minor league
alike, will be discussed at a
special meeting in New York
Feb. 5, Kenesaw Mountain
Lands, commissioner of base
ball, announced tonight.
The principal subjects con-
fronting the planning COM
mittees will be: O Procedure
Of the return of the game for
players now in the armed serv-
ices, and (2) Reorganization
of the minor leagues to make
more compact.
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lars so the mat fans will be root
ing for Ward to shellac the rowdy
Coffield.
The opening affray will be a tiff
between Milo Steinborn and Jim
Clinstock, wrestling promoterBert
Causey announced. This engage
ment will be a out of 3 falls at
fair with 2 hour time limit.
Pete Mannagoff will be the ref
cree the fine card which is
slated to come off at $3.50 pm. in
! the ITALIAN Hall.
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White Phantom Hoopsters
Plans Two Engagements

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. TO- Up -
Carolina has added two basketball
games with the Florence, S. c.
Army Air Field for the local court
on Tuesday night, it was announc-
ed today by Coach Bill Lange.
The main varsity feature will
begin at $3.50 following a prelimi-
nary between the two "B" quints
at 7 pm.
This will be the first of three
games this week for the White
Phaltoms. Carolina will also play
host to the Richmond Army Air
Base Friday night and to N. c.
State Saturday night.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-11
MCSPADEN TAKES
BIG GOLF MEET
By FRANK FRAWLEY

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1O.-tP)-
Tall, broadshouldered Harold (Jug)
McSpaden of Philadelphia today
captured Americas richest golf
championship, the $12,500 Los An
geles Open, with a 72-hole score OF
27S.
Finishing the last 18-hole round
on the Wiltshire country club
course with a blistering Sc, Nc
Spaden established a new low w.
hole score for the championship on
this course. The best previously
was the 281 in 1888 by Craig
Wood, national champion for the
duration.
Johnny Bulla of Atlanta, the Los
Angeles open winner in 1941, fin
ished in second place with 2S1.
He took par II for his final round
after starting it in a 54-hole first
place tie with Leonard Dodson of
La Jolla Calf. Dodson wound up
in a tie at SO with Craig Wood and
Byron Nelson of Toledo.
Dodson played in threesome
with McSpaden and Olin Dutra OF
Los Angeles, and the pace was toe
swift for him. The veteran Willie
Hunter of Santa Monica, Calf,
finished with 284, followed by Du-
ira with 285.
MsSpoden'n five-under-par-per-
Torrance today was one of the
two best rounds of the champion.
ship. Sammy Byrd of Detroit also
bagged a 66 in the first round.
jug had six brides and one
DOGGY in fashioning his sensation
al card, His magically efficient
putter never failed him, and only
an out-of-bounds shot on the 419
yard 18th hole where he required
five, marred his shotmaking.
Cool under pressure all day, he
sank 20-foot putt on the seventh
for a birdie two, but for the mos
part his approaches were laic
right up to the cup.
/ The new champion has won foul
of his last six tournaments, among
them the All-American at Chica
go. He picked up $4,375 in val
bonds as first prize money today
His card for the final round:
Par out ----- 454 344 344-35
McSpaden out 1854 344 1852
Par in ----- 344 1854 544-36-71
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Handsome Wallie Ward, the clev-
err grappler rightfully termed the
Frank Sinatra of wrestling, will
appear here again on Friday
nights mat card. Ward, a superb
ly built crowd pleaser, won a large
following by defeating Charley
Harden in last weeks show.
Ward takes on Jimmie Coffield
in the main event which is to be
a 2 out of 3 falls bout with a 80
minute time limit Coffield is as
unpopular here as Ward is popu-
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CONGRESS AWAITS
MESSAGE OF FDR
Continued from Page One)

who never has got along very well
with his party leaders, found
things in the Lone Star State vast
ly different from the situation Ray
burn noted.
O'Daniel said his trip proved to
his satisfaction that ''the time is
ripe for complete turnover in
both the executive departments
and in Congress. He advocated a
''top to bottom housekeeping of
the Roosevelt Administration and
said 1.-The one-eyed mule they're
riding around here is not our
Southern donkey
The Rayburn O'Daniel differ
ences may be symbolic, for there
is sharp disagreement on mass
of things carried over into the new
session. These issues could be in
creased by any new proposals in
the Presidents message but if he
follows the course he did a year
ago, the speech will be largely
conciliatory on home front quar-
rels and deal more with the prog
ress of the war.
Costs of running the most ex-
pensive war in history will be COW
cred in the annual budget mes
sage, coming up Thursday.
Right from the start of this ses-
sion are two matters on which the
disputants feel strongly-taxes and
subsidies. Senate debate is to be-
gin at once on a new tax bill
which the Secretary of the Treas
ury says might be worse than no
bill at all and is described by
Chairman George (D.-Ga.) of the
Senate Finance committee as just
about all the people can stand in
the way of taxation.
The question of consumer price
subsidies has a Feb. II deadline.
On that date stop-gap legislation
providing for this administration
favored method of holding down
the cost of living is to expire.
Talk of compromise by which poor
families would get government
! food stamps to help them along.
and other people would pay more
for presently-subsidized foods, was
current over the weekend.
There is no disagreement on the
principle of providing financial
help to servicemen and women as
they are demobilized, although
there are various proposed meth
DDS and amounts.
The American Legion plan was
laid before Congress today. 1t calls
for rehabilitation pay of up to
$500, unemployment compensation
credit for the time spent in service
at double the usual rate, educa-
ton allowances of up to SIS a
month, and special treatment for
the wounded and ill.
The recurrent problem of ration
ing is involved in resolution by
Senator Thomas R.-Idaho), to be
presented formally tomorrow, to
force a temporary suspension of
all meat rationing. Thomas argued
that current surplus, particular
ly of pork is clogging trade chan
nels. The Office of Price Admins
tration argues that suspension of
rationing would mean unfair dis
tribution and might lead to a
shortage later.
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Tom Jones, Former Boss
Of Jess Willard. Dies

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Jan. TO-
Up Tom E. Jones, SO, former
manager of Jess Willard and 9TH
err titleholding boxers, died today
Of pneumonia.
A native of Augusta, Ill, Jones
managed Willard at the time Jess
won the heavyweight crown from
Jack Johnson.
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City Briefs
MEETING POSTPONED

The meeting of the USO
council scheduled for Tuesday
afternoon at 5 o'clock has been
postponed because of the ill
ness of several members. A
called session will be held
later, it was announced Mon
day.
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Service Mems Basketball
Loop Begins Play Tonight

The Municipal Service Mems
Basketball League will begin COM
petition at 7::30 pm. tonight in the
Chestnut Heights School gym. The
opening contest of the evening will
be between the Fifty-Third Coast
Artillery cagers and the Bluethen-
thai Air Base five.
The second engagement on the
nights entertainment is fracas
featuring the cast Guard quint
and Fort Fisher hoop club.
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GIRLS APPREHENDED

Elizabeth Soltis, IA, and Pat
ty Lucas, IA, two girls who
have been missing from Pitts
burgh, Pa, for some time,
and who are wanted on a
charge of larceny in the amount
of $500, have been apprehen-
ded by J. T. Rich of the Will
mington police department,
and are at present being held
in detention home until they
are called for by the Pitts
burgh police.
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Now Many Wear
False Teeth
With More COmfOr

FASTEETH, pleasant alkaline mon
acid) powder, holds false teeth more
firmly To eat and talk in more COM
fort, just sprinkle little FASTEETH
on your plates. No gumnny, gooey, pasty
taste or feeling. Checks plate odor"
(denture BREATH. Get FASTEETH ut
any drug store.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-11
OFFICES CLOSE

Superior court and a num-
Der of county offices closed
Monday morning in order that
employees might attend the flu
neral services for George H.
Howell, prominent local attor-
new.
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APPREHENDED

Abraham Thompson, Negro,
wanted for forgery by the
Sheriff's department at Colds
boro, has been apprehended by
the city police department and
is being held in Jail.
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CHINA MISSIONARY

Miss Jessie Hall, missionary
from China, will speak at the
Myrtle Grove chapel Tuesday
at p. m. A motion picture of
western China will be shown.
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FIRING NOTICE

Firing will be conducted on
Tuesday during the daylight
hours at Middle Sound by the
Ground Gunnery of the Blue
thenthal Air Base.
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MISSING

IV1x1J14N0
Report has been made to
the city police THAT Herman
Callihan, IL, is missing from
his home i'll Laurnburg, N. C.
Herman is A. 6" tall, 70 lbs,
has a dark complexion, brown
hair, ana a scar on the left side
of his head. When last seen he
was wearing brown pants and
a blue and grey jacket. 1t IS
known that he bought a bus
ticket at Maxton for Whining
ton. II he is found, it is request
ed that the city police hold him
until his parents call for him.
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Glass making was a handicraft
for 5000 years until about 1903,
when machinery was introduced.
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HELD

Warren HolIeman is being
held in safe-keeping in the
city Jail on $1,000 bond, at the
request of the Winst0n-Salem
police department.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-11

Ground farm wastes have been
used for some time for Furnishing
metals.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-11

1t is estimated that American
homes waste 10 per cent Of all
thew hllv.
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Prairie grasses occasionally
grow to a height of ten feet.
Evening star., 1944-02-14
AUTO TRUCKS WANTED.
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

HIGH CASH PRICE for any make or model.
Market Auto Service, 623 H st ne. or
call Mr. Stafford. AT 1900.
Evening star., 1944-02-14
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