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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-12-14

ing OF the German war as rum
ming into January and Febru-
airy :. / followed this up q.
by indicating the late spring or
early summer (as dates for the
ending) -. Now If were to
make any change lin predic-
tions) 1t would be to leave out
the word early before the word
summer. :"
After declaring that the British
drive through Holland had secured
the Allied flank in the north, Chur-
chill said that Americans were hold
ing the greater part Of the 460-mile
front, bearing the brunt with GUS
tomary distinction and courage"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-12-14
Yanks in Battle

With the greater number unknown
heroes, u. S. soldiers, sloggin
through the mush on the western
front into Germany, are only identi
fed in the mass as members Of tn
various army units driving on
ward.
Included in General Simpsons
9th army battling along the Roer
river were the End armored divi-
sion, the goth, 30th and 102nd
infantry divisions, organized in
the 10th corps.
With General Hodges 1st
army fighting east of Aachen
were the 3rd and 5th arnored
divisions, and LIST, End, 3rd, 4th,
9th, 9th. 18th, 38th, and 104th
infantry divisions, organized in
5th, 18th, and 9th corps.
General Patton's 3rd army
driving into the Saar included
the 18th, 9Th and 10th armored
divisions, and 5th, 26th, 35th,
8Oth, Goth and 95th infantry divi-
sions, organized in the 18th and
Goth corps.
Fighting alongside the French
in General Patch's 7th army
east of the Vosges were the 3rd,
Seth, 44th, 45th, 10th, Tooth and
1O3rd U. S. infantry divisions,
organized in 9th and 18th corps.
Among other units reported on
the western front were the 82nd
and 101st U. S. airborne divi-
sions and the 7th U. S. armored
and Oath u. S. infantry divisions.
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CANADA:
Worst Crisis

Although pudgy Prime Minister
Mackenzie King looked to a vote
Of confidence from Canada's parlia-
ment over the question Of partially
conscripting the home army for
overseas service, 1t was expected
to come only after one Of the most
severe crises of the country.
Principal hostility to Kings com.
promise proposal to send over 49,
600 Of the home guard to the Euro
pean front to bolster the volunteer
force came from the province Of
Quebec, where the French, long al
lowed to keep their own speech and
customs and religion, stood firmly on
their traditional opposition to con-
scription.
Where the rub came in was that
King long has depended upon Que
bee for political support, and the
province, almost to the last, pressed
the prime minister to abide by his
government earlier pledge against
CONSUMPTION for overseas service de-
spite his obvious effort to compro-
mise by restricting the number Of
draftees to 10000.
Despite Quebec's violent opposi-
ton, King relied upon his COM
promise to draw some support from
Its representatives to ride out the
storm.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-12-14
SEDITION TRIAL:
Death Ends 1t

With the death of 65-year-old JUS
tice Edward c. Eicher of Iowa, the
seven-month-1ong, and at times far
cica1, sedition trial of 26 defendants
in Washington, D. c., came to an
abrupt end, with small chance Of
resumption.
Although government counsel said
the trial could go on if both the U. S.
and defendants agreed to the selec-
tion of another Judge, it was recalled
that federal court previously had
ruled that justice required compile
ton Of a case by the same judge and
jury and no substitutions could be
made, even with consent Thus, the
government was faced with the al
tentative of starting new proceed
ings.
Even though the trial of the 26
defendants, accused of trying to un-
dermine the morale of the U. S.
armed forces and establish a Nazi
form of government in this country,
had already taken up seven months,
government counsel revealed that
at least six more months would be
necessary to complete presentation
of it's evidence. With defendants
attorneys expected to consume an
additional three to six months, the
case promised to last about a year
and half.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-12-14

cabinet, his place
as secretary Of state
was assumed by
personable Edward
Stettinius, a., an
other of the nations
b i g business men
who have m a d 9
good recently in
governmentalranks.
Son Of a Morgan
partner, Stettinius,
talked out Of join
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-12-14
FARM INCOME:
Up Again

With income from crops 10 per
cent greater than last year, and re-
ceipts from livestock and livestock
products per cent more, farm in
come for the first 10 months of 1914
totalled $18, 43O, 900, 900, 6 per cent
above the same period in 1913, the
U. S. department of agriculture re-
ported.
At the same time, the USDA said
that farm prices, which have only
changed about per cent within the
last year, would probably remain
exceptionally stable for several
more months.
With the 1944-'45 domestic supply
of the four principal feed grains put
at 1872, $780, 900 tons. the USDA de-
clared that not only would all re-
quirernents be met. but additions
would be made to reserves. which
were cut substantially n the la4l'4S
sesS ysars,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-12-14
WESTERN FRONT:
Battle of Attriti0n

To the Nazis being pressed back
to the Rhine, the great battles rag
ing along the western front were
''the most ferocious in all history"
To doughboys of the U. S. Ninth
First, Third and Seventh armies,
slogging forward in heavy gush,
they were the hardest of the war,
with desperate resistance encoun-
tered at every step.
With airplane activity limited by
somber skies and rainfalls, the bat
tie was being fought along the
ground, with heavy U. S. field ar
tillery and big, runbling tanks pour
ing their deadly fire into enemy en-
trenchments to clear the way for
the doughboys of the infantry.
Although General Patton's
Third army about the Saar, and
General Patch's Seventh army
east Of the Vosges, maintained
heavy pressure on Nazi lines,
the focal point of action GEN.
tered on the Ninth and First
army fronts between Julich and
Duren.
East of the small, but strategic,
Roer river, both of these towns are
vital communications centers, with
elaborate highways running in from
the Rhineland to feed other road
ways which run to the north and the
south.
AS the great battle of attrition-
wearing down-rose In tempo, this
highway network was vital to the
Germans in rushing troops and ma
terials to the endangered front, and
then transferring them to the north
and south.
Indicative of the great pressure
General Eisenhower was exerting in
this sector was the report that his
opponent, foxy Field Marshal Won
Rundstedt, had transferred troops
from the Dutch front to the Julich-
Duren sector to cope with the Allied
powerhouse.
No sooner had the report come
through than it was announced that
Canadian troops had taken the field
on the Dutch front, increasing AL
lied pressure back in this sector,
and giving the German high COM
mand no rest.
Slowed I'm their frontal as
sault ON Budapest, Russian
armies crossed the Danube to
the south of the Hungarian cap
itai to thrust one spearhead
northward toward the embattled
city and another westward to-
ward the Austrian frontier, less
than 100 miles away.
Vars End
Facing the facts squarely in the
new opening session of Britain's par
lament, bull-doggish, but eloquent.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
said the European war might well
last into next summer.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-12-14
Weekly News Analysis
Jap Renorcemens Are Smashed Yanks Weaken Naz Strength

EDITORS NOTE-When opinions
are expressed in these columns, they
are those of Western Newspaper Union
news analysts, and not necessarily of
this newspaper.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-12-14
Vars End

Facing the facts squarely in the
new opening session of Britain's par
lament, bull-doggish, but eloquent
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
said the European war might wei
last into next summer.
Said he, with all the flower of
his speech; II took occasion
soms u,1aths ego to dagnpen
aaqg pgeeH u " hopes By syeeks
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-12-14
NEW FACE:
Smiling Diplomat

AS elder statesman Cordeu Hull,
70, passed from the presidential
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-12-14

Gen. Macarthur on Leyte airdrome
with Ace Bong Cat lefty and 1t. Gen.
George Kenney (right).
tressed Superfortresses would be
KILLED on the spot by angry peo-
ple.'
Japs Cain
Pushed to the wall in the Philip
pines, the Japs had better luck in
China, where Chang Kai-shek's ar
mics were hard put to it in an at
tempt to blunt an enemy drive
aimed at cutting the Burma road
to Chungking.
Thrusting westward from their
north-south juncture at LiuchoW,
where they joined to seal off the
whole eastern Chinese coast, Jap
columns stood about 100 miles from
the Burma road, key communica-
tons line linking much of the south
ern part of the country.
AS the Japs pressed forward, they
claimed $4,000 Chinese troops were
falling back on the big highway bas-
ton of Kweiyang, where strong
stand was expected to block any
drive further ,northward toward
Chungking, Kai-shek's headquarters.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-23
Albennarle Wins. 10.
Takes Cham iOn ship

CHARLESTON, s. c., Aug. 20
-P)-Tommy Andrew hurled a
two hit shutout over New Or
leans to win the southeastern
sectional American Legion
junior baseball championship
for Albemarle, N. C. tonight.
The score was l to 0.
The. North Carolinians scored
in the eighth when Red Sides
singled, moved to second ON
Wiles' sacrifice hit and scamp
cred across the plate with the
deciding run when Letter shot
a single into right field.
Albemarle will now play in
the national finals at Mfnnea-
polls, which opens Aug, rs,
with four sectional champions.
Representing the east will be
Brockton, Mass, and the mid
west Cincinnati. The western
champion will be determined by,
a game tonight in Billings,
Mont.
The battling Tar Heels to-
night were reminiscent of the
1910 team that won the national
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-23
SPORTS TRAIL

July 81, 1910, profane language $50,
July II, 1910, argument with UNI
pires Bill Stewart and Magerkurth
500; Aug. 3, 1941, run in with
Umpire Tom Dunn $50; Sept. 9,
1941, run in with Dun $50; Sept.
10, 1941, argument in Pittsburgh
$3.50; April 16, 1912, dispute with
Umpire Bill Grieve during Yam
kee Dodger exhibition $500 By
Landis);, May 4, 1912, failure to
leave field after being banished
by Umpire Ziggie Sears $50; June
20, 1912, kicking dust on Dunn
shoes and tossing towel in h
face $50.
That could go on more or less
indefinitely, but you get the idea.
Every time the guy opens his
mouth he spouts dollars into
Tricks office, and you can prac-
tically trace the fortune of tn e
club by the frequency of his out
bursts. In '38, 80 and 40, while
creeping up toward the top, ne
wasn't fined more than twice a
year. In 1941, when the Dodgers
made it, he was fined three times,
and in 1912, when he saw his team
being edged off the top, he explod-
ed wit h expensive words four
times.
He's paid more than $1,1O0 in
fines the last five years. which
shows the Durocher oratorical So
ciety is a rather exclusive club.
Or, as Durocher would insist, that
the umpiring is pretty terrible.
At any rate, as the years go by
and the big wind fades to a breeze
we have an idea The Lip will have
a stock answer to lads who ask
him what he thinks of a career
as a baseball manager:
Fine, my boy. Fine, Fine, Fine,
Fine. -
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-23
RED S0X PICK UP
PAFICIC PITCHER

BOSTON, Aug. 22-lR-Tne pur-
chase of Pitcher Glen Drewise-
werd, 20 : game winner, from the
Sacramento club of the Pacific
Coast league, was announced to-
day by Boston Red Sox manage
ment.
Dreisewerd is expected to air.
plane from the Pacific coast in
time to join the second place Bos-
ton team in Philadelphia, where
the Red Sox open series Friday,
according to Eddie Collins, gener-
al manager.
The price involved in the pur-
chase of Dreisewerd, 28-year-old,
1875 pound left handler, was not an
nounced, but Collins declared ne
gotiations with Sacramento h ad
been going on for six weeks.
Dreisewerd is the second recent
purchase by the Red Sox from the
Pacific Coast league, closely fol-
lowing that of Rex Cecil from San
Diego, Cecil, in two weeks, has
chalked up two victories in three
games with the Red Sox.
The acquisition of Dreisewerd
and Cecil indicates that the Bos-
ton team means to make a fight
for first place despite the recent
loss Of Tex Hughson, ace of the
Boston pitching staff. who joined
the Navy.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-23
Frisch Says
Tim elyHits
AidingBucs

PITTSBURGH, Aug. o. Up -
Manager Frank Frisch credits the
recent and sudden upsurge of the
Pittsburgh Pirates to some rather
fancy hitting in the Clutch" but
cold figures show the Buecos hot
bats have been playing a slow tune
while winning is of their last II
games.
The BUGS started their sprint
August 8 and ran up a string OF
II straight before they dropped a
80 decision to Philadelphia last
Friday.
Frisch agreed a .S19 team aver.
age isn't anything infancy, b u
pointed to the extra base blows
that have brought in the runs when
needed most-like yesterdays 7-d
win over Brooklyn after the BUGS
trailed so in the second.
we won it with that four-run
burst in the fifth, with Bobo Eli
otis homer the real clutch hit.
That's what I mean," he said.
Frisch is a great lover of speed
and power. And he's had plenty OF
both in this squirt. OF the 1911 hits
that have ratified off pirate bats,
81 have been for extra bases, in.
Guiding 33 doubles, IS triples and
nine home runs. and the club has
been credited with 16 stolen bases.
Sophomore Jim Russell has hit
at .403 clip during the string.
Jack Barrett ran his league-lead-
ing triple total to 10 and his stolen
bases to %, also best in the league.
Bob Elliott pushed his runs-bat.
ted-in total to 83, only eight be-
hind the leagues pace setter, Bill
Nicholson of Chicago.
Today the Pirates are three
games ahead Of Cincinnati in their
second place fight with, of course,
St. Louis just visible on the hori-
ION.
Those cards are a long way in
front now. But if we'd started hit
ting like this In April-Oh, well.
We didn't" the flash pondered.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-23
Kelly, Long Bout
To Settle Grudge

Irish Jack Kelly and Johnny
Long, long bitter rivals, will air
their differences Friday night In =
contest when the winner will take
"all."
Promoter Bert Causey has an
nounced that Kelly issued fiery
challenge for the battle to Long,
who accepted on the winner take
alp condition. The grudge affair
will be on no-time limit basis.
AS prelude to the grudge bout,
Charley Harden, victim of Kelly S
Cobra twist, will tangle with Chief
Little Beaver, the pride of Chero-
kee. The match will be for two
out of three falls, go minutes time
limit.
Tickets are ON sale at the Orion
hotel desk. No reservation seats
will be held for patrons after 8:15
o'clock on the night of the match,
Causey reported.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-23
ASHEBOR0 WINS
OVER DAVIS, 6-2

GASTONIA, Aug. 22-Clarke's
service of Asheboro defeated the
141st group of Camp Davis by a
score of 60 in the first pairing Of
five-day contest fo1 the softball
championship of North Carolina be.
ing held here.
Flo Evanicky and P.sLancaster
pitched for the 141st with Brown
on the mound Of Asheboro.
Mobiles stole the show for the day
with 3 for 3-one a home run in
the first inning with one man on
base to account for both runs for
the Davis team.
Asheboro scored two runs in the
thidd inning on a passed ball and
infield roller, and scored four more
in the sixth on one hit.
Evanicky was called for illegal
pitching after five and one-third
innings, for which he turned in a
poor showing.
Box Score:
141st, Davis 2 0 0 900 OF hits
Asheboro .... 90 0 2 90 A hits
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-23
Au-StarS. MackaIH
Meet I'm Double Hsilh

Two fast bills of baseball are
expected here this weekend when
the Shipyard All-Stars meet the
326th Airborne Infantry from Camp
Mackall Saturday night and Sun
day afternoon at Legion field.
The games are scheduled for
$3.50 pm. and 5 pm. respectively.
The visitors are bringing two of
the best pitchers to hurl in the
city this year. One is Dave Coslow,
of the New York Giants while the
other is Whitley Bermhan, property
of the Cincinnati Reds.
On his last trip here Bermhan
proved too much for the All-Stars,
winning the game he pitched. How
ever the All-Stars were able to
grab one of the two games SO that
they and the. visitors stand even
Stephen now.
The All-Star lineup was not
available last night but it was an
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-23
TAM 0'SHANTER !
FIELD NARROWED

CHICAGO, Aug. o. A The
chaff was separated from the
wheat today as &c of 1884 anna
teurs and Is of 40 women qualified
for 72-hole medal play finals in the
two divisions of the Tam O'Shant.
err All American golf tournament.
Heaviest interest, however, CEN
tered in tomorrow's qualifying
round for 215 professionals, with
the 40 low scorers and 40 exempt
stars surviving for the Y hole
race for golfdom's greatest prize
list $40 500 in war bonds-which
starts Thursday and runs through
Sunday.
After yesterdays par busting
brigade of amateurs had finished
their chore with % scoring rs or
better, only two of today's Zig ST.
mon pure entrants could crack in
to the qualifying fold by coming
within three strokes of par.
NO n came Wltlllll seven
strokes of the brilliant CT fired
yesterday by Detroit's public links
star, Ed Furgol. Two Chicagoans.
Louis opposite with IA and George
Kinsman with IS, were the ONLY
ones to make the grade today OF
the big group left over from yes
terday's dawn-to-dark assault.
Polly Riley, blonde. 1S-year-old
stenographer FIR m Fort Worth.
Texas. was the hot shot of the
feminine contingent as she led the
way with a 41-3S-79, one stroke
ahead of 2O-year-old Georgia Taint-
er, the brunette flash from Far
go, N. D. Miss Riley, after losing
four strokes to par going out, scor-
ed three brides coming home to
cut one off even figures for the
full route.
Just behind the leaders were two
Ohioans, blonde Dolly Schildmiller,
Cincinnati many-time city chan-
pion, with 80, and Findlay's tall,
dark Peggy Kirk, with 81.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-23
By WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, Aug. o. UP -
Everything is 'tfine' with Leo Du-
rocher, and you'd think that some
day he'd check over his expenses
and kick himself around the block
few times, repeating:
"Why don't I learn to keep my
big zap shut?"
The Brooklyn Dodger manager
probably has been fined oftener
than any other current baseball
man, although we haven't checked
on the status of frankie Frisch
and Jimmy Dykes. It might be a
nose finish. Durocher would win in
that case, too.
Leo's name has been reported
by umpires so often that Ford
Frick, National League president
is beginning to view it with suspi'
cion, as a desk sergeant would
look upon too many John Does on
a police blotter. The gabby one
never has won m argument with
an umpire as6far as we can dis
cover, so unless he changes his
ways he might as well deposit a
few hundred bucks with Prick be-
fore each season and have draw
ing account.
No two bit words for Leo.
When he spouts it is $50 and 500
words, and he was downright in
suited when one Of his TRADES
was worth only $25. Felt he must
be slipping.
Here's just partial list of ex-
penditures which he might CLASH
fy under vocabulary exercise"
Aug. 10, 1898, run in with UNI
pire Tiny Parker $50; July 20,
1899, alteration with umpires $50;
Sept. 20, 1899, prolonging game and
using profanity in argument with
Umpire George Magerkurth $50;
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-23
hickman Joins Bears
In Football Classic

CHICAGO, Aug. 2-R-Sid Luck
man, star quarterback and the Ma.
tional Professional leagues most
valuable player last year, will re-
join the Chicago Bears for thei1
game against the College .All-Stars
at Evanston, ILL.,, August 81, acting
president Ralph Brizzolara disclos.
ed today.
Luckman, on Today leave from
the Merchant Marine, passed
through Chicago en- route to the
Bears training quarters at College.
vile, Ind, from his Maritime serv'
ice base at Sheepshead Bay. Brook.
Ign, N. Y. He will report back to
the base soon after the all-star
game,
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championship with a steady Sc
ries of comebacks.
In the regional championship
the Albemarle team Lost its
first round game to Norfolk,
Va, and then came back in
the finals to sweep a double
header shutout from the Virgin
ians.
Because. of an impressive sea-
sons record supported by lop-
sided scores, the New Orleans
team was established the favor
lite for the sectional honors
here.
In the first meeting yester-
day afternoon, New Orleans
won handily. Last night the
fighting Tar Heels tied the
score in the ninth inning at g.:
all and then went on to even
up the series at one all in the
18th inning with a 4 to 3 VIC
tory.
Score by innings:
\. rhe
New Orleans 900 600 900 2 o
Albemarle - 900 900 OIL so
Comrda and Mace; Andrews
and Wiles.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-08-23
RESIGNS POSITION

WHITEVILLE, Aug. 22-J. w.
Williams of Whiteville has resign
ed his position as district manager
of FOX stores to enter the U. S.
Maritime Service and has been
succeeded in office by James a..
Warlick, who since last spring has
been secretary and chief clerk Of
the Agricultural Conservation As.
sociation for Columbus county.
Warlick had previously been con-
nected with the FOX stores.
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ticipated that Lefty Louis Chesh-
ire will hurl at least one Of the
contests against the soldiers. Lefty
is a favorite with the fans for he
seems to pitch himself into and out
of more holes than ay other hurl-
er on the A1l-Star staff.
An excellent example was the
ninth inning of the game Saturday
night against the Newport News
Shipyard All-Stars, when Lefty
walked two men, struck-out one,
hit another with a pitched ball,
and with the count of three balls
and two strikes, whizzed a called
strike past the batter who, had he
connected safely, would certainly
have tied the score and could pos.
sibly have driven in the winning
run.
Shoe soles generally are made
0f row 1ida .