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JUNIOR HOSTESSEs
TO MEET TONIGHT

The regular semi-montblv NM.
ing Of the junior hostesS VIM; meet
Belle Club Of the second si.'ory
ange U.s.o. Club will b ba0 On. 'o',
Monday evening at 7:3o "e.a
Lounge A of the Club. In a s,LI: "a
to the regular business m nHu.tioa
the members Of the Club will iijltIsr raas
two new U.S.O. workers. ~ NEE, meet
Janet Nee of the Industrial u el IS
and Mr.. AL Weidensaul Of tS o,',o'
cond and Orange staff. VIC Be-
Miss Nee Will o4scuss hu:.
the present use and popularitu tell !,
square dancing, and after the VI
.ng she will instruct the luce ltIeeE'
hostess and any others inters a,iOr
i'll the various steps and figurss 'e ~
the square dance. VI
Mr.. Weidensaul will brief1, :.
cuss the use of music and dr, uS'
ties in the club and will m Hsrtila'
ways by which the Junior hc os.a
will be able to help the progr ;sss
Anyone in the communitv S ~s.
would like to learn to square ds Ts
is invited to come to the se es,,I
and Orange Club at $50 'Oi'
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RUSSIANS PRESS
DRIVE ON PSKOV
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sitions, the various advances
ranged up to 10 miles or more.
The roll of recaptured towns in
cluded go north and northeast OF
Pskov, more than 100 west OF
Kholm, and more than SO west
and northwest of Novoskolniki.
The German offensive northwest
and west of Lutsk began several
days ago and at first succeeded in
wedging into the Soviet defenses,
but the Russians Immediately
swung in a counter-attack of their
own and not only threw the Ger
mans back but gained several new
populated places, the communique
stated. The locale was given mere
ly as on the Steyr River bank
northwest and west of Lutsk.
The announced Ukranian adj
vance included capture of Novo
Vorontsovka, Is miles southeast
of Apostolovo; Zolotaya Balka, "a
miles southeast; and Gavrilovka,
"a miles south, along with several
other towns in the same area, all
on the west bank of the Dnieper.
The communique did not go into
detail, so it was impossible to de-
termine whether these advances
represented line-straightening
push south from Apostolovo or a
new hurdling Of the lower Dnie-
per.
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SOVIETS, POLES
STILL FAR APART
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tional council had assumed the
functions of an underground Po-
lish government, and had appoint
ed a General Rola, unknown here.
as commander of Polish forces in
Russia, the Middle East, and Brit
ain to supplant Gen. Kazimierz
Sosnkowski. Sosnkowski, COM
mander-in-chief under the London
group, long has been out of favor
with Moscow.
Reports of these developments
followed Prime Minister Church
ills Feb. % speech in Commons
supporting Russian demands, while
expressing a desire for a strong,
independent Poland.
Polish Foreign Minister Tade-
usz Romer, replying to the report
ed British urging of moderation
in the Polish government stand,
is understood to have reiterated
the London regimes determine
ton to hold fast in rejecting the
Curzon Line. Extremists among
Polish elements here seemed to
nave cancelled out conciliatory
moves made by Premier Stanis-
law Mikolaiczyk.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-02-28
Gil Dodds Awarded James
Sullivan Cup By A. A. u.

NEW YORK, FEB. ". - R -
Gil Dodds, Boston divinity student
and outstanding miller, today re-
celved the Amateur Athletic I'm
ions James E. Sullivan award as
the amateur athlete who did the
most to advance the cause of
craftsmanship in 1913.
In short acceptance talk, fol-
lowing the presenta4ing by A. A. U,
President L. Dibenedetto of New
Orleans, Dodds said:
1T is high spot in my life,
the winning of this award. 1 know,
and want the world to know, that
cnly through God have l been
able to achieve the athletic sue
cess I've enjoyed.
II want to pass on to younger
athletes bit of advice. l urge
them to always live up to the high
ideals exemplified by the A. A. U.
and to strive for the higher and
spiritual life which all must live
if they expect success in any line
# endeavor."
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Post Season Tits Take
Nations Cage Spotlight

NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-R-Post
season tournaments are crowding
into the national basketball news
with eight sectional leaders ac-
cepting bids and other ranking
fives debating or waiting for in
vitations.
Duke emerged the winner in the
Southern Conference Examinations,
the first tourney to be concluded
and Southeastern schools today
drew for places in their Louisville
competition.
Depaul Q8-3), Muhlenberg CO.
- and St. Johns of Brooklyn Q3-
q joined Oklahoma Aggies (23-0 !,
Kentucky Q4-D and Utah $3.50 in
the national invitational field and
Ohio State $3.50 moved into the
MEGA race with Dartmouth Q5-D d.
Two more bids are to be issued
for the invitational and Bowling
Green which wound up with a
winning record Of 81 and 3, Cant
sus Q5-4, Colgate Q0-0 and
Temple Q3-D are high on the list
of contenders. Temple provided
one of the major upsets of the sea-
son by handing Western Michigan
its first loss to a college five,
55-51.
Army remained the only major
unbeaten college team with 10
wins in row and two to go, We'd
nesday with Maryland and Satur-
day with Navy, which like the Ca
diets, may get MEGA bid if will
ing and able. The middies have
won 10 and lost three.
Norfolk Naval Training Station
continued on the victory path
making it's record read % and 2,
the Norfolk Naval Air Stations
streak was broken, and Great
Lakes started another string by
taking two and boosting its sea-
son mark to 80 md 3. Fort War
rem continued unbeaten with IA in
row in the Rocky Mountain dis
trict, and Mitchell Field reeled
off its 18th in succession and
26th in % starts.
Purdue and Northwestern were
eliminated from the Big 10 race
when Illinois upset the Wildcats
who then turned around and knock
ed off the Boilermakers. Iowa,
beaten by Notre Dame, a club
can finish in a tie with Ohio State
that is flashing a red hot finish,
by beating Northwestern Friday
and Saturday:
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BY WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, Feb. 27. - (R -
Major league fans will welcome
the return of Pepper Martin tt
the big show, if only to see him
disappearing in cloud of dust il
one Of those head-long belly-Whop
ping slides of his. He's the only
player we ever saw who coulc
leave first base as clean as whis.
tie and come up at second ready
to sing a nanny song.
We imagine he will be used in
the outfield, although if that does
not work out he can be put al
third base, where he has been ex,
posed before. He's still got broad
cnest to stop those hoppers and il
they'd let him have small boy
around as sort of a caddy to re-
trieve the ball it should work out
pretty well.
We would like to see his mini
ature, Don Gutteridge, back on
tie cards with him. Those two
guys might have pulled the Red
Birds through tie World Series right
side up last fall. The Pepper ne
yer quits trying and even if he has
accordion legs and dropping hip
pockets he has that contagious
spirit which drives teammates on
to play better than they know
how. If the Cards needed any one
thing in the series it was someone
t. put tacks under them. Terry
Moore would have done it, but Pri-
vate Moore was just an innocent
bystander.
Anyway, the wild boss is eager
to try again at 40. Leo Durocher
is just as eager not to try at 81.
Just a case of a man being as
old as he feels, no doubt.
There never will be any dull mo-
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FIFTH ARMY REPELS
LIGHT NAZI DRIVES
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Allied headquarters disclosed
that the famous U. S. Third Di-
vision was fighting on the beach
head, and had distinguished itself
along with battalion Of British
Grenadier Guards in the struggle.
Composed originally mainly OF
Pacific Coast troops, the Third d.
vision landed in the first wave.
On the older front to the south,
it was the U. S. seth Division
which established the bridgehead
across the Rapido river on Jan.
20-21 and the 34th Division which
fought it's way into Casino Feb.
2 and has since held there in a
grim battle, it was permitted to be
disclosed.
Both the 36th and the 34th Divis-
ions are National Guard units. The
seth is made up of men from Tex
as and the 34th of Iowans and
Minnesotans.
Associated Press Correspondent
Lynn Heinzerling said both had
endured great hardships. He wrote
that military men with wide ex-
|perience have said the physical
discomforts of Washington army
at Valley Forge could not COM.
pare to those suffered by these
men.
Maj. Gen. Godfrey Keyes, vet
eran of the original landing in
Morocco and of the Sicilian cam
paign, now is commanding an
American Army corps in Italy, it
was also announced. Keyes, a ma
tive of New Mexico, was the depu-
ty Of Lt.-Gen. George S. Patton.
Jr., in Sicily, later commanding
corps there. and was credited
with executing the .whirlwind
drive that ended with capture of
Palermo. Of a1t
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Harry 1.-The Fox Parrish
PAGES Presbyterian Fiue

CLINTON, S. c., Feb. 27.-Harry
iThe Fox Parrish makes up in ac-
curacy and a deceptively lazy
style what he lacks in weight and
height to hold a 21-points-a-game
average on consistently losing
basketball team.
Whether his Presbyterian college
Blue Stockings win or lose and
they mostly lose-the 23-year-old
Augusta, Ca, marksman has been
high scorer in II of 80 contests
| played.
His best work in amassing 27f
Joints was in one of the four
games The Stockings have won.
when he accounted for 40 points
10 of them on free throws. OnlH
once has he been held to less thar
Is points, and only once has an op
position player outscored him.
Parrish, a 147-pound senior who
last year led South Carolina col
lege scorers with 1876 average,
is a long shot artist whose 1Oe
floor goals have stemmed from
/ throws made from so far out ir
TIE court that they give the APP
cearance of poor judgment.
T. usually takes the opposition
the first half to realize he isn't
lust lucky fool. Even then, he
| is SO good at dribbling that he
shakes determined opposition and
sends the ball aloft with amazing
accuracy.
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Duke And Carolina Place 7wo Men
ADiece On Tournament Au-Stars
SPORTS TRAIL

ments for the Cardinals either on
or off the field while Pepper is
al ound. He has a fun-loving spirit
and boundless vitality that age
never will TOUCH, and his new
teammates had better start prac-
t;cing to make music from wash
boards, cow-bells and cross-cut
sows right now. He'll have them
organized into !. what generously
might be termed a hill-billy band
in no time.
And the new employees at Swank
hotels had better get ready for a
shock, too. We have yet to see
Pepper wear a necktie. Sports
shirts with deep V in front ex-
posing an expanse of messy, he
man chest are his favorites. He
beat Bill Veeck to that idea by
several years.
If he can cap this open-air cos
tune off with a three or four-day
growth of good old Oklahoma
s+ubble on his face he's quite hap
py, and ready for the best socie-
ty.
He may not be as good as he
once was, and he never was the
best player in the world, although
you'd want him on your team. But
if flock of other 40-year-olds with
he same color and spirit returned
tc the game this year you would
mot have to worry about attend
ance or the quality of the attrac-
lion.
Generally speaking, Connie Mack
was right about the old CATERS
trying to pick up where they left
off when they were starting to set
tie here and there, but we think
even Mr.. Mack would make an ex-
ception in Pepper Martins case.
It's an old chassis, but youth still
is in the drivers seat.
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Bernie Mock, Gordon Car
YER Unanimous Choices
For Dream Team
Bv BLOYs BRITT

RALEIGH, Feb. 81. -(R-Duke
IJniversity's Blue Devils who up
set favored Forth Carolina 44-27
in the finals of the 1914 Southern
Conference basketball tournament,
placed two men on the All-Star
team selected for The Associated
Press by a board composed OF
nine sports writer's. officials and
coaches.
The Tar Heels, victims Of as
stunning setback as the annual
basketball classic has ever seen,
none the less were good enough to
capture two first tesm berths, and
Virginia Tech. eliminated by the
conference pace setting Tar Heels
in the semi-finals, got one berth
in the top five.
Dukes Gordon Carver and North
Cardinals Captain Bernie Mock
we're unanimous choices for first
team roles. Carver, who ordinarily
plays at forward, was given four
first place votes for a guard po-
sition. Boyce Box Cardinals trans
fer forward from West Texas
Teachers College, received six
first place votes for forward.
enough to assure him the spot as
Mock's running mate. Dukes Bill
Wright, ex-Tennessee ace, is the
other first team guard and Vir-
ginia Techs Danny Frederick is
the first string center.
Harry Harner of Duke. who re-
ceived five first team votes and
two for the second team for to-
tai OF IL points, and Jack Fitch of
Carolina. who received two votes
Tor the first team and six for the
Fecord, are second team guards.
Jim Lowry of Davidson, who was
nosed out by Frederick for CEN
ter On the first team, holds down
that position on the second five.
The forwards are Cardinals big
John Dewell and Virginia Techs
Harry Bushkar, both of whom or
dinarhy perform at forward.
Each member of the selection
board was, asked to pick a first
and second team. First team votes
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NAX PLANE LOSSES
REACH NEW RECORD
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Nor do they reckon with other
smaller German losses such as
The 30 shot down in the weeks at
tacks On Britain, the IL destroyed
BY the RAF second tactical air
force over Europe, the Ninth Air
Forces Marauders in their sweeps
against occupied territory, and the
cczens of new. planes destroyed
on the ground during the achieve
Eaent of the principal objective
the eradication of the enemy's
fighters before they leave the pro-
duction line.
Even before the new bid for the
mastery of the European skies
got under way it was doubtful that
Germany was producing her prev
iously estimated $500 planes a
month because of earlier inroads
o, the American and Raj attacks.
From her total production Ger.
many must find transports, bonn
bers, fighters and ground support
f. rthe Russian front.
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TRACK WORTHLESS
SMASH RECORDS
By HAROLD CLAASSEN

/ NEW YORK, Feb.27 = up =
Despite it contributions to tn
armed services, track and fielt
is continuing its uninterrupted ad
vance to the ultimate in the mat
ter of records.
That's the opinion of Ward Hay
lett, veteran Kansas State tracl
coach and chairman of the AAU's
| track committee. .
"I can't off hand recall when q
United States athlete had to Dc
be- ter than "a feet to win the ma
tional indoor broad jump title
Yet Saturday night at the nation
ais we had three athletes do bet
ter than that distance - Barney
swell, Herb Douglas and Eulace
Peacock, Haylet+ said today.
Ewen, former Penn State ath-
lete now in the U. S. Army, won
with "a feet inches while Pea
cock, third place winner, has less
than three inches behind.
In recent years, prior to Satur-
day, only Jose Bento De Assis OF
Prazil. winner of the 1912 champ
ionships, exceeded "a feet in win
ming the broad jump crown. He did
% feet 7 7-8 inches.
l think that running, Jumping
and throwing-the three phases OF
track-are fundamentals to all
SPORTS and to all athletes and l
believe that is the reason we saw
such achievements as Gil Dodds'
4:O8.3 mile, Bob Ufer's 1:11.3 in
the 600 and Ed Conwell's :O6.l In
6O-yard dash despite the absence
ct many of our top-notch athletes
because of military duties" Hay
lett continued.
Conwell's effort equalled the list
cd world record for the event
while Ufer and Dodds each estab-
.ished event marks. En- route to
The tape in the mile, Dodds sur
PASSED the late John Borican' S
3:O1.2 for the three-quarter mile
with a 1901 clocking.
More than rs yards in front OF
mis- nearest rival. Dodds needed
t73 seconds to wobble through the
-inal $40 yards.
The meet championship went to
he New York A. c., after year
interruption and the Winged Foot
Clubs Henry Dreyer triumpheo
fer the seventh time in the 80
pound weight throw.
Ed Digger, formerly OF TUFTS
won both hurdles and the pole
vault went to Jack Denied, form
err Minnesota great, at IA feet IN
the absence of Ensign Cornelius
Warmerdam, whose plane was
Of oudned in Cleveland by the Wea-
Their
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600 RED PLANES
RAID HELSINKI
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radio, and returning airmen could
see the flames for more than 200
miles.)
The first bleary-eyed travellers
reaching Sweden today told of gi-
gigantic damage and panic, with
uncounted casualties They said
the important Dandvick Quay, US
ed by the Germans, was hit by 100
big bombs.
The American legation, a beau
tiful colonial-style structure, lost
some windows and was damaged
by conclusion from 'many bombs"
but the staff remained safely in
side overnight.
A bomb in the front yard dam
aged the British legation, and the
German legation also lost some
windows.
Destruction of the university is
complete" said Auliki Rautawa-
ara, Finnish opera singer. "The
Stockman house, Helsinki's biggest
department store, located in the
very heart of the city, was wiped
out.
panic broke out in the Adlon
Restaurant shelter, which was
flooded after bomb hit
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What You Should Know
dout COUGHS

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lasted for 3 days or longer-see your
PHYSICIAN. Don't try to treat such 4
cough yourself. It may indicate a ser;ous
condition.
For a cough due to cold sec your
dr9Egist and get Mentho-Mulsien, the
modern, tasty cough preparation that
starts soothing relief from the very iirst
dose. Acts fast to help loosen tight
phlesm. soothe irritated throat mem.
oranes and allay the coughing. Comes al
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ADULTS Druggists sell Mentho- Mulsion
ON the understanding that you are to b
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PIEDMONT LEAGUE
MAPPING PLANS
nv SCOTTY MINSHULL

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 27-lRE
Piedmont League directors, meet
ing in executive session here to-
day to adopt a schedule and map
plans for spring training, invited
Brooklyn to move its Durham, N.
c.. franchise to a city in Virginia
The request, made in the form
of a motion, carried with it an
enabling clause which would per-
NIT the Durham owners to make
the move without further author
! ity from the board.
Several cities were suggested,
prominent among them Newport
News and Petersburg, but the ques-
ton of a selection was left to
Harold Roettger, vice president
of the Brooklyn organization, who
attended the meeting as repre-
sentative of the Durham club.
Roettger said he would make an
investigation of the sites suggest
ed and make his report to the
parent organization. He said it
would probably be some time be-
fore definite announcement
would be made regarding Dur
hams plans.
Ralph H. Daughton, of Norfolk,
president of the league, announc'
ed it was the opinion of the di-
rectors that a club operating in
the old dominion would be to the
best interests of all parties con-
cerned. The matter of transpor-
tation and other restrictions in
duced by the war motivated the
request for the Durham owners to
move in closer" President
Daughton said. The other five
clubs in the Class B loop, Rich
mond, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Roa-
noke, and Lynchburg are located
in Virginia.
The directorate adopted 14O-
game schedule and announced the
opening date as April 81 with play
closing September 10.
Opening games will find Dur
ham playing at Richmond; Nor
folk playing at Portsmouth, and
Roanoke playing at Lynchburg.
While club owners, Or their rep
resentatives, had nothing definite
to say regarding team prospects
they all announced that training
for their respective clubs would
start during the first part of April,
and that the preseason drills
would be held in their own back
yards.
Eddie Mooers, owner of the
Richmond Colts, said he would be
ready to start training at the
Roseneath Road Plant about April
| l. Work of getting the field in
shape already is underway and
Mooers is hopeful that when the
first group of players report ev-
erything will be in readiness to
commence work.
Concerning his manager, Ben
Chapman, the Colt owner declared
he was hopeful that Chapman
would be on hand to get the club
started. Chapman has been or
dered to report for his pre-induc.
ton physical examination at
Montgomery, Ala, on Wednesday.
Norfolk, Portsmouth, Roanoke
and Lynchburg will begin spring
workouts April 10, and Durham
will make its plans after franchise
difficulties have been settled.
Frank D. Lawrence, owner OF
the Portsmouth Cubs and vice
president of the Piedmont League,
said today that while he would
be minus the services of some
of the veterans that helped him
clinch the pennant last year. the
outlook for Portsmouth was en-.
couraging.
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TYPHUs EPIDEMIC

CAPETOWN, Feb. 27-R-A
typhus epidemic accenuatad W.
crop failures, poverty and had
housing has reached serious prn.
portions in the native territories
of Transkei and East Griqualsnd
causing hundreds of deaths prs
else figures can not be ascertain
ed since native deaths are not reg-
istered.
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RABAUL POUNDED
BY u. S. WARSHIPS
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moved in close to shore before
dawn and smashed harbor install
lations anew with high explosive
shells. Then the Allied planes
came.
The latest word from Pearl Har-
Dor disclosed that heavy bombers
struck at Ponape, 425 miles east
OF Truk: that other planes attack
ed from unidentified Japanese
bases in the Marshals; and that
American bombs were dropped on
kusal and Nauru, widely separat-
ed japanese islands, all on Feb.
ruary Is.
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FORCED TO MOVE

MADRID, Feb. 27.-R-Ger-'
mans living in Yokohama have
been ordered by the japanese au-
thorities to move because their
quarters are needed for the war,
Tokyo dispatch to the German
press has been reported.
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Other leading votegetters were
Howard Turner of N. c. State 4;
Fred CAN'T of Richmond 2; jim
Ashmore of Davidson, SOC Creti-
cos of North Carolina, and Bill
Bailey of Duke, one each.
Mock performing in three games,
was the tournaments top scorer
with 81 points. Box of North CNz-
Dina and Carver and Wright of
Duke were tied for second place
scoring honors with SO each. Fred
erick got %, Harner %, Hartley of
Duke 20, Turner 10 and Bushkar
II to place high in scoring.
Carver was picked for the all
tournament second team in 1913
and Mock made the same team
two years ago before transferring
to Carolina via the Navy Viz
route.