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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-07

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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-05
SPORTS TRAIL

tually unknown amateurs. Robin
son recognized as the uncrowned
welterweight champion, and Mont
gomery, who took the lightweight
championship away from Beau
Jack, both have come into the big
money since Taylor started advis-
ing them.
civilians will be just as good
as Robinson and Montgomery in
time" declared Taylor on recent
visit to New York" All he needs
is more experience.
Two other lightweights for whom
Taylor predicts a future are Eddie
Giosa and Santa Bucca.
1--WE give everybody chance,
explained Taylor in discussing his
policy of developing fighters. "Of
course some are no good. We help
all we can. In return I ask only for
first call on their services.
Remember "Two-Ton" Tony Ga
lento? He was advised by Taylor
when he was in prime as heavy
weight challenger for Joe Louis
crown. Tommy Forte, who battled
Lou Salica twice for the bantam
weight title, also was helped by
Taylor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-05
JAP GAS ATTACK
PROVES FUTILE

CHUNGKING, July 4.-tP)-The
Chinese high command asserted
tonight that heavily-reinforced
japanese troops. charging in close
formation behind a barrage OF
mustard gas and artillery fire, vio-
lently assaulted Chinese positions
in Hengyang Sunday and Monday
but failed to bulge the defenders
of that beleaguered railroad center
in Human province.
"Under cover of heavy artil-
lery barrage and a large quanti-
ty of mustard gas, close enemy
formations, all stripped to the
waist, launched repeated fierce as
saults on our positions in the north
ern and western suburbs" said a
Chinese communique.
although a portion of them
were poisoned, our defenders stood
their ground and struck back, re-
gardless of sacrifice. After bitter
all-night combat, our troops count
ed at least 1000 enemy dead, in
Guiding a high commanding Off
GER
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FINANCIAL EXPERTS
STUDYING PROBLEMS

BRETON WOODS, N. H., July
4.-P)-The question of how Great
Britain will solve its problem of
blocked balances was injected into
the United Nations monetary con-
ference today as the various COM
mitiees put in their first full work
ing day.
The matter came up with the in
PRODUCTION of a proposal that one
of the functions of the proposed
world sterilization fund would be
'to promote and facilitate the set
Element of abnormal Indebtedness
arising out of war;
This would apply directly to the
approximately eight billion dollars
in blocked balances which the Dri-
fish have accumulated as result
of their heavy wartime imports.
The British have given no indica-
ton how soon after the war these
balances, or frozen credits, !"
would be released.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-05
By TED MEIER
Pinch Hitting for Whitney Ma

Pinch Hitting for Whitney Martin
NEW YORK. July 4.-(P)-Buid-
:er of boxing champions - that's
Herman Taylor.
In case you aren't up on your
boxing Taylor is Philadelphia
flight promoter. He knows the fight
game from A to z. Next to New
:York's Mike Jacobs, he is perhaps
the most widely known promoter
lin the country.
In recent years Taylor, who once
:peddled newspapers, has develop
led more green kids into big time
:scrappers who show in Madison
.Souare Garden than any other pro-
:moter.
F.; Ike Williams, hailed as the fu-
:ture lightweight champion, is the
latest fighter Taylor has brought
into the fistic imelight. Starting
last fall he built Williams, Trenton
IN. J. negro, into Philadelphia
gate attraction who since has be-
come a Garden main-goer.
It was Taylor who saw the pos
sibilities in such leather singers
as Ray Sugar" Robinson and Bob
MONTGOMERY when they were viz
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-05
BRIGADE ENGAGES
! CHERRY POINTERS

; CAMP DAVIS, July 4.-Idle for
n week the Camp Davis Blue Brl-
gade renews baseball operations
tomorrow when the highly-regard-
ed Cherry Point Marines visit the
Antiaircraft center for twilight
contest.
(; The Pointers boast Of two de-
r;sions over the AA's and either
Norm Scott, Sam House or Fred
Snoddy is available for the pitch
ing job and continued mastery of
the Davis baseballers.
/: Three regulars are missing from
the Brigade lineup and their alb
sence plays hob with AA offense
and defense. Fred Postolese, SIS;
Tom Caliento, If; and Johnny Bos-
bart, lib, are those involved.
Replacing Postolese at short is
Bobby Westfall whose hitting and
fielding were superb in his debut
against Camp Lejeune's Tent City
last week. In addition to blasting
4 homer and single the West Vir-
sinian spanked afield. Another
newcomer, Hugo Kampke, is ex-
pected to continue first-basing
pending the ankle recovery of
elouting Johnny Boshart.
Ed Stoeckel in center and George
Cvengros in LETT are certainties.
Rightfield is a tossup among Ed
T,,rJo,o Tobr, C;po Pow Do1atti and
Eo Rush.
. To combat the Cherry Point at
tack Jim "Shanty" Hearn is the
probable AA hurting choice. Rest
ed for more than a week the husky
Georgian hopes to even the score
with the Marines, having dropped
a 80, ten-inning affair when Bill
Wright homered at the Leather
neck field.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-05
Rolling Red Birds Roll
On With 7W0 Victories

ST. LOUIS, July 4.-R-The
high-f1ying St. Louis Cardinals in,
crea sed their National League lead
to 10 - games today by sweeping
a holiday doubleheader from the
New York Giants, winning the op-
ener, IS to 2, for Morton Cooper's
seventh successive victory and
taking the nightcap easily, 9 to l.
A crowd of 1912 paid custo-
mers saw the twin triumph which
was featured by the oddly OF a
pitcher being knocked out of the
box with one hit. RUDE Fischer, on
the mound for the Giants in the
second game, set the Cardinals
down in order in the first two in
nings, but walked three men to
load the bases in the third frame.
Ray Sanders them came through
with a double for the first Cardi-
nal hit, driving in three runs.
Fischer was yanked and Ace
Adams took over the pitching for
the Giants. Two more singles
loaded the bases again and Danny
Litwhiler followed with a single,
making the inning good for a total
of five runs.
The Cardinals clinched the open
ing game in the first inning, poun-
ding Harry Feldman for five hits,
including triple by Sanders and
doubles by Walker Cooper and
Whitley Kurowski. Feldman was
removed when he walked Morton
Cooper with the bases loaded for
the Cardinals fourth run of the
inning.
Manager Mel OFT of the Giants
used three relief pitchers and
threw in seven other players in an
effort to save the game but Cooper
had no difficulty sailing along to
his ninth victory. He yielded the
Giants only runs in the second in
ming On two singles and double
by Johnny Kerr.
New York ----- O20 900 O0O-2
st. Louis ---------- 401 100 00x-6
Feldman, Seward, Poll, Barttel-
son and Mancuso. M. Cooper and
W. Cooper.
Second game:
New York ------ 900 900 DOLL
St. Louis -------- O05 300 O1x-9
Fischer, Adams, Gee and Lom-
bardl; Brceheen and O'Dea.
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Navy Escort Cross
Named For Tar Heel

NEWARK, N. j., July 4-RE
The Federal Shipbuilding and Dry
dock company marked Americas
third wartime Independence Day
by launching three fighting YES
sells, a heavyweight destroyer and
two destroyer escorts, from its
Kearny and Port Newark yards.
At the Port Newark yard, one
of the three ships, the Escort Cross
was christened by Mrs. Dorothea
F. Cross, Lunenburg, Mass, and
Tyron, N. c., in memory of her
son, the late Marine Corps Private
Frederick Cushing Cross, who
died August 7, l943, in the Atlantic
area
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-05

NEW YORK, July +lR-Rookie
Joe Page succumbed to his first
inning jinx today as Cleveland
scored five times in the opening
fran and went to sweep a double
header from the New York Yam
KEGS, To after winning the first
game 81 before 37,579 holiday
fans.
After Page had allowed four hits
and walked one in the nlghtcap,
Lem Roser came On to hold the
Indians to one hit in eight and two
thirds innings but the damage had
been done. Ray Poat scattered II
Yankee blows along the way, CIV
ing up runs only on homers bJ
Nick Etten and pinch hitter Her
schell Martin.
Failure to hit in the pinches cost
Walt Dubiel first game decl-
sion to Allie "Chief" Reynolds who
had to have relief help from
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-05
BLUEBIRD TAKES
BIG BOAT RACE

Winner of the ''big boat" race In
the annual Carolina Yacht club
races at Wrightsville Beach yes
terday was the ''bluebird,'' owned
and sailed by Jack and Drinks
preston During the race the 9TH
er two entrants. the Dixie" own
ed by the Donald Parsley's and the
Lawrence Sprunt's boat were dam
aged by the rough sea and high
winds which tore the rudders and
ripped the sails.
In the moth boat class, Weddel
Harris's boat came in first with
the Smith boat following at about
so #. and Johnny Murchicon's boat
coming in 3rd. During the race
the Holland and the Bradford
boats were capsized and sank.
The heavy weather made all rae
ing rather difficult and Yacht club
officials commended all entrants
on the handling and plotting of their
crafts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-05
Georgia Primary
Faces Court Test

ATLANTA, July 4-tRENegroes
laid the basis for a court test OF
the Georgia white" primary to-
day when they were refused per-
mission to participate.
They contented themselves with
token efforts and left the polls
without incident when the manag-
e-s informed them their names
were not on the lists.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-05
ChurchiHs Report
On Robots Postponed

LONDON, July 4-R-With Ger
man flying bombs still falling on
southern England at intervals, the
house of commons and the public
accepted with some impotence to-
day a postponement until Thurs
day of Prime Minister Churchill
promised statement on the Nazl
vengeance weapon.
Questions accumulated %
Churchill to answer concerning de-
tense methods, proposed ceprisals
and repeated charges that Spain
had aided the Germans in develop
ing the terror weapon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-05
Jakucki Wins AS Browns
Break Even With Macks

PHILADELPHIA, July a LAP -
Sigmund Jack" Jakucki, a 80
year-old former soldier from Cam
den, N. j., and Honolulu, pitched
his third shutout in four starts to-
day as the league-leading St.
Louis Browns split doub8S head
er with the Athletics before a holi-
day crowd of 23,858.
The former Oakland, Calf,
star, who has allowed one run in
his last 81 inning, yielded eight
hits as the Browns won the first
game, 4 to 0. Luke Hamlin, back
ed by a 13-tlit attack on AL Hol-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-05
BUGS and PILLS
HALVE TWOS0ME

PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 4-(RH
The Pittsburgh Pirates won the
second game of doubleheader
from Philadelphia 40 today be-
hind the eight-hit pitching of Max
Butcher, after losing the opener
80, before 1925 holiday fans.
Max Butcher shut out the Blue
Jays in the nightcap, allowing
eight scattered singles over nine
innings to beat big Bill Lee. 1t was
Butchers sixth victory against five
defeats.
The Blue Jays STAYED off Pr
rate rally in the ninth inning of the
first tilt by completing double
play ball with bases full.
Jim Russell hit a sharp ground
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-05
FIRING NOTICE

Notice Of firing to be conducted
by Headquarters Antiaircraft Ar
tillery Training Center of Camp
Davis at Ft. Fiser and Holly Shell
ter Thursday, July 6: At Fl. Fish
Ell from $50 a.m.-7:30 pm, cali.
Der of firing 40mm; at Holly Shell.
ter from 8 p.m.-11 pm, caliber
Of firing-Cal. SONG.
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THE WILMINGTON MORNING STAR WILMINGTON. N. c.
SENATORS SPLIT
WITH PALE HOSE

WASHINGTON, July A. R -
Leory Schalk's sharp single in the
18th inning of the nightcap brought
in the winning run as Chicago de-
feated Washington, 3 to 2, for an
even break in holiday double
header today. The Senators blank
ed the Chisox 20. in the opener
behind Johnny Niggeling's four hit
hurting.
Chicago clouted Early Wynn for
nine blows in the second game.
Ed Lopat gave the Senator'S only
three safeties in the six and one
third innings he worked. He was
relieved by Gordon Maltzberger
after two walks, a sacrifice and
an infield error produced both
Washington runs in the seventh.
Niggeling scattered Chicago's
four blows effectively in the open
er to garner his seventh win
against two losses. washington
nicked Thornton Lee for six hits
in six innings, four of them du--
ing a two-run rally in the first,
and added a base blow of Joe
Haynes, who worked the last two
frames.
A crowd of 1902 turned out for
the twin bill.
First Game
-bicaoo 600 600 GOO
va shington 200 900 OO*-2l
Lee, Haynes and Casino; Mig
Cling and Terrell.
Second Game
Chicago --.... 900 020 600 0O1-3
Washington 49, 900 900 200 000-2
Lopat, Maltzberger and Casino,
Turner; Wynn and Guerra.
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ELROD PRISONER

MEMPHIS, July 4.-(P)-Lt. E.
B. Buddy Elrod, All-America
football end when he played with
Mississippi State in 1941, was re-
ported today a prisoner of the
Germans.
E1rod had been missing since
May 20 following an air raid over
Austria.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-05
Plumbers PLAY

Having defeated the Fort
Bragg Tooth Division team, II,
on the Legion Diamond Mon
day night, the Shipyard Plum
bers encounter the Maxton Air
Base nine on the Legion field
at $3.50 tonight.
Lefty Lambert will twirl for
the Pipemen with Smith catch
ing. The Airmen have added
several new ball players to
their club and are greately
strengthened, it was reported
last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-05
Indians Uprise To Shell
Yankees In Doubleheader

"Grandr i" Joe Heving in the
eighth. A brilliant play of second
base in a sliding stop and started
a double play saved Heving's hide
on the first man he faced.
A walk to Mickey Rocco, Myril
Hoag's single, Oris Hockett's in
field out and a single by Roy Gull
lenbine produced two Cleveland
runs off Dubiel in the first inning.
Ken Keltner drove in Boudreau
after he had singled and moved
up on an infield out in the ninth.
Dubiel drove home Os r
Grimes with the lone Yank score
in the second inning after Grimes
had singled and Milosevich had
touched Reynolds for a double to
right center.
Russ Derry made his Major
League debut in left field for New
York, replacing the injured Mar
tin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-05
CUBS CLIMB OUT
OF N. |. CELLAR

CHICAGO, July 4 - m - The
Chicago Cubs climbed out of last
place today for the first time since
the first week of the season by
beating the Boston Braves twice, 7
to 1 and to 2, before 21.718. Thu
victories put the Cubs in seventh
place and the Braves last.
First Game
Boston ........... 900 DOL 000-1
Chicago --....... OH 211 00x-7
Barrett, Hickory and Kluttz;
Fleming and Williams.
Second Game
Boston ...:........ 900 900 1912
Chicago ........ 200 900 11x-4
Cardoni, Klopp and Hofferth;
Passeau and Kreitner.
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lingsworth, Denny Galehouse and
Sam Zoldak, won the nightcap, 8
to 3.
Mark Christman hit his fifth
home run of the year in the first
game with the bases empty and
Frank Hayes dubbed is ninth for
the AS with George Kell aboard
in the second.
The Browns scored twice for
Jakucki in the third inning and
Christman homored against Bobo
Newsom in the fourth. He singled
behind a walk to Chef Laabs in
the sixth round and Red Hay
worth singled Laabs home.
Hollingsworth was slammed for
five runs and knocked out in the
fourth inning of the finale. Gale
house gave up two runs before
making room for a pinch hitter.
Milt Byrnes scored two st.
Louis runs against Hamlin, who
was touched for nine hits. He
singled in the second inning, took
third on a double by Christman and
scored on Hayworth's fly. In the
sixth he got another single and
Hayworth batted him in after
Christman walked.
First Game
st. Louis ......-. 002 101 000-4
Philadelphia ...... 900 600 0O0-0
Jakucki and Hayworth; New
som, Christopher and Hayes and
Garbary.
St. Louis ......... 010 DOL 010-3
Philadelphia ...... POI 220 10x-8
Hollingsworth, Galehouse, FOL
dak and Hayworth; Hamlin and
Hayes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-05
CINCI CAPTURES
2 FROM BROOKS

CINCINNATI, July A Up The
Cincinnati Reds rocked the Brook
lyn Dodgers with double defeat
today, 6 to 2 and 2 to l. Gee Wal
ker hit a four-run homer in the
fifth inning Of the opener and Ray
Mueller slashed a single to score
the game-winning run in the tenth
inning of the nightcap.
A five-run burst in the fifth in
ming extinguished any Dodger
hopes of victory in the opener. Up
to then they were leading, 2 to l..
A safe bunt, sandwiched between
two walks, set the stage for Wal
ker's jackpot homer. Before the
side was retired, Frank McCor-
mick doubled, was singled to
third and came home while the
Dodgers were fooling around with
a force play at second.
The nightcap extended Brook
lyn's losing streak to eight games.
The Reds got a run in the first
ana lllC IOOSOlS AStoAiNA'~A -
fourth. 1t went along that way
until the last of the tenth when
Woody Williams walked, went to
second on an infield out, raced to
third as Steve Mesner hit an in
field single and then scored when
Mueller hit solid single to CEN
ter.
The Reds filled the bases with
one out in the ninth but Ralph
Branca, who took over for start
ing Pitcher Les Weber In the
same inning, caused Miller to pop
and struck winning Pitcher Harry
Gumbert out.
First Game
Rrook1vn ... oil 900 000-2
Cincinnati .....-... loo ooo o UoA
Gregg, McClish, King and owen
and Bragan; Carter and Mueller.
Second Game
Brooklyn ........ Ooo luo IVY ~ !
Cincinnati .. O10 900 900 IL
Weber, Branch and Owen;
Gumbert and Mueller.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-05

On the island of Java. bicycles
are a prime means of tSansporta-
ton
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-05
RED S0X DIVIDE
TWO WITH TICS

BOSTON, July a lRl - Bobby
Doerr drove in five runs-three
with his eighth home run of the
season-to give the Boston Red
Sox a 7 to victory and an even
split with the Detroit Tigers to-
day in a holiday doubleheader be-
fore 24,195 patrons. The Tigers
took the first game, 4 to 3, to give
Hal Newhouser his 18th verdict
of the season.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-05

err to Chuck Letchas to catch LLOYD
Waner, batting for Rip Sewell, on
second and completing the play 10
Ray Heinrich at first.
Al Gerheauser gave up eisht
hits, including the three singles
in the last of the ninth, before
Charlie Schanz came to his rescue
but got credit for the win. Sewell
was charged with his fifth de.
feat.
First Game
Philadelphia ----..- O01 900 o20-a
Pittsburgh --..---- 900 100 0O1-2
Gerheauser, Schanz and Finley:
SeWell and Davis.
Second Game
Philadelphia ...... 600 900 000-n
Pittsburgh ..---- 900 202 0O4-4
Lee, Matthewson and Peacock;
Butcher and Lopez.
-V-
The Caribbean sea includes an
area of about $500 miles.
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STANDINGS
RESULTS
American League

Washington 2, 2; Chicago 0, 8.
Cleveland 3, 7; New York 1, 2.
Detroit 4, 4; Boston 3, Z.
st. Louis 4, 3; Philadelphia 0, 8
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National League

Ndt1UHaI league
Philadelphia 8, o; Pittsburgh 2, 4.
Chicago 7, 4; Boston /, 2
Cincinnati 6, 2; Brooklyn 2, 1.
st. Louis 6, 9; New York 2, /,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

conversion cost him $500.
The mechanical expert
has estimated that he'll
make about "225 miles 10
the bushel of hard coal"
What he saves on gas, he
says, will pay for the con-
version.
Mr.. Dowaii, who keeps
up with the technical as
poets of war. knows that he
isn't the first man 10 make
an automobile run on some
thing besides gas. IN Eng
land and France several
resourceful citizens have
converted to steam, so to
speak, and have fired their
cars with wood - and saw
dust 49, as well as coal.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

working out trips that peo-
pie were actually going TO
make.
His office wall is covered
with maps, showing the dis
lance and the normal trav-
cling time between cities
and from port TO port.
Racks are bright with fold
ers bearing such titles as
visit Mysterious India"
Yosemite, Garden Spot Of
America" Romantic Eng
land" and Bali, Earth's
Last Paradise"
The studio tourist. agent,
vino checked the script OF
the movie The Adventures
OF Mark Twain" had quite
a time seeing that no mis-
takes were made during the
great American hHmorist's
tour OF the world.
A Lot of digging back
into history went into this
job, because Twain made
his famous tFiHmPhsl trip
years ago when .transpor-
tation was more OF a prob
lem than il is today.
And he worked overtime
during the shooting Of the
picture, The Mas k Of
Dimitrios" because the hero
OF the piece took a steamer
from Turkey 10 Greece and
was whisked through no
less than seven different
train sequences getting
from Greece 10 Paris.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

nome of the busiest men
in Hollywood are travel
~ agents who figure out
trips that nobody ever
takes.
The workers in these
seemingly screwy tourist
bureaus are not prospects
for the insane asylum, and
the itineraries they check
are highly important to di-
rectors and the mOviegoing
public.
Suppose for example,
that the heroine OF a melton
picture is called on 10 make
a voyage-iH the film story
from San Francisco 10
Australia, or 90 by train
from Florida 10 Oregon. To
-ee certain -that-Re- beHeEs
are pulled in presenting
these journeys on the
screen. sailing schedules
and time tables have TO be
gone over carefully.
Does the liner steam from
California 10 Australia non
stop. or does il put in al
Honolulu? On a rail trip
from the southeast 10 the
northwest corner of the
which lines does The
@cler. in fancy use and
how many times, and
where does. she have 10
change?
The studio specialist has
TO know all such details,
just as though he were
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24
One Way TO Beof Rotioninq

@EVENTY- SEVEN-YEAR-
- OLD c. +. Dowall of
~ Rossford. Ohio, is plan
ming 10 drive 10 Florida
sometime this winter and,
if the OPA doesn't like il,
they can 60 fly kite.
His trip. however, will be
no violation of gas ration.
ing rules. After pondering
the problem all spring. the
Ohioan finally figured out
a way 10 beat the OPA.
He spent the summer
making over the old family
bus into a "Steamobile." A
retired engineer. Dowall
knew all the mechanical
tricks necessary TO effect
the change. Even so, the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-24

ZONE of the busiest men
u in Hollywood are travel
y agents who figure out
fps that nobody ever