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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
Draft Ruling To Take
Latin Stars From Mats
BY PAT O'BRINE

WASHINGTON, April 10. -(P)-
Their pennant chances battered
by the expected loss of a dozen or
SO Latin-Americans, owner Clark
Griffith and Manager Ossie Bluege
Of the Washington Senators reshuf-
fled makeshift lineup today for
the start of the campaign next
week.
Members of Griffith's Latin con-
tingent - Cubans, Puerto Ricans
and Venezuelans-have been noti-
fled to registed for the RAINY draft
by June IL, or go home. Most OF
the Cubans indicated they would
pack up and leave.
Griffith, 74-year-old baseball pat
riarch, had believed he had sure
pennant winner, but now he isn't
so confident. He still considers the
clubs chances good, however,
principally because of hurting
staff that seems to compare fav-
orably with any in the majors.
Bluege was frankly pessimistlc
after hearing Of the selective serv-
ice ruling. He had been counting On
Luis Suarez, Cuban, was slated
for an outfield post and third
islander, Gilberto Torres, was tag
ged for considerable duty as a
relief hurler. All three probably
will leave. Venezuelan pitchers
Alex Carrasquel and Santiago VI
rich plan to stay.
at was inevitable, I guess"
Griffith said, but we're still ready
to take our chances with the rest
OF the league"
Baseballs ';UId Fox" has been
impressed by the showing the Lat
ms have made in spring training
and is keeping scout Joe Cam
bria beating the bushes in search
of talent in Cuba. Puerto "R1co.
Mexico and points South.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
FARMERS OF EASTERN
N. c. USE SOIL LAB
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does the researcher do? He is far
from being relaxed. Instead he is
rigid under suspense until the split
potato is transformed into smooth
texture or the cows can fatten on
their own grazing land.
Willis only reward is seeing his
experiments return the verdict OF
success" He probably feels, like
a tightly corked bottle of ginger
ale, demurely holding its fizz when
he views his reward. A farmer
who thought by infection, caught
his theory like cold and came
through.
Now down to one precise case:
''Today's dreams are tomorrow
achievements. There was a day
when dairy farmers dreamed OF
absolute and sufficient feed for
their COWS, raised on thei. own
land. Now that dream is realiza.
zion. Willis, with his daughters aid
and the regional farmers conf
dence, took section of the Pc
culiar soil of eastern North Caro-
lima, added minor elements includ-
ing copper, manganese, cobalt, and
zinc, and produced soil that would
yield alfalfa, the highest quality
feed grown, which supplies the
necessary elements which cows
must have to thrive.
This 10 acre experimental alfalfa
crop, planted by A. o. McEachern
and Jack McCorley, Jr., on the
Carolina Beach road south of Will
mington, looks so cow-feed inviting
at the present, that any self-re-
specting COW would not bend his
head to Craze on the adjoining
field of rye grass, which is rec
ognized as the standard grazing
feed in this section.
It is the belief of the three men
concerned that alfalfa's possibility
of expansion is unlimited and with
in ten years every dairy farm in
eastern North Carolina will be rails
ing it's own feed This experiment
in alfalfa, if proven successfully,
will cevolutionize dairy farming, :"
Willis says.
Willis, tried to impress upon me
during an inspection of his work
that the credit of all this work
should be given to the Agriculture
Experiment Station. Well, I say sa-
Lutte to the station, but via way
of you, Mr.. Willis. Thank you, pro-
fessor, for embalming me on the
subject and letting me view the
substance.
P. S. The potentially of soil re-
search is to take land that is not
worth sowing and making it into
productive farm land.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
A. A. u. BOXING

BOSTON, April 10. -(R)- The
summary of the National A. A. U.
Boxing championships at Boston
Garden:
First round:
liz POUND CLASS
Mike O'Leary, Denver, Colo, de-
feated Alvin Freeman, St. Louis.
Jack Darthard, Kansas City, de-
feated Charles Pelasky, Ft. Sill,
Okla, Indian school,
Donald King, Washington, D. C.
defeated Joe Johnson, New Or
leans
126 POUND CLASS
Horace Tahbone, Riverside, Okla.
Indian school, defeated Philip Al
BERT, St. Louis.
Major Jones, Kansas City, de-
feated Vic Campacino, Philadel-
phia, technical knockout, third.
Tom Stenhouse, Buffalo, defeat
ed A. c. Lee, Indianapolis.
1875 POUND CLASS
George Young, USN, Davisville,
R. l.. defeated Mike Wargo, Pitts
burgh.
Joe D'Amato, Warren, Ohio, de-
efated Frank Parramore, Chester,
Pa.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
Carolina Pre-Flight
Defeats State College

RALEIGH, April 10 tR> The
Carolina Pre-Flignt Cloudbusters
defeated North Carolina State here
this afternoon, 90 in the Ration
Leagues opening baseball game.
Four Cloudbuster pitchers held
the State College players to three
hits while their team took ad-
vantage of States nine errors to
roll up the margin of victory.
Farley, fourth Cloudbuster
pitcher, hurled the last six inn
ings, giving up two hits and fan
ming seven to receive credit for
the victory.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11

owy lefthander would have had a
shutout.
The Blue Jays leaped On AL
oavery for two runs in ths third
inning and racked up another in
the sixth against Rookie Ben
Cardoni.
ST. LOUIS, April 10. - up -
out1lelder Danny Litwhiler of the
81 Louis Cardinals has besn ord
ered to Jefferson Barracks for an
army physical examination April
49, the day the Cardinals open
tnelr Major League schedule here
with Pittsburgh.
tain which caused postpQnemen1
OF Sundays second city series
game between the Red Birds ano
the Browns restricted practice to.
day to a pitchers workout under
the stands.
Pitching selections for tomorrow s
game are unchanged-Mort Coop
err and Max Lanier for the Card
lnals, Steve Sundra and Jack Kra-
mer of the Browns.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, April 1O-lR
The Detroit Tigers reached full
strength today with the arrival of
Michael (Pinky) Higgins, who
joined the squad in a Commute
workout cut short by rain. A
scheduled exhibition game at
George Field, ILL.,, was cancelled
because of wet grounds and the
workout substituted.
The Tigers break camp tomor-
row, playing exhibition games at
Louisville, Seymour and Muncie,
Ind. en- route to the home field
for a weekend with the Pitts
burph Pirates
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
Striking Groons Win
Dispute At Jamaica

NEW YORK, April TO- - (P -
Striking grooms at Jamaica won
their fight for more money today
when the state racing commission
approved a track-proposed plan
to boost purses $500 on each race,
the extra money to be used to pay
the boys who escort horses TO the
paddock.
The grooms, seeking S. for each
horse led to the paddock and Sl5
for each winner, held up Saturday S
first race half hour, and turned
today's opening event into a one
horse affair.
The betting cancellation on the
race led to a refund of S1l2,93
S65. 9O4 of which was on the daily
double.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
NEW YORK, April 10.-iR-
Sgt. Joe Smith,

NEW 1o1e1A, 1Apl IL AZ. vi
Sgt. Joe Smith,
Somewhere,
u. S. Army.
Dear Joe: They are still talking
about you in the papers. At least,
they're mentioning a second front
all the time and the last time
saw you you really had one. That's
how I knew you were in Italy, as
they kept talking about the soft
stomach we were attacking.
I'll try to give you a few high.
lights on what's been going on in
sports back here, and particularly
that the baseball schedule is SEIZED
uled to open on schedule. I really
can't tell you much about the
teams, and l don't think anybody
csc can, even the managers.
/ Some think the St. Louis Cardi-
nails will be a shoo-in in the ma
ional, and that the Yanks will do
well to finish in the first division
IN the American. Brooklyn has
been hit pretty hard, and Lippy
Leo Durocher even had decided to
play second base himself before
he broke his thumb. He is bring
ing in Dixie Walker from the out
field to play third. They have three
guys coaching Dixie, l suppose one
telling him how to field, another
how to throw, and the other ex-
planning what the first two are try
ing to tell him.
The exhibition games on the
whole have been pretty close, and
that looks like good competition
this year, regardless of the class.
If they draft the 4-effs for labor
as they are talking of doing the
races won't be close. They'll be
closed, as there wouldn't be enough
guys left to start a penny ante
game.
I don't know whether I told YOU
or not. but Utah is the unofficial
basketball champion, and the rule
have been changed to clip a few
inches off the top of these flag
pole guys who could flag a bal
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
AL SMITH MOUND
ACE OF INDIANS
BY LARRY SMITH

CLEVELAND, April TO- lR-
AL Smith was waived out Of the
National League five years ago
but today he is the Cleveland In.
dams mound ace and Manager
Lou Boudreau's choice to hurl the
season opener against the White
Sox at Chicago April 10.
At IS man isn't supposed to
be much of a pitcher but consider
Smitty's accomplishments last
year: He notched II victories and
was beaten only seven times.
Three Of the triumphs were shut
outs, two were two-hitters and
two others were four -hitters. The
aging lefthandar made the Ameri-
can Leagues all-star team without
the vote of his own manager and
at the close Of the season the
Cleveland chapter of the Baseball
Writers Association designated him
the clubs most valuable player.
The veteran has been one of the
Tribes pitching mainstays from
the day he was picked off the
scrap heap at Buffalo and has de-
monstrated one quality which is
shared by comparatively few pitch
ers-he's a fellow who beats the
good ball clubs.
"Old Porky," as his teammates
call him, turned away the Yankees
thrice in five starts last season.
He had perfect percentage over
Chicago. Detroit, Philadelphia and
Washington, and broke even in two
tries against Boston. st. Louis
was his jinx club. The Brownies
bested AL each of the four times
he appeared against them.
Smitty has lost much of his
speed but has learned how to make
the batter hit the ball he wants
him to hit The batters may get
base on balls but they won't
get the ball they're hoping for.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
Big Bill Wilson To Fight
K HaUAtArena Friday

Both Beard and Eschnan won
their last starts with knockouts
and everything points toward a
jam-up fracas. Beard, former
Golden Glove better and now the
middleweight champion of the
shipyard, iced Bruce Beck OF
Tabor City in SIS seconds two Fri
days ago. Eschman, the mauling
Marine, captured his kayo win
over clever Buddy Best in the fifth
round of their scrap.
In another fine tiff, Buddy Best
squares off with Benny Simms.
Best, who has long been a favorite
with the local boxing fans because
Of his clean cut style of fighting,
is expected to find Simms a potent
opponent. Simms, now Camp
Lejeune leatherneck, was once
Ohio Golden Glove champ and
later a professional leather singer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
ATTEMPT MADE ON
LIFE OF MEXICAN
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the president seized him and dis
armed him. The president then Or
dered the man brought to his Of
flee and himself took him by an
arm. President Avila Camacho, his
doctor who came to the palace
with him, guards and the prisoner
all rode the elevator together to
the presidential offices.
The president questioned the
man about the reasons for the at.
tempt Later the man was turned
over to military authorities and the
president continued with his list
OF appointments for the day.
The attempted assassination of
President Avila Camacho, who led
his country into war against the
Axis. was the first of its kind in
more than II years. Previously an
almost exactly similar attempt was
made against President Pascual
Ortiz Rubio when he returned from
taking his oath of office. AS he
left his car an assailant fired one
shot which wounded him in the
cheek.
Specific cause for the attack on
the president, who assumed office
Dec. !, 1910, was not Immediately
announced.
Avila Camacho is a quiet-man-
nered veteran of one of Mexico's
two major revolutions and of nu-
merous rebellions. When he took
office he was faced with the task
of uniting the country which was
badly divided by a turbulent cam
paiSn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11

Big Bill Wilson, fresh from sew
eral ring battles in Washington,
will return to the local squared
circle Friday night to meet hard
punching K o Hall at the Amer
lean Legion Arena. The walloping
Wilson made quite a hit with the
capitol city fans, and is home only
because of his having to undergo
a physical examination for the ar
my.
Hall, a strapping Camp Davis
soldier glover, reports that he feels
confident of stopping Wilmington S
pride and joy of the fistic world.
Promoter Huck Lilies, in lining
up one of Wilmington snappiest
ring shows in some while, has
carded several other mitt tossing
luminaries. The featured affray
will be setto pitting Red Beard
against George Eschman.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
BY JL'1K HAND

COLLEGE PARK, Md, April
11-.B-If you figure all-around
n;tch.ng strength is enough to tell
he story IN his third wartime
baseball year, you can orde. your
World Series tickets right now
from the Washington Senators. But
II vcu insist on an alright infield
with power al the plate, you'd bet
Ter look elsewhere.
Washington has the best paper"
pjtching staff in the American
League, Weak-hitting infield with
big gap al third base, good first
line catching and a good outfield.
The selective service commits
sions edict late yesterday that the
many Cubans and other Latin
Americans on the roster must reg
ister for the draft by June II or
hurry back to their homes changes
the outlook very little except to
widen the gap at third base.
When the lights go on again at
Griffith Stadium. the four deep
knuckle ball staff will start show
Ing the rest of the loop their own
baseball version of Marry Doats.
Dutch Leonard, Roger Wolff, Mic
KEY Hasfner and Johnny Niggeling
figure to make 43-night home
stand pretty much of nightmare
tor the opposition with their dip
sy-doodle stuff under the arcs.
Add Early Wynn, Milo Candini
and durable Alex Carrasquel and
you have the makings of real
rough pitching staff in any year.
Manager Ossie Bluege also has
Lefty Wilf~id Lefebrve, a 12-game
winner at Minneapolis and Santa
80 Ullrich, Venezuelan who star
red in the Cuban winter league.
Third base is the weak spot in
The nfield which has the veteran
Joe Kuhel back from Chicago at
first base, George Myatt at Sec
end and Johnny Sullivan at short.
Cuban Luis Suarez and Hills
Layne have been splitting the hot
corner work. Suarez proved to be
fancy fielder but there is doubt
aoout his hitting. Layne probably
will get the job although he is
troubled by milk Leg that
FauSed his discharge from the ar
my.
First Baseman Eddie Butka,
husky rookie from Springfield,
Mass, has shown promise at bat.
George Case, Stan Spence and
Roberto Ortiz from the starting
outtleld reading from left TO right.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
TRIBUNAL VOIDS
HOMEWORK LAW
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the device for swindling is an
agreement to labor. But when the
state undertakes to deal with this
specialized form of fraud, it must
respect the constitutional and
statutory command that it may
not make failure to labor in dis
charge of debt any part OF a
crime. 1T may not directly or in
directly command involuntary
servitude, even if it was volun-
tarily contracted for"
In another case, the court ruled
8 to 0 (Chief Justice Stone not
participating that the National
Labor Relations board could order
company to bargain with a
union which had lost its majority
among the firms employees att
er the company "wrongfully" re-
fused to bargain.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
Meet Quake
Nine In G0ldsb0r0 TODAY

Seeking their first victory Of the
season. the determined New Han
over High Wildcats encounter the
Goldsboro Earthquake baseball
team in Goldsboro this afternoon.
The Cats have dropped contests to
Whiteville, Raleigh and Wilson.
The locals are not expected to
find the shedding too easy in this
afternoons engagement, as the
Quakes will field team bolstered
by several holdovers from their
last seasons nine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
Winchell Files Suit
Against Congressman
For $250,000 Damages

NEW YORK, April 10.-LR,-Wal-
ter Winchell, colunlnist and radio
commentator, today filed suit in
federal court here for $3.50, 00C
damages against Rep. Claire E.
Hoffman (R-Mich.)
The suit was based on an article
purportedly signed by the Con-
gresham and published in the
Marcellus (Mich.) News.
The complaint, filed by former
Representative Loring r. Black as
attorney, declared that the article
held Winchell up to public scorn,
hatred, ridicule, contempt, shame
and disgrace"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11

ATLANTIC CITY. N. j., April 10
.p,-The New York Yankees an.
.,nnced today that two star mem.
,.rs Of its championship team Of
,... vear-pitchers Spud Chandler
\ Ernie Bonham-would join the
Rub this week
Roth have been accepted for
,o;Ijtary services though neither
..s been assigned an induction
da.e.
ATLANTIC CITY, April 10-tR-
T., a bleak contest that resembled
~ Faster Monday egg rolling con-
az, more than it did a baseball
~, .ne involving two major league
i sr the New York Yankees
,s s, downed the New York
Giants cS, ) to 4. Each team got
seven mis-.
Tuck Stainback, playing right
sod for the American Leaguers,
.isnned cut a single and a three.
nm homer off Lefty Cliff Melton
T,p latter came in the second
inning,
Bill Zuber, making his 1914
debut pitched six innings for the
vanks and yielded three of the
Giants runs when Hugh Luby
bomerad with two on in the sixth.
WILMINGTON, Del, April 10
-7-Southpaw Ken Raffensberger
p;tched three-hit game to guide
he Phillies to a 81 victory over
NE Boston Braves today.
And except for a wild throw
by Charley Letchas, giving the
Braves an unearned run, the Will
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11

An Earthquake horsehider ex-
pected to give the Cats a great
deal of trouble is pitcher Buddy
Keen. A small highlander, Keen
boasts sharp-breaking curve and
held Kinston to two hits in his
last start of the '43 season. Another
Earthquake mainstay is Ray York,
their tall shortstop who starred On
the Quake baseball team.
The Wildcats starting lineup is
bit uncertain. as Coach Shuny
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
WATER PUMPAGE
HERE INCREASES
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gates at TONERS creek. Placed 2
sewer cleanouts, lowered 2 valve
boxes, located valves at 18th and
Market and 18th and Wright SITS.
Removed pump piping from we'll
at 4th and Greenfield streets. Made
3 special Investigations. Repaired
pavement at sink over sewer main.
Lowered l IL inch main in Meares
St. west from 18th ST., $50 #. Re-
moved recording gage and con-
nection from 9th and Dawson SITS.
Repaired pavement at Front and
Queen Sts., over sewer lateral. Set
meter box. Started building the
line to Riverside Apartments and
set one inch meter thereon. Sc:
one inch meter at Maffitt village.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
Sens Haze Good PITCHING
But Rather Weak L1feLd

Case and Spence are followers and
Ortiz was purchased by Clark
Griffith from Montreal where he
hit .304. Jake Powell is the other
fielder.
To handle the knuckle ball
throWners, Griff brought Rick Fer
rell back from the St. Louis
Browns. Rick figures to do most
of the catching although Mike
Guerra, stocky Havana native
with minor league experience, has
impressed as the No. 2 man.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
DAVIDSON Wildcats Meet
Catawba Indians Today

DAVIDSON, April 10. -P)- The
Davidson Wildcats will open their
1914 baseball campaign tomorrow
against the Catawba Indians on
Richardson Field here.
Russ Bennett, starting first base
man. has been lost to the team.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
PRESIDENT OFF
FOR VACATION
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cy arises which would compel him
to return at an earlier date
Those who habitually examine
every Washington development for
some hidden significance looked
at today's announcement to de-
termine its bearing on the
Churchill Roosevelt conference
speculation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11
WEATHER
Eastern Standard Time)

(B: U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the "a hours
ending 7:30 pm, yesterday.
Temperature
1870 am, IS, 7:30 am, So, 1870 pm, IT,
1880 pm, SO. -,
Maximum 80, Minimum So Mean II,
Normal 81.
Humidity
1:30 am, 90, 1880 am, 100, 1:30 pm, 81
1880 pm, rs.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 7:3o pm'
0.89 inches.
Total since the first of the MONTH
1872 inches.
Tides For Today
From the Tide Tables published oy
II. S. Coast and Geoeetic Survey
High Low
,v;1r,ino ton ----- LISA 6:4Sa
" 6:43p
Masonboro Inlet --------- 9:l9a o'oIa
gap 3:32p
Sunrise. 5:46 am, Sunset, 6:4o p.m.'
Moonrise. 9:33 pm, Moonset, 7:4o am.
WASHINGTON, April 10. - up -
Weather bureau report of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending 3
pm. in the principal cotton growing
areas and elsewhere:
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-04-11

Britain stated that he may make
several changes in an effort to sti1
up some work.
Probable lineup:
WY NFTNCTnN
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-27
Cation Paintings
10 BE Definitely
Smaller for 1911

t'iir-c Station. Raleigh. April -
-lhHlrI'tpnS pUi"t tu a definite de-
L'i>r ~ IA" cotton acreage in North
''r"'.na III 1914. varying from 10
F'i,'hl ON some farms tu as mitch
., %" percent on others. reports Dan
'i'I'r. Extension cotton marketing
SNrc''I'Si at State College.
i'uc in heavy rains during the last
lew weeks. many farmers are from
'.lcr io ip.r weeks behind in Tie
t'"nuiiG OF preparation Tor planting.
-. al iirm crops. The general prrr-
ace iA To- plant corn lirS; and inca
'~'I'"i. y yet. very little corn IA,
n''H planted IN some sections Jrl
we" Tess cotton says Heller. ''rucrc
'." many fields i'll Eastern and Pod
NOM 'droiina that have not bccI
prepared for seeding"
III IN" tobacco areas. the chief in
'[GSi oi the farmer is To plant lis
'.iI acreage of tobacco and Ia grow
""N'f crops as time ana labor WIFI
t'rinil. reports ~iIOller.
iic points ont thai on the basis OI
present. rriccS. tobacco is much more
P'niIiiplC than cotton. "1nc land
.'ru can SIN make muucv from cot
.oh nui very little can hC made by
N~n'h'S. especially if they haze TO
nmI'G" pIcEcrS III harvesting the crop"
iI"iIct says. II talked with u tenant
''ai week who said that he had 10
"S' ABOUT $4,000 of his tobacco
Ing"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-27
GIN, LEE RETURNS
FROM WAR TUEATEE

plni. April 27.-Naj. Cen. Vii
lam [. Ice has arrived safely in
"'I country from overseas and will
.'''' Immediately To his home here
10, rest ard recovery.
nth'ral Lee suffered severe heart
Sr,.''N' recently while or duty in tho
""Iopran thcatcr Of operations. His
",,tndinE pvSician States that chan
w.. Ior his ultimate recovery are good
I"' 'la' complete quiet and rest will
w required FOR several weeks. II Is
wv expected that General Lee viii
~ permitted visitors for the present.