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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-26
ENCOURAGING START

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-LP-
Treasury officials, saying reports
indicate the sixth war loan has
gotten off to an encouraging start,
announced today that bond sales to
individuals reached $3.50, 100000 on
Friday.
Much credit for the campaigns
surge toward the $4,000, 900, 900
goal, the treasury said, is due the
100000 volunteer bonds statesmen.
Meanwhile, the initial viewing in
Washington of B-29 Superfortress
was considered a forecast of tho
throngs who will turn out for SINH
lar war bond visits of the giant.
Tokyo-blas sting planes to number
Of other cities.
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JAPANESE TRANSPORT
CONVOY DESTROYED
Continued from Page One)

H.. pinamopoan and Capoocan
lux u... on Carigara Bay, of Japa-
49, ste who infiI,rated there to ha-
ross American rear areas.
The ground situation in Leyte's
ormoc corridorw as static, the
VI oanm,mioue said. American
Sonahbovs cleared the Japanese
from heights east of Ormoc road,
md Nd yank artillery heavily pound
ed japanese artillery positions.
six more japanese planes were
DESTROYED during the assaults on
the Leyte area.
American ground troops, who
have occupied and pushed through
blasted Limon, we're assaulting
Japanese strongpoints IN nearby
mountains.
The U. S. Bind division drove
south from Limon against enemy
opposition deprived 81 some 5000
Nipponese troops which W e : e
aboard a convoy destroyed off
Masbate island, northwest of Ley
te Friday by Yank airmen.
The japanese controlled Ma
Mia radio said 80 American car
rier.borne planes hit Manila a n d
nearby Clark Field yesterday, and
also reported attacks on Lipa and
Batangas airdromes on southern
Luzon island. The report. uncon-
tirlned, a d antiaircraft gun S
brought down two of the planes.)
Seventeen Japanese vessels were
destroyed or damaged, including
tive destroyers sunk, in Allied air
forays reported in yesterday S
headquarters communique while SO
enemy planes were destroyed in
the air and on the ground. This
toll was taken in aerial strikes
from Masbate to Celebes island
and the Bismarck-Solomons area.
The communique listed only four
Allied planes lost.
Bombers smashed Japanese air.
fields and installations with 259
tons Of explosives in the air at
tacks. The heaviest blow was de-
llVered against the Bacolod air
ofome on Negros island, west of
leyte, VIII ere 146 tons were
dropped. One American bomber
was lost there.
The American fighter bomber
attack on the enemy convoy off
Masoate resulted in two of h e
nfee transports being sunk and
me third set on fire and beached.
me communique said $500 of the
eOOO soldiers aboard the vessels
were killed, and that the escorting
destroyer was sunk with all hands
aboard.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-26
GOVERNORS MEET
HEADED BY KERR

ovr Miss, Nov. 25.-- Up -
blnn or Robert S. Kerr OF Okla
eovel- Vas named chairman of the
hoh gsor ~ Governors conference
s0u'"t +oday in a session at which
here ,sonfatives of II states pledg-
repf H. solid south in development
ed 10 region's natural resources,
Of u. IN, lalents and War-encour-
nod ned industries"
sgea ,ornor Kerr, keynote speaker
u NV conference and also at the
at .at National convention of the
recsncrafic party, succeeds Gov
a asror Prentice Cooper OF Tennes-
'se eooner said in a luncheon ad !,
CoOp hat "the SO per cent rail
dress ~ rate discrimination in the
trel ss now is being reviewed by
sou'i1 1, 4 Commerce Com
the .; n,,~ and probably will be act
nl {, nnon fagorably before Christ
ed up0l Come was author Of the
mas :s,+ rate plank in the demo-
fFelsn n nartv nadonal platform.
cfaa' hi p'' Remote address Gov.
NJ ' named as detectives OF the
Kerr i. ,r development of our
conle o5onortunities for employment
own . Vpp service men and wo-
nen and he rank and m fill file o 0f ci IT.
5 5n,5risI possibilities to improve
a a .+sndard Of living OF our peo-
me ne. amt and full utilization OF the
PIE, ,r.l advantages of geography,
h hs. and air transportation, and
SEA FAY favorable climatic conditions
nlgtf p rive industry within our
E En,ir an advantage in serving
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-26
Former ENJOY To China
ARMIES To Make Report

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-lR-
Vlarence E. Gauss, former Am
ehcan ambassador to China, ar
.lFea today to report to acting
secretary of State Stettinius and
PRESIDENT Roosevelt on the situa-
non in Chungking.
Meanwhile, it was understood
mat mat Chinese approval Of Presi-
osn' Roosevelt's choice of Maj.
oeA' Patrick ]. Hurley to replace
.a1Ss is due from Chungking
early next week.
Gauss lesigned at about the
mne as Gen. Joseph W. Ailwell
S nas recalled from the China
s buana command. Hurley has
wen IN China for several months
s a. personal representative of
f'esldent Roosevelt.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-26

England in 1924 was the first
country to organize society for
the prevention OF cruelty to ami
mails.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-26

Wilton E. Hall (above), editor,
and publisher of the Anderson IS.
~ Independent and Daily Mail,
has been appointed to tn United
States senate to fill out the unex-
pred term of the late Senator FL
hson d. Cotton Ed Smith. APP
polntment was made by Gov. Olin
ID. Johnston who defeated Smiths
bid for reelection in the state
Democratic Primary last summer.
Johnston will take his seat in the
Senate for the full term Jan, 20,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-26

Ill II the baby has grown to high
, ,iaF stage, use some washable
snp covers for his chair pad to
tba .,pili5 he cleaning up job if
.-eIe IS Mishap at feeding time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-16
VIC CHEZZI TOPS
GOLF MEET FIELD
BY FRITZ HOWELL

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y, June
Is III Sergeant Vic Ghezzi
tall, bronzed army non-com. from
Deal, N. j., paced a field of liz
starters through the first 10 holes
of the $13,338 New York Red
Cross golf tournament today with
a dfive-under par 81, fashioae
with a course-record 80 on the back
nine.
The 1912 P G. A. Champion,
stationed at an Atlantic City hospi-
tai as an instructor in the army
reconditioning program for wound
ed veterans, matched par on the
first nine of Wykagyls tricky and
narrow 6512 yard course Then he
blazed down the stretch with five
brides on the last nine-two OF
them would have been eagles had
four-foot puts dropped.
was just hitting 'em on the
nose all the way Ghezzi said as
he finished the round which gave
him a two-stroke edge over Byron
Nelson, pre-tour71ey favorite from
Toledo, Ohio. Ghezzi played with.
out a practice round over the rug
ged layout, getting his 81 on his
first tour of the course.
Nelson, defeated by Ghezzi on
the 38th hole of the finals for the
1871 PIG. A. crown, played steady
golf to get his second-piace So. He
missed par on only one hole, the
fourth, and shared four brides, all
on puts of less than a yard, to go
three under even figures.
Back of the two leaders, with
7Os, came Frank Strazza of Green
wich, Conn, and Ziggie Mellon of
Bronxville, N. Y.
Six players were bracketed at
II, including veteran Gene Sarazen
Of Dareen Conn.,, who had a 80
on the par IS back nine despite an
out-of-bounds ball on the last hole;
and jug Mcspaden of Philadelphia,
heavy money winner of the winter
tour, who hit two out of the park
on the 18th but still matched par
on the stretch drive.
Others in the II class were An
drew Lapola of Paterson, N. j.;
Bill Kaiser of Louisville, KY; Bud
Lewis, Philadelphia's P.G.A. and
open king; and Mike Turnesa of
White Plains, N. Y.
Sam Byrd Of Detroit, winner of
last weeks $17,50O open at Phila-
delphia wound up in an eight-way
tie at "a, soaring to 40 coming
home after a three-under par go
ing out. His fellow townsman, pub
lie Linkster Ed Furgol. also had a
"a to tie with Ensign Neil E. White
of Port Chester, N. Y, for the
amateur lead.
The field plays another 18 to-
morrow, f-om which the 60 low
scoring professionals and Is anna
terus will battle it out through 18
hole rounds Saturday and Sunday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-16
WASHINGTON NIPS
YANKEES, T02

GRIFFITH STADIUM, Washing
on. June IS. - Up - Southpak'
Mickey Haefner scattered New
FORKS seven blows as Washirr~-
on edged out the Yankees, 5 to 2,
before 10,0S9 spectators tonight. It
vas the Senator's third win in the
:our-game series with the New
Workers.
The Senators clipped Joe Page
or eight blows, including triple
~ Roberto Ortiz, Cuban outfield-
II, that netted two runs in the
.ixth. Ortiz came home on wild
bitch a minute later.
The Yankees also scored in the
Iixth wher George Stirnweiss walk
ID and circled the sacks on john
~ LindeI's three Dagger, his
bird blow of the game.
New York's final run came In
he eighth on successive doubles
~ Bud Metheny and Rollie Hens
ey.
New York --- 900 Dol 010-2 7 o
Washington - 600 o03 00x-3 8 o
Page, Turner and Hemsley;
5aefner and Terrell.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-16
Red Sox Trim AS 81
To Move Nearer Bro1ur1s

Bob johnson set off the fire
works by betting his fourth homer
of the year and, after bobby Do
err doubled and Manager Joe Gro
min walked, Skeeter Newsome
tripled.
Hughson also. limited the Ath'
letics to six hits but kept them
we'll scattered except in the fifth
frame, when Irwin Hall poked out
a Texas Lacquer, gained second On
an infjeld out and scored on Rock
lie De Rullo's single.
Pete Fox and Hal Wagner, who
have ailing legs were forced to
sit out the triumph and Tommy
Mcbride and Bill Conroy, the third
string catcher, replaced them. At
ter the game, the Seekers entrain-
ed for a series in Washington and
Philadelphia. They are due back
in Fenway on June %.
Philadelphia - 600 01O 000-1
Boston ------- 100 103 00x-5
Harris and Hayes; Hughson and
Conroy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-16
SPORTS TRAIL

come : lately tournament can
match, and that is tradition.
That always has been its
forte, as from the angle Of
prize money it is something
Of small potatoes.
The real prize for the win
ner Of the open, were he a pro,
was the chance to cash in on
exhibitions, endorsements and
other by-products of the fleet
ing fame.
With the prize money today
reaching us1heard of amounts
the pros are liable to get the
idea some other tournament,
such as George Mays Cir
Gus, is The tournament, tradi-
ton regardless.
Amatuers Under Control
Naturally the U.S.G.A. will
continue to control the anna
teurs, and we cannot imagine
another organization or indi-
vidual successfully promoting
a National Amateur, or de-
string to promote one for that
matter.
With the exception of the U.
S.G.A. national evnts, tourna-
ments are rated in importance
by the amount of the prize
money, the same as horse
races are rated by the size Of
the purse and prize fights by
the gate.
The U.S.G.A. has one sure
way to bring its national open
back to the top. That is to
make the prize money exceed
that of any other tournament.
And another thing is equally
sure: The U.S.G.A. will do no
such thing. Why, that's moth
ing but so-did commercialism.
The prestige for the winner
should be enough, although
the pros would probably swap
you a pocketful OF prestige for
a $4,000 or $4,000 first prize,
in cash.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-16
TENNIS TOURNEY
GETS UNDER WAY

CLINTON, S. c., June 15.-(F-
Herbert Quay Of St. Petersburg
Fla, Bob Galloway Of Due West
S. c., and Oliver Roddey of Char
lotte, c., won second round mat
ches to step out ahead Of the field
as play began today in the south
ern junior tennis championship.
Quay defeated John Crosland Of
Charlotte, 6-2, rs, Galloway defeat
ed Bill Slack of Henderson, N. C..
and Roddey trimmed Tom Lukens
Of Atlanta, Ga.
Wade Herren Of Birmingham
seeded first, and Tom Malloy, the
only other junior seeded, will gel
into action tomorrow.
First round results included:
Richard Causey of Birmingham de-
feated Heath Alexander, Charlotte
Ga, 8-6; Lendie Keesler, Charlotte
defeated Ben Hagood, Charleston
81, 81, and Clare Daper Spartan
burg, defeated John Prizer, South
ern Pines, N. c., 81, 6-2.
In the boys division first rounO
Fred Jacobs of Clinton defeated
Don Merritt, Memphis, ga, 6-3;
Charles Fowler, Atlanta, defeated
Robert Mcleod, st. Petersburg;
Richard Mouledous, New Orleans
defeated second-seeded Jim Gross
nickle, Columbus, Miss, 6-3, 60.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-16
CARDINALS SELL
CUMBERT TO REDS

ST. LOUIS, June 15.-tR-Pitch-
er Harry Gumbert has been sold
to the Cincinnati Beds by the St.
Louis Cardinals for an unannoun-
ced sum. No other player was in
volved in the deal.
The transaction came as a sur.
prise as Gumbert has been a win
ming pitcher for the Cards since
he joined the team in 1941. The
Cardinals are already below the
summer limit Of Is players.
Gumbert won 10 and lost five
last year. So far this season he
has chaIked up four victories, los.
ing two. His latest success was a
4 to l, six-hit victory over Gin
cinnati last Sunday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-16
Bv WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, June IS M -
We sometimes wonder whether
or not the United States Coli
association, now virtually in 4
state Of suspended animation,
will be able to gather up all the
loose ends after the war and
resume operations with the
same prestige it always has
enjoyed.
Prestige as it concerns its
tournaments, that is, since
while the U.S.G.A. with every
good intention suspended its
national tournaments immedi-
ateIy after we entered the war,
privately sponsored events
have been gaining in momen-
tum.
The U.S.G.A. theory is that
any national tournament today
is not representative since
possible winners are unable to
compete because Of service
connections, and this in a
sense is true, although you
practically can count on your
fingers the absentee players
whom you would give any kind
Of a chance to win.
Baseball Crowns Champs
The other side Of that pic
ture is that major league base
ball is continuing and world
champions are crowned despite
the fact some teams that con-
ceivably might be contenders
are SO weakened by player
losses their chances are negli-
gible. Maybe the World Series
winner isn't a normally repre-
sentative team, but it is a
representative wartime team
and the winner of national
golf tournament now would be
a representative war TIME
champion.
The National Open, Of course,
has something that No Johnny
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-16

Unbeaten Shipyard Nine
PLAYS Air Base Tonight

Having barely edged the Blue.
thenthal Air Base baseball team
out by a 4-3 margin in ten innings
Tuesday, the undefeated Shipyard
nine encounters the strong Airmen
outfit in return engagement al
the American Legion Stadium at
$3.50 tonight.
Tuesdays contest was a hard
fought thriller. and the Boatbuild.
ers came extremely close to suffer
ing their first setback of the sea.
son. The surprising Airmen battled
the Yarders on even terms
throughout the entire fracas, sc
tonight's tilt should be another hot
ly contested game.
Howard Amman, ace Highlander
for the Airmen, scattered eight
blows in the recent meeting and
will likely start on the hill for the
Bluethenthal boys tonight.
Lefty Louis Cheshire, the Ship.
yards plump portsider, will be or
the mound for the boat manufac
turers, Manager Vic Sorrell an
nouncsd last night. Sorrell stated
that he hopes to cool off the hot
Airmen batting attack with the
chunky curveballer's slants. Ches,
hire has been on the slab but once
this season, this appearance being
against the Seymour johnson Fisld
aggregation. During the six and
two-thirds frames he hurled, Ches-
hire did not allow single base hit.
The remainder of the Shipyard
line up will be as it has been in
recent games.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-16
YANK TROOPS HIT
SAIPAN UNDER FIRE
Continued from Page One)


! Guam, the latter base captured
by the Japanese from an American
garrison early in the war.
Then, yesterday Nimitz announc.
ed that American warships had
turned their guns on Tinian and
Saipan in a heavy bombardment
Monday.
Saipan, first objective of Ameri-
can forces in what probably is the
beginning of campaign to gain
control of the Marianas group of
Is islands, has an area of Y square
miles and is described as relative
ly flat and ideal for operation of
air bases.
Possession of such bases would
place American bombing planes
within striking range of the Jap
anese homeland, for most big
planes could easily fly out to ia.
pan and return to a base in the
Marianas.
AS a naval base Saipan would be
of little worth.
The text of Pacific fleet commu-
nique No. 40, announcing the in
| vasion:
Operations for the seizure of
Saipan island in the Marianas
group have been initiated by strong
Pacific ocean areas forces.
Assault troops have effected
landings on Saipan island, follow
ing intensive preparatory bonn
bardment of Saipan, Tinian, Pagan
Guam, and Rota islands by car
rier-based aircraft and by por-
ton of the battleships, cruisers and
destroyers of the Pacific fleet.
Landings are being continued
against strong opposition under
cover of supporting bombardment
Initial reports state our casualties
by our air and surface forces.
are moderate"
The American forces were de-
scribed by their commander, Vice
Adm. Richmond Kelly Turner, as
the most experienced amphibious
war fleet in the world. He told war
correspondents prior to the land
ing that this thrust into Japan's.
inner defense lines was designed
to destroy Saipan as an enemy base
and convert it to Allied use. Will
liam Worden, Associated Press war
correspondent with the expedition
airy forces, reported the press con-
ference.
In invading Saipan, Turner'S for
ces vaulted far beyond Truk, ma
jor enemy base in the central
Caroline islands. When a firm hold
is established on Saipan, it will
place American forces 675 miles to
the rear (west) of Truk. Guam,
southernmost of the Marianas, also
would be outflanked.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-16
S0X'S Jim DYKES
IS SENT TO BED

CHICAGO, June 15.-R-Mana-
ger Jimmy Dykes of the Chicago
White Sox has been ordered to bed
"for a couple of days. by his
physician and will not accompany
the team to Cleveland tomorrow.
he said.
The colorful Sox skipper suffer.
ed dizzy spells earlier this week
Last night he was confined to his
hotel while the Sox lost to St
Louis at Comiskey Park. Dykes
said his doctors report attributed
the illness to liver condition.
Coach Harold Muddy" Rue
will handle the club during thu
three-game Cleveland stay anG
Dykes probably will rejoin thu
team Monday at st. Louis. h
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-16

Everything is in readiness for
the wrestling show at ITALIAN Hall
tonight, Promoter Bert causey an
nounced last night. Causey added
that he expects tonight's perform
ance to bring new high in mat
fireworks The return bouts be-
tween Black Jack Hader and John
Mauldin should offer Wilmington
graphing patrons everything in the
bone bending book.
Hader won a most unpopular de-
cision over Jolting John last Fri
day when tho referee interfered
with the battle and enabled the
rowdy Hader to pin Mauldin. Maui
din, who was Infatuated at the YER
dict, demanded return engage
ment, so Promoter Causey arrang-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-16
HUSTLINC BUGS
NIP REDS, l TO 0

CINCINNATI, June IS. -R- A
ninth-inning single by Bob Elliott,
a forcepiay and Tommy De La
Cruz only walk of the day gave
the Pittsburgh Pirates a 10 vic.
tory over Cincinnati today to null
lily the lanky Cuban's otherwise
four-hit pitching.
Until the ninth, De La Cruz par.
celed out just two safeties, to Jim
Russell in the fourth and to Max
Butcher, his opposing moundsman,
in the sixth. Butcher got his Sc
cond single to open the ninth and
was victim of the forceout as JeeI
Handley tried to sacrifice. Hand
ley advanced as Jim Russell walk.
ed and scored on Elliott's single.
The Reds, who lost three of four
games to st. Louis and two of their
three with the BUGS, blew several
scoring chances while racking up
eight hits off Butcher.
In the first, with one away, Dain
Clay singled, waited as Max Mar
shall struck out, then started to
steal but was run down. Two sin
giles netted nothing either in the
fifth or sixth, while in the seventh,
Eddie Miller opened with a double
that missed by inches being a
homer, advanced to third as Ray
Mueller grounded, but was left
stranded as De La Cruz tapped to
the plate and Woody Williams
bounced.
Pittsburgh -----000 900 001-l
Cincinnati ---000 900 1000
Butcher and Camelli; De La
Cruz and Mueller.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-16
MnuLdin And Hader Meet
In Return Bout Tonight

ed for the two gladiators to meet
in tonight's main went.
The large crowd Of limb twisting
addicts that damned old ITALIAN
for last Fridays show was eager
for popular Mauldin to get another
crack at the BLACK jack. AL
factors point toward bang-up mug
MASKING bee.
In the semi-final battle on the
card, Dick Lever, a newcomer, col
lidee with Chief Little Beaver, the
rough and ready redskin. Lever,
a powerful grappler who is report
ed to be at home in anybody S
back yard, should give the big
chief a stormy night of it.
Doors at the Hall will open at
7:15, with the entertainment getting
under Way at $3.50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-16
SECURA DEFEATS
METER M'MANIS

DETROIT, June Is H. Top
seeded Francisco Segura of Coral
Gables. Fla, swept into the semi
finals of the national clay courts
:ennis championships here today
With a 90, SO, Ga victory over
Jack McManis, unseeded, OF Los
Angeles.
It was Segura's third successive
,traight-set victory in the tourna-
nent
Ralph Dilley Of Cleveland also
reached the semi-finals, defeating
Wendell Chaplin, Bay City, Mich.
So, 60, 81.