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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1944-08-31

daughter have been visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. How
ell.
Mrs. Ashley Howell is visiting
relatives at Mayoden this week.
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WAR BONDS will buy the
bombs to blast the Axis!
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Mill Creek News

Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Bohemian
er and sons, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Boadenhamer's mother, Mrs.
Kate Howell, of Todd.
Miss Kathleen Howell has re-
turned home after visiting rela-
tives at Mayoden.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Hoyse have
been spending their vacation
here. Mrs. Hoyse is the former
Miss Alma Howell.
Miss Mary Howell, who is en-
ployed in Asheville, spent some
time with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. E. Howell, recently.
Miss Opal Scott and Miss Ven
tia Howell spent several days
with some friends in West Jeffer-
son. last week.
Mrs. Noah Myers and small
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with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William GRAPHICAL.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anvil Greer and
Mr.. Junior Osborne are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Luke Osborne.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-04
300 Were Fingerprinted |
Here During Decembe-

A total of 300 persons were fin
ger-printed by the New Hanover
County Bureau of Identification in
December, according to a report
from Superintendent Harry Fales
to the Board of County Commits
sioners Monday afternoon.
One fatal highway accident and
ere fatal shooting were photo
graphed by the county bureau and
placed on file for further refer
ence..
Twenty robberies and breakings
were called to the attention of the
bureau. Latent prints were lifted.
photographs and other evidence
was filed in the New Hanover
county office in the courthouse.
Two hundred persons were fin
ger-printed and photographed and
copy sent to the Federal Bureau
of Investigation at Washington,
where they were placed on file.
According to the report, 30 per-
sons were finger-printed for civil
service. 20 for personal identifi-
cation and provided with identif-
eaton cards.
Fifty records were made in con-
nection with defense workers, in
Guiding taxi drivers, and a copy
forwarded to Washington to be
placed in civilian defense files.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-04
Duke Quintet Begins
Drills For Contests

DURHAM, Jan. 3.-(P-Coach
Gerry Gerard's Blue Devil cagers,
back home after their trip to New
York, went through an intensive
drill on defense and foul shoot.
ing this afternoon preparing for
two meets This week.
On Wednesday night the Dukes
will stage their first double-head.
er of the year. The Junior Varsi.
ty will meet the Army Finance
School from Wake Forest at 7 o.
clock. followed at $3.50 by the fea.
ture, which will pit the varsity
Devils against the Norfolk Naval
Air Base. Both games will be play
ed in the Duke gymnasium.
The game with the Cherry Point
Marines, originally scheduled to
be played on January II, will be
played Saturday night of this
week, January 8.
The Duke Juniors have already
beaten the Wake Forest crew once
this year, 1910.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-04
90 Cases Docketed
For Hearing Monday

Ninety-two cases were docketed
for hearing in Recorders Court
Monday morning, most of which
were traffic violations and New
Years celebrants.
Thomas Switzerland, white,
charged with trespassing and
damage to property, was given a
six-month sentence by Judge Win
field Smith, which was suspended
on condition that Switzerland re-
mains away from his wife and
not modest her in any way for two
years.
P. w. Fisher, charged with driv-
ing a motor vehicle during revo-
cation period, was continued and
placed under a bond of $3.50.
William Brown, Negro, charged
with carrying a concealed weapon,
was continued until January 4.
Bond was set at 500.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-04
FORMER CRIDDER
GETS HIGH POST

NEW DELHI, Jan. 3.-LP)-Maj
Gen. Daniel Isom Sultan, So, who
once played football on the same
team at West Point with Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower, has beer
appointed Deputy Commander il
Chief of U. S. Army Forces If
China, Burma and India under 1t
Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell. it was
announced tonight.
He is. the first Obi Deputy
Commander.
Gen. Sultan, a native of Oxford
Miss, was in command of U. S.
Army troops in Nicaragua in 1925
and 1880 and directed relief acti.
vities during the earthquake Of
March, 1881.
He was officer in charge of con.
struction and maintenance of for.
tifications on Corregidor, Caballc
and Grande Islands in the Philip
pines in 1916.
He served on the general staff
in Washington, D. c., in 1888
and was ordered overseas with
the A. E. F. for a short period
following the first World War.
Other assignments sent him to
Savannah, Ca, and Chicago as
district engineer, to Fort Logan,
Colo. to command the Second U.
S. Engineers and to Schofield Bar
racks, Hawaii, as head of the 22nd
Infantry Brigade.
Gen. Sultan was awarded the
Distinguished Service Medal "as
chief Of the personnel section in
the office of the executive assist
ant to the chief of staff of the
Army during the war and the de-
mobilization" and received the
Oak Leaf Cluster for exception
ally meritorious and distinguished
services in Nicaragua. He was
also awarded the Nicaraguan
Presidential Medal of Merit.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-04
SPORTS TRAIL

NnW 1ohh' JAM -49-Branch Hickey puts on his
worry wig and warns baseball it will have to show sgns
lite or pro football will run it right out of it's own parks
But somehow we can't get too alarmed over this stormy
weather forecast. ~ 'O1A4'
Mr.. Hickey visions numerous stout nro 1eaoues sca+-
tered over the country playing sxmon seasons with COL
ege boys dreaming of football careers instead of signing
up Win tne 1anks and the sports fans more interested in
two on the ooyard line than pair right back of third base
Now baseball had poor year in 1913 while pro foot
ball nad Dts pest year. and this comparison probably nue
ce Mr. K1ckey IN the taking of his view with alarm at
ntuoe. however 1913 was anything but normal year
and certain circumstances make the comparison mislead
ing.
Cost OF the minor baseball leagues were forced to fold
because ol lack OF anpower transportation difficulties
and sudy reasons The major clubs were not up to normal
because OF the demands the armed services and
the mahpower losses included the outstanding individual
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-04
",dener Handicap Race
Weights Are Announced

MIAMI. Fla, Jan. 3-lRAH. B.
Lufos lrish-bred Princequillo, a
refugee from Europe, has been as.
S.gned top-weight Of 126 pounds for
me running of the $4,000 added
Wldener Handicap at Hialeah
Park March q.
The little horse will give away
pounds to such contenders as Mrs.
Al sabath's Great Alsab, in at 1913,
and Townsend B. Martins fast
Stepping Bolingbroke, at 1874 the
Second-weighted nominee.
Racing Secretary Charles Nc
Lehman let in Calumet farms
Ocean Wave at 121 pounds for the
mile and one-quarter trial and
grouped in the 120-pound bracket
Inc well-regarded Marriage, the
Imported Founders and the al
Ways-dangerous Sun Again.
Charles S. Howard's' Holland.
one Of the turf's big money-win-
iiiers, drew ia pounds-11th on
me weight list.
Inc roster of So horses nominal
"a may be trimmed January 20
because of the requirement Of
sioo eligibility payment at that
-V-
me ore rutile is the source of
l.dhium, used in the manufacture
u pants and as an alloying agent
II steel and other metals.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-04
LARGEST AIR FORCE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-lR-The
United States now has 1.-The world S
largest air force" manned by an
Army of 1885, 600 officers and men
General H. H. Arnold reported to-
day.
The Army Air Forces chief gave
an accounting of the tremendous
strength of American aviation and
it's operations in report similar
to the recent summary of Army
activities by General George C.
Marshall, chief of staff
Arnold did not disclose the num-
Der of planes in operation by the
Air Forces, but ne said that "some
conception of the size of the Army
Air Forces may be gained from
the recent statement of Robert A.
Lovett, assistant secretary of war
for air, that over one half of the
Arny's entire production in 1914
will be aircraft and it's equipment"
He noted that in November 1913,
appr Ultimately $500 planes were
producted in this country, as COM
pared with 5,013 during the preced-
ing January and then added:
cat the same time these gains
in numbers were made, greater
gains have been made in the size
of plans produced and in their
quality as fighting weapons.
During the next Is months, Ar
mold reported, the War Production
Board schedule calls for the man.
ufacture of $4,000 planes. These
will be heavier and more elabor-
ately equipped than those now in
the air. The weight of h e avy
bombers to be produced in the
next 10 months will exceed that of
all types of planes produced il the
first year and half Of war, Ar
mold said.
There was an intimation in his
report that the new B-29, now in
production, will be only one OF
super-bomber types to come.
Arnold recalled his statement of
a year ago that the BIZ and BIZ
were perhaps the last Of the
''small' bombers, that newer and
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-04
Wildcat Courteers Battle
53rd. Coast Artil-
lery Tonight
BY BILL McILWAIN

New Hanover High schools clas-
sy hardwood aggreg cation will open
up its 1914 court competition by
taking on a clever 53rd. Coast Ar
tillery five in the high school
gym at 7:3O tonight.
The Wildcat basketeers. who
have won one tiff and lost one in
the still youthful season, are ex-
pected to be throughly tested in
tonight's affray as the crazy SOL
dier quint is reported to be an ex-
tremely potent outfit
Coach Rupert Bryan's charges
will be out to gain back their pres
tige after suffering a close 1920
defeat at the hands of first Air
Base court group.
The high school hoopsters are
expected to employ the same style
OF attack that has brought them
their two fine showings this year.
With the return of aggressive
whitley Aud to the lineup, the
Cats are expected to floor high
ly versatile club.
Several performers have stood
out for the Hanoverian cagers in
their two tiffs, and the team ay-
pears to possess a we'll rounded
scoring punch. Much off the Wild
cat offensive attack will rest on
point gatherers Al Collie, Doug
Pridgen, Beak T. Santes and Bill
Auld. Collie, a line f1oorman with
an abundance of poise, has fig.
ured largely in the schoolboys
scoring with his stellar bal
handling.
Doug Pridgen, New Hanover
mighty Mite, has shown deadly
accuracy in his shooting ane
along with the hustling pivot mar
TSantes is expected to give tn.
Cats a top-flight scoring machine
Aud, who was a standout Gag
err on last years fine club, start.
his first game of the season aft
er being confined to the sideline!
with a football injury.
Harry Williams, lanky defen
sive ace, will probably round GU
the starting five for the Cats.
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NATION NOW HAS
BEST AIR FORCE
Continued from Page One)

northeastern corner of the Ameri-
can continent. and another reach
ing the big mineral producing
area in South Africa. "On one re-
cent day $50, GOO pounds of materi-
ell, munitions and supplies were
delivered by air to one theater
of operations.
During one year of operation in
the Mediterranean theater, from
Nov. 8, 194z, through Nov. 7,
1913, Allied aircraft dropped 3d.
233 tons of bombs on enemy in
stallations and supply routes, of
which 65,3 ton. We're dropped by
the AAF. The targets were in
Austria, Jugostavia, Greece, AL
bania and France as well as in
North Africa. In that theater, I'VE
destroyed in aerial combat and on
the ground SSH enemy aircraft,
probably destroyed 75G and dam
aged 1908"
Two years after Pearl Harbor
il is now Llain that for us the
beginning has endec; for our enc
mics, the enc has begun"
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SUGAR BOWL TIFF
SETS MANY MARKS

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 3. -tP)-
The Sugar Bowls hair-raising bat
tie between Georgia Tech and Tul-
sa smashed records left and right,
an announcement from bowl head
quarters disclosed today.
Reviewing the tenth staging Of
the New Years football classic.
won by Tech 20 to Is in the clos.
ing minutes, officials claimed
these II "biggests and bests", in.
solar as Sugar Bowl records go:
Eddie Prokop's feat of gain
ing 1919 yards running, for Georgia
Tech.
2-Prokop's total of 256 yards
gained running and passing.
3-Prokop's handling of the ball
43 times.
4-Jim Ford's 76-yard touchdown
run from scrimmage, for Tulsa.
Georgia Techs total of 373
yards gained running.
Georgia Techs total Of 1855
yards, running and passing.
Total points scored-38.
8-Georgia Techs Is first downs.
9-Execution of 1876 plays, rum
ming and passing.
10-Ninth game in which touch
down or less separated the win
ner and loser.
11-Tulsa's three touchdowns in
the first half
12-Largest number of service.
men and women approximately
Is .000 ever to see a bowl classic
anywhere.
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THIRTY-TWO JAP
PLANES DOWNED
Continued from Page One)

Seizure of Saidor gives general
Macarthur a 700 mile long chain
Of operating bases nestled into
Japanese controlled areas. This
chain of bases, clawed out of JAP
anese territory, extends westward
from the northern Solomon islands
to northeastern New Guinea
At none of these points has any
attempt been made by ground
forces to clear out the japanese,
except from the immediate vicini-
ty of the American operations
base.
This tactic of nudging up be-
side the enemy, planting an air.
field and going to work on the
Japaaes els a new contribution to
the science Of modern warfare.
The strategy requires only a
minimum number of men to hold
small, well-defended spot that
provides the facilities Macarthur
wants to use. And thousands of
japanese are tied up holding the
neighboring area while Allied
bombers systematically blast their
installation
MacAfthur's chain of toeholds,
like inches hacked out by a noun
tain climber, begins at Empress
Augusta Bay on Bougainville is
land where Americans have built
bomber and fighter fields within
easy range of Rabaul. By-passing
that stronghold, Marines seized the
Japanese-built airdrome at Cape
Gloucester, and other forces have
beachheads in the Arawe sector
and on Dampier Strait, all on the
western end of New Britain. Up
the northern coast of New Guinea
Americans seized Long Island,
and, finally, Saidor, where Sixth
Army units took over the harbor
and a civilian airfield, long ago
abandoned by the Japanese.
Arawe was primarily diver
sionary action. The D m p e
Strait landing conceded with the
Gloucester invasion. Long Island
may have been base for the
Gloucester nvason. Long Island
may have been a base for the
landing at Saidor, which it flanks
But all three points would be good
locations for bases of PIT boats
preying on Japanese barge move
On the Asiatic continent India
based Allied planes wound up 1943
by shooting down IS japanese over
southern Burma. American Sky
dragons from China began the
New Year by bombing French In
do-China and Central Burma.
From Central China, Associated
Press War Correspondent Clyde
Farnsworth reported that Japan
ese prisoners said their country.
men were sick of war and no long
er sure Of victory.
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Hanouerian Quint Opens
1914 Hoop Competition
SERVICE HOOP LEAGUE

A hardwood loop composed
of five nearby service quintets
will open league competition
on January IL. Cage outfits to
take part in the circuit play
are the 53rd Coast Artillery,
the Wilmington Coast Guard,
the 402nd Fighter Squad, Fort
Fisher and the Bluethenthal
Air Base.
This hoop loop, which is ex-
pected to provide Wilmington
some top-flight court action,
will hold its engagements in
the Chestnut street school gym.
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Tentative Cage Schedule
Arranged By Gamecocks

COLUMBIA, S. c., Jan. SIP
"A tentative schedule of 16 games
was announced today for the Uni
versity of South Cardinals bas-
ketball team.
The Gamecocks have held in
formal practice sessions for two
weeks. No announcement was
made concerning a coaching staff
but volunteer coaches, as was the
case during the football season,
were expected to be drawn from
naval training unit personnel.
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bigger ships with more speed, fire
power and bomb capacity were on
the way Then his report said:
The B-29, for example, will see
action in 1884,"
Arnold made a point of explain
ing that the life of an airplane
is short.
Il can now reveal" he said,
that in one of our theaters, the
typical Flying Fortress is at pres
ent in operation 23l days before it
is lost in combat or damaged me-
chanically in routine flights so that
it is torn down and used to re-
build other BITS, and the crew
assigned to another plane During
this average life period, in addi-
ton to the numerous practice,
training, test, supply, administra-
ton and ferry flights, the average
BIZ will fly q combat missions
in this particular theater. This is
true today, but it may not be true
tomorrow, for war changes con-
stantly.'
WASHINGTON, Jan. g. Up -
American planes now can bomb
enemy cities even though they are
hidden by clouds of darkness.
The official disclosure that one
of the greatest obstacles to con-
tinuous strategic bombing - the
goal of the air war against the
reich-has been surmounted was
mentioned obscurely il a report
on the activities of the U d
States Air Forces by General H.
H. Arnold, air chief.
In chapter devoted to the Air
Offensive Over Europe" Arnold
commented that the development
of fighter planes equipped with
disposable gasoline tanks to give
them extra long range was a great
aid in the big-scale attacks Then
he added:
Another factor of great impor-
lance is the development of navi-
gational aids so accurate that enc
my targets can now be attacked
by bombing through the overcast
or at night"
Strides made in the science of
weather forecasting also are aid
ing the bomber, Arnold said. Until
recently, forecasts were so limited
that mission had to wait until
"a to 8 hours before it could be
determined whether conditions
were right for the takeoff. Now it
is possible to make preparatory
plans for operations as far ahead
as 30 days, Arnold said.
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Play-F Play Grid Teams
May Extend To The
West Coast
BY CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN

CHICAGO, Jan. 3-lR-The Ma
tional Football League is ready to
push it's frontier Westward, to Los
Angeles and San Francisco.
This appears to be the initial
move, officials say, of an ex-
pansion phase which promises to
become so extensive after the
war the pro circuit may he split
into seperate major leagues like
baseball.
81 am confident expansion is in
evitable,' Commissioner Elmer
Laydes said, thus indicating that
he was in favor of the league ac-
cepting franchise bids from the
two Pacific Coast cities.
Being a comparatively new or
ganization, the football league can
talk with more ease about grow
ing pains than such long establish
ed sports as baseball. 1t is diff
cult to find a trace of rumor
that major baseball contemplates
any change, despite the advance
ment of air transportation after
the war which will make long
trips matter of hours rather than
days.
The football league may not
even wait until the postwar
sports boom to start growing.
Last June Ted Collins of the radio,
was granted a franchise to oper-
ate in Boston and he may field a
team next fall. Several wealthy
business men, entire strangers to
the sports world, have talked to
Layden about the possibilities OF
starting up in San Francisco.
Don Ameche of the movies has
applied for a Los Angeles fran
chise which has been tabled until
the leagues winter meeting, ten
tatively scheduled for next week.
Last June Ameche said Los Ange-
les was ready to start any time.
The success of 1943 has given
impetus to requests for enrance
into the league. The eight teams
played before an average Of &c.
811 customers a game, as compar-
ed with an average of 1920 a
year ago.
For the 1914 campaign, the
league conceivably may be made
up of these teams: Eastern Divi-
sion-Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
which operated as combine this
season.; Boston, New York, Wash
ington and Brooklyn; Western Di-
vision-Cleveland which suspend
ed in 1943 but which is reported
being re-activate6, Detroit, Chi
cago Cardinals, Chicago Bears.
Green Bay, Los Angles or San
Francisco or both.
The general opinion is that at
least 16 teams would be needed
before the structure of Eastern
and Western division is discard
ed and two separate league--such
as the American and National in
baseball-are established. The two
loops would have a post-season
playoff for the national champion
shin
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w l'i"lilo. OSSIDly because OF
war work, midweek attend
ance fell off to a shadow of
its former self and, the game
became practically a week
end sport.
While baseball was being slug
gcd from all sides, certain fac
tors worked in favor of pro foot
ball. To begin with, it always was
a weekend game primarily. If
the gridders played every day as
90 the baseballers, we have an
idea some Of the midweek games
would be played for the edifica-
ton of the water boys too.
Pro footballs losses to the arm
ed services were not small, but
the gents with the names that
have packed in the fans in recent
years still were around, such as
Sammy Baugh, Sid Luckman and
Don Hutson.
College football normally gets
more than its share of the spot
Light in the fall The past football
season had not much to offer for
the fans interest. There was
handful of really good teams. but
on the whole the game was at ebb
tice, with many schools not field
ing teams at all and competition
among others often one-sided. The
football fans had to have an out
let for their enthusiasm so they
turned to the still robust pro
game.
As to Mr.. Rickeys vision of
six month season, we just can't
see it. The game stretches out for
nearly four months now, with it's
playoffs and all, but except for
the meetings of the better teams
the late season games aren't such
drawing cards.
In truth football and baseball
are seasonal games and should re-
main that way. They overlap lit.
tie but not much. Baseball fans
usually are pretty well fed up with
baseball when the season ends. A
SIX month grid season would have
the fans yawning.
And being the game it is, with
the men flattening each other all
over the place, it is doubtful if
me players could stand six months
ol II playing twice a week even if
'ney made IT, playing field out
OF mattresses.
II baseball continues to slump
al'er the war and football con-
tlhues It's squirt. then we'll believe
mere S something to worry about
h!ght now, though, we'll let Mr.
= worry about it, He thought
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Pro Football Expects A
Much Larger Expansion

duce that the President had been
advancing to some extent the view
OF the anonymous authority, Early
replied:
Il don't know whether there is
any relation or connection. On e
probably is a little bit more mill
tary than the othei, you see. That
is his responsibility, entirely and
completely, and so is it the Presi-
dents as Communicated chief.
II DOM think they are connect
ed or related except as they seem
to have been thinking along the
same lines"