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Evening star., 1944-11-10
CANDIED PINEAPPLE.
(ThankS to Mrs. B.
WnShinotOu. J

Washington.)
To Mrs. A. G., Arlington: I took
down this recipe as was listening to
the radio recently and believe it will
answer your request for candied
pineapple.
No. 2 can pineapple g segments
or so), cup pineapple juice, cups
sugar Combine pineapple juice
and sugar and cook for 5 minutes
after it starts to boil. Add pine
apple slices and cook for Is minutes
In sugar sirup. Take off of fire and
let stand overnight. Drain pine
apple slices and let stand for at
least days before using
I take down and recopy news
paper recipes every morning tonly
If the recipe is of unusual interest
because I have an excellent selec-
ton of cock books on this note
book paper, thereby having a COM
plete notebook and the recipe is
easily found when I need 1t.
These few minutes are economi-
cally spent because it saves time
later when I am looking for a
particular recipe.
l long ago learned that newspaper
clippings are easily lost and a
nuisance when one has to look for
q particular recipe. And I am a
person who is short on patience be-
cause I always have more to do
than I have time for
Evening star., 1944-11-10

:, - = :. ,sriting to inquire if any of
your readers have good recipe for
what is known as Irish Bread" 1t
is sort of sweet biscuit dough with
raisins and caraWay seed. There
was a recipe for it few months ago
in one of the women's magazines,
which I tried several times, but it is
not as good as the Irish bread to
which I am accustomed. 1t was
quite heavy and I tried it often
enough to feel sure that it was the
recipe and not l who was to blame.
! should also appreciate knowing
what I should use to clean a dark
grey marble top table and what to
clean piano keys with that will not
turn them yellow.
I enjoy the Clearing House very
much. In fact it is my chief reason
for buying The Star.
Evening star., 1944-11-10
FRUIT AND NUT LOAF;
RENOVATING FIBER RUG.
Thanks to Miss NJ. b. H.
W1Shinqton.)

Washington.
Answering request for Fruit and
Nut Cake. White Fruit Cake: Boil
] pound raisins in cups water for
Is minutes. Add l cup cold water.
Cream 2 cups sugar with Il cup
shortening. Add raisiIls and water.
Add following dry ingredients sifted
together, 4 cups flour, l teaspoon
salt, l teaspoon cinnamon, u tea
spoon each cloves, nutmeg and all
spice, 2 teaspoons soda. After mix
Ing, add / teaspoon lemon extract
and 1l2 cups nut meats. Bake in
loaf pan / hour at 375 degrees.
Frosting: One package powdered
sugar, melted butter. add strong
coffee to make proper consistency
to spread.
My household book gives the fol-
lowing: To Renovate Fiber Rug
give it coat of good quality house
paint, thinned with turpentine zone
part turpentine to three parts of
paint Work the paint thoroughly
into the flNer with the brush to OBJ
tain best rtsults. Requested by Mrs.
D. F. K, w Arlington.
X y
IF ! eH BREAD3"
Evening star., 1944-11-10
(ThdnkS to Mrs. E. S. F.,

WdShington.)
If you will call Decatur 1895 after
8 pm. you may get information and
recipes for the use of your flreless
cooker. Call only on weekdays.
Evening star., 1944-11-10

(Thanks to H. G. R., Washington }
Mrs. z. H. A. is quite correct in
her belief that a fireless cooker
would help her under the circum-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-24
Ben Hogan To Play
In Chicago Tourney

FORT WORTH, TEX, June %
Ben Hogan gets a 15-day "vaca.
tom from the Army Air Forces
starting next week and he'll spend
part Of il seeing what Sunday
golfer" for more than a year can
do in the big time.
The erstwhile little giant of the
fairways- golfom's greatest money
winner two years in a rows TAX.
ing regular leave from Fort Worth
Army Air field, where he is assist.
ant special services officer, and
will arrive in Chicago Tuesday to
enter the Victory National Tour.
nament Opening Wednesday.
Il don't have any idea what I'll
shoot in tournament" He said.
However, he complained of lack
Of practice last year at the Victory
open. Yet he took the Dallas
Country Club course apart to win
the event with a par-shattering
exhibition.
Hogan for three years held the
Vardon trophy, high accolade of
golf, and IT the time he entered the
army estimated that since hitting
the big-time in 1887 he had earned
$97, 900.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-24
YANKEES DROP
ATHLETICS, 81.

PHILADELPHIA, June %. --(P
The New York Yankees banged
out 5 to l victory over the Ath.
letics in the first Of a four-game
series tonight as George Stirnweiss
and Herschel Martin spanked the
visitors before 20,512.
Martin drove in the second and
third runs with a single and fly
while Stirnweiss made three hits,
scored twice and drove in the fin
al two TALES with a double.
Stitrnweiss singled in the third
scoring Don Savage and Herschel
Martin came through with single
to bring Stirnweiss home.
New York came back again in
the seventh when Stirnweiss singh
ed to center and went to third when
Bud Metheny hit safely to right.
Stirnweiss scored on Martins long
fly to center, then added two more
when his double scored Rollie
Hemsley and Oscar Grimes.
The AS chalked up their lone
mark in the sixth frame when Dick
Siebert singled, took second when
Johnny Lindel let the ball past
him. George Kell poked a Texas
Lacquer to right field for a two
base hit to score Siebert.
New York ---002 900 OBS
hliadelphia 1000 DOL OOO-1
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SPORTS TRAIL

men and like their comfort as
well as the next guy. They had
just finished a long season which
kept them away from families
more than three months, yet they
voluntarily agreed to be away six
weeks more. Most Of the time in
the bleakest, most gosh awful
country on earth.
Wanted TO Do Something
Sure. the servicemen are away
longer, give up more, take more
chances. But they go where they
are. ordered, and a lot of them
have no choice on whether they
so or stay home.
These men went because they
wanted to do something for the
boys, and there was no personal
angle involved. In TACT,
the trip was staged just about as
unobtrusively as any such tour
could be. They slipped out with
out whistles blowing or flags wav-
ing, and returned just as quietly
after giving from four to eight
shows every day, week after week,
before gatherings Of homesick
GI's and dead-panned Esquimoux.
Somehow it seems fitting they
should be going to town now after
their trip to the barren country.
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PHILLIES LOSE
TO DODGERS, 20

BROOKLYN, June %. -P)-Ed
Head won his fourth game in
row when he shut out the Phila.
delphia Fhillies with two hits here
tonight, the Brooklyn Dodgers TAX
ing the decision, 2 to y. Both Phil.
ly blows were made by Charley
Letchas, one Of them being a
scratch single in the third. The
other was double in the eighth.
Ken Raffensberger started for
the Phillies and went along on
even terms with Head until the
fifth when a triple by HOWE
Schultz and a single by Bobby
Bragan produced the first Brook
lyn tally. In the eighth a pass to
Bragan, Heads sacrifice and q
single by Rosen brought in the Sc.
cond Dodger run. 1t was made OH
Dale Matthewson.
Philadelphia 100 900 600
Brooklyn ------------0O0 0lo olx-Z
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WAR BOND TALKS .
HEARD AT YARD

You may think that war ,.,
orlves come too frequently. vo,,,.4
fed up, but you are not near1v
fed up as the men On the tsos ~
when you feel tired of buying WIZ.
bonds, multiply it by Is ans wal ".
TO realize the way men csr arr wy
rifles feel Capt. Roland Woo 1lns
famous fighter pilot of the I =,
Army Air Corp, speaking IN \, D.
mali OF the Fifth War Loan cs W.
paign' told the personnel Of t@ III.
U. s. Engineer Yard yesterday ue
captain Wooten said while rel..
ing briefly his experiences i, Fn ~'
land, Africa, Italy, Malta and SIG Ss;
ly, that people over here so u,.l'
times think this war common rJIaIe'
and do not realize the hard sta.e
OF men in battle. " '''pS
Capt. Leslie N. Boney, Jr., n,,b,;.
relations and war bond offirar II,
the us. district engineers WI
mington division who is bs sa,
transferred to Fl. Belvoir. v,
formerly turned his duties ove rq T.,
1t. W. j. Heard, corps Of en,i'
neers, at the war bond rally hs s
by the personnel of the dredos
boat Henry Bakon, the tug Stan.
ton and yacht Kitty Hawk
Lieutenant Heard, in REFERRING II
the Fifth War Loan drive, said d
Never in the history Of our
country has there been such An
urgent need for funds than at the
present-funds that are needed ia
train, protect. equip, and maintain
the youth of America who ara
fighting on foreign fronts"
| A slowing down in war bond sales
in the city and county was report.
ed yesterday by ]. G. Thornton
city chairman Of the Fifth War
Loan drive, who appealed to all
Wilrningtonians for increased pur.
chases Of bonds.
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|AA TEAM MEETS
FORT BRAGG Nine

CAMP DAVIS, June % - Anti
aircraft soldier fans are expected
to pack Camp Davis bleachers to.
morrow at 5.45 when a powerful
force Of TT. Bragg paseballers
tansle with the blue Brigade in
their third, and rubber meeting, Of
the season.
Exactly one month ago Big Jim
Hearn, AA's pitching ace, baffled
the favored Braggmen with a no
hitter at Raleigh. But the FARTC
evened matters with 5-4 triumph
two weeks later in their own back
yard.
With Buster Maynard (ex-Giant)
and Rollie Harrington (ex-Reds),
key batters, surrounded by minor
league stars the Bragg nine has
compiled an enviable win record
that has seen rs victories fall its
way. Lefty Cole or Jim Hopper
is the likely visiting finger.
OAACA 4lCAoeC W LIE COnClnueQ
splurge Of Fl. Bragg, is Jim Hearn
whose speedball pitching has been
at ease since last Saturday when
he carried one Of the outstanding
servicemen's teams, Cherry Point,
to ten innings, before dropping a
80 decision.
While the temporary loss of
shortstop Freddy Postolese, on
leave, threatened to upset the in
field layout, the sudden return of
Rudy Gertz, a former Brigade in
field standout, atones in large part
for Postolese's absence. Gertz is
counted on to hold down second
base and Joe Lacorte will switch
to short. Joe Messing at third and
Johnny Boshart, h., complete the
infield.
Outfield selections include Tom
Caliento, If; Ed -Stoeckel, CT; and
either Ed Rush or Roy Poletti in
right. Dom DeLuca is slated for
the backstop job.
AS If clashi.1g with Fl. Bragg
were not enough the Blue Brigade
has booked more trouble in the
form Of a Sunday twilight game
with undefeated Wilmington Ship
yard.
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Plumbers Play Bucksport
On Legion Field Tonight
Bv BILL McILWAIN

Having suffered a 90 defeat at
the hands of the strong Camp
Davis baseball team Wednesday
night, the Shipyard Plumbers will
take on the Bucksport Coast Guard
outfit at $3.50 tonight on the Aneri-
can Legion field.
The Plumbers will be out to
bounce back into the win column,
but they are expected to find the
shedding rather rough against the
Bucksport crew. With ex-Detroit
star Vic Sorrell on the mound
hurting brilliant two-hit ball, the
main Shipyard team was able I'd
beat the Coasties by but a 81
score on June 10. Tonights tussel
will be the first meeting between
the Plumbers and the Buckspor!
boys.
Against the June 10 engagement
Gonsolin hurled for the Coast
Guard horsehiders. The big right
handler used an assortment Of stuff
that puzzled the Boatbuilders a
great deal. Gonsolin will probably
get the starting assignment
against the Plumbtrs tonight.
Johnny Willborne, righthanded
ace Of the Plumbers mound staff,
is slated to be on the hill against
the hard-hitting Bucksport dia.
mond unit.
The remainder of the Plumbers
lineup will remain as it has in
recent games.
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Antiaircraft Gu11ners
BAG Maxi Robot Planes

which would provide schooling
for antiaircraft artillery gun
ners and carry out General
Green's s'hunch."
At Camp Davis and the 9TH
er antiaircraft artillery train
ing centers, thousands and
thousands Of 40mm and so
cal. machine gun ammunition
were hurled at the whizZing
targets. Sometimes young gum
ners, with more frankness than
imagination, asked: "Why do
we have to fire at these darn
things?"
The answer was given dra-
matically this week when As
ISOLATED Press dispatches re-
ported the de: .perate move, Of
the Nazis in bringing their
"robot bombers" into play. The
dispatches told Of American
and British antiaircraft artil-
lery gunners with Allied fight
er planes effectively hurting
back the latest secret weapon
Of the enemy.
At the Davis training center.
many battalions under the
command Of Brig. Gen. G. v.
Schuyler, have been trained in
firing at the rocket target. No
official word has been receive
ed indicating that antiaircraft
units receiving preparation
from this camp are in the Ia
test battle Of Britain. Rut
plans and training officers who
supervised the program involv-
ing the rocket targets are look
ing clipper these days when
they, read the war news from
Britain.
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You can't blame plans and
training officers at the Camp
Davis antiaircraft artillery
training center for nudging
each other understandingly
when press dispatches report
ed that many Of the Nazi's
famous secret weapon-the ro-
bot b0mber-were knocked out
of the sky like lame ducks
by 40mm and so cal. machine
guns.
Back in 1941, Major General
Joseph A. Green, commanding
general of the Antiaircraft
Command, was watching Infan-
try maneuvers. G n era !
Green's attention was sudden
ly caught by the operations
of one of the "Queen Of Bat
ties" famous mortars. He noted
that the trajectory Of the NOR
tar's projectile was--although
exceedingly rapid-reasonably
distinguishable by the naked
eye.
"Some day." unused General
Green in effect, "enemies OF
the United States will impro-
wise weapons that travel as
fast as that mortar shell. Why
can't we develop q training
device that would simulate
such weapons? Then our gun
ners could receive intensive
practice and be ready for just
such an offensive"
The idea was turned over TO
the Office of Scientific Re-
search and Development ana
Americas leading scientists
went to work. Within = short
time they developed q rocket
target complete with launcher-
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STRONG WINS

Kid strong, 40 pound
Charleston Coast Guard pound
ed out a TKO over Tony Soch-
witz Of Charlotte when, the
Queen City boy failed to come
out for the sixth round Of their
scheduled ten rounder at the
American Legion arena last
night. The Strong Sochwitz
bout was = substitute for the
slated Crawford Rhyme fight.
Although the strong-sochwits
battle was IT, main event on
the card, 4 tiff between Early
Hamilton and Bob Melone
q nearly stole the show. Hamilton
who was filling in for Collier
Ostwalt, exhibited an odd riSht
uppercut that kept the fans on
the edge Of their seats. Me
lone had an advantage in reach
and he used this to rack up .
six round decision over the de-
termined Hamilton.
The remainder Of the card
was as follows, Carl Freeman
decisioned Jimmy Reary; Bev-
erly Saunders drew with Larry
Captain; Guy Brown knocked
out Phil Coggins In the fifth
round.
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RvWHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, June 23-tRAThe
trouble with some of these base.
hall players who aren't having toe
GOOD year may be that they
didn't train far enough north. They
should have been up there where
p night meant six months. We al
ways wondered what the people
had for breakfast up around the
Arctic cirrle. They must be pretty
hungry after one Of those half-year
nights.
Anyway, the five baseball men
four players and manager-who
look a six-week winter workout
entertaining the servicemen in
Alaska and the Aleutians as a USO
unit are having fine years.
frankie Frisch, the manager,
has his Pittsburgh Pirates in Sec
ond place, a position which the
Buc fans possibly hoped for, but
didn't expect.
Top Pitcher
Hank Borowy, the only Ame-i-
can Lacquer involved, at a late
count was the top pitcher in his
circuit with a SO record and the
most complete games.
Dixie Walker, Dodger outfielder,
Stan Musial Card Star, are IL
in the National league batting
averages with 1886 and 1868, re-
spectively, and Danny Litwhiler,
another Cardinal, although hitting
only. 282 at the moment, has made
six home runs and is just pulling
himself out Of slump.
Now this is probably all just a
coincidence, as if you took dog
UP there and still could bark when
you brought it back it wouldn't
signify anything, as it could bark
befort it made the trip, and the
four ball players were good bali
players before they went north and
Fisch was a good manager.
However, that they are leaders
Or near-leaders in various de-
partments right now is unusual,
anyway, and we like to think
that it is in the nature Of a re-
ward for a generous gesture.
1T was a generous gesture in
that the men didn't have to make
the trip: They all are "home"
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Mauldin Drops Hader
To Take Grudge Match

Irish Jack Kelly, graphing for
the first time On Promoter Bert
Causey's mat card dropped Wally
Grebb In two falls out Of three.
Irish Jack turned out to be q
smooth and aggressive young
wrestler, offering fair bout to his
opponent.
Chief Little Beaver, whose OPP
ponent failed to show up because
Of poor train connections, was
chosen to referee the bouts.
In cooperation with the Fifth
War Loan drive, Promoter '-ausey
paid the wrestlers in war bonds.
Judges were Sammy Friedman,
former Atlanta promoter, George
Hill, former well-known middle
weight wrestler, and Sgt. c. M.
Morriss Of Camp Davis.
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Jakucki Blanks Tigs,
S Too For Brownies

ST. LOUIS, June %. -(P)- Big
Jakucki turned in a five-hit game
tonight as the St. Louis Browns de-
feated the Detroit Tigers to 0. 1t
was Jakucki's second straight shut
out over Detroit by the same score.
Frank Overmire, the Tigers
starting pitcher, was hard hit by
the Browns in the first inning when
they scored three times. Don Gut
teridge walked and Mike Kreevich
singled. George McQuinn followed
with a double and Verne Stephens
got a single before the first out.
Walter Beck replaced Overmire
after the Browns collected three
hits for two runs in the second.
Detroit 1000 900 600
st. Louis -----------32O OOO OOx-5
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Johnny Mauldin returned to
Thalian Hall last night to give the
unpopular "Black Jack" Hader a
sound drubbing in two straight falls
before a full house Of wrestling
fans that came with high hopes Of
seeing William Hader drop the re-
turn match to Mauldin.
Mauldin took the first fall in II
minutes, when Hader was disqual'
flied for striking the referee.
Maulin' Johnny, determined to
even last weeks score when ne
lost to Hader in what Mauldln
termed an unfair decision, came
back to take the second fall by
surprising Hader from the rear at
ter sympathetic fans released him
from the ropes.
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Mobile May Regain Team
In Southern Association

CHATTANOOGA, TENN, June
% -lR-Mobile can regain the
Southern Association baseball fran
chise it lost 10 years ago it the
owners of the Knoxville club want
to move into the Alabama city,
league directors decided today, but
knoxville officials said there would
be no immediate decision" on the
matter.
Action of the Directors, taken in
a three-hour special session here,
was unanimous. President Billy
Evans announced. Seven Of the
loops clubs were represented and
the eighth, Birmingham, voted by
proxy.
If the transfer ultimately is
made, the league expects it to be
permanent, the directors announc-
ed, and President Pat Moulton Of
tine suspended Southeastern League
which last operated in Mobile, said
his loop twas agreeable to
change"
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WEATHER

(By U. s. Weather Bureau
Meteorological data for the. "A hours
ending 1880 PM, yesterday.
Temperature
1880 am. rs; 1880 am, IS; / 80 pm, 8s:
1880 pm. SO
Maximum "a; Minimum 70; Mean a.:
Normal 70.
Humidity
80 am, "a; 1880 am, SO; 1 80 pm, IS;
1880 pm, n.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 1880 pm,
0.24 inches.
Total since the first Of the month,
2.57 inches.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide Tables published by
U. s. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
Wilmington ------------- 12:05a 7:28a
12:21p 1882
Masonboro Inlet ----.--- 10:20a 4:13a
10:33p 4:17p
Sunrise, :01 am; Sunset, 1927 PM;
Moonrise, 1884 am: Moonset 1888 PIN.
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Senators Nip Bosox
Flag Hopes; Win II

The Cuban included a double in
his collection of blows.
Vic johnson, Yank Terry and Ed
die Lake all hurled for the losers
with the latter, listed as the clubs
substitute shortstop, doing the best
job. Lake allowed only three hits
in hour innings Johnson was on the
mound in the third when the Sena-
tors clouted four times four hits
and Bobby Doerr's tumble.
Washingtonc ....... 104 010 010-7
Boston ............ 100 900 0OO-1
Batteries: Wynn and Guerra;
Johnson, Terry, Lake and Wagner
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Pearl Harbor Workers
Badly Needed By Navy

There is a critical need for work.
ers at the Pearl Harbor navy yard,
the Navy department stated yes
terday. Urgently needed are cleo
tricians, aircraft mechanics,
machinists, metalsmith's pipe
covers and insulators helpers Of all
kinds, laborers and many other
skilled and semi skilled workers.
Complete details regading these
vital war jobs may be obtained
from Miss Marion Raiae at the
United States Customhouse, Will
nington.
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BONSTON, June 23-lREPennant
hopes Of the Boston Red Sox, given
a severe jolt in Philadelphia where
they lost four games out of five,
took another bump today in 7 to l
setback by the Washington sena-
tors.
Five-hit pitching by early Wynn
and some grade-A slugging by Gil
berto Torres and Stan Spence
brought the Red Sox downfall. Tor
res and Spence each got three hits
in five trips to the plate and each
drove in a pair of runs.
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WE'D Wins, Optics Lose
In Municipal League

The Wrightsville Coast Guard
softban team defeated the League
leading City Optical club, 10 to
in a Municipal league game play
ed last night at Robert Strange
Park.
The Coast Guardsmen from
Wrightsville gave the Opticians
their second defeat this season.
The Eyemen were completely out
played during the entire contest.
Seven errors were charged to the
Opticians infield. Slugger Al Brown
on the mound for the losers pitch
ed six hit ball but was ineffective
in the pinches.
The Wilmington Firemen eked
out a 4 to victory over the Lake
Forest club in the twilight game
Of the Municipal loop. Jordan hurl-
ed for the Smokeeaters while Tur-
ner did the pitching for the Lake
ForesterS.
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PASCAL REJECTED

CHICAGO, June 23-tRN Claude
Passeau, SO year old pitcher with
the Chicago Cubs, was rejected
for military service today. The
cause was not disclosed. Passeau,
whose home is Lucedale, Miss,
is married and the father Of two
children. He has been with the
Cubs since 1889.
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TODAY'S GAMES
National League

st. Louis at Pittsburgh-M. Coop.
er (6-3 VS.. Ostermueller (4-D.
Chicago at Observation-Disclosures
CD VS.. De La Cruz CD.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn Ger.
heauser t4-6 VS.. Gregg CD.
Boston at New York Andrews
$50 VS.. Melton (2-0) or Feldman
GID.