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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-06
Drys Reported To Haze
Huge Bankrou Behind
Them To Fight Bill

WASHINGTO. Jan. 5. (P) -
Saying the drys are reported to
have "a bankroll Of $10,000,000 for
lobbying" Representative Celler
D-Y called upon "the common
sense of the nation" today to as
sert itself and defeat a move in
Congress for national prohibition.
While expressing confidence the
House will reject "such a mon
strous measure" Celler said in a
statement, 1.-The drys are resource
full as they are ruthless"
st was recently pruited about"
he added, that they are backed
with a bank roll of S10,00O,0 1000 for
lobbying
The New Yorker is ranking ma
jority member of the House judi
CARY committee, a subcommittee
CT which will hold a one-day hear
ing January 10 on the bill of Re-
preventative Bryson (D-SC( to out
law intoxicants for the wars dura-
ton.
A high-ranking member of this
SUBJ committee predicted privately
the bill will never get out of the
committee.
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BY BERT COLLIER

LAKE WORTH, Fla, Jan. s.
-Shortstop Eddie Miller of the
Cincinnati Reds had his first ma
jor league experience with first
division team last season and he
hopes he is through with losers
for keeps.
When you're up there winning,
the spirit is different. declared
Miller, who makes a habit of lead
ing the National League in fielding
his position. The boys are full of
pep and ginger and are always
pulling for each. other. It's fun to
play with a winner"
The Reds finished second last
year. In his three big league previ-
Gus seasons, with the Boston
Braves, Miller never played in
such a rarefied atmosphere. He
was traded to the Reds last Win
ter.
The Braves just couldn't make
it," Eddie asserted. 1T wasn't that
we didn't have good players. One
year Ernie lombard was burning
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-06
GRID FATALITIES
ARE DECREASING

LAFAYETTS, Ind, Jan. 5.-R-
There were only ten deaths charg-
ed to football in the United States
in 1913, and not a single ere of
them was due to injuries suffered
on college gridirons. DR.. Floyd R.
Eastwood, Purdue University pro-
lessor, reported today.
DR.. Eastwood, who has compiled
statistics on football fatalities for
IL years, said nine of last sa-
sons deaths were reported by high
schools and one by an athletic club
team. 1t was the second time that
no deaths had been charged di-
rectly or indirectly to the college
ranks, and the first time there
were no fatalities in the sandlot
classification.
This years total was a 67.7 per
cent decrease from the 81 deaths
il 1881, the year the survey start
ed, and demonstrated, Dr. East
wood said, that marked progress
had been made in safeguarding
the gridiron players. He pointed
out that although football is class
ed as a hazardous sport, safety
statistics now show that it is not
as dangerous as riding, driving
or walking on streets or highways.
Most football fatalities, DR.. East
wood said, are due to head in
juries, and he suggested that
committee of football coaches and
college athletic officials explore re-
searches made by the American
and English armies on crash he'll
NETS with the view of remodeling
football headguards. He also urged
that coaches devote more time to
the teaching of tackling because
records demonstrated that nearly
half of all football deaths occur
red while tackling.
High school deaths were higher
the past season than at any time
since 1897. DR.. Eastwood said
this might have been a result of
lack of sufficient amount and
quality of equipment.
No survey was made in 1912.
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SPORTS TRAIL

league third-basing to peddle in
surance, has completed his first
year as a full-time sign here
man with a record of having writ
ten a million and half dollars
worth of business. That's re
fielding. Billy Sheridan, L h G h
''rassling'' coach, has averaged an
intercollegiate champ year in
his 80 years at the school, but is
hazy about the outlook this year.
His best prospect is Ted Niewen-
house, 155-pounder from Alexan-
dria, Va. The Hall of Fame and
National Baseball Museum at Coo
perstown, N. Y, has received pho
tos and programs of the 1913
Observation-Disclosures sports meets.
The items, forwarded by Erb Cow
ley, baseball editor of the Mel
bourne Sporting Globe; H. Archie
Richardson of San Francisco and
Keith Tucker of the Victorian Base
ball Association of Melbourne, are
a record of the wartime promo
ton in the international sports
field. Included is a picture of Aus
tralian Ross Straw and American
William Jost, the first Australian
American battery. Jost formerly
played with Plattsburg in the
Northern league.
1t cost George Marshall, Red
skin owner, $500 to sit on the Chi
cago Bear bench when the two
teams met, leading lima Dodo to
remark that something should be
done to curb such scalping. She
had good seat for only $40.
Anyway, the Washington laundry
man should patronize his own bust
ness hereafter. Five hundred bucks
for a cleaning job is too high.
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@oozAAice
boutCOUChS

For a persistent cough-one that has
lasted for days or longer-see your
Physician. Don't try to treat such
cough yourself. 1t may indicate serious
condition.
2-For a cough due to cold see your
druggist and get Mentho-Mulsion. the
modern, tasty cough preparation that
starts soothing relief from the very first
dose. Acts fast to help loosen tight
phlegm, soothe irritated throat MEM
branes and allay the coughing. Comes an
ready to use-nothing to mix-nothing
to fix. Ideal for children as well as
adults. Druggists sell Mentho-Mulsion
on the understanding that you are to be
delighted or your money will be gladly
refunded. Use only as directed. (s1sl !
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RAIL DEMANDS GIVEN
TO SPECIAL GROUP
Continued from Page One)


lar time pay order, contended that
the whole issue should go to arbi-
tration, including the regular time
rates. In view of that disagree
ment, the case never reached the
point of Presidential determination
The Presidents order today call
ed for recommendations from the
special board as soon as possible
and at any rate within 80 days.
Their (the board's) recommen-
dations will become effective IS
days after their report is filed"
White House statement a d,
unless and except to the extent
that the economic sterilization d.
rector otherwise Directs
The new move toward settlement
Of the wage dispute Of the biggest
segment of railroad workers came
while member Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission was pro-
testing at the Capitol against draft
ing railroad men.
J. Monroe Johnson told the SEN
ate Interstate Commerce Commit
tee the armed forces ought to re-
store to the industry every man
they've got now to avert a trans
portation calamity
When Senator Reed (R. Kan.)
brought up the recent threat of a
railroad strike, saying a walkout
would be damned near treason, "
johnson replied:
1T would be worse than trea-
son, if anything could be worse
than treason
The emergency board to consid-
err the non operating employees
wage demands is headed by Judge
Elwyn R. Shaw of Springfield, Ill.
The incorporating employees now
work 48 hours at straight time"
whereas most industrial workers
get time and one-half for work
over 40 hours,
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Norfolk Navy Yard
Wants To Know Why
Employees Quit Early

PORTSMOUTH, Va, Jan. 5. -
R)-The Norfolk Navy Yard would
like to know just why some of its
employees Jump the whistle at
lundh time and at the end of their
shifts.
The yards war production COM
mittee, which was organized to
encourage and foster means OF
increasing production, said it felt
there must be logical reasons for
the employees tendency to leave
work before the appointed time.
And the committee figured the
best way to find out would be to
ask the employees themselves. So,
it announced it would award a 500
War Bond to the author of the best
letter on ''Why employees in the
Norfolk Navy Yard leave work dur
ing the day and particularly be-
fore the whistle blows
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-06
Hanoper Alumni Quint
Defeats Combat Cugers
Legs McKoy Sparks Ex-
Wildcats To &c.
28 Win

New Hanover High School,
alumni cagers defeated a combat
team from Carolina Beach, 1928
with Lanky Legs" McKoy show
ing the way with 1e points. The
tilt was played in the high school
gym with only small crowd wit
Messing it
The ex-Wildcat stars hoped off
to an early Lead as the brilliant
McKoy racked up three field goals
in the first two minutes of play
Ball hawk Bill P1eper annexed two
points for the Alumni with SEN
sational look shot t. make the
score stand at SO in favor of the
! former high lurrinaries. Plunkett
registered a field goal for the Sol
diers and Farrell made good a
free throw to bling the score up
to 8-3 at the end OF the initial
heat.
The second period found the
Combateers opening up with a
speedy attack, which brough
them 10 markers. With McKoy
dominating the scoring with seven
tallies, the Alumni secured IL
points. The interlnission score was
1913, with the civilians holding the
big end.
A holly contested third quarter
took place with both clubs tallying
8 points to give the ex-Hanoveri-
ans a 27-21 advantage at the be-
ginning of the final canto.
In the first few minutes in the
last quarter the Soldier quint
started clicking and brought the
game to 27-24 standing as Edwards
dropped in a fiele goal and Wal
lace countered on a charity toss.
At this point Jennings Edwards,
former three sport star at New
Hanover, got hot and drove home
6 markers. MoKoy brought his
evenings total to 10 with a fol-
low up shot and B wen tossed in
a foul shot for the Alumni points
in the final period. The remaining
4 points for tho Combat hoopsters
were accounted for by field goals
by Hope and Farrell.
The former wildcat basketeers
and the Combat nardwooders both
played a steady defensive game
as well a, putting on a thrilling
offensive show.
AS usual McKoy was the cyno-
sure of the tifi with his accurate
shooting. Plunae'i and Terrell
spanked the Soldier attack with 5
points apiece.
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MESSENGER

OLD SAyHROOK. Conn,
Jan. 5-(R-One of the rea-
sons she made her recent tour
of the South Pacific war
area, Mrs. Franklin ID. RoOse-
welt told a capacity audience
last night al i thcater here,
was to take j message to the
soldiers there from. the Presi-
dent,
She said The President was
concerned about the length of
time the men in that area had
been away from the United
States, feared that they would
be suffering rom homeslck-
ness and was ANXIOUS for her
to take to thelE message OF
his "admiratiop and respect"
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Eddie Miller Pleased
With Being A Redleg

up the league at bat and we finish
ed seventh. Then Babe Dahlgren
came over from the pennant-win-
ming Yankees and We still found
cred around
Miller modestly refrained from
mentioning that he was tn e
leagues ranking defensive short
stop during those years. topp-ng
his competitors in fielding three
times, in double plays twice and
in putouts once
In 1910 he set the league record
with $40 fielding average.
1.-The Braves just didn't have the
victory complex" was Eddie's ex-
PLANTATION.
The 27-year-old player expects
the Reds to be in the pennant
fight again this year, come what
may.
You can't tell what the draft
will do to your players, he said,
But don't think anything will
affect the spirit in the Cincinnati
clubhouse. A teams either got
that winning spirit or it hasn't.
The Reds have it."
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ATHLETIC GROUP
HOLDING MEETING

NEW YORK. Jan. 4.-(R)-Ihe
executive committee Of the Nation
al Collegiate Athletic Association
today opened a tWo-day meeting
to transact the business normally
carried OIL at the annual N.C.AA
convention omitted this year be-
cause of travel restrictions.
In addition to the election of Of
ficers. one OF the committees big
tasks was the selection of sue
cessor to +lle late Walter R. Okeson
of Lehigf as chairman Of the i'm
portant rules committee. Nomina-
tons for this post and other COM
mittee memberships were to be
made by Prot Thomas E. French
of Ohio State, chairman of the
committee on committees. No an
nouncement OF elections or other
business will be made until the
end of the meeting.
Although playing rules in a l
sports were frozen at last year s
modified convention, the task OF
the football rules committee is con-
sidered important because of agi-
tation by coaches for several
changes in the rules, especially
concerning out-oI-bounds kickoffs.
The executive committee, con-
sisting OF Prof. Philip G. Badger,
N Y. u. president: Asa Bushnell,
Princeton: Prof. Clarence P. Hou-
ston, TUFTS; Prof. Karl E. Leib,
Iowa State; Ogden Miller, Yale;
Prof. William 3 Owens, Stanford;
DR.. Wilbur C. Smith. Tulane, and
Major John L. Griffith, secretary
treasurer also was expected to fol-
low up last years efforts to en-
courage the colleges to carry on
sn0rtS DrOoralDS
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MAT DUCATS ON SALE

Tickets for Friday nights
graphing show are now on sale
and have been moving fast,
wrestling promoter Bert eau
sey announced Wednesday
night. Some choice seats still
remain, however.
The two sparkling bouts to
be held on the mat card are
both of an interesting variety
The main event throws Pete
Mannagoff against the power
full John Aurthor. An equally
fine opening tiff pits Charley
Harden against Wallie Ward
in a bout between two of the
most sensational of all the
young grapplers.
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Bv WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, Jan. 5-R-Cliff
Bloodgood will be quite happy
when the good ship Abner Double
day slides down the ways, its sleek
snout reeking of champagne.
The good ship Abner Doubleday
is only dream in the mind Of
Bloodgood right now, but he has
hopes the dream will materialize,
rs he thinks a liberty ship named
after the founder of baseball would
be only fitting tribute.
Bloodgood, quiet man slightly
on the plump side, is editor Of
Baseball magazine and annually
GETS out the little red book of play
ers records, job which has him
spinning this year, what with play
ers disappearing into the service
and others bobbing up out of the
Nushes.
He points out that liberty ships
already have been named after
Eddie Grant. the only major
Lacquer killed in action in the first
World war; John McGraW and Lou
Gehrig.
Inasmuch as Doubleday founded
the game that made the careers
of Grant, McGray and Gehrig pos
sible, Bloodgood thinks like honor
for him would not be amiss, and
as an added qualification he points
to the fact Doubleday was a grad
uate of West Point and command
ed an Army corps at the battle
Of Gettysburg.
Bloodgood's suggestion m S
logical enough, and he thinks that
letters addressed to john M.
Carmody, chairman of the ship
naming committee at Washington,
might give the cause a little nudge.
Concerning to whom it may con-
cern:
Bill Werber, who Quit major
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Georgia House Passes
Soldier Vote Measure,
Bill Goes To Senate

ATLANTA. Jan. 5 -lR- The
Georgia General Assembly today
moved halfway to its goal of be-
coming the first legislature in the
nation to enact a soldier vote
law.
Without a dissenting vote, the
House of Representatives passed
143 to 0 bill to provide red
tapeless" method of voting for
the States 100000 citizens in the
armed service.
The Senate, also unruffled, gave
the measure first reading today,
will give it second tomorrow
and probably vote on Friday. thus
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TIGHTER SCHOOL
LAWS ARE ASKED
Continued from Page Onet

es by fire, which ale fireplace
able at the present tirne-will be
necessary.
The committee also went on rec
ord as Iav ring the proposed con-
stitutional amendments: which will
be voted upon this year, affecting
the method of appointments to the
state board of education.
Governor Rroughtor said that
the committee is an advisory
group to the NCEA particularly
in matters pertaining to school
legislation
Present at TO-DAY injecting were
DR.. Clyd. Erwin, state superin-
tendent OF education. and Ralph
Mcdonald. NCEA vice-president
and g,1vnrnatorial candidate.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-06
Cavaliers Rally To Down
Tar Heel Quint, 80 To 36

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va, jan.
5.-R-Held ccoreles5 through tire
first ten minutes while North Caro-
lima ran up a Ii point lead. Virgin
ia bounced back to win 1896 vic
tory in the forty-first game be-
tween the Cavaliers and the Tar
Heels tonight Keith Harder's "a
points were the prime factor in
the Cavalier victory.
North Carolina took the lead at
ne start with Boyle Fox and John
OoWell hitting the basket regular
y to register IA points at the end
Of the first 10 minutes while the
cavaliers were seoreless.
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City Briefs
SPONSORS ROOM

The Thursday Morning Music
club will provide hostess and
special room with radio in the
First Presbyterian church
each Saturday afternoon open
to all servicemen, their wives
and friends who wish to spend
a quiet afternoon listening to
the Saturday afternoon Metro
politan Opera programs.
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KILLED IN ACTION

DARLINGTON, S. c., Jan. 5-(P
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover c. Smothers
have been notified by the War
department that their son, Sgt.
Richard Smothers, 81, of the Ar
my Air Forces was killed in action
in the southwest Pacific Deem
Der %.
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Bill McCorry Is Named
Cincinnati Secretary

CINCINNATI. Jan. 5. -(P)- Bill
McCorry. manager o. the Ogden,
Utah, baseball clui, :e39-42, today
was named travelling secretary OF
me Cincinnati Reds, TO serve dur
ing the absence il military service
OF Gabe Paul.
McCorry's baseball record ex-
tends over 80 years. From 1924
through 1888 he was identified with
rie Albany, N. T., club Of the
Eastern league. McCorry's debut
~ Professional baseball was with
ofeensbarg, Pa. in 1907.
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WAR VETERANS

All honorably discharged
World War II veterans are in
vited to attend the regular
meeting of the American Lee
gion Post No. 10, on Thursday,
January 6, at 8 p. m. in the
Tidewater Assembly room,
Second and Princess streets.
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HAMILTON MISSING

Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Hamilton
of Atkinson, N. c., have been
notified by the War Department
that their son, 1st Lieutenant
James B. Hamilton, has been
missing in action since Deem
Der 18th in New Britain. 1t.
Hamilton was a navigator with
the Army Air Forces and had
been stationed in New Guinea
since November, 1913.
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POLES ARE TOLD
TO AID RUSSIANS
Continued from Page One)

of the frontier of Poland by the
Soviet forces, such an agreement
would have enabled the Polish
underground army to coordinate its
action against the Germans with
the Soviet military authorities.
THE Polish government still
considers such an arrangement
highly desirable.
The declaration, which pointed
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TEN FATALITIES

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Jan. 5-tP-
DR.. Floyd R Eastwood Of Purdue
university said today there were
ten fatalities in the 1943 football
season but that none was due to
college games.
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NATIONAL FIELD TRIALS

GRAND JUNCTION, Tenn. Jan.
4.-LP-The national field trials,
world series for bird dogdom, will
be run over the Ames plantation
near here starting February IA.
Secretary Rubep Scott, in an
nouncing the date today, said all
entries must be listed with him
by February l.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-06
CLASS TO MEET

The Georgia Barton class of
Temple Baptist church will
meet with Ms. r. X. Myers,
2119 Nets avenue Thursday
evening at 4 O'Clock.
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ly avoided a direct approach to
the frontier question, called for
'.reestablishment of a Polish SOW
ereign administration in the liber-
ated territories of the republic Of
Poland"
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ROOSEVELT RECOVERING

WASHINGTON, Jan. s. up -
President Roosevelt, recovering
from the grippe, was well enough
today to start work ON his annual
message to congress, to be deliver.
ed Tuesday. He had no appoint.
ments, however, and remained ir
his bedroom to work.
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RAIL AUXILIARY

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the
brotherhood of Railroad Train
men will meet Thursday, jan
nary 6, at $3.50 pm. at the
Junior Order Hall. All men,
bers are urged, to be present.
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FINALS

Finals for the High School
Defamation contest will be
held at the school Thursday
night at 8 o'clock.
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CHURCH SERVICE

St. Johns Episcopal church
will have the celebration of
the Feast of the Epiphany,
Thursday morning at 10 am.
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ending in five days the special
session.
The session, called by Cover.
nor Ellis Arnall, is limited to
the soldier vote legislation.
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Anthracite coal was first put to
practical use in 1853. Blacksmiths
found it would burn.
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The Great Lakes extend for /, 700
miles east and west.
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RDOm 125 Custom House. Of
flee hours 9 to 5 except Sat
urday 8 to l.

STAFF ASSISTANCE CORPS
All members Of the staff as
sistance corps of the Whining
ton Chapter, American Red
Cross, are asked to meet with
Mrs. N. L. Foy, chairman, OH
Friday in the Tide Water kitch-
en- at II am. Certificates will
he distributed and orders TAX
en- for uniforms and pins. 9th
er matters of interest to the
corpS will be discussed.
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All COUNTY COUNCIL

All COUNTY COUNCIL
All 4-H Officers of local clubs
are to meet on Saturday morn
ing in the Home Agents Of
flee for their first County
Council meeting of the year.
The meeting is to be held at
1000 am. and all members
are urged to be present.
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GRAY LADIES CLASS

The second class for the hos
pitaI and recreation corps OF
the Wilmington chapter, Am
erican Red Cross (Gray La
dies) will start OH Tuesday.
January II, according to Mrs.
Vernon very, chairman.
Many ladies have evidenced
their interest in this work and
it is hoped they will enter this
class. Applications must be fill
ed at the Rcd Cross office,
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MARRIAGE LICENSES

MAKKIAUE IICENSES
Marriage licenses were issu-
ed in New Hanover county by
Registrar Of Deeds Adrian b.
Rhodes, to Kenneth Il. Guen-
gerick, Of Los Angeles, Cal,
stationed at Bluethenthal Field,
and Jeanne L. HagIund, OF
East Towas, Mich.