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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18

beauty spot between bluffs over looking the Mississippi River.
 Conscience stricken at having killed q mother in 1928, he brought her two cubs home, succeeded in saving their lives. This was the beginning of his otter farm.
 He had pens and yards in which to keep them, not. he says, because they might wander away, but be- cause when they go to the river, they might be killed on railroad or highway, as, in fact, one was,
 'Smartest Aniuar
 The otter Is e wonderful pet, the only flir-bearing animal that makes a real pet,S Liers said. Hes the smartest animal there is, ex- eepting none. Mammalogists at the American Museum tell me he has more brain-spaee than any other animal"
 Llers has recorded sales to Ethel Du Pon Weir, Wilmington, Del; Childg Prick. Rosiyn. N. Y.: to the Quebec and British Columbia pros vineial governments; and to the Bronx. Detroit Royal Park. Chicago Brookfleld, and San FranciscO zoos.
 Tn iel0 . female otter owned by Liers gave birth to three cubs. the first born and bred In captivity. Since that time, the same female, Tara" has borne three filters. and he has succeeded in having other otters bred.
 T have photos taken by govern mem representatives showing Tara nursing the cubs,. Llers said. ''eo that feature. also. is solved"
 His next objective is Co learn tho secret of the seq otteg's breeding.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18
lO4, SAVES FOR OLD AGE

Denver, Col. - (UP.) Henry Hall, a sprucely -dressed Negro with a flowing beard and trim mustache, has a ready explanation for the thrift that has enabled him to &C., cumulate more than $500. He is saving the money for a rainy day or maybe old age" Hall is 104 years old.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18
AT ss. SETS PACE TOR PLANT

Chambersburg. Pa. lupl-Joe 6. Rotx, an employe of the Army Ord nance LetteFkenny Depot here, has worked 90 months without missing an hour of duty ct any time and without being late c single day. He has never taken time out for sick. ness and has never taken . day oi his annual leave. RotE is 70. drives 1s miles . day and transports Ave other depot workers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18

that which is known.
 This known reserve, if used exclusively to make gasoline, would be ap- p r o X 1 m ately e q u ivalent to the known re- serve of p e = troleum. which II o W is t h e source of 8 M our motor fuel. That is - if no more of either
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18
By s. BURTON HEATH NEA Stan COrreSpOndent

Tulsa, Okla, May l8.-This coun- try has a known reserve of 85 tril- lion cubic feet of natural gas, from which motor fuel can be made. The unknown reserve at least to equal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18
Minnesotan Is Tireless Crusader
 For Conservation Of The Otter
By HAROLD ANDERSON United Press staff Correspondent


 preach by word pictures through the which have become available him his devotion
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18

Human sacrifice. the spiliing of human blood, once marked the launching of c ehip.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18
Natural Gas Reserve Eases
 Threat Of Motor Fuel DrOuth Reners Have No Fear of Gasoline Botteneek
Refiners Hove No Feor of Gasoline BottIeneck in Nt

with its heart in the Oklahoma panhandle at Guymon-and the Corpus Christi field in Texas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18

Honey Bend Is the name os a community in ullnolA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18
We save inc OVERHEAD
 You save inc DIFFERENCE

We ssll e yev ssem oSs huge salesroons loeated iM shs feesoFy ssssionl
 We havs no feney fixtures e oxpsnsive sseFO front. We cell fev eush enlyl Our lswPreas policy is your as. sVrsnee of OFssseF VslvSl All elssVesioRs without &aFss by 0vP 0rwR fses sosy-sFainsd sxpssss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18

tlsis spring more GIso more men are suying. No more high rsIuiI doshins prices foT me whsn ! can buy diFstf from cass Clothes in lie fudeEy sesiiOnI'' The line.yp ee new Spring styles insIvds svsv kwd.se.iind fabric tTem ssburdinss Co leng.wssFins wSV. sieds. Case Clothes saves ihe overhead '-yov suvs ihs diiisTsnssI
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22

leld 1913 advantage at the inter.
mission.
After the rest period both clubs
roared back with renewed spirit.
The Hanoverian cagers continued
to dominate the play slightly as
Tsantes and Pridgen hit the bask-
ct with fine shots.
In the closing minutes Of the
tilt, the fighting Broughton hoop.
sters found the range of the bask-
ct and whipped in two long shots.
The battle was nip and tuck right
up to the final whistle,
Battling "Beak" Tsantes, the
Wildcats brilliant pivotman, play
ed an excellent floor game and
paced the scoring of the ARRAY
with IL points. Cherry spanked the
winners attack with II tallies and
was deadly accurate with his long
set shots.
The entire Cat outfit played fine
basketball, but the determined
Broughton courteers would not &C
cept defeat.
New Hanover's cheerleaders per-
formed between the halves and
gave a spirited exhibition that Gre
ated much enthusiasm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
Baseball Car Says The Scientific
Angle And Strategy Is Missing
BY PAT O'BR1EN

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81 Up -
There isn't as much science in
baseball as there was back in the
old days, and the lively ball has
prevented the development of
many really great pitchers in re-
cent years.
That's the way Walter johnson,
one of the games hurting irnmor-
tails, sums up baseball ills of to-
day.
Before the lively ball shifted
the emphasis to slugging, we
didn't carry a lot of relief pit
chers," the 'tBig train recalled.
When a pitcher started a game,
he knew he was expected to GO
nine innings. and usually did.
To-day, when a pitcher gives
up single, or maybe walks a
couple or men, the managers pull
him out for a relief hurler. I can
see where it takes the heart out OF
youngster to see lot of activity
in the bull pen whenever he lets
batter or two reach base.'
johnson, who operates a pros
porous dairy farm nearby in West
ern Maryland, likes to tell of the
time back in 1908 when he shut
out the New York YANKEES in
three consecutive games. That's a
record that probably will stand for
keeps-pitchers don't work that
hard anymore.
He blanked the Yanks on Fri
day, repeated the following day
because I was the only one who
showed up, then did it again on
Monday after Sunday open date.
On the scientific angle, the old
Washington star, now Sc, had this
to say:
Before the lively ball there was
more strategy, and the games
were closer. Often walk or a
stolen base won ball game. The
squeeze play was used lot.
Today, a couple of runs don't
mean thing. The strategy seems
to be for the batters to just stand
up and slug. All the advantage now
is with the batters, whereas it used
to favor the pitchers
johnson a big raw-boned farm
lad from Kansas came to Wash.
ingon in 1907 after brief stretches
with the Tacoma Wash. and Wei
ser Ida. teams. At Weiser he
pitched 81 consecutive scoreless
innings,
Walter thinks he's all through
with baseball now and intends te
stick to the farm. He tried man.
aging with Indifferent success af
ter his playing days ended in 1927
plotting Newark of the Information.
al League Washington and the
Cleveland Indians. But the "Big
train" never was happy as man.
ager.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
SPORTS TRAIL

zone defense refusing to go out
after the ball and the other team
declining to try to break through.
We wonder what the old timers
around Indiana and Ohio, hot beds
OF the game, think of that. We
understand that about IS years
ago the Mansfield, Ohio, team was
winning games by scores Of l5O
to 6 and 1O2 to 0 and ia to l,
and although that isn't what might
be called competition the fans at
least were seeing some action.
Penn State defeated Pittsburgh
the other day, Is to II, very low
score the way basketball is play
ed today. Penn State plays a zone
defense and Coach John Lawther
isn't apologizing to anybody for
it. He quite logically points out
it wins games and it would be a
pretty how-de-do if the opposition
could dictate the type OF defense
it would like to face.
Pitt Coach DR.. H. c. Carlson is
an articulate opponent of such a
defense, and in this case he had
an argument to back up his de-
cision to have his boys stall and
not try to break through the web
of bodies and arms. Penn State,
on size and experience, figured
to win by a substantial score. It
won by only three points.
Regardless of which is at fault
the team that refuses to come out
for the ball or the team refusing
to with tive think teams playing
that kind of game shouldn't
charge admission, as otherwise
it is sheer fraud.
We wish the fellow who collects
our rent would play a zone defense
and refuse to come after it. We
ran be stubborn, too. But he prob
ably wouldn't come after it if il
was a basketball. either.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
BRITISH FORCES
HOLD MINTURNO
Continued from Page One)/

ed the last possible advantage
from the rough Italian terrain. The
name the enemy has bestowed
upon his latest Notifications would
indicate that he considered it the
strongest of the lot.
According to German prisoners
some 300 of whom have been
captured by the British since they
opened their Garigliano offensive
Monday night-the adolf Hitler"
line extends from 1,7OO-foot Mt.
Cairo, six miles northwest of Cas-
sine, down across the Liri Valley
in the area of Pontecorvo to the
Aurunci mountains near the coast.
On an average, the line is about
six miles nearer Rome than the
enemy's present defenses.
Allied headquarters announced
today that British troops had seiz-
ed Minturno after hard fighting,
some "a hours after the Germans
reported they had abandoned the
Totally Destroyer town. A Ger
man formation preparing an as
sault to regain the town was de-
tected by Allied airmen and was
torn to pieces by bombs and artil-
lery shells.
After consolidating their hold on
Minturno, the British pressed on
against German positions north of
the town and were engaged in
steady, bitter fighting. Another
British force, apparently the one
that established beachhead near
Surio, seven miles up The Garieh-
ano, was reported assaulting the
twin Nazi fortress villages of Cas-
telforte and Ventosa, situated on
steep slopes mile from the river
banks.
The Germans are strongly en-
trenched at this point and have
concentrated important forces of
infantry, tanks and artillery. AL
lied troops, armor and supplies
continued to pour across the Garig-
liano as Gen. Clark prepared to
throw overwhelming t r n 6 h
against the enemy.
The German high command
communique heard here admitted
the British had made breaches in
Nazi defenses across the river, but
declared that one of these had
been closed by an energetic coun-
terattack.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
Commander 7 unney Tells
Marines In Pacific Area
Physical Skill Essential
BY SGT. JOHN F. REILLY

SOMEWHERE IN THE PAC1-
FlC-Oelayed) - 1t was a great
day for the Marines when Comdr.
Gene Tunney, U.s., spoke recent
~ to the Leathernecks, sailors and
seabees at this lonely outpost. The
former heavyweight champion
talked almost exclusively of his
Devil Dog days in the last war and
said it took the Secretary of the
Navy to get him into Navy uniform
during this one.
He said that if anyone had tried
10 tell him in 1910 that he would
ever be in a Navy uniform, he
would have thought the suggestion
crazy" He mentioned that, in
World War I, he entered the Ma
Ilne Corps a private and left it
Two years later still a private. But,
ne said, he never felt badly about
it.
Comdr. Tunney was pleased with
morale at this station.
He closed his speech by urging
me Marines to continue to keep
III good physical condition. I'm Ma
llne Corps SERVICE" he said,
physical skill is essential"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
SIX TEAMS PLAY
IN TRIPLE CLASH

CAMP DAVIS, Jan. Fl. - Two
Northern league contests and one
American loop dribble clash kept
Camp Davis tournament activity
going full blast in Farnsworth Hall
and Maple Hill last night.
By disposing of the 444th Bn
the 2O7th Group assumed a half
game lead in the Northern circuit.
Three straight wins mark the
Groups hoop efforts while the
453rd and Btry A, AAS, own two
successive triumphs.
The 2O7th led, I'll, and finally,
25-9, at the half when the suddenly
inspired 444th found the range and
drew up to within eight points Of
The pacesetters at the end of the
third period. However, the 207th
had enough left to maintain that
margin all during the final stanza
and when it was over the 207th had
achieved a 1927 edge. Friedman's
is points was high for the victors,
with Quincy and Walzak lending
helping hand. Impressive for the
losers was Hunter whose four time
ly baskets in the third quarter and
10 markers in all, in addition to
his fine all-around play, commend
ed him to court fans.
A 1880 decision over the oath
EN- enabled Btry A, AAS to stay
behind the 207th Group for pennant
honors in the Northern section. Al
though the Amen were only ahead
by four points at the three-quarter
mark, they frightened up defensive
ly in the homestretch, limiting
their foes to three points while
Radcliff, Gorczyca, and Gaertner
gathered six points among them in
that interval to sew up the issue.
Radcliff, OrdWay, and Steckley
were the chief marksmen and O.
bans seven field goals represent
ed a constant threat for the de-
feated team.
In the Maple Hill area the 556th
mad to Withstand a spirited second
half comeback by the 584th EN- be-
fore emerging with a 1886 award.
The 556th had easy going in the
first half during which it swept to
a comfortable 27-13 lead. Cibulka,
Hodges, Neff, Whitaker, and Strel-
telmeier took turns splitting the
cords for the long-enders. The
5o4th Waster no time after the in
PERMISSION, and with Thompson,
McFadden, and Dawson bearing
the brunt of the work, climbed to
within two points of the 556th only
to have the final buzZer sound.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
BRIGADE LEAGUE
FINISHES HALF

The Brigade Victory Basketball
league ended its first half season
of play last night in the Brigade
gym. The Barney Ross team won
the first half championship with
five wins in six starts. The Eisen-
hover, Kelly, and Foss teams fin
ished closely behind the leaders.
The winning Ross team is COM
posed of Leroy Towles (Capt.),
James Fryar, Elwood Penney,
Brian Mullinix, Raynold NeWbold,
James Kraus, Billy Brogan, Geo.
Mclean, and David Millgan,
The teams participating in the
league are named in honor Of he
roes of World War number two.
Leading scorers of the first half
are as follows: J. Fryar (93), B.
Brown (9D, Towles 1850, D. Russ
(73). The league plays each Thurs
day night, with the second half be-
ginning next week. The public is
cordially invited to attend these
games free of charge.
Final standing Of first half:
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
CHAMPION RUNNER
MAKES new START

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 21.-(R-Calu
met FARMS Markell, the cham
pion mare of 1913, will make he1
first start of the New Year tomor
row a low-priced favorite to rur
away from a small field in Hialeat
Parks $4,000 evening handicap.
Two factors will keep the classy
thoroughbred from going to pos
and ADDISON choice over seven
rothe fillies and mares of a calibre
sch figures to beat with ease.
She will be carrying 1876 pounds,
spotting as much as 20 pounds for
| the seven furlong dash.
And she hasn't had Tightening.
up race after several months oil
training. Trainer Ben Jones' plans
to give her action earlier this week
fell through.
With strong-arrned Billy Thomp-
son up, Markell probably will be
about eight to five in the pari-
mutuel betting.
Second choice of the handicap
pers is the Woolford Farm pair Of
Pig Tails and Silvestria. Pig Tails,
with two seconds to her credit this
winter, will tote 10 pounds-twc
less than Silvestria.
Mrs. E.. McCuan's Wise Moss,
to be handled by Champion Jockey
Johnny Adams, is second-weight-
ed at 11o, and was conceded a
chance after finishing fourth to
Four Freedoms in the first div
sion of the Palm Beach handicap
al Hialeah last Saturday.
Brolite FARMS Roman SoX,
twice winner at Tropical Park
earlier in the season and second
to Adulator in the Hialeah Inaug-
ural handicap, came in at Ill
pounds and drew some support.
Listed as outsiders were Mrs.
H. BarreH's Bridleolr, at 100
pounds; Brooklyn Stables Wealth
erite, in at 100 pounds despite two
claiming race triunphs here, and
o. S. Jennings light-weighted Blue
Sash, at 81 pounds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
CUARDSMEN QUINT
TAKES CAGE WIN

The Wilmington Coast Guard
team downed the 3rd Tow Target
quint, 1920 in Municipal Service
Mems Basketball League game
Tuesday night.
The tiff was close in the first
half of play, but in the second
half, the Guards turned on the
steam to roar to victory. Spanked
by Murray, former professional
star. from Texas who scored II
points, theeGuards proved too much
for the Target hoopsters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
Nv WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, Jan. 21- R The
zone defense in basketball seems
IN be the torrid zone, judging by
the hot arguments it has develop
ID and the big scores it hasn't,
Inf there is one thing even its
more robust critics can't deny.
It's legal.
RS not only legal but it wins a
lot Of games, although when you
aet a couple of stubborn teams
e,,t there with one or both using
that type of goal tending you re
liable to 60 to chess match aft
erwards to see some real, spirited
action.
Well the boys are supposed to
he pla ying for the fun of it, and
# they can get any fun out of
standing around and looking at
each other that's their business
and that of their coaches, although
We think if they charge to see
such glaring exhibitions of glar-
inc they should make refund. as
when a fellow pays his money
TO see a show he's entitled to
watch the. actors do something
more than take bows.
These 4-3 and 5-4 pitches battles
used to pop up every now and then
before the 10-second rule was
adopted in basketball making it
necessary for a team in possession
of the ball in its own half of the
floor to get it out of there in q
hurry, but the rule seemed to
have eliminated such scores un-
til lately, when rebellion against
the zone defense became more
than verbal.
We notice the Elkhart, Ind, high
school and Riley High of South
Send teams played a 5-4 game re-
Gently with the team using the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
Former Golf Champion
Begs Off From British
Charity Tournament

LONDON, Jan. 81. -P)-
Maj. Robert T. Jones, one-time
golfing great but now a men,
Der of Uncle Sans flying for
ces, begged off today from the
suggestion that he appear in a
charity match because from
the way I have been playing
lately it would be taking money
under false pretences.
''Td like nothing better than
play golf in England again but
I didn't bring any clubs along.
This time I brought musette
(army knapsack) bag instead
of golf bag,'' he added.
Jones won both the British
amateur and open titles in 1880,
the year he won fame as the
grand slam golf king.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
BABE ZAHARIAS
HAS new RACKET

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, Jan.
21.-tR-Babe Didriksen Zaharias,
the fabulous dynamo of sports, has
taken Up tennis and announced a
new goal: the national court and
links championships.
: The babe disclosed today she has
been taking tennis lessons for three
months from Eleanor Tenant
who coached Alice Marble to the
worlds championship.
'I'm crazy about the game, .
she said. ct like it fully as well az
1 do golf. Of course, I'm far from
finished player yet, but if prac
tice makes perfect, brother, some
day I'll be there"
The wife of Wrestler George Ia
harias, she holds numerous tract
titles and excels in basketball, gol
and bowling. The Babe is spend
ing two to four hours daily on hel
lessons and then practices three
to five hours with anyone ener
getic enough to swing racquet
Recently granted full amateur
golfing status, she has made he
best score 64-on Santa Moni
cas- Clover Field course, wher'
mems par is II, and has toured
the Brentwood 72-par course in IS
Her Olympic records of 1882, thu
8O-meter hurdles in III seconds
and javelin throw of 143 feet
inches, still stand. She holds thu
national broad jump record at
feet, Z IA inches. She played il
the National Basketball League fol
three years an was all-Americar
each year. She took up bowling
two years ago and boasts a tol
score of 268.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
Needan1 Broughton Edges
NewHanouer Quint, 1882

In one of the fastest games ever
played in the New Hanover gym,
the Needam B:poughton basketball
team from Raleigh edged out the
New Hanover Wildcats, 1892. The
final period brought indescribable
fierceness on the part Of both
quints.
The locals, who dropped their
first conference game in this con-
test, jumped off to an early lead
as they racked up rapid field
goals. They con slued to lead
throughout the entire first half and
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
City Briefs
WWIWLL PREACH

The Rev. Thomas A. Fry,
pastor of the First Presbyter-
ian church of Blackstone, Va,
will preach at the Fifth Ave-
nue. Methodist church Sunday
morning at IL o'clock. The Rev.
Mr.. Fry is the son of Mrs. T.
A. Fry, formerly Miss Bertha
Wigs, of this city. He is also
a nephew of Mrs. L. C. Lee
Gwin and he and his wife VAL
be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. j. LeGwin during their
visit here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
WACS MOVE

The Wac Recruiting ofIice,
of which 1t. Gussie Heifner is
director, has moved from the
End floor of the post-office bull
ding to the 4th floor of the
Maffitt building on Princess
street. The U. S. Engineers,
formerly located in this office,
have moved across the street
to the Custom House. All those
interested in obtaining informa-
ton about Wac enlistment may
interview 1t. Heifner personal
ly, or telephone 2-2435, extern
sion 6.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
BIBLE CLASS MEET

H. M. Roland, super:ntend-
ent of New Hanover county
schools, will be the principal
speaker at the weekly meeting
Of the Mems Bible class of the
First Baptist church Sunday
morning at 9:45- o'clock. Spe-
cial music is planned and all
men of the community are in
vited to attend.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
DANCE POSTPONED

The Teen-Age semi-formal
dance scheduled at Chestnut
Heights school for this Satur-
day night, has been postponed
until Saturday, January 20.
The gymnasium floors at the
school are being refinished
this week, and all activities in
the gymnasium have been cam
celled until the work is COM
pleted.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
CHURCH SERVICE

Radio service will be held
each Sunday from 8:05-9.00 a.
m. at the First Pentecostal
Holiness church. The Rev.
Isaac d. Dickens, pastor, will
have as his radio sermon
theme January %, ''Have You
Been Converted?" The church
program for the day as fol-
lows: Sunday school-10 a. M;
Morning worship-11 a. m.
Sermon, 'Waiting Upon God";
Young peoples servlce-7 p.
M; Evening worship-S p. M,
sermon, "a Blessed Ex-
perience". Mid week prayer
service Wednesday at 8 p. m.
Choir practice Thursday at s
p. m.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
Hull Again Critiicises
Sen. Buffers Charges

WASHINGTON, Jan 21- tA -
Secretary of State Hull reaffirmed
today his criticism Of Senator But
ler's R-Neb) attack on govern
ment spending in Latin America.
Butler presented to the Senate
yesterday an accounting firms
report on the figures he made pub
lie three months ago.
Hull said, II am convinced that
Senator Buffers latest remarks do
not in any way change the opinion
I expressed at the time OF his
earlier attack on the good neigh
Dor policy" At that time he said
Buffers report constituted "a
most unfair and unfounded at
tack"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
MOVIE AND DANCE

The USO at Second and Or
ange will show a movie at 3
p. m. Saturday and will hold
formal dance at 8 p. m. that
night. The program Sunday will
include Java club at 9 a. M, a
movie at 5 p. M, and music
appreciation hour at 7:45 p. m.
A bagel buffet will be held at
the Walnut street Synagogue at
4 p. m.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
PASTOR RESIGNS

DURHAM, Jan. q. = R) = The
Rev. H. P. Rankin, for the past
five years pastor of the local
Christian and Missionary Alliance
hurch, has resigned to accept a
church at Orlando, Fla. His resig-
nation becomes effective Jan. 80.