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Arkansas State press., 1944-03-03

Silas Bowman
w. M. Hampton left for st.
Louis to visit his son. Mrs.
Flora Lundy rushed to Los An
geles. Calf, to the bedside of her
Arkansas State press., 1944-03-03
Allied Command Aided
By French Underground
Quarter Of Million Men In France Said to Be
Ready, Anxious and Able to Bear
Arms Against Germans.
BY BAuKHAGE
Nees Analyst aud Commentator.

occupied French territory as 1t is lib
Grated, piece by piece; also Of ere-
ating the machinery for the final
plebesete which will decide the per-
manent government.
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SPORTS TRAIL

most Of these giants are l or over
and are AT because of their alti-
tude.
Boxing might not be hit quite
so hard, as the At fighters could
labor in essential industry and still
turn up of an evening now and
then and engage in fisticuffs. In
fact, any sport which largely is
individual competition would not
feel the pinch as much as team
sports which require much prac-
tice as unit.
What most of these athletes
could do in defense work is prob
lematical as most of them are un-
skilled in activities other than their
calling and because rangy guy
is adept at spearlng low throw
at first base doesn't mean he
would be valuable operating a drill
press ,'v -s-F
Anyway, what happens to base
ball if the proposed draft goes
through will serve as yardstick
for the other sports as to what
they may expect. Baseball, despite
the inroads of pro football, is still
the bell cow of sports, and the
other team sports will follow it UP
or down, or out.
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LETTERS Urges Truman
Committee To Go Home

LOS ANGELES, April 3-lR-
William LETTERS, presiden: of the
Union Pacific Railroad and form
er Rubber Administrator, told
members of the Truman Com
mittee and more than 1000 din
ers gathered in their honor today
that if the committee would re-
turn to Washington, West Coast
industralists could do a better
job.
1--WE on the West Coast know
there is a war on, but evidently
Washington DOESN'T said LETTERS
in response to an invitation to
speak
Asked if he cared to reply. Sen.
Harry S. Truman D-MO). chair
man of the Senate Committee In
vestigating War Activities, de-
.clined
Previously Truman had praised
the War industries of the Pacific
Coast and added:
1T IS our purpose not only to
investigate conditions as they are
now, but to plan for as good a
job being after the war;
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HANDY UNSER
TO BOLSTER TICS
BY CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN

EVANSVILLE, Ind, April s.
(P)-Al Unser lays claim to the
title of baseballs No. l handyman
and is ready to prove it with the
Detroit Tigers this season.
The 28-year-old jack of all
trades has a lusk minor league
career behind him during which
he played for 10 clubs in II sea-
sons. At one time or other he saw
action in every position on the dia-
rond.
He ever has filled the part of
manager, plotting the Gastonia,
N. c. club to the Tar Heel lea
que championship in 1889 and tax
ing charge of Winston-Salem, NC.
of the Piedmont League in 1912.
In five different games during
his stretch in the minors, he play
ed each position on the field, tax
ing new station every inning
The Tigers, who used Unser in
38 games last season after re-
calling him from Buffalo, N. Y,
figure he will be especially valu-
able when they start patching the
holes in their lineup, resulting
from injuries or departures to the
service.
Being yes-man has wrecked
my chances of playing much ball
in the majors says Unser. u
could never say mo- when asked
to play different positions as the
result I'm master to none.
'If had stuck to just catching
which is my favorite job, I may
have broken into the big time soon
err. But I really don't regret being
on the swing shift, for I've bull
up good backlog of experience
which should help if I ever man
age club again-which is really
my goal
Unser left his farm near Deca.
tur. ILL.,, in 1888. hitchhiked tc
spring training camps in Florida
to show off his pitching arm and
finally landed with Buffalo. That
winter he sprained his wrist
shocking corn and lost the effec'
tiveness of his curve. It took him
two years to regain it, but in
the meantime he had begun max
ing his swing around the diamond
and he earned his label of handy.
man"
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this husky gladiator journeys to
the local squared circle to vie holds
with yet unnamed opponent on
Fridays wrestling card at ITALIAN
Hall
Promoter Bert Causey has not
yet announced who will be the un.
fortunate one to receive the task
of swapping punishment with the
giant bone bender. He did state,
however, that he expected to OBJ
tain a performer able to make the
evening extremely difficult for the
mountainous Morgan.
Returning to the Wilmington mat
after nearly a tWo-year absence,
Chief Little Beaver, the wiley In
dian with a thousand tricks and
love for no grappler, clashes with
Doctor Len Hall in another fracas
on the card. Despite his long stay
In distant parts, the Chief is we'll
known to the local grunt and groan
fans. Although never too well liked
by the graphing goers, Little
Beaver was always drawing card
with his colorful tactics in the ring.
Tickets for the bouts went on
sale Monday at the Orion Hotel
desk,
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GOLF JOURNEYS
BRING THRILLS

KNOXVILLE. TENN, April 8
R- Most golfers on the winter
tournament circuit will remember
1914 as the year the PEA winter
bond tour sold $40, 900, OO0-worth OF
War Bonds. But Johnny Bulla, the
golfer-turned-a irline-p pilot, will re-
member it for a misplayed quarter
inch putt
Nominating that putt as heart
break No. l of the season, Fred
Corcoran, tournament manager of
the Professional Golfers Associat-
ion, said today it occurred during
the New Orleans Open, when Bulla
hung the ball on the edge of cup.
When he tapped at it to hole out,
he missed the ball completely.
Greatest putting exhibition of the
circuit. said Corcoran, was that of
Harold (Jug) McSpaden of Phil
adelphia, who also topped the tour
in money winnings with S13,500 in
bonds. His great round was at
Phoenix, Ariz., where he had "a
puts on l greens and shot a 81.
McSpaden, runner-up to Byron
Nelson in the Knoxville open, won
at Phoenix. Los Angeles. Gulfport
and in the Hope-Crosby tourna--
ment.
McSpaden has Corcoran nomi-
nation for the greatest finish of
the season. At Phoenix he birdied
the last two holes to toe Nelson,
and then won the playoff.
Corcoran estimated bond sales
for the entire tour at 20, 100000
and said the most sold at one
event was $6,0OO,OOO at New Or
leans.
Most popular winner of the tour
was Sgt. p. ]. Dutch) Harrison,
now stationed at Greensboro, NC,
who placed first in the Charlotte
open.
Ellsworth Vines, the former ten
mis- champ, Harrison and George
McAllister. D u h m amateur
scored the only holes in one.
Craig Wood, Corcoran said, stag
ed the greatest comeback, submit
ting to a back operation and then
winning the Durham Open with
scores of 67-69-68-271.
Corcoran believes the biggest up
set of the tour was worker
Steve Vargas win in the Miami
Open and the longest drive was
Jimmy Thompson's $50 yards at
Los Angeles.
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be replaced by Eddie Stanky, las
years regular second baseman.


years regular second baseman.
SAMPSON, N. Y, April 3. Up
Candidates for the Sampson Ma
val Training Station baseball team
turned out in large numbers to-
day for first practice in one of
the drill sheds under head coach
Lieut.. Leino B. Corgnati. Glenn
Spencer, specialist first class. for
mer Pirate and Giant pitcher was
named assistant coach and Tommy
Carey, specialist first class. for
mer Red Sox and St. Louis
Browns infielder. was named field
captain.
Outstanding candidates included
the famed southpaw of the Gin
cinnati team, Johnny Wander
Nicer, Hal White, Detroit Tiger
Highlander, Don Manno, outtield-
err, Boston Braves Chattel- who
played with indianapolis last sea
son and infielder "Packey'' Rog-
ers, of last years Portland Coast
League club.
Simpsons Blue Jackets will op-
en- their season against Baltimore
of the International League on
May 8.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, April g.
P)-Manager Steve O'Neill will
get his first look of the season at
Johnny Corsica and rookie Rufus
Gentry, two of Detroit starting
pitchers. in an exhibition game al
Terre Haute Wednesday against
League.
Paul Trout, who has worked six
scoreless innings, will pitch the
first three innings against Roches-
ter tomorrow, O'Neill announced
today after a two-hour workout I'M
der warm sun.
MUNCIE. Ind, April 3-(R-Out-
fielder and war worker Vance d.
maggie, only Pittsburgh Pirate
holdodt, bobbed up unexpectedly IN
training camp as the Pirates re-
turned today from an exhibition
trip. But he and President William
E. Benswanger, after conference
were still unable to agree on SAL
airy. -,
Catcher Al Lopez, who will be
38 next birthday got his Ia notice.
If he's drafted, Coach Spud DAVIS
will don a mosk and chest pro-
tector. Lefty Arthur Cuccuru1lo,
the Albany recruit, gets his physi-
cal tomorrow.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 8 tR -
Hurler AL Milnar of the Cleveland
Indians and Outfielder Roy we
hatherly of the New York Yankees
both passed selective service pny'
steal examinations and were be-
ing processed today at Fort Ben
iamin Harrisons Induction Cen
ter. They are expected to be as
signed elsewhere later.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, April 8
YACold weather today did not
nrevent Cincinnati's Reds from
getting in a solid two hours OF
much needed batting practice.
Estel Crabtree, veteran utility
fielder and Ed Heusser, a hurler,
returned to the lineup after BEST
ing severe colds.
Joe Beggs, head man of the
Reds relief squad, received
naval commission as a lieutenant
iunior grade, and was ordered to
take oath in Pittsburgh, April 49,
with indications he would be call
ed for duty before May l.
FREDERICK, Md, April 80
Two veterans and six total
strangers made their appearance
in the Philadelphia Athletics
training camp today.
The veterans were Pitcher Jess
Flores. who had been detained in
California by illness in his family,
and Catcher Hal Wagner, who has
been working in New Jersey
war plant.
The Rockies: Ines Luna, 6-foot,
16-year old pitching nephew OF
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Y.M.C.A. HOLDS
TRACK CONTEST

The Indoor Track Meet for the
props class of the YMCA. ended
Saturday morning at ten-thirty
The final winners were Charles
Caudill, with % points; David Pad
rick, with IA points and Buddy
Brown, with 10 points. AS reward
for the winning three boys, their
names will be carved on beautiful
shields which will be hung in the
Boys Lobby of the ''Y." S
Those participating in the tour
nament were Buddy Brown, John
Butt, Clark CAMEL, Charles Caud-
ill, John Dickson, Donald Farkas,
Graham Farmer, Friedrich Foy,
Billy Humphrey, Wilbur Jones,
Kenneth Nichols. Ray Nietsche,
Horace Osborne, David Patrick,
Jackie Richards, Carl Rhode, John
Weeks, Louis Woodbury..
The following boys placed in the
tournament: Charles Caudill, Day.
id Patrick, Louis Woodbury., Bud
dy Brown, Friedrich Foy, Graham
Farmer, John Weeks, Billy Hum
phrey, ] a ckie Richards, Carl
Rhode and Donald Farkas. These
boys made a first, second or third
place, but lost out in the total
score.
The Midgets will complete their
Tournament by Wednesday after
noon, and the winners will be an
nounced at that time.
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BRITISH STRIKE
GROWS SERIOUS

LONDON, April 3,-tR-A Tory
reform committee proposed tonight
a drastic reorganization of the
British coal industry with min
ers' charter guaranteeing a mini
mum wage based on a 81 1-2-hour
week the year round as a means
of preventing strikes such as the
present one which already had cut
deeply into war production:
The committee composed of so
conservative members of ParHa-
ment called its plan "a national
policy for coal"
Citing far better output of Amer
lean mines. the committee also ad-
vised drastic and mandatory ANAL
carnations cutting the present 1000
undertakings eventually to
between 40 and 60.
The outline of the proposal said
in America 100000 miners produce
100000 tons annually whereas
Britain's 100000 produce only 200,-
100000 Amalgamations, it de-
clared, would allow improved
mechanization of the coal industry
to which it attributed Americas
higher output.
Meantime the current strike in
South Yorkshire showed signs of
spreading into virtually every 9TH
er main mine field in Great Brit
ain unless the war cabinet can find
a way to deal with minor detail
wage disputes which are weaken
ing the whole national wage scale
agreement.
Less than 5000 out of 10000
strikers returned to the pits today
under union and government ar-
peals. The dwindling coal supply.
forced a Is per cent curtailment
in the use of gas and 10 per cent
in electric power at all factories
in the country.
Durham county miners were
considering a 21-day ultimatu.r to
rectify wage anomalies. Miners IN
the important South Wales, Scot
land. Northumberland and Lanca-
shire fields were voicing increas-
ing protests over details of wage
rates.
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Home Demonstration
Schedule Is Given

Miss Ann Mason, home demon
stration agent of New Hanover
county, announced yesterday her
schedule from April 4-8, inclusive.
Schedule as follows: Tuesday, 10
am, County Council meeting; 2:30
pm, Masonboro Home Demon
stration club. Wednesday, 8:45 a.
M, Winter Park All club; II am,
Wrightsboro All club; afternoon,
office. Thursday 8:45 am, Winter
Park chapel program on "Mobili-
zation"; 1920 am, Carolin a
Beach Home Demonstra ton club.
Friday, office. Saturday, office.
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TRIBUNAL RULES
in VOTING CASE
Continued from Page One)

(COntlnueQ from rage OHe)
membership, and that this action
by the party did not represent an
action by the State.
Justice Reeds majority opinion
today, however, said the Demo-
cratic party in Texas is required
to follow state legislative proce-
dure in selecting party nominees
in primary elections and thus the
party becomes q state agency.
Asserting that the Federal Con-
stitution gives citizens the right to
choose elected officials without re-
striction by any state because Of
race, Justice Reed declared:
This grant to the people of the
opportunity for choice is not to be
nulified by a State through cast
ing its electoral process in form
which permits private organiza-
ton political parity to practice
racial discrimination in the cleo
ton. Constitutional rights would be
of little value if they could be
thus indirectly denied"
The court said that when pri-
maries become a part of the ma
chinery for choosing state and ma
tional officials-as they have in
same tests for discrlm-
ination. apply to a primary as to
general election.
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Nv WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, April 3.-tR-Most
of the comment so far concerning
the possible effects of a possible
labor draft of 4-F's has been con-
fined to baseball, and that's nat
ural enough as the baseball season
is right around the corner. we
hope, and some of the other sports
seasons seem a long way off.
Nobody has paid much attention
to what such a draft might do to
football, both college and pro. Or
to basketball, or boxing-to all
sports, for that matter.
Some of our best college football
teams last fall. not counting those
spiked with Navy and Marine
trainees, had pretty fair sprink-
ling of ATS. and one of them-the
fine Tulsa team-largely was made
up of guys spliced together with
baling wire and adhesive tape who
couldn't get into armed service on
pass.
College teams, other than Navy
and Marine trainee schools, next
fall would necessarily be made up
of l7-year-olds, with a light sprink
ling of students taking medical
courses or some other subjects
making it advisable for them to
complete their education.
That would leave the field to the
Navy and trainee schools, or, il
other schools wanted to continue
with the 17-year-olds, it would split
the competition into two distinct
divisions as it wouldn't be reason
able or fair for the younger kids
to play the semi-service teams
Such draft could wreck Pre-
football clubs as thoroughly as {
team of bronkana gurakis. In fact
it might have a more disastrous
effect on pro football than on pro
baseball, as by the time the foot
ball season rolls around the draf
might be humming along rapidly
while it is conceivable the base
ball clubs might get in most o.
their seasons before they actually
began to feel the pinch.
Basketball also would be vic
tim, and there wouldn't be such
arguments over the IL and 14-foo
guys such as ragged this year, a.
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2-P-WhltloW Wyatt, No. l man
in the Brooklyn pitching corps,
arrived in camp today but was
reluctant to show his recently re-
re we'd IA draft card.
The pitchers left knee and right
elbow have been damaged in base
ball accidents and there is some
prospect the 35-year-old hurler
will not be able to pass the ser
vice physical examination.
The Dodgers game today with
the New York Yankees at Atlantic
City was cancelled because of
vet grounds.
LAKEWOOD. N. j.. April 3. -
tP-CIff Melton and Rube Fis-
cher. slated to take the mound
Wednesday when the New York
Giants oppose the Boston Red Sox,
appeared in shape for the assign
ment today in a long workout ON
the mound.
The Giants drilled for almost
three hours but Manager Mel OFT
missed the work. He didn't return
from d business conference with
President Horace Stonehan in New
York until late in the day. E
ATLANTIC CITY. April 3. Up
The New York Yankees announc-
ed today they will be joined in
Trenton tomorrow by 22-year-old
catcher Bill Drescher, property of
heir Newark farm club. Drescher
is IF in the draft.
Manager Joe Mccarthy said the
youngster would stay with the
club until Bob Collins, now the
clubs most experienced receiver,
recovered from a knee injury.
The Yanks game with Brooklyn
today was cancelled because of
wet grounds. The two teams meet
tomorroW at Trenton.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo-, April
5-0PD-The St. Louis Browns were
held to three hits today and the
!oLedo Mudhens of the American
Association won their third spring
raining exhibition game l to 0.
outtelder Hal Epps got two OF
ne Browns three hits. Toledo
scored their run at the expense of
Pitcher Jack Kramer. Manager
Luke SeWell halted the game after
ne sixth inning because of a cold
Wind
Score by innings:
Toledo (AA) 80 DOL O0-1 6 Q
a. Louis CAD - 900 000-0 3 l
Called at end of sixth: Kimber-
Ill., Bichaus "a and Sertich. Cog
snail a.; Kramer, Jakucgi 90 and
Hayworth.
FRENCH LICK, Ind, April g.
RS-The Chicago White Sox will
garry their feud with the Chicago
eloS onto the baseball diamond to-
morrow, They will play at George
rle-d Army Base at Vincennes
ao, in the first of seven exhi.
H'uon meetings, Manager Jimmy
D.}kes Of the Sox will trust the
snN three innings of pitching te
'hofnton Lee.
Ihe SoX got in two hours Of
practice today on the Cubs fielc
willie the Cubs were lunching.
FRENCH LICK, Ind, April s.
4j~Jlrnmy Wilson, manager Of
ne Chicago Cubs, plans to start
Aodle Hanyzewski on the mound
ssalhst the Chicago White Soa
N their exhibition game tomor
.o%' Hanyzewski, as the result Of
saHY conditioning is not far re-
Moved from midseason form.
Oon Johnson. who has the cal
second base, will be sidelineo
SecauSe of a charley horse and vii
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STATE CHAMPIONS
FIGURED TO GIVE
LOGS TOUGH Time

Provided the weather does not
make the field more suitable for
water polo, the New Hanover High
School Wildcats will opn their
home baseball season at 3:45 this
afternoon by encountering the state
champion Wilson Cyclone nine at
the 18th and Ann streets park.
Having suffered 80 defeat by
Whiteville in the seasons opener
last Tuesday, the Cats will be out
to bounce into the win column.
Snatching victory from the Cy-
clones will not be so easy, how
ever as the tobacco town lads,
who captured the state champion
ship last season, are expected to
field topflight team Not a great
deal is known concerning the Will
son outfit, except that they mauled
the Goldsboro Earthquake club,
20-3 Friday. The score of the
game seems quite indicative of the
strength of the visitors.
Wildcat boss Shuny Britain de-
clined to make known his starting
hurler for the fracas but stated
that either Football Smith or Har-
ry Smith would get the nod. Foot
ball, lefthanded curve ball spe-
cialist, worked the Whiteville game
and handcuffed the Wofpack wood
men to 3 bingles. Harry, promis-
ing freshman slabman, is a right
handler and has developed we'll
under Coach Brittain's tutorage.
The remainder of the Hanover
ian lineup will be the same as that
OF the Whiteville tiff. Rambling
Randall Dyches, swarthy cleanup
hitter for the Cats, will be be-
hind the plate. Cash Register, Jim
Snow, Eel Head Harris and Bill
Aud will form the infield, with
Red Holt, Bill McIlwain and Dick
Piner patrolling the outer garden.
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Cats Meet Wilson Cyclones Here Today
LUIS 0LMO LOOMS
AS ROOKIE STAR
By JACK HAND

BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Y, April
3-tR-If you can call fellow who
mas played 81 big league games a
roche, Luis Dino of the Brooklyn
dodgers is one of the brightest
stars in the 1914 crop of National
league newcomers.
The senior from Puerto Rico has
established himself in the front
line of Dodger outfielders along
with Augie Galan and Dixie Walk
er by his spring work and his feat
of hitting 1903 in the last third
of the '43 campaign.
Although Dino is Brooklyn
regular, the Cincinnati club has
had most influence on his career.
When he was 16 the Reds came to
Puerto Rico for spring training
and he was so impressed that ne
decided to play ball for living.
Seven years later when he broke
into the big league with the
Brooks it was against Cincinnati.
He nudged Johnny Wander Nicer
for triple and teamed with
Frenchie Bordagaray and Galan to
tie the league record for outfielder
putouts.
Its up to Luis to keep Puerto
Rico in the big leagues now. The
islands only other big timer was
Hiram Bithorn, Chicago Cubs
mound ace, now in the Navy.
Dino may be in this service him
self before the season ends.
When he left home they hadn't
started to call fathers but his ga
classification recently was chang
ed to Ia.
DINO usually keeps his hand in
playing winter ball at home but
this season he confined his exer-
else to managing the Caguas entry
which finished second in the first
half and was running second when
he left.
The four-team island league
plays a 48-game schedule, all on
Sundays when there is a morning
and afternoon game but no double.
headers as we know them. At
tendance averages 5000 and play
rolls approach class D levels of
$20-$25 week which isn't bad
for a one-day week.
Mike Lloreda of Caguas wrote a
fan letter to Eddie Mooers. own
err of the Richmond, Va, team OF
the Piedmont League, and Olmo
had his first trip to the U. S. A.
in 1889 Two years down on the
farm at Wilson, N. c., in the
Coastal plain leagues and two
more at Richmond where he was
third baseman and outfielder,
preceded 1943. Last year he was
hitting .315 at Montreal when the
Brooks called him to Ebbets Field.
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The average canary lives about
eight years.
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New Faces To Feature
Fridays Mat Doings

In these days of shortages, it
is interesting to note that one thing
is coming to Wilmington that
seemingly lacks nothing: his name
is Big Ben Morgan. Possessing
everything from a full-length beard
to 275 pounds of graphing skill,
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GAINES TO SPEAK

DAVIDSON, April 3 -lP- Dir.
Francis P. Gaines, president Of
washington and Lee university
Will deliver the address at formal
oeolcatlon of the Martin Science
building at Davidson college April