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Evening star., 1945-08-14

Cuba will build 5000 houses for
workers who are heads Of families.
Evening star., 1945-08-14
AFTER. CALL.

Ex dividend. Plus extra. Paid So
far this year. go extra t3fo extra
h 500 extra. 10c extra. Paid in 1914.
y $40 extra
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-03
Police Drag River
In Search For Body

NEW YORK, July 2.-(R)-Police
today seached the Hudson river in
the vicinity of the George Washing
ton Bridge in the belief that Mary
Cox Bryan, SO, may have leaped
from the bridge.
Patrolman Joseph Mullane told
authorities that he was walking
westward on the bridge on Satur-
day when he noticed a woman ap.
preaching him from the New Jer.
sey side. The patrolman's atten-
ton was distracted by a passing
beat and when he looked up the
woman had disappeared.
Near where he had last seen the
woman, Mullane found a black
handbag which contained what he
described as a suicide note and a
Social Security card containing
Miss Bryan's name. The handbag
also contained the address of Miss
Helen E. Dickinson, with whom
Miss Bryan formerly had shared an
apartment.
Detective William Carey said the
note which was found declared:
Pm sorry for what / do. I'm very
sick and tired"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-03
SOUTHERN BELL
HAS NEW MANAGER

Replacing w. B. Bryan, who
has left for Atlanta for another as
signment, o. G. Balm, of Hender-
sonville, yesterday started his new
duties as manager of the Whining
ton group office of the Southern
Eel Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Associated with the company
for % years Balm was gciup man
ager for 10 years at Salisbury.
prior to which he was connected
with the plant department Of the
telephone company in Asheville.
He was also plant manager at
Hendersonville for five years, and
has seen service in company Of
fees at Greensboro and Reds
vile.
A World War I veteran, Mr.. Balm,
while in Salisbury, was affiliated
with the Kiwanis club, Chamber
Of Commerce, Merchants Associa-
ton, American Legion. Forty and
Eight, and Golf and Country club.
He has one son. 1945 graduate
If Boyden High school in Salisbury,
who plans to enter NJ c. State
! college next fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Balm are members
OF the Baptist church and Mrs.
Balm was active in church and
missionary work while in Sails
bury.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-03
1914 Oyster Pack
Lowest Since 1921

WASHINGTON, July a. R -
The 1914 pack of canned oysters
was the smallest since 1921 when
statistics were first collected.
The Fish and Wildlife Service
said today that only 170,646 stand
ard cases were packed by the in
dustry which is conferred in tae
South.
North and South Carolina pack
ed 28,292 cases, valued at $780,
048; Georgia and Alabama pack
ed 1886 cases, valued at $50, 37l;
Mississippi packed 53,677 cases,
valued at $726,3O3 and Louisiana
accounted for 74,321 cases, valued
at $685. The entire pack in
Southern states was valued at
S2,283,3 79.
The pack fell off, the service re-
ported, because high prices for
fresh oysters diverted most of the
bi-valves from the canning plants.
On the Pacific Coast, where an
oyster packing industry had thriv-
led since 1881, none was packed.
In 1941 a record 1884 cases had
been packed in the Pacific North
west,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-03
North Caroliniian Among
Men Imprisoned By Ice

NARSARSSUAK, GREENLAND,
July 2.-WP-Eleven American
soldiers had been isolated and i'm
prisoned by ice and snow at Skol-
dungen on Greenland's bleak East
coast since Jan. s, it was revealed
today.
They will be rescued when the
ice thaws enough for boat to
get to them. Meanwhile, they are
being supplied by airplane as they
have been since January when a
slide buried their supplies, shell
tiers, and their radio power plant
under 20 feet of snow. They had
been stationed there for weather
observation.
Col. Eugene H. Rice, commander
of the Greenland Base Command
with headquarters here, told of
their battle against death and the
valiant efforts to relieve them by
air.
Efforts to evacuate the men by
air failed, but supplies dropped
to them by parachute enabled them
Ito resume their operations anc
live in comparative safety.
A six day storm caused the snow
slide. On Jan. 10, when the storm
abated, an airplane was able t.
fly over the isolated area and drol
urgently needed equipment.
BY that time the men had succeed
ed in recovering enough food t
last them three months. They man
aged to uncover one generator, bu
the building that had housed it wa:
gone and it's only protection agains
Arctic gales were 15-foot walls O.
snow. They sent hourly weather
reports until the pressure on the
single power unit forced them II
cut down to one report every three
hours.
A power unit replace the Diese
plant buried by snow was dropped
by parachutes in three sections
and within IL hours the naroonec
men had it in operation. 1t is stii
running smoothly on gasoline drop.
ped by planes.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-03
ATU Agents Arrest
Two On Dry Counts

Joe Stukes, Negro, 80, of 619 An
derson street, was apprehended
Sunday by agents of the Alcoholic
Tax Unit, while driving on high
way 421 at the Cape Fear river
bridge, and charged with transport
ing and possessing untaxed liquor,
according to officers.
Agents said that Stukes had l
gallons of untaxed liquor in his
car. After a hearing last night be-
fore District Commissioner James
B. Swails, he was released on $500
bond, and ordered to appear for
trial in Federal court October %.
Agents also said that warrant
charging possessing and transport
ing of untaxed liquor had been
issued against John H. Merritt,
Negro, of Red Cross street:
Merritt, officers said, was stop
ped Sunday while driving on high
way 60 in Fender county, but es-
capped into the woods. Thirty six
gallons of untaxed liquor was found
in his car.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-03

| The II men have all been COM
mended for outstanding perform
ance under stress.
Five of the men are members
OF the 9th Army Anyways COM
munications System group which
includes Sgt Andrew j. Richard.
son, Jr., %, Maimi, Fla.
Four are members of the Green.
land Base Command Detachment
of the Weather Squadron. AAF
Weather Service, and include Staff
Sgt. David H. Adams, Is, Clayton,
in. c., and Cpl. Marlin C. Long, "a
Lebanon, Pa. The other two are d
cook and an outpos medical aic
man.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-03
Greek Warships Fight
In War With japanese

WASHINGTON, July o. R -
The Greek Embassy announced to.
day that Greece considers herself
at war with Japan, as Of Deem
Der 8, 1941.
The embassy said George Chry.
stopoulos, first secretary Of the
embassy, was informing the State
Department that Japan has been
notified of the Greek position
though the Swedish embassy in
Tokyo.
The embassy said Greek war.
ships already have taken part in
operations in the Indian Ocean
with the British Fleet.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-03
Falling False Teeth
Makes Natives Work

WASHINGTON, July 2.-(P)-An
exasperated corporal in New
Guinea really put teeth into his
dealings with the natives.
The natives refused to take SER
iously their work for the Quarter
! Master Corps. The corporal had
tried every way he knew to speed
them up and then, in a burst OF
words, his false teeth popped out.
THE incident" the Army grave.
ly reported, caused great con.
Germ among the natives. From Their
on, the corporal was looked upor
with respect and awe, and his
orders were obeyed with alacrity."
| -V-
Lasius Niger, a species of ant,
builds covered highways, connect
ing ant communities.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-03
CONTRACT AWARDED

WASHINGTON, July 2.-R)-The
Veterans Administration announc-
ed today award of a $685., 900 con-
tract to ]. D. Hedin Construction
Co., of Washington, D. c., for con-
struction of an addition to the main
bull If the Veterans Hospital
at lie, N. C..
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-03
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-03

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. ALL THE
business you can handle in the heart
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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-03

PERFECTION ROCK WOOL INSULA-
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-18
New York Starts Probes OF Big League Color Line
Jimmy Bivins
Versus Moore

CLEVELAND Jimmy Bivins
versus Archie Moore. the stand
Oh, heavyweight match OF the
day, is the attraction that VIII at
tract approximately $4,000 fight
bugs to the local stadium on the.
night Of Wednesday, August %.
The bout ptiing the No. )
heavywe .gnt--BivInS-aga!nst the
No. licht-heavywei ght-Moore-
is the bes. natural to come to
pass mere IN several years.
Biv.ns always great attraction
here when pitted against foe
VINO L. gwen an outside chance 10
beat him. faces IN Moore the fast
est and best boxer ne has ever
met and that goes for Boo Pastor
too Incidentally, Pastor out-ooxed
BvirS here couple of years back
and u IS conceded by r.ng experts
that Moore is definitely a craftier
mi,tster than Pastor vas n his
heyday.
WHETHER OR NOT an eight
the Moore ne1ee Jimmy will have
20-pound pull n the weights
but this may prove 10 be a dis
advantage what with Archie re-
sorting 20 speed 70 outlook his
, heavier foe.
Moores stock skyrocketed 10
fame when ne knocked-out Lloyd
! Marshall here two months ago
| The manner IN which Archie ham
died Lloyd was nothing snort but
a revelation He caught the ma
jority of MarShall's leads and
coun,ered with deadly precision.
He danced in and out OF Lloyd
reach. cutting-up Marshals face
with short, Jolting hooks.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-18
Knoxville Wins Two

KNOXVILLE =. The Knoxville
Gr7ys defeated the Nashville
Black Vols, II 20 5 and { - O The
Grsys play the Cleveland Buck
eyes of the Negro American
.eacse a. SmithSon stadium on
Fr.dav. Aug II
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-18
SOUTHERN
LEAGUE

ATLANTA.-TH Atlanta Black
Crackers. winners Of the hrst-half
pennant in the Negro Southern
league, climbed 20 the top again
in last eWeek's play ny defeating
he Nashville Black Vols in tWo
shut-ou; games. 20 o. ans 20 20 o.
TIE Nashvue club dropped to
IN "a place
The Asheviile Blues. the Won
der team of the Csrollnas. gained
ground by trounclng the Mobile
Bears four stra ght. The Bears
play the Black Crackers four
games this week
Knoxville gained ground. Chat
tanooga lost doubleheader n
Knoxville last Sunday and was
sent home. according 10 the sec
rotary, Mrs. viii Mcclure. ~ the
/ Chattanooga club. She informed
the league owners that c. L
Hyatte. business manager OF tho
Knoxville Grsys, informed hel
that the doubleheader was all tina,
Knoxville would play Chattanooga
in the series when four games
should have been paved.
indianapolis and Richmond were
dir
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-18
Buddy Young's Sister, C|audine,
0utruns Her Namesake, Lillian

CHICAGO. Illinois - SPECIAL -
Buddy YOUNG now IN the navy
ana headed for the w!de-open
spaces. doesn't need to worry
ABOUT NE family losing any pres
ti-e while he IS in the service
Buddvs, twin sister. Clsudine,
running for the Ode Tymers Clue
N the Central AAU track meet al
Kew Branch stadium Saturday
Aug y. took the 50-meter dash IN
=, seconds and defeated Forrest
vile Fairgrounds Lillian Young
tno relation. Who placed second.
Lillian won the 100 meters in
1874 seconds. but Claud,ne dug her
spikes into the nderS and iri-
umphed in the 200-neter. defeat
ng Jean Kaplan, white. or the
Gonpers &C. Her tiNe vas PA.
The frsts by Buddys sister put
the Ode Tymers in third Place
With So points. The Gompers A.C.
won the meet with 8S and three
ff;hs. due "a excelling in the field
events Palmer park was second
with So. Forrestvil,e was fifth
with %. Washington park scored
u points for ninth place
Claudia Robinson OF Washin gtor
park leaped 4 feet. 10 inches &c
win the high jump.
Lillian Savage, Ode Tymers
was third in the l00-meter. Jear
Johnson. Olde Twmers. was fourth
IN the 50-meter. Lillian Young
Forrcstville. ties FOR third in the
broad Jump. with Claudia Robin
son. Washington park, fifth. and
Helen Trumell. Ode Tymers,
sixth
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-18

Sored by Chuck Prehir Allen
Sandy. owned BY ReIocn Sinus.
was Secon1, and Dream Girl was
third
In the ch!ldrens class. James
Ryan Vss the winner for YOUNG
riders under l3. lzetts Ray was
second, and WlnIfred Fulton was
t7ird For riders from IS 10 Is.
Dawn Porter was the winner,
Charhts Whitley VAS second. Pa
r!cia Day was third. and Phyllis
Zie2ler was fourth.
Elzer Harvey captured hrst
prize for ho7semsnship. With FREQ
Ssuer second, Allen Cullen.
cleveland third. and Phyllis Car
oeneau. fourth.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-18

Tyners u.s. -1lri N the discus
The Ode Tvmers 400-meter re-
lay team finished second 10 Shoop
rlavground
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-18
TOP SPORTS TO.
Be BACK Wit \
The WARS END

The wartime restrictions on
sport will disappear with the sur
render OF the Jsps,
But. then, were there many
restrictions which affected Ne
gro sports:
WHILE THE Office Of Defense
TRANSPORTATION issued edicts which
caused the curtalment or drop
ping OF some sports in number
OF colleges. these edlcts did not
stop baseball teams from training
In the South. nor Of holding
games in cities which was the
home grounds OF one OF the COM
petinz teams.
Nor did the owners IN the Ne
gro American end Ne-ro Nation
nj Leagues call of the annual
East-West gene.
HOWEVER. THE surrender OF
the Japs will mean a return n;
the annual big golf tournaments
which were dropped after the at
tax on Pearl Harbor.
II will also mean the return ~
SIT. Joe Louis heavyweight cham
pion. 10 the ring. Louis volun-
t.ered s'tor his KNOCKOUT Of Abe
S non. Merch 81. 1912 and has
not defended his title since thai;
time
The annual /Wilberforcc- West
Virginia footINl ~emcs will he
renewed. ans the other biz games
called of hecsu-e OF the var VII.
again be attr -~'',g
THE END OF the war will
rssn that such stars as TED
Strong, former crack outAelder
for TIE Kansa\ City Monarchs ari
forv ard for Ne Harlem G'cbe
Trotters may return soon jelly
TsylSr Memphis first sacker, may
GET n.y. release
J 7htwei7ht Ch an pion Bob
Nnrtzn"erv and Peau lax. for
rner titleholder. are among the
hyhters who NAV De discharged.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-18
Russ J. Cowans'
Sport Chatter

One ~ the readers " this
column wants ~ know why have
such 4 srudge against the Chicago
American Giants and am Just an
o'd meanie who likes 10 say mean
things about the Chicago team.
Saints ~ Old Rube. mister. I
would like 10 say something good
about the Chicago team. part,cu-
larry about my old friend. jim
Taylor. of the North Carolina Tay-
Tors Nv complaint s no,.that
the Chicago team Is anv worst
than some others which have
PLAYED a; Briggs S,adium-take
the New York Yankees in the
series with The Detroit Tigers las
week.-Mrs. year.
Hut mister. II we're tn improve
the play of teams In Negro base
ball. then We must also improve
the conduct NJ the ball PLAYERS.
The action NJ Piper Davis IL q
nifty example ~ what I mean.
Or that ~ Cecil Kaiser Rail
PLAYERS just can't expect the re-
-Spect of- fans when they're out
there slugginC umpires.
LLOYD Duckyi DAVENPORT
Is another brish, example ~ the
we N ball PLAYER who needs IN he
barred from baseball While under
CONTRACT with the Chicago Ame-i-
can Giants IN la44 Davenport, ac-
'e0'ed $500 from Gus Grecrlee ~
fotr inc P,{ShUr-h Crawfo S~<He
vas s'resdv indebted ~ aSvSnce
money - ne Chicago team N and
s-0ve sSo0
He didn't report 10 the Craw-
fordS, neither did he return tn.
money Greenlee had advanced
him
Refnve hat Davenport was one
- 'he r-Hclral factors N organi1-
NJ clique - DISPOSE ~ Elwood
H,rs0' DeNoss A. manage ~ tSe
C1ies-o .ea0' 0aven 0ri vas later
named manage ~ the team. but
rera,d Owner Martin by refusing
- repay 80 advanced r,oocy
-T-AaAA-..a-c,l+AtA I'D r, l-.-r7--
Davenport ]unoc- ~ McN,co two
weeks $50 carving WIS him
some IT Oprc- FINEST Wrichts
Money - ar even Nc. ,Nat ne
was advanced So1e money ~ the
NcN an owners - 5'so an even
80 '1s' nc 90 rsck nctore me
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-18
NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE
Baltimore Splits
With Memphis Sox

BALTIMORE - The Baltimore
Elite Giants divided pair 81
games with the Memphis Red Sox
here on SUNDAY Aus -. the locals
taking the opener, 6 10 :, and drop
Pima the nich'oap. s 20 >. when
Nerdel Mathis of the visitors held
ihem 20 three hits Porter. winning
hurler IN the opener, was relieved
Nv Don Troy in the sixth
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-18
z COMMITTEES
INVESTIC ATINC
BIAS CHARGES

Two probes OF the color line"
in big league baseball. launched
in New York recently, threaten Ia
eliminate those racial bars which
have prevented Negro ball player,
from employment in the American
and National leagues.
Last week a probe Of charges
Of discrimination against Negroes
by the two New York clubs was
started by the New York State
Commission Against Discrimina-
ton.
A FEW DAYS later Mayor La
Guardia announced that he had
mailed letters 10 10 prom nent ciu-
zens. including Larry s. McPhail.
president of the New York Yank-
ees, and Branch Hickey, president
OF, the Brooklyn Dodgers. asking
them 10 serve as a committee to
make thorough study Of the
color line in orfanized baseball
and submit specific recommended
tons directly IN the proper offic as
OF kthe National and American
leagues.
The probe by the New York
State Commission Against D.scr.m-
nation was revealed by Henry C.
Turner. chairman of the newly es-
tablished commission. in. reply 10 a
letter from Ben Davis, New York
City councilman who had polnted
out that the New York City Coun-
ell has passed resolution censur-
ing discrimination IN big league
baseball.
Turner's letter revealed also
that Commissioners Elmer A.
Carter, former editor Of Oppor-
tunity magazine, and Julian J.
Reiss have been named to study
the situation and make recon-
mendations.