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S00NC C0NFERS
WITH BIG THREE

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representatives of the Chinese gov
eminent. a.
During most of the worldwide
war the Russians have studlously
avoided anything that might con-
meet them with the war in the Pa
cific in which they are not in
volved.
Soong's entry into the conference
was taken as backing for previous
indications that the tangled Polish
situation had been put OFT until
Molotov can consult his govern
ment and renew conversations in
San Francisco.
Meanwhile the State Department
declined to comment officially on
a Moscow radio report which com.
planned of what it called foreign
press" accounts that the Big Three
had agreed at Yalta against invit-
ing to San Francisco any Polish
government unrecognized by Brit
ain and the United States.
However, there never has been
any official claim here that such
an agreement was made directly
by President Roosevelt, Prime
Minister Churchill and Premier
Stain at their Crimea conference.
Diplomats however pointed to
the fact that there was a Yalta
agreement to amalgamate the
Kremlin sponsored Warsaw provi-
sional government with other Pc.
lish elements.
With such an agreement in exist
ence, it was suggested, the Yalta
conferees might have seen no ne
cessity to consider such a point at
all.
Even if the factual accuracy of
the Moscow report is accepted,
diplomats here see it as likely that
the President and the Prime Min
lister took it for granted that an &C.
ceptable government could be set
up in the two and one half months
before the United Nations meet
ing.
This country and Britain never
have recognized the undiluted
Warsaw group and it would be a
di- lomatic rarity for a nation
sponsoring an international meet
ing to invite a government it does
not recognize.
The action of Russia in staying
away from recent aviation confer
ences to avoid contact with re-
gimes it does not accept is cited
as a case in point.
It became clear earlier in the
day that the Big Three nations
the United States, Russia and
Britain-had failed in a night and
day of conference to settle the
tangled Polish question and had de-
cided to try again at San Fran
cisco.
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CAT nine GOES
TO PLAY 'QUAKES
THIS AFTERNOON
Harrison Or Rogers Will
Probably Pitch Fourth
Conference Game

New Hanover High Schools I'M
fortunate horsehiders will still be
seeking their first conference VIC
tory Of the season when they jour
ney to Goldsboro to encounter the
Earthquakes this afternoon.
The Cats, who lost their first
three conference tits to Wilson.
Durham, and Rocky Mount, can
hardly be expected to bounce into
the win column today.
The "Goldbugs" were leading the
locals, 40, at the end Of the third
frame here a couple Of weeks ago,
but the tilt had to be postponed
because of rain.
If it is agreeable with Coach
Norris Jeffrey, the Goldsoro men
tor. the Hanoverians will play a
doubleheader, or count the one
game as two. Under normal con-
ditions, the Wayne County lads
would have to make return visit
to Wilmington to make up for the
postponed game, but because OF
the transportation problem, that
would prove impractical.
The 'Quakes, studded with many
of last years returning lettermen,
have made a good showing thus
far in the conference, dropping
tits only to Wilson and Durham.
The last scalp lifted by the Colds
boro club belonged to Coach Sey-
ton Holts' Durham Bulls. 1t
seems that Billy Rose, Goldsboro
hot-box keeper, brought the house
down on the Tabocco-towners in
the sixth inning when he doubled
with the sacks full.
Malpass will probably be given
a chance to see whether or not he
can finish chalking up the victory
that he had started when the wealth
err man interferred here.
This game will have little bear
ing on the conference standings, ex-
cept to pull the locals out of the
cellar, and into a three way tie
for fourth place if they win. Will
son and Rocky Mount are tied for
the top slot, both teams having
dropped one tilt thus far. The Ca
ruso-nlen lost theirs to Leon Brog-
denis eyes at Wilson three weeks
ago, while the Cyclones were up
set by the lowly Raleigh Caps, who
up until that time had not won a
game, and who have failed to cop
single victory since. The fight
between Rocky Mt. and Wilson,
which started with Wilson's 1912
victory over the Blackbirds during
the football season. will be resum-
ed when the, two teams meet
in Rocky Mt.-on May S, for what
may we'll prove to be the Eastern
Conference championship.
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WADE and LANE
WIN IN BALLOT
CONTINUED from Page One)

Other candidates received the fol-
lowing votes:
George H. Crimson, 1,776; John
H. Davis, l,761; Thomas E. %ur-
rell, 1924; Ernest R. Mayhan, 322;
William Henry Ezzell, 1T; and
Kingsley Lee King, 107.
The greatest vote cast in any
Ward was e14 for Mr.. Wade in
Sixth ward, second precinct. He
commented that 1--WE always done
we'll there"
During the Councilmatic form
OF government, Mr.. Wade was
elected to office in 1919 for four
year term as representative OF
the third ward. This type OF gov
eminent was changed in 1921 to
the Commissioner form and he
left office to represent New Han
over County in the General Assem-
bly, for three sessions.
He was elected city commission
er Of public works June, 1885, serv-
ing in this capacity for 16 years.
In 1913, he was elected to the State
Senate as representative OF the
Ninth Senatorial district.
Mayor Lane was elected to the
Council on May 4, 1913. Following
the death of Mayor Bruce B. Cam
eron on July II, 1914, he was nam
ed mayor.
Councilman LeGwin has served
on the Council since the city man
ager-council form of government
was formed here in 1941.
Mr.. Yopp is owner of Yopp's
funeral home. He is past president
of the North Carolina Funeral Di-
rectors and Embalmers Associa'
ton and is at resent one of the
eight directors of the state asso'
citation. His father was mem.
Der of the City Council for a num-
Der of years and served on the
Board of County Commissioners
for 20 years.
The last ward to make returns
to the City Electors board last
night was the largest in Whining
ton township-Fifth ward, second
precinct, at William Hooper school,
where 1853 were registered. A
total of 624 persons voted there.
The number to vote at other
wards was as follows:
First ward - 256. Registration,
s15.
Second ward, LIST precinct-410.
Registration s49.
Second ward, End precinct-36O.
Registration, 1876.
Third ward, LIST precinct-540.
Registration, 1929.
Third ward, End precinct-658.
Registration, 1924.
Fourth ward-59o. Registration,
1888.
Fifth ward, 1st precinct-508.
Registration, 1854.
Sixth ward, LIST precinct - 504.
Registration, S55.
Sixth ward, End precinct-787.
Registration, 1886.
RT1v WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
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Majors Take To Field
Today After Resting

NEW YORK, April 2a.-W.D-The
major leagues had their first
off day of the young l945 sea
son today and it came as a well
come relief to the pitchers.
For they have been treated
pretty roughly since the curtain
went Up last Tuesday and the hit
tiers in no uncertain terms have
started out to make baseball
fourth wartime season their year.
Warmer weather may change
the picture. but thus far the SUI
A periority has been with the bat.
tiers. They have been enjoying
some field days.
Z A study of the record discloses
that the first week of the present
season was in direct contrast to
II the opening games last year when
the hurlers were dominant.
b In the National League, for In
2 stance, there were six shutouts
pitched in the first 20 games Of
1914. The first Is games OF l94s
have seen only two. There were
only 10. home runs last season;
so far this spring there have been
"a, Where they pitched IA games
less last year, they have pitched
only nine such low-hitters in l945.
The feast for the hitters has not
been so great in tn American
League, but it has been no fam
inc, either. Last year in the first
Is games the batters of the junior
circuit hit 10 home runs. They
made the same number this year
in two less games. The shutouts
are even-three.
High hit games have been the
rule. The Detroit Tigers turned In
the top performance when they
pounded five St. Louis pitchers for
81 hits. The Chicago White Sox,
the surprise club of the season
thus far, made II hits in a game
against Cleveland. That's usually
4 more the Jimmy Dykes crew
makes in three games.
I Of all the 16 clubs, the White
Sox have shown the most improve
ment. Their five victories against
no defeats not only puts them at
the top of the American League,
but also is the peak performance
in the majors.
Twelve Of the 16 clubs will re-
sumo action tomorrow. In the Ma
tional it will be Brooklyn at Bos-
ton, Philadelphia at New York and
Chicago at Cincinnati with st.
Louis and Pittsburgh idle. New
York and Philadelphia will be idle
in the American as St. Louis
plays at Cleveland, Detroit at CHI
cago, and Boston at Washington.
pvx, vUAD pONnS AMI STAMPS
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WHITE S0X'S BATS
KEEP ASTOUNDING
EVEN PILOT DYKES
American L eaxue Pace.
Settlers Are Averaging
A Neat .352 at Bat

CHICAGO, April 70 IN The
pitching is as good as Manager
Jimmy Dykes expected, but the
hitting of Chicago's undefeated
White Sox has almost made Ro-
tund James swallow his inevitable
cigar in pleasant surprise.
The American League pace.set.
tiers, off to the best White Sox
start in quarter Of a century
with five straight wins, have belted
"a hits, an average Of 10 per game,
for 1852 percentage at the plate.
Most of the thunder in the sur.
prising getaway of the lightly re-
garded Pale Hose is packed in the
bats Of Dykes aging outfield trio
of Oris Hockett, Johnny Dickshot
and Wally Moses whose average
age is nearly 80. This "totterins''
three-some is hitting a sizzling .42O'
Hockett, acquired in a trade with
the Cleveland Indians, and Dick
shot, who played in only 81 games
last season, each has pounded IL
hits in % trips for a .435 average,
while Moses has nine blows in q
appearances for .391.
The veteran Moses reports for in
duction into the armed forces or
April 30. When he leaves, Dykes
will have only three outfielders on
the entire Sox roster.
The 32-year-old Guy Outright
may not break into the lineup until
the day Moses departs.
The infield has beer spanked BY
Cass Michaels, 19-year-old short
stop, who has compiled a AL bat
ting average with faultless field
ing. 36-year-old Tony Cuccinelle
$3.50 is at third and 35-year-old
Leroy Schalk (.304) at second. Tony
sprained his leg Sunday.
Rookie Bill Nagel, converted
third-baseman, still is 4 question
mark at first, but Dykes has gooe
insurance in Kerby Farrell, vet
eran first sacker recently bought
from Indianapolis, who has pinch
batted two-game turning singles.
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BRITISH, YANKS
REACH Pc RIVER
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northern Italy. The exact points
where Allied armor wheeled up te
the Pc were not disclosed, but al
its nearest point the river curve:
81 miles north of Bologna.
An earlier communique report
ed that advance units Of the Fittf
Army had driven as far as 81
miles northwest of Bologna, which
was captured Saturday. These
American and Allied troops hat
advanced approximately IS mile
in the first eight days OF their
offensive and had scored a clear
breakthrough of the Germans
tough Apennine mountains defense
line. 40 e ''">'-
British Eighth Army troops Were
meeting stubborn resistance al
they closed in on the road center
of Ferrara, 80 miles north ane
slightly east of Bologna.
The fertile Pc valley was litter
ed with the wreckage Of the flee
ing eneny's transport. More thar
/, 100 pieces, including 1,Oo6 motor
vehicles, were destroyed or dam
aged by Allied planes yesterday
and there was no slackenins OF the
assault from the skies.
Heavy Flying Fortresses and LIB
orators, supporting the aroune
forces struck at nine bridges over
the Adige and Brenta rivers in the
path of the retreating enemy today
Three of the bridges were at Pa
dua, the others southeast Of We
roma. ...
Spitfire and Mustang fighters Of
the desert air force bombed and
strafed terminals across the Pc
northwest of Ferrara.
Some Fifth Army units were en-
countering numerous demolitions,
along with harassing mortar and
artillery fire, but other outfits
had raced so far ahead of the
main bodies Of troops that the Al
lied command was uncertain OF
their location-a situation akin to
that during the recent Rhine break
through on the Western Front.
The swift American drive al
ready had bypassed the large city
Of Modena, % miles northwest of
Bologna, and reached to within
some $40 miles of the Bremen
Pass line through the Alps. Lead
ing troops were within go airline
miles Of French forces at the west
ern shore Of Lake Constance and
within 230 miles Of U. S. Seventh
Army troops striking toward Mu-
mich. Between them, however, tow
cred the Alps.
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The Sports Trail
BY WHITNEY MARTIN

se4s s.s.ass..; Up 10 brighten dull
p:r1s- Ssy II 1879 He, with
rssaA Demx-es and Bill urges
.~-s - the Giants in exchange
Il. N.eS Es-:el. Hank Leiber and
Gas Mancuso, 1. looked like ar
evsl-s:e,&,en swap al t b e time,
~: urges is the only one Of the
SIX Sill with the club to which
&c was i.aoei.
O'Dea snel Pitcher Bill Lohrma,7
were the loose cnange thrown in
10 the deal when the Giants got
Large Jonn Mize n l94l. Cooper
already had bean With the Cards
one full season snd part of an
other. and was just coming in-o
his own, so O'Dea arrival wasn't
an occasion for .rumpets and red
carpet. He came as second
string Catcher, ana that is what
he has remained.
With full responsibility thrown
on his shoulders he might do bet
ter than he would 10 as super.
numerary. Opportunity often at
fects a player that way. and
O'Dea hasn't mad a chance TO
show what he could do in the No.
/. Slot for a Ions time. In fact
he hasn't caught 100 games in one
season since he came up to the
Cubs from Columbus in 1884. He
found Gabby Ha-tnett with the
Cubs, just as he has found guys
who got there first every time he
made a change since.
Obviously he's no Walker Coop
er, but he anything but STUN.
ble-sum baseball player. and we'd
rather have him on our side than
lot of catchers we've seen. II
they can Just aytnotize the guy
into thinking he is pinch hitting
every time he steps to the plate
he'll do Ill right.
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NEW YORK. Ay.7si ss.-@r'-Ths
reaction OF some Gsr.s = sNs 1svs
that Walse- Coo?se Va, s. H''
the service !Ap-2 = sss '\1N~aA
there 20 tie Cs-~S@sls sessa''''ss =
chances. Pe-sasssS> ~s s-sS
worrying .ees.s ia >ssSSssa-S ne
think ,hs~ esS>1& scss SssS sss
Coooe- e>vs - .e.s Fse:ascr Sud
ing anS VII ss---5sss%s sa-ctAsa ~
right
TIE reg scr sDl-lGr : wezry
too much about walker Cooper,
although admitting he IS ABOVE
the average as receiver ana
hitter, is that COR gong on four
wears now the St. Louis club has
had a sair.to-middling catcher on
its roster named James Kenneth
O'Dea.
You Invent beard so much
about O'Dea because. as the NO.
2 man, h. was cver shadowed oy
Cooper. But this l0-year man
would be a regular on many
Club this year, and il a club dldn
need him TO catci: it would just
as soon have him hanging around
as a pinch hitter.
He really can bite into that APP
pie in the clutch He's played in a
total Of 10 games in five world
series, and his batting average for
those appearances IS a neat .4e2,
his six hits in Is efforts including
one pinch.hit home run:
He played in IS regular season
games for the Cardinals last year,
and that's only 81 games less than
Cooper played. His batting aver
age was only .249 which is slight
" anem.c compared to Coopers
.3l7. but he batter in 81 runs and
collected six home runs.
r O'Dea was party to that six
NV deal which the Cubs and Gil
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HITLER LEADING
BERLIN DEFENSE
CONTINUED from Page One)


Soviet steel were sweeping through
the smouldering streets at all al
most unbelievable rate. Some OBJ.
servers specialized that the entire
city might fall within two days.
The Russians mighty surge to
the Elbe, believed to have been de-
signated as the dividing line be.
tween the western and eastern Al
lies, completely isolated Berlin
from the Nazis' national redoubt
in southern Europe.
The Russians were % miles from
last reported American positions
on the Nude river near Wurzen,
west OF the Elbe, but the swift
drive had effectively cut off all
northern Germany from the south,
from Austria, Czecoslovakia and
northern Italy.
The Nazi underground Were
WOLF radio said that Germans
were fighting Germans inside Ber-
Inns barbados, reporting that
traitor" were firing at Ger
man troops in northern Berlin,
where waves of Red Army tanks
were plunging relentlessly toward
Inter Den Linden and Friedrich.
strasse, dead center Of the city.
At the same time, an over
whelming mass of Soviet armor
was blasting into Berlin from the
south.
The escape gap rapidly was being
closed and one report said it had
been narrowed to five miles in the
area of menaced Spandau on the
northwest.
The Nazis, routing budding civil
ians from shelters, threw women
and boys into the inferno of the
city's death battle as the Rus
slams bored in from three sides un.
der a blanket of shellfire which
had churned mile after mile Of the
city into a wasteland of twisted
steel and stone.
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MICHAELS, BUzAS
LEADING ROCKIES

NEW YORK, April 23-P)-Cass
Michaels of the Chicago White Sox
and Joe Buxas of the New York
Yankees are setting the pace to-
day for a bumper crop of rookie
shortstops who have taken over
half the major league jobs.
ignoring the popular definition OF
a short fielder as one who fields
brilliantly but sports an anenic
batting average, Michaels has a
.421 average at the end of the first
week of the season and Buzas
boasts a respectable. 348.
Michaels name was KWietnieW-
ski Until last season when the Sox
shipped him to Little Rock after
u games in Chicago.
Secretary Harry Gardiner OF the
Pale Hose was not notified OF the
change in spelling and not seeing
any Kwietniewski in the Southern
Association lineups dialed hur'
ried call to the Travellers manag.
er. He was doubly assured by the
information that the 19-year-old De.
troit native had legally changed his
name and was whaling the ball al
1856 clip.
Although Chicago drafted Danny
REYNOLDS from the Yanks' Newark
farm, Micheals won the regular
Job in spring training and appear
ed hard to Gust.
Buzas was taken up by the
Yanks at the close of the Inter
national League season last year
after hitting .297 and playing sec
ond base. Joe Mccarthy installed
him as short the first day OF the
Atlantic City workouts and he has
not been out since.
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O'Connor Still Hasn't
Decided Coopers' Case

CHICAGO, April 23.- R Les
lie M. O'Connor, chairman Of the
major league advisory council,
said today he was awaiting fur
Their information from Walker and
Mort Cooper before making a de-
cision in the salary dispute OF the
star brother battery Of the St.
Louis Cardinals.
O'Connor, last Wednesday, took
under advisement the Coopers'
demand for salary increase from
$4,000 to $4,000 annually after
earlier dissuading them from quit
ting the Cardinals until the dis
pute went through proper chan.
nels."
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Kill Your Piles!

OF course you can't shoot Pnea f u.,
within a few minutes after inc .. n,u
application, China-Roid usually. .,y,:
fighting the agonies Of Piles IN ,.. S;,
/. Soothes and eases pain ana n.n~
2, Helps shrink sore swollen u'' sr,;.,,.
Promotes healing by comforting ,li-
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due to piles Has helped THOUSANDS , .
they worked and enjoyed lie N Usn,s.
rist today under positive guarantee. , ~
Complete satisfaction or money O ".i.
Don't wait. Fight your Pile misery WV WI,
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ask him to order it for you. Only Nv
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National League
PROBABLY PITCHERS

FKOBABLY PITCHERS
NEW YORK, April %. - Up -
Probable pitchers for tomorrow S
major league games. (Won and
lost records in parentheses):
American League
St. Louis at Potter
ODD VS.. Bagby (0-D
Detroit at Chicago-Benton 90
VS.. Lee Q-O
Boston at Washington-Dreise.
werd 600 VS.. Niggeling (0-0)
(Only gmes scheduledD.
National League
Philadelphia at New York-Raf.
ensberger ODD VS.. Hansen 90
Brooklyn at Boston-Gregg 90
VS.. Javery ODD
Chicago at Cincinnati - Wyse
(0-D VS.. Walters (0-O
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PROBLEM
LEFT UNS0LVED
from Pare One)

Continued from PaGe OneJ
ing, stayed away from an AFTER
noon session between the Amerl-
can and British representatives.
Mr.. Truman received Molotov
for the first time last night, less
than three hours after he arrived
by air from Moscow.
The move to San Francisco was
dictated in part by the pressure
Of time. All three conferees are
chiefs Of their nations delega-
lions to the United Nations meet
ing starting Wednesday, called to
chart plans for a world organiza-
ton.
There appeared no doubt that
the Polish issue, considered 70
have a direct bearing on success
of the San Francisco United Ma
tons conference, topped the list
Of urgent problems discussed.
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From where | sit 90. by Joe Marsh
Dick Newcomb
Goes Fishing by Proxy

Bob Newcomb used to be the
best fly caster in the county.
Never missed a Saturday at Sc.
wards Creek. But come the war.
and Bob's son going of in uni.
form, he just lost interest in
things like fishing.
But the other day Bob Tot a
letter from the South Pacific
-. kind Of . honfesick letter:
I'm thinking Of you, Dad, fish.
Ing In Stewards Cfsek; cooking
front over an open fire; and
keeping the beer cool in tho
strsan. Keep an extra bottle
cool for me-"
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Not a single American life was
lost when Commodore George
Dewey sailed into Manila Bay and
destroyed the Spanish Fleet in
1893.
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The first loan to be guaranteed
under the CT bill Of rights mas
been made to Texas tarm
youth, Roy Rufus Hayes Oh 'S''
County.
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The miracle insecticide' Of this
war, DOT, will be made available
to civilians shortly.
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City Briefs
PROMOTED

Lewis H. Rackley, USN, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Rackley
of Burgaw, has been promoted
from seaman first class to
gunners mate third class, and
Is serving on a destroyer es-
cort in the Pacific.
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Texas did not have an Official
name for nearly 200 years after
its discovery.
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RATION UNIT TO CLOSE
The food department of the
New Hanover War Price and
Rationing office will be closed
to the public today.
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BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
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So Bob spent his next day on
exactly as Dick dreamed Of MI
doing-fished Stewards Greek
again, and cooked the trout, ana
kept the beer cool in the stream
And you knew he was doing "
for Dick.
From where I sit, it's what tns
men overseas would have US o.
keep alive the little customA
the small pleasures, they ~
member -keep them alive Oh
they come homo to share them
&e %~1<
h1DA1lok. North csrelins cemn'fss