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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-19

fit of the Commissioners present.
said that to the best of his recol
lection, the agre ement entered into
between the County and the Cape
Fear Housing Corp, in 1914 was
an assessment of $500, 900 on both
land and buildings when the project
was about one-third completed.
Questioned by Mr.. Hewlett, At
torney LeGrand said that he had
been notified that the total cost
of the 5OO-unit project was 81, 1877
600. Mr.. Hewlett said that his in
formation was to the effect that
the total cost OF the project was
well over $1,000. 600.
On motion of Commissioners
Trask and Coleman, the case was
referred to committee for recon-
mendation and Mr. LeGrand left
the chamber with the observation
that he still thought boost Of
assessed valuation from $1,970 to
SIS, 1000 was much, too much out
of line.
Protests on assessments by W.
L. Price and others were also re-
ferred to committee for investiga-
ton.
C. Edward Craft, certified public
accountant, was awarded the con-
tract for the annual audit Of the
books of the various departm ents
of the New Hanover County gov
eminent on his bid which guarau.
teed that the total cost of such
audit will not exceed 81, 500. Only
three bids were submitted and on
motion by Commissioners Gardner
and Trask, Craft was awarded the
contract on his low bid.
Chairman Hewlett read a letter
from N. L. Foy, rendering his res
ignation as a member of the Will
mington Port Commission. and on
motion by Commissioner Gardner
and Coleman, same was accepted
with regret by the Commission.
A communication was also read
from Col. Ellis E. Haring Of the
Army Engineers office relative to
an obstruction across a creek In
Fender county and asking for
further information as to the
amount of navigation on tn e
stream and from the State High
way and Public Works Department
to the effect that it is the intention
of the Department to resurface
that section of Wrightsville Road
extension, as requested by the
Board, during the present season
On motion bv Commissioners
Trask and Gardner, the Board
authorized a special term of New
Hanover County criminal court
without Grand Jury. to begin on
July 30, or Immediately following
the regular July term.
A communication was read by
Chairman Hewlett from r. 3.
Page, publisher, in which he con-
veyed his thanks fer the confidence
of the Board and efforts on his
behalf in connection with his APP
pointment by Governor R. Gregg
Cherry as a member from vii
nlington on the State Ports
Authority.
Leon Murphy was granted a Il
cense to sell beer at his palce OF
business near the shipyard.
Next Monday morning and for
the balance Of the summer season,
the Commission will meet at 1880
am, instead Of 8 I'm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-19
The Sports Trail
BY WHITNEY MARTIN

NEW YORK, June 18- Up -
,,at,s the matter with that guy
wila snead, anyway? Shoots only
Ssn' FIR the first round of the Phil
p psslnbia Inquirer Golf tournament,
md no alibi whatsoever.
A. least, no abb to speak Of
o,.iv = broken arm, that's all. The
u l:aht arm, at that, and any golf
Els . will tell you the left arm
pr .ouId be in control of the swing.
Sl W. saws it didn't bother him.
vii why should it? Just broken
w wv, that's all. First thing you
' sr, he'll be begging off because
W. w., got a temperature of 104 or
,s nm over by a truck on the
Wv 10 the course or has a mess
W. " poison Ivy on his hands.
seriously, for a citizen who has
..onbIe breaking 100 with his
ss.mework intact, the feat of the
West Virginia h;llbilly in shooting
WV with a broken bone in his arm
!, something bordering on the phe-
nonenal'
We've heard Of athletes in other
.rorts competing when suffering
t+on almost incapacitating in
T,ries. Bill Terry played a world
.eories with a knee bloated to baby
S;n,b size. Innumerable football
vl.vers have entered games laced
TnIl1lllllllllll kf l.r m krnhhiioaff
srd braced to protect broken bones
md torn ligaments. and fighters
have gone into the ring hiding frac-
+-ed knuckles and other Gripping
Effects of their trade.
But in a game such as golf.
where style and the delicate touch
.re of greatest Importance, it is
necessary that every portion of the
rbvsioue that has bearing on the
swing be in prime working order.
And particularly the arms and
hands, whether right or left, al
.bough. as mentioned, the right
arm can be saved somewhat by
Ipttng the left do the heavy work,
snead is the kind of fellow who
would 90 ahead and play as long
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-19
Second Round Completed
In Shipyard Golf Meet

Second round matches OF the
Fourth annual golf tournament Of
the North Carolina Shipbuilding
company have been completed
with % players now paired in the
semi-finals of the eight flights.
Results of the second round were
as follows:
First flight: Lanier defeated
Massey, one up; Shaw won over
Foster. 6 and S; Steele defeated
Livesay, 5 and 4. and Herring
downed Scales, one up.
Second flight: Clemmer beat
Bollinger, 8 and 2; Thompson won
over Neil, one up; Moser defeated
Fisher, two up, and Hyatt won
over Godfrey, S to 3.
Third flight: McLemore defeated
Damn, 8 and 2; J. e. Blow won
over Montgomery, one up In 19
holes; Sutton downed Smith, : and
l, and Scott defeated Poovey. 2
and l.
Fourth flight: Mickey defeated
Wells, one up; Linville won over
Jones, two up; Garrett downed
Averette, 2 to l, and Robinson
bested McEache-n, two up.
Fifth flight: Mapp defeated Kirk
patrick, 8 to 2; Buckley won over
Johnson, 8 to 1; Binder defeated
Austin. 8 to l, and Potts and Be.
gore did not play.
Sixth flight: Meadlock downed
Edmiston, and /; BARLEY defeat.
ed Hitchins. and l.; Howell de-
feated Brown, one up, and Barr
won over Towel, one up.
Seventh flight: Gentry defeated
King, one up; Herndon downed
Stuart, and 3, and Bill Sallings
drew bye.
Eighth flight: J. Brittle vs.. J.
Lafrenier, to be played; Horton
drew a bye
Pairings for the third round are
as follows:
First flight: Lanier vs.. Shaw and
Steele VS.. Herring.
Second flight: Clemmer vs..
Thompson and Moser VS.. Hyatt.
Third flight: McLemore W. j.
E. Blow and Sutton VS.. Scott.
Fourth flight: Mickey Va. Lin
vile and Garrett VS.. Robinson.
Fifth flight: Mapp VS.. Buckley
and Binder VS.. Potts.
Sixth flight: Meadlock vs.. Bart.
ley and Howell VS.. Barr.
Seventh flight: Gentry vs..
| Herndon.
Eighty flight: j. Brittle and J.
Lafrenier.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-19
Winter Park Forfeits
To East Wilmington

The East Wilmington nine won
the first game of their season yes
terday on forfeit by Winter Park.
Members of the team are: H.
Gore, 1b; c. Gore, 2b; H. johnson
3b, Mozingo, SIS; c. johnson, II;
Pearsal, CT; Andrews, RI; Ed
wards, D; and Cheshire e.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-19

There are So towns in Arkansas
counted by the official census as
"cities," with a total population
for the SO towns of 431,910. Sew
enty-eight per cent Of Arkansas
1,949, 1897 lives in the open country
or in villages Of less than $500
people.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-19
LAID OFF

MEMPHIS, Tenn, June 18.-U'D
Several hundred employees OF the
government-owned Chickasaw ord
nance plant at nearby Millington
will be laid off within the next
month because of cutback in pro-
duction Of lone particular item"
officials said today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-19

Sixty per cent of the total ton
mage of cattle, hogs, and sheep az
rived at market terminals by truck
in 1914. This record haul was 1912
million tons of livestock. The Corn
Belt Farm Dailies, livestock indus
try publications, report that about
one million more tons were truck
hauled, despite wartime handl-
rams. than in 1912.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-19
I'm fred-l wos Ten minutes
late at Joe's Plaee,"

OF COURSE, we don't really fro
our drivers when they're a few
minutes late in delivering a pre-
cicus allotment of Pabst Blue
Ribbon to your favorite retailer.
But in spite Of wartime condi-
tons, we're doing our level best
to make sure that every Pabst
Blue Ribbon retailer gets his
full quota of this wonderful beer
ON time! So, if you can't always
find Pabst-ask again next time.
won't you?
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-19
A(H0W- mYt
&sSlAND|

Yesterdays RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago /, Detroit 0.
Only games scheduled
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn 2, New York l.
Only games scheduled.
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Your Sons AT War;.

Pfc. Clifford e. Ballard, 1925 Ger
mantown street; Pfc. Robert Ober,
2724 Compton street; Pfc. Marcel
lus, Henderson, TO Kumlcr Ave,
all Of Dayton, Ohio, and Pfc. Muir
rie Cauley, 1915 Walnut strret, Mid
dletown, Ohio, have been awarded
drivers awards for outstanding
efficiency in carrying their duties
over a period Of three consecutive
months without demirits for discip-
line or accidents. They are with the
18th. Air Force Service Command
Air Service Group in Italy With
this group also is Lonnie Jones, 623
South Western Ave-, Dayton, O.,
who was recently promoted from
private first grade to that Of tech
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nician fifth grade.

Oscar Turner. husband of Mrs.
Margaret Turner, $50 S. ziegler
street, Dayton. has been promoted
to technician, fifth grade, at Indian
town Gap Military Reservation, Pm.
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After IA months overseas, Pfc.
Herman Hubbard, USMCR, 251
Dunbar Avenue, Dayton, Ohio, is
back in the United States wearing
the American Theater Campaign
Ribbon and the Asiatic-Pacifice
Campaign Ribbon with one bronze
star. He was wounded at Bougain-
vile and is recuperating at the y. s.
Naval Hospital.
Corporal Russell Webb, son OF
Mrs. Julia Webb. 18 Weller street,
Dayton, Ohio, member Of 8 Trans
portation Corps, recently was
awarded q Good Conduct medal
49Oth Port Battalion Headquarters
announced.
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Evening star., 1945-06-11
Two Women Win Twice
In Bride Trails Show

Both Mrs. Dorothy r. Smith ant
Mrs. William Hurst were double
winners in the Washington Bride
Trails Association gymkhana yes.
terday on the Rock Creek Parl
equitation field.
Mrs. Smith won blue ribbons or
her own st. Nick in the first event
in which the rider was required te
assemble toy while circling the
ring, and in the 100 hats of Bar.
tholomew Cubbins class on Caddy
Mrs. Hurst rode Angelina Carabelli's
Day Dream to victory in the bache.
lor service class and the rummagt
sale event. The final event, Damon
and Pythias, was taken by Anne
King on Greystone and r. c. Farrs
on Clown.
Evening star., 1945-06-11
Crosby sRestful7OGets Cuddie
At Chew Chase Club New Suit

caddie whenever he breaks par.
The lad carrying Bing's sticks hac
visions of strutting his stuff in Hol.
lywood's latest.
But the crooner curved a couple
on the 10Th and 17th, going one
over on each hole.
Needing a birdie on the finishing
hole for a subpar SO, Bing's ap-
proach left him 25-foot putt.
That boy of mine did everything
but dig a trench to the can ano
ogle the ball into the hole" Bing
laughed. His putt went straight
for the cup, only to stop on the lip
But the caddie got the new suit
He earned it," Crosby said.
Plays Before 100000 on Tour.
In six recent appearances ir
American and Canadian cities
Crosby and his Hollywood sidekick
Bob Hope, played before 100000 per-
sons and helped raise 100000 for
the Professional Golfers Associa-
ton veterans rehabilitation fund
PGA officials disclosed.
Since the start of the war Crosby
and Hope have brought in more
than 100000 for various war or
ganizations in about $50 golf ex-
hibitions.
Crosby's next scheduled start will
be in Philadelphia $17,500 invita-
ton War Bond tournament Thurs
day.
Evening star., 1945-06-11
Stars Tennis Event
'Aqain Rained Out

Last nights heavy rain. falling
on courts already soft. caused an
other postponement today in The
Stars City of Washington tennis
tournament on the Rock Creek lay
out.
1t is hoped to continue the jinxed
event, twice rained out. tomorrow
Tournament Chairman Austin Rice
announces the following matches
Mems singles, 6:45 p.m.-Lt. w
Shaughnessy VS.. Buddy Fig, Abe
Brooks VS. Robert Burgess, and
Louis Mulitz VS. Howard Halpin.
Mems doubles, 6;45 pm.-Lynch-
Reynolds-Seidel VS.. Cragin-Zerega
Grace Sanger VS. Middlecamp-
Lynch, Norf1eet- -Goulard VS.. Roya
and partner.
Women'S singles, S pm-Anr
Gray vs. Ella Mae Oberti, Lorns
Townsend VS.. Gwen Groves, Bett!
Zimmerman VS.. 1t Lucia Shannon
Dorothy Dyer VS.. Mariane Thorne
Borghild Fond VS.. Ann Vlasak
Carrie Root VS.. Nancy Mayo.
Mems singles, S pm-Bob Smith
VS.. Norris Ruckman, Austin Rice VS.
Edward AShburn.
Mems singles, 6 pm-Doyle Roya
VS.. Capt. George Marthens, Nathan
Askin VS.. Ben Theeman, John Nor
fleet VS.. L. c. Middlecamp, 1t r
StlIreZ VS. Ensign Robert F. Davis
R. B. Edwards VS. Col. D. w. Hop
pock. Comdr. Kahl Spriggs VS.. Alar
Kershner. Marty Dupraw VS.. How
ard Church. Capt. Kenneth Lavine
VS.. 1t. T. Todd, Davey johnson VS.
Ed Phelps.
Chairman Rice requests thai
women who cannot appear at
o'clock come to the courts as soos
thereafter as possible.
Evening star., 1945-06-11
OfficioIs for Murphy to Ride Fractions Animal

Murphy rode the horse at Nashville prior to the Derby After
the field then boiling
the track Murphy eveny thankful for bodily
Churchill Downs officials bring bear
Those gentlemen ruled
ALL and darky limited he might the
spring meeting
Murphy and only booted him
length the Derby umphed Buchanan
later in the Clark Stakes.
later before he again appro
paey named Riley later another apy named King
carried Issac to the pinnacle of jockey fame.
Sandes mounts 1928 Flying 1925 Gal
liant 1880 Acaros first Derby
In 1888 and his aboard WhaWay 19 Around the tracks
they're beginning call the SLIM dark italian the jockey
of all time there that clnch
claim with fourth Derby winner He it, because he's
around No every trainers they
their horse will be Arcaro.
And speaking of Derby triples might like to know only
horse Faeo sired three the blue classic
They Chant 1884, Eminence 1901 and Sir Huon
Evening star., 1945-06-11
Nelson, Record Score
Winner in Canada,
Heads for Phi||y
BY the Associated Press.


MONTREAL, June 1i.-Fresf
from his record 26S score that won
him the Canadian PGA open golt
championship, Byron Nelson, OF
Toledo. headed today for Philadel.
phia to compete in the SIT 500 Phil
adelphia Inquirer Invitation Tour
nament starting Thursday.
Nelson spread-eagled the field in
the four-day event here at the
Islesmere Club. winding up yester-
day with final round 68 to snare
the $4,000 top prize money. His 26e
for the 70 holes was 20 strokes under
par and established a new mark for
tournament play in Canada
jug McSpaden, of Sanford, Me.
formerly of Philadelphia, shot a 81
Sunday. but finished 10 strokes be-
hind in second place with 278. He
won $1,000.
The field spread out behind Nc
Spaden with Joe Zarhardt, of Nor.
risburg, Pa, finishing third with 283
Ed. Furgol, of Detroit, leading anna
tehr, was fourth with 284 and Jimmy
Hines, of Chicago, fifth at 287.
An estimated IS 900 spectators wit.
messed the tourney during the foui
days.
Evening star., 1945-06-11
Hoop Jr., With Pavot
To Fear, Moves On
Ito Rich Preakness
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, June 1l.-Fresh
from his easy Kentucky Derby
triumph, Hoop Jr. moved on Pim-
lico today, ready to battle it out
with Pavot and perhaps 10 other
thoroughbred 3-year-olds next Sat-
urday in the 55th running of the
famed Preakness Stakes, certain to
have a gross value of close to $780,
900.
Pavot, owned by Walter M. JEFF
fordS and unbeaten as a 2-year-old,
although he dropped a photo de-
cision in his first 1945 start, now
is considered the chief threat to F.
W. Hooper's Derby winner in the
1-3/16-mile Maryland classic.
From Louisville, along with Hoop
er's star, five horses of the Derby
field of 16 are expected. They are:
Mrs. W. G. Lewis Darby Dieppe
third in the Derby; Col. c. v. Whit
ney's Jeep; Christiana Stables
Alexis: Col. E. r. Bradley's Burn
ing Dream and c. S. Howard's Sea
Swallow.
Polynesian. owned by Mrs. P. A. B
Widener, whipped Pavot in the
Withers Mile at Belmont a week
ago and it was announced that he
would be shipped here Wednesday
from Trainer Morris Dixon's farm
at Kennett Square, Pa.
Other possibilities include Boba-
net Stables Bobanet, Brookf1eld
Farms Brookfield, Pentagon Stables
The Doge, Greentree Stables Co.
incidence and H. c. Hatch's Fair
Jester, which was scratched from
the Derby because of the heavy
track.
Two other Preakness ehgibles
which ran in the Derby-Warrer
Wright's Pot O. Luck, second tt
Hoop Jr. in the Kentucky classic
and J. K. Houssers Bymeabond-
have been declared out of the Mary.
land event.
Pot O. Luck will 60 to Chicago
with the rest of Wright's stable ane
may enter the Belmont" Stakes Jun,
%, while Bymeabond will be ship
ped to California for the Santa
Anita Derby on the same date.
Value OF the Preakness to tn.
winner will be somewhere between
$66. 900 and $4,000. a record, de.
pending on how many horses start
Evening star., 1945-06-11
Yanks Crack 8-Game
Streak, Again Lead;
bucs Go Second
BY JOE REICHLER,


The Ferriss wheel has stopped
turning.
After gathering eight straight
victories. Dave (Bob) Ferriss, the
Boston Red Sox sensational rookie
finally was defeated yesterday. 3D.
by the New York Yankees in the
first game of scheduled double
header. The second game was post
poned by rain.
Hank Borowy gained the Yankee
victory to put his team back in first
place, half-game ahead of the
Detroit Tigers, who split with the
White Sox
A crowd of 38,114 paid, which
braved incessant rain, saw Ferriss
fail to overtake the league rookie
record of Alley Donald of the Yam
KEGS who won II straight victories
from the start of the 1899 season.
FerrisS tied the American League
mark of Johnny Whitehead of the
White SoX who won his first eight
major league starts in 1886.
Trout Breaks Slump.
Dizzy Trout gained his first. VIC
tory in more than a month when
he pitched the Tigers to th cir fifth
straight triumph in the opener
against the White Sox, 80, but he
needed the help of Hal Newhouser
in the ninth. Catcher Paul Rich
ards hit a grand slam homer for
the Tigers in the nightcap, but the
Sox came to life to pound three
Tiger tossers for Is hits and a 9-4
decision.
Pittsburgh's Pirates came from
behind twice to win two l0-inning
games from the st. Louis Cardi-
mails, 8-6 and Al, and take over
second place in the National League,
only two games behind the New
York Giants.
Homers in the extra frames &C
counted for each of the Bucs' vic
tories. Babe Dahlgren hit one with
a mate aboard to win the opener,
and Jimmy Russell duplicated in
the finale. Rip SeWell, in relief,
won the first for the Pirates, while
Preacher Roe went the route In
the nightcap.
The Braves moved into sixth
place as Mort Cooper and Jim
Tobin defeated the Giants, 8-5 and
81, fer the Braves sixth and sew
enth straight victories and their
ninth in the last 10 starts. Cooper
won his fifth without a defeat in
the opener, and Tobin aided his
own cause with a homer in the
second game.
Phils Lose 14th in Row.
Brooklyn. led by Coach Charley
Dresser, who acted in the place of
Manager Leo Durocher, handed the
Phillies a 10-to-4 defeat in the
opener of what was scheduled to be
a doubleheader. The game was
halted after seven innings by rain.
1t was the Phillies' 14th straight
setback.
The Chicago Cubs moved into the
first division by taking two from
Cincinnati, 10-7 and IA. to sweep
the four-game series. Thirty hits
were made by the two teams in the
first game. The Cubs won the Sec
ond when Bill Nicholson homered
with two on in the eighth.
After Jim Bagby won his first
game Of the season following five
straight losses by pitching Cleve-
land to its third straight 81 VIC
tory over st. Louis in the opener
the Browns won the second, Al
behind Rookie Weldon West.
The Washington Philadelphia
twin bill was postponed by rain.
Evening star., 1945-06-11
6rays Strengthen Lead
With Double Victory

Washington Homestead Grays
were well out in front Of the Ma
tional Negro League race today and
just breezing, after walloping the
Newark Eagles, 7-2 and 80, in 8
twin bill yesterday at Grifnth Sta
dium.
Buck Leonard unloosed the big
gest blast of the first game when
he raped the ball over the right
field wall to start a three-run rally
Garnett Blair held the visitors
to six hits in the seven-innine
finale. while Leonard and Josh Glib
son were pacing the victors' attack
with two safeties each.
The Grays have two night games
at home this week, meeting the
Baltimore Elite Giants Wednesday
and the Philadelphia Stars Thurs
day,
Evening star., 1945-06-11
Alexandra Boys Payne
.Hurls Second No-Hitter

Alexandria Boys Clubs Bullet
Payne scored an other no-hitter,
his second of the year. as his team
defeated Del Ray. So. in a Western
Division Boys Club of Washington
League game yesterday, and Pat
Panney allowed one bingle as WASH
ington Flour blanked Reno. TO.
In the other games, Wakefield
beat Arlington. 81; Merrick topped
Colonial Village, 1912; Georgetown
edged Hearst, 2-l, and Miller Furni-
ture won by forfeit from Chevy
Chase WeaSels, 80.
Evening star., 1945-06-11
IMcIntire Is InvincibIe
In Snuq Hurbor Win

Lefty McIntitre paced Snug Har-
bors 80 victory over Mount Rainier
yesterday in Prince Georges
County League game, allowing two
hits while tanning IL.
In other games. Greenbelt reunited
Scaggsville. 24-2: Mount Rainier
B. C. beat Prince Georges C. A. c..
86; Prince Georges Police blanked
Riverdale, SO, and Prince Georges
B. C. shut out Maryland Park, SO.
Evening star., 1945-06-11
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, June 11.-Some 200
noncheering Dodger fans jammed
Felony Court today for the arraign-
ment of Leo Uippy) Durocher, 80
year-old Brooklyn manager, accused
of feloniously assaulting medically
discharged soldier.
But If the baseball fans expected
a display of fireworks such as is
often staged at Ebbets Field, they
were disappointed, for in a rou-
tine legal procedure Magistrate John
F. x. Masterson adjourned the case
until next Monday.
Durocher and Joseph Moore, so
a special policeman at the Brook
lyn ball park, were. arrested yes
terday on charges Of assaultine