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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-19
Bigger Crop of Race Horses
May Be The Brighter Side
OF Federal Ban On Racing

June 8; Count Fleet. June 1; Co.
lin, May %; Discovery, June g.;
Domino, May %; Equipoise, April
II; Exterminator, June 80; Gallant
Fox, June "a; Hindoo, May 10;
Omaha, June 18; Sarazen, July 4;
Sun Beau Oct. 81; Top Flight, June
II; War Admiral, April Is Zev,
June IA, ETC., etc. The list
could go on ad infinitum.
Here's what some turf authori-
ties here say on the subjec:
Jim Fitzsimmons: THE ban will
give two year Odds more chance to
! fill out and develop, reach normal
growth. It's racing, not training,
that hurts two year olds, if over
done But it depends lot on the
horse-and the trainers judg.
ment'
Ben Jones: 81 don't think it will
make much difference. Youngsters
need a certain amount of racing.
Like boxer, they must have COM
petition for a good form. But over
racing and emphasis on juveniles
is harmful.
Handicapped Charles McLennan:
eff the ban lasts long time, it
probably will make for improve
ment in distance horses
Red" Wingf e l d: It'll give
youngsters more cnance to deveJ-
OPP
President John Clark, Hialeah:
ut should be an interesting expert
ment in that we may get some bet,
ter older horses through the ban.
1 concur with others that juveniles
can now be given more attention
and benefit by it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-19
BEST, SAUNDERS
PREPARE TO USE
SIX-OUNCE MITS

When Buddy Best and Babe
Saunders climb through the ropes
in the ITALIAN Hall arena tonight,
they will be fighting with six ounce
gloves for the first time in their
fistic careers. Statistics place odds
in Buddy's lap, and he hopes to
place the clever Babe in some
body's lap at the ringside as early
as possible. Babe was withholding
any comment.
In their last meeting before a
packed Memorial auditorium crowd
at Raleigh, Best was pounded into
semi-conscious state and was lit
orally out on his feet in the eighth
round The commission ordered the
towel, and the defeated Best stag
gered from the ring after hitting
the canvas eight times between the
fifth and eighth rounds.
Also slated to scrap tonight is
Johnnie Edens, of high school
fame. and Leroy Hooks, ex-wrest-
Ter Johnnie Edens packs wal
lop which may be Hooks downfall
if the haymaker connects with his
Elusive opponent. The fight is not
expected to 60 the full four rounds.
for both boys Will be cunning"
Also arranged is four-rounder
between Ward Saunders and Bill
Hurst.
In the opening bout Glenn sas-
ser will meet Jesse James Mer-
rift. It was announced last night
that two additional bouts would be
announced from the ring.
Officials will be Louis E. Keith,
referee; judges, Don Hyatt, Chief
Kennel. and Bill Stewart; time
keeper, George Wilson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-19
American League Clubs
Haze 275 Ball Players

CHICAGO. Jan. 18.-UP)-Led
by Washington and Cleveland, the
eight American League baseball
clubs now have total of 275 play.
ers on their rosters, with 1913 hold
ing 4F classifications, the leagues
service bureau announced today.
The Senators and Indians both
have 80 players on their reserve
list. Chicago and Detroit have IS
each, st. Louis has "a, New York
33 and Philadelphia and Boston 20
each.
OF the total number Of players,
% have been honorably dischaTg-
ed from service, % are average,
six are under and eight are al
lens.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-19
nv WHITNEY MARTIN

,,r WORK. Jan. 10 -P)- Leo
n n1h had just ,,a reaeh 111on the
pom. oa u Magerkurth yelled Eyer
Geg! ~ ~ pee-Wee Reese, with ges-
t o.. when there was an omlnous
tuTes, ,,, ~ not far away and the tent
ca'Iu ad an inpromptu little Jig.
's yow you'd think the manager OF
NJ prc'oklvn Dodgers wouldn't be
the . g bv any strange noise, as
s 8, .5ore is any noise that hasn't at
H. Tim time or another been heard at
o r,ets field it's just an oversight.
IT, hs'I Len Durocher is no dope. He
b i'sar I'll the noise he heard wasn't a
cork s5s popping. 1t was a German
snFn no his right thumb jerked up
d n Illustrating Mage1kurth's ges-
war wa froze in position. His gaze
lr Iaotod slowly downward toward a
S-T I1anI in the front row of the tent
tn NJ soldiers. The colonel waved
hand reassuringly.
: "Thats all right he comfo-ted.
u,.hen the boys start to leave the
/ ..n+ you'll know they're getting
'-. "snd the first one of you guys
..,o Gets up to go, make a path
W. me- /" Durocher advised. "I'll
s r the first one out of here"
" That was Just one Of the innu-
uarsble interesting experiences
'pin,rorntered by Durocher and the
e,hor members of his baseball
V .rnunp-Nick Etten Of the Yankees,
1-s' Nedwick of the Giants and
snorts.writer Tom Meany-on their
tarr Of the Mediterranean theater,
trom which they returned this week
a , tremendous admiration for
8 our boys overseas.
They put on their act every
,,oro-in a small tent where the
win heat down so hard even Du-
rSraers dulcet voice couldn't be
hoard unless he stood directly in
.to center; on makeshift stage
e. cockeyed the entertainer would
stsrd at one end, slowly slide 10
tbo otoer. then hike back to repeat
t1e process all over; in settings SO
surrounded by mire the bulldozers
we're calling for help.
And there was the time when Du-
roc5er. dead tired, plopped into
cbaj to await an elevator in a
Florence hotel lobby, Ind a mud
caked Young lieutenant walked in,
started to pass, stopped, stared
! and said simply:
Il don't believe it." He was just
Brooklyn boy who hadn't seen
Durocher in two and nalf years,
and was so homesick for the
{borough he wouldn't leave the
little troupe.
There was the Spaghetti Bowl
ftootball game, a sight Duroche~
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-19
Chairman May Opposes
Continuance OF Ball
If Able Men Can PLAY

WASHINGTON, Jan. 49, Up -
They ruled out the Kentucky Der
by ana they ought to rule out base
ball also, says Chairman May ID
KY of the house military commit
tee which is considering work or.
fight legislation.
May was leaving an executive
session Of his committee when a
reporter stepped up tc ask him
about the sports situation.
The reporter was going to put
the question this way: I'm view
of President Roosevelt's remarks
that it is all right with him for
baseball to continue, what is the
attitude of your co1nmittee?'
But all he got out OF his mouth
was the first half of the question
down to baseball to continue.
ANY man who is able to play
baseball is able to fight or work
in a war plant" May snapped.
And the morale value of base
ball?
eff baseball has a morale value
it can BE- just as great played in
the Army Let those fellows play
their baseball with the Japs and
Germans.
Maybe he had in mind throwing
hand grenades into machine CUR
nests. He didn't say.
- v,,l.1,xs, o;x,,o 1ic
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-19
Number Of Teams Set
For Tourney Decrease

WICHITA, Kan, Jan. 18.-(UP)
President Raj Dumont of the Ma
tional Baseball Congress snnounc-
ed today that the number of teams
which will compete in the cham
pionship tournament here has been
reduced from 80 to "a.
The reduction was made, he
said to reduce travel require
ments The tournament will be held
from August 10 to %.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-19
Industrialists Prepare To
Ask Washington For
Go Signal
BY WALTER BYERS
United Press Staff Correspondent

CHICAGO, Jan. 49, (UP) -
Leading industrialists from major
war plants in the Chicago area
today turned to sports for help
ing hand in stepping up produc-
ton and at the same time pre-
pared to ask Washington to give
all sports a bright green light.
Bothered by absenteeism and
confident they have the cure, the
production executives believe that
if sports leaders would talk to war
workers, absenteeism would drop
to rock bottom and production
would Jump to new heights.
The man with that idea is John
(Beans) Reardon, a n a tt n a
league umpire for h e past &c
years, who recently returned from
a USO baseball tour of the Paci-
fic theater.
Reardon, when he arrived on the
west coast was brought to Chicago
by Howard M. Reineman, general
manager of Industrial Metal Fab
ricators, Inc, operators of four
hugh Chicago war plants.
Absenteeism had been hurting
production in the company's plants
and had jumped to 46 day in
one of them. Reardon began by
telling the workers what he had
seen in the Pacific, about what
the fighting man needed and about
how vital the workers perfor.
nance is to the war.
Within four days, absenteeism
slid from 46 10 10, all of whom
were really SICK" Reineman
said.
The workers won't listen to ce.
lebrities and they don't believe re.
turning war veterans, because
they think their superiors told
them what to say, company Off
Gals explained.
"But they will listen to sports
figures. They believe them, they
know them and the results have
been amazing" Reineman said.
Industrial Metal Fabricators' in
creased production has brought
queries from other industrialist!
with the result that the executive:
have held a meeting and elected
a subcommittee to outline com
plete formula of the "Reardo1
cure"
The committees report is to b.
carried from coast to coast, witt
Reineman scheduled to be in Pitts
burgh for a meeting on the sub
ject next week and then on tn
: west coast. The plan is eventual
ly to have sports figures tou
| plants from coast to coast.
The production leaders also be
lieve that sports should be give
an unquestioned green light ane
plan to present their views t
Washington in an effort to furthe
the war effort.
!, Our workers need WHOLESOME
good relaxation. Sports is good TO.
both the home and war fronts
and just as the fighting man like
tc hear and talk about his favorit'
athletes, our workers like to d.
the same thing" Reineman said
eve believe sports would hell
production.
Companies represented on thu
sub-committe are: Westinghouse
Electric and Manufa curing; Car
negie-Illinois Steel; Pressed Stee
Car; Modern Fabricating an
Welding, Inland steel. Pullman
standard, Midland Steel, Playtim'
Products, Inc, and Bartholomew
O'Too1e.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-19
Pittsburgh Hornets Hire
Two Additional Players

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 18.-UP)-
The Pittsburgh Hornets of the
American hockey league today an
nounced the acquisition of Billy
Wilson, left wing, and Martial
Brodeur, a defense man.
Wilson was secured from the
Toronto Maple Leafs of the Nation
al hockey league and recently was
discharged from the Canadian
Army. Brodeur was signed from
the amateur rank; and will make
his pro debut here Saturday night
agaist the Buffalo Bisons.
B11Y WAR RoNpS AND STAMPS
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-19
Two Palestine Jews
To Die In Moyne Case

CAIRO, Jan. 49, up -Eliahou
Bet Souri, and Eliahou Hakim, two
young Palestinian Jews who con-
fessed the assassination of Lord
Moyne, were sentenced to death
in tense Egyptian court today
and they appeared utterly stunned.
The presiding justice read the
sentence.
The two self-styled patriots will
pay with their lives for the MUIR
der of the British Minister of
State resident in the Middle East
and his chauffeur, Lance Corpora
Fuller, who were shot down on a
Cairo street last November 6.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-19

Christopher Columbus made the
first practical use of the magnetic
cOmpasS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-19

BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-19

Connecticut is the first state in
the Union to set up its own Bu-
reau of Inter-American Affairs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-19

The city of Lublin's civic his
tory goes back to the 10th cen
tllrv
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-10
Wife DOdges Z Shots,
but Fails To EIude 9th

Thomas Wooten, "a. of 6433
Russell, got rootln'. tootin' today
in his home and, according to
police, "playfully' took pot shots
at his wife, Rebecca.
He allegedly fired eight shots
from a % caliber rifle and the
agile and brave Mrs. Wooten
lodged them all--except one.
All this went on between l a.
m. and $40 this morning, and
Mrs. Wooten was a tired women
when bullet No. s came along
She duckcd as usual, but not
quick enough and the slug hit
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-10

y April is+
week of progress on the Eastern and Western
fronts (from shaded lines to solid lines) Is shown
this BATTLEGRAPH of Germany's last stand. Marked
off into IS miles square, the graph makes it easy
for you to figure distances from Berlin Cat zero) to
other point on the map Armies, generals and identified
divisions are also given on these BATTLEGRAPHS
appearing Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the Times.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-10

her arm and went on 10 cause a
slight body wound.
Tommy wasn't mad at me,
just drinking and didn't know
what he was doing" police
quoted the wife as saying.
She was taken 10 Receiving
Hospital for treatment. and the
rootin'. tootin' Wooten was taken
IN iail
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-10
Raise $26,040,749

CHICAGO. April 9. (UP)-The
Methodist church has raised S26,-t
040. TAG for relief and reconstruct
ton throughout the world. Bishop
j. Ralph Magee announced today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-26
WARSTAMP CHAIN
LETTERS ILLEGAL

The Postoffice department does
not condone War Stamp chain let
tiers and persons participating In
this practice are violating the
postal laws and regulations, Posts
master Wilbur r. Disher said yes
terday.
His comment was in answer to
many inquiries received recently
about letters Of this type coming
through the Wilmington office.
The letters, many Of which have
been received by Wi1ningtonians.
ask the receiver to send War
Stamps to a list Of names at the
bottom. The note also contains
message that implies that the
sending Of said stamps is 4 pa
triotic duty" and that the practice
mas the sanction Of the Postoffice
department.
Postmaster Dosher terms the
letters a lottery, explaining that
the person at the end OF the So
called chain who collects the total
amount OF stamps will have no
trouble in cashing them. p
Although the Department has re-
ceived many calls and inquiries
about the letters they have no
figures as to how many have been
circulated. The local postmaster
has even received several letters
himself.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-26
BY RUTH MILLETT

Those men just want to come
back to what they left. They'll
want their wives and mothers to
act exactly as they acted before
they went overseas. The things
they hope for most is that nothing
will be different
The Red Cross worker who re-
turned after three months overseas
to offer war wives that advice prob
ably only meant to be reassuring.
But her assumption that if they
don't make any special effort to be
different, service wives will "act
exactly as they acted before their
husbands went overseas" shows
that while she may know what
has been happening to service
men, she doesn't know what has
been happening to their wives
back home.
They just aren't the same per.
sons they were two or three OF
four years ago.
Some Of the c1inging vines,
sweet and appealing when they had
a man to lean on and make their
decisions for them, went to pieces
when they found themselves com
pletely on their own. And some
of the others became so well ad.
justed when forced to get along
without their husbands, they have
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-26
Gov. Cherry Commends
Federated Clubwomen
For Cleanup Program

RALEIGH, May 5.-WD-Gov.
R. Gregg Cherry today commend
ed the North Carolina Federation
of Woman's clubs for their pro-
gram in connection with cleanup
month, and he urged all North
Carolina to take part in it.
Cherry said that with only a few
more days remaining in May, he
would again like to point out the
advantage of utilizing them for
making the state a cleaner and
healthier and more beautiful place
in which to live
One Of the finest ways to greet
returning servicemen, Cherry add
ed, would be to have them find
orderly, clean, painted homes and
towns. Such surroundings will
make better citizens and will
give us moral and spiritual quail
ties in addition to the physical adj
vantages, the governor said.
He said that the removal OF paper
and scrap would also contribute
to the war effort.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-26
When Men Return They Must
Expect To Find Women Glanced

become quite self-reliant and
wouldn't for anything in the world
go back to being clinging vine.
Women whose husbands never
wanted them to work, have often
found real satisfaction in the right
job.
Many others, used to spending
their leisure with their husband S
business associates and their wives,
have made an entirely new circle
Of friends for themselves.
Docile no Longer
And many war wife, once
docile about having to ask her hus.
band for money every morning, has
handled all Of the family's finances
alone-and done good job Of it K.
Women who have changed in
those ways, and hundreds more,
aren't going to act exactly as they
did before their husbands went
overseas.
The war has changed them, be.
cause their way Of living has beer
changed. And you just can't tel
them to relax and act as they did
three or four years ago, any more
than you can tell man to forget
his war experiences and be the
very same person he was when
he put aside his civilian clothes fol
a. uniform,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-26
TWO CONSIDERED
FOR LEGION POST

Two candidates, Donald c. King
and Col. Lawrence l.. Simpson,
were nominated Thursday night for
the office of commander of Will
mington Post No. 10, American
Legion, to succeed Commander
Norwood S. Westbrook.
Mr.. King is treasurer OF the Will
mington Iron Works and Colonel
Simpson is a retired U. S. Army
engineer.
other names placed before the
post by the Nominating committee,
composed Of Robert Strange, chair
man, John E. Walker, and L. e.
Hughes, were: first vice conman-
der, o. o. Ansbrook, second vice
commander, Bruce B. Cameron;
third vice commander, Theo Webb.
Chaplain, the Rev. Sankey Lee
Blanton; finance officer, E. H
Divine; Judge advocate, w. X.
Rhodes; service officer, Mr.. West
brook; historian, Miss Stella Petto-
way; home trustees, Walker Tay-
lor, Harry E. Fales, J. G. Thorn
ton, and J. r. Hollis; commander
ex-officio, Mr.. Westbrook.
Nominated for the Executive
committee were John Donnelly,
George Avant, and DuBrutz Pois-
son, all for two years, Max Regis
ter and Gerhardt Johnston, one
wear,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-26
CHADBOURN

CHADBOURN, May 25.-Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Brady, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. K. Moors and Mrs. j. M. Brady
left Saturday for Montreal to at
tend the granduation of Miss Betty
Agnes Brady from the High school
department of Montreal college.
Al Brady. Jr., of Great Lakes met
them there and will make a visit
at his home here before returning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vedie Smith are
moving back to their home here
this week after a year spent in
Wilmington.
Miss Mary Taylor of Fuquay
Springs arrived Tuesday and LEFT
Friday. While in town she was
the guest Of Mrs. r. L. McClammy
The teachers of Chadbourn school
enjoyed a fish fry at the Anchor
age, Lake Waccamaw on Thursday
evening.
Mrs. Rosa Mcclellan and Mrs.
Paul Robinson of Rowland, spent
Monday in town with friends.
The Senior class observed Senior
Day Wednesday with a picnic at
Lake Waccamaw. They were chap
eroned by Mr.. and Mrs. J. w.
Washburn, and the High school
teachers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Crutch-
field and Mr.. and Mrs. Garland
Carter Of Danville, Va, spent Tues
day and Wednesday in town.
Mrs. Charles Carter of Winston
Salem, visited her parents the past
week, Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Potter.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Bailey left
for Sanford Thursday. Mr.. Bailey
Will be on the Moore county dew
berry market.
Mrs. Woodland Brown Of Roxboro,
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. l..
L. Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chandler Hill Nc
liver and son, Mack, arrived SatUr-
day to visit Mrs. D. c. McIver and
Mrs. J. A. Brown. Mr.. McIver
and Mac left Sunday to visit MIR.
and Mrs. J. B. McIver in Louis
vile, Ca, for a few days.
Mrs. J. A. Baldwin had as her
guests over the weekend and Sum
day night for dinner Mrs. Annie
Lou Cowan and Miss Ruth .Cowan,
Sonny Sewe1l of Lumberton; Mr..
and Mrs. R. S. Sewell, Of Lumber
ton for dinner, and Mrs. Hugh
Nance and children Saturday night.
Mrs. G. B. Walton and Mrs. W.
L.. Albright went to Fayetteville
Monday to meet Mrs. Walton's
mother, Mrs. Witherspoon, who has
been spending the winter with a
son in Virginia. Mrs. Witherspoon
will spend the summer here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-26
Legion Auxiliary ,
To Sell Peoples

Today Americans all through the
nation will pay tribute to their
ccuntrymen who have died in two
great World Wars by wearing red
poppy.
In this city. as in every other
city and town all over the country,
the women Of the American Legion
Auxiliary will be on the streets
with baskets full of peoples for sale.
This large corps of volunteer work
ers, will see to it that everybody
in the city has an opportunity 20
buy poppy.
Disabled war veterans-young
ones from this war, older ones from
the last-made these peoples at the
hospitals. These men who have
been working in the hospital dur
ing the winter and spring to have
the little flowers all ready for Pop
py Day have benefited not only
financially but mentally as well.
To be able to earn money, to have
a pleasant occupation has done a
great deal to maintain their in
terest in life.
The memorial flowers have small
intrinsic value, but the buyer can
give for one whatever he feels he
can for this symbol Of the sacrl-
flee made by some Of his country
men. All the money contributed
goes into the Legion and Auxiliary
rehabilitation and welfare funds
and forms a large part OF these
funds which do so much to help
the disabled veterans, their chill
dren and the children of the dead
and disabled of both wars.
Last year the Auxiliary distri-
buted more than 10, 900 peoples
and as another year of war drags
along, as more soldiers are killed
or disabled, as more families feel
the personal tragedy of war, it is
expected that the public's wish to
wear the badge of honor and tribute
will be greater than ever. The
local Auxiliary Unit will make a
poppy available to every citizen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-26

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Memorized in no time-beginner
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mats. Pattern 7076 has directions.
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for our NEW 1945 Needlework
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dolls, other toys, home decoration.
Free Pattern for two crocheted
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-26
SCHMIDT TO SING
AT BOND PROGRAM

The War Bond premiere, to be
held at the Bailey theater at 8
o'clock Tuesday night as a high
light Of the Seventh War Loan cam
paign here, will feature songs by
a former opera star, brief ad.
dress by an army officer, a spe.
cial film and two selected short
subjects.
Prior to the preview Of 1.-The
Fighting Lady," the story Of the
exploits of an unnamed aircraft
carrier during its battles against
the Japs in the South Pacific. Pfc.
Ernest Schoen, Of Camp Davis,
formerly of the Vienna State Opera
and San Francisco Opera company,
will sing.
: Arrangements have also been
made by ]. G. Thornton and E. A.
Laney co-chairmen Of the local
War Finance committee, with
Camp Davis authorities for Lieut..
Roy Schmidt to make a short ad.
dress. Brisk sales OF bonds were
reported by issuing agents this
morning. Tickets for the premiere,
which is being presented under the
auspices Of the War Finance com
mittee, are available to purchas'
ers Of any denomination bond
other than those bought through
the regular payroll deduction plan
between May "a and May 20. AL
though the tickets were reported
to be "going fast" A. S. Grist
manager Of the Bailey, said a
noon that there are plenty left.
The number Of tickets is limit
ed to the capacity Of the theater
he explained, so the first 100:
buyers will receive one ticket fol
each bond purchased.
In addition to the feature film
short subject called NAV.
Nurse" and a technicolor cartoon
Life With Fathers" will b
shown. There also will be a com
munity sing, featuring patriot
songs.