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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
new TREATMENTS
OFFERED VETERANS

A newly created reconditioning
service of the Veterans Admins.
tration is designed to integrate
treatment by physiotherapy, occu
pational therapy, and industrial
therapy, in order to speed total re.
Mobilization of disabled veterans
Robert S. Matthews, Jr., Contact
Representative in Wilmington, was
informed today by Major General
Paul R. Hawley, Acting Surgeon
General.
A new program will be headed
by 1t. Col. Donald A. Covalt, OF
Muncie, Indiana, who has been ap-
pointed Director of the VA Recon
ditioning Service. Colonel Covalt,
graduate of the University of In
diana School of Medicine in 1888,
has been active in the Army Air
Forces Convalescent Services pro-
gram to recondition AAF veterans.
Under the VA program, a vet
eran with a specific disability such
as q peripheral nerve injury or
heart condition will be treated to
strengthen the weakness resulting
from that disability. =.
The VA reconditloning service
plan calls for a continuous pro-
gram of treatment for the patient
in suitable field Of therapy. Oc-
cupational therapy as well as ply
siotherapy are not new in VA hos
pitfalls but industrial therapy-or
earning money for small parts of
assembly while a PATIENTS new.
A definite part of the recondi-
tioning service in VA hospitals will
be to assist the patient in determin-
ing the field of work in which he
is qualified and interested and get
ting him started In that field.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
235TH SHIP GOES
DOWN WAYS HERE

The North Carolina Shipbuilding
company launched its first ship,
the S. s. Zebulon B. Vance, four
years ago yesterday, amid cere'
monies that brought to Whining
ton the governor of North caro-
lima and high maritime commits
sion officers.
Yesterday-and 234 ships later
the same yard launched the S. 5.
American Clipper, a sleek CT type
vessel destined for the United
States Lines company. The S. S.
American Clipper slid down the
No. l way, sponsored by Miss
Elizabeth Bentley Topping, daugh-
ter of Captain and Mrs. S. ]. Top
ping. Jr., Of New York.
The 235th ship built by the North
Carolina company, the American
Clipper is one Of five sister-shlps
of the U. S. Lines that will travel
the New York-England with gen
eral cargo, refrigerated cargo, six
passengers and possibly cattle.
She is expected to be completed
in January and will 90 into I'M
mediate service.
Miss Topping was accompanied
to the launching stand by her two
grandmothers, Mrs. S. j. Topping,
Sr., and Mrs. F. W. Bentley; her
brother, s., J. Topping, III; and
two aunts and an uncle, Miss
Kathryn Bentley and Mr.. and
Mrs. Bentley Of Baltimore and
New York.
The sponsors father, Capt. Top
ping, is a native North Carolinian,
and is associated with the U. S.
Lines as Marine Superintendent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07

The seven-mile-land Grand Cen
trail Parkway in New York City
carries 100000 motor vehicles
in a year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
Highway Repairs Help
People In Currie Area

CURRIE, Dec. 6-The highways
through this section that were
washed out during the September
flood are very near completed for
repairs. Ellswell's Landing on
Cape Fear river has been in bad
shape and all traffic cut off. The
road now is in fairly good shape
and is much used for travel to
and from Elizabethtown. The fills
at Black river and Caledonia
bridges at Still Bluff have recent
~ been rebuilt, part of filling be-
ing of clay which for awhile will
make the road dangerous to rainy
weather.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
Two Autos Damaged
AT 18th And Dawson SITS

Autos driven by Rupert D. Jones
100 Lake Forest Parkway anc
Taylor M. Jeffords, 1922 Carolina
avenue, were damaged last night
in collision at the intersection
Of 18th and Dawson streets.
Jones was driving west on 18th
street and when attempting to
make a left hand turn collided
with a 1887 Packard operated by
Jeffords, travelling through the in.
tersection on Dawson street.
Damages was estimated at $10C
to each car by investigating off.
GERS of the State Highway Patrol.
No arrests were made.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
TICKLING TOO MUCH

GOSHEN. Ind, -WD- Narcise
Puga, 80, didn't let out as much as
a peep when doctor stitched ur
his lacerated foot following a rail
road section gang accident. but il
took three men to hold him when a
nurse washed the bottom of his in.
jured foot.
Puga, who is Mexican and can.
not speak English, couldn't make
the attendants understand that he
was ticklish.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
SETH MAXWELL

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6.-(P-
Seth Maxwell, 81, one-time sports
editor, financial editor and copy
desk editor for the Philadelphia
Record, died yesterday after long
Illness.
Maxwell, regarded as one Of the
Quaker City's most colorful news
papermen, disliked being an ex-
ecutive. With the Record d years
he was working as a copy reader
the job he liked best-at the time
of his death.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
MEETING

DURHAM, N. c., Dec. 5.-R-
The Carolinas chapter Of the
American Physiotherapy associa.
ton, will meet here Saturday and
Sunday for the first time since the
beginning of the war. The group is
composed of members from the
two Carolinas.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
LUCKY AT URIBBAGE

CASPER, Wyo.-W.D-Four per-
feet cribbage hands, each in. diff
ferent suit, held in the past. four
years is the record of Al Flowers,
85-year-old Casper resident. Three
of the perfect hands were held in
Casper, and one in Loveland, Colo.
during that period.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
Burgaw Business Men
Sponsor Scout Cub Pack

A committee to sponsor a group
of newly organized Burgaw bust
ness men who are forming a Cub
Pack for boys 9 to ten years of age
was appointed at a meeting Tues
'.ue committee is readed
by Clifton Moore who will be assis-
ted by E. w. Thompson and R.
v. Biberstein.
W.. Whitley was elected presi-
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07
DUD' CAR RUNS FOR THIEVES

WARSAW, 1nd.,-WD-Dick Sill
veus still is trying to understand
the magic of the thieves who stole
two automobiles from his garage
recently.
One auto would operate splen-
didly and the other wouldn't. The
car that was recovered was the one
that would run. The "dud' auto
still hasn't been found.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-12-07

Highest wind velocity recorded
in the United States was 187-204
miles per hour on Mt. Washington,
! N. H., April IL, 1884.
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Wealth Goes to Things
He Never Cared About

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND. -
Arthur W. Keep, wealthy export
er, who died last November, left
the bulk of his fortune of more
than 100000 to the city of Biz
mingham for sports fields, SWIM
ming pools, and bus and trolley
shelters. Associates said he never
had shown any interest in sports.
never learned to swim.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-06-08

Alexander Cartwright, first pres
ident of New York's Knickerbocker
Baseball club is credited with being
the real originator of modern base
ball. He introduced one revolution
airy change-the putout by tagging
with the ball. Previously the base
man threw the ball at the rum
ner. Cartwright's innovation per-
mitted the use of the hard ball.
or whatever you wish to call it, with
one great, vital exception. The field
er put out runner between bases
not by burning him with a thrown
ball but BY HOLDING THE BALL
IN HIS OWN HAND AND TOUCH
ING HIM WITH 1T. The variation
of this play, in the case of a bats
man making for first base or of a
force play, came later. That was the
stroke which transformed baseball
Henceforth, the players could use
hard ball. The boys liked it. The
slap and sting on their hands was a
challenge to their fortitude, and the
smack of the bat on this solid but
elastic ball most satisfactory SEN
sation. Further they could throw it
with the speed of a bullet. The
game had grown up, become one of
the manly sports.
"And even if this story about Cart
wright be only false tradition, the
fact is that by 1845, when those
same boys founded the Knick-
erbocker Baseball club, the boys of
New York City and the nearby New
Jersey towns were playing the
game in the new way. Here, let me
mention two links with the parent
game. At that time, the modern
method of scoring - nine innings,
with the team making the most runs
the Winner-had not yet come in.
The first team making 81 runs won
the game, as in handball. And this,
l found by correspondence in 1912,
was the time-honored rule in Eng
fish FOUNDERS. The pitcher, in 1845
and for some years afterward, had
to throw underhand without bend.
ing his elbow. And the pictures in
the old books cited above show the
pitcher or feeder doing exactly
that.
New York Game was Rugged.
"The game spread to upstate New
York and to Pennsylvania. New
England, however, continued to play
baseball in the old way. By the
time of the Civil War the newspa-
pers and certain rudimentary
sporting weeklies were publishing
items about it, including scores of
the important matches. Always they
distinguished, little contemptuous-
ly in New York, between the 'Bos-
ton game where no one took
chances with damaging his pretty
hands and the New York game
where knotty fingers were scars of
glorious wounds - for it was a point
of honor not to wear gloves. During
the war, the New York regiments
played it in camp and taught it to
men of other states, even to Con-
federate prisoners on parole. These
novices carried it home; and the
Boston game went back to the
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-06-08

TASEBALL is known as our
X national game. But how
- many know anything
about the real story of baseball,
including its origin? Very few
among the millions who follow
it today.
So I am bringing to you one of
basebalIs greatest historians,
Will Irwin-who also happens to
be one of the best writer's and
one Of the top reporters this
country has ever known. To me,
this is the true story of baseball:
"Dear Grant: This year is the
hundredth anniversary of New
York's Knickerbocker Baseball
club, and understand that there is
to be some kind of celebration this
summer. But judging from prelimi-
nary notices, we seem likely to cele-
brate the right event in the wrong
way. The Knickerbocker was not the
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u. S. Infantry Outfit
In Line for 500 DAYS

ROME. - The veteran United
States Bath infantry division claimed
a record for American forces in this
war recently when it completed 500
days of actual combat.
AS a matter of fact, 5th army
headquarters announced, there were
some Iowa, Minnesota and Dakota
national guardsmcn. who mate a.
the original Bath. in the division who
had been in line more than 600 days
and were still going strong.
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children, who are playing it yet.
1.-THE Baseball museum and Hall
of Fame is a worthy institution.
But it is in the wrong place. 1t
should stand on Madison Square,
New York. Most of the pioneer base
ball players whom 1 knew in the
early 1905 revered that spot as the
cradle of the game. Whenever Sam
Crane passed it, he took off his
hat and said, There was planted
the little acorn from which the
great oak grew
will Irwin"
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Crude Rope Bridges

Bridges consisting of a single
rope are still in use at points along
the rivers of western China where
only men and horses travel. To
get over them, a man hooks his
horse to the rope in an underslung
harness and, clutching the rope
with hands and feet, pulls himself
and animal across, a few inches
at time.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-06-08

Henry Chadwick devised the first
boxscOre and compiled the first Of
fetal baseball rules book, which
was printed in 1857. His efforts did
much to promote uniformity of play
throughout the country. Some writ
ers call Chadwick "The Father of
Baseball" on this account.
first baseball club in the United
States, but it was nevertheless the
founder of the modern game. And
Alexander Cartwright, its first
president, may have been the young
genius who by one simple improve
ment transformed a venerable Eng
lsh game, now called FOUNDERS
from children's sport to a game
for hardy young athletes and a ma
tional institution. AS for Gen. Abner
Doubleday, the notices seem to en-
dorse the carefully fostered myth
that he invented the game at
Cooperstown, N. Y, in 1889; where
as he has no valid claim whatever
either as inventor or improver of
baseball.
oAu oohC SdhCu ASOuAucTS.
"About 1912, and while many play
ers who went back to baseball's
early days were still alive, I in
vestigated the origins of the game
for a national weekly and pub
ished the conclusions stated above.
At that time, Abner Doubleday
passed only as a hero of Gettys-
burg-the myth of Cooperstown had
not yet gained its adherents. Then
in 1889, Robert w. Henderson, of the
New York Public library, after
painstaking research in the old
books of that great collection, pub
ished a pamphlet which knocked
the Doubleday legend higher than
one of Babe Ruth's pop fouls. By
document evidence, he proved that
a game called baseball was played
in England in the days of Abner
Doubleday's great grandfathers,
that it was known in America be-
fore the Revolution, that it was iden-
tical with what the English have for
the last century called FOUNDERS
and that with number of minor
changes and one major one, it was
the game which our big leagues are
playing today. I will begin with his
data, supplemented by my own.
Zone of the earliest known refer
ences occurs in the lively letters of
Mary Lepell, Lady Hervey. Under
date of November Is, 1748, she takes
a fling at the frivolous habits of
the Prince of Wales and his court,
who waste whole days playing base
ball, play all who are, or have
been, schoolboys, are acquainted
with Then comes Jane Austen.
In the first chapter of 'Northanger
Abbey composed in 1898 but not
published until 1918, she wrote: 1T
was not very wonderful that Cath
crime should prefer cricket, base
ball, riding on horseback, and rum
ming about the country at the age of
IA, to books
Used Soft Ball.
"But the clincher is The Boys
Own Book which was published in
London in 1928 and ran through sew
en- British editions by 1849, a de-
Scription of Founders appears in
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Col0red COrds-Even the boys are
dyeing! Have you seen those I'D.
& G's with two tone corduroy
Stacks? They dye one leg red, the
other green. Perish forbid is what
we always say in case like this.
Singin' in the Rain-That's what
you'll be doing if you dye your old
tan raincoat bright color. Don't
envy those slick chicks with their
new purple, green or what-have-you
rain coats. Just do and dye.
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Minute Make-U ns
BY GABRIELLE

Use fresh, crushed strawberries,
beaten into your big jar of cold
cream. Strawberries have a gentle
bleaching effect on the skin. The
fresh fruit has a wonderful fra
GRANGE and if you will keep your
crushed strawberry cold cream in
the ice box it will last and last!
Ledger Syndicate.-WNU Features.
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Precision Engineering

A titanic new irrigation project
in Colorado involved the boring of
a tunnel more than 10 miles long
through the mountains. 1t was
driven simultaneously from both
ends, yet was only off seven-six-
teenths of an inch on horizontal
and three-fourths of an inch on
vertical when holed through.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-06-08

pERFECT answer for every
summer media simple two
piecer with crisp, clean-cut air.
Use bright checked or striped fab
RIGS, trimmed with the boldest of
ric rae.
Pattern No. 1919 is designed for sizes r.
IA. 16. ID and 20. Size IA, short or three.
quarter sleeves. requires 37s yards of IS
or 39-inch material; yards ric rae for
trimming.
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"GAY CADETS"
By NANCY PEPPER
DO AND DYE
Associated Newspapers-wNu Featur,

What's your favorite color? You'll
find it in package of dye and you
can spread it through your ward
robe just by following the directions
on the box. We've seen lots of keen
teens lately dressed all in one color
from head to foot and we've been
wondering. Now, the mystery's
solved. One Of our soda fountain
sleuths reports that it all comes out
of a package of dye.
Skirt and Sweater Harmonies-
You're burnt to a criSn If yo,, have
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-06-08

Dainty Party Frock
NHE'LL look as bright as a new
penny in this dainty party
frock. Gay little rufiles and nov
city buttons on an all-over floral
print make it as pretty dress as
you'll see.
Pattern No. 1850 is designed for sizes 2.
g. 4. and years. Size requires III
yards of IS or 39-inch fabric; yards
machine-made rufiing to trim
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions. slightly more time
is required in filling orders for few Of
the most popular pattern numbers.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-06-08

w lie Jul III " d Z
a sweater and skirt
that exactly match.
Take any old sweat
er and dye it to pair
up with the skirt.
Monotone - but not
monotonouS.
Hot Feet - Dye
your Robert socks
any color to match
sweaters or COM
D1ete outfits It'c GA
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Table Setting

! suggest you pretty much
concentrate your decorations on
YOUR table setting; that Is, your
dining room table set for the
service of coffee and/or tea
Use your handSomest table
cloth: have the coffee service
at one end of the table with
either the tea service or punch
At the opposite end. use your
prettiest china the cups and
SaucerS grouped near tho-SeEN--
ice for which they are appro-
pirate, and the plates in piles
somewhat toward the front of
the table, dishes of nuts and
candies IN suitable places
The brides cake, # you have
one. is the center decoration,
and this cake flanked with can
dlesticks or Candelabra, with
white candles lighted TO GLOW on
the table decoration Also II
possible, have several vases of
flowers in the living room. and
perhaps one vase Of flowers on
the sideboard IN the dining
room.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Facial Habits Cause
Premature Wrinkles
BY HELEN JAMESON

erased by plastic surgery.
Creams and massage Will lessen
them somewhat, If the habit OF
contracting the flesh between
the eyes ceases.
FrownS may be due TO an cX-
preston of irritation 10 concen-
tration, or 10 eyestraln. II
lines between and around the
eyes are 20 be avoided, vision
should be kept on a high plane
of efficiency.
Turkey tracks or crows feet,
call them what YOU will, add 10
the appearance OF age. They
are due 10 squirting Squlnt-
ING is an effort OF the cyelidS
90 keep out light Eyeglasses,
10 give fcIier rom strain. are
the answer II lines are of re-
cent formation they can be
Smoothed out to a certain eN-
tent, by amounting them with
"A heavy cream every night.
Massage gently sending the
first finger outward over the
etelid5 and coming back under
the eye TO starting point This
movement irons the lines cross
wise.
Alternating applications of hot
and cold water viii help they
stimulate the blood streams
that bring nourlshment 10 de-
plcted tissues.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Speed Drying

Follow with a thorough rims
me. squeezing "A sponge out OF
clear wafer and going over
every bit of the surface that
has been washed
Soap LETT n the tiberS is
likely to make the rug hold dust
and dirt more firmly in the ft'-
mre. With hard water this
tendency IS increased and thor
ough rinSng becomes even nDrC
imperative.
If drying seems TO be slow
with -a-rIr- -IhaIIS- nEIng DRIED
indoors an electric fan can
hasten the work nicely Small
rugs may be rinScd quickly and
effectively by hanging over a
line and spraying with a hose.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
OPere Eggs

-Four medium SIZED green
sHceL-p1ppoIS, -1-ee..S. Le-e-ln-
milk. butter. salt p cup
chopped ripe olives and | cup
grated quiCk-mcIung cheese
Cut peppers into lengthWiSe
quarters Femete-> >t.rtiS and
white fibcrS. Cover peppers
with cold water. bring 70 boil
and continue boiling about )
minutes. Drain Combine eggs
and milk and beat until well
blended. Scramble in butter
Arrange eggs on ovCnwa are
plate or platter Sprinkle
lightly with salt. Sprinkle olives
over top. arrange peppers. cut
side down over olives and
sprinkle cheese over peppers
Place platter under broiler Just
long enough 10 melt cheese
serve very hot Serves D.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23

Vegetables
WE ARE beginning now to

W. ARE beginning now 10
W use The surplus fruits and
vegetables we grew last sum
mcr TINS year for the first
time. We have them frozen m-
SjCad Of canncd-and believe
me there is a big difference u
taste
A year ago. in November 90
hc exact. ordered a home
freezer and il arrived late N
january when he garden was
sound asleep. OF course l wa
itching 10 try freezing out
homegrown produce bat had lo
wait fol months and months.
The first thing We irolc Was
beans - two quarts A week
iaICT. with loads OT thcm trcSh
i'm the garden. | hauled out .
quart nf the frozen ones -lnSi Ia
Try them In Tact | served some
fresh and some frozen at the
-S1rrr- r-u1Cdf 10 sec If any uUC
could tell them apart. They
couldn't. .,.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Too Few Directions

The only vegetable | canned
this year was tomatoes. All the
other surplus patches were
frozen except Of course the
root Vegetables which can so
easily bc stored. We frozc
some peas. beans enough for all
winter tboth green and wax.
Cauliflowcr. broccoli. spinach
and chard. | wanted 10 try
some kohl rabl but we ate them
all.
/ found the directions for
freezing inadequate on many
points. For instance, how to
pack the cauhhower. | finally
packed the 1orets sideways,
first a head to one side Of the
quart box, then one TO the
other packing from the bottom
of the box to the top. II worked
beautifully. each floret perfect
when brought 10 the table.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Spinach and Chard

The spinach ! froze as II is
done commercially-the whole
leaves packed without break
ing. By the time the Chard
came along I did d better stunt.
/ boiled the leaves for ID min
uteS drained them, ran them
through the-meat grinder and
froze thcm-all ready fer what
the French call a TouX and
Whai the Germans call an
cinbren
Best Of all arc the melon
balls - mixed cantaloupe and
watermelon. After preparing
them in a bowl, | poured over a
-cotd tim sugar syrup and
Spooned them INTO the boxes.
Served when not entirely de-
frosted they taste luscious. Just
goes to.ShoW you what freezing
can do for products OF the
vegetable garden.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Simple Menu

Yes. YOU must serve some
thing TO your guests at such an
important occasion -. II only
coffee and cookies. II con
VenieUt, add Sndtt assorted
sandwiches 10 your menu. and
also nuts and candies There
should, too, be a cold some
thing perhaps a fruit punch
for the guests 10 drink TO
the happiness of the bride and
groom.
And cuStomarily there is a
brides cake white cake with
white froSting) VII tic h the
bride" your mother, cuts and,
rs at the original reception,
shares the first slice with her
bridegroom -
Your mother might properly
wear a formal afternoon dress
and a corsage. If, by formal
dress you mean a formal eve
ming dress. she could wear this
If she wears a short matching
or harmonlzinC Jacket 10 make
il suitable for day-wear.