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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01

back, formed the Englewood Citi--
Zens Protective Association. 1t
became apparent that they could
count on little but hostility from
the aldermanic candidates in
their ward.
REFUSING to take this with.
out protest, they launched their
own candidate in a written CAM
paign for Joseph Hicks.
With less than a week before
the election, the organization roll
ed out the community's three mi
meograph machines, kept the
presses running night and day in
the church's print shop, mobiliz-
ed its block captains and other
volunteers.
Ministers preached sermons on
the written campaign. Demo
cratic and Republican precinct
workers refused to go out for
the party candidates. Loudspeak-
ers broadcast from the churches,
and sound trucks toured the
streets.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01
IFS NOT official

Remember that the vote tab
ulatiOn that you have now Is
not official.
Through peculiar arrange
ment that exists in Chicago for
counting ballots, an unofficial
tabulatiOn is made by the po-
lice and the newspapers.
The official count that will he
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01
Relatively speaking

Rep. Robert j. Twyman, the
Republican who beat Alexander
Resa last election In the 9th,
District, lost no time in getting
on the congressional gravy
train.
Congressman are allowed as
much as $685. per month for Sec
retarial expenses.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01

issued later by the Board Of
Election Commissioners may
show a considerable change.
For example, in the oath
Ward. Sidney Ordower's head
quarters reports that Ordower
ran ahead of the Republican,
Nathan Benjamin. The unOffi-
cfal tally SAYS: Ordower-1,976;
Benjamin-2,028.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01

Some congressman find this
a convenient way to supplement
their family income.
In a listing published this
week, it was disclosed that Rep.
Twyman has a secretary" who
draws such expenses from the
U. S. government. Her name:
Tanisse Twyman.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01

The machines went all out, using every dirty
trick listed in the ward heeers unwritten manual.
In the Oath Ward names of duly registered
voters disappeared mysteriously from the records.
In the End Ward, the old system of chain voting
was reported in full swing in the 18th precinct.
So it went in most of the wards To some eX-
tent the independent poll watchers were able to
put the kibosh on this kind of activity.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01
'Non-porfison

The upsuge independent political activity Chicagos
manic election has given the machine politicians bad
For the first time they seriously bothered hat
the aderman elections supposedly nonparisan although
this stipulation violated in hundreds of different ways
In bills have been introduced both heI
state legislature to put Chicago aldermanc elections pary
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01
Lobor politicians

IoOOT PO1STSCIoHS
Some AFL leaders continue
to BATTLE the un-initiated who
haven't yet learned to fathOm
the workings Of this peculiar
mentality.
Take for example the editors
of the Illinois State Federation
of Labor weekly news letter.
This week, this paper hailed
Governor Green who, they said,
"upholds the right to strike"
They went on to quote Green
who said:
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01

1t approved legislation permit.
ting 10 per cent general rent
increase and ending federal rent
controls by next December 81.
The Senate committees action
follows the House vote last week
to withhold operating funds from
the Office of Price Administra-
ton.
THE SENATE bill would
eliminate the OPA and give adj
miniStration of remaining con-
trolls to the courts, except where
state enforcement systems are
established.
Rent control bills have been In
troduced in II state legislatures
this year. Such bills have been
passed in Virginia and New
York. Illinois has no rent control
measure under consideration.
Chairman Buck (Rep., DELI of
the Senate subcommittee said the
Senate bill raising rents would be
ready for full committee action
in about a week.
n n 4
AMONG other provisions of the
bill, Buck outlined the following:
1. DecontrOI of new dwellings
which were not rented between
February 1, 1916 and January
81, 1947.
2. Lifting controls on all no.
tel accommodations, including
trailer camps.
3. Permission for reason
able" rent increases by agree
ment between landlord and ten
ant for certain improvements.
In Chicago, IS per cent of all
landlords petitioning OPA for
rent increases have been getting
them, according to Tighe E.
Woods, area rent director.
WOODS said 4,365 requests for
increases were granted and 1868
were denied in December and
January = a 65 per cent approval
rate.
This compares with an aver
age of Al per cent approved
rent control before the liberaliZ-
alton orders.
Since these statistics were as
sembled, orders for even more
liberal regulations have been re-
ceived here.
Among the major grounds for
increases now are increases in
furniture, equipment, or services;
major capital Improvements;
substantial increase in the mum
Der of occupants in an apart
ment; special relationship be
tween an owner and tenant, caus
ing the rent to be substantially
lower than for comparable dwell
ings on the freeze-date.
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Political push-uround'

certain Rev. James Stone of the Second Timothy Baptist
Church. 1888 S. Wabash Ave-, found himself in awful
last
In day, he with five
the South Side.
Judge Gibson E. License story
According Rev. Stone the sudden display police interest
in his properties part of political pusharound
held meeting in my hotel last night Ad Reinsberg
dependent candidate for alderman
"and Fred Moe Democratic trying keep
line"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01
Save our homes
drive in Englewood

The threat of mass evctons Engewood the
exciting campaign of the aldermanc election campaign
which struck the 18th like
election
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01
2, 600 Buffalo teachers
strike; schools close

ri BUFFALO P) This city became the the biggest
Al school wakou U.S. history "a than
Il quit their classrooms in strike for living wage
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01
Seek to dynon1ite rent
control in Senate

While landlords punching big holes rent ceilings
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01
By CARL HIRSCH
Vote sfeoIing

The Star phones hardly stopped ringing all day Tuesday with
reports poll watchers all parts of the city,
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01

total for the independents impressive as it is i
still doesn't tell the full story ~
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-01

eve must prevent the arbi-
trary action of ruthless men
from causing the paralysis Of
our system of transportation,
communications =. Individual
workers must be protected from
the autocratic power of union
officials :" You know the
rest.
And then, there is that group
of so-called labor leaders who
have endorsed Root for mayor.
X
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

November. having been borne at
Legrane, Iowa, November IS, 1888.
His family moved cary to Maine
where he learned his baseball and
he attended Colby College in that
state.
He was one OF the first college
players to make the grade in the
majors. Connie Mack, then a young
manager, heard OF Coombs at Col.
by, secuted and signed him him
self, and he bowed into the ma
jors in 1906. He won his first game
and In that season he firmly es-
tablished himself in the majors by
pitching and winning the longest
game in the history Of the Aaneri-
can League, "a innings for the AS
against the Boston Red Sox
With Bender and Plank, Coombs
helped the AS to three World
Championships. He is one Of the
few pitchers ever to win three
games in a single series and he
is a member of an even more Sc
lect grol,o which have won five
world series games without a de-
feat.
At Duke, where Coombs is start
ing his 10Th season, his teams have
won 277 games and lost SO. His
teams have won championships for
many years and have always been
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
How Come?

DURHAM, April IL 49, Especial
To The Star-News) - Those who
select the members Of basebalIs
official Hall Of Fame have missed
Duke U~niversity's baseball coach
John Wesley Coornbs and in the
opinion Of thousands of fans sports
writer's, sports commentators and
other experts, they have missed a
man who has n of the most out
standing claims to the honor.
Jack Coombs is one Of basebalPs
greats for three reasons:
/. He was, as a member OF thai
famed triumvirate of Bender,
Plank, and Coombs, n of the
greatest pitchers of the early
190O's.
2. He is starting his 9th year Of
coaching college baseball teams at
Williams, Princeton and Duke, MI.
College Baseball in person. He
has sent scores Of boys to the ma
jors including such stars as Bill
Werber, Harold Wagner, and many
others.
8. He has, by writing the book
Baseball" probably helped more
young players and coaches to a
cetter understanding CT the game
than any person alive.
The Old Man." as he calls him
self, will be 81 years Of age tn
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

ATLANTA, April H. up The
University of North Carolina had
the wind and weight today, and
defeated Georgia Tech in track
and field events at grant field, &c
IL to "a IL.
The Tar Heels clinched their vic
tory in the next-to-final event, by
grabbing a vital one point with
third place in the 220 yard low
hurdles. North Cardinals Chuck
Simmons won both hurdles, while
bob Seligman of Carolina won
shotput and discus. Jack Milne OF
North Carolina won the mile run,
and tied for first with two team
mates and the two-mile event.
George Bailey of Griffin, Ga,
discovered in a Tech intramural
meet last year, beat his brilliant
|teammate, Buddy Fowlkes, in the
100 and 22O-yard dashes. His time
was 9.8 seconds in the 100, and 2l.8
in the 220.
Bobby Renshaw of Marietta, Ga,
running his second outdoor race
for Tech, won the half-mile IN
1891 minutes, breaking a Tech
freshman record Of 200 minutes
which was set in 1915 by Willis
Battle Of Columbus, Ga.
1Oo-yd dash; Bailey CD, Fowlkes 81,
tie between Queen (T) and Shultz lNC''
Time: 9.8 seconds.
22O-yd dash: Bailey CT, Fowlkes tF)'
Weigle (T). Time: 21.8 seconds.
A0-yd dash: Nelson lNC), Cady 'i''
Anderson CT). Time: sos.
880-yd run: Renshaw CT, Durham
NC, Hollander MC). Time: l:Ss.1.
Mile: Miller (Nc), Milne tNC), cor
rden ~. Time: A:28.6.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
Wilmington KegIers Entered
In National Bowling Match
Plans For City
Tourney Formed

A Wilmington team of Duck-pin
stars will perform before specta-
tors today at $50 in the National
Duck-pin tournament in Bethesda,
Maryland, a report from
1ngrams' bowling center declared
last night.
Taking part in the record en-
try this year will be a team COM
posed of F. E. Stanley, Roscoe
Eoughton, Bob Justice, Ellis
Simpson, and Archie Ingram.
With over $50 teams entered for
the nations's championship, the
tourney will last a month. o n e
thousand singles entries have
been listed, with 633 doubles also
scheduled for competition.
After playing as a team, tn e
Wilmington colors are expected
to enter singles play. with at
least Simpson planning to seek
individual honors.
Meanwhile, plans for the
Wilmington City Duckpin derby
are taking shape. The tournament
starts May 19 and will run until
the 26th, with headlines Cor en-.
tries set at May IS. The tourney
will run in conjunction with the
City Ten-pin tournament.
Named to tn e trophy commit.
tee were: F. u. Stanley, Harry
Kirk, and Miss Pegg Barker. The
entry committee consists of. Bob
Justice, Marvin Shinn and E. L.
Warner. A publicity commit
tee was elected and Tom James,
Ellis Simpson, and Gil Smith will
serve.
Bowling leaders here are plan.
ming a huge Kegler's banquet at.
ter the city matches, and elected
to serve is a banquet committee
were: Miss Winifred WoodA-ll
Miss Lucille Gornto. and Pluto
Grimsley.
Further news from Ingrams
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

lment of age and extreme youth,
can duplicate the Durolher magic
lof as.
Disturbing reports have been
heard recently about the Detroit
Tigers. who finished second to the
Red Sox last season and who fig
ured to give Joe Cronin's club its
most serious competition again. De
troit observers say the team has
come back north poorly, and that
so far no Tiger has shown any
symptoms of taking up the hitting
slack created by the departure OF
Hank Greenberg.
Hank, who knocked in a wagon
load of runs last year and led the
American League in homers with
"A, went to the Pittsburgh Pirates
during the winter in a sensational
deal. After first announcing his
retirement from the game, the big
Bronx slugger finally agreed to
play with the Pirates at what is
believed to be the record salary
of approximately 500, 900 a year.
Thus, for the first time in many
a year the National League will
boast a higher salaried player than
any in the rival circuit. Hanks
stipend almost certainly surpass-
es those paid Bobby Teller, Hal
Newhouser or Ted Williams, the
most richly-rewarded young men
in the American League.
As added insurance that they
will get something approaching
their moneys worth out Of Green
berg. the Pittsburg owners have
installed a fine, commodious bull
pen out in left field, known as
"Greenberg Garden" into which
Hank will be encouraged TO drop
numerous home runs. 1t reduces
the distance to that barrier to 1876
feet.
Williams of the Red SOx, who
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
BY Y TALBOT

NEW YORK, April 12-P)-An
important hunk of baseball his
tory, from which will date the
entry of the American Negro into
the big leagues and the Inaugural
lion Of a pension plan to protect
average players, will be written
in the 1947 campaign opening to-
morrow at Washington.
Commissioner A. B. Happy)
Chandler having tossed out the
first manager, President Harry
Truman, a southpaw, will open the
playing season proper when he
cracks up and heaves out the ira
ditional first ball to the Wash
ihgton Senators and New York
Yankees going in the capital.
AS customary, that will be to-
morow's only contest. The remain
ing IA clubs in the two major
leagues will stand by impatiently
to open general hostilities on Tues
day. For a number of reasons, the
coming campaign promises to be
one of the most colorful and in
teresting on record.
After months of conjecture.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
Babe Zaharias Choice
In North-South Tourney

PINEHURST, April H. R -
Babe Didrickson Zaharias shoots
for her 18th straight tournament
triumph and a clean sweep OF the
winter and spring competitions in
the 45th Annual North and South
Women's Golf championship start
ing here Monday.
The Babe, Mrs. George Zaharias
of Denver, has triumphed in ev-
cry tournament she has entered
since she won the National Wom-
ems crown at Tulsa last summer.
This is a performance unequaned
in golf history. A fortnight ago she
bagged the women's titleholders
tournament at Augusta, Ga, and,
otter the North and South, she'll
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

Never before, since the modern
National and American leagues
were organized, has a Negro ap.
peared in a big league uniform.
The nations fans will watch with
great interest Robinson's effort
to prove he can hit major league
pitching. If the speedy U.S.L.A.
graduate car clout anywhere near
his .349 mark of last season at
Montreal he will be a godsend to
the Dodgers, who badly need a
Businessman.
Also, if Robinson can stick in
the big show for five years he
will become eligible, under the
new pension plan, to draw $50
monthly upon retirement. The pen
sion fund, to which players and
clubs subscribe, provides for In
creased payments depending upon
length of service after the fifth
year.
The nations experts Almost unani-
mously have picked the st. Louis
Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox
to repeat their triumps of last
year in the National and American
leagues, respectively, and to stage
q renewal of their dramatic worlo
series struggle.
If anything, the world champion
Cards are a more compact AND
confident outfit than last year, and
the Red Sox have taken on added
pitching strength.
Brooklyn, generally picked to
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

go to England for British Women's
championship June. 9th.
Her competitive record and her
comparatively tremendous Length
off the tee has established Mrs.
Zaharias as the favorite here but
she may find serious competition
from Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page OF
Chapel Hill, and Miss Louise Suggs
of Lithia Springs, Ga.
Mrs. Page, former national
champion and seven times North
and South winner, knows and likes
this Pinehurst No. l course almost
as well as her home layout in
Chapel Hill. She has bettered
women's par Of rs many times in
competition over this 6l45-yard
test. The diminutive Miss Suggs
won here last year..
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

streets, instead of at Masonooro
as earlier reported.
Elizabethtown clashes With
Bladenboro at ElizabethtoWn In
the other league battle.
In the Cape Fear circuit the
Acme : Delco team may be the
| darkhorse favorite, when the
teams open play. Built around one
of the fastest infields in semi-pre
history here, the Atomics will
open with Bullock at first, Clayton
at second, Wehrhaher at short
and Marks protecting the ho1
corner.
Outfie1ders will be named from
a group consisting Of: Marks
| Wooten, Allen, Gainey, Billiard
Bordeaux, and Billy Wehrhaher.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
CatQwbd Indians
Defeat Guilford

SALISBURY, N. c., April 12-R
AN eighth inning single by Short
stop Charlie (Red) Richardson
scored Catcher Lamar Dorton and
gave the Catawba Indians a 5 to 4
decision over Guilford in AN I'M
portant North State conference con-
test here today.
Chatham, youthful Guilford fdrst
sacker, drove out a home run with
two mates aboard in the fourth in
ming. q blow that gave the Quakers
Ia temporary lead In the see-saw
contest.
|Guilford 900 80 000-4 8 0
|Catawba 002 100 OILS 9 0
winner and Davis; Taylor, Coon
and Dorton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
UNC Tracksters Win
Over Georgia Tech

Mile: three = way tie, Miller, Milne,
McGilI. all of NC. Time: 1908.
lloyd high hurles; Simmons tNC).
Forward (T), Fleming (T). Time: lat
seconds.
22o-yo low hurdles; Simmons tNC),
Fowlkes (T), ShuIz (NC). Time: "a.
seconds.
High jump: Moody NC), Loynor (NC).
Simmons (NC). Height: 6 #.
Broad jump: Fowlkes CD, Moody
| MC), Terrell (NC). Distance: 81 #.
Pole vault: Mcleod (NC), tie for sec.
ond, Dykes and Roster, both of Tech
Height: IL feet.
Shot put: selisman Nc), Bergman
| CT. Distance: 1874 #. 5 in.
Javelin: Nolan (T). Bovine (T). BOVINE
| (T). Kirk (NC). Distance: 1876 #. l in.
ssO-rcIay: won by Tech Queen, a
sing, Anderson, Bailey. Time: 3:2S.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
SEMl-PR0 LOOPS
READY FOR BELL

semi-pro teams in the Cape
Fear loon resume practice drills
TODAY. with the Pepsi-Cola squad
holding a workout at Legion stadl-
I'm at 2:30 o'clock, and the Acme
Delco Atomics taking their pre-
season whscks at the high school
diamond at 800 o'clock.
Meanwhile the Eastern Stote
loop gets underway today, with
Masonboro's defending champs
playing the Whiteville All-Stars on
The diamond at 18th and Ann
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

wo clubs in the American and
three in the National start cut
bright and fresh with new man
ayers. Muddy Ruel left a soft job
as Chambers assistant to straw
boss the rebuilding of the St.
Louis Browns, as Bucky Harris
got back in uniform to pilot the
Yankees.
In the National Billy Herman
has succeeded frankie Frisch at
the Pittsburgh helm and will add
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LEAGUE PLANNED

Organization of a new Sunday
school softball league will be dis
cussed at a meeting Of the YMCA
Board of Governors tomorrow
night at 7:30 O'Clock.
At the same time, the Y an
nounced the doubl G handbal
championships will start Tuesday
with two divisions battling for the
crown.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

came close to be-
ing the official
goat Of the world
| series - he was
deprived Of the
distinction only
by Johnny Pes
|ky's strange lapse
in the final game
I-wintered well,
as the saying
goes, and APP
pears to be ready
- a Li4 CO cnn
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

wal S4ooSs wv ~
pretended that play as a whole
was quite up to standard last sea-
son. Many stars, just out of uni
form never did succeed in regain
ing their form.
Managers say they detect a big
Improvement in the ex-servicemen
this spring.
BY far the most publicised rookie
is ClintHartung, as omewhatfabu-
is Clint Hartung, a somewhat fabu-
''lous character with the New York
Giants. He has been whaling the
lall into adjoining townships, and
in that respect, at least, appears
10 be everything claimed for him.
AS an outfielder he is said to be
a trifle rough around the edges,
though possessed of a terrific
throwing arm.
Letter go, Mr.. President.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
Yanks Meet Senator's;
Cards, Red SoxF Favored;
Robinson Facing Test

his still-potent bat to a smuggling
array which includes Greenoerg
snr Ralph Kiner, who led the
league in homeruns last year.
Johnny Neun, former Yankee
Coz CHI, has taken over the unenvi-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
LATE SCORES

At Salisbury: Catawba 5, Gull
ford 4.
At Gastonia: Rex Mills Qnd.),
z, North Carolina s.
At Raleigh: Raleigh (Cartlina
League) 5, N. c. State College 0.
At Wilson: Atlantic Christian 6,
Elnn 2.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

j Jackie Robinson,
a swift Negro in
fielder who led
the International
LIE ague in bat
ting last year has
been signed to a
Brooklyn contract
and is expec ted
to appear in the
Dodger line up
against the Bos-
ton Braves at
Brooklyn on Tues
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

indicate Wilmington will be rep
resented at the Southeastern
Duck : pin tournament starting
May 10 in Columbia, S. c. The
report said no teams have been
named to enter, but it is expected
at least five teams will play.
Again on tn e local key front,
the Fire Department team in the
Independent Te n-pin will play a
championship play-off with the
Spare-boys, after III two teams
ended the season in a deadlock
Friday night. The game will be
held this week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

finish second TO
It h e Cardinals,
i suffered a serious
gblow W h e n its
|scrappy manager,
Durocher, re-
f ceived a one-year
suspension from
!: chandler. 1t re-
%mains to be seer
aWhether another
Npilot, unfamiliar
with the Dodgers
cfroron 0cCnrf.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

JOD OF Trying
to boost cincin-
natl out Oh the
second division.
Durocher's sue
cessor at Brook
iyn had not been
named.
The general ex-
p%ectation is that
the big leagues
will return this
year to their pre-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
TOW Come!
Duke DiamondCo missing
From Hall Of Fame Annals

"the team to beat" for the title.
Rival coaches consider the season
well-done when they are able to
take ''the old man."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
MacMitcheN Wins
BroadwaIk Mile Run

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., April IL.
VP-Leslie MacMitchel of the
New York A. C. won the first run
ming of the boardwalk mile today
in 4:14.8, breaking the tape on the
staightway course 20 yards ahead
of Tommy Quinn of Elizabeth, N.
j.
A crowd of Is, 900 persons lined
the route, hoping to e a four-min-
ute mile, but wind, a faulty stop
watch and the hardness of the
boards worked against the runners.