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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-12-31
January

Bowl football scores: Rose Bowl,
Illinois As. U.C.L.A. Ia; = Sugar
Bowl, Georgia 20, North Carolina
isiana State, O.; Orange Bowl, Rice
g., Tennessee, 0. Shrine game, West
., Al Stars, 10, East. 9.
pitcher, signs contract calling for
$500 plus bonus for 1947 season.
25-Gil Dodds runs knights of Column
bus mile in Boston in record 4:O9.1.
February
2-National Collegiate Athletic asso-
c1at1on bans running shift among
football rule changes.
12-Charles Trippi, pro football star,
signs to play baseball with Allan
21-Hank Greenberg signs with Pitts
burgh Pirates for 100000.
2S-G Gus y, L!e s light heavyweight
title bout in New York.
March
l2-Martin Ortiz takes bantamweight
title from Harold Dade in Los An
15-Willie Hoppe retains world three
cushion billiards championship.
Ted Edwards and William Lingel-
bach win U. S. court tennis dou-
bIes
22-Joseph Verdeur sets new record
for 220-yard breaststroke, 1854
In Eastern Intercollegiate Swim
ming league.
to win National Collegiate basket
ball title.
29-Gil Dodds runs fastest indoor mile,
4:O6.8 in Chicago.
April
9-Commissioner Happy Chandler
suspends Leo Durocher, Brooklyn
baseball club manager. for 1947
season.
15-Joe Baski, American heavyweight
fighter. defeats Bruce Woodcock,
British champion, in London.
baseball season opens, Brooklyn
26-Texas U. take top honors in Drake
relays in Des Moines, Iowa, ILL
nois leads in Penn relays in Phila-
delphia.
27-"Babe Ruth Day. observed at all
ball parks in U. S. and Japan.
May
3-Jet Pilot wins Kentucky Derby in
22:o6 AS; Phlanx second. Faultless.
4-National women's senior A. A. U.
championship swimming meet in
Seattle won by Crystal Plunge
club of San Francisco. Ann Curtis
- takes individual honors.
cup at st. Andrews, Scotland.
30-Mauri Rose wins annual 500 mile
auto race at Indianapolis with av-
erage speed of 1853 miles
S-Honeymoon sets new world record
for seven furlong race of 1:21 AS
minutes at Hollywood Park. Calf
Lloyd Marshall of Cleveland
knocks out British light heavy
weight champion in London.
15-Lew Worsham wins national open
golf title by one stroke at st.
Louis.
1S-Harvard rowing crew defeats Yale
in historic race at New London.
Ewell Blackwell Of Cincinnati
Reds pitches first no-hit game of
season against Boston Braves in
Cincinnati
21-U. of Illinois retains National Col
legiate Athletic association cham
pionship in meet at Salt Lake City.
29-Betty Jameson wins U. S. women's
open golf title in Greensboro. N.
July
8-American League wins All-star
baseball game in Chicago, 81.
16-Rocky Graziano defeats Tony Yale
to win. worlds middleweight box
ing title.
21-Schooner Dolphin II wins Califor-
-to-Hawaii yacht race in II
days, :04 minutes. Sloop Cara Mia
captures Chicago-to Mackinac race
in 20 hours, :4e minutes.
29-Gus Lesnevich, light heavyweight
boxing champion, outpoints Tami
Mauriello, heavyweight, in nom
title bout in New York.
August
like Williams knocks out Bob
Montgomery in Philadelphia to be-
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January
5-Ovington E. Weller,
"a, former U. S. sena.
tor fror,o rxyIopd
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January
Five killed when DC-3
transport crashes near
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TRANSPORT plane falls near Carmel.
NJ j., Killing 3, injuring 20.
12-Airliner crashes near GalaX. Va.
killing ID of 10 aboard.
l3-Fifteen miners die in gas explosion
in coal mine in Nottingham. Pa.
sweeping through Alabama,
Tennessee. Arkansas and Missouri
kills 20
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to win worlds middleweight box
21-schooner Dolphin II wins Califor-
nia-to-Hawaii yacht race in II
days, 1904 minutes. Sloop Cara Mia
captures Chicago-to- Mackinac race
2s-Gus LesneSich, light heavyweight
boxing champion, outpoints Tami
Mauriello, heavyweight. in nom
title bout in New York.
August
like Williams knocks out Bob
Montgomery in Philadelphia to be-
come, lightweight champion of the
world.
13-victory Song sets new world re
cord for trotterS by running mile
in 1857 S/5 minutes, in Springfield,
AID: Lee Braun of Dallas, Texas.
wins professional North American
clay target championship in Van
dalia, Ohio.
22-Willie Pep retains featherweight
title by defeating Jock Leslie in
College All-stars beat the Chicago
Bears pro football squad in Chi
cago. 1910.
September
American Davis cup team defeats
Australia to retain cup.
beats Eastern College all-stars,
21-O. in New York City
Jersey City leads International
league; Kansas City the Ameri-
can Association.
22-Brooklyn Dodgers clinch National
league pennant, New York Yam
KEGS win American league flag.
27-Armed beats Assault as nations
top race horse. Compete In $780,
600 two-horse race at Belmont
Park, N. Y.
28-Ben Hogan wins International golf
tourney in Chicago.
October
6-New York Yankees win World SER
les.
1S-Army's record of 80 football games
without defeat broken by Column
bia.
Evening star., 1947-03-14
Capt. Pearce Opposes New
License Near Smoke Park

Capt. Robert Pearce, commanding
No. police precinct, yesterday pro-
tested to the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board against the issuing
of Glass D license to James Zerega,
at SIG Massachusetts, avenue NV,
because of its proximity to Smoke
Park" at Sixth and Massachusetts,
avenue NV.
Capt. Pearce told the board his
policemen, each week, arrested be-
tween IS and so persons who be-
come intoxicated mostly from drink
ing alcohol, known to the drinkers
as Smoke"
He said there were two churches
within block of the proposed res
taurant and the Gospel Mission, the
home of many down-and-outers,
was short distance away. He said
there were sufficient drinking places
in the vicinity now, with additional
licenses in nearby chinatown" on
H street.
Mrs. Esther Lazarus, who operates
a restaurant at 521 Massachusetts,
avenue NV, also objected on the
ground there are sufficient drinking
places in that vicinity now. She
said she feared that, with the
churches and the Gospel Mission
nearby, it might be difficult for her
when she sought a renewal of her
license.
Evening star., 1947-03-14
Meeting Of Red Cross
Today.io Gef Report
OF Residential Unit

Residential day" was to be OBJ
served at the fourth report meeting
Of Red Gross campaign workers at
1880 pm. today in the United States
Chamber Of Commerce Building.
James H. Lemon, chairman of the
residential unit, was to preside and
report on the activities of his unit.
Several divisions of the campaign
already have reached or exceeded
their quotas as the second week OF
the month-long drive draws to a
close.
Mr.. Lemon said the Bloomingdale
and Howard Park area had raised
1853 per cent of its quota and the
Park View and Pleasant Plains area
l04 per cent. Both of these areas
are under the chairmanship OF
Rufus G. Byars.
Next in line among residential
areas, Mr.. Lemon said, are Ana
costa where 88 per cent OF quota
was reported by Mrs. Ralph j.
BeaIl, chairman; Burleith, under
Mrs. Louis s. Beaupres, with 86 per
cent, and Mclean Garden, under
Mrs. Duff Wilson, with SO per cent.
Prof, william Y. Elliott of the
Harvard University School OF Gov
ernment was to speak at today'sI
meeting on "a Volunteer World VS..
a Slave World" Among other
guests expected were Sheila Bar
rett, impersonator now appearing at
Club Cairo, and Lynn Allison,
singer.
Robert w. Wilson, chairman OF
the General Business unit, an
nounced several business groups
which have made their quotas.
Banks, under the craftsmanship OF
Richard A. Norris, have 122 per
cent; health and welfare institu-
tions, Percy Weinberg, chairman,
have turned in 125 per cent; invest
ment banking firms, Bernard j..
Neese, chairman, 1873 per cent, and
geographical area 3, division l,
headed by Col. William Moncrief,
reported 100 per cent.
All nine units of the campaign, in
GLIDING the suburban areas, are eX-
pected to make reports today. The
following members Of the District
chapter Of the Red Cross were to be
among guests at the head table to-
day: Mrs. Gertrude L. Saltzman,
vice chairman of Volunteer Special
Services: Mrs. Ralph Payne, former
vice chairman; Miss Virginia Bent
ley, chairman of the Motor Corps;
Mrs. Jesse Miller, Canteen Corps
chairman: Mrs. Leven G. Allen,
Staff Assistants chairman, Mrs.
Frances Parkman, chairman of COL
lection booths. and Mrs Creighton
Peet, vice chairman of booths.
Evening star., 1947-03-14
Judge Dismisses Charges
AGAINST wild Man OF Anzio
ey the Associoted Press


LOS ANGELES, Mar. 14.-Charles
Shunstrom, z6, former Army captain
and war hero known as the wild
Man Of the Anzio Beachhead," was
free today of robbery charges be-
cause Superior Judge Walter S.
Gates held he was mot himself"
November IS and DECEMBER S when
he committed the crimes to which
he mad pleaded guilty.
The court held that the shock
of war experiences, imprisonment
by the Germans and inability to get
. Job after his return had left
S1unstrom "a discouraged, heart
sick, whipped, defeated, confused
and bewildered individual-a man
whose mind was in the shadows"
He said, however, in dismissing the
charges, that he believed Shun-
strom was now fully sane"
Judge Gates made plea for more
careful orientation of veterans back
into civil life, for more intelligent
treatment of battle-shocked war
veterans"
Evening star., 1947-03-14

Bates said he hopes the two experts
can work together.
In analyzing the Districts tax
problem, Mr.. Bates said, the sub
committee will make study of ex-
penditures as well as of the taxes
needed to meet the deficit of about
S12,0o0,000 now faced by the city.
The Commissioners proposed new
revenue program now is pending in
both the Senate and the House.
Evening star., 1947-03-14

Mr.. Bates said the expert had
been highly recommended by DR..
Arthur Holcomb, head of the De-
partment of Government at Har-
ward University. l
With his background Of expert
ence in Massachusetts,, Mr.. Jackson
was said by Representative Bates to
be well equipped to take the i'm
portant post here. He is a graduate
of Dartmouth College and has had
extensive experience in analyzing
sources of Massachusetts, revenue.
mfr. Jackson will be instructed
briefly on the specific problems and
the unusual financial situation of
Evening star., 1947-03-14

Selected by Representative Bates,
Republican. of Massachusetts,, chair
man of the important subcommittee,
Mr.. Jackson was assigned immedi-
ately to comprehensive study OF a
mass of data on the Districts finan-
cial problems.
Mr.. Jackson comes to Washington
from the Bay State, where he held
the important post of executive sec
retary of the Massachusetts, Com
mission on State and Municipal
Finances. He also is fiscal adviser
to the Governor Of the State.
Evening star., 1947-03-14
City Finance Expert
Named by Bates 10
Study D. {. Problem

Parker L. jackson Of Newton,
Mass, today was picked as "analyt-
ical adviser" to the House District
Subcommittee on Fiscal Relations,
which soon will handle the city's
proposed new tax bills.
Evening star., 1947-03-14

the National Capital" Mr.. Bates
said.
A mass OF material on Washing
ton taxes, and reports from cities
of comparable size, collected from
several sources by Representative
Bates, will be turned over to him.
If and when Senator Cain, Re-
publican, of Washington, obtains
an expert for the companion fiscal
subcommittee in the Senate, Mr..
Evening star., 1947-03-14
Panel to Discuss Delinquency

A panel discussion on juvenile de-
linquency will be held at 5 pm.
Sunday at the Phyllis Wheatley
YMCA annex, 1719 Thirteenth street
NV, by the Julia West Hamilton
League of the National Association
Of COlOred Women.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21

home run championship of the
majors with 81, was third with
144 and Bruce Edwards, aggres-
sive Brooklyn Dodger catcher,
was fourth with 140.
Elliott, who. came to the
Braves from the Pirates in Sep
tember of 1916 in a trade for
Billy Herman, was the fir S
member of a non-pennant win
ming team to earn the award
since Ernie lombard of the
fourth place Reds was named in
1888. The 31-year-old converted
outielder is also the second
Boston player ever to be so hon.
ored. Back in 1914, Johnny
Evers of Tinker-to-Evers-to-
Chance fame, received the
Chalmers award, then given to
the player deemed most valu-
able.
OF the 26 players who figured
IN the voting, ten received at
least one first place vote. Elliott
led with nine no. l ballots, Ed
wards had four and Mize,
blackwell and shortstop Peewee
Reese of the Dodgers had two
each. First baseman Jackie Rob-
lnson of Brooklyn; pitcher
Larry Jansen, Giants; Pitcher
Dutch Leonard, Philadelphia;
outfielder Dixie Walker, Dod-
gers and outfielder Willard Mars
hall, Giants, each was named top
man once.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21

pound converted guard to center,
to quarterback, to center Gore.
who has kicked the Cats extra
points this year. has played first
string for the past three years
and was a second stringer his
second year in high school. He
is dubbed as a choice for Eastern
Conference berth on the al-staf
eleven.
Filling the shoes of backfield
in their final game will be quar-
terback Jimmy Piner, a 158 pound
converted guard and halfback.
Charles Smith and Homer Bre-
wer will team in the halfback
slots while Big Jim Gibson will
back up in the fullback hole.
Edward Rusher, Bruce Hinson,
and Charles Reaves will also see
action tonight for the last time IL
MINIS uniforms along with john
ME Crowley, Clayton Johnson,
Eddie Garfield, Bob Lewis, Lin"
wood Taylor, and Henry sander
|SOn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
BROWNIE TRADES
CAUSING CONCERN

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20-P-The
St. Louis Browns turned another
player deal today-their third in
less than a week-as American
League rivals expressed grow
ing concern and the New York
Yankees announced they would
seek complete investiga-
ton"
AS Brownie General Manager
Bill De Witt plunged ahead with
hydra-headed plans to lift t h e
club out of the cellar, provide
new faces and acquire much
needed cash, the Yanks de-
clared they would ask Commits
sioner A. B. Chandler and Pres
ident Will Harridge of the Amer
lean League to open a thorough
inquiry into the situation.
Dewitt declined comment on
the Yankee statement which
came after the Brownies latest
transaction sent two more of
their regulars - first baseman
Walt Judnich and pitcher Bob
Muncrief-to the Cleveland Indi-
ans for pitcher Bryan Stephens,
outfielder Joe Frazier, a player
still to re named and an indi-
Gated $4,000 or more in cash.
The Yankees, in a statement
signed by Daniel R. Topping
their president, said they di d
not want ''to see the American
League become a seven
club league" and that they be-
]ieved something radical must
be done to bring about discon-
tinuation of these trades"
The statement said the Yanks
are mot concerned" with the
Browns peddling their star play
ers to pennant rivals of the
world champion bombers, bu t
that they care concerned with
the effect it has on the St. Louis
situation"
Chandler, contacted at his
Versailles, KY, home said he
had no comment to make at this
time, but indicated he would
have something to say later.
Harridge, at Chicago, said 81
have nothing to say until I re-
ceive the (Yanks) request"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
Bealmear Picks Carolina
10 Defeat Duke Saturday
Likes Virginia Over North Carolina State
Wake Forest To Down Duquesne, Ala
bama To Win Over Louisiana State
By AUSTIN BEALMEAR

NEW YOkK, Nov. 20-(AP)-Some teams wind up
their Saturday and others rest for
Day games but there's for this weary football
forecaser who offers another of grdron
after boosting MS average to flat 800 on SIT correct
preoctons and 129 misses the past eight weeks:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
R0TC SPONSORS
Continued from Page Eight

1t. Colonel Bradford Virgins as
battalion commander. Miss
Marylin Costello daughter of
Tassie N. Costello, 413 So. 18th
street will be presented to Cap
tain Fritz Steljes commander
of company GAP. Miss Libba
Roe daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. c. Roe, S Hydrangea Place
will be presented to Captain Jim
Bibson commander of company
"B".
Miss Jean Bobbitt will be pre-
sented to Captain Poll Barefoot
commander of company &c"
Miss Bobbitt is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Bobbitt of
6l7 Princess street. Captain
Blaney Lee will be presented
Miss Beth Harriss daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. Harriss, 5
Country Club Pines.
A mass formation has been
planned for the occasion and the
unit will pass in review on both
sides of the field for the spec
tators. The battalion will be un-
der arms for the ceermony.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
His Trophies Stolen,
Old Dizzy Dean Burns

DALLAS, N o. -R-Jero-
me Herman Dizzy Dean was
plumb burned up today.
Some person whom the form
er big league pitcher and pre-
sent radio announcer would like
to meet stole all the trophies Of
his greatest days in baseball.
The volumble Dean, mad as a
hornet, said cit amt gonna be
be healthy for that guy if Old
Diz ever lays his hands on him. !"
Dizzy reported the trophies
were missing when he unpacked
some boxes Of his belongings
which had been in storage. He
notified police.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
Bob Elliott Named MVP
In National By Writers

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 -lH-To
Bob Elliott goes the distinction
of having been the first third
baseman in the major leagues
ever to have been proclaimed
the --lost valuable player Of his
circuit.
The hard hitting Boston
Braves infielder was named the
National Leagues MVP yester-
day by a 24-man committee of
the Baseball Writer'S Associa-
ton. He received 2O5 votes in
the balloting for the Kenesaw
Mountain Lands Memorial
award to win handily over
Ewel Blackwell, Cincinnati
no-run no-hit pitcher, who
placed second with It's votes.
Johnny Mize, New York first
baseman who tied with Pitts
ourgh's Ralph Kiner for the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
Wallace Plays Stedman
In Final Contest Today

WALLACE, Nov. 20. - The
Wallace Bulldogs will close their
1947 football season tomorrow
when they are host to the Sted
man eleven. Kickoff time is 2
p. m.
BY virtue of the SIS to 0 trounc-
ing of Farmville in the last game
of the East Central Conference
schedule Wallace ended up in Sec
ond place in the conference with
five wins and two losses. Con-
ference wins were posted against
Warsaw, 400; Clinton, 1877; Sell
ma, 1877, Ayden, 1870; and Farm
vile, $50. Losses were suffered
at the hands of Mt. Olive, 1870,
and La Grange, 14-6.
In non-conference games the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21

trout hatchery at Pinetop, just
II miles south of Showlow, Wis.,
itors are always welcome.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
1AAl GETS REPLY
FROM PCA GROUP

r,e Wilmington Athletic As
...iation, Inc, yesterday re.
soil,d s.ir,d the official promise of
ces''pp s Professional Golf Associa-
me- tas tournament chairman
tsst tloa wilmington will be given
tnst nasati+ional consideration as a a
saSolu'rnament site for the 1s48
"ir'V IN telegram to Robert Dan
.uha1,n1. ~ officer of WAA1,
aelua n.oroe schneiter said the pro
ICED eassd $4,000 event here will Will
p0ssa ,so under the study Of PGA
cop5c ccosad,,ie makers soon and
ss ,.sinite word would reach Will
oE,, s;neton shortly on whether
nans'j 1.las in October or November
os+'I sn he made available here. ere nm
can aMveganwhile WAA1, with s12' 800
Wed I to support it's first pro-
pls'5s pie was to meet next Tuesday
!t,i 1;ebt to complete formal lncor-
nsms nqss.+ion under state laws.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
FINAL CONTEST
CONTINUED from Page Eighty

CONTINUED from Page Eighty
North Carolina tilt for the Virgi-
Inians since 1910 when the Waves
defeated the Raleigh team, 13 to
~.
All of the Petersburg regulars,
with the possible exception of
Co-captain Bill Stevens and Jerry
Evans, veteran fullback, are ex-
pected to see action in the game
tonight.
With the completion of their
1947 conference scheduled last
Friday night and the final non-
conference game tonight, King
Football will fade from the local
sports picture and IL Wildcats
and nine first string lettermen
will don high school uniforms for
the last time tonight.
Donning uniforms for the last
game in tonights starting lineup
will be ends, Billy Quarles and
Lloyd Honeycutt. Quarles start
ed as one of the initial eleven
men in the Wildcat-Fayetteville
lineup, but has served as a re-
serve for a majority of the sea-
son. Honeycutt, one of the Cats
outstanding defensive players, is
a converted tackle to end.
Tackles Deck Jordon and Bill
Kuhn will anchor in at the tackle
slots. Jordon, a 22O FOUNDER, is
playing his first year as a start
er Kuhn, 215 FOUNDER, is antici-
pated to be an all-state guard,
and was first string material last
year.
Guard Craig Hampton and Doc
Venters will open a hole for the
last time tonight along with his
|sidekick. Irwin. "Piggy" Gore, 187
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21

NHSA AAAS@
- A victory for the unbeaten,
once-tied Trojans will send them
into the Rose Bowl against
mighty Michigan, which is
something like pushing a jeep
out of the way SO you can get
hit by a truck. If UCLA wins,
the Pacific coast race could be
tied up so many ways they
might not figure it out before
spring. Healthy vote for South
ern Cal.
Southern Methodist VS.. Baylor
- Some strange things happen in
the Southwest conference about
this time of year but if the Mus
tangs miss the title and a per-
feet season by stubbing their
toes on this next to last hurdle
they deserve to watch the Cot
ton Bowl game from end zone
seats. A confident vote for
Methodist.
Tulane VS. Notre Dame - For
the second time this season, the
unbeaten Irish have been push
ed out of the No. l spot in the
national rankings for failure to
live up to expectations. They'll
be trying to scramble back
against a Tulane team that has
won only two games, as usual,
Notre Dame.
Louisiana State VS. Alabama
- With five straight wins behind
it, the red hot Crimson Tide will
be battling for a share of the
Southeastern conference title
and a bowl bid while the other
leaders play setups or not at all.
The cheers and a big vote for
Alabama.
Ohio State VS.. Michigan-Look
for the Wolverines to pull out
all the stops in this one, their
last appearance of the regular