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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
GOOD OLD DAYS
DIE IN PARIS
Passing OF Black Market
Makes 1t Tough For
French Touts
BY JAMES McGLINCY
United Press Staff
C0uraCv1nr3 3nyof

PARIS WD-Things are so
tough for the touts these days,
it's all a man can do to turn
over a dishonest franc, one of
them said in an interview to-
day.
He was a haired, slight
man of &c, rather shabbily
dressed, with a most disconcert-
ing set of crossed eyes He 81
died up in the Rue deRivoli and
asked out of the corner of his
month, "Any m o n e y to
changer"
He was one of the thousands
of touts in Paris who'll do vir-
tua1ly anything for living ex-
cept work. They haunt the CEN
trail districts around the Opera
and the Madeleine, buying dol
lars or English pounds from
tourists. They deal in ciga-
rettes, coffee, gasoline coupons,
anything with a black market
value.
The wages of such sin are
a coffee and cognac.
Might As Well Be Broke
II make maybe 1000 or 5000
francs a week." he said. my
wife works in a dressmaker's
and she gets 1000 francs.
That gives them a total Of 80
or 40 dollars week to live on,
a condition almost worse than
being broke with Paris prices
what they are.
81 have a little savings from
before the war and every week
I have to draw on them," he
said sadly. ''It costs us about
500 francs a day for food. Every
day l buy liter of wine for As
francs. A kilo of meat costs 800
or $50 francs and lasts us for
two days.
"Ah, before the war - those
were the days. Plenty of Amer
leans. Plenty of money. I take
the tourists everywhere. I know
Paris like the bottom of my
pocket. I show them every
thing"
Old Days Different
He slipped his cognac and be-
came enthusiastic about the old
days.
Suppose. you want a night
Iout. We 20 first to the Tolies
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
Navy BIG Will Probe
Secrets OF Universe

CHICAGO WD University
TO Chicago physicists have equip
ped a Navy B-29 to clomb to 40,
600 feet to study cosmic rays and
the origin of giant atm pheric
showers.
Henry Kraybill, an assistant in
the cosmic ray research. con-
structed the complicated scienti-
fic apparatus which the planewin
carry. It will go on the expert
mental flights which will reach
from Inyokern Field, California,
as far south as Panama.
The B-29 was stripped of all of
its heavy equipment and equip
ped with supercharged motors.
Kraybill's chief problem will
be to learn whether all cosmic
ray particles are positively charg
ed, as scientists generally believe.
Scientists long have believed that
complete knowledge of cosmic
rays would answer the question
of how the universe was created.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
SATURDAYS
BASKETBALL
SCORES
Temple 60; Kentucky 50.
North Carolina State 76: II. j,

North Carolina State Is; st. Johns
(Bkn) 56.
Seton Hall 81; Mt. St. Marys 90.
West Virginia So; Fairmont 40.
Holy Cross rs; Dartmouth 81.
Washington State 48; Danisius 81.
Toledo 50; St Francis (Bkn) 81.
Texas 81; st. Josephs (Phila.) 81.
Boston College 81; Harvard so.
Illinois 10; Pennsylvania A.
Loras "a; Iona 68 (overtime)
Maryland 64; Johns Hopkins So
Louisville 81; Pittsburgh A.
Hanes Hosiery go. South Carolina 81.
George Washington SO. Clemson 35.
Georgetown Univ. Ga; Richmond 81.
Florida SO; Miami (Fla.) IS.
Wake Forest 81; William and Mary 81.
Georgia Tech ST.; Virginia 49,
College Charleston Is. c. u; Georgia
Medical rs.
Alabama IS; Spring Hill Al.
Tulane 10; Auburn 81.
Univ. of Washington IS; Minnesota 40.
Xavier (CincinnatD 70; Vanderbilt AZ.
Tulsa 65; East Central (Okla.) 81.
Kansas State so; Oklahoma Aggies 43.
Iowa a. Washington (St. Louis) Al.
Michigan 70; Marquette 70.
DePaul so; Chicago Loyola 43.
St. Louis 81; Rice At.
Bowling Green (ohio) At; Texas Chris
tian "a.
Southern California 50; Northwestern
a6.
Ohio State 81; Texas Aggiges 20.
Oklahoma 81; Missouri a.
Purdue so; Michigan State 49,
Kansas 64; Nebraska 90 (overtime).
Iowa State 40; Colorado 40.
Anderson und.) 30; St. Josephs Ind.)
II.
Abilene Christian ~; Mississippi 81.
Arkansas e.; North Texas 40.
Denver 81; Notre Dame go.
California SO: Wisconsin A.
UCLA So; College of Pacific Al.
Idaho IS; Montana 54
Baylor 50; Pepperdine 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22

Bergere and see the show ano
then maybe to the Bal Tabarin.
Then we 60 to the Meant, where
they have the delusions."
''The what?"
"The delusions. There's a lit
tie stage with girls and they tell
stories.'
"Dirty stores?"
"Of course. Then we 60 to the
Moulin Rouge and see the can
can dancers. Wonderful. Then
we go see a cinema"
''Dirty cinema?"
But Naturally
''But naturally. After that a
little place with naked girls
dancing. And then to other
places.
"There is nothing like that
anymore. I can take you no.
where. I stand around the
streets and buy money. I buy
a pound for $50 francs. It sell il
for $40. A Swiss franc, / give75
and get 80"
The tout got into his present
line during the war by buying
candy bars from GIs for &c
francs and selling them for Is.
He paid 80 or IS for cigarettes
and sold them for 100. But he
made one mistake. He had his
CT friends up for poker games
every week.
"They won all the money
made" he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
Bv WILLIAM G. SMOCK

ERIE, Pa. Dec. 2l.-H)-Em-
ployment and payroll records
SURPRISING anything seen during
the war years sent cash regis
ters jingling a happy Christmas
tune up and down this industrial
city's state street today while
employers looked in vain for the
1000 to 1,5O0 workers needed to
fill jobs now going begging.
More than 80 per cent of the
city's estimated 100000 popula-
ton is gainfully employed n d
Erie's biggest industrial plants
could hire almost anyone show
ing up at their gates. But few
job applicants appear.
"There is little likelihood that
job opportunities will slacken in
the immediate future" declared
Carl j. Minzenberger, manager
of the Erie office of the Penn
sylvania State Employment serv-
ice. He put the NUMBER OF en-
ployed workers at 42,035 and
added:
"Speculation on an early date
for business recession h e
evaporated as the high level of
business activity and employ
ment continued. Expansion pro-
grams far overshadow the few
minor cutbacks in certain high
ly competitive lines"
During the high point of the
war, in November of 1943, Erie
had 1000 fewer persons employ
ed than now and had 1000 few
er at work in pre-war November
of 1910.
Dana E. Jones, manager of
the Manufacturers Association
of Erie, attributed Erie's pros
porous condition to the diversi-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
'Trojans Drill
For RoseBowl
Came, Jan. |
PASADENA, CAL, Dec. q

PASADENA, Cal, Dec. 21. -
W.D - The Mighty University
of Michigan football team went
sightseeing today before getting
down to hard work for the New
Years Day Rose Bowl game,
while the opposing University of
Southern California squad set up
training quarters in Santa Bar
bara.
Coach Jeff Cravath took Sc
Trojans through a limbering up
drill this afternoon at Santa
Barbara high school field shortly
after arriving there today from
Los Angeles to train for the foot
ball classic.
Bob Hendren, SC's 6-foot-8-
inch ace right tackle, didn't ac-
company the squad because a
broken jaw has put him out of the
New Years game. sc squad
members will come home for
Christmas but will resume their
training Dec. 26.
The warm sun stimulated the
Michigan players as they went
through their first drill yester-
day following their arrival here
from Ann Arbor. The sun was
welcomed after the snowy and
freezing weather in which the
Wolverine had been trying to
train before leaving Michigan.
''This is really great" said
Alvin Wistert, 230-pounds tackle
the largest Wolverine.
"Sure is ecnoed Chalmers
Elliott. Rain hampered yesterday
afternoons drill.
End coach Art Vallpey hoped
that the sunshine would remain
so that the players can lose some
of their weight picked up in re.
cent weeks.
Gloomy coach Fritz Chislel
branded as "plain silly" the odds
that had his Michigan team Is
points better than sc. Outside
of rests that he gave the squad
today and one schedule for
Christmas, Crisler planned te
to drive his team hard for the
game,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
Kentucky, Oklahoma AIM
Nurse Bruises OF Defeat

The south is all quiet this
week, save for Alabama playing
Pittsburgh and Georgetown Wis
iting Loyola of New Orleans.
Wyoming, the champion of
the Rockies, continues its tour
south of the Mason-Dixon by
playing Rice at Houston, Tex,
Tuesday and SMU at Dallas Sat
urday.
In the West, Baylor visits Cal
ifornia for a pair of games, the
first tomorrow and the other
Tuesday. Marshall visits Denver
and San Francisco also will be
in Denver to play Regis tomor-
row, and Oregon State is host to
the Sacramento AAU team to-
morrow and Tuesday.
Friday and Saturday Minneso-
ia plays California, while Val
pariaos meets Southern Oregon
Friday and Portland U. Satur-
day. And Bradley Tech plays
Denver in Denver Saturday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
State
Team Leaves
For Dallas

ALTOONA, Pa, Dec. 2l-lR-
,,rhoaten and united Penn State
salIeaes football eleven, prlmed
W. W. IFS New Years engagement
W. Nth unbeaten but once tied
Santbern Methodist in the Cotton
powl. left tonight for Dallas,
Coach Bib Higgins led %
LAYERS who boarded the Penn
~ r1v a MIA railroads west
5ound St. Louisian here. Other
r,an7bers of the 40-man squad
nerp to be picked up at other
noints including Pittsburgh and
Cincinnati.
The team, which will arrive
N Dallas early Tuesday morn
NO VIII work out briefly be-
nrpen trains tomorrow on the
Washington University campus
,t St. Louis where Higgins serv-
ID as head football coach for
tbree years prior to returning to
his Alma Mater in 1923, He is
,cbeduled to address the St.
Louis quarterback club at noon.
Higgins said his team will
make it's headquarters at the
Naval Air station IA miles from
Dallas. Daily workouts are plan
ned.
The veteran Penn State men
tor, although he boasts the ma
TONS top defensive team, said
his principal problem will be to
Try and work out a defense for
Doal Walker. All-America back
field star of SMU. The Texas
tea m, with Walker playing a
prominent role. won the South
western Conference title.
The battle is shaping up as
ore of the best of the new years
dav bowl attractions. SMU ..ank-
ed as the nations third best col
legiate team in the annual poll
conducted by the Associated
Press and Penn State was
fourth. =?
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
MARQUETTE COACH
BLAMES OFFICIALS
MILWAUKEE,, Dec. 21. -Wl

MILWAUKEE,, Dec. 21. -U.D
- Football coach Frank j. Muir.
ray of Marquette University said
today that the 'only trouble" with
the football rules is that officials
don't enforce them.
Murray, a member of the rules
committee of the National Foot
ball Coaches Association, said
he will complain to other men,
bers of the committee at their an
nual meeting January Z, that foot
ball rules need more teeth in
them.
"My pet grippe is that no Of
ficials, or at least very few, will
inflict penalties for flying blocks,
flying tackles or illegal use OF
locked forearms," he said.
''These dangerous practices
have been definitely legislated
against, but you very rarely see
violations penalized. We need
more teeth in our laws"
Murray said he expects "fire-
works" at the meeting over the
free substitution rule" He said
many coaches oppose it and will
ask a return to the old system
Of substituting. He said him.
self he would like to see the rule
made even more elastic"
GAS it is now," he said, "You
only can send in one man at q
time when the ball is not dead.
would like to see it permit almost
unlimited subStitutions."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
Wilmington College Cagers Meet
Camp Lejeune Quint Here Tuesday

The Wilmington College
Seahawks will resume prac-
tices tonight in preparation
for their encounter with the
Marines from Camp Lejeune
tomorrow night at 800
o'clock in the high school
gym. Thus far this season,
the Seahawks have had a hot
and cold season, winning two
games and losing only to the
powerhouse from Campbell,
by the humiliating score of
80-48.
The team defeated Louis
burg college in the first game
and after the Campbell de-
feat, plastered a fair Ed
wards Military Academy five.
The team is composed of sew
eral members of last seasons
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22

into the end zone on last down.
However, in matter of four
plays, the relentless Eagles sur
ged ahead. Three Pittsburgh
running plays were for no net
gain, and then Pete Pihos broke
through to block Bob Cifer's'
kick. The ball rolled out Of
bounds on the IA, and Philadel-
phia took it there. On third
down, Thompson laid a pass
right in Van Buren's hands in
the flat, and it was a romp to
the goal for the leagues ground
gaining record holder.
In the second period, Thomp-
son duplicated his touchdown
passing and this time Ferrante
was the receiver. The Eagles
drive started on their own 81 and
Thompson kept it alive with an
important quarterback sneak
for first kown in Steeler ter
ritory. Then from the %, he
dropped back, hit Ferrante in
the clear, and Jack tore into
the end zone carrying two tack
lers with him.
Pritchard's third period 79-
yard run was snatched from the
pages of movie scenario; it
had to be seen to be believed.
He took Cifer's' kick on the 21.
appeared penned a inst the
side-lines by a wave of Steeler
tacklers.
Yet, from the maze, the for
mer V. M. I. fleetfoot seated
into the clear. Everyone stood
astounded and flatfooted except
three Eagle blockers who picked
him up to convoy him the dis
tance in an almost deadly si-
lence from the shocked stands,
More
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22

College Conference, where
they compete with Campbell,
EMIL, Louisburg, and sew
eral other junior colleges in
this section of the state.
In tomorrow nights non
league tilt, the starting line
up for the College will prob
ably be Doug Pridgen, the
teams leading scorer and a
starter on last seasons Col
lege Center five, and Ludie
Groom, also on the College
Center team, at guards.
Buster Brown and Leroy
Towles will probably start
at forwards with Carl Mason
handling the pivot post.
David James, Jim my
Hughes and r. L. Church
should all see plenty of ac-
ton against the Marine quint.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22

A crowd of 35,729 saw the
Eagles win their first division
honors in league history and the
right to play the tough Chicago
Cardinals next Sunday for the
league title.
In a game marked by bruis-
ing line plays, the Eagles over
powered their intra-state op-
ponents and the Steelers only
went beyond mid-field on four
occasions. They reached the
Eagles As and 44-yard lines,
and in their only real offensive,
dug as deep as the Eagles nine
late in the third period. Their
only other scoring chance was
the recovery of an Eagle fun
ble on the champions 26 mid
way through the fourth period
but, in turn, they promptly fun-
bled this opportunity away.
Through the first half which
spelled the Eagles triumph,
Thompson gave a magnificent
display of field generalship,
topped off by his scoring passes
He maneuvered the team
downfield in a long march from
the Eagles q but when the
Steelers dug in, the Eagles
faxed a place-kick and Al Sher-
man threw an incomplete pass
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
WHICH is GREATER?
George Washington, State
Lead Southern Conference

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 21. -
P-The Southern Conference TO-
day found itself with two un-
questionably great basketball
teams-North Carolina State and
George Washington.
The question folks in the to-
bacco circuit are asking them
selves is: which is the greater?"
Before a single basketball shot
was fired this season, it was gen.
orally agreed that North Carolina
States Wolfpack, studded with
freshmen and sophomore aces,
would be "shoo-in'' to repeat as
Conference champions.
Today, the Wolfpack hasn't
played a single Southern Con-
ference contest, but State had
won eight out of nine pre-Christ-
mas games, bowling only to West
Virginia, 1854. Included among
the Wolfpack's triumphs was Sat-
urday nights 1886 victory over
st. Johns of Brooklyn in Madi-
son Square Garden.
George Washington, likewise
loaded with freshmen and sopho-
moreS, had a clean record after
nine starts. The Colonials, coach
ed by former George Washing
ton star, Arthur (Otts) Zahn,
mad to their credit six conference
victories and didn't have a real
scare in disposing of Wake Forest,
virginia Military Institute, Da-
NdSon, the University of Rich
mond South Carolina and Glenn
son.
Victories over those six teams
IN the Southern loop put the Co.
tohlals far out in front in the
conference standings today. Be-
alhd them were Duke and Fur
man, each with one win and no
defeats.
All Of the 16 quintets with the
exception Of Virginia Tech have
completed their pre-Christmas
,sSketoali VA business. Tech plays
monday night at the Quantico
MARINE Base in the lone game re-
naming before the holidays.
. IN Saturday nights tits, Wake
Forest downed William and Mary,
s; el''z; Hanes Hosiery defeated
Suuth ,'' Carolina, 6O-51; George
w"n remained unbeaten by turn
nls pack the University of Rich
moaa, 64-54; Maryland conquer
W W. Johns Hopkins 64-53; George
"aSAlngton moped behind to
UP over St. Johns, 1856.
en- ,"'CCHMoND, Va, Dec 2l.-(P)-south-
~, SoiIerence basketball standings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22

Wilmington College center
five, along with a few better
thar average newcomers.
Standouts for the collegians
thus far have been little Doug
Pridgen and Ludie Groom,
both of whom have been the
teams most consistent scor-
ers. Close behind them for
starring honors are Leroy
Towles, John Brown and Carl
Mason, who complete the
first five on the squad.
Other members of the squad
include: Jimmy Hughes, r.
L. Church, David James,
Lloyd Halls, end Mac Teach
ey.
The team has had to start
from scratch this season and
has made a fair showing in
the newly organized Junior
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
Jobs Are Plentiful Today;
Cash Is Plentiful In Erie

fication of it's industry, declar-
ing:
"a person can buy almost
anything he wants here. We
make everything from baby car
riages to burial caskets. Our big
items, though, are metal pro-
ducts and those made Of wood,
paper, rubber and plastics.
Jones said lack of housing for
new workers, inability to obtain
materials for new industrial
building and the high cost of
construction are holding up ex-
pansion plans many firms would
like to start.
Although the General Electric
Co., is greatly expanding its
huge plant here-boosting the
number of employees from II, 900
during the war to a current 49,
600 Jones said that expansion
alone was not responsible for
creating the situation which has
resulted in hundreds of jobs re-
naming open month after
month. He said the G.. E. hires
mainly unskilled labor while
Erie's other firms need such
skilled labor as toolmakers and
machinists.
General Electric, with a
humping big payroll of 81, ,oOO,-
900 (million) a week, has made
Erie its postwar headquarters
for refrigerators and home free
zers, in addition to its former
leading product-electric loco
motives. Before the war, only
refrigerator cabinets were made
here but now the complete pro-
duct is manufactured in Erie
10000 of them a month.
Erie's other big plant, the
Hammermill Paper Co., also is
confident of its ability to keep
busy. That firm, which manu-
factures writing and business
paper, is jus finishing a $70OU, :
900 expansion program. Ham
mermill has 1000 employees, 600
more than a normal pre-wa1
year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
Philadelphia Wins Over Pittsburgh In NFL Contest
Tommy Thompson Tosses
Mates To Eastern Crown

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 21-(UP)-Tommy Thomp-
son. tossing Ederdown Soft with perfect accuracy
led the Philadelphia Eagles to Fl to victory over the
Pittsburgh Steeers today to win the championship OF the
National Football Leagues Eastern division.
Thompson's unerring sent touchdown passes to
Steve Van and Jack Ferane in the first two periods
and then Bosh Prtchard applied the cncher with dazzling
79yard punt return for before four minutes were
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22


Kentucky and Oklahoma A & M,
two of basketball's mightiest pros
poets, nursed the bruises of de-
feat today on the eve of Christ
mas-slack week, and that gave
rise to the possibility that the
1948 cage campaign will be as up
|set-full as the football season just
past.
Kentucky's tumble from the
ranks of the undefeated was the
biggest surprise. Temple did the
trick at Philadelphia's Conven-
ton Hall last night by an amaz-
ing 60-59 score.
Kentucky was undefeated in
seven games when Ken Rollins
missed the free throw which
would have given the Southeast
ern Conference champions a tie
in the waning seconds of the
game. The boys from the horse
country were ahead by 1886 with
two minutes to play, but Nelson
Bobb's fielder and free throws by
Bobb and Ed Lerner sent Temple
to the lead, 60-58. Then Rollins
got two free throws. He made the
first but missed the second -
and Kentucky suffered its first
defeat of the year.
Oklahoma A & Ms defeat came
in the finale of the Big Seven
tournament at Kansas City. The
Aggies were rated strong choices
to win that tourney, even though
they were the only non-league
team in the battling. But Kan
sas State, establishing itself as
dark horse sensation of the new
season, bounced off the Ags by
a 5o-43 count, leading from the
opening jump.
This weeks action will be on
the slim side because of Christ
mas, but that does not mean a
complete dearth of action.
Madison Square Garden will
have it's three usual doublehead-
ers, playing tomorrow night in
stead of Thursday, and then stag
ing the usual Tuesday and Sat
urday bills. Tomorrow's twin
program pits Utah State against
CCNY and Oregon against Long
Island U. Oregon was to have
played Niagara Saturday night
at Buffalo, but the game was
cancelled when the Westerners'
plane was grounded in Cleveland.
Tuesday Cornell meets NYU
and Kentucky goes to the Post
against St. Johns, and then Sat
urday it's NYU VS. Missouri and
St. Francis VS. Arizona.
Philadelphia's Saturday head
er at the Convention Hall pits
Dartmouth against Temple and
UCLA against st. Joseph's. and
also on Saturday, Southern Cal
plays Niagara and Canisius
meets Utah at Buffalo.
Utah State, as part of its east
ern tour which takes in the gar
den game Monday, plays Du-
quesne Tuesday and Lawrence
Tech Friday.
In the midwest, the unbeaten
University Of Illinois team goes
to the post for the fifth time to-
morrow night, playing host to
Washington State in the first Of
two game series. The second
tilt is set for Tuesday. Michigan
is host to Southern Cal and Wis
consin visits Oklahoma in other
Monday games, while Tuesday
Indiana is at Michigan State,
TCU at Loyola of Chicago
Washington at Purdue and Notre
Dame, 61-60 loser to Denver Sat
urday, visits Kansas. Friday it's
DePaul-John Carroll and Bald
win Wallace-Texas A&M at
Cleveland and Washington at
Ohio State. Washington-OSU
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22

Colors in the ceramic tiles
found in Egyptian buildings
built in the 18th and 18th Cen
turies are still vivid.
In a natural state, tea plants
grow into full sized trees, but in
cultivation they are held to the
size of bushes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22
CITY BARS UNION

CURDELE, Ga. W.D-The City
Commission has adopted a
resolution prohibiting the city
from employing any person who
is a member of a labor union.
The action was intended ''to
guarantee safety, welfare and
health of Cordele citizens against
conditions which might arise
from labor disputes and strikes"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-22

be nc type of tea depends on
d ,ba bna'anufacturing process, not
ral Iie :; KIND of plant, but in gen.
h pack teas come from In
,rit;aI ,H aGIeyion, Java, Sumatra and
,,binsi .sil Africa; green teas from
ron = and Japan and oolongs
~ fofmosa and China