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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-10
National League Attendance
Record Smashed During 1947

NEW YORK. Dec. g -iR-Re-
election Of VIII Harridge as
American league president for a
10-year term was announced to-
day while the two majors dis
cussed the Pacific Coasts big
league ambitions in closed ses-
Slons.
A compromise was expected
to result by which the majors
may leave the door open for fu-
ture expansion to include any
pair of cities from any section
Of the country which prove they
can support that type of base
ball.
f this plan. repeatedly under
discussion today, is passed at
the joint meeting Thursday un-
der Commissioner A. B. Chand-
Ter, the Coasts plans for pro
visional acceptance as a third
Major league would be defeat
ed.
The door would then be left
open for admission of certain
cities such as San Francisco
and Los Angeles, after they
have brought their parks up to
Major league standards and sat.
their own league. This might al
SO result, in Hollywood and Oak
land moving to the big show re.
sulting in 10-team Major
leagues. Of course, it will be
made clear that all initiatives
must come from outside the Ma.
jors.
However, this step is some.
thing that is not likely to be
taken in the immediate future
The other coast league mem
bers, Sacramento, San Diego
Seattle and Portland, naturally
would oppose any such move a!
endangering their property
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-10

The New Hanover High School
Wildcats began their last week
of practing last night in prepara-
ton for their first game of the
season next Monday night, De-
cember IS, at the local gym. The
team has been hard at work for
the past several weeks prepar-
ing for what is probably one of
the toughest schedules ever tack
led by a New Hanover cage
team.
The Eastern Glass AA con-
ference will be much improved
over last season and the Cats
will have rough road to travel
if they are to repeat as con-
ference and state champs. Also
scheduled are CRANKY High
School of Norfolk and several
other hard non-conference op-
ponents.
With W. A. (Weinie) Brown
and Toddy Fennell back the
Cats will surely have the speed
of last years squad, which was
one of the key factors in its
success. If louis Collie can re-
gain his last years form, the
Hanover lads will certainly have
a better than average quint, on
the basis of experience alone.
Charlie Smith, reserve on last
years five may play lot of
ball this winter.
Also from last years re-
serves; Mole West, Mike Aus
tin, and Bob Lewis have look
ed good in the workouts. New
corners on the team, Harry Cole
man and Dennison Ray might
possibly be key men.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-10

The Williston Tigers, East
ern conference champions,
were sent through heavy
drills yesterday afternoon by
coach Frank Robinson in
preparation for the State
Championship game with
Dunbar Negro high Of Lex
ington here Friday night.
The kickoff has been set
for 8 O'Clock at the Ameri-
can Legion Stadium. Special
reserved sections of the sta
dunn has been arranged for
white fans.
On paper the Tigers sss
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-10
Outlook On PEA Tourney
For City Appears Bright

Allan Marshall, president of
the Wilmington Athletic Associa-
ton, Inc, was yesterday in re-
ciept of a letter from George
Schneiter, tournament manager
of the PGA, which stated in
part, that Wilmington could
reasonably assume" that a Pc
A tournament will be held here
in 1948.
Schneiter, in his letter to the
president of the sponsoring Or
ganization here said that of
ficial comment on dates avail
able for the tournament could not
be given until the PGA dates for
schedules had been worked out,
but that the city could assume in
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-10

Camp, Wingback; and Walt
Pupa, Fullback.
The 1948 schedule:
Sept. 25-Texas at Chapel Hill.
Oct. 2-Georgia at Athens, Ga
Oct. 9-Wake Forest at Wake
Forest, N. c.
Oct. 16-N. C. State at Chapel
Hill.
Oct, %. - L. S. U. at Chapel
Hill.
Oct. 30-Tennessee at Knox
vile, Tenn.
Nov. Civilian and Mary at
Chapel Hill.
Nov. 13-Maryland at College
Park, Md. (site tentative).
Nov. 20-Duke at Chapel Hill.
Nov. 27-Virginia at Crar-
lottesville.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-10

garded Louis sparmate from
Louisville, and knocked Garner
out in the first round.
And last but not least there
is Billy Conn, twice beaten by
Louis but still a youngster at 81
compared to some Of the vet
eran fighters in the ring now.
The one-time fancy Dan of the
ring said today he had received
a lot of offers since Louis mar
row squeak over Walcott and
declared he "might think of a
comeback.
He added, however, I might
just 60 right on thinking about
if forever.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-10
Williston Tigers Prep
For Title Tilt Friday

rated the favorites and OBJ
servers have predicted a
close victory for the Willis
ton eleven. but coach Robin
son is taking no chances.
Yesterday he drilled his
charges on pass defense. The
Dunbar eleven is noted for
their blistering aerial at
tackS.
The Tigers are in excellent
physical condition, barring
injuries that might occur in
the practice sessions. Robin
son said last night that
drills will continue until
Thursday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-10
Sue Sets Section Record
DDy Baying Bear "a Hours

o'clock. She had had no food or
water for "A.
"She didn't give up" said
Smith proudly, that bear just
starved her out"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-10
heavyweight Fighters Managers
See New Hopes For Their Boys

NEW YORK, Dec. 9 -'R-The
,.vveight boxing division
:. bunming like a wartime
w. .card today all because of
'Ds, ,,nion Joe Louis showing
'os.'fF 1lnsf Jersey Joe Walcott last
flIp'5 opis' hollow triumph over
n,. Dy .Toe has emboldened both
JsIse' ,aaers and their heavy
a}si,s9 asf charges like a shot OF
seisr isanoo iuice. This doesn't
HcaaP @ that the ring pilots are
r'ssn ,inp down the doors of the
22,"sssntieth Century Sporting
I,b lEf" tn clanor for title shots.
CITb T,.y all know that the champ
IDG3 tbe Camden, N. j., papa of
'no .rs going to do it all over
'& a a. outdoors in June and
S0" much doubt the site VIII
VI" mi" mis- towns spacious Yankee
" y,,n, y They realize that Wal
Ss'is 4. is entitled to this big money
'o' .bot but win, lose or draw
want to get in on what hap
peIi' ntjjs WINS the chances are
u he viii retire as the unde-
ia. os.od u champion of the world.
r'. ,ee,'B Brown Bomber has his
los Int sci on this and his mar
'sp' 'ss. escape Friday has strength
70. sosd his resolve to go down in
eu'" history with the title
a...hpso,nnjon ..hs before his name.
.';s, s.p. Handlers, Marshall Miles
.oG .od John RoXboroush, have IN
j1rated ;aa that the Champ still
o or continue after the June
.a',t u, But if the gate hits the eX-
voctod WV. 81 100000 {million) or
a,a Inus most likely will col
Iect and call it d day.
II Lous snoud lose to Wal
omit the Jpping of the hounds
viii be aeard in loud discord.
IN fine various hangouts OF the
soyioo men. the talk chiefly
csnters around Louis inept per-
tormance and the sudden up
lift of spirit among the potential
challengers,
The heavyweight title general /
" is valued at million and
tbose managers who haven't a
likely superdreadnaught on
hand are starting to scour the
bushes
Few are undertaking Walcott,
either. The crafty fight he Wag-
cd against Louis has boosted ms
prestige to a high level. And
despite his sidestepping, back
pedaling tactics against LOUIS,
he displayed a hefty right hand
punch.
Then too, Jersey Joe had done
pretty fair Job of mopplng Up
most Of the better heavyweights
around including Curtis
CHatchetman) Sheppard, Lee @.
Murray, Tommy Gomez,
Jimmy Bivins, Joe Maxim, Lee
Oma and Elmer Ray in the last
two years.
Just the same the names of
light heavyweight champion
Gus Lesnevich; light heavy
weight Ezzard Charles who will
fight Gus for the 175-pound title
soon. and Ole Tandberg, the
Swedish battler who upset Joe
Baksi and Italy's Gino Buon-
vino were being mentioned with
increasing boldness.
Others shrugged off these
Name clouters and declared the
coming champion will have to
come from the young group
which includes Jackie Crawford
and Bernie Reynolds among
others,
A likely candidate bobbed up
on the Louis-Walcott card al
though preliminary fights on
championship program usually
get as scant a notice as the
opening acrobatic act at
vaudeville s low. He is Gene
Jones, Camden, N. j., Negro
with a terrific punch. Jones
fou9ht Bob Garner, a highly re-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-10

More than one million tons of
chlorine are used in the United
States annually.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Lower Income Groups in Spain
Given Exemption in Food Tax
By Constontine Brown
ssor Foreign Affair. Analyst

4 ~ =
MADRID tBy Mail) Living con.
ditions In Spain are noticeably bet.
ter than In France. and outwardly
at least, the man-in- n-the-street ap.
pears more cheerful than his French
counterpart.
This Is probably due to the fact
that the Spaniard has always beer
poor and had to be satisfied with q
minimum OF comfort. The birth
rate is high and my interview with
the foreign minister had to be post
poned once because his wife had
given birth to twins, increasing to
eight the number o1pchildren in his
family.
The middle and lower classes in
Spain do not have the same fear of
family additions which exists across
the Pyrenees. Children are not re-
garded as a burden, partly because
they are potential economic asset
and partly because this country is
almost 100 per cent Catholic.
Few families have less than four
or five children. The streets of
Madrid are crowded with them,
When they aren't begging or trying
to get you to hire them for an
errand for q few cents, they are
playing. And they do not have the
sallow cheeks and thin legs which
are such sad characteristic of the
children Of French bourgeoisie and
lower-class families.
Unlike France, the government OF
Spain makes at least a gesture to-
ward protecting those who have
small incomes. The government has
imposed taxes ranging up to so per
Evening star., 1947-03-03
luke Boxes
Continued From First Page.)

using them be extended to 8 am. to
4 pm. The regulation as now drafted
applies the limitation from 9 am.
to 3 pm.
Reed Supports Stand.
The citizens were supported in this
contention by Asst. Supt. of Schools
Carroll r. Reed.
Attorney William r. Lichtenberg,
for the Washington Coin Machine
Association, agreed to the am.
hour but objected to extension be-
yond pm. He pointed out that a
major reason for the limitation was
to prevent school children spending
their lunch money on coin machines
BY pm. he argued, they would
have finished lunch and If they
saved money to play machines, they
would do so at 4 pm. as easily as
at 3.
Civic spokesmen included Tracy
T. Madden, secretary of the STAN
ton Park Citizens Association; Har-
ry S. Wender, of the Federation
of Citizens Association; Mrs. Pauline
Burroughs, of the Progressive Citi-
zens of Georgetown; Mrs. Miner
w. Buell., District Congress of Pa
rents and Teachers; Mrs. w. s.
French, jr, representing the Hilton
Peabody and Stewart Junior High
PTA's; Mrs. j. M. Selby, Blow Webt
and Elliott Junior High PTA's, and
Miss Cecilia P. Dulin, of the Neigh
borhood Councils of the Council oi
Social Agencies.
Mr.. Wender objected to excluding
juke boxes from the licensing pro-
vision on the ground that such fees
are assessed to cover the cost OF
inspection. He favored the regu-
Evening star., 1947-03-03
IS Montgomery Schools Cut Of
From Buses by Snow Drifts

Six Montgomery County schools
were isolated from bus routes today
as 50-mile gusts piled snow drifts
across rural highways.
Board of Education offices at
Rockville reported that buses coulo
not reach schools at Poolesville
Potomac, Boyds, Germantown.
Clarksburg and Damascus. Others
might be affected, 1t was said, as all
reports had not been received.
The weather will remain cold and
clear for the next few days in the
Washington area, the Weather
Bureau reported. No more snow
is predicted.
According to police, virtually every
road west of Rockville is affected
by the drifts. Route 240 to Fred
erick was reported open, but all but
impossible in spots. School off,
cials said they planned to send
children home from schools in the
affected area shortly before noon
In order to avoid possibility of their
being stranded.
The snow-blocked Montgomery
area first was cut of 10 days ago,
At that time number of dairy
men were forced to dump large
quantities OF milk because of lack
OF containers to store it in when
trucks could not get in to pick it up.
Communities such as Poolesville,
Damascus and Dickerson were yir-
Evening star., 1947-03-03

lations as giving the District con-
troll through the licensing provisions
of the locations Of coin machines.
Installations Complex.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Chester Gray said inclusion of luke
boxes had been on the advice of
District electrical inspectors that
such operations, especially those in
volving remote control from booths,
require complex electrical installa-
tions.
Mr.. Gray told the hearing the reg
ulations originated in complaints
from civic groups against the use
OF coin machines by school children
He said the purpose of the pro-
posed rules was to implement the
compulsory school attendance law
for children up to 16 years of age.
Mr.. Gray said the effort was to
draft rules which would satisfy the
civic groups on the one hand and
be legal and enforcible as well as
generally acceptable to the industry.
He pointed out that pinball ma
chimes of type in which free games
are the only reward have been ex-
cluded by the Court of Appeals from
the category of gambling or vicious
devices.
Mr.. Lichtenberg raised the issue
of whether the ban on use by school
children would apply during sum-
mer school. He agreed to insertion
of language under which the ban
would apply within two blocks OF the
specific schools in which summer
classes were being held.
Evening star., 1947-03-03

9cent on all food and drinks dis
pensed in the luxury and first-class
restaurants in the country. No taxes
are imposed on the cheaper eating
places.
For example, q good meal in q
first-class restaurant costs between
so and 60 pesetas ($5 to $6 at the
official rate OF exchange) per person
To this must be added national and
municipal taxes, a 10 per cent tax
for the poor and a Is per cent serv-
ice charge, which represents the
tip. After paying all of these taxes
and charges one is lucky to get q
good meal for less than $40.
In second and third-class restau-
rants, where the meals are edible
but meatless, they cost about half
the price and there are no addi-
tional charges except for service.
Thus, whereas the French govern
ment imposes taxes ranging from
70 to 81 per cent on all meals and
beverages consumed in public eat
ing places, the Spanish government
taxes only the person who can af-
ford to patronize the first-class res
taurants, and exempts entirely the
man with slender purse.
Moreover, every restaurant, re-
gardless of category, must provide
Its patrons with fixed price menu.
In the smaller restaurants and cafes
1t Is possible to obtain a fairly good
meals for at little as S pesetas ESQ
cents. And this means great deal
IN country where the town popu-
lation, including the working
classes, makes a habit Of dining out
onceior twice a week.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
$1,000 Buffalo Pupil,
Return 10 School as
Teachers End Strike
By the Asseeiofed Press

BUFFALO, N. Y, Mar. 3.-Va-
cation ended for Buffalo's 71,0OO
public school pupils today as
their instructors returned to
classrooms after staging the
largest teacher strike in the Ma
tion's history.
The week-long walkout of 2,4oo
teachers was ended by the Buffalo
Teachers Federation last night
when its Council Of Delegates voted
to accept q promise Of Mayor
Bernard ]. Dowd that q pay increas sc
would be forthcoming next fall ii
the State authorized additional
taxes for the purpose.
Gov. Dewey is scheduled to sub
NIT a special message to the Legis-
lature this week requesting that
localities be granted authority to
impose special taxes, including a
special levy for education.
Gov. Dewey will submit another
message to the legislature tonight
urging adoption Of a permanent pay
plan for teachers in the State re-
commended by his special Com
mittee on Education.
Joseph r. Manch, first vice presi-
dent Of the Buffalo Federation, an
nounced that the teachers had
accepted the Mayors pledge to pro-
vide $500 to $625 pay increases for
the school year l947-48. a.7c~s.s 80,
The group originally had de-
manded an immediate $1,025 in
crease, $500 cost of living bonus and
a So, 400 minimum for beginners.
1t had rejected the report of Gov.
Dewey's special Education Commit
tee as highly unsatisfactory" de-
|claring that under its recommends
tions "for the year, 1947-48 about
one-third Of the Buffalo teachers
would receive no increases, about
1,156 would receive increases rang
ing from IS to $35, while only
256 teachers would receive $35 to
SITS =" 80
Mr., Manch estimated that under
the terms of the Mayors offer to
approve the budget recommenda-
ton OF the city's Board Of Educa-
ton about 80 per cent of the city's
5000 teachers would receive the $625
increase. The teachers present
overall scale is $1,875 to $2,975.
Evening star., 1947-03-03

tually cut of this morning. police
reported.
The forecast said it would be
sunny but windy and cold today,
with the temperature climbing to
about 81 degrees this afternoon,
Tonight will be clear and cold, with
a low around Is degrees. Last
nights low was 81 degrees.
Tomorrow will be slightly warmer
and sunny, the Weather Bureau
said.
Many Washington streets, still
not completely clear Of last weeks
record fall, were made slick again
by the new snow over the week end.
However, William A. Xanten. head
Of the Districts Refuse Department.
said survey showed most of the
streets were in fair condition after
being sanded. Saturday night and
yesterday.
Mr.. Xanten said there would be
no further removal Of snow by
trucks as it was too expensive. The
refuse department was waiting for
warm weather to finish the job, he
said.
Subfreezing weather played re-
turn engagement in Florida and on
the Gulf Coast and a storm of
marked intensity added as much
as eight inches of snow in New York
and New England.
At Jacksonville and Tallahassee,
Fla, the mercury dipped to 81 early
today.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Doctor Says He Found
Bonbrest Baby Normal

Dr.. George Maksim, 1913 Good
Hope road Sc, testified today In
District Court in the s$400, 900 dam
age suit against two Washington
doctors that he found the Bonbrest
baby, the center Of the case, virtual
ly normal. He examined the child
in February. 1916, and said X-rays
showed the childs head and chest
were normal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy D. Bonbrest,
1901 Forty-fourth place Sc, and
their former 5-year r-old daughter,
Betty Gay, who weighed only 26
ounces when born prematurely, are
suing DR.. Jacob Kotz and DR.. Nor
ton S. Kaufman, both of 1885 I
street NV.
The parents charge that DR.. Kotz
gave drugs to the mother and other
treatment which caused the child
to be born prematurely. The child
since has had numerous illnesses,
they contend.
DR.. Maksim testified he diagnosed
the child's condition as acute sinus
following 28 laboratory tests and
three X-ray examinations. He told
H. Mason Welch, attorney for the
parents, that a premature child is
more susceptible to disease in its
first years than a baby that is not
premature.
He told the defendants counsel,
Austin F. Garfield, that he found
some of the mothers complaints
about the baby's Ill health were not
consistent with his laboratory tests.
Reading was completed Of depo-
sition by the George Washington
University Hospital delivery room
nurse, Miss Geraldine Araminda
Houp, now a lieutenant in the Navy
Nurse Corps. She was in the de-
livery room when Bette Gay was
born November Z, 1941.
The parents said they were in
formed by DR.. Kotz that the baby
was dead but Mrs. Bonbrest testified
that the doctor later advised her
that the baby was alive.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Rubber Union Awaits Reply
On Reopeninq Wage Talks
% BY the A,soeioted Press

CLEVELAND. Mar. 3.-The Exec.
utive Board Of the CIO- United Rub.
Der Workers today awaited a reply
from the big -Four" companies o1
the rubber industry on reopenine
negotiations for q 26-cent hourly
wage increase.
L. M. Buckingham of Akron, at.
torney for the concerns, said he ex.
pected the industry representatives
would notify the union OF their de-
cision today.
The Big Four is composed of the
Firestone Tire g. Rubber Co., the
B. F. Goodrich Co., the Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Co., all of Akron, and
the United States Rubber Co. of
Detroit and New York.
An agreement arrived at a year
ago specifying an 1914 cents hourly
increase expired last night.
Previous wage talks collapsed at
Cincinnati several weeks ago when
the companies asked a 90-day recess.
Present average hourly rate Of
rubber workers in the Akron area
is $1.34 an hour.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Funds Sought 10 Assure
Lithuanian independence
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Mar. 3.-Dr. Kazys
Grinius, former President of the
Republic of Lithuania, yesterday ap-
pealed for financial aid as a means
OF assuring his country's inde-
pendence.
DR.. Grinius, speaking at a meeting
OF 1000 Baltimore Lithuanian Amer
leans in the opening of Nation
wide drive for $525, 900 for Lithuania,
said the Soviet system was unac-
ceptable to the majority of his coun-
trymen. He said the money would
help them keep their independence.
DR.. Grinius was accompanied to
the meeting by Povilas Zadeikis,
Lithuanian Minister to the United
States.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Plus, II Years Old, Marks
9Th Anniversary as Pope
BY the Associated Press

VATICAN CITY, Mar. g. For
Pope Plus XII. yesterday was a
doubly significant Sunday. The
pontiff, born Eugenio Pacelli, marked
both his list birthday and the eighth
anniversary of his election as Pope
Papal banners flew over Vatican
City, and solemn high mass was
celebrated in his honor in the Basil
lea of Saint John Lutheran, his
church as the bishop of Rome.
Roman Catholics throughout the
world sent kilograms of greeting
The Pope, besides celebrating his
usual daily mass, received Msgr
John Theodore Suhr, apostolic vicar
of Denmark, and Eugenio Zolli, for
mer chief rabbi of Rome and Cath
olic convert.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Damage Put at 500, 600
In WiIkes-Burre Fire
By the Assoeioted Press

WILKES-BARRE, Pa, Mar. 81
Eight fire companies battled wind
famed flames for more than six
hours as general alarm fire de-
stroyed stores in the heart of Wilkes
Barre's business district last night,
causing damage estimated unofd-
cially at $700, 900.
The fire broke out in the base
ment of the Neisner brothers store.
A dress shop, music studio, jewelry
store, beauty shop, art school and
Photographic studio-all situated in
the burned building-were destroyed.
A number of nearby stores were
badly damaged by smoke and water,
Six families. living in apartments In
the burning building, were forced to
fee. No one was injured.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Womon's Death in Leop
Is Ruled Suicide

Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
has issued a certificate of suicide in
the death Saturday of Mrs. Edith
Collier, 73, of 3525 Warder street
NV, who was fatally injured in a
leap from a second-story window at
her home.
Police said Mrs. Collier had been
respondent over the death of her
husband, John Howe Collier, last
November Is. Mr.. Collier, who was
n, was an employe of the Interior
Department before retiring about IL
years. ago.
Evening star., 1947-03-03
Boy Found Hanging
In CIoakroom Dies
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Mar. 3.-Bruce Jen-
nings, 9-year- -old schoolboy found
hanging in the cloakroom of an
Essex (Md) school, died today in
an oxygen tent at City Hospital.
Physicians said he had never re-
gained consciousness since he was
brought to the hospital Wednesday
His teacher, Mrs. Audrey j. Ed
wards, told Essex police then she
had found the boy suspended from
a coat hook, a woolen scarf about
his throat, only 10 minutes aftel
she sent him to the cloakroom fol
rapping a fellow third-grader ovel
the head with a book. His condi.
dition had been listed as critical evel
since.
The youngsters mother, Mrs. Rost
Jennings, asked States Attorney
John Grason Turnbull last Frida,
to investigate the tragedy, saying
Bruce had been happy and singing
when he left for school the morning
in question.