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Evening star., 1947-04-09
American Farmer Hit
By Collier OFF Norfolk;
Vessels Third Mishap
Salvage Row Roged After
Her Collision 700 Miles
From England in 1916
By Ii. A.,nciatsd Press

D NORFOLK. Va, April s.-The
freighter American Farmer ad-
vised the Coast Guard at 9:36
am. today that she had been
damaged In a collision with the
large collier Pittsburg Seam SO
miles northeast of Cape Henry
and was trying to make New
port News"
She was hit on the starboard side
between No. and No. holds and
was listing 9 degrees to starboard,
the freighter radioed. The collision
occurred off Parramore Banks whis-
tie buoy.
The Coast Guard Immediately dis
patched seaplane from Elizabeth
City, N. c.. the cutters Cherokee
and Agassiz from Norfolk. the buoy
tender Speedwell from Chesapeake
Bay and motor lifeboats from the
Parramore and Machipongo lifeboat
stations.
Believed in Fog.
The vessels in collision were be-
heyed to be in foggy area, the
Coast Guard added.
The American Farmer, ship of
1888 tons of the United States
Lines which hnormally carries crew
of Sc, was en- route from Boston to
Norfolk, the Coast Guard said. The
Pittsburgh Seam, OF 6,643 tons. is
owned by Eastern Gas and Fuel
Associates, Boston.
Today's mishap to the Ameri-
can Farmer is the third to befall
freighter in a little more than eight
months.
Last August she collided with the
freighter William Riddle TOO miles
of Lands End, England, and a
20-foot hole was stove in the Ameri-
can Farmers port bow.
The ship was abandoned soon
after the collision which occurred
at midnight on a og-blanketed
sea. The skipper, Capt. Arthur P.I
Cronin, said on his return to New
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(See UN-AMERICAN, Page A-4.)
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(see FISCAL, Page A-4)
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GREECE OPENS DRIVE to crush
rebels in Macedonia, Thessaly.
Page A-3
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tsee TELEPHONE, Page A-4.)
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(see FARMER, Page A-4.)
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(See PRICES, Page A-4.)
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{See COAL, Page A-6.)
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tSee FOREIGN, Page A-6)
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CONTINUED on Page AIS. Col. 8
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-10
ALASKA BUSH PILOTS MAY GET RELIEF SOON

Final determination may be ex- pected at an early date for relief of the many bush pilots in Alaska who have been forced to curtail operations through lack of certi- ficates of public convenience and necessity.
 The Civil Aeronautlcs Board has issued a proposed regulation which would exempt any person engaged exclusively in irregular air transport wholly within All aska from the requirement of holding the certificates now re- quired. The exemption from regulations proposed carry three qualifications for eligibility. The exemption will be granted only to a person who is properly quail fled pilot owning and personally operating aircraft. The aggre- gate aircraft owned and operated must be limited to eight seats
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-10
AFL Convention Halted by Death Of Legal Counsel

SAN FRANCISCO, CP)-Death of 56-year-old Joseph A. Padway general counsel of the American |, Federation of Labor, threw the AFL convention into stunned grief today and delayed a prospective showdown over John L. Lewis re- fusal to sign a non-communist oath.
 PadWay was stricken midway in a long and violent attack on the Taft-Hartley Act on the con- vention platform yesterday. He died less than eight hours later in Stanford Hospital, shocking the 700 delegates and AFL leaders who had cheered his remarks without knowing he had sustained a stroke on the speakers platform.
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-10

with a single airplane limited to five seats. The second condition is that the pilot apply for or hold letter of registration from the Civil Aeronautics Board The third qualification stipulateS that the pilot may not operate between points on any route named in schedules filed with the Board except on casual or infrequent trips.
 The proposed regulation is be- ing widely circulated throughout the Territory to enable all inter ested persons to submit endorse ments or protests to the Board on or before November T. After that date the Board will make final decision. Comments should be submitted in writing to the Board and may be sent directly to the Secretary, Civil Aeronau- tics Board, Washington, D.C., in which event a copy should be sent to the Alaska office of the Board, P. O. Box 22l9, Anchor age, Alaska, or may be transmit ted in duplicate to the Alaska office. which will forward one copy to the secretary of the Board
 Delegate Bartlett has long urged that the Civil Aeronautics Board take concrete action in this matter which has been pending for many weeks.
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-10
RPB Ha-5oB

What Alaska needs is a broad CT tax base.
 If the people there paid taxes comparable to those paid by the people of the United States in each state they would have no diff culty in financing statehood"
 Dawson said he believed the statehood bill will be pushed by the House public lands committee next year but flatly said:
 Tt is hopeless for Alaska to expect the statehood bill to be en- acted at the next session. There is not time enough for it to be enacted.
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-10
20 . 40 CLUB HELD
 PARTY LAST NIGHT

The 20-40 Club held its first party of the social season at the Pioneer Hall last evening with about 33 in attendance. Bingo was enjoyed throughout the even ing and plans were announced for the next party. It is planned to have a Halloween party on Oct ober 30th with a pot luck supper followed by a dance.
 The committee in charge of the affair is Mrs. Dean Scholl, Lil- lian McAllister, Phyllis Roell and Mrs. Paul Vaudeville.
The Nome nugget., 1947-10-10
U. $. Should Make Alaska A Real Fortress Defense

Continued from Page One) son continued.
 "The non-taxpayers are in fav- or of it and the salmon and gold mining interests oppose it in fear it will increase their taxes.
 Some folks there want to load the absentee owners with the ad- ditional taxes needed for state hood and expect that taxes of the local people will not be increased.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-20
FOUR MEN RELEASED
UNDER BONDS AFTER
PRELIMINARY TRIAL

Four Negro men were . EN- a
preliminary hearing before us.
District Commissioner j. Doug
las Taylor yesterday and releas-
ed under bond pending their ap-
pearance in the April term of the
U. S. District court on charges
of operating a liquor still in
Northwestern Brunswick count.
The four men, Ira Bryant,
David Bryant, and George Boyd,
were released on 5000 sbond
while Harry Lee Mccoy was re-
leased under a $1O0 bond.
Deputy Sheriff o. w. Perry
of Brunswick and ATU agents
made the raids on Dec. i and 4.
Boyd, who turned states evil
dence against Ira and David
Bryant, and David Bryant were
out on bond charged with operat-
ing liquor still when captured
the second time. He involved all
defendants in the operation of
the still.
Mccoy was involved because he
used an OK and cart as trans
portation which belonged to
Boyd the day he was caught.
Deputy Sheriff Perry and the
ATU agents seized a IL Ponti-
as sedan belonging to Ira 3ry-
ant and a 1941 Ford coac.4 which
belonged to David Bryant.
The automobiles will be sold
at a public auction.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-20
Ralph Kiner Johnny Mize
Cop National Loop Honors

among the first ten batters who
appeared in 100 or more games.
Walker Cooper was third at
586, Willard Marshall fifth at
.52S and rookie Bob Thomson
seventh at .508.
Whitley Kurowski of St. Louis
finished fouth at .544 and Bob
Elliott of Boston sixth at SIT.
Behind Thomson in order were,
Stan Musial, st. Louis, eighth,
.504; Ron Northey, Phila-
delphia-St. Louis, ninth, .491
and batting champion Harry
Walker of Philadelphia, tenth,
.487.
Strikeout king of the circuit
was Chicago's Bill "Swish"
Nicholson. Nicholson famed 83
times. Emil Verban of the Phil
adelphia struckout the least
among those who appeared in
100 or more tits. Verban famed
only eight times in $40 trips in
155 games
Big Hank Greenberg of the Pi-
rates walked the most, 104 times
while Kurowski stopped the
most pitched balls, 10 and tied
Chicago's Andy Pafko for
grounding into the most twin
killings, 10.
The Giants also hogged the
team slugging honors. The Polo
Grounders led in slugging per-
centage, .454 and drove in the
most runs, 100 and collected the
most total bases, 2,425.
Pittsburgh and st. Louis
grounded into the most double
plays, 1856 and the Pirates fam
ned the most, 687 and the Dod-
gers walked the most, 731,
breaking their National League
mark of 691 established in 1916.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-20

Anything l have is Tor sale
providing can dispose of it
for a profit" said the Detroit
department store owner, adding
that he had discussed the matter
with a syndicate for the motor
city.
2-Curley Lambeau, general
manager and coach of the Green
Bay Packers for 20 years, again
denied he had any intention of
leaving the Packers to pilot the
Los Angees Dons in the ALL
America conference.
3EThe league, as a whole, en-
joyed its best year from an at
tendance standpoint, drawing
approximately 100000 people
in exhibition and championship
games.
AT least six of the ten men,
ber clubs finished the season
on the right side Of the ledger.
Those who failed to make money
were said to be the Los Angeles
Rams. Detroit Lions and Boston
Yanks, with the New York
Giants just about breaking even.
Alexis Thompson, owner of
the Eagles, who earlier in the
season indicated he favored 60
ing along with the All-America
in the drafting of college play
ers, was not slated to attend the
meeting. Neither was George
Marshall of the Washington Red
skins who has declared him.
self in favor of abandoning the
All-Star game, sponsored by the
Chicago Tribune.
Whether all the draft selec-
tions would be announced was
problematical. Some of the club
officials, notably Lambeau,
favored announcing them al
phabetically. Others, including
Al Ennis general manager of
the Eagles, were opposed to
any announcement.
Dick Mccain, the Redskins
head man in the absence of
Marshall, said he would make
public all of their selections
while Mack Mara, president of
the Giants, said they would an
nounce only their No. / choice.
Bell said the order of dram,
based on the final standings,
would be, New York, Detroit,
Washington, Boston, Los Ange-
les, Green Bay and then either
Philadelphia, Chicago Bears or
Pittsburgh and the Chicago
Cards. The Eagles, Bears and
Steelers will decide their posi-
tions by a flip of coin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-20
NHHS Drops
Second Game

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Dec.
ia smooth working Newport
News high school combine "
night scored their second victory
in two starts by downing the
New Hanover high school of VIII
mington, N. c., 81 to Is.
Plling up an unsurmountable
lead in the first half and COM
bining a well knit defense with
a vaunted offensive attack the
Typhoon cagers built up big 10
to 5 lead in the first half.
The fighting Wildcats, North
Carolina state champions last
year, came back in the nal two
quarters to outscore the locals,
but it was far too late. The Blue
and Gold defense was too much
for the Wildcats.
In the opening quarter the
Wilmington team was hel9 score
less for 13 minutes before they
broke the mesh with a field
goal. While Coach Julie Croom's
zone defense kept the N, .'th Car
olinians covered, Captain Elmo
Stephenson, Dan Presson and
Lou Taylor combined to rack up
the big first half advantage.
Wilmington's cagers, tutored by
Leon Brogden, came back strong
IN the last two quarters al. the
attack clicked as they outscored
the Newport cagers, 20 to IL.
Leading the last minute rally for
the New Hanover quint was cap
tain Louis Collie, who racked up
total of 10 points.
The Wilmington team will
journey over to Norfolk Satur-
day night for a battle with the
CRANKY high school five. Last
season the CRANKY team defeated
the North Carolina quint.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-20
DOGS CONTINUE
TO BITE PEOPLE
IN CITY LIMITS

Two more Wilmingtonians were
bitten by dogs yesterday, accord
ing to police reports.
Billy Lee Pollard, 10, of 1901
Green street, reported that he
was bitten by a dog at 1906
Rankin street.
E.W. George, 119 Ann street,
was bitten on the right leg by
a dog belonging to J.E. Smith,
106 North Sixth street, and was
treated at James Walker Memo
rial hospital for the wound, ac-
cording to thte police report.
George was riding a bicycle be-
tween Chestnut and princess
streets on 10th street when bitten.
Tthe owner was notified TO con-
fine the dog.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-20
Unlimited Substitution
Rule Favored In Poll

out of the way and takes no part
in the play.
This situation came up in the
Ohio State-Northwestern game
finally won by Ohio some three
minutes after the final gun. A
final play, in which Northwestern
intercepted an Ohio pass, was
called back because the Wildcats
had II men on the field. 1t final
ly cost them the ball game.
All agree that the rule has re-
suited in moi specialization.
Many coaches shuttled entire
defensive and offensive teams in
to action when the ball changed
hands and most of the larger
schools played their top ball car
riers and passers only on offense.
Coach Dutch Meyer of Texas
Christian answered the ''give the
game back to the boys argument
when he said, $50 far as I know,
in the Southwest, the quarter
backs still are calling the sig
nails"
Ike Armstrong, the Utah coach,
added, there is no coach dumb
enough to try to call all the
plays from the bench"
In general the East, South and
Southwest appeared to favor the
rule. Reaction was mixed in the
Midwest and there was consider
able opposition in the Far West.
One section was definitely neu-
trail. From Sioux Falls, S. D.
came the word "most schools
around here haven't got enough
men to keep changing. If a guy
comes out here it's because he
got knocked out"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-20
Cill Smith, UNC Tackle,
Drafted By Chicago Cards

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 10. - P)
- The New York Giants, making
the first pick in the National
Football Leagues annual draft
meeting, tonight chose Tony
Minisi, flashy university of Penn
sylvania halfback.
Before the owners and coaches
of the 10 teams went into their
huddle to draft 80 collegians for
each team, several items not on
the agenda had produced pre-
meeting topics of interest.
Minisi, who returned to Penn
sylvania for the 1916 season, af-
ter having been a student at the
~. S. Naval Academy at An
napolis, is regarded as one of the
greatest backs produced at the
Philadelphia school. He's already
been drafted by the Chicago
Rockets of the AlI-American Con.
ference and if he wants to play
pro 1ootball he's sure OF at least
spirited bidding Tor his services
by the Giants and the midwest
ern team.
Before the draft got underway,
Richard Mccain, general mana.
ger of the Washington Redskins,
confirmed his teams special
choice of Harry Gilmore, star
Alabama University back. The
Redskins named Gilmore through
a rule which permits the 10
clubs to participate in lottery
to choose a 'special' player -
ahead of the regular draft
choices.
The Chicago Cardinals an
nounced as their two choices Jim
Spavital, back from Oklahoma
A. & M. and Bill Smith, tackle
from the University of North
Carolina.
The Washington Redskins first
two selections were Lowell TeW,
Alabama fullback from Waynes-
boro, Miss, and Tommy Thomp-
son, a center whose home is at
Bellnla1, N. j., Thompson is a
junior at William & Mary.
The Boston Yanks made the fol-
lowing first four selections, in
order: Vaughn Mancha, Ala.
bama center; John Nolan, Penn.
State tackle; Earl Cook, Southern
Methodist University guard, and
Bill Healey, guard from Georgia
Tech.
The Redskins took Dan Sandi-
fer, halfback from Louisiana
State University, as their thiro
choice; and then followed with
two other backs, Jack Wisenbur-
ger from Michigan and Jack Kur-
kowski from the University
of Detroit.
The draft came two days be-
fore the Philadelphia Eagles
and Pittsburgh Stee1ers clash in
a play-off for the Eastern di-
vision title.
But before commissioner Bert
Bell called the owners, general
managers and coaches together,
sessions in the hotel lobby and
rooms brought forth the follow
ing information:
Fired Mandel, owner of the
Detroit Lions. reiterated that
his club was for sale and had
been ever sir7a ~
for a reported price of $225, 900
in 1910.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-20
Major Leagues May Open
April 20 And Close Oct. 8

NEW YORK, Dec. 2o-lR-
Wait until the football folks get
a look at the 1948 major league
baseball schedule.
Instead of bowling out of the
picture in late September, it has
been learned unofficially that
the ball clubs will not finish
their regular season until Oct.
3 and the World Series probably
won't be over until about Oct.
IL.
The reason fol- this turn of
events is commissioner A. B.
Chambers ruling that spring
training must not start before
March l. The commissioner
and the majors were elbowed
into this stand at the request of
the players committee which
objected to lengthy spring train
ing jaunts.
With the clubs delaying train
ing camp until March /, they
have showed back opening day
to April 20, a Tuesday.
This year Washington opened
at home a day ahead of the
other clubs on April IA.
Conflict with football will be
nothing new for the baseball
club owners. Little by little the
pro grid teams have been
edging in on their territory with
their All-Star and exhibition
games in late August.
late August.
The All-America conference
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-20
ROBINSON SCORES
TK0 OVER TAYLOR

DETROIT, Dec. 49, R) -
Sugar Ray Robinson, working
with cool confidence and preci-
sion, scored a technical knock
out over challenger Chuck Tay-
lor of Coalport, Pa, at 2 minutes
and z seconds of the sixth round
at Olympia Stadium tonight.
The outcome of Robinson s
second welterweight title de-
Tense of the year was virtually
assured from the fourth round
on because the aggressive chal-
lenger was running into too
many of Sugar Rays deadly
lefts and rights.
Taylor went down for a nine
count under one of Robinson S
vicious assaults near his own
corner and as he staggered back
to his feet his manager, Jack
Laken, yelled to referee Johnny
Weber to halt the slaughter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-20
GOLDEN EAGLES TRIM
WINTER PARK FLASHES
CHADBOURN DEFEATS
W WHITEVILLE, 1926

CHADBOURN, Dec. 10. - In
a rough and tumble battle here
tonight Chadbourn All-Stars de-
feated the Whiteville All-Star
five, 38 to 26.
Whiteville gained a to 0 lead
as the contest opened, but it
was short lived as the locals scor-
ed two quick baskets and stayed
ahead all the way leading by 10
to II at halftime.
Richard McLanney lead the
scorers with II points. Walton
Brown played a nice floor game
for the winners and tailed 10
points.
For Whiteville Abe Moskow
scored seven points and Fred
Caswel played a tight defensive
battle.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-20
Newport News Cagers Defeat Wildcats, 1925;
Locals Play CRANKY High In Norfolk Tonight
NFL Playoff
Game Sunday

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 19-
P)-There's a rags to riches
theme for three gridiron COR
phan children" in the National
Football league playoff story
whose first chapter opens here
Sunday.
The playoffs from which a
new league champion will
merge first show the Phila-
delphia Eagles and the Pitts
burgh Steelers in a contest to
determine the Eastern division
winner. The victor in that bout
at Forbes Field Sunday will en-
gage the Chicago Cardinals,
Western Division titlist, for the
league crown in Chicago on
Sunday, December %.
The three teams thus in
volved were in such straitened
circumstances a few years ago
that they had to pool their mea-
ger resources to keep their
franchises alive. Today they
are the leagues fair haired
boys, each in a playoff for the
first time. So regardless Of the
ultimate winner, each has
achieved success beyond his fond
est hopes.
In 1943, Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh combined war riddled
squads to ride out a sad season
still breathing. The following
year the Eagles managed to 60 it
alone but Pittsburgh joined forces
with the Cardinals. This splicing
failed to produce a single victor y
but enabled both teams to totter
weakly past their crises.
The Steelers expect about 4O.-
000-despite the prospect of
b-freezing weather-for the
divisional playoff with the
Eagles Sunday. All seats were
sold days ago and standing
room was being snapped up.
II can remember when we
had trouble getting 10000 paid
admissions for a whole season, "
chuckled Steeler owner Art
Rooney, who tried for Is
years before he got a team
good enough for the playoffs.
'In those days we used to
take the side streets to avoid
the line of bill collectors" He
continued. ''Now, I'm doing the
same thing to avoid saying mo-
to people who want tickets"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-20
CAROLINA LEAGUE
SETS SUNDAY MEET

WINSTON SALEM, Dec. 10. --
F)- Directors of the Carolina
baseball league will gather here
tomorrow for the annual winter
meeting and to pay homage to
past-president T. S. Wilson, who
resigned in November.
President Carroll Brown of
Martinsville, elected to succeed
Wilson in November, will pre-
side at a business session of tha
league directors at the Robert r.
Lee hotel at 2 p. m.
Five important items of busi-
ness are expected to be discussed
by the directors. These include:
means of electing an executive
committee, the presidents budget
for 1948, the number of class men
to be retained for 80 days after
the season opens, the adoption of
a ball, and press relations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-20
FIVE GAMES PLAYED
IN 'Y HOLIDAY MEET

rye games of the Yule holi-
.weiaht divisional tourney got
''s lor0-av yesterday afternoon at
lilg, il,olocIl in the YMCA gym.
TSe fourth annual tournament
=, orjginated by Adam Smith,
TS3 ,,SrA physical director, SO that
wv w members would have a
.s league to participate in
'Po5 q" gvra classes of the schools
"t.' dishanded until January 5.
az fpronze-gold medals with the
;as+ division and the YMCA
F''9 .a9,ns inscribed on the back
Y. ..%1 be ,ssued to each player of
W.. W. champion teams of the va
~, -ious divisions.
''I Charles Quint's five rolled un-
,.r tbe lop-sided score of the eve
W. .;no as they were defeated by
'als i .isnd nigh school, 43 to %.
r rs;ney and Clark tailed 10 and
o ,;abt points respectively for the
20 .s.oriols five while Brewer tai
Fsd t2 capers for the losers.
Winter Parks Baptist with 56
,oin+s outclassed a strong quintet
r;on+ Rails who captured 27
W .oints c. Hilburn accounted for
+ Of the points while the de-
r. Iardprs main cog was Phillips
With six held goals.
The y Hawks outplayed a
,cme-Delco quintet by IS to 81
~, ,.orp and were led at baskets by
II lewis with IL marks. Clayton
,I,o chaIked up II points for the
losers,
.ota1 of 9 field goals and three
,ouIs while the Winter Park
flashes were flashed once and
,,ored nine points.
The last contest of the night
rtted the Chestnut Eangers
saainst the Lake Forest Cubs in
which the Rangers ended the
came leading n to 8.
Today the second round of
The five day tournament gets un-
dprwav with the Lake Forest
Crows meeting the Beachcombers
md the High School Demons
naviag the Hemenway Tigers in
Ne 1870 pound class, at l and 2
m. respectively.
The finals of the 80 pound di-
vision will be played Monday at
: o'clock and Southport clashes
with the Five Spades in the I'm
limited division at 8:45 that
night. Tuesday and Wednesday
finals will be played in all class
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-20
is MORE PERSONS
CONVICTED ON ABC
LIQUOR VIOLATIONS

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 10. -(Pl-
Sixteen more persons were tried
and convicted of liquor violations
in Charlotte courts today.
The charges grew out of mass
raids staged recently by ABC
agents.
So far Al persons have been
convicted and one has been found
innocent of the charges. The re-
manning IA cases will 60 on trial
tomorrow in county recorders
court.
Meanwhile, Mecklenberg Coun-
ty ABC enforcement agants raid
ed a small still in the county and
arrested two Negroes on charges
of illegally manufacturing whis-
key.