The Wilmington morning star. [volume], December 31, 1944, FINAL EDITION, Page 7, Image 7

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NEW BET MARK
SET IN MIAMI
MIAMI, Fla , Dec. 30. — MP) —
Well-heeled bettors daring a final
fling risked a total of $752,200 at
Tropical Park today to set up a
new wagering record for the sec
ond time this final dull week of
racing.
With only two more days of the
sport remaining before the govern
ment ban becomes effective, the
crowd of 8,954 bet an average of
more than $85 each on a ni.ie
race card devoid of any outstand
ing race.
The day’s noodle far out-distanc
ed the former high mark of $716,
716. established Christmas day
v. hen Tropical opened an eight-day
meeting squeezed in between the
announcement of the racing shut
down and the Jan. 3 deadline.
In the week of racing the total
betting was S3,580,805, or a daily
average of $588,467. Tropical’s ban
ner season of 1943-44 produced a
daliy average o only $390,978.
The difference aptly illustrates
the plunging spirit of horsemen
and turf-devotees who hope to
make a killing while' they can.
In the day’s feature, a five and
one-half furlong $3,000 event nam
ed the Coral Way handicap, Jock
ey Sterling Young thrashed M.
Newmeyer’s Turbine to a two
length victory.
In contrast to the whisker-fin
ches which have marked the week
of racing. Turbine whipped jock
ey champion Ted Atkinson’s
mount, Belwyn, by two lengths.
Three lengths farther behind came
the favored Ellis, ridden by Don
Meade.
Held out of the winners’ circle
today, Atkinson finished the 1944
season with 2337 victories and an
unchallenged cb im to the riding
title.
Only one odds-on favorite could
whip the full fields running in ev
ery race, Meat Ball turning the
trick in the finale to pay $3.90.
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Duke Basketball Team
Whips Lejeune, 28-24
DURHAM, Dec. 30.— (£>) —The
young Duke cage team tonight de
feated the Camp Lejeune Marines,
28-24, ending the Marines four
game winning streak, Sapp, Van
Schoil and Buckley were defensive
standouts for the locals, while Port,
Bennett and Hirch stood out for
the Marines.
Jimm Mulvihill. ex-Fordham All
American basketballer, started the
scoring in the first minute of play
and for eight minutes both teams
went scoreless. The Marines, minus
such stars as Paul Donat, John
Bradley, Jack Maddox, all-Ameri
can at west xexas otate teauieis
college, played the Dukes on even
terms in the last half, although
trailing at half-time, 11-7.
The college boys tried 65 field
shots, completing 12; Lejeune
tried 56, making 11. With only four
minutes to play, Captain Port tied
the score at 24-all with a crip.
With three and a half minutes to
play, Duke’s Sapp assured the
victory fo rhi.= team by making
good two foul shots and sinking a
side lay away.
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Use Of Rental Cars In
Florida Area Attacked
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—(UP) —
The Office of Defense Transporta
tion tonight cracked down on the
use of rental cars in the Miami
Palm Beach area where ODT said
nearly one fourth of the nation’s
drive yourself cars are located.
Effective Jan. 1 in Broward,
Dade and Palm Beach counties
monthly limitations of 650 miles
will be placed o:. the rental cars,
ODT said. However, operators
who withdraw 50 per cent of their
vehicles listed in service on Dec.
1. 1944, may operate each remain
ing vehicle up to 1,500 miles
monthly.
The order also limits the hire
use of rental cars to 30 days, ex
cept under authorization of the
ODT Jacksonville office and with
0PA permission to receive addi
tional gasoline allotments.
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Forgotten Front*
Flares Into Action
PARIS, Dec. 30.—(JP)—The “for
gotten front” along the French
Italian frontier popped into the
news today with the announce
iiicni ui d series oi uuniuaiumcnta ,
by the French navy. The ministry
of marine announced that the de
stroyers Le Fortune. Trombe and
L’Alcyon had shelled effectively
C-ei 'man concentrations and bar
racks at. Ventimiglia several times
between Dec. 21 and 28.
For the past three months Nazi
*uns have been lobbing occasional
shells into Menton across the
Ftench border.
CROOM, MASON TO
CO-CAPT IN CATS
By WEDDELL HARRISS
In a brief meeting Thursday
morning, the New Hanover high
school basketeers unanimously
elected Guard Jim Croom and For
ward Billy Mason to co-captain
their highly promising quint dur
ing the present season.
Croom and Mason have sparked
the ’Cat hoopsters to three vic
tories in as many starts against
non-conference fees this year. How
ever they will be out for much
bigger game Friday night when
they clash witn the powerful Wil
son Cyclones in the local high
school gym. This will be the initial
conference contest for the Cats.
Both lads practically were born
dribbling a basketball. Gainers of
much experienced on the various
ball clubs of tne local Y. M. C. A.
they have displayed consistent
ability with the leathery sphere,
and exhibit great versatility on
the hardwood.
This is Croom’s second year un
der the guidance of Coach Rupert
Bryan. He earned his letter while
playing in a reserve role on last
year’s second squad.
Mason has compiled four years
of training under Bryan’s watch
ful eye, having spent his fresh
man and soohomore years on the
junior-varsity and earned his
monogram last year while hustling
in a reserve capacity on the. Wil
mington aggregation.
Coach Bryan pointed out that
Friday nights encounter with
Coach Leon Brogden’s highly tout
ed Cyclones will be the first read
test of his boys’ “stuff”. He add
ed that if this obstacle was suc
cessfully hurdled, he would place
the Wildcats’ chances for the top
shelf in the state on a high level.
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Joe DiMaggio’s Heart
Set On Diamond Return
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.( Dec. 30.
— (UP)—Staff. Sgt. Joe Dimaggio,
former hard hitting outfielder of
the New York Yankees, said today
his heart was set “on coming
back,” but implied that he did not
expect to play any major league
baseball until the war is over.
Talking to air force veterans at
the Ambassador hotel, headquar
ters for enlisted men returned to
the AAF Redistribution Station
No. 1, an aerial gunner asked Di
maggio:
When you gonna clout ’em
again, Joe?”
“When’s the war gonna end,”
Dimaggio countered
There have been reports that Di
maggio may be discharged from
service because of recurrent sto
mach trouble. He has not request
ed a dischage, however, and said
he did not intend to.
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NEGRO CLUBS CLASH
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 30.
—(JP)—Inter-sectional gridiron su
premacy between two high scoring
Negro teams will be at stake here
New Year’s day with the power
ful Texas Steers of Tyler, Texas,
co-champions of the southwestern
conference clashing with the top
ranking team of the CIAA confer
ence, the A & T college of Greens
boro, N. C., in the annual Flower
Bowl contest.
DAMASKINOS NAMED II
REGENT IN GREECE
(Continued from Page One)
tent in finding a solution *0 all i
pending problems,” the purported 5
text said.
The note said that the desire of
the Greek people was to see all 1
armed units in the common fight *
against Germany.
“More than anything else the 1
left desires an end as soon as pos- '
sible to this sad chapter in the ;
history of Greek-British relations,” 1
the note said. It was signed by 1
Dimitri Partsalides, secretary of :
the EAM central committee.
It thanked Churchill for coming '
to Greece and said that at negotia- 1
tions aimed at ending the crisis '
early this week the ELAS had
presented “logical” terms but that
negotiations had been forestalled i
by politicians who prefer to bring 1
a solution by force, “depending :
upon British arms.”
On the fighting front, at least, •
one-half of Athens was in Greek
and British hands after the first
day of the offensive Friday in
which it was reported reliably that
306 members of the ELAS—armed
forces of the EAM (national lib
i»_ j__ i _a non
CAOblVSil il Ull L'-vvti u iWiitu Uiiu wvv
captured. In what was described as
“the best single day of hostilities,”
the British and Greeks occupied
a mile of southeastern Athens.
Friday’s operations cleared all
of the Kaisariani working district
of Athens, despite stiff opposition
from the ELAS forces. Fighting
was reported raging today in the
southern areas as well as around
the cemetery south of Ardittos
hill, where there were clashes in
volving tommyguns and hand gre
nade*.
The Greek mountain brigade (
fighting in eastern Athens was
meeting harassing automatic fire
from ELAS troops in the Analipsis
monastery.
General Scobie said his men
were closely supported by artil
lery and warplanes, making rocket
and machine-gun attacks against
strongpoints and effectively silenc
ing them.
In northwestern Greece it was
revealed that right-wing forces un
der Gen. Napoleon Zervas had
been reduced from 12,000 to 2,600
to 3,000 men after a series of
clashes with the ELAS and were
now trying to escape in small
sailboats. The EDES were trying
to escape from the Preveza area.
Scobie, in an official statement,
meanwhile charged the ELAS with
mistreating British prisoners and
said that Red Cross attempts to
reach an understanding with the
ELAS regarding the treatment of
prisoners was unsuccessful.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR
BOMB RAIDS ISSUED
(Continued from Page One)
sound, follow the rules in which
you have been instructed.
2. Obey the orders of local au
thority including civilian defense
personnel.
3. These bombs may fall with
out warning.
4. If a bomb is seen or heard
approaching, dive behind any pro
tection available or lie face down
and protect your head and face
with your arms.
5. In case of continued bomb
ings, seek the nearest shelter. Get
indoors! Avoid the hazard of fly
ing glass.
6. In case of intermittent bomb
ing attack, proceed cautiously by
remaining on the alert to take shel
ter if necessary.
7. Do not use the telephone un
less you need help.
8. If you are near a radio, keep
it tuned to a local station.
9. Curb your curiosity. Do not
go the scene of the bomb explo
sion. Stay where you are or go
about your business.
10. Do not rely upon and do not
spread rumors.
11. Be calm.
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The floyal Academy of Arts
was founded by King George III
of England in 1768. 1
)ELAY IN ANOTHER
SHOE STAMP SEEN
(Continued from Page One)
nititary supplies are making in
oads into civilian footwear pro
motion, stocks are now adequate
o honor all stamps which have
ieen validated.
The OPA said no definite date
:ould be given now for validation
if a new stamp, but informed
ources believed that there was
ittle if any chance that the shoe
;upply situation would improve
lufficiently to warrant another
stamp good before some time next
iummer. Decision on a date, OPA
laid would have to await further
nformation on 1945 shoe produc
ion.
This announcement puts the civ
lian shoe allotment at the lowest
joint since rationing was ordered
n April. 1943.
News of the impending cut close
y followed drastic food rationing
jrders which returned many unra
ioned meats and canned vege
ables to the ration list and voided
aid ration stamps. Those orders
joincided with warnings that 1945
will not be the year of plenty that
1944 was insofar as food supplies
ire concerned.
Provisions for maintaining ade
quate supplies of shoes for infants
md children will not be affected
ay the forthcoming ration order. A
lurthev easing of the tight supply
af this type of footwear was made
several weeks ago when the War
Production Board took steps to
increase output of the small sizes.
-—V
OHIO STATE PUSHED
ANN ARBOR, MICH., Dec.30—
(tf)—Ohio State's powerful Buck
:yes, defending Big Ten Champions,
were forced into overtime here
tonight before squeezing out a 44
to 41 decision over Michigan in
the Western Conference lid-lifter.
YMCA WILL FORM
SPORTS LEAGUES
A schedule of meetings to form
basketball teams and leagues for
the Y. M. C. A.’s winter athletic
season was announced last night,
together with a game calendar for
the organization’s volleyball teams
and plans for prizes and awards to
winning teams at season’s end.
The meetings scheduled are for
the Employed boys’ class, at 7 p.
m. Wednesday; the Cadet class, at
9:30 a. m. Saturday; the Junior
class, at 10:30 a. m. the same day;
and the Y. M. C. A. Sunday school
class at 7 p. m. Saturday.
The Senior league will com
mence play on Monday at 8 p m..
with teams formed from among the
men living in the “Y” dormitory,
the Junior Chamber of Commerce,
the ferry Auxiliary command and
members of the Senior gym class.
Athletic organizers urged that all
Y. M. C, A. members try out for
the teams.
Senior volleyball play will begin
Thursday evening, with the losing
teams treating the winners to an
oyster roast after the games. It is
planned to have games from 6 to
8 p. m. every Tuesday and Thurs
day after the permanent leagues
are organized.
Awards and prizes will be forth
coming at the season’s end for win
ning teams in basketball, volley
ball and softball, and for indi
vidual champions and high-scorers.
--y
City Briefs
MOTOR CLUB CLOSED
The branch office of the Car
olina Motor Club in the Cape
Fear hotel building will be
closed all day tomorrow, Miss
Minnie A. Payne, manager, an
nounced yesterday.
VISITING PARENTS
Jack Brancn, seaman first
class ,is visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Branch of
I Wooster street.
KILLED IN ACTION
Pvt. Paul H. Willard, broth
er of Mrs. D. C. Sessoms
and Mrs. Rudy Fenegan of
Wilmington, was killed in ac
tion December 1 on Leyte.
STORES TO CLOSE
Closed to the public New
Year’s Day will be retail stores,
city hall, and the county court
house, The postoffice will
observe holiday hours.
PRAYER SERVICE
St. Paul’s Lutheran church
will observe the traditional
service of Prayer at 11 o’clock
Monday morning. Prayers will
be said especially for those in
the armed forces, for the na
tion, and for peace.
EX-CHAPLAIN TO SPEAK
Col. Frank M. Thompson,
retired U. S. Army chaplain,
will be gue,t preacher at the
II o’clock service at Pearsall
Memorial church, it was an
nounced last night.
BRIGADE CLUB MEETING
The next semi-monthly meet
ing of the Senior fraternity,
Brigade Boys’ club, will take
place at the Emmanuel Pres
byterian church, Fifth and
Mears streets, at 6:30 p.m.
Monday, R. M. Padrick, sec
retary, noted last night. The
Rev. C, D. Berclift will speak.
NOTICE
Bus Patrons
AIK Bus Lines Will Operate On
SUNDAY SCHEDULES
MONDAY, NEW YEARS DAY, JAN. 1st
Tide Water Power Co.
THREE SUPERFORTRESSE BURN AFTER JAP ATTACK
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Following the Jap raids from Iwo Jima Island on the Saipan superfortress bases, three of the
gallant B-29s are shown (top) burning on the gro und. In lower picture men and officers of the
21st Bomber command are shown playing hoses o n the smoking engines of a flaming air giant. Air
Force photo. (International)
AUCTION SALE
CANCELLED
Due io Change in Plans the
Auction Sale Advertised For
Tuesday, January 2nd, 1945,
10:30 A. M.
Will IV«<
Be Held
The Camp Davis Exchange
Camp Davis, N. C.
AT
HOLLY RIDGE, N. C.
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Air Pathfinder
f-- || ilHIHHi ~ I
Lt. Col. Joel Crouch .(above) of
Riverside, Calif., flew a C-47 cargo
plane over German lines Dec. 27 to
drop a parachute troep pathfinder
unit to guide other cargo planes to
the Bastogne area on the Western
Front where American troops were
encircled by Germans. An hour
later hundreds of tons cf supplies
were parachuted to the Surrounded
Yanks. (AP Wirephoto).
Wives Of Four Missing
Airmen Offer Reward
For Plane’s Recovery
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.. Dec. 30.—
(UPt — Four young army wives,
whose officer husbands disappear
ed nearly a year ago when their
plane presumably crashed in the
wilds of the SmoKy Mountains Na
tional Park, today offered $500 for
discovery of the plane or its wreck
age.
The plane disappeared last Jan.
31 while enroute fropi Charlotte,
N. C., to Lebanon, Tenn. It was
over rugged country west of Ashe
ville, N. C., when last contacted.
Relatives of the four officers
made several unsuccessful searches
through the forest-covered moun
tains last spring.
iT7—.z—.
Nolice and Greetings
! TO CUSTOMERS
In Observance of
j NEW YEARS DAY
Our Offices Will Be
Closed All Day Monday, January 1st
Wilmington Local Board
FIRE UNDERWRITERS
Celebrating Our
CCnniversarg
i
I As we wind up our ihird year of service we wish lo thank
j ! all our friends and patrons for your loyally and we wish
I to say at this lime that your patronage has been sincerely
I appreciated. We pledge to give you even greater service
in the year to come.
WISHING EACH ONE A
HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS
NEW YEAR
WILLIAMS DRY CLEANERS
jj| 808 South 17th St.
dnnouncing
THE OPENING OF A NEW
DRIVE-IN-THEATRE
ON MARKET ST. ROAD ABOUT MARCH 1ST
The Proprietors of This New Enterprise Believe Their Is
A Demand for Such Facilities As We’ll Provide This
Community.
THE NEW DRIVE-IN-THEATRE WILL BE LOCATED ON
MARKET STREET ROAD ABOUT 5 MILES FROM CITY.
IT WILL AFFORD PARKING SPACE FOR 600 CARS. THE
ADVANTAGE OF THIS PLAN FOR THEATRE GOERS IS
FAVORABLY ACCEPTED WHERE OFFERED BECAUSE
OF THE CONVENIENCE. EVEN AN ENTIRE FAMILY
CAN SEE A SHOW WITHOUT LEAVING THE CAR. PLAIN
VISIBILITY AND LOUD SPEAKERS WILL ASSURE SAT
ISFACTION. RATES WILL BE VERY LOW.
- WIN A $50 WAR BOND
To The Person Who Suggests The Name Chosen for
This New Theatre An Award of A $50.00 War Bond
Will Be Made. Mail Your Suggestions of Not More
Than 50 Word by February 1st To D RIV E -1N -
THE ATRE,22 S. 2nd St
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