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KELSON winner OF BIG EIGHT GOLF TOURNEY Texan Shoots Five Under Par Tn Nose Out Wood And Hogan In Meet gv bill king YTON, Mass., May 16.— (#— \'pl<on. winner of this Bvron ■ . Masters tournament, pro duced mechanically perfect golf put together a five-under ^ S' and a regulation 72 in win Par ,L second Annual Massachu nine BicVieht golf tournament at 1 S River country club. kelson’s 139 total for the 26 holes of medal play er the benefit f the Naw Relie! society, was wo strokes better than his near est competition. National Open Champion Craig Wood and Lit tie Ben Hogan, ore-tourney public choice, were deadlocked for sec ond place with totals of 141. The methodical Texan set a new competitive record for the Charles River course, shading the previous mark of 68 by a stroke in his sparkling morning round. He play ed cozy golf in the afternoon, be ■m„ contests to gain regulation fig ures over the last 18 to get the resultant part of 72. Wood gave him quite an argu ment in the morning, turning in a three-below card of 69. The open titlist continued those tactics in the afteroon with a one-under 71, but Nelson’s early advantage more than offset that. Hogan, steady as usual, put together a pair of 70’s for his 140 total. Nelson collected five birdies and ar, eagle in his brilliant first 18. He birdied four holes on the first pine and took his eagle on the 465-yard 10th hole. That shot, one of the finest of any during the bay by this octet of the nation’s j best golfers, was a beautiful 40 foot chip which plunked on the green and rolled but a few feet to nestle into the cup. A surprising fourth in the final standing was Sam Byrd, former outfielder for the New York Yan kees and the Cincinnati Reds, who has turned to professional golf for a living. Byrd notched a 70 and a 71 for 141 which was three strokes better than Jimmy Thomson, the good-looking long hitter, could pro duce. 4 -V Chisox Rally To Beat Philadelphia A’s, 4-3 CHICAGO, May 16.—W)—Phil Marchildon, the Philadelphia Ath letics spurting sophomore, was within range of becoming the first big league pitcher to win six games today when the White Sox rallied for two runs in the ninth to beat him, '■ to 3. It was the Chicagoans fourth straight victory. Largely through two doubles by his battery-mate, Hal Wagner, Marchildon went into the ninth leading. 3-2. despite totals that grew to 11 hits and six passes against him. After he walked Wily Moses to open the inning, Luke Appling crossed up the A’s infield, which was playing in, by swinging a single to left. Joe Kuhei also singled the first pitch, scoring Moses with the tying run and put ting Appling on third, from where he broke up the game on Don Kolloway's fly to center. 2 Score by innings: PHILADELPHIA 000 120 000—3 10 0 CHICAGO _ 010 001 002—4 11 0 Runs batted in—Wagner, Siebert 2, Kuhei. Kolloway, Kennedy 2. Two base hits—Wagner 2. Blair, Kuhei. Stolen bases—Kreevich 2, Kennedy. Sacrifice— West. Left on bases—Philadelphia 11; Chicago 11 Bases on balls—Off Mar childon 6: off Smith 6; off Haynes 1. Struck out—By Marchildon 3; by Smith 4 Hits—Off Smi+h 9 in 8 innings; off Haynes 1 in 1. Passed ball — Wagner, ’’•inning pitcher—Haynes. Umpires — Rasil. Stewart and Quinn. Time—2:19. Attendance (actual)—2,140. -V Big Six Field Meet Is Won By Nebraska Lincoln, Neb., May 16—\m— Nebraska made it four straight Six track and field champion ships today, blanketing the field "’ith a display of all-around strength seldom seen in a confer ee meet. There was one new record, by lanky Harold Hunt of Nebraska, 'ho cleared 14 feet. 5-8 inches in ■he pole vault. The old record was P feet. 11 1-8 inches set by Hunt ®st year. Hunt’s record was set 'hen a;i the track events were ever and full attention of the crowd n 3.000 was centered on him. --V w>io State Trackmen Win Big Ten Contest EVANSTON, 111., May 16.— UP — 'e State never won a Big Ten "Poor championship until today, ,• 'hen the school finally came !°u?h it did it with such a doroi ,.nce that all past failures were erased. frv16 ®ucheyes swept to seven (jo8 P'aces in collecting a huge | Point total — the most since ’nois chalked a record count of ,4 W 1924. t GIANTS swamp REDLEGS, 7-2 (Continued from Page Eight) Double play — Joost, - McCormick. Left on bases balls—riLorJ£ 7; Cincinnati 4. Bases on off p ~~ Thompson 3; off Lohrman 1; 3; hv ?>8s struck out—By Lohrman Off W. eggs 2; by Thompson 1. Hits 2 jn 40mPson. 6 in 4 innings; off Beggs ky pitcher—By Thompson ,ng Z!, : W“d Pitch-Thompson. Los. ari c "er—Thompson Umpires—Stew tendaneo <and Dunn- Time—1:55. At aanta (paid)—6,491. ;The Baseball Standings YESTERDAY’S RESULTS: National League St. Louis 7; Boston 4. Brooklyn 8; Pittsburgh 1 New York 7; Cincinnati 2 Chicago at Philadelphia, postponed. American League New York 6-2; Detroit 1-1 Cleveland 5-1; Washington 4-7 Chicago 4; Philadelphia 3. Boston 4; St. Louis 2. THE STANDINGS: National League 11 Won Loct Pet. Eoston -- 14 c48 New York-15 i5 -50u St Louis -14 14 >500 Chicago -14 is 48(. Cincinnati -13 i6 .448 Philadelphia - 8 22 .209 American League __ Won Lost Pet. New York - 19 8 .704 Cleveland -18 10 .643 Detroit -18 14 .563 Boston - 15 12 .556 Philadelphia _13 18 .419 Washington _12 16 .429 St. Louis -12 19 .387 Chicago _ 9 19 .321 TODAY’S GAMES: Probable pitchers in the Major leagues today (won-lost records in parentheses): National League Chicago at Brooklyn (2)—Schmitz (1-2) and Erickson (1-3) vs. Higbe (1-3) and Allen (2-3) or Webber 0-0). Cincinnati at Boston 2)—Walters (2-4) and Derringer (0-1) or Vander Meer (3-3) vs. Tobin (5-3) and Earley (3-T). St. Louis at New York (2)—Lanier (2-2) and White (1-1) vs. Melton (4-2) and Hubbell (0-2). Pittsburgh at Philadelphia 2)—Butcher (4-2) and Hamlin (1-1) vs. Hoerst (3-2) and Podgajny (1-3). American League Washington at Chicago (2)—Newsom (4-4) and Sundra (0-0) vs. Lyons (1-3) and Rigney 2-3). New York at St. Louis 2)—Ruffing (4.1) and Donald (1-1) vs. Auker (4-2) and Galehouse (2-3). Philadelphia at Cleveland (2)—L. Har ris (2-3) and Beckman (0-1) vs. Bagby (5-1) and Harder (2-2). Boston at Detroit—H. Newsome (4-2) vs. Bridges (3-1). BASEBALL’S BIG SIX: (By The Associated Press) Batting (three leaders in each league) Player, Club G Ab R II Pet. Spence, Senators _ 28 120 21 50 .417 Doerr. Red Sox_ 20 77 13 32 .418 Dickey, Yankees_ 21 77 9 30 .390 Lamanno, Reds_ 17 53 9 19 .358 Reiser, Dodgers _ 27 106 20 36 .340 Murtaugh, Phils_ 28 92 14 30 .326 HOME RUNS: American League Williams, Red Sox _ 8 DiMaggio, Yankees _ 8 York, Tigers _ 7 National League Camilli, Dodgers_ 7 F. McCormick, Reds _ 6 Marshall, Giants _ 6 Litwhiler, Phils _ 6 RUNS BATTED IN: : American League Williams, Red Sox _ 30 Johnson, Athletics _ 28 York. Tigers _ 27 Spence, Senators _- 27 DiMaggio, Yankees_ 27 National League Marshall, Giants_ 29 F. McCormick, Reds_ 25 Brown, Cardinals _ 22 _XT_ GATE CITY COPS SCHOOLBOY FLAG Greensboro Nine Beats Wil son 6-3, For State High Baseball Pennant CHAPEL HILL, May 16.— W— Greensboro won the State High school baseball championship here this afternoon by downing Wilson 6-3. Originally scheduled for yes terday afternoon, the game was postponed on account of rain. The Gate City boys took a one run lead in the first and were never headed. They tallied three more in the second on one hit, three walks, a wild pitch, a stolen base, and an error. Wilson pushed one across in the fourth and made two in the seventh, but was un able to score again. Skinny Brown, the Greensboro pitcher, hurled a beautiful game, limiting the Wilson lads to seven scattered hits. Greensboro made a total of ten safeties off the of ferings of Erick Felton and Jim Thorne. 2 it _ St. Louis Cardinals Beat Braves, 7 To 4 BOSTON, May 16.—UP)—'Wildness of three Boston Braves pitchers, who gave up 11 bases on balls, today enabled the t. Louis Cardi nals to gain a 7 to 4 victory. Meanwhile, Mort Cooper was hurling air-tight ball for the Cards, except in the third inning when Chet Ross’ homer brought Boston three runs. The Braves found him for only four hits, three of which were made by Tommy Holmes. Score by innings: ST. LOUIS _ 210 200 020—7 9 4 BOSTON _ 030 010 000—4 4 0 Runs batted in—Sanders 2, Triplett, W. Cooper 2, Crespi 2, Ross, Holmes, Fer nandez. Two base hits—Holmes 2. Home run—Ross. Stolen base—Sisti. Sacrifices —Crespi, M. Cooper, Miller, Waner. Left on bases—St. Louis 13; Boston 8. Bases on balls—Off M. Cooper 4; off Tost 2; off Wallace 7; off Sain 2. Strikeouts— M. Cooper 6; Wallace 1; Sam 1. Hits— Off tost 5 in 1 2-3 innings; off Wallace 2 in 4 2-3; off Sain 2 in 2 2-3. Hit by pitcher — By Cooper (Sisti): by Sain— (Slaughter). Wild pitches—M. Cooper 2. Tost 1. Losing pitcher—Wallace. Um pires—Conlan. Barr, Magerkurth. Time —2:29. Attendance—6,526. ir _ Army-Navy Grid Game Air Rights Are Sold ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 16—IIP) —Radio broadcasting rights for the Army-Navy football game have been sold for the first time, Comdr. L. S. Perry, Navy’s graduate man ager of athletics, announced to day. Perry said the broadcast of the 1942 contest in Philadelphia Nov. 28 would be sponsored by the Stan dard Oil cpmpany of New Jersey and that the Navy Relief society and the Army Emergency Relief fund each would receive $d0,000 from the company. OPTICIANS LEAD VICTORY LEAGUE Important Star-News And Frat Softball Tilt To Be Played This Week Jimmy Moore's City Opticians took the lead in the Victory Soft ball league this week when the Ethyl-Dow Chemists were forced to withdraw on account of the gas ra tioning. The Opticians had suffer ed but one defeat and that by the Chemists. Kain and wet grounds caused post ponement of two games last week. This week the league will be finish ing up its first round of play as all teams are booked to see action at least once. The top game of the week will probably be the Shipyard Optical tilt scheduled for Wednes day night at 8:15 o'clock. Robert Shipp, fast ball hurler of the Opti cians and Kinnell, steady mounds man of the Shipbuilders are expect ed to engage in a tight pitchers duel. In the Hanover twilight loop the Senior Fraternity still retains the top rung of the ladder by virtue of eight games won and one lost. They are being pushed hard by the Star News club with six won and two lost. The important Star-News and Senior Fraternity tilt scheduled for last Friday was rained out and probably will be played as a night fame this week. The leaders in the Victory league: Batting: Peiper, Opt. .636; Ros seau, Appr. .555; Hodges, Ship. .545. Runs: Hodges, Ship. 5; McKeithan, Dbw 5; Davis, Opt. 4. Runs batted in: Peiper. LEAGUE LEADERS: Victory League Batting: Peiper, City, .636; Rosseau. App., .555; Hodges, Ship., .545. Runs: Hodges, Shij., 5; W. S. Mc Keithan, Dow, 5: C. Davis, City. 4 Runs: Hodges, Ship., 5; W. S. Mc tian. Ship.. 5; 4 players tied with 4 Hits: Peiper, City, 7: Hodges, Ship 6; five players tied with 5. Doubles: Hodges, Ship., 3; five play ers tied with two. Triples: Seven players tied with one each. Homers: Carroll. App., 1; Peiper, City, 1; Russell, Ship., 1. Pitching: Brown, Dow, 3-1; Shipp City, 2-1. VICTORY LEAGUE STANDINGS Team w L Pet. City Optical - 3 o 1.000 Moldloft - 1 i .500 Air Base Blues_ 1 l .500 Shipbuilders _ 1 1 .500 Apprentice Maroons _ 0 3 .000 *uis necKs victory league Schedule: Monday, May 18—Mold loft vs. Ship builders. Tuesday. May 19—Apprentice Maroons vs. Air Base Blues. Wednesday, May 29—Shipbuilders vs. City Optical. Thursday, May 21—Air Base Blues vs. Moldloft. HANOVER LEAGUE: Batting: Brinson, Frats, .458; Ham mock, Frats, .428; Borneman, Star-News .409. Runs: Hammock, Frats, 13; McCall, Frats, 12; Grissom, Frats, 11. Runs batted in: Hammock, Frats, 11; Holloman, A. C. L., 10; Brinson,! Frats, 10. Hits: Hammock, Frats, 12; Holloman, A. C. L., 11; Brinson, Frats, 11. Doubles: Powell, Star-News, 4; Bowen, Phal., 3; Wheeler, A. C. L., 3. Triples: D. Smith, Fire., 3; Butler, Star-News, 2. - Home runs: Holloman, A. C. L., 4; three players tied with two. Pitching: Padrick, Frats, 3-0; Pinner, Frats, 5-1; Bell, Star.News, 4-1. HANOVER LEAGUE STANDINGS: Team W L Pet. Senior Frat __- 8 1 .888 Star-News __ 6 2 .750 Firemen __ 5 4 .555 A. C. L._ 2 8 .200 Phalanx _ 2 8 .200 This Week’s Schedule: Monday, May 18—Firemen vs. Phalanx. Tuesday, May 19—Senior Frat. vs. A. C. L. Wednesday, May 20—Star-News vs. Firemen. Thursday, May 21—A. C. L. vs. Star News. Friday, May 22—Phalanx vs. Senior Frat. TRAFFOOTC BY CAS RATFO NG Patrolman Says Automobiles Are ‘Thick As Hops’ On Nearby Roads The gasoline rationing has had little effect so far on the activity of motorists in New Hanover coun ty, it was learned from highway patrolmen and city police Satur day night. “The cars are thick as hops out on the highways and they’re going plenty fast,” Patrolman W. B. Rid dick commented as he signed a warrant at police headquarters for the arrest of a driver charged with driving 70 miles an hour. “They’ll keep driving hard as they can until the gas runs out.” City police reported that down town traffic continued heavy. No lessening of cars driving the streets was noticed over Saturday and during Saturday night, the usual traffic jams were in evi dence throughout the downtown area. 2 -V SEEK LAND FORT JACKSON, S. C., May 16. —(iP)—Proclamations by the gover nors of North Carolina and South Carolina were issued here today requesting land owners to cooper ate with the army in acquiring five-year maneuver rights on 2, 853,433 acres in six South Carolina and 11 North Carolina counties. TT J. H. Hatcher Defeats Bozeman In Tourney’s First Flight At Club t. H. Hatcher Saturday won the first flight of the Cape Fear Country club’s champion ship tournament from William L. Bozeman, 1-up. The match was postponed from last week because both entrants were out of the city. L. b. Orrell won the tourney’s championship flight from Jim I my Herring last Sunday. U. S. SHIP PROGRAM IS ON SCHEDULE (Continued from Page One) that steel and other materials which would go into new factories were needed for immediate arms production. If the shipbuilding rate attained in the first 130 days were con tinued throughout this year the program would fall far short of the goal of 800 vessels totaling 8, 000,000 tons for 1942, but the White House said the peak of production had not been reached and construc tion was gaining momentum. Next year the goal has been set at 1,500 aggregating 15,000,000 tons. Asserting that this country’s ship shortage, dating from the out break of the war in 1939, had been aggravated due to the “far flung battle fronts of the World war and to increased activity of Axis sub marines,” the statement contin ued: ‘To offset this situation, current reports by the Maritime commis sion show that American shipyards are building merchant vessels fast er than ever before in the history of the world. “Liberty ships are being built'in less than one half the time origi nally allotted. Some shipyards are well ahead of schedule; others are on schedule; a few are behind, but are catching up rapidly. The overall average, however, shows that the program is on schedule. At first the task appeared fantas tic, but now records are being made that were once believed im possible. “The speed of construction is gaining momentum^ In some yards liberty ships are being completed and delivered into war service in less than 90 days. Original sched ules called for delivery on an aver age of 180 days. They have been shortened to 105 days. Some ships now under construction will be completed in 75 days. Already one has been completed in 83 days.” 4 ATT E NTION WINS BELMONT EVENT Bay Colt Turns On Heat In Metropolitan Mile To Edge Out Pictor NEW YORK, May 16.—®— Chalking up his first victory since his upset over Whirlaway last July, Mrs. Parker Coming’s At tention turned on the heat in the stretch today to win the ancient Metropolitan Mile at Belmont Park. Cheered home by a crowd of 32,724 fans, the bay colt who is regarded by many as Equipoise’s best son came around the field en tering the stretch and then drew away to hit the wire a length on top in the same race his famous daddy won in 1932 and ’33. All records for New York betting for a single day were shattered when $1,899,607 was poured into the Mutuel machines during the eight race card. The previous New York high for the three years of Mutuels was the $1,881,160 which made the Iron Men hum at Bel mont last Memorial Day. Under top weight of 126 pounds and neatly handled by Don Meade, Attention tired a bit just at t h e end, but he had enough edge to hold off the late-rallying Pieter, owned by W. L. Brann, and Mar ket Wise, from Lou Tufano’s barn. They finished heads apart in that order behind him. In coming from sixth place at the half-mile mark to victory at the wire, Attention clicked off the mile in 1:36 2-5, one and two fifths seconds off Jack High’s rec ord, but faster than eitiher of Equipoise’s triumphs in this tra ditional spring tussle. Today’s was the 49th running of the fixture. 4 DAVISTO CHANGE FU ,0UCH PLANS Will Set Dates Of Departure And Return For Middle Of The Week In order to relieve congestion of week-end travel Camp Davis will regulate furloughs so that the dates of departure and return to duty will come on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. This procedure has been directed by the War Department. Furloughs and annual leaves will be scheduled throughout the twelve months of the year and not concentrated during the vacation months of July and August. Unit commanders at Camp Dav is will be authorized to grant fur loughs for the Fourth of July and Memorial Day periods to 15 per cent of the men of their com mands if the military situation permits, it was announced. Under War Department policy no furloughs will be granted to men in replacement training cen ters, however. Men in reception centers may be given furloughs without limitation as to numbers. Furloughs granted for Memorial Day will be arranged so that in dividuals will depart from camps not later than Wednesday, May 27, and return not earlier than June 3. Fourth of July furloughs will begin not later than June 30 and end not earlier than July 8. _\T_ SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE Charleston 3; Savannah 0. Columbia 12; Greenville 4. Macon 6; Jacksonville 4. (Only games scheduled). -v PIEDMONT LEAGUE Richmond 6; Winston-Salem 2. Portsmouth 2; Charlotte 1. Greensboro 4-6; Durham 2-3, i Asheville 8; Norfolk 7. Obituaries MORRIS GEST NEW YORK, May 16.—(A>)_Mor ris Gest, 61, theatrical producer who won fame through his produc tion of the spectacle “The Miracle’’ and other lavish shows, died today of pneumonia in Midtown hospital. As a producer Gest brought the great Eleanor Duse to the United States to appear in five plays with him. In association with Oscar Hammerstein he was credited with raising Mary Garden to her first real success. He induced Geraldine Farrar to go into the movies. The Moscow Art Theater was brought to the United States through his efforts. Gest’s love for the theater began when as a boy of nine he crawled under a circus tent flap in his na tive Russian town and persuaded the show manager to hire him in a clown act as the rear legs of an imitation horse. He was fired, however, because his legs were too short. V. C. OLMSTEAD Victor C. Olmstead died at Mur phy, May 9, following a short ill ness. He is survived by his widow, the former Miss Nesfieid Holmes, of Wilmington. MRS. PAULINE LONGFELLOW LUMBERTON, May 16. — Mrs. Pauline Longfellow, 59, wife of J. S. Longfellow of Lumberton, died in a local hospital this morn ing at 6 o clock following a serious illness of several weeks duration. Mrs. Longfellow, a native of Baltimore, Md., had been a resi dent of Lumberton for several years. Prior to moving to Lumber ton Mrs. Longfellow lived in Greensboro. A short funeral service was held at Biggs Funeral home this after noon with the Rev. E. B. Fisher, pastor of Chestnut Street Method ist church, and the Rev. C. W. Wallace, in charge of the rites. The body will be carried to Balti more and funeral services will be conducted from the John Moran funeral home, 3000 East Baltimore avenue, at 10:30 o’clock Tuesday morning. Interment will be made in a Baltimore cemetery. MRS. A. R. LEWIS Mrs. Amanda Rouna Lewis, 59, died at Dosher Memorial hospital in Southport Saturday morning' at 7:30 o'clock after a long illness. She is survived by her husband, R. B. Lewis of Bolivia; two sons, Taft Lewis and Loftin Lewis of Bo livia; seven daughters, Mrs. Dbllie Garner, Mrs. Earley Reeves, Miss Christine Lewis, all of Bolivia, Mrs. Ruby Reeves of Norwood, S. C., Mrs. Maggie Atkinson of Wilford, Conn., Mias Trell Lewis and Mrs. Lina Westcott, both of Wilmington. Also surviving are three brothers, George Beck and Alex Beck of Boli via and Albert Beck of Foster, and two sisters, Mrs. Lonnie Lewis and Mrs. Lou Lewis of Bolivia. Funeral services will be announc ed later. Davis Named President Of Plumbing Contractors ASHEVILLE, May 16.— (TP) — C. C. Davis of Wilmington, was elected president of the North Carolina Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors this after noon at the business meeting of the 32nd annual convention at the Lan gren hotel. Other officers elected were: R. A. Bashford, Raleigh, first vice president; and N. E. Brewer, Winston-Salem, treasurer. R. M. Kermon, Wilmington, executive secretary, and Mrs. Ida May Eaves, office secretary, Wilming ton, retained their offices. -V Davis Officers, Men Must Have Gas Cards Camp Davis officers and men are in the same category as civ ilians when it comes to gasoline rationing and must have ration cards whether they purchase their fuel at public stations or at the camp commissary. Authorities at camp headquarters issued a memorandum Saturday explaining the ration card require ments. -V Burgaw Bean Market Makes Strong Start BURGAW, May 16.—The Burgaw bean market opened good today with 480 baskets of bouhtiful beans passing over the selling platform. Prices were exceptionally high with bushel baskets averaging bet ter than two dollars each and the five peck baskets running better than $2.50 each, officials said. Monday’s sales are expected to clear around 2,500 baskets. CLOSER BAPTIST UNIONADVOCATED Church Takes Step To Expand World Missions Follow ing The War BY DAVE CHEAVENS SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 16.— UP)—Closer unity between all Bap tists of North America to meet the challenge of world turmoil was urg ed on the Southern Baptist conven tion today which at the same time took its first step toward expand ing world missions after the war. The Rev. Louis M. Hale, pastor of the First Baptist church of Wichi ta, Kas., put his official greetings from the Northern Baptist conven tion in the form of a plea for fel lowships that would be helpful to one another in the face of common problems arising from world condi tions. He expressed hope that the con vention would act favorably on a proposal for a joint session of south ern and northern Baptists in 1944, which will be offered by Dr. M. E. Dodd of Shreveport Tuesday. The Rev. Mr. Hale sug-gested that a ses sion with Canadian Baptists would be a logical fruit of such' joint gath ering. Retiring President W. W. Hamil ton of New Orleans urged spiritual unity among Christians and not mechanical unity. , A resolution calling for the ap pointment of a committee to study means of expanding foreign mis sions after the war, introduced by D'r. H. H. Hargrove of Waco, Tex., passed unanimously. The commit tee will be named and set to work during the .current convention. - Christian influence will be the most potent factor of all in preserv ing the nation, just as it was in founding the nation, Governor Coke Stevenson of Texas told the conven tion. HITLER’S OPENING OF WAR ON AMERICA TERMED BLUNDER (Continued from Page One) witz radio station before German troops moved; That the British and French de clared a state of war existed with Germany; That the British already were on their way to Norway when, for “protection of Denmark and Nor way, he sent his forces into those countries; That Holland, Belgium, Greece and Yugoslavia plotted against Germany and already were on the move when he forestalled them; That the Russians already were mobilized against the reich when at the 11th hour he parried with a counter-stroke. The rank and file of German people—even those millions who do not approve his policies—thought der Fuehrer too “smart” ever to declare war. President Roosevelt was repre sented especially as a man already in his dotage. Give him a little more rope—so the Germans were led to believe—and he would hang himself. Above all, don’t play into his hands, was the watch cry. He wants war, it was said—in fact “Roosevelt is running after war” —so don’t do him the favor cf giving him a war. And then on Dec. 11 the astound ing, the amazing, the unbelievable thing happened—Hitler declared war. This was like an ice-cold shower to the German people. Their leader was slipping. Although he had promised the "completion of the greatest victory in history during 1941,” which every teuton interepeted to mean a victorious peace after but two years of war, he now told the people to get ready for a pro longed conflict. Incidentally this conflict to date, according to best estimates avail able, has meant 2,500,000 casual ties for Germany, of which three quarters of a million are dead. Psychologically, too, Hitler was slipping. We American journalists were guests of the gestapo while the Fuehrer spoke to the reichstag on Dec. 11, hence we didn’t hear that oratorical effort. We were genuinely surprised however, when one of our guards next day in return for cigarettes slipped us a copy of a Berlin daily containing his text and we noted how the German dictator ended his speech not with a pep talk to fire the nation but with dire threats against saboteurs at home. We had hitherto considered Hit ler a better psychologist. Correspondents who consider themselves acquainted with Ger man psychology also believe it was a grave error to present the German people with the fable about the heart disease of Field British Sailor Is Surprised By Size Of American Papers "You Americans surely put out a big newspaper each day in com parison with the British dailies of similar position,” commented a young British sailor, here on leave yesterday. Tony Prior, signalman first class in the Royal Navy, was a correspondent in the Paris bureau of the Agence France Monde, a French newspaper syndicate, be fore the outbreak of the war. He left his job and enlisted in the navy soon after Hitler invaded Po land. Young Prior, a native of London, was apparently surprised to find that the average small-town news paper in the United States con sisted of at least 8 pages with 16 or 24 pages in the Sunday edi tion. “The British papers just don’t go in for so much volume,” he le clared. “The advertising rates are very high as compared with your papers, and we condense the copy in our news items.” Remarking on the similarity of the country sections of North Caro lina and his native England, Prior pointed out that the war had chang ed many places into unrecongniza ble locations. Prior is a member of the crew of an armed trawler. He said his craft was creditied with sinking two Axis subs and possibly four more. He has not been on a tor pedoed ship as yet, but one of his vessels struck a mine in the North Atlantic. “That was close enough for me.” I City Briefs OBSERVE SPECIAL DAY The B’Nai Israel and Temple of Israel congregations will ob serve “I Am An American Day,” Sunday evening. May 17, at 8 o’clock in the Temple of Israel, in keeping with President Roosevelt’s procla mation. Rabbis Bronstein and Thurman will conduct the serv ice and three men in the armed forces will speak on what America means to them. The three speakers are recently naturalized citizens. The pub lic is cordially invited. Espe cially welcome are those who have lately become American citizens and those recently reaching their majority. TRANSFERRED Staff Sergeant Clarence Marshburn of Wilmington, at tached to the 120th Infantry regiment at Fort Jackson, S. C., was ordered this week to the Officers’ Training School at . Fort Benning, Ga., to train for a commission as a second lieu tenant. Staff Sergeant Marsh burn is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Marshburn of 521 Queen street. C. D. LECTURE Another of the series of lec tures on the General course in Civilian Defense will be given at 8 o’clock Wednesday night at the new citv hall in Caro lina Beach. George Jeffrey will speak on “The Air Raid Warning System.” All mem bers of the Civilian Defense organization and others who are interested are urged to attend. Members of the organi zation at Kure’s and Wilming ton beaches are also invited. TRANSFERRED Ensign Winston Broadfoot, USNR,, of 15 South Fifth street, who has been stationed at Charleston, S. C.. has been or dered to report for indoctrinal training at Northwestern uni versity, Chicago, 111. _ T7 GERMAN FORCES CAPTURE KERCH (Continued from Page One) day “after overcoming' stubborn resistance.” The Germans launched their furi ous drive on Kerch on May 8. The military spokesman of the Wilhem strasse last Tuesday called the operations “the firs* great offensive undertaking since the winter de fensive.” He termed the Kerch peninsula important because it had been strongly fortified by the Russians as a springboard for major opera tions. : Marshal Gen. Walther von Brauch itsch as a Christmas gift.' Large sections of the German people look to soldiers of the old school of which von Brauchitsch, a disciple of the late Col. Gen Wer ner von Fritsch, was an outstand ing representative as their last hope to stave off the worst as pects of Nazi domination over an enslaved people. Von Brauchitsch’s “resignation” and Hitler's assumption of the su preme army command acted like a bombshell. The removal of the marshal further put the German people in the doldrums. Besides, the older generation re membered but too well how the United States in 1917 gave the de cisive turn to the last World war. Would history repeat itself That was the question on million of lips. 2 CHURCHILL SAYS OUTLOOK BETTER Tells Yorkshire War Work-1 ers That Beginning Of Victory Is In Sight LEEDS, England, May 16.—!.#— Winston Churchill confidently told 25,000 cheering Yorkshire war workers and farmers today that the beginning of victory is in sight and promised to “play rough” in repaying the Axis for any torture inflicted on Britain and its Allies. “We have reached a period in the war when it would be pre mature to say that we have topped the ridge but we see that ridge ahead now,” the aggressive prime minister said. “We see that perseverance—un flinching, dogged, inexhaustible, tireless and valiant—will surely carry us and our Allies, the great nations of the world and the un fortunate nations who have been subjugated and enslaved, on to one of the most deep-founded move ments of humanity which has tak en place in our history. “We say they will come to the top of the ridge and then they will have the chance not only of beat ing down and subduing those evil forces who have twice let ruin and havoc on the world, but they will have a further and grander prospect beyond the smoke of bat tle and the confusion of the fight. That is the prospect that lies be fore us.” WAR’S PROGRESS REVIEWED BY U. S. (Continued from Page One) It did. however, contain some new details of the fighting that had taken place, and conclusions drawn from it. Among these things, it said: During the first three weeks ol the war, about 600,000 American troops moved to battle stations, many of them overseas. That reinforcements, en route to the Philippines when the war broke out. were diverted to Australia and became the nucleus for Amer ican forces there. Midway island is still in Ameri can hands. The soldiers on Bataan were reduced toward the end to fifteen ounces of food daily. The defense of the Philippines “demonstrated the comparative weakness of the Japanese as an individual fighter,” a factor which “alone forbodes disaster for the enemy Japanese in the future when the battle is met on terms ap proaching equality.” Keorgamzationai changes in tne Army and Navy have unified com mand in every theatre of war, and provided close collaboration with Allied nations. “During the first five months of the American participation in the war,” the joint communique said in summary, “we have met with reverses and have enjoyed some successes, but the unity of purpose of the American people and their grim determination to avenge the foul blow of Dec. 7lh and rid the world of militaristic aggressors cannot be denied and will, in the end, prove the right eousness of the cause to which the United Nations have so unstinting ly dedicated their man-power, their resources and their futures.” The attack on Pearl Harbor, said the communique, transform ed the American view of world affairs overnight. 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