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BROWNS, DETROIT WILL PLAY TODAY ST. LOUIS, April 16Th« American League pennant race will open on a high note here tomorrow with the champion St. Louis Brown, having as their first guests the Detroit Tigers, voted by baseball writers as the club most likely to dethrone the title holders - If they are dethroned. . It will be the first time m league history that the Browns will take the field as defending champions. The 1944 pennant was their first. The Browns, favored by a slight edge in the balloting to retain their title will start the season with substantially the same players who won last year’s pennant by one game. One-armed Pete Gray has con vinced Manager Luke Sewell that he deserves a chance in the start ing lineup and will go to left field. In the six-game city series with the Cardinals, he batted .240, and handled 14 putouts and one assist without error. Probable lineups: Detroit St. Louis Webb, ss_Guttendge, 2b Mayo, 2b .-.- Gray, If Walker, rf _ Kreevich, cf York, lb_ Stephens, ss Cramer, cf_ Martin, rf Hostetler, If..McQuinn, lb Hoover, 3b__— Schulte, 3b Swift, c_Mancuso, c Newhouser, p - Jakucki, p _v_ JACK ELKINS CASE REMAINS PROBLEM GREENSBORO, April 16.—I/Ph Executive committee of the North Carolina High School Athletic As sociation was meeting here today to settle the case of Jack Elkins, member of the Exooklyn Dodgers farm system and cn the Greens boro High school onseball team. Coach Bob Jamieson, himself a member of the committee but who will give up his seat at this pai - ticular hearing, is determined to make it a test case. He took t.ie matter—and young Elkins—before Judge W. G. Bramham at Dur ham today, and the major leagues executive is investigating the af fair. No comment was forthcom ing from Bramham. The high school committee is faced with several things. There is no written rule of the associa tion covering gctual signing of a professional contract. However, a player who has received remun eration is ineligible. Elkins’ con tract in Bramham’s office reveals that he will not get any money until after 30 days with a Dodger club. Greensboro has already for feited to Burlington, a team beat en last week with Elkins catching. Greensboro can be disqualified from the conference schedule for use of an ineligible player, if El kins is found ineligible. XT_ COHEN TO REFEREE THALIAN PROGRAM Dave “Murphy” Cohen, popular Jewish lad and operator of one of the leading taverns at Holly Riflge, N. C , has agreed to officiate at Friday night's Thalian Hall match es announced. Promoter Bert Cau sey last night. It looks like Cohen is in for a busy evening. Although Cohen is a capable referee and has handled some tough matches dating back as far as the Villmer Zaharian match, in which Dave lost a tooth, Cohen has never handled four gals at one time. “That is one match I’m going to sit back and watch”! stated the jovial Causey, “I’ve never seen a four gal team match, and it must be a thriller. Nell Stewart and “Mysterious Miss Red” will be one team, against Ann Miller and Violet Va lentine on the other team. The match is scheduled for two out oi three falls, 75 minutes time limit. -V Sunday School Basketball League Banquet Cancelled “Because of the-meat shortage, the Sunday School Basketball League banquet, which was scheduled for Thursday night al the Grace Methodist Church, has been canceled”, announced Adam W. Smith, ‘Y’ physical director. However, the teams will meet at the ‘Y* at 8 p.m. instead, and awards will be presented. T. T. Hamilton, principal ol New Hanover High School, has teen contacted, and has agreed tu speak to the group. K E M Miracle and Cruver Plastio Playing Cards ph k Anns 209 Maraet St._Dial 2-3224 | Cubs, Cards Play Today As Coopers Call Truce CHICAGO, April 16. — UP) — The world champion St. Louis Cardin als, cheered by an 11th hour truce in the salary dispute of the stellar Cooper brothers, open their Na tional League title defense tomor row against the promising Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Threat of sub-50 degree weather was expected to limit the opening day crowd to around 10,000. The high-powered battery of Mort and Walker Cooper tempor arily ended a stalemate with club president Sam Breadon over a de mand for $3,000 annual pay hike and will be in uniform when the Cards and Cubs square off, with Walker Cooper scheduled to catch. It was expected, however, that Manager Billy Southworth of the Cardinals would nominate Blix Donnelly, star reliefer of the 1944 World Series, to replace Mort as the scheduled starting pitcher. Starting the mound choice of Manager Charley Grimm of the Cubs, who finished fourth last sea son when they won only six and dropped 16 games with the Card inals, was 38-year-old Paul Der ringer (7-13). Probable batting order: Chicago St. Louis Hack, 3b..— Bergamo, rf Merullo, ss_Hopp, cf Cavarretta, lb — Schoendienst, If Nicholson, rf_W. Cooper, c Sauer, If __Sanders, lb Pafko, cf_Kurowski, 3b Johnson, 2b_ Marion, ss Livingston, c_Verban, 2b Derringer, p _ Donnell,y p Yanks Outflank Leipzig; Other Un its In Nuem berg r - (Continued from Page One) German troops and three enemy generals already captured there, a U. S. First Army officer styled it "the greatest defeat any Ger man army ever suffered on Ger man soil.” Of all the great munitions cities that stud that rich industrial re gion, only Duesseldorf remains in enemy hands, and with the Ger mans giving up by the hundreds its fall cannot be long delayed. Even as this pocket was squeez ed of almost its last German, an other big trap was sprung on the new but rag-tag German 11th SS (elite) army in the Harz moun tains southwest of Berlin. The trap closed when the First and Ninth Armies, the ones which fashioned the Ruhr trap, met four miles north of Kothen, 26 miles southeast of Magdeburg. The battle to free the Atlantic port of Bordeaux roared into its second day, with 450 Flying For tesses pounding the enemy posi tions on the Gironde river after they had been bathed in liquid fire by an incendiary aerial attack Sunday. The French routed the Germans from Royan, the chief strongpoint on the east bank of the Gironde river, but the Germans still held fast on the opposite side of the stream. a neia aispaicn reported mat the Second Armored Division, which lost one Elbe river bridge head just south of Magdeburt to a smashing attack Saturday, had joined the 83rd Infantry Division in deepening a second bridgehead at Barby to the southeast. The Americans were about 52 miles southwest of Berlin’s Post dam suburbs after repulsing one small counterattack and deepen ing the bridgehead to five miles. The Gemans had mot yet thrown a punch here comparable to the one uncorked when with three di visions they drove the Americans back into the Elbe south of Mag deburg. The answer may be that they are uncertain where the main blow will fall. German commen tators said the Ninth Army was “preparing to cross the Elbe at several points” north of Magde burg. There was no confirmation that the Ninth had crossed at Havelberg, which is about 50 miles northeast of Magdeburg. Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson’s Ninth Army was prying open some of Germany’s best-kep se crets of war as it swung up to the Elbe river on a front of more than 100 miles. One prize was a $10,000,000 jet plane factory hidden deep under ground in salt mines in the area of Magdeburg. This factory was capable of producing 700 jet planes a month. Another was the German equiv alent of America’s Aberdeen (Md.) proving ground. Overrun north of Magdeburg, it had more than 2, 000 artillery pieces, many never seen by American military men before and some larger than any used on the Western Front. Lt. Gen. George S. Patton’s U. S. Third Army, having severed all German north-south roads, was slashing east to head off the last means of southward retreat through Czechoslovakia. His Sixth Armored Division ap peared well on the road to that goal after driving to within 30 miles of Dresden and the Elbe river at an undisclosed point. ___v___ Self Defense, Life Saving Course Is Offered At 4Y’ “Classes in self defense, water safety, and life saving are being held at the YCMA on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 5:30-7 p.m.”, announced Adam W. Smith. ‘Y’ physical director. In urging all persons interested in life saving to come by the ‘Y’ and sign up, Mr. Smith added that lifesaving is an invaluable skill, and all persons who frequent places where there Is water owe it to themselves and their friends to learn life saving. Mr. Smith especially urges all high school boys who anticipate being life guards at the beaches this summer to sign up for the advanced course. -V— RACIAL BILL SIGNED TRENTON, N. J., April 16.—(in —Surrounded by leaders of Negro groups from all parts of New Jersey, Gov. Walter E. Edge sign ed into law today seven legislative bills banning racial and religious discrimination in employment, schools, municipal hospitals, hotels, and places of entertainment. YANKEE, SENATOR CAME POSTPONED WASHINGTON, April 16—W— Today's opening game of the 1945 Major League season, dedicated to the late President, was called off because of wet, chilly weather. Officials of the Washington club walked out on to the Grif fith Stadium diamond about noon, faced a chilling mist and decided that it would be too un comfortable for the fans. With Speaker Sam Rayburn mak ing the first pitch, baseball's me morial game to Franklin Delano Roosevelt will be played here next Friday between the same clubs that were scheduled to meet today, New York and Washington. _v SUGGS LEADING PINEHURST PLAY PINEHURST, April 16. — (ff) — Louise Suggs of Lithia Springs, Ga. won the qualifying medal in the North and South Women’s Golf Tournament today recording a sparkling 71. Hiss Suggs, who won the North and South in 194?, went out in 37 strokes but played the back nine in 34, one under par, to top the defending champion, Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page of Chapel Hill, N. C., and Mrs. Jane Crum Covington of Orangeburg, S. C., by two shots. Mrs. Page, defending champion for the sixth time in the last dozen years and former National Wo men’s Champion, scored a 36-37— 73 playing from the front tees. Yesterday from the back tees she carded a sensational 66 in the practice. Mrs. Covington’s card read 37 36—73. Strung out back of the leaders came Miss Margaret Gunther of University, Ala., at 74, Mrs. Marge Becker of Englewood, N. J., and Miss Jean Hopkins of Cleveland at 75, Mrs. John Gessler of Chestnut Hill, Pa., at 77, and Miss Jeanne Cline of Bloomington, III., and Mrs. Thomas R. Rudel of Roslyn, Long Island, N. Y., at 79. It required a score of 83 or bet ter to qualify for the championship flight of 16 in the field of 60 starters in the 43rd renewal of the ancient tournament. Miss Suggs, who defeated Mrs. Page in the 1942 final, won the medal by birdieing the 17th hole with a four and by getting a par three on the 18th with a fine ex plosion shot from a bunker for a short putt. -V- • Orchestra Conductor Treated For Neuritis RENO, Nev„ April 16.—(jK— Dr. G. O. Bradley, Reno physician, said today he had treated a pat ient, whom he said he recognized as orchestra conductor Leopold Stokowskf, tor neuritis. Dr. Bradley said the ailment did not appear to be severe. Stokowski arrived last week and and was met by Gloria Vanderbilt De Cicco Mrs. De Cicco, 21-year-old heir ess, is in Nevada to divorce Pas qucil (Pat) De Cicco of Hollywood. . -V Softball Standing ‘Y’ CADET LEAGUE Team Won Lost Causey’s Service_i 2 0 Goodrich Stores _ 2 0 E. W. Goodwin’s Sons_0 2 Lane’s Pharmacy _ 0 2 ‘Y> JUNIOR LEAGUE Hyman’s Supply _ 2 0 Su Ann _ 1 1 L. B. King’s Groc. 1 1 Gregg Hardware _ 0 2 Blended "Whisky 86 Roof YANKS TIGHTEN BAGUIO NOOSE (Continued from Page One) distance east-west, were reported by Gen. Douglas MacArthur in his Monday communique. The Yank airmen struck heavi ly throughout the Philippines, blasted Formosa, hit shipping in the Makassar, Strait immediately east of Borneo, bombed strategic Japanese centers and communica tion lines along the coasts of China and Indo-China and raided the big Nipponese base at Davao, southeastern Mindanao. The Yank aerial blockade of the China Sea resulted in the sinking or damaging of seven ships. A freighter was sent down and shore installations damaged at Hong Kong, Canton and in French Indo China. Japanese convoys were caught in Makassar Strait and Brunei Bay. Two merchantmen were sunk, another probably de stroyed, and four, including a de stroyer and a gunboat, damaged. On the Luzon northwestern bat-’ tie front Doughboys of Maj. Gen. Ennis P. Swift’s First Corps clos ed in slowly on Baguio, summer capital in the Benguet mountains. On the Bicol peninsula, southeast Luzon, 14th Corps troops occupied Cagararay island on the northern flank of the sea approach to the port of Legaspi. General MacArthur boosted Ja pan’s total Philippine casualties to 323,215 as he listed 8,156 bodies counted and 205 prisoners captur ed during the past week. -v_ Earthquake, 700 Miles From Mexico City, Is Recorded At Observatory MEXICO CITY, April 18—(A>>— The national seismological obser vatory reported today it had re corded an earthquake 700 miles from Mexico City, probably to the southeast. The movement was registered at 7:52 p.m., Greenwich Mean Time (3:52 p.m. EWT yrsterday) and the peak of intensity was recorded three minutes later. Seventeen hours earlier seismic movements of less intensity had been recorded 5,300 miles from here, direction unknown. -V HUMORIST’S SON ORATED BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., April 16.——James B. Rogers, 29, son of the late humorist Will Rogers and associate publisher of the Beverly Hills citizen, was inducted into the Army today at nearby Fort MacArthur. His brother, Wiil Rogers, Jr., former congressman, is serving with the Army in Eu rope. -v BUT WAR BONDS AND STAMPS Robert Weede, Baritone, A cclaimed ByAudien ce In the sixteen years of the local Community Concerts Association’s continuous existence, there has never been a finer concert given than the one Robert Weede, bari ton of the Metropolitan Opera As sociation presented in the High School auditorium last night. That may be going off the deep end, but if audience reaction is any gauge—and it mostly certainly is— the statement is not extreme. There have been many baritones in the list of artists who have sung here, but never a friendlier one to his audience than this Robert Weede. And friendliness was not all he had to offer. His magnificent high baritone voice never had a faulty tone, and his diction was absolutely perfect. He interlarded his numbers with remarks, some addressed to the young members of the association, and that won him friends. Some of the youngsters were jumping up and down with excitement at one part of the pro ceedings, and that is a tribute youth doesn’t Often pay to a singer whose front name is not Frank. Arias galore were in the eve ning's enjoyment, all done with a finesse that must have delighted the cognoscenti in the audience. The programme opened with a group of English songs, and that is just plain good sense in pro gramme building for this city. The group gave some indication of what the evening had in store, and the first impression was confirmed ritrhf straight r\n -flivnn nU of songs Weede sang. The very old aria from “Euri dice" showed a bel canto that was satisfying in the extreme, and the next number, a ballad of a gon dolier, was done with exquisite pathos. Tosti’s “Aprile”, a timely enough number, was done to the audience’s- great delight. The sec ond aria “Non piu andrai’’ by Mozart, was gorgeous, which isn’t a good word to describe it, but which is the only one that comes to mind at the moment. An encore, “Mattinata” by Leoncavallo, with its flowing melody, followed this group. “Rigoletto” followed, and with a wise explanation to the younger members, to which the older mem bers were admitted, the baritone sang the heartlbreaking, heart broken “Cortigiania”. The en core to this was nothing less than the “Large Factotum”, a most generous and warmly received present. Following the intermission, Pablo Miquel, who played excel lent accompaniments throughout the evening, came to the fore in solo work. His first number frank ly w'as uninteresting to this listen er, which is a purely personal op inion, but his second a “Navar ra” by Albeniz W'as in strong con trast, full of verve, and vdth a sonorous reiteration in the bass that was thrilling. For an encore, the scintillating “Spinning Song” by MendelsSohn was played with great brilliance. Substituting a group of English songs in place of the programmed numbers met with approvil from the audience, as Robert Weede continued his triumphal tour through the programme. But when he sang, with evident understanding of what he was do ing, a group of Spirituals, the au dience was completely enthralled. There followed a group of encores, including “Old Man River”. The audience seemed to leave reluc tantly, which was understandable. Weede's concert brought a finis to the association’s season of good music, and it was a fitting close to a most successful series.—W.G.R. --V-— Capture of Plane Plant Proves Nazi Foresight (Continued from Page One) Fuselages were lifted at night by freight elevator to railroad cars which ran them some 15 miles away to Bernburg, where the wings and engines were put in at another secret factory. The director of the factory said it was moved here from above ground at Schoenebeck on the Elbe last August. Because the steam power was cut on one had to go down into the mine in a small electric cable elevator It was an odd feeling to drop 900 feet into a dark hole depending on enemies to see that one got there safely. Just to make sure everything went well, Lt. Col. Eugei.e Traham of Layette, La. La., took the mine director along on the inspection tour. -V Senator Bailey Denies Talk of Cabinet Post WASHINGTON, April 16.—GB— Senator Bailey (D-N.C.) said today he expects to remain in the Sen ate, that there is nothing to capi tal talk that he might become Secretary of Commerce. “There is absolutely nothing to this story that I will be ottered this cabinet position,” Bailey told a reporter. “I believe Henry Wal lace will remain Secretary of Com merce.” The Senator added: “I do not want to be Secretary of Commerce.” -—V-— MINE STOPPAGES WASHINGTON, April 16.—UP)— Mine work stoppages and absen teeism in the first week of April during contract negotiations cost the Nation more than 4,000,000 tons of bituminous coal, the Solid Fuels Administration estimated today. Bomber Output Impaired By Ford Motor Walkouts DETROIT, April 16 — UZ> — A walkout o- 550 workmen tonight on the giant Willow Run bomber plant’s final assembly line impair ed still further the output of B 24 bombers, a Ford Motor Co. spokesman declared. Meanwhile, three plants of the Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co. remained closed by a week-old strike of some 5,000 employes despite efforts ol the regional War Labor Board tc effect a return to work. Nearly 300 workers left the bomber plant’s assembly line this morning in a resumption of i strike which started last week. A company spokesman, who said 60( employes remained on the line to night, stated that the walkout to day followed a two-day suspensior of two employes whom manage' ment believed responsible for la bor disturbances. There was nc comment from officials of Local 50, Unit’d Automobile Workers (CIO). -V Death of Roosevelt Delays Appointment of District Judge WASHINGTON, April 16.—(A>)— The death of President Roosevelt is expected to delay appointment of a Federal Judge for eastern North Carolina. Senator Bailey (D-N.C.) said to day a successor to Judge I. M. Meekins, retired, will not be nam ed before April 20 as was expect ed after a conference between At torney General Francis Biddle and the North Carolina senators last week. -V Tito Leaves Red Capital After Parley With Stalin LONDON, April 16. — (IP)— The Moscow radio said tonight that Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia had left Moscow last night after military and economic talks with Stalin and other Russian leaders. He was ac companied to the airport by Vya cheslav Molotov, commissar of foreign affairs, and Andrey J Vyshinsky, vice commissar. On his departure, Tito said, “I must thank you for a hearty and cordial welcome. Our stay in Mos cow will have great results. The economic treaty will be of immense significance in the future develop ment of Yugoslavia." -V Sixty per cent more people die of cancer than of all the con tagious diseases together. -V Necklaces with pendants are de rived from the primitive practice of wearing such objects as the teeth of wild animals, shells, or stones of strange color or shape around the neck. -V BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS yRAT They Listen..To Help Win the War Folks on rationing boards have listened and listened and listened ... Junior uses up all of the family shoe stamps... Somebody’s oil burner is covered with icicles... Somebody’s share-rider moved away. Yes, they’ve listened with patience and tried to be fair... to * be more than helpful when a genu ine case of hardship was brought to their attention. In teaching us what we can do without, rationing has given us a new appreciation of our country’s peacetime abundance. It has taught us more. We have learned lessons in self-denial and the value of cooperation... lessons that bol ster our determination to carry on ' till final victory is won. Young and old, we are getting matchless training in early Ameri can fortitude and self-reliance. Surely the people of our country will be ready to meet the problems of tomorrow with confidence. Budweiser „ r"ABI MARK A19. 0.0. RAT. ORR. What ration points bring to our tables today would have seemed like banquets to gen erations of our forefathers— but you have Budwciser, too, to make simple wartime meals taste better. , • . # A»542.©1WS ANHEUSER-BUSCH • • *• xS A I NT I O U I S -NURSES SEEK WORK ATLANTA. April 16. - plications from 300 nurses and South Carolina. Georgia p' ^ ida and eastern Tennessee >//■•,/ from the recent Navy ni;y/ / curement program. Lt. Comma-/ er D. P. 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