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* Sensational Hurling: "^*"*™*— Cincinnati Reds Pave Pennant Road For Chicago Cubs BWIM CHAMP—Betty Lachok. 18. became a swimming champion almost overnight. Spotted by Coach Harry Minto while struggling in the water, she joined the Firestone club's swim team at Akron, Ohio, was kicked off the team because of lack of enthusiasm, but came back to be the ace swimmer in the club, using her long arms and unusually large hands and feet to churn the water fast enough to win the national senior and junior woman's long distance swim championships. Nelson Over Par But Leads Field TORONTO. Aug. 4 —(/P— Byron Nelson, the golfing wizard from To ledo, O. led 61 finalists into the last 36 holes of the $10,000 Canadian open today after giving the other pros some consolation by saying he would start gradual retirement from tournament competition In about two years. The big man of the links, who has won nine straight tourneys and has earned $45,200 in war bonds this year, said that in two years he will drvote more and more time to his business until hr finally is out of the play for pay game. It may have been the toughened Thornhill course that influenced him for yesterday he went over par for the first time in many months with a two-over 72 for a 36-hole total of 140. At that he held a two-strike lead over runner-up Willie Goggin of White Plains who also carded a 72 for a 140. Ed Furgol, the former amateur from Utica, N. Y., was thtrd With 71-72—143. Only one player was able to bust par yesterday for this champion ship layout which was lengthened and toughened for the title event. Canadian officials made seven of the holes more difficult and cut par from 71. 68 FOR PROLLX Gerry Proulx, a French Canadian from St. Johns, Que., fired a 68 to go into a fourth-place tie with three Americans. Craig Wood of New York, Herman Barron of White Plains, N. Y., and Claude Harmon of Oosse Point, Mich., at 144. Sammy Snead virtually put him self out of the running with a 78 for 152. An American also topped the ama teurs. Freddie Haas of New Orleans, leading with a 146 total. It took a 158 or better to qualify for today's final 36 holes. Child Labor At Highest Peak In State’s History KALx-iOH, Aug. e. ~ri.fr)— cnua labor and youth employment have reached a level unprecedented In North Carolina history, Labor Com missioner Forrest H, Shuford said. During the last five years, he said, the urgent demand for workers of all ages in war production, the open ing up of new job opportunities for 1 minors, high wartime wages, patrio tic pressures, and social restlessness have pushed the number of employ ed minors to a level five times as great as in 1940. During June of this year more than 11,000 employment certificates were issued to boys and girls under 17 years of age—equal to the num ber issued during the entire year of 1940. Shuford said. War demands, Shuford explained, and new types of Job openings have brought about a great change in the industries and occupations en tered by young workers. For in stance. he said. 47 per cent of the 16 and 17 year olds who received employment certificates in 1940 were employed in manufacturing. Another 53 per cent were employed in non-manufacturing. IN MANUFACTURING By 1943, more than 66 per cent of these boys and girls were going into manufacturing. In 1944, the percentage dropped slightly, but during the first six months of 1945 more minors entered manufacturing than during the peak year of 1943. The employment of extra help by retail, wholesale and service estab lishments during the holiday sea sons later in the year may balance to some extent the recent trend, Shuford said. "The upward trend of chill labor lias not been sufficiently large to become alarming until recently, however,” Shuford continued. "With the coming of V-E Day wc naturally expected the issuance of child labor certificate^ to substan tially decrease. This has not hap pened. To the contrary, nearly as many certificates have been issued in the first six months of this year as were issued during the same pe riod last year. MORE LABOR "It seems that the partial demo bilization of our armed forces and the resulting return of war veter ans, together with the cutbacks in war industries, make available to employees a source of labor supply which obviates the necessity of con tinuing to employ minors, » ‘These minors should be encour aged by both parents and employers to immediately return to school and complete their education in order that they may become better work ers in the future.” \ Postal Receipts Show Increase I .. ' Postal receipts at the Shelby postofficc during the month of | July this year showed an increase I of $926.74 over receipts for July of last year, Postmaster R. M. Laughridge announced today. Receipts for July this year to taled $10,521.50, while for that month last year the total was $9,594.76. Postal receipts throughout this year have shown a steady In crease over receipts for last year, with the total for January through July, 1945, $77,218.55, while for the same period last year they were only $65,727.82. This is an in crease of $11,490.73 for the first seven months of this year. Waco Connerv To Be Opened Monday Waco’s new community cannery at the school will be opened Mon day at 8 a.m. and will operate Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays so long as its service is needed, E. W. Rochester, vocational agri culture teacher, stated today. Nothing will be accepted for can ning after 3 p.m. Cline Wright will be in charge of canning operations. Brother Mrs. Cheek Dies At Indiana Home Dr. Arthur G. Miller of Hobart, Ind., brother of Mrs. Grady Cheek of this city, died suddenly yester day morning following a heart at tack at his home in Hobart. Fu neral services will be conducted there today, and Mrs. Cheek left yesterday to attend them. Dr. Miller, about 50 years of age, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cheek, five brothers, and two sisters. BEER TAXES IN JULY RALEIGH. —(/P)— The State col lected $240,575.58 in beer taxes in July, according to the North Caro lina committee - United States Brewers Foundation. Three cotton-growing states—Ari zona, Florida and New Mexico— have no cotton-spinning mtiia, I CLUB STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Chicago. 61 33 .649 St. Louis . 57 41 .582 Brooklyn . 54 40 .574 New York... 51 47 .520 Pittsburgh . 50 48 .510 Cincinnati _ _ 42 51 .452 Boston . _ 43 54 .443 Philadelphia . 26 70 .271 51 41 .589 .554 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. Detroit . 53 37 Washington . ... New York . _ Boston . 47 46 .505 Chicago . 46 46 .500 Cleveland.. 45 46 .495 St. Louis . . 43 46 .483 Philadelphia _ . 30 61 49 41 .544 .330 GAME RESULTS AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 4, Philadelphia 1. Washington 7-3, Boston 3-1. Chicago 5, Detroit 0. St. Louis 6, Cleveland 5. NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 11-9, Cincinnati 5-1. St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 1. Brooklyn 5-3, Boston 1-5. Only games scheduled. -o TODAY’S BASEBALL (Eastern War Time) NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn at Boston, 2:00 p. m. (preceded by complete of June 17 suspended game). Philadelphia at New York, 8:45 p. m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh. 3:00 p. m. Chicago at Cincinnati, 3:30 p. m. AMERICAN LEAGUE New York at Philadelphia, 3:00 p. m. Boston at Washington (2), 1:30 p. m. and 3:30 p. m. Detroit at Chicago, 2:30 p. m. Cleveland at St. Louis, 9:30 p. m. TOMORROW’S SCHEDULE National League — Chicago at Cincinnati (2), Brooklyn at Bos ton (2). Philadelphia at New York (2), and St. Louis at Pittsburgh (2). American League — Detroit at Chicago (2), Cleveland at St. Louis (2), Boston at Washington (2), and New York at Philadelphia (2). SOLDIER LOSES FIGHT FOR LIFE CpI. Newman, Victim Of Japanese Atrocity, Died Yesterday PORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 4 — C/P)—The gallant soldier who sur vived three years of hell in Japa nese prison camps died yesterday after 31 days of heaven at home. Cpl. James E. Newman, 25, whose fight against disease touched the heart of the nation, just couldn’t battle one more malady. Newman, the soldier who came home to die, suffered an asthamatlc spasm yesterday morning. He went into a sound slumber and did not recover consciousness. He died at 6:30 P. M. (EWT) “from sheer exhaustion,” the doctor said. There was momentary hysteria In the little house where hopes had been high that he would, recover. His mother, who had said “the Lord will see him through the rest of the way," collapsed with grief. GRIEVED His brothers stood with tears in their eyes as they arranged for his funeral Monday afternoon at the Riverside Assembly of God Church here. Military rites are planned. Newman will be buried in his uni form. Only the grayhaired father, O. P. Newman, gave no sign of sorrow. He had realized that the cards of fate had been stacked too heavily against his son. Doctors on two hemispheres had given up hope. First, doctors at army hospitals in New Guinea told him his case was hopeless. Beri beri, starvation diets, lack of proper medical treat ment had brought tuberculosis of the throat, lungs and stomach. But Newman wouldn’t give up. He wanted to come home to the lit tle white cottage where he had left seven years before. LA8T FIGHT He said his mother’s cooking might do more than medicine. He was returned to the United States, but again doctors shook their heads. His six-foot-two-inch-frame had wasted to 92 pounds. Once he weighed 170. Only July 12, he came by plane to begin another gallant fight for life. The nation heard of it and crowded his little room with gifts, flowers and 8,500 letters. For a while he seemed to improve. A Fort Worth physician said he had a faint chance to survive. But shortly he began to lose ground. He lost his appetite. He was in continuous pain, which had to be blacked out with morphine. Still he smiled. Then the Lord took Corporal Newman “the rest of the way.” Drowning was responsible for more than one-fourth of the 14,500 public accidents in 1944. Contribute 15 Games To National Leaders By JACK HAND (Associated Press Sports Writer) Charley Grimm can thank his “cousins from Cincinnati’’ for paving the pennant road for his Chicago Cubs by con tributing 15 straight games to the league leaders in the season’s most consistent performance. niuuuugii wie jji uiiio me from “in” with a six-game lead, t'..eir main worry today is not the Cardinals but the thought that this happy season series with the Reds has only seven more games to go. Their favorite playmates took it on the chin again yesterday, but twice, bowing in both halves of a twi-night doubleheader before the superior chucking of a couple of fellows named Hank, (Wyse and Borowy). Although Deacon Bill Mc Kecbnle of the Reds thinks the Cubs have trouble ahead in St. Louis, his team hasn’t been able to beat the leaders once ail year. The record for such matters is 21 out of 22 meetings in a season, held Jointly by the 1927 Yankees, 1937 Pirates and 1909 Cubs. Nobody ever has swept a com plete set of 22 tilts in modern days. Chicago pitching has been noth ing short of sensational in the last few weeks and in the last 10 games, the Bruins have won nine with eight complete Jobs and an aver age of about six hits per tilt for the opposition. Wyse is the big winner with 16 to his credit after last night’s 11 5 romp over Cincinnati in the first game and Borowy copped his second straight since his purchase from the Yankees with a five-hit, 9-1 decision over Vem Kennedy. Phil Cavaretta lashed out with six hits, batting in eight runs during the twi-night doubleheader. PIRATES LOSE Chasing the Bruins is discourag ing business but St. Louis con tinues to tag along, triming Pitts burgh, 5-1, behind George Dock ins’ effective six-hit tossing to the dismay of 22,218 Forbes field cus tomers. Brooklyn dropped back a step by splitting a pair with Boston, the only day games on the big league program. Hal Gregg was robbed of a no-hitter in the first tilt when Joe Medwick, a former Dodger, singled in the eighth and lost his shutout on an unearned run. Luis Olmo’s two-run homer in the third made the win certain, 5-1, but Rookie Ed Wright, making his first big league start since moving up from Indianapolis, out pitched Ralph Branca, another American association grad, tt> Rive Boston a 5-3 margin for an even break. The New York Giants and Phil lies were not scheduled. I Washington continued to creep closer to front-running Detroit, taking a double from Boston while the Tigers were being blanked 5-0 by Chicago’s night game specialist, Earl Caldwell. Ossie Bluege’s Senators now have won six in succession with six different starting pitchers going the route. A1 Carrasquel, throwing his first complete game of the year, took the first 7-3 and the veteran John ny Niggeling regain his win stride in the 3-1 nightcap. Ernie Bonham, reported to be one of the Yankees on the trading block, copped his third in a row, 4-1, against Philadelphia as Russ Christopher bowed in his sixth succesive defeat. St. Louis shaded Cleveland, 6-5. Regulation On School Principals Lifted Temporarily * RALEIGH, Aug. 4.—(/F)—A regu lation requiring classified school principals to have at least one year's teaching experience before they can be accepted for full pay as classified principals, has been lifted for one year by the state board of education. A shortage of school official^ with experience increments necessitated the temporary su./>ension of the regulation, the bgard pointed put at its meeting yesterday. Lifting the regulation means that a person hired as a classified' prin cipal may draw the salary approv ed for the Job he accepts, regardless of whether he or she has the re quired teaching experience. Body Of Southworth Finally Recovered NEW YORK, Aug. 4. —UP)— The body of a man found floating at the confluence of the East river and Long Island Sound was identified today as that of MaJ. William B. (Billy) Southworth, Jr., pilot of a B-29 which crashed here last Peb. 15. The young pilot’s father, Billy Southworth, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, headed for New York today to claim the body and take it home for burial. Of the five victims of the crash into Flushing Bay, young South worth’s body had been the only one still missing. >■ POT PLUCK FAVORED AT ! ARLINGTON I CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—(PP)—Pot O’ ! Luck, Warren Wright’s stretch I running three-year-old colt that finished second in the Kentucky derby, was favored today as nine thoroughbreds lined up for the $55,500 Arlington handicap, but he may have trouble with a little three-year-old willy named Bush er. Busher, owned by Movie Mag nate Louis B. Mayer and a daugh ter of War Admiral, has been a sensation over long routes, and is in the best spot to upset the Wright colt in today’s mile and a quarter race. Pot O’ Luck has two victories in eight starts and has won $83,700 in those races, including the $50, 000 Arlington classic. Both of them may get plenty of trouble from a horse that carries that name. He’s seven-year-old Daily Trouble from the stable of David Straus, and entered with the Walmac Farm’s Old Kentuck. He carries the top weight of 120 pounds for the feature. Busher will carry 113 and Pot O’ Luck 118, with their age and sex allowances. The other 'ive entrants in the event are Mrs. Ada L. Rice’s Sirde, Mrs. Emil Denemark’s Signals Bloke, Hulsmann and Naylor's King’s Abbey, Mrs. Claude Trout's Take Wing, and the Happy Hour farm’s Devalue. Of 509 bird species in New Guinea only 75 have reached the Solo mons. Morganton To Have Golf Tournament The Mimosa, Golf club of Mor ganton will sponsor an Invitation golf tourney at the club with qualifying play scheduled to be gin next Saturday, August 11, con tinuing through the following Thursday. Match play will be on August 17. 18 and 19 In flights of eight. The 16 low qualifiers play 36 holes on Friday, August 17, first round winners to constitute the cham pionship flight, losers to consti tute the first flight. Champion ship flight plays 36 holes finals. War bond prizes will be given winners, runners-up and medal ist. Entry fee Is $5,00. Golfers who wish to enter may contact the tournament committee, Mimosa Golf club, Morganton. Saratoga Handicap All Set For Belmont Park NEW YORK, Aug. 4. _(/p)—The Saratoga-at-Belmont Park meeting opens Monday with a total of $295, 000 added money to be awarded during the 24-day summer session. The 43rd running of the $50,000 Saratoga handicap tops the pro gram. Ten of the 21 flat stakes will feature two-year-olds with the $10,000 flash of five and a half fur longs for Juveniles heading the opening day card. Bill Talbert, Pauline Betz Tennis Favorites NEW YORK. Aug. 4. —(/Pi— BUI Talbert, of Wilmington, Del., run ner-up to Frankie Parker last year, and women’s champion Pauline Betz, of Los Angeles, will be top seeded for the National Amateur Tennis championships at Forest Hills, Aug. 28 to Sept. 3, West Side Tennis club officials, hosts for the tournament, announced. Sen. Hoey Voted For Charter Ratification WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—(/P)— Here Is how North Carolina mem bers of congress voted on recent roll calls: Senate. On ratification of the United Nations charter, approved 89 to 2. Bailey, not voting, Hoey, for. Sports Roundup DETROIT, Aug 4 — (IF)— Base ball’s statistics hounds who still can’t understand why the Detroit Tigers are leading the American league by plenty with a run pro duction that ranks sixth In the league can take a look at big A1 Benton’s pitching record as a pointed "f’r Instance.” Benton, the navy dischargee with a 0.89 earned run average, started 14 times and stayed' through 10 complete games while j winning 10 and losing two. In his 111 innings opponents have made 78 hits (19 of them the infield variety) and scored Just 14 runs (three of them unearned.) Working the equivalent of 12 full games, Benton has given only nine extra-base hits, losing 1-0 to Washington and 2-1 to Philadel phia. The Tigers, flirting with a .500 percentage on the road, owe their current success to an exceptional home average of .874, a clip that swelled the Briggs stadium at tendance total to 673,562 paid for 46 games. The University of Michigan, taking on both army and navy in football next fall in addl i tion to a stiff big ten sched ule, has only two regulars— Center Jack Watts and Quar terback Joe Ponsetto—from a 1944 eleven that lost just twice, j to Indiana and Ohio State. Lyall Smith, Detroit Free Press -—"The fellow who raised the sten torian shout ‘break up the Yan kees’ in 1936-39 may soon be yell ing ‘break up Byron Nelson,’ golf’s $45,000 breadwinner of the tour nament trail.” CLEANING THE CUFF Detroit’s Lions of the National Professional Football league open their Canadian training camp Aug. 18 at Windsor, Ont., but with Frankie Sinkwich in the army the Lions can be expected to go into the new season more like lambs — Michigan State college which last only to Missouri in seven football games last fall, touts its star full back, Triple-Threater Jack Bres jlin, as a prospective All-America I for the future books — Detroit baseball fans are pulling for a du plicate of the world series of 10 _<__ -—- J years ago when the 1935 Tigers took the big prize from the Chica go Cubs in a thrill-packed sixth game. Tennessee Teams Play Title Series MEMPHIS, Aug. 4. Mem phis and Chattanooga tangled here today for the Tennessee American Legion Junior baseball title. Memphis took the first game of the series last night, 8-5, as Bob Bllger fanned 11 and gave up three hits before being yanked after walking three in the ninth. State Demanding Income Tax Returns Of Dr. Meadows GREENVILLE, Aug, 4,— Judge J. Paul Frizzelle has given the defense until Wednesday to file an answer to the state’s motion to bring original income tax returns of Dr. Leon R. Meadows, from 1934 to 1943 inclusive, as evidence in the ex-educator’s trial on charges of embezzlement and false pretense. The returns would be used by the state in an effort to impeach Meadows. Several character witnesses for the defense remain to be Introduc ed. The state yesterday completed its cross-examination of the last principal defense witness. Prank Wall, a certified public accountant. Singing Convention At Mt. Zion Church A singing convention will be held at Mt. Zion Baptist church at 2 o'clock Sundf// afternoon and the public is invited to attend. Special singing groups to be present for the occasion include the Hull brothers quartet of Mor ganton, the Liberty quartet of Caroleen, the Melody boys of Gas tonia, the Fallston quartet and the Union church quartet of Lawn dale. OLIVER FARM EQUIPMENT CRAWFORD HARDWARE CO. Office Supplies, Party Supplies, East Marion Street Doctor's Prescription SUTTLE’S Shelby’* Leading Drug Store Phono 370—367 THE CENTRAL BARBER SHOP S. La Fayette St. Extends A Cordial Welcome — BARBERS — SAM EAKER ZEB E. BEAM BILL BRIDGES BRANT HARRIS FOR A BETTER BUY IN QUALITY AND QUANTITY SHOP AT OUR STORE. A FULL LINE OF GROCERIES Hugh’s Grocery PHONE 864-R South LaFayette Street HOT BAR B-CUE We operate this business exclu sively for you people who desire a clean place where you can feel free to bring your entire family any time we are open. Our new hours are: 4:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight, except Monday. 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