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Beaufort Finishes on Top As Teams End Season Bfaufort finished in first pjace in (k? county league standings al though it drooped Sunday'! game with Salter Path t-1. Counting the l?s? to Salter Path, Beaufort has a record of 16 wink and four laases. A protest of Sunday's tanje, howev er, will give the leaders a record of 17 wins and three kiMes. Beaufort is expected to protest the game on the grounds that Sal ter Path used (everal ineligible players, including PuroeU Janes. President Dick I.ockey and the league's difectofs have already ruled that Jones is ineligible and Salter Path must forfeit every ga ie in which he is used Atlantic remained in second place by defeating Newport in another make-up game Atlantic has a record of 10 wins and four losses and is one game behind Beaufort. Details on the Newport Atlantic game wer? pot available at press time. The loss leaves New port in fourth place behind More head City. Morehead City retained its hold on third place by defeating Mark ers Island 6-0. .fames Webb was the winning pitcher and Wilson Davis was the loser. Morehead City took an early lead by scoring four runs in the first inning. The first batter struck out, but the second man reached first when the shortstop fumbled a ground ball. He stole second, and scored on Ray Cummins' hit after the next batter walked. Three more runs came in on a tour-base error. The batter ground ed to the second baseman, Will iams, who fumbled the ball. He then picked up the ball and attemp ted to get the man at the plate. Davis rut off the throw and tried to get the man going to second. The group of players covering sec ond stood and watched the ball go into center field. All three base runners scored. As the teams now stand, Beau fort, Atlantic and Morehead City will be in the playoffs with either Newport or Salter Path in the fourth spot. The final standings will be determined by a game re maining to be played between Morehead City and Salter l'ath. At the moment Salter Path is only a half game behind Newport which is in fourth place. A victory over Morehead City would give Sal ter Path a tie for fourth place and a chance at the last playoff spot. Salter Path got its chance to tie Newport when the league directors ordered Newport to forfeit a game to Markers Island on the grounds that Newport had used an ineligi ble player. The forfeit brought Newport's record down to seven wins and 13 losses instead of eight wins and 12 losses. Standings Beaufort Atlantic Morehead City Newport Salter Path Harkerg bland W L 17 3 16 4 8 11 7 13 0 13 5 15 Widgeon to Play In All-Stor Game Billy Widgeoh of Newport's Class A state championship team is in Greensboro where he will take part in the fifth annual North Carolina AU-Star game. The fame will be played tonight in the Elon college gymnasium. The 11-man squads, representing the east and the west, arrived in Greensboro Friday and immediate ly began practice for the game. The east team is coached by Carroll King of Raleigh, and Gene MiUer of Hickory will handle the west team*. The series is all even with each section boasting two victories in thf four previous games. The football all-stars arrived Sun day and are now preparing for tlx gam* which will be played Friday night in Greensboro high school stadium. Manager Named It has been announced that Rop er Van Horn will be manager of the newly-formed Ocean Oil com pany when it opens for business in the near future. He will be the sole distributor for Shell pro ducts in the county. The federal government collects more than seven million dollars a year in taxes on playing cards. County League Plans Playoffs Plans for the county league play offs were tnade Thursday night at a meeting of the league's board of directors. The playoffs will begin Aug. 9 if all make-up games have been played by that time. In the opening rounds of the playoffs the first place team will meet the third-place team, and the second-place team will meet the fourthplace team. The opening rounds will be best of three seri&s. The opening games, single games, will be played at the home fields of the first and second-place teams. The second and, if neces sary third games will be played the following week at the home fields of the third and fourth-place teams. The winners of the first series will meet in a best of five series be ginning Aug. 23. The series will consist of two doubleheaders and a single game if needed. At the meeting it was decided that the make-up game between Morehead City and Salter Path will be played only if it will mean the difference between getting into the playoffs or being eliminated. The directors, by a 4-2 vote, up held President Dick Lockey's rul ing on the Newport-Salter Path game which had been protested by Newport. The president had ruled that Salter Path had used an inel igible player and ordered the game forfeited to Newport. The Salter Path manager then asked for a ruling by the board of directors on the eligibility of a Newport player. His protest on that player had been over-ruled by the Pres ident. Flyers Beat Camp Lejeune Cherry Point ? Clutch pitching by Cherry Point's Ray Semproch knocked Camp Lejeune out of a first place tie with Quantico in the East Coast All Marine Service league here Thursday. The Flyers downed Camp Lejeune, 2-1, hold ing the ground marines to only four CbShtTotlH le^ 2-0 Ih the top of the eightfr when Camp Lejeune made its best threat. Third base man Don Brown towered an 0-2 de livery from Dick Delozier over the left field fence. With one out, suc cessive errors by Lou Rotondi at third and Jack Klein at first, plus a Texas league single by center fielder Chico Rodriquez, loaded the bases. Although Rodriquez' hit was only the fourth one off Delozier, Man ager Whalen decided to tiring in a fresh hurler to Jace the critical situation. Semprorh entered and the infield played in. He fired a perfect third strike past second baseman Dave Krings for the second out. Then he retired right fielder Jim Ryan on a pop up to end the inning. Again in the ninth Camp Lejeune had the tying run on third with one out. Rotondi drew a two-base er ror when he overthrew first on shortstop Paul Donavan's twisting bounder. Donavan took third on an infield out. Once more Semproch bore down with his lively fast ball. He whiffed Brown on a 3-2 pitch. The Flyer reliefer then elinched the game when he got catcher George Ding ier on a foul fly to Klein. Both runs by Cherry Point were unearned. They scored their first tally in the fifth when right fielder Jim Kay lined the Flyers' first hit of the game into center field. He quickly took second when Rod riquez let the ball go through him and scored a few pitches later on Rotondi's poke to left. In tbe sixth, shortstop Rip Col lins and centerfielder Joe Morelli beat out infield hits. Left fielder Art Remsa split the diamond with a single. Rodriquez fired a perfect William Penn Bit- iid ed , Whiskey ON (MS Hearings Fait to Uncover Underworld Connection (Continued from Page 1) though ha is treasurer of the cor poration. be is not a director *nd is not sure who the directors are. He said that he owns 138 shares of stock in the association and has owned them since its organization in 1MB. He said that a dividend was paid in 1M8 but that none have been paid since then because the track has lust money. He was not sure of the total loss. Sam Adler of Morehead City, sec retary of the corporation, admit ted in his testimony that he knew little of the operations of the as sociation. He said that, so far as he knew, the corporation just owned the track, and had nothing else to do with it. Mr. Adler said that he signed the stock certificates and the minutes of the directors meetings. He said that the minutes were kept at the race track and that Mr. Pittman held the stock books. He said that although he is secretary of the corporation he is not a director and doesn't attend the meetings of the directors. He Laid that both he and Mr. Pittman had been directors but had been dropped from the board in 1949 or 1950. Doesn't Know Directors He said that he does not know who the directors are. He said that he does not know who really controls the operations of the as sociation although he believes that the directors do. Mr. Adler said that his duties seemed to be merely to sign papers when others brought them to him. He said that he assumed that the papers were correct. The secretary admitted that he was more or less a figurehead. Mr. Adler said that he original ly bought his 250 shares of stock because he thought that the track would help the town. He said that he thought the track has done more good than harm since its opening in 1948. I When legislators questioned the propriety of Mr. Pittman holding the stock books. John Dawson of Kinston, attorney for the corpora tion. explained that the books are held by the bank which is registrar for the corporation. The commis sion then asked Mr. Pittman to return and bring the books with him. Mr. Pittman testified that John Masoni and Sam and Joseph I.om bardo are the largest individual stockholders in the Carolina Rac ing association. He said that the Carolina-Virginia Racing associa tion is the largest stockholder and holds a controlling interest in the track. The association owns 167, 780 of the 243,223 shares of stock in the local track. The stock was purchased from individual stock holders. Rudolph H. Dowdy of Morehead City, president of the Carolina Rac ing association, testified that he was one of the men who originally sought to obtain a track for the Morehead City area. He said that he saw the success of tracks in Florida in the late 30's and thought Morehead City should have such an attraction. Directors Dropped Mr. Dowdy explained that Mr. Pittman and Mr. Adler were drop ped from the board of directors because there were too many di rectors and they could not attend the meetings which are held in New York. The president explained that the meetings ?re held in New York because a few of the directors come from North Carolina. He said that he does not know if the by-laws ? W _ one-bounce throw to catcher Ding ier, who tagged Collin* but dropped the bail from the impact. Totals for Cherry Point were two runs, five hits and four errors. Camp Lejeune had one run, four hits and three errors. Both start ing pitchers, Deloxier and Ben Johnaon, retired the first nine men to nee then in order. permit the meeting! to be held out side North Carolina. Mr. Dowdy Mid that Mr n?w *on acU as secretary at the di rectors' meetings and keeps the minutes of the meetings, lie said that he does not know if the by-laws make provision (or a secretary who is not a director. He said that Mr. Adler is still secretary of the cor poration although he is not a di rector. He said that the association bouKbt the land for the track from a Kinston syndicate 'or $25,000. lie said that the improvements on the land have increased its value to about $260,000. He said that sur rounding land has also increased in value. John Boggiano of New York, president of the Carolina-Virgin ia Racing association, testified that he no longer owns stock in the Car olina Racing association although he once held about 30,000 shares of stock He explained that he later sold the stock to the Carolina Virginia association. He told the legislators that he owns 23.000 shares of stock in the Moyock track and that members of his immediate family own an additional 12,000 shares. He said that 5,000 shares of stock are also held by a cousin and some friends. Mr. Boggiano said that he first became interested in the North Carolina dog racing through a New York broker who arranged meet ings with Mr. Cleland and Mr. Ma son i He said that he then invest ed in the track at Morehead City. Lo??Lng Money He said that because the More head City trick was Losing money it was decided to start the second track at Moyock. He said that he took no part in the efforts to set a track authorized in Currituck county and first learned of the plan from Mr. Masoni. Mr. Hoggiano said that he re ceived $33,000 last year as presi dent of the Moyock track. He said that salaries to all officers amount ed to $100,000. He said that the track's net income in 1952 was $43,589.13. He said that all of the stock in both tracks is owned by the per sons in whose names it is listed. He said that no person of questionable reputation owns stock in either track. When Mr. Jordan asked why the Moyock track had bought control of the Morehead City track if it was losing money, Mr. Boggiano replied that the directors believed that the track would Eventually make money. He said that he had been in the trucking business in New York un til the early 30's and is now connec ted with the Julius Restaurant as sociation in New York. He said that he was at one time interested in the Versailles restaurant, lie said that he had no race track in terests before investing in the Morehead City track and has no others at the present time. Joseph Lombardo of Cleveland testified that he and his brother, Sam, own 8,000 shares of stock in the Carolina Racing association and that he owns 20,000 shares of stock in the Carolina-Virgina Racing as sociation. Blink Endorsement Upon examination of the stock certificates, Mr. Uzzell noticed that some of them had been endorsed in blank by Sam Lombaro. Mr. Lombardo said that he did not know why his brother had endorsed the certificates and admitted that anyone could become owner of them by merely filling in his name in the blank. Mr. Lombardo said that he has a financial interest in Sunshine park, a hone track in Florida, and had once owned tracka in Cleveland and Wheeling, W. Va. He aaid that he and his brother got into the racing buainesa when they pur chased a bankrupt track in Cleve land. He said that he and hia brother own their stock outright and have no intention of telling any of it. I You Can Bury Your Money , m the bock yard or hide it in the sugar bowl or in a mattress tat w* know of a much better place . . . and we have never yet heard of iqtereit beiaf paid on amy in Ik* back yard, M(ar howl or mattreM. Have 70a T HRST-CITIZEN9 BANK & TRUST CO. MMHB RMUL BBMNUT IKMAANCX CQKF. I I When asked again about the blank endorsement on the stock certificates, Ur. Lombardo said that he handled lew of the details of the business, leaving them to his brother and Ur. Hasoni, their partner io the construction busi ness. Mr. Masoni testified that he owns stock in both tracks and is an officer of the Moyock track. He said that he owns 3,475 shares of stock in the Morehead City track and is sole owner of his stock. Used as Collalern' He explained that the stock cer tificates endorsed by Sam l.ombar do had been used as collateral for a loan and that the bank hail re quired the endorsement He said that he is familiar with the principal stockholders in the Morehead City track but does not know the others who are scattered all over the country. He said that the largest stockholders were the Carolina-Virginia Racing associa tion. the two l.ombardos and him self. Other stockholders have from ten to 1,000 shares. Mr. Masoni said that the stock book of the Moyock track is in Cleveland. He said that he did not know that law requires that the book be kept in North Carolina. He said that there have been other owners of stock in the Moy ock track. He said that three em ployees of the Lombardo Broth ers Construction company had owned 19.000 shares between them but no longer do so. | The directors of the Morehead City track were identified by Mr. Masoni as himself, Mr. Dowdy. Mr. Jcieland, Mr. Boggiano, Ed Webb ! of Wilson, Sam Lombardo and Frank Bang- Directors of the Moy ock track are Mr. Masoni, Mr. Cle land, Mr. Boggiano and the two Lombardos. Mr. Masoni said that he met Mr. Boggiano through a New York broker at a time when more money was needed for the Morehead City track. He said that he was brought into the North Carolina racing pic ture by Mr. Cleland who interested him in investing in the Morehead City track. Brought Raring Here Mr. Cleland testified -thai he was one of those responsible for bring ing dog racing to North Carolina. He said that he first promoted the idea in 1939 in an effort to get a market for some property which he owned here. In 1947, he came back to Moret head City and began work-* to interest some group in operattt&li track here. He said that he ap proached Mr. Masoni through a mutual friend because he knew of his interest in the racing business.' Mr. Cleland said that he was instrumental in setting up the track at Moyock and approached Ed Johnson, Currituck county repre sentative, on the question of get ting legislative permission for the track. He said that he did not think that there would be any tracks here if it had not been for him. Mr. Cleland testified that he has received his salary from the Moy ock track since 1950. He said that the salary came from that source in order to ease the financial burden on the Morehead City track which was losing money. Mr. Cleland said that the losses at the Morehead City track have been caused by a decrease in the amount bet. He said that the ov erhead expenses must be met no matter how much or how little is bet at the track. He said that the track showed a $600 profit last year and is expected to make mon ey this year. Still in Favor The executive secretary said that he believes that most of the people of Morehead City are still in fav or of the track. He said that he did not know about the attitude of .FIVE OCLOCK LONDON DRY GIN 0 WMf $235 Washington Man Speaks To Moretiead Rotations Edmund Harding, Washington Rotarian, wan (he guest speaker at Thursday night's meeting of the Morehead City Rotary club. He spoke on Rotary service. Guests at the meeting were Law rence Stroud of Greenville, J. E. Eulp of Stoneville, E. {' Boss of Earmville, E. Eit/gerald of Kin ston, Everett Peterson of Clinton. D T. Harrison, jr., of Leesburg, Vt., and Jack T. Styron of Lake Charles, La. Man Will Get College Degree 46 Years Late I Mnadville, Pa. (AP) ? George E. Hamilton, president of the Key- j stone View company, is to receive I a master's degree from Oxford uni- j versify in England this year ? 46 1 years late. Hamilton completed work on n Master of Arts degree at Pembroke college. Oxford, in 1D07, but found be would have had to remain in ! Kngland three months longer to get 1 the degree because it was not ' awarded in absentia. He went home instead. This year Hamilton and his wife are going to attend the college re- 1 union ? and pick up the sheep- j skin. residents of the county. He Blso j said that he thinks that the oper ation of the track is very satsifac- J tory. He said that he negotiated the I deal for the sale of land to the ! track. He said that he made no j commission on the deal but did obtain part of the lanjl for himself. He said that the track sold the j unused portion of the land for $25,- ] 000, the price it paid for the whole j thing. Mr. Cleland said that the pres ent owners of the track intend to keep it. He denied that it is be ing built up for possible future sale. The legislative commission heard I from several dog owners, racing I commission officials and represent atives of the town government dur- \ ing the two day session. All ex- j pressed satisfaction with the man ner in which the track is being op erated and said that they believe I that the people are still in favor of I the track. The only discordant note in the two days was struck by Vernon Guthrie of Morehead City who owns (500 shares of stock with his brother, Ixsroy. Mr. Guthrie said that he did not think it fair that ticket sellers | at the track be allowed to bet on the races. He said that, by knowing how many tickets have been sold qp daily double combinations, they pan buy tickets which have a chance for a larger payoff. When questioned about this, Mr. Cleland said that it is against the rules for track employees to bet but that he is sure some of them do bet. He said that it is almost impossible for the track to do any thing about the practice. Windmills first became common in Germany and the Netherlands in the 12th century. Telephone Rate Hike Appealed The attorney general's office Tuesday took what is probably the first step toward a court appeal in the Carolina Telephone and Tele graph company rate case. In a petition delivered that after noon, the attorney general asked the utilities commission to recon sider its decision to raise the com pany's local service rates by $537, 210 a year. It is expected that the request for a rehearing will be denied by the commission. It will then be up to the attorney general's office and representatives of 45 eastern North Carolina cities and towns to decide whether or not to appeal to su perior court. The increase granted two weeks ago in iii addition to $235,000 winch the company received in April in a general long distance toll increase. The commission said that the ex tra $772, 210 a year will allow the company a return of six per cent on its net investment. The company had asked for at least $2,150,000 per year and a 7.5 per cent return. I. Beverly Lake, assistant attor ney general who filed the petition for a rehearing, said that the at torney general contends that the utilities body made a number of errors in its order. I he petition says that no increase should have been allowed because the record shows that the company was already earning a lair return on its investment. The petition also claims that the commission erred in including in the rate base $4(>1.000 for cash working capital and thai the com mission included $1,300,000 too much for material and supplies. The telephones now in service gave the company $119,000 more than it needed for the six per cent return to which the commission says it is entitled, according to the petition. Dr. Lake said that if the attor ney general's office is held correct in its contentions approximately $334,000 of the increase "must be considered improper." A similar ccse has already been taken to the courts. A rate increase granted to the Southern Bell Tele phone company was protested by the attorney general, who appealed to Mecklenburg county superior court when the commission denied his request for a rehearing. Argu ments in the case are scheduled to begin Aug. H in Charlotte. Southern Bell was granted a rate increase of about $1,650,000 a year. The attorney general contends that no increase should have been allow ed and that, if anything was grant ed, i * should have been cut do*n considerably. Durable Schools Leadville, Colo. (AP) This min ing town, nearly two miles high in the Colorado Rockies, will have its first new school buildings this year since the high school was built in 1899. A junior high school and a grade school are being financed by a $700,000 bond issue voted last fall. T L VA A C ? ? nrov roioif nrai Hit County Friday A forest fire burned approxi mately 30 acres of land belonging to the International Paper com pany Friday, E M Foreman, coun ty forester, reported today. The fire was between Beaufort and the head of Wards creek. It was extinguished by the foreat fire crews in the county. On Friday night. Mr. Foreman said, two fires were set along the Markers Island road, but were caught before much damage wai done. Bay side Cow Tasted For Milk Production A Holstein -Friesian cow owned by Bayside Farm, Morehead City, produced 18,632 pounds of milk during a testing period of slightly less than one year, it was reported this week. The cow produced 546 pounds of butter fat. 16.632 pounds of milk during 355 days of two milkings daily. At the start of the test the cow was six and a half years old. Testing was supervised by N. C. State college department of ag riculture. Tnsuianci costs1 out tOUCVMOlDItt DO It THtOUOM MVIOCNM. S. A. CHALK, JR. Mutual Inturanca Agency Phone 6-4336 Flrst-Citixena Bank Bldf. Morehcad City "Savinga for Preferred Rialta" GREAT OAK BIFNDFO WHISKE'i $100 j $uoj l imm | M *??<. n% M* InM %Mk I | Aus^tfLcK?l8 1 YOU ARE NO SAFER THAN YOUR CAR! Your Chances Of Having an Accident Arc Greater In Summer With the tourist season in Carteret County in full swing, there are more cars on the highways and there are more chances of your being involved in an accident. Many will bo due to faulty brakes, defective steering gear, etc. Why not play it safe and have our dependable mechanics check your car while it is made ready for mid-summer driving. 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