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The Washington times., 1928-06-23
Was This TonsilIectony In Bag?

Already magnng have reached this edice of ntel
effect that Mr. had onsls removed solely
boxing bill which passed mouse
and lodged somewhere in of the of the
other house thereof
Significant that with amateur boxing IN vogue
will announcing to hereabouts
claim that Mr. Lake in to be cnsued because OF
absolutely gain for in the amateur box
ing business.
So those going with their
in the imply that Mr. Lakes tonl
ectomy "n the bag anything like that have little to DO as
Sullivan john OF the
opinion that Mr. wishes sacrifice his tonss the
altar boxing entirely his affair Let hear
more of such loose takl
The Washington times., 1928-06-23

next and barely missed another for
q birdie at the short thirteenth,
par hole. A fine drive. one of the
features of his play, left him with
a close lie in the faiFway. lie
might have got home with an iron
but he took a spoon and smothered
the shot, the effort finding down.
hill lie in trap. He cut the ball
out and it sailed into another trap,
from which he exploded on the
green and sank 9-foot putt.
AT the fifteenth he barely missed
a 4-footer for a birdie and the
same thing happened at the six
teentI, the ball stopping right on
the rim. He trapped his drive at
the home hole. played out safe. got
home with his third and missed his
first putt for a birdie by incnes.
His card:
Out ......... 4-a9
Bill Leach. of Philadelphia, final
~ shot his way into a tie for second
position with Ciuci. Each had a
total Of 219, Leach scoring 70.
Ed Dudley, competing unattached
from Los Angeles, startled the pop
ulace today by shooting 34-34-6S
for course record.
Dudley. unknown and unsung,
finished almost alone with sue
cession of pars and brides. Dud-
Iey's record round brought his total
to 224, we'll back in the first ten.
Dudleys card follows:
Out ......... sa4!34ss 4-$$44 70
Dudley not only finished in COM
parative privacy but he played
alone, accompanied officially only
by scorer. He was the sixty-fifth
survivor of the field and naturally.
found himself partnerless as he left
the first tee.
His round represented perfect
golf in every respect and perfect
putting in particular. He had five
one-putt green's and scored brides
at the fifth. seventh, eleventh and
eighteenth. Long puts got him only
pars at the first and second, the
young man getting off the line with
his approaches at both.
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al. c Eaton entry.
be- b. Mclean entry.
cAudley Farm entry.
dKeene!and Stud entry.
THIRD RACE-Three- year-olds and
upwards; claiming; purse, $1,400; lis
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NATIONAL LEAGUE

YESTERDAYS RESULTS
st. Louis, A.; Chicago. 1.
Pittsburgh. IL: Cincinnati, /.
other games postponed; rain
TODAY'S GAMES
New York at Philadelphia 1.-TWO games)
Brooklyn at Boston 1.-TWO games).
st. Louis at Chicago.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh.
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AND
HAIG ARE.
LIKELIEST
BY Tommy Armour
United states and Canadian Open
Golf Champion


Golf Champion
copyright. 1923. king Features
syndicate. Incl
OLYMPIA FIELDS, CHI
'CAGO, June %. After yester-
day ! play, it looks very much
as il the open championship Of
1923 rests between. Bobby.
Jones and Walter Hagen, with
the 1925 winner, Willie Nc
Farlane, sitting in a nice posi-
ton for a coup de grace.
Bobby II now leading the field
with q score OF LA for two rounds
and Hagen and MacFarlane are
tied for third, three strokes behind.
In between, two strokes back q
Bobby. are Bill Leach Of Phlladel-
phia and George Won Elm, the Tor.
mer amateur champion. While III
tire eroun with Hagen and MacFar-
lane is young Henry ciuci.
don't figure that either
Leach or Won Elm can catch
6NOUGif
Is due to get back on his dr1v.
ing and II he does, good night.
---
Today Bobby drove poorly. but
redeemed himself by some .of the
finest putting work have ever
seen done On benz greens. He was
little lucky to get in ahead OF the
rain which drenched Compston,
Sarazen. Young Ciuci,, Won Elm,
myself, and others. *
Nothing greater has even been
done in championship than what
Hagen did to keep himself In the
running today. Like Jones, Walter
has been playing bad golf but yet
scoring well, the real test Of
Today he went out in No. 20.
Terrible figures for course such
as this, but from the tenth hole on
played the most miraculous golf I
have ever heard OF
Playing the majority or his last
eight holes In q wind and rain that
drenched the greens and made Il
necessary to use d mashie TO putt
wiz in some cases, Walter went
tie distance In % strokes. four
under par.
1
He started with a. on the
tenth. Clipped In with masllie
on the III, hOled fOur-yard
mutt for his second birdie IN
row on the twelfth, dropped
3 ten-fOOt down hill mutt for
q birdie on the thirteenth
and then saved par on the
fourteenth by playing q WON
derfuI Intentional slice to the
green after driving into the
woods.
Perhaps the most pathetic thing
that Happened here today was the
COLLAPSE of Archie Compston. my
playing partner. For the first nine
holes Arches golf was perfect.
He got his pan A on the tenth to
stay on even terms with par for
that distance and then made q
complete ascension.
1T started when he took four
puts on the eleventh. That seemed
to upset him so badly that he
! didn't get a single par from then
on. 1t was a most unfortunate
thing, especially after that gorge
Gus start. / had rather looked on
Compston as a possible winner.
So far as my own game - con-
cerned. lost control OF my iron
shots and likewise I was not driv-
ing nearly as well MS yesterday.
Moreover, couldn't putt and when
you don't drive and can't putt
you've no chance no put in q good
score on this course.
The Washington times., 1928-06-23
BASEBALL
[)RIEFLY !
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yesterdays RESULTS
WASHINGTON, 1: Boston, 0.
st. Louis, 8; Detroit, 3.
Chicago, Z: Cleveland. 4.
PhiIadelphIa-New York ratn).
TODAY's GAMES
Philadelphia at WASHINGTON 1.-TWO
gamesb.
Boston at New York.
Cleveland at st. Louis.
Chicago at Detroit.
The Washington times., 1928-06-23
TiIden Defeats Hunter
In London Net Finals

LONDON. June 2S.--Bill Tilden
beat Francis T. Hunter, by 80.
"a, 81. in the singles finals oht
the London tennis championships
at Queens Club this afternoon,
The Washington times., 1928-06-23
LAInMlA ENTRIES

FIRST RACE-Three-year-ol and
upward; claiming; purse, s1,4Oo; 5h
furlongs
Canberra 1911 Governor Pratt los
Champ De Mars112 q A. r. Rensinger. -
Black 4FIier. 10al Flocanada .107
The Bat. Whisk Arrow. :. 1914
Rondelle ...... .110
SECOND RACE-Two-year-o fiiIies:
maidens; purse, $1.4O0; So furlongs.
star FCfwa rd .115l Belle of America. II 5
aPrint ess Donna. IL 81 aO,aop ...... lis
bBar lie Due. .115 Mary Gardner. 5
Polly Wells .115icMary McClain. II 5
super Rock. Anna ReaIl. lis
Never Tell. ..t15idSwee Genevieve. / 8
cMake n Wish lis Lady Assag ia. 116
Il 3aronina ..1I5E Zen Machree. LIS
bAshDurn Ia ssie. 115l Campmeat .....ll5
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

PHILADELPHIA AT WASHING TON scLoU
BOSTON AT NEW YORK. ....s.. cLoU
CHICAGO AT CLEVELAND.... Gle
DETRoIT+AT ST. LOUIS. ......e> Gle
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Cinci made only two mistakes in |
the last nine and, If some of his
ptseSs had gone down. jonas lead
might have evaporated into thin
air.
His first mistake came at the
tenth, where he pulled his approach
10 the left of the green and got a
b0zzard s. However, he sank a
.1D.foot putt for birdie 3 at the
The Washington times., 1928-01-14

WHEN the Germantown, PIliIa-
deIphia, community house was
burned little Dominic EspOsitO
aided policemen in saving more
than 100 children from the build.
ing. Two little girls were burned
to death.
The Washington times., 1928-01-14

England Carries On
Despite Flood
Busses Plow Through Surg
ing Riuers; Families
MoUe b. Boat
The Washington times., 1928-01-14
EXCLUSION Of
SN| TIL ASKED

The immediate exclusion OF SEN
ator.eIect Frank L. Smith tR) of IL
linois, viii be demanded in the Sen
ate today by the Reed slush fund
committee when it files its final re.
port on its investigation Of the I'LL
nois Senatorial primaries Of 1925.
There was every indication that
the Senate would approve the report
and thereby formally refuse to let
Smith take. his seat.
The exclusion demand WaAT writ.
ten into the report by Senator Reed
(D.l Of Missouri, chairman Of the
committee, and concurred tn by the
other members. The report marks
the end Of the committees work on
the Illinois inquiry. while the Sen
ate's action will definitely close the
case.
The Illinois slusn fund issue was
first brought before the Senate last
spring when Smith presented him
self for admission armed with cer-
tificate of appointment, signed by
Governor Small of Illinois, az the
successor to the late Senator Nc
Kinley, whom he defeated in the
primaries and who died before his
term expired.
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VICTORY IS
Z HOURS
AWAY

MITCHELL FIELD, N. y Jan
IA. RoaIning in q wide circle e IA
over this field, Clarence ChambeElin
famous transatlantic fIier and hts
companion, Roger Williams, COM
naercia1 aviator. were stin going
strong At 1912 today, at which time
they had completed so hours in tho
air In their attempt to establish
new endurance record for sustained
flight.
with the aviators i'll and lacking
food and with leaks in the EaD
tanks, the little Be1lancaB monoplAne
IN which the attempt il being
made. was circling over the field
1000 feet up, humnling along at
steady clip while little groups ce
spectators craned their necks ana
pulled for them To make IT,
Near Their Goal
sAt Pa this afternoon, tf they can
stay up. they win have passed the
present worlds record Of So hours
% minutes and 81 seconds ret by
the Germans last summer.
Chamberlin and Williams FOOD
supply is very low, having been
ruined when q leak III one Of the
tanks sprayed 1t with poisonous
ethyl gasoline. They have only
small supply of OvaItine ana q
few sandwiches that escaped the
gas. Their water supply, however,
still Is ample.
''Everytning D. X. " was the terss
note dropped from the plane today.
Last night they had cast out =
note explaining that leak had
developed III their gasoline and oil
tanks but nevertheless their feel
was holding out WELL Along toward
midnight they again reported AIS
wen. Fuel supply under estimate.
The latest news from the Tiers
greatly cheered the watchers ON the
ground, particularly the owner Qk
the nioncpIane, "a. M. MARITIME. Of
Yonkers
They'll make it. he predicted.
Before the German fliers estab-
lished the worlds record. Cham
berlin and Bert Acosta, noted pllots
set the endurance record. Tha9
was about i year ago, when Cham
berlin and Acosta stayed in the
air 81 hours, - minutes and ~
seconds
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BROKEN NECK IS.
FATAL TO BOY

Injured December II, while gath
ering Christmas holly, near his
fathers summer home At North
Beach. Nd, Francis Phillips. 20
years old, 1927 Ellicott St. N. W.
died today in Casualty Hospital from
broken neck.
The youth, together with some
friends. had gone where there was
q plentiful supply Of the desired
decoration and he had climbed q
tree in search Of some sprigs that
were loaded with berries, when he
lost his balance and fell to the
ground.
"A. resident of the resort brought
4he boy here and Drs. Gusts Hail.
Joseph d. Rogers, "A. M. Mcdonald
and Lawrence Murphy performed an
operation to relieve a blood clOG
caused by fractured vertebrate in the
neck.
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Be COME s
HAGCAR],
MOODY
,n4.rnational News servIee

Nv international News Service
PAINEsVILLE, Ohio, Jan. Ia
pale. haggard and nervous from
The strain she has undergone while
confined in the county jail here
FOR five weeks, velma Van Woert
west, under indictment for first
degree murder, in connection with
the Staying of Thomas Edward
West. her husband, at Perry. Ohio,
December S, today was causing
authorities much concern about
her condition.
IT will be happy IL I can keep
her strong until after the trial,
Sheriff Edward Rasmussen remarked
today. Hearing about the Ruth
Snyder and Judd Gray electrocution
: IN New York State has caused the
youthful widow to become moody
and disconsolate. Rasmussen be-.
feves This woman who was the
life" of a Cleveland bridge party
the night of the murder. and who
IL alleged to have coolIy confessed
to the crime, has lost the poise she
had maintained for several weeks,
Il IL said
Fear Breakdown
Mrs. Frank Nash, who is guarding
Velma at night. is a trained nurse. !
and she is watching the prisoner
closely for any symptoms of a.
complete breakdown, it is said
Francis w. Poulson and Richard
Bostwick. counsel for Mrs West,
confer with their client daily re-
garding plans for her defense.
Only one side of the case has
been heard as vet" Bostwick told
newspaper men. when all the facts
are made known, we feel confident
Velma West will be found to have
been justified in defending her life
the way she did. ]"
Her acts, following the episode
may serve to reflect improper mo.
G tives but 1t must be remembered
hers were the acts OF a girl OF 81.
struck with the horror of the situa.
ton. =
Played Bridge
Bostwick referred to Mrs. West's
flight from Perry, after her hus.
band had been beaten to death
with a hammer She motored to |
the home of a Cleveland girl chum,
where she played bridge until near
midnight. Sleeping at her chum's
home that night she calmly went
shopping with her mother. Mrs. T..
p. Van Woert. of East Cleveland,
the next day--the day Of her arrest.
Velma will be arraigned Monday
morning before Common Pleas
Judge A. G. Reynolds. when a date
will be set for the trial. following
her expected plea of not guilty
Lake County Prosecutor Seth
Paulin has repeatedly expressed his
intention of using every Effort to
send the accused woman to the
electric chair.
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by writing to the Chief Of Air Ser.
vice Mt the War Department IN
Washington could get enrolment
blanks and full information on the
course and its requirements.
His Great Desire
/ had always wanted to fly mod.
ern and powerful planes. Ever
since I had watched a group of
IA DeHavilands with their 400-horse-
the field at Lincoln in my flying
school days. had Ionged to fly
one of them. The Army offered
the only opportunity, for there were
no Liberty engines flying around
transforming. Consequently at the
hotel that night wrote my letter
to the Chief of Air Service. and a
few days later when received my
next mail forwarded from Min
neapoIis. q letter from Washinston
with the enrolment blanks was
included. The letter informed me
that a candidate must be between
20 and q years of age inclusive.
unmarried. of good physical com.
dition, and must have a high school
education or its equivalent.
The Message
/ completed and returned the
forms, and a short time later re-
ceived another message autnoriz-
ing me to appear before an ex,
aiming board at Chanute Field,
Rantoul, Ill, in January. 1924.
Toward the end of September I
began to work south. Cold weather
was coming on In Minnesota and
most people did not enjoy flying
in an open cockpit in winter.
[ transformed over into W:scon-
sin. but found that some one had
been carrying passengers for half
price there. / had always con-
formed to the rule in use among
most pilots at that time, of giving
a good ride for SIS. but not carry
ing anyone for less. So left
Southern Wisconsin and turned
toward Illinois. After taking off
decided to take in the international
air races at ST. Louis. which were
then in progress: so instead OF
sizing up each town l passed over
for it's passenger possibilities. l
flew toward st. Louis until the
gasoline ran low. then landed. took
on a fresh supply from passing
gas truck and pressed on to Cariin-
Vile, H. There / picked up more
fuel and SIS passenger for st.
Louis.
At the Races
As we neared Lambert Field,
where the races were being held.
we passed over the race course
while the bombers' contest was In
progress. / landed on hill east
OF Lambert in order to keep out OF
the way of the races, and waited
until evening before hopping over
and stalking my ship down at the
end Of one of the long rows or
civilian planes.
A large number of my old friends
were attending the races ana soon
after landing met Bud Quincy
who, together with one Of the fly'
ing students at Lincoln. had man"
aged to get to the races without
having a Pullman ticket. He had
brought his chute with him and
was entered in the parachute spot
landing contest. in which he was
to be the last attraction OF the
meet by staging a double drop.
In the evening after the races
were over for the day I carried
few messengers and looked over the
different types of planes. | would
have given the summers barnstorm-
ing profits gladly in return for
authority to fly some of the newer
types, ard determined to let
Continued on Page II, Column 81
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BY CHARLES A. LINDBERGH
Chanter VII

Chapter VII
Some weeks barely made ex-
penses, and on others / carried
passengers all week long at IS
each. On the whole ! was able
to make a fair profit in addition
to meeting expenses and deprecla-
ton.
One evening while was waiting
for chance passengers at a field in
Southern Minnesota. a car drove
up with several young fellows in
it. one of whom was graduate OF
the Army Air Service Training
Schools. He asked me why l did
not apply for enlistment as cadet
at Brooks Field and explained that
The Washington times., 1928-01-14
LiIldy's Own Story
WE

n the SIX preceding indictments Of "We Indy told
Of his first flight; Of his first ingOdlkng and parachute
jumping; Of his purchase Of secondhand plane; Of
his first solo flight; Of his first crash and his aerial trips
NTH his mother and father passengers.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY and folLOW II every
uueekdoy IN The Washington Times and Sundays in
The Wdshin0fon Herald.
The Washington times., 1928-01-14

Successful Diesel type motors
have been developed in Europe for
heavy trucks and tractors.
Evening star., 1928-03-09
straight Talks to Women About Money
By MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN.

fair play and honest Is as well of. A
child may learn more readily with his
playmates or under the self-imposed
discipline of boys order than at home.
II child becomes absorbingN inter-
ested In a science or art or anything
that is worth while a few pennies
should not cause parent concern. IN
yariably the interests Of childhood that
we're fostered and nurtured have grown
into the successes OF maturity.
Children require small pittances to
belong to clubs. to develop their inter-
ests and hobbies. and TO cultivate
friends and associations. These they
should have without stint. though with
moderation. Every mother cannot af-
ford 10 give as much as she would like.
but she may aid the child In earning
little weekly sum that will suffice.
Children who strike the path that
leads to development OF character and
capabilities may be seriously discourag-
ed II they are not helped along and
financed with pennies. characteristics.
abilities and interests that cost slight
sums now may be priceless In q short
while. No parent can well afford to
pass up such bargain.
Evening star., 1928-03-09
Generosity Mixed With Wisdom
By LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

them. 1t is when the things get to the
richt persons that any benefit OF the
things themselves Is had. The casting
aside or throwing away process. essen-
tial TO relieve house OF an accumula-
ton of stuff. can scarcely be called an
act Of generosity. In itself IT certainly
is not.
II the home maker gives time and
thought even to the distribution OF un-
wanted articles, an element of gen.
crosity enters in She is giving more
than the mere things themSelveS--She
Is giving something of herself in the
energy put into the hunting out of the
best channels through which to give
what she has to offer. or IN finding out
persons or families to whom the
articles should be given directly by her
herself.
What she wants now is not only the
space In her house that the articles ac-
cupy. but where to distribute wisely.
While generosity is not her primary ob.
ject. which really is the space created
by the elimination. nevertheless even
this sort of giving reacts to benefit both
the one who gives md the one who
gets. One gets room, The other gets
furniture. clothing. etc. 1t Is more on
the order of exchange than generosity.
Looked at in this light 1t seems almost
amusing lGI ttlc pNRSOiA NAAV HAtSS VIZ
wanted things to believe herself gen.
erous.
It is when the spirit Of true gener-
osity is back of the act Of giving that
ANYTHING more than fine exchange is
created. It is when the person who
gives is as happy in having a right place
to bestow what she has TO offer as the
person is happy to get 1t that blessing
exists. And this takes fine spirit IN
the recipient as well as in the giver
There is as much Of an art In accepting
graciously as in giving graciously.
The person who studies where TO give
what she has to offer will ma herSeli
longing to be able to give more. AND
with this desire comes also discrimina-
ton. Strange as 1t may seem to those
who appear 10 have little. 1t is abb
solutsly true that every one has some-
thing to give, even OF material things.
The poor are proverbially generous
II is thu, who truly know what lack
means. They give from q realization OF
what deprivation is. as well as the
blessing OF sharing what they have
Every one can share this blessing. when
the spirit as generosity is not one OF
elimination or of forced giving. 1t Is the
spirit Of generosity that should be cul-
tivated.
Evening star., 1928-03-09
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Saturday. March 10.

Adverse aspects are strong tomorrow.
according to astrology. which reads in
the stars mary thwarting possibilities.
1t is an unfavorable sway for seeking
employment or for soliciting business.
All who can arrange for week END
recreations will be wise, for the stars
frown on business activities.
Accidents may be unusually numer-
Gus. even for this time OF many street
perils. and all who motor should be
cautious.
There is fairly good sign for letter
writing. but lovers should beware of the
mighty pen.
Under this direction of the stars there
may be a tendency toward too much
talking Beware of garrulity.
Saturn and the coming eclipses are
to have q decided effect on Washing
ton pclitics.
Mexico will be Influenced by Neptune
and may suffer again from revolution
or international complications.
Persons whose birth date 1t Is may
meet with many brothers in the coming
year They have the promise of much
Joy, as well as more or less worry.
Evening star., 1928-03-09

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