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Evening star., 1928-06-07
aces Big Assignment Playing Stanford Following Other Big Games
FINN BEATS RECORD
FOR JAVELIN THROW

IELSINGFORS, Finland, June Up.
Among the Finnish athletic stars pre-
pairing for the Olympic games at AM
sterdam, one of the most sensational
performers is Pentila, who beat the
world record In the javelin throw with
a mark of .6734 meters (220 feet IL
1882 incheS).
The throw was made In tryout meet
held by the Kisa Veikot, the leading
light athletic club Of HelsingfOrs. 1t sur
passes the record of the Swedish ace,
Gunnar Lindstrom, who threw the
spear 66.62 meters (218 feet 67s inches)
for the world mark.
Pentila never has competed in the
Olympics, but Finland has won the
jayelin championships in the last two
meets through the prowess of Jonni
Myra.
Paavo Nurmi, the great distance run
ner and winner Of four Olympic races
in 1924. showed he is in good form by
again winning the national cross -coun-
try championship.
AS usual, Nurmi otherwise keeps
everything secret about his doings, but
his countrymen again expect astound-
ing running feats of him this season.
Evening star., 1928-06-07
MANY GREAT SPRINTERS
TO COMPETE In CHICAGO
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, June 7.--Twenty-two OF
the Nations leading sprinters will go
to their marks in the National Cole
giate track and field meet at Soldier
Field tomorrow and Saturday in an
elimination battle to determine entries
for the final Olympic tryouts at Harvard
i'm July. SeVenty-nine schools have en-
tered 333 of their best athletes.
TWenty-six men have run the 100
yard dash in less than 10 seconds
this season and all but four will com
pete here Bracy of Rice Institute of
Texas has the best time of the year,
having done :095 in the Texas relays.
He also won the event in the South
west Conference meet at :09.7 and no
time this year has he been clocked
slower than :09.8.
The Western Conferences best bet
appears to be George Simpson, the
Ohio State sophomore Speedster, who
stepped the century in :09.6 in the Ohio
relays and in :098 in the Big Tent meet
under adverse conditions. The Vests
Evening star., 1928-06-07
NOT LIKELY WEST POINT
ELEVEN CAN BE AT BEST
II l. Doubted Whether Sporting Considerations Die
tated Clash and Hinted That Political Reasons
Nav Have Figured

teur sport these days is very otter the
cover for many practical things-as
for instance, the trip Of Charley Pad
dock to California as means of en-
hancing gate receipts in the Olympic
trials on the West Coast on June l6.
It's all right of course. That is to
say. It is eXpedient: and the promoter.
athletic or otherwise, in this country
who isn't eXpedient is out of luck.
BY a physical miracle, effected chiefly
through the genius of Frank Wandle,
the Army trainer. the Army may meet
Stanford on December /. rearing TO go.
on edge mentally and physically. In
the interest Of an intersectional test So
important as this, it may be hoped that
this will be the case. But the writer for
one doubts it.
Evening star., 1928-06-07
HAHN TRAVELS so FAST
HE FOOLS HOME FOLKS

FALLS CITY, Nebr, June 7 (R).-
Lloyd Hahn, who runs, is Falls City's
first citizen" and is paradoxically,
the most difficult person here to keep
track of.
Hahn had been here for some time
and the townspeople thought he still
was in the home town until they read
press dispatches yesterday relating that
Hahn is in Boston, getting conditioned
for the Olympics.
Evening star., 1928-06-07
WALSH TO JOIN CHISOX.

PHILADELPHIA. June Z F1.--Ed
Walsh jr.. son of Big Ed Walsh, one
time famous pitcher for the Chicago
White Sox, here on tour with the Notre
Dame base ball team, announced that
he would join the Comiskey club at
the close of the Eastern tour.
Evening star., 1928-06-07
kAHANAM0kU PASSES
UP OLYMPIC GAMES

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. Calf, June T.
Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaiian SWIM
mer and outstanding figure In Americas S
swimming triumphs in the last three
Olympics, has announced that he has
abandoned his plans for a fourth trip
under Uncle Sans athletic banner. He
has signed a motion picture contract.
The Duke" was expected to be a
central figure in this years Olympic
games swims.
Although he has put behind him Is
years Of competition. the famous Ha-
waiian still ranks among the first in
swimming and was expected TO make
the team in the l00-meter event.
He won that race in the 1912 and
1920 games and took second to Johnny
WeiSSmuller in 1924.
Towing. FIR. 6-S-0-5. Central Auto Works
--AdyprtiSpmant
Evening star., 1928-06-07
BUsMEN NINE STRENGTHENS.

Richard Lyle, an outfielder, and
Thomas Harty. heavy-hitting infielder.
have been signed to strengthen A. B.
e. w. Busmen nine of Capital City
League, which will meet Woodbridge on
Sunday, at O'Clock, on Arlington dia-
mond. Busmen hope to shake their
present slump in this game
Evening star., 1928-06-07
S. A. SWIMMING MEET
DRAWING GOOD FIELD

Washington Swimming Club. Wash
ington Canoe Club, Central High School
and Wardman Park Swimming Club
have numerous entries in the South
Atlantic swimming and diving cham,
pionship and Olympic trial events. to-
be held in Wardman Park Hotel poo
on June Is
other organizations to be represented
include: Maryland Athletic Club, Col
legiate Club, Bay Shore Swimming Club
and Y. M. c. A. Of Baltimore and the
United States Naval Academy
1t Is planned to hold special race
in which the Naval Academy relay team
will be given an opportunity to lower
the world record.
Evening star., 1928-06-07
GYMNASTS IN TRYOUTS.

NEW YORK, June 7 (P).-Eighteen
star performers on gymnastic apparatus
will gather from all parts of the United
States for the final Olympic tryouts
at the Swiss Turn Hall, Union City,
N. T. Saturday. Eight of the competi-
tors will be selected TO represent this
country at Amsterdam.
Evening star., 1928-06-07
MISS ORCUTT WINS AGAIN.

MONTCLAIR, N. j., June 7 tP)--
Maureen Orcutt. 2l-year-old Engle-
wood. n. j., girl. has won the women's
Eastern golf championship for the sec
ond time Her total of 258 for the three
rounds of medal play led her nearest
opponent. Helen Payson of Portland,
Me by 8 strokes.
Evening star., 1928-06-07
u, S. SOCCER TEAM WINS.

BREMEN, June Z tP.-The American
Olympic soccer team, which was de-
feated in the first round scored 3-to-
. victory over the ''Werder Bremen"
team in an exhibition match here.
Evening star., 1928-06-07
Cutbill, Staging Comeback,
Is Running Mile Under 4:2O

Such jumping should get him into the
finals at the stadium on July 6 and T.,
as Hubbard will qualify in the West.
and Bates of Pennsylvania State and
Hamm of Georgia Tech have qualified
in college meets this Spring.
Evening star., 1928-06-07

CHICAGO. June lPl.-The firm OF
Pyle and Grange remains intact Harold
Red Grange has denied rumors that
he and c. c. Pyle. professional sports
had split.
Evening star., 1928-12-22

sold them around $1.40 quart box.
Oranges continued in liberal supply
during the week, but grapefruit was not
so plentiful the past few days. The
Florida fruit sold at prices ranging from
So. so to $4 most of the week, the Cali
fornia oranges, not so plentiful, selling
around SIS. No. l grapefruit sold at $4
Pineapples reached the local market
this week, many of them being too green
for ready consumption, and dealers
quoted them at Sc box. Fancy per-
simmons sold at SITS and So box.
Apples and bananas continued plenti-
full, prices depending upon size and
quality of the fruit.
Celery was the leader in the Vege-
table market this week, being In de-
mand for the Christmas dinner, sup
plies being from California and New
York Peas. product Of California
growers, have been much more plenti-
full the past few days, and were offered
at 81 and $475 a box.
Tomatoes are not very plentiful. The
supply during the week has been equal
to the demand, however, and prices
ranged from So for some in fair condi-
ton to Sc for choice stock Ohio hot
house tomatoes, 10-pound baskets, me-
dunn size, were quoted this morning at
$275 and So
There were practically no cucumbers
on sale this morning, due, it is stated,
/ to the Florida crop having been affected
| by frost. Very light receipts of egg
| plants and peppers, light supplies of
onions and squash, moderate supplies
of string beans, sninach and kale, and
liberal supplies of potatoes were re-
lported the past few days.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
MEDICAL BUILDING
IS DENIED WRIT
Court UphoIds Right of Zon-
ing Body to Confer With
Civic Groups.

The Zoning Commission of the Dis
tr1ct OF Columbia yesterday defended
its practice Of comforting with repre-
Sentatives of the Board of Trade and
other civic organizations on applica-
tionS for changes in coming matters.
and asserted that the result of these
conferences could have been learned on
inquiry and no attempt was made to
keep them secret.
The practice, the commission asserts,
serves double purpose of stimulating
interest in coming matters and keeping
the members Of the commission in touch
with the views of public-spirited citi-
zens interested in the progress, devel-
opment and Identification of Wash
ington.
The matter came up at hearing be-
fore Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford
of the District Supreme Court on an
unsuccessful application for mandamus
brought by the Columbia Medical Build
ing Corporation to compel rehearing
of its application for permission to
change from 80 to 10 feet the height
Of its building at Nineteenth and I
streets. The commission had granted
public hearing and no opposition had
appeared But, according to Attorney
Frederick A. Fenning, former District
Commissioner, who appeared for the
company, the members of the commits
sion then heard secretly reports from
committees of four local organizations.
including the Board of Trade, who op-
posed the change in height. which was
not made known to the applicant.
Through Assistant Corporation Coun-
sci Frank H. Stephens the commission
declared its proceeding was regular and
no attempt at secrecy was had, because
Mr. Fenning could have learned of the
opposition by merely asking.
Justice Stafford ruled that since the
company was not being deprived of any
right by the action of the commission,
but was merely seeking special privi-
lege to be excluded from the operation
of the present zoning Of the locality, it
was not entitled to public hearing.
If the commission had given public
hearing, as matter of grace, the COM
pany had no standing to ask for re-
hearing. The court intimated that if
there had been right to a public
hearing he might have held that all
objections should have been heard in
public.
Attorney Fenning noted an appeal to
| the Court of Appeals after Justice STAFF
| ford had dismissed the application for
| the writ of mandamus.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
TODAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

NatiOnal-"The Beaux Stratagem, -
comedy, at 2;20 and 800 pm.
BeIaseO-"Irene," musical comedy, at
230 and $50 pm.
Wardman Park-"One Night in Beth
lehem," at 2:30 pm,
Strand-"Reco Breakers" burlesque,
at 2:l5 and 3:15 nm.
MetrOpoIitan-'Th Haunted House,
photoplay, at 1850 am: 1:50, $50,
$50, 7:50, $50 pm.
PaIace-"The Woman from Moscow ''
at 11:10 am, lao, 1855, $40, TAO,
$50 pm.
Fox-"Prep and Pep" continuous
from II am to IL pm.
EarIe-"What a Night" at 11:40 am,
las, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45, GAS pm.
COlumbia-"A Woman of Affairs" at
IL am, 1880, 800. 500, 7:10. 9;25 pm
mbassador-"Power," at 2:20, 4:25,
6:25, $40 and $50 pm.
Beggars of Life" at 2, 4,
5:55, 7:45 and $50 pm.
Steamboat Bill, Jr.," at
1890, 2, $3.50, S, $50, and $50 pm
Little Theater-"S "Siegfried," at 1880,
$3.50, $50, 1880 and 93o pm.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
TEST CARS TO HUNT
RADIO HETERODYNE
Six Autos to Take Road Next
Month to Trace "Wave-
WobbIing" Stations.
BY MARTIN CODEL.

Some time next month a fleet of
high-poWered test cars of the Depart
ment of Commerce, newly equipped un-
der its own specifications, will take the
road on the trail of the elusive hetero-
dyne. Six automobiles, each a self-con-
tanned monitoring laboratory, will work
out of Baltimore, Detrotit, Kansas City,
Atlanta, Dallas and San Francisco to
check up the wave lengths and powers
of the Nations broadcasting stations.
William D. Terrell. Federal supervisor
of radio, announced today that the fire.
Quency monitoring and field-strength
measuring devices now being built Spe-
cially for the Governments radio in
Spection service are nearing completion
in the Westinghouse plant at Spring
field, Mass. One of the test cars is
there now, being used for model in
Stallation.
Three of the cars are in Detroit.
where the apparatus will be installed,
under the direction of Supervisor S. w.
Edwards. One car is at Atlanta and
another at San Francisco. Field
strength apparatus for measuring the
power output of station has already
been installed in the latter. Each car
will be manned by two inspectors.
The plan is to keep one of the cars
in Detroit and in January dispatch the
others to their headquarters points, ac-
cording to Mr.. Terrell. The Detroit
office has been using test car since
1925. The new installations are really
refinements of this original model, based
on the experience of the inspectors
working under Supervisor Edwards.
While the supervisory force of the
Department of Commerce Is preparing
to lend more active aid in the task of
keeping broadcaSting stations within
their licensed bounds, the Federal radio
commission is again threatening drastic
action against persistent violators of the
wave -Wobbling" regulation. This is the
rule that stations may not vary more
than half kilocycle from their assigned
wave lengths in order to prevent inter-
ference on neighboring channels.
The commission today cited three
more stations for wave deviations
checked by the Department of Com
merce district supervisors. These sta
tions, it was announced must appear
before the commission and explain why
they cannot keep their tranSmitters on
frequency. The hearings will be held
soon, inasmuch as the next license re-
newal date is February /.
The three stations newly cited are
KGTT. San Francisco; KOL, Seattle
and WCLB, Long Beach, Calf. Others
previously cited are WIBS, Elizabeth,
N. j.; WKBO, Jersey City; WSGH-
WSDA, New York: KPQ, Seattle;
KFQW, Seattle, and KPCB, Seattle. The
commission has threatened to deny new
licenses to all Of these stations.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
BABES IN TOYLAND' |
ON WRC TONIGHT |
JessiCa Dragonette and Colin
O'More to Sing Leading
Opera Roles.

Victor Herbert's musical extravangaza,
Babes in Toyland," and another con-
cert by the National Symphony Orches-
ira under the direction of Walter DAM
rosch are the principal offerings to-
night of WRC.
The operetta will be broadcast as the
Philco hour attraction from to 10
o'clock, and the symphony concert will
precede 1t. Jessica Dragonette and
Colin O'More have the leading roles.
WRC's program also will have a
Christmas atmosphere tonight. Aside
from the weekly Bible talk which will
be devoted to "A Christmas Message
a special program of Christmas carols
by the choir of st. Johns Church will
be broadcast from tbs to 7:45 o'clock.
The Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra
will devote a major portion of its pro-
gram to Scotch music. There will,
however, be a fair sprinkling of popular
Broadway tunes.
With the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
tenn observing its usual Saturday off
day, WMAL's entire program tonight
will be made up of local features. The
outstanding attractions will be a pro-
gram of Christmas carols by the Mad
rigal Singers and another program of
carols by pupils of the public schools of
Alexandria, Va.
One of the two speeches scheduled
by WMAL will be made by Charles j.
Bell, chairman of the budget commit
tee of the Washington Community
Chest. His topic is, Launching Wash
ington's Community Chest"
An old-time barn dance and radio
revue, which will run continuously from
9:15 pm. to ! am, headlines the pro-
gram of WJSV. All of this stations
regular staff artists will take part with
Old KING Tut acting as master of cere-
monies
The earlier part of the program in
cludes talks by Representative McKeoWn
Of Oklahoma and Charles I. Stengle.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
HINES SENDS GREETING
TO DISABLED VETERANS
Christmas Message Expresses
"Gratitude" to Ex-Service
Men and Women.

The gratitude" of a Nation is ex-
pressed by Director Frank T. Hines of
the U. S. Veterans Bureau to all dis
abled ex-service men and women in his
annual Christmas greetings.
The message is as follows: "a very
merry Christmas indeed to all disabled
ex-service men and women, wherever
you are today! To each and all, for
the new year, little more of comfort
and happiness, greater increase. OF
health and always the knowledge that
so long as your need endures there shall
be no diminution in solicitude or serv-
ice in your behalf that its rendering is
not a gesture of duty but a manifesto
ton of acknowledgment and gratitude
from the Nation you have served so we'll
and at such cost to yourselves.
Merry Christmas to each-a glad
New Year-God bless you'll"
Evening star., 1928-12-22
Lieut.. Lundgren Resigns.

Resignation of First Lieut. Rupert
w. Lundgren, Army Medical Corps, at
Carlisle Barracks, Pa, has been ac-
cepted by the President. Lieut. Lund-
gren is from Nebraska and entered the
Army In october, 1926.
Evening star., 1928-12-22

Shrimp, caught in Florida waters, found
ready sale at 25 cents, the cooked sup
plies selling at so cents. CLANS were
plentiful the past few days at $l.oo
per 100
Canadian smelts were among the
frozen fish received and offered the
trade. They proved good sellers at 20
cents a pound. Frozen Boston mackerel
was offered at Is cents, frozen hallbut
at 18 cents and frozen salmon at rs
cents.
Founders. received from Boston and
points of the Chesapeake Bay, found
ready sale, the small fish selling at Z
cents and the larger ones at 18 cents
a pound. Cod was quoted at 10 cents,
pollock at cents and haddock at Z
cents pound. Fillet of haddock sold
at 20 cents a pound throughout the
week
Lower Potomac River netters fur
nished the local market fairly large
quantities Of white and yellow perch,
carp and catfish. Yellow perch and
carp were quoted at 20 cents, white
perch at Is cents and catfish at 10
cents pound.
Receipts from North Carolina shippers
| included a few trout, the small ones
selling at Is cents and the larger ones
small croakers and spots also were re-
ceived from North Carolina. The king
fish brought 1914 cents.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Supplies of fruits and vegetables for
the Christmas holiday trade are unusu-
ally attractive Displays OF fruits in
cluded oranges, apples, tangerines,
pears, papaya, persimmons, grapefruit
honeydews, grapes, casabas and pine
apples.
Grapes, much more plentiful than
usual at this season, were offered the
retail trade around 81 and $3.50 box
They are of exceptionally fine quality
according to dealers, and proved g
fairly good seller. Dealers also hao
small quantities of imported grapes, but
wholesale prices were not quoted.
Small quantities of strawberries from
Florida were offered. There was no de-
nand for the berries. however. ane
there were so few received that whole
sale prices were not quoted. Retsii@F'
Evening star., 1928-12-22

In any English town the amount of
rubbish dealt with yearly averages 234
tons for each 1000 people or, roughly,
ton for each house. n
Evening star., 1928-12-22
434.5-NAA-690.
washington Navy Yard

434.5-NAA-690.
washington Navy Yard.
345-Weather Bureau reports.
9:55-Arlington time signals.
10 :05-Weathcr Bureau reports.
22S.9-WOL-1,S10.
(American Broadcasting Co..
5:45-The Town Crier.
6:00-Dinner concert.
$50 to 7:00-Request program.
10 100 to IL :00-Dance music.
205.4-WJSV-1.460.
Independent Publishing Co..
7:00-Talk by Charles I. Stengle.
7:30-Old King Tut. banioist.
8:00-Talk by Representative Nc
Keown of Oklahoma.
3:30-Piano recital.
9:00-Taik by George Lends.
9:I5-Barn dance and radio revue,
continuing to l am.
1:00a-Weather report.
475.9-WMAL-63O
washington Radio FOrum.)
6:50-"Where to Eat and Why" by
the Chef
7:00-Thirty Club.
7:I5-Phil Hayden and Helen Kenny,
entertainers.
7:30-Correct time.
7:31-Radio Joe and his Budget Boys.
8:00-"Launching Washingtons Com
munity Chest" by Charles j..
Bell
8:15-Gertrude E. Dyre, pianist.
8:30-Chevrolet presentation.
8:35-Christmas carols by pupils of the
Evening star., 1928-12-22

272.6-WPG Atlantic City-1,1OO
8:00-News; concert orchestra.
8:45-Musical.
9:15-Concert orchestra.
10:00-Dance music.
11:00-Music; dance hour.
282.S-WBAL Baltimore-1,O6O
6:30-Dinner music.
| 7:45-Talk on business.
8:00-Tenor and Xylophonist.
8:30-WBAL ensemble.
9:00-Light opera hour.
10:00-The Pattersons.
256.3-WCAU Philadelphia-1,17
6:00-Gospel sing; movie; sports.
6:30-Orchestra
7:30-Jewish world program.
8:00-Daily news hour.
9:00-Grenadiers; Musical Chefs.
10:00-Dance music and news.
3O5.9-KDKA Pittsburgh-9sO
INSTRUMENTATION hour.
6:30-Dinner concert.
7:00-Educational; Radio Club
7:30-Literature; talk on business.
8:00-Godfrey Ludlow.
8:30-WJz programs.
9:00-Light opera hour.
10:35-Dance hour.
26O.7-WHAM Rochester-l,15O
3:30-Demonstration hour
6:30-Dnner music.
6:55-Theater party
8:30-Newscasting; studio.
9:00-Light opera hour
10:00-Organ; news; dance.
379.5-WGY Schenectady-790
! 7:00-Spitalny's music.
7:30-MuSical program.
educational orchestra.
9:00-WEAF programs.
10:00-Tunes of Broadway.
11:00-Dance music.
3O2.S-WBZ Springfield-990
:30-Demonstration hour.
6:00-Organ recital.
6:30-Santa Claus.
7:00-Orchestras: talk.
8:30-The Music Lovers.
9:00-Light opera hour.
! 10:00-Sports; Loew's orchestra.
THERN
9:00-Light opera hour.
l0:O0-Tunes of Broadway.
:00-Greater Louisville Entertainers
461.3-WSM NashvilIe-65O
7:3O-Newscasting; DR.. Klein.
8:30-Craig's orchestra.
9:00-Barn dance features.
12:15a-Songs and stories.
27O.1-WRVA RichmOnd-1,11O
6:00-Christmas program; orchestra.
7:30-Orchestra
8:00-Corn Cob Pipe Club.
9:00-Talk; News Leader program.
1O:10-To be announced.
12:00-Request organ recital
25S5-WWVA Wheeling-1,16O
2:0O-Matine program.
II :00-Mountaine Club.
STRAL
8:0O-Orchestra Mansfield & Lee.
9:00-Light opera hour.
10:00-Hawaiians; Lucille & Mary.
10:30-Singers.
1l:00-Dance hour.
2sO.2-WTAM-WEAR Cleveland-1,O7
6:OO-Orchestra; feature program.
7:00-Latest in jazz.
7:30-Genia Fonariova,
8:00-National orchestra.
9:00-Old Timers.
10:00-Tunes of Broadway.
11:00-Ponce Sisters; dance.
39S.S-WCX-WJR Detroit-75O
6:O0-OrcheStra; dinner music.
7:O0-Baritone: music; talk.
7:30-Thirty Minutes from Broadway
8O0-Dance; concert trio.
9:00-Light opera hour.
00-Cotton Pickers.
II 00-Amos; news; dance music.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
OLD BICYCLE "GARAGE"
WILL BE REM0DELED
Treasury Department Building
Will Be Used for Storage of
Samples by U. s.

The old bicycle shed at the Treasury
Department, where in earlier days en-
ployes used to park their bicycles in
racks, will give way soon to a room for
storage of samples of building materials
for the Federal building program.
This developed yesterday when con-
tract was awarded to the j. George
Beusel Co. of Baltimore for remodeling
the shed. The bid was $6,66l, the low
est of nine.
The shed used to be full OF bicycles in
days when many employees rode their
wheels" to work, but for several years
few bicycles have been placed there.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
Child Dies From Scalding.

Four-year- Robert Hughes, COL
ored, 737 Fourth street, who accidental
ly fell into tub of hot water while
playing in his home Wednesday after
noon died at Children's Hospital yes
terday. His death was reported to the
coroner.
Evening star., 1928-12-22
D. c. Youth Named to West Point.

The President has appointed Roder-
lex M O'Connor, 206 Maryland avenue
northeast, this city, cadet-at-large at
the West Point Military Academy, sub
ject to qualification at the entrance
examination in March.