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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
PARDONS RUMORED
ON SPANISH REBELS
Trial Judges Ponder Verdict
After Zamora Takes Stand
in Madrid.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Madrid, March 2l.-The judges in
the court-martial trial of Alcala Ia
mora and the civilian Republican
leaders charged with participation In
the December revolution we're consider
ing their verdict tonight.
AS the trial entered its last stages
today the result seemed to be a fore
gone concluSion-short prison SEN
fences for any of those convicted and
q royal pardon soon for all. It was
considered possible some of the civilian
leaders might be acquitted entirely
Severe punishment, If meted out, 1t
was believed, might provoke grave ma
tion-wide protests which would imperil
the government.
Victoria Kent, woman lawyer, who is
defending one of the accused, submit
ted defense analogous to that pre-
sented by the other attorneys, reiterar-
ing that the movement had been of
a political character and declaring 1t
prevented the possibility of a Com
munist revolt. She also made the
point brought up by another of the
defense attorneys that the present
Spanish government Is illegally con-
stituted and without the powers of
prosecution.
The other defense attorney who
questioned the governments legality
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
Police Veterans
Seek Washington
Personality Girl
Trip Around World Offer
ed to Young Woman Get.
ting Most Contest Votes.

Who Is the girl with the most charm
ing personality in the District of Co
lumbfa?
War veterans of the Washington po-
lice force are seeking an answer to this
question and are conducting contest
to find out. Police Post, No. 20, of the
American Legion is going to give a
trip around the world to the girl, or
woman who accumulates the most
votes from her well-wishers between
now and June.
The personality girl will be crowned
Miss Columbia" at a gala mardi gras
ball at the Shoreham Hotel on the eve
ming Of June 6. Runners-up in the COM
petition will be awarded an array of
prizes, including a visit to California
Funds are being raised through the
sale of tickets to the ball.
Members of the police post are al
ready busy securing nominations and
arousing interest in the contest. The
post, the youngest in the city, was or
ganized only two months ago and has
already 1856 members
William H. McGrath, post COM
mander, is serving as chairman of the
committee arranging the personality
contest. Assurance of the support of the
members of other Legion posts and bust
ness men has been received,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
BAR WILL DISCUSS
PAY SCALE PLANS
Proposed Classification Law
to Be Taken Up by Federal
Attorneys.

The classification law proposed by the
Personnel Classification Board will be
discussed at meeting of the executive
council of the Federal Bar Association,
to be held in the Interior Department
on Friday evening.
Scheduled to convene at 8 o'clock,
the meeting will devote attention to
the proposed changes, being studied by
a committee headed by Charles w.
Flora. An announcement last night by
the Associations secretary, Ralph G..
Cornell, said that the changes will be
based upon a thorough study of the
comparative wages paid by private en-
ployers and those pad by the Govern
nlent.
Study Triangle Parking.
The associations Executive Commit
tee has been requested to take meas
ures to obtain adequate provisions for
parking in the triangle and 1t has been
advised. Mr.. Cornell said, that great
congestion will exist unless provisions
are made for parking cars on the top Of
new buildings or underground
William f. Valance, association
president, announced that Committee
on Nominations and Elections has been
appointed to conduct the ELECTION Of
officers to be held May IL. Tie COM
mittee consists of Charles B. Rugg
Assistant Attorney General, Department
Of Justice, as chairman; Rowland s.
Dyer. special attorney in the Bureau of
internal Revenue, Treasury Depart
ment. and William E. Reese, General
Accounting Office attorney.
New Association Members.
Mr.. Cornell said the following law
yers in the Government service have
been elected recently to membership in
the association:
Mary M Connolly, attorney. Veterans
administration, administrators office;
Adelbert Christy, head, appeals and re-
view section, Treasury Department;
Edward F. Voris, member, appeals and
review section, Treasury Department;
AmaSa James Ward, special attorney,
Treasury Department: Ralph j. Lut-
trell, assistant attorney Agriculture
Department; Percy j. Osterhoudt, at
torney and accountant, Treasury De-
partment; James H. Graves, section
chief, Commerce Department; Lionel
A. Norman, attorney, Treasury Depart
ment; Blanton Winship, Judge advocate
general, War Department; Frank ].
Ready, jr, special attorney, Treasury
Department; Clarence o. Webb, attor-
ney, Treasury Department; Eulan /.
Snyder, attorney, Navy Department:
George H. Southland. Sd, junior patent
examiner, Commerce Department;
Frank G. Choate, attorney and ac-
countant, Treasury Department; Frede-
ertck T. johnson, special attorney.
Treasury Department; Charles z. Lusby.
examiner, Commerce Department. Ar
thur w. Dew. associate examiner. Com
meTce Department: Charles B. Lingam-
felter, attorney, Treasury Department:
Charles H. Curl, special attorney. Blu
reau Internal Revenue; George r.
Sheriff, special attorney, Treasury De-
parment. and Ralph S. Clinton, as
sistant chief Of divisions B." Interior
Department
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

was Prof. Luis Jimenez Asua. Declar-
ing that Spain was under . tyranny,
he said that when the monarchy went
beyond It's constitutional bounds 1T
did not deserve any respect"
Gen. Burguete, president OF the court,
violently rang his bell. Undaunted.
Asua continued to charge that neither
Primo de Rivera nor Berenguer nor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
TWO WOMEN HELD
IN DRUG RING RAID
To- Year-0Id Painter Also Ar.
rested in Alleged PeddIing
of Herein.

Six months of intensive investiga-
ton by Federal narcotic agents and
headquarters detectives resulted yester-
day In the arrest of three persons and
the smashing of an alleged drug ring,
said to have been supplying Washing
ton addicts with dope Struggled through
the mails from New York.
Two women, Miss Anna Reed, 43
years old, 625 Massachusetts avenue,
and Marian Margaret Echles, 80 years
old, of 1902 Four and-a-half street
southwest, were arrested, as was Will
liam G. Davis, 76-year-old painter. who
also gave his address as 625 Massachu-
sets avenue. All are being held for
alleged violation of the Harrison act.
The investigators are holding as evil
dence small quantity of heroin, which
they said was seized when 1t came
through the mail from New York. The
dope is valued at $500.
Following the arrest of the trio, the
Federal agents requested police in New
York to aid in tracing the source of
the shipments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

Azar constituted q legal government.
Asua would not be stilled although the
president continued 70 ring his bell.
zamora himself, taking the stand un-
expectedly, admitted he had signed a
proclamation Of the republic, hut said
ne was not responsible for the print
ing OF the proclamation and therefore
was not guilty of the act of revolution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
GUEST AT BALL.
Mrs. Robert E. Lee, Sd, Honored BY
Manassas Association.

Mrs: Robert E. Lee, Sd, and Mrs,
Patrick J. Hurley, wife of the Secre-
tary Oh war, were guests of honor at
the annual ball Of the Manassas Battle
field Association and Southern Memo
rial Association at the Willard Hotel
last Thursday.
Dancing and concert by the BOYS
Independent Band, which win journey
70 the Southern Confederate reunion
at Montgomery Ala, June 3. rounded
out the entertainment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
BECOME "SHELLBACKS"
d. c. Man One of Two Crossing
Equator Twice on Maneuvers.

Ensign j. R. Lee of 1868 Euclid street
and Lieut. (Junior Grade w. v. Saun-
ders of Toledo, Ohio, are now known as
''shellbackS of the air." because they re-
Gently crossed the Equator twice during
feet exercises, in their observation planes
from the light cruiser u. S. S. Milwau-
kee. With this distinction gees the
winged-turtle design with one chevron.
The two flights occurred when the
Milwaukee was Erected to reconnoiter
the Galapagos Islands, CTS miles west
of the coast of Ecuador, and word of
this novelty reached the Navy Depart
ment Yesterday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

Because of the large whale catch in
the Antarctic, one expedition recently
shipped full cargo of whale oil to Nor
way in a special tanker chartered for
the purpose,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-16
|MACK'S PITCHERS WON PENNANT FOR
 A'SLAST SEASON

Chicago, Dec 1s-(UP)- The real reason why the Philadelphia Athletics won the 1881 American league pennant, revealed in official records announced today, was the amazing earned run average of the clubs pitchers.
 The Athletics entire staff allow ed but BAT earned runs per game,
 Robert M. Grove with a record of 31 victories and 4 defeats, made the finest record of any southpaw in the American league history:
 What A Twirler.
 Groves winning percentage of .S86 was the highest in the majors since 1900: Grove was the first pitcher to win 30 games since Jim -Bagby, Cleveland, won .31 and lost 12 in 1919. He is listed with Bag by and Jeff Chesbro, New York (1904), Ed Walsh, Chicago (190Oi Joe Wood, Boston (1911), and Walter Johnson, Wash n gton (19l2) as the only American league hurlers to win 30 or more games in a season.
 The southpaw led the league ir earned runs per game with 2.0s and in strikeouts with 175. He was second in number of innings pitched, 289, to his team mate Geoyge Walberg, who worked 291
 In seven seasons with the As Grove has won 146 games and lost 61, an average of .705.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-16
BRASS TOPS CHASE | AND CLOCK TRIMS
 | BARREL IN Y TILTS

With Johnny Dunn dropping in four field goals and five free awards, Paul Mulcahy's Brass cag- CTS scored their second consecutive league triumph last night at the Central Y defeating Chase 38 to 34, in an interesting game headlin- ing the Dusty League twin bill which attracted another large crowd. George Schmidt's Checkers swamped the Farrel entry, 40 to in the opener.
 Dunn Does Damage
 The Brass started off facing Chase's zone defense which was as valuable to the red and white striped jersey outfit as paper to a match. Dunn broke the ice with two field goals which put the de- lending champs into the lead which they held throughout. Chase final ly wised up in the second period and shifted to man to man de- fense. Chase staged last quarter rally, but careless passing kept them from knotting the count. The score:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-16
CREENLEAF YET
 TOBE BEATEN IN POOL TOURNAMENT

Philadelphia. Dec 16-(UP) - Ralph Greenleaf. of New York, a strong favorite to win the title in this years world championship pocket billiards tournament held a new record today in the history of the sport.
 He established that record by defeating Andrew Ponzi, of Phila- delphia, last night. running out his count of 125 while the Philar delphian still owed the table 14 balls. The victory was Greenleaf's seventh without a defeat.
 Former Champ Beaten.
 George Kelly, of Philadelphia, defeated Frank Taberski. of Schc- nectady, N. Y, 125 to 35, thus re- taining second position in the tour. nanent with seven victories and two defeats. Spencer Livsey. of Los Angeles defeated Al Miller, of Racine, Wis, |125 to S6, and Bennie Allen. of Kansas City, Mo-, defeated Johnny Layton of Sedalia, Mo-, 125 to S6.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-16
Did Cardinals Or Cubs Get The Best OF Wilson Deal
City Hoop League
 Gets Good Start

Managers of City Amateur League basketball teams were in- formed last evening that financial success has attended both sets of Sunday afternoon games played
 during the past two weeks, while the players have been supplying
 some first class hoop entertain ment. Last Sunday, the league Cleared about $36 above expenses,
 total receipts reaching s104.s0, Treasurer Matt Dunphy's report indicated.
 Jake" vreeland and Tommy "Chick" Carney will do the 0fiici-
 ating next Sunday, league man. agers voted. These men have ap- plications on hand for work in the league this season and will be giv- en a chance to show what they can do Sunday afternoon. Vree- land will handle the Thomas Club Darlington game at 2:30 o'clock, while Carney Is to referee the Washington Hill-Naugatuck Em- erald contest an hour later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-16


 The main echo to the trade from such widely-separated points as New York and Los Angeles is:
 The Cardinals got all the better of the deal, and that the Cubs got a belligerent pitcher who has de- signs on Manager Rogers Horn sby's managerial job.
 Season Will Tell
 Only 154 games from April down the stretch to September will tell whether San Breadon and Branch Hickey outsmarted Will liam Veeck and Rogers Hornsby, but just to keep the records straight it should be told just what the facts were behind this deal.
 The Cubs had an unruly outa fielder who drew a salary of $37,- 5G0, broke training rules and robbed potential pennant con- tender of the punch 1t had every reason to expect after a batting average of .356 in 193O.
 For the best interests of the Cubs, they had to sacrifice Wilson for whatever they could get for III tHS cdEly SIdSCS OL ShC dickering for Wilson the offers weren't much. One club even sug- gested they would take Wilson for the waiver price of $4,600. Another club offered two players who were sent to the minors the next day.
 Sudden Move
 Unexpectedly the Cardinals said they might take Wilson and nego- In AnolIv orn1rnA fn the point where 1t was revealed that St Louis had a player it would te very glad to lose because he Is growing old and is very high priced.
 When Hornsby learned the play CT was Burleigh Grimes, the trade was as good as made as far as the Cubs manager was concerned. He readily agreed to toss in Bud Teachout, young southpaw, when he learned that Breadon regarded Teachout as a good prospect.
 Furthermore 1t Is possible the Cubs pitched in some cash for good measure just to get Crimes.
 Out in LOS Angeles and in other places, the question has been asked: What do the Cubs want NirlT1eS TOT
 The simplest answer is that the Cubs wanted Grimes because they want to win the 1882 pernant, and Hornsby believes Grimes will help them do it. Grimes is made to or der for Hornsby's 1892 plans.
 In many ways Hornsby isn't when you least expect it. One xt,hu TIArrnhxy xya nd Grimes was because Burleigh beat the Cubs times without defeat last season, and in the past five the Cubs while losing 5.
 Funny Stories
 As for the well-circulated but groundless rumor that Hornsby and Grimes do not mix, are un- friendly and likely to have dis cordant arguments, 1t can be best settled by the fact that the vet eran pitcher was at his best when Hornsby managed the New York Giants, in the absence of John J. McGraw, who was Ill during the latter part of 1927.
 It was Crimes pitching during the stretch that kept the Giants in the pennant fight.
 Then when Grimes was with Boston in 1890, before he was traded to the Cardinals, he came to Hornsby and asked him to try and made a deal to bring him to Cubs.
 Love to Win
 Hornsby and Grimes aren't life- long pals, but they have one out standing characteristic that binds them together: They like to win:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-16
HOOPMEN MEET TORRINCTON
 FRIDAY EVENING
Special to the Democrat)

tSpeClAh 10 tne DenOcF1tD
 Bristol, Dec 16--The :ristol High school basketball l. will meet Torrington High at tne State Armory on Center street, Friday evening preceded by preliminary slated to get under way at 1880 a'clock. The Monahanmen opened their season with unimpressive win over Terryville by 24-13 score and opened their Central Connecticut Interscholastic league last Friday evening in East Hart ford by taking the McGrathmen into camp by a 24-1S score.
 Coogan to OfRciate
 The reason that the local con- tingent has failed to run up any high scores to date is due, mostly, to a strenuous football campaign in which they failed to lose out of ten straight games. Four of the chalked court performers with the locals this year were regulars on the football team including many from the reserve squad. Coach Monahan'sh selection to start in the coming fracas with the Carey men will be chosen from Captain "Dikes" Hall, Gurske, LaPonte. Greene, Palau. Marro and Utke. The game is being played in the State Armory instead of the high school gymnasium because of the seating capacity in the huge drill shed, and will be officiated by Coogan.
 Schedule
 The rest of the schedule is as follows: Dec 20, Alumni at home; 1; Jan 1, South Manchester at home. Jan 8, West Hartford. away; Jan 15, Middletown, away; Jan 22, Meridian at home; Jan 29, East Hartford at home; Feb 5, South Manchester, away; Feb 1G Weav.- CT, away; Feb 12, West Hartford at home; Feb 19, Middletown at home, Feb 22, Torrington. away; Feb 26, Weaver at home; March 4, Geriden, away.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-16
Wilby and Danbury
 Meet Friday Eve

Undismayed by the two point loss suffered by his team in their first start this season, Coach Jim my Lee of Wilby High school .e making plans to win his second contest with Danbury High Friday evening by such a decisive margin that those in. attendance will be convinced that Wilby is going places this year. All that is need- ed is a good, heady pivot man who knows what the game is about, and the team will be ready to go and win plenty of contests. Joe Bagley, Jr, is expected to be a candidate for the post within a week or two, or as soon as he gets on speaking terms with Einstein's theory. There will be but one game Friday, with dancing to fol- low
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-16
N. Haven Quintet
 Checks Star A. C.

Captain Charley Lewis went scoreless last night in New Haven as his Star A. c. dropped a five minute overtime period to the St Stanislaus cagemen when Joe Piskorski dropped in his sixth field goal of the evening in the last minute of the overtime session.
 The locals trailed at half time, 12 to Il and were ahead by four points with only Q minute and a half to play when Piskorski sunk two long shots to knot the count and send the game into extra dura- ton. Alex Mazzarella and Frank O'Donnell were the only losers to score more than one field goal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-16
LYMAN HALL TROUNCE
 MIDDLETOWN HIGH

Middletown. December 16 - The Lyman Hall High school basket ball team of Wallingford trounced Middletown High school quintet. 26 to 2, here last night. Led by Kelly and Lacey, the visitors flashed an unexpectedly strong att tack which the local squad found impossible to check and a defense against which the Middletown of fense failed utterly to function. MiddIetown failed to score a single point during the first half and got only two goals from the floor in the second.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-16
Closing Law Put
 Stop to Mat Bout

New Haven, Conn, Dec 16-(U P)-The state 11:30 closing law halted a wrestling match between Sandor Szabo of Hungary and Paul Jones of Houston, Tex. last night after one hour and three minutes of exciting grappling during which the Hungarian had the edge. Szabo was given the decision.
 John Maxos, Greece, threw Van ka Zelesniak, Russia, George Ha- gen, U. s. Marines. pinned Steve Znoski, New Britain, Johnnie Sup sic, New Haven, tossed Mike Ro- mano, Italy, and Tiny Roebuck, Haskell Indian, threw Tiny Ruff, Georgia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-16
2 LOCKED GAMES IN NATIONAL ICE LOOP LAST EVENING
(By United Press)

Two games were played in the National Hockey league last night and both resulted in 2-2 ties. The New York Rangers and the Boston Bruins produced one of the dead locked contests, the New York Americans and Toronto Maple Leafs the other.
 All the scoring in the Rangers Bruins game was done in the first period. Weiland and Barry scored for Boston, Cook and Som- CTS for the New Workers.
 The Americans scored two goals in the opening period against the Leafs, but were unable to dent the Canadians defense thereafter. The at o pdipps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-16
Lacilla Features
 Duggan Victory

The undefeated Duggan school team defeated Bunker Hill Monday on the latter's court, 63 to II. Tom my Lacilla and A. Bellucci each scored more points than the entire E. H. lads garnered, the former annexing 21 and the latter 20.
 Monday afternoon at Duggan Coach Frank Berardis boys will meet Washington in a return game, the Hill boys having been admin istered a decisive beating in their first meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-16
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-16
CONTINUATION
 BOWS TO FRIARS

Led by "Bonny" Holloway and Harry Dubuque, the Putsic Friars quintet of the central Y. M. c. A., minus the services of Captain Andy Stavnitsky, Eddie Evans and Al Light, staged a thrilling second half rally to tumble Ebby Conlon's Con- tinuation high school basketeers at the Crosby gym last night, 27 to 19.
 The schoolboys were leading at intermission, IA to II, but the Y- sters came back strong in the re- maining quarters to show a fine of- fense which completely offset the Conlon- charges. Ralph Santopietro and O'Dea were the losers best bets. The details:
 PutSiC FriarS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-16
PROVIDENCE FIVE
 TAMES ELS 32-26;
 FROSH BOW 24-2l

New Haven, Dec 16.-After get ting away to a slow start, the Providence College basketball team defeated the Yale five last evening in the gymnasium 32 to 26. It was the first defeat of the season for the Ellis, but was no surprise to those who know of what calibre the Friar quintet is this year.
 One of the finest exhibitions of center play ever seen in this city was staged by Koslowski of the visitors. His floor play was ex- cellent and he was the high scor- CT of the evening with IS points. Elliott and McGowan did the best work for the Blue. Summaries:--
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-16
'CLADNEY EXCELS
 IN HILLIES VICTORY

The Raymond Hillies won their ninth victory of the season last night when they swamped the Washington Hill Speedboys 40-18 at Washington gym. The Hillies were hard pressed for three periods but ran wild in the final period, scoring fourteen points while hold ing the Speedboys to four.
 Red Gladney with four double deckers and four free throws was high scorer for the winners while Jackson and Shiel garnered six points each for the losers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-16
SCHAAF FAVORED

Boston, Dec 16-UP)-Ernie Schaaf, youthful Wrenthan heavy weight, was Q decided favorite to defeat Giacomo Bergomas, big Italian, when they meet tonight at Boston Arena.
 The Italian is expected to have a weight advantage of about 25 pounds, indications being that he will come in at 230.