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But think what Richard would have
done with a field consisting of Max
Schmeling. Tommy Loughran, Ernie
Schaaf, Primo Camera. Vittorio Cam
polo, Jack Sharkey. Mickey Walker
Charlie Retzlaff and Steve Hamas Nor
Is this list by any means complete.
The so-called depression would not
have stopped Tex He was an optimlst
and because he was a great promoter
he sold others optimism. Richard was
once heard to define his angle of sight
to q writer who belongs to the school
Of younger cynicS.
''The trouble with you" ne said. lis
your point of view You are always
looking hopefully for the worst. In my
place in Nome we used TO hire men. to
help things along We called them
boosters We never hired knockers. &"
Yes, with colorful champion and
plenty of contenders, Tex would have
been holding bouts all over the place.
And he would have had the fans pretty
excited about them, too.
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Mat Matches

BY the Associated Press
DOVER. n. J-Saador Szabo 2o7
Hungary, threw Fred Caroni. 200, Italy,
20:31.
MONTREAL-He Henri Deelane. 220
Montreal. defeated Frank Judson. 20S
Boston. in two straight falls, "a min
utes and 2 minutes Joe Mslcewicz.
eos, Utica, n I. defeated Nick Lutzke
2oS, Venice. Calf, As 90
STOCKTON, Calf. 49, Everett Mar
shall. 2i5, La Junta Colo defeated
Nick Velcof. 223. New York, two out Of
three falls tVencon FIRST fall. 10 min
uteS: Marshall second, minutes, and
third in ~
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Washington at present, but it's not a
safe bet he'll win the city title. Last
year several hitherto "unknowns''
showed surprising ability In the Wash
ington finals and it is likely there Will
be more this time One of the strong
est contenders should be Andrew Tall
madge. who reached the city finals two
years ago, but was on the sidelineS last
year due to illness. He has pulled a
sparkling comeback
DLAY in the fourth round of Hyatts-
L vile tournament win begin to-
night in ,Magruder Park at Sis
o'clock with three matches.
H. S. Slinkman and Clark Owings
are to pitch the last third-round match
which is expected to prove we'll con-
tested. The winner will engage EIwyn
woodward, sensational 15-year tosser
Frank Bowers and P. L. CLANCY and
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champion is cham
pion OF the world.
1t Is q pity that
Max S c h m e ! ing
and the New York
Boxing Commission
cannot get togeth-
er. for II ey
could. it it proba
bic the champion
would spend more
time In this coun-
try, and Schmeling
is a good enough
fighter a n d h as
? n u g h color to
stimulate interest
in the entire game,
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INK AGAIN HITS CHIS0x
outfelder Watwood Out for Two
Weeks With Lame Back.

CHICAGO, August 10 GPl-Just
about the time Manager Donnie Bush
Of the White Sox was beginning to
think the injury ink had departed
back 1t popped, and Outfielder Johnny
Watwood was lost for two weeks.
Watwcod suffered a wrenched muscle
in his back during Sundays double
ton yesterday revealed that the injury
is serious enough to keep him out Of
uniform for fortnight willis Norman
recruit recently obtained from the
Western Association, win sit in for
WatWood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-18
FALLS CHURCH ACE
GAINS CONFIDENCE
Poise Now Marks Pitching of
Player Annoyed Last Year
by Spotlight.
CHANGE of attitude has

A G1hIN1E VI dlIiJudC lids
~ transformed George c..
a Thompson Of Falls Church
from a moderately re-
spected contender for the metro
politan district horseshoe cham
pionshlp into one of the most
feared title threats.
The Fairfax County champion
lacked competitive experience and
appeared to be a bit crowd shy
when he went down to defeat last
year in the Northern Virginia
finals of The Stars annual tour
nament. He showed little Of the
confidence that marked his pitch
ing in the preliminaries.
But it's a different Thompson this
year. He seems entirely unaffected by
the size or attitude Of the gallery or
the caliber of his opponent. His poise
i AVNF
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Thompsons finest pitching, however,
was done just prior 10 this in intercity
matches as a member of the Vic Sport
Shop team From time to time his
game scared to 60-odd per cent ringers.
THE Falls Church pitchers waived
i Thompson through the town pre-
liminary, which he won last year,
and he now is eligible to compete in
the Fairfax County finals. to be held
again at Falls Church, probably next
week
In this Thompson likely will run into
stiff competition from at least one fell
low townsman For Ed Henry, a rival
of old, also is keeping the pegs hot
Henry swept through the Falls Church
tournament recently without serious ef-
fort.
THIS far away it appears the. North
L ern Virginia championship strug-
gle viii center around five pitch
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u ELLER NEWGENT, who pitched So
IN nnr cent RINGERS IN, the first rntind

u ELLER NEWGENT, who pitched So
N per cent ringers in the first round
Of the Seat Pleasant tournament
has started at fast pace in the sec
ond round, defeating Paul Kraft, so
to 49,
Other scores for the second round
reported by Chairman Irwin 1, Main
are as follows
Irwin l. Main defeated John w
Schultz, so to %, John CLANCY de-
feated Benton Rover. So to So Joseph
Gray defeated Bob Ford, so to 0: John
Berry defeated Eugene Lamp so to 80.
Louis Palmer defeated Walter Dun
nington, 81 to Al; Edward r. Robertson
defeated Melvin Hampton. 81 to Az;
Luther Milburn defeated Howard
beavers. SO to 26; Boyd Hoar defeated
Bill Miller, so to o; George Cady &C.
feated Harry Dom, so to 0.
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anu Tell do lNO
The others are
Clayton Henson of
Arlington, defend
ing C h p m p i o n;
Alexander Kirch-
ner of Bancroft,
the 1929 champion,
and Charlie Dsrr.
a rising youngster
of Ballston. Ed
z d m o n S t on of
Cherrydale ne eds
to improve only a
trile to be in
Guided In the list
and several dark
horses are report
ed in other coun-
ties.
Woodie Wilson
seems to have the
upper hand in
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TT George CTex) Richard could look
back, he must be longing to revisit
this earth for another brief pc
Rod. The fun he would have with
the present crop Of hesvyweights would
be something to remember.
AS Gene Tunney said the other day,
there has not been a time for years
when there were so many promising
fighters in the heavyweight division,
which is the division OF the champion.
At other weights men are champions
of their class, but the heavyweight
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AN ma a y ~
ne has taken the
mea sure convinc-
mgly of some of
the finest pitchers
in the netropoli-
tan area.
He had the high
ringer percentage
in the recent Nc
Lean invitation
a ment. in
which 16 experts
of Virginia, Mary
land ard Wash
ington competed.
He put nearly half
his shoes on the
peg, but a slump
in the final game
prevented him from
ginning the tour
nament. first place
going to Woodie
Wilson of Wash
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ope SandI0 Title Thompson Feared in Horseshoe Struggle

@. Hodge Carr and Rolph FARRELL are
to have it out in the other tits tonight
Bob Bowers drew a bye.
Carr provided a mild upset when he
turned back Kenneth Ingram last night
2l-l0. 1871. 2i-I7.
In the other third-round match last
night P. l.. CLANCY defeated Milton
Brewer. 2l--6 and 2l--I9, CLANCY shot
II ringers including two double headers
He won the deciding game on one OF
the twin ringers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-18
BLADENsBURG BOOKS TILT.

BLADENSBURG, Md, August Ia
Bladensburg's nine has booked Ciro's
Italian Villagers for tilt on the Kenil-
worth diamond Sunday at O'Clock
Bladensburg Juniors are seeking q game
for Sunday. Albert LaSauska, manager
Is booking through FRANK FierStein, at
HysttSyille 6l4-W after pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-18
MARINES IN POLO GAME
Quantico Four to Play Artillery in
Baltimore Tomorrow Night.

BALTIMORE, August 1S.-Quantico
Marine poloists, fresh from an 11-to-6
win oveT the Washington County four,
will battle 10th Field Artillery riders
tomorrow night at $50 on Homewood
Field.
Marines has listed the 10th for an
other match August % at PikeSville
and August &c will encounter the
Western Maryland Polo Club'at Guam
tico Other games are being arranged.
Capt Campbell H. Brown is the
teams leader and No. l player. Other
members ere First Lieut.. John II
Stadler. Maj Pedro A. Del Vale and
Capt Hal N. Potter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-18
WRESTLE IN BALTIMORE.

BALTIMORE, August 1s.-Ray Steele
and Jim McMillen, the two wreStlers
who have engaged champion Jim
Londos in the most widely attended
matches, viii exchange grips tonight
in the feature Of the card at Carlin's
tonight. There viii be four other
bouts
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SIMS TO FIGHT COBB.

CLEVELAND Ohio, August 1s (F).--
A I2-round bout h ,ween Frankie Sims
Of Cleveland anG Walter Cobb OF New
York. heavyweights, at the Municipal
Stadium here August 26 has been an
nounced.
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C0LoRED MINES TO CLASH
New York Black Yankees, Bach
rach Giants in Game Here.

New York Yankees and Bachrach
Giants of Atlantic City will meet in
ball game Saturday afternoon in Grit
fifth Stadium, bringing together strong
colored mines. Play viii start at $3.50
o'clock.
Organized in 1914. Bachrachs are
one of the oldest colored teams in the
country. Johnny Lloyd, first baseman,
is the ace of the Yankees.
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GRAPPLE AT ROCKVILLE
Bouts Will Be Staged Tonight in
Connection With Fair.

" AA
wrestling card OF four bouts will be
staged tonight as the feature Of the
opening Of the seventy eighth annual
Rockville fair.
Joe Turner, local mat promoter. will
wrestIe Gene Spiller. Jim Mcnamara.
Turner's protege. will tackle Nick hester.
Chief White Feather, who originally
was slated to perform tonight, will be
unable TO make 1T, so Pete Dallas and
Bobby Grant will mix in the third
scrap The fourth viii bring together
Dutch Green and George Romanofi.
The races will start tomorrow but
pony event will be held today.
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BRAVES EARN McFEE.

BOSTON. August ls tPl. Bill Nc
Fee. rigbt-hand pitcher Of the Boston
Braves. has been released on option to
the Newark club Of the International
League
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RALLIES TO EVEN SERIES

Georgetown Playground Gets Seven
Late Runs to Beat Hamilton.
Putting on q seven-run rally in the
last two innings. Georgetown Play
ground ball toSserS yesterday conquered
the Hamilton nine. 10 to g. to even the
series for the championship OF the
Playground League for teams averaging
IA years or under. II was a seyen-in-
ming game
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NAVAL HOSPITAL assured itself of
" the second half Government League
flag yesterday BY routing Navy
Yard, % to 5.
The Sailors had a I5-run lead at the
end Of the third inning, toyed with the
Gunmakers during the next three and
then staged q rampage which was
stopped only when Navy Yard couldn't
get the side out In the seventh and
called the game.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-20
On the Air Today
LAST MAN WILL
 GIVE BROADCAST
Only Survivor of Minne- sOta's Last Mans Club
 to Speak From WABC

President Hoover will make twos unusual microphone appearances next weekend over NEG networks.
 The president, speaking Friday night, May 22, at 10 o'clock E. D. T.. will introduce to the radio au- dience a famed fellow Californian, Dr Robert A. Millikan, noted phy- sicist, and Nobel prize winner for electrical research.
 MT Hoover will speak at that time from the cabinet room at the White House. Dr Millikan will talk from Los Angeles, Cal, and, as pres ident of the national advisory coun- cil on radio in education, will ad- dress his remarks particularly to that group in it's first annual assem- blJ in New York city. An NEG WIZ network will carry it.
 On the following afternoon, May 23, between 1900 and 2:00 o'clock. E. D. T., President Hoover will eulo- gize the part played in the World war by college men. Speaking from his executive offices, he will partici- pate in the dedication of the Cornell University War Memorial building at Ithaca, N. Y. This talk will be heard over an NBC-WEAF hookup.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-20
,s,.,. sss WABC x,,osse,.. sss
New York

5:00-Asbury Park orchestra. 5:3O-Ben and Helen, songs. 5:45-Tony's Scrap Book. 6:00-Bill Schudt's Going to Press
 Fifty Years of Newspaper
 Work-Percy s. Bullen. 6:15-Winegar's orchestra. 6:30-Tide Water Inn. 6:45-Eno Crime Club. 7:00-Morton Downey, tenor. 7:15-Drama of Old New York
 Sketch. 7:30-Evangeline Adams. 7:45-Daddy and Rollo. S:00-Pryor's band. 8:15-Quartet. S:30-Musical; Interview with
 Marlene Dietrich. 9:00-OrchestGa and quartet. 9:30-Arabesdue. 10:0O-Dorothea James, songs. 10:15-Orchestra. 10:3O-Orchestra. 10:45-Olga Averine, soprano; Sym-
 phony orchestra. 11:15-Tremaine orchestra. 11:30-Same as WEAF. 12:00-St Mortz orchestra. 12:30-Ann Leaf, organ; Ben Alley,
 tenor.
 3O3m-WBZ, Springfeld-98Ok 6ffl5-Radio Digest concert. 6:30-Lee Dinner Music. 6:45-Same as WIZ. 7:15-Wolverine Serenaders. 7:30-Same as WIZ. 7:45-Orchestra. 8:00-Same as WIZ. S:l5-The Blenders. S:30-Same as WIZ. 9:00-Hood concert. 9;30-Same as WIZ. 10:45-Radio Billboard. 10:30--Loule's Hungry Five. ll:00-Sports Review, I1:l4-Show Boat orchestra.
 3sOm-WGY. Schcncctady-7gOk 6;45-Same as WEAF. 7;0i--Gypsies Music. 7:l5--Spoed Blenders, 7:30-Snme ns WEAF | 7;45--Suothern Oak Flooring. s;00.ll.30--same as WEAF. il.30-De Witt Clinton orchestra, t2i00-same as WEAF. ] li2;30-kenm0re orchestra,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-20
WIZ x,,.:s.,. :ss
395 Meters
New York

5:0O-Chats With Peggy Winthrop. 5:15-Songs. 5:30-Little Orphan Annie-Skit. 5:45-Stock Quotations. 6:00-Raising Junior-Sketch. 6:15-Conti orchestra; James
 Haupt, tenor. 6:30-Gloria Gays Affairs. 6:45-Topics in Brief-Lowell
 Thomas. 7:00-Amos n Andy-Sketch. 7:15-The Phantom Caravan. 7:30-Phil Cook. 7:45-Believe It or Not-Robert
 l.. Ripley. Establishments of Adventure. S:3O-Musical Crusaders. 9:00-Graft-Sketc 9:30-Orchestra; Mary Mccoy, so-
 prano; Reinald Werrenrath,
 Billy Hughes. baritones, Will
 lard Robison, songs. 10:30-Clara, Lu and Em-Skit. 10:45-Poems-Howard K. Clancy. 11:00-Slumber Music. 11:30-Same as WEAF. 11:45-Kemp orchestra. 12:30-Spitalny's orchestra.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-20
PRESIDENT WILL
 GIVE TWO TALKS
Scheduled to Introduce Dr MilIikan to Radio
 Audience

Captain Charles W. Lockwood, who at S8 years of age Is the last man of Minnesota's famous Last Mans Club" will speak over the Columbia Broadcasting system Sat urday, May 30, from 10 to 10:05 D. nn., EST. ell to 11:05 p. m. E.D.S.T.) as a feature of the sys- tem,s Memorial day broadcasts.
 Captain Lockwood. who last year opened the bottle of rare old Bur gundy wine as the last and privileg- ed survivor of the band of men who fought in the Civil War, is in Wash ington visiting relatives. He was enthusiastic about the plans for the broadcast and anxious that his friends at home hear his words.
 While in Washington, Captain Lockwood hopes to visit President Hoover and Oliver Wendell Holmes. associate justice of the supreme court of the United States. The lat ter, himself a veteran of the Civil War, made his radio debut over Columbia recently on the occasion of his 90th birthday. His closing words from a Greek proverb have since been widely quoted.
 ssDeath," he said, "plucks the ear and says Wait, am coming"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-20
:':.. :ss WDRc x',.:,s,.. .:;s
Hartford

5:O0-Asbury Park Casino orches-
 tra. 5:20-Umbrella Girl. 5:25-Show Tunes. 5:3O-Ben and Helen, with Nat
 Brusiloff's orchestra. 5:45-Tony's Scrap Book. 6:00-"Fifty Years of Newspaper
 Work"-Percy S. Bullen. 6:15-Winegar's Barn orchestra. 6:30-Weather Report. 6:3O-Roy Atwell's Tidewater Inn. 6:45-Summary of programs. 6:50-Eddie Welch and his orches-
 tra. 7:0O-Morton Downey, tenor with
 orchestra. 7:15-World Bookman. 7:20-Stock Quotations. 7:3O-Evangeline Adams. 7:45-The Biltmore Boys, Male
 trio. 8:00-Time. 8:00-Pryor's Band. S:15-Barbershop quartet. S:30-Time. S:3O-Movie Star interviewed; Hal
 lelujah quartet; soloists and
 Raymond Paige's orchestra
 from Los Angeles. 9:00-Time. 9:O0-Wheaties quartet and organ
 ist. e, 9:30-Time. 9:30-Desert Play. ] 10:00-Personalitie 10:15-Orchestra. 10:30-Harmony and Humor. l 10:45-Weather report. Averino, Russian so-
 prano; Columbia Symphony
 orchestra. Tremaine's orchestra. 11:3O-Preliminary Air Maneuvers
 broadcast from Dayton, O.;
 Speech by General Ben D.
 Foulois.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-20
!. WTIc x',.:s:,.. .:::
2s2.s z
 Meters
Hartford

4:45-Sunset Hour Christian
 Kriens, director; with
 Thomas c. Armstrong, tenor. 5:45-Bu1letins. 5:55-Happy, Go and Lucky. 6:1O-Answer Man. 6:15-Band. 6:30-Orchestra - Norman Clou-
 tier, director. 7:0O-Beethoven G1ee club of
 South Manchester - Helge
 Pearson, director. 7:35-Baseball scores. 7:30-Watchmake 7:45-Hank Keene and his Con-
 necticut Hillbillies. S.O0-Bobby Jones, Golfer. S:f5-Radio Varieties. S:30-Orchestra. 9:OO-Jesse Crawford, organist. 9:30-Orchestra Quartet, soloists. 1O:30-Top- -Notchers in Sport. Forecast; Bulletins. 11:05-The Merry Madcaps - Nor
 man Cloutier, director; with
 Fred Wade. tenor; and the
 Ilima Islanders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-20
WEAF n,,.sss,.. :s:
New York

5:0O-Children's program. 5:aO-Rebroadcast from London;
 Tariff and Employment-
 Neville Chamberlain. 5:40-Tea Timers band. 5:45-Mountaineers. 6:0O-Charity or Business-Ed-
 ward F.. Hutton. 2 6:l0-Black and Gold orchestra. 6:S0-Bits of the Theater. 6:45-Black and Gold orchestra. 7:0O-Baseball scores. 7:05-Gene Austin, songs. 7:15-Chemical Engineering-Prof
 A. H. White. 7:3O-Music;, Frances Aida, so-
 prano; Frank La Forge,
 piano. 7:46-Back of the News in Wash
 ington-William Hard. S:OO-Golf Chats-Bobby Jones. s:15-Varieties. s:30-Orchestra; Gladys Rice. so-
 prano; Choristers octet. e:oO-Orchestra; The Romance of
 Building Construction =
 Trumen s. Morgan, president
 F. w. Dodge corporation. s:3O-Orchestra; Serenaders quar- ]. tet: Olive Palmer. soprano;
 Paul Oliver, tenor. i0:30-Orchestra; Interview with
 Rufus Dawes by Grantland
 Rice. 11:oO-Voices of Radio Digest
 Nellie Revell. 11:15-Lopez orchestra. 11:3O--The Big Push-Descriptio
 of Army Air Corps Mass Att
 tack Upon the Atlantic Sea-
 board = Brigadier General
 Reuiamin D, FouloiS. 11:45-Lopez orchestra. i2:O0-Richardson orchestra. l2:30-Funk's orchestra.
 422m-WOR, NcwarE-71Ok 5:0O-Italian LessonsTElvira AL
 exay. 5:1S-Your Child's speech-Leti-
 tia Raubicheck. 5:30-Program resume. 5:34-Music. 5:39-Limericks. 5:44-Childreh's Guessing Game. 6:00-Uncle Don. 6:30-Sports Talk. 6:45-Century Blue Jackets. 7:00-Adam's Sport Aces. 7:15-Orchestra. 7:30-Saxophon one quartet. 7:45-Music. 2 S:Oo-Orchestra: Annette Han- E shaw. contralto. S:3O-Footlight Echoes. ' 9:O0-Beatrice Fairfax. 9:15-Music. 9:30-Drama. 1O:00-Band. s10:30-Globe Trotter. i1:00-Herbert's Entertainers. l1:30-Moonbeams. 409. 9.7m-WICC, Bridgeport-6OOk 6:30-News. 6:45-Eddie Welch and his orches-
 tra. s:OO-The Gossipers. S:15-The Four "T's' S:30-Operatic program. 9:O0-Meyer Davis and his Le Par
 adis band. 9:30-"The Ghost Story. 10:O0-Cocoanut Grove orchestra. i1O:3O--News Flashes. 10:45-Dance orchestra. 3O8m-KDKA, Pittsburgll-9SOk 6:OO-Conestoga Days. 6:30-Studio program. 6:15-Same as WIZ. 7:15--Twenty Fingers of Sweet
 ness. 7.30-Same as WIZ. 7:45-Old Timers. 8:O0-Piano recital. S:15-Songs. s:3O-11:00-Same as WIZ. 1i:OO-Sport Review. 1i:15-Bestor's orchestra.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-07
GAYETY REOPENS
BIDDING fair to emulate the bang

DIDDING fair to emulate the bang
- up" entertainments Of last year,
Sam Raynor and His Gang inaugurated
the opening of the season at the Gay
ETY. yesterday, with an aggregation OF
new and old favorites.
Raynor, one Of the best known OF the
burlesque comedians, ably supported
by Ray Parsons, Frank Mallahan ana
Joe Costello, sprinkled humor here and
there and everywhere, causing much
merriment at the expense Of his fem
mime cohorts.
Once again Gertrude Reed. a red
headed favorite of old, scored heavily
among the masculine fans with her &C.
centric and modernistic dancing. She
was supported by her sister from Call
fornia, Rae who sold herself in no I'M
certain fashion to the audience. So
closely, in fact, does she resemble her
sister that there is bound to be rivalry
between them-and, perhaps, q queS-
ton which is which and which the
other.
Two dancing gentlemen, Joe Costello
and George Lake, presented a number
which was so successful that it had to
be done all over again. George Lake IL
hailed as the seasons find"
Dolores Green, Fay Tunis, Helen
Green and many others assisted Sam
Raynor through q maze Of laughs.
dances and songs. An attractive en-
Semble, together with background Of
spectacular settings, puts the finishing
touches to the newest Columbia bur-
lesque offering. F. L. G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-07
Life Insurance
BY GEORGE 7. HUGHES.

There are q few other obvious things
that q layman can say about life tnsur-
ance besides the fact that every one
with an 1nsurable risk needs 1t. For
instance, no one questions the safety Of
life insurance. When one Of the great
American life insurance companies
makes q contract with q policyholder
that contract will be kept as far as the
company Is concerned. It Is worth re-
stating this seeming truism when so
many other financial institutions are
doubted. After a certain time, gener-
ally three years, all policies have a loan
and surrender value.
Back in November. 1929. when the
stock market was crashing after the
great imitation and it looked as though
prices were at bargain levels. something
we know now was not true, hundreds OF
wage earners and salaried men were
eager to take advantage Of what they
thought was q great opportunity. Iney
had almost no capital resources, puC
they did have life insurance, any many
of them borrowed on their policies 70
buy stocks. Not
simply because it turned out wrong, put
because they misused the privilege ana
they impaired the protection 70 tne1r
families that Is the primary opJect Oh
life insurance.
However, the point here is that IN the
midst Of the greatest panic wan Street
has ever seen the insured was able 70
borrow cash ON his policy as per the
agreement. Even the best Of collateral
is sometimes rejected by the panKs
when A loan Is desired, but 1t Ii always
possible 10 realize on life insurance
policy. The reason that this is so Is
because of the unsurpassed strength OF
the insurance companies.
Along this same line, the writer
wishes to add-and this time speaking
not as a layman, but as one who has
had years Of experience in the market
place-that the investment policy OF the
insurance companies is guided by, the
best minds In the business. Bond buy
ers for banks are deceived now and
then: individual purchasers. make plenty
of mistakes, but the buyers OF the great
insurance companies are the most ex-
pert Judges Of value the bond market
knows