davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1933-03-15
Secrecy Wells
Meeting Of
Golf Pros
BY GEORGE A, SIMPSON

BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON
More secrecy cloaked yester-
days meeting of the Middle At
lantic Professional Golfers ASso-
citation, at the Kenwood Country
Club, than momentous session
Of President Roosevelt at the
White House.
The pros, not wishing that re-
ports of their meeting reach
ears of others, met behind closed
doors, barring local golf writer's.
It is known fact, however,
that the pros discussed steps to
be taken in connection with cut
rate selling of standard golf
equipment.
Following the conference, the
pros took part in a sweepstakes
which found AL Houghton, pro
at the home club, turning in IA
to lead the field, despite an 8
on the second hole. Here his
second shot 1alLed to reacn the
green and he completely missed
his next three shots. Summaries:
AL Houghton (Kenwood), "A: George
Diffenbaugh (Indian SPRING., rs: Mel
Shorey (East Potomac). IS: Leo Wal
per (unnattached), It; Walter Gun
ningham Burning Tree), II; Cliff
Spencer (Beaver Dam). Is; Arthur
Thorn (unattached). 20, and AL Treder
(Manor), 70.
The Five Farms course Of the
Baltimore Country Club has been
assigned two major Maryland
State golf championships, the
open and women'S event. The
women's tourney is listed for
the second week in June with
the Maryland Open scheduled
for September 27.
Mrs. j. Marvin Haynes, of
Columbia, Country Club, failed
to get past the first round in
the Augusta (Ga0 women's
tournament. She fell victim to
Mrs. w. H. Armand, of New
York, / up.
The Washington times., 1933-03-15
Joe Grant Will Speak
Of Teddu Roosevelt

Joe Grant, one time middle
weight wrestling champion Of the
South and also famed as q trainer
of Teddy Roosevelt when the lat
ter was President, tonight will
broadcast over Station VOL.
He speaks over the weekly pro
gram made possible through the
cooperation of Joe Turner, local
mat promoter, at 6:15 o'clock.
Grant will discuss Roosevelt's
athletic as well as human side.
The Washington times., 1933-03-15


This meet, the last indoor track
and field spectacle of the season,
invariably finds the stars at their
peak and, as result, more records
have been set in K. Of c. meets
than in any other.
Several world record-holderS will
attempt to smash their own marks,
but surprising all in interest will
be the fourth meeting of Gene
Venzke, who set the world record
for the mile at 4:10, and Glenn
Cunningham, University Of Kansas
farmer boy, who has twice taken
Venzke's measure over the eight
furlong route, only to fail by
inches in their last battle at 1900
meters.
Only five will start in this event,
but they are the cream Of the
crop, and the snallnesS Of the
field inSures a fair race, with in
reference on the turns reduced
to a minimum.
Frank Crowley, Manhattan's
intercollegiate mile champion,
Glen Dawson, of Tulsa, National
1000 meter king, and Carl Coan,
former intercollegiate titleholder,
round out the field. Each Of
these three has enough stuff to
beat Venzke or Cunningham if
either of the latter runs in less
than record time.
Another Feature
Another great feature-rhe
Casey 6O0-will see Bernie Nc
Cafferty trying to annex the
trophy for the third straight time
against crack field which in
cludes Milton Sander who has
repeatedly beaten Bernie this sea-
son.
Joe McCluskey, national and
intercollegiate champion, winding
up his college career on the in
door track, will try to wipe out
the one blot on his perfect rec
ord-a defeat by Paul Kanaly. of
Belmont, Mass. With Lieut..
George Lermond in the race to
crowd them, either McClusi,ey
or Kanaly may hang up new
figures for the two mile journey.
Keith Brown and Writ
Thompson, Yale's twin pole
vaulting champions, who tied in
the intercollegiate, will try to
soar over the bar above IA feet
one inch. Brown has done IA
feet and is capable of going fur
ther into the Stratosphere if he
happens to be right.
After Own Mark
George Spitz, the worlds
greatest and sometimes most un-
accountably erratic high jumper,
will endeavor to lift his own
mark above 6 feet 81a inches.
Howard Spencer, the colored
leaper from Geneva College,
forced George to go within a
quarter inch of that mark re-
Gently and may force him even
higher tonight.
Not the least interesting fea-
ture of the games will be staged
by Jim BauSch, worlds cham
pion all-around athlete Of Kansas,
and Bernard Berlinger, former
ace of the University Of PennsyI-
vania. They will meet in a sep
tathlon which, as the name i'm
plies, is a seven-event duel includ-
ing 6O-yard dash, 60-yard hurdles,
400 meter run, broad jump, high
lump. pole vault and shot put.
The Washington times., 1933-03-15
CENTRAL NINE
STRONGER THAN
LAST YEAR
BY SID KATZNELL

Central High School will have
a better baseball combination
this year than last season when
it tied Eastern and Western for
the inter-high championship, ac-
cording to Jack Ray, coach OF
the Mount Pleasant outfit.
Although Central lost two re-
liable moundsmen in DeBetten.
court and Buscher, Ray says that
his pitching staff will keep his
team very much in the race. The
staff is composed of Reds"
Cowan, last years sub; Brick"
Hayes, bright prospect, Smith,
former Sandlotter, and Silverman,
who has exceptional control.
Coach Ray says:
Before the pitchers and the
catchers began their daily
workouts in the gym last Week,
I thought the pitching staff
would be my weakest link. But
after two weeks practice /
changed my mind. The pitch
ing aspirantS shaped up 50
we'll in the drills that / be-
Iieve they will be much better
than last years staff and they
will be our chief aid in our
pennant drive"
InfieIders Good
The entire infield from last
year is returning. It includes
Buddy .Nau, second baseman:
Chumbris, shortstop; John Raub,
third baseman, and Bits Keyser,
initial sack guardian. However,
Keyser will not perform at first
base. He will catch instead. Mario
Gregorio, stellar sandlot first
Sacker, is scheduled to take Key
ser's place. The coach claims
that Keyser is a better catcher
than "Dick" Cooke, last years
backstopper, who graduated.
Bill Bryant will be the only
experienced outfielder available,
but Ray has hopes of finding a
few good men among the large
number of candidates. Steve
Thompson, ace outfielder last
campaign graduated.
outdoor practice will commence
next week in Central Stadium.
Centrals first opponent of the
season will be the strong Episco'
pal High nine April S at Alexanr
dria.
The Washington times., 1933-03-15
Wallace Qualities
As Crack RnIen11n

Dana Wallace, member Of the
Western High School Rifle Club,
has qualified in the Junior divi-
sion of the National Rifle Asso-
citation as a distinguished rifle
man, which is the highest grade
of shooting proficiency.
So far this yer 1894 Junior
shooters have qualified in all
grades of shooting proficiency
from the beginning grade of pro
marksman to the top grade of
distinguished rifleman. OF this
number only II have succeeded
in attaining the highest grade
and 49 in qualifying in the next
highest grade, expert rifleman.
The Washington times., 1933-03-15
Last Nights Fights

At PhiladeIphia-Lew Massey,
Philadelphia lightweight, scored
technical knockout over Phil
ZWick, Cleveland "a.
At West Palm Beach, Fla
Joe Knight, Cairo, Ca, won deci-
sion over Eric Lawson, Brooklyn
light-heavyweight QO.
At Los Angeles-Steve Hamas
and Lee Ramage, heavyweights,
fought 10 rounds to draw; AL
Trulmans, San Diego welter-
weight, won decision Oyer Tommy
Huffman SSA 1l IN IT
The Washington times., 1933-03-15
Pirates Head Sorry,
Not for Players, But
Transatlantic FGnS

SAN FRANCISCO, March Is.
The Pittsburgh Pirates will pro-
ceed to schedule Sunday games
in cities outside Pennsylvania,
in view of the defeat Of the bill
to permit Sunday sports in the
Pennsylvania Senate, William
Benswanger, president Of the
club, said here today.
BensWanger expressed dlsap-
pointment at the Senate's action,
mot from the point of view OF
the players, but of Pennsylvania
fans" Coach Honus Wagner
pointed to the fact that the
weekly train trip during the hot
summer months is a serious
handicap to the team.
The Washington times., 1933-03-15
Water Polo League
Lists TlUO Games

The D. C. Water Polo Associa-
ton begins operations tomorrow
night at the Shoreham Pool,
where two attractive games are
carded, the first contest begin
ming at 8 o'clock.
Shoreham meets Hoyas, a
Georgetown University club, in
the initial affair, and Colonials,
a George Washington club, en-
tertain Alexandria In the second
game.
The Washington times., 1933-03-15
CGIiente Resumes
OnerntiOnS FridGA

Aqua GALE N TIE, MEXICO,
March 15-The Aqua Caliente
winter racing, temporarily halted
by the national bank holiday, will
be resumed starting Friday.
Under the rearranged schedule,
the Aqua Caliente Handicap will
be run on April 2, the new closing
date. instead of on March 26. The
purse has been cut from $50, 900
to $4,000.
The Washington times., 1933-03-15
Street Wants Aide
For Catcher Wilson

With Jimmy Wilson, the Ma
tioral Leagues most valuable
catcher, st. Louis seems set for
backstopping, but the veteran,
Gabby Street, is having trouble
picking a man to help Wilson.
Bob O'Farrell is on the job, but
O'Farreu is not the catcher he
was when he helped to push the
st. Louis team under the wire to
a pennant in 1926.
The Washington times., 1933-03-15
CASEYS HOLD
Sd ANNUAL
. STAKES
BY GINO SINH

Hartford will witness more high
class duckpin-walloping from
March 81 to April 8 than any
other city has witnessed in any
one season, and every bowling
plant will have something new
and different on hand to offer
both the out-of-town and home
town talent.
Six other special events are
carded to be rolled simultaneously
with the sixth annual National
Tournament, which will be held at
the Morgan Recreation, Hart
ford's giant modern bowling en-
porium.
The knights of Columbus will
stage their third annual National
Sweepstakes at the nifty K. c..
maple layout at % Prospect St.
This test, which has become q
permanent and popular feature 81
the National Tournament, always
draws a classy field, with gener'
GUS washington turnout.
DIR. w. D. Sullivan, who several
times wore the local K. c. League
high average crown. was the first
champion, and last year the pur-
ple mantel settled upon the shoul-
ders of Henry Winters, OF Baltl-
more.
Mixed Doubles Test
The third U. S. mixed doubles
championships will be disputed
at the Maple bowling alleys, an
other highly rated Hartford duck
pin establishment. Lorraine GULL
and Freddie Moore, Of Washing
ton, are the present titleholders.
A six-game sweepstakes for the
women is scheduled at the Park
Recreation, 500 Park st. Six-game
sweepstakes for the female of the
specie are popular in New Eng
land, and always draw a large en-
try list. =.
The Wooster alleys, where Paul
Harrison and Eddie ESpey attract
ed national attention by rolling
TOO sets several years ago, will
, be the site Of the New England
Mems Sweepstakes, a five-game
test. The wooster is only a few
doors away from the Morgan
plant.
The New England Doubles
Sweepstakes will be held at
Schaefer's, 26 High st. This, too,
Is a five game test.
Continuous With Tourney
All of these special events will
run continuously while the Ma
tional tournament Is going on.
Out-of-town bowlerS can roll in
any of them. whenever they want
to, and the winners will be an
nounced when the winners of the
National Tournament are an
nounced.
On the last day Of the National
Tournament, April 8, the National
Boys and Junior championships
will be decided. Boys and Juniors
State champions viii roll in the
finals. Neither Robert Temple,
Of Hyattsville, Md, United States
Junior champion, or Bob Chal-
fonte, Of Washington, D. c., boys
monarch, will defend their titles.
Both have outgrown their classes.
Following the conclusion of the
National tournament, interest will
shift to Boston where the second
annual United States Women'S
Sweepstakes, the major test for
the girls of the year, will be held
at the beautiful Commonwealth
Recreation on April 10.
Washington, Baltimore and
Richmond are expected to have
o large number Of entries. Lor-
raine GULL is defending champion.
The Washington times., 1933-03-15
Bill KnickerbOcker
Mnu Start at Short

Manager Peckinbaugh of Cleve-
land says he will start Bill Knick-
erbocker at short. 1t seems that
Knick has thrilled the natives OF
New Orleans with his batting and
certainly he has surprised the Of.
SicialS OF the Cleveland club
The Washington times., 1933-03-15
"Griffs Great Prospects D
SAYS Iris Speaker
BY GARRETT WATERS
(Times Staff Correspondent

BILOXI Miss, March 15-Trs Speaker, former star out
fielder of the American League and manager and part
of the Kansas City Blues of the American Association
left this base yesterday and departed without the sebance
of a ball PLAYER under his wing.
The Washington times., 1933-03-15
CIR0's NINE MEETS

Ciro's Village baseball team
meets tonight at 8 o'clock at
Manager Tony Burruto's barber
shop. All players are urged to
report.
The Washington times., 1933-03-15
Tracksters Aim at Records
In Casey Games Tonight

NEW YORK, March 16.-More than 500 athletes, COM
prsing the greatest field Of the year and including 15
ona and intercollegiate champions, will take part in the
fourteenth annual Knights of Columbus games in Madison
ride
Evening star., 1933-08-01
GAkDHI IS ARRESTED
WITH 33 FOLLOWERS
New Individual Movement Is
Thwarted by Civil Author.
tiles Quick Action.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
AHMEDABAD, India. August 1.-The
Mahatma Gandhi, his wife and SO fol-
lowers were arrested by civil authorities
today at the outset of their new dis
obedience campaign for Indian inde-
pendence, but their early release on
parole was considered likely.
Plans to march to the village of Ras,
in Kaira district, where they hoped to
gain converts for the individual move
ment, were thwarted when Gandhi was
arrested at the home of wealthy mill
owner.
The arrests were made under provi-
sions of ordinary law, whereby they be-
came state prisoners to be detained al
the governments pleasure. II a parole
is broken, they must stand an open
trial
Only recently Gandhi announced he
would diSband the Ashram, or college
of devotees. which he called the mos
precious thing IN his life, ani that IT.
80 members. his wife, and secretary
,Mahadev Desai, would march to Ras
1t was planned that if Gandhl were
arrested, the others would continue:
In the projected movement lndlvidua
acts would replace the previous mas
campaign.
Evening star., 1933-08-01
RELIEF FROM HEAT
TOMORROW IS SEEN
Showers and Wind Shift Pre-
dicted to Ease City's Swell
tering Residents.

Thundershowers and a shift in the
hot southwest wind will bring relief
from the heat by tomorrow night, the
Weather Bureau predicted today as the
total of heat prostrations here during
the past two days mounted to II. and
at least 20 deaths attributable to the
heat were recorded throughout the
East
This afternoon, however, probably
will bring temperatures equaling those
of yesterday, when the mercury climbed
to 81 degrees, the third hottest day of
the year. the forecaster said.
At 2 pm, 95 degrees had been re-
corded, and the mercury was slowly
rising.
approximately 2.23o employees of the
Federal Government were excused from
work shortly after l pm. as the heat
in their quarters became excessive.
$50 Treasury Clerks Go Home.
The Treasury Department sent $50
clerks of the bonds and currency divi-
sion in the Liberty Loan Building south
of the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing; $50 employees in the Registers Of
fee, located in the Auditors Building on
Fourteenth street; 500 workers in the
Supervising Architects Office on the
fourth floor of the Treasury Depart
ment Building and about so employees
of the Coast Guard in the Treasury
Annex on the north side of Pennsyl-
vania avenue adjoining the Riggs Ma
tional Bank
Approximately 80 employees of the
pm and all employees of the State De-
partment who could be spared were
sent home at l o'clock. 1t was esti-
mated that approximately 500 were
turned out there.
Thousands yesterday and today
f1ocked to beaches and swimming pools
in and near the city while last night
other thousands sought relief in the
city's parks. The East Potomac golf
Course was Uttered with human nifty
throughout the night, whole families
going there to sleep in the grass. The
park police reported unusual traffic
congestion around Hains Point and on
the Speedway, where motorist repaired
for the slight breeZeS which swept OF
the water. There were many waiting
for speedboat rides.
May Get Shower Tonight.
Thundershowers probably will reach
Washington tonight. according to the
official predfctlon, but at nrSC Will cause
little lowering in the temperature,
which will continue high throughout to-
morrow morning BY tomorrow after
noon. it is expected. the southwest wind
will begin to shift to the northwest and
showers in the evening probably will
usher in 4 decided drop in the ther-
mometer and definite relief from the
heat which has gripped the city, along
with the rest of the Atlantic Seaboard
since Saturday.
Reports from the Middle West today
| indicated that the torrid wave which
had caused unestimated crop damage
Continued on Page 2, Column So
Evening star., 1933-08-01
.URSCHEL RELEASED;
SILENT ON RANSOM
Rich Oil Mans Family Re.
fuses to Talk After 9-Day
Captivity Ends.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, August l.
Charles F. Urschel. 40-year-old oil mil
honaire released by kidnapers today
upon payment of an unannounced ran
som, declared his eyes were kept taped
! during his nine days captivity and he
did not know where he was taken by
! the swarthy machine gun snatchers.
Urschel said he knew only that his
kidnapers drove him several hundred
miles and freed him in the night near
Norman, about 80 miles from Okla
homa City.
Urschel would not discuss the ran
som, but Arthur Seeligson, friend of
the Urschel family and chief inter-
mediary, said definitely payment had
! been made. Questioned about the ram
som, Urschel said firmly:
That is a family affair"
Refuses to Reveal Sum.
Seelgon refused to reveal the
amount or details of the negotiations,
saying simply:
The ransom was paid"
Urschel seemed IN good health
although his eyes were bloodshot and
he looked tired as he arose from sew
eral hours sleep and appeared on the
sun porch Of his manson, the spot
/ where the kidnapers seized him as he
was enjoying a quiet bridge game with
Mrs. Urschel and Mr.. and Mrs. w. R.
Jarrett July %.
Tho oil man ho,,,o az mid
night after calling a taXicab from a
barbecue stand near the point of his
release.
Mrs Urschel, worn after nine days
of anxiety over her husbands safety,
sat with him as he talked with re-
porters. Also present were his son,
Charles, jr., IT, his arms clasped about
his father, and Mrs. Urschels son, Tom
Slick, jr., 16.
The wealthy oil man said he had
slept little while he was held captive.
The time seemed terribly long" he
said THE days seemed to drag on
forever
we got along fine" he related
smiling. They told me, We don I
want to make this any more difficult
than we have to. If you fight. We will
have to mlstreat you. If you don't, we
will get along'"
Tape Removed Twice.
He said the tape was removed from
his eyes only twice during the nine
days-once when he wrote letter used
in the ransom negotiations and opce
when he was allowed to shave himself
He was held captive in small shack,
he said, and the automobile trip from
it to Norman required about IL hours
Immediately after the kidnapping Urschel
said, his captors drove for IA hours
straight He estimated they Travelled
at least 500 miles.
"All the time I was lying down in the
back of the car. They had two ma
chine guns.
During the IA hours I was given
nothing to eat. once had bottle OF
soda pop.
Il really never did see any Of the
men There were some guards where
we stopped, but just two people stayed
with me all the time. The place where
I slept was a 3-room shack in more OF
CONTINUED on Page 3, Column A.
Evening star., 1933-08-01
MANY THOUSANDS
| Of Jobs HERE SEEN
Employment of Additional
Workers Assured Under
Recovery Codes.

The employment of thousands of ad-
ditional workers in all avenues OF Dis
trict business was assured today as
retailers and other fields of business
and industry began functioning under
limited working hours provided by ma
tional industrial recovery codes,
The full force of this benefit in the
majority of retailing lines will not be
felt until after September l, when the
Saturday holiday. permitted under the
Presidents code because it had been a
practice of precedent. is discontinued:
At that time, department stores ard
retailers of the majority OF types OF
merchandise will be compelled to re-
main open no less than 81 hours a
week, and are limited to working their
help more than 40 hours a week, eX-
eept as to managers and executives.
Grocery stores. however, go on 40-
hour week Immediately, and since these
customarily remain open from between
so and 63 hours a week, vast increase
in their personnel is neceSSitated.
Edward G. Yonker, president OF the
Sanitary Grocery Co. Inc, when
operates 353 stores in the Wash
ington area. stated that his organiza-
ton had signed the Presidents blanket
code agreement and are today putting
it into full effect subject to certain
designated provisions of the code OF
fair competition for the food ano
grocery distributors which have been
substituted by consent of the N. R. A
for designated provisions Of this agree
ment.
The reduced working hours of the
company's employees will necessitate
augmenting the present personnel
numbering 1900 by approximately 3OC
to 400 workers. he said. In no cases
are the salaries of present employees
to be reduced to accomplish this, since
such a procedure he pointed out, woulo
not be within the letter nor spirit OF
the code. -,
New help, Mr. Yonker asserted, will
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1933-08-01
C0re Creek Dan, to Be Named
after Senator George Norris

Authority's statement said, with its
provisions looking to cheap fertilizer,
cheap power and more dams in the
Tennessee River basin, Senator Norris
has won the enthusiastic approval of
the people of the Tennessee River
drainage area"
Norris Dam will be located on the
Clinch River nearly 80 miles above
where it empties into the Tennessee
It will be linked with Wilson Dam at
Muscle Shoals by tie transmission
line some 220 miles long and will form
one of the worlds largest reservoirs,
inunlating an area of about SO square
miles and creating an artificial lake
with total shore line of 800 miles.
Chairman Arthur E. Morgan of the
Valley Authority in commenting on the
designation of Norris Dam said:
1.-THE great Nebraskan and the new
deal will be remembered together in
the historic Norris Dam in Eastern
Tennessee upon which work will
shortly begin"
Evening star., 1933-08-01


press agent was transferred to the re-
,overv praogram from the Treasury De-
partment, where since March he has
been supervising public relations mat
ters for Secretary Woodln.
Nicholson although without TUE,
will outrank the industrial control head
publicity man, Charles Francis Horner,
who holds the title of director OF lnfor-
nation. He will also have under his
supervision temporarily Labert st. Car
who was loaned by Barron G. Colller'
advertising agent. to get the pubnclty
staff of Administrator Hugh S. john
sons outfit functioning.
Newspaper men assigned to the re-
covery program asserted that st. Clalr
has done a remarkable job in the snort
time he has been at work here. He
employed 10 reporters and started Gov
ering' his own program IN real news
paper fashion. He said today he Will
remain on the job here two weeks
longer.
Meantime. Horner has been pushing
the program from a national stand
point. He is lining up speakers for a
Nation wide educational drive.
Boaz Long, who formerly was the dl-
rector of information, still is active IN
| the new set-up. There are score ct
| ether officials supervising various
phases of the program.
Nicholson, it was explained, will not
confine his activities entirely to the
johnson administration, but will watch
over the progress being made by the
various hcg. wheat and corn editors II
| the Department of Agriculture ano
other publicity men employed by the
Government to push the recovery cam
paign.