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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-04
Cronn Pleased With Condition of Club Gnen Bid Adeu Biloxi
Mungo Is Called
Dodger Slab Staff

BY the Associated Press.
ORLANDO, Fla, April 4.-The
~ opening of the National
League season is less than
two weeks away. but Bob Quinn.
business manager of the Brooklyn
Dodgers, still is trying to find an
other winning pitcher.
Captious critics insist the Dodger
pitching staff consists of "Mungo,
Mungo and Mungo."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-04
BY FRANCIS J. POWERS.
. HICAGO, April 4.-The ILL
ness Of Mickey Cochrane


ness Of Mickey Cochrane
has given the American
~ League its worst case Of
filters since the hot dogs
floored George Herman Ruth.
From President Will Harridge
down to eight travelling secre-
taries, American League people are
hoping the peppery Detroit man.
ager quickly whips his rebellious
appendix or whatever it is that
pinned him to a hospital cot
down in Florida. The Hon. Miguel
playing regularly means everything
to Detroit and would furnish q lot
of oil for the turnstiles in other
American League towns.
Cochrane is quite the most pop
ular manager Detroit has had
since Hughie Jennings used to en-.
terrain the customers with his IA.
nous "Eyah!" " Cobb was 4
magnet - . player. but lacked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-04
The Kid Brother.

"IF I can't win this heavyweight
i title" Max Baer said a short
while back, II have a kid brother
who looks like sure thing. He now
is 6 feet and he weighs 248. In ad-
dition to that, he is fast and rough.
He can give it and he can take it.
You won't see finer build on any
one.
I'll tell you funny story about the
kid" Max continued. Jack Dempsey
is his idol. But about two years ago,
when he was around Is, in high
school, the kid made a date with
Dempsey for three-round exhibition
boxing match. He was so sure he
could make good showing that he
had all his high school pals on hand
to see the workout. As it happened
Jack was tied up that day in a con-
ference and couldn't get away. The
kid was sorer than a pup. Can you
imagine 16-year-old boy anxious to
mix it with Jack Dempsey and disap-
pointed because Jack didn't show up?
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-04


Fellows began
the today Fellows about the
Bostons Of so
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-04
RYAN on Second Base,

JACKSON, Miss.-Ousted from the
.. shortstop berth by Travis Jackson.
Blondy Ryan may push his way
back into the New York Giants line
up as a second baseman. The young
ster played there yesterday while
Hughey Critz was nursing an injured
ankle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-04

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-Hal Lee
will hold down the second-base assign
ment for the Boston Braves.
Bill McKechnie has reached the
conclusion that Dick Gyselman Is a
third baseman and nothing else and
SO the Californian loses any oppor-
tunity he may have had Of replacing
the crippled Rabbit Maranville at the
keystone sack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-04

of course" admitted Mr.. Fellows, but
in those days Providence was the next
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-04
Two Overtime Periods.

THE Red Wings had their fling in
the third period when Capt.
Herb Lewis scored after a dou-
BILE pass, Graham to Aurie. With the
score tied at this point. both teams
passed furiously to break the deadlock
but the game went into an overtime
period.
The first Sudden death" period
ended uneventfully after 20 minutes
without scoring shot. but the demise
of the Red Wings was swift indeed
in the second overtime frame. the
winning goal being shot l minute and
10 seconds after its opening
1t was the first time in two seasons
that the Blackhawks had won a game
on Olympia's ice.
Guide played a brilliant game in the
Wing net, the Hawks shooting 40 hard
drives at him, while Chuck Gardiner
in the Hawk net had only 81 saves
Gardiner enjoyed sterling support
from the Chicago defense men, Co.
nacher, Abel, Coulter and Jenkins.
Only five penalties were called,
three Of them against the winning
team, in . game marked by clean
play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-04

CHARLOTTE, N. C.-The Philadel-
phia Athletics are making a two-day
stopover to meet the Charlotte club
before continuing their jaunt home
ward.
Their farewell appearance in Flor
ida yesterday was not suspicious, the
Baltimore Orioles pecking out 7-to-4
victory at Jacksonville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-04
CAN'T SEE FLAW
IN ANY POSITION
0utfieId, InfieId Reserve
Stronger Than in '33.
Dugas Impresses.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

~ ILOxI, Miss, April "A
X Washington ball club
trained to the minute
- breaks camp here today
to take a short transforming
trip, then 60 home to put the
finishing touches to its prepara-
ton for the championship cam
paign.
It is ball club that will be in fine
fettle for the flag fight that gets I'M
der way in less than two weeks, Joe
Cronin declares. and the young man
ager seems confident it will repeat its
triumph of last year in the American
League.
There are no flaws in the Nationals
today that their pilot can see, not
even in the catching staff, perhaps
somewhat weakened by the failure Of
Cliff Bolton, third-stringer behind the
bat and high-grade pinch batter last
year, to come to terms.
Cronin contends that Luke SeWell
and Moe Berg, veterans of the receiv-
ing corps, will be able to give his club
all the clever catching it requires.
Also that Elmer Klumpp, still the
property of the Chattanooga outfit,
will give the Nationals a fair enough
reserve back of the plate until 2 more
experienced man can be rounded up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-04

was in '93, and Ezra played third base
for Boston back in the 70s and early
80S. It gave me quite thrill, be-
cause I'd heard of Ezra Sutton all
my life
1t was during his voyages for the
Buffalo Bill show that Mr.. Fellows
had his first glimpse Of Honus Wag-
ner He was sitting on the bench in
Louisville one day in the late COS
watching a game with Pittsburgh. A
batter f1icked a swift foul toward the
Louisville dugout and one Of the men
on the bench, big, gawky bird. with
an injured shoulder. stretched up and
caught it in his hand.
That's Wagner" the Louisvillians
explained to Mr.. Fellows. "A great
ball player"
For the Hall of Pitching Fame.
THE greatest pitcher of all time,
i for Mr.. Fellows money, was
Hoss Radbourne.
"For one standout pitcher and one
standout year, give you Radbourne
and the year 1884," he said.
A glance at the records shows Mr..
Fellows to be pretty good picker. In
1884, with the champion Providence
team, the Hoss won 60 games and lost
IL. He established three individual
and all-time records by defeating
Cleveland II times, Detroit II times
and Buffalo 10 times. From August
on he won 26 games out of q, 10 Of
them in a row. He pitched % COM
plete games in succession. He hurled
two complete double headers for a
record of three wins and one tie. He
wound up the year by taking three
straight games from the old Metro
politans in the play-off.
"Radbourne was a Providence man
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-04
CHICAGO ONE UP
IN HOCKEY FEUD
Fancy Score by Thompson
Licks Detroit in First
Stanley Cup Game.

By the Associated Press.
~ ETROIT, April The
Chicago Blackhawks were
one up on the Detroit
- Red Wings today in their
battle for the Stanley Cup,
hockey's supreme award. after
an 81-minute battle last night,
which ended, 2 to l, when Paul
Thompson tipped a high, back
handed shot into the net for a
clean goal.
Doc Romnes, Chicago center. had
intercepted a Red Wing pass in the
second overtime period and shot it
across the ice to Thompson, who
picked it up almost sQuarely in front
Of the Detroit goal and scored.
The game was the first in the best
out-of-five series that determines the
Stanley Cup winner and the cham
pion team of hockey. The second
game tomorrow also will be played at
Detroit's Olympia, where more than
$4,000 people watched last nights
game. The battle ground for the next
two games then will shift to Chicago.
The Blackhawks displayed close
checking aggressiveness which kept
the Red Wings continually troubled.
In the first period Lionel Conacher of
the Hawks made magnificent solo
dash down the center of the ice, split
the Wing defense and rammed home
the puck. From then on the Hawks
chung tenaciously to their lead.
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Gard Pitchers Battling.

u RADENTON, Fla.-Manager Frank
ID Frisch has not yet rounded out
his starting mound staff, al
though Dizzy Dean, Bill Hallahan
and Tex Carleton are assured of reg
ular duty assignments with the st.
Louis Cardinals.
Frisch wants more time for naming
his other starters. However, it ap-
pears that Bill Walker, Paul Dean and
Jess Haines are being groomed as al
ternates with the other three who die
most of last seasons pitching.
The Cards have II pitchers, three
Of whom will be cut off. The six
fighting for positions are Burleigh
Grimes, Flint Rhem, Jim Winford
Jim Mooney, Clarence Heise and Bob
Klinger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-04

TAMPA, Fla.-Detroit resumes its
series with the Cicinnati Reds
today after being defeated by the
PhllEes yesterday, 6 to S.
Manager Cochrane was back on the
bench after having spent two nights
in a Lakeland hospital worrying over
a threatened appendicitis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-04

SAN ANTONIO, Tex.-Anxious to
spread the work around for his pitch
ers. Manager Charlie Grimm Of the
Chicago Cubs named two hurlers to
throw against San Antonio today, and
another pair for tomorrow.
Today's assignees were Pat Malone
and Bill Lee. and tomorrow two
youngsters, Roy Joiner, the lone
southpaw on the staff, and Dick Ward,
will hurl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-04

CLEARWATER, Fla. - Philadel-
phia's National League club repre-
sentatives end their Southern series
today against Newark. Win or lose,
the Phillies are sure Of better than
a $3.50 showing because they won
9 of 16 previous contests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-04
TRIBE DUE TO USE
MOORE AT SECOND
Player Who Was With 1925
Title Pirates Appears
to Have Won Job.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
I ACKSON, Miss, April A.
The nomination for second
base, much tossed about by
the Cleveland Indians, now
appears to be firmly in the glove
of Eddie Moore, who is slated to
start at the keystone sack when
the regular season opens.
Eddie is 81, new to the Indians, and
played second for the Pirates when
they were world series winners in 1925.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.-since
Buffalo, apparently tired of constant
drubbings, Cancelled their sixth and
last game of a series here, the St.
Louis Browns will have two days of
before breaking camp Thursday night.
The Browns will go to Orlando to
meet Brooklyn in the first game of a
four-game series Friday. Two games
will be played at Orlando and two at
Jacksonville After the game next
Monday the Browns will board a spe-
cial train with the Cardinals and
leave for st. Louis.
PHOENIX, Ariz-Henry (Zeke)
Bonura, the Chicago White Sox new
first baseman, is busily engaged in
keeping alive hitting streak.
The youngster from Dallas has hit
safely in every one of the clubs IA
exhibition games.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-04

ORLANDO, Fla.-Dusty Rhodes will
do the Red Sox pitching today in the
last OF the two-game series with the
Brooklyn Dodeefs. He will attempt to
hurl nine innings.
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n 1EW YORK, April 4.-Clubs
nj carrying the banner of
v the National League into
the annual grapefruit loop
The Washington times., 1934-08-28
JOHNSON READY
To REVISE NRA

Continued from Page y
all wholesale and retail codes
except food.
High Expense Admitted
The official NRA statement ad
mitted the veracity Of current
charges of exorbitant costs OF
administration by code authcri
ties. It said:
"StudieS of code expense now
are being made, both in the
NRA and outside, to reach the
minimum consistent with effec-
tive administration.
preliminary indications are
that there is room for very
marked overhead reduction, and
the experience of the Admins
tratiOn in watching the opera
ton of codes indicated that
marked savings to industry will
result in the groupings of smaller
industries into larger admins
trative units"
The classification Of the 682
codes into % sections was gov
erned by recognition of four basic
groups Of enterprise, the NRA OF
ficials said.
How They Line Up
The % sections and the funda
mental groups to which they be
long were outlined as follows:
Producing industries: Food, tex
tiles, leather and fur, ferrous
metals, non-ferrous metals, non
metallic products, fuel, lumber
and timber, chemicals, paints and
drugs, paper and rubber.
Fabricating industries: Equip
ment, manufacturing, graphic arts
and construction.
Service industries: Public utill
ties, transportation, communica
ton, finance and amuSementS.
Distributing trades: Professions
and services and wholesale and
retail trades.
The Washington times., 1934-08-28
South Carolina Votes
On Dry Law Today

ATLANTA, Ca, Aug. 28 QN.SO
Voters of South Carolina and Mis-
sisippi went to the polls today in
Statewide Democratic primaries
to select candidates, which in
clude a United States Senator, a
Governor, and 13 representatives
Balloting in Mississippi was to
result in the nomination Of
Senatorial candidate and sever
Representatives, while a candidate
for Governor and six members OF
Congress were to be chosen II
South Carolina. Nomination in
both States is tantamount to cleo
ton.
Interest in the South Carolina
election was intensified by refer.
endum on the liquor question,
The wishes of the voters, however,
were to be purely advisory to the
next legislature.
Mississippi Democrats, faced
with the task of selecting a candi-
date for junior United States
Senator, must decide between the
incumbent, Senator Hubert Steph'
ems, former Gov. Theodore Bilbo,
and Representative Ross Collins.
A fourth candidate, State Senator
Frank Harper. was not seriously
regarded as a contender.
Among the eight aspirantS for
the gubernatorial nomination in
South Carolina, the leading con-
tenders are Cole Blease, former
United States Senator and twice
Governor, and Olin D. Johnston.
The Washington times., 1934-08-28
PLOT To STEAL
ELECTIONS
CHARGED
Nine Legislators Appointed
To Investigate Alleged
Vice Ring in City
BY ROBERT G. NIXON

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 2S
GNSO.-The Huey Long dictator
ship was poised today to strike
its first hamstringing blow at the
wealthy, politically powerful city
of New Orleans.
To the stronghold Of the king
fish" at his $4,000, 900 skyscraper
capitol in Baton Rouge went
nine of his subservient legislators,
summoned to a council OF war.
Theirs is the duty to purify"
New Orleans, to place its mayor,
its police superintendent. It's
councilmen and its justice officers
on trial on charges of graft.
corruption and vice, and to re-
commend that the Louisiana
legislature, which United States
Senator Huey Long dominates,
impeach those upon whom the
verdict of guilty is returned.
"SteaI' Charged
First of the % measures to be
passed under the whip lash OF
Senator Longs shouted COM
mands, the resolution becomes
the initial step in a program
that the New orleans press and
city government charges is an
unconcealed attempt to seize the
municipality, subjugate the
courts and police by military
force and "steal' the crucial
septe mber II congressional
primary. =,
The city investigation commit
tee today awaited but the COM
mand of the "KingfiSh" to begin.
It's personnel-four Senators,
one a cousin of Senator Long, and
five members of the House, all
eyes men" of the Long g-directed
State administration was complet-
ed yesterday.
The Washington times., 1934-08-28
4GFFSH rs YES MEM SET FORPJRFOATONO OF NEW ORLEANS
How to Obtain Loans
Under Housing Act

Would you like to obtain an inexpensive, easy
tO-repay loan for repairing or improving your
home, store or other improved property?
Would you like to cOnuert your present short
term, expensive mortgages on your home into a
nelU LOng-tern, per cent, GnOrtized mortgage?
Would you like to obtain such a neuO mortgage
to finance the construction of neLU home?
All of these benefits to property OUOnerS are
prOUtded under facilities being developed by the
Federal Housing Administration. For all infOr-
nation and help, IOrite your questions to the
Housing Editor, The Washington Times. Enclose
stamped, seLf-Gddressed return eneUeLOpe to
insure prompt, personal reply. Do NOT tete-
phone or call in person.
The Washington times., 1934-08-28
) MAIL ROBBERY
HELD
IN CLEVELAND
Pennsylvania Troopers, P. 0.
Inspectors Follow Car
Purchase As Clue

CLEVELAND, Aug. 28 U.N.S0
Pennsylvania State troopers "got
their men" here today when they
arrested three suspects in the
sensational $4,000 mail truck
robbery at Butler, Pa, last Fri
day.
Authorities would reveal the
name of only one of the men
held. They declared the other
two suspects could not be def
nitely linked with the crime.
Leader Suspect Held
The suspected ring-leader Of the
bandits, who wore smoked glasses
when they swooped down on the
mail truck driver and forced him
to surrender a $4,000 payroll be-
ing sent by registered mail to the
American Rolling Mills plants at
Lyndora, Pa, gave his name as
Addison Mease, "a.
Although never convicted Of a
major crime, MeaSe, according to
authorities, was we'll known to de-
tectives here. He was arrested
after Pennsylvania State troopers
and two postal inspectors came
here and picked him up after he
was traced through a new auto
mobile he purchased.
Ask They Be Held
Detectives here signed release
order for the other two suspects
held, but the Pennsylvania in
vestigators insisted that they be
detained until their probe is COM
pleted. The trio was booked on
charges of investigation and all
steadfastly denied participation
in the robbery.
Captain White, a Pennsylvania
trooper, in charge of the detail
here, promised a statement in
connection with the case would
be released later today.
The Washington times., 1934-08-28
LEGENZA To Be
MA|S' CHIEF
WITNESS
Defense Based on Testimony
OF Convicted Killer and
"Gun MoI"

RICHMOND, Aug. 28.-Basing
his defense on the testimony Of
a convicted killer and a gang
moll," Robert Mais, member Of
the Tri-state gang, went on trial
for his life here today, charged
with the killing of E. M. Huband
during a holdup last March.
Walter Legenza, alias William
Davis, gang leader who was SEN
fenced to the electric chair last
week by the same Judge for his
part in the holdup and murder,
will be the chief defense witness,
it was revealed. The nature Of
his testimony is being carefully
concealed.
Girl Will Testify
Marie McKeever, sweetheart Of
MaiS, will also take the stand.
The State, which is demanding
the death penalty for the gangs
ter, is basing its case on the
testimony of Arthur Misunas,
member of the gang who has
pleaded guilty to the murder and
who turned States evidence.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Fontaine,
sweetheart of big George" Phil
lips, gang member who was slain
by Washington police several
months ago, will also be an i'm
portant witness for the State.
Shot By the Gang
The woman, who was shot by
members of the gang in Upper
Darby, Pa, has been held under
close guard by Washington police,
and furnished much of the in
formation which resulted in the
roundup or Staying of all the i'm
portant members of the gang.
Mr.. Huband was shot and killed
during the holdup of a Fed.
eral Reserve Bank truck he was
driving.
The defense will attempt to
prove an alibi that Mais was
in Washington hotel with the
McKeever woman the day of the
murder.
The Washington times., 1934-08-28
Times Queries Show
GoOdHOrne Demand

that the property owner receives
a better bargain and more
favorable deal than he has ever
been able to find before, the ulti'
mate success of the housing pro-
gram is certain.
A careful analysis of the letters
so far received by The Washing
ton Times discloses many inter
esting and important facts.
Old Debts Concern Few
Officials of the Federal Housing
Administration, and contractors
bankers and others interested in
the housing program, should be
glad to learn that, Of the QueS-
tion written to The Times on the
housing program itself, about As
per cent concern the possibility
of modernization; a similar per
centage concerns the possibility
of buying a home, and about
10 per cent concern the posi-
bility of alleviating the burden
Of existing mortgages.
Other questions, of course, are
asked by citizens who can derive
benefits only from such Federal
agencies as the Home Owners
Loan Corporation and the Fed
eral Emergency Relief Admins
tration. This type of question
forms a Small-a very small
minority.
OF the great majority of the
questions, 30 per cent are directly
hinged upon a hitherto unan-
swered wish for a better home.
And it is this wish which, if
private credit and private indus
try cooperate, will not only pro-
vide those better homes, but also
will turn the wheels of the con-
Struction industries, place legions
of the jobleSS back in the wage
earning class and to relieve the
frozen mortgage market to such
an extent that millions upon mil
lions Of dollars now in hiding can
again be put to a profitable use.
TOmOrrOw'S article will con-
Germ the types of repair that
may be made by property own
ers under the "modernizatiOn"
program.
The Washington times., 1934-08-28
SET
To QUIT NRA
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the result of widespread stories
during the past few days that a
rift had developed between him
self and his chief, and he is re-
ported to have figured that if
he made the statement public
yesterday it would appear that
he was attempting to run from
the fire.
Further, it is said by friends
of the legal chief, there is no un-
friendly feeling on the part of
Mr.. Richberg towards General
Johnson.
No Dispute With Chief
Mr.. Richberg, his friends say,
has been in agreement with the
NRA chief concerning reorgani-
zation of the NRA ever since the
Administrator first made the sug-
gestion.
Mr.. Richberg is said to have felt
that his part in the organization
Of NRA has about been completed,
and he does not desire to con-
tinue in his job nor any other
that will compel him to deal with
routine matters. Friends declare
he is interested in more aggres-
sive work than that of routine
matters,
The Washington times., 1934-08-28
j, 8. IS PUSHING
TEXTILE MEN
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urging immediate negotiation!
with labor representatives.
Mr.. Garrison in his wire to Mr.
Sloan said:
1--WE are hopeful that some
headway might be made to-
ward settlement of the issues
involved in the pending strike
by a round table conference in
which a representative Of the
Cotton Textile Institute and
representatives of the union
would discuss with us the is
sues and explore the pOSSibili-
ties of arriving at some settle
ment.
eff any action is to be taken,
1t should be taken speedily and
We accordingly urge you to COM
municate i m m d i a teIy with
such members Of the institute
as you think would be repre-
sentative and urge them to at
tend such conference at my Of
flee ON Wednesday at 2 p. m,
or, if that is too short notice,
on Thursday at 2 p. M
The employers are in little
mood for negotiating.
Sloan Defends Principle
A letter from Mr.. Sloan tt
Robert Bruere, chairman of the
Textile Industrial Relations
Board. said:
eve cannot amend the code
under threat Of industrial war.
fare. The institution of such
warfare is an attempted SUBJ
StitutiOn of force for the orderly
processes Of NRA. This is the
great principle at stake"
Mr.. German charged tina
employers in Alabama were pre-
pairing for eventualitieS by fortify
ing their mills with machine
guns, bombs, tear gas and othe!
deadly weapons. He warned tn
workers to avoid all Communis
agitatorS and predicted that tn
only disorders would be "pro
voked by the employers"