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Evening star., 1936-07-05
Fijian Gets Hole in One.

That the honor of being the first
native Fijian and the first South Sea
Islander to hole out in one on a golf
course has fallen to Ratu Savenaca,
captain of the Fijian Golf Club, has
been reported in Sydney. Australia.
Nearly all the members of the club
are native chiefs and oficials.
Evening star., 1936-07-05

A LEXANDRIA. Va, July 4-The
" Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Churchill
. Jones Gibson Of Richmond
have announced the engage
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Chevy Chase
Residents t S
Visit in West.
DR.. and Mrs. Merz
Plan Tour - Mrs.
Clark, Son Arrive.

FRS. ALBERT HOBBS CLARK
M and her small son, Craig
Vt Greenleaf Clark, of Coro-
NADIA, Calif.. arrived Monday
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~ OCKVILLE, Nd, July 4.-Mr.
- and Mrs. Simon Peter Wag-
| ner of near Rockville left
n y early in the week for Maine,
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Continued on Third Page0
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N MARCH 31st, next Tuesday.
Claude Augustus Swanson
will celebrate his 74th BIRTH
~ day. Three years after COM
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first lord Of the admiralty is q great
diplomat as we'll as a naval leader, and
I shall tell my people about it when I
return to Toxic"
The Toxic correspondent, of course,
was right. But there is good deal
more than diplomat and naval leader
to Secretary Swanson. In addition,
he is a statesman and a Virginia gen.
tleman in the best sense of the old
school. But above all, he is kindly,
tolerant and human. On his latest
cruise, made on the new cruiser In
dianapols, the "old man" was standing
on deck as the vessel weighed anchor
and slowly swung to clear the harbor
After glancing aloft to where his per-
sonal flag f1uttered from the foremast,
he turned with solemn face but twin
king eyes to the companion of his
travels. Now. Edgar" said the Sec
retary. remember, I won't tell the
truth about you if you promise to tell
no lies about me-"
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conferences Hit In
teresting Level of
Give and TAX e
With FrankneSS
Marked.

A SKED by correspondent who
was going to be the first naval
governor of Ocean Island. a low ly.
ing uninhabited Pacific atoll recently
acquired by the Navy. Mr.. Swanson
offered the post to his questioner.
Importuned by several reporter,
once as to why a naval officer hac
Cancelled a speaking engagement fol-
Navy day address, the Secretary
said: Il don't know what reason he
assigned. You all remind me of the
little boy blowing in his fathers
field. and one of these experts came
around to find out what wages he
was getting. and the boy said: Wages
Why. 1 get nothing if do and hell
If DON'T"
you're the same old fox you were
in the Senate" remarked one of his
questioners.
We'll, if I am an old fox, it is
because you newspaper men make
me that way" retorted the Secretary
Asked recently if he was hopeful
about the outcome of the present
negotiations in London, he replied
beamingly, Il am always hopeful. !
have a hopeful disposition"
Pressed as to whether he didn't
feel impatient with the delay in
London and disappointment over the
lack of progress, he replied. We'll I
was eight months in Geneva and we
didn't get very far"
On the whole, Mr.. Swanson and
the Navy receive the friendly support
and complete cooperation of the
press. When on occasions, as is in
evitable, columnist or radio COM
mentator makes some disparaging
remark about the Navy. and an indig-
nant subordinate urges the Secretary
to demand retraction, the urbane
Mr.. Swanson usually makes the sage
and imperturbable observation that
"a few f1eas are good for the dog"
Asked once by correspondents why
he didn't reply publicly to the attack
of some minor official, Mr.. Swanson
said it was bad policy ito use q To-
inch gun on a mosquito" Il am not
going to help you fellows" he added,
ito bring this man from the back page
to the front page"
Mr.. SWANSON is always good copy.
~ His popularity with the press is
not restricted to American newspaper
men. His press conferences are fire.
quently attended by Russian, French
and other foreign correspondents.
Early in January he gave special in
terview to q prominent Japanese cor
respondent. Returning to the press
room after o delightful interview and
carrying an autographed copy of Mr..
Swanson's picture, this correspondent
confided that he had written much
about the Secretary in the Toxic
papers. His inference was that some
of his observations had not been alto
gether fiattering. But" he contin-
ued, now completely won over. your
Evening star., 1936-03-28
Secretary y M a kes
Pu blic Contact
Largely Through
Warm Relations
With the Press.
By Lieut.. Comdr.
G.. G.. Moore, u. S. ".

N MARCH 3lst, next Tuesday.
Claude Augustus Swanson
l. will celebrate his 74th birth
~ day. Three years after COM
ing into Office as the Secretary of the
Navy, Mr.. Swanson, who more than
any other man Of our times is entitled
to the designation of naval-statesman,
can look back with pride upon a
period of the greatest peacetime naval
expansion in his country's history.
A member of the Senate Naval
Affairs Committee for almost a quar-
ter of century and acting chairman
of that body during the critical war
years, his knowledge and appreciation
of Americas naval needs were unsur-
passed by any of his colleagues in
the Senate.
As Secretary Of the Navy. he has
had the good fortune TO be always
assured Of the sympathetic ear of his
chief President Roosevelt: the close
cooperation of his former colleagues
in Congress, the confidence OF the
public and the loyal support Of his
followers in the naval service. And
under his leadership the Navy has
moved forward at an almost unbe-
lievable pace toward implementing
with ships, men and planes those
treaties of naval limitations which had
remained for so long mere distant
aspirations.
In these past three years S6 sets OF
blueprints have metamorphosed into
q similar number Of new fighting ships
in various states of completion 5
aircraft, carriers, 8 heavy cruisers,
II light cruisers, SO destroyers and l6
submarines. This short period wit
messed the passing into service Of a
new type Of aircraft carrier smaller
and more compact than the man.
moth Lexington class. a new and
larger type destroyer than the hastily
constructed wartime vintages; and
the commencement of those new
10,000-ton light cruisers, the first OF
which Is yet to be completed.
SECRETARY SwANSONs parlia-
- mentary ability is widely recog-
nized. In the Senate and earlier in
his public career he was known as an
ardent campaigner and forceful speak
er. AS he says of himself. Il used to
make a public speech on the slightest
provocation-now never if can avoid
it." So, for the past three years, as
Secretary of the Navy. his contact
with the public and his ability to evoke
its sympathy and support has been
almost entirely through the medium
of his weekly press conferences. Ex-
cept for this agency, the American
people would have known little Of the
man who during this period has
guided their Navy in its rapid expan-
sion toward treaty dimensions. It is
for this reason that the minutes Of
these press conferences take on a vital
significance at the end Of his first three
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has never needed whisky to make
them fight"
How about beer. Mr.. Secretary"
| "We-e-l, there was strong senti-
ment for beer; but the problem of
storage arose. Since We have treaties
limiting the number of ships in our
Navy and the size of individual ships,
storage space also is limited We don't
want to take powder and ammunition
of and put on beer in preference. The
ships can only carry SO much
Once when a Navy Department bill
was up in Congress recommending
minor increases in pay for certain
classes Of enlisted men, the Secretary
was asked why he had not sponsored
similar bill when q member of the
naval affairs.
well, its this way" replied Secre-
tary Swanson. when was boy they
used to tell me that it was a good plan
| to put cattle on short grass, but not
to let them Craze there too long"
nUIZZED as to what he thought
and the Navy thought of selec-
ton system that while it insured a
steady flow of promotion eliminated
many officers annually, he retorted,
We'll, we've got to have promotion
and naval officers prefer being selected
by jury of their peers than by us
politicians"
rVhn cnfrndy,nc~ ~ Kr cu. -.
naval philosophy-certainly from the
Navy's viewpoint-is we'll illustrated in
his attitude toward q new Navy De-
partment Building. AS more and more
monumental buildings arose along
Constitution avenue to the great glory
OF the other executive departments Of
the Government. reporters continued
to question the Secretary as to when
he was going to ask Congress for
funds for new Navy Building. when
we have all the ships we need" re-
piled the Secretary. I'm the mean
time we will function in an attic, If
necessary" He believes that the
Nays front should be on the high
seas and not along the Potomac.
Mr.. Swansons' conviction that the
sea is the natural habitat of the Navy
was expressed forcibly in his COM
ment on the results Of Fleet Problem
No. XVI. At the close of these ma
neuvers IN June, 1885, the largest in
American naval history, the Secretary,
after calling attention to the millions
Of miles steamed by all surface YES
sels, the total of many thousand hours
OF flying by naval planes under par
ticularly hazardous and trying condi-
tions Stimulating those of actual war
time, spoke with pride of the extraor-
dinarily few personnel casualties.
During the period Of these maneu-
vers," said the Secretary, "had the
Fleet remained idle at anchor in their
home bases along the California coast,
there would have been more deaths
caused among its personnel from auto
mobile and motor cycle accidents,
judging from past performance. He
concluded with a smile, Il have al
ways said the proper place for Navy
man was the sea-"
Annually, at Christmas time, the
correspondents ask Mr.. Swanson what
he wants Santa Claus to bring him.
His stock answer is More ships for
the Navy" what kind of ships, Mr..
Secretary" "Al kinds" Is the inevi-
table reply.
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years as the Nays number one man.

years as the Nays number one man.
These conferences, held in the Sec
retary's private office in the jerry
built, wartime structure on Constitu-
ton avenue. are marked by cordial
informality on the part of Secretary
Swanson and a mutual respect and
friendship between the correspondents
and the cabinet official. Good-hu-
mored jesting DISCUSSES much real SUBJ
stance and sound naval philosophy.
With all his inquisitors seated, the
Secretary invariably opens the attack
with the same formula:
Here, give them a smoke" he will
say, passing a package of cigarettes to
the press officer, then they won't ask
me so many questions.
Before the questioning begins, usu-
ally a few prepared press releases,
handouts" are read of. These are
rarely controversial and, for the most
part, relate to routine matters. AS
soon as these are disposed of the Sc
rious business of getting the dope" is
in order.
The oblique method of attack is the
most popular and the Secretary is fire.
quently bombarded with what in court
procedure would be termed leading or
hypothetical questions.
Mr.. Secretary, one Of my colleagues
said that Admiral Standley's greatest
trouble in London is acting as umpire
between Great Britain and the Japs." !"
"Well, to date" replied the Secre-
tary, II think that he has had more
trouble with his silk hat than any
thing else"
"Mr. Secretary, will you recall Ad-
miral Standley If Japan walks out
of the conference?" asks a corre-
spondent.
"See the State Department. Admiral
Standley is a delegate sent to London
by the State Department"
"NTR. SECRETARY, the London
A'A Daily Telegraph carried q story
this morning stating that it was
learned that the United States was
contemplating the withdrawal Of the
Asiatic Squadron from Far Eastern
waters and the Philippines"
That" replied the Secretary, is
q matter of American domestic policy.
There is no change contemplated.
When q change Is made it will be
announced in Washington and not in
London. When we make any change
I will tell you all about ii"
Just before the presidential feet
review in New York in 1884 q re-
porter asked the Secretary II they
were going to provide q cruiser to
transport members Of Congress to the
celebration. The Secretary replied that
he was having some difnculty making
as he did not want to
take a ship out Of the review for
"well, now, Mr.. Secretary, you ought
to take those fellows up. You know
they have been pretty good to the
Navy"
"You mean they have been pretty
good to the country" shot back the
Secretary.
"Mr. Secretary" said q correspond
ent at one Of the conferences, now
that the noble experiment is with us
no more, when are you going to put
whisky back on our battleships?"
We're not putting 1t back. They
don't want 1t on board. fOur Navy
Evening star., 1936-03-28

SO much so that the Bureau OF Air
Commerce, Department of Commerce,
has called to Washington Earl F.
Ward. lately airport traffic control
officer for the four airlines working
out of Newark, N. j., to assist in pre-
pairing initial rules and regulations
governing the orderly and safe move
ment Of airplanes along the Federally-
lighted and radio-equipped airways
and in and out of major air terminals.
Technical advances in the design
of airplanes and engines, the intro
duction Of new and improved flight
instruments and the development of
aeronautic radio have made it possible
for airplanes to engage extensively in
intentional instrument or blind" flying
through and over fog and clouds.
While greatly increasing the scope Of
the airplanes usefulness, intentional
instrument flying if not properly con-
trolled introduces a difficulty in that
pilots cannot see other planes oper-
ating in the clouds. This makes nee
essary some form of control that will
keep airplanes far enough apart to
avoid the possibility of collision. An
ticipating the development Of this
problem, the Bureau of Air Commerce
several months ago launched COM
prehensive study of airport and air.
way traffic control and Mr. Wards
appointment is one result. Detailed
regulations now are being prepared
by the Bureau Of Air Commerce.
Until these regulations are worked
out and made effective, there are
temporary restrictions now operative
to prevent collisions in flight. All air
craft, except scheduled airliners and
planes equipped with two-way radio
communication, are prohibited from
engaging in Intentional instrument
flying on any Federal airway. This
means that planes in all other cate
gories are prohibited from climbing
up through clouds or fog to get "on
top" or to mush down through low
ceiling preparatory to selecting place
to land However, such flying may
be engaged in provided it is 25 miles
away from Federal airway.
THE non-airline plane with two
way radio must. under THE pres
ent requirements, check out at the
beginning of an airway with a De-
partment of Commerce radio station
and must report its location by radio
from time to time. This enables the
airlines to know the approximate
whereabouts of any craft other than
their own. and as long as this regula-
ton is obeyed the chances of collision
are remote.
Another phase of flying which calls
Evening star., 1936-03-28
AIRPLANE. TRAFFIC
DIRECTOR is ON JOB
Earl F. Ward Devises Program to Keep
Planes Safe, With Blind Flying
Sharply Increasing.
By John Frazier.

>EN THOUSAND planes cutting the ether the United
States into swr and eddies every "a hours brought
about problem aviation Federal ofcals-that
of airWay and airport traffic control.
Evening star., 1936-03-28
NAVYS 3YEAR EXPANSION SETS RECORD UNDER SWANSON
AROUND THE CLOCK
WITH ZOO KEEPER
DR.. Mann's Is Busy Day, With 1900
Animals to Feed, House and Keep
Alive and Happy.
By DOrOthea J. Leu,is.

TOA had only two of each kind bird beast reptile Noah
had them for only 40 days and 40 nights Noah
had cnch compared with William M. Mann, landlord
' of the WASHINGTON Zoo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-24
|ST SPANS READY
 FOR FIVE INNING PRACTICE GAME
NsChefski HOpefuls GO to WaterViIle Park Sun.
 day Afternoon

The St. Stan's baseball team will practice Sunday afternoon at 400 o'clock at Waterville Park, because Fulton Park has been plowed and is under repair for the opening game of the league. Ted Okehepki requests all players and new mem- bers to be present for this work out. Any and all members of the Athletic association wishing to be present at this practice may do so because Ted will put these men against his team for a Shining practice game, to give his boys a better workout and better oppor- tunity to show their stuff. "Dimples" Malinowski, Kosiciewski and Gend- zinski will be on hand this Sunday to take part in this practice. Ted is negotiating for game with the St. Stan's of Meriden, at Meriden, a week from Sunday. To better con- dition his team for the opening game of the Public Parks league. Lefty" Roman is sure to be one of the starting hurlers for the Saints this season with Malinowski doing the receiving. Lefty" will pitch a few innings against his teammates at Sundays practice to give the team plenty of batting practice, as he is a very good pitcher and should make the boys step plenty. The boys will meet at the club room at 3 o'clock from there they will go in cars to Waterville Park.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-24
CUNNINGHAM IN SPECIAL 1000
Olympic Hopefuls at Des
 MOines Among 5000 r. Athletes

Des Moines, Ia, April 24.-(UP)- Track and field aces seeking berths on the 1886 Olympic team met in Elag.decked Drake stadium today for a general assault on world, national, Drake relay and assorted other rec ords.
 The 27th annual running of the relays served as regional Olympic tryouts for nearly 5000 university, college and high school athletes. They hoped to show enough ability to win a place on the team going to Berlin this summer, and their efforts endangered at least seven long standing carnival marks.
 Today's program was confined principally to high school compe- tition, although preliminaries to Saturdays finals were scheduled in some collegiate and university events.
 Two special events enlivered the regular program. They were a 1,O00-yard race featuring Glenn Cunningham of Kansas, and a 440- yard dash which brought together some of the finest quarter-milers in collegiate circles.
 More than ITO schools entered beams. More than 18,000 persons are expected to watch finals tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-24
JENUSAITIS PIN
 MEN IN CLEAN SWEEP OF MATCH
RoIIoff With Selens Team for Second Place Next
 Week; Banquet May 9

Plans for the annual banquet of the L. I. P. bowling league to be held on Saturday night, May 9th, were discussed freely at a meeting of the bowlers which took place last night at St. Joseph's drives. The affair will actually begin on Satur- day night at 9 o'clock and with J. w. Stokes as caterer, it will be sometime Sunday before the boys decide that they have had enough to eat, pack up and go home Former Deputy Sheriff John w Jenusaitis, chairman of the league is also heading the banquet com mittee.
 Those assisting the ex-sherifi are Daniel Stokes, John w. Stokes Al Kasidas, William Strokalaitis William "Ice" Arnauskas, and Jonhny Butch" Danasavage.
 Another Match
 Although the season was to have been finished last night with 8 spe- cial rolloff game between the Jenu- saitis team and that explained by Freddy Dulskis, the unexpected hap pened and Jenusaitis won three games, the first time during the season that the lads made clean sweep, and as a result went into 8 tie with Doc SelenS' club for sec- ond place. The Sheriffs and Dem tists will enter into a special roll- nff at tho drives on next Thursday night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-24
Gala Openings Arranged For Grammar And ParociaL Boy
Today's Sport Parade
By Henry McLemore CUnited Press Stan Correspondent

time, a hurried request was made for mounted policemen to come and maintain order.
 It is nothing new for the Phila- delphia customers to be displeased with the baseball situation. They seem to have a genuine gift for staying annoyed. Nothing suits them. A winning club frets them just as much as losing one. This was proved a few years back when the As were the top club in the majors, and still couldn't draw. Tn fact, when MT. Mack began selling his headline players he gave the apathy of the customers toward a pennant winner as the reason.
 Philadelphia, it seems, wants neither the best team nor the worst team, but simply an outfit capable of keeping it guessing as to how it will fare. A cross between the Brook lyn Dodgers and the Chicago White Sox would probably suit it beauti- fully.
 Report has it that MT. Mack IS not at all upset by the resolute man. ner in which the fans are staying away. would have gone and seen him myself, but I was told that the ticket seller you have to pass to gain admittance to MT. Mack's office gets very angry when someone wakt him up. MT. Mack, I understand has worked out a neat little schemt to comfort himself when the day'l gate receipts are counted. Before tho season started he took the amount he received from Yawkey for hie star players and divided it by 77 the number of home games the As play. Now, when the bookkeeping ing department gives him the sad little total of the money taken in at 8 game, he chuckles and adds to 1t one of the neat little sums he got from dividing the Yawkey total by 77. As Brother Yawkey spent a million or whereabouts with the As, Connie figures he is doing quite all right. And he is.
 Personally, I don't quite under stand the Philadelphia's customers refusal to watch the As. When I saw them in Florida, theri pitchers alone were worth price of admis- sion. That is, if you like low com- edy as well as I do. If I didn't feel it my duty to report on the doings of the shorts and liniment fellows in the Penn relays, would be out at Shibe park today.
 Copyright 1886, by United Press)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-24
PENN RELAYS TO HAVE SHORTER SET OF EVENTS
Group of 5000 Athletes Begin Test for Track,
 Field Glory Today
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff COrrespOndent


 Philadelphia, April 24.-(UP)- With the Olympic games the goal ol select few and the mere glory o1 winning 8 medal the aim of most three thousand athletes from 48( colleges and schools opened compe. tition today in the Pennsylvania re. lays, first major event of the out door track and field season.
 It is the worlds greatest relay carnival.
 For the handful of Olympic can- didates the 2-day meet will be the first tuneup for the American team tryouts in July.
 Trimmed down from 82 to 67 events, the program will be the most compact in many years. Many of the events formerly devoted tc high schools, parochial school and junior high events have been elim- mated. Entries have been restricted in tn special colelge events, and the decathlon and 110-meter hurdles have been eliminated entirely.
 Twenty-tWo events, featuring the 400-meter hurdles, distance and sprint college medley relays, 3,000- meter Steeplechase, 44-yard college relay, and discus throw and shot put, were on today's program. The carnival will wind up in blaze 0. speed tomorrow when Jesse Owens of Ohio State, and Eulace Peacock Temple, two of Americas fastest humans, meet in the 100-meter dash Forthy-five events are on the final days program.
 Famous track champions are en- tered from every section of the country except the Pacific coast.
 Champions are back to defend their titles in seven relays as fol- lows: Columbia, 440 and 880 yards; Manhattan in the mile; Maryland in the sprint medley; Michigan State in the distance medley and 4-miles; and Pennsylvania in the 480-yard hurdles. Among the defending champions in individual events are Anton Kishon, Bates strong man, in the hammer and discus throws; Al Threadgill, Temple negro, and Char ley Scott, Cornell, who tied in the high jump last year.