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The Washington times., 1937-01-06

"The Giants are all Set," said
Bill today, except for another
utility infielder and a reserve
catcher, and the team that beats
us will win the pennant.
WILL MISS WARNEKE
"The Cubs will miss Lon Warn
exc. The Cards will be improved
because they now have Warneke
and whether the Pirates will be
stronger will depend ON how
Dutch Brandt goes for them.
"The Reds will be the most
improved team in the league.
They're young and coming and
have the best chance to break
into the first division. The Bees
also will be better. Their pitching
is stronger, they've added
strength to their OutfieId and If
Ebert Fletcher stands up at first
base, they can switch Baxter JOr-
dan to third and be plenty tough
for anybody. What they need
most is a ShOrtStOp.
"The Dodgers and PhiIS will be
about the same as they were."
The Giants pilot said he woulc
start Mccarthy on first, Chiozzs
at third and Leiber in center field
He figures Leiber should hit al
least $3.50 and Mccarthy will sat
isfy him if he tops 300.
WILL HAVE MORE SPEED
''We'll have more speed this
year." Bill predicted, "and now
that Leiber has learned he must
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
n. Y. Presidents Meet
Brewery Five Sunday

The New York Presidents, a
professional aggregation com
posed Of such stars as John
Honey" Russell, Of American
League basketball fame, and Pep
Koehler, will meet Heurichs in
the local gym Sunday afternoon
at $3.50.
Featured at the Hippodrome in
New York, the Presidents have
defeated the Brooklyn Dux and
other topnotch pro teams. Last
Sunday they lost by one point to
the world colored champions, Rem.
aiSSance five.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
NASH AT BEST IN COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PIN LEAGUE
Rolls 428 Sci
For Premier
B0wIerS
BY SID KATZNELL

Ed Nash is the toast of the Col
umbia Heights Bowling League to.
day.
Nash, who is not one of Wash
ington'S top-notch duckpinnerS,
but good enough to give any top
notcher a run for his money in
head to head match, last night
was at his best.
He threw in a 169 game and 428
set to materially aid Premier Cab
to hand Arcadia a triple reversal.
Delighted over Nash'S fine work,
Premier Cab went out and annexed
high set with 1850.
Cool'S Fountain strengthened its
hold on first place by defeating
HeSSick Coal three times.
Share Leadership
Ell Gees and Shamrocks share
the leadership of the Washington
Ladies League today as a result of
FL Gees three-game victory over
the Cardinals and Shamrocks' two
game triumph over the BeequeeS.
Anna Reynolds was the out
standing performer in the Ladies
Lutheran League, with 130 and
326 highs.
st. Francis Xavier today holds
q firmer grip on first place in the
Ladies Catholic League. The
Saints won three games from st.
Peters A team last night at Lucky
Strike.
Individual honors went to Mar
guerite ArendeS, of st. Peters B
team, who rolled 113 and 800.
PreIim Stakes
Oscar HiSer will stage a pre-
liminary sweepstakes to the United
States Sweepstakes tomorrow night
at the HyattSville Alleys.
A paid-up entry in the United
States Sweepstakes will be given
to the winner. The stakes is linn
tied to bowlers competing in the
Prince Georges County League.
Such prominent maple-craSherS as
Harry Hilliard, Leonard Smith,
Perce Wolfe, Bob Temple, Irving
Billheimer, Wally Burton and Fred
Watson will seek the prize.
The United States Sweepstakes
will be held Saturday in Hart
ford, Conn.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06

amended slightly and their final
form follows:
NAVY - January 6, Gettys-
burg College; 9, Duke; II, Uni
versity of Baltimore; Is, West
ern Maryland; 16, Pittsburgh;
20, University of Virginia; %,
Lafayette: 27, Virginia Poly; 30,
SwarthMOre.
February 3, University of
Maryland; 6, Columbia lat New
York city,; 10, william and
Mary; 13, Pennsylvania State;
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
FiIIY, Equals
Santa Anita's Record

SANTA ANITA TRACK, Area
Ola. Cal, Jan. 6.-Turf followers
today were discussing the spectacu-
lar performance yesterday of Al
fred G. Vanderbilt's filly, Baking,
who equaled the track and worlds
record for the three furlongs, 80
seconds flat.
Vanderbilt'S two-year-old cham
pion, Airflame, set the record last
year.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
Warrenton Seeks

The Warrenton A. C. girls and
boys basketball teams want to
book games with teams from the
District and nearby Virginia. Call
or write John KesSler, manager,
Box 805, telephone 680-J, Warren
ton, Va.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
Rangers Run Wild

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-Piling up
the highest number Of points Of
the National Hockey League sea-
son, the New York Rangers today
had turned back the Americans,
Z to /. to tie the Detroit Red Wings
for first place in the American
section.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
Maroons Advance

MONTREAL, Jan. 6.-The Mon.
trea1 MaroonS today were a step
closer to the international group
leading Les Canadiens as result
of 4-to-2 victory over their city
rivals here.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
Plumbers Anxious

Thomas B. Clark Plumbers baS-
ketball team wants games with
145-pound or unlimited fives. John
KirkWood will arrange the games.
He may be reached after p. m.
at Columbia 6495.
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
Terry Giants Pilots
Files Flag Claim
By PAT ROBINSON.

NEW YORK Jan. 6-B Terry not only ready to bet his
Giants will finish in the National League this year.
but he equally willing give his slant every other teams
prospects and prepared to his revised starting
lineup opening
The Washington times., 1937-01-06
Totals sos 490 511
MAKEUP

Totals ass 4s1 ash Totals =, 4sS All 4sS
The Washington times., 1937-01-06

Totals. 553 5SS $50
CLASSIFIED
Evening star., 1937-05-19
Trees for the States.

Officers of the United States Consti-
tuition Sesquicentennial Commission have
announced distinctive recognition OF
the part played by the original thirteen
States in the founding of the Union
Trees representing each of the bakers
dozen of Commonwealths, they propose,
shall be planted in the George Washing
ton Memorial Parkway between the
Arlington and Key Bridges. Prospering
in that location, these living monuments
will symbolic the vitality of the Nation.
They will grow as American civilization
has grown.
Further, it is worthy of note that each
tree will differ from its neighbor Just
as one community differs from another
in the national scene. A white pine will
connote New Hampshire and q pecan
Georgia, while a hemlock will be the
arboreal delegate Of Pennsylvania and
a red cedar that of Virginia The elm
has been chosen for Massachusetts, the
walnut for Connecticut, the beech for
New York, the tulip tree for Delaware,
the oak for Maryland, the long-lea
pine for North Carolina, the live oak
for South Carolina and the sugar maple
for Rhode Island. Naturally beautiful in
concept, the line should be nobly i'm
pressive in execution. It's effect Will be
Evening star., 1937-05-19

composite, yet each separate integer
will contribute to the picture. The spot
is certain to be an objective of pilgrimage
for visitors to the Capital.
Indeed, 1t probably is not too much to
hope that the passing throng will find
. sermon in the spectacle!s Trees have
their roots in the soil and their branches
reaching for the stars. So, human So
ciety, to continue the metaphor, is estab-
hshed on the earth, but aspires to the
zenith of the heavens. The sponsors Of
the plan are to be commended for their
imagination. Patiently, they are adding
to the attraction Of the Federal City
and its historic environs. Thousands Of
citizens in years to come will applaud
their vision. Perhaps one day every
State in the Union will be represented
in the congress Of trees. Such dream
needs no argument. It will appeal to
everybody.
Evening star., 1937-05-19

have directed their fire. His withdrawal
from the court now weakens still further
the preposterous demand that six addi-
tional justices be appointed to the
Supreme Court. For his retirement gives
to President Roosevelt the opportunity to
place on the Supreme Court new Judge,
fresh from the stream of life outside the
courts. His retirement makes it possible
still further to strengthen the liberal
group, so-called, In the membership of
the court. No longer will 1t be possible
to say that there is "one mans land"
In the decisions Of the highest court
meaning thereby that a single justice
can by a change of vote shift the
opinion of the court from conservative
to liberal or vice versa. That is, If the
premise be true that new judges, ap-
pointed by the President, will necessarily
be liberal.
Justice Van Devanter has desired for
a long time to retire from the bench.
He would have done 50 a year ago, it is
said, had Congress enacted at that time
the law recently passed permitting the
voluntary retirement Of members of the
Supreme Court. If there has been delay
in his retirement now it may have been
due to the unprecedented situation Great
ed by the President last February when
he sent to the Congress his bill to add a
maximum of six members to the court.
But now he has deemed it his duty to
take himself of the bench. In the per-
formance of that duty he has perhaps
more clearly indicated to the American
people the lack of need for the legisla-
ton which the President is seeking.
Evening star., 1937-05-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

most rudimentary ideas Of duty. Duty,
they think, Is just one-sided!
Often 1t comes as shock to them,
as the result Of living, to discover that
the better and higher sort Of duty is
toward others.
Maybe glass tank filled with SWIM
mers will help start them on the road
to self-discovery.
The care needed in aquarium man
agement can be learned only by expert
ence, through the true estimation Of
facts. There are so many factors, some
OF them uncomfortable, entering into
this slice OF life that the utmost care
Is needed at all times to insure success.
This care, bringing in both the ideas
Of faithfulness and duty Immediately
teams up with intelligence. The idea
some persons have, that aquarium man
agement is too simple to dignity with
words, is soon found TO be as wrong as
wrong can be.
Intelligence Is not something to use
one place and not use some place else.
This first principle Of human thought
works itself out splendidly in the hand
ling Of bowl Of guppies, even.
AS long as we think, we have right
to try to use intelligence where we
please!
The only question that should worry
us is: Have we any to use?
X X
This question is triumphantly an
swered in the affirmative when it comes
to home aquarium management.
The life of living creatures depends
upon us. We have duty toward them
which demands faithfulness and care
based on intelligent understanding.
The manager-every one with guppy
is an executive-soon discovers that one
must never underestimate the part any
thing plays in life. You never can tell!
The things invisible are as big" In a
certain sense, as the things we see.
The idea carries over and on into the
affairs of everyday life. The faithful
aquarium executive comes to see that
nothing is either great or small, but
thinking makes it so'-at least In part.
Il X
Acceptance of the inevitable is the
supreme lesson of life, but it brings
with it the realization that often what
we regard as inevitable is really not
so, but something which may be rem
edied upon occasion.
Hence we search as surely as we may,
investigating all things. especially those
we doubt and instinctively think are
not true and of which we are naturally
suspicious. This is the doubter's faith.
In handling the aquarium we see the
difference between the sheer animal
and the sheer man, between nature
and man, If we choose to put it that
way. These creatures in the tank are
living. breathing, eating, much as we,
but there is a great gulf which it is
the privilege of man, not nature, to
bridge.
We have last comprehension, per-
haps, that fish life is not man life.
The thoughts of the turtle are all
| turtle" said Emerson.
We hold in an aquarium, in two
! hands. another world than ours, which
we must try to understand, if only for
a moment by thinking turtle and talk
! ing turtle, too.
Evening star., 1937-05-19
The Fair Way Out.

There is discussion of proposition to
enact local tax program by riders on
the District appropriation bill, attached
by the Senate Subcommittee on District
Appropriations. 1t is perhaps more rea-
sonable to view the proposition as indica-
tive Of the general confusion relating to
local tax program than as possible
attempt to circumvent the seventh Sec
ton. First Article of the Constitution,
which provides that revenue-raising
measures shall originate in the House
Even if the Senate committee found a
rider already in the bill-such as the
provision increasing water rates-to
which it might add amendments con-
stituting a general revenue-raising pro-
gram. it is unlikely that Congress would
sanction such irregular procedure
The situation relating to local revenue
deficits is, of course, enough to give the
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
cause for anxiety. But as serious as may
be the apprehensions of the Senate
committee, it is hardly comparable to
the alarm felt by the taxpayers who
have been silently watching the develop
ments of the past few weeks
A prospective deficit of about Sc, 900 900
in the general fund now threatens to
become s7,5o0,00o as the Senate sub
committee prepares to take up the bill.
If House cuts below budget estimates are
restored and additional funds appro-
priated to meet needs outlined-for ex-
ample, by the Board of Public Welfare
the deficit may exceed $8,OO0,OOO. On top
OF the taxes needed to make up general
revenue shortages gas tax increase and
automobile weight tax are proposed for
highway purposes only, while the ap-
preparation bill as it passed the House in
creased water rates and reduced mini
mum consumption allowances in a man.
ner adding s575,o00 to water taxes.
The possible tax increases facing the
District, in other words, would amount
to close to $4,000, O0,000-representing an
increase in the total tax burden ap-
preaching 30 per cent. It is doubtful
II any city in the country today is facing
any such drastic increase in the tax
burden, or one that is more wholly un-
justified by the conditions which
threaten it.
These conditions result from the
studied policy of lump sum reduction in
the face of growing demands occasioned
largely by the needs of the American
Capital and by national appropriations
policies-as distinct from the needs of
the local Capital community.
Without grave injustice and excessive
taxation, local taxpayers cannot assume
the prospective burdens in increased
revenues which seem to be in the
making. The Senate subcommittee
should avoid the threatened injustice
by an increase in the lump sum- The
prospective deficits are not due to any
under-taxation of the District. They
will not be avoided even by the heavy in
crease in local taxation originally pro-
posed. From the standpoint of equity,
an increase in the lump sum becomes
unavoidable
Evening star., 1937-05-19

Jim Farley's "We have the votes" die
tum Is altogether likely, before the Su-
preme Court fray passes into legislative
history, to cause close scrutiny as to just
how we" got the votes. provided I'VE"
do get them. Deep-seated resentment
is understood to have been aroused every
where on Capitol Hill by the subtle sug-
gestlon, attributed to the Democratic
national chairman, that legislators who
oppose the administrations plan might
regret their hostility when it comes to
patronage and projects In which they
are interested. There's now certain to be
careful X-raying of the vote of each
and every member of the Senate, at
present uncommitted. who eventually
lines up for the court-packing program
This situation does not yet apply to
the House, in which there has been no
detailed count of noses because the lower
branch has SO far not been called upon
to face the music. Whenever it is, it's
expected to register an adequate, if not
overwhelming, majority in favor of the
measure
X
There is growing interest among Amer
lean seaports in the creation of foreign
established in New York Harbor, at
Stapleton, Staten Island. The purpose
is to build up trans-shipment commerce
at various points of Uncle Sans far
flung coast line The Alabama State
Dock Commission has applied for such
facilities at Mobile. Similar steps have
been taken on behalf of San Francisco
The Foreign Trade Zones Board in
Washington is clothed with the requisite
authority. after filing of formal applica-
tions and holding of hearings. as pro-
vided by the Celler act approved in
June, 1894.
washington Calling" is the name of
novel just off the press, written by
Marquis w. Childs of the Capital staff
OF the st. Louis t-Dispatch. and which
has the current national political scene
as its background. It tackles variety
of situations similar to those which have
created history during the New Deal
including a mythical s64000000 loan
from the Financial Rehabilitation Au-
thority." Connected with that make
believe transaction is an imaginary
Southern ex-senator running a po-
litical law Office in Washington, who at
tempts to have Federal judgeship given
to a politician certain to approve the
deal. President John Winthrop" is one
of the leading characters in the book,
along with Ferris Branolsky,' crusad-
ing young lawyer with a passion for
fighting corporate and political abuses
Mr.. Childs is the author of Sweden
The Middle Way" an authoritative and
highly regarded treatise on the CO.
operative movement.
X n X
Amid the encircling gloom, Senate
Judiciary Chairman Ashurst maintains
his invincible good humor. Somebody
asked the Arizonan this week how he's
bearing up under the prospect of defeat
on the court bill "It's easy enough to
bear up under defeat" he smilingly re-
piled. 1--WE always found 1t a much
tougher proposition to survive victory"
X X X
Latest long-range 1910 political gossip
credits Vice President Garner with IA
voring the presidential aspirations of his
fellow Texan, r. F. c. Chairman Jesse
H. Jones, as the Democrats best bet.
Because of his triumph as Warwick
at Chicago in 1882. the v. P.'s backing
is nothing to sneeze at
Copyright, 1879
Evening star., 1937-05-19
A Judicial Retirement,

Associate Justice Van Devanter of the
Supreme Court leaves the Supreme
Court of the United States with an en-
viable record of public service For
twenty-six years-he is the oldest man
In point of service on the Supreme
bench-Justice Van Devanter has given
wise counsel and wise Interpretation OF
the law. His colleagues have paid him
tribute and expressed their sense of per-
sonal loss because of his announced re-
tirement
Aligned with the more conservative
members of the court-in the interpreta-
ton of the Constitution and the law
Justice Van Devanter has been one of
those upon whom the New Deal critics
Evening star., 1937-05-19
Qualities fostered by the home aqua.
rum are many, among them being:

qualities 1oStefed oy the nome aqua
rum are many, among them being:
l. Faithfulness.
2 Duty.
3. Care.
4. Attention to detail.
s. Intelligence.
8. True estimation Of facts.
7. Acceptance of the inevitable.
8. Realization that what sometimes
seems inevitable is not 50.
8. Understanding the difference be-
tween the sheer animal and man.
10. Comprehension Of the difference
between nature and man.
It is safe to say that even the young
est child, with couple Of goldfish in
q small tank, will begin to receive some
Of these benefits.
At least a few steps will be taken
along each Of these paths toward UNDER
standing.
sThe older person, according to his
capacity, will go farther and derive q
great deal more benefit.
The greatest gain, of course, comes
to him or her who possesses an in
nate love Of animals. This is thing
not all possess.
ure and excitement merely In the con-
temptation Of noble dog, fine cat,
really first-class specimen Of tropical
fish.
Faithfulness to the pact undertaken
is the first thing one learns on taking
over the care of a few finny fellows
In an absurdly small quantity of water.
Even the most unthinking person re-
alizes at once that the inmates have no
way Of getting food unless he puts 1t in.
He sees. within a few days, that he
is the god of this outfit, with the
powers of life and death in his hands.
1t is sobering thought for the sensi-
tive, and no doubt intrudes itself,
though unconsciously. on the insensi-
tive, who make up about 80 per cent
Or is that too low?-of humanity.
FaithfulnesS then, In the small but
important chores Of the aquarium is a
real lesson In big world wherein the
very idea Of lesson" has grown repug-
nant to many, but which is, neverthe-
less, still a very real and important
thing
People have to get ideas of faithful
ness somewhere and somehow If they
do not want to miss something great
The world for centuries has found this
quality high and mighty, and it does
not seem that any smart-alec lacking
essential breeding and true background
is going to find it otherwise, really.
Faithfulness is something to be glad
of and rejoice in and benefit from
1t is given to many persons in lowly
places and often to those in high.
The fish will die unless it is fed
given oxygen to breathe and otherwise
made physically comfortable.
In the determination Of these simple
but important duties toward another
living thing, the aquarium manager
learns the first principles of duty, if
he have them not already.
Many persons. highly cultured and
skilled, nevertheless seem to have the
Evening star., 1937-05-19

An eighty eight year old farmer
preached his own funeral sermon the
other day at Coatesville, Ind. 1t could
have waited few years, at that, but
having been In readiness for some time
1t was decided to let it go and accept,
in reward, the assurance that pleasant
time was had by all. The assignments
of funeral dates is one of the most en-
barrassing features of the life insurance
business.
Evening star., 1937-05-19

A lady who says everything is in good
order for friendly results at her diplo.
matte post is expected to look, hesitate
and seem embarrassed. If she had ex-
pressed an opposite opinion she would
have been studied until she almost
wished she had not accepted the honor.
but remained at home where they can
at least talk things over in friendly
way at the tea table.
Evening star., 1937-05-19

In distributing photographs journalism
has worked with unusual industry in the
past year or so. 1t may be found desir-
able for a time to reduce our amount of
travel at least. to the kind that carries
men to where they are needed.
Evening star., 1937-05-19
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton.
Paper Dolls.

dPCI DUIIes
I opened childhood's desk today.
And there in a dust-covered nook.
Thumbed and torn, some paper dolls lay
I had cut from fashion book.
A pretty matron and children three
That used to play with-and dream
OF the little children would come to me:
And I'd wonder how it would seem.
Laying the dolls in their dusty stall. .
I let the desk-lid gently fall
On the little girl that was I.
Evening star., 1937-05-19

New York theaters join In protest
against suppression of a show on the
ground that 1t is considered Immoral" !"
After all, the morals of a show depend
on the ease with which new suggestions
Of immortality are indicated and the
amount that may be collected under
different circumstances.
Evening star., 1937-05-19

Young refugees from Bilbao find haven
in France, which is now regarded by
them as the country containing the
answer to prayers for the future. The
man that will pray most ef1ectually is
one who will show a readiness for honest
work as emergency arises.
Evening star., 1937-05-19

The Federal Air Commission is getting
back to the method that built up rail-
roading, which was not permitted to
sprawl as it chose, in disregard of orderly
human relationship.