davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1937-12-29

except a fellow can't go to the
ball game, even if his grand
mother really dies. That's what
miss most, the ball games, and
my family, and the fights. We
have some pretty good fights in
the fleet now and then. But
it's not like when you have to
hustle around to dig up couple
of bucks to see 'em. Or maybe,
it's reading about them in the
sports pages before and after
they take place, that makes the
fights back home seem so ex-
citing.
Which is the reason for my
writing to you this way. I really
haven't any excuse except that I
was one Of your fans back home,
and am kind Of lonesome here
with time on my hands.
IT was 20 last month and have
been in the Navy two years.
Having never finished high
school. I'm behind on the educa.
tional score. But with the char
acteristic indifference Of half
wits-which is what was called
when I quit school to join the
Navy - I've managed to do a
little writing.
That's what always wanted
to do really. You'll find en-
closed a boxing article I wrote
for the Shanghai Evening Post
and Mercury. It was the first
thing I ever wrote for publica-
ton, and I hope you won't turn
thumbs down on it without a
reading.
II know it isn't too hot. But
they published it and since then
I have contributed to every
other paper in Shanghai. If
you think I've got enough on
the ball for a beginner, that's
enough for me.
I'll be home in another year
and a half and then I'd like to
try out for some kind of news
paper job. Any kind. On any
kind of newspaper from a
weekly Of two pages up. Just
so long as I have a chance to
write and see it in print.
Hoping to hear some sort
of reply on what you think of
my stuff, I remain-J. r. Cash
man, U. S. s. Augusta, Asiatic
Fleet, care of Postmaster, San
Francisco, Cal, V. Division"
WORRYING ABOUT YANKS
In such hands lie some part
Of our national destiny in the
troubled waters of the Pacific.
Kids in their twenties, who are
worrying about the Yanks and
Giants, or cubs and Pirates, and
never mind the Japanese.
We should do all right out
there.
You can't go wrong with
Johnny CaShmanS.
A Philadelphia friend phones
to say that the Lou Little boom
for football coach at Pennsyl-
vania is gaining hourly. We
hope nothing comes Of it, but
want to repeat that it's a dis
tinct possibility. r.
Pennsylvania is Little'S alma
mater. He was a great player
there, is extremely popular in
Philadelphia. Indeed, he just
missed going there to coach be-
fore he came to Columbia.
The Red and Blue wants win
ming teams again. LOUIS a win
ming coach. Which means he's
also smart enough to know that
he can't continue to be a win
ming coach without material.
One Sid Luckman is a mighty
asset to any team. But one Sid
Luckman doesn't make a win
ming season any more than one
swallow makes a New Year Eve.
And nobody loves those win
ming seasons more than Lou
Little.
All I can tell you is what I
hear, and that's what I hear
and know. Keep punching.
cy,1i1ionI
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
Lowell, 6tO5,
To Beat Barlund

NEW YORK, Dec. 90 G.N.S0.
Five years ago two youthful anna
teur boxers, Alberto Lowell, of
Argentina. and Gunnar Barlund,
of Finland, fought each other at
the Olympic Games, in Los
Angeles.
Tonight the same pair, now
listed among the most promising
of the foreign professional heavy
weights, clash in the feature 10
round bout at the Hippodrome
Lowell, who won five years ago,
is a 6-to-5 favorite to repeat to-
night.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
Detroit Rallies
To Win Game, 1888

DETROIT, Dec. 20 G.N.S).-A
fighting University of Detroit
basketball team today sent the
towering University of Nebraska
five home smarting under their
third straight one-point loss. The
TftanS overcame a Seven-point lead
in the last two minutes of play to
beat the Cornhuskers, 34-33.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
Sylvester Signs for
Store Pro Position

Tony Sylvester, Capital Golf and
Country Club professional for the
past 10 years, has joined the
Hecht Department Store here and
will assume charge of the golf
shop He will, however, remain
as pro at Capital.
Sylvester, who succeeded Lionel
Walker at Capital, will take over
his new position early next week.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
Byron White Gets
Fairbanks Trophy

FORT WORTH, Tex.-Byron
"Whizzer" White, University of
Colorado All-America halfback
who went to college to play foot
ball to earn a Rhodes Scholarship
and a Phi Beta Kappa key, has
been awarded the Douglas Fair
banks Trophy, symbolic of being
the outstanding college football
player of the nation.
White was voted the trophy by
athletes representing 131 college
teams.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
Champion Archer
Ruled Too Good

Carl Standingeer, greatest OF
North Carolina Cherokee Indian
archers, has been ruled out of
further competition by his tribe.
Champion for years, his easy
triumphs have discouraged young
sters from entering annual tourna,
ments.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
Detroit u. Coach
Mum on Grid Offer

NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. 90
GN.S0.-Gus Dorais, reported
slated to succeed Harry Kipke at
Michigan, today declined to dis
cuss the matter.
II have nothing to say"
DoraiS said. 1T is a matter I
do not care to discuss"
Dorais, who is head coach at
Detroit, came here to attend the
annual convention of the Ameri.
can Football Coaches Association.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
Strangler Rates
Stecher AS Best

Ed Stranger" Lewis, who re-
Gently announced his retirement,
considers Joe Stecher the greatest
wrestler he ever faced.
They met in two bouts which
lasted q total Of eight hours and
20 minutes. Lewis won one and
the other ended in O draw.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
Bruins Increase
Ice Hockey Lead

BOSTON, Dec. 20 G.N.SO.
Three games in the lead, the Bos,
ton Bruins were firmly entrenched
in first place in the American
division Of the National Hockey
League today following their 3-to-2
victory over the New York Rangers
featured by roughhouse tactics
and weird officiating.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29

ticulsrly, is
sic c k, clear
skinned, clear
e y e d a n d
stream : lined.
r h e S e boys
have a super
vised diet of
thick steaks,
fr sh eggs,
leafy vegeta-
bleS, raw sal
ads and fruits.
They eat at
training table
or in W ell
equipped fra
fernitY houses
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
TICKETS ON SALE

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-Sale OF
tickets for the Freddy Sheltered
Apostoli bout slated for Madison
Square Garden January 7, began
today at both the Garden and
New York Hippodrome. The match
has been set for IL rounds.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29

New York boys, riding odor-
Gus Subways, living in a con-
slant pail of SCOT and dust, eat
ing in greasy spoon joints, or in
homes where scientific diets are
unheard of, are at a distinct dis
advantage. They are too full of
starches, adulterated or cheap
4oodstuffs; and they have little
or no supervision as to eating
time, quantity or quality.
/ CAREFULLY FED
Minnesota and Stanford
boys are fed as carefully as
stable Of Mrs. Dodge sloane's
thorobreds."
] Which must explain why in
three football games, Stanford
hasn't scored a single point
against Columbia. Science is
remarkable.
A score of letters came in the
first mail asking for the Christ
mas letter from Connie Mack,
in Comics handwriting. So we
threw the batch into the filing
system on the bed, shut our
eyes, stirred 'eln around, stuck
in a hand, ana pulled out this
one:
"Dear Sir: Your article in the
city edition OF the Journal
American this date in reference
! to the letter from baSeball'S
grandest old man Connie Mack,
I would give more for that let
ter than Connie would for a
Lefty Grove of 1881, or an Al
Simmons of those same days.
II have a scrapbook with
nothing but baseball in it that
dates back to the worlds series
Of 1924. My favorite big
league team is the Athletics
solely because Of Connie Mack.
L have the box score Of every
official game played by the
Athletics from 1923 to 1882,
inclusive.
YEARS IN NAVY
IT am not the youngster' you
refer to, because am 80 and
have served in the United States
Navy for IA years. But, Bill, I
want that letter more than
want my next leave. Whether I
get it or not, long live Connie
Mack!-Very truly yours, j. N.
Niche, signalman first class, U.
8. Navy, care of Navy Recruit
ing Station, Federal Building,
Brooklyn"
Sit tight, sailor, the letters on
the way.
And just to make this a sort
Of Navy day in this space, this
note from a kid on the U. S.
S. flagship Augusta, with the
United States Asiatic fleet in
the Pacific. Probably our sail
orS on the Panay were thinking
some such thoughts of home
when the Japanese bombs
started bursting about them.
'Dear Mr.. Corunl-It'S been
almost a year since I was home
and. I haven't seen a copy of
the Journal since last March.
! hope the year has been good
to you and my Yankees. cd.
note-At last account the Yank-
ees were doing all rightly
This isn't such a bad life,
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
Jim LOndOs Beats
BarefOOted Turk

DETROIT, Dec. 20 G.N.SO.
Jim Londos today continued to
wear the international heavy
weight wrestling" crown after de-
feating Ali Baba, the barefooted
Turk, in Al minutes Is seconds,
before $500 persons here last
night.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
Santa Anita Adds
Grand Stand Seats

Many improvements have been
instituted at the Santa Anita
plant by the Los Angeles Turf
Club since the last meeting, the
principal one being the enlarge
ment of the grandstand to seat
10000.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29

Her Fiance. Stranger Than Fiction
Is This True Story of q Woman Who
Married the Man Who Killed Her
Sweetheart in the World War. Both
Of Them Want to Forget the Tragic
Triangle, but the World Won't Let
Them. Read This Moving Human
Document in the American Weekly,
with Sundays Washington Herald.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29

The Camera Catches n Killer Plant
Redhanded. This Feature Of the Amer
lean Weekly. with Sundays Washing
ton Herald dTimes. Is illustrated With
Three Of the Most Remarkable Nature
Photographs Ever Caught by a Cam
eraman. They show. in Dramatic
ClOseups. the InnOcent-LOOking Pitcher
Plant Making a Meal Of q Big and
Powerful ReetIe
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
EleUen Games Slated
In Police TOURNEY

Eleven games slated in the Police Boys Club basketball
tournament full swing in the George Washington gym
nasium
The first game got under 10 o'clock this morning with
85pound tilt between the Merrek Boys Club and the Wash
The Washington times., 1937-12-29
U.S.S. AUGUSTA YOUTHFUL SAILOR
WANTS TO BE A WRITER

NEW YORK, Dec. 90 CINS.).-I have been reading in
paper
Note the superior physical condition of the blonds from
Mnnesoas prares and the rosy-cheeked mkfed giants
from California.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29

Would you Like to Have 500 .
Month Income for Life? Read The
American Weekly with Next Sundays
Washington Herald. Times and Find
Out the Rules Of the Big Contest
100 prizes.
The Washington times., 1937-12-29

"Diet plays an important part
In football that has no center
tap. The Minnesota team, par
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-25
HONOR RITES
SET FRIDAY

The honor roll Of District police
and firemen who died in the line
Of duty during the past year will
be read Friday evening in front of
the Public Health Service Build
ing, on Constitution Avenue be.
tween Nineteenth and Twentieth
Streets Northwest, in the fourth
annual Memorial Day Service
sponsored by the Washington
Youth Council in a tribute to the
heroes of peace.
Led by Josephine Roche, as
sistant secretary Of the Treasury;
Senator James P. Pope, of Idaho;
and Representatives Robert G.. AL.
len, of Pennsylvania, and H. Jerry
Voorhis, of California, the service
which is under the direction Of
Herbert Hines. jr., of the Peace
Action Committee of the w. Y. c.,
will begin at 8 o'clock. -..
Watson Davis, editor of Science
News Letter, will preside. Mrs.
Ruby Smith Stahl. director of the
A Capella choir of the First Con
gregational Church, will lead an
arrangement of songs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-25
LAW
TO URGED
AT ONCE
Senate Delays Action
On Court Plan Until
Van Devanter Quits

IhtefhAtEOhhI NeWb botVIce
President Roosevelt Is not i'm
pressed with arguments that be.
cause the Supreme Court has
shown q tendency this term to
more "liberally" interpret the
Constitution, his court reOrgani-
EatiOn bill should be side-tracked.
Those who have talked with
Mr.. Roosevelt since the court
upheld the Social Security Act
said today he was still deter
mined to press for . vote on his
bill on its merits.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-25
Is Students Contest
In Spelling Bee

Robert Farrell, Of Akron, Ohio,
QUESTIONABLE, seventeenth. ....
William Crockett Cooley, Burling.
ton, VT, accessible, seventeenth.
Frank L. White, jr., Memphis,
Tenn, meringue twenty-second.
Doris Buzard, Youngstown, Ohio,
gudgeon, tWenty-fourth.,
Elizabeth Kenney, Plainfield, N.
j., insoluble,s 25th.
Charles Edwards. jr., Wheeling,
w. Va, parliamentary, 9th.
Trygve TholfSen, Long Island,
N. Y, aphoriSm, 32nd. ~
The sensation of the contest was
little Betty GrunStra, of PasSaic,
IL years old, four feet three inches
in height, Weighing IS pounds and
looking like a Six-year-old, who
sent the audience into gales of
laughter with her shy and Studious
and incidentally correct-spell-
ing Of difficult words. ..-..
Blind Boy Stars
Also the center of attention was
Angelo Mangieri, Hoboken, N. j.,
a 1S.yearold blind boy. who has
never seen the light of day and
who has learned all his spelling by
the Braille system. Angelo Spelt
the most difficult words with great
ease and aplomb.
Judges for the contest were DR..
E. L. Lloyd, of the Department Of
Commerce; Representative Lyle
Boren of Oklahoma, who, Incl
dentally, is the youngest member
of the House; and Ivan A. Booker,
Of the National Education AsSo-
citation.
Pronouncers were Marvin T.
Herrick and H. G. Roberts, both
of George Washington University.
. The winner of the contest will
receive $500. Other prices are:
Second. $500: third, G10: fourth
to ninth, SIS each, and tenth to
sixteenth, IS each. The champion
will also receive two trophies
known as the National Spelling
Bee plaques, one of which he will
present to his school. and the
other which he will retain.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-25
.LINDBERGHS
MAY NAME
SON DWIGHT
Would Be In Honor
OF Anne's Father,
Senator Morrow
BY DAVID P. SENTNER
Copyrikht. 1887. by International
News Service.

news SERVICE
LONDON, May IS O.N.SO.
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh
are considering the name Dwight
for their seven-pound third son
born on May 10, 1t was learned
today.
This was the name of Mrs. Lind
bergh's father, the late United
States Senator Dwight Morrow Of
New Jersey.
No definite decision has yet been
reached, however. Colonel and
Mrs. Lindbergh still have more
than q month before they have
to register the birth at the Mary
lebone Town Hall.
Three Names Considered
Dwight is one Of three names
being considered, according to
close friends, and is particularly
favored by Mrs. Lindbergh.
Charles, jr., and Augustus are the
other alternatives, but the former
Is believed to have been rejected
as too likely to remind the couple
of their firSt-born's kidnapping and
murder.
Mrs. Lndbergh and her baby
are expected to be removed in a
few days to their country home,
Long Barn, Sevenoaks, Kent.
Healthy Infant
The infant is reported to be
particularly healthy.
Despite publication throughout
the world that his wife had given
birth to son, Colonel Lindbergh
today persisted in wrapping the
affair in secrecy"
Attempts to confront the famous
aviator or physicians at the Lon
don clinic with screaming news
paper headlines in the hope Of
eliciting official admissions Of the
boys birth met with silence.
James E. Parks, United States
counsel in charge Of citizenship
registrations, insisted there had
been no application to register the
child's birth, of which he said
he had not been informed except
through the newspapers.
Unofficially, however, it was
learned both the American en-
basSy and consulate were informed
of the boys birth through an in
termediary acting for Colonel Lind
bergh.
Nevertheless, 1t was learned the
12-day-old boy and his mother, the
former Ann Morrow, are doing
Splendidly in private suite Of the
clinic overlooking Harley Street,
London's doctors row.
The baby, yet unnamed, is the
third born to Mrs. Lindbergh.
Porters and policemen patrolled
the nursing home, and the inSti-
tution'S switchboard operator in.
stantly hung up, without saying
a word, when telephone callers
failed to give the password pro-
vided to a select few by Lind
bergh.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-25
COAL STRIKERS
CON 7 INUE
S|TD0WN
300 Remain in Mine
With Little Hope
OF Early Peace

GILLESPIE, ILL.,, May as
UN.S0.-It was blue Tuesday for
the 300 strikers sitting it out at
the bottom Of the Superior Coal
Company shaft at Wilsonville.
Morose and Sullen as all peace
efforts failed and as assertions re-
duced their ranks, the strikers
strick it out and hoped for the
best.
The original $40 strikers have
dwindled to about 200.
Striking in the face Of COM
mands to stay at work from off
Gals Of the Progressive Miners
Union to which they belong, the
strikers have watched their union
chiefs leave for Cincinnati to try
to line up with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. Their efforts to.
negotiate a peace with company.
officials have Topped. Offers Of
aid from the C. I. o. have brought
no results. Also the novelty has
worn off.
AS yet they do not face the
desperate situation which will be
theirs if the company decides to
turn off the ventilating fans and
lights, which make living below
bearable.
HOLLYWOOD, Cal, May IS
0.N.S0. The Hollywood film
strike reached a Stalemate today
as labor leaders awaited the out
come of a jurisdictional dispute
between the striking Federated Mo-
ton Picture Crafts and the non
striking International Alliance Of
Theatrical Stage Employees.
The issue of which organization
has the right to bargain for studio
technicians was expected to be
settled at the American Federation
Of Labor meeting in progress in
Cincinnati. Thinning lines con-
tinued to picket the big ten
studios here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-25
Col. Means TO Talk
AtG. P. @. Memorial

Col. Rice w. Means, former
United states Senator from Col
orado, will speak at the annual Me-
mortal Day exercises Of the Govern
ment Printing office Unit No. /
Of the United Veterans Of Ameri-
can Wars at 8 p. m. Friday in
Harding Hall, G.. P. o. A. E. Gle
gengack, Public Printer, will be
guest of honor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-25

A, 12-year-OId public school pu.
pill from Passaic, N. j., 4 feet 3
inches in height and weighing
only IS pounds, captured the ma
tiOnal spelling championship to-
day by spelling "plebian" cor
rectly. She was Betty Grunstra.
Her victory gives her the $500
offered as first prize.
Waneeta Buckley, IA, Of Holy
Name School, Louisville, KY,
who stands S feet 8 inches and
weighs 155 pounds, was the
other finalist. She went down
on the tenth word In the finals
when she spelled 1t "plebean."
Words flew thick and fast this
mroning as the Thirteenth Ma
tiona Spelling bee, sponsored by
16 national newspapers, opened
at the auditorium Of the New Ma
tional Museum.
AS the 16 grammar school young
sters, all winners of regional con-
tests, ranging from IL to IA years
in age, took their places on the
rostrum, an air of nervousness was
apparent. They soon settled down,
however, and like true champions
went to their task. .-
At 11:4 a. m. the field had mar
rowed down to five entrants and
the words were becoming increas-
ingly more difficult. The young
sters remaining in the contest are
Angelo Mangieri, of Hoboken, N.
j.; Waneeta Beckley, of Louisville,
KY; Anthony Schneider, of South
ern Indiana; Betty Grunstra, Of
Passaic, N. j.: Freda A. Hamilton,
of Portland, Me. .......r
Spoilers Eliminated
The youngsters eliminated, to-
gether with the word and round
which proved their nemesis, are
as follows:
Martha Leahy Snyder, Of vii.
mington, DEL, moroSe, sixth round.
Iris Fern Jenkins, of Detroit,
Mich, georgette, eleventh.
Kathlyn Armstrong, DeS Moines,
Iowa, cited, twelfth.
Edward N. Noonan, jr., Buffalo,
N. x, ingenuity. fifteenth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-25
Burglars Get $3.50 Loot
International News Service

Frank P. Coleman, Of 1895 Cha
pin st. N. W., reported to police
today that his home was entered
during the night by thieves who
stole $50 In cash. a diamond ring
valued at SITS and q diamond pin
valued ct SIS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-25
Treasury Condition

International News Service
Treasury balance May 20, ST..
724,840. 1853 so; internal revenue.
$3,538.386.70 customs receipts,
$35, 1926, 427.29.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-25
Nazis Sententence Catholic

MUNICH. May IS U.S9.
Karl Krieger, a Catholic youth
leader, was sentenced to three
years Imprisonment today on
charges growing out of the con-
troversy between Germany and
the Vatican.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-08-20

become the IOWA IDEA in which
any Negro anywhere may have a
place and a part. heard the
thought expressed in definite Ian
guage many times in the course of
convention speaking.
1t was voiced by the President,
Talmage B. Carey, whose persis-
tent work is largely responsible
for the convention itself. 1t rang
out in the stirring welcome of Jos.
Albright. 1t was given fiery utter
ance by that flaming courageous
youth John Thomas. In private
conversations with other delegates
l listened to its solemn repetition.
John Whittier, full of the wisdom
of years, living on, only to give his
best to his peoples welfare-earn-
est, sincere and capable, spoke to
me of the same thing. Mrs. S.
Joe Brown, a tower of strength to
any movement that stirs her inter-
est, exemplifies the idea in her
every utterance; that fine young
lawyer from Milwaukee, James w.
Dorsey, has lived the thought in
his ten years of work and struggle
in his home environment.
UncOnsciOusly, perhaps, in many
instances, l believe the germ of
that same idea has mOtivated the
hard grinding work of the men and
women whose labOrs have fructi-
fed in this fine effort. l believe
it is the ushering in of a new day.
What do you think?
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-08-20
TO TRY is VITAL

That not always what good be done
ordinary experience 1t is much harder find the
bills Congress- federal low housing
and the and hour for instance illustrate that truth
Going history find that Senator Norris the much
Congress Nebraska spent decades getting
the date Inauguration changed from March the beginning of the
year. logic the situation with him. but habit inertia
tmenay whanot blocked that improvement
WHEREFORE the English statesman getting his
try outlaw human slavery
other things worth doing laboous The truth of
this should Negroes the under privileged the United
States try and again for justice and real equality they do
try they certainly will gain them Having all to gain and
nothing the only sensible thing to do is to make the effort
The Negro who that his should accept
Desires that them impossible is
enemy than outside the He unreasonable
expectancy and his people to take failure to succeed quickly
proof that it is to be.
why right prevailed easily if wishes horses
could catch tie STALL they would lost their value
the patience of despair With all their
through the night Negroes should let their beckon
them Whether they lose small matter is vital
they try--K C. Call.