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The Washington times., 1937-01-25
CENTRAL, TECH F7VES AWAITING IMPORTANT SERIES CLASH
Baseball Scouts
Give Way To
Farms

Cont. from First Sports Page)
club that might sell a particularly
promising kid to some other club.
AIlege Agreement Broken
Pertinent to this specific phase
of agreements is the feud that
developed between the New York
Giants and the Buffalo club when
George Wiltse sold Bucky Harris
to Washington. The Giants had
an agreement, which they alleged
was broken by the Bisons.
The Cardinals, of course, are
the leading chain store organiza-
tion, but the Yankees are stepping
along, with Newark, Norfolk, Bing-
hamton and Akron definitely
linked to them. They are reported
to have agreements with a dozen
clubs.
The Boston Red Sox took Moul-
trie the other day, thus relieving
Atlanta of a developing fielder.
Yawkey is expected to enlarge his
minor league holdings.
There is a diminishing call for
the services of a scout, but as he
passes his place will be taken and
his duties performed by the resi-
dent manager. 1t will be the lat
ter'S duties to follow the orders
of the manager-in-chief-the big
league manager-in playing the
boy at the position ordered by the
parent club; to instruct him
patiently to overcome his faults,
and to play in all details the role
of master of the nursery.
What Price Color?
At this time of the year we hear
the annual statements from base
ball men that the game needs
more color and fight. The solonS
tell you that Popeye stirred the
Imagination of the country with
roundhouse right hand swing.
That's what the game needs,
they'll tell you.
But just as soon as the first
fist is swung, those same baseball
men will yammer about clean
sport, and will fine the hot-headed
players plenty. Then they will
sit back and reap the extra gate
receipts that the pugnacious ones
made possible.
Handed Heavy Fines
Hockey has the right ideas
about the fight situation. They
plaster q major penalty on the
warriors, who oftentimeS carry
on their battles in the penalty
coop. But there are few instances
of heavy fines. Contact games
lead to battles when the boys
warm up, and wise promoters ac-
cept the situation in its entirety.
Cecil Travis appraised the situa.
tion cleverly when he agreed to
biff any rival players if the Wash
ington ball club would pay the
bills. Chapman and Buddy Myer
once fought all over Washington,
took a financial licking. and the
clubs reaped the reward at the
gate.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25

Howard Scott and Eddie Nc
Greever mix in the main 10
rOunder.
Faust Couture, Lewiston, Me-,
publisher, visits here in company
with Municipal Judge Alton Less
ard of Lewiston. The latter was
a football manager at Georgetown
University in the Lou Little regime
B a b e C n n aughtOn, George
towns all-America guard Of 1926,
also visits here. Babe, looking
trim, is well under his football
playing days weight JOt
Ruthley, who came up from Rich
mOnd to attend the Middle At
lantic tennis meeting, has re-
manned over for tOnight'S Perry
Vines match in the Richie Coli
scum.
GEORGE A. SIMPSON.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
0rio|e Pin Prize
Top. Wolfe

Perce Wolfe. Hyattsville CMd)
bowler, today is 500 richer.
Yesterday, in Baltimore, Wolfe
won first money in the third an
nual Kirkwood Sweepstakes, out
scoring a field of As bowlers from
Washington and Baltimore.
Over the 1O-game route, Wolfe
managed a score Of 1925, a five
pin margin over the 1920 score of
J. Miller, of Baltimore. E. Espey,
of washington, won third money
with 1924 pins. Scores:
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
10000 See Packers
Play Bears 10 Tie

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25.-Will
it ever end? That's what gridiron
fans are asking here today-of the
football season. Yesterday, before
10000 people, the Green Bay
Packers and the Chicago Bears
played to a 20-20 tie in Gilmore
Stadium. It was cold, and the fans
shivered as they watched a bruis-
ing game. Feathers, Of the Bears,
and Gordon, of the Packers. were
put out of the game for roughness.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-Lugi
Beccali, Italy'S leading runner and
one of the worlds best over 1900
meters, may compete against
American stars in indoor games in
New York and Boston next month,
it was learned today. Beccali was
to confer with A. A. U. officials
regarding possible competition on
American tracks.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
Bruins and Americans
In Hockey Deadlock

BOSTON, Jan. 25-Hockey fans
here today continued talking
about last nights sensational bat
tie between the Boston Bruins and
the New York Americans which
ended in a 6-6 tie in an over
time game. The Americans held
a 40 lead but the Bruins offered
a sensational brand Of hockey to
gain the tie. A crowd of 10000
watched the game.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
]. c. c. Five Seeks

The fast travelling Jewish Com
munity Center unlimited basket
ball team seeks games for all this
week with teams having a gym
nasium. Call Manager Joe Cohen
at Columbia 2817 between and
6 p m. Outside games are also
desired. Write Cohen, 610 Irving
ST N, w.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
Legion BowIers
Take Lead

District of Columbia's 10-man
American Legion bowling team to-
day awaits the second block Of
a home-and-home match game
with a Baltimore legion team.
In the first block, rolled yeSter-
day in Baltimore, the D. C. team
went to the front by a margin
of 174 pins. Cap" walker, Mar
Gus ChaconaS and Howard Camp
bell were top scorers, with 800,
359 and 358, respectively. High
set went to George Miller, of
Baltimore. with 1858.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
Stewart Girls Lead
Center Court Loon

Stewart Photographers now lead
the Girls Community Center
League as the following games
are up for decision:
Tuesday,. c. C. VS.. Federal Alcohol.
Powell High; Labor Department VS.. u.
S. Aggies, MacFarlane High; United
Typewriters VS.. Stewart Photographers,
Epiphany gym.
Tnursday-J. c. C. VS.. U. s. Aggies.
]. C. C. gym; Labor Department VS..
Stewart Photographers, Central High.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
Bruins Come Back

OSTON, January 25.-In
one of the greatest third-period
rallies ever seen here, the Boston
Bruins overcame a 40 deficit to-
night to gain a 6-6 overtime with
the New York Americans in a SEN
sational National Hockey League
game before 10000.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25

Yesterdays Results
Heurich's, 4; Marlboro, 4.
Silver Spring, A; Democrats, 1.
Next Sundays Games
Sun Radio VS.. Marlboro, at Marlboro.
German Sport Club VS.. Silver Spring,
ut Monument No. 2.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
Amateur Hockey Tilt
Draws 15,497 Fans

NEW YORK, Jan. 25-Hockey
enthusiasts today acclaimed the
future of amateur hockey. Yester-
day, 5,497, the largest crowd ever
to see an amateur hockey tilt here,
witnessed the defeat of the New
York Rovers by the Pittsburgh
Yellow Jackets, 3 to l,
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
Rangers Win One

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-The New
York Rangers had today broken
a five-game losing streak with a
4-to-2 victory over the Toronto
Maple Leafs in a National Hockey
League game at Madison Square
Garden.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
Dempsey Appeared

Previous to that, too, exhibition
boxing failed to appeal to Wash
ington ring gourmands.
Some dozen years ago, to harken
back to the original clue to Wash
ington's obliviouS attitude toward
such entertainment, Joe Freeman
learned to his distress that local
fistic fanciers would take only the
original merchandise, not samples.
Joe inviegled Jack Dempsey to
come here for public view in what
was billed as a demonstration of
the rudimentS of boxing after the
championship manner.
Freeman advanced Dempsey
and his man Kearns exactly $1,500
for putting in appearance.
And the fans seemed to think
they should be advanced some
thing for doing the same thing.
Dempsey was champion then.
Schmeling ISN'T.
Do I make myself plain?
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
Presidents Face
Tough Games
On Floor

ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 25.-The
George Washington Presidents will
play two important court games
this week. Thursday the locals
trek to College Park, Md, for a
battle with the Maryland Univer-
sity yearlings, and Friday the Hope
well High cagers will be met here.
The Presidents so far have had
a poor season and hope to display
a reversal of form.
Washington and Lee High of
BallSton, Va, leader in the cen
tral division series, will clash with
Hopewell High Saturday night.
Two crucial contests face the
Episcopal High quint this week.
Thursday the University of Vir-
ginia Frosh five will play here and
Saturday the Maroon courtmen
travel to Charlottesville, Va, for
a State preparatory game with
Augusta Military Academy. The
Saturday game is the first in the
State series.
Games in the Alexandria senior
league will be played at the armory
tomorrow night.
The schedule follows: Howard
Cleaners versus Belle Haven Clean
erS, Hendricks versus A. L. 1. and
Arrows versus Times Herald. The
first game begins at tbs o'clock.
The annual stunt night program
will be held in the auditorium of
the George Washington High by
the Presidents Pep Club on Feb
ruary II. Mrs. Katherine Malone
is chairman of the program.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
Guards 0utshoot
u. ). Marine Team

District Of Columbia National
Guard rifle team outscored a team
from the United States Marine
Corps, 1902 to 1891. The match
was shot out on the Marine Corps
Barracks range. Lieut.. H. Boudi-
not was high scorer with 285.
~ A
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
Kirk Miller Saws:

Continued from 1st Sport Page)
a widely advertised added attrac-
tion at the deceased Auditorium.
His exhibition consisted of tax
ing q bow and showing some
The Washington times., 1937-01-25

stooges how to assume a proper
ring scowl.
This cost the promoters exactly
81, 400, which was approximately
the amount they lost for their en-
terpriSe.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
BeccaIi Confers

Team total ....
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
Totals. E. 23 5 "a
BREWERS

Totals. IA 7S5 Tt
The Washington times., 1937-01-25
TRICT NATIONAL GUARD

U. S. MARINE CORPS
The Washington times., 1937-01-25

Cont. from First Sports Page)
club that might sell particularly
promising kid to some other club.
The Washington times., 1937-01-25

to 5 husky new lbs. the
first week. If you don't I.
the uial is fHe. 1t costs
you nothing Your own
doctor will approve this
way. Get Seedol Kelpa-
malt today. Seedol Kel-
pamalt costs but a few
cents a day to use and
is sold Il all good drug
STOKES.
The daily independent., 1937-03-23

The magistrate asked her, dur
ing a two-hour hearing at the Pal
ais de Justice, whether she ever
had been intimate with Musso-
lini.
Yes" she replied blandly. Il
was his mistress between last
April and July"
Referring to her last rendezvous
with Mussolini in July, she said:
"Hc was tender and sweet with
me as he had been on the previous
occasions"
She described how, last Novem-
Der, she tried to commit suicide in
Rome after Mussolini had Tilted
her.
The man responsible for II
Ducc's lost love, she said bitterly,
was the Count de Chambrun whom
she tried to kill last Wednesday.
He violated her condolences, she
explained, and caused Mussolini to
end their clandestine romance.
De Chambrun, she said, shat
tered my hours of unforgettable
love-"
The ark-haired beauty, whose
lurid diary of confessions"
threatens to create an internation-
al scandal if ever made public,
told of repeated rendezvous with
MuSSolini.
Frequently, she said, they met
in Rome's Venezia Palace, Musso-
lini'S official residence.
The 29-year-old woman, former
The daily independent., 1937-03-23
Government Makes a
Very Sorry Show
ing In Court
Fines of 81 Each
Mr.. Knapp and His Code
PENDANTS Enter a Plea of
NOlO COntendere Rather
Than ID c f end Them
selves In a Frivolous
Prosecution.

The governments eXultation
back in December over the appre-
henSion of five too many ducks in
the possession of certain rich men,
and threats to make an example
of alleged "malefactors of great
Wea tn" fixed in the United
States Court here late yesterday
afternoon when the case against
Joseph P. Knapp, Lee w. Max
well, Giles Whiting and Isaac
DoXey was called.
MeSSrs. Knapp. Maxwell, Whit
ing and Doxey were charged with
possession of As ducks from a days
kill, in violation of the law fixing
the bag limit at 10 ducks per man.
Mc3srs Maxwell and Whiting were
guests of Mr.. Knapp at Mackey
Island, and Mr.. DoXey, one of Mr..
Knapp's superintendents accom-
panied the party.
Stellar LeWark and another
deputy game warden conf1scated
Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-03-23
No Imported
Speaker For
Graduation
Bundy TO Have Graduating
Students for Speakers
at Commencement

Instead of importing some edi-
tor, minister or college professor
to make the Commencement Ad-
dress at the graduating exercises
of the class of 1887, of Elizabeth
City High School, Superintendent
Edgar E. Bundy this year will in
augurate the innovation of having
the graduates make all the
speeches at the graduating exer-
ciSeS.
This idea, which has been en-
ployed with success in a few
schools elsewhere, has never be-
fore been carried out in this Sec
ton of the State.
The general plan is as follows:
an outstanding student will make
a brief Introductory talk and will
present the Saluatorian, who will
give a talk outlining his or her
viewpoints on the school program.
The Salutatorian will then intro
duce several other students who
will give five-minute talks on var
ious parts of the school program.
The Valedictorian will conclude
the exercises.
The commencement exercises
will be held this year on Thursday
May 20.
The daily independent., 1937-03-23
Thinks Police
Got Purse And
TheLiquorToo
Ellis Williams, Inventor of
Ingenious Hootch Dis.
penser, Gets 3 Years,
But Wife Not Satisfied.

The solemn dignity Of the U. S
Court is occasionally relieved by
rip-roaring comedy. Ellis Williams
old offender of the liquor laws
furnished comedy for yesterday
afternoon session of the U. S
Court here.
Williams arranged upon evid-
ence furnished by city motorcycle
patrolman Walter Spence, who in
company with night officer Geo
Twiddy raided Williams home and
found a gallon or more of moon
shine whisky in ten gallon cask
concealed in the kitchen attic.
From the keg a rubber hose was
run thru the partition wall be-
tween the dining room and a
downstairs bedroom. From holes
on either side of the partition
Williams could draw liquor from
the hidden cask.
Williams declared that he had
purchased the liquor for his own
consumption, because he could not
afford to pay the price of legal
liquor. The police said they had
Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-03-23
New Obstacle May Delay
Edward-'W -'Wally' Wedding

law" told the United Press that
Keith's disclosure were legally
sound.
He predicted that British law
would not accept Simpsons first
divorce as valid.
If Mrs. Simpsons first divorce
were held invalid, her second mar
riage also would be declared lille
gal and automatically be annul-
led. She therefore would have to
obtain a new divorce from hel
first husband in England before
she could marry the Duke OF
Windsor under English law.
The warning that the divorce
obtained in the little Virginia town
not far from Washington, D. c..
might not be valid were based or
the fact that British courts re-
cognize only dicorces granted ir
courts of a state in which tht
husband lives at the time the suit
is filed.
Spencer, tlley said, appeared nc'
| to have been Virginia resident
The daily independent., 1937-03-23
Added Bus Service
To Benefit NeU Bern
And MOrehead CHy

Effective Friday March 26, the
Norfolk Southern Bus corporation
will inaugurate an added bus
service, giving through service be-
tween Norfolk and Elizabeth City,
New Bern and Morehead City.
There will be two buses leaving
the Norfolk union terminal at 4:l0
p. m. one for Raleigh and one
for New Bern and Morehead City.
both via Williamson.
There will be no lay-overs IN
Washington for bus passengers
from New Bern to Elizabeth City
and Norfolk.
And effective Saturdays and
Sundays only. there will be an
extra bus from Columbia, Roper
and Plymouth. giving passengers
at these points ci:o!cs CT Tires
trips instead OF two.
The daily independent., 1937-03-23
LOval Troops
Prepare Drive
|On Rebel Base
Franco : Wen Have Been
Forced Back 20 Miles
Since Tide Turned

"aag.s. March 22-URJ- 10y
a..'. troops ,wn2. into new rebel
Lea .a"-y.r o. the Guadalajara
/. 2. .oD.-a, ana prepared to at
.'-& ."o re0e. base Of Siguenza.
C-e--ec 0g continued victories.
S.p.eme Lova..sc Commander
Zen jose M.aJa urged his newly
recruited m....amen and interna-
'oHa' brigade 10 continue the Of
..'.'..e a-a.ns, Gen. Francisco
franco foreign legionnaires and
,'"-aG-a,ccd rebels to remove the
.''s1.2ea. threat against the capi-
I'd. nom lie north. The rebels
..a.e !. been forced back 20 miles so
'"s .ord..s, army attacked the
mage o: A.sora from three sides
continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-03-23
New Honor Is
Conferred On
The Governor
Senate, In Holiday Mood,
Appoints His Excellency
An Honorary Page

Raleigh, March 22.-(U,Pl- The
senate tonight in holiday mood ir
anticipation to the close of the
session, scheduled for noon to-
morrow, presented Lieutenant
Governor Horton with a silver
service and conferred upon Gov
ernor Clyde Hoey the office OF
honorary page of the senate.
The senate passed the house bill
regulating hours of labor to SIS
weekly for men and 48 for women
and returned it to the house for
concurrence in various amend
ments. Also passel on second and
third reading was the bill provid-
ing for a vote on a proposed con-
stitutional amendment which
would establish a department of
justice. including bureau of
Identification, in the state.
A bill was passed under which a
commission will visit New York
with a view of investigating the
feasibility in cooperating in the
coming World Fair there. An ap-
preparation of $4,000 was provided
for the purpose and the governor
Continued on Page Three
The daily independent., 1937-03-23
Frank VOsper's
Body Is
Washed Ashore

EaStbourne, Eng, Tuesday,
March 23.-U.P)-A nude body
washed ashore near here was
identified today as that OF
Frank Vosper by two relatives OF
the English actor dramatist who
disappeared mysteriOusly two
weeks ago from the French liner
Paris.
The body, washed in from the
sea at Seven Sisters Cliffs, be-
tween here and SeafOrd was
identified by the actors father,
DIR. Percy Vosper of Stanmore,
his uncle, Maj. p. VOsper oil
Pevensey Bay. The father view
ed the body while major Vos-
per identified it from a photo
graph.
The fact that the body was
unclothed aroused speculation
as to what happened to the
$4,000 or more Vosper was be-
lieved to have been carrying
when he leaped or fell from the
Paris after a gay champagne
party. .
The daily independent., 1937-03-23
Big Navy Bill
Passes Senate
By 64-ll Vote
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson Is
Witness Before Mill.
tary Committee

Washington. March 22.-UR)-
The serate today passed the S522.-
847,808 big Navy" appropriation
bill, providing Sl30.000,000' for
ship construction and 500, ,l86, 900
for new airplanes during the 1888
fiscal year.
The measure was approved "a to
II as administration forces beat
down protests that the money for
shipbuilding puts this country in
to a naval race with Great Britain.
1t now goes conference with the
house to iron out minor. differ
ences.
Meanwhile. the house military
affairs committee heard Gen Hugh
S. Johnson urge approval OF the
Hill Sheppard bill giving the pre-
sident dictatorial powers to regu-
late prices and draft the nations
industrial. financial and man.
Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-03-23

London, March 22.-U.R-Brit-
ish legal experts warned tonight
that Mrs. Wallis Warf1eld Simp-
sons first divorce, obtained in the
United States 10 years ago, may
be invalid under British law.
The new complication, they
said, may jeopardize the early
marriage of the former Baltimore
girl and former Kink Edward if
the case is brought into British
courts.
Arthur Berriedale Keith, out
standing authority of constitution
law, was responsible for the lat
est surprise development in the
worlds greatest romance" He
wrote to the Edinburgh Scotsman
saying that Parliament might be
obliged to enact special lesisla-
ton legalizing Mrs. Simpsons di-
vorce.
She divorced Earl Winfield
Spencer, q. S. naval officer, at
yTatrenton, Va. in 1927.
A specialist in English family
The daily independent., 1937-03-23
Clark Defends Court Plan;
Chief Justice Hos His Say
Letter From Hughes
Read Before Sen
ate Committee

Washington, MarSh 2G. -(U.R)-
Chief Justice CHARLES Evans
Hughes said today in a: letter to
Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, D., Mont,
that President Rooeeeelt's judici-
airy reorganization pfan was like
ly to impair the efficiency of the
Supreme Court.
Wheeler read the letter to the
senate judiciary committee as op-
ponentS of the plan opened their
attack on the measures . In it the
chief justice cast doubt on the
constitutionality Of dividing an
enlarged court into sections to
speed it's work, suggestion made
by administration witnesses.
BrandeiS AsSents
Hughes said he spoke with the
concurrence of Justices Louis D.
BrandeiS and Willis Van Devan-
ter, who are considered the No. l
liberal and conservative. respec-
lively of the court. He added that
while he had not had time to con-
fer with all members, he believed
Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-03-23
Senator Bailey PubIicises
Letter To This Newspaper
Reprints 1t In Page Ad In
News and Observer and
Daniels Replies

Editors Note: Senator Bailey S
letter was published in full on the
editorial page of the March 4 Is
sue of THE DAILY INDEPEN-
DENT.
Raleigh. March 22.-W'H-Full
page advertisements appeared IN
several North Carolina daily news
papers today explaining in detail
limited States Senator josiah II.
Bailey's reasons for opposing the
judicial reform program advocat-
ed by President Roosevelt.
senator Bailey, senior member
of the upper house OF congress
from North Carolina, has been Sc
verely criticized in some North
carolina newspapers for opposing
the court reform program. The
advertisement, published by
friends of Senator Bailey and OF
constitutional government, was
the senator's letter to crltlcal
newspaper editor,
To w. o. Saunders, editor OF
the Elizabeth City, N. c., 1ndepen-
dent. the senator states why he
has chosen "the hard way" instead
of THE Easy Way, in determin-
ing his position on the Supreme
Court issue.
This is a strange picture you
naint of me-" the senator's letter
which was reproduced said in its
Continued OF Pags Three
The daily independent., 1937-03-23
Johh /. Williams And
BUS Company Settle
VQSe Out of Court

,"n ,.u. of John T. Williams,
.,'"'es Pasquotank county COM
custom, custom, against the Norfolk
~''.aern Bus corporation. which
"a, "a, scheduled for trial at the pre-
o as.'. term Of the United States
r.. ,,.".. "as been settled. it was
..a'Acc yesterday. Under the
g. ,.'I1a Of the settlement Mr.. Will
mans "i. receive $500 and the
r'.,s"oaa' corporation will assume
,..a COS. o5 the court. it was stat
en- Mt Williams entered suit for
$4,000 against the bus corpora
,. r.o' alleging that he had been
,,a.. ,,,,..2iu..y accused by the dis
D@lc"e: ss at Norfolk of being drunk
ana oI NOT IN condition to ride the
"a earring Of the case at the last
.-,.' o. FEDERAL couIt resulted in
2,..I..I.