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The Washington times., 1937-03-20
Texas Town BurieS
Blast Victims

their lives. He was not making
any plans to construct a new
school, adding:
"It doesn't look like it would
do US much good now. Our en-
rolIment in the high school
would not be more than 100, it
seems now"
The Washington times., 1937-03-20
Film Couple EIope

HOLLYWOOD, March 20
G.N.SD.-Harlan Tucker. film
character actor, and his bride,
the former Grace Spangler, were
honeymooning here today follow
ing their elopement to Yuma,
AriZ.
The Washington times., 1937-03-20
us CHILD VICTIMS
HOVER NEAR DEATH
By HAZEL MACDONALD

NEW LONDON, Tex. March 20 QNS,).-By nightfall to-
morrow funeral corge will have backened the highways
of the triangular section of East Texas which stretches from
Corscana the southeast Txarkana the northeast and
The Washington times., 1937-03-20
DRIVE GOES ON
FOR ORCHESTRA

The drive to raise funds for the
National Symphony Orchestra, it
was voted here yesterday by men,
bers of the sustaining fund cam
paign at luncheon at the Hamil-
ton Hotel, will continue until next
Wednesday. when another report
luncheon will be held.
New contributions reported yes.
terday included $100 by Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. All new
contributions totaled $4,000, bring.
ing the grand total campaign fig
ure to $64,782.
Former donors increased their
gifts over last year to the extent
of $4,000, and new contributors
have subscribed $4,000.
The Washington times., 1937-03-20
Snow Gone With Wind

WALSENBURG, Colo. G.N.SO.
Farmers here reported a heavy
snowfall, rejoicing in the prospect
of moist soil for spring planting.
Then before the rejoicing could
get well underway, they reported
the snow gone.
High winds had blown it away
before temperature had risen high
enough to melt it and moisten the
soil
The Washington times., 1937-09-14

approximately $500 doctors and
technicians from all over the world
registered for the meeting which
gets underway today with nine
discussion groups in session at
once.
More than 80 papers have been
prepared by the famed research
workers in radium and X-rays.
Although widely considered as
principally a cancer cure, a wide
variety of X-ray uses were pointed
out by the experts. Beside being
invaluable for the diagnosis OF in
ternal ailments X-rays, it was said,
have been successful in the reduc-
ton of thyroid goiter and for the
relief of both high blood pressure
and diabetes through action on
the pituitary gland.
They apparently have accom-.
plished cures of sinus trouble and
have proved beneficial in IS per
cent of all skin diseases including
athletes foot as we'll as controlling
many of the diseases Of the blood.
Despite the value of X-rays and
radium in the treatment OF cancer,
DR.. Albert Soiland, of Los Angeles
The Washington times., 1937-09-14
CHICAGO SCHOOL
STILL CLOSED IN
PARALYSIS WAR
142 New Cases in Week
Radio Classes Held

CHICAGO, Sept. IA QN.SO'
Most of the suburban grade
schools were closed today as towns
around Chicago Joined in the
fight against infantile paralysis.
Ten of the outlying schools were
either closed yesterday or failed to
reopen for the fall term on sched-
ule. A number of others have al
ready taken independent action
on the advice of county author1-
ties to close whenever it was felt
necessary.
All public and parochial schools
in Chicago have remained closed
on the orders of the board OF
health and it was believed they
will not reopen until sometime in
october.
DR.. Herman N. Bundesen, presi-
dent of the health board, an
nounced that 81 new victims were
stricken over the past week and
1875 cases remain in quarantine
within the city limits.
Meanwhile, hockey" in the city
meant only a twist of the radio
dial for the city's grade school
pupils. The board of education
yesterday began a study program
over the air, which included most
of the regular curricula and on
which the students are to take an
examination when they resume
clasSwork.
Eight free diSpensaries where
children may receive nasal sprays
as preventatives were likewise
opened yesterday, with the health
board intending to organize 40
more throughout the city.
The Washington times., 1937-09-14
Changes His Mind
On Autos Use

KANSAS CITY, Sept. IA G.N.SO.
E. G. Woodward, general paSsen-
ger agent of the Milwaukee rail-
road, took a pledge when automo-
biles "came out" that he would
never own one. But in this, his
last year on the job, the fishing
bug bit him and he decided to buy
a car. He will compromise with
his conscience, however, by having
his wife do the driving.
The Washington times., 1937-09-14
Strike on Subway
Looms in n. Y.

NEW YORK, Sept. IA GN.SO.
A gigantic transportation strike,
that would affect 100000 New
Workers, doomed tonight when ne
gotiations between officials Of the
B.-M.T. lines and the Transport
Workers Union collapsed. Union
demands include an average pay
increase of IL cents an hour, re-
duction of working hours, time
and one-half for overtime, and i'm
proved working conditions.
The Washington times., 1937-09-14
Sit Strike Used by Indians

luton in the Slave River pre-
serve, so Indians staged a weeks
sit-down strike because they did
not like the government doctor.
The strikers passed the time,
he said, by playing an Indian
game resem bling "hide the
thimble." They finally won their
point, the physician being re-
placed by another.
The Washington times., 1937-09-14

NEW YORK, Sept. IA G.N.SO.
Indians in the far north have
worked out a novel version of the
sit-down strike, according to
George G. Goodwin Of the Amer
lean Museum of Natural History.
Goodwin has Just returned
from an expedition in the Ca
madam northwest territories. He
said that when he visited Reso-
The Washington times., 1937-09-14
Cat Birth Control
Used in Canada

WINDSOR, Ontario, Sept. IA
Q.N.S0.-Birth control for cats
was in effect here today.
Plagued with an over-abundance
Of stray cats, the county humane
society moved to solve the problem
by offering a neuter cat for any
would.be mother cat and 75-cent
fee. Last month the humane So
ciety destroyed 385 stray cats.
The Washington times., 1937-09-14
Singing Mouse
Has Little Singers

CHICAGO, Sept. IA (C!TP.S0.
Minnie, the singing mouse Of
Woodstock, first of her kind to go
on the radio, today was having the
time of her young life-eleven
months so far. She was grooming
a lullaby to seven baby mice, her
first offspring, and it was obvious
that she already has begun to
train them for operate careers.
The Washington times., 1937-09-14

yesterday expressed the belief that
both will be eventually supplanted
by the true cure.
The Washington times., 1937-09-14
New X-Ray Uses
Told by Doctors

CHICAGO Sept IA NS)-Xray machines that help every
thing from athletes foot to brain umor excited attention today
at the Fifth International Congress of Radiology
The Washington times., 1937-04-03

It is not so many days ago that
your agent said in effect: IF
Travis can retain the nonchalance
that has marked his play thus far,
he will be the star shortstop Of the
American League"
That goes double this morning.
Travis played one of the great
est games ever seen in any town
on any field against the Phillies
in Winterhaven yesterday. He
made two plays that were remi-
nescent of Honus Wagner, or
Terry Turner, and if this space
is read by some of the very old
guard, John Montgomery Ward
never did anything better.
Brilliant Stop
His classic was contributed in the
seventh inning when everything
else went at skies and sevens. 1t
resulted in the final out Of the
frame and stopped what threat
ened seriously to develop into
utter and diSorganized route.
With the bases loaded and two
men out, George Scharein hit a
ball toward left field. It whistled
past Lewis and was close to the
foul line. I don't know how Travis
managed to reach it, but reach it
he did. There was one remote
chance Of making a play, that was
to heave the ball to second and
pray that Buddy Myer would
cover the bag. That's exactly what
Travis did. His hurried peg was
perfect, and Myer completed the
play.
After the game the writer talked
to Jimmy Wilson, manager OF the
Phillies, and naturally, Travis
play came under discussion.
at was one Of the finest plays
1 have SEEM" Wilson said. "The
ball was q base hit beyond all
doubt. / don't know how Travis
ever got to it. He threw off
balance, but he threw with
power. It certainly stopped as
cold"
In the sixth inning Travis went
lar to his right and took a hit off
Moe Arnovich. He had several
The Washington times., 1937-04-03
SCribes Win y
In Card Clash

TAMPA, Fla, April 3.-The gas
house gang from st. Louis may
have come out on top. technically
speaking, in their "free-for-all'
battle royal with a couple of sports
writers in the lobby of the Tampa
Terrace Hotel here last night, but
it remained today for the sports
writer's to get the last word"
Jack Miley, rotund sports writer
Of New York, who was on the ire
ceiving end" last night; rubbed his
head gently and opined:
eff the Cardinals can't slug
any harder on the ball field than
they can in a hotel lobby they're
going to wind up at the bottom
of the National League"
Miley received a minor scalp
wound when Somebody-he does
MT know who-belted him a good
one and he sailed about ten feet
through the air, finally colliding
with frankie Frisch, Cardinal
manager. The impact hurled
Frisch against a floor lamp, shat
tering it.
Mike Gonzales, Cardinal coach,
was credited with restoring order
but not until after Is or 20 mem
bers of the team were involved.
Although there were several YER
SionS of just how the battle started.
Sports Writer Miley said it resulted
over an alteration between him
and Jerome Dizzy" Dean, but
Miley was unable to say who struck
the first blow.
The Washington times., 1937-04-03
SehrneIing 0 t
Of Title Bout

NEW YORK, April 3-This
may be just another Saturday to
most of us, but to little Joe Jacobs
Max Something's American
larynx-it is one Of the great days
in history.
For this Is the day on which
Schmeling'S renewal of his $780,
900 offer to Jim Braddock for a
fight in Berlin will be irrefutably,
irrevocably and irreparably with
drawn. Co.,.
In fact, you may take little
Joe's word for it. the Berlin fight
is definitely off.
True, Joe has set 6 o'clock to-
night as the deadline for Brad
docks reply. But even Joe-the
eternal optimist-has no hope that
Jim will accept the offer. The
latter, in fact, arrived in Chicago
yesterday and expects to stay
there until the Joe Louis fight,
June %.
Joe says he is cabling Schmeling
to return at once and expects Max
to drop anchor here April % and
go into training May !. Joe is
going to Spectator, N. Y. tomor-
row to select training camp for
Max who, unless appearances are
more than usually deceptive, will
merely be training for a phantom
fight.
The Gardens suit to enjoin
Braddock from fighting Louis
comes up for hearing April IL.
The Washington times., 1937-04-03

other chances, one of them taking
throw from SalveSon to complete
a force play on an attempted sac
rifice bunt by Jorgens.
Fails to Hit
Travis didn't hit. but with the
defense he contributed to the game
no one will complain about lack Of
offense for the day. If the Geor-
gian continues to play to the form
Of this training trip. he will make
the all-Star team with ease this
year.
Taft Wright broke into lineup
and looked all right, but not per-
feet. The young man contributed
a wierd bit of base running to the
afternoons endeavors, and quiet
bit of checking on his past revealed
that he is prone to cut quaint
capers on the paths. He has sort
Of a Babe Herman complex.
What Wright did accomplish
WIS to show that he can power
fast ball pitching. He hit a fast
ball three miles into right center
and made a base for each mile
His throwing was good and strong,
and he looked all right fielding
fly balls and grounders hit to him
The writer still thinks that Wright
has greater possibilities than Hill
or Sington. Bucky Harris will
play Wright today and tomorrow
and from then on if the kid quail
fieS.
The Washington times., 1937-04-03

Not that we're trying to take
any glory away from Bill Clamp
lit, Columbia Heights Lacquer.
who topped the men with a nifty
1873, nor Ellen Brown, Of the
Ladies' District League, whose 141
game like Abou Ben Adhem led
all the rest but only that figures
still don't lie.
Clampitt has won a few events
in his time, but isn't steady
enough to challenge the Harri-
sons, Clarkes, FreSchiS, Pacinis.
ct al.
Clarke Trails
Despite this falling. he was able
to come through where a national
champion, AStor Clarke, of the
Mems Federal League, had to be
satisfied with fourth place OBJ
tanned with his 1859.
Louis P. Rose, Almas Temple
League star, was second to Clamp
lit with a $50 game. Arthur Oar.
ling, Columbia Heights, was third
with 1T; Tom Mudd. Takoma
Duckpin Association, fifth, with
1877; Charles Heleker, Agriculture
Interbureau Lacquer, sixth, with
1855, and Eddie George, Arlington
County Lacquer, finished seventh
with 1854.
Never q Threat
Similarly Ellen Brown, one Of
the four Ladies' District Leaguers
to finish in the money due to q
tie for sixth place, has never
threatened in tournament play.
but she led Lucy Rose, Irene Mi
Schou, Lucille Young and Blanche
Wootton, who are better known
to pin fans Mildred Hart, Inter
sorority Lacquer, with 1879. was
runner-up. Lucy Rose, Ladies' Dis
trict League, was third with 1856.
one pin ahead Of Mrs. Mischou.
who in turn was one stick UP on
Alma Schultz, Silver Sprin g
Ladies' Lacquer. Lucille Young
and Blanche Wooton, LADIES' Dis
trict Leaguers, tied for sixth with
1872 games. List Of winners:
MEN WINNERS
Bill Clampitt. Columbia Heights
League. Arcadia Alleys,
Fourteenth and Park Road
Louis ?. Rose, Aimas Temple 100 ''''O
League, Almas Temple Alleys,
1918 X St. N. W......... $50 2.5O
Arthur Darling, CoIum bia
Heights League, Arcadia
The Washington times., 1937-04-03
Pirates Assume
Grapefruit Lead

Lead in the Grapefruit League
was taken over by the National
League Pittsburgh Pirates yeSter-
day following an easy win over a
Coast ,eague team. The Pirates
have now won five of the six games
played The New York Yanks are
next in line with Is wins in 16
starts. Washington's loss to the
Phillies yesterday pushed the
locals into third place in the stand
ings. The Mats have won nine en-
counters against four Setbacks.
The standings on the loop" fol
1ouyS.
The Washington times., 1937-04-03

Alleys, Fourteenth and Park
Road N. W..
Aston Clarke. Mems Federal
League, Arcadia Alleys. Four
teenth and Park Road N. W..
Tom Mudd, TakOma Duckpin
Association, TakOmA Alleys,
TakOmA Park, Md.
Charles Heleker, Agriculture In
terbureau l. o q 9 u O. ROsslyn
Alleys, ROsslyn, Va. :
Eddie George, Arlington County
League, ROsslyn Alleys, Ross
lyn, Va. ................,,.
WOMEN WINNERS
Ellen Brown, Ladies' District
ague, Convention Hall
Alleys, Fifth and X Sts. N. w.
Mildred H a t, Inter-SOFOrfty
League, PetwOrth Alleys, S712
Georgia Ave. N. W..........
Lucy Rose, Ladies', ID l0tFic t
League, ROssyln Alleys, Ross
lyn, Va. Observation-Disclosures.
Irene Mis- Q h o n. washington
Ladies' League, Arcadia Alleys
Fourteenth and Park Road
NJ W..
A I'm a Schultz, Silver Spring
Ladies' League, Silver Spring
Alleys. silver, Spring. Nd. :,
Lucille Young, Ladies' District
League, Georgetown Alleys,
1926 Wisconsin Ave. N. w..
Blanche WOOttOn, Ladies' Dis
trfct League. ROsslyn Alleys,
ROsslyn, Va. ................
The Washington times., 1937-04-03
PICKUPS AND PUTOUTS

The Capitals select group Of
tennis pros has been increased
by one =. Nate Ritzenberg. who
left the simOn-pure ranks In
January, fulfilling . prOfes-
siOnaI tennis job in Florida, de-
cided against accepting q New
York offer, feeling that he
could do as well right here in
the city free lancing So II
you want to learn tennis and
want to help . young fellow get
along, look Nate mp.
The American Legion realized
$172.01 from the wrestling show
Thursday night at the Arena
And Daddy Joe Turner
plans to put on . few more for
The Washington times., 1937-04-03

the Legion to help purchase
uniforms and equipment for the
eight Junior League Legion base
bah teams Dinah, the good
luck black cat at Turner'S
Arena, is the proud mother Of
three kittens One As dark
as Roy, the gOOd-natured Arena
janitOr, another black and
white, another gray and white
Chris Dundee turned down
q $4,000 offer to have Ken
Overlin fight Billy Conn in
Pittsburgh this month.
The Grifimen score cards are
under control and rearin' to 60
for the opening game, Eddie
James informs IN expectant
The Washington times., 1937-04-03

world :. =. Danny Gill, We sport
wag, pulls one Of his "punnies"
care. lawyers attracted to
tennis because IL is played on
cOurts?" -. (Ha!) Reason for
the crack Is the fact that a
gOOdIy number Of the Capitals
gutta-percha WALLPAPERS are Of
the legal profession Among
them Clarence Charest, Ralph
McElvenny, Tom Marley, Law
renee A. Baker, Stan McCaSkey
and Fred Doyle while Cham
piOn Barney Welsh and pOten-
tiaI champion Hugh Lynch are
studying Blackstone Maybe
there should be q law making
lawyers out Of tennis players
and vice versa-GIN0 SIM.
The Washington times., 1937-04-03

Figure
|nRunner-up
Battle

Editors Note: This is the first
OF q series of ttDo articles BY
DGuiS J. Walsh, picking the
baseball penndnt races in the
tho major leagues for the sea-
SON of 1897
The Washington times., 1937-04-03
TRAVIS Most Improved
PLAYER in League
By FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL

TAMPA Fla April 3-1f major league baseball awarded
prize for improved young ball player season.
would 20 Cecil Travis by unanimous VOTE It would have
60 the Georgia boy for other kid in the has
come on over winter as he has
The Washington times., 1937-04-03
ArIingtons Work

Manager George Harrison of
the Arlington A. C. toSsers, re.
quests all players to report at the
Arlington field tomorrow at 2
D. m. for practice,
The Washington times., 1937-04-03
Lands There
Fol. ). Specific
Reason!
BY KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

Y Representative Ray
mond Cannon, Demo
cratic choice of the
people of the Fourth
Wisconsin district, has
brought no new cry
id gainst organized
baseball in requesting
the Attorney General
to have determined
whether the game VIC
Lates the Sherman anti
trust law in it's par
.ticular contract with
players.
This skeleton has been rat
Ting in baseball's family closet
ever since the Sherman anti
trust law became such, which
incidentally, was a good many
years after organized baseball
came into being.
Baseball men have never evaded
the question, certainly when ap-
preached by this observer, openly
admitting that if the player con.
game constituted monopoly, being
very cautious not to admit that
such was the case, it would just
have to exist, for without a death
grip on it's players, the game could
not endure.
Sure, What of II?
y Clark Griffith has discussed the
matter frequently when the news
= paper boys would pry into that
phase Of baseball.
Sure we tie 'em up" ne would
always say. I'VE have to, or else
the other club owner would be
bidding for our stars, Turing
them with fSncier figures than
they were getting and making
them unhappy and dissatisfied.
"This player contract is pro-
&eeti0n In all the club OWReFS
who know their men cannot be
raided by some other team. II we
let our players 90 out In the
open market and auction off
their services, it would be .
simple: matter for the Weather
clubs in the larger cities to bid
high enough for the stars they
wanted and sew up the pennant.
Letting wealthy clubs buy up
the best players by bidding high
est for them would ruin the
league races and the weaker
teams would starve to death. /
tell you we have to have this
kind of . contract or there will
be no baseball. It simply couldn't
exist"
Talent, Not chatteLs
In the language Of the laymen
baseball's very life depends on the
development of talent. That Il
also true in hockey and profeS
sional basketball, which have
about the same contract.
The old, familiar law Of supply
and demand characterizes produc
ton Of capable baseball materia
Ii as marked a degree as any
other business, big or little.
Take the case Of Connie Mack's
two great baseball combinations
those of the 1904 era and oi
the 1929-31 era. He was always
famous for not buying his teams
but rather. developing them. Il
CONTINUED on Page Fl, Col. II
The Washington times., 1937-04-03
Last Nights Fights

Newark, n. j., decisiOned Johnny Duca.
1877, PaulsbOFO. n. j. 0O).
At TOrOntO-GOrdOn Wallace. Canadian
weIterwe eight titlehOlder. defeated Sam
my Luftspring. Toronto 1O.
The Washington times., 1937-04-03
Clan1pitt and Brown
CAPTURE Pin Cash

Once proof that you don't have to be the dupn cham
pon in order be winner The Washington Times Individual
High Game Contest is offered by the winners themselves
The Washington times., 1937-04-03

1T LOO
100 LOO
1877 100
1855 LOO
1874 100
l41 $500
- -
Evening star., 1937-02-14
Realistic Experts Urge End
To Great Plains IndiuidlIalisn,
Inhabitants Must 'Liue With Nature on
Her O,Un Terms" Committee
...-.. Report States.

this crop" with this unhappy result:
When the price collapsed during
the postwar period. Great Plains
farmers continued to plant large wheat
acreages in a desperate endeavor to
get money with which to pay debt
charges, taxes and other unavoidable
expenses. They had no choice in the
matter. Without money they could
not remain solvent or continue to
farm. Yet to get money they were
obliged to extend farming practices
which were collectively ruinous.
Outstanding Cash Crop.
Wheat was the outstanding cash
crop. AS late as 1884 about 17.600,000
out Of 44.800,000 harvested acres in
the Great Plains were under wheat;
in Western Kansas in the same year
over 100000 out of 100000 were
given over to wheat Soil not previ-
ously plowed was exposed to the wind,
with no cover crop to protect it between
seasons. Just as overgrazing had
impaired the natural pasture, so a
wrong method of cultivation, forced
upon the farmers by influences they
could not then control, injured what
had been considered tillable land"
Nine steps are necessary to rehabili-
tate the Great Plains and insure
economic independence to its tillers,
the Presidents committee discovered:
l. A 10-year program Of investiga-
ton Of the potentialities Of the re-
gion. 2. Broadened Federal progam
OF acquisition of land in range areas.
3. Increased size of farms. 4. Devel-
opment of water resources. S. Con-
tinued program of resettlement of
impoverished farmers. 6. Plan of
compensation for local governments
on account of Federal land acquisition.
7. Program of control and use of
lands acquired by Federal Govern
ment. 8. Open war on insect pests.
9. Development of other resources.
Coincidental with this program the
committee suggests steps to be taken
by State governments and local Or
CARNATIONS with an immediate interest
in a solution of the problem of the
Great Plains.
Evening star., 1937-02-14

preached the average during the week
ending February 6, according to q
health index for IS cities made public
today by the Census Bureau.
Washington reported q total Of 23l
deaths during the week. a decrease OF
below the total of 235 during the
week ending January 80. A three-year
average for the same week, however, Is
only 1872. showing that the local death
rate still is continuing far higher than
normal.
/ The number of deaths of children
under one year, however, dropped from
20 during the week of January 30 to
IA during the week ending February 6,
Evening star., 1937-02-14
Woman Found Dead.

Mrs. Lottie Cornwell, A, a patient
at St. Elizabeth's Hospital was found
dead yesterday morning in q hallway
Of the women's ward of the Receiving
Building of the institution.
An autopsy. performed with the con-
sent of her husband, Paul B. Cornwell,
disclosed quantity of poison in her
stomach, according to report to police
Hospital physicians said they did not
know how the patient got possession of
the poison.
Evening star., 1937-02-14

pared with only 2 white and 10 colored
during the preceding week. For the
first five weeks, however. the number
Of infant deaths were almost equally
divided, 81 being white, 50 colored and
! OF other" races. OF the total l.1ll
deaths in five weeks, TIC were white
and 3s2 colored. . being listed as Of
-other" races.