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Evening star., 1937-04-04
ARLINGTON NINE DRILLS.

Arlington A. c. will practice on the
Arlington diamond at 2 o'clock this
afternoon. Old players, as we'll as
candidates, are requested to report.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
EASY FOR ST. JOHNS
Swarthmore Is Smothered, 12 to 4,
in Lacrosse Match.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, April 3.-Ev
Smith, st. Johns two-time all-Ameri-
can attack man, lately returned from
the ineligible list, and Warren Ham,
mann lead their team to victory
over Swarthmore at lacrosse today,
IL to 1.
Smith scored four goals and Ham,
mann three.
Both teams showed their best Of
fense in the final quarter, st. Johns
scoring six times in that period.
Evening star., 1937-04-04

SCOTe DN UUHFIerS.
Naval Academy 3 III
Dartmouth q -
Goals - Navy: Smith t2), Muse t2),
Rindskopf (2). Dartmouth: Fuller, Plcker-
ing. Substitutes - Navy: Muse, case
Mann, Rindskopf. Daily. Dartmouth: PARK
hill, Exkel, Harris. Hoskinson.
Referee-Mr. Thomson (St. Johns. Um-
pire-Beredt (Hopkinsl. Goal umpireS-
Mr. Chandee (Yale) and Mr.. Fletcher
(Army)
Evening star., 1937-04-04
NAVY NINE ROUTED
Ten Hits Get Penn State 81 Win
at Annapolis.

Ut AHHHp pUIIS.
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, April 3 R.-
Penn States base ball team took adj
vantage of Navy's loose play today to
beat the Tars, to /.
Frank Smith, Penn State pitcher
kept Nays nine hits we'll scattered
while his teammates collected 10
safeties off three Navy hurlers.
R. H. E.
Penn " 100 COL O01--6 10 2
Navy -- 600 O1O ODO-l D
Smith and Kornick; Mack. Mckay.
Bruckel and OHerron.
Evening star., 1937-04-04

Goals-Johns Hopkins: Kempton l2l.
Dukehart a.. Kaufman t2). Beeler.
Enders Mewshaw 49, c. c. N. Y: H.
Kaufman Lenchner (2l.
Substitutes-Johns Hopkins: Passano,
guard: Berheim Melvin, TrIplett, Slegel.
close attack; Enders. Green. Vlckers, Love.
Ward close defense; Mewshaw. BUCK
Primrose midfield. G. c. N. Y: Laiten.
close attack: Heyman. Kovner Bamberser.
close defense: Fraad, midfield.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
Calls 1t Blow to Tennis.

A FTER a long and heated discus
sion, President Holcombe Ward of
New York ruled the motion out of
order. Ward said the award of the
matches was the job of the Davis
Cup Committee and not in the prov
ince of the Executive Committee.
Explaining that he was in Florida
when the Davis Cup Committee met
and that inadvertently he did not re-
ceive the associations announcement
Of the meeting, Colon asked that the
committee hear his argument any
way.
Il tell you the taking away of the
match from the Germantown Club
is blow to amateur tennis in this
country" Collom said, and the
manner of its taking away sows the
seeds of discord among U.s."
Evening star., 1937-04-04
z0NEF|NAL STAYS
At FOREST HILLS
Co||om Charges Committee
With Giving New York
Net Dictatorship.
BY SCOTTY RESTON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NJ ssmpt goRK By saApei Apsl - 3An COLON a5i Of
" Philadelphia to move the
4 North American zone Davis
Cup finals from Forest Hills to Phil
adelphia was defeated by the Execu-
tive Committee of the United States
Lawn Tennis Association today after
bitter two-hour debate revealed a
deep cleavage in the association ranks.
Colon, president of the association
in 1929, charged that the Davis
Cup Committee of the u S. L. T. A. is
trying Ito centralize all tennis here
in New York" and accused it of not
being able to see beyond the tall
buildings of Manhattan"
After reading 4 bitter four-page
criticism against the association, Col
lom moved that the matches be taken
from the West Side Club to the Ger
mantoWn Cricket Club, where they
were held last year. The motion was
seconded by John C. Perry, jr, also
of Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1937-04-04

GOaIYSt. Johns. Smith Cd. Hamman
f3), Bordley MacMillen. Owens 90,
Buck: Swarthmore. Frazer (2), Schroeder,
st. Johns substitutes-Lambrose. Owens,
Dedisse. r. Shibbe,, Buck. D. Shibbe;
Buddinston. Beck. Kalkstein.
Referee-Mr. Wehr Pennsylvania), Um.
pires-Meksrs. Wilson tSt. John'D and
fattseaQn (ovarthmcee). Time o6 Guar
tsro-U 0Inutss.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
WESTERN LOSES AGAIN
Drops Informal Game to Utica
Free Academy Basketers.

Free Academy Basketers.
GLEN FALLS, N. Y, April 3.-1n
an informal basket ball game today,
WeenHn High School of Washington
bowed to Utica Free Academy of Utica,
NnY, 40-31. Both teams were de-
feated in the first round of the Glen
Falls interscholastic invitation tour
nament.
Western never held the lead.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
.stern never held the lead.

Totals IL 81 Totals 10 A.
Fouls ommitted-Western 10: Utica,
Referee-Ed Martin (Utica).
Evening star., 1937-04-04
NAVY STICKMEN SCORE
Unimpressive as They Win, 6-2,
Over Dartmouth Team.

OVeT Ual l1lUuLN I tdH.
Special Dispatch to Tho Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, April 3.-Open-
ing its lacrosse season here today by
winning from Dartmouth, 6 to 2, the
Navy was not particularly impressive.
Muse and Rindskopf, Navy change
attack men, called into the game early,
each scored a brace of goals and &C
counted for the Nays whole margin.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
ROSEDALEEARNS
SOCCER LAURELS
Beats Sherwood, 3 to 5, in
D. C. Section of National
Junior Cup Play.

~ OSEDALE PLAYGROUND won
J the District of Columbia cham
pionship of the national
iupior soccer cllp competit ion
Evening star., 1937-04-04
Francis and T0lmich Leaders
In Texas Mark Cracking Orgy;
RideOut Tluin Defeats Venzke

Wayne had beaten Lash at New Or
leans last Winter but had no chance
today when the Indianan opened up
with his famous sprint about $50
yards from the finish.
The Washington times., 1937-05-11

Rialto Theater by Pearl Hauer,
organist, and guest singers, causes
quite a bit Of favorable comment
from the audiences. David Manly,
Washington tenor, has been ap-
pearing frequently, and Grace VI
tally, winner Of the Rialto The
ater's jeanette Macdonald" con-
test a few months back, has also
appeared several times. Miss
Hauer is glad to present request"
numbers, whether vocal or inStru-
mental.
Elena de Sayn, violin, and
Thora Hinshaw Seaton, lecturer,
will combine in presenting q
Tschaikowsky program this after
noon at 8 O'Clock at Barker Hall,
Y. W. c. A. The program will be
given under the auspices of the
music division Of the Twentieth
Century Club.
After a book review of Beloved
Friend" by Catherine Drinker
Bowen, Miss de Sayn will play
the Serena de Melancolique,"
"Melodie," and the Concerto in
D Major" all Of which are rep
resentative violin compositions by
Tschaikowsky. Nation Boyce will
be at the piano.
The Washington times., 1937-05-11
By CARL L. DENIES

On account OF limited space,
invitations include only present
and former members of the club,
their parents, and their more ad-
vanced piano students, together
with sponsors of the club (teach-
ers Of members), and their more
advanced students.
The brilliant program to be
given will consist Of conceru by
Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and
Brahms, interpreted with q few
shorter works by Chopin, List,
Rachmaninoff and Strauss.
The following members will par
ticipate: Leah Effenbach, artist
member and fellowship pupil of
Nine. Olga Samaroff- Stokowski;
Betty Baum, guest member;
Everett Stevens, pupil of Austin
Conrad, Peabody Conservatory;
Elizabeth Rankin King, pupil Of
Washington College Of Music;
Gertrude Effenbach, pupil Of
Alexander Sklarevski, P body
Conservatory; Ann Sugar and
Esther Silver, pupils Of Felian
Garzia, and Myrna Macklin, pu-
pill Of LaSalle Spier.
A benefit concert for Oppor-
tunity House was given last night
at the home of Mrs. Edwin B.
Parker by the Pro Musica Quartet
and Alexander SklarevSki, plan
list. An audience that comfortably
filled the available room was in
attendance, with much enthusiasm
shown and a number Of encoreS
played. ..-
The Pro Musica Quartet opened
the program with two lifting
movements, the Scherzo from
Cherubini's "String Quartet in E
Flat" and the Finale from Haydn's
1.-The Riders Quartet"
Mr.. Sklarevski displayed q beau
tiful control of dynamics and tone
in Beethoven's "An0ante in F
Major; then turning to . List
"Capriccio in B Minor" he gave
a contrasting item which was
swift and short. A group Of Chopin
works was brought to q powerful
climax in the "Scherzo in B
Minor"
Following the intermiSsion, Mr..
sklarevski played "Caprices" from
the ballet, "Alceste" (Gluck- Saint
saens), with a skillful handling
Of intricate variations. The group
Of three short PreludeS by Scria-
bine ended with a thunderous eli
max, and the lighter mood Of
isle of Joy" Oebussy) made q
pleasing ending, although he was
recalled for two encoreS. His play
ing displays a meticulous care Of
technique and range Of dynamics
that is seldom duplicated.
The Pro Musica Quartet, Jeno
Sevely and Alphonso Rossi, vio-
Inns; Hendrick EsSerS, viola, and
Sidney Hamer, violoncello, closed
the program with Borodin's GUAR
tet No. 2, in D Major" This work
embodies pleasing melodies and
harmonieS, with contrasting moods
in the four movements. AS an en-
core the quartet played "Barba'
rini's Minuet" (HasSe).
The Myriad Voices" program
presented twice nightly at the
The Washington times., 1937-05-11
C0MM|TTEE0.K.
ON AVIATION
DAY BILL

With strong congressional sup
port behind 1t, the Stanley bill
setting aside May az as ''Nationa
Aviation Day." is scheduled to b
reported favorably to the Hous'
Judiciary Committee today.
Representative Weaver CD, o.
North Carolina. chairman of tn
House Judiciary Subcommittee
which considered the Aviation
Day bill. declared:
"Our subcommittee il fully in
accord with those who believe
the United States air forces
should have q special day set
aside to observe their achieve
ments.
WILL BE REPORTED
THE subcommittee acted IA
vorabIy ON the STANLEY resOlu-
ton and IL will be reported to
the full committee.
81 believe there will be no Op-
position to the bill. After all We
have an Army and . Navy Day.
There is no reason why we can't
honor our air forces also"
The resolution reads:
Resolved by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the
United States Of America in
Congress assembled that May %,
1887, be set aside a. National
Aviation Day, to further and
stimulate interest in aviation in
the United States"
The bill is sponsored by Repre-
sentative Stanley Cd, Of Con
necticut, and has the backing Of
the Army and Navy Union.
VIII Go to Senate
When approved by the House
the Stanley measure will be sent
to the Senate for final congress
sional action.
The bill authorizes President
Roosevelt to proclaim May 20 a.
National Aviation Day.
Many House members Joined
with Weaver in pressing for en-
actment Of the bill. Represents
tive Citron CD, Of Connecticut, 9
member of the House Judiciary
Committee, declared:
II think this bill Il one Of the
finest that has come before our
committee this year. I am .
member Of the subcommittee
which considered 1t. It got my
vote then and It will get 1t again
when the full committee cOnsid-
ers It."
The Washington times., 1937-05-11
Protesting Injury,
Victim Gets BEATING

CHICAGO, May II G.N.S)
Knocked to the pavement by a
speeding automobile, Gordon Dill
lon, %, today cried out:
''Why don't you be more
careful?"
In answer, five men piled out
Of the car, beat Dillon severely,
and then fled.
The Washington times., 1937-05-11
Child Brides

PUEBLO, Col, May II QNS0.
The marital affairs Of two child
brides broke into Pueblo county
court, records on the same day.
Geraldine G. Boone, Is, was mar.
ried to Herbert c. Henderson by
q local justice of the peace on the
same day that Naomi Stokes Burk-
halter, also Is, filed a divorce suit
charging cruelty. The latter was
married January %, 1887.
The Washington times., 1937-05-11
World Of Music
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Theme From Fourth Movanan+ "Svmphonv No O."


BY R. Schundnn.
a suggestion for using and preserving the daily music theme
Many teachers of appreciation pupils
filing composers
and file them tn alphabetical orderD
BY CARL I. DENIES
There much disappointment in Washington music cir
last fall when the made that the usual
annual piano festival would be held this Mrs
Katherine McReynolds Morrison director of the Washington
Panss Club has arranged however for presentation of
eight young piansts in recital Friday night at o'clock
at the Washington College of Music.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-05-30

The Blood Stamp" also
known as the "Keppen,"
was employed by the early
Japanese to seal their vows
and covenants by drawing
a drop of blood from under
the thumb nail and smear
ing it upon the document
with the tip of the digit.
Ancient Aztecs were
others who marked with
the Sign Of the Red Hand"
Prisoners taken in war by
this naughty race were first
required to impress their
fingcrprints In red on the
doorpusLs of their captors'
dwellings, and later were
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-05-30

bile left in a canyon
in Logan County,
Kansas.
A fingerprint was
found on the window
glass of the doctors
auto, and proved to be
that of Fleagle, whose
prints were already
on file with author
tiles.
The desperado's
capture was a mat
ter of time.
THEN there is
the far famed
Eberly case, an
other crime solved
through finger
prints.
1t was on the
evening of April 8,
1927, that Percy
Eberly assertedly
shot down and
killed Melvin Hatch
in Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-05-30

through a lelltale tnumD impress
sion at the scene of the crime.
He left only one print; But that
was enough
The single mistake shattered
an otherwise perfect crime and
brought about his capture, ulti-
mate confession and death. The
lone clue was found on a piece of
broken window glass which Stone
had shattered in forcing entrance
to the Stammer home after he
had shot the girl.
lake H. FLEAGLE, the Kan
y sas desperate and man of
many aliases, was another muir
derer apprehended through a
single fingerprint in a manhunt
as thrilling as any in the history
of American crime.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-05-30

Hatch had rushed to the side of his mother,
who was being robbed of $400 when shot down.
Taken from closet door of the Hatch home
where the killer had waited in hiding, finger
print tailed with Eberlys hand and was the
only evidence in his conviction and sentence to
life Imprisonment.
Eberly had been apprehended on a payroll
robbery and was awaiting incarceration in San
Quentin prison when Captain Howard Barlow
Of Los Angeles police identified the Ebery
prints with the lone impression found at the
Hatch home
In an effort to evade apprehension, the no.
torious John Dlnger, Americas greatest public
enemy of all time, attempted to deface his prints
presumably with acid.
Untold numbers of cases are solved daily as
police authorities of the nation crack down on
the modern day descendants of the Cult Of the
Red Hand
However, in the legal course Of civilizations
progress, it is certain the cause of justice will
ever repose implicit confidence in the support
of her staunchest ally-FINGERPRINTS.
PAGE THREE.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1937-05-30

face. They have Sensory office in their aid to
touch.
Casting suppostion on the dim and distant
past of the cave man era, criminologists and
others familiar with the history of Dermatog
raphy the study of skins and patterns, give
credence to the apparently well-founded theory
that fngerprints used for identification
purposes in the stone age.
1t probably a momentous day that
a mighty-thewed Neanderthal gulp from his
Handicapped dish of clay and turn it idly in his
huge fingers.
Suddenly his keen eyes detected some pat
terms in the once soft surface, which he had no
remembrance of having made.
Closer inspection and experiment showed that
his own dgits neatly fill the earthen molds, and
that each was stamped with a concise design
in duplication Of the tracings.
He announced his discovery to friends and
neghbors.
Thus it may have been In the beginning:
elders of the clan later sitting in high tribunal
to prove property ownership quickly and effec-
lively through fingerprints, it is theorized
For means of identification, so simple that
that primitive intelligence of sub-man could
grasp its value and mete out justice, may have
come the first Court of Appeal and the then
unwritten but most important code of commun-
ity life
Thou Shalt Not Steal
Supporting these contentious and beliefs are
carvings of the Stone Age, also in the paintings
of hands and ingerprints on cliffs, rocks and
primitive dwellings,
Stone carvings on the island of Gavr-inis. off
the northern coast of France are estimated to
be at least 10000 years old
Although they were not at first recognized as
hngerprlnts and were looked upon as incompre-
hensible an acceptable explanation was later
found in the conclusion that the carvings repre-
sented fingerprint patterns of the Stone Age
period
THE sinister Sign of the Red Hand" is an
extremely interesting but ominous insignia
on the scrolls of fingerprint history.
Throughout the length of the two Americas
and on other continents, investigators find traces
of the dire significance of this ancient Gulf
which recorded its CORY annals in the blood of
countless thousands
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
Annual Average vt.k E t'.S ALLEY-CAT HAS .
 DIED INTESTATE

New orleans, Dec. 116-tUP) = Kit.xat, a bow-legged alley-cat, guaranteed luxury for all of her nine lives by e $i0,000 inheritance from the late Mrs. |. 0. Beneke, died interstate a month ago., it was learned today. pr. J. E. Kar- stendiek, veterinarian at whose pet shopt Kit.Kat was boarded at a cost of $i5 monthly under provis- ions of the will. Reluctant by ad- mitted the demise. Mrs. Beneke, who fed stray cats after summon ing them by tapping Q bell, stipu- lated that Kit-Kat, her staunch' friend of sad and lonely hours" be given bed near a furnace or stove in winter, fresh tender meat and liver, hot fresh bread and milk, salmon, shrimp, cooker oysters, and a doctor when she is sick or hurt"
 Tn spite of that, Kit-Kat died Of an intestional ailment.
 Residue of Kit-Kats unused es- tate will pass to Misses Nettie and Rena Westfall of Princeton, Ind. cousins ct Mrs. Beneke, whose will was dated Sept. 2, l937, o few days before she died. Bulk of the $40,- 900 estate went to J. J. Miranne, homestead official of New Orleans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
ACTION AGAINST COMPANY DROPPED
Plaintiffs Fail to File Mo. tions Asking Verdicts
 Be Set Aside

No further action is expected in the cases against the Connecticut Light 6. Power company by John M. Beauton and Jennie Drapeau, which were tried in superior court this week. A jury returned verdicts for the defendant.
 The plaintiffs had until before 1 o'clock today to file motions to set aside the verdicts. No such motions were filed.
 Eight other cases have been filed against the Connecticut Light & Power company based on similar al- legations to those in the cases tried this week. "
 All plaintiffs are owners of cot- tages along the Housatonic river, below the Stevenson dam, which is controlled by the 0. L. & P. Go. It is alleged that the floods which damaged the cottages were due to negligent handling of the dam by the company.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
SOUTH MAIN ST.
 BUILDING SOLD
Belle Gruber of Brooklyn, N. Y. Recorded As /
 New Owner

Sale of important business prop erty was noted today with the re- cording at the town clerks ofhce | of transfer of title to the land and 95 South Main street by Thomas K. Guest to Belle Graber of Brooklyn, N Y., the purchase price not revealed.
 The property, formerly owned by the estate of Joseph Guest, includes boundaries of 20 feet each on South Main and Brook streets. with the northern boundary l05 feet to Brook stret, the southern, 96 feet.
 $lSOO Paid
 The building is occupied by Fish CTS Luggage Shop, Inc, which is understood to be the purchaser. Mortgages approximating $30,000 were held last year by the Wa terbury Savings bank and others, which, with the city fee stamps, in- dicate that the actual cash involved in traliaction is in the neighbor- hood of $500.
 Negotiations were underway today for the purchase of the White & Wells company buildings at 2l0-214 Bank street, one, of the city's oldest industrial landmarks, which will be razed shortly when local equipment Is transferred to the Bridgeport plant of the firm. The buildings have an assessed value of 5000 and when completed, the sale will i be one of the largest transactions to take place here in several months.
 No Employees Involved
 W. E. Treat, secretary and gen. eral manager of the plant said to- day that none of the 36 employees mostly women, are involved in the transfer. He said that only Q small portion of the buildiingh have been used by the concern, remaining space being rented to other enter prises.
 The White & Wells company is 75 years old being one of the oldest established paper box concerns in the United States. Local properties consist of a five-story factory, one-story boiler house, and a two- story building on Cottage place.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
Welfare Supervisor
 Farewell Dinner Host
Mrs. Margaret E. VerdOn to Entertain Officials, Mem.
 bers of Welfare Staff Tonight t-Leaving Waterbury

members of the Public Welfar Board. Guests will include Mrs. Daniel J. Leary, MT. and Mrs. George L. Kingston, Dr. Edgar G. Adams, MT. and Mrs. John J. Kil- duff, MT. and Mrs. Michael 0. Ger man, MT. and Mrs. Emil Mascolo, MT. and Mrs. Charles E. Earth, Dr. and Mrs. Richard Hinchey, and Mrs verdon's daughter, Miss Mary Yer. don, of New York.
 Members of the department staff who will attend are:
 MT. and Mrs. Martin Hayden, Ella Sparno, Mrs. Mary D. Camp, Marion Cavanaugh, Kate Joan Kil- martin, Catherine Dzubay, Rita Corden, Alice Moore, Mrs. David Hayes, Mary Smith, J. Benedict Maloney, Edward Doyle, Peter Fal- lon, James Burnes, D. J. Baldwin, w. J. Inglls, Alice Petro, Eleanor Kelley, Yolanda D'Angelo, Helen Driscoll, Ellen Robinson, Edythe Reyes, Eugene Mccormack, Nancy Delaney, Mrs. Julia Mcdonald, Mrs. Betty Leary. Mary Reilly, Archie Eaggerty, Gertrude Hogan, Alice Fitzgerald, Anna Moran, Mage Sheehan, Catherine V. Burns, Mary Castanheira. Grace White, Marjorie Farley, Ruth Mitkowsky, Mary Co., lima, Gencvieve Carolan, Patrick DeLeon, Mrs. Marion Sillery, August Palladino. John L. Murphy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
CIVIC THEATER PLANS
 CHILDREN'S PROGRAM

The Children,s Theater branch of the Civic Theatre of Waterbury will hold a workshop meeting Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Civic Theatre Workshop, Prospect street. Admission will be by membership card. All members are invited to attend.
 The program will include a dem- onstration of hand and stringed puppets by Miss Mary Grove of Russell school, and Miss May Fin- nan of Bunker Hill. Also there will be demonstration of scene design and painting by Rosalie Manning Rose. Miss Dorothy Mclaughlin is director of the childrens group of the Civic Theatre.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
NAUGATUCK
Elaa@a un499-a- MASSES

FREEMAN-An anniversary mass of requiem will be celebrated Sat- urday morning. December 18th, at the repose of the soul of the late Mrs. Susan Freeman. nlANIGAN--An anniversary high mass of requiem will be celebrated Saturday morning at 5 o'clock. at ot tho soul of the late John Branl- gan,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
NEITHER SMITH NOR JONES

Eastport, Me. -- (U.P) This city of 4,000 population has neither Q smith nor a Jones listed In Its tele- phone directory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16
BRONSON STREET
 TAVERN ENTERED

Thieves carted full cigarette vending machine from 8 tavern at 30 Bronson street, following a break last night. Entrance was made by breaking the window of the front door. The tavern is owned by An drew Sileo. Details of the break were learned from a report of De- tective LieutS. William F. Pollard and William Foley, who investigated.