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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05
Basketball Men Unexcited
Over Zone Defense Squawk

Experienced basketball men are
paying little attention to recent
screams about the zone defense
running the game. One member of
the rules committee points out that
this type of defense is almost as
old as the game itself and capable
coaches always have been able to
find way to Offset it without plead
ing for new laws to make things
easier for them. incidentally,
here is a tip-off concerning the diff
ference in rules in various sections
of the country. At a recent Butler
Indiana game in Indianapolis it was
announced that play would be ac-
cording to "Big Ten Rules" The
only way "Big Ten Rules" differ
from other college rules is that the
winning team takes home the ball.
The New York American hockey
team, who spent recent week end
playing in Atlantic City, still do
not know whether the auditorium
management was kidding them.
Anyhow, the dressing room to which
they were assigned was labeled
Chorus Room No. g." F.. Lorne
Chabot, the goalie, is the only men,
Der of the Americans who wears
spats. In New York that makes
him sartorial exception. In Mon
treal and Toronto, where he lives
and works when not playing hockey,
that makes him a smart man. You
need protection in that cold wealth
er. Joe Lamb of the Americans
is such good golfer that he finished
third in the Ottawa city champion
ship last summer.
Jimmy Mars, who tolls in Madi-
son Square Garden publicity depart
ment, was christened VincenzO
Marazza. Mayor LaGuardia hung
the "Mars" tag on him. Joe Hig-
gins, the income tax collector who
looks so much like Jimmy Walker,
gets plenty of play now when sports
men discuss the next Democratic
Mayoralty nomination. Bob Gun
bingham, boxing and wrestling
judge who was injured several
weeks ago when a wrestler Owed
through the ropes and landed on
top of him, wishes friends would
visit him at the New York hospital.
DevOtees of the sport might
very well read squash Rackets,"
the book newly penned by Johnny
Skillman, who was pro champion
in 1888 and 1885. Another book
which will shortly hit the presses is
Fundamentals of Baseball" by
Moose Mccormick.
During the American Bowling
Congress which will be held in New
York from March to April 80 each
team will use new set of pins.
They are carefully weighed and
for the first two weeks three-pound,
four-ounce pins are used. At the
start of the third week the weight
is increased by an ounce. After
four weeks the alleys are normal
and pins weighing six pounds, six
ounces are used.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

OI a RECEIVER!
The du Points race track at Whining
ton will be ready July l.
Bob Spessard, the six foot eight
inch, 210 pound center who per-
formed for Washington and l. e.
against L. I. U. on the Garden court
recently, has better scoring aver
age than that compiled by Stan
fOrd's sensational Hank Luisetti. He
averaged 16 points game last sea-
son and in twenty minutes of one
game this year he netted 81 points.
=. Dynamite George Smith, the
bOx-office man, is $1S day en-
ployee at Tropical park In
addition to helping Colonel Wilton
FarnswOrth pick all those winners
John Leon also exercises his talents
as an employee at the Miami dog
track Jimmy Kelly, the emf
nent sports reStaurateur, has 100
pictures of celebrities adjoining his
office walls. Each one of them re-
veals the celebrity shaking hands
with, or otherwise buzzing, Jimmy.
Harvey Snyder of Columbus, Ohio,
who sold his Portsmouth franchise
to Detroit, probably will be elected
president of the American Football
league. At the same time it is likely
that Jersey City will land team in
the circuit Tall basketball
centers sometimes are good scorers
for their opponents. In a recent
Game Willard Schmidt, six foot nine
inch center for the Mcpherson "a.
A. u Oilers who played in the
Garden last year, twice tipped the
ball into the enemy's goal while
trying to defect shots. Twice more
in the same game the referee al
lowed opponents goals when
Schmidt touched the rim of tn
basket.
One Of the fiercest of all turf
feuds now is being waged in Florida
between Colonel Abe Hall0w and E.
r. Burch. Burch, who is very close
to E. r. Bradley, is recognized as
general manager at Hialeah. Hal
low, staIwart uphOlder of the J. E.
| Widener ideals, is not SO strong
officially, but nevertheless is re-
ported to be a shrewd behind the
scenes worker When he is
playing pro tennis Ellsworth Vines
shirt is adorned with U. S. Davis
cup team shield. A grotesque and
unconditional cats head is embr0id-
cred on the Fred Perry garment.
Ensign Fred (Buzz) Berries, for
mer football and basketball star at
the United States Naval academy,
will return to his alma mater next
fall as assistant to Lieut.. Harry j.
Hardwick. newly appointed head
football coach.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

on the Supreme Court, saying:
"The President of the United
States, with his characteristic frank
ness and courage, has opened for
debate the most troublesome prob
lem which we must solve if we are
to continue democracy.
"That problem is-whether tn e
Supreme court will permit congress,
the legislative branch of our gov
eminent, which was equally trusted
with the Supreme court by the
trainers of the Constitution, to per-
form its duties in making democra-
cy workable and effective"
The senate heard Guffey's speech
in silence and referred his resolu-
ton to the judiciary committee.
A RTIFICIAL scarcity OF farm
"A products is abandoned as pol
icy for the time being by Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace. He said in
Washington that the two drouth
years of 1884 and 1886 have brought
more thought on farm production by
consumers and farmers than ever
before. While year or two OF nor
NAL weather would tumble wheat
prices, if full acreage is planted, the
time has come for lifting of the
restrictions, he said.
"In the year Immediately ahead,
/ feel that farmers should think
primarily of their duty to consum-
ers," Wallace said. 81 think that in
the coming year it is wise for us
to produce as much as we can. We
should, of course, divert certain
amount of corn and cotton acreage
to soil conserving crops, because
that will make for greater long time
productivity Of our farm land.
..But for the most part, let's fill
up the storage bins this year. It is
good policy to vary the plans for
storage Of crops in the soil accord
ing to the state Of supplies in the
granary above the ground"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

necessary function of receiving air
from the cellar and helping dis
tribute it uniformly throughout
the fuel bed.
Those things being true, it is
dangerous to neglect keeping the
ashpit clean. Accumulated ashes
will cut off incoming air circula-
ton and hamper the complete
combustion of fuel, creating trou-
blesome clinkers. An ashpit that
is choked up with ashes is quite
liable to overhead the CRATES, re-
sulting in their warping or break
ing. This, of course, means an
expense in replacing the damaged
CRATES.
So, I say again, don't take
chances. Keep the ashpit cleaned
out. Take a few minutes every
day to remove the dead ashes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05
Early Hardships

The Kansas pioneers lived hard
lives. They had no fountain pens
to leak on their fingers. No tele-
phones to ring while they were
taking baths. No motor cars to
get fiat tires or run out of gaso-
line. No radios to burn out tubes
or be overcome by static. No
brush statesmen to ring their door
bells. And no newspapers to make
them mad. 1t took real men to
stand up under such hardships.-
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

overthrow Stain and bring back a
modified capitalism to Russia. 1t in
volved the wrecking of the nations
railway system and the bringing
about of war on Russia by Japan
and Germany. Japan was to be
given the maritime provinces in
Asia and Germany was to be per-
mitted to grab the Ukraine. But
Radek added that the conspirators
hoped the war would result in a
new revolution in Russia and that
thereafter those territories could be
regained. II am guilty of all the
charges" said the once powerful
editor.
Gregori Sokolnikoff, former soviet
ambassador to England, declared
he knew as early as 1882 of plot
to assassinate Stain, and admitted
he was guilty of plotting to betray
the Soviet union to Germany and
Japan. Vladimir Romm, former
Washington correspondent Of IL
vestia of Moscow, though not yet on
trial, was put on the stand and
LGStlllSu Ltidt LiC nllCW VI tiiC eaiit1-
Stalinist plot, that he carried letters
from Radek to the exiled Leon
Trotzky and that he agreed to be-
come Trotzky's undercover in
formant.
Scores of persons implicated by
the confessions of the defendants
have been arrested. Among them is
M. A. C. Beloborodoff, the veteran
Bolshevist who ordered the execu-
ton of Car Nicholas and his fam
lily.
The prosecutor asked death for
all the defendants.
Leon Trotzky, from his haven in
Mexico City, sent out a specific de-
NAL of the charges that he was
head of the conspiracy.
d RESIDENT ROOSEVELT sent to
L the senate the name of James
A. Farley as postmaster general for
another term, and the senate
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05
NOT In THE BOX SCORE:

NOT IN THE BOX SCORE:
7 ONG ISLAND university has
~ dropped plans for a grldir0n
cOmebackthis fall. Instead the Black
birds will continue to devote their
best athletic efforts to winning bas-
ketbaM games Lefty Corners
interest In prize fights is not entirely
due to that brawl he soon expects to
have with the Yankees concerning
his 1887 salary. He always has been
red hot boxing fan and reads every
bit Of available literature ON tho
subject Bill TiIden drinks tea
with seven Jumps Of sugar In 1t
during those rests between tennis
games. Fred Perry's favorite tipple
at such times is orange juice.
Big time hockey players are not
exactly billing and cooling when they
meet Bill Stewart these days.. They
say the Chief Referee techinally is
a most proficient arbiter, but that
he sets himself up too much as
a supreme power and otherwise
takes himself too seriously
Benny Leonard has abandoned, at
least for the present, the notion OF
opening new restaurant in Madi-
son Square Garden Ray Schalk,
Everett Scott, Chuck Klein and Jim
my Dykes are few of the base
ball stars who will compete in the
Bowling Congress in New York
this spring. Tony Cucinello, Heinie
Groh and Jimmy Archer also are
giving more than thought to the
affair Ed Beckman, son OF
that great pro star, Johnny, now
plays on the Horace Mann team.
Ed Stevens, the automobile man
who used to jump so high for the
Irish-American A. c., has young
son who thinks nothing of clearing
five feet ten inches in elementary
school competition.
Those wrestling warriors who
threatened to rend the nation with
their disputes several weeks ago
now are loveydoveing so nicely that
Jack Curley may be offering his
shows at the Garden soon Cor
don Bennett, captain Of Dartmouth's
football team, also leads the hockey
sextet and has won three letters in
that sport There is good reason
why Waiter Jack Reiger never mud
dies the orders at one of the towns
higher class hostelries. Jack
has such good memory that
he still insists the newspapers
gave him none the best Of the
decision when he fought Boer
Rodel at the Pioneer A. G.
twenty-six years ago Nels
Crutchfield's brother Gordon is car
rying ON the famous family hockey
name as captain at McGill.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

they traded him to
the Cubs last fall.
The big pitcher
adds that he recent
ly spent an hour
and a half ON the
operating { a b l e
while a surgeon
tinkered with two
muscles which had
grown together on
his pitching arm.
Now the wing feels
swell and Parmelee
e, ex,wn Ahu& - Lad
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

promptly confirmed
the nomination. It is
believed Mr.. Farley
will not long remain
a member of the
cabinet, for he wants
to return to private
work. He told report
ers in New York
that he was looking
for more than a job
as a salesman.
eff I should return
To private life " the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

striking unions, while the strikers
were still in forcible possession of
plants, and President Roosevelt
ominously termed this refusal "a
very unfortunate decision on his
part" intimating. also, that there
was a prospect of labor legislation
unfavorable to the corporation and
to employers generally.
Sloan persisting in his attitude,
Secretary Perkins started move
for legislation that would compel
him to meet Lewis. In identical
letters to Speaker Bankhead and
Senator Joe Robinson. majority
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

he is going to live up to all those
bright predictions Giant fans once
made for him. Skippy Bartell,
three or fOur-year-Old son of the
Giant shOrtstop, who covered al
most as much ground in the grand
stand last summer as the old man
did in the infield, is recovering nice
ly from an appendicitis operation.
Walter Kelley, bright Brooklyn
lad who trains horses, is proudest
of a gee-gee named Idle Midget
who dotes on drinking pop out of a
bottle. Trainer Hirsch Jacobs
is having the picture of Image,
his greatest horse, engraved on a
set of dinner plates. Leo M.
Shea, versatile Florida racing
judge, also is an able fight referee.
Mrs. Ethel D. Mars expects a
lucky 1887 with her two-year-olds,
which cost more than 100000 at
Saratoga sales. All of them are
reported doing well. Just to prove
that times do change a church mag
azine asked for, and received, two
working press badges for the Trop-
ical Park race meeting.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

molested by the
strikers. But the
deadlock was not
broken, and the sit
down strikers con-
tinued to occupy the
plants they had
kidnapped" Presi-
dent Alfred P. Sloan
Jr., of General Mo-
tors had refused the
invitation of Secre-
tary of Labor Per-
kins to meet John L.
Lewis. chief of the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

conspirators against
the Stain regime
and the soviet state,
and all freely con-
fessed their guilt.
They readily told
the details of t h e
amazing plot and as
serted that the ex-
lied Leon Trotzky
was it's chief mover.
Radek described the
scheme by which
the v,1nftorc hnroJ %n
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

while his manager,
Max Waxman, is a
sucker for the
horses Billy
Cordes, who w a s
champion b o w ] e r
thirty years a G o,
was the first maple
crasher to roll 300
in championship
play Can those
Philadelphia runors
be true about Lew
Tenders restaurant
being in the hands
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

the nation was mo-
bilized to save the
people there. BY di-
rection of the Pres
ident and Gen. NAL
in Craig, chief of
staff, the army
made all prepara-
tions for the evacu-
alton of all inhabi-
tants along the riv-
er between Cairo,
ILL.,, and New Or
leans. The details
for this mass move
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

a resolution calling
for an investigation
of the truth or falsi-
ty of scurrilous
C h argos made
against the Supreme
Court in "Nine Old
Men," a volume au-
thored by two con-
ductors of a Wash
ington gossip col
umn. In offering the
resolution Guffey
made a bitter attack
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

postmaster general said, 81 would
like an opportunity to build up an
equity in business, so I would
have something more than just
salary for security for my family.
81 have had several offers al
ready, but they haven't been just
what I would want"
IF REICHSFUEHRER HITLER
will cooperate with other nations
in the interest of peace, France will
help Germany to overcome her pres
ent economic difficulties. Such was
the offer made by Premier Blum
in an address at Lyons. Blum, how
ever, warned the Nazis that France
cannot and will not cooperate with
Germany economically or politically
while the possibility continues to
exist that this help may be some
day turned against the country
which gave it,"
He expressed opposition to Hitler's
policy of making bilateral pacts,
and added: 81 believe I am practic-
ing realism when l declare we do
not wish to separate French security
from European peace"
German officials were pleased
by Blum's speech and said his good
intentions could not be doubted.
II AMBURG, Germany, for CEN
IL turtles a Stree city," has lost
it's freedom. Reichsfuehrer Hitler
and his cabinet have decreed that
it shall be known henceforth 8
Hansa City Hamburg and placed
under control of Col. Gen. Hermann
Wilhelm Goering in his capaclty as
commissar for the new four year
plan for self sufficiency, together
with Rudolf Hess, deputy leader Of
the Nazi party; Wilhelm Prick,
minister of interior, and Count Lud-
wig Schwerin Won Krosigk, minister
of finance.
The cabinet also took away the
freedom of Lubbock and incorporat-
ed the city with Prussia, and the
same fate was decreed for Eutin,
Cuxhaven and Birkenfeld. Wilhelms-
haven is absorbed by Oldenburg
province.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05
DON'T RUB
YOUR EYES

Rubbing your eyes grinds invisible particles of
dust and dirt right into the delicate tissues,
making the irritation just that much worse. A
much better way, as thousands have discovered.
Is to use little Murine in each eye-night and
morning. Murine may be depended on to re-
1ieve eye irritation because it is a reliable eye
preparation containing active ingredients of
known value in caring for the eyes. In use for
90 years. Ask for Murine at your drug store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

leans. Inc details att, r1.o;~
for this mass move
ment were worked out to the last
point by commanding officers in the
region and thousands of motor
trucks and railroad fiat cars were
collected. Headquarters for the
evacuation were set up at Jackson,
Miss.
Lieut.. Col. Eugene Reybold, dis
trict engineer at Memphis, ordered
the prompt delivery of 5000, 900 bur-
lap sacks for the erection of sand
bag bulwarks, Is cars of lumber, 210
cupboard motorboats, 300 small
boats, 300 life jackets, and 1900
lanterns.
The secretary of war authorized
the use of not only regular army
troops but also members of the
Civilian Conservation corps, the
National Guard, and the Red Cross.
General Craig said that if the bill
lion dollar levee system, erected
after the great 1927 flood, failed to
hold, about the same area affected
then would be inundated. Many
thousands of people already had
been removed from homes along the
Mississippi, but cities like Memphis
and Vicksburg, being on high
ground, were believed to be safe.
At New Orleans river experts re-
fused to admit danger of super
flood along the lower reaches of the
river. But Secretary of War Wood
ring in Washington had reports
from engineers which said the
levee system on the lower Missis-
sippi probably would not be able
to Withstand the present flood when
it reaches its crest.
At this writing the effects of the
flood may be thus summarized:
Homeless, nearly million. Dead,
probably more than 500, including
200 in Louisville. Damage, conserv-
atively estimated at more than $780,
100000.
Congress hurried through a def
cheney appropriation of $500, 000,-
600 which the President promised
would be made available for flood
relief; and the American Red Cross,
working at high speed, was raising
fund of $10,000,000 to which the
people of the entire country con-
tributed literally. Supplies of food,
drinking water, clothing and medi-
cines were poured into the stricken
areas.
Cincinnati, Louisville, Ports
mouth, Frankfort and Evansville
were the worst sufferers; but every
city, town and village along the
Ohio and its tributaries shared in
the disaster. Fires broke out in the
Mill Creek district of Cincinnati and
destroyed property valued at 81, $780,
600 before the flames could be con-
trolled. Throughout the entire re-
gion transportation was crippled,
pure water and fuel supplies were
shut off or greatly reduced, and
outbreaks of typhoid and pneumonia
were threatened. In Louisville the
light and power plant was forced
to shut down.
In Frankfort, KY, the state re-
formatory was flooded and the pris-
oners were removed to other
quarters with the aid of troops. The
convicts took advantage of the
emergency to start riot and about
a dozen were killed. All of southern
Indiana was placed under martial
law by Governor Townsend.
EORTY THOUSAND employees of
= General Motors returned to part
time work in reopened plants in
Michigan and Indiana, and were I'M
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05
Surgeons Neat Job
on Muscles in Arm
Heartens Parmelee

DLENTY Of paragraphs for the
price of one:
Roy Parmelee writes that the
Cards made him very happy when
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05
News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Disastrous Flood Moves Down the MississppMass Evac-
uation Prepared Secretary Perkins Moves to
Compel General Motors Strike Farley.
By EDWARD w. PICKARD
"a Mat M.uuan rHfnin.
g Western Newspaper Union.

- RADUALLY the terrible flood
~ in the Ohio valley subsidized,
but the yellow torrents were pour
ing down the lower Mississippi and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05
Tv1Ez:l;dsyJIl
IsiRSl COLDS
Crushed Virtue

Virtue is like precious odors,
most fragrant where they are in
censed or crushed; for Prosperity
doth best discover vice; but Ad-
versity doth best discover virtue.
Bacon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05
MUSCLES FELT
and i5! saaaas q
Got Quick ~ "a
RELIEF~N m
From Pain - ~

If muscles in your legs, arms, chest.
back or shoulders feel stiff and sore, get
bottle of Hamlins Wizard Oil and get
quick relief. Rub it on-rub it in.
Warns soothes- gives wonderful COM
fort. Will not stain. At all druggists.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05
Home Heating
Hints BY John Barclay
nhhhhGO floating Expert

Keep Furnace Ashpit Clean-Get
Better Heat, Prevent Costly
Repairs
SOMETIMES we are prone to
~ grow careless and get the idea
that all furnace ashpit Is for is
to receive ashes as they come
from the CRATES. AS a matter Of
fact, however, receiving the ashes
Is but one Of three important
things an ashpit does. Besides
holding ashes, it performs the very
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05
n BTAIN1NG Of a sweeping fed

n BTAINING of sweeping fed
~ eral injunction against tn e
Tennessee Valley authority by nine
teen utility companies has put an
end to efforts to form a public
private power transmission pool.
President Roosevelt declared In a
letter written to federal power ex-
perts and private company officials
that the utility action in securing
the injunction, 'precludes a joint
transmission facility arrangement,
and makes 1t advisable to discontin-
ue" any conferences planned to
gain that end.
The injunction which drew Mr..
Roosevelt's fire halted the iva
from new construction or from so
liciting additional customers for its
power.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05
Dempsey Shows Fondness
for Pinochle Game

Jack Dempsey likes playing pr
nochle even better than fighting,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05
In Mutual Sympathy

Nature has concatenated our
fortunes and affections together
with indissoluble bands of mutual
sympathy. -Barrows.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

X ARL RADEK, noted soviet Rus
IN sian journalist, and IS other
men more or less prominent in the
affairs of Russia, went to trial as
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-02-05

MAYBE it was just a promotion
AVA stunt for the book, but Senator
Joseph F. Guffey of Pennsylvania,
Democrat, introduced in the senate