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Evening star., 1937-10-17

Designed to show art in America as
it is today, the works of four modern
American masters were selected to
compose the first group of great paint
ings offered by The Star in its art
appreciation program.
They include the pioneer Winslow
Homer. who rose to fame after the
Civil War; Thomas Eakins. the por-
traitist who was born eight years after
Homer; Mary Cassatt. who is recog-
nized as this countrys foremost woman
painter, and Thomas Benton, the
muralist. who is living and we'll known
today and doesn't know" whether his
work ''is art or not"
Just after the Civil War, Winslow
Homer gave himself challenge. He
was 25 years old. Two small paint
ings of his were on exhibition. II
within year they were sold, he would
so on painting. If they remained
unsold, he would accept an office job
offered him on Harper's Weekly. How
ard Simon recounts in one of the
stories he has written on the lives
Of artists included with the 48 famous
paintings offered by The Star.
The pictures were sold. The chal-
lenge had been met fairly, and Homer
was launched, an artist on his own.
Seven years later, Simon writes, he
was to learn, to his dismay, the
identity of his patron. 1t was his
brother-in-law, to whom he had con-
flded how much he had staked on
the sale Of his first two pictures.
1T seems strange" according to
Simon, that only l01 years ago marks
the birth Of the first American painter
who saw that the subjects Of 1t were
to be found in the dramas Of life
rather than in phantasy."
Homer was a New Englander, of
seafaring stock on the paternal side
When he was apprenticed to a Boston
photographer at 16, one of his early
achievements was an elaborate draw
ing of the entire Massachusetts, Senate.
His true bent. however, was for scenes
of fishing, hunting and the outdoors.
The artist travelled extensively
throughout his life, and at the battle
front for Harper's during the Civil
War distinguished himself for paint
ing life as he saw it, such as soldiers
around the campfires, payday in the
Army of the Potomac and in Prison
ers From the Front" After the war
he won recognition at the Paris Ex-
position Of 1867, later settled in Scar
boro, Me, where in oil he painted his
last and best known works. He died
in 1910.
1t was during his postwar travels
that he visited the Bahamas and
painted Bahamas Tornado" his work
now available in the set OF pictures
for the first week Of the campaign.
These and others OF the first set are
still available
Evening star., 1937-10-17
REDCR0SS DRIVE
ENROLLS 68,2O2
Campaign Closed, Officials
Believe Late Returns Will
Reach Goal.

The Red Cross roll call for the Dis
trict ended last night with 6S,202
memberships reported and last-min-
ute rush OF enrollments still COM
Ing in.
Oficers Of the drive expressed con-
hdence the goal of $4,000 would be at
tanned when late returns are tabulated
this week.
W. w. Wheeler, vice chairman of
the roll call. said results of the final
day were extremely encouraging. "
BY tomorrow or Tuesday, he predicted
the workers will be over the top.
While the campaign closed on sched-
ule and will not be extended, scores
OF volunteer workers have "mopping-
up" work to do in their sectors, and
large number of memberships prom
ised by telephone>or in person have
yet to be filed.
Efforts Are Hindered.
Efforts to reach the entire quota
yesterday were hindered by the clos
Ing OF numerous concerns which OBJ
serve a five-day week. Many enroll
ments from these sources are expected
this week.
Red Cross workers filed 1O,0l2 men,
berships yesterday. making it ban
ner day, Marcy L. Sperry, chairman
Of the roll call, said.
This years enrolment is expected
TO be the largest since the World War.
when Brig. Gen. F. R. Keefer pointed
out, the memberships climbed to 81 900
In 1918.
Rowland Robbins, who was chair
man of the roll call Is years ago
appeared at headquarters last night
with 100 per cent membership from
employees of the Trans-Lux Theater
OF which he is manager.
Chairman Sperry praised the in
tensive efforts of Vice Chairman
Wheeler and the group chairmen
throughout the drive.
The largest group was the Govern
ment unit, led by Gen. Fred w
Boschen, chief finance officer of the
Army. Nearly 1000 volunteers aided
him In canvassing the 11l000 Federal
workers.
Headed by Morris.
The general business group was
headed by Edgar Morris, president OF
the Edgar Morris Sales Co. He was
assisted by the Federation of Busi-
ness Mems Associations, under the
supervision of Theodore S. Grape
president.
Professional workers were directed
by E. Barrett Prettyrnan, former cor
poration counsel. Thomas j. Groom
president Of the District Bankers As
soclatlon, led the financial group. while
D. A. Skinner, secretary of the United
States Chamber of Commerce. was in
chArge OF soliciting the utilities. Lau-
renee E. Rubel, president of Under
wood o. Underwood. directed publicity
and Charles H. Doing, jr., was treas
urer Of the roll call.
Two women directed contingents in
1ne neld this year-Miss Mabel T
boardman, national secretary of the
RED Cross, who had charge of the q
booths scattered over the CITY. and
Mrs. Cary T.. Grayson, who super
vlsed the residential group. Mrs
Grayson is the wife of Admiral C,rav-
son, national chairman of the Or
ganization.
Evening star., 1937-10-17
Tucker

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1937-10-17

Los Angeles, and the Right Rev. Will
liam George Mcdowell, Bishop of
Alabama.
Bishop Tucker, who lives in Rich
mond, will take over the spiritual ana
temporal leadership of the church with
an increase of power for the office
The present convention made the Office
OF presiding bishop, heretofore the
spiritual leader, one Of administrative
authority, by combining it with the
presidency Of the National Council, or
board of directors. The deputies also
voted today, subject to concurrence by
the bishops, to increase the presiding
bishops salary from $4,000 a year
to $4,000. He will be allowed $1,000
year expense.
Now 50 years old, Bishop Tucker will
be eligible to serve six years under a
new retirement rule.
After becoming a priest in 1899 he
went to Japan and in 1902 became
president Of st. Paul's University
Toxic. position he held for 10 years.
Then he was elected missionary bishop
Of Kyoto, Japan. and served as such
until 1923. when he became professor
Of theology in the Virginia Theologi-
cal Seminary. He was elected bishop
coadjutor of Virginia in 1925 and was
elevated to the head of the diocese a
year later.
Bishop Tucker has been a member
OF the national council for several
years. He is married and the author
Of a book, Reconciliation Through
Christ" He was born in Warsaw, Va,
July is, 1874, and was graduated from
the University of Virginia and the
Virginia Theological School.
Evening star., 1937-10-17
Ardent Foot Ball Fan.

RICHMOND, Va, October 16 LP).-
The Right Rev. Henry St. George
Tucker, presiding bishop-elect of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, is an
ardent foot ball fan.
Bishop Tucker, elected head Of the
church at Cincinnati today, is a
member Of family particularly dis
tinguished for the men it has given to
the Episcopal clergy. His father, the
late DR.. Beverley D. Tucker. was
bishop of the diocese of Southern Vir-
ginia and his brother, the Rev. Bever-
ley D. Tucker, jr., is rector Of the
historic st. Pauls Church here
Evening star., 1937-10-15
The League has two stated aims:

A1lc League uaS TWO 0t8teQ SllQSs
l. To preserve peace and to seek 4
settlement Of international disputes.
2. To organize in the most varied
spheres the cooperation Of people
with a view to the moral and material
welfare of humanity
The League has done tremendous
amount of spade work In the humani-
tartan and allied economic fields,
holding international conferences on
finance and transit, health, arma-
ments, intellectual cooperation, the
white slave traffic and the illicit opium
trade. In many Of these and in the
work Of the international Labor
Organization, a League subsidiary, the
United States has taken an active
part. paying its own way.
The League has a representative
assembly which meets once q year, a
permanent council meeting every third
month and a permanent secretariat.
Members Pay in Gold.
Members of the League pay an an
nual contribution in gold francs Great
Britain for 1897 paid 2,490,531 gold
francs. The Dominions added to this
total. France paid l,844,838 gold
francs. Afghanistan paid only 23.06O
gold francs.
The franc has a current exchange
value Of 32.67 cents. being based on the
Swiss gold franc before devaluation.
Evening star., 1937-10-15
BY CHARLES NORMAN,
Associated Press STAFF Writer.

TINE $1o0o0,0Oo palace Of the
League of Nations on the slopes
overlooking Lake Leman near
L Geneva, Switzerland, Is the
dream In stone OF an American Presi-
dent; and American money (S2,O00,-
900, contributed by John D. Rookie
feller, jr.) went into the construction
OF It's magnificent library.
For centuries men had dreamed
OF an international league to keep
the peace Of the world. There had
been holy leagues. leagues for war
and leagues for the promotion OF
trade. But the idea OF a league
against war remained an unfulfllled
hope.
It could not have been otherwise
In ages when despotic power was IN
the hands of few monarchs. The
American and French Revolutions un-
leashed forces that made possible q
concert of peoples, but not until
after the bloodiest war in history did
1t take tangible form.
Born Of Wilson'S Will.
It was President Woodrow Wilson'S
insistence that made the Covenant
OF the League Of Nations an integral
part Of the peace treaties that fol-
lowed the World War. At the coun-
cils Of the allies he personifled the
spirit Of ideelism that had taken the
United States into the war. More
realistic was Wilson's Secretary of
State, Robert Lansing, who declared:
War will follow the treaties as surely
as night follows day y
War has followed, but in 1919 few
foresaw it. In these solemn words
of the Covenants preamble the ma
tions Of the world looked to the future:
1.-The high contracting parties,
In order to promote international
cooperation and to achieve interna-
tional peace and security
BY the acceptance of obligations
not to resort to war,
BY the prescription of open, just
and honorable relations between ma
tions,
BY the firm establishment of the
understandings of international law
aS the actual rule OF conduct among
governments,
And by the maintenance of justice
and scrupulous respect for all treaty
obligations in the dealings OF organ
lied peoples with one another,
Agree to this Covenant OF the
League Of Nations"
Machinery Set Up.
There followed 26 articles providing
for membership. representation, ar
bitration of disputes, guarantees
against external aggression, reduction
Of armaments, mandates over back
ward territories and races" interna-
tional cooperation and the establish
ment Of . Permanent Court Of Inter-
national Justice
Evening star., 1937-10-15

It is in the international political
arena that the Leagues works have
been scrutinized most closely, ap-
plauded most and condemned most
severely. Its detractors early charged
1t was tool for the maintenance Of
the status quo In Europe after the
World War.
It's apologists, first reading the roll
OF its good deeds. shake heads over the
fact that the worlds leading power.
the United States, has chosen to re-
main aloof.
Evening star., 1937-10-15

~ American statesman, Wood
Yow Wilson, conceded the League
81 Nations 20 years ago as an in
strunaent for ,Dorld peace. Noiu, in
the face OF a ,Dorld crisis, American
statesmen haze approved the
Leagues stand against Japans in
pdsion OF China. Yet this is not
the first time the United States and
the League haze gone along to-
qether. Here in series OF three ar
ttcles, OF ,Dhich this is the first, IS
an account OF their relationship.
Evening star., 1937-10-15

riously, In An automobile accident
on the Tidewater Trail between Sal
uda and Church View yesterday
Mrs. Charles L. Hutton, wife Of
Lieut.. Comdr. Hutton. Is in . local
hospital suffering from . fracture o1
the spine, while Mrs. Farnk Z. Beatty
wife Of Comdr. Beatty, and Miss Eliz-
abeth Sloan Of Chicago both suffered
lacerations about the head and face
The women were en- route from
Yorktown to Washington at the tim'
the car skidded and overturned.
Evening star., 1937-10-15

Fighting quails are seen everywhere
among the Pathans Of India.
Evening star., 1937-10-15
NAVY OFFICERS WIVES
INJURED IN AUTO CRASH

Friend From Chicago Also Hurt
AZ Trio Was En- Route From
Yorktown to Capital.
81 the Associated Press.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va, October
16.-Three women, two Of them resi-
dents of tho Naval Mine Depot At
yorktown and the third from Chi
cago, were injured, one Of them Sc
Evening star., 1937-10-15

Several States this year have passed
Laws relating to bar maids.
Evening star., 1937-10-15
MAN-TAILoRED
SUITS
SIS


A special sale price! Impeccably
tailored suits In fine mems wear
worsteds and suede-finish wools.
Oxford grey, navy, brown and the
new bright football shades. Featured
in sizes IL to 20.
SECOND FLOOR
Evening star., 1937-03-29
Batting Boosts Sngon Stock Sanicka Base Ball Wiseacre
Sports Program
For Local Fans

TODAY.
Base Ball.
Washington VS.. Montreal Of In
ternational League, Orlando, Fla.
George Washington VS.. Long
Island, East Ellipse, 2:3o.
Boxing.
Eddie Nader VS.. Hobo Williams,
nine rounds, feature bout, Tur-
ner's Arena, $50.
TOMORROW.
Base Ball.
Washington VS.. Columbus Of
American Association, Deland, Fla.
Table Tennis.
International troupe, United
States VS.. Europe, Heurich gym, 8.
WEDNESDAY.
Boxing.
Finale, District A. A. U. cham
pionship tournament, Turner's
Arena, 8.
THURSDAY.
Base Ball.
Washington VS.. Chattanoo9a of
Southern Association, Sanford, Fla
Wrestling.
Laverne Baxter VS.. George Ko-
verlys feature match, Turner's
Arena, $50
FRIDAY.
Base Ball.
Washington VS.. Philadelphia
IN. L., Winter Haven, Fla.
Dartmouth VS.. Maryland, College
Park, Md, 4.
Penn State VS.. George Washing.
ton, East Ellipse, 2:30.
Tennis.
Tufts College VS.. American Uni
versity, Nebraska and Massa-
cnusetts avenues, $50.
SATURDAY.
Base Ball.
Washington VS. Cincinnati,
Tampa, Fla,
Maryland vs.. Virginia, Char
lottesville, Va
Track.
Dartmouth VS.. Maryland, College
Park, Nd, 2:30.
Evening star., 1937-03-29
Deal With Browns o. X,

RUT today. as Larry gives every indi-
cation Of giving the Indians the
peppery infield they've needed for
years, and Solters clubs the ball with
renewed gusto, the growing opinion is
Cy got the better of the deal. Shrewd
Joe Mccarthy Of the Yanks is one who
thinks So
You can 90 right down the line and
see that Cy Slapnicka is no sucker.
His feat in signing up the whole ball
club in 1886. his first year, when the
pay roll was given big cut from top
to bottom, was one of the neatest of
all
Just to keep warm. Slapnicka has
become business manager Of young
Feller with no "cut" for himself. BY
shrewd managing he has lined up so
many sideline contracts for his 18-
year-old schoolboy that Bob rates to
make from s25 900 to 1000 this
year.
A sucker. eh? If you're still un-
convinced, lure Cy into poker game.
He's one of the best.
Evening star., 1937-03-29
"POPPING!::,>l G. ~ a.
OfF"~StGfa iIzE,l1 -
POSTGRADUATE CoOfness.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dspatch
March 2e-There furry Of excitement at
Sarasota. They
animals for shipment North yesterday
~ the got loose.
of
harmless assured the circus
We let
after ALL only boarde'
of the
He Chrisy
hardbitn Chrisy decided Al should
ability Schacht
Evening star., 1937-03-29
SandlOt Stuff

sRan for Walberg in fourth.
tBatted for LAnahan in ninth.
1.-TWO out when winning run scored.
,Runs-Doerr %. Cramer, Cronin 81,
Higgins, Mills, R. Ferrell. Gaflke e.,
i2J. Lewis, Mihaiic o. Bluege so, Sing
ton (2), Travis, Hill. Errors-Doerr.
Higgins l2>. Mhalic. Buege. Hogan. Runs
batted in-Trayis 81 Walbers lb s.os1 Cramer' ns5'
Mills. Desautels (3), Bluese (3l Doerr. Two
base hits-Almada: Stone, sinston, DoeEr.
Myer. Home run-Cronin.. SACRIFICE
Cramer. Double ,play-Trayis to Myer to
ington s.; First base on ballsLor Cohen;
ahan. i. HitsIof Walbers. 3 in in
ntnRs: OF Ostermueller. IL in AS innings:
OF Olson. none In y inning; OF Cohen. 7
in 5 innings; OF Lanahan: In innings;
pitched M ballmBy 1anahsn 1cramerj. Balk
:crompton; winnin. pitchsE-1lson. pitchssE--1
Hsss1s. Hubbard and Kolls. T1ms-2:1b.
Evening star., 1937-03-29
"By sin, he was even worse than
Joe Engel."

II that is true (and who is there to
deny it?). then it doesn't pay to be a
great pitcher. There never was
day when Schacht could carry the
resin bag for Hubbell or Dean. Yet
Hub makes $4,000 and Dean will drag
down S25.000 this year. while Mister
Schacht playing at the Polo Grounds
one day and in Davenport the next,
will outstep both of them.
1t doesn't make sense and you said 50.
Sure 1t Doesn't Make Sense.
"THATS just the point said AL
"It doesn't make sense. All
my life I've been too serious. I
should have been giving 'em the Of
gaggeroo years ago instead Of waving
base runners home from the third
base line.
"Lissen, got new repetoire, or
whatever that word Is. I got ele-
plants in this circus pitching and
batting, no kiddin'. I got another
elephant dressed like an umpire and
with glasses painted on him. I did
all this in 10 days Of Spring training
here.
II got another act where I'm
catcher. I use glove that's
4 feet high, believe 1t or not. I
also use a bird cage for a mask
and when 20 after foul tip
a real bird flies out after shed
the mask.
"Soon as the bird gets above the
grandstand I whip out q gun and
shoot. Then I have stooge on top
of the grandstand drop down a stuffed
cat. Haw, haw! Great stuff, huh?
There is no use belittling Mister
echacht's sense Of humor. He found
(see POPPING OFF. Page A-l2.)
Evening star., 1937-03-29
Foot ~Alive," Colbert Shines
Reds Infielder Sure All Trouble Caused by 80
Cunshot Wound Soon Will Be Gone.

wooden leg. I couldn't get the
Jump on the ball, and many easy
chances went scooting by me for
base knocks"
Colbert, candidate for regular
berth as second baseman, all but
gave up hope of returning to &C
tive play following the accident in
which gun discharged, peppering
his lower left leg and foot with shot.
Acquired last year from the Car
dinals, he has returned to form
quickly and repeatedly has won
Manager Chuck Dressen's praise
for quick footed work afield and
sluesins ability at tho plate.
Evening star., 1937-03-29
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,

~ RLANDO, Fla, March 90
Del Baker yelled: BE loose,
l Hank!" and split-second
~ later a ball exploded of
Hank Greenberg's bat and Washing
ton outfielders took up the chase,
Del Baker is third base coach Of
the Detroit Tigers. Moreover, he is
the acknowledged champion sign and
"give-aWay" thief in the American
League. He yelled to Greenberg, BE
loose!" and the next time it was
Follow i'll" He did at once, twice,
three times
From the Washington bench Bucky
Harris peered out, worried look on
his face. Baker missed nothing. He
called all of Eddie Linkes pitches.
Bucky recalled that he called all Of
Monte Weaver's the day before, too
That wouldn't do. If the Detroit
hitters knew what was coming up
they couldn't help but make base
hits.
Was it the catcher's signs they
were stealing? Had they caught on to
them? Did it mean more weary
hours of trying to dope out new
sign system? Did it mean another
long meeting, involving mastery of a
new code?
In this instance it did not. Baker
had Weaver spotted. He had Linke
figured, too. Bucky studied them
carefully himself. He noticed that
Baker was best at guessing Linke
when men were on base.
Then he saw it. The ball wasn't
hidden in Linke's glove before he
pitched! He got his curve grip with
his right hand 6 inches away from
his glove. No wonder.
And Weaver. Why, Baker was
catching his pitches when Monte held
his hands In the air before pitching.
Change Appleton, Too.
CREENBERG, notorious for want
~ ing his pitches called by Baker,
doesn't get so many now Baker
yells, BE loose!" when a fast ball
is coming. Follow it'll" means a
curve or change of pace. That helps.
Bucky remedied these faults He
remedies lots of them. That's why,
next to Baker, he is rated tops as a
sign and technique thief Almost as
often as Baker he calls them for his
Nationals. Johnny Stone likes it.
So do one or two more. Having
pitches called correctly never hurt
any hitter
Down here in the Spring training
camp OF the Washington club Harris
took the first step toward renontins
Pete Appleton . year ago. Pete had
Evening star., 1937-03-29
FRISCO LIKELY CHOICE

NEW YORK, March 20 (P).-Ofi-
cials of the United States Lawn Ten
mis- Association have indicated that
f1rst-round Davis Cup matches be-
tween the United States and Japan
would be held in San Francisco late
in May.
The matches probably will be held
about the same time Australia and
Mexico are clAshing in Mexico City
April 3o-May IL.
Evening star., 1937-03-29

I'm Just finishing a post
graduate course in goofiness,
supplied AL, putting on the
brakes and coming to = stop
amid q cloud Of dust.
Yeah, 1 know what you're going
to say. had good start, huh? Well,
I'm so goofy now that I think will
make more money week than used
to make in a whole season as coach.
And I drew top salary for coaches,
which was $4,000.
Gosh, 26 years in base ball and not
until now did I realize that I was
wastin' my time coaching and trying
to pitch"
Evening star., 1937-03-29

few years. Twenty engagements got
in the major leagues and 140 in the
bushes. I'm made, after all these
years"
It is interesting to speculate on AIS
possibilities. A total of 100 engage
ments, with more to come, really sounds
like big money and Schacht has his
schedule on hand to prove what he
says. You recall what Clark Gritith
always said about Schacht.
He was the worst big Lacquer
pitcher I ever saw" h Grif's
fond comment On The farceue.
Evening star., 1937-03-29
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
TAMPA, Fla, March %
Charley Colbert, slugging
ex-Cardinal, probably was
L the happiest man in the
Cincinnati Reds camp today
Life and feeling" he said, is
returning to the foot he almost lost
in a 1882 hunting accident.
I'm sure my foot is returning
to normal" he grinned. Il dis
covered it when my little daughter
tickled me on the bottom of 1t. It's
q good sign, because for two years
I've had no feeling there.
when I'd 90 out on tho field, !
felt - though was carrying .
Evening star., 1937-03-29
COURT TO REFEREE
BOXING STRUGGLE.
Observers Are Groggy From
Trying to Make Sense
of Promoters War.
By the Associated Press.

"A YEW YORK, March 29.-Re-
N gardless Of whether Heavy
v weight Champion Jim Brad
dock carries out his announced
program Of appearing at his attorneys
Office at Newark today and accepting
service of them papers" it seems GER
tain the various factions in the fight
muddle will finish their battles in
court room with John Law as referee.
The papers concern Madison Square
Gardens effort to force Braddock to
give up his bout with Joe Louis at
Chicago June % and concentrate on
a fight with Max Schmeling here
June 8. They have been in the center
of the affair since it began whirling
with tornado speed Saturday morning,
leaving all observers dizzy and hardly
able to distinguish the facts from the
beclouding statements.
Three separate proposals are under
Evening star., 1937-03-29
DEALS CY MAKES
GIVE TRIBE PUNCH
"IoWa Hick" Who Picked Up
FeI|er Proves "S|icker"
in Ivory Market.
BY PAUL NICHOLSON.

M This Is the story OF "hick"
VI from the tall corn State Of
4 Iowa, who let people laugh
right in his face until he proved he
was city slicker
When Cyril Slapnicka was called
in from the scouting trails to succeed
the famed Billy Evans as general
manager of the Cleveland Indians
against his own wishes, the word
spread that all was hotsy totsy in
base ball land A "rube" had been
placed in custody of whole flock If
fine ball players and it was only
question of who got to him first.
Cy, farmerish looking fellow just
past the so mark, began his duties
apologizing that he didn't know much
about running big league ball club
Then he got into bad jam in the
celebrated Bob Feller case and made
couple deals that looked like new
hat for the other fellow.
But somehow everything turned out
like magic. Around the big league cir
cult the men who once scoffed at the
Iowa hick" began calling him sly"
instead Of Cy.