davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1937-04-11
Wood Should Pack 'em In.

4 ''O~N sAA"GSo dl Wo bllc ELdSl
derby hopes. 1t started Gallant
Fox, Twenty Grand, Omaha and
Granville on their way.
And it should pack them in this
year, with Jerry Louchheim's Pom
poon, record-breaking 1896 Futuritv
winner and Winter-book derby favor
lite, entered.
The 1887 season must develop its
own champions; Discovery, Bold
Venture, Roman Soldier and Gran
vile are in stud. Rosemont is tops
IN the handicap class now off his
victory in the 100000 Santa Anita.
Pompoon is the most widely ad-
mired 3year-old The leading 2
year-olds probably won't start yet.
Best of the 2-year-olds developed
so far in the new year are Baking,
A. G. Vanderbilt's home bred cham
plon of the Coast youngsters and
lucky Townsend B. Martins Bigey,
tops of the Miami babies. They're
nominated for the Youthful at
Jamaica and may meet there for the
first time.
Baking is not bred like filly
which will want to carry speed very
far, but impressed Coast railbirds.
In one race, while leading by a
length an eighth out, Baking
stepped into a soft spot and all but
fell. Picking herself up and
Strengthening for home, she raced
hy them and won ban6jlv That
shows she's game as well as fast.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
. HE bill legalizing bookmaking
in several Maryland counties
was framed so that the ma

~ HE bill legauMng bookmaking
in several Maryland counties
was framed so that the ma
L tives will be fully protected.
To obtain permit to book you must
be a citizen Of five years standing.
Possibly "Jimmy's" friends were pro-
tecting him. 1t is reported that when
Jimmy was doing a land-ofice busi-
ness Philadelphia group demanded
an interest "or else"
Jimmy then became more or less of
a silent partner in an enterprise he
had founded and which had gained,
in way, national reputation, due
to the fact that he would pay of all
track mutuels in full. There were,
too, other games of chance. The
new law only legalizes play on the
races.
Under the terms Of the bill 4
foreign book" could be made ut
Bowie and Pimlico.
The law would not apply to Laurel
and Havre de Grace. A "foreign
book is so called because it Is con-
Quoted on tracks elsewhere. There
is no booking on the track ct which
the meeting is being held.
Foreign Books Lure.
A QUA CALIENTE conducted
foreign book while the races ware
being run there. A large blackboard
showed the entries, jockeys and
prices on the different tracks operat-
spg. There was moro betting IN the
Evening star., 1937-04-11
FOURTH RACE - JACKIE ID.
SHARPSHOOTER, PRAIRIE
n0Ts

The Araho Stables JACKIE D
Is rated over this band Of 3-year-
olds. sHARPSHOOTER, A. G.
Vanderbilt's gelding, still retains
his sharp California form and
could easily upset the dope here.
PRAIRIE DOG is toting too much
weight to do better than third.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
SHARE TRAP HONORS
Fawsett and Julian Victors in
Washington Club Events.

The Georgetown pair of c. c. Faw-
sett and M. Julian shared honors
in the weekly shoot Of the Washing
ton Gun Club yesterday, Fawsett
nosing out H. NJ Bingham for the
b0-tarset addedbird trophy and
Julian taking the distance handicap
at Is targets.
A courtesy shoot" for members and
friends will be held on April 28.
Yesterdays scores, showing scratch
scores, added targets and 25-target
handicaps:
Evening star., 1937-04-11
HIALEAH WANTS TAX
Sues Miami Jockey Club, Asking
$3.50. 600 in Payment.

$3.50, 900 in Payment.
MIAMI, Fla, April 10 (P.-A dec
laration filed today in the city of
Hialeah's $350,00o suit against the
Miami Jockey Club disclosed the action
was brought to collect a l0-cent head
tax on 2,077,4S1 admission tickets to
the Hialeah Race Track since 1881.
The suit was filed three days ago,
but its basis was not revealed until
the declaration was placed In the rec
ords today.
The tax was imposed in an ordi-
nance passed by the Hialeah Council
in 1925 and another enacted in 1881,
both Of which have been dormant The
suit asks $4,000 OF the total as in
terest.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
THIRD RACE-SAN ANTIOCH,
MY SU PISE, LITTLE
ARGO.

The third number, q 6-furlong
sprint, brings up SAN ANTIOCH
as likely choice. The fllly likes
the longer routes, but at this early
season is better prepped for this
distance. MY SURPRISE moves
over from Bowie in tip-top shape.
LITTLE ARGO. triple winner at
Bowie, will not like this fast strip
as we'll as the Southern Maryland
oval, but figures a good third.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
decentralization Duel Due.


Rosemonts next meeting with
Action. Slick Hirsch Jacobs bought
Action for a mere grand" at auc-
ton last year. then converted his
buy from steeplechaser into a fat
runner which improved from a
platter into a stakes winner
Action surprised Rosemont's many
hackers by beating him in the Aque-
duct Handicap last Fall.
Right off that race Rosemont beat
Discovery at ragansett. But
when Action is good even Rosemont
can't take liberties.
For while it will be pretty
tough to pick winners, because sea-
soned Winter horses will be meeting
the fresh ones which idled away the
cold months and offer you little
line. Most horses improve or go
back some in Winter.
This time last year Bold Venture,
Granville, Rushaway and others
weren't considered much. The
papers were full of Brevity, Holly
rood and Grand Slam. 1t took only
four or five weeks of Spring racing
to change all that. Well, what now?
tCopyright. 1887. Reproduction pro-
hibited)
Evening star., 1937-04-11

Anita and Tropi-
cal-enjoyed at
tendance a n d
wagering records.
Hence larg er
p u r S e S in the
East.
T h e $4,000
Chesapeake a t
Havre de Grace
April "a and the
Wood Memorial
at Jamaica May
l, with its up
ping to $4,000 in
added money, are
Kentucky Derby
nreYieWs
Evening star., 1937-04-11
SHOW FOR BERRYvILLE.

BERRYV1LLE, Va, April 10.-The
annual Blue Ridge Hun Horse Show
Is slated for Monday, May 81. The
event will be held in the oak grove Of
the historic Carter Hall Estate.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
GALLANT MAC IN STUD.

BERRYVHLE, Va, April 10.-Gal-
liant Mac, 6-year-old son Of Bright
Knight-Ethel Grey, has returned to
his birthplace at Audley Farm and
win b retired to The stud his season.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
DERBY H0PEFULS
BRIGHTEN MEETS
Finest Season Since Boom
Days of Turf Sport Is
Predicted by Sande.
BY ERAL SANDE.

~ OWE, honey Maryland plant,
- opened April l what promises
to be the States most sue
- cessful racing year since the
boom days. New York's season gets
under way at Jamaica April IS, and
Narragansett Park, most profitable of
Eastern tracks, inaugurates the New
England semester May l.
The Winter tracks-Hialeah, Santa
Evening star., 1937-04-11
22;3%<$K5%C COC+RANES
.:Ee$S:>*fKt@66MNENTf 81 Il H5i
Selections for Fast Track at Harve de Grace Tomorrow
(BEST BET-HEADN HONEY

SECOND RACE-BILL DONO.
GHUE, SHANSI, MINEY
MYERSON.
BILL DONOGHUE was not
started during the Bowie meeting
and has been held for a spot over
this course. which suits him
better. SHANSI has flashed high
speed in his trials and is In shape
to furnish stiff battle. MINEY
MYERSON has enough Of his pep
to hold third safe.
Evening star., 1937-04-11

Present officers of the fedora
ton are: Arpad E. Flo, pred-
dent, Milwaukee; Kirk d. HoI-
land, vice president, Chicago,
and Ernest Olfe, secretary-treas-
urer, Milwaukee.
Evening star., 1937-04-11

Thorne Likely Driver.
THE body OF the car is almost
cylindrical at its midpoint and
has been reinforced to prevent the
motor from ramming through into
the cockpit in the event Of head-on
collision.
Thorne has not yet named the
driver of the car, but there is a pos
sibility he may drive it himself. Last
year Thorne wanted to drive in the
race, but was ruled out because he
had not had the necessary dirt track
experience. Since then he has become
a qualified A. A. A. driver.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
FIRST RACE-FRANK BROOKE,
BERTTLLON, CAMARADERIE

Ten maiden 2-year-olds usher
In the Havre de Grace Spring ses-
sion with ~ -furlong dash that
finds FRANK BROOKE the likely
one to enter the winners circle.
BERT1LLON, Denemark colt,
fell in his last outing, but he has
shaped up well tn his trials since
then, and will be close up. CAM
ARADERIE should handle tho
rest.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
MOTOR IS IN REAR
|NNEW SPEEDCAR
Lee 0Idfie|d Designs Odd
Racer for Next Classic
at Indianapolis.
By the Associated Press.

bS the Associated Press.
T INDIANAPOLIS, April 1o.-A huge
racing motor with a pilots cock
pit built in front will be the new
L est thing In speed creations on
the track for the annual 50O-mile au-
tomobile race to be run here May 81.
Lee oldfield, who says he has lot
Of ideas for innovations in racing cars,
Is the designer Of the new car and 1t
Will be entered in the speedway classic
by Joel Thorne, wealthy young New
York and Arizona sportsman.
Olddeld, . veteran at the racing
business, said the design embodies
some principles Of airplane construc-
ton and the engine has been mounted
IN the rear Of the streamlined body
50 that, IN the event Of crack-up, the
driver and the mechanic will not be
crushed by the heavy motor.
Evening star., 1937-04-11

It Is planned to make this tourna-
ment the outstanding event OF Amer
ican chessdom. Players from all sec
tions Of the country may compete, as
the contest for national honors is
wide open and unbridled. In its es-
sence the tournament is a search
for talent" and the directors OF the
federation will be especially on the
alert for signs of unusual brilliance,
in the hope OF finding a modern sue
cessor to the throne left vacant by
the inimttable genius, Paul Morphy.
The memorial tourney is to be an
expensive one, and the A. C. F. is
doing something out Of the orthodox
in financing it. The federation Is not
asking for donations. Rather the
tournament is to be betrayed by a
membership drive.
For the small annual fee of 81 the
individual may become an active mem
Der Of the federation. receive monthly
news bulletins, membership card and
copy OF the annual tournament book.
This is genuine chess bargain" and
any Washingtonian interested in fos-
tering the cause Of organized chess
and national tournaments will find no
better chess contact for the money.
Membership applications may be
obtained from the chess editor Of The
Star
Evening star., 1937-04-11
Speed Shift Automatic,

THE 16-cylinder Marmon motor is
equipped with a two-speed for
ward transmission which operates au-
tomatically. At a certain speed the
motor automatically shifts from low
to high speed. Oldfield said such an
arrangement makes it impossible for
the driver to overspeed the car in low
gear.
Oldfeld, who, incidentally, is no re-
lation to Barney Oldheld, veteran
race driver Of many years ago, said the
design OF his car provides the most
advantageous scheme OF weight dis
tribution.
"A large portion Of the total weight
OF the speeding car will be evenly dis
tributed on all four wheels during
severe braking, thus making the brake
Evening star., 1937-04-11
Thorne Likely Driver.

action greater than Is possible with
more orthodox designs" Oldfeld said.
Evening star., 1937-04-11

SEVENTH RAC-Purse $500: claim
ing: 4-year-olds and up: l mile and 20
Evening star., 1937-04-11

THIRD RACE-Purse, $1,000; claim
ing; 3-yearolds and UP, g furlongs (divi-
Evening star., 1937-04-11

FOURTH RACE-The Colonial; purse,
81 900; allowances: 3-year-olds; G fur
Evening star., 1937-04-11

SECOND RACE-Purse, 81 900; claim
Ing; 3-year-olds and up; furlongs.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
Havre de Grace

Entries for Tomorrow.
BY the Associated Press.
Evening star., 1937-04-11

SIXTH RACE-Purse S700; claiming
3-year-olds and up; furlonss
xLady Chairman 103 West wichita 101
xBunny Martin 105 xEuryalus - 1l0
xMoney Getter- ITO All Devil ----- 115
xJeAn Lee - 112 xYule Star - 115
Evening star., 1937-04-11
Arlington Downs

Entries for Tomorrow.
BY the Associated Press.
Evening star., 1937-04-11

NINTH RACE~Substitute; purse. $500:
3-year-olds and up; WageUner
Evening star., 1937-04-11

xApprentice allowance claimed.
Weather, clear. track, fast.
Evening star., 1937-04-11

BY PAUL ]. MILLER, JR.,
Americas Authority on Social Chess
Paul Morphy Centennial.

SNA 1SAUa pAy ~CASClAAAA1As
~ NE HUNDRED years ago come
this June ~ the king Of
I chess players was born
~ Paul Charles Morphy, whose
amazing career never has been
equaled by any American master nor
excelled by any European champion;
Paul Morphy who, when . mere New
Orleans youth, made the interna-
tionalists realize that chess mastery
did not belong solely to the Old
World, but that Young America, too,
could produce flrst-magnitude stars
Of scintillating brilliance; Paul Nor
ply who died at the early age Of
47, leaving behind him a rich legacy
OF games-immortal gems OF chess
wizardry that have served as text
and as inspiration to generations of
chess players.
Desirous Of honoring the
memory Of this king among
chess players, the American
Chess Federation-the most
outstanding federation Of its
kind in the annals Of United
States chess-has designated its
thirty-eixhth annual tournA-
ment, scheduled for this Sum.
mer, ~ the Paul Morphy Me.
mortal Tournament"
Evening star., 1937-04-11

AppIeHIlCe allowance Claimed.
First post. 2:30 pm. E. 8. r.
Horses listed in order Of post positions
Weather cloudy: track fast.
Evening star., 1937-04-11

FIRST RACE-Purse, $1,000; maiden
2-year r-olds; Az furlonRS.
Evening star., 1937-04-11
SIXTH RAC+Purse. 81 900: claiming:
-year-oldS; ! mile and 70 YardA

b Mrs. E. Denemark-E. D. Shaffer entry
C Hal Price Headley entry.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
Dairymen to Meet
on Thurs. April 8

The Ashe County Dairymen's AS
ISOLATION will meet at the court
house in Jefferson on Thursday,
April 9th, at two o'clock in the aft
ernoon. The committee in charge of
the program has arranged for the
following: -.
Address by Hon. Ira T. Johnston
on the subject: Relation of the
Kraft-Phenix Cheese Plant to the
Future Growth of Ashe County"
+ Other talks have been requested
of w. B. Burkett, r. w. Hardin, B.
F. Little, Walter Pennington, G. w.
Rotten, w. A. Campbell, G. B. Price,
w. T. Hairless, w. B. Austin, w. M.
Transou, Eugene Shepherd, George
Shepherd, J. G. Bare, Ed Rowe.
Every member of the association
is cordially invited to be present
and to bring all other interested
farmers with him.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
Lansing School to
Present Plays Sat.

Lansing, March .30.-The public
speaking class of Lansing High
School will stage three one-act plays
in the school auditorium Saturday
night, April 3rd, at eight o'clock.
The plays are all exceptionally
funny. Those who have seen them
elsewhere declare that they will
keep one laughing the whole time OF
their duration. The three plays,
Roofing for Ruth" ''The Cats
Whiskers," and Crystal Crazy
have a combined playing time Of
about two hours.
Roofing for Ruth" a farce, won
first prize at the tri-county arts fes-
tival at Boone last fall. 1t was pre-
sented by Boone High School. The
casts for all three plays follow:
"The Cats Whiskers," a farce, has
Clifford Koontz, Mabel Spencer,
Maude Patton, Vane Greer, Iona
Jones, Herbert Jones, Claude Pow
ers, Edith Sturgill, and Jimmy
Rhodes as the cast.
crystal Crazy" also farce, has
Glen Shepherd, Bob Baker, Shirley
Rhodes, Denver Blevins, Edith Lee,
Mary Gambill, Lenna Shepherd,
Margaret Faw, Vivian Sullivan and
Shirley Ham.
Roofing for Ruth" has Ruth
Shepherd, Ramon Moore, Ruth Dav-
S, Frances Sturgill, Mary Shepherd,
Ray Blevins, Joe Allen Warren and
Lewis Childrey as the cast.
Medals will be awarded to the two
best actors or actresses in the plays.
A small admission will be charge.
Proceeds will be used to furnish new
books for the high school library.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
Flora Carr Missing
Baldwin Girl Disappeared Is Days
Ago En- Route to w. Jefferson

Flora Car, 10, daughter of Mrs
c. c. Laws, of the Baldwin COM
munity, disappeared last Monday
a week ago while on route to West
Jefferson from her home at Bald
win. She had been staying in the
home of Mr.. c. P. Mcmillan, this
city, where she worked as a domes-
tic, and had been home to spend
Easter Sunday with her mother. She
left home ostensibly to return to her
work, and had given the family no
reason to believe that she intended
to do otherwise.
The mother is PROSTATE with worry
over her daughter, fearing that she
has met with some mishap. Mrs.
Laws formerly lived in Wilkes
county.
Flora was of medium height,
weight about 1875 or 40 pounds,
gray eyes, brown hair, and when she
left home was carrying a suitcase.
She was last seen on the road early
in the morning near the county
home.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
u. S. Park Service
May Take Smokes

It is learned this week that there's
a chance the National Park service
will take over this year the Great
Smoky Mountains National park in
North Carolina and Tennessee.
After a conference with President
Roosevelt, Representative Zebulon
Weaver, of Asheville, N. c., said he
was very much encouraged by the
prospects of action. Weaver said, &C
cording to a press dispatch, that fu-
ture appropriations were also dis
cussed for the Blue Ridge Parkway.
He expressed belief $10,0O0,00O
would be made available for 1878
work, the same as for the 1867
fiscal year.
The National Park service has de-
ferred taking control of the park
because of Tennessee's delay in &C
quiring about $1,000 acres of forest
land to complete the States acreage
quota. Weaver has expressed the
opinion the park can be taken over
without this acreage.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
WITHHELD
SALARIES
ARE PAID
Checks Drawn for $4,000 to
Depression Debt Under Act
of General Assembly
PAY TO REACH ALL TODAY

Raleigh, March 29.-North Caro-
lima has paid its debt of SALT 900 to
state employees whose salaries were
withheld, in part, in April, May and
June, of 1888, when the states bor-
rowing power was gone and the
states obligations had to be met.
The state took Is per cent of these
salaries those three months and de-
clined in 1885 to pay them, despite a
ruling of the attorney general that
this was debt of the state. Bills in
troduced in that assembly were de-
feated, but there was little trouble
in getting a similar act through the
1887 assembly. Near the close of the
session after the measure had been
weeks before both houses, with al
most no opposition, the bill passed
and Saturday of last week State
Treasurer Charles M. johnson issued
state checks for the full amount that
the state owed.
There are about 5000 employees of
the state, not all of whom have ac-
tually received their money, but
most of them have. Treasurer John
sons promise to have all checks out
by the first of the month turned out
to be the happiest April Fool that
the workers have had in many years.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
FRESH WATER FISHING
WILL BEGIN APRIL 1

Raleigh, March 30.-The annual
closed season for fresh water fish
ing will begin April l and end May
10, except in a tier of counties in
western North Carolina, where the
period will extend from April Is to
June 10.
Trout fishing in the mountains
will open April Is and last until
September l, and small-mouth bass
fishing will begin June II and con-
tinue through October 1.
J. D. Chalk, state game and inland
fisheries commissioner, expressed
pleasure today over the cooperation
of sportsmen in the state closed sea-
sons. He said they have been cob
serving rigidly the period set aside
to permit production of a new crop
of fish"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
Triple Tragedy
Man Shoots and Kills Two Others
Then Kills Self i'm GaIax

Saturday morning, March 81, a
triple tragedy was enacted in Galax,
Va, which has given that commun-
ity and those nearby the worst shock
experienced in recent years.
Swift Waugh and Floyd Sutphin
were shot down in Belk's Depart
ment Store, on West Grayson Street,
where they were employed, about
$3.50 in the morning, soon after re-
porting for work. The shots were
fired from a pistol in the hand of
Thomas Nail, of Woodlawn, owner
of the building in which part of
the store is operated. &c.,
Nail, after the shooting, was found
by Chief of Police j. o. Jones, lying
in a parking lot back of the store
building near death from a self
inflicted bullet wound in the hsad.
He was taken Immediately to Galax
Hospital where he fingered through
out the day, but he died at 1880
Saturday night.
According to women employees of
the store who were on duty at the
time of the tragedy, Mr. Nail enter
ed the store as he had done often,
the employees expressing pleasure
at seeing him. To this he made no
reply. A carpenter dropped some
bolts from work overhead on a
,latform, asking Nail to hand the
colts up to him. He made no re-
Spouse to this. Walking directly to-
ward the rear of the storeroom, he
fired the shots which killed both
men.
No motive for the Staying has
been advanced, as no one seems to
be able to think it possible that the
slayer had any i'll feeling toward
either of the men he shot, but had
recently been heard to remark about
the fine qualities of both men. In the
absence of any probable rational
motive, it is generally supposed that
Nail was temporarily deranged. It
is understood that he was taken to
the Southwestern Virginia hospital,
in Marion, for observation and treat
ment several years ago, but remain
ed only short time. He is survived
by his widow, two daughters, and
two sons.
Mr.. Waugh was one of the most
widely know citizens of Galax. He
was AZ years of age.
Mr.. Sutphin leaves his widow and
five children. Funeral services were
conducted Sunday from the Metho-
dist church of that city.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
NEW USE FOUND
FOR LORGNETTES

Washington, Mar. 30.-A new use
for the lorgnette, or how to avoid
the buns rush:
A prim, gray-haired woman in the
senate gallery became so carried
away today with the oratory of Sen
ator Barley, Democrat, Kentucky.
that she broke into applause at the
conclusion of his address on crop in
Surance.
Grimly, an usher headed for her.
Before he reached her, however, she
seized her lorgnette and gazed with
severe propriety on all about her.
The usher, nonplussed, withdrew.
Only yesterday a male with no
lorgnette was escorted from the gal
lery when he gave way to his inn
pulse to applaud.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
Local Gulf Station
Changes Hands

Beginning April first, Q. r. Camp
bell win take over for operation the
Gulf Service Station. He will be as
sisted by Marion Oliver in the wash
ing and greasing department.
Mr.. Campbelrs decision to take
over the station terminates eleven
years spent as clerk in the Ray
Drug Company, where his inyariable
cheerfulness and courteous service
has made Cor him . host Of friends.
These friends win doubtless be glad
of an opportunity to patronize his
place Of business.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
Farmers Receiving
Conservation Pay

Several hundred Ashe county
farmers are receiving checks in pay
ment for cooperating in the i'm
provement of their soils.
The checks received to day total
$13,937.70. More are yet to come.
All farmers who filled work
sheets last year and did anything to
earn payment are receiving checks.
Farmers who did not fill work
shoes in 1896 may fill them now.
either with the township committee
man or in the county agents office,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-01
Play at Lansing
"The Lords Acre" Will Be Given at
Presbyterian Church

Friday night, April 2, at 1880
o'clock, a devotional play will be
presented at the Lansing Presbyteri-
an Church. "The Lords Acre" is the
title of the play which depicts the
struggle of those who live by the
soil.
The cast of characters is as fol-
lows: Cal Hoskins, farmer, Mr.. j.
o. Blevins; Martha Hoskins, his
wife, Miss Ruby Hudler; Ted Hos
kins, their grown son, Mr.. Walter
Osborne; Betty Hoskins, their daugh-
ter, age 10, Miss Estella: Blevins;
Clara Green, a neighbor, Miss Mag
gle Sapp.
The public is cordially invited to
this most enjoyable and helpful
play. There will be no admission
charge.