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Evening star., 1937-12-31

w YHEN the first Rose Bowl
M game was played by Brown
v " and Washington State in
1916, the total receipts were
$1,000. of which the Brunonians drew
down 5000 by virtue of fat guar
antee of this sum. incidentally. Wash
ington State, then coached by Lone
star Dietz, received only its expenses.
Last New Year Day. $1,000 spec
tators saw Stanford and Southern
Methodist play. Each OF the compet-
ing elevens was awarded about 500
900 out of a gate amounting to ap-
proximately 100000. You may call
this healthy growth, or an unhealthy
one. as you may happen to fec
about it.
Whack-up Has Varied.
I NTIL the meeting between the
Long Horns and the Cardinals,
various methods Of dividing the re-
ceipts had been employed. In the
early days. competing teams received
comparatively modest guarantees for
visitors and travelling expenses. But
very soon, as this contest grew in
popular favor, the tournament OF roses
took 40 per cent and the rival elevens
divided the remainder.
With the building of the new bowl
IA years ago. the tournament crowd
incurred financial obligations which
made it necessary to establish an equal
three-way split. This was done on the
understanding that, when the host
could dc with less money 1t would
cut its percentage.
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Will Catch Up to YankS.


IT MAY be worthy to note that Grit
= fifth, for one American Lacquer,
doesn't seem to be scared stiff" of the
Yankees. who not only have bludg-
eoned all opposition in the last two
years, but who seemingly have ball
players coming up to extend the regime
definitely
II this item puzzles anybody,
Griff continues:
THE American League clubs will
catch up to the Yankees. Why. I've
been in baseball for so years and I've
never seen a championship club that
didn't crack up eventually. The
Yankees are no different.
when Connie Mack's great Ath-
letics of 1880 were rolling over every
body. people said they'd never be
knocked of. Where are the AS now?
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which are less favored financially now
have to operate"
Those who took cognizance Of
Mr. Frick's idea probably figured
the first division clubs, in pluto
cratic fashion, would regard it
as socialistic and refuse to have
anything TO do with it.
This is only natural. The Yankees
have hundreds of thousands of dollars
tied up in their farm system. So nave
the Tigers, the Cardinals and other
progressive clubs. But what of the
second division firms? Would not the
Browns or the AS or the Mats like to
be handed a player like Charley Keller
of Newark out of a clear sky at the
end of a poor season?
Scared Stiff" of Yankees.
MR.. CLARK GRIFFITH, who
A'A happens to be on the premises
and who is owner of confirmed sec
ond- division ball club. furnishes one
answer in positive fashion.
"All ideas that start in the National
League observed Mr.. Grlfntn. Dlunt-
ly, ARE bound to be screwy. The idea
is impossible 1t isn't baseball. We
are in business that cannot be syndi-
Gated"
The old gentleman was asked
il maybe the Frick plan at least
wasn't an interesting suggestion
and deserving Of filing away In
case.
NO" fumed Mr.. G., "and it isn't
even interesting. Those National
Leaguers just want to catch up with
us American Leaguers. They're scared
stiff of the Yankees right now, and
they're hoping that may be they can
dig up some way to grab some Of the
good ball players without putting any
thing out"
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Oilers Strategy Seems OF.

EIND1NG it increasingly difficult
from the outset of the game to
work the ball under the basket the
Oilers nevertheless concentrated on
that method Of attack up until the
closing minutes of play. which might
account largely for their decisive loss
The towering G-men with uncanny
ability retrieved the ball off the back
board. What few midfield tries the
Lubes attempted usually were con-
verted into counters for their foemen.
who maintained healthy lead all the
way Desperate last-minute shots cut
the margin to nine points.
Investigations scoring was led by
Joe Robinson and the Thompson
brothers, Jimmy and Herbie. Robin
son tailed nine points and the BROTH
ers eight each. Ollie Upton and Chick
Hollidge paced the losing attack. Tip
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LINES ARE DRAWN
FOR BOWL SCRAPS
Weather and Crowds Only
Question Marks on Eve
of Grid Classics.
By the Associated Press.

6y the ABS0c1ACSQ FfeS&.
squads Of college foot
ball players go through their
last training session Of the
a season today, the final prelimi-
nary before tomorrow's bumper crop
Of post-season gridiron engagements.
Most Of the work is done. Several
injured stars, like Alabama's Leroy
Monsky, are back in the line-ups. The
battle lines are drawn, with aerial
maneuvers getting q heavy play.
Only the weather and the crowds re-
main question marks along with the
inevitable, Who's going to win?"
The roundup from the camps:
Rose Bowl-Alahama, hoping for a
dry field, was encouraged by a weather
forecast. In Pasadena the boys say
the only way the Tide can stay in
the ball game is to strike early and
often through the air California s
Golden Bears are Indifferent to the
weather. They can, and have, played
in anything, although a wet field gives
their mastodonic line an edge.
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Sports Program
For Local Fans
TOMORROW.
hskat Rail

TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
George Washington vs.. Mime
sofa. Tech High gym. $50.
Central High vs.. Alumni, Central
gym. 2. .=.
Heurich Brewers vs.. Original
New York Celtics, Heurich gym, 3.
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Other Titles Decided.

IN OTHER championship tussles.
the Georgetown Boys Club smotn-
cred the Washington Boys Club. 23-3,
for the 85-pound titue: Georgetown
100-pound dribblers swamped the
Langley Boys Club, 27-3: the Merricks
doubled the count. 1879. on George
town ll5-pound basketers: Washington
Boys Club FleetWings defeated the
Northeast Boys. 27-l8. in the 13O-
pound division and the strong Senate
Beers trounced the Columbia Bev-
erage quint. 29-l8, to capture the AS
pound crown
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Sleuths Surprise With Ease
Of Title Victory Orer Lubes

- IGURING it toss-up before
~ hostilities began, court fans.
who jammed the small George
Washington gymnasium to ca
pacity last night to witness the fea-
ture clash between Lubeseal and Bu-
reau Of Investigation basketers for the
unlimited championship of the annual
Metropolitan Police Boys Club basket
ball tourney and The Evening Star
Trophy. had little doubt today as to
which was the classier outfit.
The Lubes. who won the title last
year under the w. P. A. banner, were
beaten hands down by the sharpshoot-
ing G-men, 1928
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Totals 13 $40 Totals 923
Referee-Mr. Fox.
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ton accounted for seven points and
Hollidge five. All of the latters were
made on personal fouls. The Star
Trophy was presented to Jimmy
Thompson. captain Of the winning
team, by James E. Cauliflower, presi-
dent of the Police Boys Club.
Evening star., 1937-12-31
ROSE BOWL SPLIT
MEAGERAT START
Brown Got 5000 in First
Contest and Washington
State Its Expenses.
By LAWRENCE PERRY.

BY LAWRENCE PERRY.
w YHEN the first Rose Bowl
M game was played by Brown
" v and Washington State in
Evening star., 1937-11-06

stock amounting to 35o,ooo,ooo cards.
To facilitate constant communication
between this division and the branch
printing Office, special automatic
elevator has been provided between
these two points and $4,000 square feet
of storage space will be provided on
the fourth floor, aside from the general
stack area.
The fifth floor covers only that
portion of the plan which is con-
structed for the stacks There is no
space for storage. as the entire floor
is devoting to study. A card catalog
room divides the floor into a north and
south half, entered from east and west
elevator lobbies. Opening from the
catalog room to north and south are
two reading rooms of equal size,
approximately so feet by 100 feet.
Each has capacity of several hundred
readers, alcoves for reference books.
rooms for special collections. a refer
ence and book issuing desk. The rooms
are 35 feet high and are completely
enclosed. both the ventilation and the
illumination being artificial.
On the same floor. arranged in two
tiers around the periphery of the
building, are l72 studyrooms, each
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Study Rooms and Mechanical Devices Offer
Unsurpassed Service to
Library World.

with the main building, also of all
elevators and carriers. The tunnel
will add one more to Washington's
group of underground passageways.
Like some of its predecessors, it. too,
will have system of eletric trans
These, however. have been designed
for the transportation of books.
Interesting among the. quarters in
the sub-basement (above the CELLAR
is the extensive Photographic division
where microfilm work, photostats for
legislation, photos for research and
photography for other library purposes
may be conducted. There are seven
dark rooms, additional rooms for
copying and enlarging, and two storage
rooms for Photographic materials.
Each dark room is supplied with
Enthusiastically controlled hot, cold
and ice water for maintaining proper
developing-bath temperatures. An
endless belt carries the developed prints
from each room to a central drying
machine.
THE printing Office and bindery will
be in the basement; the copyright
office will have space on the first floor,
with separate entrance on the south
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low in price. but there will b an
upward seasonal trend. Potatoes will
not increase as much as In other years,
as there has been an unprecedented
crop of them this year. Butter will
continue to go up in price, due to the
seasonal climb. until it reaches a peak
price in November, when it will begin
to decline in cost. Next spring it will
not be SO expensive as it was this
spring, as there will be a bigger feed
supply and heavier milk production.
Bread prices should ease of lit
tie. dependent upon whether or not
bakers spread word of the results OBJ
tained In high prices by means of their
local N r. AS which will preclude
price cutting.
when you analyze the entire food
situation, the drought has been almost
wholly responsible for the high cost
of living, affecting mainly meats. In
other foodstuffs. particularly fruits
and vegetables, we have enjoyed re-
markably low prices"
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about feet by IL feet in dimensions.
Each has an outside light. and the
occupant has complete control over the
heating and ventilation of his room.
Partitions which separate the rooms
are removable, so that larger study
espaces may be formed when desired.
A N INTERESTING approach to the
question Of just what this addition
Of 249 miles of shelves and 20 acres
of floor space is to mean to the
Library of Congress unit as whole
may be attained by examining COM
parative figures. The main building
measures 470 feet by $40 feet. and
covers three and half acres: the
annex measures 406 feet. inches by
228 feet and covers somewhat over
two acres. The main building has
$4,000, 600 cubic feet of contents: the
annex. 9,500,000. But while the main
building, due to its high ceilings and
exhibition halls, has but IS acres of
floor space. the annex with l5-foot
ceilings, has 20 acres. The main build
ing has capacity for about 5.0o0.-
600 volumes, the annex for about
10,000,000.
First steps toward the erection of
this addition to the Library of Con-
gress we're made when bill was
introduced in Congress for the sc-
QUESTION of ground east of the library.
In 1880 an authorization of s6.500,000
was made for the construction of the
annex, for tunnel connecting it with
the main building. and for the changes
in the east front of the latter including
the provision for the rare book room
The total provision for the annex itself
was increased by an act approved
June 6, 1885, to s8,225,557.
Forty years ago the main building
was opened, the largest and finest
structure in the world to be devoted
to library purposes, one which the
librarian predicted would be ample
for the needs of the library "for a
century and half to come" Within
decade, however. following reorgani-
zation in 1899, it became necessary
to fill one of the courtyards with book
stacks. The process was repeated in
1927. Changes in 1898 gave the liz
brary new rare book room, union cata-
logue room and additional study room
and study table space, without adding
to book capacity. The new annex will
not only add to book capacity. but it
will provide the physical means for
better managing of many of the library
divisions. Its fiexibility has been de-
signed with an eve to the future, and
although library officials will not
predict it adequate "for century and
half to come" they are rightly
enthusiastic over the service which
they contemplate the new facilities will
enable them to render to scholarship
and to the library world.
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dropped 4 per cent; gas and electricity
dropped is per cent, while butter
cost per cent less this year than
last, and potatoes reached an all-time
low of Ala per cent below last years
price, due to an extraordinary crop.
In an effort to account for the in
creased cost of the staff of life," while
wheat crops had been excellent, the
writer consulted D. E. Montgomery,
economist of the Consumers Counsel
of the A. A. A. After q survey of
bread prices in 81 cities, Mr.. Mont
gomery announced that on August II
bread was higher than it had been
in seven years, with increased labor
costs accounting for only ~ per
cent rise. Moreover, this economist
stated, the whole price of ingredi-
ents of white bread have actually
gone down in the past three years,
except for three months in the sum-
mer of 1886, and that the processing
tax cost Of half-cent loaf has been
removed.
An estimated cost of $50,000,00 a
year is being added to the bread bill
of the consumer by this advance.
Questioned for the reason, since no
increased profits go to the farmer and
only half of the increase goes to labor,
Mr.. Montgomery stated: Flour millers
have been operating on low margin,
but bakers and retailers have evidently
been operating on wide one." He
also added that in the Northwest cer-
N. R. AS" had been operating To-
cally by State law, and that benefits
had apparently accrued to the bakers
therefrom. ut depends on whether
or not the bakers who have thus
prof1ted spread the word Of the effect
Of these organizations" Mr.. Montgom-
cry stated, "and If they do 1t will work
to prevent the price-cutting and re-
ducing the price of bread generally"
AN OFFICIAL of the Federal Trade
Commission, questioned with re-
gard to the possible effect Of monopo-
lies upon the increased cost of bread,
stated that undoubtedly monopolistic
tendencies existed within the industry
that would serve to keep up prices.
There is room for improvement in the
handling Of certain foodstuffs," he
stated, and bread and milk might
be distributed at lower cost to. the
Consumer If these monopolistic ten
denotes were eliminated"
et,,d;.. ~ %ha T>dnraJ rY>,.o dr rov,,
mission in Baltimore, Boston, Cincin-
natl and st. Louis, in an investigation
into the cost Of milk, revealed the fact
that the cost of delivery alone takes
from 21 to 20 cents of the consumers
milk dollar. In its report on the dis
tribution of milk in the cities listed.
the Federal Trade Commission stated:
Data were collected from seven milk
distributor Each Of these seven milk
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Drought Blamed by All Authorities for kong Prices for While
Advance Has Been Found Among
Features of Vegetables and Dairy Goods

plies is expected during the next IL
months, as cattle and hogs fed from
this years large corn crop move to
market. Due to the seasonal decline, a
drop in the price of pork is predicted
within the next few months, and 1t is
also predicted that beef prices will
likely start their usual downswing
during the first half Of 1888.
AS a matter OF fact, declares this
same authority, the first decline in
average retail meat costs for the
country since mid-February occurred
in September, the cost of meats in
general going down one-fourth of /
per cent during the month ending
September IA.
A Government economist who did
not wish to be directly quoted stated
that the price of butter and eggs may
be expected to rise within the next
few months. The low price for these
products, he explained, is in May and
June of every year, and as the winter
months draw near and production
grows lighter and lighter the price of
dairy products increases, with the
peak reached in December, the month
of lightest production. From Decem-
Der, he stated, we could expect the
seasonal decline to the low point again
In May and June.
These seasonal advances in dairy
products, coupled with a sharp up
turn in sugar prices, have been re-
sponsible, the Department of Agricul-
ture's Bureau of Economics states,
for the continued increase in the cost
Of living, despite the gradual de-
cline OF meat prices and the abun-
dance of fruits and vegetables that
have made these products cheaper
than in years. The dairy products
and sugar, in other words, have
more than balanced the lower prices
for other foodstuffs. and this accounts
for the fact, the bureau states, that
September reports show q step-up Of
one-half of / per cent in food costs
generally.
COME interesting comparative fig-
ures we're secured from various
Government sources, as well as froa
statistics compiled by the National
Industrial Conference Board, the De-
partment Of Labor and the Fairchild
Index. Considering for a moment the
general cost of living, instead Of the
cost OF food exclusively, these sources
disclose the following changes in re-
tail prices from September, 1896, to
September Of this year:
Sirloin steak rose 23.9 per cent;
floor coverings, 1913 per cent; furs,
1876 per cent: rent, 1913 per cent;
mems suits, 9.6 per cent; furniture,
94 per cent; blankets, 81 per cent;
shoes, IL per cent: china, 6.8 per
cent: bread, 81 per cent; electric
appliances. 3S per cent. The price
OF coal dropped 4 Per cent; egss
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Annex Under Construction Gives New Ca.
pacity for Institution Which Has Been
Called Worlds Greatest.

termined by dial which resets itself
as soon as the book is on its way.
Books can be sent to each deck from
any other deck, and they may be sent
simultaneously to the same deck fro: 1
more than one other deck. Another
aid to speed and efficiency will be in
the design of all apparatus for the
transportation OF books - carriers.
trucks and equipment of control rooms
so as to keep the back of the book
and its shelf number continually in
view.
Returns from the reading and study
rooms will be made to the main control
rooms on the top decks by means of
silent continuous carriers. Attendants
will sort and redistribute these books
Immediately to their respective decks.
The terminus of the carrier sy ITEM
connecting the annex and the main
building will also be in the main con-
troll rooms. This is to be pneumatic
system, which propels ovel-shaped
tubes about by IA inches, having a.
capacity of about eight octave volumes.
They will travel at speed of Is feet
second, but their arrival is softened
by bank of air, thus insuring no harm
to the books. They will traverse the
Evening star., 1937-11-06
BY Margaret Davis.

A LTHOUGH the contract does
n not stipulats completion until
1 A June "a, 1888, Library of Con-
gress officials anticipate the
moving this fall of at least one
division to new quarters in the annex,
now under construction on the two
squares just east of the main building.
The interior of the building is even
now structurally complete, and the
exterior is being submitted to the
finishing touches of carved decoration.
The institution, whose resources a
hundred years ago were contained in
six hair trunks and a map case" is
soon to distribute its present resources
under two roofs which together cover
over five and one-half acres of ground.
Care has been exercised that both
interior and exterior should be archi-
tecturally handsome and in conformity
with the setting of public buildings
which surrounds it. Pierson & Wilson,
architects, and Alexander Trowbridge,
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higher than in 1882, and almost 10
per cent higher than last year. Pork
chops last month, at Ala cents a
pound. were 69.5 per cent more than
in 1892 and had risen as per cent in
price since last year.
Steaks, ham, lamb and chickens, rs
well as butter, cheese and milk, all
were far higher in price than during
the 1892 period.
Perhaps most spectacular in rise was
the price of beef. For that reason it
was the subject of the writer's first
survey into why's and wherefores.
According to the Consumers Counsel
Of the Agricultural Adjustment Admin
istration, higher meat prices are mainly
due to one factor, although there are
admittedly contributing factors. And
that is the drought. Retail meat prices,
they state, are usually highest in the
late summer and early fall and lowest
in early winter. But marked decline
in supplies Of hogs and better beef
cattle, due to the 1884 and 1885
drought, pushed prices up this sum-
mer and fall to high levels. They
point out that advances have occurred
mainly in the better grades Of beef
and primarily since June, because of
extremely small supplies of grain
fed cattle.
During September, they state, prices
Of best cattle averaged 80 per cent
higher than last year, whereas me-
dium grade cattle were a third higher.
They explain why current prices top
those that prevailed after the 1884
drought by saying that the demand
for meat has jumped, due to steady
upswing in consumers incomes since
1888. One economist interviewed in
this connection stated that prices for
all foodstuffs are based upon two
factors-consumer demand and sea-
sonal upswing or decline. And the
increased ability of the public to pur-
chase has considerably affected the
price Of meats, according to this au-
thority.
In New York City, however, BUTCH
ers offered an additional reason for
the increased cost Of meats, charging
that wholesalers were exploiting the
meat scarcity. Admitting a scarcity
Of prime beef, ofiicials of the Fedora
tion of Kosher Butchers stated that
packers were taking advantage of this
scarcity to overcharge for common
cuts, of which there was-an adequate
supply. The better grade of beef is,
1T tn fAA hs,v
dance or scarcity would be affected
by drought conditions.
As A WORD of encouragement to
the housewife. however, comes the
statement from the counsel that meat
prices appear to have hit their post
drought peak and that no additional
price upswings are in prospect. In
fact. . gradual ineSeass in meat sup