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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-03
'NCANPNENT HANDICAPS SANDLOT ACTIVITIES
To Race
Infect WinQ
Handicap
BY LOU BINDMAN

NEW YORK, July 3.-Empire
City's first weekend stake, the
Fleet Wing Handicap over six fur
longs fc1 a purse of $4,000 added
money, has drawn an attractive
field of nine horses. Heading the
smart sprinterS is Marshall Fields
erStwhile Belmont Futurity win
ner, Tintagel, which shoulders
lightweight of 125 pounds and is
coupled with Mrs. w. P. Stewards
Mower. This is Tintagel's first
appearance after resting spell.
High Fleet, which aspires to filly
honorS in the older brackets, is
listed under 116 while actually Sec
ond lightweight honorS of 100
pounds have been assigned to both
Sergt. Byrne and Bill Farnsworth.
The balance of the field is made
up of Cycle, Airflame, Jay Jay and
Isaiah.
$4,000 Handicap
A $4,000 handicap, the Boston
American Juvenile Handicap for
two-year-oldS at five and a half
furlongs, heads the bill at Rock
ingham Park, N. H., with ten baby
racers prepa4 ed for the issue. The
fleet but inconsistent Bold Turk
is tops in this group under 1874
pounds and meets Miss Appre-
bend, Bow Tip, Smoke Signal,
Spindle Top, Cravat, Third Party,
Stage Beauty. Wise Counsel and
Bryonin. Cravat is in fine form
and might make it his contest.
Fred Alger's Azucar, winner of
the first edition of the 100000
Santa Anita Handicap, gets into
weaker company in the Michigan
handicap, $4,000 added money
Detroit offering. The former
timber-topper is being asked to
handle top weight of 1T pounds
over the mile and a sixteenth
against six others, which are
Stocks, Tempestuous, Snow Fairy,
Paradisical and the Chesney en-.
try Of Professor Paul and Carl S.
In a romp over the one mile
Hertz course, the $4,000 Arlington
AAeSUA VA 0VSOCO WILL NC NCC1NCU az
Arlington Park. Ill. The field Of
Is is tightly matched, lightweight
honors of 1913 pounds going to
Mrs. Emil Denemark's Two Bob
which is teamed with Brown
Feathers. Marcia, under 1872, is
next in line. Mars Shield, Milky
Way Farms Texas Derby winner,
is another in this band of fillies
and mares, this miss toting lis.
Calumet Dick Returns
E. K. Bryson's Calumet Dick,
leading handicap horse of the East
ern spring season, returns after a
layoff to be engaged in the $500
added Brandywine Handicap of a
mile and a sixteenth at the coun-
try's newest track, Delaware Park,
in Stanton, Del. Teamed with
Carvola, Calumet Dick will meet
a powerful array of rivals of which
Esposa and Fair KnighteSS size up
as most dangerous.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-03
Takoma Seeks Games

The Takoma Motors are seeking
q game for Sunday and Monday.
Phone Ronnie at Georgia $3.50.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-03
D. {. Youth and Mate
Win Rifle Honors

Roger Scott, of 300 Connect
cut Ave. Washington, D. c.,
teamed with a Plainfield IN. j.
shooter, H. w. Amundsen, to win
first place in the two-man team
event on today's program of the
six-day tournament at Camp
Richie, Maryland.
Their score of SIT outranked
a similar count of the Delaware
and Hudson Railroad Police
Team of J. H. Overbaugh and J.
H. Heron, of Albany, N. Y.
Scott also finished in fifth
place in the large field of COM
petitors in the slow fire match
with the big handguns-the As
caliber service pistols.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-03
MIDGET LEAGUE
Four Are lied
|nHoner Race
Bv PAT ROBINSON

international News Service Sports Writer
The race for home-run honors
today is more open than the race
for remnants in the major leagues.
With four men tied for the lead
with II homers apiece and with
at least half dozen more tread
ing close on their heels, the race
to don the crown so long worn by
Babe Ruth is as open as the Grand
Canyon.
OFT of the Giants, Greenberg of
the Tigers, and Selkirk and Di-
Maggie of the Yanks are the lads
setting the pace. But it is no cinch
that any of this quartet will lead
the pack in October-not with
such noted distance clouters as
Medwick of the Cards, Galan OF
the Cubs, FoXx of the Red SoX,
Cliff of the Browns, Bonura of
the White SoX, and Gehrig and
Dickey of the Yanks in hot pursuit.
It was Augie Galan's thirteenth
homer in the ninth inning yester-
day that gave the Cubs a 81 vic
tory over the Pirates and kept
them just half jump in front OF
the Giants who ran up their sixth
straight at the expense of the
Stingless Bees, 60.
Demaree, urges and Hartnett
also hit homers for the Cubs and
MancuSo's round tripper for the
Giants didn't do Carl Huboel any
harm in ringing up his eleventh
victory.
The Dodgers closed in little
on the Pirates when Luke Hamlin,
scoring his third consecutive win,
shut out the Phillies, 3 to 0.
Although Joe DiMaggio got his
seventeenth homer. the Yanks fell
before Fischer and Linke of the
Senators, 8-3. The Yanks made
only six hits and half of them
went to Red Rolfe, who singled.
doubled and tripled
Ben Chapman'S homer helped
the Red Sox gain an "a decision
over the Athletics, who took over
sole tenancy of the league cellar
when the Browns. behind Walk
ups six-hit pitching, downed the
White Sox, A.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-03
Allison 10 Meet
BiCkeI Today

CHICAGO, July 3.-Wilmer Al
lison OF Austin, Tex, top-seeded,
today meets Norman Bickel, OF
Chicago to determine which of the
two will play Walter Senior, of San
Francisco in tomorrow's final for
the Illinois State tennis singles
championship.
Senior seeded second, trounced
Samuel Hayes, jr., of South Had
ley. Mass. 60, Ga, 90, yester-
day to advance to the finals. The
California star was smuggling the
high top-spins of Hayes through
out the match.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-03
Favor Shorey TO Win
ViTqinia Golf Event

HOT SPRINGS, Va, July. 8.
BY virtue of his medal winning
round yesterday. John Shorey,
formerly of Washington and now
of Staunton, is favored to win the
Virginia Amateur golf champion
ship now in progress here.
Shorey scored a rs. four strokes
over par, to top Morton Mccarthy,
Dick Payne and Frank Sutton by
a single stroke.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-03
Fields
Lost Until
Thursday
BY SID KATZNELL

Oh where, Oh where are the
local ssndlot baseball teams going
to play?
The Boy Scouts took possession
of the majority of the Monument
lot and Potomac Park diamonds
for camping purposes and now the
official Independence Day celebra'
ton will be staged on the Ellipse
Monday, July 5, robbing the teams
of the use of the Ellipse diamonds
until Thursday, July 8.
Although the independence cele-
bration will last one day, it Will
take three days for the workmen
to put til diamonds in playing con.
clifton. You see, they have erected
a speakers stand and 10000 tenn
porary seats for the occasion.
Fourth Celebration
The July Fourth celebration was
originally scheduled for the Water
gate at Arlington Memorial
Bridge but at the request of Park
and Metropolitan Police Depart
ment officials, the site was shifted
to the EllipSe.
Major Ernest Brown, superin-
tendent of the Metropolitan Pc
lice, and Capt. P. j. Carroll, head
of the Park Police. claimed that it
would require approximately 400
policemen to handle the crowds
and traffic at the Watergate.
Realizing that sandlot baseball
players would like to enjoy the
holiday as well as the man on the
street, Vic Gauzza, diminutlve
president of the National City
League, has suspended all activity
in his league Sunday, July 4.
Resumes Play on July IL
Play will be resumed Sunday,
July II. featuring the Heurlch-
Gordon play-off game in Section
A of the unlimited division. The
winner of this contest meets Rose
LIQUOR for the first half champion
ship Sunday July l8 on the South
Ellipse. The standings OF the varl-
Gus sections in the National City
League follow:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-03
Look for Games

The Romans, of the Urciolo
Realty Company wish games with
strong insect teams and midget
teams. The assistant manager,
Pete Di Gerolomi, will secure the
diamond permits. They also chal-
lenge Pepsicola to a return game.
Call Metropolitan 4941 any time
after 9 in the morning.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-03
WASHINGTON

1 Batted for Handley in fifth.
Batted for Fischer in sixth.
New York ....... 0 0 o o 0 o 0 O-3
WASHINGTON II 0 4 0 OO2 KS
Runs batted in Lewis, Kuhel (2),
Travis (2), ROIfe, DiMaggiO (2). Stone
(2), Almada. TwO-base hits-Almadas
LAWS, ROlfe, Stone. Three-base hit
ROIfe. Home run-DiMaGgiO. Sacrifice
hits-Lewis, Linke. Stolen baseS-Al-
mazda. Double plays-CrOsetti, Lazzeri
and GehriE t2): Lewis. Myer and Kuhel
(2); Travis. Myer and kuhel. Hits-On
HadIey. 5 in 1 innings; off Malone, in
4 innings; off Fisher, in innings; off
Linke. none in innings. Bases on balls
off HadIey. 8: off Fischer, 2; off Ma"
lone, 3; off Linke, I. Struck Out-By
Fischer. 2: by Malone, 8; by Linke, 70
by Hadley. I. Left on bases-New
York, 4; Washington, 8. Time. 2:1Os
Umpires-MCGOwan, Quinn and Kohl.
Attendance-1O.OOO. Winning pitcher
Fischer. Losing pitcher-Hadley.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-03
Sport Worlds Passing Show

New York today.
Final trials to select defender
of Americas cup scheduled for
today.
Senior 10000 meter title won
by Elmo Nentti as A. A. u. games
opened at Milwaukee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-03
UNLIMITED DIVISION

A LEAGUE
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-03
Seeks Ball Games

The lexington baseball team is
seeking a game with either an un-
limited or a Junior team for Sun
day and Monday. Phone North
4415-W. lexington has no dia-
mond.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-03

Victory of Don Bulge over
Baron Won Cramm in finals of
Wimbledon net tourney seen as
assuring United States victory
in Davis Cup matches.
Bernd ROSemeyer of Germany
8 to 5 favOrite to win 3OO-mile
Vanderbilt Cup auto classic at
Evening star., 1937-03-25
HEAVY TEMBL0R
HITS CALIFORNIA
Quake Appears Centered in
Imperial Valley South
of Pasadena.
BY the Associated Press.

by lne ASSOCIATED fTeSS.
LOS ANGELES, March 25.-South-
ern California shook this morning
with heavy earthquake. 1t appeared
to be centered in the Imperial Valley
or south of the Mexican border in the
Gulf of California area.
It was 8:49 am. when an area of
about 10000 square miles quivereo.
Los Angeles and its environs were
sWayed by long and continuously
increasing motion. Long Beach re-
ported it was quite unlike the heavy
1888 shock, which came as a jolt To-
days movement was sort of
rhythmic shimmy, with an east-west
motion.
Santa Monica, Glendale, Pasadena
Anaheim and Alhambra promptly re-
ported similar effects, while to the
south the intensity seemed to be
greater In the San Bernardino-
Riverside region it was a good shake
DR.. C. F. Richter of the seismological
laboratory of the Carnegie Institution
termed the disturbance strong enough
to cause considerable damage near its
point of origin"
This he estimated to be ITO miles
southeast of Pasadena, either in the
mountains of San Diego County or or
the east side of the Imperial Valley, a
rich agricultural district at the Mex
ican border.
There were no immediate reports o1
damage or injuries.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
Use of Flags on Grares of Dogs
Is Hit BY Nearby Legion Post

nels and the elaborate and only known
animal cemetery in the country said
today the only graves decorated with
the flag that she knew about were those
of Rags, a mongrel Airedale wounded
and gassed with the 1st Division in
France during the World War, and
Staff, another World War hero.
It was possible, she said, that in
dividuals who had buried their pets
in the cemetery from time to time dec
grated them with flags, especially on
Decoration day However, there are
several thousand dogs buried there,
hundreds of them poodles and hum
dreds named Skippy, Mrs. Birney ex-
planned.
She was quite sure none OF the own
ers intended any desecration in piac-
ing flags on their pets graves, and
knew of no law against 1t.
War and Navy Department officials
pointed out that regulations covering
use of the flag in the armed forces
refer only to persons, and make no
provision or mention of the use of the
flag in connection with burial or graves
of animals, although many units of
both branches have mascots, which,
like all persons, must some day die.
Neither service, nor the American
Flag Association, which has national
headquarters Office in Washington.
were able to recall any law covering
the question raised by the Legion post.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
picture on Page A-2.)
,y a Stan Correspondent OF rne Star.

BY Stan Correspondent OF Inc Star
SILVER SPRING, Md, March 25.-
Aroused at the improper and un-
patriotic" use of the American flag
in decorating the graves OF pet
poodles" and other animals, the
Cissel-Saxor Post, American Legion,
has made a protest to the Secretary
of War.
A resolution introduced by Thurman
C. Metcalf, former post commander,
merely named IAN animal cemetery
in Montgomery County," and officials
were not sure what could be done
about it. Copies Of the resolution,
however, were also to be sent to the
Montgomery County Council Of the
Legion and chapters of the. Daughters
of the American Revolution in an
effort to bring the protest to the at
tention of other patriotic groups.
Metcalf declared that not only were
flags used to decorate the animal
graves, but when they became faded
from exposure, they were thrown into
a nearby gully with withered flowers
and other refuse. Whether there Is
any law against it or not, it consti-
tutes desecration, he asserted. One
of the graves In question, he said, was
the grave Of a poodle named skippy
Mrs r. c. Birney, co-proprietor with
her husband of the Aspen Hills Ken
Evening star., 1937-03-25
MELLON ART BILL
SIGNED BY PRESIDENT
Way Cleared for Construction of
Great Gallery in
CAPITAL.

President Roosevelt has signed the
bill accepting Andrew w. Melons
SOS 100000 art gift to the Nation, ac-
House today
This clears the way to 60 ahead with
the offer, under which Mellon will
build a $lO,OOO,O00 National Gallery of
Art on Constitution avenue between
6ey enth and Fourth streets. The
former Treasury Secretary also has
agreed to give the Government his val
uab'e collection of masterpieces, paint
ings and sculpture, valued at $50
600, 900.
The third portion of the gift is a
S5,OO0,00O endowment fund, from
which additional art works could be
acquired from time to time. and also
to meet part of the cost of supervising
the gallery. The Government will be
required to furnish only the annual
maintenance fund for the gallery OF
about 100000 a year.
The bill of acceptance outlines a
policy under which only art works of
similar high quality to those now being
given the Government could be added
to the permanent collection. The
Board of Governors, however, could
authorize temporary exhibitions Of
other art works. 1t has been pre-
dicted that the National Gallery of Art
eventually will give this country one
of the foremost collections in the
world.
The gallery will be governed by a
board of nine, four Government off,
..Cials and five general trustees. 4
Evening star., 1937-03-25
CAPITAL TRANSIT
!. H|KESPAY OF $500
Increases May Be Used as
Argument for Higher
Fare.

Wage increases for about $500 en-
ployes of the Capital Transit Co.,
involving some Office workers, as well
as those in operating and maintenance
classiications, were announced today
by the company's Board of Directors.
The increases range as high as 3
cents per hour over present rates. In
actual wage payments and additional
social security tax payments, the in
crease will amount to around S228,OOO
yearly, it was said. OF this total,
about S22l0OO will go to employees and
the remainder to tax.
The company has about 300 en-
ployes.
The boards statement announcing
the increases follows in full:
effective April 3, an increase in
wage rates will be put into effect in
giving trained men operating tWo-man
cars cents per hour and those
operating one-man cars and busses 3
cents per hour above present rates.
All other hourly employees, except
common labor in the way depart
ment, will receive 2 cents per hour
additional.
Classification Changes.
Adjustments in classification of
employees in the shops and garages
will be made in addition to the above
increase in hourly rates. A proper
tionate increase will be given those
in the lower -salaried brackets
This will increase the annual pay
roll and social security tax payments
of the Capital Transit Co., by about
S228,OO0 and will bring such payments
up to about So per cent of gross rev.
enue"
Approval of the wage increase, some
experts believe, would be used by the
company as an additional argument
tSee TRANSIT, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1937-03-25
SILVER SPRING
YOUTH KILLED
Parr Hooper Mcqueen Fa-
taIIY Hurt When Car Turns
Over in Virginia.

Parr Hooper Mcqueen, 10, of near
Silver Spring, Md, student at the
University Of the South, Sewanee,
Tenn, and son Of an official Of the
Washington Gas Light Co., was killed
early today and three classmates were
injured in an automobile accident
near Wytheville, Va, according to an
Associated Press dispatch received
here.
Two of the injured youths were
from Washington, one being the
grandson of the late John Joy Edson
The injured are:
Gilbert Edison, 10, son Of Mrs. Bes-
sic Edison, Shoreham Hotel He suf-
fered shock.
Finley Wright. 10, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred E. Wright, 1874 Wyom-
ing avene, head injuries.
Wallace Gage, Williamstown. Mass,
suffered broken shoulder
The accident occurred when Ed
sons car, in which the students we're
en- route to Washington for the Easter
holidays, overturned on a mountain
between Wytheville and Marion.
Wright was driving.
McQueen's body was taken to fu-
neral home at Rural Retreat, Va, near
the scene of the accident, and the
three injured were rushed to a hos
pital there. Wrights mother said, just
before leaving here to go to her son,
that he had been removed to Jefferson
Hospital in Roanoke
Mcqueen was the son of James Rus
sell Mcqueen, superintendent of serv-
ice of Washington Gas Light Co.. and
a grandson of J. B. Mcqueen, presi-
dent of H. L. and j. B. Mcqueen, Inc,
printers, at $40 Tenth street.
The Associated Press dispatch
quoted County Officer Frank Slater as
saying Edson's roadster overturned IA
miles west of there. The highway on
which the accident occurred is in the
mountains of Southwest Virginia.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
AIRMAIL TO EUROPE
POSSIBLE THIS YEAR
Farley Predicts Early Start Of
Transatlantic Service in
Louisiana Talks.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ARABI, La, March 25.-Postmaster
General James A. Farley said here
today regular aimail sevice to Europe
may be inaugurated this year.
He spoke at the dedication of new
post Offices here and at Gretna, small
towns across the Mississippi River and
below New Orleans
Within the past year we have
instituted a trans-Paciflc airmail serv-
ice between the United States and
the Far East" he said, "and similar
service across the Atlantic to Europe
will probably be inaugurated during
the present year.
Our foreign airmail system, like
our domestic airmail service, is the
finest and most extensive in the world.
These foreign routes encircle and
serve the countries of South and Gen.
tral America. They also embrace
routes to Cuba, to Mexico and to
Canada. Modern airmail service has
been provided among the islands Of
the Hawaiian group and improve
ments have b1en maze in the Alaskan
airmail service"
The Postmaster General reported
business conditions were improving
throughout the Nation.
Evening star., 1937-03-25
RETIREMENT LAW
FOR JUSTICES IS
URGEDAT HEARING
Amendment Setting Age
Limit at 70 or IS Held
Best Plan.
LAW SCHOOL DEAN SEES
RELIEF REQUIRED NOW
Cites Objections to Presidents
Proposal Before Senate
Judiciary Committee.
BYG. GOULD LINCOLN.

A constitutional amendment proVld-
ing for compulsory retirement of Su-
preme Court justices at 10 or IS years
of age was advanced today by Young
B. Smith, dean of the Columbia Uni
versity Law School, as the best method
to meet the present demands for new
blood" in the court.
Dean Smith appeared before the
Senate Judiciary Committee in oppo-
sition to President Roosevelts bill to
increase the membership OF the court.
His amendment was offered as an al
tentative. Six of the present number
of the Supreme Court are over 10 and
four of them are over rs.
Earlier at this mornings session
Fred Brenckman, representative of the
National Grange, had told the COM
mittee the bill was IAN attempt to in
timidate and coerce the Supreme
Court"
Smith, the first law college head to
appear against the plan. said Mr..
Roosevelt's proposed enlargement of
the court unless justices over 10 re-
tire would threaten the independ-
ence of the Supreme Court and might
permanently impair the confidence of
the people in that court"
Would Correct Situation"
Such an amendment would more
surely correct the present situation
than would the Presidents BILL" he
said, referring to his proposal. 1T
would avoid the bills Objectionable
features. 1t would provide immediate
relief that is needed and at the same
time establish precedent against Con-
gress and the Executive, without an
amendment adding new justices tc the
court because they disagree with its
decisions
The witness pointed out that his
proposed amendment would not
change the number Of justices, but
would result in infusion of new
blood into the court now as well
as establish a definite policy for the
retirement of justices in the future
He said he believed his amendment
could be ratified within a short time
if it were submitted through constitu-
tional conventions in the States.
Dean Smith prefaced his statement
by saying he is and always has been
a Democrat, that he had voted for
President Roosevelt for Governor Of
New York and for President in 1882
and 1886. He denied he was de
featist lawyer" and insisted he was
in favor of many readjustments in the
social structure.
Discusses Presidents Bill.
In discussing the Presidents bill, he
said:
THE pending proposal should not
be adopted for the following reasons:
Il. There is no certainty as to what
will be the result if the proposal is
adopted.
20. Even if the adoption of the pro-
posal corrected the present situation
(See JUDICIARY, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1937-03-25

OD1Cuary ---A-lI
SUPREME COURT ISSUE.
Amendment to limit number of JUS
tices urged. Page Al
STRIKE SITUATION.
$500 stay-ins march out of eight
Chrysler plants. Page Al
Sit-downers ballot to evacuate auto
plants. Page Al
NATIONAL.
Fire RACES Jersey City home, killing
persons. Page Az
Death of drivers wife brings bus trag-
edy toll to 20. Page Al
Borah proposes substitute child labor
amendment. Page A-9
Rules Committee head predicts Nazi
investigation. Page AS
FOREIGN.
John Drinkwater, British novelist, dies
from heart attack. Page Al
England, France agree to keep Italian
troops from Spain. Page Al
Fascism threatens to draw Europe into
war, says Prof. Laski. Page AS
Air raiders bomb Madrid in five-hour
attack. Page AS
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Son of gas company official killed in
Virginia crash. Page Al
Capital Transit hikes wages Of about
5000 employees. Page Al
Snow and freezing temperatures FORE
cast for District. Page Al
Arguments opened in false statements
trial of Dawson. Page Az
Suggestions to help 5000 employables
given in broadcast. Page Az
Woman, recovering from gas explosion,
dies in fall. Page Az
Governor blames Maryland budget de-
lay on HOUSE beer party. Page AS
Compromise possible In case Of dentist
held In girls death. 4 Page AS