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Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25
Says Racketeering
Would Follow Dog
Racing In State
Edwin Warield, Member Of
Racing Commission, Urges
Bills Defeat In Legislature

To The Editor of
The Montgomery County Sentinel
Dear Sir:
The determined effort being made
at the Legislature by a politically
powerful group to legalize dog racing
in Maryland is matter of very great
interest to the people of our county
and State.
As member of the Maryland Rae
ing Commission, I have been in a
position to give this question careful
study and consideration and as a
guest of the Florida Racing Commits
sion, / have also visited the Florida
Dog Tracks and rather carefully
studied their operation
The information gained and judg.
ment formed as a result of this study
should, it seems to me, at this time
be made available to the people OF
our County.
Consider Differences
The advocates for legalizing dog
racing state that they see no reason
to draw distinction between dog rae
ing and horse racing. They claim
that they both involve the betting by
the public of considerable sums oa
money and both would contribute
large amounts to the State IN taxes.
Let US, therefore, consider some Inn
portant points of difference between
dog and horse racing which have a
very decided bearing on the question
of whether or not dog racing should
be legalized IN this state.
Horse racing In Maryland has a
long tradition back of it, dating from
the first importation of thoroughbred
horses into this country by one of our
Colonial Governors. George Washing
ton in his diary mentions having at
tended the races at Annapolis. Horse
racing in our State is intimately re-
lated to horse breeding and so Will
agriculture, and so with country life
In Maryland.
In recent years, many farms repre-
senting in the aggregate a very large
investment have been developed for
horse breeding.
Dog Racing Parasitic
Dog racing on the other hand is a
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25

officials of good character and stand
ing. In the case OF dog racing, the op-
Grafton is at night and is designed as
a catch penny catering to that class
of people who can least afford it. The
admission charge is usually waived
and is seldom more than 25 to 4G
cents when a charge is made. Ten to
twelve races are held each night and
the meeting is seldom over before
midnight.
1t has been commonly observed
that the result is extremely detrimen-
tai to the laboring classes who large
ly patronize the sport. 1t not only
jeopardizes their weekly income
through betting on dog racing, which
is little better. than roulet, but the
fact that they are kept up night after
night until midnight incapacitate:
them for efficient work the following
day.
Racketeering Possibilities
know beyond any possible doubt
that the legalization of dog racing in
the State of Maryland with mutuel
betting permitted would be an ex-
tremely bad thing for the citizens OF
the State, and would place in grave
jeopardy the horse racing which has
been so long and well conducted here,
and from which the State derives a
goodly source of income, both by
direct and indirect taxes. Judging
from what is known about the hackers
of dog racing in the few States where
it now exists it viii attract to our
State a racketeering element from
which we have heretofore been hap
PLY free.
With 100 days of racing at our mile
tracks and so days at our half mile
tracks we have enough racing in the
State.
/ hope that as many of our citizens
as possible viii promptly contact our
representatives at Annapolis, both in
the Senate and in the House and urge
them to work energetically against
this extremely dangerous proposal.
Very truly yours,
EDWIN WAKEFIELD, Jr.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25

.FOR SALE Desirable business
property at Darnestown. One acre
more or less, with $50 feet 'front.'
age on the Jamestown pike. Two
story frame dwelling containing
eight rooms and store. Cellar
under the building. Electric lights.
Good spot for store, gas station,
or chicken farm. Apply E. L.
Roger, 608 East Montgomery Ave
enue, Rockville. 1886
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25
Sheriff's Sale
State of Movylasd, Montgomery
County, To sCit:

sCb08E OF M0yBt0sbuy A1O11DODtSTB
County, To sCit:
BY virtue of a Writ of Fieri
Fncias issued out of the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County in
No. 346 Trials, June Term, 1881
at the suit of Minnie A. Watkins
Administrator of Charles L. Watkins
VERSUS Lennox Howes and Margaret
w. Howes, and to me as Sheriff OF
said Montgomery County, directed,
have this 23rd day OF March, A d
1887, seized and taken into execution
aQ the right, title, claim, interest
and estate, both at law and in
Gqukty, of the said Lennox Howez
and Margaret w. Howes Of, in, to
and about the following described
described property, to wit:
interest of the said Lennox Howes
and Margaret W. Howes in all those
lots, pieces and parcels of land sit
nate, lying and being in said Mont
gumery County, Maryland, contain
ing one hundred and seventy-five and
Mxty-four one hundredths (175.64)
Acres Of land, more or less, as de-
acribed in a deed from Luther M.
Purdum, Administrator etc., to the
said Charles ]. L. Watkins bearing
date the 11th day of March in the
year 1913 and of record among the
Land Record Books of said Mont
eOmery County in Liber J. L. b.
No. 234 Folios 269 etc, however,
reserving therefrom one-hak acre
contained in the Grave Yard and
also excepting therefrom twenty
three (23) acres Of said land as de-
Acribed in a deed from Charles j.
L. Watiins and wife to Talmage
L. Watkins and Myrtle B. Watkins,
his wife, bearing date the 31st day
Of May A. D. 1897 and Of record
among said Land Record Books in
Lfber P. B. R. No. 424 Folio 469
he, leaving remaining one hundred
and fifty-two and fourteen hum
dredths (15214) Acres Of land, more
9 less; the said one-e1eventh (1/11)
interest Of the said Leunox Howes
and Margaret w. Ho#es being held
By them subject to the one-third
(1/3) interests Of Minnie A. Wat
hns, widow, In said land; said lands
adjoins the lands of Charles L. Wat
Hns, Jr., and Guy Watkins, :
and others, and is about one ~ mile
from Cedar Grove in said County.
Improved by frame building Of SIX
(6l rooms and outbuildings.
I hereby give notice that I win
9dA al the right, title, claim, inter-
ct and estate, both at law and in
Equity, Of the said Lennox Howes
and Margaret w. Howes of, in, to
and about the above described prop
erty to the highest bidder for cash
IN front of the Court House Door
IN Rockville, Montgomery County,
Maryland, on
Saturday, the 18th day of
April, 1887,
At the hour of Ii o'clock A. n.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash.
G. EDINGTON BELL,
Sheriff Of Montgomery County,
Maryland. 1858
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25

WFOR SALE-One 92-acre farm,
located in fine farming section in
Carroll County near Sykesville
Running water. 66 acres clear and
tdllable, 8 acres woodland, balance
meadow. improvements consist Cd
2 room dwelling in FIRST class re-
pair; 36 Z q Bank Barn; corn
house and granary % Z ~ An
In good condition, would make won
derful dairy farm. B. r. Brown,
Jr., Phone Sykesvi1le 14O.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25

~FOR RENT-Farm of about 125
acres, cultivated. Located on road
from Old Germantown to Boyd.
Have tractor and part of neces-
sary machinery. Would like to
have man who owns several good
horses. Good opportunity for a
man who wants TO start farming.
Apply E. A. McAtee, Boyd, Md.
1911
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25

AMSFUuuCCu ATcuCTy IN 1OtS
Archery, once an important art
of warfare and of hunting, was in
troduced in America as hobby by
Maurice Thompson in 1879. The
sport, as it is practiced, Is patterned
after the English style, and the
graceful bow of the days of Robin
Hood is a familiar sight on the
archery ranges of the entire nation.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25
You Can Be
Younger
Than Your Years

Persons die of the diseases of
cld age, but not one out of
100 900 really dies of old age
the actual collapse of all the
organs OF the body. Youth is a
mathr Of health.
And what is health? Health
fs q matter of equality-of equal
power going to all of the organs
Of the body. When there is inter-
ference with the transmission of
life power to any organ, there
il disease.
By my chiropractic health
method ] correct disease of the
eyes, ears, nose, throat, lungs,
heart, stomach, liver, kidneys,
bowels, and lower organs.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25

parasitic sport. The dogs would no.
be bred IN Maryland and the owners
of the tracks would not be Maryland
ers. It Is a travelling enterprise that
would take three or four dollars away
from the State to every one it puts
into the public treasury.
In the case of horse racing, the
Maryland law wisely limits the per
eentage accruing to the track and
their earnings are limited to a small
percentage of capital investment. In
the case of dog racing, the proposed
bill does not provide these safeguards
and, although the contrary should be
the case, allows for far larger de-
duction from mutuel pools than is
permitted on the horse tracks.
Horse Racing Money Stays
A careful analysis of what happens
to race track dollar spent at our
major horse tracks shows that a
tremendous percentage of the income
received goes into purses and wages
to personnel. Almost 100 per cent of
that portion which goes into purses
finds its way back into the pockets of
Marylanders, as it is used to pay
jockeys, exercise boys, grooms, feed
bills, veterinaries, drugs, farriers, and
equipment. Wages to the above en-
ployees go into food, clothing, and
lodging, and are spent locally. Train
ers and their assistants live IN the
community and spend most of the
money earned for general living ex-
penses. It is well known that racing
stables are improbable and therefore
very little, If any, of this money finds
its way permanently to out-of-state
sources.
The same is true of money paid out
to employees, such as mutuel clerks,
policemen, gatemen, racing officials
anu OtAACAoD a. IA OAnEOoS CNClI Ce4<5C
their wage is meager one, is used
to defray living expenses in the COM
munity where it is earned. The profits
if any, resulting from this racing are,
as I have said, limited to a small and
reasonable percentage of capital in
vestment, and even this, IN the ma
jority of cases, finds its way into
local channels.
Small Admission Charge
In the case of horse racing, we
have a sport carried on in the after
noon and the admission charge is
sufficient to keep away those who can
not really afford its enjoyment.
There are only seven races a day, ex-
cept in cases where a jumping race is
IL
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25
The AppuIse

The phenomenon, called an ap-
pulse, occurs when the moon passes
through the penumbra or lighter
portion of the earth's shadow (the
umbra). If the moon touched the
umbra, partial eclipse would re-
suit.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25
= Classified Ads -

~FOR SALE Foxhound pups.
Fine breed, 6 months, large blue
tick SO. Alonzo Sigler, Great
Falls Road, opposite Rockville
Fruit Farm, Phone: Rockville
12-F-3. 1860
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25

Llamas Of Andes Loved
The namas Of the Andes is so be-
loved by the Indians that, as the
story goes, there was an Inca law
forbidding an Indian to travel with
his llama and without his wife.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25

"FOR SALE-Real values in sec
ond hand spreaders. Some late
models. Carlin Supply Company,
Boyd, Md. Phone Poolesville
41-F-6. 1903
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25

W-WANTED- High prices
for all old junk, rags, paper, ali
kinds of metal. Don't throw away
your old junk. See Eli Alper,
Montgomery Avenue, near High
School, Rockville, Maryland.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25

~FOR RENT-Farm of 800 acres
near Beallsville. On hard road.
To be equipped for dairy by June
1. Reference required. Apply
Ralph Staley, Boyd, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25

WLOST-One light curly haired
Poodle Dog. Answers 10 name Of
Muffin" Reward. Call Rockville
1sa 15Ao
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25

WFoR SALE-A lot OF pigs, 8 tc
IL weeks old; several brood sOws;
also 2 power orchard sprayers, one
200 gal. and one 100 gal, both in
excellent condition. Apply John
L. Strickland, Riderwood, Nd
Phone T0wsCn ela.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25

RENT-One or two un-
furnished rooms. Kitchen privi-
lege if desired. Apply evenings,
100 Park Street, Rockville, Md.
Phone 252-J. 1887
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25

- FOR SALE-Comb honey, 8 lbs.
net weight, 75c. Average z combs.
Free delivery. Phone Rockville
325 or drop card to VIM. F.
Robertson, S. Washington Street,
Rockville, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25

EW1CHILDREN'S NURSE-white,
30 TO 45 years Of age. References.
Apply 6S18 Glenbrook Road,
Bethesda, Md Bradley 125.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25

- FOR SALE - Oliver tractor
plow. Phone Kensington 389-J.
I543
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25

SALE-Brass, copper, lead,
old batteries, rags, papers, ets.
Don't throw away your waste.
See Eli Alper. Montgomery Ave
nue., near the Richard Montgom-
cry High School.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1937-03-25

1894 PLYMOUTH sEDAN-This motor
car Is in perfect running condition !;
upholstery cannot be told SORP
from new. Hurry for this s1nH
one. Special sale price wv
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-04-10
CAMPAIGN GAINS TO GET
NEGRO PLAYERS ON BIG
LEAGUE TEAMS -.

New York, April 10-(CNA)-A
campaign initiated last summer by
the Daily Worker, began to bear
fruit this week when hundreds of
letters from civic organizations and
sports fans, demanding that Negro
ball players be given a break, flooded
the offices of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Specifically the fans asked that the
Dodgers bolster up their woefully
inadequate pitching staff by giving 4
berth to Satchell Paige, Negro spit
ball ace
The Brooklyn team, with one of the
most ardent fan followings in the
country, has been selected for the
opening game OF the season. Aroused
public opinion has already forced
owner Judge McKeever and Secre-
tary German to concede that they
would be willing to hire Paige if the
manager were willing. For several
months now they have been passing
the buck this way.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-04-10
OWENS SAYS AAU is UN-
FAIR TO COLLEGE ATHLETES

Buffalo, N. Y, April 10-(CNA)-
Jesse Owens, cyclone of the cinder
track and current syncopator at a
leading dance hall here, charged the
Amateur Athletic Union with "driv-
ing college athletes into professional
ISM"
Owens, who raced to four champion
ships at the last Olympics and is
considered the greatest Splinter in
the history of track athletics, joined
the professional rank soon after the
Olympics.
He contended that the AAU
handling of track is just a racket.
Officials discriminate and college
boys do not get the break that other
track stars do.
His charge of discrimination was
based on the leniency shown to ack-
nowledged stars who have to make
a living and don't tour the country
Cor the fun Of it," while college ath-
letes do not get that liberty.
These conditions and actions by
the AAU, Owens claimed, is the
reason why college stars are showing
signs of rebellion.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-04-10
NOTES OF THE MONTH
By Louis Colman
E0pN TENN ApNETT 1T nRID A

Florida has re-diScoVered CD
sweat-boXes in it's chain-gang camps
(dignified by names like city farm"
"Stockade," etc). The sWeat-box just
found" on Miami's prison farm at
Opa Locka, is described in an official
report by state inspectors as IAN al
most alright structure just large
enough for man to stand up straight
in with only a one-inch hole for VEN
tilation" It stands against the con-
crete wall on the sunny side of the
prison building. Other details Of
farm life" in the report are: Mess
hall tables dirty. Hall improperly
screened against flies. Refrigerator
badly deteriorated. Meat decomposed.
THE camp teens with mosquito
breeding places" Toilets inadequate
and in need of general cleaning.
Kitchen dark, dingy, overrun with
flies. Inadequate" garbage and slop
water disposal, resulting in breeding
of flies and mosquitoes. Toilets and
showers stopped up. Prisoners COM
PEELED to use common drinking cups.
Bedding and towels filthy as result
of policy of camp F. Said Miami's
Mayor A. D. H. Fossey about the
sweat-box: II don't think anyone
could make any specific charges of
cruelty" Said City Manager L.
L. Lee: II do not see any reason for
IN investigation.
Miami, you may remember, vies
with Jefferson Cor ty birmingham
Ala, the boast Il the most modern
.sky-scraper Jail in the world It
was in Miami also that last month,
after one of a whole series of mass
arrests of Negroes, % out of "a
arrested were freed because they
had what were regarded as good ex-
cuses for being out after midnight"
A previous raid which Melted more
than 70 Negroes arrested, was made
because they wouldn't take work Of
fered them picking beans" These
raids occur in Miami every year at
..uosg9s Su!Yo!d-ua6IS
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-04-10

will never materialiZe. At least one
major sport writer in the metropol-
itan press, generally regarded as be-
inc on the ''ins," has stated that
Joe Gould, Braddock's manager, has
already accepted the Deutschland
Halle's offer of 100000 to meet
Schmeling in Berlin. Others point out
that action pending in the senate Of
the Illinois legislature which would
set top Of $40 for fight tickets,
would not make it worth while to
stage the fight in Illinois.
Braddock was accompanied by his
trainer Doc Robb, who put him in
condition for his fight with Max Baer,
and two sparring partners, Jack
Mccarthy and Chas. MasSera.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-04-10
THE BOOKER boy
By James MAXWELL

Many years ago when it was much
harder to get an education than it is
today there was boy of very hum
BILE birth who was very anxious to get
an education. He just hungered for
books-not trashy books, but good
books. And the book he loved best was
the Bible. He read many kinds of
books, but they were all educational
and instructive. He loved books so
well that his friends nicl1named him
Booker" so Booker became his
Christian or first name.
Booker grew up to be a highly edu-
Gated man, and great leader of his
people, for he was Negro. Through
kind friends he established a great
school in the South for Negro boys
and girls. He developed into a great
orator and went all over the world on
speaking tours He dined with kings
and presidents.
Lincoln was another boy of humble
birth who loved good books. He never
tired of them. He was too poor to
buy them so like Booker T. Washing
ton, he borrowed them. His favorite
book was also the Bible. He, too, be-
came a well educated man, a great
leader of the people and, as you know,
one of our greatest presidents. Lin
coin became the idol of the whole
civilized world.
1 am thinking of a young lad who
was also of humble birth. He lived
in Minneapolis. His family was very
poor. He had to work when very
young His mother would give him a
dime to buy his lunch, and he often
went without lunch and saved the
dime to buy books. And he, too, be-
came a well educated man and is
now great preacher and editor Of
national publication. He is friend
of mine. l got the story of his life
from him personally.
He had to drop out of the univers-
ity to earn enough money to complete
his education. He worked hard for
his education and got it. He is now
in demand all over the country as q
speaker. He never fails to thrill his
audiences, for he always has time
ly message.
What fine example these men are
for the boy of today who really wants
an education and is willing to go
after it.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-04-10
CHOCOLATE WINS
DECISION OVER TEDESCO

New York, April 10-(CNA)-Kid
Chocolate, one-time holder of the
world featherweight championship
scored another spectacular victory in
his comeback last Saturday night
when he took nine of the ten rounds
in the feature attraction with Allie
Tedesco of Jersey City at Rockland
Palace.
A crowd of 5000 saw the Cuban
terror pummell his opponent with
steady body attack. In the seventh
round he landed a stiff left on
Tedesco'S nose and started a flow OF
blood which continued to the end of
the fight.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-04-10
Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity Saaass

The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
will place major emphasis during its
educational week, April 26-May 2,
on the Observation-Disclosures Bill,
according to an announcement made
by DR.. Rayford w. Logan Of Atlanta
University, the Fraternity's Director
of Education. AS consequence,
more than one hundred chapters of
this, the oldest Negro college fratern-
ity, will cooperate with some thirty
organizations forming the National
Coordinating Committee for Equit
able Distribution Of Federal Aid to
Education of which DR.. Charles H.
Thompson of Howard University is
chairman
A discussion of the necessity for
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-04-10

and thus remove the continued irri-
tation to the nervous system result
ing from fatigue or eye strain.
The best fitting of lenses to eyes
suffering from eye strain requires
the arrest of the muscle pull on the
lens while measuring the error.
Drops that dilate the pupil are re-
quired to get the best results. The
fitting of lenses in youth is more
difficult than after middle life.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-04-10
Health Hiais
EYE STRAIN: WHAT 1T is AND
HOW TO AVOID 1T

prepared DJ the NatiOnaI society
for the Prevention of Blindness
Physicians have long used the term
"eye strain" as synonymous with
fatigue of the eye muscles. They
mean particularly fatigue of the
muscles inside of the eyeball-
fatigue of thos muscles which change
the shape Of ne lens to give sharp
vision-the so-called muscles of ac-
commodation. In some instances,
physicians may mean fatigue of the
muscles attached to the outside of
the eyeball-thoSe muscles that
change the direction of the eye or
rotate the eyeball For purposes of
this discussion, however, let us con-
slider eye strain as fatigue of the.
muscles inside the eyeball, those
muscles which pull on the lens land
change its shape.
The most common symptoms of
fatigue of these. muscles are: Cd
Discomfort from use of the eyes for
near vision. (2) Discomfort when
looking si:n-1>,v Ct IN Obj cl ei,asa
{. s.0-h o. s..-.1 -'e<,,.:;;1.s -. {, co.,
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-04-10

WANTED: Statesmen and sales
women. Apply 1862 Selby Ave-,
st. Paul, MINI. Colored.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-04-10

budget? Let canned peaches show
YOU how! Dice and mix them with
chopped celery, shrimp and lemon
Juice. With lots of fluffy mayonnaise
you'll have a salad that's really a
taSte-tingler!
Mix / cup diced cold boiled or
baked ham with q cup diced celery
and 2 tablespoons mayonnaise. Serve
on lettuce with sliced peaches and
mayonnaiSe.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-04-10

amending this hill and the methods
of doing SO viii fit in naturally with
the fraternities two programs of Go
to-High School, Go-to-College, and
Education for Citizenship, DR.. Logan
Morris.
Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1937-04-10
BRADDOCK LEAVES FOR
CHICAGO TO START TRAINING

New York, April 1O-(CNA)-After
participating in the matches of the
American Boxing Congress at the
212th Armory Wednesday night,
James ]. Braddock, worlds heavy
weight champion left for Chicago. 1t
was stated he will set up camp i'm
mediately in preparation for his
championship fight with Joe Louis
on the 27..l1 Of June.
EEn1o.s are rife that t!.+
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REi21ols are rife that t!,e -