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The Washington times., 1938-01-11
Valley High Loop
Lists Four Games

KEYSER, W. Va, Jan. II.
Four games are scheduled this
week in the nine-school Potomac
Valley High School Conference.
A total of Al other games will be
played by member-schools. which
include Parsons, Petersburg, Pied
mont, Thomas, Keyser, Franklin
Moorefield and CirclevilIe.
The Washington times., 1938-01-11

ers who came through. There
were no slaSheS."
Brannick added to that with
the assertion that one reason why
the Giants so seldom have any
holdout problems is Manager Bill
Terry's aStuteneSS in sizing up
the worth Of players.
Preparations for the pennant
grind will begin at Hot Springs,
Ark, on February II, when bat
terymcn and a few scattered other
Giants will report for preliminary
After 10 days there,
they will go to Baton Rouge, La,
where they will join the rest Of the
squad in spring camp, opening
February %.
The Washington times., 1938-01-11


l. There probably won't be as
single holdout among the Giants.
2. They will win their third
straight National League pen
nant.
The holdout angle was explained
conclsely by the 34-year-old owner
OF the National League champions
we never have any trouble
with the boys, and there is no
reason why we should have any
this year. Certainly there have
been raises, all along the line.
Some of the older hands didn't
get much of a raise; Carl Hub
bell, for instance. But all got
something. and we especially
took care of the younger play.
The Washington times., 1938-01-11

one.
The balls used for the test
were supplied by Shag Shaugh.
messy, president of the Interna-
national League. To prevent any
possible mistake, Shag autograph
ed the ball to be used by the Ma
tional League and wrote on it,
Dead"
When the results of the test at
Johns Hopkins was told to Jack
Ogden, general manager Of the
Orioles, he was astounded. Most
of the players who engaged in the
test at Oriole Park earlier in the
afternoon had agreed that the
American League or lively sphere
had more "click" when hit and
would travel farther. Factory
tests where the balls are made
brought the same answer.
OFFERS EXPLANATION
Jack, however, offered some in
formation, which might explain
the test at Johns Hopkins.
The live ball furnished by Shag
was from last years stock and
was really a year old. The dead
ball was fresh from the factory
and was made in air-conditioned
rooms. In year, according to
Jack, a ball loses some Of its
reSiliency.
Actually, there were three varie-
ties of ball used in the tests at
Hopkins. One was the ball used
in 1924, when the rabbit ball was
introduced into baseball. The
second was the "lively" ball to be
used in the American League and
International League this year.
And the third was the new dead"
ball which is supposed to change
the national pastime away from
home runs into pitchers battles
and which will be used by the Ma
tional Leaguers.
DESIGN LIVELINESS TEST
These balls were taken out to
the physics department Of the
Johns Hopkins University where
two professors of physics looked
them over and then designed a
test to determine their livelineSS.
They assigned a graduate student,
T. A. Schreiber to carry them out
with the writer and Baltimore
NewS-Post staff photographer as
assistants and witnesses.
Each ball was dropped from a
balcony in the auditorium Of
Maryland Hall a distance Of is
feet and 4 inches to a smooth
concrete floor. The height of the
bounce was charted accurately to
a tenth of an inch against a black
board on the wall.
DROPPED rs TIMES
Each ball was dropped 25 times
to allow for the error of falling
upon the seam instead Of the
smooth face of the ball.
Then the averages were worked
out on the basis of a 400-foot hit
for the slowest ball. 1t was found
that the 1924 ball was the slowest.
If it was hit 400 feet, the same
power would drive the American
League ball 418 feet. But the
dead" ball would go 458 feet.
The dead ball carried 40 feet
further than the live ball.
The professors checked the fig
ures. They said there was no
question of their accuracy. One
of them said, however:
"I believe the only fair test
would be to test several of each,
because in a ball the type of a
baseball, it's impossible that
they should be uniform"
The Washington times., 1938-01-11
Tickets on Sale

Tickets for the Washington
Times Community Center
FOur-Game Basketball JAM
bOree to be played in the Tech
High School Thursday night
were placed on sale at three
official ticket agencies today
at l o'clock,
Price of the tickets for ad-
mission are so cents each, and
they are on sale at the fol
lowing agencies:
A. G. SpaIding and Broth
erS, III Fourteenth st. N. w.
Community Center, Frank
lin School, Thirteenth and X
Streets Northwest.
Times-Herald Building
(front counter, 1917 H st.
N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-01-11
Tunney Sees Ring
Doing Comeback

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-Gene
Tunney, retired heavyweight cham
pion, denies boxing is dead or
dying:
The million-dollar gate will
come back. Good matchmak-
ing will bring it back"
The Washington times., 1938-01-11
Wildcat FuIlback
Big Apple Star
EVANSTON.

EVANSTON. - Northwestern
University goods, who should
know whereof they speak. say
Jack Ryan, Wildcat fullback, is
the best and most versatile Big
Apple dancer in the Western Con-
ference.
The Washington times., 1938-01-11
Foul Record
ILIinOis-Purdue Tilt
Dra1Us 36 Penalties

CHAMPAIGN, Ill, Jan. IL
What is believed to be somewhat
of a record was established here
last night when officials Of the
Ilinois-Purdue game called 36
fouls on the contending teams.
Illinois won, SLAB, in a rough
tilt which witnessed the breaking
of Purdue's long winning streak
Until last night, the Boilermak
ers were undefeated in nine
straight games. Illinois led at
half time, 1918.
The Washington times., 1938-01-11
WESTERN PLAYS W. & L.

Washington and Lee Highs
Little Generals" will come from
BaIlston, Va, today to engage
Western High, 1887 interhigh bas-
ketball champions, at Western.
The game is scheduled to start at
4 o. m.
The Washington times., 1938-01-11

Refused To Be a Human Fraction"
So the Bandmaster's Wife Sues for
All Her Time to Herself. Read About
This Unusual Matrimonial MtX-up and
the Husband Who Replies He Couldn't
SleeD at Home with Scissors and Razor
Blades Under His Wife's Pillow. In
The American Weekly, with Sundays
Washington Herald Times.
The Washington times., 1938-01-11
THRICE CHAMPIONS

Three handball players have
won the United States champion
IhIp for three consecutive years
Joe Platak. Al Banuet and May
lar6 LasWell.
The Washington times., 1938-01-11
By GINO SINH

Never have Richmond pinnettes
been stirred up as they are this
year, what with comely Helen
Randlett right up front with Ida
Simmons and Lorraine GULL, and
this and that.
With this local girl who turned
in a double order of making good
to inspire them, Is femmeS will
vie in the seventh annual Wash
ington Times Ladies Sweepstakes,
which will be rolled here Satur'
day.
That is easily the largest repre-
|sentation of out-of-town feminine
duckpin talent ever to enter q
local sweepstakes.
NO. 2 U. S. PINNETTE
The Dixie opens at Rosslyn AL.
leys at noon, shifts to Convention
Hall at 4 p. m. and closes at Lucky
Strike Alleys at 1880 p. m. Nine
games in all will be rolled In
three three-game blocks. Entry
fee is $3.50.
The Washington times., 1938-01-11
Giants Officidls See
No Holdouts, the Flag

NEW YORK. JAN II (INS) ).-Owner Horace Stoneham and
Secretary Eddie Brannck of the New York Giants today
of their first important hudde plans for spring training
and the 1888 baseball campaign and found themselves
nIete on Two
The Washington times., 1938-01-11
FDead Ball. Carries
10 Feet Further In
Test Than Lice One

BALTIMORE, Md, Jan 1.-THE scientists at Johns Hop
kns University tested the Give ba and the dead BALI that
the big baseball leagues going to next and found
that the socaed dead" ball much lveer than the Tive"
Smyrna times., 1938-09-22
GOV. PRINTZ BOULEVARD TO BE
DUAL ROAD OUT OF WILMINGTON

Work will be started by approx
mately 200 men on construction of
the Governor Printz Boulevard as
a dual highway, the fourth in Del
aware, within two weeks. Bayard
A. Vandegrift, division engineer
for New Castle County, said the
final details for one of the biggest
WPA projects to be undertaken in
Delaware are now being completed.
1t is estimated, although final plans
have not yet been made, that ap-
proximately 200 men from the
WPA certified work-relief rolls of
Wilmington and state will be en-
ployed on the project, and that
work will be completed next spring.
Work provided for on the project,
to cost a total of S179, ,548, includes
grading for the dual highway and
the extension of culverts but not
the construction of bridges or lay
ing Of the proposed 22-foot wide
concrete highway. This will follow
later. Mr.. Vandegrift said the de-
tails now being arranged provide
for securing borrow" for grading
Smyrna times., 1938-09-22
H. BROWN is
DONOR OF FUND
Gift for Administration Build
ing at U. of ID. Might be in
Excess of 100000
NEW LIBRARY ADDITION

H. Fletcher Brown, vice-presi-
dent of the Dupont Company and
former president Of the State
Board of Education, who gave the
University of Delaware its new
chemistry building, constructed at
a cost of about 100000, and open
ed last year, has made another
gift to the university that will
probably be in excess Of 100000.
The board Of trustees at special
meeting not only accepted the
grant for the proposed administra-
tion-class room structure but also
a grant for the proposed addition
to the Memorial Library from
PWA. The board then agreed to
raise the other so per cent and this
made it possible to accept the
grant for both buildings. The or
iginal estimate Of the two proposed
buildings was $66O,OOO Of this
amount, $4,000 was the estimat-
ed cost for the administrations class
room structure and $250,000 for
the library addition. The PWA
gives 45 per cent and the sponsor
has to provide the other 55 per
cent. University officials believe
the two buildings can be built and
equipped for much less than the
original estimate Of S66O,OOO. Mr..
Brown, who gave the money for
the administrations class room prof.
ect, is a trustee of the University
of Delaware. He has been active
ly interested in Delaware for many
years and has given much of his
time and money to the cause of ed
ucation.
Smyrna times., 1938-09-22

and like engineering items. The
project will be undertaken in two
sections and will include all grad
ing between a point just north of
Church Street Bridge over the
Brandywine River, to the junction
of the Governor Printz Boulevard
with the Philadelphia Pike, at the
northern end. Arrangements for
concreting the highway and con-
structing necessary bridges will
proceed as the grading of the sec
tions is completed. Mr. Vande-
grift said an experiment in safety
is under way on the present single
lane of the Governor Printz Boule-
vard at the turn at Stockdaie, one
quarter of a mile south of the juno
tion with the Philadelphia Pike.
This turn has been the scene OF a
number of accidents. Warning
signs have been painted on the con-
crete surface of the highway both
north and south of the turn, cau-
tioning motorists to go slow. 1t is
hoped these signs will reduce the
accidents.
Smyrna times., 1938-09-22
ROTARY CLUBS
WEEKLY MEET
Prof. George w. Wright Gives
History of Smyrna Schools
in Interesting Talk
ITS FINANCIAL INTEREST

The Smyrna Rotary Club met
last Thursday evening, E. r. Dick,
president, presided. r. H. Denney,
chairman Of the program commit
tee, presented fellow Rotarian
George W. Wright, who addressed
the club on the progress of the
Smyrna Schools. Mr.. Wright con
hned his remarks tos the financial
interests Of the school. In Febru-
ary 1884 the school moved from the
Mrs. Sallie Wilds property to the
High School with l.. Irving Handy
AZ principal. In the year 1922 the
new Smyrna High School was
erected at a cost Of $181 900 and
housed the Junior and Senior class
es. In 1884 an extensive addition
was made which now constitutes
the High School at a cost of $685.
OOO. The value of Smyrna Schools
is little over one-half million. En-
rollment has increased from "a pu-
pills to $50. Costs have increased
from $1,000 to $4,000 per year.
Graduating classes have increased
from IL in 1884 to 48 in 1888.
George F.. Miller is now Superin-
tendent Of the Smyrna School Dis
trict.
Smyrna times., 1938-09-22
STATES G.. @. p.
PICK CHANDLER
Name Him Again For State
Chairman of Committee
at Dover Meeting
ELECT OTHER OFFICERS

State Senator Ebe H. Chandler
of Dagsboro was reelected chair
man Of the Republican State Com
mittee without opposition at Dover
Monday night Mrs. Frank Hall
Davis of Dover was reelected vice
chairman and Herbert B. Mearns
Of Wilmington was reelected treas
urer. Senator Chandler, immed-
lately after his election, announced
his reappointment Of City Auditor
Smiley King, Wilmington, as secre-
tary. Senator Chandler was first
elected to the post in the spring Of
1887 to succeed Col Edmund
Mitchell, who resigned. From his
travels through the state in the
past two months, Senator Chandler
told the members of the commit
tee, he found that the majority Of
the citizens are anxious for a re-
turn to a Republican state admin
istration. He said also that the
Republican party seems better or
ganized through the three counties
than at any time in his experience
in politics. He expressed his ap-
probation for his reelection and as
sured the committee that he will
continue to conduct his Office with
the interest Of the citizens of the
state and Of the Republican party
uppermost in his mind In the re-
election of Senator Chandler, the
nomination was made by w. Ell
wod Wright of Georgetown and
was seconded by James w. Can
non Of Milford Mrs. Robert W
TQmlinson Of Wilmington vice
chairman Of the Republican First
District Wilmington Committee,
nominated Mrs. Davis, seconded by
James F. Alice, Jr.. Dr.. William NJ.
Henry, and Mrs Ruth Weston. Dc
yer Mr Mearns was nominated
by Mayor Walter w. Bacon, Viii
mington, chairman Of the Whining
ton Republican Committee. and
was seconded by Leroy w Hick-
man, Wilmington, and Mrs. Tom
linson. After his reelection, Sena-
tor Chandler was escorted to the
platform by a committee consisting
of Recorder of Deeds Albert Stet-
ser, chairman of the New Castle
County Republican Committee;
William ]. Swain of Bridgevtlle,
chairman of the Sussex County
Republican Committee and nom
inee for state insurance commits
sioner and D. D. Wharton Of Do
yer, leader in the Kent County
Republican war board" The
meeting was in Hotel Richardson.
Smyrna times., 1938-09-22
NEW SCALE FOR
TEACHERS PAY
Proposed by DIR. Harry V. Hol-
loway, State Superinten-
dent of Education
BEFORE STATE BOARD

DR.. H. V. Holloway, state super
intendent of, public instruction,
Monday disclosed a plan, which he
said he would present to the State
Board of Education, to revise fund
amentally teachers salaries thru
out the state so that ability would
win greater reward. Addressing
the New Castle County Teachers
Association at its all-day autumn
meeting at st. Georges, DR.. Hollo-
way explained that under the new
plan it would be impossible for a
teacher with a c rating to earn as
much as one with an A rating sim
ply by serving longer time. In
stead of the fiat maximum Of ST.
900 for all grades Of teachers, he
proposed establishing the following
maximums: $1,000 for c grade
teachers, 81, $50 for B, $500 for
A, and a "super-maximum" of ST.
900, which would require mas
ter's degree in education or in the
subject being taught, At present,
after serving with the minimum of
$1,000, a teacher with a consist
emily B rating, in eight the max
imum in six years, one with a con-
sistently B rating, in eight years,
and with c rating in IL years.
Thus, after IL years, a G teacher
would be earning as much as an A
teacher. Under the new plan, DR..
Holloway explained, a c teacher
would get the G maximum after
six years, and then by earning 3
or an A rating, could get the cor
responding maximum in six more
years. A teacher starting off with
an A rating would earn the A mix
imum at the end of the first six
years. Enunciating principles upon
which the salary policy should be
based, DR.. Holloway declared that
a teachers wage should be at least
twice as much as the cost of room
ing, and should be at least one and
a quarter to one and half times
the index of wages for common
labor. Declaring the lower grades
should not be a training ground
for amateurs" he urged abandon
ing the plan of paying lower grade
teachers less. Maximum salaries
should be within the ability of the
school system to pay, he said, but
there should be equal pay for
equal work" and teachers of high
er ability should get higher pay,
with preparation, experience, and
efficiency figuring strongly. The
superintendent said he felt it was
better to lower the minimum of
salaries and raise the maximum
than to raise the minimum and
lower the maximum.
Smyrna times., 1938-09-22
PROHIBITION PARTY IN KENT
Branch Formed at a Meeting Held
at Peoples Church, Dover

A Kent County branch of the
Prohibition Party was organized at
a meeting in Peoples Church, Do
YER, Monday night. Mrs. Fannie
Bringhurst was named temporary
chairman; secretary, Mrs. E. w.
Henvis; treasurer, Mrs. Minnie
Holmes. The following delegates
were named to the state convention
Of the party Thursday at 7.30 pm.
in the Wilmington Y. w. G. Az;
Mrs. Bringhurst, Mrs. Holmes, and
the Rev. and Mrs. E. w. Henvis.
Mr.. Henvis was acting chairman
Monday night. The speakers were
Miss Mae Macken, of Germantown,
national organizer and lecturer for
the w. O. T. u, and the Rev. j. I.
Sard. pastor of Union M e.
Church, Wilmington. Both stress
ed the need for temperance work.
The next meeting Of the Kent
branch will be at FELTON, NJ E.
Church, October 8.
Smyrna times., 1938-09-22
KENT MAN NEW
GAME WARDEN
Ralph G. Wilson is Successor
To c. S. Foster; To Also
Head Conservation Work
SUCCEEDS G. FOSTER

Ralph @. Wilson of Dover, for
mer secretary of the State Board
of Agriculture, has been appointed
chief state game warden and direc-
tor Of conservation by the Board
Of Game and Fish Commissioners.
He succeeds Clarence S. Foster,
who was warden for seven years.
Mr. Wilson retired from the State
Board of Agriculture March 10 this
year, after 10 years as its secre-
tary. He is a graduate of the Uni
versity Of Delaware and a native
Of this state. AS chief game war
den he will direct the work of the
u wardens. His term is at the
pleasure of the board. He is well
qualified for the post, the board
said in announcing his appoint
ment. His long connection with
the Board Of Agriculture has given
him, the state said, perfect
to continue the work
Of the Board Of Game and Fish
Commissioners in the interest of
1--WE feel confident, ("
the board statement says, 'Mr.Wil-
son will be able to carry on the
of conservation. Mr.. Will
son knows conditions in Delaware
and his knowledge of the hunters
problems in the field and the farm
ers' interests is wide" Speaking
Of the departure of Mr.. Foster, the
board said he has been an essential
factor in the development of wild
life conservation in Delaware and
is known throughout the East as
one Of the foremost conservation
lists. Mr.. Foster has spent much
Of his own time in the interest Of
and the board highly ap-
preciates his service, the announce
ment said.
Smyrna times., 1938-09-22
OLDEST POSTMASTER ON TRIP
Miss MolIie Stewart of Oxford Md
Takes Her First Trip West

Oxford's 81-year-old postmaster,
Miss Mollie S. Stewart, packed her
bags Monday for trip to the con-
vention Of the National Association
of Postmasters in st. Paul, Mimi,
her first journey west Of Maryland.
She is the Maryland delegate to
the meeting, and she hopes to OBJ
tain the associations 1889 conven-
ton for Baltimore. Having hand
led the mail at Oxford for 81 years,
Miss Mollie" has gained the title
of Americas oldest postmaster in
years of service. She was appoint
ed on March A, 1877, by PRESIDENT
Hayes to succeed her father, and
she has retained the post under 13
other Presidents since.
Smyrna times., 1938-09-22
TREAT WHEAT
SEED FOR SMUT
Russell E. Wilson, Kent COun-
ty Agent, Urges the
Kent Farmers
FOR DISEASE-FREE CROP

AS it soon will be time to seed
wheat in this section of the coun-
try, those farmers who desire to
produce a disease-free crop next
summer should give particular at
tention to the treatment of the
seed for the prevention and control
of sinking smut which is one of
the chief causes of dockage in
wheat on the market throughout
this area. When this project was
started thirteen years ago on a
statewide basis under the 'direc-
ton of the extension service of the
University of Delaware, and for
several years thereafter, practical
ly all the wheat growers treated
their seed wheat in homemade
treating outfits. AS this project
progressed as the result of spread
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Smyrna times., 1938-09-22
FEDERAL CROP
INSURANCE SET
No Additional Charges By the
F. C. |. c. Outside of
the Premium
ISSUED WHEAT GROWERS

Wheat crop insurance policies
now being issued to growers by the
Federal Crop Insurance Corpora
ton are nonassessabIe, according
to R. o. Stelzer, FCIC supervisor
for Delaware. THE premium a
farmer pays when he obtains a
crop insurance policy is the only
cost of this 'all-risk' protection for
his 1880 wheat crop" Stelzer said.
There can be no additional charg-
es in any contingency" Under the
crop insurance plan, he explained,
farmers pay premiums in wheat. or
in its cash equivalent, into joint
reserve of the Corporation. and in
case of losses to the insured wheat
crop, they are reimbursed from this
reserve with wheat, or cash equiv
alent, to bring their yields up to
the insured amount. In case loss
es should exceed premiums paid in,
there can be no assessment on
policy holders said Stelzer. The
Federal Crop Insurance Corpora
tion has an authorized capital of
S1OO, 100000 for the express pur-
pose of safeguarding policy hold
ers, and should an unusual situa-
ton arise in which the wheat re
serve built up from premium pay
ments is insufficient to meet in
sured losses, this capital provides
an additional reserve from which
indemnities to farmers may be
paid" Mr.. Stelzer stressed the
fact that premiums are based on
the actual loss experience of the
insured farms over the 10-year per-
iod, 1886, blended with the loss
experience of the county in which
the farm is located. Crop insur-
ance uses the loss history cf the
farm as a yardstick of the future
and the annual premiums are the
amount which will amortize the
average loss over 10-year bal
ance The cost of administering
the wheat crop insurance program
including the cost of storage of
wheat insurance reserves is being
borne by the Federal Crop Insur-
ance Corporation. When the farm
er pays his premium, he is simply
paying in cash the amount of
wheat required to meet his average
losses as shown by his farms his
tory, and he is responsible for no
additional payments"
Smyrna times., 1938-09-22
w. f. NJ. S. HOLDS MEETING
Miss Clara Belle Smith, Missionary
to China, Addresses Meeting Here

The Women's Foreign Missionary
Society met in the Sunday School
room of Asbury M. E. Church
Monday evening at 7.3O o'clock.
The President, Mrs. L. M Price,
had charge of the meeting. The
meeting opened with song entit-
led THE Christian Life" Jesus 1
My Cross Have Taken). Meeting
was then turned over to the Pro-
gram Committee, Miss Anna B.
Beckett, Mrs William R. Stats,
and Miss Lavinia Ford. Scripture
reading by Mrs. William R. Staats,
and prayer by Rev. Samuel J..
Thackaberry; duet by Miss Mary
Louise Porter and Miss Christine
Diacomokos accompanied by Mrs.
j. w. Colona Then the reading
of Minutes of the last meeting by
the Secretary, Mrs. Charles Handy.
Mrs. Price announced the group
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