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Evening star., 1938-03-13
BY FRANCIS E. STAN,
Stan Ccrrespondent of The Star.

ORLANDO, Fla. March 12.-Late
in the year of 1921 Clark Griffith
opened a letter from a Three-Eye
League clubowner. The old gentle
man who runs the Washington ball
club was asked to gamble on a young
shortstop with bad leg.
I'll never forget it," recalls the
absent minded Mr.. Griffith. He
wanted $500 for the kid. I sent Joe
Engel to Peoria to scout him"
The young infielder of 1921 was
named Ossie Bluege. 1t is interest,"
ing to be told the Athletics had an
option on him when he played at
Peoria. but dropped it because Of
game left knee The consensus was
that Bluege would not last long in
baseball.
It also is interesting to note that
Bluege now is preparing for his sew
enteenth diamond campaign in q
Washington uniform. Engel liked the
style of the young German lad from
Chicago and signed him. For fell
low with bad knee Bluege has done
pretty well. He still is the best de-
fensive infielder in baseball and. go
ing on 38, his end isn't even in sight.
Il was so anxious to impress En-
GEL" says Bluege. that volunteered
to race 100 yards with three or four
fellows on the Peoria team. My knee
was swollen several inches and I could
hardly walk. But to move up to the
big leagues I was ready to do almost
anything. So I ran the race and il
I hadn't stumbled would have won
it. Anyway, I did so well that Engel
was convinced the knee was cured"
Conceals Knee Trouble.
As q matter of fact. Ossie's knee
gave him trouble for years afterward.
But the customer in the stand and
the rival hitters never suspected 1t.
With matchless grace and precision
Ossie has been robbing batters of base
hits in 1,791 American League games
now. He was vital, priceless cog IN
the only three pennant-winning clubs
in Washington history. With men OFT
the bases he was far more formidable
hitter than his lifetime average OF
.273 would indicate. And it long has
been q byword in baseball that no
body could go from second base to
home on q single as rapidly and surely
as Bluege.
Ossie hurt his knee playing basket
ball on the courts Of Chicago. When
he went to Peoria at the age OF 20
he aggravated the injury and as late
AZ 1929 he felt serious effects. But,
game leg and all, he represents the
biggest So, 500 investment Owner Grif-
nth ever made.
Bluege has been hailed for years as
probably the greatest inflelder OF all
times, but ne has known disappoint-
ment. When he first came to WASH
ington he was a shortstop. THAT was
nv home," grins Ossie, rolling back
II years. Il always wanted to be
Washington's regular shortstop. But
never was.
This WAS q peculiar ruling by the
diamond deities. As recently as the
winter Of 1927 the American League
records revealed that Bluege was the
best defensive third baseman, short
Evening star., 1938-03-13
PARTY FOR RECALLS
Heurich Basket Loop Champions
Get Trophies Tuesday.

j. Edgar Hoover, chief Of the G.
men, and Bill Reinhart. George WASH
ingtons football and basket ball
coach, will be guests of honor at a
banquet rendered the Regal Clothier
basket ball team by its sponsor, Pat
Regal, Tuesday night.
As newly crowned champions Of the
Heurich Cup League the Regal play
ers-Hal Kiesel, Reds Daily, Tom Fol-
lard, George Walker, Bob Smith,
Acky Viana and Bob Sullivan-will
receive gold basket balls from Chris
Heurich, jr.
Other guests will include Bob Nc
Donald, Pete English and Ed Colli-
flower.
Evening star., 1938-03-13
FENCERS TO CLASH
Washington, Baltimore Will Holt.
Meet Here Wednesday.

A fencing exhibition will be staged
in the Roosevelt High School Amor
Wednesday night at o'clock under
the supervision of the Community
Center Department.
Washington will be represented by
the Washington Musketeers in the
mems division and also will have a
women's team. They will oppose
teams from the Baltimore Y. M. H. A.
There will be nine foil matches for
both men and women.
Ralph McCabe. Capt. John G.
Clarkson. Walter Davy, Martin Gar
vey. Sam Munson, Andre PiAnni.
Robert Reddy and Robert Schnitzer
will compose the local mems team.
and the local women's outfit will In
clude Aida Principe. Mrs. Stella Par
rott. Mrs. Edwin Emerson, Marjory
Montgomery and Marion Townsend.
Evening star., 1938-03-13
Two Terps Make
All-State Quint
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Nd, March IA
Two University Of Maryland play
ers-Waverly Wheeler and George
Knepley-are named on the Suns
all-state college basket ball team,
being announced tomorrow.
Wheeler and Johnny Lambros,
st. Johns, are picked as forwards;
Alexander Zebrowski, Washington,
center, and Knepley and Stan
Kokie, Mount St. Mary's, guards.
Kode Il selected q captain.
Evening star., 1938-03-13
B0XERSPAYH
TO NE|L'S MEMORY
Co|fegiates to Name Cup for
Sports Scrivener Killed
in Spain.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. March "a
intercollegiate boxing paid a debt to-
day 1t said it owed Eddie Neil, jr.. a
sports writer who turned war corre-
spondent and lost his life in Spain.
Representatives of the seven teams
competing in the 18th annual cham
pionships at Penn State voted unani-
mously to establish ar Edward j.
Neil. jr., Memorial Trophy.
DR.. Leslie A. Bryan of Syracuse
University. who was reelected presi-
dent Of the Eastern intercollegiate
Boxing Association, introduced the
proposal at the meeting
In disclosing the action later, he
commented;
Eddie Neil attended our tourna-
ments for many years and We came
to know and respect him highly. He
did more to assist collegiate boxing
to its present plane than any other
newspaper man. and particularly he
brought this association to the at
tention of other newspapers.
Virginia Would Return.
while I proposed the dedication
of our next trophy to him. it was
more of a spontaneous gesture on the
part of all the members to express
our gratitude to him in this way"
Neil was an Associated Press writer.
The University of Virginia, char
ter member of the association. ap-
piled for membership again today
an outgrowth Of its withdrawal some
time ago from the Southern Confer
ence. DR.. Bryan said the application
was tabled because of schedule con-
flictions, but might be considered at
a future date.
Evening star., 1938-03-13
BASKET TITLE STAKE
Northeast Center Second Half to
Be Decided Tuesday,

The second-hslf championship Of
the Northeast Community Center Bas-
ket Ball League will be decided Tues
day night when Plaza Beverage and
Trinity M. E. Church, both unde-
feated, meet at o'clock. Both tear1s
will represent the Northeast Center
in the play-of seriees at Tech High
which starts Saturday.
Other games this week will find
Eastern A. c. and the lexington
Juniors meeting at 9 o'clock Tuesday
night, with the Trinity National
Guard and Eastern Government Print
ers games on Thursday.
Evening star., 1938-03-13
B, q STAFF Correspondent of The star.

B, Staff Correspondent Of The star.
ORLANDO, Fla, March 12-Young-
est of the National rockies in training
camp is Albert (Buck) Elliott, jr.. an
outfielder, with only one year Of pro-
fessional baseball behind him.
Old-timers may recall the name
rings vaguely familiar. Albert CBuck)
Elliott, sr.. was no major league star,
but he made living out Of baseball
for 20 years and served with both the
Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia
Athletics as a shortstop.
Buck, jr.. is only 18 years old. He
was picked up last spring by Joe Cam
bria's famed covered wagon and he
played with Salisbury in the Eastern
Sho' League, Trenton In the Eastern
League and GAINESVILLE in the Middle
Evening star., 1938-03-13
Bethesda Cevy Chase Quint Bous Durham, A. Fna 28z
d. c. Boys Muff
All-Star Quint
BY the Associated Press.

by t1e ASSOClAteO EIe0b.
LEXINGTON, Va, March Ia
Errett Lambert of Greenbrier Mill
tary School was chosen best all
around player tonight in the
fourteenth annual South Atlantic
prep and high school basket ball
tournament.
Chosen members Of the all
tournament first team we're:
Forwards Murphy, Monroe
Aggies; Garland Lofts, Durham.
Center-Lambert. Greenbrier.
Guards-Gantt, Durham; Spuh-
Ter, S. M. A.
Second team:
Forwards - Cedric Lofts, Dur
ham; Long, Due West.
Center-Webb, Monroe Aggies.
Guards - Vannais, Bethesda
Chevy Chase; Gallagher, st. Johns.
Evening star., 1938-03-13
CAGERS IN TWIN BILL.

Senate Beer will face Delaware and
Hudson in the feature game Of q bas-
ket ball double-header at Heurich gym
tonight. Georgetown and Hyattsville
girls teams will meet in the prelim-
mary at 7:30 o'clock.
Evening star., 1938-03-13
Totals 13 2SS Totals 10 3 n
Referees-Messrs. Proctor. Judy.
Beats South Carolina Champ.

Referees-Messrs. Proctor. Judy.
Beats South Carolina Champ.
Bethesda gained the final round
with convincing 1926 triumph
over Due West High. South Carolina
scholastic champion for the last four
years and nemesis of St. Johns,
Evening Star tournament winner, in
the quarter-final bracket.
The Lelanders allowed Due West
to grasp the lead only briefly in the
third period and Immediately answered
the challenge of the South Carolina
outfit with volley of field goals that
again gave Bethesda a margin which
It never relinquished.
Chiefly instrumental in Bethesda's S
semi-final victory were Hayden and
Morell, who unraveled succession Of
assorted one-hand pivot shots to score
IA and 10 points, respectively.
snatching a 1919 lead entering the
second quarter, Bethesda matched Due
West basket for basket in the second
to hold margin of 20-17 at half time.
Andrew Hawthorn, 6-foot 4-inch
center, single-handedly kept Due
West, winner of 81 of 63 previous
encounters in the last four seasons,
in the running until the final period
with accurate set shots and timely
follow taps, but his Is points failed
to offset Bethesda's cohesive team
play.
Bethesda Pours 1t On.
Leading only 1928 entering the
final period, Bethesda rapidly removed
Due West from titular consideration.
With every member Of the starting
lineup participating in boosting the
score, Bethesda showed its total to
80 points before allowing Due Vests
Hazel Long field goal and foul shot
IN the waning seconds.
Evening star., 1938-03-13
Bethesda Pours 1t On.

Totals II 80 Totals 9 s26
Referees-Messrs. Proctor and Gooch.
Beats Eastern's ConquerOr.
Durham also was forced to rally to
gain the play-off, but pulled away i'm
pressively In the waning moments to
trounce Monroe (Ga.) Aggies. 37.25.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09
Two Verdiets of
Guilty Returned

Two juries returned verdictS of
guilty in superior court this week
after celebrating evidence pre-
sented in two-day trials.
Jose Caratachea, Mexican, was
found guilty of manslaughter by a
Jury which took the case at 4:45
pm. Tuesday and returned a YER
dict at 12:15 am. Wednesday. He
was charged with the shovel kill
ing" of Juan Padron while the two
worked on a section gang along
the Southern Pacific near Pope
siding in the northend of the val
ley.
Ramon Tagorda, Filipino, was
found guilty on two counts in a
verdict returned late Tuesday. The
jury found him guilty of attempt
ing to murder Harold Dickerson, a
Westmorland peace officer and
guilty of violation of the law pre-
venting an alien from carrying a
deadly weapon.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09
British Back
u. S. to Limit in
Far East PoIicv

LONDON, Feb. 9. UP)-Great
Britain has assured the United
States of support in the event Of
direct action in the Far East, Prof.
Gilbert Murray, chairman of the
League of Nations union, said today
in an address to the National Liberal
club.
Il have reason to believe on good
authority that we have given the
American government assurance
that we are ready to support them
in any action which they may take
facing any risk" Prof. Murray said.
He said it would be impossible
for Britain alone to attempt to
prevent the japanese invasion OF
China and added:
1--WE could go in with America and
I think I may say there is reason
to believe it is perfectly certain
that if we went in with America,
Russia would be on our side to sup
port u.s."
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09
IN
W RIGHT WIFE.
KILLING ENDS
Final Arguments Slated
For We'd. Afternoon
In L. A. Case

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8.
(UP)-The state today rest
ed in the trial of Paul A.
Wright, 39-year-old aviation
executive accused Of t h e
murder Oh his wife, Evelyn, %, and
his friend, John Kimmel, 35.
Prosecutor Ernest Roll brought
to an end the three weeks of Sensa-
tional testimony shortly before
noon and was expected to begin
his final arguments this after
noon.
During the trial Wright testi-
fled he shot and killed his wife ano
Kimmel when he assertedly found
them in an abnormal embrace on
the piano bench in his Glendale
home last Nov. 8.
Testimony in the case ended with
a brief defense sur-rebuttal in
which Attorney Jerry Giesler CALL
ed three persons to the stand in
rapid succession, asking each if
they had ever seen or known OF
the existence of full length pho
tograph of the body of Kimmel.
All three of the witnesses de-
MED existence of any full length
photograph of the dead man.
At conclusion of the states re-
buttal, the request of Prosecutor
Miller Leavy that the jury be al
lowed to visit Wrights Glendale
home was denied by Judge Ingall
Bull.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09
GO
ON TRIAL FOR
Staying TWO
Doctor Describes Fatal
Wounds of Pair
Of Islanders

Two Filipinos went to trial in
superior court Wednesday on
charges of numbering two fellow
countrymen in an Ell Centro pool
hall Dec. II.
Charles CALICO, who allegedly
fired the fatal shots. and Pete Ra-
goSa, alleged driver of the getaway
car, heard DR.. w. H. Haakinson
resident physician at the county
hospital. and autopsy surgeon de-
scribe the bullet wounds which
claimed the lives of Jesus Rabara
and Leon Navarro.
The second witness called by
Deputy District Attorney R. L
French was John Recardos Filipino
He told the jury he was standing
in front Of the pool hall where
the shooting occurred, saw Callejo
step up to the door, pull a white
handled gun from his pocket, and
fire at Rabara and Navarro as they
sat at a counter eating candy He
heard no conversation, he testified,
among the three men.
The death gun identified by Rec
ardos was a 80 calibre pistol with
pearl handles. He told the jury he
had known the two dead men since
1888, Ragosa for long time" and
CALICO "by sight Court recessed
at noon after hearing the evidence
of two witnesses.
CALICO is represented by w. T
Fowler and Ragosa by Dorsey
WhitelaW
The jury is composed of Elmer
O. Waters. Effie A. Heating. VIII
liam c. Metcalf, Mrs. May L. But
tier, Wesley Anderson, Mrs. Clara
Smith, George Belch, Ralph M
Darling. Jason B. Diboll, Mrs. Hell
en- S. Knights, Hattie S. Mccoy
Eleanor Anderson.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09
REPLY FOR
3 POWERS
UP
Text of Message
On Battleships
Held Secret

TOKYO, Feb. 9. (UP)-
The government was report
ed today to be ready to re-
ply to American, British and
French notes asking reassurn
lnces as to japan naval building
program.
Prince Fumimaro Konoye. the
cramier, conferred with Admiral
Mitsumasa Yonai, navy minister
md newspapers reported that the
premier approved, subject to pos
sible chances in phraseology draft
reply which naval expert had for
mulated. 1t was forecast that the
"a apinet would consider the reply at
4 meeting Thursday Or Saturday
and that then the notes would
probably be forwarded to Wash
ington, London and Paris.
There were reports that Japan
would say she was not obligated
to notify foreign powers regarding
her building plans but at the same
time would offer to participate in
a disarmament conference provid-
ed that the question of total war
ship strength was considered. Japan
withdrew from the 1896 conference
at London because she could not
get American and British negotia-
tors to grant her equality of
strength in principle)
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09
NAVY PROGRAM
UNDER FIRE IN
CAPITAL MEET
First Woman Member of
Congress Attacks
Expansion

WASHINGTON, Feb. g..
UP)-Miss Jeanette Ran
kin, legislative secretary of
the national council for pre-
vention of war, told the
house naval affairs committee to-
day that the wholly abnormal"
proposed U. S. naval building pro-
gram would speed the world toward
war.
Miss Rankin, first woman men,
ber of congress and one of the
small group of legislators who vot-
ed against U. S. entry into the
World War, urged the committee to
withhold approval of the proposed
20 per cent naval increase until
"the demands can be judged on the
basis of a declared policy of de-
fenSe onIy"
Miss Rankin opened testimony OF
opponents of the bill, following
seven days of testimony by Ad
miral William D. Leahy, chief Of
naval operations.
"We urge also upon your atten-
ton the economic effects of huge
armament programs, which handi-
cap normal business by making
loans and supplies more difficult
to obtain and thereby raise the
cost and reduce the standard Of
living" Miss Rankin said.
1--WE maintain that a wholly abb
normal naval building program on
the part of the United States will
intensity international tensions and
distrust, and increase the speed
with which humanity is drifting
into the general destruction of an
other world war"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09
FIR EN- EN- PUT
OUT 7 BLAzES
IN EL CENTRO

El Centre firemen extinguished
a fire in a car locked in a garage
on Main street Tuesday nNht and
in home on Woodward avenue
early Wednesday morning.
Firemen broke a lock off a door
in gaining entrance to the Rogers
and Tison garage where fire was
burning in an automobile. The fire
was eXtinguiShed before the gar
age was damaged but interior of
the car was badly burned, Fire
Chief Tom Reams said. He said
welders during the day poured wa
ter over the car cushions to eX-
tinguish sparks but fire shoulder
ed in the cushions until shortly be-
fore II o'clock Tuesday night.
Fire smouldered in a closet at
frame house at 891 Woodward,
Reams said, until $40 am. We'd
neSday when the closet burst into
flames. An electric iron, he said,
had been placed too close to the
closet wall during the day. The
estimated damage at $3.50. The
property belongs to Mrs. p M.
KoutSitaS.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09
Reds Control Merchant
Marine. Unionist CHARGES
Worst Hopper
Plague Feared

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. CUP)
This may be "the year of the
grasshopper plague" the depart
ment of agriculture predicted
tCday.
Twenty four states are in the
area where the department is
preparing to spend millions OF
dollars for poison in an effort
to save crops and livestock.
Five years of weather favor
able to grasshOppers have in
creased their numbers enormous
Iy. Last year they ate crops
value at S66,OO0,0O0 and caused
other millions of dollars damage
to soil and livestock.
Fer each graSshOpper killed a
hundred eggs are left in the soil
for Matching the mex: spring.
Cold rains at Matching time are
the only effective check, depart
ment entOmOlOgists said.
Lee A. Strong, chief of the
bureau of entomology and plant
quarantine, said that this year
there is every indication of a
more serious plague than last
years worst in history.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09
STOLEN BUS
TICKET PUTS
MAN IN JAIL

Somebody in the place stole his
ticket to San Diego. and Eugene
Orman suspected everybody. His
suspicious were SO loudly proclaim
ed that attendants at the Grey
hound bus depot called police-and
said Orman was drunk.
Patrolman Jack Tackett verified
the information. He ran hand
into Orman's coat pocket. He fish
ed out the ticket.
We'll, imagine that" gasped Or
man. ut wasn't stolen
Orman was booked at the police
station on a charge of drunkenness.
He was released at 3:l5 Wednesday
morning, considerably more sober,
to take another bus for San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09
Farm Bill
Sent to Senate

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. (UP)
The house approved and sent
to the senate today the confer
ence report on the farm bill,
creating 4 long range agricul-
tural program to stabilize pro-
duction and prices of cotton,
wheat, corn, rice and tobacco.
The program, among Presi-
dent ROOsevelt's major legisla-
tive objectives since the special
session was convened last year,
was approved after bitter at
tack by Republicans and western
blocs fearful tnat the livestock
industry would not be protected
adequately and that the meas
ure would result in agrarian
RECOMMENDATION.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09
Capone Placed in
.Straightjaeket

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8. CUP)-
AL Capone was strapped in mad
mans straight jacket on Alcatraz
Rock after his second berserk ram
page within a week, the San Fran
cisco News said today.
The newspaper said the outbreak
occurred in the prison hospital where
Capone, under observation for suS-
pected paresis of the brain, sud-
denly leaped out of bed in a furious
frenzy, plunging the room into wild
turmoil.
Six guards were required to sub
due him" the account continued.
He fought with the terrific strength
that comes only to madmen.'
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9. CUF

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9. CUP)
- Forecasting the most severe
storm of the winter, the u. S.
weather bureau today posted whole
gale" warnings from Santa Barba-
ra to Eureka.
The storm will be small in dia-
meter but of great intensity the
weather bureau predicted.
The storm formed off southern
California, veered northward and
centered over the Farallones, west
OF San Francisco bay.
whole gales are winds that
reach a velocity of 20 miles an
hour
The weather bureau predicted
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09
WHOLE GALE FLAGS
HOISTED on COAST

the storm will reach full force over
California tonight, bringing heavy
rain and high wind, and diminish
ng tomorrow.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8. CUP)-
A drenchng rain storm, accompa-
MED by a brisk wind that felled
trees and billboards, tore down
wires and broke windows, struck
parts of southern California to-
day.
The storm raised the seasons
total to date for Los Angeles and
vicinity to 1925 inches, passing the
expected normal OF 8.94. At this
time last year the seasons toIal
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09

Ryan charged in testimony be
fore the senate commerce commit
tee that Harry Bridges, west coast
maritime leader, and Joseph Cur
ran, president of the National Mar
itime Union, are Communists.
He alleged that Mrs. Gilmore Her.
rick, New York regional director OF
the National Labor Relations board.
assisted the NMU, an affiliate of
the Committee for Industrial Or
ganization, with ''the ultimate aim
to be secretary of labor under John
Lewis CIO head.
Asked by Chairman Royal S.
Copeland. D.. N p, if he believed
that Communists control marine
labor, Ryan replied:
They are in the key positions. .
Copeland asked if the conditions
were not remedied would the Com
munist influence eventually perme-
ate the United States navy.
IF you don't stop them they
will be in everything"
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09
Floods SWelled
AS Ice, Snow Meet

STERLING, Ill. Feb. 9. UP)-
ThaWing ice and snow swelled flood
waters in the Rock river valley and
tributary streams today and brought
new hardships to a wide area in
southern Wisconsin and northern
Illinois.
Industrial plants were crippled,
streets of a score of villages flood
ed and thousands of acres of farm
lands inundated.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09

was 1898
L. H. Daingerfield, government
meteorologist, forecast more ram
tonight and tomorrow. with moder-
ate temperatures and fresh to strong
southerly winds reaching gale pr
portions on the coast.
SALINAS, Calf. Feb. 8 up
A severe windstorm destroyed sew
eral small buildings, blew down
hangers at the airport and caused
damage estimated at several thou
sands OF dollars here today
Trees were blown down and show
windows smashed In the businea
Continued on Page 2, COLD
Imperial Valley press., 1938-02-09
F. r. to Seek 3rd Term If lie
Can VIM Says Hugh johnson

son wrote, but he is erratic and
impulsiye. That he has some sort
of messianic complex, none who is
near him will deny.
mo one who is not willing inn
medately to abandon independent
Judgment to his impulses can long
remain near him. No one who op-
poses his convictions can prevail
with him. No one who cOmbats him
in party political councils can live
il he can contrive that mans poll
tical downfall
SIS all this well? Perhaps not
and yet these are the attributes Of
the greatest accomplishments of
history, Listasteful rs they may be-