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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-03

Of the Community Center Depart
ment, spoke Of the probable trafnc
hazards to hundreds Of young people
who may be released on the streets
should appropriation for mainte-
nance Of the present community
center program prove insufficient.
Mrs. Genevieve Forbes Herrick and
Mrs. David McCoach, IT., wife Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-03

missioner Of the District, who spoke
on plans for the new Jefferson
Junior High School, and Hugh
Smith, principal Of the school, who
congratulated the committee for its
efforts in behalf of the school. Mr..
Smith pointed out that the new
location is away from the major
hazards Of traffic.
Mrs. Elizabeth X. Peoples, director
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-03

manager OF the GOODWILL industries,
also spoke.
Officers Of new Soroptimist club,
formed at Gettysburg, will be in
stalled Saturday, with a number Of
club members from Washington at
tending.
Card Party Saturday..
The annual card party of the Dis
trict of Columbia Society, Daugh-
tiers of the American Colonists, will
be held at pm. Saturday at Pierce
Hall. Cake and candy will be on
sale.
Mrs. Roy c. Bowker is chairman
and Mrs. David D. Caldwell, regent.
will preside at a short business meet
ing following the party.
DR.. Ezekiel to Talk.
DR.. Mordecai Ezekiel of the Agri-
culture Department will be the
speaker at a meeting Of the WASH
ington Chapter Of the National
Council of Jewish Juniors tonight
at the Jewish Community Center.
Reports on the mid Atlantic
States conference in Baltimore last
week will be given and details will
be outlined for the Palm Grove
night dance to be held at the Raleigh
Hotel November 10. Miss Jean Karp
and Miss Lois Berman are in charge
or reservations.
Gift for Arts Club.
The Capital Division of the Wom-
mans National Farm and Garden
Association. through its president,
Mrs. Jay Winston Johns, will present
the Arts Club of Washington with
four English lockwood plants from
Mrs Johns historic home, Ashlawn,
in Charlottesville, Va. at pm. to-
morrow. Frank Steele, president of
the Arts Club. will receive the gift.
Both Ashlawn and the house
which the Arts Club now occupies,
are former residences of President
James Monroe
A tea will follow the ceremony
with Mrs. Charles w. Fairfax. Mrs.
Carl Casey, Mrs Frederic v. Co.
vile and Mrs. Willoughby S. Ches-
ley as hostesses.
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and Mrs. Mary Steele, director Of
the Women's Division of the Works
Progress Administration In the Dis
trict.

England now has more woman
workers, In proportion to population,
than any other country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-03
8.95 and 1895
Specially Purchased Dresses

Definitely less than half price.
New, just-unpooked dresses &C.
centered with embroidery, CO.'S
tune jeweIrX bright coIors.
Black and new Fall shades. Jun
iors and Misses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-03
22.95 and $500
COSTUME SUITS

Some are deliberately fur
trimmed. Others are un-
trimmed dressmoker types,
with interesting details.
Black and coIors. Misses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-03

Odds and ends Of better hats
but all are fresh, weorobIe and
smart, PiIIboxes, oosuoIs, brims,
turbons, high crowns, shokos.
Black, brown and some coIors.
Evening star., 1938-06-24

Al Schacht, the baseball come
dian, is telling it around the South
that he was born and reared on a
farm which stood on the space now
occupied by left field in the Yankee
Stadium i. Now, Al: -. Here are
the "breathers' scheduled by the
U. of Arizona football team for the
next three seasons: 193S-South-
ern Methodist 1939-Minnesota
and 1940-Notre Dame They
had to call out the reserves to
maintain traffic on W. Forty-ninth
street yesterday when Joe Louis
dropped into Jimmy Braddock's
spot to pay his respects.
1t may be Louis VS.. Baer in Sep
Evening star., 1938-06-24
JOE'S WIN LEAVES
FIGHT GAME FLAT
Heavy Market Is as Weak
as SchmeIing, Finished
as Big Time Boxer.
BY GAYLE TALBOT.
Associate ted Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, June 24.-Max Schme-
ling is in hospital across the street
from Madison Square Garden-the
same one in which Ernie Schaaf died
after clubbing by Primo Camera
and with the passing Of the German as
an active threat to the heavyweight
title the fight game abruptly has hit
a sort of "dead-center"
Two days ago, before Max walked
into a crushing flrst-round defeat by
Joe Louis at the Yankee Stadium and
received the spinal injury which prob
ably has closed his big-time career,
the boxing business was booming bet
ter than Wall Street in the lush days
Now, suddenly, the bubble has burst
Louis stands alone. with no opponent
in sight except Max Baer, man once
whipped brutally by the tall young
Negro.
Promoter Mike Jacobs is negotiating
for another Louis-Baer fight, either
in September here, or next summer in
San Francisco. But Mike doesn't
have his heart in it, and Baer is willing
to face the music again only because
Of the money involved.
Louis Plans European Trip.
Make made a pitiful showing the
other time he was exposed to the Louis
blasts. Since then he has done moth
ing more notable than get married,
Groom to his first-born and split two
decisions with Tommy Farr. 1t will be
Evening star., 1938-06-24
AVER|[L LETTING
NO STRIKE CO BY
Swings at Anything Good
Enough to Hit to Top
All With 800.
BY the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, June 24.-Why is
Earl Averill-the guy you saw buried
in the American League batting lists
last year-topping both leagues at a
dizzy 800 clip?
You're allowed three swings. and
I'm taking every one," the Cleveland
Indians 35-year-old center fielder de-
clared today I'm swinging at any,
thing that looks good enough to hit.
You think you're hitting because
you've found the stance, but you don't
know. But that's where it comes
in getting the right stance"
The pride of little Snohomish,
Wash, refused, however, to admit he'd
wind up in the select 800 list. Last
year he dropped to 299, but his life
time average of 1922 is one of the
best in the business.
Uses 40-Ounce Bat.
II hope to keep up my pace, but
you don't know. You may get in
q rut. and when you do, you drop aw-
fully fast"
Averill. now in his tenth year in
the league leaders middle pasture, has
been one Of the main reasons the
Evening star., 1938-06-24
BY EDDIE BRETT.
Associated Press Sports Editor


NEW YORK, June 24.-Recom-
mended: The Schmeling-Lo
fight pictures which are just about
the best this chronicler ever saw ..
Gene Tunney and Tommy Farr
furnished a laugh. Gene was
dashing from the ring after be-
ing introduced. Farr was DASH
ing into the ring to be present.
ed. >. They collided and Tommy
was almost knocked out. If
Max gets a return bout with Louis,
SO should King Levinsky. He
lasted minute or so longer than
Max. didn't hep. Eddie Mead.
who worked in Louis corner and
Eddie Walker, who tried to help
Schmeling, are manager and East
ern representative of Henry Arm
strong.
Gene Tunney will do the talking
when San Francisco interests bid
for a heavyweight scrap there next
spring. 1t looks to be fair
Harvard at New London today and
either Washington or California
at Poughkeepsie next Monday.
Newspapers here were driven nuts
yesterday by telephoners asking if
Max Schmeling had died. The
reports were around, all right, but
they're silly. Max Is doing
o. K. and will sail for home July
2. :. Which probably will be the
last we'll see of him for some
time to come. Now that the
big fight is over. Joe Louis and
the wife may make an announce
ment soon.
Whizzer White, the football star,
Evening star., 1938-06-24

extremely difficult to drum up big in.
terest In another Louis-Baer scrap.
Louis is back in Chicago today,
starting to enjoy long loaf. He and
his wife are thinking seriously Of
making boat trip all the way to Eu-
rope next month, though passing up
Germany as a point of interest. Joe
is not particularly anxious to fight
in September, as Uncle Sam from now
on will be taking an abnormally large
cut Of the champs 1898 earnings. The
income tax has been explained to Joe.
Although he and his encourage
were in the midtown sector all yes-
terday afternoon before boarding their
train to Chicago Louis didn't get
around to visiting Schmeling at the
Polytechnic. Neither did he evince much
interest in Maxs condition, leading
observers to the conclusion that Joe
really was no more fond of the Ger
man than he had acted in the ring
on Wednesday night.
Max Needs Long Rest.
OHlcSS Ilc SHOWS eXCepClOnal re-
cuperative powers Schmeling will re-
main fiat on his back at least until
July 2, when he will be taken to the
pier in an ambulance to embark on
the Bremen for home DR.. Robert
Brennan, the distinguished surgeon
who attended Max from the time he
reached the hospital, said it would be
advisable for him not to stir for three
weeks
The two terrible rights that Louis
sank into the left side Of Schmeling's
back just before the first Of the three
mockdowns fractured the transverse
process of the third lumbar verte-
bra. The process. it seems, is small
bone that protrudes on either side Of
the vertebrae and serves as a support
for the back muscles
DR.. Brennan promised Brig Gen.
John J. Phelan Of the State Athletic
Commission that he would prepare .
full report of the injury, so that the
general. "in fairness to Max" could
let the public know that Schmeling
had done no shamming.
The danger now is that there will
(See LOUIS, Page C-3)
Evening star., 1938-06-24
j. s. TRACK TESTS
SLATED ON COAST
Site and Date for Olympic
Final Tryouts Will Be
Selected Later.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 24.-Final tryouts
for the United States Olympic track
team will be held on the West Coast.
The Track Committee of the Amer
ican Olympic Association reached this
decision in a meeting with President
Avery Brundage, but did Aot name the
date or a site.
At the same time the Basket Ball
Committee announced both . national
collegiate and an open tournament
would be held Winners Of each tour
nament will be assured Of . place on
the final Olympic team selections.
Kenneth L. (Tug) Wilson, athletic
director at Northwestern, was elected
chairman of the Track Committee and
]. Lyman Bingham Of Chicago was
named to head the basket ball group.
The track body also elected Ward
Haylett Of Kansas State College its sec
retary and selected George T. Dom
oghue as its representative to the Gen.
eral Olympic Committee.
Jim Kelly Of Minnesota was named
secretary by the Basket Ball Commit
tee and Bingham elected representative
to the general olymoic group.
Evening star., 1938-06-24
Fans Razz Of Baer May Foul Plans for Louis Bout


who turned down a $4,000 offer to
play pro football to 90 to Oxford,
is 'hashing" in fraternity house
at Boulder. Colo. Ace Hudkins
who used to campaign as a middle
weight, was introduced from the
ring at Omaha the other night and
tipped the beam at $50 A post
card from Arkansas addressed to
EDDIE BrltZ, :, New
York" wound up on the desk of
Lew Burton. columnist for the New
York Journal al-American. who also
conducts daily cheese and crack
erS album Ouch: Bernie
Moore, Louisiana State football
coach, saw his first championship
boxing match the other night.
Evening star., 1938-06-24

tember, but there will be bitches
Gen. Phelan of the Boxing
Commission didn't like the razz-
berries the fans poured into Make
Wednesday night And what
Baer saw there in the ring is
making him wonder whether he
shouldn't have stood" in Cali
fornia; or something Mike
Jacobs thinks the bout is a natural
and will do between $500,00O and
S650,000 and is more than willing
to take a chance on Chicago if
New York turns him down Tip:
don't wire in world series reserva-
tions to the Yanks just yet
You may have to transfer 'em to
Cleveland.
Evening star., 1938-06-24
louis Planning European Baer Prospect Fades
Tunney Bargains
For Coast Scrap
By the Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, June a.
Gene Tunney, former world heavy
weight champion, became New York
representative today Of a committee
OF California sportsmen negotiating
for championship fight on Treas
ure Island during next years Golden
Gate International Exposition.
Harris Connick, chief director Of
the exposition, said he had received
word from James Howell, member
of the Exposition Commission visit.
ing in New York. that Tunney
would discuss plans for the proposed
fight with Promoter Mike Jacobs
today.
Connick figures the proposed
stadium on the man-made island
could accommodate a crowd of
4l,000, with ticket scale providing
a gate" Of between $75o,000 and
s1,000,000.
The director said the exposition
would be able to guarantee Jacobs
100000.
Evening star., 1938-06-24
Uncle Mike Has a Frankenstein.

During training Louis admitted not recall
tn details OF his fight
much ABOUT the u fight confessed
second round An don't remember
apparently
aVo recurrence So he didn't
and ne probably will those
Meanwhile what superman of early
1886 is
the world When Schmelng asked
sao wy not? Max B also the premises
September.
They
ha out TINS only serves to illustrate Louis Uncle
no million with another Schmeing
again Not under the Roosevelt administration
Maybe what Promoter Jacobs whe
ensten monster and Henry
Evening star., 1938-06-24
Louis Used ArmstrOng's Ring Style.

Speaking of lame backs Jack
ne has been given credit for nsrcng
and IS
Demse matter of fact
champions called
He'll
Lakes Hell Schmelng
AS for supplying Louis with his fighting
strong probably did Scnmng
day night he looked confirmed
the best defense is a
Next to Louis the prophetic
the old Black Shadow week before fight
with
lesson that everybody understand All
keep from getting hit hit Spen
likely he's gonna
Wills right there Joe Schneling
him The bad bit
wish dumb
Evening star., 1938-06-24
WI. Lose or Draw
Louis Is Corvoyont as Well as q Fighter.
Called Borry Cornero, Boer SchmeIinq Scraps.
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
ACKWASH from the big fight

~ from the big
Jersey Jones, the professional charge Of
L. publicity from Joe Louis training
calling after Bombes Schmeing dull in
camp line writing guys
asked Joe to predict the result
outs In fact the only predict before the
first Shmeing
Maybe it'll he sleepy
says An reckon TO rounds Later he
I'm telling you admiration
tnat guy tired throwing
claVoyan He Red Barry
out in the third heat He
fourth don't think there's
from O
Evening star., 1938-06-24
F. ID. to Receive
Mounted Marlin
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OCEAN CITY, Md. June "a
The first marlin to be caught in
waters off Ocean City this sum-
mer will be mounted and present.
ed to President Roosevelt, it has
been decided.
Fishermen reported seeing the
first marlin Of the season yesterd1 Y.
Evening star., 1938-06-24
fearful Wife Speeds to Max
Amy Ondra Receives Sympathy Message From
Hitler, Flowers From Coebbels.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, June 24.-Her passage
booked for a quick voyage to New
York, Max Schmeling's movie
actress-wife, Amy Ondra, waited
today only a telephone call from
New York before arranging def
nitely for the trip.
She burst into tears when she
heard that her husband, Germany's
boxing idol. was in a New York
hospital with a back injury suffered
Evening star., 1938-06-24
Indians are clicking so well and refus-

Indians are clicking so well and refus-
ing to fold up at midseason.
He swings from the left side a
narrow handled, 40-ounce bat, and be-
lieves the well-polished ash is as
heavy as is used by any other Amer
ican League player. There was a time
when he swung a 44-ounce club.
II don't hit. like other players" he
explained. II don't buggy whip at
the bali, sweep at it."
Evening star., 1938-06-24
Official Figures
On Heavy Battle

NEW YORK. June 24.-Omcial gate
receipts and attendance figures on the
Joe Louis-Max Schneling fight at the
Yankee Stadium Wednesday night:
Evening star., 1938-06-24

in his crushing one-round knockout
by Joe Louis Wednesday night.
Its terrible that punches like
that are permitted" she exclaimed.
Il didn't know that they were
allowed.
Il don't think this is sport any
longer but. rather. fight for life.
Thank God his spine isn't injured
and he will not be famed perma-
nently"
Reichsfuehrer Hitler, one Of the
Black Uhlan's" millions of Ger
man admirers, sent a message of
sympathy to Miss Ondra-who
never has seen her husband fight
and Propaganda Minister Paul
Joseph Goebbels sent flowers.
Evening star., 1938-06-24

TERRORS WANT GAMES,
Chevy Chase Terrors would like to
book some insect baseball competi-
ton. Call Emerson 149l.
Evening star., 1938-06-24
Head Punches Didn't Hurt-Much.


Max schmen newspapemen
me around the head My head is clear all the time"
last the
comparison
schmeng explain
almost shut bumped
Louis Only Sounded Like Baer.
Louis scared off training camp They
didn't like hear him predict
hong the referee don't
almost made Joe persona with his
They that sounded
did But when the bell
Maybe Yanks Can Use Machon.
The aloored
the first fight something they
But after Max Machon
automatically ending the fight
but something in
even if he wasn't so badly hurt wind a
restrained Machon but
southpaw throw.
went bad was the fastest pitch in the stadium this
The Washington times., 1938-01-18
Scout Council
Heads Named

Recently elected officers for
the ensuing year of thu Wash.
ington Girls Scout Council are
Mrs. William Floyd Crosby,
new commissioner; Mrs. j. Har-
riS Franklin, first deputy COM
missioner; Mrs. Proctor L.
Dougherty, second deputy COM
missioner; Mrs. w. M. Kiplinger,
thild deputy commissioner; Mrs.
Martin Jones, treasurer Mrs.
Donald Richberg, assistant treas
urer; Mrs. j. C. Bortcn, secre-
tary, and Miss Elizabeth Tough
ton, corresponding secretary.
Mrs. crosby, who has been a
faithful and valuable member
to the Washington Council since
1882, has served as deputy COM
missioner for several years and
has been chairman of many
important committees. Educated
in this country and Europe, Mrs.
Crosby was formerly librarian
in the University of Pennsyl-
vania for four years.
Annual reports given by the
officers and chairmen of the va
rious committees at the recent
The Washington times., 1938-01-18
Club HOnOrS
Mrs. Reed

Mrs. Stanley Reed received
the congratulations and best
wishes of Democratic members
who attended the luncheon yes
terday at the Women's National,
Democratic Club. .,..
The luncheon was held in
honor of the new members and
when Solicitor General Reed is
confirmed, Mrs. Reed will be-
come the third wife of Supreme
Court Justice on the member
ship roster of the club. The
other two are Mrs. Louis Bran
deis, and Mrs. Hugo Black.
THOSE ATTENDING
Among the many members
who entertained groups of guests
at the luncheon were Mrs. Ben
jamin King, with her guests;
Mrs. Alben Barkley. Mrs. Pres
ton Delano, Mrs. William Gibbs
McAdoo, Mrs. Sally McAdoo
Clagett, Mrs. James H. Patten.
Mrs. James Houghteling and
Mrs. Thomas H. Woodward.
Mrs. Lynn Talley's guests were
Mrs. Morris Sheppard, Mrs.
Rene Jones Taylor. Mrs. Thomas
Walden, Mrs. Emil Schram,
Mrs. James G. Field, and Mrs.
Alexander Spencer of Dallas,
Texas. Miss Marion j. Harron
was accompanied by her mother,
The Washington times., 1938-01-18

He gave a review of the out
standing events of the year af-
fecting peace.
At today'S afternoon session,
Mrs. Roberta Campbell Lawson,
of Tulsa, Okla president of the
General Federation of Women's
Clubs, is presiding Speakers
scheduled we're: Harry D. Gid
cons of the University Of Chi
cago; Felix Morley, editor of the
Washington Post; Henry A. At
kinSon, author; John Perrine
Walker, student of international
affairs.
Manley o. Hudson, judge of
The Permanent Court of Inter
national Justice, will speak at
tonight's session. Mrs. Fred
eric M. Paist, president Of the
National Board of the Y. w. c.
A., will preside over the evening
session. Thera will be recep-
ton beginning at 9 o'clock in
the main dining room of the
hotel.
Leaders of the II national
organizations participating in
the peace rally will take turns
in presiding at sessions. Miss
Schain will take the chair at
key gatherings. Miss Schain
presided at pre-confernce
meeting yesterday afternoon
with the following women at
tending:
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait,
honorary chairman, of New
Rochelle, N. Y; DR.. Emily
Hickman, first vice chairman,
of New Brunswick, N. j.; Mrs.
Edgerton Parsons, second vice
chairman, of New York city;
DR.. Esther Caukin Brunauer,
third vice chairman, of the Dis
trict of Columbia; Mrs. william
Dick Sporborg, secretary, of Port
Chester, N. Y; Mrs. Henry Hill
Pierce, treasurer, of New York
city; Mrs. Fred S. Bennett,
chairman of finance and budget,
of Englewood, N. j. Mrs. Fred
eric Beggs, chairman of mara
thon round tables, Wyckoff, N.
j.; Miss Louise F.. Bache, chair.
man of publicity, of New
Rochelle, N. Y; Mrs. George B.
Ford, administrative chairman.
of New York city; Miss Amy
Bradshaw, Oak Park, ILL.,; Miss
Alves Long, New Haven, Conn;
Miss Kate Miller, st. Loring,
Miss; Miss Esther G. Ogden,
New York city; Mrs. Robert S.
The Washington times., 1938-01-18

Powell, Madison, N. j.; Miss
Henrietta Roelofs, New York
city; Miss Anna Lord Strauss,
New York city; Mrs. Harrison
Thomas, New York city; Mrs.
Maurice N. Weyl, Philadelphia.
HORNBECK GIVES ADDRESS
Delegates to the conference
who are members of the Busi-
ness and Professional Women's
Clubs, a participating group,
were entertained at a dinner
given by the Washington Busi-
ness and Professional Women's
Club last night at the Raleigh
Hotel.
Dr.. Stanley K. Hornbeck. of
the State Department, in an
address before the women,
warned them TO beware of
public courtesans-misinfor
nation, misstaatement and mis-
apprehension" DR.. Hornbeck
declared that exaggerated emo
tionalism was reducing people
of the world to a state of de-
featiSm." He added: Fear is
now shared by those in charge
of preserving our democracy"
The speaker was introduced
by Judge Annabel Matthews,
chairman of the International
Relations Committee of the
club. Miss Nina Kinsella, presi-
den, conducted the banquet,
which is given annually by the
committee during the peace con-
ference.
The Washington times., 1938-01-18
Activities Among Womens Clubs r

meeting revealed . large growth
in the organization. Two thou
sand five hundred fifty-seven
Girl Scouts and Brownies,
which form ia Girl Scout
troops and Is Brownie Packs,
together with Girl Scout leaders,
Brownie leaders, troop commit
tees, pack committees and coun-
Gil, number, ii all, a member
ship of Sill.
Mrs. Joseph Letter, president
of the Georgetown Visitation
Convent Alumnae Association,
left for New York yesterday with
Miss Eleanor Connolly, member
of the executive committee, to
attend the meeting being held
at the home of Mrs. Charles E
Mitchell today which inaugu-
rates the formation of the Alum
nae Associations new chapter.
Mrs. Alden r. Ludlow, of Mill
Neck, L. l., frequent visitor IN
Washington, is president Of the
new chapter.
While in New York, Mrs.
Letter will be the guest of Mrs.
Mitchell, former president Of the
association. Mrs. Mitchell was
the house guest of Mrs. Letter
last week when she came to
Washington to attend the musi-
Gale which Mrs. Letter gave at
her home on New Hampshire
Avenue for the benefit of the
alumnae fund.