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Evening star., 1939-04-23
keeneIund Results
BY the Associated Press.

--"-~~.~sS~ A~SSs
FIRST RAc-Purse. $500: claiming:
4.year-olds and up: furlongs
5sdss TsSss Ress 19sss, 'Pariso' 22oo 5soo 80 g
Kentacks Jsns wallace, sou s:So sSo
y.lyessa. y.I Portmora. chancetul. Union and
, Sc sEcoMp ON :. RAcE-Purse RACE $500: claiming:
valeo tKurtsinRer> 4.sO 40
shakertown tBierman) $50
Maebrie eeden bsl eees; sudie say Greenoes as%e
f9snl1n columbis, - hsE MY Th0usht' First Up and
THIRD RAcE-The Elmendorf: purse.
ssSssa ss}sd7 TTss 5E5S,o6S ;Spsen 500 ssS w
Wise ISL Dec1si0n , s9, lYar0erry' ~ $40 40
:. Also ran-Boats Crew. Jane Hull. oddes.
KniEht. Temulac and Utica.
$500; Allovances. ayearaoIds: Mansea Hesd.y euISs
Course (chute).
Rapid Way (oros, $50 4.eo $50
Ambuscade tCouccl) $50
Also ran-Town Boy Little Gay and Joe
Greenock.
FIFTH RACE--The Buckpond: purse,
$500: purse race: 3-year-olds: furlongs,
Joharie tParisol 254O 112O $50
Morcarine (Rosen) $50 44O
Dock Jock tBryson) 800
Also ran-Rule All. Syracuse. Elma H..
Detectcr. Decatur and Skating Fool
,,,s SIXTH laA! RAcEMTne 18Th Ben All Handicap:
l ,a miles
Burning Star tYarberry) $50 300 e.2o
Birthday iBierman) 4SO $50
Arabs Arrow tRosen) $50
Also ran-Biscayne Blue and Flying Lee.
SEVENTH RAcE+Purse. 1000: purse
race: The Haylands: 3-year-olds: fur
Smart Crack (charlton) 500 4.2O $50
a BalA Ormont (Oros) 4.6O $50
Montsin (Ysrberry) $50
Also ran-Pause. Sir Marlboro On Lo-
cation. b No Competition and Cherry jam
aErisdbeM5E M and Axton entry.
EIGHTH RACE-Purse. 500; claiming:
M5aS:ef1s yo4sfss ssn 'dRs% 2ss:o 1ls0 SsSS 4iS
Crout Au Pot (Conley) 900
Also ranEBoy Valet. Emir. cossack Girl.
Patan I Butter. Winged Victory. Mr.. Smith
and Black Gift.
Field.
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Be Blue Neck in Front
In Spring Handicap
AT NarraganseH
EorIy Delivery, Choice,
Third to Wise Prince,
Tiring in Stretch
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
PAWTUCKET, r. l., April o.
Tom Heard, jr.'s Be Blue began
her 1899 racing campaign by scoring
by neck over the stoutly supported
Wise Prince today in the $4,000
Spring Handicap, a 6-furlong sprint,
that featured the opening card Of
Narragansett Parks 19-day meet
ing.
The favorite, Early Delivery, with
Don Meade aboard, tired after lead
ing into the far turn and showed. a
length and a half behind Wise
Prince.
Be Blue was clocked in Ill As.
A crowd of $4,000 witnessed the
first of the 172 racing programs
scheduled for New Englands three
tracks this season.
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Pittsburgh Charity Club
Is Generous Golf Host
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, April pa $l0,-
600 open golf tournament, the
richest ever staged here, will be
held at Wildwood Country Club
August 1913 under sponsorship of
the Dapper Dan Club, unique nom
profit, non-dues paying charitable
organization.
Fred Corcoran, secretary of the
Professional Golfers Association.
wired confirmation Of the date from
Boston along with assurance that
200 or more leading pros and anna
teurs would compete In the event.
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Huvre de Grace Results
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
FIRST RAcE-Purse. $1,000: e-year-
nlds: 4la furlonss.
1mprudent lEccardD SO $50 $50
Cardell (Dabson) 40 900
Flaming High otstevenson) $50
Wonder. Race On, a Air Speed and Buf-
aw E. BoeinR entry.
SECOND RAcE-Purse. 81. 900: maiden
Hoot ysarSds aot 5Psek aRa qD f19nrlonEss G m
aSyenceSrt ,stevenson, S0'00 Zoo 80 80
Puzzle Dance Dupuy) 1000
araustark. Little Harpist. Time Gaer. Beater.
sir. khayyam. Bounty and Royal Grey.
DAILY Double paid s7s7oo
THIRD RAcE-Purse, 81 900: claiming:
Rehearsal (Seabo) 1Is0 $50 2.so
Rissa Bateman) 22O
O., Mso @ raIpM;Time .; Signal, Little Pinkey and
wI51IRl TouRFH u.14AeaS: RAcE-Pu5:e s112co; the
od ResebusR stevenson V'SO so go go
Air Air, Chute ADAMS ,a5 $40
Also ran-Busy K. Evergrand and
Orudgery.
FIFTH RACE-Purse, $4,000 added:
the Chesapeake Stakes; 3-year-olds; lie
miles.
Gilded Knisht Donoso) lilo $50 400
Impound tFallon) 1880 $40
Challedon (Seabo) $50
Time, 1:453s.
Also ran-Ariel Toy. Challenge. Port
ers Mite Volitant Day Off, Sun Lover.
SIXTH RACE-The Conowinso Handicap:
purse. $1,000: 3-year-olds and up: Lis
miles
Kenty CDabson> 1900 700 4.4O
High Velocity (Seabo) 760 4.3O
Chaps Decamills) $50
Time. :46ls.
Also ran-Hypocrite. CONQUER and Sham
hles
SEVENTH RACE-Purse. 81 900: claim
Ing: 4-year-olds and up: ! Y X miles
Miss Ponne lPolk1 $50 40 $40
Fight Back tMattisonJ go
Time. 3:073s.
Also ran-sir Reg. Balapin, Lady Jaoue-
line and Mantagna.
Evening star., 1939-04-23
E| Chico Scratched,
7. N. Dorset Wins
Jamaica Feature
Puts His Nose in Front
At Finish for Edge
Over Stur Runner
BY the Associated Press.

ny Inc hSbOClhteQ EIe6S.
NEW YORK, April 22.-El Chico
didn't come to the races today, but
in his absence another Kentucky
Derby and Preakness candidate, Joe
w. Browns long -striding T. M. Dor
sett drew the fancy Of a crowd Of
$4,000 by a driving victory in the
Stuyvesant Handicap 6 furlongs at
Jamaica.
Trainer Matt Brady, who insisted
only 48 hours earlier that Chico
would 60 In today's feature sprint,
didn't please the crowd any too well
by unexpectedly scratching the little
Derby contender and letting him
work out mile on Belmont Parks
main track this morning instead.
Chico Skips Tough Spot.
However, of his defeat of week
ago, the John P. Grier colt would
have had to be hot today to take the
measure of the brown son Of Co.
hort-Michigan Girl.
Breaking in close quarters, the Joe
Brown stopper, carrying Jockey l..
Haas ll6 pounds, steadily picked up
ground on the leaders and about
30 yards from home looked the pace
setting Star Runner, from William
H. Berri's Barn. in the eye. They
galloped stride for stride to the wire,
with T. M. Dorsett, entered in the
Wood Memorial here next week as
well as the Preakness, poking his
nose in front at the finish.
Two Derby Eligibles Flop,
Favored at Us in the field of eight,
he covered the three-quarter mile
in 1:l2Hs to collect the $3,925 WIN
ner's share of the purse. Star Run
ner. saving the place spot by neck
from A. G. c. Sage's Entracte, re-
turned 81.
Two other Derby eligibles, William
WoodWards Thellusson and Ell
Chico's stablemate, Our Mat, never
got near the front of the race.
Thellusson barely lasted for fifth
place, and the funny looking Ziegler
entry ran poor next to last.
In the co-feature on the program.
the Rosedale Stakes for 2-year-old
flllies, George Widener's 6-l shot,
Spanked, surprised the folks with a
5-length victory.
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Eight E|igib|es Trail
Wheat|ey Horse in
$4,000 Event
Impound Finishes Second, =,
Length and Half Shy
Length and Half Shy;
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HAVRE DE GRACE. Nd, April
22.-The Kentucky Derby stock of
the Wheatley Stables Gilded Knight
scared higher today when the Sir
Gallahad, Sd, colt turned back eight
eligibles for the Louisville classic
and the Preakness in the twentieth
running of the SIS, 1000 added Chesa-
peake Stakes.
Conqueror of Ell Chico last week,
Gilded Knight finished a length
and half in advance of A. G. Van
derbilt's Impound with w. L. Brann S
Challedon third. Forced into the
"also ran" group were such we'll
regarded stars as Porter's Mite, Vol
liant, Day Of, Ariel Toy and
others.
Driving along in game fashion
under the riding of Jockey Ruperto
Donoso, Gilded Knight ran the mile
and a sixteenth in 1:4535, two Sec
onds above the record for the track
and the race set by Cavalcade in
the 1894 renewal and three-fifths off
War Admiral's time when he won
before starring on his Derby-Preak-
ness-Belmont triple"
ChalledOn Finishes Strong.
In adding the Chesapeake and
$4,000 in earnings to his record,
Gilded Knight disposed of the 'front.'
runners and coped with the only late
move made by his rivals. w. l..
Brann's Challedon, Maryland's hope
for a Derby victory, did not 60
down to defeat in a decisive manner.
The Challenger, I'd. colt was not hur-
ried in the early stages and closed
ground steadily during the final
half while under hand riding of
Jockey George Seabo.
Kenty's Victory Earned.
E. R. Pixies Kenty, winner on a
heavy track in his previous race,
came back today on a fast course
and scored a well-earned victory
over four others in the Conowingo
Handicap.
Kenty circled the leaders to get
to the front in the early stretch
and withstood closing bid of High
Velocity in good style under Jockey
Hilton Dabson's riding Chaps set
the pace for three quarters and
weakened in the stretch drive but
held on long enough to be third.
Kenty was clocked in 1:461s for the
mile and a sixteenth and paid SIG
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Sobin and Riggs Clash
In Net Event FinuI
6y the Associated Press.
BY the Associated Press.

ASHEVILLE, N. c., April o.
Wayne Sabin of Portland, Ore, won
his way into the final Of the Western
North Carolina tennis tournament
today by defeating his fellow towns
man, Elwood Cooke.
The match was called yesterday
on account of darkness with Sabin
leading 6-3, TO, 12-10. Today,
when the play was resumed. Cooke
won the first set, 60, and Sabin
took the next, Ga, to win.
Sabin will play Bobby Riggs of
Chicago, seeded No. /. in the finals
tomorrow. Sabin Is seeded No. 2,
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Horse Show al Marlboro
Scheduled May Is, IA
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DISPATCH TO the star.
22.--The annual horse show Of the
15.-The annual horse show of the
Marlborough Hunt Club will be held
at the Fair Grounds here May 13
and IA, it was announced today by
Ben Bowie, master of hounds and
general chairman of the show.
Bowie said there would be %
classes in the two-day event with
the first day devoted mostly to pony
and green mount classes.
Both hunter and jumper cham
pionships will be awarded follow
ing the usual show ring card. Some
OF the classes will be devoted en-
tirely to classes for Southern Mary
land. Two stake events are prom
ised,
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Derby and Peane Rivals Ruk Gded Knight Captures Chesapeake
Race Selections
By the Louisville Times.

By the Louisville Times.
Narragansett (Fast.)
High Treason, Stavka, Idle Sun.
2-Aplenglow, Laddie Stone, Miney
Myerson.
3Kilmer entry, Toe Tier. Proud
Lass.
4-Marcabala, Lina's Son, Hueu.
5-Raceaway, Escalator, Wee Bag.
6-Dian, Further, Maebeau.
7-Espinaca, Sun Fighter, Great
Blaze.
S-Brandon Prince, Sailorman, Pee
deeque.
Best bet-Espinaca.
Havre De Grace (Fast.)
1-Penalbert, Damaged Good, Bird
Haven.
2-War Streak, Nansemond, Moon
Harvest.
'Great Haste, Ugin, Brass Bottle.
@Blazearound, Robespierre, Chera-
5-Phara Belle, Airacuda, Gay
Amazon.
6-Taunton, Corum, Glisten.
7-Spartan Lady, Saranite, Princi-
pessa.
Best bet-Great Haste.
Jamaica (Fast.)
1-Ballyhaste. Pirate Ship, Mae
chance.
2-Poesy, Royal Taste, Lee S.
3-Muckraker, Zodiac, Brazado.
@Pasteurized, Sceneshifter, Great
Union.
5-Book Plate, Bostwar, Gala Hour
Gone Jest, Watersplash, Birdlea.
THE Story. Chief Mourner,
Alarming.
Best bet-The Story,
Jamaica Consensus.
BY the Associated Press.
1-Milltea, Pirate Ship, Ballyhaste.
2-Trustworthy, Nine-O-Two, Broad
Tail.
3-Whisperer, Substantial, Deck.
4Pasteurized, Great Union, Scene
shifter.
5-Counterpoise, Bostwar, Gridine.
o-Watersplash, One Jest, La
Charlie.
7-Chief Mourner, Baby Talk, Nip
ponese.
Best bet-Counter Poise.
Narragansett Park.
BY the Associated Press.
l-Currants, Idle Sun, Stavka.
2-1rene's Bob, Miney Myerson, Our
David.
3-Proud Lass, Air Actress, Three
OThree.
4-Story Time, Fumble, Sport Heel.
5-General Howes, Raceaway
BrOOmoria.
6-Grlewrack, Maebeau, Dian.
7-Great Blaze, Assist, Ozark.
S-Ionl. Brandon Prince, Prince
Cloud
Best bet-Griewrack.
Evening star., 1939-04-23


Club, scheduled for May 20 at the
Pikesville Armory. This replaces the
annual National Dog Week sanction
match hitherto given by this club.
If the spring show lives up to the
precedent set by the fall fixtures, it
will be match worth attending and
supporting. The Baltimore County
outfit has built up an enviable
reputation for running worthwhile
shows. They always have good
judges, good entries, good dogs and
good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Scharfeld are
the proud owners of q litter of wire
haired fox terriers sired by the only
living tri-international champion,
Benholme Bayard ex a daughter Of
Oh. Talavera Simon. The Scharfelds
are making strong bid for wire
hair supremacy in this district, hav-
ing purchased recently the newly
imported Talaurora Smasher, win
ners dog at the cleveland Classic" I"
Obedience test fans set record for
entries in that division of the sport
at the recent Cleveland show when
81 dogs were entered in these
classes.
OF this number 36 were
Cleveland owned dogs. Sew
enteen of the number quail
fled for obedience degrees un-
der American Kennel Club
rules.
The large number of entries for
obedience classes at this show may
be traced directly to the free classes
in obedience training for dogs and
owners sponsored by the Western
Reserve Kennel Club. It is an
other instance of what may be
accomplished by a wide-awake
kennel club in any city.
One of the hardest working ken
mel club members in this area is
Mrs. Bertha Birney Of the Aspin
Hill Kennels. Every once in a
while she finds it pays in material
things as we'll as in satisfaction
over a good job we'll done. AS soon
as she has time to enjoy it. which
means not until next weeks dog
shows probably, Mrs. Birney will be
the recipient of the best chicken
dinner she can eat. That is a re-
ward for having sold the largest
number Of pre-sale tickets for the
Old Dominion show up to the time
of the last regular club meeting.
Still one of the most fascinating
subjects of speculation to all dog
owners is What does my dog
think?" Mrs. Arthur Forbush is
quite certain that her bulldog Rex
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Generals Trim GobbIers

LEXINGTON, Va, April % tP.-
Washington and Lees baseball club
pounded four Virginia Tech pitchers
for IA hits here today to trounce
the Gobblers, 13 to 2.
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Plants 3,75O,OOO Perch

PRINCE FREDERICK, Md, April
22.-If there is a scarcity of fish in
Calvert County it will not be the
fault of the Conservation Depart
ment of Maryland. The department
has planted in five creeks in CAL
vert, tributaries of the Patuxent
River, 3,750,0O0 yellow perch fry.
Evening star., 1939-04-23
Michiqun Beots Buckeyes

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April % (P.-
Michigan batsmen found Pitcher
Jimmy Sexton's offerings to their
liking today and defeated Ohio
State, 1 to 2.
Evening star., 1939-04-23
A Dogs Life
BY r. r. TAYNTON.

NOW that the entries the local
nothing
help the hard working
attend the
to other
One OF the other matters bear spring
Evening star., 1939-04-23
BY GREG JOHNSON

the evening" meal whether they
travel by train or motor car.
The Maryland Jockey Club, which
ushers in its spring meeting May !
at Pimlico, is attempting a mighty
ambitious program by staging a
stake day. In addition to the
$50,000 Preakness and $4,000 Dixie,
the Baltimore organization will put
on a $4,000 race, two IS 900 events
and seven tests each carrying $2,500
added money. That is a mighty
generous thing when one stops to
consider that Pimlico lost money
last year and easily could do so
again this spring if the weather is
poor.
Charles McLennan. race secretary
at Havre de Grace, tells me that he
looks for field of IA to start in
the Philadelphia Handicap, Satur-
days closing mile and one-sixteenth
feature. If IA horses go postward
the purse will gross $l2,175, with the
winners share being $8.55O.
Evening star., 1939-04-23

Still one of the most fascinating
subjects of speculation to all dog
owners is What does my dog
think?" Mrs. Arthur Forbush is
quite certain that her bulldog Rex
thinks that she is quite crazy, at
least when she talks on the tele-
phone. Docile and well behaved
Evening star., 1939-04-23

xApprentice allowance claimed.
Clear and fast.
Evening star., 1939-04-23
BY the Associated Press.

SEVENTH RACE-Purse. 81 600: claim
ing; 4-year-olds and up: fllies and mares;
Evening star., 1939-05-09
Washington Choral
Society Will Hold
Banquet TONIGHT

The chorus Of the Washington
Choral Society Of which Mr.. Louis
A. Potter Is conductor will be host
to the members and friends Of the
society and to the officers and
Board Of Directors headed by Mr..
Myron Whitney at q banquet this
evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Hotel
Grafton.
The banquet will celebrate the
close Of q highly successful year Of
musical achievement. DR.. Thomas
p. Martin. president of the chorus,
will be toastmaster, and Mr.. Potter,
Mr.. Whitney, Miss Grace Dunham
Guest and DR.. Harold Spivacke will
be speakers. A skit, entitled Fifty
Years Hence" or "A Rehearsal Of
the Choral Society on Rainy Night
in 1882" will be q feature of the
program, followed by group singing
led by Mr.. Walter Kunz, accom-
panied by Miss HARLAN Meyer.
The committee In charge is
headed by Miss Florence Ludy and
includes Miss Martha Bingham, Miss
Paula Hellbach, Miss Beatrice Bulla
Mr.. Walter Kunz and Mr.. William
Bradford, who arranged the skit
Evening star., 1939-05-09
Virginia Antiques
Preservation Unit
TOHOld ldLuncheOr

The Washington branch Of the
Association for the Preservation of
Virginia Antiquities will hold its
annual May get-together luncheon
tomorrow at the Willard Hotel at
o'clock. The Rev. Duncan Frazer
of Epiphany Church will give the
invocation.
Mrs. Henry Lowell Cook of Chi
cago will speak on the American
Magma Charta.
The regular meeting will follow
the luncheon and pilgrimage,
which is being planned for some
time in June, will be discussed.
Mrs. Everard Robinson Todd Is
the directress, and the vice di-
rectresses include Mrs. William
Cabell Moore, Mrs. William o. Owen
and Mrs. Henry st. George Tucker.
Officers are Mrs. Albert Lee Rhin-
strom, Mrs. John Little and Miss
Laura Dorsey.
Evening star., 1939-05-09
Miss Blanche Black
To Wed Mr.. Ost

Mrs. Martin J. Crowley of Takoma
Park announces the approaching
marriage OF her daughter, Miss
Blanche Ann Black, to Mr.. Walter
Martin Ost Of Takoma Park, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ost Of
Statesville, N. c.
The wedding will take place June
1 at $3.50 o'clock in the Washington
Missionary College chapel and the
president. DR.. Benjamin George
wilkinson, will perform the cere-
mony.
Mrs. wilkinson, assisted by Mrs.
L. G.. Small, entertained about SO
guests at a shower Sunday in honor
of Miss Black at the Wilkinson
home on Piney Branch road in
Takoma Park.
Evening star., 1939-05-09
Try It This Week

You can send 9 pound bundle usual.
sly from 40 to so pieces) to Manhattan
for only 79c. And additional pounds
cost even less per pound! Try Thrifty
Service this week.
Evening star., 1939-05-09
Girl Scouts Council
To Fete Mrs. Stokes

Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes, COM
missioner of the District of Co.
lumbia Girl Scouts for three years,
will be honored by the Washington
Council today at a tea in the Ma
tional Girl Scouts Little House,
1750 New York avenue.
Receiving with Mrs. Stokes will
be the national president Of the
Girl Scouts, Mrs. Frederick H.
Brooke, and the commissioner, Mrs
William F. Crosby.
Presiding at the tea table will be
Mrs. Henry H. Flather, Mrs. B. F.
Cheatlfam and Mrs. Gerrit s. Miller
IT,, all former commissioners.
Mrs. Stokes will make her future
home in Lenox, Mass, where the
family have spent their summers
for many years.
Evening star., 1939-05-09

Giedroyc. who accompanied the
other visitors from Poland; Sir
Willmott Lewis, Washington corre-
spondent for the London Times;
Nine Wankowicz, wife Of the coun-
selor Of the Polish Embassy; the
military and air attache and Nine.
Chramiec, the commercial coun-
selor, M. Gouszki, M. Starczewski
of New York, and Count Alfred Po-
tocki, brother of the Ambassador.
Evening star., 1939-05-09
Martins Are Hosts
At Dinner

Col. Charles F. Martin, U. 8. A.
and Mrs. Martin were hosts at dinner
last evening, their guests including
Senator and Mrs. Charles L. Nc
Nary, and their house guests, Mr.
and Mrs. Willard Marshall Of Salem
Greg: Mrs. Marshall is a niece of
the Senator; Senator Hattie Cara.
way. the Resident Commissioner of
the Philippines, Mr.. Joaquin M
Elizalde; Maj. Gen. James K. Par.
sons, U. s. A., and Mrs. Parsons of
Baltimore, and Brig Gen. Seth Will
liams, U. S. M. c., and Mrs. Will
liams.
Evening star., 1939-05-09
9 lbs. only Z9'

Think Of it! You get Manhatan's careful
Net Bag Method which is Guaranteed
to make your clothes last longer II to
save you money. Your clothes are
washed in 10 changes Of rain-soft water
separated by colors and fabrics-so
you get whittier whites-brightsr colors.
Evening star., 1939-05-09

several weeks. Their daughter,
Miss Amy Hitchcock, is with them.
1t. Comdr. and Mrs. Hitchcock
will remain until Friday when they
will 60 to New York. They will sail
May II for England, where Comdr.
Hitchcock has been appointed AS
sistant Naval Attache for Air Of the
United States Embassy at London.
Evening star., 1939-05-09

Wearing apparel is starched you wish,
shaken out and returned just damp
enough for easy ironing. And best Of
all, Manhattan Thrifty Service gives you
these extra advantages at no extra cost.
Evening star., 1939-05-09
AND
BY THE Way

We vastly entertained Sunday evening by Of friends
who participating Treasure Hunt and kept phonng for
advice Hunt of the fabulous
objects they required bring ina pair OF white
Kamp calling Of the Egyptian Minister and the sigma
much help but finally did
Legation that afternoon
reception Prince Princess Of
yelled the excited questioning e must have
there promptly We just dying to
to the book which all signed when
paving respects to the royal visitors
Evening star., 1939-05-09
Luncheon Planned

Mrs. John H. Overton, wife Of
Senator Overton of Louisiana, has
issued invitations for luncheon
Thursday, May Is, at Wardman Park
Hotel.
Evening star., 1939-05-09
Mrs. Hitchcock
Arrives inCity

Mrs. Norman r. Hitchcock has
arrived from Coronado, Calf, and
is at the Shoreham with 1t. Comdr.
Hitchcock, who has been staying
at the University Club for the last
Evening star., 1939-05-09
By the Way
Continued From Page B-3.)

be in that bringing
Mercedes the children Washington will
apartment
Mr. Mathews Dick will Friday May H.
Eddge Jordan cocktails Wednes
day, May II.
Mrs. Auchncloss will entertain at Merrywood
the evening May "A.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-15
SNAKES VS.. AUTOMOBILES

There are citizens of Key West who
have heard that snakes kill 10000 persons
annually in India and, for that reason,
have made up their minds that India is
very dangerous place. They even won
der, sometimes, why the government
doesn't do something in india to rid the
people of such peril.
The citizens of this republic forget
that the automobile kills more people in
the United States every year than the
snakes kill in India. AS the New York
Times points out 'the Hindu peasant, 60
ing about his work, has nearly five times
as good a chance to escape a cobra as the
American citizen has to escape motor
car
The amazing comnlacence of the peo-
pie of this country towards the astounding
death toll of the automobile is one of the
mysteries of modern life. In the days of
old the railroads were made to pay hand
somely for the demise of a citizen, inn
paled at crossing, but the automobile
rarely affords any compensation in event
of injuries or deaths
The Citizen has urged repeatedly
that officials conduct more thorough ex-
animation into fatalities connected with
automobile accidents. Many of them are
avoidable, and would not occur if the
drivers of all cars knew that punishment
awaited carelessness The usual sun
aveidable" accident is taken as matter of
course nowadays whenever a motor We
hicle snuffs out the life Of a person. 1t is
outrageous!