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Evening star., 1939-02-15
RondoIph-Mocon Girls
To Debute 6. w. Men

Woman debaters from Randolph-
Macon College will meet George
Washington University men debaters
here at 3 pm. today on the ques-
ton, Resolved, That women have
lost more than they have gained by
their new freedom"
Marcel Desgalier and Erwin
Nathanson Of George Warrington
will uphold the Affirmative.
The debate will take place In the
Hall Of Government,
Evening star., 1939-02-15
Plans for Boys Club
Drive Discussed

Plans for preliminary solicitation
in connection with the Metropolitan
Police Boys Clubs drive for funds
were laid yesterday at a luncheon
in the Ambassador Hotel presided
over by Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox,
campaign chairman.
The campaign is scheduled to run
from February q through March
18, but an Initial Gifts Committee"
will interview certain individuals and
groups in advance of the main drive.
A fund of $4,000 is to be sought
for expansion of the clubs activities.
Evening star., 1939-02-15
Editor to Speak

Clarence Hathaway. editor Of the
Daily Worker, omcial organ Of the
Communist party In the United
States, will speak here q week from
today on the significance of the
passing Of the Pope and the prob
lem Of selecting his successor. The
meeting at which Mr.. Hathaway
will appear will open at 8 pm. at
the National Press Club Auditorium.
Evening star., 1939-02-15
Lodge Oyster Supper

Tomlinson Council, No. los,
Daughters of America, will sponsor
an oyster and meat supper from S to
$3.50 pm. tomorrow in the Junior
Order of Mechanics Hall, Cabin
John, Md,
Evening star., 1939-02-15

American alarm clocks may be
used to arouse heavy sleepers in
Glasgow, Scotland.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-09-14

Hitting: Taylor-Cliff 800: 81 ancla I'd ues
1858.
Home Runs :T1mbu1e-Hues, $.
Triples: Therre1-Athl etics, cain-cubs, culliney-
Snob Hill, Bea1e-CavedWellers each.
Doubles: Lauth-Dodgers. l..
Hits: c1iffdwe1lers, Il; Thompson, Dod-
gers, IL
Runs: Tr,mbule-R1ues, Il.
Runs Batted In: Parks-Snob HILL, -.
Pitching: Lastner-cubs, 40; Aarkfield-cee Men, 30.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-09-14
A Week in Sports
by
John C. Maffay
CNCY CATCHER FOR 10 #*s4#&*
John C. Maffay

Neil Clifford, hard hitting catcher of the Tacoma
Tigers earned the d stinction Of becoming the first
Western mterati oal Lacquer to be sold dire city to
the majors. Though not yet e., but veteran Of five
seasons, the Cincinnati Reds recently acquired his
contract in deal calling for 1870 delivery.
Born and reared in Oakland, California, he
barked on his diamond career when he was signed by
the San Francis Seals in 1895. He remained with
the Seals but because of his failure TO hit better
than $50 during his four years with the San Fran
cisco club, Clifford released out right to the
Tacoma team.
Put out of action recently with knee injury
while hitting .331, his true worth to Tacoma
clearly demonstrated than during his two
weeks the sidelines. rookie receiver filled in,
but the Tigers pitching, previously steady, began
to grow spotty and scoring rallies suddenly died in
the vi cnity of his accustomed spot in the lineups.
They lost six games in and it looked like they
would drop from second place in the standing.
TEAM CLICKS
Upon his return to the lineup fully recovered,
the change in the Tigers almost unbeH evable.
They promptly broke their losing streak and Cliff
ford's batting average jumped to .337. It then
that major league scouts began to look over this
ball player, resulting in the purchasing of him by
Cincinnati, after receiving the okay from shader and
Chapman Of the Reds scou ting system.
Despite his feeble hitting in his first four
sons of pro baseball, Clifford's mechanical ability
was never que STONED. Blessed with fine and
intui tive knowledge the hand ing of pitches, he
needed only to imprcv his stickwork to become
sure-fire prospect. He is rather slender, carrying
extremely wiry and has stood up well this season
under all catching abuses except for his mis-
hap.
CATCHES UP WITH TUTOR
It is Interesting to note that if Clifford could
have had his pick Of major league affiliations his
choice would have been the Cincinnati Reds. It
seems that Ernie Lnbardi, the Reds star catcher,
is his bosom friend and off-season advisor. Both
live in oakland wi tn in few blocks of each other
and have been friends for long time.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-09-14
SOFTBALL LEAGUE PLAY

The Greenbelt Athletic Club Softball League took
back seat last week, with Labor Day and the Ath-
letic Clubs Fair Meet breaking into the schedule,
and as result only six games played. High
lights Of the week the Gee Hens -four tn and
fan victories, to remain wdefeated; the cavedrel-
the spirited play of the Dodgers, who games
during the week.
Monday, Labor Day, no games were played but
tact with close to victory the Blues.
With the score. tied at all in the last of the
SEVENTH Tr1unbule walked Abrahims who got around to
third on Hanchards error, and scored the winning
run when Tr1mbule uncorked a Wild pitch. The Blues
made hits and the Gee Men hits, with home runs
by Tr.unbule and Lyons, triples by blanchard and
Mardield, and doubles by McEwn and Bowman. In
the second game the Dodgers returned to the Win coll
tEn vi tn 10 to victory over their block rivals
the Dukes. Although outhit to 9, the Dodgers made
the most of their hits with the help of number of
Duke errors. Slaughter, with home run and a
single, and Lauth, with single double, paced
the Dodgers to victory. Resnidy also got double.
Bauer, Green and Beclaan each got hits in times
at bat for the losers.
Wednesday the Browns met Sndb Hill and dropped
close one II to II, when only showed up for
the game. VII tn this handicap, the Browns played
heads-up ball, and came vi thin one run by tying the
score in the Last inning when they tailed times.
Home run honors went to Culiney Sanchez and Temple;
Mcdonald hit triples and childs one; and Dunbar
connected for a double. In the second game the
CavedWellers went haywire, scored in every inn
ing, topped with IS in the second, and buried
the Athletics under % to score. The game only
went 5 innings, and during that time the winners
made 20 hits and the losers 10. Kiriam led the hit
parade with out Of $, and Hueycutt and Holland
each got out of 5. Twenty-one at bat in
that second inning. Burns and Armstrong connected
for baggers, johnson and Henry trip1ed, Horey-
cult doubled for the extra base hits Of the game.
On Thursday the Gee Hen made it i've straight
when they handed the Dukes their second defeat Of
the week II to 2. The winners got only 10 hits
while the losers made 6, but errors BY the Dukes
gave the winners Ell even wearned runs. Abrahtms got
the only extra base hit Of the game, double.
In the second game the Dodgers their second game
of the week, when they defeated the D. S. by the
score Of to 7. The winners pounded out l6 hits
while the losers could collect only 9. East led the
Dodgers attack With l. out of l., one home run.
Thonp connected for double and sing les in
TINES up for the winners, while Harrison got 3 out
Of I for the losers.
SOFTRAIL LEADERS
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1939-09-14

soFTRALL LEAGUE STANDING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1899
Evening star., 1939-12-15

Forthcoming session of Congress.
The last session dealt, through
the enactment of the Hatch law,
with the misuse of public power
by offlceholders in their relation to
party politics, and public opinion.
forced the passage Of the new law,
even though the politicians them
selves really opposed it.
Today the question Of amending
the Federal Corrupt Practices Act
has come before the country as a
paramount issue, because corpora
tions have long been forbidden to
make political party contributions,
whereas organizations such as labor
unions and so-called labor leagues
have not been prohibited from doing
50.
Points to C. I. O. Loan.
Mr.. Frey of the A. F. of l.. pointed
to situation in the last presidential
campaign when loan of about
100000 was made to the Democratic
party by the c I. O., of which John
L. Lewis is the president. The A.
F. Of L. spokesman also called at
tention to the fact that Mr.. Lewis
spoke of 100000 now being collected
by an assessment among C. I. O.
unions to be used for political pur-
poses in the 1910 campaign.
The A. F. of L., of course, has
never failed to notify its members
to support Democrats or Republi
cans for Congress or other national
Offices, but has never gone into
party warfare in a big way with
huge financial contributions.
Mr.. Frey called public attention
to the way in which John L. Lewis
reproached President Roosevelt a
year after the 1886 campaign be-
cause the latter had not taken sides
at that time in behalf of the C. I. O.
In major strike, declaring that it
ill-became those who had supped
at labor's table to be issuing COM
ments critical of such labor unions.
The other day David Dubinsky,
another labor leader who was active
in the G. I. o. in the last presi-
dental campaign, was recorded
before the Smith committee as
having complained to labor board
representative about an adverse
decision with the comment: That's
not what we paid our money for"
Dubinsky Explains Reference.
Mr.. Dubinsky has since explained
that he was referring to some legal
expenses incurred by his union to
develop a plan of certification of
labor union membership which the
Evening star., 1939-12-15
Sky the Limit for Firms.

Touchy as Congress is about war
debts, fearing to establish cancella-
ton precedents, there's hardly the
shadow Of a doubt it's ready to ap-
prove enthusiastically and promptly,
If not unanimously, President Roose-
velt's proposal to suspend Finland's
debt account-posSibly to return the
$6000,000 already paid us. certainly
to say nothing more about future
payments. Barring our entry into
the World War. there are few. if any,
occasions in our international rela-
tions which found public opinion
so solidly arrayed behind adminis-
tration action as the proposed
financial aid to Finland, including
the $10,000,000 r. F. c. advance for
food and other military sup
plies. Pro-Finnish sentiment Is so
universal that it's safe to foreshadow
that House and Senate would sane
ton almost any form of support
short OF war that F. D. r. might pro-
pose. If our professional isolation
lists oppose Americas going the limit
to save Finland they're keeping
magnificently quiet about It, Even
Senator Vandenberg, who said in
September that the Anglo-French-
German conflict "is not our war"
feels differently about Russia's war
on Finland Michigan's favorite son
would break off diplomatic relations
with the Red aggreSSorS.
Evening star., 1939-12-15

from a member of Congress what he
believed would be to his benefit by
supporting particular candidate
with his funds, the people would
be shocked at such a contention
Yet the collecting of hundreds of
thousands Of dollars of funds from
workers out of their weekly pay
checks to carry on political
campaign has for some reason until
lately been ignored.
Reproduction RIGHTS ReseryedO
Evening star., 1939-12-15

is understood to be a naturalized
German. Won Ribbentrop's spokes-
man. who periodically has to face
stern music at the State Depart
ment, has had a long career in the
German diplomatic service. Thom-
sen antedates Hitlerism by five or
six chancellors, having served un-
der the successive regimes of
Stresemann, Luther, Bruening,
Schleicher and Won Papen. While
he has disclaimed Official member
ship in the Nazi party, ordinarily a
prerequisite to retention of a high
position, Thomson acquitted him.
self so capably as the Foreign Of
fice representative in the Imperial
Chancellory that der Fuehrer
waived the rule in his case.
Evening star., 1939-12-15

board by its decision had upset.
The impression created when the
first scandals about heavy cor
porate contributions to political
campaigns were disclosed about 80
years ago was that these payments
put public officers under obliga-
tion when elected. If corporation
executive who, under the law, may
nowadays contribute his personal
funds to a campaign. were to public
ly declare that ne was not getting
Evening star., 1939-12-15
Two Suffer Broken
Left Arms in Accident
, the Associated preSs.

By Mo ASJ0CI1teu Fr6B8.
MURFREEsBORO, Tenn.-M. B.
Hollandsworth, State Highway De-
partment employe, and viii Ridley
still aren't sure how 1t happened, but
they found themselves in . hos
pital-each with q broken left arm.
AS near as they can figure 1t out,
Hollandsworth was changing = tire
on a large truck. Ridley came up
to lend him tool and was standing
by watching when the tire blew Of.
Hollandsworth was knocked un-
conscious and his left arm broken.
The rim or one of the heavy lugs
hit Ridley, fracturing his left arm.
Evening star., 1939-12-15

itself Now he has winkng eye-ust
try passed from
fourth of March 1888 just moorings
daybreak September first
No need to mourn him He knew when to opthe which the
popular artist finds most difficult smiing-n
when
laughter became
story de luxe IN the
With him the memory little crude little
sell conscious and than little
robust and despite its nave rather endearng
the stained pilgrimage Of the human -
distributed merc Newspap Anance
Evening star., 1939-12-15

Ambassador to Poland Anthony j.
Drexel Biddle. of the Ambassador
to France, William C. Bullitt. and
OF Robert G. Allen. Representative
who fought Gutfey, are also heard
in talk.
The combination against Guffey,
besides Kelly and Mundy, is likely
to include the Lackawanna County
leader, Representative Patrick Bo-
land; the former State secretary of
Evening star., 1939-12-15

Roosevelt will
see to that. It's
this way. He
doesn't want the
Job himself"
"Oh, yeah?"
but he does
want q strong
man to carry on
his policies. Nc
N utt fills the
b I'LL. He's q
stron ng man.
proved 1t out in
Indiana.
"Strong-arm-
ed. vOll mean /"
Evening star., 1939-12-15
Washington Observations

and personal responsibility, now has
two crowning objectives. These are
bipartisan. One is to smear the
Dewey candidacy. The other is to
discredit Paul v. McNutt as far as
any suggestion IS concerned that he
enjoys even an atom of Roosevelt's
good will. If political observer
from Mars were to descend on the
pre-1040 scene at Washington for a
Christmas outing he could be eX-
cused for deducing from all this that
the incense burners at the New Deal
throne look upon Dewey and Nc
Mutt as the respective Republican
and Democratic major threats to
four more years for Franklin.
"Preview of Government"
If anybody wants a long-range
peep into certain New Deal aspira-
tions recommend for holiday read
ing a book which has Just rolled
from the typewriter of my gifted
columnist colleague, Jay Franklin.
It's entitled THE Future Is Ours
a glorification of the blessings con-
ferred on the American people by
T. v. A., and those In store II the
seven other projected T. v. AS are
created. In a chapter headed pre-
view Of Government" which may
strike some readers as little short OF
startling in Its implications. Mr.
Franklin writes:
1T you want preview Of the
future Government Of the United
States. 60 to Knoxville and see
The Tennessee Valley Authority
at work {. =. The Caesars had their
legions. What has the T. v. A.,
which corresponds to this formid-
able power over human society?
.. These legions Of our future
Government are being drilled and
organized In the Tennessee Valley,
where, for the first time In our
history, our people have found
a new focus for political action
and the Government has moved
in to meet the need -.
"The American democracy Is
reaching a stage in its develop
ment when the old methods Of
political government. as laid
down by the Constitution, are in
sufficient to maintain the eco
nomic continuity Of American life
or to promote the social security
of the American people. A Con-
gress which can cripple relief in
the midst OF an unemployment
crisis and can stop economic re-
covery in order to influence an
: election Is an agency which needs
to be supplemented-rather than
displaced-by political institu-
tions which possess greater sta
bility and responsiveness to the
public welfare. The T. V. A. is
the beginning of such an agency"
Evening star., 1939-12-15

through Joh n
Frey, vice presi-
dent. His testi-
mony before the
Smith Special
I n v e S t igating
Committee of
the House of
Representatives
brings to light
an angle of pur-
ity in politics
and government
which is bound
to be made the
subject of legis-
lative considera-
A. L 4 L -
Evening star., 1939-12-15

installment o fFrsdsris william VILE.
$4,000 totals $3.50 .668 30: interest to
date, $4,775, 5,93047. So with this
December Is principal-interest pay
ment. 1924 ,693. the gallant Films
will have accounted to the United
States for an aggregate of $5.s91,-
291.77. That's almost exactly three
quarters Of the money they "hired"
from us. as Calvin Coolidge would
have put 1t. No other debtor approx
imates such a record. Great Britain
borrowed $5,497 100000 and has paid
back in principal and interest a
round $2,024 848,000 France "hired"
81, 180, ,000, 900 and repaid $486, OTIS 800.
Italy got $4,000, 900 900 and has ac-
counted for 500, 1923 800.
Evening star., 1939-12-15
Hoover, Klein e. Co.

That famous Department of Com
merce team during the Harding and
Coolidge administrations-Herbert
Hoover and Julius Klein-has been
revived in the name of aid for Fin
land. The former Secretary of Com
merce and President heads the VOL
untary Finnish Relief organization,
and his longtime departmental
chief aide, DR.. Klein, is president Of
Evening star., 1939-12-15
The Capital Parade
National Significance Is Seen
In Pennsylvania Rebuffs to Guffey
BY JOSEPH ALsOP AND ROBERT KINTN


political taking Washington
the districts where local bus preparing
thing aggregate
Joseph F. Guhey has recently returned
Poor Guey, to be the
second State the Union third the Democratic
pretty crefalen Unless the Pennsylvania
cevng their friends and another the reception
thusasc In Monroe County, faithfully democratic
the county leader Judge Samuel Shu
denomination to have responded
Evening star., 1939-12-15

the Finnish-American Trading Cor
porabion, which will handle the pur-
chase and shipment of American
supplies to Finland, as these become
available through r. F. c. credits
or private banking loans to the Hell
sinki government.
Evening star., 1939-12-15

merely JnrOugn
having met all
of er Sc m l.
annual INSTALL
ments. She also
has paid us back.
In principal and
interest, q sum
equivalent to II
per cent Of the
original d e b t =.
which amounted
to $8,281.926.17.
Principal repaid
to date, includ-
ing today's "sus-
penSe account
Evening star., 1939-12-15

grove former GOV Earle and David Lawrence the State
recently acquitted OF Against this formidable
Guney muster his rural following joboders
is frantcay seeking
patronage, but the effort doomed disaster
Altogether
is blowing
b. Mort American Newsp Anane,Inc
Evening star., 1939-12-15
Guests at Services

Simon Atlas Chapter Of Aleph
Zadik Aleph, the Junior B'nai
Birth Organization, will be the guest
Of the G'nai Isreal Congregation,
Fourteenth and Emerson streets
NV, At services tonight at Sis
O'Clock.
Evening star., 1939-12-15

milling IN mObs around his casket,
not as others have left the stage
and screen. He knew when to stop.
The talkies ended his strenuous
appeal and those of us who had
never taken his marriage de Gel
luloid with Mary Pickford seriously,
no longer counted him among the
artists after the silver screen was
wired for sound and the merest
sigh OF the great lover became
q matter for the public address
Evening star., 1939-12-15
Nazi Envoy Of Morse Blood.

Nazi Envoy Of Morse Blood.
Hans Thomson, who for more
than a year has had the thankless
job OF acting Nazi ambassador to
the United States, must be taking
more than ordinary interest in Nazi-
Communist designs on the Scandi-
navian countries. for Hitler's
Charge d'Affaires is Of direct Nor.
wegian ancestry. His father,
Hamburg banker, born In Norway,
Evening star., 1939-12-15

HE opinions OF the wrttes this page DE their oa0n
The star, Such opn.on: are presented II re
readers although such opinions be contradictory
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1939-12-15

Il not only won't support you; If
no one else runs against you, I
will. Others, while less frank than,
the peppery judge, are understood
to have been no more encouraging.
Joe's trouble goes back to 1898,
when he fought the lesser leaders
and split the party in a desperate
enort to preserve his own absolut-
ism. From State Senator Leo C.
Mundy, Luzerne County's pride.
who once had several score of rela-
Evening star., 1939-12-15
Labor Gifts
To Political
Parties Hit
Smith Revelations
Might Produce
Legislative Action
BY DAVID LAWRENCE

Financial contributions by labor
unions to political parties has now
been condemned by the American
Federation of Labor, speaking
Evening star., 1939-12-15
Nice Sharp Knives

young leader pdepa B. Kelly banker take
1t " " W. ~
Nice Sharp Knives
His former allies dstaste for import
seeming decepve in two place.
on Whom the New Dealers have been
h to tne Democratic Convention Even
ne is hardly
the New Dealers Pennsylvania they will have to turn
Joes enemies Of whom incidentally friendly to POST
master General James A. ~ ' ~ ~
or course Pennsylvania is Of the Democratic
e h need the Roosevelt
@ or without Joe at its head the Pennsylvania
poho term But after the
the between Joe and Pesyvanans will continue to
its effect. - ' ~. W A''~
II Joe Is renominated his
ample nroat with nice sharp knife will
We at WORK trying to cut their
democracy will be sadly afflicted
feeling The
Pennsylvania ~ ~
Evening star., 1939-12-15
We, the People
Doug Foirbonks Sums Up on Era
Thut Was Strenuous and Robust
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

He eaped through windows down precp tables rolled
with flashing cleaning
he always smiling, the adys
out modestly tr1umphant-Doug Fairbanks.
Now he has Valentino hyseca
Evening star., 1939-12-15
Public Opinion Is Solid
Behind Aid to Finland
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

This semi annual due date for
World War debt payments reminds
the American people that Finland
occupies a lonely eminence not
Evening star., 1939-12-15
Guffey's Ex-Friends

among the Democrats potential candidates Guffey
present state auditor general Warren r. Roberts,
he good sort OF apurpose
taken into his Office Coy Baker George Earles
pagn TOR the governohp he probably
Evening star., 1939-12-15
New Deals Pet AyersiOnS,

Secretary Ickes' verbal explosions
and correlated indications clearly
disclose that the New Deal palace
guard. which has adopted the third
term movement as its special charge
Evening star., 1939-12-15

system.
appraise artist probably
far in this motion the motion pictures though
his the wild help the the last
grand chase of the in the Keystone Comedies AS Robin
his continuation the Graeco
Roman style wrestling with the and the
q
Sums Up an Era
died
decnt buried He between strenuous life and Cal
Cooldges sap-bucket sophistres
His nuenceand tremendous the sod British mobbed
Doug Mary age
Normally Perhaps there something the Fairbanks
nfabe knack of leapng the critical and grabbing
girl just before the end Of the reeta matched the nomay
and isolation the million
out In Wall Street. the America "icude
Evening star., 1939-12-15

tdke UP HlS prOIeSSlOn OF aCtlng IN
his stead. In this he was not typi-
cal OF his country, where the old
men In star lines sought to re-
tain control and prestige q full ten
years after their box>ofilce appeal,
let alone their talents, had be-
gun to slip. He achieved his per-
sonal New Deal long before the
country as whole realized that
time indeed devours all things
strength, skill, charm and wisdom
Evening star., 1939-12-15
Pro and Con
OF McNutt
Talk
Short Summation
OF Best Political
Repurtee Now

BY CHARLES G. ROSS.
Listening in
"Now, take McNutt-"
"Y0u take him."
"The Democrats will take him.
Evening star., 1939-12-15
Sums Up an Era
Knew When to Stop

Those days have and Fairbanks they
before the majority OF his realized what had hit them He retired
marriage almost
Evening star., 1939-12-15

@ sie pay personabe
young leader Philadelphia Kelly democrats banker take
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