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Evening star., 1939-06-27
Navy Lithographer
Cleared in Death
OF Traffic Victim
Alfred H. Williams, IS,
Was 4lst FotoIity
In D. c. This Year

A coroner's jury today released
William George Rogers. 25-year-old
Navy Department photographer. in
connection with the traffic death of
Alfred H. Williams, rs. who died at
Gallinger Hospital Saturday.
The victim, 1t was testified at the
inquest, received the injuries that
later caused his death on April II
when he walked into the right rear
fender of Mr.. Rogers automobile at
the intersection of Franklin and
Fourth streets NE.
Mr.. Williams, who lived at l725
Seventeenth street NV. died of a
fractured left hip, hypostatic pneu-
monia and toxemia. The jurys ver-
dict was accidental death due to
negligence on the part of the de-
ceased.
Mr.. Williams death was the 41st
traffic fatality for 1899 as compared
with 80 this time last year.
Two Soldiers Injured.
Two enlisted men from Fort
George Meade, Md, were seriously
injured early today when an auto
mobile in which. they were riding
was in collision with a truck near
Laurel, Md.
Off1cials at the Army post said
the men, Pvts. George F. Holden and
Thomas E. Spiker, are under medical
care at the Fort Meade Hospital
and cannot be questioned yet be-
cause Of their condition.
Officers added they were not ac-
quainted with details of the mishap.
Neither were details available at the
Waterloo station of the Maryland
State police.
Meanwhile, Charles Steudl 13, of
1884 Varnum street NV. was in
Emergency Hospital with a leg
fracture received when he was run
down by delivery truck yesterday
at Sherman Circle. Witnesses said
the youth was knocked about 20
feet by the truck. The driver was
not held.
Others injured in traffic accidents
included Vincent Jones, 4, colored,
ia Francis streets Sc; Alphonsus
Dlggs, 80, colored, 1927 c street Sc,
and William Jones, %, colored, 1850
Twenty first street NV.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Police on Lookout
For Mental Patient

Police today were on the lookout
for a mental patient who escaped
from train while en- route from
Nashville, Tenn, to a Little Rock
(Ark) hospital. He had expressed
his intention to come here for an
interview with the Japanese Am
bassador.
The man, war veteran, had been
adjudged incompetent" by Nash
vile court. He left the train about
midway between Nashville and
Memphis. A Veterans Administra-
ton official in Nashville said the
patient has relatives here and in
Richmond.
Evening star., 1939-06-27

and economics, while others would
go further and call theatrical con-
vention an impertinance in the light
of grave conditions over the world.
They might say" he added, that
when men need food we offer them
a play; that no one has right to be
gay as long as there are tears in the
eyes of any one"
Stressed Need of Theater.
But the priest reminded his con-
gregation that not by bread alone
do men live. Truth and beauty, he
said, are as important to man as
bread
Stressing the heed for a theater
sponsored by the church, he said:
God is betrayed more often on
the stages and screens than in the
council chambers and parliaments
of the world. God meant his chill
dren to be gay, for our voices to
be lifted in song, our hearts full
OF laughter"
Father Lord added: when men
laugh, they are not oppressed, and
while they laugh they will not sub
init to the oppressor."
The priest, who is from st. Louis
and is national director of the So
dality, traced the drama in Chirsts
life
1T is not surprising" he said,
that our Lord, who touched all
forms of life, should have touched
the drama, that he should have
lived so dramatically, from the
opening chorus of angels on the
hillside of Bethlehem to the con-
summation on the cross at Cal
vary"
The gospel, said Father Lord
comes close to being an actors
paradise"
Gave Keynote Speech.
In the keynote speech at the first
general session, the Rev. James j.
McLarney said that Almighty God
had assigned each person a part
to play in the drama of life, and
lit is for us each to accept that part
humbly and to the best of our
ability"
He cited the drama of Mary and
Martha before Jesus as an example
of the divine casting of the Bible.
In welcoming the delegates, Msgr.
Patrick J. Mccormick, vice rector of
Catholic University, said: Such a
force for good which is represented
by the theater must have a place in
our Catholic interests"
He added: Just as the Legion of
Decency has had a tremendous ef-
feet in purifying motion pictures, so
your organization is having q great
effect on the drama"
The Rev. Thomas r. Carey, O. p.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Incubator Flown
|Fron, Boston for
Unborn Baby

The flight of a plane through the
night, rushing a special incubator
here from Boston, is soon expected
to save the life of a baby not yet
born.
The incubator arrived early today
on an Eastern Air Lines plane and
was awaited at Washington Airport
by Dr. Walter w. Boyd, staff OBJ
stetrician at Garfield Hospital.
1--WE are expecting momentarily a
premature BIRTH" he said. "The
mother is a Maryland woman, now
confined at Garfield. We have had
no respirator-incubator and were
afraid that by ordinary transporta-
ton the device would arrive too
late"
The incubator was rushed to the
hospital, where it is ready for in
slant use.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
BY w. H. SHIPPEN, JR.

This was cleanup day at the Zoo
for newcomers from South America
Some $50 birds and beasts, after
three weeks in crates, while they
travelled 1000 miles, splashed them
selves with fresh water and preened
feathers and fur.
The long, hot ride through the
tropics in close confinement was
tough on some of the delicate things.
like the black-necked swans and
the Chilean flamingoes, but almost
all of them survived.
The wild swans, in particular,
seemed happy to plunge into a
bath. For weeks while we cared
for them at sea we saw them trying
to clean their plumage They clipped
their necks deep into the water jugs
and splashed themselves. Some of
the mated birds helped each other
clean up in cramped quarters at
sea.
Even Rodents Take Bath.
The wild swans, with their snowy
plumage, were scarcely more meticu-
lous than-of all things-the rodents!
The big capybara, an aquatic men,
ber of the rat family weighing more
than 100 pounds, took high dive
into his new pool in the small
mammal house this morning and re-
manned submerged so long a photog-
rapher trying to take his picture
got tired of waiting.
A whole tribe of Argentine nutrias.
another water rodent, went SWIM
ming at the Zoo today and climbed
out to scrub their long whiskers
with their paws. They cried like
babies for joy. We heard them
bowling pretty frequently at sea,
and it was pleasant to know they
had quit complaining.
A score of tiny oven birds came
through in fine shape DR.. William
M. Mann, Zoo director, hopes they
will make a thriving colony here.
Their screaming this morning was
reminiscent of the Argentine PAM
pas, where they are numerous,
highly visible, with their flashing
yellow wings, and always audible.
The birds build covered nests of
clay, cunningly constructed, with
passageways and several rooms.
Their nests resemble somewhat the
outdoor clay ovens used in rural
Argentina.
A whole colony of some rare, red
breasted thrush arrived in good
condition. They were the gifts of
the ZOO at Cordoba, in central Ar
gentina. Two types Of birds re-
sembling our quail, the tinamou and
the martinez, are rare in collections
here. Two dozen of the birds sur
vived the trip, and only two died
en- route.
Wild Dogs Get Into Brawl.
The Andean condors, wild ducks
and reese were to Be Installed II
Evening star., 1939-06-27

(b) Red Poppies" "-----E Elliott
Excerpts from musical comedy.
"The Highwayman" DE Koven
Popular numbers, THE Lambeth
Walk" request) Rose
"Curro Cuchares" Metallic
Waltz suite, THE Imperial"
Eilenberg
Finale. "Step on It" - Karl King
"The Star Spangled Banner"
BY the United States Navy Band
tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the D. c.
War Memorial. Lieut.. Charles Ben
ter, U. S. N, leader; Charles Brend-
Ter, assistant leader.
Program.
March, Second Regiment
Connecticut" - Reeves
Overture, I'll Guarany" Gomez
Tone poem. Entry of the Gods
Into Valhalla," from "The
Rhinegold" -- Wagner
(a "Khovanstchina,'
Moussorgsky
CD Russian Sailors Dance"
Gliere
Waltz, "Girls From Vienna" -Zieher
Excerpts from the operetta
Algeria" -- Herbert
From Africa to Harlem" Bennett
Characteristic, Down South"
Myddleton
"slavonic Rhapsody No. g."
Friedemaun
The 0taT apAnG1ed Bannaus",
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Job S Daughters
Guardian Council
To Open Session
Harry }. Schmidt to
Call Meeting to Order
This Evening

The second annual session Of the
Grand Guardian Council of the
District of Columbia, Order of Jobs
Daughters. will open tonight at 7
o'clock at the Wardman Park Hotel.
The session will be called to order
by Harry j. Schmidt, past associate
supreme guardian.
There will be a mass choir of the
six bethels. following which the
queens and princesses will escort
the grand officers. Mrs. Mary E.
Teachum, grand guardian, will open
the session, following which Mrs.
Margaret Beveridge, grand chap
lain, will give the invocation. Miss
Nancy Ould of Bethel No. 6 will
sing.
The national emblem will be pre-
sented, followed by a tribute to it
by Miss Dorothy johnson, honored
queen Of Bethel No. /. Miss EVELYN
Hayes, honored queen of Bethel No.
5, will pay tribute to the District of
Columbia flag, and Miss Florence
Fleming, honored queen of Bethel
No. 2, to the bethel flag.
A reception will be rendered Mrs.
Virginia Thompson, supreme guard
ian. Eugene Thompson, grand mas
ter Of Mason, will extend greetings
from the Masonic fraternity, to
which Herbert B. Nevius, associate
grand guardian, will respond. Mrs.
Ruth S. Cromelin. grand matron,
will extend greetings from the Order
Of the Eastern Star, to which Miss
Mary Benfer, vice guardian, will re-
spond.
There will be receptions to the
present and past honored queens
with welcome by Miss Dorothy
Vernon, grand marshal. Mrs. Chris
tine Balderson will respond. Miss
Jean Durham of Bethel No. 4 will
greet members of Jobs Daughters,
and Miss Mary Ellen Dowden of
Bethel No. 6 will respond. Mrs.
Teachum, who founded Jobs
Daughters in the District, will hold
a reception to the distinguished
guests. There will be a reception of
past grand guardians and past as
sociate grand guardians by Mrs.
Laura S. Wallace William j. Dun
ham, junior past associate grand
guardian, will respond.
Following reports of officers there
will be election of grand officers.
The session tomorrow night will
open at $50 with buffet supper.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
o. J. Rogge Takes Oath
In New Position

o. John Rogge, former general
counsel of the Securities Exchange
Commission, today was sworn in
as assistant attorney general in
charge of the Criminal Division of
the Department of Justice. At
torney General Frank Murphy and
other officials were present for the
ceremony.
Mr.. Rogge, IS, succeeds Brien
Mcmahon who resigned in May.
Mr.. Rogge was associated with
the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
and later with the Treasury before
going to the S. E. C..
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Quontieo Disposal
Plant Contract Let

The Navy Department today
awarded a contract for construction
Of sewage disposal plant and
sewer interceptor system at the Ma
rine Barracks, Quantico, Va, to the
w. P. Thurston Co. of Richmond,
Va. The contract price is $163, 500
and the work is to be completed
within 240 calendar days.
The award of a $9,444 contract for
construction of tennis courts at the
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md, to
Drummond & Co., Inc. of Pikesville,
Nd, also was announced.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Shakespeare Plays
And verdi's Music
Called Tie for Peace
Rev. Daniel A. Lord
Stresses Need for
Catholic Theuter

Shakespeare's plays and Verdi's
music have done more to "tie the
world together into cultural whole
than all the peace treaties of his
tory" the Rev. Daniel A. Lord, S. j.,
declared today in a speech at a
solemn high mass opening the Ma
tion-wide Catholic Theater Confer
ence at Catholic University.
Some people, Father Lord con-
ceded, might regard such a confer
ence as highly frivolous in view of
the meetings at which others are
trying to solve problems of labor
Evening star., 1939-06-27

Phi. D., in the secretary's report,
pointed out that many Catholics in
terested in the drama had felt it
was not enough to condemn in
decency on the stage and screen,
but had wanted a positive expression
of the play in a form acceptable to
the church, and the Catholic The
ater Conference had grown out of
this movement. He told of plans to
promote Catholic cycles of plays and
to encourage playwrights In the col
leges and schools Of the church.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Medley Will Speak

FAIRFAX, Va, June q (Spe-
ciaD.-Delegate William D. Medley
Of Arlington will be guest speaker
at the June meeting of the Fairfax
County Young Democratic Club IN
the Trial Justice Building touaght.
Evening star., 1939-06-27
Loborer Is Injured

John Simmel, 36, colored laborer,
was injured slightly today while at
work on the National Gallery of Art
Building. Police said he was struck
on the head by falling brick. He
was treated at Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Two 1erps, Card Trio
To Box in National
College Meet

Five fighters will represent this
section in the national intercollegiate
boxing tourney at Madison, Wis,
March 80 and 81 and April /, with
Benny Alperstein and Frank Cronin
swinging for Maryland and Joe
Bunsa, Fred Slant and Jay Turner
tiffing for Catholic University.
The mild-mannered Alperstein,
who also has won two Southern Con-
ference titles, will be seeking his
third intercollegiate crown, having
captured the lightweight title in 1887
and the featherWeight championship
last year at Charlottesville.
Alperstein, who will fight this year
as lightweight, has been defeated
only once this season, dropping a
disputed decision to Chuck Kasik
of Duke in the Terps' first match of
the year.
Cronin, a former Maryland track
star who laced on gloves for the
first time in November, has waded
through nine 155-pound opponents,
winning every bout easily. He won
the Southern Conference junior
mlddleweight title with three VIC
tories.
Bunsa, also a 155-pounder, lost
only to Cronin this season after
being on the shelf for months last
year with complications resulting
from football injury and is anxious
to meet the Maryland ace again.
Slant, rugged 165-pounder, was
undefeated, while Turner, stocky
former Eastern High lad, lost only
one decision in the 175-pound class.
Coach Heinie Miller of MARYLAND
and Eddie La Fond, c. U. mentor.
will accompany the quintet of boxers
to the tourney.
La Fond will stage an intramural
program of Is boxing matches
Saturday night at c. U. gym to
finance the trip. General admission
Will be Is cents, with reserved seats
at 40 cents.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Tigers Capture -Four
Crowns, Set Mark
In Swim Meet

NEW HAVEN, Conn. March IL
Members of Princeton's brilliant
team captured four titles tonight as
the lWo-day Eastern intercollegiate
swimming Leagues individual
championships wound up amid the
crashing Of a quartet of records.
The Tigers won the 300-vard
medley relay in record time. Then
Its individual aces went to work.
Al Vande Weghe, the national
champion at his speciality, annexed
the 15O-yard back stroke; Dick
Hough, captain, captured the 200
yard breast stroke, and Ned Parke
sophomore sensation, won the 22O-
yard free style. All except Parke
were defending 1888 titles.
The Princeton medley team set a
new American record of 2 minutes
5l.9 seconds, while Hough created
a new meet mark. In both cases
they bettered their own former
standards for the distance.
Other record busters were Yale's
freshman 40O-yard free style relay
team which set a new national
intercollegiate yearling mark, and
John Good, Yale captain, who hung
up new meet standard in the
lOO-yard free style.
Russell Greenhood, Harvard diver.
was the only individual to win two
events for the second consecutive
year, successfully defending his one
and three meter crowns.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Plumbers Quint Aims
For Two Straight
In Title Series

Atchison-Keller Plumbers will
seek to capture the Southeast Com
munity Center Basket Ball League
championship Thursday night at
Hine Junior High when they face
the Commissioners in the second
game of a two-out-of- three series.
The Plumbers won the first game
last week.
O'Donnell's Restaurant holds a
slight lead over Peoples Drug Store
in Section B. Following is the
schedule for the week:
Tomorrow, tbs. Treasury VS..
Gamble Meats; 8:15. Falls Church
VS.. Call Radio; 9:15. ODonnell's VS..
Christ Church; Wednesday, 8:15,
Peoples VS.. Christ Church; Oils,
ODonnell's VS.. Gamble Meats;
Thursday, 7:15, Treasury VS.. Christ
Church; BIS, Peoples VS.. Gamble
Meats; 9:15, Commissioners vs.
Atchison-Keller; Friday, 8:15, Christ
Church VS.. Gamble Meats.
Section StandinRa
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Third Straight Mat Title
For 0kIahomas Aqqies
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
LANCASTER, Pa, March 1s.-
Capturing three individual titles.
Oklahoma A. and M. tonight
cInched its third straight national
collegiate wrestling championship
before a crowd of 1000 at Franklin
and Marshall College.
Lehigh finish second.
121 -pound-Joe McDaniels. Oklahoma A.
and NJ. defeated Frank Burgess. Franklin
and Marshall. decision.
l2S. pound - Dale Hanson. Minnesota.
defesteo woodrow Rorek. Oklahoma A.
136-pound-Archie Deutschman. Illinois.
Dictated Peter Culbertson Minnesota. de-
cisor.
145-pound-Harold Nichols. Michigan.
defeated Vernon Logan Oklahoma A. and
M. decision. extra period
55-pound-Stanley Henson Oklahoma
A. and M. defeated Tom King. tehish.
decision
165pound - Henry Matthes Lehish.
defeated Don Bachman, Penn State. de-
cision
-pound-chris TraicofY. Indiana. de-
feated Henry Wittenbere. City College of
NeWYork. decision two extra periods.
Heavyweieht-John Harrtll Oklahoma
A.; and NJ, threw John Sikich Illinois,
with half nelson. Time. 4:25.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Sports Program
For Local Fans

TODAY.
Baseball.
Washington VS.. Detroit, Lake
land, Fla.
TOMORROW.
Boxing.
joey Silva VS.. Pete Galiano,
10-round feature, Turner's Are
ma; first bout $50.
TUESDAY.
Ice Hockey.
Baltimore Orioles VS.. Atlantic
City Sea Gulls, Riverside Sta
dium, g.
WEDNESDAY.
Baseball.
Washington VS.. Minneapolis,
Daytona Beach, Fla.
Boxing.
District A. A. U. tournament,
Turner's Arena, $3.50.
THURSDAY.
Swimming.
Western VS.. Woodrow Wilson,
Y. M. c. A. pool, 3:45.
Wrestling.
Bibber Mccoy VS.. Babe Zaha-
rias, Turner's Arena; first match
$3.50.
SATURDAY.
Baseball.
Washington VS.. Milwaukee,
Ocala, Fla.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
enapis Rich Baseball Players With ustou Diamond Backorounds
J. {. {. Scores Upset
In Beating " Five
In A. A. j. Meet
Kurp Hits for 30 Points
As His Team Advances
To Quurter-FinuIs

Jewish Community Center quintet
stamped itself as the dark -horse en-
try in the unlimited class Of the
District A. A. U. basket ball tourna-
ment by eliminating the Y. M. G. A.
Reds, 1922, last night at Eastern
gym and advancing to the quarter
final round.
Sid Karp, eagle-eyed j. G. c.
guard, set what is believed to be an
unlimited class record for the A. A..
U. tourney when he counted 30
points. The "Y" quint wore out a
succession Of guards on him to no
avail. Fouled Is times, he made
good with eight free shots. AL
Scheinerman was the other heavy
j. c. c. scorer, with Is points.
Alexandria Wins Late.
Alexandria Boys Club required an
extra period to overcome George
town B. c., 26-25, in a 12O-pound
encounter. Georgetown led most of
the way. and with 20 seconds to 60
had a 24-23 edge. Marty Foltz be-
came the hero for Alexandria, how
ever, stepping up to the foul line
and making his single point Of the
evening to knot the count.
Playing a two-minute Sudden
death extra period, Pettitt Of
Georgetown sent his club In front by
counting with foul shot, but just
before the period ended Leon CHS
olm Tailed with snowbird to give
Alexandria the edge.
Hyattsville Girls Ahead.
In the girls game Hyattsville ad-
vanced to the semi finals by trounc-
ing United Typewriter, 1910.
In other games Bethesda Chevy
Chase downed Merrick B. c., 1912
and Washington B. c. nosed out
Northeast B. c., 1914, in 120-pound
contests: Police B. c. outscored st.
Mary's, 1924: Merrick B. c. trounced
Georgetown B. c.. 27-17, and Be-
thesda sank Y. M. c. A.. 26-4, in
105-pound tilts, and Georgetown B.
c. downed Northeast Ravens, 20-l6,
the Celtics bested Alexandria B. c.,
1926. and Powell B. c. nosed out
Southeast B. c., 1924, in 90-pound
matches.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
6. ". Girls Surprise
With Victory Over
1erp Rif|ists

George Washington's coed rife
team registered an upset over Mary
lands fair shooters yesterday at Col
lege Park. 592-591.
The teams shot on even terms for
the regulation flve-member match
and the score of sixth member
of the teams was required to decide
the contest.
The Colonials were paced by Doris
Ludwig with a perfect 100, while
Mary Bohlin fired the same score
to lead the Old Liners. who dropped
only their second match in 18 en-
gagements.
Summary:
=, George Washinston--Doris Ludwig 100:
Marie McNeese 90 Viroiria Bi-bhv 90:
bel vierling, 9s; Jean Yocum, 9s: Helen
Maryland-Mary Bohlin 100: Vivian
Bono: 90; Marian Bond. 20: Laura Duncan,
as Rose Jones, 9s; Elaine Danforth. 81.
Total. SOL.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Fenske Is Not Close
In Attack on Pair
Of Mile Marks
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO. March 18.-Charles
(Chuck) Fenske, former University
of Wisconsin star, fell far short of
his own indoor mile record tonight
in special matched mile in the
Armour Tech relays, negotiating the
distance in Alps.
Fenske was paced for two laps
by Dick Cooper, Wisconsin middle
distance runner, and by Tommy
Deckard. Indiana University star,
the whole way.
Fenske, who defeated Glenn Cum
ningham in New York last week,
was shooting at his own indoor mile
mark of 4:089 made in this meet
last year and Cunningham 4:O4.4
mark established at Dartmouth a
year ago.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Garner Honorary Head
Of D. 6. SundIotters

Vice President Garner has ac-
cepted the position of honorary
president of the National Capital
Amateur Baseball Federation.
In writing to Judge Edward M.
Curran, vice president of the fedora
ton, 70 accept the post, the Vice
President said: II believe I can
claim merit as being one of the most
devoted followers Of the game"
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Americans Help Oxford
To Beat CAMBRIDGE
BY the Associated Press.

WHITE CITY, England, March
18.-Three Americans helped Ok
ford's track team defeat Cambridge,
rs to Al, in their dual meet today.
j. N. Irwin, former Princeton
athlete, set a new meet record of
245 in winning the 220-yard low
hurdles and then came back to
finish second in the high hurdles.
w. S. Prooke, formerly of STAN
ford. won the pole vault with a leap
Of II feet, 3 inches.
G. H. Kearney, another ex-Prince-
tonian, finished third In the quar-
ter-mile run.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Won Crumm Shows Old
Skill in Net Win
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Egypt. March 18.-Baron
Gottfried Won Cramm, returning to
competitive tennis following con-
f1nement in q German prison, to-
day beat A. Najar, 60, @1, IN a
tournament between an 1nterna-
tional and Egyptian teams.
II never played better" said Won
Cramm after giving q striking ex-
hibition Of volleying combined with
perfect length and timing.
Evening star., 1939-03-19
Armstrong Will Risk
Two Boxing Titles
In New York
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. March 18.-Henry
Armstrong put both his world boxing
championships on the line today.
Through his manager. Eddie Mead,
Hammerin' Hank signed contracts
before the State Athletic Commits
sion to defend his welterweight
crown against Chicago Davey Day in
Madison Square Garden on March
81, and to tangle with ex-champion
Lou Ambers in defense of the light
weight title on August in Yankee
Stadium.
Both fights will be at IS rounds.