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Evening star., 1939-01-17
Reopening Of Bridge
Asked by Business
In Georgetown
Ramp to Garry Autos
To Be Sought From
Congress

Protesting the closing of Key
Bridge to private passenger cars
from 6 a m. to pm. because of con-
structlon work, mass meeting of
Georgetown business men and mer-
chants last night approved appoint
ment of committee to confer with
the House and Senate District Com
mittees in an effort to obtain an i'm
mediate appropriation for construc-
ton OF a ramp to carry passenger
car traffic over the span.
John Paul Jones, chairman of the
Traffic Committee of the George
town Businessmen Association and
general counsel of the group, was
selected to head the committee and
named 10 to participate in the con-
ference.
Keeping Key Bridge open to pas
senger cars means the bread and
butter of our small businessmen, and
is matter of vital importance to
our community" Mr.. Jones declared
Federal Engineer Explains.
E. L. TarWater, resident engineer
OF the United States Bureau of Pub
lie roads, which is supervising the
construction, explained to the body
that closing the span was neces-
stated by construction of an arch
in connection with the new George
Washington Parkway project.
In an effort to bring a more nor.
NAL trade to the business men. Mr.
Tarwater agreed to propose liberal
izing the hours.
Washington I. Cleveland, division
manager of the American Automo-
bile Association, suggested that the
group consider more seriously the
possibility of putting more men to
work on the project in an endeavor
to shorten the one-year limit grant
ed in the bid in the construction
Mr.. Cleveland pledged support of
his association in the interests of
the merchants.
Transit Traffic to Continue.
Edwin P. Goucher, engineer of
way for the Capital Transit Co.
explained to the assembly that the
company would continue to run
street cars and buses over the span
during the construction since at an
estimated expense of $27,0OO a ramp
would be constructed for this pur-
pose.
Other speakers were Inspector
William E. Holmes of the Metro
politan Police, who cited the neces-
sity of placing police at the District
end of the bridge and assured the
body cooperation of the Police De-
partment, and Fred Windredge, rep
resentative of the Rosslyn Business
mems Association. who expressed
the belief that business at the Vir-
ginia side of the bridge had suf-
fered approximately so per cent
loss.
Thomas S. Gulock, president OF
the Georgetown Businessmen's Asso-
citation, presided at the meeting OF
approximately 100 persons in offices
of the Georgetown Press.
Evening star., 1939-01-17
Motorist Robbed
After Being Dragged
From Car by Thugs
John 6. Linthicum
Beaten by Four Men
Who Steal $88

Four colored thugs robbed driver
of $88 early today after dragging
him from his automobile at Eighth
and M streets NV.
The victim, John G. Linthicum, of
37l5 Thirtieth place NE, told police
one of the men jumped on the run
ming board of his car, when he
slowed down at the intersection.
and reaching the switch key, turned
off the ignition. Another opened
the door on the other side and
dragged him to the street, he said.
Two accomplices then knocked
him down and took his wallet, Mr..
Linthicum told officers, and the
four fled through an alley. The
victim was dazed by blows of his
assailants but did not require hos
pital treatment.
Robbery at the Carmelite Fathers
Home at $50 Rhode Island avenue
NE. was reported today by the Rev.
Thomas M. Kilduf. Pins were
pulled from hinges en- the chapel
door, police were told, and thieves
made off with an undetermined
amount of cash from two poor boxes
which were smashed open.
Mildred Mcdowell, 1856 Euclid
street NV, reported the theft of
several pieces of jewelry, valued at
$l20, from her apartment. The door
had been jlmmied, she said.
Meanwhile. Inspector Bernard w.
Thompson. chief of detectives. an
nounced the capture of an accom-
plice of an Arlington County youth
accused of a number of shotgun rob-
berries here during the past two
months. Two others are being
sought in connection with the armed
robberies allegedly perpetrated by
the shotgun bandit" who was cap
tured last week end in New York,
the inspector said.
Police yesterday also arrested a
Seventh street merchant who is &C
cused of paying a group of colored
youths to steal articles from parked
automobiles and stores in George
town. John Cordell. "a, of the 1000
block of Seventh street NV. was
charged with receiving stolen prop
erty and contributing to the de-
linquency of minors. The youths
were arrested Sunday.
Four Stores Entered.
Breaking into four stores in the
Bethesda area last night, burglars
made off with an undetermined
quantity of cigarettes.
Two of the stores are operated by
the Sanitary Grocery Co., another is
the Acme Market and the fourth is
the District Grocery Store in Bat
terry Park.
Managers of the business houses
told police after a cursory investi-
cation that they could find nothing
missing except cigarettes. A check
is being made to learn how many
were stolen
Police today were searching Wash
ington and Alexandria pawnshops
for about $3.50 worth of physicians
instruments.
DR.. w. Clyde West, 311 South
Fairfax street, Alexandria, reported
the theft from his automobile of
a $40 satchel containing $3.50 worth
OF instruments, some of which bear
his name engraved on them.
Evening star., 1939-01-17
Guard Unit to March, Armed
With MiIe-of-Djmes' Mites
N.B. C.-Stor Track Opens on Street
Corner to Aid Paralysis Fight

More than ITS uniformed officers
and men of the District National
Guard will parade tonight from the
Armory to the N. B. C.-Star Mile
of-Dimes" stand in front of the
N. B. C. studios. Fourteenth and
New York avenue NV, to contribute
their dimes to the campaign to fight
infantile paralysis
Members of the 29th Division Spe-
cial Troops, the men will be inter-
viewed by Bill Coyle as they deposit
their dimes on the quarter mile
track. The broadcast will be heard
over Station WMAL at $50 pm.
Principal speakers on the program
will be Brig. Cen Albert L. Cox,
commander of the Guard, and Maj
William T. Roy, commander of the
Special Troops and assistant parlia-
mentarian of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
Leaving the armory shortly after
8:l5 pm, the troops will march
up Sixth street to H street NV.
thence to New York avenue and
Fourteenth street NV. forming in
line in front of the "Mile-of Dimes
stand shortly before the broadcast
Early Response.
Gordon Hittenmark of the N. B. C.
staff brought his early morning
broadcast into the chilly dawn today
to urge his listeners to drop by the
"Mile-of-Dimes' stand on the way
to work. So successful was his
cajoling that by the time his three
hour program ended at 9 am. he
had received 500 dimes, completely
filling the third of q grooves in the
quarter-m track
The first person to respond to Mr.
Hittermark remarks was Finney
Jones of Elizabeth City, N. c., who
put dime on the track at Cos am
A succession of motorists tossed
dimes on the track as they drove by.
One driver showed up with ear muffs
in answer to a shivery appeal from
the announcer.
The youngest contributor to the
Mile -of-Dimes" SO far was an early
arrival. He was Ralph Wieand, 81
months. of Hot Springs, Ark, who
stopped by the stand in the arms of
his father. the Rev. A. C. Wieand
on his way to his home in Hot
Springs, Ark
Another broadcast from the stand
fn ho hnorI f1,ic q
Coyle was scheduled to give his
regular news broadcast over WMAL
from the "Mile-of Dimes" His
news flashes were to be interspersed
with acknowledgements of contribu-
tions.
9C,514 Dimes Needed.
The stand, opened officially at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon with a
broadcast from the scene, had re-
ceived 300 dimes by the end of the
second broadcast just four hours
later. 1t is estimated 90,514 dimes
are needed to fill the track four
times, completing the mile.
Government officials and execu-
tives of the National Broadcasting
Co. and The Star competed with
each other to deposit the largest
footage of dimes in the red-paipted
grooves during the broadcasts. Three
yards of dimes each were presented
by Frank M. Russell, vice president
OF N. B. c., and Newbold Noyes, asso-
ciate editor of The Star, on the
evening program. topping the earlier
Evening star., 1939-01-17
G. U. Club Will Meet

The Travellers Club Of Catholic
University will meet Thursday
night at 8:15 o'clock in the Music
Building Auditorium.
The program, featuring "A Night
in Italy" will include a lecture by
Prof. Domingo Caino, Georgetown
University, on the University of
Bologna, color movies of Italy by
John v. Hanson and piano selec-
tions by Miss Fiorenza Baldi and
Miss Christine Kelly.
Prof. Herbert Wright will preside.
Evening star., 1939-01-17
Kansas W. P. A.

In 1898 women in Kansas w. P. A.
sewing projects produced approxi-
mately 100000 garments and
household articles for distribution
to needy families.
Evening star., 1939-01-17
lively Is No Name
For Virginia Town.;
Premature Better

Add this to your list of. pre-
mature deliveries:
I. j. Somers. civilian clerk at
police headquarters. received a
letter from his sister-in-law,
Mrs. r. F. Brand of Lively, Va.
It was postmarked June 6,
1882"
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-11-24

YOU can't play baseball with a
fish pole. nor can you hit home
runs with football. You must have
the proper tools of the trade" to
be proficient in any sport.
A bowler needs a well-fitting bowl
ing ball, a comfortable pair of bowl
ing shoes and a bag which allows
for the convenient transportation OF
the ball and the shoes.
In selecting your ball. choose eth.
er the two-hole or three-hOle sphere.
depending upon which feels most
natural in your hand. Next-avoid
, toO-narrow or twO-wide finger
.o-thumb span.
To determine the proper span.
place thumb in the thumb hole to
he depth desired. Then lay hand
lat on the surface of the ball, with
he middle finger extended over the
niger hole The knuckle joint of the
niger should extend about one-quar.
er inch past the inside edge of the
niger hole. This allows little room
Tor manipulation. II the RICH,
mount of play has been allowed, q
,encil will just fit between the palm
If the hand and the ball.
tRsleased b. Western Nswspapes unAoa.D
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-11-24
Dusky Work Horse

IMMEDIATELY after Heavyweight
1 Champion Joe Louis disposed of
Bob Pastor in a title bout a few
weeks ago he announced he would
not fight again until next September.
The Brown Bomber's plan seems
to have gone slightly awry. Mike
Jacobs, New York promoter, who
has exclusive rights to the cham
pion's services, has a way Of max
ing him change his mind. Now
Louis is scheduled to defend his
championship against Arturo Godoy
in Madison Square Garden Febru-
airy 8.
What the dusky leather pusher's
future plans are remain a mystery.
His near-retirement has been an
nounced, or rather rumored, fire.
quently. But nothing ever comes of
it.
Last month a story came out of
New York intimating he would re-
tire from the ring after a cham
pionship defense next summer and
open a riding club and restaurant
on the outskirts of Detroit.
In the event that he retires as
undefeated champion he would
be the second man to achieve this
ambition-Gene Tunney was the 9TH
er. In addition he would be the
first of his race to accomplish the
trick.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-11-24
Albert Sdrraut
Tough One Day,
Pacific the Next

and towns" And he means 10 do
just that.
M. Sarraut, as governor-general Of
French Indo-China, was regarded as
hard-fisted and implacable colonial
administrator. Returning to his
country villa in France, he read
Tolstoy, and renowned all belief in
force. When he became minister of
interior, his enemies, catching him
thus off guard, swarmed all over
him. He resigned.
He again became minister of the
interior, but offered his resignation
when King Alexander was assassi-
mated in Marseilles. But, taking the
premiership, he again swung his
war club, hotly denouncing obstruc-
tionists and meddlers. Alternately
tough and conciliatory, he is a vet
eran of the rough-and-tumble Of
French politics. A vacation, in his
garden, is apt to bring on the
Tolstoyan mood.
CONSOLIDATED Features-WNu sesvice.b
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-11-24

ball association Lou Gehrig
may be voted into baseball's hall of
fame and Rogers Hornsby and RUDE
Waddell are likely candidates =.
Northwestern and Yale are two
schools barring portable radios from
the stands. They cause too much
confusion A head linesman
covers more than four miles work
ing a single football game, pedom-
eterS show Ohio State football
teams have averaged about $4,000
spectators per game in the 40-odd
they have played under Coach Fran
els Schmidt.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-11-24
Speaking of Sports
Veteran Teller
Can Celebrate:
He Reaches 81
By ROBERT McSHANE

THOUGH Bob Teller reached
mans estate only recently, the
Iowa farm boy has been doing a
mans work for the Cleveland In
dams since he was II years old.
Baseball's most publicized young
ster, who had to take time off from
the major leagues to return for his
nigh school diploma, is just 81. But
already he's veteran of the pitch
er's mound.
Bob's birthday in no way disrupt
ed the calm routine of the Teller
family on the farm at Van Meter,
Iowa. Mrs. william Teller, attrac-
tive mother of the pitching ace,
didn't get at all excited about the
event. To Bob's friends in Van Me.
ter he's the same popular, likeable
lad who left home three years ago
to write new pages in the history
Of baseball.
Though Bob is one of the best
known ball players in the game TO-
day, 1t is generally conceded that he
is just starting a career which will
rank him with baseball's immortals.
Here are a few of his achievements
before he reached mans status:
In 1886, at the extremely advanced
age of II he struck out II Philadel.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-11-24

Crochet and embroidery cham
pien Of Utah's state fair h Frank
Mortensen Of Mldvale, who. when
~ isn't knocking oR . BIT Of fancy
ncodlowork, 70 . ''muekef" b Tie
nllAvale ore smsltsr. Creehsting h
- hobby.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-11-24

Diagrammed here is the $50 900
snow cruiser designed by DR.. Thorn
as PouIter at Chicago's Armour in
stitute for Admiral Richard E.
Byrd's exploration trip to the Ant
arctic. 1t averages 10 miles an
hour, and in its elton body carries
enough fuel for a nonstop New
York-San Francisco trip and back.
It carries plane ON its back. Each
wheel has a separate motor and tires
are changed by raising the axle
internally, letting the body rest on
the snow.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-11-24

weight title defense
against Gus Lesne-
vich The New
York boxing COM
mission has recog-
nized Lou Salica as
top challenger for
the vacated BAN
tamweight title
Oze Sim m o n s,
Towa's former great
Negro back, is now
playing for the Pat
erson Panthers in
the American Foot
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-11-24
London's Latest
Air Raid Blanket

When AFRAID sirens blare out
their warnings to take cover, Lon
doners will do exactly that. They
will grab the new bed comforter and
scram for the bomb-proof shelter.
The coverlet is shown at left as a
comforter. At right, the quilt as it
is transformed into a warm, COM
Portable garment.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-11-24
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON

NEW YORK.-Rudolf Friml, max
' er of melodies for rs years, final
ly gives credit to his collaborators.
With the ouiji board, he's always
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-11-24

promises -
sweep them
from all vii
lagos, munich
palities, cities
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-11-24

phia batters to tie the major league
single game strikeout record. Dur
ing that season he won FIVE games
and lost three.
On April "a, 1887, after tanning II
men in the first six innings, he suf-
fered an arm injury that was to
plague him throughout the balance
Of the season. However, he won
nine and lost seven, twice striking
out IL Yankees. Later that same
season he put down 16 Boston Red
SOx by the strike-out route.
Fans Is Batters
The next season he established a
major league record by tanning 10
Detroit batters. though he lost the
game to l. Two other records
were established when he struck out
% batters in two consecutive games:
38 batterS in three consecutive
games. He won II games and lost
IL.
In 1889 American league fans we're
quick to acclaim Bob as the hero
of the All-Star game, in which he
allowed only one hit in 32s innings.
He relieved Tommy Bridges, who
had loaded the bases. and forced
Arky Vaughan to hit into double
play. During the season he famed
246 batters, the largest number
since Walter johnson struck out 1903
in 1912. He won "a games and lost
only nine.
Teller is by no means the fastest
pitcher of all time. Some ball play
ers swear that Jack Wilson of the
Red Sox throws speedier ball. 9th.
ers claim Van Mungo has more
speed. AT their prime Lefty Grove
and Walter johnson pitched smoker
balls. But Bob is plenty fast-even
mis- critics will admit that.
Dangerous Curves
Batters know full well how fast
Bob serves up his pitches and are
fearful of digging in at the plate
and Of being set to knock the bal
over the fence. Teller is wild, an,
one OF his wild pitches is likely 70
brain a batter. His speed, coupled
with wildness. makes him the mos,
feared pitcher in the league.
Unlike altogether too many play.
ers, he's always eager to learn. He
has, too, the ability to see the fun
damentais back Of the box score
records. He has lost games tina,
pleased him more than victories
Even In victory he is not satisfied
with himself, always feeling tina
somewhere or other he could-ana
should-have done better.
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-11-24

talking shop
with 6 r e a {
compose r s,
a nd e v e z y
once in a
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-11-24

A LBERT SARRAUT, French mi
a lister of interior, swings on Il
French Reds with spiked club.
links them with the Germans az
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-11-24
Noted Composer
Credits Ethereal
Collaboration

Collaboration and every
while they help him round out a
score. He never knew why the
Song of the Vagabonds" just sang
itself through in five minutes, faster
than he could score it, until he
learned that he had an ethesed
spokesman, or spokesman.
His career, from the start -
down to his present fifty-ninth
year, is a testimonial to sccuk
guidance, in planting him Al
ways in the highway Of Lady
Luck. In Prague, his birthplace,
his father worked in q bakery.
One day, his mother gave his
father money to buy wood.
Fates or phantoms guided him
instead to a pawn shop, where
he made a down payment on
tiny piano. Rudolf's mother was
SO angry she wanted to chop Il
to pieces, but the boy persuaded
her to let him keep it.
At the age of 10, he had pub
ished a barcarolle. In the musical
conservatory of Prague, where he
studied under Antonin Dvorak, he
teamed up with Jan Kubelik. They
were playing at a concert which
Daniel Frohman happened oppor-
timely to attend. He took them -
the United States for a tour Of -
cities.
Whether or not Mr.. Friml was just
an amanuensis for spirits, his COM
positions streamed along rapidly
"Glorianna," 1.-THE FREELY" ''Ka-
tinka," High Jinks." Music Hath
Charms" 1.-THE Vagabond King"
and whole album of others, mona
of them seeming to be Of ghostly
inspiration. Hollywood still keeps
him busy and successful.
II GORDON SELFRIDGE. the
L L. Anglo American merchant
prince, visiting this country, makes
it a tossup between communism
H. G. Selfridge ana rtno,s
Sees Passing of Queried about
Success IdyH communism
Europe after the war, he asks,
what of it? What is the difference
between communism and a society
where tax takes half of the income
and a Surtax the other half"
He says the day Of initiative
and enterprise is past. He is
an authority on that subject.
SiXty-two years ago, he swept
out a store in Ripon, Wis. Tive
years later, he was an errand
boy for Marshall Field & Co.
in Chicago, and a partner when
he quit, in 1904. Punch ribbed
him mercilessly when he opened
his store in London, and the
smart salons we're full Of clever
mots about the American invad-
er. He made them like him.
Here in 1887, he was optimistic
about Europe and the world in gen.
eral. Now he says, 1.-THE opportu-
nifty to achieve and to show results
has been eliminated all over the
world"
A LBERT SARRAUT, French min
1 a lister of interior, swings on the
French Reds with spiked club. He
links them with the Germans and
ALL. s. promises -
sweep them
Tough One Day, from all vii
poc;6c The Merit lagos, munich
palities, cities
and towns" And he means 10 do
just that.
M. Sarraut, as governor-general Of
French Indo-China, was regarded as
i. = 4
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-11-24
BOWLING
Made Easy
eoe
By NED DAY
National Match Game Champion

(This IS the second OF q series OF bowling
lessons BY Ned Day OF Milwaukee. Wis. na.
uonsI match game champion and recognized
as an outstanding bowling suthority.)
Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1939-11-24
Sport Shorts

RnLY CONN has rejected q De-
- cember is fight with Bob Pastor
because he is losing weight too rap
idly in training for his light heavy
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Zoning Adjustment Board
Djsposes of 734 AppeoIs

The Board of Zoning Adjustment
today filed with the Commissioners
its first annual report, announcing
the disposal of 1874 appeals of vari-
Gus kinds after % public hearings.
The board was created by act of
Congress June 20, 1898, to give f1ex-
ibility to zoning regulations so that
individual exceptions to zoning Or
dinances could be made without
charging the regulations themselves
THE experience of the board leads
to the conclusion that the appeal
procedure under the new Zoning
Act and regulations is satisfactory
to the majority of the citizens who
have appeared before the board" the
report stated. land as time goes on
there is increasing evidence of its
value
OF the total appeals, the report
showed, 102 were granted. five were
granted in part, q were denied and
five withdrawn. In one instance of
conditional approval, the board re-
quired owners of a sand pit to post
50. 500 bond with a citizens associa-
ton to protect the neighborhood
against abandonment of the pit.
The board made $3.50 in fees for
the filing of appeals, while salary
expenditures amounted to $999.14.
Evening star., 1939-08-31
Green Acres School
Plan Is Denied by
zoning Adjusters
Boord Also Rejects
Use Of Building
As Church Home

The Board of Zoning Adjustments
today denied the appeal of M. Fran
ces Burns for permission to estab-
lish on behalf of the Green Acres
School, Inc, an educational insti-
tuition at 46l6 Verplank street NV,
after vigorous protest by residents
of the area at a hearing yeSter-
day.
The board also denied the ap-
peal of Sallie H. Weller to permit
building at 1900 Farragut street
N w. to be used as church home
for elderly ladies. Property owners
also opposed this proposal at the
hearing yesterday on the ground
that it would reduce property values
to have an institution in the neigh
borhood.
Representative of the Green Acres
School told the board it was a nom
profit establishment for children be-
tween the ages of 2 and 7 years.
They ilI8tsted the supervision is such
that no noise would exist to annoy
the property owners, and that the
school would be an asset to the COM
munitt. The school is incorporated
IN Maryland, it was said, and handles
about 80 OF 4T T'children primarily
from the Silver Spring area.
A petition against the appeal
siged by 40 residents of the area
in the immediate vicinity of the
premises in question was submitted
to the board.