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Evening star., 1939-12-04

for instant action even If 1t Is only
with knife and fork.
It is stranger still to meet Leslie
Henson offstage and find him a
thoughtful little man with consider
able knowledge Of world affairs and
serious theories on the economic
causes Of war.
Lectures Being Arranged.
But in this war anything may
happen, especially In this old inn,
into which came many remarkable
characters, including officers of our
mechanical cavalry, tanks and
armored cars, who are the life and
soul Of a party and very humorous
fellows even when driving their
tanks over rain-sodden fields. I
should not be surprised to see the
Archbishop Of Canterbury or George
Robey or Emperor Halle Selassie or
all three at once or any other un-
likely visitor arriving on a week.
end visit.
In the desire to give the troops
some mental relief now and then
from the daily routine OF waiting
for war, the army is arranging lee
lures by volunteers from among the
ofncers and war correspondents. I
was tagged for this duty, and, taking
my courage In both hands, faced a
big audience Of troops in q town
where once I had walked with q
sense OF uncanny horror about me.
But the corps commander was good
enough to introduce me, and I con-
fess felt rather nervous at this
talk had to give, for an intolerable
Evening star., 1939-12-04

Of fire and zest. Violet Lorraine,
muyed greatly by the thought that
she was singing her old songs to
sons Of the fathers who heard them
in the last war, captured the hearts
of these men. Leslie Henson got
roars Of laughter every time he
made a funny face.
They had . wonderful time in
those two hours. as happy as chill
dren at their first pantomime,
after weeks and months in desolate
places-many Of them-where there
is only tough kind of comfort for
those who know how to make 1t in
the damp straw under the beams Of
old barns.
There have been two shows night
ly for the last three evenings, ard,
last night, after the second show, I
heard men marching down the street
on their way to their billets by
heavy transport and lorries. can
not say that saw them, for 1t was
pitch dark. but they were still sing
ing Justify and still under the magic
Of the footlights.
This little crowd Of actors and
actresses has been staying at an old
inn, where one now hears the tread
Of heavy boots worn by officers and
their orderlies. It is strange and
pleasant to see the little ladies of
the stage popping in and out OF
doors or taking their meals in a
room mostly crowded with generals
and war correspondents and other
formidable looking fellows, some Of
whom wear their battle dress, ready
Evening star., 1939-12-04
British Resigned
To Passing Winter
Without Fighting Z
Many at Front Thinking
About Yuie Leove, but
With Little Hope
Bv SIR PHILIP GIBBS,
British War CofreSpondent.


WITH THE BRITISH FORCES
IN FRANCE, Dec. 4 (N.A.N.A., by
Radio) The menace Of German
attack, which seemed imminent a
month ago, is now unlikely for
some time because of the rain, the
floods and internal troubles In the
martyred states, which now are IN
smouldering revolt.
Although the Franco British
Armies are now, as always, on the
alert for any movement which
might happen, there is general
feeling that we may as well settle
down into winter quarters, as the
Duke of Marlborough did in his
old campaign in Flanders, and make
the best Of 1t as far as possible.
The officers and men are thinking
Of Christmas leave, with tug at
the heart for those who already
know that their chances are very
thin.
Meanwhile, the shopkeepers In
the little French towns are dress
ing their windows already with
Christmas goods and gifts likely
to appeal to English customers
those muddy men with steel hats
sllng over their gas masks who
come out of the barns, billets. dug
outs and gun emplacements up
there in the bog on occasional
visits by lorry to these centers of
civilization. where they press their
noses against shop windows like
small boys in search of new toys.
Not Having Gay Time.
One of these towns behind our
lines takes the place occupied by
Amiens In the last war. It was
Evening star., 1939-12-04

badly knocked about by shellfire,
but has been built up again.
Through this town there is . con-
tinual trafIic of British motor lor-
ries and it is the scene df such
entertainment as can be offered to
the troops within reach Of it.
It does not do to exaggerate the
amount or frequency of that form
Of pleasure One Is apt to give
the impression by an allusion to
Oracle Fields or Leslie Henson that
our army is having q gay old time.
can assure my readers that Is
not so. Unless the men make their
own gayety, as many of them do,
they are lucky If they get one
chance Of attending a performance
by the players who have come out
TO amuse them.
But it IS a good sight to see them
crowding into the little old theater,
holding an audience Of TOO. Now,
for night or two, 1t has been filled
with our men from many units
who have been brought down from
their trenches and blockhouses. I
was Chere one evening this week
when Binnie Hale and Violet Lor-
raine, With Leslie Henson and
others, put on q show. It was q
brave show, for these players had
just arrived after frightful jour-
ney, when all their clothes had
been swept by heavy seas, so, when
they put on their costumes, they
were wet all through. No one would
have guessed 1t.
Binnie Hale was adorable and full
Evening star., 1939-12-04
Peoples Lobby Asks
Dies to Probe New Deal

The Peoples Lobby today asked
Chairman Dies of the House Un-
American Committee to investigate
who has been guilty of the sub
versive activities which have pre-
vented the Democratic party from
carrying out its 1882 platform"
"An investigation of such sub
versive activities" said letter from
the league, could reveal why it is
that 100000 000,0 900, of which half
has been borrowed, we still have
at least 100000 employables un-
employed, 100000 farmers nearly
or quite bankrupt and third Of
our people ill-fed, ill-clothed and
tll-housed"
The letter added that "the SUBJ
versive activities responsible for this
must be pretty dreadful and ex-
pressed certainty that I'VE can't pin
them on Hitler or Stalin."
Evening star., 1939-12-04

can talk on even terms with a peas
ant and he can, with a brilliant
mind and with eight languages at
his command, give wit and bril-
lance to any conversation. He has
a calm, reflective way of listening to
the opinions of others; quiet, but
forceful way of expressing his own.
Boris has a long record of homely,
kindly acts. But there are no
cameras around when he stops his
car to speak with a peasant.
There is a popular belief that his
delay in marrying was due to his
intense pre-occupation with the
affairs of his kingdom, and there Is
evidence enough to back this up.
If his marriage, to the Italian
Princess Giovanna, proved popular,
the fact that his marriage has
provided an heir to the throne has
further endeared the match to the
Bulgarian public Crown Prince
Simeon is now years old.
Evening star., 1939-12-04

sin would be to bore lot Of British
soldiers who could not very well
leave the hall till the corps con-
mander gave the signal.
I kept my talk on the light side
and raised laugh now and then,
so got away with 1t. Laughter to
them is the spice Of life; and they
are good at making their own Jokes,
as their fathers did before them
even If the rain poured down on
them and their feet sank deeper In
the mud.
(Copyright, 1889, by the McNaught
Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1939-12-04
Concert Announced

DR.. Walter Bauer will conduct the
Agriculture Department Orchestra
and Symphonic Choir in a concert
Wednesday at $3.50 pm. in the de-
partment auditorium, Fourteenth
street and independence avenue
NV, it was announced today.
Evening star., 1939-12-04
Tension in PASSING
Through War Zone
Told by A. P. Writer
Rotterdam, Carrying 900
Refugees, Travelled
Through Mined Areas

Fred Vanderschmidt has Just
returned to Ne1D York after
spending nearly three years in
,Dar zones and European capitals
for the Associated Press. He de-
scribes his return passage here.
By FRED vANDERSCHMIDT.
Associated Press Foreign CORRESPONDENT.
NEW YORK, Dec. "A To-day
voyage through mine-infested waters
and war zones gives deck-side view
of the British blockade and her
patrol of the North Atlantic.
With 900 Jewish refugees, largest
single group to reach here since the
war started, and other passengers I
arrived on the Netherlands liner
Rotterdam.
Grim faces turned to laughter as
the liner neared her destination
after passing through the treach-
erous North Sea mine fields, the
British downs" and the gale tossed
convoy lanes of mid-Atlantic.
We slipped out of Rotterdam be-
fore dawn, a blaze of neutral light
in a blacked-out sea. Capt. Thomas
Stuut took us through the wild
mines of the North Sea and English
Channel, graveyard of thousands
of tons Of neutral merchantmen.
Huddle in Corridors.
Too nervous to sleep, the refugees
huddled in corridors or picked their
way fearfully around the decks,
strewn with coiled rope ready for
launching uncovered lifeboats.
Daylight brought the dark shad-
ows of British mine-sWeepers and
the drone of a bomber, swooping
low to scan the tall letters Holland"
on our sides.
Then the Downs! In this gray
reach Of channel just off Dover, a
fleet of merchant shipping swings
dismally at anchor, the flags Of
many nations dropping from the
maStS.
Some of the ships have been here
for weeks. None passes without in
spection of the British admiralty.
AS we awaited examination, a Grip
pied freighter rolled low in the tide,
her decks awash.
The grey outline of a destroyer
raced to and fro on submarine
patrol.
Passed British Warships.
The Rotterdam cleared the Downs
during the night. but through the
next day the British mine sweepers
and destroyers stole past us in the
mist.
Six days out, and not glimpse Of
anything but British or neutral
shipping. A line of 10 vessels
steamed past eastbound, conveyed
by cruiser and destroyers.
Two refugees were dead and most
of them had been i'll by the time we
reached New York. But for the last
three days the decks were filled with
laughing people who had shaken uff
despair for the first time in many
months.
Ruthie Kirchen, 19-year-old Vien-
nese, sang a gay song in half dozen
languages in the crowded lounge,
although she had been up all night
before helping the ships doctor.
A Vienna physician who had been
taking pills to induce sleep said with
a smile:
Nov it will be better"
Evening star., 1939-12-04

In the Middle Ages women wore
masks to protect their compilations
from the sunshine.
Evening star., 1939-01-13
A Rendezvous With Selfish Is Arranged

Fishing funny this appealing the
real fisherman for sympathy rather the ayman like
Mr. speak casually about lines and and
that sort of thing 1t takes fishing like
Huber, to understand this kind of language.
All know of fishing taught Mr. Walter McCalum
gofng STAR matter Of
McCalum processes to be fishing the side Last March he
Mats insisted
sfh expedition Bring photographer along" suggested Nc
Callu land We'll take
OF the seas"
All went well the expedition until the saihs hand
The bait and of the strike the
the boat, truly stride missed the first strike
count 10 when the fish tapped the bait Instead
the old Nothing
before the grabbed line and tried take
He neatly frustrated 1t line between and
sas probably still vicinity of
Fla The captain didn't tumble and there arranged
between sash The fish 2000to1
shot to win another decision
follows that the unsuccessful captain felt badly missed but
the characters Don't
buddy he dand the native chief the Of
Stuart Ive first ahh I've trying
for IA years.
strength Tony
nailed saihsh.
fshing taking
do call fishing that involves troling?"
why fishing funny sport
Evening star., 1939-01-13
Basket Ball

BY the Associated Press.
kEHsn0ss Esn s. e cs,asls SsHss: sy yE'shin''0n 49,
Hampden-Sydney. Al; American. 81.
Alabama; 3s; sewanee. 81.
"asa,nston MarY n and Lee g.; William and
wijilin 5sii Il SPd Mary 'SoTiolE5' s.; Camp
Alderson- -Broddus. 40: Morris Harvey. 3e.
Ivirsinia. q: North Carolina. 90;
HMsndrix M;r.iIis;n4; a; Arkansas rs TECH 81 90
Central Normal 55; Huntington, "a.
Central State Teachers (Wis.). SO: Osh-
1nti kosh STATE s.s Teachers Teacher go. v,, IN,
ge!ea: q: ~ csssTe: 5eneis: H. 20 ,
Gettysbure. 40: Lebanon, Valley, 81.
oetntysbure n!ClS 3 Frosh' "a; Lebanon Valley
Ottawa 1ss0 -; College lei asi of Emporia. aS %.
Enn3o. EmPo.1a Teachsrs ;;. 81: st. Rensdicts. 80.
"aM5TIensouaFss MIees as Teachers 81; Missouri
MissoaTl s.3a oSTs Valley aS; chillicothe susi-
e gt.as adzaIa X t. e r. bssisi ssa.4 g.
East s. yns Texas Stats Teachers 4e: Howard
Assis;s a:Hsts e. s29ssFf s H:nd:sson s Teach
ers. 80.
Vanderbilt 4s: Cumberland 36.
Bluefield, 81; Lynchburn. So
jordan ~; Northern tMich) State
Minot Teachers. 40: Dickinson Teach
Msasats s1s q Teachers so; Bemidh Teach
Arizona D.. 33: Texas Mines. %.
Billings Poly. 36: Montana Mines. %.
Arizona State Teachers. SO; q. Of New
q: Of Mexico. 81: California Tech. "a,
Wake Forest. A; Clemson, 3S.
Marshall. 43: Ohio Wesleyan. %.
Baylor. 3S: Texas T. & NJ. "a.
lafayette 33: Alfred "a
Muhlenberg. 36: Franklin 4 Mar.
Western Kentucky Teachers, 20; Ten.
nessee Tech. "a.
Salem. So: West Liberty. 40.
Westminster. SO: Geneva. Al.
Montana State. As: Colorado Mines, IS,
Evening star., 1939-01-13
Report of Breodon-Rickey Split Again Out Of Order
Only Important G1dde-oB1n

Cleveland is so high on George
Pace that Promoter Bobby Evans
has guaranteed Sixto Escobar
five grand to give George a shot
at the bantamweight crow. out
there.
All last fall Braven Dyer,
crack columnist of the Los Ange-
les Times, waged q one-man
campaign to have Coach How
ard Jones play Doyle Nave reg
ularly Dyer wrote until he
was hoarse, you might say, but
Jones would pay him no mind
a-tall, and Nave continued to COL
lect splinters from the Southern
California bench Then came
the big ouch On the day of
the Rose Bowl game Dyer left
the park three minutes before
the final whistle to escape the
dense trafiic back to Los Angeles
u. And therefore wasn't on
hand to see Nave dash out from
Evening star., 1939-01-13
Resignation Of Pitt
From Court Loop
Likely Today

NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-University
of Pittsburgh is expected to offer its
resignation from the Eastern Inter-
collegiate Basket Ball Conference
when that group meets here today
The meeting originally was sched-
uled yesterday, but was postponed
because a majority of the members
were not present.
Asa S. Bushnell, executive director
OF the central Office for Eastern
intercollegiate athletics, with which
the conference is affiliated, said he
knew no reason for the proposed
resignation.
q report from Pittsburgh, how
ever said that James j. Hagan, di-
rector OF athletics, said the action
was motlvated because most of the
colleges in the group are not nat
ural or otherwise particularly keen
rivals"
Evening star., 1939-01-13
Loop Lead al Stake
as 6. u, Carnegie
Clash Tonight
B, the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-After an
unusually placid night for this time
Of the year, the firing will break out
along the college court front tonight
with the Eastern intercollegiate
Conference clash between George
town and Carnegie Tech high light.
ing the evenings warfare.
The game brings together two of
the conferences most promising
teams on the Skibos' home court at
Pittsburgh. Georgetown has won
five straight, licking among others
Temple, the conference champion,
by IL points, and New York u, al
ways powerful, by two.
Carnegie Tech has two conference
triumphs,, over West Virginia and
Pitt, against Georgetown's one and
has won four of five games.
There are no games scheduled for
the Eastern intercollegiate League
tonight, but Yale and Columbia,
Dartmouth and Penn and Princeton
and Harvard are on tap for Satur-
day night.
Evening star., 1939-01-13

obscurity and hurr them passes
that did for the Dukes p. s.:
He heard them on the radio In
his car.
Selection of Doc Sutherland
to coach the Eastern All-Stars
against the pro champion Giants
next fall means the Giants have
one strike on them already :.
Cal Hubbard, the American
League umpire, is calling 'em at
a dog show down at Pinehurst
The National Football
Leagues flve-reel sound movie
will be released next week i.
Jack Stuart, Alabama's 22-year-
old Athletic trainer. is one Of
the youngest in the biz {.
One hardy Maine guy walked 8
miles on snowshoes to mail us q
letter telling where Charley Mil
Ter, the guide, could be located
-Four stars for him And Q
happy Friday, the 18th.
Evening star., 1939-01-13
Cardinals Tackle ViIIonovo
In D. c. Boxing Opener;
MARYLAND Visits Duke

John Nojanus, undefeated last year
in the 165-pound division, form the
backbone of the team.
At Maryland the outlook is rosy,
with Coach Heinie Miller modestly
predicting his Terps will capture
seven bouts from the Blue Devils.
Oddly, it is the man who. will fight
Maryland's national intercollegiate
lightweight champion who is feared
most by Miller.
Benny Alperstein, who has snatch
ed national intercollegiate feather
weight and lightweight titles under
Miller, will be meeting a dangerous
puncher in Capt. Chuck Kasik, who
won last week as Duke bowed to
South Carolina, 60. in a meet which
was closer than that score would
indicate. Benny barely outpointed
Kasik last year.
Duke has an acceptable heavy
weight in Pete Brooks, who doubtless
will be favored over Herman Raisin,
Maryland's only candidate in that
class. Only in the heavyweight divi-
sion, however, is Maryland below
par, for the Terps are stacked two
deep with formidable fighters sat
every other weight.
The winesap of Miller's eye is
Frank Cronin, Southern Conference
440-yard dash champion. who has
developed rapidly in his first season
at altering features. Cronin seems
to cherish the idea of swatting some
body and Miller has directed his en-
thusiasm In the proper channels.
Maryland otherwise will use
George Dorr, 120; Bob Bradley, 1877;
Nathan Askin, 145; Newton Cox, 165,
and Morton Steinbach, It's.
Dorr has been the only fighter to
whip Catholic University's Bernstein
in the latter's II collegiate engage
ments.
Evening star., 1939-01-13
D. {. Motor Boat Driver
Among Record Holders

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13.AFhe coun-
Gil of the American Power Boat AS
ISOLATION, holding motor boat show
dinner. announced the award Of rec
ord metals to 20 drivers who last
year set up new A. P. B. A. speed
marks in sanctioned regattas.
John A. Remon of Washington,
president Of the Association, pre-
sided.
The 1888 speed merchants award
ed the new medals, designed by
Elise Tyson, girl outboard driver, Of
Philadelphia, are:
Count Theo Rossi of Italy Gold Cup
champion; j; NJ. Rutherford Of Port
Harry, BiEdsall, Yonksrs n, Y. Louis
Carlisle Geneva. n. Y: E. F.. Dobson,
Baltimore. Nd; Henry Taubert.. Waco.
Tex. Paul YEARLY, Muncie Ind: Gar
Wood. jr.. hlgonac. Mich; Jack Cooper.
Kansas City, Mo: Clinton Ferguson. Wa
ban. Mass; Bert Steacie. Framingham.
Mass: Edison Hedges, Atlantic City. N j.:
Frank Vincent. Tulsa. Okla Buddy Reuter-.
st. Louis. Mo-; Mollie Tyson. Chestnut Hill.
Pa: Joseph Monigle. Wilmington. Del:
J: T. Milliken, St. Louis; David Gerli. New
York, and Bob Gambrill. Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1939-01-13
Van Alta Sees Success
With New Screwba|I
Similar 10 Hubs
Made Winning Finish
With Browns in '38
While Trying 1t
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Jan. 10.
Russell Van Alta plans what he
hopes will be a not too pleasant sur
prise for American Leagne batters
this coming baseball season-a
screwban similar to the delivery Of
Carl Hubbell Of the New York
Giants.
The st. Louis Browns pitcher,
charter member of the group Of
hurlers plagued by sore arms, said
he is in top shape again and fore
cast a successful season for himself.
Il began experimenting with the
new delivery late last season." Van
Alta explained, "and if you repem-
Der. won four of my last five starts
with the Browns.
The new screwball of mine is diff
f1cult to maneuver, but I have gotten
1t under control and will be able to
mix it up with my other stuff.
I'm In the best shape of my
career"
Late in 1887 the pitcher underwent
an operation for the removal of a
spur growth from the elbow of his
throwing arm.
Evening star., 1939-01-13

revival The combined ages
of Len Harvey and Larry Gains,
who are to fght for the Brit
ish heavyweight championship
March 16, must total 80 years
at least Elmer Layden vis-
tied Lou Little at Columbia this
week and was introduced to the
mysteries of handball as played
by Little and his assistants
Pie Traynor is going to string
along with the same players
who supplied the ace collapse of
1898, despite the lnsistence of
most baseball men that the club
should be broken up.
Basket ball-minded kids of
Harvard. ILL.,, who do their prac-
ticing in the basement of the
First M. E. Church, have to
shell out q nickel apiece for
lights With only one I'M
portant player due to graduate,
tennessee looks to be Dixie's
football standout next fall
Evening star., 1939-01-13
Tony Throws l20-Yurd Field Goals Easily

before believe
and
pitcher He keep elbow against the body while
javeln
heaving behind football
Briggs Stadium his snker the goal
which 12O Hollywood trick
photography behind this Acceta and plain
everything with his brushing
job catching bass
bait casting the last Is 20 have been
unable shadow much less bait But
buaons attached
sport, appreciate the Accetta technique.
producing equipment He frankly plugging his sporting equipment
demonstrating
might
spend little the Hghtest and
sports stuff aiming to interest
few who afford for the
whole
Evening star., 1939-01-13
$1,000,000B Bid
For r'Man O War
Is Rejected
Mayer Eager to Take
22-Yeur-OId Racing
Great From Riddle
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-In 1889, at
the age sof %, 10 years after he quit
the turf with the most notable record
in American racing history, Man
O. War continues to make news. Last
week his owner, Samuel D. Riddle,
turned down an offer of $1,000, 900
cash for him. It was by far the
largest offer ever made for a race
horse.
The offer came, appropriately
enough for so huge a bid, from
Louis B. Mayer, Hollywood film pro-
ducer, Riddle revealed yesterday.
It was finally refused, for Riddle
had vowed never to part with his
famous runner and sire and had just
completed arrangements setting up
a trust fund for the son of Fair. Play
Mahubah.
The trust fund will continue Man
O. War in his pleasant regal state
If Riddle and Mrs. Riddle die before
he does, and makes provision for his
burial IN the same plot with his sire
and dam.
Mayer Is Heavy Buyer.
Mayors offer was a surprising
one-at % Man o. Wars value as
sire has declined-but there seems
little doubt it was sincere. Since
entering the racing game, Mayer
has bought heavily. purchasing
among others William Woodward's
Perifox, Ogden Phipps' Magic Hour
for $25, 1000, and Thomas Hitch
cocks Ossabaw. He has entered
them in the big California stakes
this winter and is training the $79.-
600 worth of yearlings purchased at
the Saratoga sales last summer.
It was at those same sales that
Riddle bought Man O. War in 1918
from the late Augustus Belmont for
5000. big Red" won 20 of q races
before being retired at the end of
his 3-year-old season, losing only
to Upset, and won $249 ,465 in purses.
Competent judges believe his win
n1ngs would have been doubled had
he run five or six years later when
purses were uniformly higher.
$265,o0 Is Record Price.
AS a sire, Man O. War has seen
his get win almost every important
fiat race and England and Amer
tca's greatest jumping races. War
Admiral, Clyde Van Dusen, Cru
sader. Battleship and Blockade have
gained turf fame. Seabiscuit, a
grandson Of Man O. War, beat War
Admiral in a match race and SUBJ
sequently was named "the horse of
the year" for 1888.
The highest price ever paid for a
horse, according to the records, was
the $265 900 paid in 1920 by Unzue
the Argentine breeder, for August
Belmont's Tracery. In 1886 the
English-b Sir Blenheim, the Aga
Khan's English Derby winner of
1880, was bought by an American
syndicate for $250.0OO
So just as he did when he was a
1-to-100 favorite to take the Bel
mont Stakes, just as he did when
he beat Sir Barton in Canada and
the mutuel machines paid $22O for
81, the shortest odds possible under
the Canadian law. Big Red" made
history yesterday.