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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-11
Speaking of Sports
Dempsey Picks
Buddy Baer to
Vanquish Louis
BY ROBERT McSHANE

WHILE the seemingly useless
w search for a white hope goes
on in heavyweight ranks, former
champion Jack Dempsey amazed
fistic circles recently with the an
nouncement that Buddy Baer is just
the lad to remove Joe Louis crown.
1t was unexpected because Buddy
hasn't set the world on fire. It
served as quite a boost for the
younger of the Baer tribe, however,
and should get him a few important
fights. And right now he needs them.
Buddy's defeat by Gunnar Bar
lund hurt him in more ways than
one. He lasted only seven rounds,
giving up the fight before being
knocked out. Since then his courage
has been questioned. It should be
said to his credit that he knocked
out rough-and-ready Abe Simon aft
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-11

stay in Paris he went to England,
where he finished his dictionary dur
ing an eight months residence in
Cambridge. In June, 1925, he re-
turned to America. An edition of
$500 copies of his dictionary was
published in 1928, followed by an
edition of 5000 for Great Britain.
The work contained $4,000 words
and 10000 definitions not to be found
in any similar publications. Web
ster issued an enlarged edition in
1910.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-11
Revanlped Par
ERED CORcORAN. (,

FIRED CORCORAN, tournament
manager of the Professional Golf
ers' association, believes that par,
as it is now computed, is a COM
pletely outmoded standard.
Logic, buffers to the contrary, is
on his side. During the winters
P. G. A. tour the winners were 8
and 10 shots under par in almost
every 72-hole tournament. Golfng
topnotchers can do it every time
when they're really playing in form.
Golf, with those men, is a pro-
fession and business. They work at
it all day long, practicing endlessly.
1t has been said that when jug Nc
Spaden shot a phenomenal practice
round of So in Texas, he went i'm
mediately to the practice tee and
worked there for two hours. Par
can't hold down men like that.
Corcoran has doped out solution.
And he believes it will be accepted
in the near future. His plan:
He compares two holes, one is $50
yards, the other Ais. On the present
JeANS~SO ONSAS paA AOA CaCA ID AOuAs
The 350-yard hole is straightaway,
there are no traps to speak of and
no, out-of- bounds bordering the fair
way. The 415 yarder's green is
guarded by a pond, it is heavily
trapped and has out-of- bounds to the
left Of the fairway and beyond the
green.
According to Corcoran's system
the 35O-yard hole would be given a
value of four. With that as a basis,
the second hole would be rated at
four and fOur-tenths. Then, by total
ing figures for each hole, par would
be set.
The idea certainly has merit. It
is much more flexible than is the
present method, and it's adoption
would save Old Man Par from the
severe beatings he has taken in re.
cent years.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-11

DdSeDaH tO0ay, ana
with the lone excep-
ton of Babe Ruth,
the highest paid of
all time.
In 1887 the Detroit
Base Ball company
paid Greenberg $685.
500. Income tax re-
turns for 1888 have
not been checked as
yet, but it is taken
for granted that
Hanks salary was
not reduced last
years and that his
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-11

Braddock, former
heavyweight cham
pion, received $751;
983 from the Brad
dock : Gould enter
prises in 1897
Marquette and Uni
versity of Detroit
will renew athletic
relations next year
after a lapse of five
years There
were ~ pitchers in
the major leagues,
II ~ %kn A
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-11

and 8 in the National, who won Is
games or more last season Paul
Waner has won the National league
batting championship three times. :.
Fred Hutchinson, Detroit's young
$4,000 pitcher, is still a mystery
man. His control has been lacking so
far this season and he probably needs
another year to season
O Western Newspaper Union.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-11

A nurse delivers the
baby in the lining room,
and the pe,o father and
mother, tears and smiles
appearing together, take
Over. Beside the moth.
er is Mrs. WaIrath. The
infant no,o has parents,
a si1-year-Old brother,
and a home on Wisc0n-
sins Lake Michigan, its
future happiness quite
aUeN assured in a better
than-auerage American
home.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-11
Sport Shorts

IN HIS early baseball days,
Terry was once sold to the Knox
vile club for $3.50. He thought that
was too cheap, so he didn't report
DR.. John Balm ("Jock") Suth-
erland, former Pittsburgh university
football coach, recently accepted an
appointment as chairman of the
Pennsylvania state board of oral hy-
giene. He will organize and CO.
ordinate dental clinics Jim
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-11

Aboue, the adopting
parents see their child,
,Uho greets them ,oith
lusty ho,UIs since she has
just been awakened from,
a sleep. But the crying
soon subsidized. Left, o.,
the second floor of the
Cradles t,po buildings
are special nurseries for
rs to IS babies. Each
crib is partitioned off by
glass.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-11

Aboue, Mrs Warah, assisted by the chauffeur of friend Of
The Cradle brings sceekod girl from maternity center to the
home Sir thousand applications e but they filled
With the greatest of Parents Social and
economic requirements Foster told only that their
child normal that the natural free Of disease that
babies nached adopting racial national and
religious background. lat
scientific
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-11
Parents Matched to Babies
At Evanston's Famous Cradle

Celebration Of child
health day, May I, and
boys and girls ,Ueek, May
I to 8, focuses attention
on the Cradle, famed in
stitutiOn at Evanston,
ILL.,, ,ohere in IS years
Mrs. William B. Walrath
has cared for 5000 ba-
bies deprived of their
natural parents.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-11
Shining Road

ONE of the reasons baseball is
~ shining road to thousands of
American youngsters is shown in
the national treasury's annual sal
airy report. The road should shine
its paved with gold.
Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Ii
gers is the highest paid player in
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-11

er Abe gave him a merciless slug
ging for two rounds. Buddy was
badly battered, and when the third
round came along Simon figured it
time for a knockout. Instead Baer
came out fighting, defeating Simon
in a whirlwind third-round finish.
1t would be hard to imagine bet
ter fighting build than Buddy's. He
weighs 240 pounds, and every pound
is in the right place. He has ire
mendous wallop that spells curtains
when it lands. All in all, he looks
like champion. But so did another
Baer-Maxie. N Il
Granted that Buddy has size,
punch and fighting heart. He
lacks one essential-quick mental
reaction.
Set-up for Louis
Buddy, like almost any fighter,
can spot an opening. But before
he decides what to do about it the
opening has disappeared. That kind
of fighter would find the going all
too tough against the Brown Bomb
er. Louis is controlled lightning. He
thinks and hits fast and hard enough
to blast any opponent, regardless of
size.
Maybe Dempsey was right. Buddy
may be the logical throne occupant
to succeed Louis. At least it's hard
to point at any other contender and
say "there's the man." Look over
the balance of the field and try to
pick one. Most fans have a pet fight
er, but they only hope in him, and
in their hearts know that the brown
boy from down Alabama way is
just too good for the object of their
fstic affections.
A few short months ago Max Baer
was in the ring with Joe Louis. The
ending of the fight was, to say the
least, inglorious. Max was counted
out while resting on one knee.
That fact hurt Make a great deal
more than the actual loss Of the
fight. He has a long way to come
back to regain the confidence fans
once had in him.
Old Jack Roper was thrown into
the ring against Louis with no more
chance than the last chop in a
boarding house. At least he gave
West coast residents a chance to
see the champ in action.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-11

AboUe, Mrs. Walrath's
daughter, Gretchen, re-
views in detail ,pith a Ke.
nOsha, Wis., manufacture
er and his ,Vife, who haze
come to adopt a child,
their original application
filed several months be-
fore, making certain, that
conditions remain un-
changed.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1939-05-11
Disabled Vets

1t would be useless to recount the
fights Louis has had. There's been
something the matter with every op-
ponent. Jim Braddock was not only
washed up, he was also a victim OF
arthritis. Tommy Farr, reminiscent
of Planting Phil Scott, stayed Is
rounds when the champ had an off
night. Max Schmeling was little
more than shell. John Henry Lew
is was half blind and wholly scared.
He knew he couldn't stay a round,
And didn't.
Right now Max is attracting much
more attention than is Buddy. Louis
looks upon him as the No. / chal-
lenger, despite Tony Galento's Off
cial designation to that spot. Max
is training for his June 1 encoun-
ter with Lou Nova, one of the best
of the present possibilities. Lou is
still on the green side, and may be
polished off by the elder Baer. No
matter how it ends it won't cause
more than ripple in the sea of Sec
ond rate heavyweight hopefuls.
Joe Louis will be dethroned some
day, but age will have more to do
with his finish than the present crop
of leather pushers. ALI champions
soften in time, even the mightiest.
Old Man Time is the best looking
candidate in the field, and he needs
a few more years to remove the ex-
plosive force from the Brown Bomb
er.
Evening star., 1939-01-07
Realty Bonds Move
In Narrow Range
During 1898
Recover From Midysor
Low to Register
Slight Coins

Realty bonds moved in 4 rather
marrow range generally during 1888,
although they recovered In the last
six months from = midyear low to
register 4 gain of AZ per cent for
the year, according to the real
estate bond index, maintained by
Burr Il Co. Of New York City.
The average bid for the 250 issuea
in the Eastern part Of the United
states covered by the Burr index
stood Ut $405 per 81 900 on January
z, 1880, or SO higher than the 43os
on January ;, 1898. The average
bid Of January 2, 1888, when the
Burr index started, was 31S6 per
$1,000 70 that In the six years COW
cred by the index, the 250 issues
have gained 1919 per- 81 900 in value
or an increase Of 118 per cent.
For the year 1888 hotel Issues were
substantially ahead Of the rest OF
the field with a gain Of IL per cent
Other increases were recorded dur
ing the year by theater issues, ur
80 per cent, and apartment house
issues with an increase OF PEI
cent. The only loss registered by
the types Of properties covered by
the Burr index was in the miscel-
Ianeous category. These issues, in
cluding garages, industrial build
ings, club buildings, ETC., were down
Z per cent.
Over the six-year term ended
January 2, 1899. apartment house
issues with an increase Of 213 per
cent showed the highest apprecia
ton while office buildings with q
gain Of a. per cent showing the
lowest appreciation OF the major
types Of property. Theater issues
were up 204 per cent during the six
year term, hotel issues 166 per cent
and apartment hotels lot per cent.
During the six-year term, realty
bonds showed consistent increases
from January 2, 1888. the approxi-
mate low point Of the post, 1s2e
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bookcases spacious dining den breakfast fully
equipped Kitchen three bedrooms of master complete
baths paneed recreation room with fireplace and bun bar
maids and complete BATH laundry
finished Air conditioned oil Garage Large HANDICAPPED
Beautifully decorated throughout
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dspresdon, through March I, 1887.
Consastent declines for the balance
Of 1871 were interrupted by 4 short
upward trend early in 1888 and then
continued to May. 1888. Since that
time, increases each month have
been recorded by the Burr index
with the exception of December,
when there was = slight recession
Of . fraction OF = point per bond.
On 4 dollar basis, the 3a0 issues
advanced from $1s6 per $1,000 on
January Z, 1888, to 44ol ON March
l, 1887. declined to $3o5 on January
2. 1898, increased to 3411 on March
!, 1898. and then again declined to
1897 on May !, 1888, with the subse-
quent gain bringing the average
price OF sos on January 2. 1880.
An analysis Of the $50 realty
Issues covered by the Burr index
Is prepared by Burr dr Co.'s real
estate statistical department shows
that the work Of reorgani1ng de-
faulted realty bond issues has been
practically completed, with only IL
issues Of the $50 not yet reorsanized
as OF January z, 1852.
Furthermore, all but 30 issues
have either been settled or have
resumed the payment Of interest to
bondholders either At the original
rates or At reduced rates under re-
organization. Twenty -seven tssuea
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ing, 1900 Forty third place NV; to

ing, 1900 Forty third place NV; tt
cost $4,000.
Mrs. c. v. Toomey, 1918 Fifteenth
street NV, owner and builder; H
w. Turner. designer; to erect one 2
story brick addition and remodel
into apartments, 1907 L street NV;
to cost $4,000.
James Birkett, owner: Dana B
Johannes, jr., designer; builder not
given; to erect one 1-story brick and
concrete block addition, rear 2515 H
street NV; to cost 5000.
Baker Realty Co., 1870 K street
NV, owners and builders; to erect
three frame garages, 4405. 4409 and
4413 Butterworth place NV; to cost
$3.50 each.
w. G. Robey, 1873 Xenia street Sc
owner; L. w. Giles, architect; Su-
perior Construction Co., 1881 G
street NV, builders; to erect one
1-story frame addition, 1873 Xenia
street Sc; to cost $500.
st. Agnes Church. Rectory, own
ers; William II. Turton, ITO Eight
zenith street NV, builder; reroof
A Q street NV; to cost $500.
Stone Retaining Wall.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Codel, own
ers; Louis Perna e. Sons. Inc, 1927
Fourteenth street NV, builders; to
erect stone retaining wall, 2701
Thirty-second street NV; to cost
$500.
J. w. Birkett, 2517 H street NV,
owner and builder: to make repairs,
2511-17 H street NV; to cost $500
A. F. Burrows, 519 Eighth street
NE, owner; j. A. Cook, Bond Build
ing, builder; to repair fire damages,
519 Eighth street NE: to cost $500.
M. Frank Rupert, 1921 Seventh
street NV, owner and builder: to
make repairs. 822-24.26-28 Twenty
third street NV; to cost $500.
Mrs. c. v. Toomey, 1918 Fifteenth
street NV, owner and builder; H
w. Turner. designer; to stucco and
repair, 1907 L street NV; to cost
500.
A. w. Mingo, HAS Fifth street
NE. owner and builder: r. C. Arch
er, jr.. architect; to inclose porch,
1145 Fifth street NE; to cost 5000.
Evening star., 1939-01-07

Homes of exceptional char
acter in one Of Washington'S
premier residential areas
distinctive In design-unusual
In sixe-extraordinary in
equipment. Large living room
with opeu fireplace and built.
Evening star., 1939-01-07
SmqlI Home~BuiIders
Publication Reody

Announcements of the new 1899
edition Of Small Home Builders
Yearbook were sent today by Ma
tional Small Homes Bureau, Inc, to
more than 1000 manufacturers of
building materials and equipment,
trade associations in the construc-
ton field and advertising agencies
handling their accounts. The clos
ing date Is set for March is, with
publication on April 26, 1899.
The book will have approximately
80 pages and will be divided-as in
the 1898 edition-into sections de-
voted to design, finance, construc-
ton, equipment, furnishing and
modernization. Editorial content,
largely Photographic, will be directed
to the prospective builder or buyer
Of homes in the $500 ST 500 price
range.
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Nearby
CONTINUED From First Paee.)

pated that inclusion of the Deem
ber building figure in the Silver
Spring area of Montgomery will help
that county much, as the drop from
1887 record heights Is nearly 81, 900, :
600. Arlington County showed the
largest increase over 1937-one of
about 81, 800 900.
Total cost of private construction
for the metropolitan area Of Prince
Georges County for 1898 was 81
846 800, according to Herbert Roby,
building inspector. This was an in
crease of 1928, ,651 over 1887. There
were 63l new dwellings built in the
county last year, a gain Of 106
homes over theApreceding year. May
and June were the two biggest con-
struction months In Prince Georges.
Five apartments were erected there
during the year. The total valua-
ton does not include any public
projects.
Montgomery County Area.
Building in the metropolitan areas
Of Montgomery County in 1898
reached total valuation Of $6,787,- =
ESQ, with the December figure in the
Silver Spring area unavailable. The
Bethesda and Silver Spring districts
showed building volume of ST.
674, ,069 for all of 1887. In these Sec
tions permits were issued for loss
new one-family homes during 1898.
The Bethesda section, where total
private building last year was VAL
ued at $4,038, ,410. showed 4 gain over
1887. A large drop from the record
figure of 1887 was revealed for the
Silver Spring section, where all types
Of building for the first II months
of the year totaled $2,748,850. SINH
lar figures for the entire year OF 1887
were $3,675, ,749. Permits were issued
last year for 665 new homes in the
Bethesda area and 800 at Silver
Spring.
Arlington County had a total pri-
vate building valuation of SO, OF, =
882 in 1898, by far the most active
year in the county's history. This
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compares with 4 1887 valuation OF
$6,752, ,346, the previous peak year.
Permits were issued there last year
for 1855 new one-family dwellings.
Apartment permits played an i'm
portant part in swelling the coun-
tvs total building valuation.
Private construction in Alexan-
dria in 1898 was valued at 50, ,066, $50,
as compared to q new building val
uation of $2,205 ,079 In 1887. The
1898 building valuation are the high
est in the city's annals, and featured
erection Of IA new one family
dwellings.
Evening star., 1939-01-07
1O8th Anniversary

The 108th anniversary Of the es-
tablishment of the frst savings,
building and loan association in
America was observed by many as
sociations throughout the country
January 3. On that date in 1881 the
Oxford Provident Building Associ-
tion of Philadelphia County was
formed in Frankfort, Pa, the FORE
runner of thrift and home financing
institutions which number 5000 to-
day in every State of the Union and
Alaska and Hawaii, and which hold
the largest bloc of home mortgages
Of any group of institutions in
America.
Evening star., 1939-01-07

that have been reorgani1ed have
not yet commenced interest pay
ments.
. The record Of All issues on jan
uary 2. 1880. settled or paying inter-
est compares with the 76 issues
paying interest on January 2, 1884,
which was the approximate bottom
Of the real estate bond default
period. The number Of issues pay
Ing interest mas increased steadily
each year since January, 1884, and
In each year the number OF bonds In
complete default has been reduced
substantially.
Evening star., 1939-01-07
Bath Color Scheme

A Scotch family has decorated
their bathroom with a character
istic use Of color. The walls and
ceiling are painted white and the
black enameled Dashboard inelosea
black enameled floor. A bright
tartan plaid Of red, green and blue.
chosen for the window curtains, Is
repeated in border on the edge Of
the white hamper,
Colombia's exports to the United
States increased II per cent last year.
Evening star., 1939-08-28

happens my subjects and I stand
at Frances side"
Defense Steps Decreed.
Numerous defense measures were
decreed by the Paris police. All
lighted signs on the capitals nor
mally blazing boulevards were
banned
Householders were warned that
no light must shine out from win
dows or doors under threat that
electricity would be cut of unless
they comply.
Pharmacists and chemists were
asked to register with passive de-
tense authorities.
Despite these precautions, Paris
was calm. Only small crowds stood
outside newspaper ofiices.
In the words of one cafe owner
everybody has his job and is do
ing it,"
Approximately 5000, 900 men were
under arms in the French empire.
Persons close to NJ Daladier said
he had not abandoned the fight for
peace, and that he would send an
other message to Hitler at almost
the same time the British cabinet
transmits its note to Hitler.
Will Not Alter Stand.
The second letter, these sources
said, would not alter Frances firm
stand in support of Poland.
1t would undertake, instead, they
said, to persuade Hitler of the error
of his ways" in refusing to negotiate
directly with Poland over his claims
on Danzig and Pomorze (the Polish
CORRIDOR.
This was the latest move in a
swift exchange of views between
France and Germany, which began
Friday with Hitler's outline of his
aims to the French Ambassador to
Berlin, Robert Coulondre.
France replied Saturday with M.
Daladier's first letter, urging Hitler
to negotiate with Poland. Hitler's
answer came Sunday in letter Of
refusal, flown In haste from Berlin
to Paris.
Britain, to which Hitler presented
more concrete proposals, was ex-
pected to send a more detailed note
to Berlin.
Evening star., 1939-08-28
London
Continued From First Page.)

able in currency of Argentina, Bel
GUM. Canada. France, the Neither
lands, Netherlands East Indies,
Norway, Sweden and the United
States.
Mysterious Visitor.
There was considerable specula-
ton about the identity of pass
enger who arrived in a German
plane yesterday and remained three
hours at the German Embassy
Some saw in this possibility that
Germany and Britain were ex-
changing secret communications
preliminary to the formal reply to
Hitler.
In discussions of the possibility
of suggestion for truce" by the
British government, it was recalled
Prime Minister Chamberlain told
Parliament last Thursday that, in
the British view, "if there could be
a truce on all sides to press cam
paigns and all other forms of in
element, suitable conditions might
be established for direct negotiations
between Germany and Poland upon
the points at issue
Securities Modified.
Great Britain last night began
mobilizing the vast foreign security
investments Of her nationals for
possible war needs.
1t was the fourth financial step Of
importance taken by the Govern
ment since the European situation
became acute last Wednesday.
The others were doubling of the
Bank Of Englands rediscount rate
to 4 per cent, the fixing of minimum
prices for gilt-edged securities and
the freeing of the pound from gov
ernment market support to conserve
gold
Last nights action was taken un-
der the emergency powers bill
enacted last Thursday by a special
session of Parliament.
The order required holders of
marketable foreign securities to
OStoA1& PClullSSlOIl Ol Ll1e BrlllS0
treasury before disposing of them.
1t applied to securities "of which
the principal interest or dividends
are payable in the currencies of the
United States, Canada, Argentina.
Belgium, France, Netherlands, the
Dutch East Indies, Norway, Sweden
and Switzerland"
The security owners also were
directed to make a return to the
Bank of England of their holdings
within one month.
Emergency Precaution.
The financial community inter-
preted the step as a precautionary
step to an emergency in which the
government would take over such
foreign investments for itself. In
the World War the British govern
ment acquired the dollar securities
Of her nationals in exchange for
treasury notes.
These notes yielded per cent,
emitting the holder to buy war loan
securities at par. The British gov
ernment at that time transferred
the dollar securities to j. P. Morgan