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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
FRANCO-AMERICAN CLUB

FRANCO-AMERlC CLUB
 The Franc0-AmericaL Social club transacted routine business at a regular meeting last night. It was announced that the board of di- rectors will hold 8 meeting Tues day night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
CHURCH
 MINISTRIES MAR. 17

The annual minstrel and dance of St. Patrick's church will be held in the Lyceum, Friday evening, March IT, under the direction of Joseph Cavanaugh.
 A chorus of 45 voices will be one of the features of this yearly stage production. The members of the cast will rehearse this evening at 8 o'clock at the Lyceum. Danc- ing will follow the minstrel with music to be furnished by Connie Bracken and Her Musical Maids.
 Of all people, Myrna Loy worked three-quarters of a day in scenes for Metro Goldwyn Mayors Lucky Night'-with run in her stocking.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09

ZINDAH GROTTO AUXILIARY
 Zindah Grotto auxiliary initiated four new candidates at meeting last night at Masonic temple. Plans were announced for card party to be held March 30 at the Grotto rooms.
Evening star., 1939-04-28
Roosevelt
Continued From First Page.N

ported by the New York Times
today.
The purpose of the conference,
to be held at sea, or near some
neutral island such as one of the
Azores, was to learn from the die
tators at first hand their minimum
terms for pledging lasting peace,
and, if he tthe PRESIDENT found
these practical. to offer his services
as intermediary" the Times said in
a Washington dispatch by Arthur
Krock.
THE President was prepared to
risk his political future in the in
terest of world peace" the paper
continued. THE Presidents ex-
ploratory tender was made some
months ago. probably between the
May and September crises
"On behalf of the President it
was suggested that each of the three
statesmen board a naval vessel and
come privately together for the un-
precedented conference" the Tim61
said. THE message was delivered
to Signor Mussolini through an
agent of Mr.. Roosevelt. 1t is UNDER
stood here that the Duce trans
mltted it and was informed that
the Fuehrer could not arrange to
leave Europe for that purpose even
If he believed a settlement could
come for it."
For time, the paper comment-
ed. President Roosevelt considered
the advisability Of including in the
conference King George of Great
Britain, President Lebrun of France
and Joesph Stain, Soviet leader.
but on reflection abandoned that
as impracticable and perhaps un.
necessary"
Evening star., 1939-04-28

One. Austria! The Oldest east
ern march Of the German people,
was once the buttress of the Ger
man nation on the southeast Of the
Reich.
The Germans of this country are
descended from settlers from all the
German tribes, even though the
Bavarian tribe did contribute q
major portion. Later this Ostmark
became the crown lands and nucleus
of the dye.ceutury .od German EN-.
Evening star., 1939-04-28

Hungary:
2. Return of Polish districts to
Poland;
3. Solution of the Slovak question;
4. Solution of the Ukrainian ques-
ton.
Asked Us, Not Four Powers.
As you know, negotiations be-
tween Hungary and Czecho- -Slovakia
had scarcely begun when both
Czecho-Slovakia and Hungarian ne
gotiators requested Germany and
Italy, the country which stands side
by side with Germany, to act as
arbitrators in defining new from
tiers between Slovakia, Carpatho-
Ukraine and Hungary. The coun-
tries concerned made no use them
selves of the possibility of appealing
to the four powers; on contrary, they
expressly renounced this possibility,
that is, they declined it.
And this was only natural. All
people living in this territory desired
peace and quiet. Italy and Germany
were prepared to answer their call
Neither England nor France raised
any objection to this arrangement.
which actually constituted formal
departure from Munich agreement.
Nor was it possible for them to do
so; it would have been madness for
Paris or London to have protested
against an action on the part of
Germany or Italy which had been
undertaken solely at the request of
the countries concerned.
The decision arrived at by Ger:
many and Italy proved-as always
In such cases-entirely satisfactory
Evening star., 1939-04-28

We Didn't Mobilize.
But we do demand recognition of
a historical necessity and of an
economic exigency In which we all
find ourselves. When I announced
the solution of this problem in the
Reichstag on February %. 1898,
was convinced I was obeying the
necessity of a Central European
situation.
AS late as March, 1898, believe
that by means of gradual evolution
it might prove possible to solve the
problem of minorities I'm this State
and, at one time or another. by
means of mutual cooperation to
achieve a common platform which
would be advantageous to all inter-
ests concerned, politically as well as
economically.
1t was not until M. Benes, who
was completely in the hands of his
Democratic, international f1nanciers,
turned the problem into a military
one and unleashed a wave of sup
preston over Germans, at the same
time attempting by that mobiliza-
ton of which you all know to inflict
international defeat upon the Ger
man state and to damage its pres
tige, that it became clear to me a
solution of these means was no long
er possible. For the false report of
German mobilization was quite obvi-
o,,elv inspired from abroad opd s,,c.
gested to the Czechs in order to
cause the German Reich such loss
of prestige.
Lesson Of Schuschnigg.
do not need to repeat once more
that in May of the past year Ger
many had not modified one single
man although we were all Of the
opinion that the very fate Of Herr
Schuschnigg should have shown all
others the advisability OF working
for mutual understanding by means
Evening star., 1939-04-28

This hope was abolished by the
Great War. Peace-the dictate of
Versailles-did justice neither to one
principle nor to the other. Neither
the right Of self-determination nor
yet political, let alone economic nee
essities and conditions for European
development, were respected. New.
Evening star., 1939-04-28

pire, with Vienna as the capital Of
the German Reich of that period.
This German Reich was finally
broken up In the course of a gradual
dissolution by Napoleon the Corsican,
but continued to exist as a German
federation and not so long ago
fought and suffered in the greatest
war of all time as an entity which
was an expression of the national
feelings Of the people, even If it was
no longer one united state. myself
am q child Of this Ostmark.
IY~I, n,,Au a. r.x> A,,.&~sn
Evening star., 1939-04-28

AUAuCA "a y 4N0ssVus
Results of the wretched peace
forced upon them by democratic
dictators were mus al the more
terrible for these people who were
damned at Versailles. Today We
Evening star., 1939-04-28

Insane Spirits of Revenge.
For the first time appeared the
misfortune that politics should be
controlled by men who had not
fought in the war. The feeling of
hatred was unknown to soldiers, but
not to those elderly politicians who
had carefully preserved their own
precious lives from the horror of
war and who now descended upon
humanity in the guise of insane
spirits of revenge.
Hatred, malice and unreason were
the intellectual forbears of the
Treaty of Versailles. Living space
and states with history going back
a thousand years were arbitrarily
broken up and dissolved. Since time
immemorial men who belong to-
gether have been torn asunder; the
economic conditions of life have been
ignored while the peoples themselves
have been converted into victors
and vanquished, into masters pos
Evening star., 1939-04-28

III CIle minority, cOulQ De main
tanned only by means of brutal as
sault on national units which formed
9 major part of the population.
Czech State Bolsheviks' Road.
This assault was possible only in
so far as protection and assistance
was granted by European democ-
racies. This assistance could nat
urally be expected only on condition
that this state was prepared loyalty
to take over and play the role
which it had been assigned at birth,
but the purpose Of this role was
no other than to prevent CONSOLE
dation of Central Europe, to provide
a bridge to Europe for bolshevik
aggression and, above all, to act
as mercenary of European democ-
racies against Germany. Every
thing else followed automatically.
The more this state tried to fulfill
the task 1t had been set the greater
was the resistance put up by ma
tional minorities. And the greater
resistance, the more it became neces-
sary to resort to oppression. This
inevitable hardening of internal
antitheses led, in its turn, to in
creased dependence on democratic
European founders and benefactors
Of the state. For they alone were
in position to maintain in the long
run the economic existence of this
unnatural and artificial creation.
No Reason for Czecho- Slovakia.
Germany was primarily interested
in one thing only and that was
to nberate nearly 1000 900 Germans
in this country from their unbear-
able situation and make it possible
for them to return to home country
and to the 1000 -year-old Reich.
1t was only natural that this
problem Immediately brought up all
other aspects of the nationalities
problem. But It also was natural
that removal Of different national
Evening star., 1939-04-21
Hader Wins Mat Fans
By Socking Terror
With Ring Stool
Nips Budding villains
Rep, but Loses Bout
by Disqualification

Jack Hader's budding reputation
as a rassle villain has been nipped
In the bud. The squatty, muscular
gent has been forgiven by Promoter
Joe Turner's clientele and restored
to good standing at the Arena
even if he doesn't want it that way.
Jack carried a stool into the ring
during his match with the Golden
Terror last night and walloped his
masked opponent with it.
He was disqualified, of course, and
the Terror was awarded the deci-
sion by Referee Casey Berger after
II minutes of undiluted rough
house. The Terror started it by
heaving Hader's trembling carcass
from the ring. He repeated the
maneuver and was about to pitch a
third strike at row A when Jack
hauled of and let him have it with
the stool. Action was continued in
the dressing room, but when the
boys discovered that no tickets can
be sold in the robing cubicle they
desisted.
George Pencheff threw Alonzo
Woods in 81 minutes in the semi
final. In other matches Kazinmirz
Symkowski flattened Louis Baci-
galupi in 4 minutes, Red RYAN
pinned Dave Mayor in IS minutes.
and Jim Clinstock won from Ernie
Powers in 22l2 minutes.
Evening star., 1939-04-21
Easy Mark, Tendon Damaged,
Out of Maryland Hunt Cup;
Black Sweep Entered

races on him this spring, and he
carried my 1875 pounds with no
trouble at all Now we get him
ready for big things and bang
this. OF course, l7.2 hands horse
Is liable to go any time, carrying
such a tremendous frame around,
but why did it have to happen now"
Not to be stopped by such ILL
fortune, Webb tried to buy Kings
land. the big thoroughbred he rode
to victory in the heavyweight race
at the recent Middleburg point-to-
point meet.
L wanted to take the horse to the
Maryland race" he said. but Mai.
Wiltshire was not in selling mood.
In fact the major is getting him
ready for the Virginia Gold Cup.
Kingsland is nice horse, too"
Webb concluded sadly.
Over at Maj. Wiltshire's place
things were stirring. Busy with
getting two horses ready for two
different races the major neverthe-
less was not SO busy that he could
not expand on his latest racing
plans.
That victory of Black Sweeps
last week was no f1uke.' he insisted.
The horse can really run and jump.
At first 1 intended passing up the
Maryland Hunt Cup and wait for
the Virginia Gold Cup. but he came
out of the Middleburg triumph so
we'll I believe he deserves a chance
at both. Kingsland is almost as good
as Black Sweep. so he's headed for
the Virginia test. Not a bad entry,
those two"
Present plans call for Black Sweep
to run in the two cup events, receive
short vacation and then start work
for a career over brush.
This timber racing really tears
a horse to pieces Wiltshire said.
I've had plenty Of luck with Black
Sweep. and even after his point
to-point victory and timber triumph
the other day there's not a scratch
on him. But that sort of luck can't
last, and think he's got enough
speed to make good over brush and
against the best of them. Anyhow
that's where he'll race this summer"
Evening star., 1939-04-21
Baseball Lacrosse Track Offer College Fans Wide Choice Here Tomorrow
20 Years Ago y
In The Star

Manager Clark Grimth visibly
Is concerned with Pitchers Har-
per and Hovlik, who are ailing.
Both figure prominently in
Griff's mound plans. He plans to
send Walter johnson to the slab
for the opening game, two days
away. The club sent Ed Matte
son, rookie pitcher, back to Dal-
las. of the Texas League. He did
not 60 well in exhibitions.
Grifnth also has received a let
ter from Outfielder Mike Me-
nosky, who is at a demobilization
camp near New York and expects
to be mustered out in a few days.
Mike wants to visit the home
folks before rejoining the club.
He served overseas with honor.
1t. Col. Tom Hammond, a great
football player at Michigan in
his day, stopped off for a visit en-
route to his home. He says he
has some new plays for Fielding
Yost and is anxious to see his old
coach.
Secretary Earl Keeler an
nounces that no more entries will
be received for the annual WASH
ington City Duckpin Association
tournament after tonight. The
tourney will be rolled at the
Grand Central alleys,
Evening star., 1939-04-21
BY ROBERT HENRY.

Things happen fast down Middle
burg (VaD way and the latest dope
on those two surprising thorough
breds. Easy Mark and Black Sweep,
Is the reverse of what it was a
couple OF days ago.
At that time Gerry Webb's great
hunter and point-to-point horse was
training famously for the Maryland
Hunt Cup which will be held on
J. w. Y. Martins estate outside of
Baltimore April 20. But now it ap-
pears he won't go. A bowed tendon
or leg infection, or both, developed
and the horse can hardly walk, much
less run.
Black Sweep in Maryland Hunt.
The case of Black Sweep, Maj. and
Mrs. Turner Wiltshire's hunter
which pulled Jim Dandy" to beat
Coo Bruyere. Faction Fighter and
three other top timber horses in the
Middleburg Cup Steeplechase last
Saturday. is the opposite. Whereas
he was to be reserved for the Vir-
ginia Gold Cup at Warrenton May
6, it now seems that he will take up
where Easy Mark left of and start
in the Maryland classic.
The town is somewhat upset about
the Easy Mark mishap. Determined
as he was to ride his own horse in
the Hunt Cup and lead the way for
an owners up" revival. Webb looked
glum Yesterday when talking about
the sudden turn of events.
Easy Mark was showing up plenty
in training he said, "and Louis
Duffy, from whom I bought the
horse and who was handling the
workout plans. seemed to think we
might get somewhere in the big
race. That was before Easy Mark
went wrong. Now Dr. Robert
Humphrey, one Of the greatest vet
erinarians in this country, tells me
that it will take a miracle to get
him to the post. It's real tough
luck"
Although Easy Mark suffered leg
trouble as 2-year- -old when he
made his debut on the turf in w. r.
Goes colors and was retired from
fiat racing the following year be-
cause Of it. he has always been per-
fectly sound during the three years
Webb has owned him.
Not once during that time did he
show the slightest bit of leg weak
ness,' Webb explained. I've hunted
him all over this section for three
winters and won two point-to point
Evening star., 1939-04-21
Western Mat Team
Is Senior Champion
In Title Meet
Gordon Junior Winner:
Anocostio Runner-up
In Both Sections

Western High Schools wrestling
team has a brand-new piece Of sill
ve4ware for the trophy room today
by virtue of its victory in the annual
championship tournament.
The Georgetown matmen took the
coveted honors with q points,
nosing out surprisingly strong
Anacostia squad by points.
Eastern, defending champion, fin
ished third with 81.
Gordon retained its Junior title
with a total of Al points. Anacostia
also finished we'll up in this group,
tallying 81 for its efforts.
Senior.
H.. lna7 t,; 7poundro; knight tWestern' won
26-pound-Lamont Sullivan tAnacos-
tia, won by fall from William Boswell
ii; -pound--Edward Braz.rol tAnacos-
t,a' won on points from Leo Carroll
l;5. pound-Tom Holon ',western won
l4'-pound-William Condor Eastern,
won on points from R. Minichelli West
ern).
l55- pound-Bob Cremins Bethesda
fChevy Chase defeated Howard Tapscott
tWestern> on points
ti3-pound-JIm Petro tEasternl de-
nlimited-Georce Chamberlin west
ern' dsfeated Cyr!! KidweN tEastern,.
Junior.
S.-uCuEG--2 Selby tAnacostial won
BY fall from F. Hutchinson tAnacostia,.
1o1 -pound-V. Spaldine Gordon won
on points from j. Darnaby tAnacoStia
lno. pound-D. Hollon tGordOn, won by
fall from OSteen 'Anacostia).
pound Roger L'chhesd Gordon,
won bv fall from H Vaughn 'Gordon,
1.6-pour d--F Savarcse (Anacostial won
on points from A Schich tGordon,
143-nourd-M rshal Emmert tGordon)
won BY fall from c. Brown elliott.
l55-pourd-W. OF: tAnacostia, won by
forfeit from G. Neam tGordon,
unlimiteG-E, Brooks tGor6on) won By
fall from Ed Widmayer tGordon,.
Evening star., 1939-04-21
Two Games Today
Open High Series

Eastern was scheduled to play
Anacostia, and Woodrow Wilson
was to invade Western this after
noon in the opening game of the
1889 high school baseball series.
Both games were scheduled for
$3.50 o'clock.
The inaugurals mark the be-
ginning Of new system of de-
Gliding the championship, with
the seven schools grouped in two
divisions. Eastern and Western.
Tech is included in the Eastern
division along with Anacostia and
Eastern, while Central and Roose-
welt are included in the other Sec
ton.
Carmel Nance, rangy southpaw,
probably will get the pitching as
signment for Western. with Her
man Byer, veteran of last years
play, scheduled to oppose him. Art
Faircloth or Jack Burroughs will
hurl for Anacostia. with "Puddln."
Lovett toiling for Charley Guyon's
crew.
Evening star., 1939-04-21
Johnson Cup 10 Lure
Sunday Golfers 10
Congressional
Indian Spring, Capitol
Clubs Also Schedule
Weekend Events

Golf-the week end variety In
particular-gets away with a bang
tomorrow and Sunday. with several
OF the local clubs slated to open their
seasons events.
A series of dismal week ends, with
the weather man playing the part
OF a gloomy stooge. has made Sum-
day golf so far this year a series
Of headaches. colds and wet feet.
But maybe that's all over now, and
with good weather the linksmen will
turn out in droves.
Week end golf, In case you didn't
know, happens to be one OF the
biggest links items around town.
Many golfers cannot get out during
the week and look to their Sunday
games for their exercise.
johnson Not in Meet.
Headlining the parade of opening
day tournaments is the Walter
johnson affair at Congressional,
where the members of the big club
on Bradley boulevard will play for a
silver mug donated several years
ago by the Big Train of baseball.
Walter himself used to play golf,
but he hasn't done much midiron
madness lately In addition to the
handicap tourney for the johnson
Trophy, Congressional members will
compete In driving and pitching
and putting events.
Indian Spring will open its golf
schedule with an l8-hole medal play
affair. East Potomac Parks golf
team on Sunday afternoon will en-
tertaln team of visiting linksmen
from the Glenwood course of Rich
mond. while Georgetown University S
good golf team will play the Catoctin
Club of Frederick, Nd, an outfit
which Is said to be pretty good.
kenwOod Lists Contest.
Over at Capital Club a postponed
match between two club teams
known as the 'Moaners" and the
"Alibiers' will be played Sunday.
with the original starting times for
the scheduled contest last Sunday
to be retained. Kenwood will stage
blind bogey affair.
Columbia and Washington haven't
yet announced their links schedules,
but DR.. Paul M. Stewart, golf chair
man at Columbia. announces the
opening day for the Columbia Club
on Sunday, April 30.
Evening star., 1939-04-21
Little Generals Again on March to Track Honors
Loss Of Two Aces Fo

The Little Generals of WASH
ington-Lee High School are hope
fully rebuilding their track team.
Gone are the flashing Jim
Milks and Chester Gardner who
breezed to victory after victory
in the 1898 track campaign, but
the Arlington school is back with
a squad under Johnny Baker
that threatens again the suprem-
acy of metropolitan Washing
tons public high athletes in a
pretentious list of competitions.
With Milks mopping up in the
440 and $50 and Gardner in
the sprints. Washington and Lee
last year won the team cham
pionship of the University of
Maryland interscholastics and
finished second to Episcopal of
Alexandria in the &C" Club meet,
Evening star., 1939-04-21
CentroI's Big Session
Defeats Episcopal

One big inning. the first. which
produced all of their runs. was suf-
ficient for Central Highs sluggers u
grind out ST. victory over Episco.
pal
The winners nicked Billy Peele for
10 hits. while Bill Fisher, q new
conner to Central's staff. held the
home team to six widely scattered
bingles.
Evening star., 1939-04-21

among other achievements, in
cluding first place in the central
district Virginia games.
We're not as strong as last
year by any means" said Baker
today, what with Milks and
Gardner and about all of our
weight and field men of the 1898
team graduated. but We shape up
as troublesome"
The current WI. squad is
built around Howard Choate, a
miller doing 4::38; Wallace Legg,
high and low hurdler, broad
jumper and promising sprinter;
AL Touloutte. better than aver
age in the 220 and 40, and Billy
Carr, who has done 2:O4 in the
half and is steadily improving.
Baker expects to have several
entries each in virtually all of
Evening star., 1939-04-21
Mrs. Gou|d's 5teeds
Head Entries for
Maryland Race
Postmon Home, Ostend
In Grond National
Listed Tomorrow
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. April 2l.-Mrs.
Frank Goulds Postman Home and
her Ostend led the field Of timber
toppers entered today for Marylands s
Grand National over a grueling s.
mile course Saturday.
Ostend won the Warrenton Gold
Cup last year and was second in the
1898 Maryland Hunt Cup. Postman
Home has made most Of his reputa-
ton this year. running second in the
Carolina Cup race after falling at
jump.
Mrs. E. Read Boards Blockade,
victor over Ostend in the 1888 Mary
land Hunt with new course record,
also was entered. Justa Racket,
winner Of the My Lady's Manor
point-to-point last Saturday, will
stiffen the field.
Evening star., 1939-04-21

the 13 events of the first annual
Evening Star Games to be run at
the University of Maryland May
Is for the metropolitan WASH
ington public high school and the
District A. A. U. championships.
And while individual honors may
not come to the Little Generals
in the abundance they could
have looked for in such an event
last year they may be expected
to pile up points with seconds
and thirds.
According to Baker The Star
Games have brought a boom to
schoolboys' interest in track,
Evening star., 1939-04-21

particularly among those OF the
suburban institutions.
The new meet not only gives
the latter Is bona flde major ti-
ties to strive for but a fair shot
at them through the exclusion
Of private schools. In othe.' in
vitation meets in this section the
private-School lads, often much
older. are pitted against public
school athletes.
Washington-Lee now is point
Ing for defense of its title In
the ED annual Maryland inter-
scholastics, scheduled May 6.
Then will come The Star meet.