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Evening star., 1939-08-23
Cobb Sets Record
For Land Speed
Al 1853 N. P. H.
Eyston's Mark Falls
To Worlds Fastest
Auto on Utuh's FIuts
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS,
Utah Aug. 23.-A new world land
speed record of 36885 miles per
hour-better than six miles a
mlnute-was set today by John r..
Cobb, London fur broker, in his "a
cylinder Railton Red Lion.
Cobb, who shot his turtle shaped
car over the first lap at the phe-
nomenal speed of 370.75 miles per
hour, struck an average on two runs
over the measured mile far above
the previous mark of 3575 miles per
hour, held by another Englishman,
Capt. George E. T. Eyston.
He also smashed Eyston's kilo-
meter record with a speed of
36974.
KilOmeter Mark Official One.
Cobb's kilometer mark became the
official world record. The 36S.S5,
however, for the measured mile is
the accepted standard of speed
racing. Eyston's measured-mile rec
ord was achieved with a north av-
erage of 356.44 and a south mark of
35857.
Cobb's return trip was made at
366.97. He used slightly more than
half of his hours allotted time to
make the required two runs.
Cobb, 200-pound man with
friendly smile, pounded through the
kilometer at 367.92 miles per hour
on the initial sprint, then sped back
at 37l.59, indicating his acceleration
increased as he whizzed along to a
well-earned victory. The south-run
kilometer mark was the greatest
speed ever recorded for land ma
chine.
The Statistics.
Cobb's time in seconds:
Mile north run, 971; south, 981;
average, 976.
Kilometer north run, 6.08; south,
602; average, Cos.
Eyston's run in seconds:
Mile north, 1907; south, 1901;
average, 1904.
Kilometer north run, 6.25; south,
6.3; average, 6.22.
Red Railton, with Cobb's triumph,
became the first man to claim the
achievement of having designed the
worlds fastest land and water ma
chimes. Last week Sir Malcolm
Campbell of London, in a boat de-
signed by Railton, smashed his own
world water mark with an average
of 141.74 miles per hour.
Has Driving License.
Cobb may be a man of speed, but
he also is a man of detail.
Awaiting the start of his run this
morning, he presented his British
drivers license to A. c. Pillsbury of
Los Angeles, chief timer.
II suppose you want to see my
license" Cobb said in all seriousness.
Pillsbury smiled, then replied: "A
man who can drive an automobile 6
miles minute doesn't need license
in Utah."
Evening star., 1939-08-23
Gibraltar Booms Placed;
Guns Manned d Hours
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
GIBRALTAR, Aug. 23.-Elaborate
military preparations were made
here today as boom defenses we're
placed in the harbor and all guns
manned "a hours.
The frontier with Spain was rein
forced and plans were prepared for
evacuation of women and children.
English and French warships and
an airforce detachment were ex-
pected shortly.
Evening star., 1939-08-23
German Troops
Battle Poles on
SiIesian Border
Reich Soldiers Said to
Have Crossed Frontier
To Get Deserter
By the Associated Press.


WARSAW, Aug. 23.-The Polish
Telegraph Agency today reported a
brief frontier clash between Polish
and German soldiers at Luczno,
facing Breslau, north of Silesia.
This report said three German
soldiers in full uniform crossed the
frontier in pursuit Of German
deserter. Entering a windmill $50
yards from the frontier, they were
seen by Polish soldiers, who ordered
them to halt.
1n Danzig aviation authori-
ties reported that Polish anti
aircraft guns shot at a German
transport plane over the Polish
Corridor" this afternoon. The
machine, en- route from Temple
hof Airport in Berlin for Danzig
and Koenigsberg, was not struck
Shots were exchanged, with the
Germans commencing tie shooting
according to the Polish report
and one apparently was wounded.
Other reports from the frontier
said that Polish peasants now are
busily engaged in assisting in the
construction of trenches and defense
Notifications. In Kepno, in Pos
mania Province, it is reported all
women, old and young, shouldered
spades and dug trenches.
Pact Is Discounted.
Poland-heartened by the firm at
titude of her guarantors, Britain and
France-sought meanwhile to dis
count the possible consequences Of
a Russian German non-aggressior
treaty.
The Polish people, who live from
day to day in the attitude of being
prepared for the worst, and ready
for it, also found reinsurance in the
fact that the projected pact has YET
to be concluded. The Soviet com.
munique which referred to the 'be-
ginning of negotiations" with Ger.
many was used to emphasize this.
The overnight assurance from the
British cabinet eliminated worry
in some circles here that the British
guarantee of aid in case Poland i.
attacked has been based on an ex.
pectation of Russian support. POLAND
now awaits the formal signing o1
the British-P pact of mutua
assistance.
The United States Embassy ha.
conveyed general reminder te
American citizens in Poland that 8
serious situation obtains"
What amounts to a polish boycott
of German products continues with
the announcement that the Union o1
Polish Pharmacists has agreed moi
to purchase German medical sup.
plies. German beer and movies art
among the products already boy
cotted.
Evening star., 1939-08-23
French PIune in Baltimore

BALTIMORE, Aug. % tP.-The
1t. De Vaisseau Paris, Air France
trans Atlantic flying boat, arrived
here today carrying high officials
Of the French air line on an in
spection trip of the city's new sea-
plane base.
Evening star., 1939-08-23
ForIey at Versailles

VERSAILLES, France, Aug. %
R).-Postmaster General James A.
Farley and his two daughters were
received today by Senator Henry
Haye, Mayor of Versailles.
Evening star., 1939-08-23
HITLER INSISTS on POLISH PROTECTORATE
Won't Modify Demands or Riqhts
He Replies to British Warninq
LATE BULLETINS

LONDON, Aug. % Q49.-The Board tonight issued
order prohibiting the essential materials
Britain except
mum, lead steel scrap cotton,
nickel
PARIS, Aug % lF9-Frances ranking and air
chiefs Daadier ministry
critical international situation.
Evening star., 1939-08-23
Summary of Todoy's Star

Dies accuses D. C. man of attempt
to sabotage" inquiry. Page AS
Union meeting tonight may settle
sand and gravel strike. Page B-1
Evening star., 1939-08-23

(See ARGENTINA, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1939-08-23
Weather Forecast

From the United states weather Bureau report.
rill details on psse A
Local showers. beginning late tonight or
tomorrow. not much change In tenn
perature; gentle southerly winds. Tenn
peratures today-Highest, SO, at l:l0
pm: lowest, 81, at s am; 86 at 2 pm.
Evening star., 1939-08-23

Continued on Page AS, Column -
Evening star., 1939-08-23

LA PAZ, Bolivia, Aug. % (F.-
President German Busch, youth
full dictator of Bolivia, died at
2:45 pm. today of a pistol wound
officially described as accidental.
Evening star., 1939-08-23

(See BERLIN, Page A-3)
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-05-20

1850. l.-- ...-... 49,.
''''''''7 - $500 4 ills : *
cies' Sager believes The snapper
lays her eggs early spring, us
uallv hiding them in sand 1ncu-
b,,f,, ..,,,,r,,,,,. ,,,,-.,. .-,,,,. q.
'''0 ''.,
rays. Inough eggs are sAiitully
hidden crows, skunks. opossums
and other birds ard mammals are
equally skilled in detecting the
cache All relish turtle eggs
Clumsy appearing turtles are
frequently capable Of amazingly
agile feats, Sagcr reports. In
spawning time turtles are fire.
quenuy seen about bluegill nests
and Sagef has observed them CATCH
ing and swallowing large biaegills.
Turtle speed records, Sager feels,
Is held by an old leather back that
SaEer came upon so feet from the
shore Of Gun Lake SaEer ran at
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-05-20
CHAT z HOURS
ON PAST AND
The FUTURE
TOlan, Ward, TOles And
Many Others Sent
Invitations

In memory Of their days Of ath-
letic happiness and enjoyment and
the pleasant sun Of glory in which
they once basked during their col
lege years and days OF national
fame, Michigan athletic greats got
together Thursday evening al Brew
s,er Recreation center and for
more than two hours they sat and
seriously discussed the Negro ath-
lcte Of the present and the future.
during tn pcrt0 nat A NJ tfct1 ,7.7-1=
famed athletes entered into a neigh
borly informal chat of their mo-
ments of fame, many brought out
the difficulties they had IN trying
to have themselves physically and
financially fit while preparing to
attend various national games. The
road 20 fame isn't always a paved
one. In order that the Race ath-
lele no matter what sport touches
spot in his heart might be able
to escape some Of ne disco,uraging
dlsappoinimenis which lie in his
way to success, Michigan greats out
Lined a program for an organiza-
tion to aid Michigan athletes.
= This program is to work through
the Michigan Chronicle Athletic
association.
This week after many encourag-
ing comments from some Of the
city's leading business men the
planning Of such an organization
threatens not only 10 cover Michi-
gan but the entire country.
All sports will be given consid-
Grafton Women will also have
part in the association. This plan
to build men and women who would
like coaching from men who are
Ail-Americans, swimming cham
pions, tennis experts. baseball and
softball authorities and nationally
famed track heroes will begin to
operate very soon.
At Thursdays meeting invita-
tons were sent to: Edward Tolan,
willis Ward, Eugene Beatty, Leroy
Dues, Roscoe Toles, John Lewis,
Larry Bleach, Eddie Gaines, Bill
Loving, Clifford Robinson, James
Mcmillan, James McCreary, Willie
Henderson, Linwood Wright and
Ulysses Amos. It was seen that
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-05-20
Brewster CRY
FLASH ES

In our little Brewster City on
Mothers day, both old and young
pad their tributes to mother The
streets were aglow with many
Saees coming to and from church
and they were all attired in their
neates. frocks and frills.
Several visitors were seen dur
ing the holiday The West Viz
ginia State college a cappella choir
sponsored by the Knights Of Pyth-
las lodge, No. 4. are visiting our
Motor City. The young men stopped
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-05-20

who is strictly
in the know"
Bob Epps must
have something
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-05-20
ATTENTION

Eddie Toan worlds professional sprint champion, will
the Big Ten conference Arbo Saturday.
the benefit of Michigan Chronicle Sports readds.
Mr. Tolan predicts that Michigan over
Al points and the
where in the neighborhood of 3S points.
OF Michgans forty fifty points Tolan that Bill
will have important securing II of them the weights
and broad jump.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-05-20

Mrs. Rachel Moore, Mrs. Bonzelle
=Steeh=and Raymond Merchant. Ed
die Matthews and wife from the
Walkervile house, Windsor, On
tario, were doing OK with them
selves
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-05-20

at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Gran
vile Puckett Of Elliott street in
our little Brewster 'Ciy This group
Was the guest ot- Henry Ford at
Greenfield Village, Sunday, May a.
It is said that they are making a
tour through several cities in the
North, after which they viii re-
urn TO West Virginia
Birth: Mrs. Jennie v Black Of
Rivsrd street was houored on Moth
erS day by being the proud mother
Of a -day-old baby girl Mrs
Black is the wife Of Henry Black
Jr.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-05-20
Top Spots In

by LARRY cHIsM-
AT BPA CLUB

Manager Petty treated us rightly
last Shutdown time sent US
pleasantly, rnt1ch to our satisfaction,
Is a nice DersOn
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-05-20
FOCUSED

Saw a charming foursome
especially the ladies' at COG q.
Alyce Frazier, Hazel Taylor "a de-
lovely with James Langtord and
Louie Agnew.
Met Jimmie Carlisle. genial man
ager Of the Bandbox truly a
personable fellow rates an OK
here. Saw that Pioneer BARNARD
making an early ayem joint with
two delovable ofays tagging her
"a three-some Of charm =.
know they were rushed heavily in
the coming twilight hours, by the
cats and gators,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-05-20
FISHING
and
HUNTING

KALAMAZOO personal in
vestigation made by Lyle A. Sager.
local sportsman, has convinced him
that the swapping turtle is public
enemy No. in Michigan lakes and
streams.
The average sportsman according
to Sager, knows the swapping tur-
tie largely as a black spot on the
water or as a clumsy object falling
off a log or rock into the water.
He feels that there is an insuffi-
cient appreciation OF the toll of
game fish and birds taken by these
turtles.
Controlling factors limiting the
turtle damage are the hazards sur
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-05-20
SPoRTETTES PARTY

SPORTETTES PARTY
The Vocomenian Sportetes are
slated TO give a grand cocktail party
at Henry's Grill come this sun
down hour Of pyem. Alberta
Moore is president Annie Mae
Scott, secretary, and Velma Mitchell
is the scribe Thanks to these young
ladies for their kind invite .
should be sender of an affair.
HERE N THERE
Tuxedo club Bob Perkins
and the boys had Louis Hayes as
guest drummer, did all right Blue
Bird Jimmy Hill says Heaven
Can Wait Seems that cats named
Brown, Jones, Beasley, Samson.
Easton, and Mye sang the St LOUIS
Blues for La Jean Dubois
Stones Grill Alice Ford,
Mamie Kuhen Henry Perkins, Ethel
Howard Lila Franklin, and Ben
O'Neal popping like gang busters.
Demo club entertainment by
'Ud'l"' zoe Lewis, Eila Lee aHo
oIle.S gave our WIN DucHel luIl Oh
g.geieS ana hlll'A on IAls occasion
o ? Disss- ana ''if7z isss' Wis
Co4l!'ls' ME-. lawson MISS watson
anne rlSucr CieFeiduu i'leFs
ana many o'he'S oahceo, ulHeu ana
maze hurry III way Ia'e
iIeEer Bar baf lu!n llI ABOUT
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1939-05-20

taking Mary and Mia along this
Evening star., 1939-01-12

and to predict for him a splendid
administration.
Mr.. Cummings said the occasion
quite overtopped" anything he had
ever known. In expressing his graft
tude for the tributes, he said he did
not want his assembled friends to
think he was insensible to the honor
he had been given in serving zone
OF those great spirits that come to
a people only once in several gen.
erations.' His six years in Office, he
said, had been "a glorious adventure"
Some people" Mr.. Cummings
added, have wanted to know why
quit. You will find the answer in
Plckwick Papers. Sam Weller, you'll
recall, said the art of letter writing
was to stop when everybody expected
you to go on"
AS for his present plans, he said
he "and Cecilia" would 60 on a long
vacation, to Florida-"sit under a
palm tree and think it over"
Gene Tunney, the former heavy
weight champion, a fellow townsman
OF Mr.. Cummings at Stamford,
Conn, was introduced.
Entertainment features included
George O'Connor, Washington singer,
and several artists brought from
New York by the Columbia Broad
casting System, with Frank Crumit
presiding, and Audrey Marsh, singer:
Joseph Soda, guitarist and man.
dolinist; Paul Duke, magician, and
the Marine Band Orchestra.
Guests at the speakers table in
cluded Supreme Court Justice and
Mrs. Hugo L. Black, Secretary of
War and Mrs. Woodring, Secretary
of Agriculture and Mrs. Wallace,
Representative Summers of Texas,
chairman of the House Judiciary
Committee; Representative Thomas
S. Mcmillan of South Carolina,
Stephen Early, presidential secre-
tary, and Mrs. Early; Judge John j.
Parker, Chief Justice D. Lawrence
Groner of the District Court of Ap-
peals and Mrs. Groner, Spruille
Braden, American Ambassador to
Columbia; Presiding Judge Finis j.
Garrett of the Court of Customs and
Patent Appeals, Mrs. Frank Hogan
and Charles D. Lockwood of Stam-
ford, Conn, Mr.. Cummings law
partner.
Evening star., 1939-01-12
Merchants 10 Meet
Monday 10 Protest
Key Bridge Closing
Georgetown Aroused
BY Drastic Decline
In Business

Georgetown merchants, aroused
by drastic drops in business follow
ing closing of Key Bridge to private
automobiles, have called a public
protest meeting for Monday night
in the Office of the Georgetown
Press, 1065 Wisconsin avenue NV.
Meanwhile, resolutions adopted
Tuesday night by the Georgetown
Business Mems Association, demand
ing that the bridge be kept open for
at least part of the time each
day, have been transmitted to the
Bureau of Public Roads, District
Commissioners, the Washington
Board of Trade and other officials
and organizations.
The merchants are indignant that
the bridge was closed to private
traffic without sufficient notice to
give them time to present protests
before 1t was done, contending there
had been previous promises the
bridge would be kept open.
Private cars have been detoured
since Tuesday morning over the
first unit of the George Washington
Memorial Parkway to the Arlington
Memorial Bridge to make way for
construction work on a new arch of
Key Bridge, under which the park
way will continue up the Potomac
River.
Decision to ban the automobile
traffic over the bridge temporarily
was reached Unexpectedly Monday
afternoon, following inspection by
Bureau of Public Roads and Ma
tional Park Service engineers, who
decided this was desirable to speed
work on the new span.
Street cars, buses and trucks are
continuing to use Key Bridge, ap-
preaching it over temporary steel
trestles at the Virginia end.
The Georgetown merchants de-
mand that unless full traffic can be
allowed over the bridge Immediately,
1t be opened to private cars at least
at night and between 10 am. and
4 pm. each day.
Thomas S. Gulick, president of the
Business Mems Association, said
merchants along M street had suf-
fered loss of business by the traffic
re-routing. Some of the business
losses run as high as IS per cent, he
said.
Evening star., 1939-01-12
Countess di Frasso
To Be Questioned
In Mutiny Case
Treasure Hunt Skipper
Says Vessel Was
ReoI Hell Ship
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. ia Fed
eral grand jury's inquiry into the
South Sea treasure hunt of the
schooner Metha Nelson recessed to-
day until next Wednesday, when
Marino Bello, stepfather of the late
Jean Harlow, and the Countess
Dorothy di Frasso, Hollywood So
cial figure, were ordered to appear
for questioning.
Capt. Robert B. Hoffman, master
of the vessel, and members of his
crew appeared at yesterdays hear
ing into the arrest on mutiny
charges of Charles Segal and Abra-
ham Kapellner. They were taken
into custody weeks ago, repeatedly
on information radioed by Capt.
Hoffman, but the latter denied on
his return that he requested they be
held.
What the captain and seamen tes-
Evening star., 1939-01-12
Gov. Aiken Accuses
i. ). Of Domination
In Flood Control
Says Woodring Evidently
Is impatient With
Democracy
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
MONTPELIER, VT, Jan. 12.-As-
serting the Secretary of War had
spurned Vermont's offer of cooper
alton on flood control, and that the
Federal Governments "secret mo-
tive was domination" rather than
flood prevention, Gov. George D.
Aiken today urged the Vermont Leg
islature to deal directly with Con-
gress in the matter.
In a special message to the Joint
Vermont Assembly concerning a
proposed fiood-control dam at Union
Village, VT, the Republican Gov
ernor declared Secretary of War
Harry H. Woodring was evidently
impatient with democracy"
For more than year." the Gov
ernor continued, Il have warned
that behind the flood control, be-
hind the power developments was
a deliberate attempt to prepare the
way for little group to run things
their way-good sometimes, bad
sometimes-but always their way,
forgetting that check with the
home folks and their wishes is not
only good practical horse sense, but
the very essence of democracy
The outspoken Governor, who
criticized the leaders of his own
party at Lincoln Day dinner last
year, urged the Vermont Legisla-
ture to petition Congress to direct
Secretary Woodring to approve the
proposed contract between Vermont
and the Federal Government con-
corning the dam.
Evening star., 1939-01-12
Arlington Improvements

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. IL P.-
The State office of the Works Prog
ress Administration yesterday an
nounced approval of a project pro-
viding for improvement of buildings
and grounds in Arlington National
Cemetery at an expenditure of $40,-
600, of which w. P. A. will furnish
$4,000 and the United States Army
$4,000.
Evening star., 1939-01-12

jected to persecution because they
are Jews, Capt. Hoffman thundered:
II didn't know segal and Kapell-
ner were Jews and didn't care what
they we're. But I do know this. I
never shipped such q crew. There
were times when I feared for the
safety Of the countess and for my
own life as well.
Mr.. Bello, who chartered the ship
for this cruise in search Of buried
treasure on Cocos Island, was domi-
mated by the gangster element on
board. Countess di Frasso was
Evening star., 1939-01-12

scared to death. Why she asked me
once why didn't shoot this fellow
Segal. Instead Of shooting him
allowed him to 60 ashore with,
Kapellner at San Jose de Guate-
mala and thanked my stars to be rid
Of them"
He summed it all up with:
1T was trouble, trouble, trouble.
A Hollywood treasure hunt-fooeyl
The whole thing was nuts from the
very beginning"
Evening star., 1939-01-12

Sunflower seed harvested in Bull.
garia last year weighed 10000 tons.
Evening star., 1939-01-12

Arustralia's sugar cane harvest
for 1888 was 5,462,7l7 tons.
Evening star., 1939-01-12

titled remained secret, but Capt.
Hoffman was outspoken outside the
jury chamber.
Persecution Denied.
"A hell ship?" he replied to q ques-
ton. You're -- right she
was q he'll snip! Man and boy, I've
sailed the seven seas for 30 years
and never saw anything like it. The
crew ran around with pistols and
knives, and most Of EN- ought to be
tossed into the brig for mutiny."
Referring to assertions of Segal
and Kapellner that they were sub
Evening star., 1939-05-12
Lecture Recital
Draws Big Audience

Henry Gregor's talk on Beethoven
and Brahms attracted to the Phillips
Memorial Gallery last night an audi
ence exceeding the seating capacity
of the auditorium and necessitating
additional chairs In the adjoining
room.
Continuing his series Of lecture re-
citals, illustrated by selections on the
piano, Mr.. Gregor prefaced his play
ing of Beethoven's "Rondo Op. SO,
No. l" with the explanation of the
rondo form, which he said consists
Of re-occurring theme and inter-
vening passages closely knit to-
gether" This number was followed
by three Brahms "Intermezzi, Op.
III, Nos. l, 2 and s." written in
"mediative mood as contrasted with
the cheerfulness of his set of
waltzes" which followed and brought
the program to close.
Touching lightly on the difference
between the romantic and the classic
schools and placing Brahms into the
latter, Mr.. Gregor then explained
about the waltz, this dance of the
people and the symbol of democracy
at the outset of the 10Th century,"
Having for its ancestor the familiar
tune. "Ach du lieber Augustine" pub
lished in 1880, the first to have ever
appeared in print, the waltz, ac-
cording to Mr.. Gregor, owes its de-
velopment to the Strauss dynasty"
and the Viennese temperament, a
dance form later carried into every
European country and essayed by
every nationality.
Speaking of the intriguing three
four time beat of the waltz, "the
invention of the human mind as a
departure from the primitive double
rhythm" Mr.. Gregor expressed the
opinion that this artificial rhythm
will never die but will continue to
serve as a stimulant to new creation
and inventiveness. AS a good ex-
ample of this theory can be con-
sidered the 16 waltzes by Brahms.
Mr.. Gregor played in his charac-
teristic fluent manner, imbuing the
waltBes with the light-hearted, not
to say romantic, element, which
found . ready response In his
hearers.
The series will continue every
Thursday through May. ending
June !. E. de S.