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Milford chronicle., 1939-02-17
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The statements made in this column are
not necessarily the opinions OF the pub
fishers Of the Milford Chronicle They are
purely the views OF the writer. This news
paper will express its opinions only
through It's editorial columns.
Milford chronicle., 1939-02-17

The "best" is the "cheapest"-it's
a newspaper "ad" for spreading the
news OF what you have to sell, or
want to buy.
Milford chronicle., 1939-02-17
LEGISLATION

A large amount Of important leg
islation was introduced in Congress
the past week. A measure providing
Milford chronicle., 1939-02-17

Read the Cent-a-Word advertise
ments in the Milford Chronicle.
Milford chronicle., 1939-02-17
Investigate The Facts

The Highway Bill which provides
for a change in the management OF
the State Highway Department has
passed both the House and the Sen
ate and now goes to the Governor,
where he is expected to veto It on
partisan grounds. The Senate and
the House will then make It a law
when they give a three-fifth vote ov-
er his veto. 1t will become actively
in force. thirty days after its pass
age.
Let us say just a word to all the
members of the Legislature in both
Houses. Just investigate and ascer-
tain If the present management of
the Highway Department has been
wasteful in spending? has been in
efficient in its work? has been hiring
more employees than in the past /?
can show a surplus instead of a de-
ficit over previous years under diff
ferent management? These are the
things TO ask and to discover.
Personally we have investigated
and can answer for ourselves.
We nave AOuhu tiidl luc DItSeut
has spent thousands OF
dollars more than was spent in pre-
viOus years, have nearly doubled the
personnel of the department, have
hired people right and left without
any regard to their fitness, have
money unnecessarily,
have played politics In the most
brazen and partisan manner. We
agree and every member of the Leg
islature should agree that the pres
ent management has been abso-
lutely inefficient and wasteful. These
premises are taken directly from the
facts. 1T is ABSOLUTELY NECES-
SARY THAT SOME CHANGE
BE MADE IN THE PRES
ENT MANAGEMENT OF THE
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Milford chronicle., 1939-02-17
Economic HighIights

Happenings That Affect The Dinner
Pals, Dividend Checks And Tax Bills
OF EveFy individual; National And
international Problems inseparable
From Local Welfare.
Milford chronicle., 1939-02-17

The business picture is changing
but little. Theanticipated down.
swing remains i'm evidence. and is
characterized by serious losses in
security values.
One good sign is sustained
strength in commodity prices. They
have declined-but to nowhere near
the same extent as stock prices. And
there seems to be no danger Of big
break in this field.
. The inventory situation is also ia
yorable. The economists are resting
on their oars now, confident that
spring win bring the much-adver-
tised upturn.
Evening star., 1939-06-30
Accused Acquitted
Of Assault Churoe

Joseph Nesline was free today
following action of a District Court
jury in acquitting him of a charge
of assault with a dangerous weapon,
growing out of the activities of an
alleged police informer.
Attorney Myron G. Ehrlich, who
represented Mr.. Nesline at the trial
yesterday, told the jury Otto H.
Gage, alleged police lnformer, had
enormously contended that his
client had assaulted him at Ninth
and F. streets NV. on April 20,
because he had been instrumental
in securing Nesline's arrest for
gambling previously at Thirteenth
and E streets NV. Gage also
claimed that the automobile in
which he was riding had been cut
up. The jury took a photograph of
a section of the automobile into the
jury room with it. The case was
heard before Justice Jesse C. Adkins.
Evening star., 1939-06-30
Businessmen Renew
Request for 0verton
Fiscal Formula
Northeast Association
Refers Porkinq-Meter
Issue to Committee

Support of the Overton formula
OF solving the annual problem of
Federal payment to the District was
voted again last night by the North
east Businessmen Association, on
the motion of Louis I. Oberg.
Mr.. Oberg, who is chairman of the
associations Traffic Committee, re-
ported that all requests for parking
and street signs throughout the
northeast section had been acted on
by Traffic Director William A. Van
Duzer. Arthur Hartung suggested
pedestrian crossing lines on Bladens-
burg road at Neil street NE, and
Mr. Oberg promised to contact with
Mr.. Van Duzer on the proposal. The
Police Department also is to be
notified of trouble caused by the un-
lawful parking of cars at Thirteenth
and H streets NE.
Unable to Find Quarters.
A building committee consisting of
three members, Julian o. Cardin,
treasurer of the association: C. C.
Boswell and Louis L. Bowdler, exc
cutive committeeman, reported it
could not find an available perma-
nent home for the association.
James P. Rogers, president. request
ed that the committee continue its
search.
The question of parking meters on
H street NE. was referred to a spe-
cial committee for consideration by
all businessmen in the area. j. F.
Broadfoot fatty opposed the plan,
saying the meters were lust an en-
croachment on the citizens rights.
No action was taken at the meeting
Speaker Unable to Attend.
Representative Seccombe, Repub-
lican, of Ohio, who was to have dis
cussed District of Columbia pending
legislation, was unable to attend the
meeting.
New members admitted into the
association were I. RoSsner, Lewis H.
Bradshaw, Herman Cohen and
William F. Thies. Mr.. Hartung
chairman of the New Members Com
mittee, spoke on the membership
drive which will end November 80.
The association will go on moon
light cruise July II with the Fed
Grafton of Businessmen ASsocia-
tions. Monthly meetings will be re-
sumed the last Thursday in Sep
tember.
Evening star., 1939-06-30
Baptist Leaders 10 Meet
At Braddock Heights July !

BY the Associated Press.
FREDERICK. Md. June 30-Bap-
tlst leaders from Maryland Virginia.
West Virginia and the District of
Columbia will take part in the 23d
annual summer assembly at Brad
dock Heights, July 7 to Ia.
Plans for the assembly, along with
a list of approximately so speakers
and lecturers, were announced yes
terday by the Rev. w. c. Royal,
Frederick, assembly president.
First of the four units to par
ticipate is the Training Union.
which will convene July 7 and re-
main in session three days. The
annual sermon will be delivered at
the morning worship. July 9, by
the Rev. DR.. William Owen Carver
OF Lexington, Ky. Officers will be
elected July s and installed the
following day.
Other units scheduled to attend
the assembly are the Summer School
for Christian Workers. Maryland
District of Columbia Pastors Con-
ference and Maryland Baptist
Women's Missionary Union. Diff
ferent speakers will be available for
each session of the four groups.
Mrs. Samuel R. Barnes of Balti-
more is director of the missionary
union, which will study organiza-
ton, enlistment. efficiency, finances
and spirituality. Other features
will include camp conducted by
the Rev. Frank K. Brasington and
a girls auxiliary house party in
charge of Mrs. Leslie M. Bowling.
Other assembly officers are DR..
Rufus w. Weaver of Washington,
advisory director. and DR.. Joseph
T. Watts of Baltimore, general
director.
Evening star., 1939-06-30
|Sofe-Driving
Code Offered
For Holiday

A "safe-driving code" was offered
motorists today by the American
Automobile Association as an aid in
reducing the annual Fourth of July
toll of traffic accidents. The A. A.
A. pointed out that the extended
holiday made available this year to
Government employees demands in
creased care in driving.
The code:
l, Get an early start.
2. Maintain steady pace; avoid
spurts and weaving.
3, Never pass on hills or curves
or at intersections.
4. Take restful driving position,
grasp steering wheel lightly, keep
eyes on road but avoid staring
ahead.
5. Adjust seat to insure easy reach
Of accelerator and brakes.
s, Drive at night within range of
headlight beams; check brakes to
determine if they will stop in that
distance.
7. Keep to right.
8. Check tires, steering wheel and
mechanical condition of car in
general.
Evening star., 1939-06-30
Clothing to Be Sent
Needy in Puerto Rico

More than 400 children's garments,
made by volunteer workers Of the
District of Columbia Chapter, Amer
lean Red Cross, from materials fur
nished by the national organization,
will be sent to Puerto Rico at once,
Mrs. P. J. Altizer, production chair
man, has announced. The garments
will be distributed to needy school
children in the territory.
The chapter has agreed tn a n,,ota
Evening star., 1939-06-30
Wanderer Asks Return
To lorton Reformatory

Weary from wandering and half
starved. a 36-year-old man who
claimed he was sentenced in Dis
trict Court here several years ago.
asked Boston CMass.) authorities
today to return" him to Lorton
Reformatory.
The Associated Press reported
that the man identified himself to
Deputy United States Marshal Paul
Skuse as James Anderson of no
Evening star., 1939-06-30

fixed address and said he was
paroled last year after serving all
but seven months r a three-year
sentence for larceny of an automo-
bile.
Headquarters police records here
show that James Anderson was
sentenced to serve from one to five
years in Lorton in December, 1885,
and was released in April of last
year. His conditional release ex-
pired in December.
Boston officials, however, said that
the man contends he violated
parole terms by failing to report to
Federal authorities in Baltimore.
Evening star., 1939-06-30
Grant Reelected

Ernest A. Grant, president of the
Washington Astrological Associa-
ton, was reelected president of the
Americal Federation of Scientific
Astrologers at its recent convention
In New York City.
The latter group will hold its 1910
conclave in Chicago.
Evening star., 1939-06-30
Tom Thumb Wecdinq

The primary department of the
Greenbelt Community Church will
stage a Tom Thumb wedding at 8
o'clock tonight in the school audi
torium. Directors of the show are
Miss Claire Warner, Mrs. George
Bamberger and Mrs. Edward Hally.
Evening star., 1939-06-30

He was locked up for safe keeping
pending completion Of an investiga-
ton.
One wish was granted. 1t re-
suited from his claim that he hadn't
eaten in four days.
Evening star., 1939-06-30

of 1000 garments for the fiscal year
July l, Mrs. Altizer said.
These are to be sent to service and
ex-service men in Government
hospitals.
Evening star., 1939-06-30
Award to Antevs

Ernst Antevs. research associate
OF the Carnegie Institute of Wash
ington, has been awarded a cor
responding membership by the
American Geographical Society of
New York City.
Evening star., 1939-06-30

Farmers of Denmark shipped but
ter to Australia during the drought
down under"
Evening star., 1939-08-02
Husky 5crappers Aim
To Prove Class in
Show Monday
Hart. 235-Pound Local
Negro, Who Battles
Powell, Is Beefiest

An amazing quantity of beef, some
2,05O pounds of it. will endeavor to
prove its quality Monday night at
Griffith Stadium when Matchmaker
Goldie Ahearn presents a heavy
weight card featuring Nathan Mann
and Steve Dudas in a 10-round tiff
Bulkiest Of the ponderous collec-
ton which Ahearn feels will serve to
instill interest in local boxing is Al
Hart, a colored scrapper from Wash
lngton Barracks. who balances the
beam at 235 pounds. Hart will be
seeking his fourth straight victory
meeting Abner Powell. 2lO-pound
New Yorker, in one of four Ground
preliminaries.
Other bouts list Maynard Daniels,
a local lad, feuding with Jake Fried
man of Baltimore; Ralph Ivans,
stablemate of Dudas. swapping
swast with Al Lowman of Baltimore
and Jimmy Wilson of Harrisburg
Pa; exchanging wallops with Odell
jackson of Durham, N. c.
Ahearn's plans to import Mann
and Dudas several days prior to the
fight have collapsed. That portion of
the public which would have been
interested in viewing them in SPAR
ring sessions now must pay for a
peek at their reported prowess.
Evening star., 1939-08-02
Jasper Post Nine Seen
As Legion Winner

Sergt. Jasper Post diamonders to-
day loomed as likely to capture their
second straight local American Le-
gion Junior team title by virtue of
their 1874 victory over Fort Stevens
Post yesterday in the first of a
three-game series for the league
crown.
The Jasper tossers will seek to
grasp the championship Friday
when the clubs clash in the sec
ond game at 4:45 o'clock on the
South Ellipse diamond.
Harry Martin, Central High star,
was outstanding for the winners,
collecting a home run, triple and
double.
Evening star., 1939-08-02
Midget Auto Backers
Feel Secure After
Second Throng
Russo, O'Rourke Thrill
10000; Former Takes
3 of 7 Contests

Promoters Of the Capitol Speed
way were breathing easier today as
they had reason to believe midget
auto racing in Washington would
pay sizable dividends. For the Sec
ond straight week, capacity throna
OF close to 10000 visited their track
IN the northeastern section Of the
city. which gave both promoters and
drivers the satisfaction of realizing
the crowd came for reasons other
than curiosity.
If 1t was new thrills the spectators
wanted they got them in Paul Russo
and Cowboy O'Rourke. The former,
last years midget racing champion,
scored his first wins here in the 10.
10 and 70 lap races, nosing out last
weeks winner, Duke Nalon. in the
A. A. A. Eastern Midget Circuit race.
ORourke it was, however, who
stole the show, driving an iron "jit-
terbug" in a devil-may-care fashion
to win the l5-lap consolation event.
Trailing until the 10th lap, ORourks
suddenly Shot to the front, and after
brief hub-to-hub stretch with Har-
ry Harper, opened up to win by 20
feet.
1t was O'Rourke's only win of tho
night. Nalon, despite his defeat in
the 25-lap race, captured two of tho
seven events on the program, whils
Ernie Wilson of Philadelphia took
10-lap race.
Evening star., 1939-08-02
Big Boy Couldn't Win
Outside louisiono

When the news reached Mr..
Jacobs, he gave Mr.. Jackson a look
which burned all his hair off and
did not speak to Mushky for a week
and a half. Mr.. Jackson admitted
his error.
Maybe I should let Torrance do
his fighting his own way" he said,
"but am bug about the theater.
I love rehoisals."
Mr.. Torrance won some fights, but
when he got out of Louisiana, he
lost some. In fact, he was taking
a sound beating around the ears
when the State of Louisiana inter-
vened and planted the big fellow in
Baton Rouge, as licensed public
monument, to grow ivy. There Jack
stood till the day last week when
the penny -pinching hand of Earl
K. Long cut him down.
There is some consolation here
for Torrance fans. Long can tear
down all the landmarks he wants,
but he can't move this one out of
Louisiana without building a new
railroad from the scene of the crime.
Evening star., 1939-08-02
More Boys 10 Qualify
For Swim Finals in
Playground Meet

Remaining finalsts in the Play
ground Department swimming cham
pionships were to be established to-
day when mermen from nine play
centers competed in the Georgetown
pool. The bulk of the field which
will compete week from today was
determined yesterday when nearly
400 boys swan in preliminaries at
seven pools
Rosedale's 1888 championship
squad placed a large proportion of
the finalists who will represent that
pool as it won Is of the 20 events in
the six weight classes. AS a matter
of fact, the host team at every pool
-Takoma, Anacostia, East Potomac,
Mckinley, Francis and Banneker-
placed more representatives than its
competitors.
Among the winners at East Poto-
mac was 11-year-old Billy Reinhart,
son of the George Washington foot
ball and basket ball coach, and man
ager of the East Potomac pool.
Young Reinhart won the 25-yard
sidestroke for IS Founders in 81
seconds fiat.
Evening star., 1939-08-02
Tracks Short Payoffs
May Give Million
To Old Age Aid
BY the Associated Press.


BOSTON, Aug. "A State Su-
preme Court ruling that Massachu-
sets horse and dog racing tracks
have been erroneously computing
pay-offs on pari-mutuel tickets
since 1895 resulted today in the fill
ing of legislative bill to compel the
tracks to turn over 81 ,OOO 900 to the
State for old-age assistance.
The court decided last week, in a
suit over dime, that the tracks
should compute "breakage"-the odd
cents over units of 10 cents-on the
basis of the whole bet and not on
each dollar. Experts estimated that
system of figuring would have re-
suited in payment of half million
dollars additional to bettors last
year.
Let the racing promoters give
back to the people the breakage
that they Wrongfully withheld from
them, by giving it to the State for
old-age assistance purposes" said
Representative Michael P. Feeney.
Democrat, Boston, who introduced
the measure.
F. The State Racing Commission,
meanwhile, asked Attorney General
Paul A. Dever for a ruling on the
proper procedure and method to be
used in the computation of break
age" The breakage is divided $3.50
by the track and the State.
Evening star., 1939-08-02
20 Years Aoo
In The Star

Ban Johnson's threat to con-
tinue Carl Mays suspension for
the rest of the season for de-
sertlng the Red Sox recently has
the Yankees up in arms. The
New York club paid SOS 900 in
cash and players for the pitcher a
few days ago and is ready to
fight johnson to the limit.
William M Tilden won the
first leg on the Seabright Bowl
by defeating Leonard Beekman,
6-3, 3-6, 60, 6-1, in the final,
After eight straight losses Har-
ry Harper held the Cleveland
Indians to six hits as the Griff-
men won, 80. Charity aided the
winners with three hits.
Robert Duncan of the Potomac
Boat Club won the intermediate
single sculls and the Washing
ton Canoe Club the single and
double blade events at the OPEN
ing of the national regatta in
Worcester, Mass.
The Cincinnati Reds took the
lead from New York in the Ma
tlonai League pennant race by
beating the Giants, 60, in the
hrst OF a three-game series.
Evening star., 1939-08-02
Room Stretched Two Feet
When Torrance Yowned

Are you through with sports
after this?"
Well said Mr.. Torrance, with a
yawn which stretched the room a
foot at each end, they is some pos
slblllty of me Wrassling, and they is
some possibility of me boxing"
He did both. He really made news
In the boxing industry.
Sight unseen, Mr.. Mike Jacobs
the czar of the industry, promised
him big time employment if he went
out and got himself some kind of
reputation as fighter.
GO and beat somebody" said Mr.
Jacobs. Mr.. Torrance promptly
went back to Louisiana, where he
was sure of beating almost anybody
and Mr.. Jacobs forgot him. How
ever, Jack was not forgotten by
Mushky Jackson, Mr.. Jacobs sec
retary in charge of beef on the hoof
To make sure that Jack did not run
out of victims, Mr.. Jackson sent a
New York tanker down to Louisiana
with instructions to dive in the Sec
ond round.
The tanker arrived in Louisiana
on schedule, but for some reason or
other, there was hitch in the pay
ment of his fee. Becoming appre-
hensive, the guinea pig squealed, and
the press got hold of his written in
structions from Mr.. Jackson, in
scribed on the letterhead of Mike
Jacobs widely respected Twentieth
Century Sporting Club
Evening star., 1939-08-02
Mrs. Leo Wape Heads Select Capital Golf GROUP to IT, Title Meet
Straight Off the Tee

Lee is the same fellow who played
three rounds of golf not long ago in
one day, and had his best round
on the last round. He started with
an IS and wound up with a 76.
But just now he wonders when a
hole-in-one is or isn't hole in -one
He went out to play few holes
with his wife and didn't like his
tee shot at the second. Teeing up
another ball he smacked it into
the cup for an ace-or a deuce,
What was it?" he wants to know.
The answer is, it was lucky shot,
but didn't count, for he played his
first ball.
Virgil (BucD Worsham, young as
slstant pro in the Chevy Chase golf
shop, is recovering at his home
from an appendectomy performed
at Garfield Hospital. The young
man soon will be around swinging
a golf club again. Bob Barnett
thinks in young Worsham he has
a fine golfer coming along.
Indian Spring Giants" will
gather at the clubhouse tonight to
sound off victory song and eat
crabs at the expense of the Mid
gets John Bachman's team of big
men licked Tommy Utz's little men
last Sunday in a team match. But
Tommy swears he will get even, if
he has to import a flock of profess
sionals. And all the big men do is
laugh and smack their lips in antici-
patton of the crab feast.
Evening star., 1939-08-02
Crown Tourney First
National Test for
D. {. Champ
Illness to Keep Patty
Berg Out Of Contest;
Britons Seek Cup

Her first essay into national golf
competition will take Mrs. Leo WAL
per of the Capital Club, wife of one
of Washington's top golf profess
sionals, into the women's national
championship late this month. Mrs
Walper is one of several local fem
inine links stars who have sent their
entries for the national tournament
to the United States Golf Associa-
ton.
The national championship will be
played over the Wee Burn course,
near Noroton, Conn, a sector of the
Nutmeg State studded with good golf
courses. Noroton is not far from
Stamford or Darien, two better
known Connecticut spots, and is
close to the Boston Post road, main
automobile road from New York to
Boston. 1t is around 275 miles by
auto from Washington.
Other local entrants include Mrs.
Myron Davy, the StalWart Congress
sional matron; Mrs. Betty P. Meek
ley of Indian Spring and Marion
Brown of Manor, who was beaten by
Mrs. Walper in the final of the Dis
trlct championship in June. Mrs.
Walter R. Stokes of Indian Spring
also may play.
British Stars in Meet.
Absence of Patty Berg, the freckle-
faced, chunky title holder from Min
neapolis, and Mrs. Harry McNaugh-
ton, the metropolitan champion, will
be compensated by the entry of two
British stars, one a former United
States Women'S champion
Shy, smiling Pamela Barton, who
played in the Curtis Cup matches at
Chevy Chase in 1884 and who came
back to this country two years later
to win the national championship, is
coming to the United States again
for Whirl at the title. She will be
accompanied by Carrie Tiernan, the
Irish champion.
Miss Berg, who won the 1888
championship from Mrs Estelle
Page, is recovering from an appen-
dectomy. So is Mrs McNaughton.
Although Patty had the ailing ap-
pendlX out two weeks ago she has
been advised by physicians against
playing in the national champion
ship.
1t will cost the United States Golf
Association a pretty piece of change
that appendectomy-for with Patty
out a lot Of people will stay away.
She is the Bobby Jones of women's
golf, and Bob always piled 'em in at
the gate
Golf Gate Growing.
And, speaking of gates and golf
admissions, figures on the take" for
the recent national open champion
ship at Philadelphia reveal that golf
championships again are reaching
toward real money. Joe Dey, secre-
tary of the United States Golf Asso-
citation, says the total gate at Phila-
delphia was S25, ,146, including the
two play-offs.
But, where the play-off galleries
were pretty good, most of them were
made up of season ticket" holders.
whose tickets, bought at $3.50 for the
championship, also allowed them to
see the plaff-off without additional
charge.
Joe thought the gate was pretty
good, which it was. But still it re-
mains a long way behind the top
gate of all time in American golf
that $4,000 crossed at the amateur
championship at Merton in 1885,
the last one in which Jones played.
The Philadelphia gate was more
than twice as much as that at Chi
cago in 1888, when Goodman won.
That gate was around $4,000 The
U. S. G. A. could use another Bobby
Jones.
Evening star., 1939-08-02
Sports Program
For Local Fans

TODAY.
Baseball.
st. Louis at Washington 3:15.
Tennis.
Women's League Tournament,
Reservoir courts, 2-6.
TOMORROW.
Baseball.
st. Louis at Washington, 3:15.
Tennis.
Women's League Tournament,
Reservoir courts, 2-6.
Wrestling.
Red Ryan VS.. Manic Singh,
main bout, Turner's Arena, $50.
FRIDAY.
Baseball.
Chicago at Washington, 3:15.
Tennis.
Women's League Tournament,
Reservoir courts, 2-6.
SATURDAY.
Baseball.
Chicago at Washington, 3.
Tennis.
Middle Atlantic Tournament,
Edgemoor Club, 2-6.
Women's League Tournament,
Reservoir courts, 2:30.