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Evening star., 1939-02-11
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press.


NEW YoRK.-Bily Conn. 1877.
Pittsburgh, outpointed Fred Apostoli.
161, San Francisco U5); Fritzie Sivic.
146A, Pittsburgh. outpointed Eddie
Booker. 147h2. San Francisco tS.
CH1CAGO.-Tony Music, 203, Chi
cago, knocked out Clarence Brown. 1s9,
Chicago t6.
BOSTON.-Al Mccoy. 1s4h. Boston.
outpointed Buddy Knox, 1S1, Dayton,
NEW BRITAIN, conn.-Mike Kaplan,
140, Boston. outpointed Johnny Mack,
139 New Britain I0.
DALLAS.-Maxie Long, 1872. Dallas,
knocked out Bill Raggio, 1856, New Or
SAN FRANc1sco.-"Little Tiger"
Wade. 144h. Chillicothe, Ohio. out
pointed Henry Woods, 1913, Yakima,
Ho1LYWtooD-Jack Roper, 200. Los
Angeles. outpointed Junior Munsell,
MINNEAPOLIS Kid Crock. 169.
New York. outpointed Andy tKid) Mil
Ter. 179. Sioux City, Iowa t6l.
WORCESTER Mass.-Pat Foley. 135.
Worcester. stopped frankie Terranova.
1873. New York ~.
PH1LADE1.PHIA.-B Passan, III,
Philadelphia, outpointed AL Brown. 12O.
Phi1adelphia 10)
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Parker Gamers 80 Points
In Howard Victory

James Parker, crack Howard Uni
versity center, today had presented
q scoring mark at which his basket
ball mates may aim, pouring 80
points through the net last night
as the Bisons buried Hampton, st.
s., at Howard gym.
Howard will be striving for its
eighth victory in IL games tonight
when it tackles a fast five from
Dover State College.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
WoIper Gets Two
EuQIes in Row
BY the Associated Press.

BY Clt hSSOCIHItu FItSS.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. II.
Genial Leo Walper, Washing
ton. D. c., golf pro, fired two sue
cessive eagles-and never touched
a fairway-in the Texas open
tourney yesterday.
FYom ditch in the rough he
holed a pitch shot for deuce at
the 375-yard 18th.
He Clipped out of the rough
into the cup for another two on
the 360-yard 17th.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Rockville Five Repeats
On St. AIbans, 37-22

Richard Montgomery High Of
Rockville holds a clean sweep of its
two games here with st. Adams
and both times it was Tommy Ray,
the visitors eagle-eyed little forward,
who played large part in the vic
tory.
Yesterday he counted IT points
in leading his team to its 1922
success. Moose Wooten, Rockville
center, also carried major part of
the attack with IA points.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Basket Ball
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
George Washinston. 80; West virsinis.
81 two extra periods
set9n t1gudG, Han 60; Gasheisc w. IS
kanas' 3fkansas e - Fexss ssoecifSh chrlstIan sa
Ions Island, IS: Scranton. SO.
Kalamazoo IMichl, 81; Alma, %.
arenn Mssss5Pp' 5 aerser Sas as
sSntaeen sans cafa GaiSrns 4s ss Msrys Ss y cat g.
Washlnston Al Washinston State, IS.
California, A.: Stanford, -.
Colorado state. A Brigham Young, 43.
Colorado. 55: Denver. "a.
University of Utah. Sc; Universit, Of
Billings Poly. 43: Montana Normal. 80;
Eastern Montana Normal, 80; Carroll
College tHelenal. IS.
Mankato Teachers IS; Duluth Teach
St. Josephs 81; Williams tchicaso), %.
Evansville. 81; Wabash. Al.
Taylor. SO: Concordia. 25.
Mansfield nll Teachers 35; East s'rouds-
Simpson. 81; Upper s,l Iovs 81.
Arkansas A: Texas Christian. 80.
Miliersville Teachers, Al: west Chester
Pennsylvania Military College. 50:
~ Philadelphia Collese Of Pharm.ey, iI,n e.
Cape Girardeau (Mo) Teachers. As;
Southern Illinois Teachers. As two
McKendree College, so; Central wes-
N.sionai lsenai b Business colles. tv.o. ~;
c.fNrS,s psys and ID. EIkins Hs,cS.r, 3S a. Clarion
west Virginia Wesleyan, As; rairmont
Allegheny. So: Thel. 43
Monmouth tIll> College, "a: Beloit. Fl.
Detroit Tech. 2e Fem. "a.
South Georgia Teachers. 90; College OF
Montana Mines, so; y. of Mexico. A..
Miami. 49, Rollins. 20.
shurtlef1. 80: Eureka College. 90.
Albion. AZ; Hillsdale. 35.
Assumption. 81: Ferris. 80.
Calvin. II: st, Mary's. 81
Mankato Teachers 3s; Duluth Teach
Montclair State Teachers "a; New
Eastern Kentucky Teachers, As; Moor
Cornell, 35: Lawrence. %.
Lacrosse Teachers. 3s: Superior Teach.
Morris Harvey. 80; Emory and Henry
Hendrix. go: Arkansas College. 81
southwestern TT louisiana L. 49, Gen.
Misslssippai ssss. COLLEGE so; U. of ch.s'.-
MqTIsy E1ss,.!s STATE; e; 40; West Tennessee
'prinsf,esld, 81; Vermont, 20. 20.
Morningside 36: North Dakota o., 2s.
Alabama. ~: Tennessee; 81.
Auburn a. Georpia 90
Millsaps. az; Tulane 90.
WAYNE. A.; Chadron, "a.
Y. of Delaware, A.; Pratt I. 3s.
stetson HooS" ~; Newberry g. ~
Ions Ions ISLAND So. u; ss; 2. Of Scranton. 50.
Hudson College. Al; Blue Ridge College.
Albright. Al; Lafayette. 40.
Swarthnore As; Hamilton, 35.
ciarksom. cn1dnsm' s. 81; eoisate csaisls'' ~ y
Buena Vista. As: Waterbury. 80.
Dubuque. 40: Parsons 80
Hampden-Sydney,3 3s; Randolph-Macon,
wake Forest: Al; v. M: 30
Roanoke College. AS: U. of Virginia. II.
Union, SO; Rensselaer, Poly, IS.
Millisan, A.: King College, go.
North Carolina, 81; Duke, 80.
Scholastic.
wilson SO; Central II.
Western, "a; Anacostia. 33.
George Washinston High, "a; John
Marshall ss q o,n,.. ,oo
Mount Rainier. "a; Bladensburg, 10.
Montgomery-B Blair, 20: Landon, IL.
Rockville. 81: st. Albans, %.
Maryland Frosh. 81: Eastern. 90.
Hargrave Military A: Fishburne. 80.
Maurey High. As; Thomas Jefferson 20.
Glass High. SO: George Washington
.Danville). 16.
Danvillel. 16.
tarv %.
Falls Church High. 81: Herndon, IS.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Louis Has Nasal Trouble

DETROIT, Feb. II P,.-Heavy-
weight Champion Joe Louis is in a
Detroit (Trinity) hospital. being
treated for a nasal congestion. 1t is
not serious and likely Louis will be
released tomorrow.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Gridders to Play Match

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. II R.-
Football squads of North Carolina
State and the University of Rich
nond will play a spring practice
game behind closed gates at Raj
-eigh March l..
Evening star., 1939-02-11

Today a year ago-James Ten
Eyck, 86. of Syracuse, dean of
American rowing coaches, died
at Miami.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Mucks Sign Two Rockies

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. II lP.-
The Athletics have received signed
contracts from William Lillard,
shortstop, and Louis Dubois, catcher,
both rockies.
Evening star., 1939-02-11
Buys Player, Options Him

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 11.-Pitts-
burgh has purchased Outfielder
Maurice Van Robays from Montreal
and farmed him back under a a.
hour option.
Evening star., 1939-02-11

Five years ago-Bill Tilden de-
feated Ellsworth Vines, Ga, 6-3.
81. to take 90 lead In profess
sional tennis series.
Evening star., 1939-02-11

Three years ago-British hook
ey team, with two players from
Canada starring, beat Canada's
defending champions. 81, in
Olympic hockey match,
Evening star., 1939-02-11
From the
Press Box
Bed-und- Board Future
All Louis Desires
By JOHN LARDNER,
Apecial. CORRESPONDENT Of The Star.

special correspondent Oh Ine otaA.
NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-When the
day comes-as it will come, and
that right speedily, by the looks OF
things-when Joe Louis finds him.
self with no more buns to con-
quer, and time hanging heavy upon
his hands, we ask ourselves-look-
ing ourselves straight in the eye
what will this dark and forceful
young fellow find to do?
OF course, the problem is ours,
not Joes. Joe has no doubt mapped
out for himself bright and useful
future, full of interest and divided
as follows:
Sleeping-60 per cent.
Eating-40 per cent.
Evening star., 1939-02-11

Total 20 Is 81 Totals 2ll153
Heferees-Messrs. Huiswood and Porter
Evening star., 1939-02-11

A game of 81 at the Lucky Strike
last night gave Bill Swygert Of
Erecting Shop tie with Milbrook
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-10
Cupid Robs Mars
|Of Second Victory
| In War Romance

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept Cupid won a
long duel with the god of war to-
day when Yvonne Jacques became
the bride of Paul Revelli.
1t was in 1917 when Yvonne. a
Partisan school teacher, met Re-
velli. He was recuperating from
wounds suffered while in the Prince
Of Monaco's regiment.
The war, with attendant excite
ment, hysteria and worry, prevented
their marriage. Three years later
Yvonne came to Chicago. She mar
ried an American artist and bore two
children.
In France, Paul, now successful
perfume manufacturer, called on
Nine. Jacques occasionally to in
quire about Yvonne. After her d.
vorce in 1888 they began to CORE
spond. Romance again bloomed.
Last week Paul arrived in Chi
cago, determined that another war
should not spoil the romance. After
their marriage today Paul will hurry
home to serve his country, Yvonne
and her mother will continue with
their antique shop here.
After the war Yvonne and Paul
hope they will be together forever
more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-10
Hitler Cables VARGAS

BERLIN, Sept. 8 R).-Adolf Hit
Ter took time out from directing the
Polish offensive yesterday to cable
President Getulio Vargas of Brazil
his best wishes on Brazil's independ-
ence day.
Evening star., 1939-08-02
Things Undone

If Congress goes home this week,
as now seems likely, the story of what
it has left undone may rival in pub
lie interest it's record of accomplish
ments.
The atmosphere of adjournment
permeated the Capitol so quickly
after the House shelved the lending
bill yesterday that a variety of i'm
portant unfinished subjects appear
definitely slated for postponement
until the next session.
Before the last-minute rush for the
ticket Offices begins, however, there
is no plausible reason why House
and Senate conferees should not
work out an agreement on the re-
vision of the Social Security Act, in
which both Houses held out to indus
try and workers the promise of relief
from unnecessary impending in
creases in old-age insurance payroll
taxes.
If this bill fails, the payroll taxes
will 60 up automatically on January
! from one to one and half per cent
on both employer and employe. Un-
less there should be a special session,
Evening star., 1939-08-02

gage loan-or lose my home. At this
writing, I have no idea whether or not
I can secure another such loan.
But there is something wrong when
nnanclal institutions are crying for in
vestment outlets-and yet can lend onlv
81 per cent of the value on owner
occupied properties. I recognize that
the transient character of MANY Wash
lngton nome owners may be a factor in
the local situation, but it is not factor
IN my case since I am permanently
established in Washington and not en-
ployed in any branch of the Govern
ment.
Apparently, it is vicious circle. The
more Government lends, the more pri-
Vate lending shrinks and the more pri-
Vate lending shrinks, the more Govern
ment lending increases. The Govern
ment seeks to encourage home owner
ship by its lending policies through its
own agencies, while its extravapance
and unsound fiscal policies force private
institutions to discourage home owner
ship. What's the answer? A change of
administration? 1t will undoubtedly be
the first step in the right direction but
1t Will take years to unsnarl the economic
tangle into which the present admins
tratlon has led us. And, meanwhile,
within the next three weeks, must find
an investor willing to take $4,000 first
mortgage on my home.
July Is. HOME owNrp
Evening star., 1939-08-02
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Truce1DeH.

but 1t is easily understandable, and ex-
ceedingly human.
The wood thrush and the hermit
thrush have become known to all bird
lovers, even to those who have never
seen and seldom heard the latter.
The wood thrush despite its common
est name, is no longer confined to the
woods, but prefers cultivated gardens,
and the haunts of man. The hermit, on
the other hand, truly lives up to its
best common name. 1t may be found
close to Rock Greek, but is seldom heard
IN places where there are many houses.
The wood thrush is known as the song
thrush, the wood robin, the bell bird and
the swamp robin.
Another common name for it is simply
the brown thrush, or brown bird
The hermit thrush is sometimes known
as the American nightingale, the swamp
angel, the swamp robin, or the solitary
thrush
Il heard thrush at eve," first line Of
a favorite song, probably refers to the
wood thrush.
X X X X
The robin, which belongs to the thrush
family, is variously known as the COM
mon robin, feldfare, robin redbreast,
redbreast, migratory thrush, Canada
robin, northern robin and American
robin.
Until the Federal migratory bird law
went into effect in 1918, the robin was
classed as game bird, and slaughtered
In some OF our States. Today its status
is better, but many of them are still
shot.
Two favorite local woodpeckers are
the downy,, also known as the little
Guinea Woodpecker, little sapsucker,
Tommy Woodpecker and black-and-
white driller; and the famous red
headed woodpecker, also known various
ly as redhead, tricolor, tri-colored wood
pecker, white-shirt, jellycoat, shirt-tail,
patriotic bird and flag bird.
The pileated woodpecker, now rare,
has some interesting common names.
among them being logcock great black
Woodpecker, cock of the woods. wood
hen, wood cock, great god woodpecker,
good god woodpecker, lord god wood
pecker, and wood kate.
Few birds can offer more curious COM
mon names. We do not imagine that
some OF them are very common, after all
but probably extremely local
The red-bellied Woodpecker, common
neTeaDGlfS
nird, zebra back, chad, shamshack, and
ramshack. The last two are plays on
words, one upon the other, and probably
mean nothing at ALL
The whip-poor- twill, as If such a name
were enough, has but one other common
name, that of nightjar.
The nighthawk, often seen hereabouts
IN the evening, is also called bull bat
mosquito hawk, pisk, and piramidig
Evening star., 1939-08-02
More common names of birds found

More common names Of birds found
IN and around the District of Columbia:
The song sparrow, universal favorite,
has been called, from place to place, the
silver tongue, everybodys darling, ground
sparrow, hedge sparrow, bush sparrow,
ground bird, marsh sparrow, red grass
bird, swamp finch.
The fox sparrow, bird which
scratches in hen-like fashion, much to
the delight of all watchers, is in various
sections called the foxy finch, the fox
tail, and the fox-colored sparrow
The towhee, another local favorite,
goes by such assorted names as chewink,
which is quite common towhee bird,
swamp robin bull6nch, red-eye towhee,
ground robin, towhee bunting, jo-ree,
marsh robin, bush bird, turkey sparrow.
That favorite Of many local garden,
the mouse wren, as 1t is usually called,
Is sometimes known familiarly as the
brown Wren common wren, wood wren,
stump wren, short tailed house wren,
and, last but not least, Jenny Wren.
Jenny and Johnny are universally
used by friends of birds in referring to
these creatures whose bubbling song is
liked by some, disliked by others.
The Latin name for the wren, that is,
the name used to designate the genus, is
Troglodytes, which means cave dwell
lers."
The tiny bird which creeps around on
tree trunks is commonly known as the
brown creeper, a fair enough name, in
view of its habits; but it also goes by
such names as common creeper, Ameri-
can creeper, American brown creeper,
tree creeper, and little brown creeper.
The ite-breasted nuthatch, mostly
called such, in some sections is known as
White-bellied nuthatch, tree-mouse, devil
doWnhead, Carolina nuthatch, common
nuthatch, and even sapsucker, which is
absolutely incorrect from every stand
point That is another trouble with
popular names, that in many instances
they are as wrong as wrong can be.
Yet the music of them keeps them
alive, just as the sheer melody of many
OF the common names for flowers has
given genuine wordy incense to our
printed pages.
Consider the favorite tufted titmouse.
1t also passes by such names as tufted
tit, tufted chickadee, crested titmouse,
peto bird, and crested tomtit.
The chickadee, favorite of many OBJ
servers, dream bird If there is one,
is also called the common chickadee,
eastern chickadee. black-capped chicka-
dee, black-capped titmouse, and black
capped tit 1t is not a titmouse, of
course, but it reminds everybody of one.
1t will be noted that the common names,
titmouse and chickadee, are used inter-
changeably by many of their human
friends This is not good ornithology.
Evening star., 1939-08-02
Wants Federal Union of
All Democracies.


don't want war. had three years of
the last war and saw enough of its hor-
rors to last me a lifetime 1 also have
grownup family of age for war service
so I don't want war.
But to avoid war we must take the
long-range view. To take the short view
is the policy of the fool The short view
is to say to the world, This is not our
row and we will have nothing to do with
your wars" This is a direct encourage
ment to aggressors. A swift victory over
England and France land it might hap
PEN would include the transfer of the
entire British and French navies to the
dictators The combined fleets, British,
French, German, Italian and japanese,
manned by enemy crews, could bottle up
the American Navy in its ports, sweep
all American ships off the seas and oblit-
crate all American export and import
trade, with its attendant unemployment,
depression, misery and perhaps domestic
strife and rioting. Alternatively longer
war would see America inevitably drawn
into the conflict.
The long view is to make a straight-out
federal union with the democratic coun-
tries The dictators then know for GER
tain the combination they are up against,
a combination impossible to defeat. So
there will be no war. No American SOL
dier will spill drop of blood. My chill
dren will be safe from both war and the
mountainous war debt to follow.
Richmond, Va. 1858.
July g.
Evening star., 1939-08-02

these new marks-possibly to regain
some of the many international rec
ords which have slipped out of pos
session of this country in recent
years.
The significance of today's ami
versary cannot be escaped. 1t is at
tested by the state papers of nations
which have ceased to exist because
OF the threat of wings; in the records
of nations which, with military avia-
ton as strong weapon, are seeking
to carve themselves a larger slice of
the world; and in the records Of
those which seek merely to preserve
their liberties and the right of men
to live in peace and decency.
Evening star., 1939-08-02
Fiscal Policies May Cause
Loss of Home.
To the Editor of The Star

To the Editor of The Star:
am puzzled by discrepancy between
two sets of facts. We are told that
banks all over the country are swollen
with savings. We are told that insur-
ance companies have difficulty investing
their huge funds to bring even a mod
crate return. An editorial in The Sun
day Star not long ago called attention
to the fact that the largest life insur-
ance company in the world, with it's staff
of investment experts and it's wide diver
sif1cation of investments, earned only
357 per cent in 1898. We are told that
private investors are having the greatest
difficulty in finding investments that will
bring an adequate return. That is one
set of facts.
Now for the second set. Yesterday, I
was notified that the company which
has held the first trust on my home
since it was built will not renew that
trust when it comes up for renewal
shortly The explanation is that COM
pany regulations no longer permit loans
greater than so per cent of the value of
the property. Although the trust on my
home has been considerably curtailed,
1t is undoubtedly true that it is still
greater than so per cent of the value
But 1t is a 6 per cent loan and interest
and curtailments have been met regu-
larly. The property is located in an ex-
cellent residential neighborhood. We
have occupied the house since 1t was built
and expect to occupy it long after the
amount of the trust is liquidated.
have responsible position with regu-
lar salary and, as further protection
for the investor, I have an insurance
policy that will pay off the mortgage in
the event of my death.
>Were I an investor, should consider
it an excellent investment. But the
company that refuses to renew the trust,
maintains that it is an exceptional case
and that they are not in position to
handle exceptional cases. So what? On
a few weeks notice, I am expected to
raise $4,000 to meet the maturing mort
Evening star., 1939-08-02
Applauds Passing of
Tax on Intangibles.
To the Editor of The Star:

10 tne Eoltor OF The Star:
One of the best things that has hap
pened in Washington is the passing of
the local intangibles tax. 1t was so mani
festly unfair that it could have no sim
cere supporters, Originally instituted
years ago to catch tax dodgers from the
States, it was later applied to those with
incomes so meager that no income tax
would reach them.
When figured in the terms of an in
come tax the intangibles tax was any,
where from 10 to Is per cent of an in
come derived from taxable securities
For instance, if taxpayer had $1,000 in
savings account at per cent he was
called upon to pay $3.50, which was 1914
per cent of the interest received in one
year. On the other hand, if there was
$1,000 in checking account no interest
was received but a $500 tax was COL
lected. If per cent mortgage or bond
having value of 81 900 was held $500
had to be paid, which was 10 per cent of
the years income.
Similarly if an investment was held
upon which no income was being received
this had to be valued and tax paid.
Hence income received from paying in
vestments had to carry the whole load,
and as there was no exemption, the tax
often amounted to from Is to 20 per cent
of the income received from taxable
securities and credits.
Now, with the income tax, those with
small incomes derived from securities
which were taxable under the intangibles
tax will be relieved of all tax, and others
more fortunate will pay just tax, small
in comparison to the rate exacted on
intangibles. j. F. SMITH.
Tell,
Evening star., 1939-08-02
Quality of Mercy

OF all the problems besetting any
welfare agency whether privately
financed or operated as an agency
of government, the question of who
shall receive assistance and who
must be denied is one of the gravest
and most complex The bugbear of
the social worker is the fear of pre-
venting worthy individuals from re-
ceiving the assistance which will
enable them to regain their places in
the social organization merely
through the inflexible operation of
established rules.
1t is to meet this problem, as well
as the related one of making the
budget cover the greatest number of
deserving cases, which has led the
Board of Public Welfare to establish
a committee of seven to give special
consideration to questions of eligi-
bility where these questions cannot
be readily answered by application
of established rules. The appoint
ment of the committee is accom-
panied by formal statement of
policy which will clarity the rules of
the board on such matters. Most of
these rules have been in operation
in the past, but have never been
formally stated
One of the more important regula-
lations is the requirement that relief
clients must have been self-support-
ing residents of the city for at least
year, except in cases coming under
the provisions of the Social Security
Act and admissions to the Home for
the Aged and Infirm where residence
elsewhere cannot be established. The
rules, likewise, shut off possible over
tapping of relief by holding w. P. A.
employment to be receipt of public
relief.
The informal application of these
rules already has made possible a
more co-ordinated administration
of assistance to those citizens need
ing it most, and who are most de-
serving. They tend to prevent dupli-
cation of aid to some who might
be tempted to work the system"
for more than their share. They
also have put stop to an influx of
indigents from other Jurisdictions
looking for greener fields or easier
conditions. Hence, the formal state
ment of such regulations, while
meaning no immediate change in
actual conditions, will remove some
doubts and questions which might
have arisen otherwise.
The establishment of the eligibility
committee, on the other hand, cover
ing as it does all the departments
under the Welfare Board, as we'll as
including representatives of the
Commission on Mental Health, the
Health Department, and the Juvenile
Court, opens the way to aid for honest
but helpless seekers of assistance who
might be denied otherwise because
their cases do not fit exactly into the
established groove.