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Evening star., 1940-04-13
Cold Wave Persists
Here With q Low
Forecast Tonight
Freeze Is Expected to
Couse Small Loss
To Crops Nearby

Winter, with cold rain and snow,
made q belated attack on spring
here and throughout the East last
night, with prospects early today
that the weather would be fair to-
day and tonight, but the cold snap
would continue.
Slowly rising temperatures FORE
cast by the Weather Bureau for
this afternoon, however. gave prom
Use Of maximum Of 80 degrees.
Lowest temperatures tonight viii
be about % degrees, the bureau
predicted.
The wintry attack late yesterday
brought temperatures down from a
maximum of 60 degrees yesterday
morning to low of % at 5 am. to-
day. The thermometer had risen
to 80 degrees by 10 o'clock, with
prospects that the temperature
would continue to rise only slowly"
during the day.
Half Inch Snow Falls.
About half an inch of snow was
estimated to have fallen in WASH
ington and vicinity. In the down.
town section most Of 1t had melted
by rnidmorning.
OF the region east of the Rocky
Mountains, carrying temperatures
below freezing almost to the Gulf
Coast. Meanwhile, temperatures
were more than 100 degrees In the
Southern Pacific slope.
Small Crop Loss Expected.
The freeze, however was not be-
lieved to have threatened seriously
any Of the crops nearby. L. M. Wal
ter, jr., Virginia State agriculture
commissioner. said the bulk of the
States crops and fruit probably
would suffer little damage. He said
apple trees in the Shenandoah VAL
ley were not in bloom and probably
would escape severe injury.
Temperatures in many sections of
Alabama and Georgia were the low
est ever recorded for the middle of
April.
Early unofficial reports indicated
all tender vegetation, including to-
matoes, had been killed in Central
Georgia. Orchardists, however, be-
ueved the peach crop was still safe.
In Florida, winds were believed to
have made chances of frost damage
to crops slight. A drop of 20 de-
grees to A gave Tampa the lowest
reading in so years, while Jackson
vile noted the coldest mid-April
weather on record-35. A low of Al
set a 25-year record at st. Peters,
burg.
Alabama truck and fruit crops suf-
fered. Low temperatures brought
heavy losses to Arkansas peach and
strawberry crops.
Public interest in the weather
was registered at the new weather
station at the telephone COM
pany, where the telephone number,
Weather 1912. received 35,645 calls
yesterday. This service has light
ened appreciably the pressure of
public calls on the Weather Bureau
itself, officials said.
Richmond, Va, experienced the
severest weather ever recorded this
late in the season, with ~ inches
of snow. During the winter and
spring % inches have fallen, third
deepest IN the city's history.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Mrs. HomiIton, Former
D. c. Resident, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA, April 12.-Mrs.
Katherine Harmon Hamilton, grand
daughter Of both John Harmon, for
mer owner Of the Detroit Free Press
and twice Mayor Of Detroit, and
Gen. Hector Stevens. former surgeon
general Of the United States Army,
died yesterday at her home after q
weeks illness.
Mrs. Hamilton was reared in Mr..
Harmon's home and later lived in
Washington, where she was active
IN the Daughters of the American
Revolution. She moved here about
40 years agoe
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Allied and Polish
Diplomatic Staffs
Leave Denmark
Scores Of Foreigners
Seek Aid From u. S.
Legation
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN, April 13.-The
British, French and Polish Minis
tiers and their STATS departed today
for the neutral Netherlands, leaving
behind hundreds of their nationals
still seeking means of getting out Of
German-occupied Denmark
Many of these frantic foreigners
turned for aid to the United States
Legation which, already busy han
ding the affairs Of some TOO Ameri-
cans, was expected to take care of
British and French interests in the
emergency.
Among those seeking help were
scores of business men and their
families, university students, Polish
refugees and German Jews who
were caught unprepared by the
swiftness of the Nazi invasion.
The train bearing the departing
Ministers-Howard Smith of Brit
ain, Jean Bonnefoy- -Sibour of
France and Jan Starzetewski of Po-
land-was scheduled to reach the
Netherlands frontier tomorrow.
Phone Communication Banned.
Although telegraphic communica-
ton with neutral countries was re-
sumed last night via Germany, after
q three-day shutdown, telephone
communication with the outside
world still was prohibited and there
was no indication when normal
transportation facilities would be
restored.
Thus far authorities have not an
nounced what steps would be taken
with reference to the citizens of bel
ligerent nations now in Denmark.
American citizens expected, how
ever, that they would have no trou-
BILE In leaving the country when
transportation is available.
For most Of the Americans here
the situation is merely an incon-
venience. Because of passport re-
strictions against travel in vessels
OF belligerent countries, the only
way they can return home is to
travel through Germany to reach
italian ports.
Norwegians here find themselves
facing strange problem. Although
Germany has announced that she
does not consider herself at war with
Norway, fighting is going on be-
tween Norwegian and German troops
and Norwegians in Denmark are
doubtful Of their status.
Norwegian Ministry Operating.
They gained some reinsurance
from the fact that the Norwegian
ministry in Copenhagen is operat-
ing as usual, and they expected to
be treated as neutrals, despite the
fighting In their homeland.
Meanwhile, German trade COM
mission began negotiating with the
Danish government in an effort to
reorganize Denmark's economy.
Civilian life appeared on the sur
face to be continuing much as US
ual, but a mounting list of regula-
tions limited at changes to come.
The latest police proclamation last
night prohibited all public meetings.
Rationing Of foodstuffs Is generally
expected, but the only move in that
direction has been an order limiting
purchases to f0ur-day supply. Sale
sof alcoholic beverages has been
barred since the Germans moved in.
News Of the outside world still is
limited largely to publication of
German dispatches.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Report for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours
(From noon yesterday to noon today)
II aighsst. go. am. yesterday. Year
Lowest, %. S am. today. Year ago. 81.
Record Temperature This Year.
Highest. 70. on April 4.
Lowest, z, on January 90.
Humidity for Last "A Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, "a per cent at s pm. yes
terday.
Lowest. Al per cent, at noon today.
Weekly Outlook.
North and Middle Atlantic States
again toward end of week Warmer about
Tuesday, slightly colder wednesday night
and Thursday. warmer latter part.
about Tuesday in A Ohio yaiiey. local show
Temperature first half Of week and mod
era'ss xs1m asssH ns Las. 2. Hours.
The disturbance that was over Eastern
Pennsylvania Friday morning has moved
with HtsntS
Portland. Me-. and Nantucket, Mass. 992 6
millibaEs l29:31 inches), with trough ex-
tending southward and southwestwsrd to
tensity Is meyins eastward over the North
l,O15.9 millibars (30,O0) inches). A high
West Gulf Coast. Houston. Tex. 1.O31 2
millibars t3045 inches), and pressure is
high over the Rocky Mountain region, Salt
Lake City. Utah, 1,O254 millibars t3O.2S
inches>. and on the North Pacific Coast
During the last "a hours rains have oc:
CURED in the South Atlantic States snd
along the East Gulf and Washington
coasts, and SHOWS and rains In the Middle
Atlantic and North Atlantic States. the
upper Ohio Valley and the Lake region.
and Middle and East Gulf States while
they have risen in the Plains States. the
Rocky Mountain region, Oklahoma and
Northwestern Texas.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Congress in Brief
TNnAv

Senate and House In recess.
Joint Conference Committee con-
tinues effort to adjust Senate House
differences On $922, ,000, 900 farm ap-
propriatton bill.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Weather Report
Ither Bureau.)
FURNISHED :

ureau)
District OF Comba-Generay fair but becoming times
tonight
peraure tonight about % - ~
Maryland and Vrgna-Paly
tomorrow with fures in northwest portions
West Vrgna-Cloudy
portion tonight; tomorrow fair slightly
Evening star., 1940-04-13
River Repsrf.

at Harpers Ferry: Potomac muddy At rsrsat
Falls today. oe"S
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation In inches In thu
Capita1 (current yoopth 60 d.x.,,
Evening star., 1940-04-13

Keep ysur mind On your business
whsn yous baslnsss = driving. a..
Evening star., 1940-02-19
Joe Louis Brother-n-Luw Coming Along as Heavyweight
Boil

line drives thrown from the CEN
ter circle like q football.
One-minute interview. Dick
Harlow: Football coaches can
spot any sports writer or alumnus
II points and beat them second
guessing"
Recession note. Outfielder Jack
Suydam, one Of the 81 Detroit
farm hands given the green light
by Judge Lands, has signed with
Atlanta. The news Is, he didn't
charge 'em q cent.
For the records. Not long ago
the Westerly (R. - High cage
team walloped its arch rival,
Stonington Comm, 1872. We
hate to bring this up, but back
in 1918 Westerly put the skids
under Stonington at football,
1920.
No wonder Stonington is ask
ing, "how come you dos us Like
you % dob7"
Evening star., 1940-02-19
BY EDDIE BRIETZ.
Associated Press Sports writer.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1s.-The
Louis Godoy fight films were
edited sharply for the South
American trade-to make Arturo
look his best. Railroads operat-
ing ski trains out Of New York
ray last years biz will be more
than doubled. It now is warm
enough in the Far South for the
Alabama baseball candidates to
work outdoors.
If the Red Sox wanted to re-
veal the figures you probably
would find they paid nearer
$50, 900 than the reported SIS, 900
for Dominic Di Maggie. Mike
Jacobs is trying to get control of
Junior Munsell, Oklahoma!
heavyweight flash, but Charley
Mcdonald, Coast promoter, has
first call. joey Archibald, the
featherweight king. and Jimmy
Evening star., 1940-02-19
Graves, Kehoe Among
Stars Competing
In Newark Meet
Fenske Against Glenn,
Boricun vs.. Woodruff
Featured Tonight
By the Associated Press.

NEWARK. N. j., Feb. 19.-Four
pairs Of flying feet viii renew two
current indoor track feuds at New
ark Armory tonight in the 18th an
nual Seton Hall College games.
Chuck Fenske will attempt to
make it six triumphs in a row over
Glenn Cunningham in a special
1,0o0-yard event.
. John Borican will revive his
bristling rivalry with John Wood
ruff in special half mile feature.
An open card of A. A. U. handi-
cap events, 13 relay races for schools,
colleges and clubs, the "Waldron
600," the J. B. Reilly Mile and
a number of special events will COM
plete the carnival program.
Fenske and Cunningham will bat
tie 1t out in field which includes
Gene Venzke of the New York A. c.;
Sanford Goldberg of the Millrose
A. A, and Lou Burns of the 69th
Regiment A. A. of New York.
Borican and Woodruff may find
themselves trailing at the tape in the
$50. They will encounter opposi-
ton from Francis Slater of the New
York A. c.; Campbell Kane of In
diana University; Jim Kehoe Of the
University of Maryland; Curtis Gid
dings Of the Grand Street Boys A. A.
and Joe Shea of Boston College.
Lou Zamberini of San Francisco
heads the field in the Reilly Mile,
followed by Phil Graves of George
town, who set a meet record of
4:18.8 In winning last year; Archie
San Romani of Emporia, Kans.; Les
lie MacMitchell of New York Uni
versity, Mason Chronister OF the
University Of Maryland, and Carmen
Bova of Seton Hall.
Evening star., 1940-02-19
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

The success story of the week con-
Germs young blond giant who spent
four afternoons in his college room
practicing fancy steps. Not dance
steps, you understand, but awkward
ly graceful jumps. A couple of half
turns at the hips, left foot swinging
pendulum-like for poise, then two
hops on the right foot, a spasmodic
jerk Of his tall, muscular body and q
follow-through with the left.
Hour on end he practiced the ma
neuver, finishing with his right arm
extended in a pseudo-F Fascist salute.
Again and again he counted as he
practiced, making his angular legs
move faster and faster over the
green carpeted floor until he was sat
isf1ed. All the while he was careful
that his lengthy hops did not carry
him beyond wide circle chalked on
the carpet.
AA0OSASO ~ DAvAuNAANos
Last Saturday night the same pale
youth picked up q 16-pound shot be-
fore a capacity crowd at Madison
Square Garden and tossed 1t SO
feet 81 inches to a new American
indoor record. His long. painstaking
practice stood him in good stead for
1t enabled AL Brozis to. better the
nights previous best mark, which
also shattered the existing record,
made by Frank Ryan.
Speed and footwork as well as
Drawn are necessary in putting the
shot and Blozis was shy on speed.
Coach Hap" Hardell taught him to
hop faster to put the momentum Of
his take-of into his throws. How
we'll he heedel the coach's words will
be inscribed in the next issue Of the
record book.
Phil Graves. another Hoya, turned
in a record rd-smashing performance
In the 1,000-yard run Of the same
games and Hardell also was gratified
by this,
Evening star., 1940-02-19

Until George Washington's rowing
eourtmen bumped into West Virginia
last Saturday night at Cumberland
they were on their way to equaling
the best record a Reinhart-coached
quint has hung up at the downtown
school. The boys were hot on the
spoor Of the 1885 teams mark Of
is victories against 3 defeats,
but the Mountaineers Jared them
out of a pleasant reverie.
Still, this is a good team, this
1910 outfit. How good no one agrees.
It's had good nights and bad and
last Saturday definitely was one
Of the of ones. West Virginia may
be better, but not IA points superior
to the Colonials.
1885. Teams Record Best.
That 1885 combination, the first
turned out by Reinhart, compiled
the best won and lost record thus
far, 16 and 3, but lots of G. w. fans
don't think 1t is the greatest team
he has put together since coming
East from Oregon. Some think the
1898 crew, captained by Tommy
O'Brien, was tops, although it played
4 shorter schedule and won only
IS of its II games. Others feel that
the group now in the field COM
pares favorably with any of its
predecessors.
At any rate, the present team
should come close to equaling the
schools best record if it doesn't
match it. Maryland shouldn't be
much trouble for G. w., nor should
Georgetown, which lost so per cent
Of its scoring punch when George
Pajaks arm was fractured. ST..
Johns appears to be the highest
hurdle in the me-stretch and the
Brooklynites have been no ball of
fire this year, although they al
ways turn up with a good team.
odd thing about the Maryland
game tomorrow night is that George
De Witt, Maryland's star center,
almost went to G. w. He and Joe
Brennan were schoolmates at West
ern High and when Joe enrolled
Evening star., 1940-02-19

Michigan State coaches are see
ing double and talking to them
selves what with three sets Of
identical twins out for one sport
or another.
Today's guest star. Walter
Stewart, Memphis Commercial
Appeal: "When Judge Lands
birthday rolls around Benny
M'Coy should ask his mother to
bake the Judge a nice cake-one
with $1,000 candles"
When 152-pound Davey OBrien
carried OIL all the top gfidiron
honors in 1898, every little guy
In Texas must have heard about
it. Anyway, there are seven
quarterback candidates out at
Texas Christian and nary Z one
tops 100.
Wilfred Hetzel, the basket ball
trick-shot artist, Is packing EN-
In at games In Indiana. He now
makes . dropkick goal and sanks
Evening star., 1940-02-19
Pressure on Griffith
Is Eased as Three
PIayersSien
Myer, Walker and FerreII
In Line; Gee Delighted
Washington Got Him
BY staf Correspondent Of The Star.

BY star Correspondent OF The Star.
ORLANDO, Fla, Feb. 19.-By a
warm stove in Auburn, Ill, sits Emil
(Dutch) Leonard, still unsigned by
the Mats, but the holdout pressure
on President Clark Grifith isn't so
strong today.
He still has to get his ace pitcher
in line, together with Infielder Cecil
Travis and Shortstop Jimmy Po-
fahl, but the Old Fox has been
doing all right in the last couple Of
days.
Over the week end he signed Sec
ond Baseman Buddy Myer, Out
fielder Gerald Walker and Catcher
Rick Ferrell. The latter pair agreed
to terms yesterday, Ferreu stopping
here en- route from Tampa to his
home in Guilford, N. c. Rick Is not
due In camp until March l.
Walker, who is in Orlando. prob
ably will start working out today or
tomorrow, when the Mats will be at
Tinker Field for the first time.
Terms were not announced, as
usual, but Walkers salary was ex-
pected to be around $4,000.
His trade, Walker said. came as
no surprise. 'I expected to be
traded since had that argument
with officials of the White Sox at
the close of last season. I had three
bonus clauses, although only one
was written in the contract. I was
to get bonus if the Sox finished in
the first division, which we did;
another if the years attendance was
600 900 and third If the attend
ance reached 100000.
II didn't collect any of them. Nor
did I believe the attendance figures
given by the Sox. They don't jibe
with those in Lands ONCE. So We
had an argument and when I went
home I knew I'd be traded.
II was hunting in Alabama at the
time I was traded. I remember
coming home and passing the fire.
house. A fellow was out in front
reading a paper. I yelled over and
asked him where I was traded.
Washington he yelled back. I
was doggoned pleased, too. II those
two left-hander-Chase and Kra-
kauskas-give us any kind Of pitch
ing well be as tough as any club.
Except" he added, "the YAM
kees."
Evening star., 1940-02-19
Current G. w. Quint Struggles
To Equal Best Record Made
By Reinhort-7 utored Team

at the G. street institution George
almost went along. Joe played one
year of varsity basket ball for the
Colonials before quitting to ac-
cept a position with an oil firm
in Haiti. George went to Mary
land, for which Coach Burt Ship
ley fervently is thankful.
Getting back to Reinhart's best
team, it'll take lot of persuasive
arguing to talk down his first group,
which included Tuffy Leemans, Milt
Schoenfeld, Ben Goldfadden. Hal
Kiesel, Tommy O'Brien and George
Frielicher. 1t was a great team.
Ohio State bumped 'em of and
the Colonials came back to win
IA in a row before losing to st.
Johns and Long Island in the last
games of the season.
Records Must Speak.
The same group was back the
following year with Jack Butter
worth replacing Frielicher. Bob
Faris and Sid Silkowitz were lowly
subs as this team won 16 games
and lost 4. The next year it was
Tommy O'Brien's" team-a dis
tinction it owed to the fact that
he was the lone senior. George
CARRIER slipped into the lineup for
the first time during the campaign,
a bristling one that saw the Co.
lonials knock of Ohio State, Min
nesota, st. Johns and Loyola Of
Chicago twice. These victories
cause lot of fans to think this
was Reinhart's master five.
Last year Butterworth, who was
handicapped by a pesky illness;
Faris. CARRIER and Red Auerbach
slipped a bit, losing 8 games In
21, but still it was a mighty good
quint to have around.
How the Colonials fare in this
stretch drive remains to be seen,
but from this angle it appears
they're going to make a run for
top honors with Reinhart's first
five. It's a good team, make no
mistake about that, but exactly how
good no one can say. The record
will have to speak for itself.
Evening star., 1940-02-19
Cooch's Tip, Putting Pep in Hop,
And Practice in Dormitory
Help B|ozis to Record

Phil won the hard way" Hap
reported this morning, running
around everybody in the field, wig
Cling through on the inside, racing
to the outside and repeating the
tactics. If he could have Rugged the
pole position he might have cut an
other second of his time of 2 min
utes IA seconds.
What I liked best about Phirs
running, however, was that he knew
he had to break the record to win
because they announced Leslie
Mitchell had broken it in his Sec
ton before Graves ran. A real
champion runs that way and ]
think he is one"
Georgetown's relay team had a
comparatively easy time against
Holy Cross and Pitt, but its unde-
feated record probably will be sui
lied Saturday when the Hoyas op-
pose New York University's speedy
quartet, which has lowered the rec
ord for every event it's competed
in this winter. The Violets' best
time for the mile is slightly over
3 minuts 10 seconds, while George
town has yet to break 3:20.
And speaking of relay teams,
Maryland's will give the Hoyas q
run for the marbles If they get to-
gether in the spring, for the Old
Liners will have Gene Ochsenreiter
back in the lineup. Ochsenreiter
is sub on the basket ball squad,
but prefers his lowly role to indoor
running. Of the form he displayed
last year he should run a 49-second
quarter, which, with Jim Kehoe
Mason Chronister and Tommy
Fields rounding out the team, will
make the Hoyas hustle.
Kehoe Makes Good on Boast.
Kehoe is another who deserves
credit for his efforts in the New
York games. Last week he finished
behind Sanford Goldberg in the
"Oriole 600" at Baltimore. After the
race he said he thought he could
whip the New York fireman If he
ran his own race-not, Goldberg's
way. He did Just that last Saturday
and the sweating smoke-eater ate
his dust. Their battle was for third
place.
Blozis' lengthy shot-put must have
stirred Leo Sexton's memory and
sent it wandering back to the night
almost eight years ago to the day he
established . world record for the
same event at Boston-and got Sec
ond prize.
Sexton pitched the iron pellet 81
feet 11h inches, nosing out Herman
Brix, who held the existing record
Of 81 feet 10 inches.
The winner, however, was Tommy
Gilbane, q Brown gridman, whose
best throw was 48 feet 5A inches
Gilbane had handicap OF 3 feet
inches.
Evening star., 1940-02-19
Ti|ts This Week
ToSett|e Many
Court Titles
Struggle for National
Honors Just Begun;
Duke Sits Pretty
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr.


NEW YORK, Feb. ia lot Of
sectional basket ball titles will be
settled either this week or next, but
the race for the national crown Is
just getting under way.
Conference competition in most
sections winds up the first week end
in March. Then comes the national
collegiate A. A. tourney to decide
the successor to Oregon as national
champion, few invitation tourna-
ments and the national A. A. U.
event.
Right now they're all concerned
mainly in winning titles right in
their own back yards. And about
the only team that can feel really
comfortable about the whole thing
is Oklahoma A. and NJ Hank Iba's
Cowboys clinched at least a tie for
the Missouri Valley Conference
crown by trimming Drake, 52-34,
last Saturday for their ninth con-
ference win, their 21st straight this
season and their 45th in a row on
their home court They can take
the title outright by beating WASH
lngton University at st. Louis next
Saturday.
Appears Cinch for Duke.
Duke hardly can be beaten out of
hrst place in the Southern Con-
ference. The Little Boy Blues" have
lost only one of 13 loop games and
play weak North Carolina State and
their arch rival, North Carolina. in
the final pair of games this week.
But in that conference, as in the
southeastern, where Georgia
bounced up to tie Tennessee for the
lead last week, they'll finish the reg
ular season this week, then start all
over again in tournament play,
starting February %.
Oregon State. far in front in the
Northern division of the Pacific
Coast Conference, can clinch another
title by beating Oregons 1899 ma
tional champs Friday. Oregon
knocked Washington State out Of
the picture last week, l1en dropped
a 1927 decision to t. Beavers. In
the Southern section Southern Cali
fornias Trojans need only to beat
Stanford to settle things beyond
doubt.
Trojan Streak Broken.
q. S. G. lost its first game Of the
season to California last Friday, but
beat the Bears Saturday. &c. L. A.
kept that one defeat from being
costly to Troy by beating Stanford,
42-37 Saturday. It was U. c. L. AS
first home-court victory as q con-
ference member.
Other sectional leaders, most Of
which have a good piece to go before
they ca nclaim the 1910 titles. are:
East: League, Dartmouth. I'll; in
dependent, New York u, $50; Big
Ten, Purdue. 6-1; Big Six. Missouri,
I'll; Southwest Conference, Rice,
To; Big Seven, Colorado, 81. Mis-
souri, and Rice are newcomers at the
top. displacing Oklahoma and Texas
last week.