davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-21

/. Complete the quotation: "The
pen is mightier than the ......."
2. Where Is Arlington National
Cemetery?
8. Is the North Star visible from
ali points on earth, or only from
the Northern Hemisphere?
4. In what active capacity is
Gen. John J. Pershing now serving
the Government?
S. Zurich is a city in Germany,
Switzerland or Hungary?
!. 6. Is the maximum age for reg
istering under the new conscrip-
ton law, under IS or under SO?
Z. The District Of Columbia lies
between which States?
8. Is the dinosaur a living or an
extinct animal?
o. Name the Balkan Monarch
who recently was forced to abdi-
cate?
10. How many Federal Reserve
Banks are in the United States?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-21

Taking it by and large it looks like
we fasteners were better behaved and
had better manners than the wild and
woody mid-westerners whose exuberance
leads them into the hurting of dry and
wet missiles. Somebody started some
thing when they started throwing stuff
during the Willkie tour and actual and
verbal missiles directed at either candi-
date during these weeks are nothing to
the throWers' credit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-21
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
THoRNs AND ACHIEVEMENT
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. d.

THORNS AND ACHIEVEMENT
Practically all wild birds cast their
young ones out Of the nest at a
certain time. If they did not do
this, the fledglings would luxuriate
in the soft nest and perhaps never
learn to face the storm and seek
their own food.
The eagle has the best scheme of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-21

The sudden drop in the temperature
Friday and Saturday with accompanying
snowflakes made it all right for tie foot
ball crowd but spelled the ruin OF
autumn foliage. Winter stepped in a
bit previous.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-21

all. Mr.. ana
Mrs. Eagle make
their nest out OF
thorns, W hi C h
they cover with
soft down. When
the elders think
that the young
sters have had
enough feeding
and coddling,
they do not cast
them out of the
nest as other
birds do; they
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-21
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 1856 p. m.
Sun rises 500 p. M; sets sos p. m.
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
October in the last week has been as var
liable and capricious as April. Ordinarily the
month is set in its ways with frost gradually
overcoming the early mellowness, but the
thermometer has jumped up and down this
year in cratic fashion, even reaching new
highs There's more to come, too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-21

feels Uncle Sam
means business,
and that he
holds most Of
the cards.
Threat of an
embargo on the
Japanese S k
trade is one of
the best Of these
cards. To see
W ny, all you
need to do Is
look at q few
figures.
The Unite d
States right now
tobias ohna1f OK
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-21

BY 'TRRDER1O a. KERBH

B8 W&AD&EAV ~ A4At0A
Encloss = three cent stamp 60.
rsp1y when a6dfessins any que8-
tlon oa fact or information % the
Waterbury Democrats 'ergire 0n.
reau ns Washington Legal and
medical advice cannot be given.
nor cnn extended research De me
taken Be sure an mail 10 ad.
dressed % The WATERBURY
DEMOCRATS SERVICE BIZ.
REAU. 1913 thirteenth Street.
Washington. D. C.
@. What is the area Of Egypt
and how much is cultivated?
A. The total area it about $685.
600 square miles, of which 1880
square miles in the Nile Valley are
under cultivation.
@. Has 'sThe Birth Of Nation"
been produced in sound picturesf
A. No, but there are plans to
make such version.
@. The light of how many full
moons would be required to equal
the light Of the sun?
A. The brightness Of the moon.
compared with that Of sunlight, Is
difflcult to measure accurately and
different investigators have found
results for the ratio Of sunlight to
full moonlight ranging all the way
from $4,000 to 100000. The mean
of the determination is 5000, with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-21
National
Spotlight
BY BRUCE CATION
Waterbury Democrat Washington
Correspondent

Washington, oct. 81 Ofncial
Washington is breathing easier
about the Far Eastern situation
now. Belief is that the Japanese
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-21
Washington Merry o-Round
DREW PEARSON
ROBERT 8. ALLEN

Administration
loophole at
metal which already has been fabricated ana
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-21

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Do not say, Il put In three !.
hours Of work.; say, II spent
three hours at work"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-21
What's Your |. O.?

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to last page
for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-21
A Thought for Today

J, watch We and pray, lest ye enter into tempta-
I Hon. The spirit truly is ready, but the hesh Is
weak-Mark 14:3S.
Human life is a constant want, and ought 70
3 be a constant prayers. Osgood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-21

II you want a copy Of 1.-THE
BABY BOOK" send to The Wa
terbury Democrats Washington
Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street,
Washington, d. C. Enclose ten
cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-21

@. Do five dimes weigh more than
two quarters? Which contains the
most silver?
A. Both weigh 1929 grains and
contain 1881 grains Of silver.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Eagles Need McKi||op
For Tough 1uss|e
On Ice Tonight
Hockey Vet on Way Here
Is Expected to Face
Troublesome GuIIs

Unless Bruce Dummy McKillop,
the latest addition to the Washing
ton Eagles ice hockey team, has be-
come entangled in time tables en-
route here from Coleman, Alberta,
the battered local outfit will be forti-
fed tonight when it collides with
the irritable Atlantic City Sea Gulls
at Riverside Stadium.
Seeking to check toboggan tend
encies which have seen them drop
their last two games by overwhelm-
ing margins, the Eagles are expected
to press the newly acquired veteran
wingman into service, providing, of
course, he reports in top condition.
McKillop Sorely Needed.
Imported to replace the highly
regarded Alan Kuntz, who recently
suffered a fractured left wrist, Nc
Killop arrives at an opportune time.
With the Baltimore Orioles pressing
the Eagles for second place, the
insertion of the experienced Nc
killop may serve as tonic to the
local team.
Len Burage. injured Saturday
night in a game against the Jersey
Skeeters at River Vale, N. j., prob
ably will return to action despite a
hurt leg which benched him Sunday
night as the Eagles absorbed a 10
2 shellacking from the Orioles.
Storey is Tough Gull.
The snarling Sea Gulls, the most
vicious of whom appears to be the
6-foot 3-inch, 220-pound Red Storey,
have faced the Eagles six times and
have earned an even break
The game will get under way at
$3.50 o'clock.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Tech 7rockmen, Using School
Corridor as Training Strip,
See Return to Proves

Minus indoor facilities, Tech
Highs track team is making the
most of its cramped quarters. utiliz-
ing the schools corridors, but un-
less Coach Rusty Thompson has
crawled too far out on a limb, a
formidable outfit is being nodded on
those questionable straightaways.
1t is Thompson's perpetual fear
that one of his proteges will carry
track practice too far, break into a
sprint while moving between classes
and f1atten teacher or two. Thus
far, however, he hasn't encountered
any absent-minded speedsters or,
at least, any complaining professors.
Feels Tech Is Due.
Thompson's system of having his
team scoot in the corridors isn't new,
but it yielded dividends for Hap
Hardell when he was tutoring there
and Rusty is eager to restore Tech
to the prestige it once enjoyed in
track circles. Not since Hardell quit
in 1886 has Tech captured the pub
lie high crown, finishing second in
1887 and 1898 and third last year.
This season, though, Thompson
feels Tech is due. They're a swell
bunch of kids" explains Rusty, who
succeeded Artie Wondrack in 1898,
land I think they deserve to go
places. This may be their year."
Tech tracksters practice in the
corridor that connects the building
proper with the gymnasium and, in
most cases, wear whatever is avail
able. The corridor, As yards long,
permits barely more than practice
starts and only four boys can sprint
Evening star., 1940-01-16

If your opponent blithely tees
a ball 2. feet in front Of the
markers and knocks it $50 yards
down the alley. Do you have
any redress? You do, under the
rules. You. can politely ask the
gentleman to hit another, in
forming him that he teed ahead
of the markers. If he .refuses
to. hit another you win the hole.
Can you have the pin held by
your caddie? You can have it
held by the boy no matter how
far away you or your opponent
may be, under the rules.
But the old idea that a referee
should hold the pin in an i'm
portant match is passe. "A ref
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Columbus Ring Team
Heavy Choice Over
Miami Tonight
Lozeor Heads Explorers
Strong Squad Making
Debut at Turner'S

Columbus University, one of the
few schools in the Nation which will
take your dough and grant the priv
ilege of unrestrained yelping, booing
or cheering at boxing match. will
unveil its 1910 ring team tonight at
Turner's Arena when the Explorers
tee off against Miami Universitys
somewhat tarnished Golden Hurri-
canes.
Loaded with lads who can dist
tinguish themselves In almost any
collegiate cutting engagement, Co
lumbus will reign strong favorite
over Miami, which dropped 51-
21z match to Catholic University
warriors here Saturday night.
Ralph (Buddy) Lazear. who has
flattened nine Of the 10 foes he has
faced in college circles, and won the
other bout by decision, will direct his
f1stic fury at Miami's George Bach.
Joe Church Of Miami. member
of the 1886 Olympic team, will stack
up against Stanley Stevenson in the
lightweight division.
Artie Lane, 6-foot-2-inch 190-
FOUNDER, will face Miami's 1885,
FOUNDER, Tommy Kearns. Miami's
Buddy Lovett, a 120-pounder, will
meet Phil Appel, while in the 1877
pound fuss Leonard Lehner of Co.
lumbus will box Jerry O'Connel.
In 1855. 165 and Its pound bouts,
Charley Cox Of Columbus will meet
Joe Bonano, Bill Crum Of Columbus
will tackle Bud Stern and Rube
Hayman, Columbus, will fight Red
Cameron.
The bouts will get under way at
$3.50 o'clock.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Two o175-Pound Bouts,
No 120, on McGi||,
Catholic j. LIST

Cancellation of the 120-pound
class bout and the staging of two
light-heavyweight matches were an
nounced for the Catholic U.-McGill
boxing match at Brookland gym on
Saturday night. The request was
made by McGill.
In reality, the change is a break
for C. u, as the Cardinals have no
bantamweight of any experience
but do have two good Ight-heavies
in Jay Turner and Fred Slant.
Turner still has a sore muscle from
pushing the gigantic Tom Kearns of
Miami around last Saturday night,
but is expected to be in shape for
this week-end's bout.
That McGill provides Canada with
some of the northern Dominion's S
best boxers is seen from the fact
that at least three members of
Canada's last three olympic teams
have been McGill men.
Evening star., 1940-01-16

from Baldwin, N. Y, the hkeable
black-haired 180-pounder is major
ing in mathematics, for he has
picked a career for himself almost
as difficult as the athletic situations
he often has found himself in while
performing on losing teams at A. U.
George aims to be physicist and
hopes to win fellowship In that
subject next year.
He came to American U. on a
scholarship (not athletic) and has
worked his way through school by
waiting on table in the dining hall.
Fellow students call him the most
unassuming man at the university
and he has earned the nickname,
Gentleman Moe"
And, If any ones concerned about
continued toleration in America, the
story of this Jewish lad who made
good in a big way at a Methodist
institution should relieve his anxiety.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Annapolis Yachtsmen
Select Magruder
For Commodore
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 16.-The An
napolis Yacht Club. sixth largest
in the United States. has announced
the reelection Of Commodore Pc
ter H. Magruder.
Laurence Thompson was. elected
vice commodore, William F. Stro.
meyer rear commodore, Or. j. Willis
Martin fleet. captain and John c.
Flood secretary.
: 1t. Comdr. Morris D. Gilmore, re-
tired, John N. Wilson and Harwood
Strange we're named to the Board
of Governors. John c. Hyde was re-
elected treasurer.
Commodore Mag1,der said the
annual rendezvous Of the Chesa-
peake Bay Yacht Racing Assbcia-
ton would be held here August
1919 in conjunction with the an
nual club regatta.
Magruder said recent tonnage re-
ports showed that craft owned by
active and nonresident members
of the yacht club made it the sixth
largest in the country.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Helen DeftweiIer One
Stroke Ahead With
86 al Augusta
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Jan. 16.-Helen
Dettweiler of Washington. D. c.,
holding a one-stroke advantage. led
the field today into the second round
of the 72-hole medal play women's
titleholder's golf tournament.
Touring the rugged Country Club
course yesterday in galelike wind,
Miss Dettwiler turned in q 46-40-
86. II strokes over par.
Mrs. Helen Hicks Harb Of Long
Island and Jean Bauer Of Provi-
dence, r. l., tied for second place at
81 for the first 18 holes.
Mrs. L. g. Pray Of Washington,
D. c., finished fourth with 90, and
Elizabeth Dunn Of Indianapolis, Ind,
was fifth with 81.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
GHh Louds EngeI, Would Back
Him in Big Radio Project

Griffith was lofty in his praise OF
the former Washington scout.
Griffith testified Engel spent more
than 100000 for him during the
years he served as a scout for the
Mats and that he sold the Chat
tanooga club to a company headed
by Engel in 1887 because the people
there wanted local ownership and
wanted Engel to operate the club.
"At times I've wished he would be
flop in Chattanooga" said Crit
fifth, 80 I could get him back"
Another applicant for a Chatta-
nooga station will be heard at .
date to be set later.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Paralysis Fund Dimes Pile Up With Pin Records Silver Spring Drives
A. U.S. Brown Is Only Repeater
For Marshall Grid Trophy
By BILL DIsMER, Jr

Looking for the most Horatio
Algerish hero Of local collegiate life?
Then listen to the story behind
George Brown, who tonight will re-
ceive a George Marshall trophy as
American University's most val
uabie player for the second success
sive year at the Touchdown Clubs
fourth annual banquet.
Out on the campus at Massachu-
sets and Nebraska avenues you
can't mention a phase of student
life without bringing in the name
Of George Brown. Indeed, any dis
cussion Of any sport or. student
activity necessarily must start with
George Brown.
Four-sports star and captain Of
two, president of the senior class
which graduates in June. chief ex-
ecutive Of Omicron Delta Kappa, ma
tional honor fraternity of student
leaders, and head of the Varsity
Club. Brown would be Stunned as
material for any fiction writer on
the grounds Of improbability.
For four years now Brown has
played tackle on A. us football
team and, according to Athletic Di-
rector Staff Cassell, probably any
back in the country-except those we
had-could have run through the
holes opened by Brown"
And there were three minds with
a single thought when Cassell, Head
Coach George Menke and Assistant
Coach Joey Kaufman met to choose
the Eagles most valuable player both
this year and last. Incidentally,
Brown will be the only representa-
tive Of the five local colleges who
will repeat his 1889 walk for Mar
shall trophy.
Browns athletic activities at A. U.
just begin with football, however.
AS he was on the gridiron, Brown
currently is captaining the Eagles
basketball team and next spring
he will be pitching and outfielding
for the nine when he isn't pole
vaulting in track meets.
TWENTY-FIVE wears old and hailing
Evening star., 1940-01-16

abreast. This is clipped to three
when hurdles are employed.
Some 40 youngsters answered
Thompsons first practice session
shortly after their return to school
following the holidays and from this
group Rusty has tabled several lads
for special consideration. Among
them is Eddie Barham, a high
jumper Of promise.
Hes a natural" says Rusty, land
I believe he's a potential southern
Conference champion. Last year
we had Johnny Gilmore, now at
Maryland. to win that event for us
and 1 think Barham's going to be
just as good"
Checks Players Weights.
Other hopefuls include Norman
Davis, high jumper and hurdler;
Dick O'Brien. hurdler; Dick Hol-
lander and Lawrence Barnes, quar-
ter milers; Jesse Bortel, mile spe-
cialist, and Eppa Leavell, Jack Bal
lard and Jack Haske, sprinters. Bill
Ristig is managing the team.
Thompson employs weight chart
to check his squad. Il can take a
peek at this chart" informs Thomp-
son. land tell if I'm working boy
too hard. A glance at their weights
reveals whether they need more
work or less"
Tech will participate in three,
possibly four, indoor meets. Thomp-
son has entered his team in the
University of Maryland-5th Regi-
ment meet at Baltimore on Feb
ruary 10, the Southern Conference
interscholastic meet at Chapel Hill,
N. c., on February "a and the Cath
olic University meet here on March 2.
Evening star., 1940-01-16

Joe Engel, president of the Chat
tanooga baseball club of the South
ern Association, today was being
held in high esteem by those who
regard Prexy Clark Griffith of the
Nationals as tops in thrift, for
Griffith has testified he will lend
Engel from $4,000 to $4,000 any
time he requests it.
Appearing before the Federal
Communications Commission in
support of Engeps application to
construct and operate q new ESQ
watt radio station at Chattanooga
on a frequency Of 1870 kilocycles,
Evening star., 1940-01-16
5peary, A.A.U. Champ
AT 118 Pounds, Turns
Pro This Month
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALLENTOWN, Pa, Jan. 16.-Bill
Speary is giving up his topfight
amateur boxing standing for a pro-
fessional f1stic career.
The popular National A. A. U.
champion announced last night he
would forsake the ranks OF the
Simon-purse at Scranton on Janu-
ary 81 against an opponent yet to
be selected.
For the last two years the Nanti-
coke, Pa, fighter has ruled the
national 118-pound class and before
tnat lie was the 112-pound kingpin.
His ring craftsmanship has been
demonstrated In more than 200
bouts.
Asked why he did not set his cap
for professional debut in New
York, Speary replied, We'll come
around to that later. I want to get
three or four fights under my belt
before we 60 into New York"
Evening star., 1940-01-16
White and GuribuIdi
To GroppIe Thursday

Tarzan White, husky New York
Giant tackle, who his clicked in
two mat matches here, will return
for his third successive engagement
at Turner's Arena Thursday night,
facing Ralph Garibaldi in a pre-
iminary to the Ernie Dusek-Joe Cox
feature match.
The card, completed today, other
wise will find Lou Plummer tangling
with Alan Eustace,. Tom Casey
bending bones with Gus Sonnen-
berg and Tommy O'Toole squirming
with Able Coleman.
Evening star., 1940-01-16

cree or marker shall never at
tend the f1agstick, stand at or
mark the hole" says the United
States Golf Association. Rea-
son for this is that in match
play if the caddie of a competi-
tor standing at the pin, is struck
by a ball, his side loses the hole.
No penalty is incurred if the
referee is struck, but he might
stop the ball and thereby be of
benefit to one side.
If a ball played from a bunker
or from any part of the course
hits an unattended pin it simply
is a rub of the green and in
wolves no penalty. But if player
A sends his caddie to the pin and
the ball played by B strikes
either the pin or the caddie, A
loses the hole.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Tied al 74in P|ayoff,
Veteran Linksmen
Battle Again

By the Associated Press.
SARASOTA. Fla, Jan. 16.-Jock
Hutchison, veteran Chicago links
man, and Ohio Hackbarth, Cincin-
natl pro, planned a second 18-hole
playof today for the National Pro-
fessional Golf Associations senior
championship.
They finished the regular tour
nament Sunday with scores of 146
each. Yesterday, in a playoff, they
carded 74's.
Today's added round makes the
third Hackbarth has played in an
effort to win the championship. He
lost the title to Freddie Mcleod
Of Chevy Chase. Md, at Augusta,
Ca, last year in an 18-hole playoff.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Mongrum to Help Metz
At Oak Park Club

CHICAGO, Jan. Is CP.-The Oak
Park Country Club announced to-
day that Lloyd Mangrum, 25-year-
old Los Angeles pro, has been hired
to assist Dick Metz as club profess
sional.
Lloyd is the youngest of the three
golfing Mangrums. The other two
are Ray and Paul, both well known
in the game.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Cards YeorIings Easy
For Belmont Abbey

Catholic University's freshman
basket ball team was no match for
the crack, Belmont Abbey Junior
College quint out at Brookland last
night. being trounced by 51-2O
score.
1t was only 1877 against the Car
dinal youngsters at half time, but
the North Carolinians outscored
them, 1913, in the last half.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Lands Goes to Florida
For His Annual Rest
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 16-Leaving be-
hind a jittery baseball world, Com
missioner K. M. Lands has gone
South for his annual holiday of rest
and golf at Bellair, Fla.
He left yesterday, less than "a
hours after handing down the mo-
mentous decision which virtually
wrecked the farm system of the
Detroit American League club.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Fights Last Night
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. II Bill Boyd, 1871,
Baltimore, knocked out Al Boros. 202Ia,
Bridgeport. Conn. (S),
PORTLAND. Me.-Coley Welch. 1891,
Portland. outpointed Howell King, 1853,
Detroit (10).
SARASOTA, Fa.-Johnny Paychek.
1s9 Des Moines, Iowa. knocked out
Jack Lacroix. 1s4: Montreal t2).
ClEVELAND.-Buddy Knox. 1872.
Dayton. Ohio. outpointed Dan Mer-
rift. 191, Cleveland (S).
CHICAGO.-Henry Wacker. 1913,
Taylorville. H., outpointed Ed MUIR
ray. 21O. Cleveland (S),
Evening star., 1940-01-16
BY the Associated Press.

WICHITA, Kans., Jan. 16.-The
public is going to be cut in on those
hot arguments between managers
and umpires in semipro baseball
tournaments.
The National Semipro Congress
ordered a microphone placed on the
field so conversations can be relayed
to the stands by loudspeaker.
President Ray Dumont hopes this
will prevent another incident like
the one that happened ut the ma
tional tournament here last year. A
misunderstanding over q ground rule
sent 12,000 fans storming out on
the feld In the game between Dun
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Hoyo Frosh Defect 'Y
For Second Victorv

Beaten only by the George WASH
ington frosh, Georgetown's year.
ling quintet hung up its second
victory in three games yesterday
by swamping the Y. M. G. A. five,
54-38.
Schmidt, Eagles and Bonheimer
formed triumvirate too powerful
for the "Y" team to stop, scoring
"a noints among them
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Now What Roted Best
Of 1885 FiIIies

He has speed enough, this Andy
K.-as much speed as Bimelech.
But he bears out as he hits the
stretch, losing ground, sometimes
as in the United States Hotel
Stakes-fouling other horses, and
generally getting himself into trou-
BILE. If he can be Strengthened out,
so that his speed and stamina will
not be wasted, he will be the colt to
beat-for Bimelech or Carrier Pi-
geon or any of the others.
Boy Angler finished behind Bime-
lech and Andy K in the Hopeful and
won the Sanford Stakes and the
Sultana Handicap. He won five
races and was out of the money only
three times in nine starts.
Arnold Hangers Roman Flag,
Parker Cornings Straight Lead, Vic
tory Morn, sold by the estate of the
late Raj Parr to Maxwell Howard; !;
Joseph E. Widener's Roman, the
Wheatley Stables Merry Knight
these are among the ranking colts.
Leading the f1llies is Alfred G. VAN
derbilt's Now What, that won the
Demoiselle Stakes, the Astoria, the
Arlington Lassie and the Spinaway.
Now What was taken out of train
ing because Of leg injury suffered
in the Spinaway. but wintered we'll.
But don't 60 too strong for her in
the spring. because in the spring a
fllly is capricious.