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Evening star., 1940-09-29
Bv Robert A. Erwin.

Map and exhibit designing, his
profession for almost so years, be-
came a hobby with Frederick C..
Grass, II. when he retired from Fed
eral Government service in May
1899.
Most men forget their work when
they retire They take life easy,
travel, play golf or seek other di-
versions. Not Mr.. Grass. however
In a certain sense, he took his work
home and kept right on making
dioramas. at which he is quite
skilled, drawing maps and taking
photographs.
Mr.. Grass grew up as a map
maker. He was born in SanduSky,
Ohio. in 1869. and in 1880, moved to
Denver, Colo, with his parents.
There, he became a photographic
map engraver as young man.
In 1902. he came to the Nations
Capital and started hunting a job.
At the Columbia Paragraph Co., he
was told to stick around for day
or two" He did. and two days
later he hao job with the COM
pany. Early the next year, he
learned the Geological Survey of the
Department of Interior needed a
man with his experience. Il signed
up Immediately" Mr.. Grass said,
"and stayed for more than 36 years
until retired
New School.
Educational exhibits of various
kinds were among his specialties at
the Geological Survey. He Travelled
frequently about the country, usual
~ making his own photographs for
features In various departmental
displays. The Survey often loaned
him to the Department of Agricul-
ture.
Since retirement, Mr.. Grass inter-
est in education has been carried on
through his grandchildren, John
Bower, 9, and Margaret, II, chill
dren of William P. Boyer, local
electrical contractor. Mr.. Grass
lives with the Boyers at 50l6 James
town road, Yorktowne Village, Md,
near Westmoreland Circle and
Western avenue.
When Montgomery County erected
the new Westbrook Elementary
Scholo near the circle, spacious
modern brick structure designed to
handle the rapidly increasing school
population in that area, Mr.. Grass
was inspired to start and accomplish
his most recent exhibit.
Westbrook School was started in
December. 1898, and finished Janu-
ary 2, this year. Its first gradual
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tually brought him success. He
was able to secure a loan from the
Crommelius Bros. of Amsterdam,
Holland, which enabled the District
of Columbia to subscribe to the
stock of the G. & o. Co.
In recognition of his efforts the
area at the Seneca inlet lock was
named "Rushville" and the Dutch
banking house was similarly hon.
ored with the application of the
name "Cronmelen" to the small
tavern area on the Maryland side
of the Potomac at Great Falls.
Cautious bankers were not alone
in doubling the practicability of
the canal project. Charles Carroll
Evening star., 1940-09-29

More has transpired since he went
away. It is in vain that I have
zealously endeavored to uphold the
credit and cause of Washington,
and the District. The English, who
are disposed to listen to me, nat
urally 60 to the American houses
as they are called, for confirmation,
and by these, or some of them, the
loan has been blown upon I give
the term that an English merchant
used to me. One English cap
italist, himself able to take the
whole loan, has lately said he would
not touch it, because there were
slaves in the district. Who put him
up to this, I know not. but l feel
sure that the objection was not first
conceived in his own mind -"
Meanwhile, Mr.. Mercer was con-
tinuing efforts at negotiating loan
in this country and was meeting
with similar diSappointmentS. An
appeal to Nicholas Biddle, president
of the Bank of the United States,
brought a gentle but nevertheless
firm refusal, which read. in part:
Neither the committee nor the
board deemed it expedient to in
crease the present loan. AS public
man you are so much accustomed
to make your feeling yield to the
sentiment of duty that you will
readily understand and appreciate
the motives which have Influenced
this decision.
With great respect and regards,
Yours,
IN. BIDDLE, Pres"
Success at Last.
Mr.. Rush. meanwhile, continued
to work on the Dutch banking
houses and his perseverance even
Evening star., 1940-09-29
George Washington Was First to Realize
Possibilities Of Potomac Waterway

In August, 1854, tall young man
dressed in buckskins guided his
birchbark canoe slowly down the Po-
tomac River.
From the south of Paterson's
Greek to the begg. of Shenandoah
Falls" the young adventurer wrote
few days later, there is no other
obstacle than the shallowness of the
water to prevent craft from pass
ing ="
This was the first recorded i'm
preston of George Washington S
belief in the possibilities of the Po-
tomac River as commercial water
way. Washington was then pa
surveyor-and his letter, written to
Thomas Lee, later Governor of
Maryland, is among the age-worn
records acquired by the Federal
Government in the S2OOO0OO pur-
chase of the physical properties of
the defunct Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal.
Now-186 years later-another
chapter in the history of this early
attempt to establish practical
trade route between the Tidewater
fro, ir
being prepared. TIE railroads long
since have eliminated the canal S
commercial value. The quiet water
way following the meandering
course of the river will become a
place of recreation in it's new role
Of memorial parkway.
National Park Service engineers
announced last week that the whole
length of the canal from Lock No.
l at Georgetown to Lock No. %
below Seneca, Md, is now open to
canoeists.
For a distance of more than 20
miles the canal banks have been re-
paired. the locks restored to work.
ing order and water let into the
shallow channel of the canal. For
months Workmen and C. C. c. boys
worked along the canal restoring
the banks and repairing them
again and again as new leaks were
discovered. The moSs-groWn locks
were patched and WOrkmen fash
toned huge timbers and iron work
for the repair of five lock gates.
But now, with the canal ready as
q recreation area for boating
enthusiasts, there are no funds
available for operating expenses
the hiring of lock tenders and ex-
perienced caretakers. The i'll luck
Evening star., 1940-09-29

Of Carrollton, one Of the wealthiest
as the last surviving signer of the
Declaration of Independence, wrote
from Baltimore. worrying about the
effect of the canal on his estate,
and whether his tenants would be
able to pay their rents on time.
Mr.. Carroll wrote:
II was yesterday. sir. favored
with your letter of the oath instant
and the map exhibiting the line Of
the canal through Maryland; when
it is completed, if ever. is uncertain;
in the meantime the tenants
through whose tenements the ditch
already passes occupying 5aoas ros
thereof will be put to great incon-
venience; They will not be able to
pay the rents, or but small portion
of them. In this case to whom are
they or myself to resort for redress
and compensation of damages now
sustained, and probably to be sus-
tanned for years, that they will be
required of the company is equal
certain
Il remain with great respect and
thanks for the map above men
toned.
Your most humble servant.
CHI. CARROLL of CARROLLTON."
Bad Move.
To add to the general distress,
labor difficulties upset the program
from time to time.
Even the inclusion of "3 jills
of rum" a day in the rations that
made up part of the workers pay
could not settle the trouble, and
debt-ridden bondsmen were i'm
ported at one time to carry on the
work.
1t turned out to be a bad move,
for these unwilling workmen sub
sequently rebelled and deserted.
Former Attorney General William
Writ, attorney for the canal COM
pany at that time, was called upon
in this instance. Some Of his cor.
respondence follows:
There are IL men in gaol of the
deserters from the several vessels
six or seven Of them are now before
the court of the city on habeas
corpus-The argument began on
yesterday morning and consumed
the whole Of that day, and Of this
and will be closed on tomorrow-of
course we know not what the
opinion of the court will be-but
hope of tomorrow. '''
without Money.
Meanwhile Mr.. Lomis your agent
tells me that his money has given
out-There are SIS due for former
services to constables for which he
is liable-and perhaps as much more
now-besides the Tavern bills of
himself and two other Witnesses
You had better send him a supply
by return mail-as 1t Is rather an
awkward thing for him to be entire
ly without money in q strange
place.
Yrs. Respy,
VIM. WRIT"
When tomorrow came, in this
case, and with it the courts ruling,
1t was found that the agreements
under which the workers came to
the United States were not those
of master and servant. but ordinary
contracts for work. The court ruled
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Continued from Page Three)

CONTINUED from Page Three)
By aviation, doubtless Mr.. Lind
bergh means military aviation :.
Mr.. Lindbergh continued back
in 1899:
1--WE, the heirs of European Gull
ture, are on the verge of disas-
trOus war, war within our own
family of nations, war which
will reduce the strength and de-
strOy the treasures of the white
race, a war which may even lead
to the end of our civilization. And
while we stand poised for battle,
Oriental guns are turning west
ward, Asia presses towards us on
the Russian border, all foreign rae
es stir restIessIy."
We wonder whether Jews are
listed as Orientals by Co.. Lind
bergh. The following quotation is
enlightening.
cit is time to turn from our
quarreIs and to build our white
ramparts again. This alliance with
foreign races means nothing but
death to us. 1t is our turn to guard
our heritage from MOngOl and
Persian and Moo, before we be-
come engulfed in a imitless for
eign sea. Our civilization depends
on a united strength among our
selves; on a strength too great for
foreign armies to challenge; on a
Western Wall of race and arms
which can hold back either a Gen
ghis Khan or the infiltratiOn of
inferior blood; on an English fleet,
German air force, a French ar
my, an American nation, stand
ing together as guardians of our
common heritage sharing strength
and dividing influence"
In this paragraph please note
that before Hitler had ever spo-
ken of a Western WALL" Lind
bergh said "a Western Wall of
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ARNOLD HOROWITZ = FIRST
JEWISH PRO PLAYER

Arnold HOrOWitZ, the son of a
Russian immigrant, was the first
Jewish professional football player
tn enter the cash-and-carry grid
iron battles. 1t wasn't a case of
pIaying because he needed the
money. His father had earned a
considerable pile, had changed the
family name to HOrween, and had
rested content in the knowledge
that his SONS would never lack
rocket change. Arnold merely kept
on playing football after he grad
mated from Harvard University
simply because he loved the game.
Later Arnold went ON to coach the
Chicago Cardinals but again it
was merely an avOcatiOn and not
q profession.
But young Horween's case some
twenty years ago was much differ
ent from that of Benny Friedman.
The latter was a poor kid who had
had to struggle all his life. Fried
man was more than ready to CAPT.
talize on his football prowess and
the Brooklyn Dodgers football club
made the Michigan hero a very
profitable offer. Within three
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Lindbergh = Future Dictator?

race and arms which can hold back
either Genghis Khan or the in
filtration of inferior blood. :"
Who does the future American
Fuehrer according to the brain
boys of the Axis as quoted in the
Chicago Daily News) mean by
inferior blood?
suppose he means me and men
like me.
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equally as good and even better,
and it's those boys who are usually
signed on the dotted line to juicy
contracts.
By the way it's the opinion of
no less an authority than Benny
Friedman, that the life of a player
in pro football (the big league
end) is seven years = infinitely
much higher than baseball; and
especially so in view of the vast
number of recruits added to the
ranks annually from the college
storage houses. But as Benny goes
on to say: "a kid who has been
in the majors one year is better
than any kid in college"
Here are some of the Jewish
professionals in the majors as re-
ported by the clubs:
Dick Plasman, Right End, Chicago
Bears, Vanderbilt.
P. Schwartz, Right End, Dodgers,
California.
Leo Disend, Right Tackle, DOdg-
erS, VilIanOva.
Joe Goodman, Right Guard, Yank-
eeS.
Herb KapIanOff, Right Guard,
Dodgers, Ohio State.
Leo Fischer, Center, Boston.
Morris Greenfield, Center, Green
Bay.
Herb GOldenberg, Left Guard,
Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Fred Karp, Left Tackle, Pitts. Pr
rates, DuqueSne.
Babe Patt, Left End, Cleveland,
Carnegie.
Sid Luclzman, Quarterback, Chica-
go Bears, Columbia.
SOIIy Sherman, Quarterback, Chi
cagO Bears, Chicago.
Johnny Pingel, Back, Detroit,
Michigan.
Sid Weiss, Back, Detroit, Michi-
gan.
Marshall Goldberg, Back, Cardi-
mails, Pittsburgh.
Ben KiSh, Back, Brooklyn, Pitts
burgh.
George Fisher, Back, Washington
Redskins.
Louis Snyder, Back, Boston.
Leland Shaffer, Back, New York
Giants.
The average salary of the boys
listed above is slightly more than
one hundred dollars per game.
There are at least twenty league
games per season with almost half
that number of exhibition games
and night scraps against teams of
the minor leagues. Thus a pro
football player can make mini
mum of three-thousand dollars per
season with bonuses thrown in for
good measure with the work stag
gered between August Is and De-
cember 1. Most of the boys then
group together and hit the road
for the sunshine and the far west
where they play exhibition games
until mid March. In the west they
collect what the traffic will bear.
All in a tidy sum. Others, like
Luckman, have lucrative business
es on the side and consider the
football end their vacation.
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JEWS IN
SPORTS
BY MoRRIs WE1NsR


the star of the Brooklyn profess
sional football team.
The third Jewish player to
break into national prominence as
professional football star was
Harry Newman, the lad who fol-
lowed in the great Friedman's
footsteps at Michigan and whose
splendid record for the Ann ArbOr
juggernaut almost OutshOne the
brilliance of the Friedman achieve
ments. Newman, yielding to the
lush offers of the professional
clubs, signed up with the New
York Giants-arch rival of the
Dodgers.
Sixty-five thousand people
damned the Polo Grounds in 1888
to watch an aging Benny perform
against his younger rival. The
struggle was titantic one. The
Giants won on Newman's passes
only after the Dodgers had scored
twenty-seven points = all earned
by Friedman.
But since that time-there have
been hosts of Jewish players in
the major professional football
leagues. Most famous of the lads
other than the eminent pigskin
trio mentioned above was Dave
Smukler who had plunged and had
kicked his way to fame while at
Temple SO that Glenn "POp" War
ner (whO, by the way, was one of
the OrOginal professional football
erS on the Carlisle Indians in
1879 dubbed SmuIzIer 'the great
est back he had ever coached in a
quarter century of handling foot
ball players. SmukIer played with
the Eagles at a handsome price
and made the AlI-PrO team twice
in succession. But Dave tired of
football and joined the Army long
before CONSUMPTION was even
thought of.
Besides the boys discussed there
have been scores of Jewish lads
who felt upon leaving alma mater,
that the extra dough they could
make by playing gam they
liked in a more scientific manner
than the way they had been ac-
customed to while at college was
tn next best thing to loafing.
They took to the pro racket like
gin to a rickey. In the last decade,
here have been literally hundreds
of Jewish boys playing in the va
rious professional associations
throughout the land earning any
where from twenty-five bucks to
five hundred dollars per game.
Such associations include the ma
ior leagues, the minor leagues and
the many semi-pro outfits and
leagues in the larger cities of this
country. The boys who are good
are in the majors. The others play
in the next best categories de-
pending on their age and ability.
An-Americans are scattered up
and down the land. Only a handful
of the AII-American ladies of the
last five years are in the big time
since pro football does not recOg-
nize an aII-American selection as
an Open-seSame. Pro football and
the scouts have long since come to
the conclusion that for every col
Iege football player picked on an
alI-American team - there are
three more men in the country
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Club and the University Chorus. Miss
Keller IS the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene Keller Of this city and is the
St. Johns Baptist Church's organist.-
The 1910 crop of approximately 1904
Boston University graduates members
Of this years class participated In the
9th annual commencement program.
Henry Gaines Winder, brother of
Mrs. Lottie A. White Of this city and
a former resident for many years,
passed away after a long illness, Fri
day, June Z, at Rest Haven, Roxbury,
Mass Mr. Wender was born in Upper
Hill, Somerset County, Nd, April Z,
1859, the son Of Levin and Matilda
Gaines Winder. He came to Massachu-
sets 50 years ago during which time
he lived in Woburn, Lowell and Win
chester, where he spent the greater part
of his life. He viii be remembered as
a pious Christian gentleman and an
outstanding citizen in the community.
He was a charter member of the Naz-
arene Church in Lowell and later be
came affiliated with the Nazarene Pen
tecostal Church in Maiden. He leaves
two sisters, Mrs. Lottie 4. White Of
Woburn and Mrs. Martha Winston,
Upper Hill, Md: two brothers, Rev.
Samuel j., Elkridge, Nd, and Charles
Winder of Clayton, Delaware. Funeral
services were held in the Nazarene
Church in Maiden last Sunday after
noon. Interment was in Wildwood
Cemetery, Winchester, Mass.-Mr. Ar
thur Fitchett of Union ST., spent the
weekend visiting in New York City.
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W0BURN

WOBURN, Mass. June 71A1
though the weather was stormy the 81
tendance at both the church and church
schooi was very good all dav last SIM
DAY. The pastor, Rev. A. Roger Wi
hams' preached at both services Roth
sermons we're very helpful. The chill
dren's Day exercises were held dn,+,,c.
the church school hour.-Tbe Nofbo,55
ana daughters Clubs held very gnc-
cessful rummage sale last week-Tbo
Mutual Aid Society held their animal
meeting last Tuesday night Jnno 4
IN II the st. John Baptist Church Tb3
following officers were elected: Rev
William II. Smith, President; Willis
Polllns, vice-president: Mrs Fd;t5
Crutcher, secretary; James q Field
financial secretary; Mrs. Rosa .Jaclson
treasurer, Mrs. Sarah Hester. Keeney
OF Property and sentinel: RI Gr;f3n
chaplain. Albert White. who has bo hoo,
president of the Mutual Aid Society
for Is years did not choose 70 se,ro
any longer after having served for ovor
a Quarter of a eentury.-Miss Mir;a,a
Eloise Keller of Allen st.. who enon ,s,iIi
ized IN school music, received fbe 10
gree Of Bachelor of Music at tho ri
lege OF Music. Her class activit;os !,
Guided University Girls Glee Climb To
Cercle Francois, The Roger Williams
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-06-15
RUSH A.M.E. ZION CHURCH
Rev. C. II Fnnnio p

= Il
"The Common THINGS of Fvervd.,,,,
was the subject Of the sermon Rev.
I oggle delivered last Sunday morn
ing, especially dedicated TO the parents
IN the light Of Children's Day. Little
audrey Jean Pierce received bantisn7
administered by Rev. Foggie The
missionary Society conducted tbe
evening service along with pew
IaIly. They presented a fine program
S1rs; rash Missionary Address; Miss
Giadys Berrymon, social solo. Mrs
OGatnerlne Manning. reading. M
benjamin Alexander. tenor soIo.
Cloverdale quartet. 7o'o'
Next Sunday, Rev. Foqoia ,v;Il
preach ms closing sermon. He leaves
LOT New Haven, Conn, on June IS. to
attend the annual conference. In the
morning he will speak on. cat the
Ssross.sroads," and the evening on "Pe-
inecIions." Also next Sunday is tba
Iast chance to pay your general
CLAIMS. The church desires to oIao ..
en- expenses before leaving for Con-
Ierehce. Plan to attend Rush Church
On On inns closing Sunday. At $40 nm
tIla closing Sunday. At 3:3O m
sunday afternoon, Rush Junior Cboi,
VII present a Musical Tea Tho
xarlck Christian Endeavor will cioso
~ .iH Q september, on Sunday, June 16,
i az o:9O pm. They plan to make tbe
IasC program surprise and tbe bos4
program of the year. '--' DeS'
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ton, and William Wooten (members Of
the Byars-Harris Operate Group
Orchestral were guest artists.
The program consisted Of numbers
by the senior and junior choirs com
bined with the Operate Group directed
by Hortense Phrame. Soloists for the
Senior Choir were Hortense Phrame
Kelley, Enola Laws,
Mrs. Theresa Haskins who has been
organist for twenty-five years, rem
dered First Sonata by Guillmant. She
was presented with a purse Of twenty
five dollars and a basket Of flowers
from the choirs. Miss Hortense
Phrame, director Of the choirs, was
presented with bouquets from the
choirs.
The soloists for the Operate Group
were James Byars, James Hinton,
Fred Riggs, Robert Gatewood. Other
members of the opera group partlcl-
pating were Lulu McQuiter, Margue-
rite Gatewood, E. Deultry, Emily
Riggs, Nora Simmons, Edna Jennings,
Herman Hemingway, Irving Hebron
Van Ripper.
Remarks were made by Fred W..
Riggs, president of the Opera Group
in which he thanked Miss Hortenses
Phrame and Mrs. Stella Thomas and
Springfield friends for their able
assistance in the production Of the
opera Faust" which the group gave
at Jordan Hall, Boston in April. Ae-
companists were Luna Ritter Babcock,
mex B. Evans, and Lucille Chatin.
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MAIDEN
Eastern Avenue Baptist Church
Rev. James L. Jackson. Sr. Pastor

Rev. James l.. Jackson. Sr. Pastor
MAIDEN, Mass, Sunday, June g.
The pastor occupied the pulpit morn
ing and evening, Rev. S. W. Hill of
Bethel Church, Boston and Mr.. Ernest
Miller of Concord Baptist, Boston
were guests at the evening service.
Beautiful potted plants were given
out at the Noon Hour following the
annual Children's Day program pre-
sented jointly by the beginners. pri-
mary and Junior Depts., Mrs. Annie
Partin, Supt., Miss Ruth jackson.
assist. supt. Those assisting on the
program were: Mrs. Mildred Sampson.
Mrs. Edithe Carter, Anita Webb.
Daisy Thompson, Emma Desmond.
Music was by the Primary chorus,
directed by Mildred Smith. Ruth Par
tin, pianist-Next Sunday at 8 pm.
the "E. and NJ. Debs" will hold a
Charity Fund entertainment to send
some child to summer Camp. Every
one is cordially invited.-The second
Annual Graduates Musical and Contest
Will be given by the Senior Choir Sun
day, June %, $3.50 pm. Miss Roberta
Dunbar of Prov, r. l., Past president
of Northeastern Federation of Wo-
mems clubs will be the guest speaker.
Mrs. Blanche Diggs, soprano; Mrs.
Florence Hornsby, contralto. Victor
Mascoll. tenor, organ selection. Miss
Grace Hunt, chairman, Mrs. Florence
H. TAYLOR, organist.-On Tuesday.
June IL the Everett Colored Citizens
League will meet at the City Hall
Annex at pm.