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Evening star., 1940-01-16
College Basket Ball
BY the Associated Press.

Illinois. AZ; MICHIGAN, 43.
Ohio State. S2 Northwestern. 81.
Purdue, so; Minnesota. "a.
Indiana, 40; Wisconsin, "a.
Iowa, Al; Chicago. ~.
Missouri, 81: Iowa State. 16.
Michigan State. 4S; Marquette. 10.
Bucknell 4S: Susauehanna. 35.
DuQuesne. %; Loyola (Chicago). 27.
Bradley Tech. 3d. NJ Mexico Aggies. 81.
Depaul. AZ; Detroit. 81.
North Carolina, "a: Wake Forest. 81.
St.. Johns. A: NIAGARA. 40.
California. 36; San Diego State, "a.
Albion. % Michigan, 27.
KalamaZoob33: Michigan Normal 81.
Central Uowa). AZ; Penn uowa), 23.
John Carroll. 80; Akron. 25.
Toledo. 46; Baldwin Wallace, "a.
Moravian 81; Hartwick. "a.
Luther, 80: Upper Iowa, ~.
Drake. AZ; Tulsa, 33.
st. Olaf 40; Concordia (Minn.). 36.
Oklahoma A. e. NJ, 3S; Creighton. ~.
Salem. 81: West Liberty 49,
West Texas State. 40; Hardin Sim
,,Il Wishiss, =. 20: sai Mexico z. N. 9. A.
Milwaukee, Teachers, so: st. Norbert, 42.
Sam Houston Teachers. 81: Stephen =.
Whitman, 80; College q Idaho. s5.
Western Washangtoo. q: Z. Martin. %.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Lesnevich Goes South

Accompanied by his manager,
Gus Lesnevich, challenger for Billy
Conn's light-heavyweight crown,
passed through Washington yester-
day en- route to Hot Springs, Ark,
where he will begin training for q
bout with the champion.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Ump, Player Debates on Field
To Be Microphoned to Fans

can, Okla, and Mount Pleasant, Tex.
Don't let the loudspeakers keep
you from taking your wife to the
game ofhcials and managers will
be tipped of that their conversation
will 60 ION the air."
Evening star., 1940-01-16

A playoh for the first half cham
pionship of the Heurich Amateur
Basket Ball League is in order fol-
lowing Jewish Community Center's
40-30 defeat by Marvins Credit last
night.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
The
SPORTLIGHT
Likely Lot Now Eyine
3-Yeur-OId Stokes
BY GRANTLAND RICE,

opeclal correspondent OF Inc Star.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16. (N.A.N.A.)
AS 2-year-olds they fled down the
Wldener course at Belmont Park or
skidded, on spindly legs. around the
turns on the other tracks. They
won or they lost, reused hopes,
brought disappointments.
They were a year away from the
Santa Anita Derby, the Flamingo
Stakes, the Kentucky Derby, the
Belmont, the Preakness and the
other rich and glamorous stakes for
which 3-year-olds compete-a year
away, but pointed for those stakes
and watched over and prayed over.
But some went down with broken
legs and were not seen again and
some couldn't keep up with the pack
and everybody forgot about them,
including their owners.
Now the survivors are 3-year -olds
and the stakes for which they were
pointed year ago loom closer. Here
and in Florida the main action will
come in March. The scene will shift
to Kentucky the first week in May
and then to the East. The Triple
Crown-the Derby, the Belmont and
the Preakness-so seldom won,
though great colts have striven for
1t, awaits them-at least one of them.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
From the
Press Box
Armstrong; Testimony
About Hostok Voque
BY JOHN LARDNER,


NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (N.A.N.A)-
The question is. are we going to
believe Henry Armstrong? Henry
says that there is a Hostak.
The Hot Chocolate gets around a
good deal. He fights one week in
California and the next in st. Louis,
and the next week he will be prying
into the hooks and crannies of
Cleveland. It was in one Of those
Cleveland nooks-just to the left of
a cranny-that he claims to have
spotted mysterious AL Hostak In the
flesh, not a motion picture.
AS for me, being one of those fel-
lows who are skeptical about the
existence Of Hostak, I tried to test
Mr.. Armstrong; story thoroughly,
and found couple of loopholes.
Under cross-examination by Coun-
selor Iardner. acting for the prose-
cution, the welterweight champion
weakened visibly. He was mopping
his brow when he left the stand.
You all know mysterious AL Hostak
by hearsay. (And you know Santa
Claus and Paul Bunyan, too, eh,
citizens? That doesn't mean a
thing) The alleged Hostak is
alleged to be the middleweight
champion of the alleged world. He
is alleged to live in Seattle. There
Is Seattle, but that doesn't neces.
sarily mean there is Hostak.
Not ExoctIy Middle Sized,
Hank Says Of Al
Under grueling cross-fire, Henry
Armstrong testified as follows:
@. So you claim to have seen
Hostak, do you, Mr.. Armstrong;
A. That's right, counselor.
@. You saw him, did you?
A. Why-uh-yes, I think so.
@. Be very careful now.
A. Witness began to perspire)
I'll try.
@. What did this alleged Hostak
look like?
A. Well, that's hard to say.
@. I'll bet it is. Is he big?
A. Not very big.
@. Is he small?
A. Not very small.
@. Would you describe him as
middle-size
A. Well, fairly middle sized.
would say he wasn't exactly small
or big, but he wasn't exactly mid
dle-sized.
@. But still you say there is a
Hostak?
A. Well, I heard there was.
@. Oh, you heard there was. Did
you see him fight? You were fight
ing on the same card in Cleveland,
weren't you?
A. Yes, but I was In the dressing
room when Hostak fought. They told
me he stopped his man in the first
round.
@. Oh, they told you that. did
they?
A. Yes, they said he looked like
great puncher. They said he prob
ably would knock Ceferino Garcia's
brains out, If they ever fight.
@. But you didn't see any Of this
sensational punching yourself. did
you?
A. Well, not exactly.
Q. Mr.. Armstrong, how do you
feel?
A. Who, me? Why, I feel fine,
thanks.
@. Do you ever see spots before
your eyes?
A. Spots before my eyes?
@. Spots before your eyes.
A. Oh, spots before my eyes. Well,
yes, once in a while.
@. That's all.
A. I beg pardon?
9. That's all. No more questions.
You may step down. The state
rests.
Not Sure There's Lordner.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Winter Between Campaigns
Full Of Uncertainties

The top-f1ight 2-year-old isn't al
ways in front as 3-year-old. In
the winter between the end of the
2-year-old campaign-the baby races
and the Derby year, much can
happen to colt or filly.
The lights go out for some of the
2-year-old stars when they go to
the post as 3-year-olds. Quite as
suddenly-and quite as dramatically
the lights go on for some 2-year-
old laggards when, in the next cam
paign, they first look at a starter.
Challedon was no ball of fire as
a youngster. Neither was Johnstown
yet they were the outstanding
3-year-olds of 1882 Topping them
as 2-year- were the ill-starred Ell
Chico and Porter's Mite and
Volitant, among others.
Yet, remembering all that, the
3-year-old parade should be headed
this year by Bimelech, E. R. Brad
ley's Derby hope. This son of Black
Toney, with which Bradley is shoot
ing for his fifth victory at Churchill
Downs. was unbeaten in six starts as
2-year-old
Four of his triumphs were in ma
tor events-the Saratoga Special,
the Hopeful Stakes, the Belmont
Futurity and the Pimlico Futurity.
He not only won, but he won i'm
pressively. No one, seeing him run,
could doubt that the Old Man had
come up again with a Derby colt-a
Bradley Derby colt.
Not so well known, but definitely
a threat, is c. v. Whitney's Carrier
Pigeon. He was obscured in the
earlier running, but as the cam
paign ended he was running fast
and strong.
Sharing the spotlight most OF the
way with Bimelech as 2-year-olds
were the Millsdale Stables Andy K.
and the Bradley-bred (by Burgoo
King out of Beauty Slave) Boy An
gler, that runs in the name OF
French.
Andy K. won only two races last
year-two out of nine. One was the
Arlington Futurity and the other
was the Champagne Stakes. On one
other occasion he was first under
the wire. only to be disqualified
That was in the United States Ho-
tel Stakes. And once-in the Hope
ful-he chased Bimelech right to
the wire and was beaten off only by
q neck,
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Not Sure There's Lordner,
Henry Firmly Declores

1t still will be necessary for the
supporters of the Hostak legend to
bring forth definite evidence, the
Armstrong testimony having been
riddled by my fiery attack.
AS for the ridiculous claim Of mys-
terious AL Hostak that there Is no
John Lardner," consider it beneath
my notice. But. just to be on the
safe side, said to Mr.. Armstrong:
The next time you see this Hostak
will you tell him that there is
Lardner?"
"Nossir!" said Mr.. Armstrong
firmly. I'm not sure there is a
Lardner myself. I'm not sure of
nothing"
That's the trouble with these wit
nesses. Once you get them badly
shaken, they are no good to you any
more. I will have to send Hostak a
copy of my fingerprints df there is
q Hostak).
Evening star., 1940-01-16
points among them.
Heurich Trio in TunoIe

Totals % 1854 Totals 16 6 Sc
Evening star., 1940-01-16

A week-old all-time record set was
cracked in the Navy Department
League as photographic shot 1918
to topple the Lithographers' former
mark by eight, pins. The new record
holders marked up e35 for their-high
game.
Evening star., 1940-01-16

Two season records went by the
boards in the Electrical League as
Canoes Kenny Fowler banged out a
set OF AL and Wise Bros. posted a
team set of 1859 to take the odd
game decision from Hechinger.
Evening star., 1940-01-16

A tight grip on first place and
three season records is held by
Gothic rollers after their heavy
clouting in the Procurement League.
j. j. Mcmahon with new high counts
of 164-11 paced a team mark of
1,707, which included a game of GIL.
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Electrical Committee
Opens 1wo-Day Meeting

About 50 members of the Com
mittee on Electrical Insulating Ma
terials Of the American Society of
Testing Materials met today at the
Wardman Park Hotel in the first
session of its two-day conference
on specifications.
The gathering is one in series
of winter committee meetings pre-
paratory to the annual convention
of the society in June. DR.. T. S.
Taylor of Newark. N. j., is chairman
of the Electrical Committee.
The group is composed of manu-
featuring engineers and purchasers
of electrical insulating materials,
who work out uniform specifications
and draw up standard tests.
The chairmen of nine subcom-
mittees holding round table dis
cussions are G. F. Hanson, Irvington,
N. j.; w. A. Evans, E. A. Snyder,
M. P. Davis and Robert Burns, all
of New York City; Dean Harvey,
Pittsburgh: L. E. Barringer and ].
A. Scott, Schenectady, N. Y, and
r. w. chadbourn, Boston.
H. L. Curtis, member of the Elec-
trical Division of the Bureau of
Standards, is participating in the
conference.
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Mary|ander Kills Self .
After Wrecking Home,
Frightening Neighbors
Thomas w. Collins, 36,
Was Oakland Plumber;
Wife, Daughter Had Fled

After wrecking his home and ter
rorizing the neighborhood for several
hours yesterday, Thomas w. Col
Inns, 36. a plumber, of Oakland, Md.
ended his own life by firing bullet
through his temple, Prince Georges
County police reported today.
Called to the home on Marlboro
pike by frightened neighbors, Corpl.
l.. j. Mackall and Pvt. G. w. Gray
entered the front door and found the
interior Uttered with broken furni-
ture. Policeman Gray, who knew
Collins, called to him but received
no answer. AS he and Policeman
Mackall started out to the back
porch, they heard two shots in quick
succession. A moment later, they
said, they found Collins, a bullet
wound in the temple, lying on the
rear porch. DR.. James I. Boyd
county medical examiner, issued q
certificate of suicide.
Police said neighbors told them
Collins had been drinking heavily
earlier in the day and that his wife
Mrs. Mabel Collins, and daughter
Betty, IA had taken refuge with q
friend living nearby.
Collins had gone to the friends
home several times, police were told
attempting to induce his family to
return home "just for a few min
utes," but was refused permission tc
sec them Funeral ARRANGEMENTS h0C
not been completed today.
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Dinner Celebrates Success
OF Jewish Center Drive

To celebrate the successful con-
clusion of their Jewish Community
Center membership drive, $50 volun-
teer drive workers attended din
ner dance at the Mayfower Hotel
last night.
Burnett Siman, chairman Of the
membership campaign, told the
workers the drive had gone over the
top with an enrolment of $500.
Other speakers were DR.. Maurice
Goldberg, co-chairman; Edward
Rosenblum, executive director Of the
center; Moe Gutenberg, co-chairman
Of the organizations and clubs divi-
sion; Mrs. Gutenberg, president of
Hadassah; Miss Rae Solomon, lead
er of the service council division;
E. j. Landow, jewish Welfare Board
field representatives; Miss Miriam
CHASER. girls club division chair
man; Jim Mcnamara, physical edu-
cation. director, and Matte Brown,
chairman Of the Gymnasium Com
mittee. al Shefferman gave the in
vocation.
Evening star., 1940-02-26

Weather Conditions Last - Hours.
The trough of low pressure that extended
from Maine to Florida Sunday morning has
moved eastward over the ocean with lowest
reported pressure this morning 1.O04 mill
oars t29 90 inches) in the vicinity OF Ber-
muda. Pressure is low and falling almost
generally from the Pacific Coast eastward
to Minnesota. the lower Missouri Valley.
and the southern Plain States. Tatoosh
Island, Wash. 994.2 milibars t2936
inchesl. and Casper, Wyo.. 1,OO1.7 mill.
bars (29.5S inchesl. An extensive area Of
hieh pressure is advancing slowly eastward
over the eastern half Of the United States.
Parkersburg. w. Va, 1.O:Q.1 milibars
SsG:4s inches,. and pressure is relatively
high over southern California and northern
Montana. San Diego, Calf, 1853 mill
Dars 5000 inches). and Havre. Mont,
1.O15.e milibars G9.9S inches). Abnor-
maliy high pressure prevails over extreme
northern Alaska. Barrow. 1.O43.2 milibars
30.7S inches). There have been general
rains west of the Rocky Mountains and
light precipitation has occurred in portions
OF the Atlantic States, the Appalachian
region. the upper Ohio Valley. the Lake
region, Minnesota. North Dakota and
Montana. The weather has become colder
IN the Eastern and Southeastern States.
while there has been a marked rise in tenn
persture in the Plains 8tates, the Missouri
and upper Mississippi Valleys and the
ROCKY Mountain region.
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Arlington Woman S Death
Is Declared Suicide

A 32-year-old woman was found
dead from q bullet wound last night
in the basement Of her home In
Arlington, Va, police reported to-
day.
DR.. w. G. Welburn, Arlington
County coroner, said the woman was
Miss Viola VERIFIED Of the $500
block Of Seventh street south. Death
was caused, he said, by a gunshot
wound In the heart. A .32-caliber
pistol was found nearby. DR.. We'll
burn said he would issue q certifi-
cate Of suicide.
The body Of Miss VERIFIED was
found. DR.. Welburn said, by Mrs.
Matilda Werfield, an aunt, with
whom she made her home. Dr.. Wei
burn said he understood that Miss
VERIFIED had been In III health for
some time.
Police sergt. Hugh Jones, who In
voetigatod, sa1d Miss Wer11eld came
to Arlington from Belle Plains, iowa.
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Nozis to TryHeroic Mayor
Of Warsaw, Poles Report
Misrepresentation Of
Funds Charged to
Stephen Storzinski
By the Associated Press.

~ tuS ASSOClAtcQ 4TeSS.
PARIS, Feb. 26.-Polish diplo-
matte sources yesterday reported
German authorities were preparing
to place Stephen Starzinski, Mayor
Of Warsaw during the German siege,
on trial on charges Of misappropri-
ating city funds.
These sources declared recent ar
rest, by Germans included:
Maciej Rataj, Sc, acting leader Of
the peasant party and speaker Of
Parliament before 1895; the Rev.
Father Nowakowski, another peas.
ant leader. and Mieczyslaw Med
zialkoski, Socialist party chairman.
Vincent Witos, 72, peasant leader
who returned from exile shortly be-
fore the Polish German war, was
arrested soon after Poland collapsed,
they said.
During the 2O-day siege Of War
saw, Mayor Starzinski captured the
imagination of the world with his
daily broadcasts that first defied the
clouds of German bombers overhead
and then. as the "blitzkrieg" knots
grew tighter, asked when France
and Britain would come to the be-
leaguered capitals relief.
His own spirit, however, remained
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Funeral Rites Wednesday
For Dr.. AIexius McGIannan

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 26.-Funeral
services will be held Wednesday for
DR.. Alexius McGlannan, noted sur
geon and a past president Of the
medical and chirugical faculty Of
Maryland.
DR.. McGlannan, 68, died yesterday
Of complications resulting from a
heart attack last December Is. He
had retired from active practice
about seven years ago after serving
as professor of surgery at the Uni
versity of Maryland, on the Johns
Hopkins surgery stan and as chief
surgeon at Mercy Hospital here.
He was former president of the
University of Maryland Alumni As
sociation.
His widow, Mrs. Sally Law Nc
Glannan, survives.
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Congress in Brief
Senate:

Considers SLOT 100000 appropria-
ton bill for State, Justice and Com
merce Departments; noon.
Finance Committee hears Secre-
tary Of State Hull on reciprocal
trade program; 10 am.
Appropriations Committee hears
Secretary Of Agriculture Wallace on
farm bill; 10:30 am.
House:
Debates deficiency appropriations
bill: noon.
Naval Committee hears Secretary
Edison on Navy Department reor-
ganization; 10 am.
Rules Committee considers Finn
ish loan bill; 1890 am.
Labor Committee continues ques-
tioning Of G. I. o. general counsel;
10:30 am.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Not expected to be in session.
Finance Committee considers Re-
ciprocal trade agreements bill at
10 am.
Forestry Committee considers soil
conservation bill at 10 am.
House:
Resumes consideration Of Finnish
loan bill.
Foreign Affairs Committee consid-
ers resolution for relief Of starving
women and children Of Poland, 10
am.
Military Affairs Committee con-
siders miscellaneous bills, 1880 an.
Census Committee begins hearings
on bill providing for reapportion-
ment Of Representatives in Congress,
10 Am.
Special subcommittee of District
Committee resumes liquor investi-
CATION, 10 an.
Reorganization Subcommittee Of
District Committee makes plans for
hearings on bills for revamping mu-
nicipal government, 1880 am.
Public Health Subcommittee Of
District Committee resumes hear
inss on conditions IA welfare 1nsti-
tutions, 1880 an.
Evening star., 1940-02-26
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Our little etiquette booklet will tell
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Evening star., 1940-02-26
Downs N. Woodard,
Once Chase Theater
Manager in d. e., Dies
Operoted Foirfox
County Farm for Years;
Funeral Tomorrow

Special T to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, Feb. 26.-Downs
Montrose Woodland, SO, retired farm
er and former Washington theater
manager, died at his home near
Fairfax yesterday after long ILL
ness. ->.. ... r. .....
Mr.. Woodard, who was born in
Georgetown March 4, 1870, had lived
for the last 80 years in Fairfax
County, where he operated a farm
until illness forced his retirement
several years ago. For 10 years be-
fore coming to Fairfax he owned a
grocery business in Washington, and
for several years was manager of
the old Chase Theater, which later
became Polls.
Mr.. Woodard was a member of
Henry Masonic Lodge of Fairfax,
and Harmony Chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star. of Vienna. He was
also a former vestryman of Truro
Episcopal Church, Fairfax. Mr..
Woodard was a son of the late
Henry and Eugenia Louise Woodard,
and a grandson of Count Tyfus Felix
Gaszynski of Poland.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Nellie
Woodard; a son, Clement Montrose
Woodard of Kansas City; a
daughter, Miss Cora o. Woodard
of Washington, and two brothers
Henry F. Woodard, q Washington
attorney, and R. o. Woodard OF
West Union, Iowa.
Funeral services will be conducted
at his residence tomorrow, at 2 pm.
with the Rev. Herbert A. Donovan
rector Of Christ Episcopal Church
at Charlottesville, officiating. Ma
sonic burial rites will be in Fairfax
Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers will include
Neil F. Graham, Joseph w. Briles,
Robert d. Graham, James U
Kincheloe, j. Stanley Josephs, Ear
G. Pearce and Robert Lewis. Active
pallbearers will be DR.. Lyle M
Mason, A. L. Haight, Benjamin c.
MILAN, William Walter MILAN
Harry r. Sisson and Eugene Sisson.
Evening star., 1940-02-26
700 Routed by Flames
Al Cumberland Movie
BY the Associated Press.


CUMBERLAND, Md, Feb. 26.-
Seven hundred persons escaped safe
ly from the Liberty Theater in down.
town Cumberland yesterday after
fire broke out behind the movie
screen, ate through the curtains and
spread out over the orchestra seats.
Several women screamed, but most
Of the patrons began walking quietly
out. Police Chief Oscar Eyerman
and Of1cer Frank Shober-who had
dropped into the theater a few
minutes earlierAtook position on the
aisles and warned against a panic.
James Craig, CUMBERLAND news
paperman who was in the audience.
said the screen suddenly burst into
flames and collapsed onto front
seats vacated = few seconds earlier
at first signs of the blaze.
Daniel Burke, son OF Thomas H.
Burke. owner of the theater, es-
timated damage at more than
100000.
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart
Dies al Home Of Son

Mrs. Elizabeth McHugh Stuart,
81, widow of Charles M. Stuart of
Albany, N. Y, died last night at the
home OF her son, John McHugh
Stuart, 2248 Cathedral avenue NV,
chief information officer of the Civil
Aeronautics Authority. She had
been i'll three weeks.
Besides her son, Mrs. Stuart
leaves sister, Mrs. D. D. v. Stuart;
a nephew, Comdr. Francis S. Low,
U. S NJ, and a niece, Miss Agnes
Stuart, all Of Washington, and an
other son, Charles M. Stuart, jr.,
and a daughter, Mrs. Samuel c.
Wooster, both of Albany.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at the Cathedral of the
Immaculate Conception in Albany.
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Variety Show Tonight
At Home for Incurubles

A variety show will be staged at
the Home for 1ncurables at 7:30
o'clock tonight by the Lou Langlotz
Professional School Of Dancing.
Those participating win be Ann
Sorrell, Virginia Ellis, Priscilla Hix-
on, Anna M. Mallonee, Barbara CAL
lender, Madge Hudson, Yvone Neff.
Mary E. Terrell, Jacqueline Neff,
Katherine Pannas, Joan Boland,
Barbara Ann Cloud, Elizabeth A.
Vetter, Audrey Hall, Mary F. Os-
borne, Elaine Strawser, Barbara J.
Groff, Alvin Vetter, Cherry Tayman,
Hilda Croson, Barbara Heath, Pa
tricia Josephs, Marilyn Tayman
Marilyn Tayman, Mary A. Rose and
Bussie. Langlotx.
Evening star., 1940-02-26
Request Selections
For Organ Concerts

A request selection will be included
in each of the community organ
concerts to be given tonight, We'd
nesday and Friday at the Washing
ton Chapel, Sixteenth street and
Columbia road NV.
Pilgrims Chorus" by Wagner,
will be among tonight,s selections:
Batiste,s ssCommunion In G" has
been chosen for Wednesday, and the
Andante from Tschaikowsky's Fifth
Symphony" will be featured in Fri.
days program.