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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-23
Mile and 2-MiIe Track Stars
Arroyed in Boston Games

mile, has equal brilhance, with en-.
tries from Don Lash, the Indiana
State cop; Notre Danes Greg Rice
Joe McCluskey, the old Fordham
ace; Indiana's Tommy Deckard
Walter Mehl of Wisconsin, Forest
Efau of Oklahoma and Bill Akin.
son of Tufts College.
Nineteen College relay teams have
filed entries and the choicest tidbit
may be the triangular battle which
probably will be settled in the an.
Choir leg between Princeton's sensa.
tional Ed Burrowes, Roy Cochran
OF Indiana and Charlie ODonnelI
Of Holy Cross.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-23
A. A. u. fractional Fuss
Keeps Track Stars
Out Of Boston
New York Body Insists
Men Stay at Home for
Own Championships
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23-John
Woodruff. lanky runner who was
the center of the Amateur Athletic
Unions famous pittsburgh case"
last winter, found himself in the
midst of a similar factional dispute
today.
Last year, he was denied travel
permit to compete in New York be-
cause of dispute between the Al
legheny Mountain Association of
the A. A. U. and Pittsburgh Univer-
sity authorities. The National A.
A. U. ruled then that an athlete in
good standing must be given a per-
NIT upon request.
Venzke, Beetham Held Back.
Yesterday, Woodruff was one of
four prominent athletes to whom
the Metropolitan Association denied
travel permits to compete in the
Prout memorial games at Boston
next Saturday. This action was
taken over protests of the New Eng
land Association because Met" Off
Gals wanted to keep the stars here
for the district championships.
Woodruff wasn't particularly per-
turbed about the decision and said
he would enter the 1,0OO-yard race
here against Gene Venzke, who prev
iously had been refused a permit
to run at Boston.
The loudest protest came from Bill
MCGUIRE, coach of the 69th Regi-
ment A. A.. when permits were
denied three of his stars, Charley
Beetham, Harold eagle and How
ard Borck. Mcclure said he would
appeal to Dan Ferris, National A. A.
U. secretary, and If he failed to get
the permits, he would disband the
69th team and register his stars in
other districts.
Colleges Not Affected.
Although they have competed for
the local club a couple of years,
Beetham still lives at Columbus,
Ohio; eagle in Oklahoma and Borck
has position in Chicago.
Fordham and Manhattan relay
teams will be permitted to go to
Boston because the Metropolitan
Registration Committee held that
they would compete in closed college
races and as college teams would
not be subject to A. A. U. restric-
tions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-23
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Jan. GA field Of six,
headed by Glenn Cunningham, who
is seeking his sixth straight victory
in the event, has been lined up for
the 1-mile feature race of Satur-
days 10th annual Prout Memorial
Games at Boston Garden.
Other entrants are Chuck Fenske
Of Wisconsin, Blaine Rideout of
Texas, Archie San Romani of Kans
sas, John Munski of Missouri and
Lou Zamperini, former Southern
California miller.
Another feature, the Larrivee q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-23
Pirates. $4,000 Bid
For Mccoy Beats
Mats by $4,000
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 23.-The POST
Gazette reported today that Presi-
dent William E. Benswanger, of the
Pittsburgh Pirates had offered $685.
600 for the service of Benny Nc
Coy, former Detroit Tiger second
sacker, recently made a free agent
by High Commissioner Kennesaw
Mountain Lands.
Benswanger said he had been
negotiating with the 23-year-old
rookie about a week and admitted
with some hesitation that he had
gone pretty high"
The $4,000 figure was understood
to be IS 5000 more than the last offer
by Washington and Brooklyns
Dodgers, two of 10 clubs reported
seeking the Grand Rapid, Mich,
player.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-23
Berry, Ex-White Sox, Dad
Of As Coach, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILL1PSBURG, N. j., Jan. 3d.
Charles j. Berry, 80, former baseball
player with the Chicago White S,ox
of the American League, is dead at
his home after a one weeks illness.
His son, Charles F. Berry, is coach
of pitchers for the Philadelphia
Athletics, for which he was catcher
for many years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-23
Agrees 1-30dds
On Weller Kinq
Are Correct
Sees Him Retaining
Title After Losing
a or 5 Rounds
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON. Jr.,

NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-On the
theory that the way to find out who
will win the Henry Armstrong
Pedro Montanez welterweight cham
pionship fight at Madison Square
Garden tomorrow night Is to ask a
fellow who has fought both of them,
Lou Ambers is hereby given the
floor.
Lou holds the lightweight cham
pionship, which he lost to Arm
strong in 1898 and won back from
him year later. He also has tao
killed. the Puerto Rican puncher
twice, losing a non-title bout in 1887,
but winning when the crown was at
stake. In those four fights he must
have learned quite bit about the
two battlers, for it was the second
time out that he demonstrated how
they could be beaten.
His Reasoning Is Sound.
Ambers, to get right down to cases,
picks Henry the Hammer to retain
his title. There are many other
opinions floating around. Some say
Armstrong is slipping, and that he
never has had a really tough fight
in defense of his 147-pound crown,
even though he will be putting it on
the block for the 18th time in to-
morrow's 15-round scrap. But the
lightweight champions reasons seem
sound and he agrees with the canny
odds-layers who have made Hank
a 1-3 favorite.
II figure the first four or five
rounds will go to Montanez," says
Lou. He almost had me out in the
first. Then Armstrong will come
on, and Montanez will lose heart.
Armstrong doesn't get discouraged
and he has the strength to keep
coming.
Both Publishers.
"They both can hurt you-Arm-
strong with a looping right and
Montanez with an inside right to
the body or head. You can get hep
to Montanezs style and take his
punches, but Armstrong has no reg
ular style. He's just windmill, and
you've got to fight him all the way"
1t appears necessary to take Am
bers' word for it., for the only way
of comparing them is on their show
ing against Lou, and it's still a win
and loss for each. If Armstrong
is slower than he was a couple of
years ago, he is hitting harder now.
Montanez will have about 7-pound
pull in the weights. and he may be
able to make it count.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-23
Most of the Mats Are Furm-Bred

Buddy the sandos to Chattanooga Washington
Chattanooga something Mats than it is
the beginning the Mats He
baseball school, through his obscure
preppng Chattanooga finally shipped Wash
tngton
George baseball foundry other than
school to the that located
those times Jimmy Bloodworth farm product
Johnny We Ken Chase Joe Krakausks
and, in Short the overwhelming majority
Walker and Rick Terrell technically
might products did the Mats Walker? They
the White But he in exchange for Taft Wright
worked his the majors by making at
clubs belonged owed
allegiance to, Clark Griffith
the Red Roughly here is
developing Jake Powell They
they sent Boston
other involved in the Boston DEAL but
important to the illustration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-23
Sports Mirror

BY the Associated Press.
Today q year ago-George Sis
Ter, Eddie Collins and Willie
Keller voted into baseball's hall
Of fame.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-23
Ambes Picks Armstrong Montanez Baltimore Lad
Win, Lose or Draw
A Request for Little Interpretation
By FRANCIS E. STAN.


breaking
farm system little bewdeng lot of people the
idea reduce the effectiveness the Yankees thereby We
missed hearing just this will the champions
other major league club
Take the Mats 1t will be assumed the Mats the
major league club There capital for zabe expenditure
promising baplayer with
Yankees the Red Sox the this the Mats like
the Phies Dodgers Cardinals White little
better off little
Now where does Washington its baplayers 1t follows they
Jimmy Pofahl bought by the Mats from
Minneapolis Dutch Leonard purchased the league draft
notable exceptions of the Mats
developed in the Washington chain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-23

Of Detroit's rodeo. They were
terrific.
Good grief! The papers report
Florida us f1rst-string fullback
has quit school to go to work.
Now who can imagine a South
eastern Conference football play
er having to do that!
Joe Louis has promised to
fight for the Firms in the Gar
den during March. DR.. Eddie
Anderson told Eastern scribes
Iowa's great 1899 record will lure
more and bigger gridders out
where the tall corn grows. Band
Leader Blue Barron played Santa
Claus to a Des Moines amateur
team with q complete set of nifty
blue and white uniforms.
Here's what's happened to pro
tennis: When Tilden and Perry
played at San Jose. Calf. last
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-11
LONDON SYMPHONY
 TO OPEN CONCERT

Boston, Oct. Il - (U.P) - Deep ly disturbed by England's present plight, Dr. Serge Koussevitzky opens the 60th anniversary season of the Boston Symphony Orchestra today with "A London Symphony"-a moving musical picture of the World War scene.
 Entering his i7th> season as con- ductor, pr. Koussevitzky hoped to express his sympathy for the British in music with the seldom-played score composed by Vaughan Wll- Hams, an Englishman, In 1914 and revised by the author in 1920.
 Last year, during the CzechoSlo- vakian crisis, the orchestra played the symphony From the New World" by Czech composer Anton Dvorak.
 Colncldentally with today'G con. cert the disposition Of . s23 900 fund ralsed during August benefit con. certA at the Berkshire Music FeS' lival was made public,
 A total Of eie.000 was sent io England tor ald for homeless pot,l , for Red CFoss medical supplies and mobile eanicenb, The rest was t0 Do used for ''needy musicians and thelf families ln Britain"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-11
SAMPLE FORMS IN REGISTRATION
To Be Distributed Among Eligible Factory Work=
 CTS; Volunteers Placed

Plans for the distribution of sar1l- pie registration forms to men af- fected by the selective service act were announced today by Mayor Vincent A. Scully. A meeting of per- sonnel directors of local factories has been called for 1915 Monday noon, at which time 10000 sample forms will be given out for distribu- tion in the plants. It is planned to have selective service eligibles in the factories fill out the sample sheets, bring them to their respec- tive registration places Wednesday and thus be able to speed up the registration process by having their answers all prepared.
 Distribution of the sample forms will allow factory workers between q and 35 to become familiar with the answers to be given and help prevent delays Wednesday. Regis tration rules for selective service eligibles will also be explained to the personnel directors.
 Assignments of volunteer workers who will aid in local registration Wednesday were nearing completion today. Dr. Thomas J. Conden, sup erintendent of schools, is assigning the volunteers, mostly teachers, who will man the first two shifts, from a. m. to noon, and noon to p. m., and Mayor Scully is making the assignments for the third shift, which will work from 5 p. m. to g D. m. The third shift workers will be office workers, veterans, and other volunteers from outside the school system.
 The full city hall personnel will be available during the day, Mayor Scully said today. The city hall will be registration headquarters for District 3-8, but city workers will be sent to other districts as the occa- sion arises. Volunteers for the third shift are still being accepted, the mayor wish ing to have a large number avail (Continued on Page ID
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-11
(. HENRY SQUIRES
 DIES IN BOROUGH

Naugatuck, Oct. 11-C. Henry Squires, 79. former borough official, died this morning at his home on Rubber avenue MT. Squires was well known here, having held the offices of personal tax collector, assessor, justice of the peace and baliff here at different times. He had not been active in politics in the last six years.
 He was born July IS. 1861 in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, but came here in his youth and lived here most of his life. He at one time worked as salesman for the local rubber company. He also took keen interest in sports and in his younger days managed Q baseball team here.
 He was prominent member of the Republican party here for c number of years, holding the office Of personal tax collector for many years.
 Mr. squlres leaves two sons. coul- son. of Hamden, and Cyrenious. Ot Brooklyn, V. Y.; and two daughters, Mrs, Vera B, AfidVFson, Of Bcaradaie, N. Y, and Mrs. Ethel Wilson os bFanford Conn,
 The fllnerP will be held from the fluekmiller funeral home, 23 Park Place, time and other arrangonisillf to Do announced later. Friends may call at tae funeral home alter D, in. saturday
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-11
GREAT GERMAN
 BASES RAIDED
Wilhelmshaven, Kiel Hit in Latest British BOmb=
 ing Attacks
BY SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS United Press Staff Correspondent)

London, Oct. 11-CUPl- British bombers bombed the great Filhelms- haven and Kiel naval bases for two hours during the night and pilots saw big fires break out in the docks, the air ministry said today.
 The attack on Wilhelmsnaven and the Krupp shipwards at Kiel was carried out, the ministry said, dur ing a big scale aerial offensive against the French coast, German bases in Holland and Belgium, oil centers, airplane factories and sea- plane bases in Germany and air. dromes in Prussia and Bavaria.
 The British planes headed across the North Sea soon after darkness the communique said, and began dumping heavy bombs on Wilhelms- haven and Kiel.
 "The raid lasted nearly two hours" the ministry said.
 Vigorous anti-aircraft fire and intense searchlight activity was en- countered by the raiders who att tackled from varying heights.
 Most of the pilots and observers reported seeing bombs explode while others saw fires spring up in the target area. One was seen near the central floating dock at Will helmshaven.
 At the same time as the raid or Wilhelmshaven. the great strategic port of Kiel was being battered by heavy bombers.
 Here again there was intense (Continued on Page. III
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-11
LABOR RECORD IS
 COOD--BALDWIN
Claims Whispering Cam- paign Is On = McCOn=
 aughy. Shepard Debate

Hartford, Conn, Oct. l1-UP)- Gov. Baldwin pointed to the rec ord" today to refute Democratic charges that Republicans were en- emies of labor and that all of la bor's gains would be wiped out if the party were reelected in Novem- Der.
 The governor charged that a whispering campaign" was being conducted against both state and @ational candidates and warned vot- CTS mot to let the whisperers fool you with their propaganda"
 He cited bulletin of the Connec- ticut Federation of Labor which said that more labor legislation passed in 1889 than in any other previous session" of the General Assembly and quoted the same authority as saying that labor advances wers made during the 1883 session when .ie was house majority leader.
 "If all this means anything to me-" he said, 'it means that the Democratic party has been long on words when 1t comes to protestations of friendship for labor, but when il came to doing 1t was the Republican party, the Republican legislature oi 1883 and our Republican administra. ton of 1889 that got the most done,
 The Federation, at it's September state convention, endorsed Demo. cratic gubernatorial candidate Rob. ert A. Hurley after criticizing Gov Baldwin for his failure to appoint c labor representative as c state un. employment commissioner.
 Last night the third term issut was debated by two ducatog.eandl- dates for Acknowledgements James |. Meconaughy, Republican and Prof, Odell shepard, Democrat.
 Prof. Shepard asked. "isn't there too much chatter about a third term tradillon?"
 The Pulitzer prlse bloarapler de. elarNd that "ab C matter of feel lhere 2 no thlfd term tradition,
 "eu, bose there wAb n0 such [
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-11
RUSSIA NERVOUS
 OVER APARTMENTS
Germany Reported POur= ing War Materials Into
 Rumania

Bucharest, Rumania, Oct. 11-CUP) -(Passed by Censor)-The nervous ness in Russian circles here was heightened today by the disclosure that Germany was sending into Ru- mania $82,5O0,000 worth of arma- mentS.
 That sum is one-fourth of Ru- mania's annual budget and Russians believed Germany would not be sending such an amount of fighting equipment here without impelling reasons.
 German military activity in this country, explained in German quar- ters as precautionary" to prevent the British from bombing Rumaniar oil fields, was of obvious concern tc local Russians.
 Reports from the borde r of Rus sian occupied Bessarabia said Rus sians were digging in" but no major Russian troop movements had beer reported in the eastern zone.
 Qn London, authoritative source. said Britain was weighing the ad- visibility of breaking diplomatic re. lationS with Rumania but that tht final decision awaited later new! from Sir Reginald Hoared, British minister to Bucharest. His message: to London were suffering long delay' and Britons believed Rumanian off. cials were holding them up at Ger. (COntinued 0n Pape m
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-11
COP. Senatorial Sessions Legality Being Questioned
Convention May Be Held Over If Informal Ruling
 Holds

The legality of the 18th District Republican Convention last Satur- day at which Harold B. Post de feated Anthony Petrillo for the state senatorial nomination is being questioned by Petrillo supporter; and an effort may be made to have the convention meet again. BackerE of the defeated candidate claim they have an informal opinion from At torney General Frank Pallotti that some of those seated at the con- vention to act in place of absent regular delegates, were chosen illegally.
 Petrillo packers, charging that the convention was a "Steal," declare that Post is not the official party nominee, and that a new conven- tion will have to be called. The argument hinges on the seating of proxies rather than alternates. Town Chairman Vernon L. Hall, presiding at the convention, ruled that per- sons with proxies from absent dele gates should be seated, and not the regularly elected alternates. The Petrillo group says that the Attor- ney-General has declared this pro- cedure to have been wrong, and that the alternates should have allowed to vote rather than tie proxies.
 Had the alternateS been allowed to sit for the absent delegates, 1t is claimed, Petrillo would have won the nomination by an lilo vote With the proxies seated instead Post won the nomination by a 14-7 vote.
 It was reported today that certifi- cation of Post as the candidate is being withheld at the office of the secretary of state at Hartford, pend- ing a settlement of the dispute.
 Petrillo himself is understood te favor letting the matter drop anc allow Post to run. Many of hi supporters, however, are in favol of an appeal to the state centra committee for a new convention and, if that fails, believe that court action should be taken.
 At Saturdays convention, Severa of the delegates from the first, sec. ond and third wards, which mak,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-11
MANY NAMES TO
 GO OFF LISTS
Registrars Summon l63 Voters to Answer COnl-
 plaints of Listing

A total of 163 local residents today faced the removal of their names from the official voting lists. Acting on complaints that the names listed were not properly listed, Registrars of Voters Albert O. Taller and John T. Derwin notified them to appear at the registrars office at 2 o'clock this afternoon to show cause why their names should not be stricken of.
 Citations directing those named to appear before the registrars have been served by police during the past several days. The names of those failing to appear will be stricken of as we'll as those of persons who do appear but are unable to prove their right to be listed.
 The complaints of the 163 alleg- edly illegal listings were filed with the registrars by Howard Wright, Walter Sinethurst, Charles Schmidt and other Republican party workers.
 In most cases the complaints charged that the persons listed as voters did not reside at the addresses given them on the voting lists, and had not resided at these addresses for some time.
 AS a result of earlier citations, sev- eral names have already been taken from the voting lists. Names of three persons who answered the early citations have been restored.
 Under the law, any elector in a community can challenge the right of another to be on the official vot- ing list. The complaint must be filed ! in writing, and must specify for what reason the striking of of any name is sought.
 The registrars office was busy with normal restorations today. it being the deadline for names to be placed back on the official voting lists.
 Police were unable to locate most of those named in the citations, and it appeared that heavy percentage of the 163 cited would be removed from the voting lists this afternoon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-11
LOYALTY TOU.S.
 IS BEST DEFENSE

Newton, Mass, Oct. 1l.-(UP)-A Boston College proclamation today urged that national unity for de- fense be based on loyalty to the United States, not on hatred for any nation.
 The proclamation prepared by the Very Rev. William J. Murphy, s, J., president of the college. and his council of deans was delivered late yesterday to the faculty and student body.
 Asking the students to pray that blessings Of peace accompany Amer. ica's preparations, the proclamation asserted:
 "Our resources of men and money and our moral idealiHm will bc bet' ter used not in military intervention abroad but ln building at home our physical and moral defense. Ia times when men prepare, perhaps over- zeaiously, for national defense, we must hs determined that the civil liberties guaranteed by our blll Of rights are not trampled upon, or that honest differences ol eplnlon aFe not stFaAoht-iaeketed."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-11
CONTESTS MARK
 COP. CAUCUSES
Veteran Seth BeeCher De-
 feated in Seymour; Clarie Wins denomination

Contests marked Republican caucuses for the selection of can didates for state representatives in western Connecticut towns last night. Several incumbentS were refused rehomination, among them the veteran Rep. Seth Beecher ot Seymour, Rep. Sidney s. Platt ot Southbury and Rep. Mary B Weaver of New Milford.
 Robert Schildgren and Frank Bradbury were chosen as nominees for the lower house at the Nauga- tuck caucus. Rep. Charles Harper was nominated in Middlebury after a spirited contest. Rep. Walter Howe. speaker of the 1889 house was nominated again at Litchfield the other place going to Mrs. lsape Rylander.
 In Wolcott, William P. ogden de- feated Carl Mattson, polling l3l votes to l22 for Mattson. In Pros beet, Thomas Plumb boiled % votes to defeat Fred Candles ane Mrs. Bernice Buys.
 Lester J. Pratt and John J. Co' were chosen in TerryvIlie. Rober c, Mitchell won over Rep. Sidne, 6. Piatt ln Southbury. At Bethany the nomination went to Stanley A Downs,
 Reps. Joseph Neiil and ArLhuI Russell won rcnominatlon Ia Wa tertown. Torrlngton chose Ralpl DeDomlnIels and samuel Mcintosh
 ThoFe were comparatively teV upsels ln the eauetis ball0tlng iaA night. Only eight ilieumbents werI
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