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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-23

other wartime need than the fami-
liar Christmas necktie.
Christmas cards have taken on
the wierdest forms, ranging from
limitations of ration cards to
photographs of Hitler or Mussolini,
which when folded according to
directions, make lifelike pictures
of pigs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-23

solved that much of the Christmas
problem for parents.
Little boys are getting tiny war
planes, tanks, miniature search
lights, barrage balloons, lie a d
soldiers and air raid precautions
outfits.
Strangely. most of them demand
camouflaged scale models of Ger
man Dorniers, Heinkels and Mes
serschmidts, with British Spitfires
running close up. Details of these
models must be accurate, one Of
fetal of a big toy shop declared.
FOR LITTLE GIRLS
For little girls, the favorite gift
Is a doll dressed in the uniform of
one of the many services British
women have joined.
While the air raid shelter party
is under way, above ground. in the
blacked-out streets, the auxiliary
fire service. air raid precautions
and ambulance personnel, in fire
stations, warden's posts and am
bulance stations, will be standing
by, as usual, to deal with any
eventuality.
The streets of London will be
even more deserted than usual
because most of the surface trans
port is closing down at 4 p. m.
Christmas Eve.
Behind close-drawn blackout
curtains. provided there is no
'blitz," hotels and rooming houses
and harder folks in private homes
will try to capture the Christmas
spirit in front of Illuminated and
present-festooned Christmas trees
in decorated rooms.
SET FOR EMERGENCY
Gas masks, steel helmets and
the familiar sand heaps, shovels
and fire extinguishers will be
handy, however, and emergency
doors will be held open for quick
dash shelterward, if necessary.
Adult Christmas presents, like
Christmas cards, will have a war
time aspect.
Many will get an "incendiary
bomb snuffer." Women will get
siren suits" natty. zipper-fas-
tened and easy-to-put-on suits Of
overalls with a warm hood.
Stores report a tremendous de-
mand for shelter aids, such as
kerosine lamps, therinos TASKS.
primus stoves, folding beds and
waterproof blankets. and the heads
of most families are most likely
to get a gas mask carrier or some
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-23
TOYS FOR CHILDREN

Shelter children will get a cheap
toy apiece from a red-robed and
white-bearded Santa Claus, few
candies and perhaps an apple. But
not the traditional orange.
Oranges are beginning to be al
most as scarce as onions and
lemons, which are so priced that
promoters of some Christmas lot
teries are offering them as addi-
tional attractions to the prize list.
The children will be entertained
by professional and amateur enter
tainers before being trundled off
to their beds for the night, after
which their elders, who are treat
ing the occasion as a grand oppor-
tunity for a "get-together' under
novel conditions, will stage a food
and beer feast with community
singing and impromptu entertain
ment.
It is curious about British chill
dren this Christmas. Their taste
runs to martial toys. This yearning
for the playthings of Mars has
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-23
WON'T BE FORGOTTEN

The evacuated children won't be
forgotten. All, including London's
100000 child evacuees, are getting
a shilling-a-head treat, even in the
tiniest hamlet, provided by the
state or by municipalities.
Troops will be entertained by
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-23
GIVE UP EVENINGS

Society.
GIVE UP EVENINGS
The little family gives up most
of its evenings throughout the
year TO their project.
Said Flowers:
Three years ago 1 decided
I'd make a hobby of woodwork.
got $4.95 Jig saw and we
went to work, the three of us.
Yes, some Summer nights IL Is
hard to remember that Christ
mas Is coming in six months
and there will be children who
might not have toys II we
didn't keep at our hobby.
"But our basement is cool and
the three of us work together"
EACH ONES DUTY
Flowers makes all the patterns,
works the saw. Young Devin is
clever at hand cutting, and Mrs
Flowers does all the painting.
This year the family has com.
pleted 100 units, rocking horses,
cradles. ducks. elephants. clowns
small bookcases with rabbit ends
fascinating things, all gayly and
taStefully painted. They are solid
toys which will take a beating
and are a pleasure to look at and
to play with.
Were enlarging our types of
toys each year. This year there
are Is different kinds. / fig
ure we put in about 800 nights
ON the toys. Maybe the average
time per toy is about two hours.
I've got about 500 worth of
machinery now and we all get
million dollars worth of
pleasure out of doing this work.
It's a fine hobby and our boy Is
getting to be expert at PLAN
ming toys for himself"
MAKES BATTLESHIP
Devin has made a fine battle
ship. with miniature guns. His
father does not much approve OF
this but young Devin does.
\ The trio will begin work as
Santa's helpers about the middle
of next month and keep at it for
another year.
We've had letters frop lots
OF children whO've received our
toys and those letters more
than pay for eur time. The cost
Of materials is not large. But IL
Is worth every cent we spend"
Flowers is active also in Boy
Scout work, helps the youngsters
plan things TO make. His son, a
Boy Scout, hopes in another year
10 be a full-fledged scout. u
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-23
FUNDS POURING IN

Contributions are pouring into
the New York and Cedar Rapids,
/. Ia. committee headquarters, said
. Marshall. who is co-publisher of
: the Cedar Rapids Gazette. These
! contributions have ranged from
Z two $50 checks from West Palm
! Beach. Fla. to a quarter from an
unemployed man in West Allis,
.. Wis, a Milwaukee suburb. Mar
: shall said.
President Roosevelts plan TO adj
vance $1,000. 100000 in war mate
rails 70 Britain was denounced by
!. Marshall as a contravention of the
neutrality act and the johnson act.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-23
CONTINUED from Page one)

quick transfer to the shelters if
the necessity arises.
Throughout British cities, but
particularly in London, those who
have come to accept the nightly
shelter existence as the natural
mode of life are arranging shelter
parties" The nature of the party
will depend upon the location of
the shelter, whether in London's
teeming east end, ultra smart
west end or suburbia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-23
No War Drive
Launched by
New Group

NEW YORK. Dec. 23.-7rA ma
iional advertising campaign de-
signed TO arouse moral and finan-
ciaI support for its campaign 10
keep the United States out of war
was launched in 50 major Amer-
! can cities today by the No For
eien War Committee headed by
Verne Marshall. noted Iowa editor
Full page newspaper advertise
ments In those cities called upon
Americans 10 help the committee
in its fight. TO the last ditch, TO
prevent the interventionists OF
1870 from bringing upon the world
a Calamity such as II has never
known before, by dragging the
greatest nation of them all down
to the wreckage which inevitably
follows war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-23
GENTEEL PARTIES

They will be genteel parties in
the west end and in suburbia, but
uproarious in the east end, where
the inhabitants of the crowded
shelters seized upon the idea with
an enthusiasm reminiscent of a
peacetime Summer picnic.
Colored paper decorations, imita-
ton Christmas trees and gayly
colored favors capable of produc-
ing the noisiest music" will adorn
these great public shelters, some
of which accommodate more than
1000 persons.
The occupants have been SUBJ
scribing a penny week for some
weeks in order to have a Christ
mas treat typical of London's
poorer classes, wherein the watch
word will be: Eat until you burst
and make as much noise as pos
sible."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-23
3 Helpers
End Job of
Making Toys

By VERA BROWN

Leo Flowers, adding machine
repairman, his wife. Sue, and his
11-year-old son, Devin, are having
their annual two weeks vacation
beginning today.
This wouldn't be news except
that the vacation is from their
all-year-'round avocation of toy
making. For the third year the
Flowers family has turned out a
fine batch of toys in the basement
of their modest two-family flat at
9243 Meyers road-toys which go
today to the Volunteers of Amer
lea and to the st. Vincent de Paul
Society.
Evening star., 1940-05-07

three in a row. Other first-round
results: Charles Alexander beat
John M. Blair, 2 and /; Milton
Baker beat Gene Fossum, 4 and 8;
A. Williams beat Don Stone, and !;
Julian Williams beat Harry Miller,
2 and /.
Doerer will start the tourney for
the John B. Colpoys Trophy June
8 with the first round in the 36-hole
affair. From the scores made in
the opening round handicaps will be
set to apply both in the opening
round and in the second round
scheduled for June IS. This tour
ney Is open only to members of the
East Potomac Golf Club and will be
held annually.
Evening star., 1940-05-07
Lucky Number Is Victor
In Pigeon Contest

Lucky Number proved a lucky en-
try for the Harper e. Durity loft in
the East Potomac Racing Pigeon
Clubs recent race from Charlottes-
vile, beating 434 competitors from
"a other lofts in the 1OO-mile flight.
The winner averaged better than
1924 yards minute.
Following is the average speed in
yards per minute of the first return
to each loft:
Harper d Durity, 1.2s4 80: United Loft,
.sl 80; King d Howiin. 1,2sO.36:
l217 SO; Clarke q Darnan. 1,275s9;
jackson g. Hanrahan. 1.272.46; Phipps,
1855 .9g; Al Horan. l,266.36; D. Moran.
i261 20: Georee Gateau, 1890. So Bic
ke5ton, l256,o6;, w. M. Reinhardt,
.252 s6: c. Weddings. 1.25OlO: Will
liam Gaylor. Lao 30; william De Toto
1Srls, r;24s 40; +. = 3 Ball. 1:23s43; George
Z. J. Nalley. 1,24O.49.
Evening star., 1940-05-07
War College Enters
Joust for Federal
Links Honors
Takes Place of Coost
And Geodetie;; R. Smith
Hot on Public Links

Anxious to retain balanced
strength in all divisions in the Fed
eral match play golf tourney, Chuck
Redlck, tournament director, has
consented to the withdrawal Of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey outfit.
and has substituted a team from the
Army War College. The tourney is
being sponsored by The Star.
Three matches were scheduled to-
day In one of which the War Col
lege team was to receive its first
test of strength in class B division,
playing against Soil Conservation at
Indian Spring. Other matches
found Interstate Commerce Com
mission meeting Post Office. and
Electric Farm and Home Authority
meeting Reconstruction Finance
Corp. Glass A teams will suspend
play this week and will resume ac-
tion next week with play in all three
divisions.
I'VE had two applications for the
vacant spot when Coast and Geo.
detlc survey pulled out because some
OF its players were transferred, said
Redick. War College had its bid
IN first and we gave it the place" :"
Peter Lipski at War College, Branch
73, is in charge of the team.
Doerer Sets Deadline.
Five first-round matches in the
top fight of the East Potomac Park
spring tourney have been completed
and Tommy Doerer, tournament di-
rector, is giving contestants until
Friday to wind up their initial con-
tests.
Roy A. Smith, the North Caro-
linian, who won the qualifying
round, played the course in level par
72 to win a tough match against Art
Cross, 3 and 2. They played the
first IA holes even, no hole being won
unless a birdie was scored, when
Smith turned on the heat and won
Evening star., 1940-05-07
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, May 7.-Woman
owners figure to be very prominent
Saturday when the Preakness, first
run In 1873, is renewed at ancient
Pimlico.
Only three of the fairer sex have
won the mile and three-sixteenths
classic, but Gallahadion, the No. /
horse In this weeks field, will
carry the silks of a woman-Mrs.
Ethel v. Mars of Chicago. It will
be recalled that Gallahadion won
the Kentucky Derby last Saturday,
beating the highly regarded Bime-
lech among others.
Then two Elizabeths may play the
leading feminine roles. They are
Mrs. E. G. Lewis. the Elizabeth Ar
den OF beauty culture, and Mrs.
Elizabeth G. Bosley, Maryland
sportswoman who trains her ex-
tensive string of race horses.
Business with Mrs. Bosley.
Mrs. Bosley, who turned to de-
veloping horses in 1893 to keep the
wolf from the door. hit the highest
peak ever, attained by a woman
trainer when she was engaged by
Mrs. Lewis this spring to succeed
Lou Feustel one time trainer of
Man O. War. A week after she
named Mrs. Bosley as her trainer
Mrs. Lewis shelled out $500 to get
her colt, Jacomar, into the Freak
ness as a supplementary entry.
Chase Me started Mrs. Bosley on
her way to the big time. She took
the former hunter and pet of her
children and developed him into a
runner that won six straight races
and $4,000 in 1893.
Things were looking bright for
Mrs. Bosley when tragedy struck
IN the 1884 Metropolitan Handi-
cap at Belmont Park. Chase Me,
racing against a field including the
Evening star., 1940-05-07
Central Has Chance
To Break Lead Tie
With Western
Visits Anucostio Today;
Red Raiders Conquer
Wilson in Overtime
BY ROBERT HENRY.

Thanks to superb relief pitching
and a triple in the 18th inning by
Carmel Nance, Western kept pace
with Central in the public high title
baseball series by downing Woodrow
Wilson on the latter's field yesterday,
10 to 8.
It was an uphill fight that West
ern waged and with darkness how
ering after 8 hours and 20 minutes
Of ragged ball, Nance's three-bagger
with Ed Cockrill and Jim Malarkey
on base gave the Red Raiders their
second interhigh victory in as many
games and forced Wilson into sixth
place with one victory and three
losses.
Today Central was to meet twice.
defeated Anacostia on the Indians
field. Billy Fisher, Central star,
|was to oppose Art Faircloth on the
mound in what may prove a pitch
ers' battle.
During the early stages of the
Western-Wilson game it appeared
that the latter would win. How
ever, after getting away to an 8-to-4
lead in three innings. Wilson became
erratic af1eld to allow Nance to win
his second overtime victory in the
series.
Following a scoreless fourth in
ming. Western gradually cut down
Wilson's lead as Nance hurled shut
out ball. Single runs were scored
by the Red Raiders in the fifth,
seventh and ninth innings to force
the game into extra innings.
Both missed chances to win in
the 10 and it remained for Nance,
who struck out Is In 8ls innings. to
be the hero with his 11th- -inning
triple.
Evening star., 1940-05-07
D. G. Stickmen Close
With Cavaliers

Washington A. A. lacrossemen.
who gave Mount Washington
rousing struggle before losing last
Saturday at Baltimore, will close
their home season Saturday at Gen.
tral Stadium, meeting Virginia's 10
at 3 o'clock.
The Cavaliers. like most schools
south of Washington, are new to the
sport, but have fast, rugged team.
1t is an aggregation similar to North
Carolina's, which ran the legs off
Washington and lost because of
few tactical blunders at crucial
stages of the match.
Evening star., 1940-05-07
Eastern Digs Up New Slab Hope
In Chance, Victor Over B.-C. C.;
Gonzogd Fast in Comeback

A new pitcher. Russell (Ace)
Chance, today loomed as a bright
Eastern High School prospect after
standing Bethesda Chevy Chase on
its head yesterday in an 81 game.
Chance, so wild last year he had
little opportunity to show his wares,
gave the Bethesda nine only one
pass, struck out eight and allowed
only four hits. His mates took ad-
vantage of poor Bethesda defensive
play and pounded Faris Mirhige for
nine hits, including a home run by
Eddie league. -. s b.
Bethesda was able to score only in
the sixth when errors prevented a
shutout by Chance.
Evening star., 1940-05-07
SPORTS. 8
Size Of Reaknes Field Be Pretty Well Determined by Survivor Stakes 7oda
Mrs. Mars Has Women Rivals
In Pre0kness as EIizobeths
|Own and Handle Jocomor

great Equipoise, fell, broke q leg
and was destroyed. But Mrs. Bosley
kept on and last year saddled %
winners and won $23,337.
Rides Victor, Saddles Another.
Lou Schaefer is the only man ever
to ride and saddle a Preakness
winner. Jockey Schaefer won the
1929 race with DR.. Freeland. Trainer
Schaefer saddled Challedon for his
victory last year. This year he is
conditioning w. L. Brann's Pictor,
failure in the Kentucky Derby.
Chameleon, the horse figured
weather vane atop Pimlico's old
clubhouse, embodies one of the oldest
traditions of the track. Since the
1870's 1t has been the custom to
paint the vane with the colors of
the Preakness winner. Immediately
after the race is run, workman
goes to the cupola with q brush in
hand to immortalize another great
thoroughbred.
Note to Bimelech, winner of the
Pimlico Futurity last year:
Only one Pimlico Futurity winner
ever has gone on to win the Freak
ness. That was Challedon, which
won the Futurity in 1898 and the
Preakness in 1899.
Presidents Have Been Patrons.
At least two Presidents of the
United States have been patrons of
the Maryland Jockey Club, whose
110-year-old charter reposes in the
Library Of Congress.
George Washington told in his
diary how he used to lose money
at the Jockey Clubs meetings at
Annapolis. Andrew Jackson, who
was President when the charter was
granted, was made an honorary
member Of the club.
The charter stipulated that
stewards wear a white rose as
badge of Office. They still do that
at Pimlico,
Evening star., 1940-05-07
Track Hopes Are High
Al GaIIaudet, {. u,
Hosts Tomorrow
Brideewoter, A. U. Visit
Blues; Towson, RIM. c.
Foce Winning Cords

Gallaudet and Catholic University
trackmen have high hopes Of mop
ping up at the expense Of visiting
teams tomorrow In triangular meets
at Kendall Green and Brookland.
The Blues are host to American U.
and Bridgewater while Catholic will
engage Randolph-Macon and Tow.
son.
Gallaudet displayed unexpected
strength last week, though dropping
10-point decision to Blue Ridge.
Dick Phillips, Earl Stevens, Ollie
Berg, Latz and Dickson stood out
for Coach Blair Smiths crew, col.
lecting most of the points. Berg,
who heaved the javelin, was par
ticularly good and appears to be a
lock-bet tomorrow.
Gallaudet was weak in sprints and
couldn't offset this disadvantage in
field events. Smith, however, figures
American and Bridgewater may kill
of one another in this department
and give his boys a chance to slip
through in distance runs and weight
events to victory.
Catholic U. served notice it will be
ready for its guests by running away
from William and Mary, Norfolk
division, yesterday at Brookland.
The final score was 73-44 and nine
meet records were rubbed of the
books. One stadium mark was
equaled.
Star Of the show was William and
Mary's Johnny Brown, l9-year- -old
sophomore, who amassed "a points.
Brown, who has compiled 80 points
IN four meets, won the pole vault,
high jump, broad jump and finished
second in the 100-yard dash and
both hurdle events.
shotput-Won by osinski &c. "; sec.
nist.oca 1nd Eonien N C y; third sachon &c. u.
:, Javelin-Won by sarelas s. &C. ~: u: second.
pisfsnce nsfsn VIM II 4, third White &C. ~.
second tie between Gil Borees &c. o. and
AHShsliS Miie SunWon BY Heishs celbeti Il
I I%issinM M and BlaekTal G 'n'Ts as 0e!sssn Tims
marx; marx of 44ST .NsTT meet record breaking old
440,yard dash-Won by Milks &C. ~:
second. Okeefe &C. u; third Bran
0WIMo; hys.sins IT Time, 81; .Nsw meet record.
| loO-yard dash-Won by Larsen (W-M5;
second, Brown VIM: third. Cooper
od ossora MARI ana Of sets new meet record breaking
Discus--Won by sachon &C. "; second,
sutton W,-M); third. Diamond &C. u.
Distance, 113 #. 2la in.
r. ls4-yard O. i..an hish hhuydles-,Won by Wall
Cooper tW.-MD. Time. 1874. New meet
record, breaking old mark of 1850
| High Jump-Won by Brown (w-M);
second; Wall &C. U); third. Endebroch
&c. u. Height. 5 #, 10 in. New meet
| record breaking old mark of 5 f. : I'M
| 22O-yard dash-Won by Cooper &C. ":
second: Dryden (W.-M): third, Doyle. &c,
| ". Time "a fat
>, 220-yard low hurdles-Won by Wall &C.
u; second: Brown (W.-MJ; third. Street
| &c. u. Time, 26.4.
Broad jump-Won by Brown tw-MJ;
second Staufer &C. %; third. Street &C.
reeord rssrGd breaking old mark of go #. So -
seeond' sW ND oKeefe T;ssd &C. w third Borun
| breaking old mark of 2:O57)
Evening star., 1940-05-07
The
SPORTLIGHT
Turf Broins Befuddled
Doping Preokness
BY GRANTLAND RICE.


LOUISVILLE, KY, May Z tN.A.N.
Ao.-There still is Slight element
OF chance in this racing. The Derby
proved that again. Just a slight
element. When a 35-to-1 shot can
collar 1-2 shot in the stretch and
take away the stretch play, you get
. faint idea of what can happen.
When a horse which has been
beaten IA times can come along
suddenly and whip a horse which
never had been beaten, the chance
Idea begins to spread.
This Is why the Preakness at Pim-
lico on Saturday will keep many
brains befuddled this week in an
effort to catch the right one from
a badly tangled pack. Many who
scratched from last weeks Derby
are more than a triple low as they
figure the chance they had to win
q 2:05 race.
The Preakness will have a much
bigger field and this may bring out
a different turn of racing luck. Also
a heavy track can churn the situa-
ton up still further.
Evening star., 1940-05-07
Gas Light Nine Beots
Weak F. B. l., 10-5

In its opening game In the United
States Government League the
Washington Gas Light Co. nine
trounced a weak Federal Bureau of
Investigation team on the East
Ellipse diamond yesterday, 1915.
Smoked" Stover. ace Gashouse
hurler, allowed the F. B. I. boys
only three hits in the seven-inning
tilt while his teammates collected
a dozen safeties of three oppos-
ing pitchers.
This afternoon the Treasury De-
partment and abe Union Printers
mines get together on the South
Ellipse diamond in the third game
of the league series starting at s
O'Clock.
Evening star., 1940-05-07
Gott|ieb, Sheehan Till
For Semifina| Spot
In Friends Tennis
Most Of Field ButtIino
To Fill Quorter-Finol
Bracket Thursday

Roosevelt and Episcopal Of Alex
andria were the only schools still
represented by more than one
racketer in Friends Schools first
annual invitation tennis tournament
today as seven other institutions
fought complete elimination from
the Junior division.
Although the quarter-flnal bracket
is not scheduled to be filled until
Thursday, Eli Gottlieb of Roose-
welt, E. L. Sheehan of Gonzaga and
David Smith of Western already
were IN the round Of eight, with the
first two slated to play each other
today for a semifnal berth.
The only two other matches today
sent top-seeded Bobby Bensinger Of
Takoma Park Academy against
Sterling Lee of st. Albans and A.
harrington of Roosevelt against
Alvin Dulcan Of Friends, who ac-
counted for the first elimination of
a seeded player yesterday. Dulcan
whipped eighth ranked Oscar
Thorup of Wilson by 60, 60
scores.
Smith Rallies to Beat MAR.
Tomorrow, second-seeded r. p.
Williams OF Episcopal goes against
Chester Abendschin Of Washington
Lee, while seventh-seeded Ben
Fisher Of Roosevelt meets T.. w,
Gamble, Episcopals second survivor.
That will complete the quarter -nnal
bracket with the exception Of the
match between Harold Titus of
Georgetown Prep and G. Norris Of
Dewitt, who have agreed to play two
matches Thursday. the winner meet
ing Smith of Western In q quarter
final engagement.
Aside from Dulcan's elimination
OF Thorup, yesterdays excitement
was provided by Westerns Smith
who came from behind at IA and
0-40 in the second set to defeat
Carl MAR Of Central. ST, IS, 60
Another good match found Franz
Cannon Of Georgetown Prep car.
rying Episcopals williams to g.
in the first set before bowling, 60
while B. Weems Of Episcopal ex.
tended Titus Of the Prep even far.
ther In losing only 81, e3.
Still another three setter fount
N. Frat Of Wilson forcing Gamble