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Evening star., 1940-11-22

their allies, the Belgians turned
loose the hoodgates, inundating the
region about Nieuwpoort and Dix
nude, and destroyed the bridges
across the User to impede the
enemy's progress to Dunkerque and
La Panne.
Not until the night Of May a,
when all these steps had been ta-
ken, did the King send forth an
emissary to ask for terms Of sur
render from the German Army.
He knew his action would be mis-
understood. he would be branded
and stigmatized as q coward and q
traitor, he would be overwhelmed
with opprobium, the full impact of
which can only be expressed by a
single French word, "lache" (das-
tarO. ysG
And while prepared for the dis
dain Of Europe, he turned for sup
port and moral sustenance to the
one great country which he hoped
had escaped the blinded war preju-
dice. In America he felt sure his
case would be heard on the merits
and he could be judged on the
facts. He asked for nothing else.
Therefore, he dispatched trusted
and resourceful aide with a message
to the American Ambassador in
Brussels, asking me to come at
once to st. Andre. He intended
to tell me why, as a man Of honor
and principle, he had no other
course than to end homicide and
suffering which could accomplish
nothing Also he intended to ask
me to deliver a letter he had writ
ten to President Roosevelt.
But the message never came to
the Embassy. Three times on his
way from st. Andre the messenger
was taken prisoner. and three times.
Evening star., 1940-11-22

BRITISH PILOT Balls OUTone Of the wars most spectac
uar pictures this view taken through
plane caught British pilot upper center) parachutng
his falling crippled Hurricane fighter cener At right and
above the British plane falling wing Below Engands
chalk cliffs Photo radoed from Berlin. "A. p Wirephoo
Evening star., 1940-11-22
Cudahy Describes
leopoId's Grief
On Surrender
Diplomat Offers
Explanation of
Monurch's Position

Continued From First Page.)
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c.pTATN JACOBS GETS HIS
POLO

.Ruddv. can you spare $4,000 ?"
E,nny, huh? But yet, this was
.,ooct the theme song of Ben
1 1acobs. horse-loving, hard-riding,
tu,o.fisted Captain in Uncle Sans
Regular Army. For, unless Ben
. .ss the cash or its equivalent
10 would have been heartbroken.
r. For, YOU must understand, Ben
loves the ponies and follows them
relioiously-not the kind that
snring away from the barrier
when the starter gives the signal
hit the kind who follow the ball
on the polo field.
Ren. to the best of our know
ledge is the only son of a. rabbi
ever to have attended West Point
and emerge as a commissioned Of
ficer in the United States Army.
At the Point he was a good stu
dent and in athletics fair-tO-midd-
ling as a member of his intra-mur-
al football team and in occasional
tennis matches. He was diStin-
guished for his passion for horses.
And men who gather on the We
randa of the Hotel Thayer on the
Point, hard by the polo field of
the Academy, still remember the
gray-cIad figure of Ben Jacobs
number two man for the Army
and one of the hardest hitting,
most daring hOrsemen ever seen
on the Point since the days of
Mad Anthony Wayne. AS long as
Ben had the horses at the Point
he was satisfied and actually felt
happy (which a cadet is not sup
posed to beg.
Upon graduation, Ben was
shunted to the Pacific Coast-to a
spot where the first completely
mechanical units were being de-
veloped. To Ben this was appal-
ling. Not horse in the barracks
and not polo mallet in the arse
nal. but posts can be changed
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gees are now living.
At the same time, ORT agrono-
mists are surveying various local
tiles in the unoccupied region for
the purpose of finding suitable
sites for additional training farms
and agricultural settlements.
It is estimated that over 10000
Jews in unoccupied France will be
aided by the ORT program of ag-
ricultural and industrial training
and rehabilitation. The budgeted
cost of this program is 100000
up to the first of the new year.
'The success of this program"
Mr.. Backer declared upon receipt
of the cable, depends solely on
the provision Of funds to meet
their budget of 100000. 1t is up
to us here in America to see that
this money is provided so that
these many thousands may have
the opportunity to be self-support-
ing once again."
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forums to disturb their neat bal
ance of power.

forums to disturb their neat bal
ance of power.
Captain Jacobs likewise put the
expense as the foremost reason
why more than a dozen Jewish
horsemen never took up the game
OF polo. A string of thoroughbred
horses is required since moth
ing but the. best will dot is ia
cobs' advice not to wilt when a
price of $4,000 for a polo pony is
quoted casually. But our Captain
considers himself lucky, for be-
SIDES getting the chance to ride
some of the best mounts in I'm
Gle Sans lighthouse divisions, he
is also supplied with grooms, sta
ole boys, clothes, equipment, main
tenance and transportation of his
precious ponies. In all, a saving
OF some fifteen grand per annum.
The twinkle that lights up Cap
tain Ben's eyes as he says, "Join
the Army and play pOlO," is some
thing to come from far to see.
Ben laces into the set that has
been dubbed the high caste of
living simply because this So
ciety crowd has done more to sti-
file the game than popuIarize it.
His eyes really light up when he
speaks of the magnificent work
being done with polo in the film
capital-especiaIly by the Jewish
actors. They're not the athletic
type" maintains Ben, "but the
type of polo they play is excep-
tiOnally good"
More than that, Jacobs can give
you the records of most of the
Jewish polo players in this coun-
try and the names and ratings of
all Jewish poloists in his Majesty's
Army in India, currently stationed
in Mesopotamia and in Egypt. It
is his ambition some day to lead
an American eXpeditionary force
of polo players to the continent
and to keep such an affair COM
pletely out of the hands of the
Long Island mob.
1t was only after we left the
Captain = watering his favOrite
mOunt-and mingled with the
crowd that we heard the true es-
innate of Jacobs ability as a
player.
Horse and man were on per-
feet team" said Major Drum,
commandant of the Second Corps
Area.
"Dashing spirit that JacObs,"-
this from Captain SlOcum, liasOn
officer of the Royal Air Force, at
present in New York.
Fast as hell" said Major
Beardsley of the Fort Knox divi-
sion.
Jacobs is superb as a rider and
player" came the comment from
Hugh johnson of the ScrippS-
Howard papers.
And from our own helpmate-
isn't he handsome ?"
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ORT Plans To Aid 10000 Jewish War
Refugees In UnOccupied France

The ORT in France has embarked broad program
of constructive aid and rehabilitation in the unoccuped ter
rory of France according cable received this week by
George Backer president of the American ORT Federation
Plans to meet the needs of the thousands of Jewish ref
ugees in unoccuped France have already been made the
cable states ORT vocational experts their way to
number Of large cities where the greatest number Of refu
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JEWS IN
SPORTS
By MoRRIs WE1NRR

in the Army if you know the right
people and his next stop, a cross
continental jaunt, landed Lieuten-
ant Jacobs at Fort Hamilton and
our hero was in seventh heaven.
For Brooklyn, besides housing the
Dodgers, also contains the garri-
son of the Narrows that guards
the Port of New York. And hors-
es! There are plenty of them and
at least a dozen excellent polo
ponies to boot.
AS a member of the team, Ben
played at Meadow Brook, Sands
Point, and Southampton. His
handicap was increased to four
goals and his ranking to that of
a Captain and Ben just reveIed in
the army and in his love for polo
and the ponies. But again came a
transfer, this time to Panama
where most of the equine trans
pOrtatiOn is Unanswered on the
backs of the good old Missouri
mule. Furthermore, polo in Pan
anna is cOnsidered-well, politely,
it just isn't considered.
Well, what did Ben do? He began
wiring his congressman, the War
Department, the President and his
frontal attack bore fruit. Not on
ly is Captain Jacobs being trans
ferred but he heads a troopship
of cavalry men and polo players.
And Ben is already talking of US
ing the Army bombers on good
will polo flights to the pampas of
Argentina.
POLO VERY EXPENSIVE
We cOrnered Captain Ben on
Governors Island after a match
between the officers mess on the
Island and Jacobs own garrison.
Jacobs remarks on the upkeep
and expense of polo were quite il
Illuminating. We're passing them
on to you just in case you've got
$4,000 lying around futiIely and
an income of $4,000 per annum.
OF course, with all this must be a
love for polo. The love mustn't be
too great for with that love inev-
itably will come an intensive de-
sire to play on an International
Cup team-and buddies, no Jew or
GENTLE. unless. he was. sired,
fOaled, weaned and reared in the
hOrSey' set of Long Island or in
the caste system of Virginia, sub,
can ever hope with rare excep-
tiOns) to play in such tOurna-
mentS. The 'SnOb set rule with
an iron hand, control the handicap
and goal ratings, and allow no out
SiderS to crash their own sane
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-22
Fitchett is said to have turned out

Fitchett is said to have turned out
to pass the car of Mrs. Redden and
crossed over the highway, striking
the Maryland machine. The Disha-
room car was thrown out of control,
swerved to the left, crashed into the
Hamilton machine and turned over
several times. 1t was completely
wrecked and Mrs. Milton Disharoon,
bride of a week, sustained numer-
Gus bruises and scratches and a deep
cash across the forehead. Mr.. Dish
aroon suffered painful leg and face
injuries. Mrs. Henry Disharoon was
uninjured, but her husband had a
badly lacerated hip. Mr.. Hamilton
was badly shaken up but otherwise
uninjured.
The Disharoon party was en- route
from Salisbury to Rocky Mount, N.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-11-22
FATAL ACCIDENTS NEAR
EASTVILLE, VIRGINIA

Three persons were injured and
two automobiles were wrecked one
night about nine o'clock and at $3.50
o'clock next morning the hit-and-run
driver responsible for the crash was
under arrest and lodged in the coun-
ty Jail at Eastville, Va.
According to report 3 cars were
en- route west on the highway near
CT block in the following order: Mrs.
w. C. Redden, Alfonso Fitchett, driv-
ing the car of Henry Spady and J. G.
Hamilton. Coming toward town was
the car of Milton Disharoon of Sal
isbury, who was accompanied by his
wife and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Dish
aroon, also of Salisbury.
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danger, Gaby. It was dark when
got there, and there was no one in
the cabin. I waited"
She went on: cit was lonely after
dark, and I was scared. Scared stiff
when I heard a step on the porch,
yet no knock on the door. I started
phoning the sanitarium for you or
Armand, when the telephone wire
was cut from the outside. 1t was
Green!"
The terrifying story was recount
ed.
"But Armand? Green may have
killed him, to spite me, and then set
fire to the place, and then escaped"
Gaby was trembling. She gave a
stifled scream as the phone in jeans
room rang sharply. She ran to it.
Armand? :. Oh, thank God you
are safe! ;. You are phoning from
the sanitarium? You were not
we'll and you spent the night there?
Oh, but I am so relieved! And
your invention, Armand? it is
safe too? ;. the stop-safety device
for the roads to prevent the motor
accidents? ali, that is good, so
good!"
Jean whispered, at her side: "Don't
say anything on the phone to COM
promise yourself, Gaby!" but in her
excitement the other didn't listen to
her.
Continued next week
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c., for Mrs. Milton Disharoon's first
visit to her home since her marriage
less than two weeks ago. They ex-
pected to stay at Cape Charles with
Mr.. and Mrs. M. S. Disharoon over
night and leave the next morning,
but remained until late Sunday when
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Disharoon of Sal
isbury drove there and took them
back to their homes.
Deputy Sheriff John Reade Wom-
BILE reached the scene shortly after
the accident and Immediately insti-
tuted search for the hit-and-run driy-
er, making his arrest early Sunday
morning. Fitchett was given hear
ing Tuesday morning before Justice
Williams, where he plead guilty and
was ordered held for action of the
grand jury.
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morrow might bring for her and

morrow might bring for her and
Gaby!
At nine o'clock in the morning,
Jean was reused from disturbing
dreams by Gaby shaking her.
"Jean! Wake up! So many dread
full things have happened"
Jean thought: "Green? It didn't
happen? It was all a nightmare ?"
Listen, Jean. Armand's cottage
burned down! I visited him yester-
day. At noon the bad news over the
radio that Green has escaped from
prison, and that makes me so afraid!
Because Green knows I am a witness
to the killing of Zeke! And he be-
lileves that it is I who tell the police
that he is engaged in selling dope,
although I did not do so! And now
that he is escape, he thinks I will tell
Of the murder tool"
"And I hear yesterday on Ar
mand's radio at the cottage" contin-
ued Gaby, "that Green is heading
North, and I am sure he is coming
to get me. So I leave Armand for
the safety of your home home.
I tell Armand to spend the rest of
the day at the sanitarium, but I do
not know if he do that!"
"Then," she proceeded excitedly, 81
have a terrible premonition this morn
ing that perhaps Green has come and
tried to kill Armand. So this morn
ing I telephone Armand and the tele-
phone girl tells me the cabin has burn
down! At once I ask: rs Armand
safe?' She asks: Are you Mrs. Ar
mand Blanchard?' I am so upset that
Immediately hang up"
Jean thought bitterly: frightened
of being involved" She said coldly:
81 thought Mrs. Armand Blanchard
was his mother Gaby?"
"No. Yes. But if Armand is
dead" Gaby burst into tears. She
wept so heartbrokenly that Jean, re-
sentiment in the discard for the mo-
ment, jumped out Of bed and put her
arms about her beautiful half-sister.
81 don't believe Armand is dead"
treasured Jean. II was there my
self, Gaby! You see, in town yester-
day, 1 heard about Green breaking
Jail. I guessed you were with Ar
mand and I hoped the first train
for Lake Placid, to warn you of the
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CONTINUED from preceding page)
the Montreal Maroons. the only
Jewish major league hockey man.
ager, Cecil, was brilliant board
of strategy, a master technician
and an equally capable performer
in the game during his playing
days. His death in early July of
this year was a severe blow to the
game he loved so well.
For the first time since we can
remember only one Jewish ice
hockey star performed in the ma
jor circuits. Last year we reported
four. They were Levinsky, Kamin-
sky, Rothschild and Roberts. On
ly Rothschild of the Maroons is
left with Levinsky now acting as
captain of the Ramblers- minor
league club and a farm chain for
the Rangers. Also in the minors
are: Morris Greenbaum, Hersheys;
Ansher, Atlantic City; Benov,
Minneapolis; and Rifkin of Que
bee.
TENNIS, BOWLING, FENCING,
PING-PONG, HANDBALL
IF the rough and tumble sports,
where only the rules of mayhem
exist supreme, are suffering from
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JEWS IN SPORTS
The Year In The World of Sports

a lack of Jewish talent these days,
bear it in mind that the more So
cial sports of fencing and tennis
are on the up grade and have been
for many, many years. Bowling
too is catching on very rapidly.
Only a few short years ago and
the number of bowlers could be
counted in the thousands. Today
they are a veritable army and an
army of 10000 appeared merely
at a Bowling Congress. Ping-pong
once a parlor pastime nc w
finds it's opponents alongside those
who play billiards or bowl. {.
And it does seem as if there are
as many who play ping pong as
those who bowl. And handball-
the game that started when two
boys threw up a soft ball against
the corner grocery wall--likewise
finds millions of devotees. But
these are the minor sports. We
could mention others like canoe
ing, sailboating, and cupboard rae
ing but more of this later.
Joey Fischbach, who for years
has been the indoor collegiate ten
mis- king is now graduating from
the academic circles and will soon
enter upon the real tournament
swing. Joey has held more Sec
tional and divisional champion
ships in the past four years than
any other twenty year old young
ster in America. Along with Mar
vim Kantrowitz, David Freeman,
Isadore Bells, Richard Bender,
Bernard Jacoby, Herbert Woolf,
Alter Milberg, Malcolm Weinstein
and Melvin Schwartzman are the
leaders of the Jewish tennis con-
tingent that may find their way
into the hallowed circle of the
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TENNIS, BOWLING, FENCING,
PING-PONG, HANDBALL

If the rough and tumble sports,
where only the rules of mayhem
exist supreme, are suffering from
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center court at Forest Hills. OF
course. Hank Prusoff still is go
ing strong but that elevator accl-
dent suffered 8 years ago did him
no good.
The Jewish feminine aces have
not increased. Norma Taubele,
Grace Surber, Millicent Hirsch and
Frances Longman are a quartet as
good as they are pretty. Honors in
the East and midwest have been
divided among this foursome at
most of the important match
plays.
At the recent Bowling Congress
in Detroit Jewish kegler toppled
the naples for perfect game
Hank Lieberman worked it and
came through with his teammates
to more than pay for his expen-
ses from his home town in Upper
New York State. Lou Levine of
Chicago, Max Stein of Belleville,
Illinois and Morton Lindsay still
remain on top of the vast number
of skittle shooters according to
figures released by the American
Bowling Congress. Stein earned
the all-events honors.
Mention fencing and the name
of Helene Mayer comes to mind.
This former German Jewess-she
now is an American citizen-still
maintains her splendid record on
the strips. The male competition
is limited to Jewish collegians who
apparently drop the sport upon
receiving their diplomas. Few if
any go in for this sport upon grad
uation from their universities. :.
Elmer Greenstein of the Naval
Academy was the find of the
year in collegiate swordplay.
AS in fencing so in chess. Res
chevsky = the former prodigy
still takes on all Corners and the
records reveal that all-comers
have been Jewish in greater and
greater numbers. At the last Mas
ters' Tournament, of the twelve
entered the entire dozen were He
brew king manipulators. Fine was
the only man to beat Reschevsky
consistently and a glance at our
records over period of years re-
veals that this same thing has
been going on since 1888 when
Fine graduated from C.CN.Y.
Reschevsky still reigns supreme.
George Baskin, Al Goldstein, The
Alexander brothers, Sammy Cohen
and Fred Singer are the top
notchers at the one-wall game of
handball. Al Patak of the Coast
perennially defends his four wall
title against the best in the ma
ton.
A new pro from st. Louis, Ben
Richter joins Herman Barron as
another top-notch member of the
Hebrew Golfing Masters associa-
ton. Ben is the only left handed
pro in the business. Jean Bauer,
Sylvia Feitner, Alice WE'LL, Louise
Falk, Harold Zwillinger, Morris
Rothberg and Michael Brodsky
have been handicapped by the Ma
Sional Golf Association.
Again we must say at this time
AS we have maintained so many
times during these past ten years
that this review in no way pre-
tends to be comprehensive. The
sporting calendar lists well-nigh
a hundred sports in the athletic
roster and in almost all of these
Jewish athletes have been active.
We have m d e every effort to
make it inclusive in that we have
made note of and recorded the
most outstanding activities of
Jewish m n and women in the
more talented sports. OF necessity,
we have been obliged to omit hun
dreds of names of talented per-
formers. We try to make up for
this by bringing you stories and
achievements of these nameless
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-06
JUNIOR 5kIERS TO PUT 30 OUT
 FOR SKI RACES
Crowd of Youngsters to En fer = Two TuIsequdh
 Artists Due in Town

Axel Nelson, Secretary of the Juryor Ski Club announced this morning that approximately 30 Jun for skiers had signed for the tour nament Sunday. The Junior sClub has requested further Division in classes and very likely a Class c race will be added to the racing schedule. A cup and medal will be given for first and second places in each event and the Junior club voted to cover the cost of their awards as the Juneau Ski Club will obtain no reve- nue from the tournament. The younger skiers are enthusiastic over the races being held above the cabin as better races can be held in that location than on the lower section of the Douglas Trail where the Junior races have formerly been held
 Two Tulsequah skiers, Lars Dahl and Erling Johnson, who have been aiming for the Juneau tournament, all year are storm-bound at the present time, but are planning on coming out on the first plane. Dahl and Johnson are two of the best skiers in British Columbia and will give Glass A skiers real compe- tition if sthey can reach Juneau by Sunday.
 The tournament this coming Sun day is open to all skiers on Cas- tineau Channel. Anyone wishing to race can sign up at the Top Notch Cafe. The Class B event for men will be a controlled race open for any skier who does not feel qualified for the Class A test.
 The races are being held to de- velop skiing and skiers in Alaska. It is believed good experience is an asset to glean from these races by those entering.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-06
HIGH 5CH00LER5 T0pLAY HENNING
 FIVE IN pl.AY0FF
Must Determine e Which Team Is 10 Enter Play
 in Tournament

Another basketball game is sched- uled for tonight in the local High School gymnasium, the High School Crimson Bears to face the Henning Clothiers to determine which squad will enter the tournament.
 High School defeated the Moose last night and nosed ahead of the Henning five by fraction, but with a postponed game between the two, a playoff is necessary to determine league position.
 With the Haida entering the tour nament as an Outside team, second place is left to a battle between High School and Jennings team.
 The game will be called at 7:30 o'clock and should be warm bat tie.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-06
Pepper Marlin
 Unusual
He's Always Just a LittIe Different But He Is
 There" Yet

ST. LOUIS, March 6, --- Pepper Martin has been making baseball news for a long time.
 He's always just little different even to being one of the few peo- pie who have birthdays only once every four years,
 A Leap Year" lad, the wild horse of the Osage was born February 4e. 1904, at Temple, Okla, and thus was 36 years old the last day of last month. But as far as actual birth days are concerned, the oldest of his three daughters is two up on him
 Pepper dean of the St. Louis Cardinals, both in point of service and age celebrated his 'ninth" birthday on the way to begin spring training. He will captain the team again this year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-03-06

a scramble-fest, with nobody doing much in the way of scoring, and the Moose checking better than they ever have before.
 The first quarter ended 3-2 in favor of the Moose, the second quarter, 12-8 in favor of the High School In the third quarter, Moose crept up a point, and at three quarter time, High School led 23-2o.
 From there on in, the M % e couldn't have hit the floor with collective hat and scored but one goal while the High School began to work more smoothly and ring up a succession of field goals and free throws that didn't leave the game in ioubt
 Scoring was as follows;