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Evening star., 1940-01-27
Mentor Proves Good
Prophet as Eagles
Wa||op Rovers
Strive to Move Closer
To Leaders With Win
Over GuIIs Tonight
By BURTON HAWKINS.

The prayer-prediction of Coach
Redvers Mackenzie that the league
leading New York Rovers would
collapse and enable his Washington
Eagles to grasp first place in the
Eastern Amateur Hockey League
today was two steps toward reality
as the Rovers returned to Gotham
singing from a brace Of successive
defeats.
Still owning first place by a mar
gin of points, or two victories,
the Rovers have been handed
thumpings by the threatening Bal
timore Orioles and Eagles, currently
locked in second place, in their last
two games. Washington has an
opportunity to whittle that lead to
2 points tonight when it invades
Atlantic City to face the Sea Gulls
while New York idles
Sea Gulls Favorites Tonight.
With little more than half the
schedule having been bitten into,
the Eagles chances of overhauling
the Rovers appear bright following
their impressive So triumph over
New York last night at Riverside
Stadium before 1000 shivering spec
tators Baltimore. although now on
even terms with the Eagles, has
played four more games than New
York and Washington.
Washington's feeble road record
Of only 4 wins in IA games and
its inability to click on Atlantic
City's slow ice has installed the Sea
Gulls distinct favorites in tonight's
tlffs. The Gulls and Eagles have
split even in six previous collisions.
There was an inclination to dis
regard the travel tremors of the
Eagles. however, in the wake of
their successful uphill struggle
against the Rovers, for the Wash
ington outfit apparently has re-
gained the form which until re-
Gently had kept it abreast of the
Rovers.
Stalking New York to 20 lead
in the first period on goals by Bud
Foley and Larry Sharest, Washing
ton battled back to tie the count
on goals by Bunny McKillop and
Len Burrage before four minutes of
the second period elapsed. The
Eagles protested Foley's goal had
been kicked into the net, but Ref
cree Bill Chadwick chose to ignore
what seemed a legitimate bleat.
Take Lead on Protested Goal.
New York then snatched the lead
on another protested tally by
Mitchell Pechet, and when Bill
Davies. Eagles crack defense man,
elected to inform Chadwick of his
general idea of Chadwick, he was
hustled to the penalty box for 10
minutes.
Washington, gambling desperately
with Davies out, again knotted the
score at 3-3 when the polished Bur-
rage rammed the puck past Goalie
Harry Braithwaite as the period
licked into its final IS seconds.
The final period was a whirling
scene Of futility for 10 minutes and
70 seconds, at which juncture
classic-featured Mike Germann
Whacked the disc into the net to
give the Eagles a vital point. Rov
Covert, gaining the break on the
stray puck Is seconds before the
final horn, added Washingtons fifth
goal unassisted.
Goalie Gordon Lee of the Eagles
suffered a gashed mouth in the first
period. but returned to action after
brief rest, while New York's HOWE
Holllnger damaged his left shoulder
and arm in a collision with the
Eagles goalposts in the third period
and was forced to leave the game
Evening star., 1940-01-27
PETWORTH LEAGUE.

High team set-Little Tavern. 1909.
High team game-Double Flavor. 661.
High individual game-Nocera. 17o,
High individual set-George. 423.
High strikes-payne, 36.
Hteh snares-Georee 161
High average-GeeorRe. 11S
Evening star., 1940-01-27

Totals---17 943 Totals-14 8 SO
Free throws missed-Dewitt t5), Duvall
I(2). Mondorff Rea, Cromartie 80. Stray
horn co. Smith.
Evening star., 1940-01-27
Threatens to Report
In Pink" This Yeor

Mr.. Gomez, however, did not bleat.
Instead. he beat hasty path to Mr..
Barrow's doorstep and signed the
contract with every indication of
pleasure.
THE cut was $5,OOO," he said. "I
expected worse. I had a bad year,
partly because of my duties as
comedian and partly because of a
certain je-ne-sais-quoi, a certain
how-shall-I-say-it, a sort of kind of
distaste for work. In short, loafed.
This year will be different. I in
tend to report for duty in Florida
IN magnificent physical condition.
My thews and sinews will be the
talk OF the town. Look at this" said
Mr.. Gomez, picking up a dumbbell.
That's what will do the trick"
Mr.. Gomez then put the dumbbell
down again and went home.
There is no doubt that Lee Girls
som, the new Yankee, will be glad to
assume Mr.. Gomez's burden if he
sticks with the club. Mr.. Grissom
Is most accommodating screwball.
Furthermore he is said to dislike
competition, and if Mr.. Gomez even
smiles it probably will annoy Mr.
Grissom very much.
That's all right with Mr.. Gomez
He doesn't intend to do any smiling
He will scowl from March till Oc-
tober If it will get him back his
5000 cut.
Evening star., 1940-01-27
Yonks So Sober, Lefty
Had to Supply Laughs

however, the Yankees are such
sober ball club, and so respectable.
that I considered it my duty to sup
ply the laughs. Once I even thought
OF riding out of the bullpen on a
bicycle when they called on me for
relief. I was going to do it Just for
the sake of the team. Naturally.
such a gesture would be distasteful
to me, extremely distasteful. No
dignity about it. Mere buffoonery.
But I was going to make the sacri-
nee anyway. But Bob Shawkey, who
was the manager then, dissuaded
me. He said he would shoot me
through the head with a gun if I
tried it.
Now, this here Grissom, who is
coming to us from Cincinnati, will
relieve me of my burden, and will
go to work seriously and all nv
true pitching greatness will emerge.
even may learn to pitch with
my right arm. Who knows? Right
handlers are supposed to be more re-
spectacle than us left-handers,
though personally I don't believe
there is anything in it. t-handers
are very respectable and dignifled.
Look at me and Hubbell. Well, any,
way, look at Hubbell.
Evening star., 1940-01-27
Fights Lost Night

Totals 19 g "A Totals-20 3 4:
Evening star., 1940-01-27
Reformation Seen Due
To New Contract

Il hear very good reports of Girls
SONS screwiness," continued the
pride of Andalusia. glancing with
ill-concealed loathing at an Indian
club. 1T may be worth the ball
clubs while to keep him Just for
that reason. AS far as left-handed
pitching goes, Marius Russo is COM
ing along like house on fire and
will have great year on account
OF my reformed character"
Mr.. Gomez's reformation may be
due in part to the contract which
the Yankees mailed him last week.
In 1899, the great tragedian got
$4,000 for his work. This was hand
some money, and Mr.. Gomez spent
1t handsomely. However, he
neglected to do much effective pitch
ing. He won only IL ball games, a
rate of almost $4,000 per victory,
and Cousin Egbert Barrow, his stern
employer, decided that no victory
was worth quite that much.
In mailing out the contracts, Mr..
Barrow announced that he was cut
ting the salary of only one man. He
refused to identify the victim, but
the critics guessed it was Gomez.
and waited patiently for a yell of
pain from Lefty to prove their point.
Evening star., 1940-01-27
ySterS, 34-1O.

Totals--11 8 80 Totals 933
Evening star., 1940-01-27

spares: Washington-Ramsay, Courteau
McTasr MerTmann' nd Knipfel @ PARTS, Cairns. Foster.
Eolae MJ aeers New York-Pechet. Parker. Loree,
rest oouenei' Sha-
Scoring. first period. Royers Fo,ev
nnns1 nnooIH1ngs5: :02: 2, Rovers. Sharest Col
=, SCORING. second periods, Eagles McKjl-
!op 'Dewey. Covert. 3:09: 4. Eagles. Bur
Pechet tSawchuck, 6:26: s. Eaeles' BUR
Tase 'Mcklllop, Dewey, 1895. Penalties
paVles EAGLES, misconduct 10 minutes:
scoring. third period. Eagles. Ger
mann tCourteau. Davies, 1926: s. EasIes,
covert tunassisted). 19:45. Penalty-Saw-
Seferee-Mr. Chadwick, Llneman-Mr.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
Charlie Chase Dies
From Heart Attack
By the Associated Press

6y tHe AseOCidteu EIeSst
HOLLYWOOD. June 21.-Char-
fey Chase, 46.twhose feet of loose
iointed nonchalance got him into
one hilarious scrape after another
and brought him stardom in two
reel comedies in the early 30s, is
dead.
Chase, who devoted most of his
IS years in the films to providing
fun for the movie-going world, Sue
cumbed yesterday to a heart at
tack in his home.
Ill health had kept him from
pictures for months. but only a few
hours before his death he visited
the Maskers' Club, which he had
served as president, and told
friends he felt better.
He retired almost Immediately on
returning home. A Negro maid
found him dead. His wife, the for
mer Bebe Eltinge, was at their
San Jacinto ranch home.
Born Charles Parrott in Balti-
more, Chase appeared in musical
comedy and vaudeville before en-
tering pictures in 1914. He became
q Mack Sennett keystone Kop"
and from slapstick graduated into
somewhat more subtle two-reelers.
For II years he was under contract
to Hal Roach. Chase wrote scripts
tor many of his comedies.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
81 Colleges Compete
In Close Landing Test
Nv the Associated Press.

LOCK HAVEN, Pa, June 21.-
Student flyers from 81 colleges and
universities pointed their light
planes into the sky today to DEM
onstrate their proficiency in land
ting close to a designated spot from
1000 feet above ground.
Today's spot-landing competition
doubled the altitude of yesterdays
contests opening the three-day,
sixth annual National Intercolie-
eiate flying meet.
Loyola University of Baltimore
took the lead in scoring in the 500
foot spot-landing contest, with
Erwin Huber contributing 10 points
by setting down his plane within 3
feet of the mark.
Murray Shubin of Kenyon came
within 10 feet and was credited with
B points.
Other scores:
William Watson, Williams, Z
points: 81 feet 10 inches. Len New
man, Michigan, points; 80 feet.
Herbert Schell, Franklin and Mar
shall, 5 points; Sc feet. Wayne
Knight, Allegheny, 4 points; 81
feet. Gene Ballard, Loyola, 3 points;
81 feet 6 inches. Robert Cannon,
Akron. 2 points; IS feet. Clarence
fredericks, Detroit, point; n feet.
Team standing-First, Loyola, 13
points; second, Kenyon, 8; third,
Williams. 7: fourth, Michigan, 6;
fifth, Franklin and Marshall, 5;
sixth, Allegheny, 4; seventh, Akron,
3; eighth, Detroit, l.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
]. Y. A. Geared 10 Aid
Defense, Says Li|ieniha|

BY the Associated Press.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, June 21.-
The Tennessee Valley Authority
stands prepared to throw all its
vast resources into the Nations de-
fense program, says Director David
Lilienthal, and awaits only Con-
gress signal to begin quickly pro-
gram that will multiply its facilities
for national preparedness.
Speaking at a public dinner last
night, Mr. Lilienthal drew picture
of huge supplies of power, munitions
production, raw materials and re-
search which he said T. V. A. would
contribute to Americas defense.
He referred to proposal in Wash
ington yesterday by the National De-
fense Commission for an expanded
T. V. A. system as Illustrative Of
"the sense of unity that has come
over our country during the last
few weeks"
He added that he hoped for
favorable final action on the proposal
in Congress by the end of the week.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
Anti-Nazi FEELING
High al Texas Border:
Mexico Adds Troops
Fifth Column Activity
Reported; Stote Ranger
Force Is Increased
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
LAREDO, Tex. June 21-Down
the lazy Rio Grande from Ell Paso
to Brownsville there is new trend
in United States-Mexican relations
It is one of friendliness.
Incidents rejecting anti-Nazi feel
ing have occurred. Two Kingsville
merchants recently attacked with
their fists a man Of open Nazi SYM
pathy.
The swastika has been discarded
as a cattle brand by one large.
ranch, but dozen others still use
1t. The brand is older than Adolf
Hitler. 1t was used first as a token
Of luck by the Indians.
More Rangers on Guard.
Texas Rangers roam the border.
w. Lee ODaniel when ranchers
feared border disturbances might
arise during the Mexican presiden-
tial election July 7.
Sun-tanned Federal border pa
trolmen, customs and immigration
men also guard this side Of the river.
At Monterey. Mexico, Gen. Miguel
Henriquez Guzman, commander Of
Mexico's northern military zone, is
ready for any eventuality.
The general is one Of President
Cardenas' most trusted friends. 1t
is significant that Gen. Guzman
holds the post vacated by Gen. Juan
1v,N4
candidate for President.
A force of 410 Mexican soldiers
has reinforced garrisons at Mata-
moros and Reynosa.
Talk of an impending revolution
is hotly denied, but the United
Statee is not mapping. Any attack
on this country might come from
troops occupying Mexico.
Troops are stationed at Fort Bliss
in Ell Paso, Fort Brown at Browns
vile, Fort Mcintosh at Laredo, Fort
Ringgold at Rio Grande City and
Fort D. A. Russell at Maria.
Fifth Column.
Border patrolmen say there Is evil
dence Of fifth column activity in
Mexico. The column boasts of
women who pose as tourists. Their
favorite scenery usually is around
army posts.
Mexican authorities, aware that
guns and ammunition have been
smuggled into the republic, have re-
placed suspected custom guards.
Northern Mexico army officers IA
voring Gen. Almazan have been re-
placed.
Perhaps the best informed man on
border relations is District Judge
John A. Walls of Laredo Judge Walls
said the United States may depend
on Mexico in any emergency.
Excitement that swept the border
after Representative Dies first
charged fifth columnists were active
In Mexico has subsidized.
Evening star., 1940-06-21
Girl SIoys Miner
In Defense of Mother
Dy the Associated Press.


UNIONTOWN, Pa, June 21.-
Constable Harry Hart reported an
l8-year old girl early today shot to
death a miner in defense of her
mother.
He said the shooting occurred in
the mining community of nearby
Allison where Charles Rucker, 43.
had gone to the home of Mrs. Annie
McDaniels and attacked her when
she, ordered him to leave.
The Woman's daughter, Inez, OBJ
tanned shotgun and fired charge
into Rucker's heart, killing him in
stantly, Hart reported. He placed
the girl in custody pending cor
oner's inquest.
Evening star., 1940-06-21

GOLDEN WEDDING-Mr. and
Mrs. Benjamin Romberger,
1919 Wisconsin avenue NV,
who will celebrate their 50th
wedding anniversary Sunday.
Mr.. Romberger, 80, an employe
OF the Hamilton Potomac
Bank, and Mrs. Romberger,
SO, have 4 children, 3 grand
children and 2 great grand
children. They will celebrate
at the home of their son,
Frank Romberger, in Altoona,
Pa. arris-EWing Photo.
Evening star., 1940-06-21

1mpervious to water ..
porch, sun parlor and
r recre a ion room.
Choice of colors
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Evening star., 1940-05-23
700 Children to Go
On kiWunis Boot Irip

Nearly 700 children will be given
a free boat ride down the Potomac
River Saturday morning as the
guests of the Arlington County (VaD
kiwanis Club, General Chairman
Arthur G. Stickley, I'd, said today.
This will be the third annual party
for the children and the largest in
the clubs history. The names of the
children were furnished by schools
and civic and welfare organizations.
Frank Portillo, Washington clown,
will entertain and the Kiwanis Boys
Band will furnish music. Lunches
have been prepared by wives of
Kiwanis Club members Twenty Red
Cross workers and several nurses
from the County Health Department
|. will attend to supervise the activities.
The trip is sponsored jointly by the
club and the Wilson Line Steamship
Co., which has donated its new
steamer, Mount Vernon, for the oc-
-casion
The children will gather at $50
am. at 20 county schools and three
transit companies will furnish trans
portation to and from the WASH
ington pier. The boat will return at
1:30 pm.
Evening star., 1940-05-23
Connecticut Pastor
Named to G. u. Staff

The Rev. John j. Reilly, pastor
of st. AIMS Church in Hamden,
Conn.,, has been appointed to the
administrative staff of the Catholic
University, according to an an
nouncement yesterday by Bishop
Joseph M. Corrigan, rector.
He was born in New Haven, Conn.,,
and was educated in the parochial
schools there. His preliminary
studies for the priesthood were made
at St. Thomas Seminary, Hartford.
He was ordained in 1923 and has
been at st. AIMS since 1885.
Evening star., 1940-05-23
Bishop Hughes Urges
Wesleyan Principles
As Need Of World
Delivers Message
At Southeastern
Methodist Conference

Sy the Associated Press.
ASHEVILLE, N. c., May 23.-
Bishop Edwin H. Hughes of WASH
tngton expressed the view today that
the world never was more in need of
the Wesleyan principles on which
the Methodist church was founded.
His fraternal message was the
high light of this mornings session
OF, the Southeastern Jurisdictional
Conference of the Methodist Church.
Among religious principles of John
= Wesley, Bishop Hughes cited his
personal experience of religion,
consciousness of responsibility for
salvation of souls and establishment
OF perfect society as the supreme
ideal and goal of the church.
Permanent objectives of the Metho-
dist Church, as outlined by Bishop
U. v. w. Darlington of Huntington,
w. Va, furnished discussion topics
Tor the 1000 persons attending the
conference.
Bishop Hughes, senior active Meth
odist bishop in the Americas, acted
IN an advisory capacity. He will
retire after the Northeastern Juris-
dlctional Conference next month.
Will Fight Isms."
Bishop Darlington said yesterday
IN the Episcopal message that one
of the church's most important OBJ
jectiveS was to fight whatever
harms man" and support whatever
helps man." The church, he said,
will not be the tool of any ism :"
The nine states constituting the
Southeastern jurisdiction, he said,
contain the most compact body of
Methodists found anywhere in the
world and the jurisdiction has
problems peculiar to the territory.
.,~, He referred, as an example, to
the Negro Methodist Episcopal
Church, reminding that it was a
body organized by the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, one of the
three units which now compose the
Methodist Church. ITO this (Negro)
church." the bishop said, I'VE of the
South have a. historic obligation
which must be acknowledged and
discharged"
The five-fold purpose of the
Woman's Missionary Society, he
continued, offers an unlimited field
OF Christian service"
The Rev. L. H. Estes of Memphis,
Tenn, was elected conference secre-
tary.
Debate on Reports Expected.
Considerable debate, officials said,
may be expected at the sessions
when committee reports are sent
to the floor for adoption. Among
other things, it was indicated that
the conference might ask, by means
of memorials to the next General
Conference of the church in 1874,
changes in the book discipline.
1t also was learned that the Com
mittee on Episcopacy, which was set
up today, will memorialize the Gen.
eral Conference to move the retire.
ment age for bishops from 70 to 72.
The latter age is the automatic re-
'tirement age for active service In
the ministry, but the General Con-
ference, at its session last month,
made the retirement age for bishops
70. The proposed change is being
urged by DR.. w. P. King of Nash
vile, editor of the Christian Advo-
cate.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
Fourth Victim Of
Sheep Theft Feud
Dies in Colorado

MONTE VISTA, Colo, April II.
tUP)-Mrs. Pat Macs. "A, wife of a
Rio Grande county sheepman, died
early today in a Monte Vista hos
pital, the fourth victim of q bloody
gun battle precipitated by an old
argument over sheep thefts.
Police Chief Max Richardson said
Mrs. Macs husband had admitted
shooting down three men, includ-
ing a Conejos county deputy sher-
lff, on the highway II miles south
Of Monte Vista Macs son, Frank,
%. was in critical condition from
two bullet wounds in the chest
and was not expected to live.
Richardson said the battle result
ed from an old argument over Macs
alleged sheep thefts. He said the
sheepman told him he had gone
looking for Deputy Sheriff Ray
mond Martinez, 38, Manuel Ortega,
40, Macs brother-in- law, and Ed
ward Dominguez, 80.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
CMTC viii Accent
a Valley Boys
For Summer Camp

Citizens Military Training Camps
in California this summer will &C
cept "a Imperial Valley boys at Mon
terey Preside and Fort Macarthur
in July and at Fort Macarthur
in August army officers announced
Thursday.
Applications may be made at any
time with DR.. Norman E. Dupont
in Ell Centre or with Leroy Foster
at Calexico. Charles P. Delp at I'M
perial or Wilfred D. Dresser at
Holtville.
In addition to the "a boys who will
be accepted for training at Monter-
ey. y alternates will be selected to
take their place if they are unable
to 90 when the time comes. The boys
will be at Monterey July 2 to July 81
and at Fort Macarthur during the
same period. Two Negro boys will
be accepted at Fort Macarthur Aug,
6 to Sept. 6.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11

/ More men may have lost their
| lives in the last three days than
| during the entire seven months of
the western war up to this week,
except in Poland.
The most brilliant feat of the
British was in forcing passage thru
the Skagerrak to the mouth of the
Kattegat, naval sources here be-
lieved. Should the British Warships
prove able to maintain their posi-
| tionS there, the German forces in
| Norway would be cut off by sea
from their German and Danish
bases.
In that event, the British said
it was likely an immediate ultimat-
um would go from Germany to
Sweden because the Swedish rail-
ways would remain the only line
open by which Germany could at
tempt to maintain her widely scat
tered forces in Norway.
Already the German navy and
merchant marine is believed to
have suffered grave blow and,
whatever the outcome. its effec-
tiveneSS has been diminished.
Confirmed figures of Nazi losses
thus far show $1,000 tons of war
ships and armed merchantmen
sunk and $4,000 tons damaged or
sunk.
Unlike the battlet of Jutland
which was indecisive in that it
left most of the German fleet in
tact for the duration of the war,
the present Scandinavian engage
ment seems destined to weaker
German sea power sufficiently to
effect the future course of the
war.
The mountains along the Skager-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11
Reynaud Declares
German Move Huge
Strategic Error

PARIS, April II. (UP)-Premier
Paul Reynaud told the chamber of
deputies today that results of the
Allied air and naval battle already
show that Adolf Hitler committed
an immense strategic error in mov-
ing into Scandinavia.
Germany, said Reynaud. has
thrown herself on small nations in
vain. Her audacity and prestige is
in the balance.
Hitler thought to find in Nor
way said Reynaud, the passivity
of Austria in 1888 but instead he
found the ferocious resistance of
Belgium in 1914"
Reynaud declared that the vital
iron ore route from Swedish mines
via Norway, TO Germany is now cut
and will continue to remain cut.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-11

rak and the entrance TO the Kat
tegat echoed with intense gunfire
that ratified window panes and in
dicated the intensity of the battle.
Estimates of the vessels engaged
in the battles ranged as high as
$50 for Allied ships of various types
and 100 for the Germans. In addi-
ton hundreds of airplaneS-moi {
than have ever before engaged n
sea Warfare-fought overhead
Even on the basis of reports wn;1h
were fragmentary, because the
British Warships were unable to
report by radio for fear of Gis-
closing their positions, the British
press and public had it's first real
burst of enthusiasm of the war.
The only comparable thrill car2a
with the news of the Graf Spec
battle off Montevideo.
The feeling was general that Hit
Ter finally had fallen into ual
OF his own digging.
Military circles believe that Nor
Weglan resistance will prove sub
Stantial. They cited the Norwegian
actlon in blowing up railroad tun-
nels as a serious matter for the
Germans since it will prevent them
10 a considerable extent from on
solldatlng their positions
only a few strategic tunnels
need be destroyed in the mountain
Gus spine of Norway to cut Off
sections of the country from com.
munlcatlon except along the sea
where British warships should be-
competent to deal with efforts at
reinforcement by that route. The
scarcity of landing fields renders
most difficult the introduction of
new troops by airplane.