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Evening star., 1940-01-29

her oil other raw materials and
very important industrial products
from Germany, she cannot consider
such allied pressure"
Reich's Armies Declared Near.
Still other officials point out 1t is
reasonable for Rumania to do
everything possible to avoid o1ense
to Germany because the Reich 8
armies are near at hand as COM
pared with those of the allies.
Adding weight to this thesis OF
expediency is Rumania's reason to
believe the Balkan entente confer
ence starting Friday offers little
chance Of fulfilling her wish for out
right military guarantees from her
entente partners-Turkey, Greece
and Yue eoslavia.
Advices from Belgrade, the pros
pective meeting place, say Yugo-
slavia is ready to offer a resolution
calling for "a spirit of compromise
between neighbors."
This is regarded as an impending
rebuff to Rumania's hope Of entente
support against all potentional enc
mics, including Hungary, which has
been pressing for return of terri
tory lost to Rumania in the World
War breakup Of Austria Hungary.
Evening star., 1940-01-29
Dr.. ". D. Haggard, Noted
Surgeon, Dies Suddenly
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
PALM BEACH, Fla, Jan. 23.-Dr.
William D. Haggard, who, as former
president Of the American Medical
Association, sponsored the "have-
health-examination-on-your BIRTH
day" movement, died Of heart at
tack In a hotel here yesterday.
The 67-year-old Nashville (Tenn)
physician and surgeon was ma
tionally known for his medical re-
searches and surgical skill.
He shared with the Mayo brothers
Of Rochester. Mimi, the honor OF
having served as president of the
three top national medical organi-
cations, the A. M. A., the Post
graduate Medical Assembly of North
America and the American College
Of Surgeons.
He was graduated from the
University of Tennessee Medical
College in 1893 and later taught
at Vanderbilt University's Medical
School and engaged in private
practice.
Evening star., 1940-01-29
Roosevelt Reported
Sounding Callers
On Party Ticket
La Guurdiu Said to Be
Mentioned Often for
Second Place
BY the Associated PressA

President Roosevelt, it was re-
ported authoritatively yesterday,
has been sounding out recent White
House callers on possible Democratic
presidential-vice presidential COM
binations for 1910, and has often
mentioned Mayor Fiorello La Guar
dia of New York City as possibility
for second place on the ticket.
The third-term question is still
hanging high, but it was said Mr..
Roosevelt has not mentioned his
own name in such conversations.
One Senator, requesting anony-
nifty, said Mr.. Roosevelt's procedure
had been to jot down a possible
ticket, such as Doe and Roe, ask his
visitor what he would think of it,
then tear it up.
Own Views Not Expressed.
This Senator said the President
also would ask q caller how the hy-
pothetical ticket could be changed
and improved 1t was emphasized
that Mr.. Roosevelt was giving no
expression to his own views. and
was merely seeking to sound out
party sentiment regarding various
possible nominees.
Mayor La Guardia, one-time Re-
publican House member, is now
affiliated with the American Labor
party. He supported President
Roosevelt for reelection in 1885.
Political developments included a
declaration by Senator Gillette,
Democrat, of Iowa, that his State
Democratic convention delegatation
should be pledged to Secretary OF
Agriculture Wallace.
wallace is an ideal favorite-son
candidate" Senator Gillette as
serted, adding that if delegates
we're pledged to Mr.. Wallace 1t
would tend to promote party har-
mony in Iowa.
Bridges Would Curb Speeches.
In a letter to Republican National
Committee Chairman John Hamil-
ton, Senator Bridges of New Hamp-
shire, potential Republican can
didate, suggested that the G. o. P.
step up the pace of convention pro-
cedure by abolishing the customary
lengthy nominating speeches"
Senator Bridges suggested that q
time limit be set for nomination
addresses and that seconding
speeches "be limited in number and
duration"
In statement yesterday the Ma
tional Committee said 1910 Lincoln
Day celebrations would far surpass
those of previous years. Already,
it said, $50 meetings have been
arranged, and plans for $50 others
are being completed. Most will be
held February II, Lincoln's birthday
anniversary, but some have been
arranged for earlier or later dates.
Evening star., 1940-01-29
A. FL. Council Opens
Annual Conference
In Miami Today
Active Endorsement
Of Any 1e40 Slate
Held Unlikely
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 29.-Eyeing
forthcoming presidential election
activities with interest, the Amer
lean Federation of Labor's Execu-
tive Council arranged to open its
midwinter conference today with
national politics the most vital Of
the varied subjects before it.
President William Green, arriv-
ing from Washington to preside
over the two-week meeting, made
it clear, however, that the council
undoubtedly would refrain from ac-
tive Endorsement Of any slate Of
candidates.
Leaders said that only once In
the SO years Of the FederationS
history had it actively Endorsed a
political candidate, that being in
1924, when it backed the La Fol-
lette-Wheeler national ticket.
Council members freely admitted,
however, that possible presidential
candidates and various other phases
OF national politics in general would
come up for considerable discus
sion.
The conference here will be the
last the council holds before the
national Democratic and Repub-
lican party nominating conventions
this summer.
Sharing the program with poll
tics are such other subjects as the
Federation's present controversies
with the New Deal and John L..
Lewis Congress of Industrial Or
CARNATIONS, various jurisdictional
disputes, trust suits in the automo-
bile industry. the unemployment sit
uation and numerous proposed al
terations in the Federation's legis-
lative platform.
Evening star., 1940-01-29
Enemy Missions
Arrive in Bucharest
10 Push 0iIFight
Part Of Rumuniun Press
Criticizes Allies for
Interference
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, Jan. 20. - The
struggle for control Of Rumania's
key oil resources was intensified to-
day with arrival by plane Of Is
MEMBER British French mission fol-
lowed shortly by new group of
German negotiators who came by
train.
Part Of the Rumanian press
adopted an anti-allied tone, accusing
Britain Of interfering with Ru-
mania's internal affairs In an in
tolerable fashion in the oil battle.
The newspaper Curentul declared
Britain and France can buy as
much oil as they want from Ru-
mania, but have no right to oppose
others getting their share.
Foreign-o -owned oil companies were
accused Of reducing production and
British agents Of leasing Danube
River barges solely to prevent oil
from reaching Germany.
Warning Of Break Reported.
"A AA6AAAy PAuSCO AAAO1IuduL reports
Great Britain and France have given
Rumania to understand they may
break of economic relations with
this country unless the question of
oil for Germany is settled to their
satisfaction.
The basis Of the reported British
French representations is the Ru-
manian "oil dictatorship" under
which the allies fear their concerns
IN Rumania will be fored to fur
nish oil for the German war ma
chine.
Rumania is in the middle. On one
hand, the allies ENJOYS are said to
have confronted Rumania with the
alternative of opposing Germany, or
losing British French trade. On the
other, Germany is said to have
warned that she will be forced to
take "other measures" if she doesn't
get larger quantities of Rumanian
oil. To underline this need, 1t is
reported, Germany told Bucharest
oil is a matter Of life or death for
the Reich.
(The first informed reaction
in London to the report the
allies had threatened a breach
Of commercial relations was that
such step is extremely un-
nkely.~
May Resist Passively.
There are unconfirmed rumors the
British and French controlled oil
companies in Rumania are consid-
ering a campaign of passive resist
ance In their plants against any
Rumanian attempts to require ship
ment of their product to Germany.
Along with United States COM
panies, the British and French con-
Germs control the bulk of Rumania' s
petroleum production.
In reply to the reported allied
representations, the Rumanian cab
met Is said to have argued that this
country could not drop economic
cooperation" with Germany be-
cause more than 40 per cent of her
entire foreign trade lies in that
quarter.
One official says:
Since Rumania obtains against
Evening star., 1940-01-29
l12From Sunken Quezon
To Leave for Manila
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC, Jan. 29.-Domei, japanese
news agency, reported today that
liz passengers and crew members
rescued from the sunken Philippine
liner President Quezon would leave
from Kobe for Manila tomorrow
aboard the United States liner
President Cleveland.
The captain OF the Ukishima
Maru, which brought the survivors
to Kobe, said several passengers
were unconscious when rescued and
others were hurt slightly. The Presi-
dent Quezon struck a reef of
Tanegashima Island, of the coast
OF Southern Japan, and sank Sat-
urday.
All hands were saved except Ed
ward Walker, 81, an American cook.
Evening star., 1940-01-29

a fire that destroyed the small farm
home Of the Herman Mitchell fam.
lily near here.
The dead are Mrs. Flora Mitchell,
"a; Melvin, 6; his sister, Rose, 10,
and their 10-month-old brother,
Walter. T.
The 35-year-old father, who was
burned on the face and hands, said
the fire was caused by the explo-
sion of wood d-burning cook stove
on which his wife was preparing
breakfast.
Evening star., 1940-01-29
Dies of Poisoning

MANCHESTER, Conn.,, Jan. 20 up.
William w. Robinson, 81, presi-
dent of the Orford Soap Co., died
Saturday night in a local hospital
Of poison which Medical Examiner
D. G. Y. Moore said he had taken
accidentally, believing it medicine.
Evening star., 1940-01-29
Nozi Rail Service Impaired

Impairment of railway service in
Germany was first observed two
years ago when express trains began
to run long behind schedule and
freight trains were loaded beyond
capacity.
Evening star., 1940-01-29

In spite Of the war, construction
Of the new garden town of st.
Christopher has just been started
in England
Evening star., 1940-01-29

Hydroponics, the soilless growth
Of plants, has been introduced into
Australia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04
DUSTY BOWLING
 LOOPS ARE READY
Meeting TOright-Second Division Starts-Girls
 Go Thursday

President Johnny O'Connor of the Industrial Bowling league has called a meeting of all first division cap- tains tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the Mattatuck alleys to formulate plans for the coming season which will open later in the month. Teams eX- pected to be represented includes Farrel Foundry, French Manufac- turing, Wonder Bread, Scovills, h. gersolls, American Brass, Water bury Tool, Blake and Johnson, Chase Waterbury Manufacturing and U. S. Rubber of Naugatuck.
 Matches Tonight
 Second Division Industrial league games get under way tonight at g o'clock with 12 teams in action in- cluding Farer News, Oakville Pin, Scovill, Lea Manufacturing, Water Clock, Connecticut Railway Lines, Mascola Bottlers, Benrus Watch, Standard Brands, A. H. Wells Go, Waterbury Paper Box and Somers Brass.
 Girls Industrial league will roll its first games Thursday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at the Mattatuck alleys with a 12 team setup as follows:
 Ingersoll, Wat. Clock, Wat. Paper Box, Amer. Fastener, Wat. Tag. Pat. Button, Plume & Atwood, Gen. eral Mfg, Oakville Pin, MattatucE Mfg, Farrel Fdry. and Amer. Brass
 Naugatuck Valley Mixed Indus. trial League starts hostilities on thi: Saturday at p. m. when the frs of teams consisting of 35 mer and women each start bowling. The 1st 4 of the 28 weeks schedule fol. lows:
 Sept. 7th-Ingersol vs Blake & Johnson
 Sept 14th-Somers vs Lux Clock
 Sept 21st- Oakville Pin vs Naug Chemical.
 Sept. 28th-Wat. Paper Box vs Seth Thomas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04
Sports QUESTIONS Answered

Have you a sports question you want answered? Write your ques- ton clearly, sign your name and address and mail your query to Sports Fan Question Man, Sports Service Bureau, The Waterbury Democrat, 1913 18th street, Wash ingtOn, D. C., enclosing a Scent postage stamp for personal reply. Don't telephone: write as directed.
 Q. How many times did Enos Slaughter strike out and how many tlome runs did he hit in the 1937 season, with Columbus of the Am srican Association?
 A. He struck out fifty times and hit tWenty-six homers.
 c. How long did King Levinsky last against Joe Louis in their bout in 1885?
 A. Louis won by technical knockout, two minutes and twenty one seconds after the start of the first round.
 e. In basketball, what is the height from the ground floor to the baskets?
 A. The ring must be rigidly at- tached to the blackboard, it must lie in a horizontal plane 10 feet above the floor and must be equid- istant from the two vertical edges of the blackboard.
 Q. Tn softball, when a player is batting out of turn, can the prop CT batsman be called out before the improper batsman has completed his time at bat?
 A. If the error is discovered be- fore the improper batsman has been put out, or has become base runner, the proper batsman should replace the player at the plate and take the balls and strikes called against the improper batsman.
 @. Who held the heavyweight title when Joe Louis and Max Schmeling fought their first bout2
 A. James J. Braddock.
 e. What was Joe DiMaggio's bat- ting average in the ie36 World Ser- iesP
 A. He made Q hits in 26 times at bat for Q percentage of 340.
 c. Who won the team cham. plonship Of the iol0 National A. A. U. mens outdoor aquatic cham. pionshlps, recently held at Santa Barbara, Calf?
 4. The Hawaiian Seven.man team swimming for the Alexander House Of Maui. with . total of q points. q. ff tho bai6maa hits . ball that first strikes several feet iE foul ter- VlioTy and then rolls Into fair ters rltoFy, finally settling on falF ter. Filery between first end homo, ls ii
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04

Seventy -seven-year- -old Dan Casey, resident of a Washington suburb, said that he was never irritated be- cause Ernest L. Thayer had written of him:
 "And somewhere men are laugh
 ing,
 And somewhere children shout But there is no joy in MudvilIe-
 Mighty Casey has struck out" Dan Casey has vivid memories of the summer of 1897 when his Phil adelphia team and the Giants were fighting it out for the pennant at the seasons close.
 T was pitching that day." he re- called. Tt was to in the ninth inning. The bases were full and two were out when I came to bat"
 Then he described the buzz that runs through the grandstands at tense moments. The fans were pin ming their hopes on me, he said, be- cause of a home run had smashed in Boston to win game under sim liar circumstances. He admits that he may have accorded the fans as Thayer wrote:
 "And when, responding to the
 cheers,
 He lightly dOffed his hat, No stranger in the crowd could
 doubt
 Twas Casey at the bat"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04

But, By George, try as I might, I couldn't even touch the ball. went down one, two, three"
 T can't remember a sadder day in 43 years," Casey said when told of Thayer's death.
 Another veteran sportsman, Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators, grieved at Thayer's death and envisioned huge bronze statue over his grave.
 That poem,' the white-haired Griffith said, "is as much a part ot Americas national pastime as the ball and bat. I propose that all baseball teams, major, minor and sandlot, contribute to a fund to be used in erecting a huge bronze statue over Thayer's grave"
 As he sees the proposed statue, it would be bronze representation of Latter swinging a mighty mace Under the waving bat would be printed the complete poem.
 "Only thus," Griff said, "can base ball do honor to the versifier whc immortalized iG."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04
GIRLS SWIMMING


 The final classes for the morning swimming classes for girls were held yesterday at the Central Y. The parents of the children attended these classes and demonstration of the taching methods used during the summer was given by Bob Par malee.
 Plans are being made to conduct classes for girls one day a week at the Central Y. These classes will be held each Tuesday afternoon. The time for these classes will be an- nounced in the near future. The classes will include instruction and recreational swimming and will he under the direction of the Physical Directors, Seth Goodwin and Bob Parmalee. The first classes will be held next Tuesday afternoon, Sep- tember 10.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04
Casey the Builder Has Wrought Well
By DAN PARKER

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04
'KOVACS GIVES TENNIS MOGULS
 GREAT WORRY
Fools Around With Easy OppOnents-Van Horn
 Eliminated
BY LESLIE AVERY

(United Press Staff Correspondent)
 Forest Hills, N. r., Sept. 4.-(UP) Frankie Kovacs is the darling of the gallery, but the problem child of the tennis fathers guarding the sanctity of the national singles championships going on here at the West Side Tennis club.
 Frankie refuses to take the game seriously, cardinal sin in the creed of the net jurists. Frankie Is of age now, 21, and he can do as he pleases. He does just that to the delight of the fans, but to the consternatlon of officials who expect to see the game played &C., cording to the best flannel-pantied traditions.
 Clowns Around
 The Oakland, Cal, youth plays a junior Davis Cupper, Victor Seixas of Philadelphia today, and if the match lives up to expectations the fans will probably desert the big stadium for the grandstand court where the grade "B" features are played. They let Kovacs play in the stadium yesterday and he liked the spotlight so well that he clowned two hours with an opponent he could have blown back to Hoboken in 30 minutes. He so disrupted the stadium schedule, it was all Hal Surface and Frank Guernsey could do to finish their match before dark.
 All this time he was disposing Of J. Norman Anderson, Jr., 6-1. 2-6, 6-1, 10-8. Anderson, a likeable New Jerseyite, entered into the spirit of the thing and was the per- feet foil for Kovacs' act.
 Play proceeded pretty much &C., cording to form yesterday, the lone upset being Welby Van Horns elem nation in a terrific five set battle by Harris Everett, University of North Carolina star from Jackson vile, Fla. Van Horn, who went to the finals against Bobby Riggs last year, has been playing so poorly this year that he was placed at the bottom of the seeded list, No. 10. All the other seeded players advanced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04
Confident Thomas Club Team of For Birmingham 7hursda,
Fund May Reach $1,5W;
 Battery Strength Increased

Waterbury's three time baseball champions, the North End Thomas club will leave the city for Bir- mingham, Alabama, scene of 1940 national amateur tournament to- morrow morning at 10:30 daylight saving time, with arrival in the tournament city scheduled for 11:30 a. m. Friday, according to an- nouncement by President Joe Brophy of the City Amateur league
 A party of about 25 players, league officials and royal rooters" for the Tommies are expected to make the trip by train with the first game to be played by the Wa terbury team scheduled for Sat- urday, following the draw Friday night. Not great deal is known about the pitching and catching department of the triumphant Tom mics, aside from announcement by Manager Johnny DeVito that he intends to bring along Roy Johnson, able Brooklyn A. c. pitcher this season, and Bill Petrillae, Tribune A. c. catcher.
 Send It In
 With more than $1,200 reported this morning for the Birmingham fund, President Brophy addressed a last minute appeal this morning to contributors who have not, as vet sent in their promised donations to treasurer Fred w. Chesson at the waterbury Trust company, as well as any others who wish to con- tribute something toward the tour nament fund. Donations will be accepted up to 10 o'clock tomorrow morning about half hour before train time.
 Confident
 Confident that the Thomas club would be able to make a creditable showing in the national tourney. Manager De Vito has kept his play CTS on edge with exhibition games ana practice sessions for the past ten days and with added pitching strength, the Tomnies expect to do as well as any local team which has competed in prior years. In 1897. the Tommies won four games before losing out at Dayton and with 8 bit of luck in the draw they ex- pect to do as well or better this year.
 Latest contributors include the following:-
 Prayi0I1c1x,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04
YMCA GYM READY

The gymnasium at the Central Y is now being re-conditioned in pre- paration for the opening of hte fall program. This re-conditioning in- cludes steel wooling the floor, re- painting lines an drefinishing the floor with a special gymnasium floor finish. While this work is going on the gymnasium will be closed. The swimming pool and handball courts will be opened as usual for activit- ies. This work should be completed in a weeks time after which reg ular activities will be resumed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04
BASEBALL HoTBED

Spokane's club in the Western In. tcrnational League drew i3e.Oo0 spectators to its first fofty.nine games. This Is about 30O00 more than the towns population.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04
MINIATURE WARFARE

The annual National Rifle and Pistol matches attract more than 4,000 competitors and about half of them participants in one event alone-the Presidents match.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04
TEMPTED BY SKIING

Fuss McLaughry, Brown Univer- sity football coach, has a younger son, Bob, who has entered Dart mouth University because he is keen on skiing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04
AMBIDEXTROUS A

New York. = Ed Head, pitcher brought up by the Dodgers from FL mira, started out as a southpaw, broke his arm, and switched to his right hand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04
RACE TRACK EXPERT

The new Long Island harness horse racing track was built by s4. year-old Joe Coates, who was re- sponsible for the two famous courses at Goshen, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04
RECORD GAME FISH

The worlds record for the larg- est game fish ever caught is cred tied to the late Capt. L. D. Mitchell who landed 976-pound black mar lin in New Zealand waters in 1926.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04
TELLER MAY BE THIRD

New York,-Only two pitchers ever won the American Leagues $ most valuable player award-Walter Johnson in 1924 and Lefty Grove in 1881.