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Evening star., 1941-06-09
Airport Jurisdiction

FOl ludIly QCCducS Iilc lOCdGlUIl vi
the District of Columbia Virginia
boundary line in the Reaches Run
AlexanderS Island area has been in
dispute. Except for occasional prob
lens of police Jurisdiction in the
"no-man's land" along the Virginia
shore, however, the lack of legal es-
tablishment of the line did not occa-
sion any particular difficulties prior
to the advent of scheduled air
transportation. But old Washington
Airport and the new Washington
National Airport, scheduled to be
opened for full airline service at
Gravelly Point on June 16, both
are located astride the questioned
boundary line.
So many serious difficulties have
been created by the operation. of
Washington Airport during the past
ten years that several efforts have
been made to adjust the differences,
all of them so far fruitless. In con-
nection with a dispute over police
jurisdiction in the airport area a
decade ago, the District corporation
counsel ruled that the airport was
within the District of Columbia for
police purposes. Virginia, however,
claimed the airport for taxation
purposes and has collected gaso-
line, real estate and other taxes
from the airport throughout the
period of its existence, without
protest from the District. Some
years later, Congress appointed
commission to examine the
facts in this long and involved
controversy The commission rem
dered report In which it placed
Washington Airport within the Dis
trict of Columbia. Congress failed
to approve the report and it has been
of no effect. The Justice Depart
ment and the courts from time to
time have taken judicial notice of
the dispute, but without effecting any
settlement.
Building of the new airport, how
ever, has raised fresh problems which
call for final settlement of the old
question. Problems of policing, IL
censing and taxation of conces-
sionaires, sale of alcoholic beverages
and other matters are at issue. The
Civil Aeronautics Authority, charged
with responsibility for operation of
the new airport, appealed to the
District government for some posi-
tive step toward a final solution. In
response, Corporation Counsel Rich
mond B. Keech has ruled that the air.
port is within the jurisdiction of the
District of Columbia and the Com
miSsioners have approved his opin-
ion. The ruling would permit the
District to license and tax cohces-
sions operated at the airport and to
commission airport guards as spe-
cial police.
Obviously, since the decision af-
fects land which Virginia has held to
be part of the Commonwealth, Mr..
Keech's decision cannot be consid-
cred final or binding upon Virginia
unless and until it is approved by the
State government. That many
phases of the ruling have been ap-
proved by subordinate Virginia Off
cials is admitted and there is hope
that the entire matter may be settled
without resort to litigation. In any
event, the Keech ruling is a realistic
and commendable approach to solu-
ton of a tiresome and difficult prob
lem which the Federal and local
authorities for many years have
failed to solve.
Evening star., 1941-06-09
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. HdSktr.

A reader can get the nrstDer to any
question OF fact by tGrtttng The EUe-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hdskin, director, Washington.
D. C. Please irclose stamp for reply.
@. What is the largest industry In tn
worldly. v. M
A. The United States Post once 4,
said to be the largest industry In tn
world.
@. How many words are there In tn
Constitution, the Declaration Of Inde
pendence and the Gettysburg Address
H. T. P.
A. There are 4,543 words in the Con
stitution, including the signatures. tn
amendments have 2,2l4 words. Tn
Declaration of Independence, includin
signatures, has l 1,458 words. The Gettys
burg Address consists Of 268 words.
@. Do fig trees have blossoms?-c
N. H.
A. Yes. The commercial fig is not
fruit in the strict botanical sense bu
rather a hollow fleshy receptacle with
which tiny flowers grow and ripen. form
ing the true fruits which we commonl
call seeds. AT the top of the fig is a.
opening through which passes the insec
that pollinates the minute flowers.
O. Who invented the safety razor?-
J. N.
A. The first type of razor known as
safety razor was manufactured by Kin
idea of razor equipped with fexibl
and movable blade The original Gil
lette Co. was incorporated Septembe
%, 1901.
Evening star., 1941-06-09

1t looks as though good many
thousand citizens were going to find
out that, their opinion to the con-
trary, there is positively no provision
in either the Constitution or the Bill
of Rights to the effect that the right
to strike when ones country is in
danger shall be neither denied nor
infringed.
Evening star., 1941-06-09
Urges Preparation
For Peace and Justice,

TO the Editor OF The Star:
1t will be we'll for us in this country
to formulate plans to be put into effect
at the conclusion of the present war in
Europe, and the sooner these plans are
adopted the better it will be.
This war could not have occurred if
social justice had been the rule instead
of the exception during the time that
has passed. Just as the best laws are
the simplest, so 1t will be found that re-
covery from the" devastation of warfare
will be accomplished most effectively by
strict adherence to the democratic prin-
ciple, equal rights for all and special
privileges for none"
Specifically no time whatever should
be lost in establishing free trade with all
the world. 1t is stated upon good au-
thority that the average man power
today has been increased to five horse
power by the development of labor
saving machinery and motive power.
This means that there is not a particle
of danger from foreign competition.
Then we must see to it that Congress
puts an end to the outrageous subsidies
paid to farmers and the legislative favors
provided to union labor by such laws as
the Wagner Act. After those changes
have been accomplished, taxation must
be shifted away from capital and labor
and concentrated instead upon the nat
ural source of public revenue ground
rent. There is every reason to believe
that recovery from the disaster of war
will be surprisingly rapid if these steps
are taken. HENRY WARE ALLEN.
Evening star., 1941-06-09

Certain plants, like the Devils
Paint Brush" which are cherished
garden flowers in Europe, are nothing
but pestiferous weeds over here. The
same comparison may be made Of
certain ideas and ideals.
Evening star., 1941-06-09
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Uriter, although the use OF
q pSeudonyn for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the riQht to edit all letters Nth
q Uiep to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-06-09
Household Budget Book i

Household Budget Book - This
publication will simplify the task
of meeting rising costs by planned
thrift. Contains expert guidance
on the division of income for rent,
food, clothing, savings - model
budgets for every income group.
Because of our social and economic
conditions proper balance of in
come and outgo is more important
than ever before. To secure your
copy of this practical booklet in
close 10 cents in coin, wrapped in
this clipping. and mail to The Star
Information Bureau.
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Evening star., 1941-06-09

c. Hoy many Presidents have serve
two terms?-H E. H.
A. Eight Presidents Of the Unite
States have served two full terms
Washington, jefferson, Madison. Nor
roe, Andrew Jackson, Grant Wilsoi
Franklin D. Roosevelt Cleveland ais
served two full terms but these were nj
successive.
@. How many automobile manufac
turers have gone out of business sine
1915?-H. R.
A. approximately 300 car manufst
turers have suspended business since tn;
date.
@. Who was Blind Tom?-L. G. K.
A. Blind Tom, who was Thorn;
Greene Bethune. was born blind. and
slave near Columbia, Ga, in May, 1874
He died in 1908. At 2 years OF age h
could unerringly recognize tunes, playe
the piano at years, and at an exceed
ingly early age could initiate winds, raj
and birds. as we'll as classical music. H
gave his first concert when 18 years olt
toured Europe and both North and Sout
America. 1t is said that he could pla
any selection after hearing 1t once.
@. How long was Queen Victoria
the throne?-G. S.
A. Queen Victoria ruled for So year
@ Was John Rutledge ever Chic
Justice of the Supreme Court?-L E. {
A. John Rutledge was associate justic
of the United States Supreme Court
1789-1791. However, he never attendet
a session of the court although he servet
on the circuit. He was nominated Chic
Justice in 1895 and presided during tn
August term. but the Senate refused t.
confirm the nomination.
O. Who wrote The Congo"?-J. S. z
A. The poem is by the late Vache
Lindsay.
@. Have any of the Quaker rneetin,
houses in London been damaged by tn,
Nazis?-R L. C.
A. Four of the 40-odd Quaker meetins
houses in London have been completely
destroyed and others damaged. The old
est, called The Peel" where the Friend.
have worked for two and half centuries
was the first to disappear. 1t was fol-
lowed by the Westminster Meeting
House, where John Bright worshiped.
@. What rhymes we're used to illustrate
A and z in the old New England Primer
d. J.
A. The rhymed and illustrated alpha
bet began with In Adams fall we sinned
ALL and ended with "Zaccheus he die
climb the tree his Lord to see"
@. Where is the Isle of Dogs?-J. r. K
A. This is peninsula of London ex-
tending into the Thames opposite Green
wich. 1t contains large shipbuildins
yards and docks. The name is derived
from the fact that the kings hounds
formerly were kept there.
Evening star., 1941-06-09

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to it not otherwise credited this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights of publication of special dispatches
herein also are reserved.
Evening star., 1941-06-09
Blames Devils"

Blames Devils"
For War.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Are only the leaders of nations re-
sponsible for war. or is there some other
force behind them?
Hardly any one or any nation delights
In armed conflict with all its accom-
panying misery. Many worthy and no
BILE attempts to secure peace for the
world have been made. But In spite of
Evening star., 1941-06-09

O. How many automobile manufac
turers have gone out of business sine
1915?-H R.
A Approximately 300 car manufse
turers have suspended business since tn;
date.
Evening star., 1941-06-09

@. Who wrote The Congo"?-J. S..
A. The poem is by the late .Vache
LindSav
Evening star., 1941-06-09
Member Of the Associated Press.

Entered as second-class matter post office.
WASHINGTON, d. c,
Evening star., 1941-06-09

@. How many words are there In tn
Constitution, the Declaration Of Inde
pendence and the Gettysburg Address
H. T. P.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-14
BENCHW WARMING
by Burdette Kinne
-Post-Press Sports Editor

mended the purchase of Monte d.
Nc has had phenomenal success
with older pitchers Ray Kramer
and Lee Meadows at Pittsburgh.
Danny MacFayden and Lou Fette
in Boston, Jim Turner in Boston
and Cincinnati and Paul Derringer.
Derringer was supposed TO be
washed up when Nc took command
of the RedlegS in 1898 Bill, it
seems. doesn't need SpectacleS to
see the best in-and get il out OF
aging pitchers whom other man
ayers suspect have gone to the well
too often =.
Benny Mccoy, the s45,o0o infield-
er who went to the Athletics
year ago, will probably be no better
than utility infielder for the Macks
this season Mccoy will give
way at second TO Crash Davis, Duke
university sensation
The sports writers IN the east are
Raging Joe DiMaggio considerably
over his most recent holdout case
They point to the saga OF Hugh
Mulcahy, Philly pitcher and one OF
the finest hurlers in the majors.
who was drafted to a S2l per month
army job. Mulcahy didn't squawk
a bit and the writer's are ask
ing. What does DiMag want? All
the breaks and all the money?
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-14
L. A. PRODUCE
.Os ANGELES, March II up

LOS ANG ELES, March Il fUPJ }
Trading continued rather slow.
Asparagus; colossal 13c ex fey
11-l2c. Fey $40; choice Sc crooks
Sc. san Luis Obispo 9-11c. crooks
7c. Imperial ex select 1oc., eX fey
SC.
Bunched vegetables: per crate,
beets 4O-6Oc. Carrots 75-90c. I'm
perial SIS 1.75-2 4s ] so.
Cabbage: cannonball SOL; jumbo
3O-4Oc. Imperial 1.10-I25; red 10
l.50; savoy 30-40c.
CucumDers: Imperial flats doz
2-225; No. 2s 1.25; hothousc san
Diego flats doz eX fey 3.-3-25; To-
cal flats doz 2.25-2.5O; Engleh
dozen 1.50-1.65.
Lettuce: Imperial ; doz 1915
s dozen S5-1; san Diego 4-5 dozen
1.-125
Peas: Imperial bush 6iz-7e. bu
tubs $50; San Diego bush 7-8c.
Squash: white summer Imperial
crates l.15-135; Imperial flats 1.15-
1.25; Italian imperial crates 1.-1.1J
San Diego lugs 65-75c; yellow
crookneck Imperial crates 2.-2.25;
bananas &c III.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-14
Weuthermon i'm Bed Grace
AS Sports Card Delayed

The Weatherman was III
bad standing with the Impe-
rial Valley sports world Fri
day because the seasons most
persistent rain storm post
poned these activities:
A league championship tennis
match between El Centro and Cal
eXico high schools scheduled for
Saturday morning
CaleXicos annual Imperial VAL
ley doubles championships.
Brawley's city doubles champion
ships.
Spring training and scheduled
doubleheader with Pittsburgh Pr
ates in San Diego for the Padre
regulars.
Practice sessions of five valley
high school track teams.
Practice sessions of three valley
high school baseball teams.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-14
Today's Sport Parade

fuse to start the job of rebuilding
the Yankees with a first baseman
who could hit only .24O, and who
despite his reputation as a miracu-
lous fielder, had muffed two trys
when the blueSt of the blue chips
were down.
But how are you going to get
around this angle? The Yankees
cor Mccarthy sent q contract to
Dahlgren during the winter 1t was
a contract for l941 and called for
exactly the same amount of money
that Babe got in 1910, which means
it was for the delightful sum OF ten
or eleven thousand dollars.
My argument is that if Dahlgren
had signed it (and he must be
kicking himself every hour, on the
hour, for not doing just thaD he
would be on first base for the Yam
KEGS right now. This is not to say
that Mccarthy might not have tried
Gordon at first, even with Dahlgren
in camp. He probably would have,
because the Yankee boss was dead
set against starting a drive for
pennant with a .240 hitter in that
slot. But l don't think that Nc
Carthy as rugged as he is, would
have had the-welI, you know the
homely word-to keep Dahlgren idle
while Gordon made the mistakes he
was bound to make as a novice at
first base,
The spectre of Dahlgren would
have been too much, even for Nc
Carthy. After all he undoubtedly
would have argued with himself,
Dahlgren was good enough to earn
the praise of every critic in the
league, and he was good enough
to step in and fill Gehrigs shoes
on a worlds championship team,
50 I suppose I had better string
along with him another year.
Moreover, by holding out, Dahl
gren gave Mccarthy time to get
a good look at Priddy and Rizzuto.
Mccarthy had heard the Kansas
City twins were of major league
calibre, and capable of taking the
places OF Gordon and Crosetti, but
he couldn't be sure until he saw
them with his own eyes. BY holding
out, Dahlgren gave Mccarthy ten
days to look at the youngsters at
short and second and Gordon at
first. And ten days were enough
to convince Joe that, Dahlgren or
no Dahlgren, he had pretty good
major league infield.
What do you think? More i'm
portant, what does Mccarthy think
about my theories I'll make a point
of asking him when l get to Saint
Petersburg next week.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-14
By HENRY McLEMORE

CLEARWATER. Fla, March Il
UP)-If the switch Of Joe Gordon
from second base TO first proves a
success, and the Yankees win the
1941 American league race. to whom
shall we give the credit?
To Gordon? Well, possibly. Even
if you are one of the great second
basemen OF all time, it is no mean
trick to adjust yourself to a new
and difficult position within the
space of few weeks.
To Joe Mccarthy, manager of the
Yankees? Yes and no. There is no
denying that he is the man who
conceived the switch and ordered
it. He had TO overcome a bit of
opposition from the front office,
too. Brother Ed Barrow. head man
of the Yanks, didn't like the idea
at first. Being a strictly logical man
he couldn't quite see the sense in
gambling one of the all-time second
basemen at first.
To Babe Dahlgren? That's the
fellow I will have TO cast my vote
for if Gordon makes a go of it.
Let me explain, and perhaps you
II feel the same way that I do
about it. 1t is all right to say that
Mccarthy made up his mind about
Dahlgren when he (Dahlgren) made
errors that cost the Yankees two
games in their crucial series with
Cleveland and Detroit in the dying
part of the American league race
last year. The general belief is that
Mccarthy said right then and there
(to himself, of course) that Dahl
gren was through at first base; that
come another year and he would re-
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-14
MARKET QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, March Il (UP)-
Strength in utility preferred stocks
featured a firm, quiet stock mar
ket today.
Relatively large trading was not
ed in L. s steel, climax MOlyb-
Denum, which MADE new high,
Continental Baking A, also new
top. Western Union, up a point,
New york Shipbuilding, up nearly
a point. and American Machine and
Metals. at new high.
Dow Jones closing stock aver
ages. Industrial 12275. up .19; Rail
2s.02. up 10: Utility 1852, up .16;
and 65 stocks 41.66 up II.
Stocks sales approximated 100000
hare against $40, 900 yesterday.
curb stock sales were $4,000 shares
against 81 600 in the previous ses-
sion.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-14
BOWLING
RESULTS

Troy's women bowlers didn't like
the arrangement of the girls league
standings at the El Centro bowling
alley Thursday night - so they
changed it.
The drink stand gals walloped
the Beauty Shop specialists, former
loop leaders, 80, in match play
Thursday night as Doris Robertson
and Virginia Morales led the way
with 305 and 303 series.
In the other girls league engage
nent the Ardenettes defeated the
Bowling Palace team, 80. Ruth
Gibbons had high score, a 336 SER
les.
In the valley league play Kraft
defeated the 18th Cavalry, 40 as
Herb Brown had 2l6-l75-214 for
a COS series. Owl Billiard defeated
the Builder Uppers, 81 as Roth
twirled a 557 series and Bradshaw
walloped the Imperial Hardware
81. Viv Womack topped the Brad
shaw tossers with a 532 series.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-14
S. D., Sonto Barbara
cooers Reach Semi-FindIS

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Mar;
IA. (UP)-San Diego and
Santa Barbara State, OF Cal
ifornia; Murray (Ky) State.
and West Texas State, OF
Canyon. fight it out tonight to
determine the finalists in the fl1th
national intercollegiate basketball
tournament.
Santa Barbara and Murray were
matched in the semi-finals tonight.
San Diego plays West Texas.
OF the four teams, West Texas
looked most impressive last night.
The Texans were amazingly agile
for their height-the starting line
up averaged 6 feet, ) inches-and
whipped a good little team, Delta
State of Cleveland, Miss, 81 to "a.
Price Brookfield Of West Texas,
leading scorer of the tournament,
brought his total to 60, with seven
goals and two free throws.
Santa Barbara, the close guarding
specialists, beat Appalachian State,
Tom Guerrero, Santa Barbara for
ward, was the standout, scoring 13
points, and rarely giving Appalach-
ian an opening.
Murray made an early lead over
Maryville CMoD Teachers stand up,
and Won 46 to 43. Murray was ahead
30 to Is, at the half, but Maryville
tied the score few minutes be-
fore the game ended. Durward Culp,
Murray forward, slipped in two
quick goals to clinch the victory.
San Diego had more to spare than
usual, in beating Texas Wesleyan
AZ to 40. The Californians we're
ahead nearly all of the second half
and pulled away without difficulty
when Wesleyan came within two
points of them, with three minutes
to play. Milton Phelps scored San
Diego's final goal in the last 80
seconds of the game.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-14
Rdined Ont

hUiIfCu OHt
This could be entitled, "the rains
came. because unless the weather
man relents in a hurry a lot Of
sporting events tnat were TO have
been, won't.
It's a dead certainty that the
scheduled series between the San
Diego State college and San Diego
Padre rockies will not be played
on this Saturday and Sunday be-
cause the stadium diamond resem-
bles a full-sized lake.
There is a possibility that the
scheduled series between the San
Diego regulars and the Pittsburgh
Pirates will also be called off be-
cause of more than two inches OF
rain fell in San Diego Thursday.
The tennis match between El
Centre and CaleXico for the valley
championship will probably be post
poned thereby giving Coach Bill
Maxwell OF El Centro and Lynn
johnson of Calexico another full
week to worry about their starting
lineups
In the event the weather clears,
however, the tennis match will be
played because the El Centro courts
can be swept and dried in half a
day. The same holds true for the
Calexico doubles championships set
for Saturday.
The school athletic programs were
interrupted at least until Monday
as baseball and track teams were
content to stay out of school and
do their conditioning at home.
The inclement weather failed to
slow the activity of the citys mar
BILE shooters, however, for group
of youngsters were seen playing
chase" through puadles Of water,
mud and across bicycle crowded
sidewalks.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-14
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eral manager; Z. A. Fitzhugh,
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-14

uled series between the Pittsburgh
Pirates and the San Diego regulars
in San Diego on Saturday and Sun
day.
The Padres, for the second straight
day, we're destined TO limit work.
outs to strollS, a bowling match be-
tween the Padre all-stars and the
Ell Centro all-stars Friday night
and possibly round of golf at the
Barbara Worth country club.
The Padre bowling team of Hal
Patchett, Yank Terry, Swede Jen-
sen, Mickey Haslin and George De-
tore will oppose an Ell Centre team
of George Fleming, Son Manson,
Bunk Bradshaw, M. McCorkle, Herb
Brown.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-14
Wood, Strafaci
Lead TourneV

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Mar. IA
1OP)-Craig Wood, Mamaroneck,
N. j., pro, and F. Strafaci, Great
Neck, N. Y, led the way into the
second round Of the seventh an
nual national professional
best ball golf championship today.
Wood and Strafaci defe a e d
Clyde Usina, West Palm Beach pro.
and Smiley Quick, Lakeside, Calf.
3 and 2 in yesterdays first round
play. Wood and Strafaci both bet
tered par.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-14
Stanford, !, WIS.,. E..
Clash for Title

PULLMAN, Wash, Mar IA CUP)
- Washington State college and
Stanford University were scheduled
to meet here in the first of a
three-game series to decide the
basketball championship of the Pa
cific coast conference.
The Cougars, playing on their
home court and boasting a rangier
and more rugged squad, were Slight
favorites over the Indians. Wash
ington State won 13 conference
games, lost only three-all to Ore
gon State. Stanford won 10 Of its
IL conference starts.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-03-14
Another Day Of Training Lostto
Padres as Rains Soak E. {. Stadium
- BULLETIN =

regulars will
burst
enough permit play Saturday II no
rain will play
Practice scheduled Friday afternoon
n E. C
training lost to the San Diego Padres
fish ard mud turtles
another rainfall
between
college possibly sched