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Evening star., 1941-08-10
NEWS FROM DOGDOM
Comments on a Variety of Subjects of Interest
To Washington Pet Owners
By X. X. Taynfon.

spend a large share of his time
lolling in the room of his masters
mother, who made a great pet Of
him. TIE mother died suddenly last
May, and from that day to this no
one has been able 10 induce Smokey
to enter the room in which he used
to spend so much time. More than
that, he will not even go near that
end of the hall. His avoidance of
the place is so obvious that II has
become the subject of much COM
ment and conjecture.
Last weeks dog show at Lake Mo-
hawk, N. j., was notable for several
reasons, one of which is that 1t
came so close to being the ideal re-
sort show. But the thing that prob
ably caused as much amusement as
anything that happened there was
the judging Of the hound group.
To begin with, 1t was an unusually
strong, well-balanced group, which
soon caught and held the attention
of the cogniscenti. Soon, however,
the attention Of the railbirds was
distracted from the dogs and held
by the two woman exhibitors in
the group. The handler of the
Afghan hound was Mrs. Lauer J.
Froelich, who looks like little girl
TO begin with and was dressed in a
brightly printed pinafore type
dress TO heighten the effect. When
/ the Judge asked her to gait her
dog she electrified the bystanders
by kicking of her high-heeled slip
/ pers and took the length of the field,
gayly, barefoot
Then came Anna Marie Paterno's
| turn to show of her well-knoWn
salukis PAGES. Anna Marie Palermo
is one OF the most conspicuous peo-
| pie in the show game, because Of
her beautiful and varied clothes,
because OF her unsurpassed and
exotic dogs and because OF her un-
conscious posturing and colorful
personality. Not TO be outdone by
Mrs. Froelich, as she started down
the field with her dog by her side,
she snatched off her large straw
hat and came dancing toward the
Judge with the saluki on one hand
and the hat on the other.
For some reason, in spite Of the
heat, most of the men handlers at
this affair were very formal and
wore Jackets as we'll as hats through
all the days judging The betting
around the ringside was very en-
thusiastic as to which one would
continue the game started by the
ladies in the group.
The 18th annual convention of
the American Veterinary Medical
Association will be held in Indi-
annapolis tomorrow through Friday.
The chief subject under considera-
ton will be the participation of vet
erinarianS in national defense. 1t
is recognized that their part in
maintaining the health OF the coun-
trys domestic animals is of the ut
most Importance. Should some epi-
demic strike the Nations horses,
COWS, swine, sheep and other live
stock the gravest situation might
arise in the maintenance of food
supplies.
The Bureau of Animal Industry
is putting on an exhibit Of vet
erinary activities carried on by the
Government which will be one of
the largest and most interesting ed
ucational displays ever included In
J an A. v. M. A. convention.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
In Local Bridge Circles
By Frank B. Lord .

which brought a double from Mrs.
Rutherford. The opening lead was
the spade queen. and two rounds
in that suit were won the De-
clarer in dummy. A small spade was
led and trumped by Declarer with
the seven, North discarding a club.
The queen of diamonds was led and
North and South won two tricks.
Mrs. Rutherford returned the jack
of spades which Declarer trumped,
then played a club which East
trumped and Declarer then trumped
a third diamond and ruffed another
club in dummy. Dummys last spade
was led and ruffed with Declarer's
last trump leaving South in for an
end play. A club was led and
trumped with the Ave in dummy and
Mrs. Rutherford, down TO three
cards, all trumps, could do nothing
but win the trick and return a trump
into the ace and queen in dummy.
Analysis said that Mrs. Rutherford's
double was warranted, and that abe
would have defeated the contract
il her partner had held an opening
bid Of two and half tricks, as he
had indicated. Lacking that, how
ever, and in view of the fact that
East was void in clubs. in which
suit she had anticipated at least
one trick, Declarer was enabled to
make his double contract.
A special feature in connection
with the tournament has been the
activities in connection with the
bridge for ambulance" campaign
for the benefit of the British-Amer-
ican Ambulance Corps. The famous
"kibitzer" gallery which has been
delight to onlookers in the past two
tournaments was made to aid the
cause. Above it large poster was
placed to raise funds with its appeal.
Close to it was an actual bomb from
which the T N T had been removed
and in place of the detonator was q
slot in which contributions were de-
posted. Attached TO it was a draw
ing by McClelland Barclay soliciting
aid. Before the kibitzers were per-
mitted to take their places and look
at the play of the experts, Capt.
Irving K. Wolfe delivered to each
group a short talk, with the result
that a stable fund was realized.
Capt. Wolfe also conducted sale
of pins and other tokens featuring
the insignia of the Ambulance Corps
and the proceeds also went for the
same relief.
In response to request from Gen.
Charles de Gaulle In behalf OF his
Free French forces, the league do
mated to the Ambulance Corps this
720 decks Of cards used at the tour
nament.
The Agriculture Bridge Club viii
hold no meetings in August. but VIII
resume its activities on September
10. The game on that evening will
be preceded by the annual business
meeting of tthe club and will be the
first match in the series for the cup
donated by DR.. @. c. Mcdonnell.
In view of the fact that the
Grafton Hotel. where the club has
heretofore held its sessions, has been
taken over by the British Purchas-
ing Mission, 1t Is necessary for the
club to obtain other quarters. It's
new location has not yet been deter
mined. At the recent meeting OF
the club the winners were Mrs. T.
M. Boyle and DR.. c. c. Mcdonnell.
first; Dr.. and Mrs. J. B. Gregg Gus.
tis, second, and Mrs. ShaNot Woes
cester and Rush Buckley, third.
Evening star., 1941-08-10

in the infantry, travel from Cali
fornia to Hawaii, New York TO
China, and shunting back and forth
between some 10 Army stations
within the territorial borders of the
48 States-was duty and fun. Fun
blended with trials and tribulations
that weathered the gales OF nature
and the vicissitudes Of fortune to
send him up the ladder of success
until the insignia Of colonel
decked the khaki that he wore with
the pride of a true West Pointer.
Born at Sioux City, Iowa, August
"a, 1885, George Hicks attended the
grade schools of his birthplace and
upon graduation from high school
he entered Lake Forest University,
later enrolled at Iowa State A. and
M. College and, before college grad
uation rolled around, he had trans
ferred to the United States Military
Academy, obtaining a B. Sc. degree
and his commission in the class
of 1911.
If you queried the colonel now
as TO any honors won he would
smile and say, Nothing special" :"
But Kappa Sigma claimed him and
his Army travel jaunts have added
to his ability to speak both French
and Spanish with facility. Perhaps,
when you asked him about his hob
bies, he would give you one Of his
disarming grins and name his wife
and their three children. Maybe
he would add in leisurely tones that
he also liked baseball horseracing,
model building-and chess!
1t was through chess that we first
met Col. Hicks. You know how it
happens. Some one starts a contest
and before you realize 1t you have
met a hundred Americans. all
equally eager to best the other fellow
at his own game Col. Hicks entered
the Guess the Chess Opening Con-
test" conducted by The Washington
Star, and against a field Of scholarly
game annotators and opening ex-
perts he excelled. He almost made
perfect score, naming the chess
openings faultlessly and placing
them accurately in their divisions
and classifications as TO family, sub
family, etc. He did such q good
job that he easily emerged victor
In the contest. So, first prize-a set
of chessrnen or q special medals
his reward for winning the first
chem contest in which he ever has
participated since he learned the
simple rules as boy around the
family hearth.
Col. Hicks is a modest chess en-
thusiast and today. as a retired ON
Ger, he has the time in which TO in
dulse himself in sports and hobbies.
Possibly that is why he competed
in The Stars tourney. His interest
in the game has extended to cor
respondence play and at present he
is enjoying q mail-order game with
Boston player. besides vying
against q strong field in the problem
tournament OF Chess Review Maya
zine Of New York,
His favorite problem is the fol-
lowing selection from British Chess
Magazine of February, 1910, a COM
position Of z. Zepler.
Chess Problem No. 357.
BY T. zEpLER, British Chess MaEazine,
1910
BLACKS MEN.
Evening star., 1941-08-10

Dog show notices are beginning
to come in by the bale. In spite
Of defense activities, lack OF silk
stockings and general frenzy in the
world at large, the dog show goes on.
A new fixture was launched yester-
day at Ocean City, N. J. Joe OHare,
for many years president OF the
National Capital Club and prime
mover in dog affairs in the Dis
trict, is president and chairman OF
the Bench Committee Of the new
organization, and George Foley Is
said to be backing 1t.
Up in birmingham, Mass, there
is another crowd more or less new
to show-giving-this is its second
venture, but 1t is experienced In
going to other peoples shows and
has original ideas. In its initial
publicity for this years event. sched-
uled for August "a, the group in
closed a whole sheet Of pictures
taken at last years show. Each
picture-and there are l8 of them
shows a different view or group of
dogs. Each is full of action or
features the natural beauty Of the
setting. The Chinese say one pic
ture is worth 1000 words. Think
what lot of typesetting was saved
by this layout! The second step in
show promotion also included page
of pictures and a letter personally
addressed to the exhibitor and
signed by the chairman Of a COM
mittee representing one of the six
dog groups. This personal touch Is
bound to get results in both entries
and trophies as we'll as favorable
reaction even from those exhibitors
who are unable to make the show
this year, but will file away a reso-
luton to try to get it IN next year.
Perhaps the biggest dog show news
is the release of the full judges slate
for the 1912 Westminster show. AS
previously ANNOUNCED, it is an all
amateur list. Herman Mellenthln
owner of Oh. My Own Brucie, best
in show winner the last two years
at the Garden, is scheduled to DC
best in show. The groups will be
Judged by Dr.. Samuel Milbank, Mrs
Sherman Hoyt, George N. Owen
Mrs. Jean Flagler Mathews, Miss
Jean Hinkle and John G. Bates, lr
that order. AS for the breed judges
the general impression is that, ir
most cases, a determined effort wal
made to pick judges who wouldn't os
giving the Garden show big entry
ANYHOW, and so their entries Woulc
not be missed too much.
Peggy Coyle, y, deserves con-
gratulations on the splendid way
in which she handled her cocker
spaniel, Inkabod, to his c. D. degree
recently. But Inky is not the first
Companion Dog cocker in the Dis
trict, Three OF these smart little
dogs preceded him to the title. They
are Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Persons
Nietsche, which finished for the c. D
at Elkins Park this past spring, and
Margaret Kubel's Tawney and Slip
per, both Of which qualified on the
same day al the Baltimore County
show, according to Harvey Brown,
president OF the Capital Dog Train
ing Club.
A subject that recurs frequently
wherever pet owners gather Is that
Of the mysterious intuition pos
sessed by some dogs. A recent we'll
vouched-for story concerns a mon
grel called Smokey. He used TO
Evening star., 1941-08-10

Philately" program. Station WINK.
c. NJ Inglee master of ceremonies.
Maurice S. Petty, airrail authority,
principal speaker.
Tuesday evening at 8-Collectors
Club OF Washington; Thomson
School, Twelfth and L streets NV.
General meeting, exhibition, bourse.
Wednesday evening at 8-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society, Hotel
Grafton, 1889 Connecticut avenue
NV. DR.. Emil Ferdinand, phila-
telic librarian, Library of Congress,
special speaker.
Evening star., 1941-08-10

service fraught
with a thousand
different expert
ences with back
ground setting
any Of Uncle
Sans far-hung
outposts for de-
fense of these
United States
and the -four
freedoms.
But to Col.
George r. Hicks,
332 M a 8 n o liza
avenue, Fred
erick, Md, SO
1yaovS ~ gArUirA
Evening star., 1941-08-10
5CHESSY
The Game and Its
Players
By Paul J. Miller.

To some Of the rockies at Fort
Meade who are determined to keep
'em flying" and the caissons rollin'
along 50 years in the Army is a
long, long time. Yes, an eternity Of
Evening star., 1941-08-10

As this Is written, it is not posi-
BILE TO measure the degree of sue
cess or failure met by the Washing
ton delegation which this week has
been In attendance at the l4th
annual midsummer tournament of
the American Contract Bridge
League in Asbury Park. More local
players are participating in the
events there than ever before and
as is to be expected, their friends
who have remained at home have
been much interested in the out
come.
An indication that they have been
giving a good account Of themselves
was given in the first session OF the
mixed team-of -four championship
when the Washington foursome
composed Of s. G.. Churchill, Mrs.
Frederic Eberson, Miss Mabel Tobin
and Cecil Head took fourth place
with 20 boards, only one-half a
board behind the three leading
teams who were tied with 221a boards
each. The Washington team, how
ever, shared fourth place with Morrie
Ellis, Mrs. Estella Drescher, Myron
Fuchs and Miss Ruth Sherman, all
New York experts. In the finals they
lost, but so did the three leaders,
and the championship went to a
team which had been tied for
seventh place in the opening session.
The winning team comprised Charles
Goren of Philadelphia, Mrs. A. M.
Sobel and Sidney Silidor Of New
York, and Mrs. Sue Young Of Phila-
delphia. The two women are life
masters, and the team won by taking
261a out of 36 for total Of 46 boards
in the two sessions. This was a
board and a half ahead of the two
teams which were tied for second
place. These were New York teams,
Charles Sanders, Mrs. Olga Ross, DR..
r. H. Ecker and Miss Wynne Cross
composing one, and Oswald Jacoby,
Mrs. Stuyvesant Wainwright, jr.,
Sherman Stearns and Mrs. w. A.
Tucker the other. Their score was
As boards. Last years winners fin
ished sixth. They were Waldemar
Won Zedtwitz, Miss Marie Block of
New York, Henry Chanin of Atlanta
and Mrs. Olive Peterson of Phila-
delphia.
Thirty-seven teams contested in
the match, the largest number ever
to enter it.
The following deal was one that
attracted the interest of local
players for the reason that four
hearts contract made on q forced
bid was doubled by Mrs. Allan Ruth
erford of Baltimore, who enjoys
much personal popularity in Wash
ington and is also greatly admired
for her skill at the game. Mrs.
Rutherford, however, was unfortu-
nate and lost her double. The deal:
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-02-07
SMOKING CAUSE OF
FATAL Mine BLAST

Washington, d. C. (ILNS).-An in
vestigation by the Bureau of Mines
into the disaster December IL at the
No. a mine of the Raleigh Coal & Coke
Company, Raleigh (near Beckley),
West Virginia, which killed nine men,
disclosed that the explosion was due
to an ignition of gas by smoking, Sec
retary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes
announced.
The Investigators reported that at
the time of the explosion an engineer
employed by the company was making
a survey underground and had sta
toned himself at the point where 1T is
now thought the explosion started.
"Burned matches were found near the
transit" the report states, "and it is
probable that the engineer attempted
to smoke and ignited the gas" The
report further stated that smoking is
general practice at this mine, and
probably every man In the mine at
the time carried matches, a practice
which Is severely condemned by the
Buerau Of Mines.
Although the Raleigh mine is classed
as non-gassy, the Bureau of Mines in
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-02-07
FOOD STAMPS FOR
GREATER N. YORK

Washington, d. c. Secretary of
Agriculture Claude R. Wickard an
nounced that the federal food stamp
plan, which has been operating since
last September among home relief
families in Brooklyn, N. Y, will be
extended to all classes of relief re-
cipients in all boroughs of Greater
New York in the near future.
Under the city-wide program, about
100000 persons in 225,000 relief and
WPA households will be eligible to
participate and the increase in retail
trade is expected to total about S18,-
100000 year.
The expansion of the stamp system
of distributing surplus foodstuffs in
New York was accompanied by other
indications of the Agricultural De-
partment's determination to promote
national defense by seeing to it that
persons at the bottom of the economic
ladder were adequately fed by extend
ing the stamp system to many other
areas.
Banking interests and represent
atives of the $4,000 retail grocers in
New York City have already indicated
their intention of cooperating with
the government in the stamp program,
according to officials of the Surplus
Marketing Administration. In Brook
lyn $4,000 of the $4,000 neighborhood
food stores are accepting orange and
blue stamps and the banks are cashing
the stamps for storekeepers without
charge.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-02-07

vestigators revealed that they had
found explosive mixtures of gas at
two places underground. The report
also shows that coal dust entered to
some extent in the explosion.
The report commends the mine man.
agement for its past good accident rec
ord, it's use of permissible electric cap
lamps and protective clothing, and its
plans for adequate rock dusting, but
condemns other practices, among
which are: the maintenance of the
main haulage way on return air, the
partial use of black blasting powder
which has been shown to be dangerous,
the lack of a telephone communication
system between the inside of the mines
and the surface, and the failure to as
sure itself that matches and other
smokers articles are not taken under
ground.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-02-07
A. F. Of L. Policy on National
Defense Explained to Millions
in Nationwide Chs Hook-up
Principal Participant in Broadcast is William Green, Head
of FederatOn-GeOrge MastersOn and Joseph S. Nc
Donagh on Program Strike" Policy Adopted

at is guaranteed by the Thirteenth
Amendment to the Constitution which
forbids involuntary servitude. In a
free country, you can't force man
to work against his will. But while
jealously guarding this basic right,
the American Federation of Labor
recognizes that in this present crisis,
when American democracy is arming
itself for elf-preservation, produc-
tion of defense materials must be
speeded rather than delayed. That is
why we have voluntarily adopted this
'no-strike' policy.
eve feel that management has an
equal responsibility in this connec-
tion and we appeal to American in
dustry to employ with labor the peace
full processes of collective bargaining
so that we can function in efficient
teamwork for the successful compile
tion of the defense program"
Mr.. Masterton said there is no real
shortage of workers in the building
and construction field Mr.. McDonagh
asserted that in the metal trades 'the
only labor shortages we have encoun-
tered are in two or three highly skilled
classifcations," that they are being
overcome by overtime, by raising the
age limits and by training and re-
training programs.
A plan to increase production for
extending the work week in eXtraor-
dinary cases to seven days week was
disclosed by the Metal Trades Depart
ment's representative. Under this
plan, to be employed "only in extreme
cases of emergency" every man on
the job would work six days, five days
at straight time and the sixth at over
time rates. The days off would be
staggered so that each man would get
one day of rest even though the plant
operated at full blast seven days
week.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-02-07
Factory Child Labor
lin so Per Cent Drop

Washington, D. C. (ILNS). - Reg
ular factory employment of IA and 10
year-old boys and girls has fallen off
so per cent in each year between 1887
and 1889, it is announced by Katherine
F. Lenrott, chief Of the Children's Bu-
reau, U. S. Department of Labor.
"a darker side of the child labor
picture" Miss Lenroot said, sis in the
field of industrialized agriculture in
which too many young children are
employed in factory-like repetitive
process for long hours and low wages"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1941-02-07

Washington, d. c. The National
defense policy of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor and of the Building
and Construction Trades Department
was told to an audience of millions in a
half-hour nationwide broadcast over
the Columbia Broadcasting System
network.
The principal participant in the pro-
gram, William Green, president of the
A. F. of L., said:
eve have enlisted for the duration
of the emergency. We are alive to
the dangers that beset our country
and our way of life. There is nothing
in reason that the government of our
country has asked us to do that we
have failed to do. There is nothing
in reason that the government may
in the future call upon us to do that
we will fail to do"
Other labor leaders on the program
were George Masterton, president of
the United Association of Plumbers
and Steamfitters, and Joseph S. Nc
Donagh, secretary of the
Metal Trades Department. They and
Mr.. Green responded to questions put
to them by Albert Warner, CHS COM
mentator in the nations capital.
Mr.. Masterton, who appeared as a
spokesman for the Building and Con-
struction Trades Department, of which
he is vice. president, and Mr.. Nc
Donagh told of the "no strikes on de-
fense jobs" policy enunciated by the
two departments at recent confer
ences in Washington.
Mr.. Warner said there might be con-
fusion because of the fact that the
legislative program Of the A. F. of L.
vigorously maintains labor's right to
strike and asked Mr.. Green to "clear
that question up for u.s."
"The right to strike is fundamen-
tall" Mr.. Green replied. ut is labor's
ultimate defense against oppression.