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The Phoenix index., 1941-07-05

Or Louis So professional fights
he won 81, lost only One' Tor
per centage of S8.3, almost periec-
ton itself. The only black marx
was the twelfth round kayO ne
suffered at the hands of MAX
schmeling June 10, 1886, in yankee
Stadium, New York City.
Louis has so kayos, seven oecl-
sions that make up his total Oh
81 professional triumphs. Golns
the route with the Brown Bonn
her were Jack Kranz and Aoolpi'
Water. both in Chicago in elgnt
rounds, back in 1884; Matte Brown
and Patsy Perroni at Detroit III
10 rounds in 1885; Bob Pastor at
New York in 10 in 1887; Tommy
Farr at New York in 10 IN 1885,
and Arturo Godoy at New YORK.
in Is rounds in 1910.
The Brown Bomber's total
l.
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Big Star In
Split With
Sunshine
ATLANTA. Ga.-(SNS)-

ATLANTA. Ga.-(SNS)-
Delayed by rain, Rogers Big
Star Super-Market nine and the
Sunshine Stars battled to an
even Stephen yesterday afternoon
on the Boxer IT. Washington High
School diamond
Big Star routed the Sunshine
babies 1914 in the opening contest
and the Sunshine Stars turned the
tables IA in the nightcap, barely
missing a shutout in the final eff
fort.
Othello (Moon Priest) Rentroe,
the glamor shortstop of the Sun
shine aggregation, had the great
est day of his spectacular local
The Phoenix index., 1941-07-05
SLANTS ON SPORTS
By LUClUS JONES
Joe Louis Most Deadly In Third Round !;
Brown Bomber Has Scored 40 OF His 5O
Professional kayos In First Cantos

JOE LOUIS, world heavyweight champion num-
Der two has boxed 53 times during his sevenyear career
professional The first 40 bouts led up to the happy
climax which him kayo James J. Braddock Tor the
crown June % 1887 in Chicago The last 8 contests were
in defense of the coveted dadem.
OF his so professional knOckous, Joe scored exactly
40 of them first six rounds His busiest round mas
been the third In that cantO, alone the Brown Bomber
boasts II sleep-producers, than fourth OF all mis-
kayo Next to the third the first and second ROUNDS nave
been the busiest for the champion Joe fattenea nine i
Round One and dropped eight in Round Two -.
Of a possible Is rounds in which to tag Vctl1l'
Rounds Ten Twelve Fourteen and Fifteen are the only
ones in which Joltin Joe has never scored a kayo
Thus we reach this general conclusion; Joe LOUIS
most murderous in the third first and second rounus anu
is most mercful in the TENTH twelfth 1oureen'n anu AA
teenth !, :xu;ocs an
The world heavyweight champions score by innings on
kavo victims read like this
ROUND 2 8 10 IL IL 10 II 10
1IICr1MS q 8 12 s U U
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NEW YORK City,-(SNS)- The
National Urban League announces
that the Executive Board of its
affiliated organization, the Negro
Welfare Association of Anderson,
Indiana, has selected Horace D.
Bell of Akron, Ohio, to fill the post
of executive secretary of that Or
ganization. Mr.. Bell succeeds
James W. Geater who was recent
ly called to Washington, d. C., as
assistant organizer of Community
Service to Garry out phases OF
the health and welfare activities
of the National Defense Program.
MIR. Bell is a graduate of East
High School, Akron. Ohio, and the
University of Minnesota, from
which he received a B. S. degree
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them into the resined canvas along
with the Conns, Simon3, Baers, ct
al. One thing, he has done that no
other Negro fighter (past Or pres
ent) has achieved (and we are not
forgetting George DiXom-'LOUIS
HAS BROUGHT BLACK AND
WHITE SPORTSMEN CLOSER
he has with the Tan Tornado al
lows for, because whether you're
TOGETHER, THAN ALL THE
BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT
TO CONGRESS, SINCE 1s00-and
that's that"
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TWO YOUTHS DROWN

Watson made an attempt to save
Coleman, but was pulled to the
bottom in Coleman's arms
Coleman's body was recovered
by Patrolman Baker, who had been
playing golf at the Municipal
course nearby.
Coleman is survived by his moth
er Mrs Roxie Wilson; Mr.. Ar
thur Coleman, father, and MIR.
Alex Wilson, stepfather; two sis
teTs, Irene and Uredel Coleman.
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SHREVEPORT-A Coleman,
Jr,, eighteen years of age, who
resided IN l724 Looney Street, and
Howard Watson, is, were drowned
Sunday morning about 1890 when
one OF the youths stepped beyond
his depth and the other made a
vain effort to pull him to safety.
Coleman, who could not swim, and
Watson had bee invading in a
shallow part of the water when
Coleman slipped in the deeper part.
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" years
Few people have even known
Joe Louis amateur record. For the
benefit of this staggering maJorl-
ty, the column presents it at ths
time:
81 amateur fights
so victories
4 defeats, all by decisions
43 knOckOuts
J decisions
The Brown Bomber in his 10
title defenses booked to go 21O
rounds, has required but LIZ
rounds. The total number of un-
used rounds is obtained by mere
Iy subtracting 1872 from 27O, thus
getting 148.
From this, it is clear that Louis
has needed less than half the sche-
du1ed 270 round to get rid of all
his opponents. His knockout per
centage is the highest of any
world heavyweight champion Of
prize ring history.
Louis isn't 'just another guy
named joe" He gives the name
Joe a distinction it ordinarily
does not bear. But for Louis, the
Joe" boys would be in class
with the zones bOys"-and
there're SO many of us they say
we must've come from the Jones
Manufacturing Company!
The complete record of Louis
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PHIL Pa.-(SNS) -
World records were smashed ana
others seriously threatened here
Saturday and Sunday, June 1928,
at Franklin Field.
Bill Stewart Of the University OF
Southern California. white, equalled
the present world mark on the
books in the high junp-set by
Cornelius Johnson and David Al
hritton in the 1886 OlympicS al
Berlin-when he captured the
event with q leap of feet, 93-4
inches. Les Steers, white, Univer-
aity of Washington sensation, who
is a ciilch to become the new rec
ord holder in the event in that he
has bettered 6 feet, 10 inches sew
eral times already this year, also
did s feet, 93-4 inches Sunday, but
Stewart had fewer misses.
COLORED STARS PLACE
Third and fourth respectively in
the high Jump were Adam Berry
of Southern University, Scotland
vile, La, with leap of 6 feet,
83-4 inches and Joshua William
son, formerly of Xavier University,
New Orleans, La, but now of As
bury, j., who did 6 feet, 5 51-2
inches.
Norwood H (Earney) EWell, the
Penn State flyer, equalled the world
record in winning the 100 meter
dash in 1913 seconds, closely pur-
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sued by the white coast flash, Hal
Davis.
BAITSTE GOOD
In another Sunday event when
the nations best performers Wed
for Senior Or invitational honors,
Fred Wolcott, great white Rice
timber-topper, equalled Forrest
(s,pec) Towns world record by
winning the 10 meter hurdles in
1877 seconds, closely threatened by
the colored Denver, Colo. sensa-
ton, Joe Batiste.
Stars Of the colored Southern
intercollegiate Athletic Confer
ellce. which consists OF Is of the
outstanding Negro colleges OF
Georgia, Florida, Louisiana. Ten
nesSee, Alabama, and South Caro-
lima, turned in some spectacular
performances in Junior AAU COM
petition Saturday.
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Joe Louis plans to retire after
his June bout of next year. If he
can get by Lou Nova and Billy
Conn before banking up the gloves
he will have a record of 20 sue
cessful title defenses in just five
years. Only two other world heavy
weight champions defended the
world crown as many as five
times successfully-Jack johnson
and Jack DempseW-and it took
both seven years to ''go to bat
that often. Johnson barred Sam
Iangford, Dempsey didn't want
Harry Wills. Louis has taken on
all corners. 7 rate him the greatest
If them all
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"Never Too Late"

.VICHY, France, June-UP)-
Au&ustin Leduc Agend, 80 year
old father of IL children, and Mile
Pulcherie Helle, II, announced
their engagement at Lille Tuesday
after she had "almost given up
hope of finding a husband" The
bride-to-be is a spinster. Agend,
a retired weaver, married Tor the
first time 70 years ago.
career, blasting out triple in the
first game in the role of pinch
hitter and combing two more tripl-
es to spark his mates to victory in
the closing game.
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CULP, MARSHALL

Edward Culp of Xavier, thin
little brown skinned lad, swept to
victory in the 1900 meter special
ty, while Ernest Marshall of Fort
Valley, unsung quartermiler coach
ed by William O'Shields, tie one
time Minnesota blocking back and
dash man, copped the 400 meter
run over fast field in 4S seconds
flat.
But for a somewhat slow track,
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ROJ1ND / 2 10 III IL Is IA 10 .
VICTIMS 9 8 IL U
Evening star., 1941-02-26

a sure thing, and a set in clubs is
unlikely to be very big.
Score 100 per cent for three
hearts, 80 per cent for two dia-
mouds. co per cent for double, 40
per cent for two hearts.
Question No. 693.
Today you are Mervln Maier's
partner and, with neither side vul-
nerable, you hold:
a K j
= K "a
o 85
4 A J 9 80
The bidding:
Maier Jacoby You Schenken
"A Mt %
What 90 you bid? (Answer to-
morrow
CReeased by the Bell Syndicate. Incl
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UNCLE RAYS CORNER

People have worn rings on their
fingers since early days Of history.
The Greeks seem to have taken the
idea from the Egyptians. Ancient
Greek rings were made in very much
the same way as those of Egypt.
Greek jewelers. paid close at
tention TO the metal part of the
rings. When precious stones were
set in the metal, they were polished
but seldom were cut like stones of
the present time.
Sometimes the gold or silver in
Greek rings was shaped like a
horseshoe. At the open end of the
horseshoe" a piece of wire was
run across, piercing the stone and
holding it in place. In other cases,
the stone was set in gold. The
topaz, crystal and garnet were
among the favorite stones used for
rings. Sometimes images were cut
on the stones.
A strange story has come down
to us about piece of ancient jew
elry. It was beautiful ring which
was worn by the ruler of the island
Of Samos, where a Greek colony
existed.
The ruler was named Polycrates,
but people often spoke of him as
"the Tyrant of Camos" His word
was law on the island
Everything in the life of this
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man seemed to come out well, and
word about his good fortune spread
far and wide. 1T length a friendly
warning was given to him.
"If your good fortune keeps up,"
he was told, "the gods will grow
jealous of you. To save yourself,
you should throw away one of your
Evening star., 1941-02-26
UNBUTTONED

West opened the jack Of clubs,
dummy played low and East won
with the club king East switched
to a heart and South ducked, al
lowing West to win. West returned
a heart and South went after the
spades. But that allowed West to
gain the lead twice, and that was
enough time to establish and run
the hearts. South was therefore
down two.
The crime you are supposed to
detect has already taken place.
Look carefully. for its a subtle one.
If you don't see it. read on.
South was the criminal. and his
CINE took place at the very first
trick! II he won the first trick and
went right after the spades, he
would make three spades, two
hearts, three diamonds and club
before the enemy could establish
and cash the long hearts. The
club suit wasn't nearly so great a
menace as the hearts, partly be-
cause the enemy had more hearts
than clubs and partly because East
would probably lead hearts If he
got the lead during the course of
the play.
Strangely enough. it was not q
crime for South to be set two tricks.
even though he could have cashed
eight tricks To cash the eight
tricks would be to make sure of
being set, whereas going after the
spades would bring in the contract
if by some miracle East had one of
the top spades.
X * X
Yesterday you were Oswald
Jacobys partner and, non-vulner-
Evening star., 1941-07-14
Senate Unit Reports
Representation Bill;
Asks Postponement
Declares Proposal
Would Give Virtual
Statehood to District

The Capper-Sumners bill granting
national representation TO the Dis
trlct of Columbia was ordered re-
ported to the Senate today by the
full Senate Judiciary Committee
with the recommendation that 1t
be indefinitely postponed.
This action places the bill on the
Senate calendar. with an adverse
report from the committee. The
parliamentary situation, however, is
that it may be called up for con-
sideration and action in the Senate
itself
Senator McCarran of Nevada
chairman of a subcommittee Of the
Judiciary Committee. which held
hearings on the bill. made a verbal
report to the full committee at its
meeting today.
Statehood for ID. c. Feared.
A subcommittee of five previously
had voted unanimously against the
bill.
After the meeting of the full COM
mittee. in executive session. mem
bers of the committee said that
practically all of them were desir-
GUS of giving the people in the Dis
trict the right to vote on their
domestic affairs.
They objected TO the Capper-
Summers bill on the ground that it
virtually set up State, allowing the
District TO elect Senators and Rep
resentatives in Congress, and to vote
for President and Vice President.
Senator Kilgore of West Virginia.
member of the subcommittee
which passed the bill, said that ne
feared that if this semi-Statehood
was given to Washington. D. c.,
See PRESENTATION page AS
Evening star., 1941-07-14
Louisiana 'b|ackouts'
Blamed on SABOTAGE
Nv the Associated Press

BY the ASSOCIATED Press.
BATON ROUGE. La. July "A
Ten Louisiana communities were
without electric power at varying
periods Saturday night and early
yesterday and the Gulf States Utili-
ties Co. charged some of its equip
ment had been sabotaged.
State police and deputies were
placed on guard today to protect
transformer stations.
A strike against the company's
Louisiana division was called four
days ago by the International Broth
erhood of Electrical Workers "a. F..
L.. but O. A. Walker, international
representative, declared all union
members had remained in the city
and could not possibly" be respon-
sible for the power Interruptions.
The company serves huge gasoline
and synthetic rubber factories in the
Baton Rouge area.
Hal C. Leonard, vice president.
declared removal of a fuse which
caused oil to drain from a trans
former and subsequent explosion of
the transformer, was definitely an
act of sabotage He offered a $500
reward for evidence leading to con-
viction under the Federal Anti
Sabotage Act. Besides the trans
former . incident, barbed wire was
found across lines in two instances
Evening star., 1941-07-14
Sudden Insanity Blamed
For Girl Flyers Suicide
By the Associated Press.

6y tne Associated fTesS.
CHICAGO, July IA coroner S
jury decided today that Miss Dorothy
Powell, "a, pretty Wisconsin aviatrix
who drank poison last Thursday and
died yesterday. committed suicide
while temporarily insane due to
despondency."
Her father. Robert Powell of La
Crosse, Wis, testified at an inquest
conducted by Deputy Coroner E. j.
English that when his daughter, who
had been working in Milwaukee
visited La Crosse two weeks ago she
appeared very happy" and ne
assumed she returned to Milwaukee
The body of Miss Powell. voted
Wisconsins best woman flyer in 1899
will be sent to La Crosse today for
burial.
Evening star., 1941-07-14
Report on Police
Will Urge Naming
OF Larger Men
House Unit Will Call
For Medical Officer;
43 Privotes Appointed

Appointment of larger and strong
er men to the Metropolitan Police
Department was one of the recon-
mendations decided on today by the
House Subcommittee which last
week completed an investigation of
the force.
Announcement of this and ether
recommendations came as the Com
missioners. wasting no time follow
ing close of the Congressional in
vestiagtion. named Assistant Engl-
neer Commissioner Beverly c. Snow
chairman of the three-man Advl-
sory Committee assisting them IN
their own investigation of the de-
partment, and appointed 43 new
privates to the force.
Chairman Schultz of the House
subcommittee, in making publlf
some of its recommendations to be
embodied in a report being drafted
said the group had decided some
of the men now on the force ARE
entirely too small TO be effective.
He said a recommendation woulo
be made that hereafter officers ap-
pointed to the force be at least
feet 10 inches in height and weigh
at least ITS pounds.
Another recommendation decided
on by the subcommittee, Repre-
sentative Schultz said calls for abO-
lition of the office of the coroner anc
substitution of a full-time ''medica
officer" He made the announcement
at the end of a Commute executive
session at which the subcommittee
actually started to draft the report
Mai. Snow, who with Budget Off.
Ger Walter L. Fowler and Disbursins
Officer James r. Lusby was named
earlier to aid the city heads in theil
investigation, told reporters his
group will suspend action until II
has before it the tions
Of the House subcommittee.
The report, he said, might be read
within the next few days. and added
that, after studying the suggestions
from the Capitol, some further in.
vestigation might be necessary or
some points.
The ewly-appointed chairman
agreed that the Detective Bureau
appeared the weakest link in the
department and could stand reor-
ganization. He added that he. a,
one member of the committee
wanted to examine the curriculum
Of the Police Training School.
Five of the new appointments tt
(See POLICE, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1941-07-14
Gibraltar Drives Off
Two Italian Air Raiders
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GIBRALTAR. July l4.-Gibral-
tar's anti-aircraft guns drove off two
Italian planes which tried a hit
and-run attack on the rock strong
hold by moonlight early today.
No bombs were known to have
landed on Gibraltar. but Spanish
workers who arrived from nearby
La Linea said they heard two loud
explosions from the vicinity of Cam
pamento, between La Linea and
Algeciras.
The sound of motors overhead
caused alarm IN La Lirlea. where
bombs from unidentified planes
killed six persons last Saturday.
MADRID. July IA (P).-Two bombs
were reported to have been dropped
without damage near a group OF
Spanish fishing boats before dawn
today off Punta Mala a point divid-
ing the coastal waters of Spain and
British-held Gibraltar.
Evening star., 1941-07-14
Former Miss Margaret Durond,
Wed Friday, Dies in AsheviI|e

A former White House secretary
died of tuberculosis in an Ashe-
vile IN. c. hospital this morning
three days after she became the
bride Of her lifelong sweetheart.
Soon after being informed of the
death of Mrs A. c. Mills, the former
Miss Margaret Durand, White House
Secretary Stephen T. Early an
nounced at his press conference to-
day that President Roosevelt would
write a note of sympathy to the
brides mother and planned to send
flowers to the funeral.
The former Miss Durand's White
House friends, who have kept in
close touch with her since she was
Evening star., 1941-07-14
We||es Hints Action
IByU. 5. 10 Bar Axis
Seizure Of Azores
Isles Must Remain
In Friendly Hands,
Portugal Is Warned
By GARRETT d. HORNER.

A new hint OF possible military
action by this country if necessary
to prevent Germany gaining control
of the Azores and Cape Verde
Islands was seen today in an eX-
preston by Acting Secretary OF
State Sumner Welles of this Gov
ernment's desire that Portuguese
sovereignty over those islands re-
main intact.
The country's position was made
clear Mr.. Welles said at a press
conference. in President Roosevelts
message to Congress concerning the
sending of naval forces to Iceland
and in a note from Secretary of
State Hull to the Portuguese Minis
ter here last month.
His comment was in response TO
, questions about the significance OF
a statement made in New York Sat-
urday by Dr. Joao Antonio de Bfan-
chi, Portuguese Minister, that ne
had received assurances that this
Government planned no move to
occupy the Azores or Cape Verde
| Islands.
Must Be in Friendly Hands.
While emphasizing that his Gov
ernment desires to see Portuguese
sovereignty over its Atlantic islands
remain intact. Mr.. Welles made clear
that it is essential to American
security for them to remain in
friendly hands-implying that the
United States would be prepared to
resist any attempt by Germany to
gain control of them.
Portuguese concern over main
tenance of her neutrality was
aroused by remarks made by Presi-
dent Roosevelt on May q, stressing
importance of the Azores and Cape
Verde Islands as strategic outposts
of defense of this hemisphere and
announcing a policy of active resist
ance to every attempt by Hitler to
extend his Nazi domination to the
Western Hemisphere, or to threaten
it."
No Aggression Intentions.
The Portuguese Minister asked on
May 80 for clarification of references
to Portuguese islands in the At
lantic. declaring his government s
determination to defend its neu-
trality and sovereign rights against
any attack"
| In reply Secretary Hull assured
him that the United States "har-
bors no aggressive intentions
against the sovereignty or terri
torial integrity of any other coun-
try" but emphasized that present
American policy is based upon "the
inalienable right of self defense"
Evening star., 1941-07-14
IS Norwegian Governors
Reported to Have Quit
RA the Associated Press

By the ASSCclat Ted Press.
STOCKHOLM. Sweden. July IA
Reports from Oslo said today that
all but three Of Norway's 18 pro-
vincial governors had submitted
their designations to German Com
missioner Joseph Terboven.
They were said to have declared
they could not tolerate control Of
civil service by Maj. Vidkin Quis-
ling. Norwegian Nazi leader.
The reports from Oslo said two
governors had been arrested earlier.
Evening star., 1941-07-14
O'DonieI Plurality 1911.
Official Canvass Shows
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED FIes6
AUSTIN, Tex, July 14.-Gov. w.
Lee ODaniel defeated Representa-
tive Lyndon B. Johnson by 1.3ll
votes in the special senatorial elec-
ton June %, the official canvass
showed today.
The Governor will take the seat
long occupied by Senator Sheppard
who died in April. The term ex-
pires January l, 1943.
Evening star., 1941-07-14

rushed to hospital three years ago,
said she had been putting up a
wonderful fight and seemed to be
improving until week ago, when
she had hemorrhage. She was
given a blood TRANSMISSION and last
Wednesday she was put in an oxy-
gen tent.
Hospital officials, meanwhile, had
sent for her fiance, A. C. Mills, who
came from her native Astoria, Long
Island. and had worked at her side
during the Presidential campaigns.
Mr. Mills. now employed with the
Inland Waterways Commission in
st. Louis, went to Asheville and the
marriage was performed while she
~. AnC lnI Dana ATl
Evening star., 1941-07-14

Gregory Hankin, special counsel
for the Federal Power Commission,
whose nomination to the District
Public Utilities Commission on
March 3 was not acted on by the
Senate and expired June 80, again
was nominated for the post by
President Roosevelt today.
The President also sent to the
Senate the nomination OF Matthew
F. Mcclure, assistant to the Attor-
ney General. to be a justice OF the
District Court, succeeding Justice
Peyton Gordon, who has retired.
Mr.. Hankin was nominated IN
March to fill the unexpired term Of
Richmond B. Keech, who left the
Evening star., 1941-07-14

Baltic States and the Polish buffer
zone.
In the new offensive which began
Saturday Pskov, Vitebsk and Novo-
grad Volynski remained as the
centers of the main operations
threats, respectively, to Leningrad,
Moscow and Kiev.
The Germans We're reported forced
to adopt new tactics in deployment
Of armored columns During the
first offensive the Reichswehr sent
See MOSCOW. Page A-10)