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Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-20
Blast Destroys
Ammunition Train

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, July 10.
OUP)-A freight train laden with
ammunition exploded today at Kryl-
be station near the Gulf of Both
MIA coast. The train was destroyed,
a passenger train nearby was dam
aged and the station, set afire,
burned for hours.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-20
BRITISH BOMBERS
ATTACK CONVOY

LONDON, July 19 (UP) - British
Blenheim bombers today attacked a
German convoy off the Dutch coast
and hit and probably destroyed four
ships totaling $4,000 tons, authori-
tatiye quarters said. One ship was
said TO have been blown up by
lit in the stern while three others
we're reported set ablaze.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-20
1odays Sport Parade

Interpretation of the rules to wheth-
er it Is good taste to wear red
shirt on golf course. But they
never had one to top this: "A COM
/ petitor was in the act of swinging
/ her club on the fairway when. like
/ a flash, a ball from a nearby fair
way not only knocked the players
ball from its position out stopped
on the exact spot. In other words.
/ the wandering ball replaced the
/ players ball after knocking it away.
The player, unable to stop her
doWnswing, smacked the wandering
ball onto the green. What is your
decision?" The USGA ruled that
she could retrieve her own ball and
play another shot without penalty.
Things I'd like to see department
The Cardinals and Reds tied for
the pennant and going into a play
off game with these batteries:
Cards-Cooper and Cooper; Reds
Riddle and Riddle. 1t probably
would be the first time in the his
tory OF baseball that two brother
batteries" faced each other. II I'm
wrong. don't write
Quite a delegation from Cauli-
flower Canyon will journey to Phil
adelphia Monday night to see Ray
Robinson tackle Sammy Angott,
recognized b. the National Boxing
association as lightweight champion.
1t is a non-title fight, but the fight
mob thinks the bout will offer a
good line on Robinson's chances
against Lew jenkins. recognized in
New York state as lightweight cham
pion. Robinson is q clever young |
Negro who came up from the ranks |
of the Golden Glovers.
Reports from the Maine woods are
that Lou Nova getting in shape
to fight Joe Louis, is growing a
beard Not a bad idea 1t probably
will cushion some of those right
hand jolts that Joe throws if Nova
has courage enough to enter the
ring wearing the whiskers.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-20

Gain
Pair
BY UNITED PRESS

| full games on the Seattle RainierS
Friday night and tightened their
hold on second place in the Pacific
Coast league by administering a
double drubbing to Emil Sick's men,
to 0 and to T. although it re-
quired three overtime innings in
the nightcap to turn the trick.
Yank Terry was in fine form in
the opener, whitewashing the Rain
ierS with five hits. Paul Gregory,
who gave up u blows. was given
poor support. In the 10 inning
nightcap, San Diego chased Les
Webber from the mound in the
first inning with a four run blast,
and won out when Eddie Pellagrini
doubled to score JOHNNY Jensen in
the 10th. The Rainiers used l8 play
ers in an attempt to stem the tide.
ANGELS WIN ALSO
Los Angeles won its fourth straight
game from San Francisco, 8 to
6, by getting a i've run start in
the opening inning off Sam Gibson.
Two singles, double by Johnny
Moore, two walks and a hit batter
did the trick. Fay Thomas and
George Coffman scattered the IL
blows they gave the Seals. Brooks
Holder and Wally Carroll San Fran
cisco outfielders, eacn collected two
singles and double.
Hollywood beat Oakland, to 2,
TO gain a to series edge. Altho
the Stars got an early lead, the
AcornS pulled ahead in the fifth on
Mel Duezabou's triple and Bill Rig
ney's infield out. Hollywood clinch-
ed the game in the fifth when Har-
ry Rosenberg doubled after Hiram
Bithorn had walked, and Bob Kahle
brought both home with single.
SACS KEEP LEAD
Sacramento maintained its eight
game lead over San Diego by lar
ruping Portland, to 5 and 10 to
l, The opener was larded with home
runs. Johnny Gill got one for the
Beavers in the second with none on
and another in the sixth to tie the
score in the third. Bill Endicott
and Chet Wieczorek each homered
for Sacramento in the fifth. The
Beavers blew up in the seventh in
ming, and the Cardials poured three
more runs over on three errors and
two hits. In the nightcap, Byron
Specie was driven from the box in
the first inning with five run
barrage, and Joe Gonzales gave up
four more in the second.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-20
L. Il. STOCh5

LOS Angeles. July 1g UPJ-
The Los Angeles stock exchange
closed week of gains with leaders
remaining steady f9r the most part.
Two stocks were up. two down aud
20 unchanged. approximate trading
was $500 shares
The listing.
Sontag Drug down 7,: Holly
Development 55; Lincoln Petroleum
80 up ?, Superior Oil 30. Union OIL
1414 Packard Motors 2T.: stone
and Webster Z Tele graph and TeIe
phone rights l-I3-32 up l-82: stan
dard Oh 23a down d; Republic
Petroleum pfd 40.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-20
Dodgers Go Back
To Old Cry.
Til Next Year

NEW YORK, July 10. CUP)-The novel idea that the
Brooklyn Dodgers going to play the world series in
md-season has given ST. Louis Cardinal Manager Billy
Southworth his biggest laugh of the year.
Until the St Louis Cardinals came to town Wednesday
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-20
LOCAL BUTTERFAT

LOS ANGELES. July l9 UP)
Wheat, No. 2 80. Sl72k a 1921
Feed, Barley, bright S1.55 ~ 1.6t
Ialting Barley ...... $40 " l.65
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-20
MPLS. FLAX FUTURES
L.. A. HAY

Los ANG ELES, July 19 CUP) -
II. 5. No. ..-...... sIS.oe-l9.00
l.. S. ". No. 2 leafy Sl6.50-17 so
Il. 5. No. 2 ............ $l4.50-15. SO
Barley Hay, new crop, S14.00 90
Oat Hay, new crop =. $500 90
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-20
L. A. BUTTER &c EGGS

Los ANG ELES. July l9 CUP) -
Butter. Extras &c Prime LIST 35c.
STANDARD 34c, undergrades 32c.
LARGE EGES
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-20
l.. A. BANKS

los ANGELES. July 10 CUP) -
TranHamerlca .......,..- ..-. I is 4 =
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-20

The United States Golf associa-
ton gets questions involving every
thing from the most complicated
Evening star., 1941-04-20
Eight Conventions
To Draw 5000

Washington's biggest convention
week so far this spring will be
ushered in today when the Daugh-
terS of American Colonists and the
National Society, United States
Daughters of 1872, open their an
nual meetings.
In all, eight conventions will bt
held here during the week, bring
ing more than 5000 delegates tc
the city. The complete schedule
follows:
Daughters of American Colonists
today and tomorrow, at the May
flower Hotel; 200 delegates.
Daughters of 1912, today through
Wednesday, at the willard Hotel;
400 delegates.
American Red Cross, Monday
through Thursday. at the Mayfiower
Hotel, Constitution Hall and Me-
mortal Continental Hall: 5000 dele
gates.
American Meteorological Society,
Wednesday, at the Lee Sheraton
Hotel; 300 delegates.
American Society of International
Law, Thursday through Saturday,
at the Carlton Hotel; $50 delegates,
Classical Association of the At
lantic States, Friday and Saturday
at the Mayf1ower Hotel; 300 dele
gates.
National Conference of Real Es-
tate Taxpayers, Friday and Satur-
day, at the Mayflower Hotel; 500
delegates.
Maryland, West Virginia, Della
ware and District of Columbia
Camps of Woodmen of the World,
Friday and Saturday, at the Wash
ington Hotel; $50 delegates.
Evening star., 1941-04-20
Vacancies in Utilities Group
Hold Up Civic Projects
Delayed Action on Hankin Appointment
And Failure to Name Chairman
Create Crowded Docket

Not since February 28-the date
of the death of Chairman Riley E.
Elgen-has the District had Public
Utilities Commission and matters of
considerable civic interest continue
to pile up on the commission docket.
Mr.. Elgen's death and the previous
designation of former Commission
Vice Chairman Richmond B. Keech
to be corporation counsel left the
utilities body with only Engineer
Commissioner McCoach as a men,
Der. On March 3 the President
sent to the Senate the name of
Gregory Hankin, special counsel for
the Federal Power Commission, but
as yet the Senate subcommittee,
under Senator Pat McCarran of
Nevada, has made no report. AL
though confirmation of Hankin
would permit the commission to
transact business, it would still lack
chairman.
Meanwhile some of the matters
piling up on the docket include the
plea for cross-town bus; the
question of an increase in fare for
Evening star., 1941-04-20

of 1t is still out there. No work
has been done. Mr.. Rover got in
touch with the former co-ordinator
of recreation, Lewis r. Barrett, who
explained that the money had been
planned for materials to be used by
w. P. A. labor in constructing the
house, but that the labor was no
longer available. There was not
enough money for both materials
and labor for the house, Mr.. Rover
said he was told.
The explanation of Recreation
Department officials bears out what
Mr.. Rover was told of the lack of
money. In 1880 a $50,00O appropria-
ton was made to build three small
field houses at three play areas. The
following year $25,000 was allowed
for physical improvement of recrea-
ton areas, to be used in conjunc-
ton with work relief programs. But
from 1882 to 1910 not one cent was
appropriated for improvements.
Evening star., 1941-04-20

the Takoma express bus, including
a general study of Takoma trans
portation; an express bus for Six
teenth Street Heights; the plea
of the Connecticut avenue business
men to return the Chevy Chase bus
line to Connecticut avenue; the
application of the Capital Transit
Co. to convert two-man into one
man streetcars; extension of natural
gas to replace the present manu-
factured gas; transportation prob
lens in the Chillum area around
the District line and Riggs road;
the request of the gaslight company
to increase its capitalization by
10000 shares of AZ per cent no-par
preferred stock, and the request
of the Federation Of Civic Associa-
tions for sale of streetcar tokens
three for a quarter.
Things would have been even
worse, it was revealed, had it not
been that the So-called Joint Board,
consisting of the District Com
missioners and the Public Utilities
Commission, could handle some Of
the details of public space. This
covers such things as taxi stands,
bus stops etc.
"Ac long as We have three Com
missioners," said Commission Sec
retary A. w. Crossley, "the Joint
Board can function on those
matters"
Speedy confirmation of the 45-
year-old Hankin by the Senate has
been asked by at least one civic
unit. Senator McCarran has an
nounced that the subcommittee
would be called soon but set no
specific date. Some of the delay
was caused by the Nevsdan's desire
to study the Department of Justice
file on the new appointee. This,
however, was given him by Matthew
F. Mcclure of the department early
this month.
Mr.. Hankin, who lives at 2009 Park
road NV, has also been i'll during
the part of the time since his nomi-
nation, 1t was reported.
Meanwhile. the administrative
booAAASoo Va Vic ONAllAACo OOdN lldo
been stepped up tremendously by
the influx OF the workers here on
national defense projects and such
things as the staggering of hours
for Government departments. Mr..
CroSsley said, however, that since
the detail was administrative, the
lack of commission did not affect
transaction of this business.
A number of civic spokeSmen have
also urged the filing of the position
OF peoples counsel before the COM
mission along with the vacancies
on the commission itself. The post,
though authorized by law, has been
vacant since the resignation Of
William A. Roberts to enter private
practice several years ago.
Evening star., 1941-04-20
Schools Plan
Way to Get
Personnel
Unexpended Funds
To Be Used
In Experiment

Through the medium of unex-
pended balances-salary leftovers
due to personal changes-School Of
ficials are now about to try for the
remainder of the school year some
things they have sought for years
to do under regular appropriations
but have never gotten through.
These include making provision
for assistant principals at 10 junior
high schools where enrolment is
over 1000, creating two heads of
departments of guidance and place
ment and a guidance counselor in
each senior high school.
Results during this short test
period of about two months may
have some bearing on whether Off
cials will be able to sell the plans to
the Commissioners and Congress for
the next fiscal year.
The output of pupils from the
national defense training courses
and under the expanded vocational
education courses made possible by
the George-Deen Act has convinced
school officials that some placement
program linking the schools with
employment agencies, both local
and national, is needed. The guild
ance department heads are expected
to fill this need on a city-wide basis
for both white and colored students.
Need of the assistant principals
has been urged by many civic
groups at budget hearings of the
Board of Education. Hearings on
the 1943 budget, at which citizens
will present their requests, will be
held some time in May.
Evening star., 1941-04-20

back into the general fund and
would have to be reappropriated to
be available. With only some two
weeks to 60, recreation officials
purchased material for Turkey
Thicket in the hope of finding some
where the labor to use the acquired
steel work, pipe and wood. But
they could not get it and gradually
most of the material has been ab-
sorbed in smaller repair work on
other grounds. Some of the steel
work is still at the Thicket.
Mr.. Rover said the association
does not blame Mr.. Barrett for the
situation, adding that Mr.. Barrett
was interested also in getting the
field house constructed. Both he and
recreation officials are in agreement
that the only real solution Is to 60
to Congress for an appropriation of
sufficient size to dispense with the
need for relief labor and permit the
letting of q contract for coustruc-
ton Of the field house.
Evening star., 1941-04-20
]. S. Cole Once Scoutmaster
For Author of Ferdinand
Park View Veteran
Active 20 Years
In Civic Circles
By CAMBRIDGE CRIsT.

John S. Cole, who has been with
the Department of Agriculture for
80 years and is senior scoutmaster
of the city, has found time for 20
years to be secretary and, for several
terms, president of the Park View
Citizens Association.
Looking back over his "a years
as head Of Scout Troop 40, Mr.. Cole
recalled that one of its former
members was Munro Leaf, author of
Ferdinand the Bull" AS far as he
could remember, however, the au-
thor of that fanciful yarn had not
shown any literary talent as a
Scout
But he was a smart boy" Mr..
Cole drawled.
There was another boy, he recol-
lected, who was always writing
poetry, but never did anything
with it.
Mr.. Cole gets a lot of pleasure
hearing from men who used to be
in his troop, which was only 6
months old when he took charge
of it. He said one was now chief
purser of a steamer while another
was radioman on the Clipper to
England.
Moving to Washington from Den
yer, Colo, in 1916, Mr.. Cole became
secretary Of the Park View Citizens
group in 1920. He said he had de-
cided to live in that neighborhood
because he thought the new school
there for which the association had
been working would be good for his
three boys.
Mr.. Cole said he had joined the
association because he wanted to
take part in the starting of the
new community, which was in need
Of streets, alleys, pavings and public
service facilities.
In his spare time Mr.. Cole can
be found saltwater fishing on Ches-
apeake Bay or working in the
wood shop in the basement of his
home at 626 Princeton place NV.
Mrs. Cole cherishes in her dining
room a wooden bowl her husband
made.
IT took it away from him." she
confided, so he couldn't give it
away. He gives most of his handi-
craft work, such as knives, forks,
spoons. plates and bowls, to
friends"
You'd better not mention your
other hobby" continued Mrs. Cole.
Everybody will read about it,"
Mr.. Cole smiled almost imper-
ceptibly as he puffed on his pipe,
Evening star., 1941-04-20
Business Groups
Seven Associations
Meet This Week

The following seven businessmen's
associations are scheduled to hold
meetings this week:
Tuesday, April %.
Columbia Heights - Luncheon
Sholl's Cafe, 3027 Fourteenth street
NV, 1915 pm.
West End-Regular gala spring
meeting" Park Lane Inn, 2025
street NV, $50 pm.
Thursday, April "a.
Central-Luncheon, New Colonial
Hotel, Fifteenth and M streets NV.
12:15 pm.
Northeast-Luncheon, Continental
Hotel, North Capitol street between
D and E streets, 1890 pm.
Northeast Regular meeting
American Security & Trust Co.
Eighth and H streets NE, $3.50 pm
Independent Food Distributors
Regular meeting, United States
Chamber of Commerce Building
1915 H street NV, $50 pm.
Friday, April 25.
Milk Producers Regular meeting
association headquarters. 932 Phila.
delphia avenue, Silver Spring Md
Time to be set.
Evening star., 1941-04-20
Three Committees
Plan Sessions

Three Board of Trade committees
and subcommittee will meet this
week. The list follows:
Executive Committee of the
Greater National Capital Commit
tee, tomorrow at 1 pm. at the May
flower Hotel; Edgar Morris, chair
man.
Subcommittee on Public Relief Of
the Charities and Corrections Com
mittee, Tuesday at pm. in the
boards Offices in The Star Building;
j. Austin Latimer, chairman.
Shadbake Committee, Friday at
7::30 pm. in the boards offices;
Joseph C. Monaghan, chairman.
Evening star., 1941-04-20
Civic Problem of the Week

Then in 1910 came the $25 900 ap-
preparation referred to by the as
ISOLATION. The recreation officials
had been planning for a field house
at Rosedale Playground, but were
told by Maj. Donovan that what
ever else was done, the field house
at Turkey Thicket was to be built.
Plans then had to be drawn and a
unit of the park service finally con-
sented to do the job. This took
several months. Further delay was
occasioned during discussion of pos
sible construction of a school at
Turkey Thicket. BY the time the
plans were ready and some materials
purchased, w. P. A. curtailed pro-
vision of skilled laborers and men
were not available.
At this point the end of the fiscal
year was approaching, and some
$4,000 of the appropriation still re-
manned. If 1t was not spent before
the end Of the year 1t would 30
Evening star., 1941-04-20

night, Alfred D. Calvert, president,
announced yesterday.
The Burroughs Association will
hold an informal dinner and dance
Wednesday night in the Taft Junior
High School, instead of the usual
Friday meeting. A speaker, musical
selection and dancing are on the
program.
Fire Chief Stephen T. Porter will
address members of the Arkansas
Avenue Community Citizens Asso-
citation Thursday night, it was an
nounced by Miss Helen Gilcrest,
chairman of the Publicity Commit
tee.
Nomination of a first and second
vice president, followed by the elec-
ton of all officers for the year, will
be the principal business of the Fort
Davis Citizens Association Thurs
day night, Mrs. Mabel Morris, sec
retary, announced.
The usual dinner meeting of the
Interfederation Conference will be
held at $50 pm. tomorrow in the
Y. w. c. A., Seventeenth and K
streets NV, E. L. Bennett, secre-
tary. said.
Following is the complete sched-
ule of the II citizens associations
meeting this week:
Monday.
Interfederation Conference-Din-
ner meeting, Y. w. c. A., Seven
teenth and K streets NV, $50
pm.
Lincoln Park - Bryan School,
Thirteenth and B streets Sc, 8
pm.
Piney Branch Roosevelt High
School, Thirteenth and Upshur
streets NV, 8 pm.
Sixteenth Street Heights-A. r.
Shepherd School, Fourteenth and
Kalmia streets NV, 8 pm.
Tuesday.
Cathedral Heights - Cleveland
Park, parish hall, st. Adams
Church, Wisconsin and Massachu-
sets avenues NV, 8 pm.
llpollllC 11ClsIlJo - bdIIldIu
School, Fourth and Decatur streets
NV, 8 pm.
Wednesday.
Burroughs-Dinner. Taft Junior
High School, Eighteenth and Perry
streets NE, pm.
Thursday.
Arkansas Avenue Communicated
ford's Cafe, Fourteenth and De-
catur streets NV, 8 pm.
Conduit Road Palisades Park
Field House, Edmunds and Sher-
rier places NV, 8 pm.
Fort Davis-Ryland M E. Church,
Branch avenue and S street Sc,
8 pm.
Friday.
Anacostia - Anacostia Junior
Senior High School, Fourteenth and
r streets Sc, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1941-04-20

For some years the Michigan Park
Citizens Association has been try
ing to get field house constructed
on the Turkey Thicket recreation
area. a 10-acre tract between Tenth
street, Michigan avenue, Perry and
Shepherd streets NE.
Former District Attorney Leo
Rover, chairman of the Recreation
Committee of the association, and
others finally were able to interest
the late Auditor Dan Donovan and
the then chairman of the House
District Appropriations Subcommit-
tee, Ross Collins, in the project.
The sum of $25 900 was appropriated
in the budget of 1910, which residents
of the area understood was to be
used for the building of a field
house at Turkey Thicket, although
the language in the appropriation
did not specify it.
Some equipment was purchased
and taken out to the area and some
Evening star., 1941-04-20
CALENDAR NOTES.

The Electrical Contractors Board
of Governors will meet Tuesday at
8 pm. Place to be set.
Entertainment and awarding of
cups to last years parade prize
winners will comprise the program
of the West End body Tuesday night.
There will be no business, Myer
Goldberg, secretary, promises. The
judges attending will be Thomas
E. Lodge, chairman of the District
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board:
Louis L. Bowdler. president of the
Federation of Businessmen's As
sociationS, and Ernest Gerstenberg
manager of the West End branch of
the Hamilton National Bank. Mai.
Ernest w. Brown, superintendent of
the Metropolitan Police, and Walter
F. WaSson, president of the West
End Citizens Association, are ex-
pected to be present. Entertainment
will be IAN hour of talent" presented
by the associations vice president,
John G. Marceron.
n 1lldl pllySlCdl cAdIIllIldIlOll lOT
selectees before they resign their
positions in preparation for in
duction in the Army is asked by
the Southeast Businessmen's As
sociation. The group feels that
"the Selective Service law should
be changed to permit this because
in many cases men have passed
examinations given by local draft
board physicians and have been
rejected by Army doctors at their
induction center" This, is says,
only causes draft registrants further
hardships. The body indorsed the
Overton-Hunter bill for fixing the
Federal Governments share in
District expenses, and recommended
sales tax for the District. New
officers elected in the association
are: Albert w. Lee, president, to
succeed Arthur Shaffer; Dolan
Evening star., 1941-04-20

and then gave it away by saying
that whenever a grandchild needed
sweater he could knit one.
And he made his own knitting
needles from coat hangers" Mrs.
Cole added.
You can't buy the size you want,
interjected Mr.. Cole
A native of South Dakota. where
he was raised on a farm, Mr.. Cole
graduated from the State college,
later becoming a member of the
faculty. He is now stationed at
Beltsville, Md, holding the rank
of senior in agronomy-the science
of crop production and rotation.
Evening star., 1941-04-20
DIR. w. T. Spanton
Gets Appointment

DR.. w. T. Spanton. a member of
the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens
Association, has been appointed
chief of the Federal Office of Educa-
tion's agricultural education service,
it was announced yesterday.
DR.. Spanton, who lives at 1927
Vista street NE, has for 16 years
been Federal agent for agricultural
education in the Pacific region. Dur
ing the past year he has been serv-
ing under the assistant commits
sioner for vocational education in
capacity Of assistant administrator
of defense training programs for
out-of- school youth and for youth of
the National Youth Administration
programs.
Evening star., 1941-04-20
School Hobby Show

GonZaga High School will hold
its Sd annual exposition and hobby
show at the school, 81 I street NV,
next week end from l pm. to pm.
Students will explain various SCI
entifc exhibits. The event is called
the Meet Gonzaga" exposition.