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Evening star., 1941-05-25
Hobbies and Lobbyists
News of Activities Here and Nearby
By Edmond Henderer

Since the question of cost usually
enters into the choice of hobby,
the Accomplishments of George
Fogle as an amateur photographer
are worth considering. Mr.. Fogle
is chiefly interested in the technical
side of the hobby and in the dark
room work in particular. Although
he has used a number of different
types of cameras. most of his pic
lures are taken on 35-mm. film, and
an enlarger is an important item
of his equipment.
Good enlargers are expensive, so
Mr. Fogle made one. Among its
numerous parts are a metal waste
basket, the reflector of an auto
mobile headlight and pieces of a
camera. AS originally built, it
utilized the lens from his first cam
era, but that has since been re-
placed by one designed for the job.
In spite of the apparent hodge
podge of parts, this machine will
give an absolutely clear enlargement
up to 6 feet in diameter if the mega
tive is good enough to stand it.
Mr.. Fogle has tried his hand at
copy work, microphotography, photo
Christmas cards, color transpar-
encies, portraiture and movies. One
of his efforts in the last field was a
film of trick shots, made in COL
labOration with friend. They tried
to reproduce by their own methods
all of the movie tricks they had
seen. such as various types of dis
appearing acts. Some of the meth
DDS Mr. Fogle uses in making titles
for movies may be of interest. In
taking pictures on vacation trips
he watches for attractive road signs
and similar signs which he films di-
rectly in the movie to provide titles
in the proper places. Another
scheme is to take still pictures suit
able for the purpose while on the
trip, letter on the title and re-
photograph on movie film for
splicing in at the proper place.
In all of these attempts the expert
mental angle has been Mr.. Fogle's
chief interest. Photography became
his hobby about 1885, but a par
ticular liking for the science of op-
tics, developed while in high school,
laid the groundwork for the hobby
Mr.. .Fogle has his darkroom in the
basement of his home at 1882
Meridian place NV. He is a mem
Der Of the Arlington Camera Club.
A recent magazine article stated
that 100000 amateurs took 60O,-
100000 still pictures last year and
that there are some 100000 home
movie fans in this country.
The source OF this information
was not stated, but it appears to be
based largely on figures for the ma
tional sales of cameras and film.
The fallacy in this is readily appar-
ent. Obviously few of those who
Evening star., 1941-05-25
AMONG THE STAMP COLLECTORS
News of the Phaec World Its Interests and People-Revew of
the Stamp Press-Lst of Local Meetings

:ticed in New York early this year
and there have been occasional
arrivals since. Generally the stamp
less letters are those requiring q
large amount of postage"
What the explanation may be is
anybody's guess.
Frank Godden's second printing OF
his book on the stamps of Rhodesia
was destroyed by Nazi raiders at
Plymouth.
The sponsors of the national
philatelic auctions for refugee relief
have announced banquet and sale
at the Hotel Astor, New York, Tues
day evening, June 3.
According to the Associated Press,
"27 years late and 1000 miles off
its original address, letter has
reached Mrs. Conrad Dahl of Helena,
Mont. 1t was posted at Carpio. N.
D., in 1914. by. her younger sister
and was addressed to her at Lake
view. Mimi, where she then was
living.
Shortly after the letter was
mailed, pouch was stolen. and the
thieves dropped it between the
studding of house under con-
struction at Carpio. 1t was walled
in without workmen finding it.
Recently. however. a brother of
Mrs. Dahl was engaged as an
electrician in the house and ripped
the partition away to get at the
wiring. He reached in-and pulled
out the letter. now at last delivered
to his elder sister,
The Taft Junior High School
Stamp Club is sponsoring an exhibi-
ton of United States and foreign
stamps and covers now on display
at the Woodbridge Public Library,
2206 Rhode Island avenue NE.
Stamp meetings for the week are
scheduled as follows:
Tomorrow evening at s-Wood-
ridge Stamp Club. 2206 Rhode Island
avenue NE, Buddy Litchheld and
his movies. program and exhibition.
Tomorrow evening at 8-Capital
Precancel Club, Thomson School,
Twelfth and L streets NV. Pro-
gram in charge of Ralph E. Smith
and George w. HawSe.
Tuesday evening et 2-CoIlectors'
Club of Washington. Thomson
School. Second Assistant Postmaster
General Smith w. Purdum, guest OF
honor and principal speaker. Ex-
hibition by Charles G. Waldman.
Wednesday evening at 8-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society. Hotel
Grafton, ll39 Connecticut avenue
NV. Alexander Halperson will ex-
hibit and describe a specialized COL
lection of the stamps of the Neither
lands and colonies.
Evening star., 1941-05-25
WHITE-IO MEN

WHITE-IO MEN.
White to Play and Mate in Two Moves.
A ladder standing will be published
shortly. To date on No. 331 these prob
lemiSts have filed solutions: E Nash, W.
B. Boger. DR.. T. S. Csldemeyer. Charles
]. Berner. and j. H. CrusSelle.
try their skill at composing a problem
are requested to mail their efforts TO this
department at any time. The better ere
ations will be diagrsmmed and published.
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Capital City Defeats Divan.

TIE Capital City Chess Club as
sembled a strong phalanx of kleiner
meisters to oppose the Washington
Chess Divan at the latter's quar-
ters at the Parkside Hotel last Sun
day afternoon in an 18-board inter
club match to emerge the victor,
1913, after six hours of shifting
fortunes in which the Capital play
ers eventually gained undisputed
advantage.
Albert w. Fox, internationalist
and one of the "old guard" turned
out to play top board for Capital
City and to win against Ernest
Knapp in a pretty queens gambit
that lasted l8 moves, as follows:
Evening star., 1941-05-25
CHESS
The Game and Its
Players
Bp Paul J. Miller.

Edmund Nash, victor in the l94l
club tournament of Federal Sc
curity Chess Club, will be the guest
speaker at 7:45 pm. Tuesday in
the game room of the Portland
Hotel. His topic will be My Pref
erence for the Nimzowitsch De-
fense."
Mr. Nash will illustrate with one
of his own games, played in 1887
at Racine, Wis, during the Wis
consin Championship Tournament.
The opening" of the match between
Heyn and Nash was a NimzoWitsch
defense.
Evening star., 1941-05-25

a. The Lane-Paul game was technically
faux pas for the board initislly was
placed wrong and the error never cor
rected as the PLAYERS progressed TO the
Chess Code. Paragraph i, reads: III in
the course OF or Immediately after game
II be proved that the initial position of
me men on the board was incorrect, or
ne chess board WRONGLY, placed initiauy
the game snail be annulled -
In a total of six interclub matches
with the Washington Chess Divan.
Capital City Chess Club has won
five and lost but one. Definitely. the
-Four C's has jinx on the Divan
in match play.
Vincent Eaton. Dallas Burch and
J. Neufeld are leading in the 1s41
club Championship tourney of Paul
Morphy Chess Club, which has both
social and formal games every
Thursday, 7-11:30 pm, at the Jew
ish Community Center. Recently,
President Marcel Proper left the
city for lengthy vacation.
Refugees" may play any Thurs
day evening at the Morphy club
room without charge. as they are
accorded full guest privileges.
Chess Problem No. 334.
{ By GEORGE B. SPENCER, ST. Paul MINI
| Courtesy Chess Correspondent Magazine
BLACK MEN.
Evening star., 1941-05-25

ARRANGEMENTS have been practi-
cally completed for the big Annapo-
lis independence Day tournament
which is to be held in the Maryland
capital on July 4, 5 and s. This
tourney has come to be recognized
as one of the leading events OF the
wear in Eastern contract bridge cir
cles. inasmuch as it draws some OF
the prominent players not only
from Maryland. Virginia and WASH
ington but also from New York and
Pennsylvania.
That this years meet will be no
departure from previous affairs is
indicated by the large number OF
entrants already listed. The agenda
calls for five major events, including
q women's pair game and men
pair game played concurrently on
the afternoon of July 4. A Wash
ington pair, Mrs. Mary Goodstein
and her daughter Thelma, captured
the women's match last year and
this year will defend the cup they
won. In the mems game. Baron v.
Won zedtwitZ, the Austrian noble
man from New York, and S. q.
Churchill, Washington, were the
victors last year.
The mixed pair game will be
played in one session on the eve
ming of July 4. Last years winners
were Mrs. Amy Behrend, Balti-
more, and Stanley o. Finkel, Phil
adelphia. The open pair game will
be played in two sessions on the
afternoon and evening of Saturday,
July 5. 1t will be an elimination
contest and those who do not quail
ify for the finals will play con-
ISOLATION game in the evening, The
team-of-four match will take place
in two sessions onASunday, the first
starting at noon and the second
at S pm.
William Cheeks will manage the
tournament and Russell j. Baldwin,
Cleveland, will act as director.
The holdup is frequently a very
good play. If made at the right
time, it is successful; at other times
it is likely to prove disastrous.
Such was the case in the play of
the deal given below. Two oppor-
tunities for holdups are presented,
one by the declarer and the other
by the defenders. The one made
by the declarer was correctly timed,
while the one by the adversary in
the East should not have been made
for it enabled South to win his con-
tract when he should have been
defeated
The deal:
Evening star., 1941-05-25
This Weeks Meetings.

Monday-Silyer Spring Aeronauts,
Montgomery Blair High School,
Silver Spring, 7:45 pm.
Frlday-Electric Railroader's As
sociation fan trip over Baltimore
streetcar system, leaving Union
Station at 8 am.
Evening star., 1941-05-25
Queens Pawn Opening.

Mikhail Botwinnik captured the 1a41
championship of the U. s. S. R., 13ia-6fz.
This game Is an example of the Russians
attacking style against Bondarevsky. who
was one of the co-winnerS in the 1910
Soviet title parley.
Evening star., 1941-05-25

Mr.. Henderer will be glad to answer
queries pertaining TO hobbies and
hobbyists.- If a personal reply Is ea-
peeted. . stamped and addressed en-
velope should be inclosed.
Evening star., 1941-05-25

Croatia, a new puppet kingdom
OF the italian Fascist Empire, prob
ably will bring out its own postage
stamps. A portrait of the Duke of
spoleto, appointed sovereign of the
marionette state, would be an OBJ
vious choice for the design.
Meanwhile, the effigy of the En-
peror Victor Emanuel perforce must
disappear from the stamps of Ethi-
opia, where Halle Selassie again.
after five long years. sits on the
throne of the Conquering Lion of
Evening star., 1941-05-25

Pete Snodgrass, well-known pro-
fessional handler, recently entered
matrimony. His many friends wish
him much JOY and happiness.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Timely Admonishment

In warning that public administra-
ton must change its habits of mind,
if it is to meet successfully the chal-
lenge of the greatest crisis in our
history, Herbert Emmerich, Secre-
tary to the Office of Production
Management, in his address Tuesday
before the Eastern regional confer
ence of the Civil Service Assembly,
directed attention to one of the
obstacles facing the rearmament
program-jurisdictional disputes be-
tween Federal agencies. AS an o. P.
NJ official, Mr. Emmerich has been
in close touch with developments on
the defense front and, because they
are based on first-hand observations,
his criticisms plainly point the need
for corrective action.
His indictment contains three
principal counts. First, that new ac-
tivities, vital to defense, have been
delayed, In many instances, by
jealousies between Government bu-
reaus. Second, tendency of emer-
gency units to. underestimate the
capabilities of old-line departments,
and the resistance of the latter to
emergency co-ordinating and ad-
visory bodies. And third, hobby
riding"-as evidenced in the desire
to use defense as an excuse to Sc
cure priority for projects that have
no relationship to preparedness.
Other practices also are hamper
ing defense, Mr.. Emmerich declared
There Is too great a disposition at
the present time, he said, to draw
charts, prepare lengthy memoranda
and engage in time-consuming con-
ferences as an escape from decision
and action. Other hindrances to
rearmament are the reluctance of
many Government officials to leave
their jobs in permanent departments
to accept defense posts of precarious
tenure, and the hostility of Federal
experts to the employment of lay
men who are needed in the pre-
paredness program.
Mr.. Emmerich has performed a
timely service in citing the admins
tratiYe methods, and the intra-
governmental jealousies that are
impeding our war effort. In the
present emergency, 1t is essential
that Federal administrators set an
example to the country, by adjust
ing their habits of mind to meet the
demands of the present emergency
and by curbing jurisdictional disputes
between Federal agencies.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Aviation Aid

There have been repeated warn
ingS from qualified observers of the
growing menace of Axis air transport
penetration in South America. 1t
is significant that the most pointed
of these warnings came from Oswald
Ryan, member of the Civil Aeronau-
tics Board, on the eve of a dis
closure today that the United States
at last is moving to assist Latin
American republics in building up
their own air transportation, with
view to making them independent of
the Axis lines.
President Roosevelt and Federal
Loan Administrator Jesse Jones are
initiating a far-reaching policy Of
air transport aid to those South
American nations which require as
SiStance in emerging from foreign
aviation domination. The program
is not being initiated day too soon.
1t should have been established years
ago, regardless of conditions in Eu-
rope, as part of a permanent, long
range policy of developing the
Americas for Americans.
The contemplated policy of aid to
South American air transport COM
panies is realistic, neighborly and
based on the fundamentals of good
business practice. 1t does not con-
template the setting up Of federally
fostered competition to the Pan
American Airways system or to any
of the South American national air
lines. 1t contemplates, rather, the
lending, leasing or sale of United
States airplanes to South American
nations to be used in building up
their own domestic transport sys-
TENS, together with any financial or
technical aid they may require.
1t is hoped that this process will
result in the weakening or complete
elimination of controlled air.
lines from all of South America, as
they have been eliminated from
Colombia, Ecuador and Peru and
are being eliminated from Brazil and
other parts of the continent.
There has been repeated evidence
that the Axis airlines are being used
for military and propaganda pur-
poses, rather than for the further
ance of business and commerce.
There can be no question of the
potential menace they hold for Amer
ican peace and security.
If the movement to bolster the
South American national airlines
with United States help promised
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Is Cyprus Next?

News dispatches from Turkey In
dicate that the Germans may be
preparing an air blitz against Cyprus.
Observers from the Turkish main
land report the German-occupied
Aegean isles and the Italian Dodec-
aneSe SWarming with troops, planes
and light transport craft. While
much of this doubtless is destined
for the current attack on Crete, the
mounting strength of Axis re-
endorsements appears to make pos
Sible Cyprus expedition as we'll.
An attack on Cyprus would be a
logical move in the great Axis gamble
for domination in the Near East.
After Crete, it is the sole outlying
British bastion in the eastern
Mediterranean. A large island,
shaped like a triangle, it blocks the
Seaway to Syria, from which it is
distant only sixty miles. Once in
Axis possession, even British sea
power probably could not effectively
stem a stream of Axis troops and
materials to Syria and beyond.
The storied isle of Cyprus, with
picturesque memories of its seizure
by the English King Richard the
Lion-Hearted and the subsequent
Latin kingdom of crusading times,
has been a British possession since
the year 1878, when Turkey yielded
it as reward for British aid against
Russia. Four-fifths of its population
are Greek in speech and religion,
and there has been a strong senti-
ment among them for union with
the Hellenic nation. During the early
part of the first World War, Britain
offered Cyprus to Greece as the price
of joining the Allies against the
central powers, but the neutral policy
Of King Constantine prevented &C
ceptance of the offer, and when a
pro Ally government later came to
power in Athens, the golden op-
portunity had passed. 1t is reported
that Germany is now promising
Cyprus to the AXiS-SponSored regime
of General TSolacoglou, established
on the Greek mainland since the
flight of the King and his ministers
to Crete. This is obvious bait to
reconcile the Greeks to German
domination
Cyprus consists of two rugged
mountain ranges with central
plain between them running across
the island from coast to coast. This
probably renders it less easily de-
fensible than Crete. Airport facilities
are said to be limited, and the Brit
ish garrison has been small, though
a recent British radio broadcast
stated that heavy re-enforcements of
Australians and New Zealanders had
been landed.
If the Germans aSSail Cyprus, now
or in the near future, it will be one
more indication that the struggle
in the Near East, already assuming
vast proportions, is a major objec-
tive of the German high command,
to be pushed with that reckless dis
regard of life and materiel which
characterizes ReichSwehr strategy.
The stakes are thus high, and victory
or defeat would be bound to have
important repercussions upon the
entire war situation.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles z. Trdce1peIl.

beauty Of this bird that you begin to
think 1t crime to kill it,
So watch out for the personal revela-
tions, in bird observation.
These are the glimpses OF beauty which
show the kinship of all living things.
The keen mind can see it, perhaps, with
out needing glimpseS, but for many
of us, no matter the individual tempera-
ment, the special moment is essential.
There are as many Of these special mo-
ments, in beauty realization, as there
are beautiful things in the world
And they change, with the individual,
from time to time, so that there is no
saying when the special appeal will be
made, or how.
It is one thing, for instance, to know
abstractly that the gladiolus is beauti-
full flower.
1t is quite another thing, and much
more important, to suddenly stop in
front of display in a florists window,
and realize, in a split second, that you
really are grasping the magniflcence OF
this wonderful bloom for the very first
time in your floral life.
Every one of us has floral life, of
course just as we have day day life,
and a fighting life, and book life, and
musical life, and many other sorts Of
lives.
Even the most milk -toastish type Of
human has had his minutes when he
al, 11yy
fight.
We need not be warriors, in any sense,
to understand, at least in special mo-
ments, the surge of anger and the de-
sire to hit something or somebody.
When we come down to the floral life,
we are all plant lovers, in a sense, al
though it may require these special
times to bring out the real liking for
certain flowers or plants.
1t also is possible to work up slow
but solid admiration for such humble
plants as the old favorite shrub, the
althea. or rose Of Sharon. This has been
used so much, and is so common, that
sometimes one tends TO overlook it al
together, until at last perfect specimen
is seen. and then suddenly all the old
admiration for the shrub returns, and
remains, which is the important thing
Watch for the special glimpses of
beauty in the bird world.
There will come time, maybe, when
the sight of English sparrows, in their
soft deep brown summer suits-brought
on by summer in April and May-stirs
recognition of their kinship with all
birds.
A flash of sun over the feathers OF
grackle, and you will have had a revela-
ton Of grackle beauty which no book
could give you.
The sun is the great beautifier of bird
life. The creatures do not have to
shrink from the fierce rays There is
no bird which IS not the prettier for the
sunshine on him. This speaks volumes.
We feel, for the essential sanity and
worth of the bird world The birds get
along with each other very we'll Man,
the trouble maker, has a great deal to
learn from them.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Warning to France

In insisting upon a formal and
definite statement of French inten-
tions with regard to the indicated
closer collaboration with Nazi Ger
many as a condition precedent to
any improvement in relations be-
tween France and this country, Sec
retary of State Hull undoubtedly was
influenced by the handwriting which
is plainly inscribed on the inter-
national wall
1t may be presumed that the men
now directing the affairs of France
are acting in what they believe to
be the best interests of the French
people. Some, perhaps, have base
motives, but that is unimportant
when measured against the probable
result of what seems to be in the
making. The important fact is that
France, driven presumably by the
desperate necessities of her situation,
evidently is preparing to make COM
mon cause In an economic II not
in military sense with Germany
against the British.
If that be the case, it matters little
how profound may be the SYM
pathies of most Americans for the
French people. If they, for reasons
of self interest or otherwise, are
going to become in any sense allies
of the Nazis, they can do so only at
the price of alternating American
good will and making impossible the
extension of any assistance from
this country. The United States has
taken its position wholeheartedly
and unequivocally on the side of
those who are opposing the totali-
tarianS, and if France is going to
seek some supposed advantage by
throwing in her lot with the Axis,
she should not expect to be able to
maintain cordial relations with this
Government.
That was the substance of Secre-
tary Hulls statement to the French
Ambassador The response of his
government will be awaited with pro-
found interest.