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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-13

Is still ready and anxious to
the starting right end against
Navy in place of the lighter
George Murphy. The first team
has been kept on the firing line
during most of the games with
the second club being limited to
about 20 minutes in the last
three encounters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-13
Look Out. PennI

WEST POINT. ". T.. Nov. Isl
QNS)--Coach Earl Blaik today
said he was worried whether his
Army team had shot its bolt,
Licked by Harvard and tied by
Notre Dame in its last two en-
counters. Blaik said the Penn
game viii prove that" n
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-13

League clubs. Joe first agreed.
then called me and said he
would rather stay with the De-
troit organization, but that he
was returning TO Medicine Hat
regardless" AN
Adams asserted there were no
hard feelings between Fisher and
the Detroit organization. Fisher
told him he owed all he had to the
Detroit club, Adams said. The De-
troit manager added that, al
though Big Joe was automatically
barred from all organized hockey
for jumping his contract, Detroit
would consider releasing him If he
found employment in Medicine
Hat and wanted to play on some
local team.
MORE SHUTTLE
Meanwhile, Fishers failure to
report at Indianapolis caused a
further shuttle. To take Jennings
place Adams recalled Roy Sawyer,
former Oshawa Generals forward,
who had been sent on loan to the
Philadelphia Ramblers. Sawyer,
who was signed from the amateurs
this Fall, is to report to Herbie
Lewis Of the Caps
Jennings today worked for the
third successive day on the for
ward line with Carl Liscombe and
Connie Brown Playing Coach Eb-
bic Goodfeilow, out skating again,
put the Detroiters through a two
hour workout in preparation for
their weekend road battles.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06

Because we specialize in
Goodyear Tires. you eon
get your size In the sits
thot best fits yosr needs
end year peekstbeok.
Equdlly wide choice Of
Tudiosi bicycles and other
featured products.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06
Youths Desire For eFun"

The principal needs OF youth, ac-
oording to a report made by an
eminent authority to the National
Congress of Parents and Teachers
are these: Getting job having
some decent fun, and marrying and
having a family.
4 Some serious old timers will say
that youth thinks too often about
''fun," that life is a hard working
aud sober affair, and the young
people will have to settle down and
get along with less 'fun."
Perhaps the. old timers do not
realize how seriously these youngs-
ters have been working during re-
cent years. The need for a job is
ever before them. Some of them
trifie with life, but the majority are
thinking constantly of how they are
going to make good. They want to
work, and they realize it will help
them get work if they get good
marks in school.
There was time when fun" was
the principal aim of boys and girls.
They might or might not study their
lessons as they should, but any
way they had all their dates care
fully planned, and if there were
chances for fun" lying around
loose, they were quickly snapped
up.
What do the young folks mean
when they say having some "fun?"
It means of course the chance to
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06

do the things that appeal to the
spirit of youth, games, sports,
shows, motoring, dancing, and usu-
ally quite lot of flirting. Within
limits the fun is largely wholesome
and the youth who grows up with
out fun is likely to miss a part of
his education.
If the youngsters come into ma
ture life with FUN" as their main
objective, they are not so welcome
in the business and professional Of
fees and workshops. There fun
has to be forgotten during the
working day. The older folks also
need their share of fun. If they
don't have some favorite recreations
to give them happiness and relief
from the strains Of daily life, they
are likely to settle down in a rut
and lose something of power.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06
BENEFITS OF BTGNEss

Less is being heard from those
who argue that "bigness" is the
true gauge of Industrial monopoly.
The reason is not hard to find.
Now that the nation is lighting for
time to rearm against a. hostile
world, bigness has taken on new
meaning to millions of Americans.
We need big industries because
only big industries can create mass
production vital to mechanized de-
fense. We will always need big
Industries, in peace time as we'll
as war.
Our system of mass merchandis-
ing is as essential as mass produc-
ton. 1t was founded on the needs
of 1SO,000.O00 people, Through it,
the necessities of life are distri-
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06

Church, prominent legionnaire and
rotarian. Headed by the high school
band the pupils of the elementary,
junior high and high schools par
AIDED through the streets and visited
the different cemeteries and placed
flowers and flags on the graves OF
those who served in the different
wars in which this country has
been involved. The federal building
court house and most of the busi-
ness places remained closed dur
ing the day.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06

Part OF the program for cotton
week is in the direction Of stimu<
lating a stronger retail market by
Interesting consumers in a wide
variety of goods and articles made
from cotton. One; Of the big mar
kets for cotton once existed In max
ing cordage; in twisted cables as
substitutes for ropes cottonseed oil
and IT'S products, cottonseed meal,
oil cakes. and a great many edible
foods.aFe source of important rev.
enue for. cotton ,raisers.
High explosives are made from
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06
GEORGETOWN
g. u. s. Commencement.

The forty-fifth annual commence
ment exercises Of the Georgetown
High School will be held in the
main auditorium tonight, Friday,
June 6 The salutatorian is James
Baxter and the valedictorian, Ar
lene- Moyer.
The class will be presented by
Superintendent Franklin ]. Butz TO
former Congressman Robert G.
Houston, president of the Board of
Education, who in turn will award
the diplomas
Members of the graduating class
are:
Arlene Meyer
Helen Gardner
Catharine Tingle
Charlotte Lingo
Dorothy Coulter
Mildred Warrington
Dorothy Newman
Minnie Fleetwood
Edith Rust
Helen Middleton
Iva Johnson
Elsie 6uSn
Dorothy Breeding
Eleanor Henderson
Ruth 1saacs
William Faucet
Jack Maybury
Clarence. .Pase
Coda Rogers
Siguard Christianson
Glenwood Thompson
James Baxter
William Royal
Theodore Torbert
Freeman Hudson
Harold Short
James West
Edward COnaway
Chester Watts
James Hastings
William Hudson
Edward Holson
George Spicer
James Scott
The program follows:
Professional, School Band
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06
GREENWOOD

Mr.. and Mrs. GraydOn Hurst and
family of Wilmington, spent Friday
with Mr.. and Mrs. George d. Ba-
ker.
Miss Mildred Long of Philadel-
phia spent the weekend with her
mother, Mrs. Mayme Long.
Miss Betty Wiley Of Federals-
burg, Nd. spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Emory
Wiley.
French Riley spent a few days
last week in New Jersey.
Keith Macnamarie spent the
weekend in Dover with his par
ents.
Frank Houseman of Philadelphia
spent the weekend with his sister,
Miss Kathryn Houseman.
Mr.. and Mrs Marion Pearson of
Brooklyn, N. Y, spent a few days
last week with Mr.. Pearson's par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Pearson.
Amos Robb, and Ralph Brunton
left on Thursday for Virginia
where they will work on the rural
electrification project.
< Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Kubek and
daughter Dorothy of Philadelphia,
spent the weekend with Mrs. ku-
bek's mother, Mrs. Lottie johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Brown had
as guests on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Blunt of Hagerstown, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lew Stevens had
as guests on Sunday, Mr.. Stevens
parents of Hickman, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Porter had as
guests last week Mrs. Eva Davis of
Riverside, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Johnson
had as guests over the weekend
Mr.. and Mrs. Tess Watson of Will
mington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Klemm en-
tertained guests from Philadelphia
over the weekend.
Miss Jean Houseman of Woods
town, N. j., spent the weekend
with her aunt, Miss Kathryn House
man.
Alvin Mills spent the weekend
with Miss Marian Lewis in New
ark, N. j., on Sunday. Miss Lewis
and Mr.. Mills went to New York
to the Roxie Theatre and heard
vices will be presented at st.
Johnstown Methodist Church on
Sunday evening, June 8, at o.
clock. A pageant entitled I'VE
Christ" will be given, also
exercises and songs by
the primary department. We in
vite you to come.
The st. Johnstown Ladies Aid
will be entertained by Mrs. Katie
Tatman and Mrs. George Wiley at
the home of Mrs. Tatman on June
12. Everyone is invited.
Wayne King.
Mrs. Eottie Johnson returned
home on Friday after spending a
week in Philadelphia.
William Adams is quite i'll at
this writing.
William Spanish of Fort DUPONT
spent several days with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Span
ish.
DR.. Walter A. Hearn. district
of the Dover Dis
trict of the Peninsula Conference,
will be the guest preacher at the
evening service of Grace Methodist
Church next Sunday, June 8, at 8
D. m. DR.. Hearn will be remember
ed by his splendid message at the
lovely Palm Sunday rservice re-
Gently in the Grace Church. After
the divine worship hour the newly
appointed PASTOR of the church, the
Rev. J. L. Jones will be united in
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06
IN nEFENIsR 0R CaTTI0N' /

National cotton week this month
is to promote economic defense fof
old King Cotton, who has been tot
tering on his throne, for To-, these
many years. The Government has
been backing cotton control pro
grams as sort of stop-gap, but It
is perfectly clear that the official
remedies are inadequate, and at the
same time very widely criticized
uted to American homes with a
dispatch and efficiency that is the
envy of the world. An abundance
of food on our dinner tables, as
well as abounding quantity and
matchless quality of wearing ap-
parel, foot gear, etc., are directly
attributable to mass merchandise
ing, for the simple reason that it
keeps prices within the reach of
millions instead of thousands. And
yet, in spite of these many taken
for granted" benefits, mass .mer-
chandisers have been loudly con-
demned as monopolistic, merely on
the ground that they are too big.
You can't have the benefits of
ibgness without having bigness.
If we are ever sold to the idea that
bigness in itself is evil, we might
as well bow to foreign aggressors.
at once, for we are licked without
it. If the war demonstrates once
and for all time the fallacy of the
old demagogic argument that big
ness equals monopoly, a new vista
of progress will open before US,
one in which all forms and sizes
of enterprise will serve with maxi
mum efficiency in a free competi-
tive system.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06

cotton, and so are the new lecquers
which have taken the place OF paint
ON automobiles. Cotton dresses
have become very popular, as are
many kinds of cotton clothing. One
element in its favor is that the
American public look to cotton be-
cause it is cheap So, success TO
cotton week and the Sunny South.
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06

While we are on the subject OF
dancing, don't forget that the Fire
men are still holding their weekly
barn dances in Milford Community
Milford chronicle., 1941-06-06

matrimony, with Miss Emily Isa-
belle Willing of Bivalve, Md, by
the superintendent, DR.. Hearn.
The annual Children's Day SER
Evening star., 1941-02-23
Personal Responsibility Sinking

/ taken in his case had he survived.
Had he not been incapaCitated, it is
possible that the Chesapeake would
have emerged the victor. LaWrence's s
! last orders. Don't give up the ship.
has been immortaliZed, and it was
Perry'S slogan of victory in the
Battle of Lake Erie. A destroyer
is named Lawrence.
In 1868, the frigate Mississippi,
after having grounded under the
guns of a Confederate battery at
Port Hudson. was abandoned and
destroyed by fire. Admiral Farragut
had protested against such heavy
ships up the Mississippi River, and
the loss was held to be due to no
fault of Capt Melancton Smith, who
continued to hold responsible COM
mands af1oat throughout the re-
mainder of the war.
The captain of the Cumberland
which was sunk by the Merrimac
in Hampton Roads, received other
commands.
In 1889. hurricane wrecked the
United States ships Trenton, Nipsic,
and Vandalia in the harbor of Apia,
Samoa. One captain lost his life
at the time, but the two others were
given subsequent commands at sea.
In 1894, the Kearsarge, due to
faulty navigation, was wrecked on
Roncador Bank in the Caribbean.
Her captain was never given another
command
Captain SigSbee, who commanded
the Maine when it was blown up in
Havana Harbor, received other COM
mands, and later became a rear
admiral.
In addition to the instances cited,
there have been many cases of ships
having been seriously damaged, but
not lost, that resulted in captains
losing their commands permanently.
When naval vessel is wrecked or
is sinking, it is the duty of the
officers and crew to remain by the
ship as long as possible and en-
deavor to save Government prop
erty, especially the log-book, muster
roll, pay accounts, valuable papers
and money. The captain should be
the last person to leave the ship.
All authority vested in the officers
of the ship remain in full force
until the crew is formally trans
ferred to other duty.
Every loss of or serious damage
to naval vessel is investigated by
court of inquiry, which is fact
finding procedure sometimes likened
Evening star., 1941-02-23

10 a grand jury. Such courts have
the power to compel the attendance
of civilian as we'll as naval wit
nesSeS, and all testimony is re-
ceived under oath. These courts.
after weighing the evidence ad-
duced, submit reports that con-
tain their opinions and recon-
mendations, but they have no power
to adJudge punishments.
A court of inquiry follows a set
procedure which is begun by calling
for the captains official report of
the disaster, and having it read in
the presence of the captain and all
other survivors. The court then
puts the following questions in the
phraseology as given:
/. To the captain "IS the mar
ratlve just read to the court a true
statement of the loss of the United
States ship p"
2. To the captain. Have you any
complaint to make against any of
the surviving officers and crew of
the said ship on that occasion?"
3. To the surviving officers and
crew. Have you any objections to
make in regard to the narrative lust
read to the court, or anything to
lay to the charge of any officer or
man with regard to the loss of the
United States ship p"
The court then proceeds thor
oughly to inquire into the loss. and
its opinions and recommendation
usually decide what further action,
II any, shall be taken against the
captain or any other person who
Is found responsible for, or i'm
plicated in the loss of the ship.
Should it be decided that further
proceedings against any one are
necessary, the accused" as he is
technically designated, is ordered
to appear for trial by a general
court martial.
Legally, a general court martial
has almost unlimited latitude in
the puniShments it can assign.
However, in time of peace. the
punishments that can be adiudged
cannot exceed certain limitations
set forth by an executive order.
1t seems improbable that the cut
and-dried peace-time methods of
fixing responsibility can be followed
In toto in every case of wartime
loss or extensive Damage, and 1t
would be interesting to learn what
short cuts have been adopted to
meet British requirements at the
present time. |
Evening star., 1941-02-23

rare eloquence. eccentric, as we'll as
learned and able: the estimable Gen.
ellison. the esteemed Col. Seaton,
the worthy and honest DR.. Hunt
and other worthy and true gentle
men,"
Justice Was Patron.
Gabriel Duvau of Maryland, an
associate justice of the United States
Supreme Court from 1911 to 1886,
after his retirement from the bench
when he was 86 years of age, is said
to have frequently ridden his horse
from his home in Maryland, a dis
tance of II miles, and returned the
same day, in order to attend the
races.
AS early as 1905, we are told, the
renowned Maid of the Oaks beat all
competitors on this track, until she
was trained off. She was run by her
owner, Byrd Willis of Fredericks-
burg, in 4-mile heats, and beat,
without an apparent struggle, Gen.
Ridgely's Oscar, Col. Tayloe's Top
gallant, Gov. Lloyds Dolon and
others. This field of horses, and
another on the same course in 1906"
it is said, were among the best ever
assembled in this country"
AT this period" an old account
tells us, "the grain-growing States
were enjoying a season of great
prosperity; the unparalleled demand
for breadstuffs abroad gave an ex-
traordinary activity to commerce.
Many planters in Maryland, Virginia
and South Carolina had large in
comes (the last named from rice
and indigo of from $4,000 to
100000 a year, and were actively
engaged on the turf. They prose-
cuted its pursuits as a pastime. To
them the cost was nothing. They
bought horses at large prices and
had their studs, and enjoyed society
like English noblemen. The best
horses were imported from England,
as Medley, Shark, Saltram. etc, and
the brood mares Castianira, Peggy,
Anvilina and others"
Popular Rendezvous.
1t is really interesting to recall
this old race track at the top of
Fourteenth street hill, just a little
beyond where Judge Harlan used
to live at Euclid street. and not
much beyond the old Columbian
College buildings. Few people now
living in the area of this old one
mile race track can, in their ex-
treme Imagination, visualize condi-
tons as they existed during the
many years this course was a pop
ular rendezvous, not only for tbs
elite of Washington, but for some
of the greatest minds of the country.
Evening star., 1941-02-23

captain was in some degree reSpon-
Sible for the loss, but that eXtenuat-
ing circumstances existed, and that
his previous record and service repu-
tation were good, very probably he
will be intrusted with another COM
mand.
There is a saying in the Navy
that a captain is responsible for
everything that happens on board
his ship; that if he does not know
what is going on, he is at fault
because he should know! So, in the
rare case where no responsibility
for damage to, or loss of his ship
can be ascribed to a captain, he
need expect no difficulty in securing
another command.
1t is easy to make mistakes,
especially in time of stress. There
are few captains of experience who
have not had one or more close
shaves, the very thought of which
always gives them cold shivers. A
few feet in distance or a couple of
seconds in time may have been all
that saved his ship from a serious
mishap.
The fault might have seemed en-
tirely that Of subordinate, but
in nearly every instance the cap
tain would, in some degree, have
been responsible, and naval investi-
cations, with the advantage of hind
sight, have an uncanny faculty Of
putting the finger on any weak
spot in captains procedure.
A captain seldom has any voice
in selecting his officers, but must
accept the assignments made by the
Navy Department. He makes his
own appraisal of the officers capa-
bilities and is governed accordingly.
In particular must he judge the
competence of the navigator, and
even though he reaches the conclu-
sion that this officer is fully quail
fled for his duties, the alert captain
is never lulled into complacent
| truStfulness. The navigator is only
human and there is always the
possibility that he may have an
unaccountable lapse of judgment at
critical time. To guard against
such a contingency, the captain
checks and counterchecks the navi-
gators work, at times when an error
would involve serious consequences
Manifestly, there is physical
limit to the supervision that any
captain can exert. During time
of potential danger captain often
Evening star., 1941-02-23

remains on the bridge of his ship
over period of many hours, some
times running into several days.
But it cannot be expected that
Watchkeeping of this nature be
made a routine procedure for a
captain during normal cruising.
However. he must develop a dis
eliminating sense of knowing when
he should be on hand.
In formation of ships there will
be only some 300 yards of open
water between the bow of a ship
and the stern of the next ahead.
Regulating the speed of ship to
maintain this distance is the duty
of the officer of the watch and is
an art in which some officers never
become adept. When such an officer
is on watch the captain very prob
ably will frequent the bridge to keep
an eye on matters.
During the execution of signals
involving changes of formation,
there is always the possibility of a
collision should either of two ad-
jacent ships bungle the maneuver,
and at such times the captain
should be at hand to supervise.
When a ship is traversing narrow
or dangerous waters, the captain
either cons his vessel himself. or
has it done under his direction by
the navigator, but with ship alone
on a safe course, the officer of the
watch should require no supervision.
The Navy regulations forbid the
officer of the watch changing the
course of ship except to avoid
imminent danger or, when in pilot
waters, on the advice of the naviga-
tor. and such changes and the rea-
son therefor must Immediately be
reported to the captain.
If the officer of the watch should
strand ship by making an unau-
thorized change of course, it would
seem that the responsibility could
hardly be placed on the captain
However, this dereliction is a very
remote possibility, and the only in
stance OF the kind that comes to
mind is the case of the U. S. S..
Huron. Some 10 years ago, that
vessel was beached on the North
Carolina coast with great loss of
life, including the captain. Cir
cumstances seemed to indicate that
the disaster was caused by an inad-
vertent change Of course having
been made by the officer Of the
watch.
At sea, when another vessel, land,
Evening star., 1941-02-23

Annie M. Rohr. In 1860, before tax
ing over the race course property,
Mr.. Rohr had been employed at
Browns Hotel, now the Metropolitan,
and in his day was very popular
man and just such one as would
succeed in business most anywhere.
The writer knew his daughter, Miss
Lena Rohr, very well,
Toward the latter part of its
existence the Brightwood Trotting
Park sort of lost caste and few, if
any, f1rst-class attractions were held
there. Indeed, just before it was
closed up entirely, only an occasional
mule race was run on its track, Mat
Myers mule usually winning the
event.
1t was in what was probably the
original dwelling connected with the
old Crystal Spring race course that
Stansbury Lodge, No. "a, F. A. A.
M, was formed in the early part of
1878.
Jackson City Course.
A 1-mile course that soon gave up
the ghost was built about 1853 at
Jackson City, close to the south end
of the Highway Bridge. But sub
sequently, many years later, racing
here was renewed. The National
Race Course, which stood on a part
of the site of st. Elizabeth's Hos
pital, is identified as to date and
location by the following item ap-
pearing in The Star of October 7,
1868:
The course is located directly
back Of the asylum and the ap-
proach to it, over gently rising
road which turns to the right after
the Navy Yard Bridge is crossed
and which has been recently, by
direction of the Levy Court, graded
and graveled, forms one of the most
pleasant drives about the city. The
course is on high ground and fine
view is had from it of the entire
District and the surrounding coun-
try"
The Benning course was estab-
lished in 1875, was known as the Hill
track and was managed by man
named Draney. The Washington
Jockey Club took it over in 1890 and
operated it until 1908, when it was
closed. After that the place was
used for wintering race horses.
The Ivy City track had quite an
eventful career. On February 2,
1893. it was leased to Tim Campbell,
a colorful Congressman from New
York, perhaps best known for his
witty reply to President Cleveland,
who, the story goes, had refused to
grant him favor because to do so
would be unconstitutional. To which
Mr.. Campbell is said to have re-
piled: Whats the Constitution be-
tween friends. Mr.. President?"
Undoubtedly, the development of
race horses has been going on for