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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-08
Hazen 10 Seek Action
On Huff Nomination
For Welfare Post
Statement Partially Quiets
Speculation City Heads
Might Name Another

Commissioner Melvin G. HaZen
announced yesterday he would ask
for action this week by the Board
of Commissioners on the nominal
ton made by the Board of Public
Welfare of Ray L. Huff, now penal
director, to be the Districts new
welfare director.
His statement partially Quoted
speculation over the selection of
new welfare director which had been
stirred by indications that the Com
missioners might delay action for
another week or two on the Huff
nomination.
Strong support had been given
for the selection of Paul Edwards,
District w. P. A. director, and for
Conrad Van Hyning, now principal
assistant welfare director, who en-
tered District service a year ago.
While considering these officials as
we'll as others, the welfare board
gave its choice to Mr.. Huff. who has
been in District service since May,
1887.
hCduN W tOtC iOt Ahuis
)mmissioner Hazen indicated he
wa. prepared to vote for Mr. Huff S
ap ointment He said he felt Mr..
H IF was we'll qualified for the post,
was nominated by the welfare board
and was deserving the promotion.
The salary for the welfare director
begins at $4,000 year.
Brig. Gen. Charles w. Kutz, En-
gineer Commissioner. said yeSter-
day he would like to have action
on the appointment delayed until
the Welfare Board was prepared
to suggest new general superin-
tendent of penal institutions for
the District, if Mr.. Huff were pro-
NOTED, but refused to say how he
would vote on the pending nominal
ton. However, he did say he felt
the Commissioners should uphold
the nomination of the Welfare
Board in any case wherein it had
suggested a qualified person, wheth-
er or not an individual Commits
Sioner might have had some other
qualified person in mind
No Comment From Young.
For instance, said Gen. Kutz, eff
there are two qualified men avail
able and the Welfare Board nomi-
mates one of them, I do not think
it is my responsibility to say mo- to
one and to ask for the nomination
of the other. I think we should
accept the nomination of the We'll
fare Board if and when they sug-
gest a qualified man." He said he
had met Mr.. Huff and had formed
a good opinion of his ability.
Commissioner John Russell
Young, the third Commissioner, was
absent from the District Building
yesterday. He is said to have formed
q favorable regard of Mr.. Huff's
ability, but he has given no tndica-
ton as yet as to how he would vote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-08
District Heads Ask
For Suggestions on
Saving Gasoline
Defense Council Told
To Take Official Notice
Of Ickes' Worninq

Members of the District Defense
Council we're called on yesterday by
the Commissioners to take official
notice of the possibilities of gaso-
lineless Sundays for Eastern areas
and to suggest steps that might be
taken to conserve motor fuel.
Without waiting for official orders
from Federal officials, the city heads
took Cognizance of warnings by
Secretary Of Inferior Ickes of the
need for conservation.
Il feel the District and particu-
larly the municipal agencies should
cooperate in all practical ways in
the conservation of gasoline" Brig.
Gen Charles w. Kutz, Engineer
Commissioner, said.
Commissioner Hazen also agreed
the District government should CO.
operate as soon as possible, but
voiced hope gasless Sundays would
not be necessary. He wrote a memo
to Highway Director H. c. White
hurst, executive officer of the Dis
members to consider and suggest
conservation measures.
Capt. Whitehurst at once said:
Il am glad to learn of this action
There are various simple ways in
which we can cooperate. For one
thing, We can, by giving constant
thought to this matter, cut out need
less automobile trips. Also, we
drivers can reduce the periods when
we let the motor Idle and use up
gasoline needlessly. However, there
is little value in cutting off the mo-
tor if it must be started almost at
once"
Gen. Kutz gave a personal, ex-
ample of how gasoline might be
conserved. When we District Off
Gals drove to Baltimore Friday to
attend the defense conference with
Mayor La Guardia," he said, there
were five of us who travelled in one
car, whereas we might have divided
into two groups and have used two
automobiles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-08
1900 See Statesmen Triumph
In Wocky Ball Game for Charity
Nine Old Men Nosed Out, l7-16;
Line Ups Abound With Big Names

tive Fish on first, Representative AL
len of Illinois pitching and Repre-
sentatives O'Brien and O'Toole of
New York and Bishop of Illinois and
Senator La Toilette in the outfield.
The lineup was changed contin-
uouSly throughout the game. be-
cause there was plenty of reserve
strength from Capitol Hill on hand.
Clark Griffith. president of the
Washington Nationals, visited the
premises during the game. reported
ly seeking talent for his laSt-place
team.
Big Train Opening Pitcher.
Mr.. Thomas crew of Nine Old
Men" actually there were about
Is. and not too old had Walter
johnson, the erstWhile Big Train
of major league baseball, as its
opening pitcher. Mr.. Johnson ad-
mitted his arm wasn't what it used
to be and he retired to first base
after a few innings. Homer Croy,
the writer, finished the pitching.
Frank Buck, who used to bring
'em back alive, had difficulty getting
himself around the bases in the hot
afternoon sun, but Munro Leaf,
author of Ferdinand the Bull" has
plenty of energy. On one trip to
the plate he succeeded in making
home run on a bunt with a batch
of errors by the Statesmen thrown
I'M.
Later in the game, when Repre-
sentative Hill of Washington was
at bat all of the Nine Old Men
infield moved in to within 20 feet of
the plate. So Mr.. Hill just dumped
a hit over their heads.
Time Called for Soft Drink.
The game got wackier as it went
along. Ed Allen tried to catch fly
balls in a basket. The game was
held up while Mr.. Leaf slipped soft
drink and then passed the bottle
around to his teammates.
The unfpiring was in good hands
Admiral Emory S. Land, chairman
Of the Maritime Commission, called
them at first base; Undersecretary
of Commerce Wayne Taylor was the
arbiter at third base and Toby
Miller of the Officers Club umpired
behind the plate.
The United States Marine Band
under direction of Capt. William H
Santelmann, played throughout the
! game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-08
Toll in Previous Months.

In June, Beware Of:
/. Crossing street at a point
other than a croSswalk. Two
pedestrians met death by this
action in June last year.
2. Crossing an intersection
against the proper signal. Two
pedestrians were killed while
committing this act during
June, 1910.
The seven other traffic vic
tins were fatally injured while
either crossing a street at an
uncontrolled intersection, at
tempting to hitch ride on a.
moving vehicle, playing in the
gutter, riding in a truck or drtv-
ing an automobile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-08
By JOHN H. Cassidy. Jr.

In an epic softball game as Wacky
as any ever committed in these
parts, a group of legislators dis
guised as athletes yesterday defeat
ed an aggregation of nationally
known authors, news commenta-
tors, humoriSts and sports writer's,
17-l6, before 1900 amused Specta-
tors at Griffith Stadium.
At any rate that was the score the
Statesmen" as Representative Fish
dubbed his team, claimed and
probably will have inserted in the
Congressional Record.
What they probably won't report
in the Record is the bald fact that,
at the end of a regulation seven
inning game, the Statesmen found
themselves on the short end of
14-11 score, and that only because
they threatened to outlaw softball,
authors, humorists, ETC., was the
game permitted to go two more
innings.
In the extra innings, the States
men" allegedly scored six more runs,
while Lowell Thomas Nine Old
Men" were able to get only two
There were various versions of the
final score, but the Statesmen pre-
vailed chiefly because of their SUI
perior numbers.
Many NOtables on Hand.
AS a matter of fact, there were
almost as many Senators and Rep
resentatives on the premises as GUS
toners. The crowd was somewhat
disappointing, considering the num-
Der of notables on hand.
But it was all good, clean fun
and for a good cause. Proceeds
which Mr. Fish estimated would be
between $4,000 and S3,000-will go
to American charities, among them
the Home for Incurables and Emer-
gency Hospital here.
Most famous member of the
Statesmen was Vice President Wal
lace, who delighted the customers by
bashing out two hits, running the
bases like mad and playing cred
| liable game at shortstop before re-
firing at the end of the third in
ming.
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin
distinguished member of a diStin-
guished family, further distinguished
himself by being the first States
man to strike out On his next trip
to the plate, however, the Senator
got hit.
StrattOn Leads Uprising.
Sixty-one-year-o ld Representa-
| live Lambertson of Kansas replaced
Vice President Wallace at shortStop
and proceeded to show up some OF
his more youthful colleagues. But
it remained for the baby" of the
House, 27-year-old William G
Stratton of Illinois, to lead the late
inning uprising which brought VIC
tory to the Statesmen.
The opening lineup of the States
men had Senator Mead of New
York on third, the Vice President at
shortstop, Senator WallEren OF
Warrington on second, Representa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-08
Walker Is Appointed
To County School Board

Albert w. Walker of Westmore-
land Hills has been appointed by
Gov. O'Conor of Maryland to the
Montgomery County Board of Edu-
cation for a six-year term, it was
announced last night.
Mr.. Walker, Democrat, is real
estate operator. He succeeds Jack
T. Irwin, a Republican. whose term
expired. Mr.. Irwin was appointed
by former Gov. Nice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-08

student at the Georgetown Uni
versity foreign service school.
Harold George Park, Is, Office
manager of the Park Transfer Co.,
who requested an occupational de-
ferment, was kept in Glass IA by
the appeals board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-08
F. B. |. Probing Death
Of Soldier in Hawaii
By the Associ? ted Press.

b5 VTIt HnoUN-. lVF- FIFSS.
HONOLULU, June Police and
F.. B. I. agents are investigating the
death of Robert A. Scott, 81, of Ra-
VIENNA, Ohio, a soldier found with
his head crushed in Haleiwa Park
yesterday.
Police said Scott had been deac
about 10 days
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-02
Americas Youngest Porson

years had won his certificate as
an ordained minister, Billy could
perform a marriage ceremony or
baptize a convert, but he has
never done either.
Billy isn't much different from
any other little boy in many
ways. He leases his younger
sisters and sometimes gets a
spanking for it. His big treat"
is the bottle Of soda pop his
father buys for him after each
sermon.
Billy prays about two hours a
day. and sometimes hides HIM
self in closet to commune with
God"
Although he can't read. Billy
always carries a large Bible when
he breaches. pacing the platform
and pretending to glance at the
scriptures whenever he happens
to falter.
Sometimes, his mother said. il
was noticeable that Billy was
carrying the Bible upside down.
So now he always asks her to
start him out right.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-02

UF THE planet Mars is really
inhabited, the people who live
there must be an exceedingly
nimble race. The average weight
Of man is about 40 pounds. but
the force of gravity on Mars is
so much less than on the earth
that the 140-pound man would
weigh only SO POUNDS if he were
transported there. With such
light weight, and still retaining
the same strength. an individual
would be able to run with the
speed of an express train, go
skipping over 10-foot walls, and
do various other extraordinary
things. On the moon. a man
would be even lighter.
But on the sun, our 140-pound
man would have his own troubles.
Instead of being an airy individ-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-02
CONTINUED from Page I6)

Ruth know what you have in
mind Beginning now. you'll use
money and yourself as freely as
water. You'n be at the trial
every moment. You'll smile at
the twelve jurors until your face
aches. In the end you'll only
gather agony for us both-and
perhaps life sentence instead of
the chair for me- Rather than
that. I'll sign a full confession.
I'll sign what Blaine has pre-
pared. there"
NO. she gasped. NO, Gene.
I won't say another word. Please .
I'll leave the room, if you want"
He sank back in his chair with
his head on his chest.
He was cringing for the first
time in his life. He had kept his
chin up to face everything else;
but this woman was the acid that
ate away the very heart of his
She was making him
as brittle as glass. A tap, a
would break him.
Now she was pouring the cof-
fee. She was dramatizing every
instant, letting her face be an
open window through which they
all could see her love and her
fear. Her hand was shaking.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-02
DEAD MANS PASSPORT

He had loved women before,
but there never had been any
thing like this. The law. and
Blaine. and the witness against
him were dim as thought; she
was the only bright reality. Some
one thing about her was doing
the trick; the cornflowers, per-
haps.
I'VE have the gun" said
Blaine. land we know the place
and the hour when you bought
it. Would you admit those
things? About the gun which
killed Packham?"
Yes" said Cabot.
THE girl sprang up from her
chair; she sat down slowly
again, without speaking a word.
Blaine turned his back a little
more toward her. He was begin
ming to sweat freely. He mopped
his face.
That's about all you need.
isn't it ?" said Cabot.
We'll, not quite" said Blaine.
Marks, suppose you tell us the
rest of the story-as briefly as
you please?"
I've written it," said Marks.
Just briefly, please" said
Blaine, 80 that we all can have
it in mind?"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-02

When she offered the cups to
Marks and Blaine. the spoons
ratified in the saucers.
At last Cabot would not let his
eyes watch her. but her hands
came into view as she put the
coffee down on the table beside
him. He dared not look up to
her as she dropped in one lump,
two Jumps Of sugar. 1t was a
foolish. small hand and yet there
was a force in it which was re-
sistless to him.
do you want a bit of cognac
in the coffee ?" she asked,
family.
No" he said.
do you want me to go away?"
Yes"
Really, Gene?"
No" he said, and in that brief
word felt that he had signed a
great abdication. Ruth, Blaine
and Marks were watching him
without understanding.
She went across the room and
sat apart from the three of them,
making herself small, and hum
BILE, and ready to be of use. The
instant Blaine glanced at her she
was ready with a small pitiful
smile. The unfamiliar pain kept
growing in him, no matter how
patient her articles might be.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-02

Cabot in college. That's how he
happened to come to us. He was
all right. we thought. But then
we began to notice that his draw
ing account didn't always check
up.
you noticed VIII at ?" de-
manded Cabot.
Marks was silent.
1--WE got to ask you not to
intimidate him." said Blaine.
Never mind. Let it go. It's
all right" said Cabot.
He knew that the girl was 60
ing to speak but he was not pre-
pared for the small. childish, pitt
full voice that said: But if it's
not true. it's not all right, Gene,
is it? ,"
He had to wait a moment and
take breath and gather himself
in order to speak firmly. strongly,
like a man.
GO on, Marks he said.
He wasn't taking lot of
money, said Marks, but he got
thousand or so behind. We
weren't going to do anything
about it. Just give him a talk
ing to and try to put him right
Throw a scare into him that he'd
never forget. So we asked him
out TO Packham's cottage down
on the Long Island shore. You
see? He smelled a rat. sup
pose he thought that we were
going to Jail him and the poor
devil got himself a gun before
he left New York. That's the
tragic part of it all. If he'd only
known that we were his friends!
l blame myself for that"
Cabot leaned forward and put
his elbows on his knees. He
studied the face of Marks.
Il warn you" shrilled Marks
to Blaine. That man is danger
GUS! If he decides to get out of
here, he'll blow you down like a
dead leaf"
Blaine said: Just get along
with it. will your"
Well" said Marks. nervously
watching Cabot, when he came
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-02
NJ EILLIAM FREDERICK
\X/ KNIGHT of Los Angeles.
w California, is an ordained

w California, is an ordained
minister of the gospel. but he
doesn't know his ABCs and
sometimes gets spanked for be-
ing a naughty boy
The Rev. w. F. Knight just
Billy to his family-is only s
years old He breaches fire and
birthstone" and calls upon sinners
TO hit the sawdust trail" More
than 5000 persons have heard his
sermons on several occasions.
Billy is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Knight, who say the first
word he learned was Lord"
He first became interested in
the gospel when two and a half
years old. and began quoting
scriptures learned in Sunday
school At three he asked his
father to build pulpit for him.
On his fourth birthday he
preached his first sermon in the
Roscoe, California, Pentecostal
Church.
Then he started preaching
regularly, and in less than two
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-02
Queer Facts About Gravity

ual. he would weigh in the neigh
borhood of a ton and three
quarters. He would probably
have the greatest difficulty in
raising his hand, for that mem
Der would weigh about 800
pounds.
According to scientific computa-
tions, a man on earth who weighs
140 pounds would, on the other
celestial bodies, weigh as follows:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-02
zone of the
Most Perfect Natural Beauties
have ever seen
says famous Hollywood photographer

Ponds Cold Cream Spanks it brisky. wipes
if off each time with Ponds soft. caressing
2. Splashes her glowing clean face with cool,
astringent Ponds Freshener.
3. Finally pcry important spreads on
a thick MASK of Ponds Vanishing Cream.
Leaves this MASK on for l full minute, to
help take off all little Aecks of chapped or
dried skin. Wiped off, this leaves a smooth mat
finish ready to hold her powder for hours.
Copy Mrs. Drexel's 3 steps of skin care. See
their results on yourself. Then you'll know
why the lovely women of America s leading
families follow the Ponds Beauty Ritual.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-02

that morning. we tried to talk to
him. Packham put on a little
pressure, told him he'd been
fool, and threatened something
about the law"
"Ah, that's the way Of 1t, is
it," asked Cabot.
Mark yelled out: you know
that you were scared. You grab
bed out your gun and shot Pack
ham. I had to run for 1t or you
would have shot me, tool"
Cabot leaned back In his chair,
slowly.
"All right" he said.
It's not all right" cried the
girl. Gene, I know that he's
lying"
There's no use trying to
fight" said Cabot. II ran all the
way out of the country after
ward. That's why it's no use
fighting"
She slid down In her chair with
her eyes closed as though she
were close to fainting. Things
were swapping in Cabot one by
one, like breaking ships tackle
in storm.
Lets have a yarn from you.
Why not? ?" asked Blaine.
Lets not waste time" said
Cabot.
"Oh. Gene. please, please"
begged the girl.
well, I'll tell you little yarn,
then. l thought the brokerage
business was all right. When /
got out of college. l was going TO
clean up a million in about five
years and then retire to the coun-
try and raise a few horses like
Man o. War. You know"
Il know" she said. Yes, yes.
1 know"
LIE LOOKED away from the
u pathetic eagerness of her
smile, saw the sneer of Marks,
the yawn of Blaine. and con-
tinued in a louder voice: When
l started working for the firm.
Marks wasn't what he is now.
He was always rather a rat but
he wasn't so greasy. then.
Marks laughed, shrugged his
shoulders, and lighted a cigarette
PackfanF was-a fellow with
a good deal of presence. He was
an Englishman. / thought he was
all right. for a month or so. Then
l began to understand what was
happening. Marks and Packham
were a pair of out and out crooks.
There was bstty old boy by the
name of Sullivan Sedgewick who
iiltIluc0 W OC ANdpOltOii va
Wall Street. and all that. Marks
and Packham were bleeding him.
They trimmed him for ten
thousand in a single week. He
was as crazy as a loon but he
was a game old beggar and !
liked him. told Packham that
knew what was going on
They'd have to repay Sedgewiek
or else I'd have in the law and
blow them at the sky. as Shake
speare says. At the same time.
l resigned. That was a Saturday
morning. Packham tried blus-
tering. Then he tried good-fel
lowship.
He asked me to come out and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-02

II e has photographed many Of the most
IL beautiful women il, America, yet this
Southern beauty amazed him. Black hair,
naturally arched eyebrows. great, dark
eyes, and
irory skin that is intellectually
smooth and ioUeiy.
Mrs. DrcxeI gives her perfect skin very
simple care-twice or more each day-the 3
famous steps of the Ponds Beauty Ritual
|. Battles her face TWICE in blissfully soft
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-02

We'll. it goes back to 1929"
said Marks. "Packhdm and 1
were doing pretty well. We
weren't big brothers but we had
our share of luck. Packham's
younger brother had known
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-02

Continued on Page 20)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-13
We Can Stop Now

The plans for that great highway from Washington to Boston seem to call for a route across this state which would run parallel to the Merritt and Cross Pathways. At that rate there is TO need for the state to continue any further the plan of extending the Merritt Park way. We don't need two super-highways paralleling each other across the state. One such roadway should be good for great many years. However, the state shouldn't count too strongly on this super-super-road.
 For years we have been hearing stories of an express route between Boston and New York The latest versions were that the road would extend even beyond these two points and ultimately run the length of our Atlantic Coast from Maine to Flor ida. That's a great plan, but unfortu- nately Uncle Sam has never done any thing about 1t and few of the states inc volved have caught the fever. When you some right down to 1t, Connecticut IS .lie lcf.e ssats oSl ske eastern Ceaboard to provide a link for any such route as has been proposed.
 our Merritt Parkway Is just what road