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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24
HOOD BLOWN UP AND SUNK OFF ICELAND
IN FIGHT With NAz| BATTLESH|P BISMARCK
+. |. 0. WILLING
To Supply Men
Al |ndianhead

AS American Federation of Labor
construction crafts we're all ordered
to quit work on a defense housing
project near Indianhead beginning
Monday, Dan Quigley, c. I. o. I'M
ion official offered to furnish Suffi-
Gent construction men to finish the
Jobs
The A. F. L. men have been pulled
off the project, according to John
Locher. secretary of the District of
Columbia Trades Council. A. F. L.,
because of the presence on the place
of c. I. o. men.
officials of the Federal Works
Agency, it was learned today. have
made an urgent call on the con-
tractors for the Government to re-
sumo operations as soon as possible.
Walked OFF Job Tuesday.
Carpenters and laborers' unions of
the A. F. L. walked off the job last
Tuesday in protest at the hiring of
c. I. o. construction men by one
of the several contractors. Due to
the attendance OF several business
agents of other crafts. however, at
the annual meeting of the Maryland
State, District of Columbia Fedora
ton of Labor "a. F.. L. at Hagers-
town, Md, this week. the official
strike orders were not communi-
Gated to their men until the agents
returned to Washington. AS a result
some crafts continued to work the
rest of this week. The additional
men will refuse to return to work
Monday include plumbers, teamsters,
iron workers. electricians and sheet
metal workers. The total number
of men now ordered off the job is
about 500, according to Mr.. Locher
Cafeteria Strike Looms.
Ray c. Kirkpatrick, labor relations
adviser of the Federal Work Agency.
who has charge of the conferences
attempting settlement. declined to
comment today on progress of nego-
tiationS, or on reports that the Office
of Production Management's labor
division has assigned man to the
case.
The workers for whom the houses
are being built are employed at
Indianhead, but the homes are going
up in nearby Glymont, Md.
Meantime, the Labor Department
Cancellation Service was investi-
eating reports that more than 200
members of the United Cafeteria
Employees Union, Local All, may
strike at the S. & w. Cafeteria,
Fifteenth and G streets NV.
The move came after negotia-
lions between the company and
union were broken off without
agreement.
The union demands were an
nounced as follows: An 8-hour day.
two-week vacations annually with
pay, holidays off with pay, establish
ment of a union shop, pay increases
OF 81 per week and termination of
split shifts.
Members of the c. I. o. S. & w.
employees now work nine-hour DAYS.
get from sll to S25 per week. The
81 raise asked by the union would be
applied to all employees. Employees
now get one-week vacations, no holi-
days
Meanwhile threatened strike OF
Arnold Bus Co. drivers, which would
affect 10000 residents of Arlington
and Fairfax Counties, was averted
yesterday when negotiate between
(See STRIKES. Page 2X.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24

The Bismarck is a sister ship of
the Tirpitz and was launched on
February IA, 1889. Carrying eight
15-inch guns. she is one of the two
mightiest ships of Adolf Hitlers
fleet.
The Hood was completed in 1920.
She also carried eight 15-inch guns.
Lesser armament consisted of twelve
5.5-inch rifles, eight heavy anti
aircraft guns and four torpedo tubes.
This armament also closely
matched her with the Bismarck
which carries twelve 5.9-inch guns
for her secondary batteries. besides
anti-aircraft protection.
The nature of the Bismarck s
armor is not disclosed. The Hood
had 12-inch armor on her sides ano
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24
Dropping Two 10 As,
Mats Extend Losinq
Streak 10 7 Games
Vernon Hits Futile
Homer in Second Contest
To Tie Score in Eighth
STORY of First Game on Page TX.
BY BURTON. HAWKINS,

Star Staff Correspondent.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. May "a
Washington's losing streak was ex-
tended to seven games here today as
the Ath,cc.i"s won both games of
double headlar 1875 and 6-5. Pinch
hitter Dee Miles eighth inning
single to right. scoring frankie
Hayes. won the night-cap for the
AS after Mickey Vernon had hit a
home run in the first half of the
inning to tie the score.
Vernon's homer, delivered with
Roger Cramer and Cecil Travis on
base, tied the score at SIS, but Hayes
singled to open the eighth for the
AS, Pete Suder sacrificed, and Miles
inserted his game winning blow.
Vernon Kennedy, the right-hander
recently acquired from the Browns
in exchange for catcher Rick Terrell,
lost his second start as Nat.
FIRST INNING.
WASHINGTON - Welaj famed,
buC IL Wdo llCSCSodIN W tlllOW IllIli
out when Hayes dropped the third
strike Mccoy threw out Lewis.
Cramer fouled to Siebert. No runs.
PHILADELPHIA Branca
fouled to Early. Moses walked. So
did Mccoy. johnson fouled to Early.
Siebert lined to Welaj. No runs.
Washington, 0: Philadelphia, 0.
SECOND INNING.
WASHINGTON-Travis flied to
S. Chapman. Vernon went out the
same way. Bloodworth grounded
out to Siebert. No runs.
PHILADELPHIA-S. Chapman
doubled to left. Hayes singled to
center for his fifth straight hit in
two games, scoring S. Chapman.
suder flied deep to Welaj. Nc
Crabb, attempting to sacrifice,
forced Hayes at second, Vernon to
(See BASEBALL, Page 2-X.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24

15-inch protection for her turrets.
The loss Of the Hood leaves Britain
with IS battleships and battle
cruisers. the same number with
which she started the war.
The battleship Royal Oak and
battlecruiser Hood have been sunk,
while two new battleships have
been completed and put in COM
mission, the King George v and
the Prince of Wales.
Germany started with five bat
tleships and pocket battleships,
and is now reckoned by the Brit
ish to have four in service. She lost
the Admiral Graf Spec at Monte
video in December. 1899. while the
(See HOOD, Page 2-X.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24
Admiral Simons Named
To Replace Toussiq

Rear Admiral Manley H. Simons
will relieve Rear Admiral Joseph K,
Taussig as commandant of the 5th
Naval District, the Navy announced
today.
The transfer will be made about
June IA, and Rear Admiral Taussig
will be transferred to the retired
list of the Navy on September /.
Rear Admiral Simons has been COM
mandant of the Navy Yard at Nor
folk. and his move will be merely
from Navy Yard headquarters to
5th District headquarters, a short
distance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24
Toduy's Home Runs
American.

American.
Early, Washington, 9Th inning.
Vernon, Washington, 9Th inning.
National.
Etten, Philadelphia, 9th inning.
Camilli, Brooklyn, 9th inning.
Padgett. st. Louis, 4th inning.
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1900 Believed Lost;
'Un|ucky Hit Blasts
Biqqest British Craft
BY the Associated Press.

|
Brtan's mightiest warship, the AZ, 1OO-ton battle
cruiser Hood was blown up and sunk today in battle
between Iceland and Greenland by the German battle
ship Bismarck.
Britain admitted the loss shortly after the Nazi
high command suddenly and sensatlonaly announced
that Germany's big new battleshp had fought the
British near Iceland and sunk battle cruiser ZAP
parenty the Hood"
Probably 1900 men were lost when, the announce
Iment Indicated an 'unlucky" hit from the 35000-to
German battleshp struck magazine of the Hoe
and the giant warship exploded The Hoods nOrm1
complement is 1,341 men.
The Bismarck. although hit herself, apparent
escaped. The British Admiralty said she was beir
pursued
This Britan's greatest naval disaster of the w
her worst blow at sea since the batteship Royal Oak
orpedoed in daring submarine raid the Scapa FlC
naval base October a. 1889, when the war was less h
months old.
Met Off Coast of Greenland
The Admiralty said the British and German nav
forces met off the coast of Greenland and that the
sunk in the ensuing action which the Germans placed
The Admiralty issued this communque:
British naval forces intercepted this morning of {
coast OF Greenland German naval forces including the BE-
The enemy were attacked and during the ensuir
the flag of Vice Admiral L E Holland received an unuck
hit IN magazine and blew up.
The Bismarck has received damage and the pursuit
the enemy continues
1T is feared there will be few survivors from H M s
The Germans said the Bismarck was not serious.
damaged.
Luetiens Commands Nazi Fleet Units
second BRUSH capital ship had the
sault by Nazi fleet units, the Nazi high command said
An extraordinary communique German forces were
commanded by Fleet Admiral previously
mas oeen disclosed head of baehip unit which i
credited with having taken British nerchan
shipping
The brief communique said only:
"A German fighting operating Atlantic under com
mana OF Fleet Commander Admiral
HSh naval forces in waters around Iceland
The batehip Bismarck destroyed English cruiser
apparently the Hood forced t.
turn away.
damage"
! 1,40O Miles From German Port.
The Bismarck at the battle position
Iceland,
port the German North top ap-
proxmatey 80 knots she could be expected least
hours to get home
Iceland and Greenland separated by only
OF water Thus the battle appears
western Hemisphere island Greenland
into the vicinity of Iceland in the Hemisphere
Besides the
these major British naval losses since the
Canadan-and Is
Hood Often
Ever since OCTOBER 1889 the Germans later the Italians
been claiming to have ruined the Hood
Flow to the Mediterranean.
She and the
the particular objects
but in every the British either fatty denied
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24
Markets at q Glance

NEW YORK, May "a lP.-Stocks
steady; price changes narrow. Bonds
mixed; treasures firm overtime
counter. Foreign Exchange narrow;
Swiss franc up. Cotton higher;
trade, mill and Wall Street buying.
Sugar steady; trade covering. Metals
quiet; light hedging.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24

Miles batted for McCrabb in sth.
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Wash'ton 900 1O1 O3O- B
PhiIa, O2O O21 O1x- g
SUMMARY.
RIMS bafted in-Hayes, Moses, Cramer
Siebert, BIoodwo1h, Suder, Vernon go
Miles.
mer, Hayes.
Home run--Vernon.
Sacrifces--McCrabb. Sude
Left on bases-Washinston 6: Philadel-
Bases on balls-on Kennedy. 4; OFF Nc
struck out-By McCrabb, 2; by Kennedy,
HitssoH McCrabb. 8 In innings; of,
Harris, o in l inning.
WITH piteh-kennedy.
winning uitcher-McCrabb.
Losing piteher-kennedy.
Gmpires-Messrs. Stewart. summers, Rue
~Time-1:43.
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Submarine Tender Launched

CAMDEN, N. j., May "a GP.-The
Teaberry, first of 80 submarine net
tenders being built under the ma
tional defense program, was launched
today at the John H. Mathis Co.
shipyard1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24
Suffolk Downs

EIGHTH RACE-Purse S1,OO; Agar
Stalagmite Taylor, 1000 $40 40
Harry.s Dream (Atkinson) 11.2o 100
Ho tEros) 500
Time, 1:5s.
Also ran-Cosse. Slcklebiil, Discourse,
San Antioea, somai sSd Grand Day.
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Eight Thirty Wins $4,000 Metropolitan

NEW YORK lP9-George D. Wdeners Eight Thirty
packed 1872 pounds mile in 1875 and the $4,000
Metropolitan Handicap two lengths at Belmont Park to-
day E. r. Bradeys Bold and Bad contender all the way
length in front of Mrs Payne Whitneys HASH
Maxwell Towards The Chief headed out of the money
Heavily played in the mutueS Eight Thirty paid only $3.50
for 50 his victory many starts this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Brooklyn
Philadelphia 001 900 02O-3 II
Brooklyn 200 900 O5x- 7 IL 0
Batteries-HuEhes and Warren: Hisbe.
Swift and Owen, Phelps.
At Chicago-First Game
Cincinnati 600 DOL 010-2 81
Chicago 49, POI O1O OOx- 4 10 4
Batteries-Turner, Pearson and LON.
bardi; Lee and George.
At Chicago-Second Game
Cincinnati - 100 OO3
Chicago -. 100 90
Batteries-Moore and West; French and
Georse.
At st. Louis
Pittsburgh - 010 DOL 0
st. Louis 500 302 o
Batteries-Seve Diets ass Lepef;
NaheM and Mancuso.
New York ut Besten-HAin. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24
Late News Bulletins
Robbins Quits as Commodity Credit President

The Agriculture Department announced today that Carl
B. Robbins had resigned president of the Commodity
Credit Corp to become president of the Axon Fisher Tobacco
Louisville KY resignation will effective
June Mr. Robbins has served president of the c. c. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24
Boy Shore Midway Raced by Fire

BAY SHORE PARK, Md GPr--Flames swept IL build
ings RACED the entire midway the Bay Shore Amuse
Park late this afternoon with damage estimated by
park officials at s15OOOO breeze quickly spread
along the midway all games and several food concessions
but carrying away from the main part of the park
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24
Other League Games
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

At New York
Boston $1,000 002 ITO 200-6 "a
New York 900 201 4Ox-7 81
Batteries-Johnson, Fleming, Wilson and
Pytlak; Conner, Branch, Murphy and Rosar.
At Detroit
Chicago --- 900 900 600 20
Detroit -- 600 600 DOL 80
Batteries-Smith and fresh; Corsica and
Tebbetts.
At Cleveland
st. Louis 49, 010 01O OO0-2 5 3
Cleveland - 400 600 O0x-4 10
Batteries-Auker, Ostermuller and Fer
rell; Bagby and DesauteIs.
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Harvard Wins Meet With Yale

NEW HAVEN, Conn., OP,-Harvard won its track me
with Yale today, 7OK2 to 6412.
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Belmont Park

EIGHTH RACE-Purse, $1,000 added;
Graded Handicap, Glass c; 3-year-oldss and
up; furlonss.
Maemante tOliver) 1880 $50 500
Piping Rock tMeade) $50 $50
Dandy Fox tEads) 6.1O
Time, PAS
Also ran-Yes or No, Play House, Grass
hopper II, CHAPS, Challarnore and VINTAGE
Port.
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Late Races
Additional Results and Entries
for Monday on Page TX.
Charles Town

FOURTH RACE-Purse, $500: claim
Clocks (Acosta) 140 440 $50
Broomoria Woodstock 1880 $50
Mystic Man (EverSole) 4.2O
Time 1855.
Also ran-Wintona. Canrock, Saranite,
Spout Run and Fernbrake.
FIFTH RACE-Purse, 81 900; handicap;
3-year-olds and up: Ia miles.
Groucher's Boy Kirk 1920 $50 $40
Hot Man tVesselD 4sO $40
J. Hal Kelly 40
Time, 154ts
Also ran-BraNn Hussy. Match Point
Victory Light. Brooke Bow and Five O. Four
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Nebraska Wins Big Six Title in Thriller

LINCOLN, Nebr IP.-Eugene Red Ltter took
the baton 10 yards behind the last lap of the mile relay
this afternoon and caught Gordon Crosby the back stretch
the yards giving Huskers
their third consecutive Big Six track and field championship
The Nebraska Missouri CO. AS the teams went
into the relay Nebraska had half point lead gained mainly
through strength in the field
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24
Army Trockmen Lose to Pittsburgh

WEST POINT, N Y L-Pittsburghs track team defeated
Army today 1923 to 1913 The Army lacrosse team won from
Penn State however, IA to 2.
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Pitt Nine Beats Navy, 4 to ;

ANNAPOLIS Md. lP,.-Navy's baseball team los
today, to g. but the lacrosse team won from Loyol
timore, II to 7.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24
Two Extro Pages
In This Edition

Late news and sports are covered on Pages
TX and TX of this edition Of The Star, supple
menting the news OF the regular home delivered
edition of The Star
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-24
Eiqht Nozi Tanks Reported Destroyed

LONDON Delight German tanks were destroyed in
action Haaya southeast of Sau Egypt today
said dispatch by Reuters British agency Two col
afmored Axis units tried to force their through
the the said The loss brings to II the German
tanks destroyed in 48 hours, it added.
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Box Score
PHILADELPHIA.

SO 5 S24 10 o
Mver batted for Kennedy In 9th.
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Mats Patriotism Tops Ability
With I Am an American Day
Play in Poor Sunday Style

to toll against Chicago tomorrow in
The last of a three-game series.
Washington struggled valiantly for
five innings TO catch the White Sox
Yesterday after spotting them a 40
lead in the first inning. but after
locking the score at SIS in the fifth
inning Washington Wllted like a
trampled gardenia.
Steve Sundra hardly had allowed
the $4,000 fans to settle in their
seats before he started ducking
torrent of hits. Arnold Anderson
and Ken Chase also suffered.
Pre-game ceremonies, though,
were very pleasant. Western High
Schools Cadet Band and Westerns
crack Company x, winner of the
recent public high school competl-
tive drill, helped celebrate i Am An
American Day" Edwin Steffe, local
baritone. sang God Bless America" p"
after President Clark Griffith and
Manager Bucky Harris of the Mats
and Manager Jimmy Dykes of Chi
cago had marched to the center
field and raised the flag. B. H.
Evening star., 1941-05-19

100; Glesson, 131. Still wonder
ing, boys?
recommended reading-Plenty
of sports stuff in the mags last
week. Gene Kessler says Joe
Louis wants to hang 'em up after
a September bout. If you can
answer all the questions in Bill
Klem's sports quiz, you're pretty
good. And Manager Johnny Ray
paints an interesting picture on
how Billy Conn got his start.
Jack Singers yarn calls Cali
fornia's 20-year-old Harold Davis
the worlds fastest human since
Charley Paddock. Stanley Frank
is back with a fast-moving piece
on baseball bench-hecklers. And
another mag brought Iris
Speakers family kilograms of
sympathy from all over the coun-
try by referring to the gray eagle
as "the late Iris Speaker"
Come, come-Inspection of the
Big Ten track summaries shows
the high jump ended in tie
among Don Zimmerman, wiscon-
Evening star., 1941-05-19
Brown Hopeful
OF Dash Marks
|nCodst Meet
L. S. u. Track Marvel
Just Misses Records
In Southeast Games
BY ROMNEY WHEELER
Associated Press Sports Writer.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May l9-
Long Boy Billy Brown, Louisiana
State University's blond streak of
lightning, has cinders in his shoes
red hot ones!
The Baker, La, speedster. who
fell Just short of world record time
in 100 and 22O-yard dashes last
week on a soggy Birmingham track,
thinks he may yet become the
worlds fastest human" and he is
flying to Los Angeles, Calf, this
week end to try.
Brown. participating in the South
eastern Conference track champion
ships here Saturday, was clocked at
9.5 seconds for the 100 and 20.6 for
the 220-One-tenth and three-tenths
off the recognized world standards.
He also won the broad jump, placed
fourth with a 6-foot high jump and
led off for L. S. US near-record
mile relay team
Evening star., 1941-05-19

Those gentlemen who have been
vetoing the Wifes suggestion TO pack
a picnic lunch and scan the sur
rounding scenery these past few
sunny Sundays may have more diff
ficulty in Turing the lady to Grlf-
fifth Stadium come another pleasant
Sabbath.
The Nationals aren't winning
friends or influencing people at a
very rapid rate They have at
tracted four sizable gatherings here
this spring and on three occasions
they have unleaShed a torrent OF
impotent playing. They have lost
all of those games and it may back
fire in the bankroll of Mr.. Griffith.
Washington dropped its opening
day engagement to the Yankees. 80.
In their only Sunday games here
the Mats have been whipped by
Boston. 14-8: Philadelphia. 1913 and
yesterday by Chicago, 1915. Those
folk who elect to pass a goodly por-
ton of their Sundays at the stadium
haven't been impressed by what
they've witnessed
Mats Not Sunday Sensations.
A flrSt-division finish for the Mats
this season would fatten Mr.. Grif-
fith's bank account considerably, but
the club hasn't capitalized on its
opportunities to WOW people IN
wholesale quantities. Approximately
$4,000 have seen the Mats on opening
day and those three Sundays, but
they haven't seen Washington win.
The Mats have been no Sunday
sensations at home-not with the
opposition averaging better than IL
runs a game. If they don't improve,
Mrs. Defense Worker is lively to say
to Mr.. Defense Worker, mo, we will
not go to the ball game this Sunday.
How many times do you have to see
Washington lose to make it official?"
Meanwhile the Mats were
hoping to placate whatever custom
ers showed up today when they
battled the White SoX, who were
to send Edgar Smith against the
Nationals latest acquisition, Vernon
Kennedy. Dutch Leonard is slated
Evening star., 1941-05-19
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, May 19.-Dizzy
Dean is lost in his new role as
coach of the Cubs. He cornered
Cholly Grimm and asked, Am I
supposed to laugh at all of Will
sons jokes?" A plastic opera
tion will be required to repair the
damage to Lew jenkins map in
f1icted by DR.. Bob Montgomery,
the eminent eye, ear and nose
specialist from Philadelphia. Golf
tip: No dark horse will win the
Goodall round robin tournament
simply because there aren't any
in it. Tonight's fight winners:
Petey Scalzo over Phil SWick at
Milwaukee: Turkey Thompson
over Tony Music at Los Angeles,
and Sammy Angott over Lenny
Mancini at Cleveland. Pete Lewis,
u. of Alabama pitcher -outfielder,
has signed with the Red Sox.
Interesting people-During a
love scene with curvaceous Dinah
Shore on his broadcast the other
night, Bobby Feller become 50
Evening star., 1941-05-19
First-HaIf Title Seen
For MiIIers in Win
Over Heurichs
Brewer Defect Brings
4-Woy Seeond-Ploce
Tie in N. c. Loop

Miller Furniture team is being
eyed as a probable winner of first
honors i'll the tough National City
Sunday A League following its
success in a critical test against
Heurich Brewers. Miller remained
undefeated and stepped into first
place by downing the Brewers, To,
in yesterdays sandlot baseball fea-
ture on the Ellipse.
Frank Watt gave only seven scat
tered hits while pitching all the way
for Miller as his mates collected
dozen off Fotch Matthias and Art
Lacey. The defeat sent Heurich into
a second-place tie with Naiman
Photo, Frank Small Motors and
Jacobsen Florists, all of whom were
winners yesterday.
The Florists downed Taft A. c..
1914, while Small Motors and Nal
man were winners by identical 8-4
scores over Orange Disc and Prince
Georges County Police Boys Club
respectively.
In the loops B section, Perry's
Restaurant swamped Southern OXy-
gen, 20-3, while Arrow Cab defeated
Carolina Rebels, 1872.
In the Washingto n-Virginia
League, another leader was un-
seated when Mattos A. c. received
its first loop setback of the season
Palace A. c. gained a tie by winning
1877. while slamming three Mattos
pitchers for l9 hits. The game was
played at Ballston Stadium.
Another nearby sandlot league
contest returned Snug Harbor the
winner over Capitol Heights. IA, in
the Prince Georges County loop.