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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-11

c. Please give me some informa- ton about the island of St. John in the Virgin Island group. A. It has an area of about 2l square miles and lies about four miles east of St. Thomas. Although 1t is the least important in size of the major islands, st. John possesses 0 harbor at Coral Bay, which, co. Cording to engineers, requires only development to make 1t Q rival Of the better known harbor ct Char. lotte Ainalie. Sugar cane Is grown on Q very small acreage, but the chief industry is the growing of boy leaves and the distillation of the bay oil from which boy rum is made. The inhabitants, about 76B, are cole ored or of mixed bzood, with few exceptions. c. What Is the sailing time for passenger lirers between san Fran cisco and Yokohama? fyst A. Two weeks. t e. According to selective Service Regulations, is an unborn child or 6 child born out of wedlock con- sidered Q dependentp
 A. Yes.
 e. What coin was called . "flp2" l A. This was the local name for the "dppenny bit" in Pennsylvania and adjacent states. The coin was the Spanish half real, silver coin taken as otle.sixth of Q dollar. {. e. How can zinc be amalgamat-
 A. Zinc amalea,ntes readily with mercury, and 1t is only necessary to heat the mercury to the boiling point to add the zinc In small pieces. To amalgamate directly on . zinc plate, heat the zinc to about 402e to 5000 F., and coat 1t quickly and uniformly with Q solution of chloride of zinc and ammonia applied with Q brush, then dip 1t at once into mercury. Amalgamation takes place immediately. TS.. e. Did Miriam A. ("Ma") FerRu- son succeed her husband as dov- ernor of Texas?
 A. No. Her husband, James N. Ferguson, was elected Governor ir 1914 and was removed from office in lei7. Mrs. Ferguson was first elected in 1924. !" c. Can fleaS breed in the sand without animals as hosts on which to feed?
 A. To reproduce, all Aeas require the blood of birds or animals.
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-
 1. A moron, an imbecile, or an idot, has the lowest degree of in. telligence? 9S
 2. Who are normads? 4
 3. On what body of water Is the city of Odessa of the Soviet Union7
 1. What does the German expres. sion, "eieg Heil," mean?
 5. What famous statue stands on Bedloe's island? 1
 6. Who composed the opera Zig oletto"? 5sg
 '. The capitals of two states be- gin with the letter "O". Name them.
 8. Postage rates !n the United States are determined by the Post. master General, the President. oy Congress?
 9. In which Epistle does St. Paul discuss women?
 10. The term "rnen-oE.waE" usu. lilly refers to dictators, war cabinets or battleships?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-11

Of course at the height of { h c storm it seems as If 1t would ne ve I stop. B ad as conditions are in the world to- day, we know that some day they will right
 themselves and the peoples of t.hA y0nrld will
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Ry PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent

Washington, June ll,--An impos- ing array of opponents Of the st, Lawrence Seaway development Is marShalling its arguments for an all-out offensive to defeat this S2S5 million, Canadian-u, s, power and ship transport project which has been kicked around ever since 1895,
 Opposition is not political. Re- puhlicanS and Democrats are both
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-11
More and Better Food

A man may be well fed and at the same time i'll nourished. The National Nutri- ton Conference for Defense has gone to bat with the proposition that 1t is not enough to see that people have enough food; that great country like this one
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-11
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Goess Sundays May Be Avoided by Reforming Distribution System Companies Con Pool onkes Produce Type Cos
DREW PEAR s ON
 ROBERT s. ALLEN

June H. begins to look as eess Sundays might be through National oil Adnastao
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-11
A Thought for Today

Because strait Is the gate, and narrow Is tho way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find iL-Matthew 7:l4,
 Reflect that life like every other blessing, ierives its value from its use alone-Samuel Johnson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-11
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
FIREPRO0F
Ny EARI. L. DOUGLASS. D. D.

FIREPRO0F
 The late J. P. Morgan used to have an expression which he dinned into the ears of his asso. ciates In times of crisis. Tt always stops raining" he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-11

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do net soy, "Nfy mother, she told me that stoFy"; sza.s
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If you want . copy of the latest booklet, SWIMMING AND DIV. ING" send Co she Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth st., Washington, D. 0. Enclose ten cents postage.
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What's Your I. O.?

Gan you azswer seven ee these test questions7 Turn @ back page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-11

e. When Q stamp is described as having D, 2, 2, or ? griils, what is meant? .,5 A, A grill is a protective device applied to stamps by 0 roller stud ded with blunt points or grooves passed over the stamp paper, inT denting It with a regular pattern in the shape of these letters. Tlaia permits the cancelllng ink to sock through these broken fibers of the paper, making cleaning and reusa impossible. Early issues ue United States stamps often were made with various kinds of grills.
 c. What crops did the ancient Romans raise?
 A. Spelt, wheat (introducted a. bout 5th century B. O. barley, mil. let, leguninous plants, as well aa turnips, greens and herbs.
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c. Can heas breed in the sand without animals as hosts on which to feed?
 A. To reproduce, all Aeas requira the blood of birds or animals.
Evening star., 1941-03-27
Lucky Strike Handicap Crown
Lures Flock of Fair Rollers;
W.W.D.A. Calls Meetinq

All roads for woman bowlers will
lead to Lucky Strike Sunday when
the second annual Lucky Strike
Handicap for fair rollers with l08
averages and under will be staged in
two 3-game blocks at 3 and 7::30
pm. and the Washington Women's
Duckpin Association holds its spring
meeting at $50.
With contestants receiving a two
thirds handicap based on their high
est league average, a mammoth field
is expected for the seasons final
stake event for women.
Two representatives from each
woman's league in the Metropolitan
Area have been asked to the w. w.
D. A. meeting to help arrange for
the annual city tournament which
will open at Rendezvous the latter
part of next month. Margaret Lynn,
secretary Of the association, has an
nounced that league teams desiring
to join the association at reduced
cost of 81 per team Should send or
bring their fees to the meeting
Later, bowlers will have to pay a
50-cent membership fee to roll in
the tournament.
Individual Title Duel Hot.
AS King Pin clinched the cham
pionship of the Ladies District
League with a 80 victory over Del
Ray, Lorraine GULL, King Pin cap
tain, dropped her average to 120-51
for 72 games. Now Lucy Rose of
Rosslyn, despite her fall to 12O-18
for 65 games, is very much in the
individual title fight
Rosslyn maintained a three-game
Evening star., 1941-03-27
Three Keen Tussles
Staged on Courts
OF Rec League

Three close games, one of them
in the girls division, featured last
nights play in District Recreation
League basket ball.
Regal Clothiers nosed out st.
Martins, 1922, at Tech; Marion
A. C. won over Greenbelt by the same
score at Roosevelt, while F. B. l. got
past Agriculture. 14-12, in girls
game at Central.
Other winners last night were
Naiman Photo over Sixth Presby-
terian, 31-16, and Fort Hunt over
Garvins Grill, 26-18, at Tech; Air
Duct over lexington, 1922; Census
Farmers over Census RancherS, 33-
%, and National Baptist over
Ramblers, 29-19, at Central and
Corner Cafe over Crusaders, 30-12,
at Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1941-03-27
Pauline Betz Figures
In All Net Finals
Al BrookIine
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BROOKLINE, Mass, March 81
Pauline Betz is in every final bracket
in the womens national indoor ten
mis- championship.
Ranked as the logical contender
for honors vacated by Alice Marble,
she finished busy day by combin-
ing with Al Stitt in the mixed dou-
bles to score a IS, "a triumph
over Emily Lincoln and Sumner
Rodman.
Previously she had beaten Kath-
crime Hubbell, Dedham, 6-1, 60,
in the singles semifnal and had
paired with Dorothy May Bundy in
the doubles to defeat Miss Hubbell
and Dorothy Wightman, 6-3, 6-3.
Miss Betz faces Miss Bundy to-
day in an all-California singles final,
pairs with that rival in the doubles
against Mrs. Hazel Wightman and
Kay Winthrop, and campaigns with
Stitt against the other mixed doubles
fnalists, Miss Winthrop and Chaun-
Cey Steele.
Evening star., 1941-03-27

ington pro for the Masters Tourna-
ment at Augusta next week, will not
play in the big show.
Columbia Plans Changes.
Carrying forward its program of
providing alternate tees and green's
for use when needed Columbia has
built a new green for the sixth hole
and will construct a new tee for that
hole. 1t is in line with the policy of
that club to provide, wherever pos
sible, alternate greens and tees. The
new first green will be in use by May.
Tonight at Rock Creek Park the
oily Boids," group of golfers who
greet the summer sun at dawn at
the uptown course, will gather to
decide on their 1941 Journeys, among
them the initial event for the Leof-
fer Trophy. The Oily Boids" hap
pen to be unique Their member
ship in the main consists of men
who like to play golf, don't find time
after hours and who get out at dawn
in season to play 9 or l8 holes before
work. And they are not, they say,
candidates for purchase of chilblain
plasters.
Evening star., 1941-03-27
By WALTER McCALLUM.

The case of Earl Skinker, the
best golfer among the schoolboys of
1910, is coming up again in l94l.
Earl, the tow-headed youngster from
the Columbia Country Club. was by
long odds the best eligible club
swinger among the high school and
prep school lads in and around the
Capital last year. Earl made the
1910 metropolitan schoolboy cham
pionship a one-boy show last year,
winning matches and the tourney
almost as he pleased. He graduated
in June from Wilson High, at the
age of 18.
That, the boys thought, takes out
of the ranks of competitors the
tough one. For the rules OF high
school competition, insofar as the
public schools are concerned, say
that once a boy reaches the age OF
10 and is out of high school his ath-
letic competitive days are over. Earl
is 10 now and has graduated from
high school.
No Rule Barring Skinker.
But the youngster will be eligible,
Just the same, for the defense OF the
championship which he now holds.
It all sounds screwy, but it has its
angles. Earl was talking about IT
himself.
you see, I like to play golf and
particularly competitive golf. l
wanted to play when I decided TO go
to Dewitt Prep to make up some
credits necessary for entrance to col
lege. Only little while ago talK-
ed with Francis x. Emmett, who
talked with Mr.. Bayh. Carl refers
to Birch E. Bayh, director of physi-
cal education in the public high
schoolS.)
"Both of them went over the rules
carefully. They found out and told
me they found out that can play
in both the team matches as a
representative of Dewitt, and In the
individual championship"
So could Ralph Bogart, the tan
young District champ, had Ralpn
gone to a private school as did Earl.
But Ralph, who probably will go TO
Pinehurst next month to try TO h1t
the North and South amateur title,
is through with school for the pres
ent semester, according to Skinker.
The two are great pals, friendly
rivals on the golf course and sup
porters of each other.
Golf Course to Remain.
Planned changes at the Indian
Spring Country Club do not mean
the death kneIl of that golf course
out by Silver Spring. Not this year,
at any rate, or in any immediate fu-
ture year. So says Dick Melvin, golf
chairman at Indian Spring. 81 am
authorized by A. S. Kay, owner OF
the club" says Dick, "to say that
Indian Spring will remain as a golf
course for long time to come"
Fred Mcleod, only eligible Wash
Evening star., 1941-03-27
Clarendon BowIers
Close In on District
League Leaders

Clarendon Bowling Center, hold
ing third place, moved close in the
Mems District League chase with a
21 victory over the second-place
Arcadia combination, while the pace
setting Lucky Strike lost ground by
dropping the rubber game to the
champion Rosslyn quint.
Abe Beavers Sparked the Claren-
don win with 1922, while Joe
Freschis 1863 and Gene Targets
1886 were contributing factors
Capt. Fred Murphy's 1896 were
best for Arcadia. Gait Davis of
Rosslyn had 161 and the evenings s
top set of APT.
Hokie Smith, who helped Lucky
Strike to cop the middle tilt with
l52, finished with 404 to regain a
commanding lead over Astor Clarke,
defending champion, in their battle
for the league title. Smith is rolling
at 129-plus pace. Clarke, who
shot 352 with Lafayette, dropped
below 129.
Chevy Chase Ice Palace was a
standout with 1884 in beating Penn
Recreation, 2-1, with scores of 653,
703 and 628. Dave Williams 158-
412 and Ed Nash's 1893 were best
for Ice Palace. Rex Stewards 1856
gave the losers the final game. His
set was 399.
Georgetown, with games of sos
628 and 653, spanked Lafayette, 2-1
as George Brandt fired 155-418 and
Andy Gleason 141-404 Abe Povich
and Ernie Hauser were best for
Lafayette with counts of 1893 and
389. Povich's 161 gave the losers
the opener.
Convention Hall swamped King
Pin with 1914. Tony Santini's 1877
404, Julie Singers 145-401 and Ec
Blakeneys 383 featured.
Evening star., 1941-03-27

because when they received IL, IL was
in a sort of mushy state. Stick to
YOUR usual trout stream bats and
artifcials.
Here are the streams stocked with
in the past week or 10 days: Fishing
Creek, 2,84O trout; Big Hunting,
2.52O; Tonoloway, 1850; Beaver, p
200: st. James, 500; Little Antle-
tam, 400; Marsh Run, 500; Middle,
500; Severn Run, 1.400; Sawm1ll
Branch, 1,4O0, and Sockets Branch
1,400.
Worms and Streamers Best.
Getting ready for next Tuesdays
trout season opening in Maryland,
It might be we'll to remember that
streams will be high, so prepare your
bats accordingly. 1t still is very cold
up in the mountains and fish Will
be hugging the bottom. 1t also Will
be too early to Go much with the
usual wet flies, nymphs or dry flies.
Best bats probably will be garden
Evening star., 1941-03-27

hackle or small bucktails and
streamers.
There won't be many, if any, bugs
Matching out this early, so artiflcials
of these types don't stand the chance
of catching fish they have later on
toward May. If you don't use worms,
streamers that are fished near the
bottom and under logs and rocks
figure to get best results.
No Spinners on Hunting.
The Micky Finn bucktail so popu-
lar last year again promises to be
a favorite bait. This is red and
yellow fly with silver tinsel body.
Some also have jungle cockeyes.
Artificial flies only are permitted
tin area, while you can use anything,
including worms, on Fishing Creek.
Spinners also are not permitted on
Big Hunting. Last year those an
glers found using them merely were
warned but this year they will be
arrested.
Evening star., 1941-03-27
Roping, Riding, Bull
Tossing Bring Old
West 10 Town
Rodeo Opening Tonight
At UIine; Gene Autry
Troupe's Top Star
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

Washington, which has absorbed
its sagebrush and saddle atmosphere
chiefly from cowboy fickers at
neighborhood movies, tonight will
be introduced to life in the land of
lassoing when world championship
rodeo, or reasonable facsimile there
of, invades Uline Arena.
The "yipee, XII yo!" specimens from
Waco, Phoenix, Dallas, Butte and
points west will provide new type
of entertainment and competition
for this sector. Bull riding, steer
wrestling, calf roping and bronco
riding are on the competitive chart,
with the famed and genial Gene
Autry topping the less strenuous side
The champagne of the ranching
industry will compete for some $4,000
in prize money, with $50 to be dis
tributed to top riders, ropers and
wrestlers in each of four events at
every performance. Cowboys and
cowgirls from the west and south
west of the United States and West
ern Canada are on the scene.
Women Champions Here.
Outstanding among the 125 or so
cowboys entered in the rodeo are
Bobby Murray and Buttons Yonnick,
both wild steer jockeys of Fort
Worth, Tex; Steedy Densmore and
Shorty McRory, calf ropers, and
Eddie Curtis of Elrino. Okla, con-
sidered the best bronco buster in the
world.
Mary Parks, 9s-pound 1910 cham
pion of Walsenburg. Colo, and Mil
dred Mix Horner, 1889 women's title
holder of Brady, Tex, head an i'm
pressive list of cowgirls who will
appear at the spacious plant through
April 6. Trick riders and ropers
are included. in the snowy side of
the event.
Uline Arenas floor has been cush-
ioned with 300 tons of clay to pro-
vide footing for the $50 head of
stock and, incidentally, to make
spills trifle less unpleasant for the
cowboys. A qualified ride on a bull
is eight seconds, while 10 seconds
is a qualified ride on bucking horses,
which have no steam left after un-
leashing their fury for that short
and hectic spell.
Wild Brahma calves are granted
a 10-foot start out of the chute and
the cowboy who ropes one of the
300-pound critters in 19 seconds is
deserving of pat on the back
and probably first prize money.
DOOdler is Rude Bull.
Most irritable members of Col.
Jim ESkew's rodeo stock are Doodler,
1,5o0-pound wild Brahma bull who
has been with the show eight years
and who never has been ridden for
eight seconds, and Five Minutes to
Midnight, 19-year-old bucking
! horse whose enthusiasm for boiling
hasn't diminished with age.
Col. Cy Compton, 64-year-old
boyhood friend of Buffalo Bill, is
reorted to be one of the real hits
of the troupe The white-haired
Compton packs the worlds longest
lariat, $50 feet, and ropes 10 to Il
| horses running abreast.
Autry, radio and movie idol Of
thousands of impressionable young
sters, appears three times at each
performance with his noted horses
Champion and Champion, jr The
cowboy crooner is the featured stal
of the entertaining gentry and those
who have seen him say he's the bes
of his class.
The rodeo gets under way at 8:3(
O'Clock and will continue for nine
nights with matinees on Saturday:
and Sundays.
Evening star., 1941-03-27
CopitoI-Virginio Loop
Will Open April 20

Action in the recently organized
Washington Virginia Night Baseball
League will get under way Sunday
afternoon, April 20, but until the
directors decide whether it will be
six or eight team circuit q COM
plete schedule will not be arranged.
Eleven teams have applied for
franchises.
Officers elected at the last meet
ing include J. R. Grantham, presi-
dent: Norman Outcault. secretary.
and M. C. Windsor, treasurer. All
games will be played at Ballston
Stadium.
Evening star., 1941-03-27
Reynolds to Be Prexy
Of SoftbuII League

Charley Reynolds, director of the
Boys Club of Washington, and Eu-
gene George, former official of sew
eral leagues, loom as the new presi-
dent and Secretary-treaSurer OF the
D. c. Softball Association, elections
of which will take place tomorrow
night.
A vice president also will be
chosen, but so far no candidate has
been mentioned.
Winfree johnson will remain the
Districts softball commissioner, but
the association will be under a new
setup. All league representatives
are asked to be present at the Times
Herald Building at 8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1941-03-27
Ohio States Record Trip Bodies Trouble for W. and Maryland Mines
20 Years Aqo
In The Star

Walter johnson pitched for
the first time in training since
leaving the game because of
sore arm before the season end
ed last yea". He had plenty of
speed, but showed occasional lack
of control. One of his pitches
beaned Stanley Harris and
knocked him out.
Charles Paddock of the Uni
verSity of Southern California
clipped seconds off the world
220-yard dash record when he
was timed at 2008. He also
equaled the world 100-yard rec
ord of 0:09.6.
Latest tip is that the proposed
fight between Jack Dempsey and
Georges Carpenter will be held
in New Jersey. Newark and At
lantic City are the principal bid
ders.
Evening star., 1941-03-27

advantage for the runnerup honors
by trimming the fourth-place Chevy
Chase Ice Palace, 81. Penn Rec
reation took the rubber from Red
Circle Food Shop.
Top honors in the Methodist
Church Ladies League went to
Muriel Jones of Mount Vernon with
116 and 314 and Eldbrooke No. l
team with SOB and 1,431.
Breaking three-Way tie, Bethany
gained undisputed possession of first
place in the Eastern Star Ladies'
League when Bertha Stark with 335
and Minnie Delaplane with 322 led
sweeping attack over Unity.
Oberheim Sets Pace.
Featured by Carl Oberheim's 157,
the runnerup Reclamation No. l
quint with top scores of 610-1,733
swept Construction to cut National
Capital Parks lead in the Interior
League to three games.
Three season records were cracked
in the Automotiye League when
Calvin DiXon's 421 paved the way
for the L. P. Steuart combination
to post 642 and 1889, and swamp
Wolfe Motors.
Banging out a season record Of
GIT and the evenings high of 1854,
the second-place Telephone Sets
sank the Handsets in the Western
Electric League.
BoyleS Restaurant held its lead
in the Southeast League flag chase
with a 81 decision over the Redmen.
Evening star., 1941-03-27
From the
PRESS Box
Youth Against Cards
Winning This Year
BY JOHN LARDNER,
Special Correspondent of The Star.

CLEARWATER, Fla, March q
(N.A.N.AD.-The best-looking young
baseball club in the State of Florida,
at this writing, is the st. Louis
Cardinals. We call on Capt. Terry
Buford Moore, the stylish center
fielder, for testimony which may be
significant.
II wouldn't want to be captain of
some of the teams we've had" says
Mr.. Moore. There always were
some fellas making trouble on the
club, always some feuds, always a
couple of guys that were unpopular.
But now, with this gang of kids
hustling together, it's pleasure.
This may not be a Cardinal PEN
nant year for two reasons:
/. The supply of young talent is
too abundant. Southworth may lack
time to find out just who is best
and who is next best before the race
Is under way.
2. The Cardinals have Is games
to make up on the Cincinnati Reds,
q tight and seasoned outfit.
Evening star., 1941-03-27
Benefit Party Listed
For Virginia White
.Sox Tomorrow

Virginia White SoX baseball team
Is being organized again for the 1941
season, with the first practice set for
2 o'clock Sunday on the Baileys
Cross Roads diamond.
Last year the club won % of %
games and another banner season
is expected.
Johnny Bayliss, who won 10
straight, again will do much of the
pitching.
A benefit party for the team will
be held tomorrow night at 8 o'clock
at the Baileys School auditorium.
Evening star., 1941-03-27
All Choices in Semis
OF Woman S Event
AtPinehurst
3. the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PINEHURST, N. c., March 81
Fayorites today were in the semi
finals of the 39th annual North and
South womens golf tournament.
Medalist Elizabeth Hicks elm
mated Dorothy Gardner, 3 and 2,
and today meets Dorothy Kirby,
4-and-3 winner over Jeanne Cline.
Seventeen-year-o Louise Suggs
went down in 7-and-6 defeat before
the veteran Mrs EStelle Lawson
Page.
Mrs. William HockenjoS, jr., de-
feated Mrs. S. R. Morgan OF Gulph
Mills, Pa, and 2.
Mrs. Page, former national cham
pion, is playing Mrs. Hockenjos.