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Evening star., 1941-03-18
Baseball Today
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
At Tampa, Fa.-Cincinnati (N) vs. De-
troit (AD.
At Clearwater, Fa.-Brooklyn tN) VS..
St. Louis (ND.
At San Bernardino, Caln.-P1ttsburSh
(ND VS.. Chicago al
At Anaheim. Calif.-Chicaso (N) vs.
Philadelphia tA)
At Sarasota, Fla.-New York tR) VS..
Boston (A)
At Fort Lsuderdale Fa-Philadelphia
(N1 VS.. Syracuse 10
At St. Petersburg, Fla.-New York tA)
vs. Newark ID
At West Palm Peach. ra.-cleveland
A.) ~ Rochester Q0.
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Original Bosketer.
Dies at AGE of 73

LOUISVILLE, KY, March 18.
R.-Dr. Harry E. Mechling, 73,
who said he played in the first
game of basket ball about so years
ago, is dead here due to a heart
attack.
He recalled the event in a re-
cent interview. He said DR.. James
Naismith, the games founder,
chose him to play center on one
of the teams that fired a ball
at peach-basket goals in q
Springfield, Mass, school.
Evening star., 1941-03-18
National League
Ready 10 Favor
Litt|eCircuits
Small Outfits Likely
To Gain Point, Says
Leader Brumhum
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. March
18.-If everybody concerned is tell
ing the absolute truth. then the
meeting OF major and minor league
baseball executives here tomorrow
threatens to be dull going. There
isn't a fight in sight, they all de-
clare.
In fact" added William G Bram-
ham, head of the minor leaguers. Il
wouldn't be surprised if it turns out
to be the most harmonious meeting
in history We minor leaguers Ger
talnly have no quarrel with the big
leaguers."
That's right asserted President
Ford Frlck of the National League.
Il know we don't want to fight any
body. l get enough of that during
the regular season when some of my
best friends quit speaking to me
temporarily"
New Agreement Due.
The announced purpose of tomor-
rows all-day gathering is 10 go
thoroughly into the MAORI minor
league agreement which terminates
next year and see what can be done
about improving it. There can be
no definite action now, as any Sug-
geStions made by this meeting will
have TO be voted upon by all leagues,
big and little. before their adoption.
Besides Bramham and Frick,
those due here for the conclave are
George Trautman. president of the
American Association: DR.. E. NJ.
Wilder of the South Atlantic League,
Trammell Scott Of the Southern As
sociation, President viii Harridge OF
the American League. Branch
Hickey, St. Louis Cardinals: Ed
Barrow, New York Yankees; Clark
Griffith, Washington: Warren Giles,
Cincinnati Reds; Leo Bondy. New
York Giants, and Joseph Hostet-
tier, representing the Cleveland In
dians.
Landis Deemed Buck Passer.'
Baseball Commissioner K. NJ.
| Lands does not sit IN on this one,
as he will be under lively discussion,
himself, in the course of the day.
Everybody still is little jumpy over
his recent pronouncement that pur-
| chased players could not be farmed
out unless waivers were obtained.
Judge Lands changed his mind a
couple of weeks ago, to the tremen-
dous relief of all concerned, but they
still feel that he shouldn't do things
like that TO their nerves.
He has asked us to do something
to protect the purchased player at
this meeting, but I doubt very much
| there is anything We can do" said
one of the delegates. To tell the
truth, I'm afraid the judge made a
blunder and would like to toss it into
our laps"
About the only thing the minor
leaguers are going to ask in the new
agreement is that they have equal
voice with the big leagues in naming
all future commissioners.
Bramham Sees Path Clear.
The big leaguers were alone in
electing Lands to the highest Office
in their gift, but that was hurry
job and baseball was in no condition
at the time to fool around with a
Nationwide poll.
Its most reasonable request and
I don't think the major leagues will
object at ALL said Bramham. After
all, the commissioner is the head of
all baseball-not just of the big
leagues"
Bramham arrived a day early to
preside at a hot dispute between
the Montreal and Milwaukee clubs.
He declined to give any details Of
the argument.
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Baseball, Business
Mixed by Werber
Rv the Assoeiated press

BY the Associated Press.
TAMPA, Fla, March 18.-Third
Baseman Bill Werber of Cincin-
MATHS Reds. a life insurance man
during the off ff-season. believes in
working as he plays.
He reports selling Rick Fer
rell, catcher for the Washington
Senators, IS, 200 single-payment.
10-year endowment policy during
Saturdays game.
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Note for SoftbuIIers

Members of the Sport Center ALL
Star softball team are requested to
contact Manager Vic Barratte, 1912
F street NV.
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Tossers Meet Tonight

Washington Apache baseball team
members are requested to meet at
719 third street NV. tonight at 7:30.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-08
u. =. Filler
Denies
Air Battle
International New. Service Wire


WASHINGTON. Oct S.--An
American army flier today re-
turned from a 26.000-mile flight
which carried him over north
Africa and the Near East war
zones, plotting a huge United
States Army four-motored bomber.
The flier is Lieut.. Col. Caleb G.
Haynes, veteran pilot assigned TO
transport AhffdI1 GtipT1. George II.
Brett, army air corps, to the east
war zone TO confer with British
air corps authorities on American
air aid.
Colonel Haynes reported to Mai.
Gen. II. II. Arnold chief of the
army air corps, that the four
engined Consolidated B-24 bomber
he piloted made the 26.00Q-mile
trip at an average speed OF 237
miles an hour.
War department officers, an
nouncing Haynes return, denied a
report that he had exchanged
shots with an unidentified foreign
Marplane off the coast of Africa.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-08

WCfc nSfcrps
THE White was torpedOed
without any warning at all. The
first blast exploded hold No. Z.
Tin the dark night, we could
see only two red lights I'm the
distance.
THE crew Immediately took
to the boats, while the radio
man and / ran TO the wireless
shack. But we had TO abandon
the attempt to send out SOS
signals, because the raider ma
chine-gunned the deck.
I'VE had to make q quick
getaway, since the ship was
burning fiercely. Yet 1t was
three hours before she sank"
George r. Dockens, radio opera
tor:
When the ship was first hit,
we sent out an SOS, but we
did not give our exact posi-
ton, fearing that some enemy
submarine might shell the ship.
The White went down In
about three hours, leaving us
In heavy seas in two small
Hfeboats.
I'VE wandered for seven
days before we were picked up
by the Del NOrte. Yet we had
enough food for several days
more"
Albert Dowty. seaman;
I'VE sailors In the fo'cs1 were
awakened by terrific eX-
plosion and heavy gunfire.
I'VE tried to fight the fires
that started In the oil, but at
the captains order, we all
Jumped into the boats, except
for three men, who are still
missing"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-08
President Gets
Leaders View on
Shift
Strategy Conference
Will Determine How
Much to Ask Now
Int,I News seryIee stan Corre.pondent

lnti News service stan correspondent
. WASHINGTON, oct. 8.-Strat-
egy of the administrations fight
to produce drastic revision Of the
Neutrality Act was to be decided
today on the basis Of a report by
House leaders to President Roose-
welt.
Speaker ttaybuTn, majority leader
Mccormick and minority leader
Martin were invited to the White
House to join with Senate leaders
in a final discussion of the major
problems.
After getting an appraisal OF
sentiment in the House from these
three, the President is expected to
advise both branches of Congress
whether he will seek double-bar-
rel authority 10 arm Americas
merchant vessels and 10 send them
into belligerent British and Rus
sian ports or be satisfied now with
sanction only TO arm the mer-
.chantmen.
Al press conference yesterday,
Mr. Roosevelt said the action of
the government of Panama in for
bidding the arming Of merchant
ships under its registry constituted
additional reason for speed in re-
Vising the Neutrality Act
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-08
Pam AmaZeS Doctors
Lost Child of Mountains Hasn't EUen Got Cold
After Days and Nights of Exposure

tiny frame which was & ar b c d
only in a sunSuit and pair OF
sneakers.
Nevertheless, the Stout-hearted
tot appeared gay and cheerful as
she ate her first solid food - a
softboiled egg and a slice of toast
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph +. Hollingworth, Lowell
Mass, lumber company executive
She recited her experience with
little hesitance and said:
II stayed near the water all
the time I'm case / got thirsty.
1 always stayed near the water.
1 didn't eat any berries because
was afraid they might make
me sick.
I'm all right but my feet
hurt. They're sore. I've been
creeping on my hands and knees
to get to the water. My hands
and knees are sore now. Look"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-08
Ndzis Say Reds
In New Trap on
Way TO Moscow
Soviet Armies Face
Annihilation 40 Miles
From Capital, Is Claim
BY PIERRE ]. HUss


init news service STAN Correspondents
BERLIN, Oct 8.-ThousandS OF
Russian troops have been trapped
in the region of Vyazma, only lac
miles west of Moscow, and are
doomed unless they surrender. the
German high command declared
today.
A war communique issued from
Chancellor HitlerS military head.
quarters said several Soviet
armies" have been encircled in the
.Vyazma region and face annihi-
lation."
Encirclement Of the Russian
forces was declared to have fol,
lowed a break-through on the
central front inaugurated Octo.
Der 2.
The statement added that the
German drive into the Ukraine is
progressing
Destruction or capture of 1S(
Soviet tanks on the southern Rus
sian front by a single German
army corps was announced offic
tally in Berlin today.
A communique also stated tina
German forces have repulsed new
Soviet attempts to pierce the rims
around Leningrad and that the
Russian attackers ifffefed heavy
4 losses.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-08
SIGHTED PLANE

They said that Haynes did sight
a pursuit plane at distance while
flying off the African coast. but
was unable TO recognize its nation
atty and soon lost sight of it
entirely. lie emptied round or
two of shots straight down into
the water, officers said, merely as
a precautionary step TO test his
guns in case they should be
needed, But no shots. they in
sisted, had been exchanged with
any other plane.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-08
International New. service MIrs

NORTH CONWAY. n. H., Oct.
S.-Five-year-old Pamela Holling-
worth, the scantily-clad lost
child of the mountains, who sur
vived eight days and nights of
cold, exposure and hunger on the
wooded slopes of Mount Chocorua,
amazed medical science today by
her splendid condition.
At Memorial Hospital. doctors
described as remarkable the
rapidly-gaining strength of { n e
Dunstable, Mass, girl who wan
dered away from a family picnic
on September 28.
Despite frostbitten feet, which
were yielding satisfactorily to
treatment, Pam" astenished doc
tors by not contracting symptoms
of pneumonia nor even of cold.
She shed eight pounds from her
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-08

in effective and appropriate.
methods which we have UNI
fortunately neglected or for
gotten.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-08
Eagles Claim
40 Victories
International News service Gable

International News Service Cable
LONDON, Oct. Members of
the American Eagle Squadron OF
the Raj today claimed 40 con
trmeda and probable victories
in combat with German aircraft
from the time they commenced
operations up to last Sunday.
Meanwhile, the air ministry an
nounced small-scale enemy activ-
ity over Britain during the night
Nazi raiders attacked southwest
England and south Wales, drop
ping bombs on several points and
causing some damage and a few
casualties.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-08
IN THE
NEWS

Continued from Page One
might effectively remove OF
restrain.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-08

post, but our legislators fail
to provide it i'm the law.
The oxcart age had advan-
tages that we have not.
Our ancestors wiser
than we.
They had no time for cod
ding criminals - for COM
promising with vice, for
tolerating filth and encourag-
ing cOwardice and brutality.
They made the punishment
fit the crime, and that is what
we should do if we want to
stop the rising waves of evil
doing which are submerging
the country.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-08
Survivors Tell
Of Torpedoing
OF U. 5. Tanker
Agree I. c. White
Was Hit Without
Warning at Night
In,ernational NeWs service Cablt

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct s.
Three United States citizens los
their lives when the American
owned tanker l. G. White was
torpedoed and sunk in the Soutf
Atlantic, il was revealed for the
first time today after the survivors
arrived in Rio De Janelro.
Thirty-four survivors agreed
that the /. c. White was torpedoed
in the dead Of night September n
without warning, and hat the at
lacking submarine or submarines
Shelled the tanker repeatedly be
fore she went down
A deposition by Capt. William
Mello, the ships master declared
the !. c. White was completely IN.
armed and had no guns or ammuni-
ton OF any type on board.
THROWN INTO SEA"
The three lost men apparently
were drowned. Survivors differed
as 10 whether the men were killed
outright by explosions, or whether
they were swallowed in the rough
sea. However, Captain Mello said
three men were thrown into the
sea"
The victims were Joseph A
Yevic Of Boston. Frank Dobrosiel.
ski OF Bsyonne, n. j., and William
c. Rankin of Norfolk. All were
ordinary seamen.
Seventeen OF the SURVIVORS, ar
rived on the American freighteT
Del Norte, and another II came
10 Rio aboard the West Nilus. All
except a few were American
citizens.
In virtually all details the stories
talled--that the /. c. White, an
Arierican-owned vessel flying the
flag Of Panama, but in service oil
Britain. was torpedoed and sunk
in the middle of the night of Sep
tenber u.
After the ship had been tor.
pedoed, the survivors alleged, shells
were hurled al the Whites stper-
structure in an apparent attempt
70 wreck f1cr wireless rigging.
Some of the Whites men ex.
pressed the belief that two U-boat'
may have been engaged in the
attack. Nationality of The sub
marines could not be established
SURVIVORS TO NEW YORK
All "a survivors, il was under
stood, will continue TO New York
aboard the liner Brazil, which
sails today.
Stories of some of the surviv.
OTIS follow:
Capt. William Mello:
The attack occurred at 1855
n. IN. when nearly all the crew
were asleep.
ssTha White was fnrnndond
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-08
I Ships Sunk
In Suez Attack
international Nfvs service Gable

BERLIN. oct. s. German
planes m ar1 1tttt1rt-rrt-e-t Ell aa- SStie-s-
Canal Monday night sank two
freighters totaling 10000 tons, a
German announcement said today.
Two other ships were reported
damaged in the canal.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-08
Rsgissrsd 4. 5 Pstsni 0no

punishment - a reprimand
from the honorable Judge.
What cares such a coarse
grained creature for such a
gentle punishment?
But if the penalty were the
whipping post. this cowardly
bully would cringe and whim-
per and beg for mercy-and
not get it.
TIME lash on the bare
back is the only fit
~ punishment the
DULLES and brutes and black
guards who beat delicate little
women and tender little chill
dren.
Give them a taste of their
own medicine.
Make them realize the suf-
fering of bodily pain.
You cannot appeal to their
minds, and hearts they have
not.
Take the corrective out of
their hides.
II is the only way.
The learned judges know it.
They advocate the whipping
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-08

TIME stone pile and the
chain gang could very
well have their uses in
humiliating and penalizing in
fluential lawbreakers whom
the conventional punishments
do not reach or sufficiently
affect.
Then there is the dHeking
stool, which had its valuable
uses in the early days in sub
DUNG scandalmOngers and
the disseminatOrs of vile tales
and spreaders of vice and CON
tributOrs to moral delinquency.
Why not the ducking stool
today for the writers of filthy
bOoks-yes, and for the pub
fishers of prurient literature,
too?
Are they not scandalmong-
erS and disseminatOrs of vile
tales and contributors to the
vice and crime and moral de-
linquency of the community?
Perhaps the ducking stool
would clean them up a little
and wash some of the dirt
out of their minds.
At least ii would deter
them from writing and pub
fishing any more lecherous
volumes, and would enable
the community TO clean itself
up and protect its youth from
contamination, even If the
writer's of filth were inacces-
sible to water and soap.
.THEN there are the
stocks for the per-
petrators of secret
crimes and vices.
They dread only publicity,
and escape ordinary publicity
because of the Nervousness of
their offenses.-
Would not the good old
stocks accomplish the reform
of many of these?
Would not the punishment
be entirely appropriate if the
heads of such offenders were
thrust through the stocks and
made targets for small boys
amply armed with ripe
tomatoes?
Truly, there was virtue and
value in the punishments of
the oxcart era.
food conscientious citizens
gave the subject of deterrent
punishment much careful
thought and found solutions
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-08
5000 NAILS SLAIN

LONDON, Oct. S.-QNS)-The
London Evening News reported
today that 5000 Germans have
been killed in heavy fighting on
the Russian front north and
south of Smolensk.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-08
Students Holiday

FLINT, Oct g Some 81, 500
Flint school children Will have a
two-day vacation tomorrow and
Friday when the annual district
MEA teachers institute is held IN
SAGINAW.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-08

FINALLY, there was the
most excellent and
seemly whipping post
for brutes and blackguards.
Could not that appropriate
punishment be most usefully
revived?
Think what an admirable
punishment it would be for
wife heaters and the abuSers
of helpless little children.
What greater brutes and
bIackguards are there than
these?
And how futile and ineffec-
tive are the present day pen
alties.
A vicious male animal, mas
querading as a man, beats his
wife, knocks out her teeth
bruises her eyes and lips
strikes her to the floor, and
according to the testimony OF
neighbors kicks her in the
face.
What will -he-sset-
penalty:
A fine perhaps,-a few
days in jail as an extreme
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-01-24
Maryland Merry-Go- Round
BY Drew Pearson

Washington, D. c., Jan. "a. -
That victory dinner sponsored by
Anne Arundel County Democrats
at Annapolis which failed to get
into print thus far, now breaks
into print because of two interest
ing political statements made re-
spectively by Senator George Rad
cliffe and State Comptroller J.
Millard Tawes; also because the
dining Democrats constantly rem
dered the well-known non-ASCAP
rally song: "Let Me Call You
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-01-24

Sweetheart"
Such notables as Undersecretary
of State Sumner Welles, Eugene
Casey and National Democratic
Committeeman Preston Lane fail
ed to show up, but Governor Her
bert O'Conor was there to hear
the two statements and to accept
the sentiments of ''Let me call you
Sweetheart"
Senator George Radcliffe, in
conceding that Governor O'Conor
Continued on page five)
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-01-24
ATTENTION DEMOCRATS!

When you go into the polls
next Tuesday - THINK! Vote
for the Democratic Mayoralty
candidate, who, in your opinion
will make the best administra-
tor for your city. Do not let
anyone do your thinking for you.
In these times, with so much
responsibility centered on city
governments throughout the ma
ton, a business administration
is of paramount Importance. 1t
is your duty to cast your vote
for the candidate best qualified
for this important office.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-01-24

opinion that candidate if nominated will win te cleo
ton with ease
thn the last week the candidates have received
assurances from workers Western section of the civ
that they gaining ground in wards Fridnger in
sstance that the city laborers married and
have large families entitled living wage rather than
charged by Mr. Frnger average weekly wage of an
proxmatey ST. is drawing heavy support from labor Coun
Gilman Fndnger charge that the method of GARBAGE
collection disgrace the city of Hagerstown his pledge
nominated and elected suppn this method with CITY
operated service also meeting with spread approval nv
the citizens.
From practically ward in the city reports are cur
rent that the race developing into and the
prediction made that the be close Both Conn
Gilman Frdnger and Councilman Miller are successful bust
ness men and during the past week they have
telephone calls and visits merchants and manu-
acturer all of whom have stated their intentions of working
in behalf of their candidates. Both definitely pledged TO
economy government better cooperation between the various
city departments the elimination of projects having no relation
to the National Defense program and the placing of the business
OF the city on strictly business basis They convinced that
the city $4OOOOOOO corporation deserves the best business
possible and they further opinion that
the citizens and taxpayers Hagersown are within their right
Continued
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1941-01-24
-LLER PICKS UP STRENG 9Th AS FRIENDS
THROUGHOUT CITY FLOCK TO HIS BAN
Greatest Campaign in History of Hagerstown Has Given
Politicians the Jtters; Predict Voters Will Insist Ona
Business Administration

WIN out three days remaining before the City
almost
the leading
Harry Frdnger and Vernon fast in the GREAT
est most
lowers of both candidates claiming