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Evening star., 1941-08-06
silk Hose Price Rise
Can't Be Justified,
Henderson Declares
Tells House Inquiry
That Any Advance
Now Is Profiteering
~ the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
Price Administrator Leon Hen
derson told Congress today that any
increases in the price OF silk stock
ings now could be pretty generally
characterized as profteering"
Resuming his testimony before
the House Banking Committee on
the administration price-control
bill. Mr.. Henderson declared the
recent stoppage of silk production
would not justify any increases in
the price of silk stockings on the
Shelves of the retailers.
At one point, the witness said
great damage" might result if an
attempt were made to regulate prices
by World War methods.
Mr.. Henderson said it was gen.
orally conceded that price control
required a definite statutory basis.
When Representative Williams
Democrat, of Missouri asked about
World War methods, Mr.. Henderson
said records showed. and all who
had been involved in the 1917-18
situation agreed, that great damage
had been done then by allowing
prices to rise.
Even in the case of food and
fuel prices, for which Congress en-
acted a special control law.
Mr.. Henderson said it took the
World War board -four months to
debate the question"
Mr.. Henderson declared yesterday
that a most pronounced increase in
the cost Of living" was unavoidable
even if the control bill should be en-
acted into law Immediately.
Mr.. Henderson also gave the COM
mittee an exhaustive picture of the
price situation and developments
which led to the bills Introduction,
but carefully refrained from any dis
Evening star., 1941-08-06

cussion of its specific provisions.
Some legislators expressed belief the
committees study of the measure
would consume about six weeks.
Many members said they wanted
a thorough discussion of all parts
of the bill as well as of many aspects
of the economic situation with which
the measure does not deal. Among
the latter were such things as the
effect OF wage scales on prices and
the inflationary potentialities of pri-
vate bank credit. Neither wages nor
credit would be regulated by the
pending bill.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Landon School Show
Saturday Presents
Varied Program

Landon Schools junior show, to
be held Saturday at the upper
school grounds on Wilson lane in
Bethesda, will have the attention Of
local horse fans this week end.
For the past two years Landon
School has offered the best program
of junior classes of any local show
and, as indicated by the prize list,
this years card should be no excep-
ton.
There are 13 classes. including
saddle ponies, jumping ponies,
horsemanship class for juniors
under 10, horsemanship for juniors
between 10 and Is, horsemanship
class limited to boys of Landon
School and girls of the Whitehall
Country School. road hack, hack
and hunter, junior hunter A. S. P.
c. A horsemanship event. novice
hunters, knock down and out. and
an inter-school team jumping
event.
Besides the usual ribbons there
will be trophies presented in each
event. Judges who have been
selected are 1t. Col. P. B. Rogers
of the Front Royal Remount
Station. Mrs. Alva B. Court of White
Plains. N. Y, and Hubert Qulnter
of Bethesda, Md.
The show will get under way at
10 am.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Woodn1ont Second Team Holds
Women's Golf Lead; Wilson
Is High School Runner-up

Feminine golfers have no more
team matches listed this week.
They do not play until next Tues
day, when first and second teams
again will swing into action. Wood
mont still leads in the second-team
chase, following a 5la-to-31a victory
over Kenwood at Indian Spring yes
terday. Second and third team
matches are played with Women's
District Association handicaps,
while first teams play at scratch.
Woodmont has amassed so points,
while Columbia Is next with AZ
points. Army Navy is third with 36
points.
Other results yesterday were: Ar
gyle defeated Columbia, 6 to 3;
Washington defeated Manor, 8 to /;
Chevy Chase defeated Indian
Spring, 51a to 312; Congressional
defeated Belle Haven, to 3.
Wilson Second in High Series.
Wilson High School linksmen,
twice defeated in the high school
series this year, following their 1910
victory, can console themselves
today that they finished runnerup
in the Al tourney to a red-hot
Roosevelt team, which didn't drop
a match in 10 contests.
Wilson wound up its season yes
terday with a 7-to-2 victory over
Western at Manor, Western WIN
ming the third spot in the Dawes
Evening star., 1941-05-21
By PAUL J, MILLER.

Just four players-Alekhin, Capa-
blanca, Reshevsky and Fine-have
been suggested for an extra special
world tournament by L. Walter Ste
phenS of the United States Chess
Federation. This is held an oppor-
tune time to stage an open" tour
nament, with the world chess title,
now in the custody Of DR.. Alexander
Alekhin somewhere in France, at
stake.
A prize of $4,000 is suggested, with
players to pay their own expenses.
World chess matches do not come
so cheap. Usually the purse is S10,-
900, of which $4,000 goes to the title
holder as a fee because he is the
world champion, and the balance
is split; 60 per cent goes to the
winner and 40 per cent to the loser
with the sponsoring body paying
expenses.
A so-called open" tournament
for the world championship would
have to include at least a dozen
recognized masters if the tourney
approached par.
If a world bout is imperative at
this time, the political crises must
be carefully weighed. Locate Alex
hin and arrange a $4,000 purse
with expenses and let a neutral
committee name the challenger. Any
individual match will succeed where
an open" tourney at this juncture
would fall by the waySide.
Regains Soviet Title.
Mikhail Botwinnik has regained
the Soviet title bp his play in the
1941 grandmasters' tournament, in
which six experts We'd for the
championship Of all the Russias.
In 20 rounds of chess. Botwinnik
registered 13l2-61a, leading the field
by 212 points and winning a game
from every one of his opponents,
including Igor Bondarevsky OF
Rostov-on-Don and Andrea Lilien-
thai, Hungarian ace, joint victors
in the 1910 national Russian tourn-
ament.
Each grandmaster had to play
each of the others four games in
the concluded tourney.
The standing:
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Score Above Par Seen
By Mcleod in U. 5.
0pen Test Here
Thinks 143 at Columbia
Next Monday Will Be
Good Enough to Leod
By WALTER McCALLUM.

Fred Mcleod, the canny little pro
who guides golf affairs at the Co
lllmbia Country Club, doesn't look
for any record shattering when a
field of % gather next Monday at
that club to shoot for the four places,
allotted to this sector in the quail
flying rounds for the national open
championship. Freddie himself, Of
course, won't be in there pitching
golf balls up against the pin. This
year, for the first time, he qualities
automatically under a new rule of
the United States Golf Association
inviting former open champions to
play without sectional qualification.
It's a good rule for Mcleod, who
hasn't qualified sectionally for sew
eral years, although he isn't yet sure
he will go to Fort Worth, where the
title tourney will be played starting
June 5.
This course. even though we
need rain, is playing pretty long"
said Freddie. Il think that any
man who shoots 143 can sit back and
watch the parade roll by That is a
II and a 70. which is three shots
above par. And probably the top
qualifying score will be higher than
that. 1t may 60 up to 146, depend
ing on weather conditions, and 143-
If any one does that well-may lead
the field But I do not look for
any one to take this course apart.
It's too tough from those back tees"
Friday is the day allotted to the
local entrants to practice over the
course. Visitors may play Saturday
and Sunday. The allotments have
been made by the U. S. G. A. and
not by the Columbia club. Un.
doubtedly several local pros will be
out there tomorrow learning the
tricks of those green's. Friday also
is the day the pairings will be an
nounced. They'll start-as usual
at 9 am. and l pm. and the Sec
tional rounds will be handled by
the District Golf Association, which
means that Bill Barr will be on the
job again.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Worthy Feats Mark
Meet That Is Won
Easily by WI.
Scores II Points to AZ
For 6. W. High; Monroe
Gets Lone Counter

Northern Virginia is more than a
mere pin point on the track map
today as wizened critics of the run
ming game perused results of yes
terday's meet in which Washington
Lee captured the Big Three" title
in a triangular battle with George
Washington High of this city and
James Monroe of Fredericksburg.
The Generals totaled IT points to
George Washington's "A. Monroe
was distant third with single
tally.
Renshaw and Crump of G.. W.,
and Gudger, WI, were double win
ners. The first mentioned took the
100 and 220 yard dashes in the
good times of 1912 and 22.5, re-
spectively. Gudger ran a scintillat-
ing 44O in 0:543 and an equally good
half-mile. Crump took the low hur-
dies and broad jump.
Not to be overlooked were Bells
pole vault of II feet l inch for
G. w, and 4:512 mile turned in
by White for the Generals.
1Oo-yard dash-Won by Renshaw g.
W.: second, Miller (W-L); third, WoolS
lager -(W.-L). Time, O:10.2. II.
W.; second Miller (W.-L): third. Spittle
&c. W.. Time, O:225.
440-yard run-Won by Gudger (W-L);
second Waldon (W.-L): third, Simpson
J. M. Time. O:54.3.
SSO-yard run-Won by Gudger tW.-Lo:
second, shgmsay sW.-Lo; third Reece
Mile runMWon by White Cw.-LO; Sec
,o 9nd, Fal!in GCW.-LO; third Anstine 'W'-Lo'
Low Hurdles-won by Crump &c. Wy;
sSSoqd s% oEImm TIme. g. S3s7S ~; third Sprinkle
High hurdles-Won by Sprinkle. (W,-LD;
second Shumway CW.-LD; third, Hern-
don &C W.. Time. 0:ls.0.
Javelin throw-Won by Fragons &C. wy;
second Urbansk tW.-L): third. Grimes
&c. W,). Distance, $50 feet inches. :.
Dis}ance' esfanc IT feet "a i inches N'''
Discus throw-Won by Newson (W -LD;
second, Grinnell (W-Ll: third, Evans
(W.-ID. Distance. 110 feet " inches
Broad jump-Won bv Crump &c. W.;
second Rivenberg &c. W.: third, Herndon
&C. W. Distance, 1s feet inches.
High Jump-Won by ShumWay tW. ~;
second Sutherland &C. W. and Richards
(W-L). tie Heisht sl si teet l9ia IL inches.
ond, Mcintyre &C, W.; third, Crump C:
Haif-mile relay-won by w and L.
lwaldron,- Sprinkle. Miller. Granthorn.
Time. 1852.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Feminine Golf Stars
Are Looking TO D. {.
Title Tournament
Mrs. MeckIey Doubtless
Will Be Fuyorite at
Manor Club June 20

With entries to close today for
the class B section Of The Evening
Star golf tournaments, feminine
golfers whose skill is of champion
ship caliber are looking ahead and
training their big guns toward the
District Women's championship, to
be played over the woods-frlnged
course of the Manor Country Club
June 2-6, inclusive.
Entries for this affair, the big
moment of the links year for cham
pionship competitors, will close May
90 at / pm. with Mrs. Doran 3.
gia 4347.
The District championship Will be
the only event outside of team
matches to be staged by the Wom-
ems District Golf Association during
June.
MARYLAND State Attracts.
Later in the month, June "a to 70,
inclusive, many of the top-filght
linkswomen will play in the Mary
land State Golf Association cham
pionship at Chevy Chase for the
title now held by Mrs. Walter Il.
Stokes of Manor
On the basis of her showing so
far this year Mrs. Betty P. Meckley
of Kenwood. Washington's steadlest
feminine golfer, will be the entrant
to defeat in the District champion
ship. Betty always has shown a
special fondness for the course OF
the washington Golf and Country
Club. So far this year two Journeys
have been played over that course.
with another coming up Friday IN
the class B section OF The Star
events.
Betty has won both Of them, the
first with a 79 and the second win
~ That adds up to 156 for 36
hoies which is fair country golf
for anv woman over a layout where
on1v a few bad shots are needed
tn blow a good score sky high.
SectionaI Titles Elude Her.
But despite her admitted con-
sistency and her steadlneSS' MIS-
Neekley hasn't won sectlohal IlIle
+or several years. She used to win
them M all, but in match play the
et,.nrs 80 eeem to have caught up with
,ar % although she remains at the
ton ION in medal play. She has started
tbe tbe C competitive year with a big
squirt and right now Is playing FeiS
well. Nv. Mvror
Others to fear are Mrs: My[ol
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Unbeuten Teams Clash
In SoftboII LEAGUE

Somebody's clean record is des-
tined to be spoiled tonight when
Senate Beer and Standard Linen,
deadlocked leaders of the Merchants
Softball League, clash in the second
game of a double-header at Ballston
Stadium. Each has won three times
in as many starts.
The crucial fray is scheduled to
start at O'Clock, following a 7:45
preliminary between Manhattan
Auto & Radio and I. B. M The lat
ter's 500 percentage is 500 points
better than the record of Manhat-
tan, which has lost both. of its first
two games.
Evening star., 1941-05-21

EASTERN LEAGUE.
Sprir gfleld, 3; Albany, /.
Binghamton. g.: Hartford. 2.
(Only games.)
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Manor Hunt 10 Stage
Usual Gala Affair
Memorial Day

Manor Hunts annual horse show
at Brooke Johns Farm on Memo
rial Day will be a banner event if
the pace set by the last two affairs
is maintained.
AS in the past years to the usual
program of show classes will be add
ed a card of fiat and steeplechase
races. This variation to the usual
show program has met with the un-
qualified approval of the fans.
There is gala atmosphere to this
show which so many affairs lack and
adding to the holiday spirit is the
dance held in the evening at Brooke
Johns barn
Evening star., 1941-05-21
New High-Jump Mark
By Barham Is Only
Record Likely
Well-BoIunced Eastern
Team Is Dark Horse
Of Weekend Meet

Performances in scholastic COM
petition this spring indicate the pos
sibility of at least one new record
In the 44th annual high school track
and field championships tomorrow
and Friday at Central Stadium.
The high Jump mark of 6 feet
1916 inches set last year by Ed
Barham Of Tech already has been
exceeded several times this year by
him. His best was the feet 5 inches
at last Saturdays &C" Club games.
Several other marks have been ap-
preached, but none passed so far,
but the stiff competition of this
meet will bring out the best.
Team Title Fight Likely.
Past performances also indicate
something of battle for team hon.
ors. Comparing winning times in
previous meets, Central could count
on six first places, Tech on five and
Eastern on one. That makes only
II, and there are IA events on the
program, but oddly enough no
Washington Schoolboy has won the
100-yard dash or the 220-yard dash
In any meet this year, so no COM
parisons can be made.
First places also are not always
an indication of the winner because
five places count in the scoring on
5-4-3-2-1 basis and a team with
few outstanding performers but with
good balance all down the line, such
as Eastern appears to be, could
come through.
Best Feats This Spring.
Here are the best winning per-
formances by Washington boys in
meets this year and following them
the records they will be striving to
beat:
100-yard dash-No winners
44O-yard run-Dunn (CentraD. O532,
against Episcopal
O:16;0. against Episcopal.
Mile. run-Diotti (CentraD. 1859,
against Episcopal.
220-yard dash-No winners
220-yard hurdles--Davis CTech), O:26.5,
in Maryland interscholastics.
Mile relay-Central' 3:39. in Maryland
Pole Sauit@Tucker tcentraD and Cas-
perS tWllSonl, tled at 10 feet lncheS
since has become scholastically ineligible)
Discus-Manilli (Eastern). 116 feet,
AGAINST Episcopal
Javelin-Barham (Tech). 1853 feet, in
Hish jumPIBsEham mp, cTech). 6 feet 5
shotput- -Kurz Central, As feet 3
inches. at Episcopal.
Broad jump-Barham (Tech), 21 feet
1094 inches, at Tome.
High School Records.
1oo-yard dash-1O seconds. Dick Dear
tCentraD. 1901; Bryan Morse WESTERN.
1905; sylvester Maxim (Westernl, 1914;
Edwin Quinn CTech) 1880: Harold Pear
son (Techl, 1888; VIII THOMPSON II1t11 ,CeH- 695
trail. 1902: Will Thompson (CentraD,
-440-yard dash-O:51,3, Dale Murray
sSo-yard Tan-2:2e, Monroe sheehan
'NSHie'Til1 %ie fun E55s4 Earl Trager cwilson,.
i20-yard high hurdles-O:15.4, Dick
OBrien ITech), 1910.
22O-vard low hurdles-0:25.s. Sidney
mo2rfse3qe SP2tPqs04s 7fech1 fee 1854 meheS "ia
Discus-120 feet 7 inches. John Nc
Donald (Tech), 1926.
Jayelin-171 feet 5'4 inches, Emmett
Proctor Central, 1928.
High iqmpmo6 feet Is inches Ed Bar
:. Broad iumpE@&@ feet 5 inches Norman
HSSIfs' Mfie reisy& SSH issso Tech tTheis Iank,
Green, Hayden), 1884.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
@ &HE; Z s @

of class A rank and won 4 and lost
5, amaSsing % handicap points.
B Players F. w. F. Gleason and
Leonard Minkoff each scored 2-7,
but the former had Is handicap
points to the latter's Ia. CARAMEL
stood 112-712, with liz handicap
points. G. Werner of c rank won
2 games and dropped 7. totaling
16 handicap points.
Out of so games at rapid transit
play to date. Mugridge has yielded
only four points.
Chess Problem No. 1893.
By F. J. HORvATH. Cleveland. Ohio.
Courtesy of Chess Correspondent
BLACKS MEN.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
NJMZOWITSCH DEFENSE.

BotWinnik lost:
Evening star., 1941-05-21

Cup tourney among the Washing
ton high schools. Manders of Will
son shot a II for the best score of
the day in the Wilson victory St.
Adams defeated Bladensburg by de-
fault in the windup of the high
school series. The summary:
Wilson, I; Western, 2.
Brandon wilson beat Macatee (west-
ern), 4 and 8; Manders (Wilson) beat
Sauires tWestern), and 7. Best ball
Wilson, and 3.
Brantley Cwnson) beat Webster WEST
sFn YGnns ssa Whit md 7"sSR Bess ba Hfa.
Wilson, 8 and g.
steinem (wilson> beat Goldsmith
Individual match by default and the best
ball l up.
Mrs. Gale E. Pugh won women's
day tourney at Manor, anneXing
first prize in selected 9-hole affair
with 90 strokes. The net prize went
to Mrs. j. v. BroWnell with net rs,
while Mrs. J. T. Powell won the putt
ing prize with % strokes on the
greens. On the inside nine, Mrs.
George Walker and Mrs. A. M.
Pickett tied for first place with 38
net, with Mrs. Walker winning the
draw The putting prize went to
Mrs. D. c. Thomas with 18 puts.
Star Cup Entries Close Today.
Entries were to close today for the
Glass B section of The Evening
Star Cup tourney, to be played
Friday at the Washington Golf and
Evening star., 1941-05-21

Davy of Columbia and Congress
sional, Mrs. Walter r. Stokes and
Mrs. L. G. Pray of Manor, Mrs.
Leo Walper of Indian Spring, Mrs.
T. o. Brandon of Columbia, Eliza
beth Houghton, the titleholder from
Chevy Chase and possibly Mrs.
Thomas F. Neblett of Manor, a
newcomer in District tournaments.
Mrs. Neblett's handicap has not yet
been cleared and she has been un-
able to play in the feminine events
sponsored by the w. D. G. A.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Fights Lost Night
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUFFALO, n. Y-Jackie Donovan,
1912, Buffalo, and Andre Jessurun,
154. New York, drew QW.
NEW YORK-Leonard Bennett, l46,
Chicago. outpOlnted Jerry Fiorello, ISL,
Brooklyn, N Y. 81; Tami Msuriello,
1861. New York, stopped Jimmy
OBoyle. 1929 Boston (2l.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Hot Duel Between Central Tech Looms for High School Track Field Lame

Country Club. The entry list of
women in Glass B. with handicaps
over 18, probably will be larger than
that in Glass A, which had 83 entries,
and about 10 starters. Mrs. Betty
p Meckley won the Glass A tourney
with 77-4-73, after a tie with
Mrs M. M. Maxwell of Army Navy.
Mrs. H. E. Davies of Bannockburn
won the Class B tourney last year
over her home course
Meanwhile large field of male
golfers we're to play today at Beaver
Dam in the initial amateur-pro
sweepstakes and handicap affair
of the year staged by the Maryland
State Golf Association.
Francis x. Emmett, who will
handle the schoolboy championship
to be held at three clubs Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, has asked
that entries be sent to him before
pm. tomorrow at Dewitt Prep
School. The phone number is
Woodley BIB. The entry fee of rs
cents may be paid on the first tee
at KenWood, where the schoolboys
will qualify Friday, starting at noon.
Match rounds will be played Satur-
day and Sunday at Manor and Con-
gressional.
Evening star., 1941-05-21
Nugridge Wins Handicap.

In the A-B-C class Rapid Tran
sit Handicap contested intraclub' by
Washington Chess Divan, Donald
H. Mugridge garnered eight wins and
one draw, the latter with A. E.
CARAMEL. and registered total OF
5412 handicap points with seven
points as the base between classes.
Ernest Knapp and F. Gross tied
for second and third at To and A
handicap points each. Solomon
Adler and Nathaniel Weyl shared
fourth and fifth places with 512-31a
scores and 331a handicap points.
]. E. Dubois was the sixth player
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-25

ficers, these men lost 100 shipmates in this first sinking of an American warship sn the present war.
 Chief Petty Officer William Henry Bergstresser, 35, of Pittsburgh, whom the torpedo put in command, de- scribed the disaster matter-of- -fact- ly.
 The Reuben James was on patrol duty, and had gone to help another ship when she was torpedoed.
 T was on watch in the forward engine room at 5:30 a. m. when we felt the impact" he said. There were two explosions and the second sounded like the magazine. The ship whipped and shook. The lights went out and the steam flow was inter- rLpted. There was a sinking motion of the ship and she went do5a by the bow.
 ~I went topside and found the entire forward part. bridge ana an. had been demolished and carried away. The gunner'a mat. Mf gun number 6 told me that nnue nf thn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-25
Survivors Of Destroyer Reuben James Tell Experiences When Torpedo Struck

New York, Nov. 25.-CUP)-The destroyer Reuben James, mortally wounded by a German torpedo which caused an explosion in her forward magazine, was sinking in the misty dawn of Oct. 3l, west of Ireland.
 The bridge had been blasted and the foredeck already was under wa- ter. The seven officers had been killed in the explosion and the conn mand of the sinking ship had de- veloped upon a chief petty ofacer.
 At this point. William West bury, 30, @ strapping, hairy-chested ma chinist's mate from Charlestown,. S. C.. took of his shoe and daintilv dipped his toe into the thick oil scum covering the ocean to ascertain the temperature of the water into which he soon was to plunge. hop ing to live.
 Tt was cold" he said iAsk nieh&.
 He arrived yesterday with A2 oth- eEs Of the A5 survivors on the naval txanspcrt Alg0rah. Including the o1-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-25
SEVEN NATIONS
 JOIN WITH AXIS
Conquered Countries Have Signed Five.Year Pact
 Under New Order
(NEA Radiophoto)
BY FREDERICK c. oECHsNER lUnItad Press Staff Corresnondentl

BY FREDERICK c. oECHsNER United Press Staff CoFrespondentl
 Berlin, November 25. = (UP) - Before movie cameras and Q battery of microphones Foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop brought seven more nations Into the Anti- Commintern Pact and extended the adherence of the original six sigma tories for five more years.
 The cerlnony, occurring under a fierce glare of Klieg lights, was held in the ambassadors room of the new chancellory.
 Ribbentrop acted as master Of ceremonies. Adolf Hitler was not present.
 T am certain that I am express ing the convictions of all present" Ribbentrop said, "that our countries will not rest until Bolshevlsm is wiped out and the Communist dan- ger is finally removed"
 Rihbentrop charged that "the western democracies have lent their assistance to Bolsheyism and thereby have become its henchmen."
 The new signatories were Finland Denmark, Bulgaria Croatia, Slo- vakia, 'Rumania and the Japanese sponsored Naaking regime of Wang Ching-Wei. They joined the pres ent adherents Germany, Italy, Ja-
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