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Evening star., 1941-08-07
Tobey Gets Skunk's Thanks
For Freeing Head From Can

skunk. Then he tried to remove
the can. But he tugged and tugged
In vain.
Finally I got a pair of timers
ships and was able to cut the can
enough to free the skunk" the Sen
ator related.
"Ee seemed to be grateful and
scampered away without even a
scent"
Senator Tobey said he took cam
era shots of the unlucky skunk wan
dering about with the tin can and
sent prints to Senator Ellender with
an account of the incident.
"Skunks are protected by New
Hampshire law" Senator Tobey told
a reporter. This one was so grate-
full, I'm sure it raised a family we
see once in a while"
P. S.-The Senator said his pho
tographic proof of the episode was
framed on the office wall in New
Hampshire.
Evening star., 1941-08-07
Nazi5 Describe Losses
In SmoIensk Battle
As Moderate
10000 Russians Taken
Prisoner on Thut Front
Alone, Berlin Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Aug. 7.-Compared with
extraordinarily high" losses in
| flicted on the Russians, Germany's
cost in the battle of Smolensk was
moderate" the high command de-
clared today.
1t related the hitherto untold de-
tails of what it claims as an abso-
lutte victory in the almost four
week-long fierce struggle on the
highway to Moscow, giving statistics
on heavy Russian losses in men and
machines, but still keeping figures
on its own cost a secret.
Russia has not conceded a
Nazi victory in the Smolensk
struggle. Her communique to-
day said fierce fighting on that
front still ragged through last
night)
Authorized military commenta-
tors, however, said German losses
on the eastern front have been
proportionately the average of
what they were in the western and
southern campaigns"
More Extensive Campaign.
This campaign has been much
more extensive and more men have
been involved, they said, but the
percentages have been within the
limits of what they were in Poland.
France and the Balkans"
No concrete figures will be dis
closed for the present, it was said,
because they might divulge infor-
nation helpful to the Russians.
In the Ukraine, where some Ger
man observers look for the next ma
jor development. German sources
reported today that the remainder
OF surrounded Russian troops are
facing destruction"
In the battle of Smolensk alone.
said the long review from Adolf Hit
ler's headquarters, $4,000 Russians
fell prisoner to the Germans, 3,12O
pieces of field artillery and 3,205
tanks were captured and 1908 air.
planes, 126 trains, armored trains,
thousands of motor vehicles and Is
bridges were destroyed.
Follow-up of Promise.
The booty also included quanti-
ties of supplies and equipment still
uncounted, said this follow-up re-
port in which the high command
promised yesterday to tell point by
point how Germany's soldiers
pierced the Stain Line and drove a
salient deep toward Moscow.
Essentially, the high commands
account is a repetition of the story
of every Reichswehr triumph "a
hole blasted by panzer spearheads
in the opposing line in concert with
air smashes, the advantage followed
up by infantry, opposing forces iso-
lated, surrounded and destroyed, and
the process repeated deeper and
deeper and deeper. wider and wider
into the invaded territory.
Groundwork for the battle of
Smolensk was laid when speed units
shot out from the battlef1elds of
Bialystok and Minsk even before
those battles were over, the COM
munique said. The Smolensk push
began in an area about 160 miles
wide and more than 80 miles deep,
the communique added, and men
toned such embattled centers as
Vitebsk, Polotsk and Mogilev along
with Smolensk.
That three field marshals and four
colonel-generals had a hand in the
battle, as the high command already
had disclosed, indicates the import
ance attached by the Germans to
that front and the weight of man
power thrown against that gate to
Moscow.
Evening star., 1941-08-07
D. {. Women Await
New Cotton STOCKINGS
As Silk Runs Low
Buyers Rush Topers Of;
$50 New Styles Ready
BeItsviIIe Experts Soy

With Washington's supply of silk
stockings low" women began turn
ing their eyes today to the prospect
OF cotton hose held out by Agricul-
ture Department experimenters at
Beltsville, Md.
The department announced that
more than $50 different cotton stock
ing designs are now available to the
hosiery industry as result of three
years of investigation by the Bureau
of Home Economics.
Supplies of cotton stockings were
promised by large department stores
here during the present month. In
addition, manufacturers held out the
possibility that by tomorrow they
will have agreed on production of
stockings with nylon legs and rayon
tops.
Meanwhile, the silk rush here was
"tapering off" though wary depart
ment store managers were anticipat-
ing another "crisis" when Govern
ment workers are paid at the end of
this week. Whole lines of stockings,
and many sizes were completely out
in department and specially stores.
Higher Prices Expected.
While prices of the remaining
stockings in general were maintained
at the same level which prevailed
before the Government issued its
stop-order on silk processing last
SATURDAY. "a iy1
cialty shops here had begun to edge
up today.
In addition, it was learned that
manufacturers, who for several days
have accepted no recorders from
frenzied hosiery buyers all over the
country, have begun to accept the
orders but at 25 per cent increase in
prices. Thus the silk stockings
which do come to stores in the fu-
ture will cost more than the pro-
jected cotton hose.
The cotton designs developed at
Beltsville range from cotton-web
mesh for evening wear to plain knit
in various weights for sports wear
and around the house and garden.
The work has been carried on by
David H. Young, textile technologist
for the department, under the direc-
ton of Miss Ruth O'Brien, chief of
the Division of Textiles and Clothing.
Spindler to Be Shifted.
The best cotton for these hose
according to the department, is
grown in South Carolina, Arizona.
Florida and the Mississippi Delta.
The shift from silk to cotton will
take only a couple of weeks adjust
ment on machines, it was pointed
out. Eighty-nine per cent of the
1920 silk knitting machines in the
United States are suitable for knit
ting cotton, while only Al per cent
can handle nylon.
Another solution for silkleSs
women are preparations painted on
the leg to simulate regular hose
Already in wide use in England
and Canada this paint may be worn
above a small cotton foot" to avoid
contact with shoes.
indicative of the Nationwide
rush for hose are estimates of re-
tallers that they had 120000,000
pairs Of silk stockings on hand
Evening star., 1941-08-07
Motorist Killed as Train
Hits Auto; Is DeraiIed

By the Associated Press.
SOUTH BEND. Ind. Aug. IA
westbound Grand Trunk passenger
train today struck an automobile
at Wellsboro. 10 miles southwest of
La Porte, killing the motorist, Lester
Hartman, 81, of Rosedale, Ind. and
derailing the locomotive, mail and
baggage cars.
At Detroit General Manager j. A.
Clancy of the railroad said he was
informed that two sleepers, a
passenger coach and a dining car
carried by the train did not leave
the tracks and that no one on the
train was injured.
The train, No. Is. was due in
Chicago at 7:45 m. Mr.. Hartman's
automobile was crossing the tracks
on lightly travelled highway when
it was struck about 6 am.
Evening star., 1941-08-07
Morgenthdu Grants First
Permit 10 Purchase Silk
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau announced today the first
license for the sale of Japanese silk
to a United States manufacturer
since Japanese assets in this coun-
try were frozen last month.
Mr.. Morgenthau said that. at the
written request of the Office of Pro-
duction Management, he had au-
thorized the CLANCY silk mills to
buy Japanese silk stored in bonded
warehouse in this country. The silk
will be used to make parachutes
for the Army.
The Secretary said he did not
know how much silk was involved,
but explained that any other man
ufacturers wanting similar permis-
sion would first have to get similar
written Endorsement from o. P. M.
At the same time, Mr.. Morgenthau
disclosed that 100000 yards of
cotton goods had been allotted to
China under the Lease-Lend Act
to make uniforms for the Chinese
Army.
Evening star., 1941-08-07
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
This is the story of United
States Senator who played Good
Samaritan to a skunk.
Some Louisiana shrimp were, in
a way, responsible for the whole
thing.
Not so long ago Senator Ellsnder,
Democrat, of Louisiana sent a dozen
cans of Louisiana shrimp to Senator
Tobey, Republican, of New Hamp-
shire at the Tobey home at Temple
N. H.
"The shrimp were excellent" Sen
ator Tobey recalled. when we had
eaten them we put the cans on a
dump about 200 yards from the farm
home and forgot until we saw a
skunk wandering about blindly, its
head caught in one of the cans"
Ever willing to lend hand to
an underdog - even when it's a
skunk-Senator Tobey said he ap-
preached cautiously and finally
managed to place a bag over the
Evening star., 1941-08-07

cream before retiring and found it
as smooth as ever in the morning.
with no damage whatsoever to bed
linens; still a third took a shower
wearing the makeup and reports
that by skipping the soap she saved
the color.
Originally, the cream now being
used was designed as a suntan base
for facial application, but its success
as leg coating promises to surpass
anything yet dreamed up for it in its
original form.
There's an answer even to the OBJ
lection that bare feet don't feel COM
Portable against the shoe sole It's
stocking foot" or "bootie," made
of Isle and designed to be worn
when stockings are not.
Final touch, of course. would be
LEG paint parlors," which more
imaginative observers foresee as the
feminine counterpart of bootblack
shops if this vogue continues. At
tendants, no doubt, would wear
frilly uniforms and know all the
neighborhood gossip.
Evening star., 1941-08-07
Congress in Brief

Senate:
Continues debate on Army service
extension.
Finance Committee considers tax
bill in executive session.
Elections Committee meets on
protest against election of Senator
LANCER, Republican, of North
Dakota.
Defense Committee hears testi-
mony on Army's camp construction
program.
House:
Votes on overriding President S
veto of defense highway bill
Banking Committee continues
hearings on price-fixing bill.
Interstate Commerce Committee
continues hearings on daylight saw
ing time measure
Evening star., 1941-03-05
Hoyos Seen TeomWinners Over
Rams in G. u. Meet; With Their
Relay Race Deciding Factor

turning point of the games. Griffith
gives first place to Fordham's team
of Fallon, Struble, Bennett and
Campbell, and third place to the
Hoyas. But he has a significant "if'
marked beside his figures.
IF Morty Alnwick gets off within
5 yards of Campbell on the anchor
leg" he says, Georgetown may pull
an upset. Campbell is fine runner
Che won the 6O0-yard crown last
week, but so is Alnwick and Morty
has been making up IS to 20 yards
in every relay this winter, just barely
losing. So I figure that with any
sort of help at all he'll give Camp
bell a run for top honorS and IN my
book he can beat him"
The relay, incidentally, counts 10
points for first place, for second
and 2 for third. This is radically
different from the customary 5-3-l
score in vogue elsewhere and to cop
team honors in the c. U. meet the
victor is virtually obliged to win the
relay.
Well, that's how Griffith figures
the team race. He has Georgetown
doped to win by the narrow margin
of 1927 and those who know his
perspicuity in analyzing the track
situation will agree that George
town has a chance if Dorsey says
it has.
Now, if Hardell can be convinced
and the figures run true to form.
L. F. A.
Evening star., 1941-03-05
Jolting Harvard Five
HasChance Tonight
To Remake Race
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, March 5.-Harvard's S
basket ball players, whose most
notable achievement this season has
been to knock Cornell out of the
Eastern intercollegiate League race,
get another chance to try their
upset" speciality tonight.
Harvard has won only three of
eight league games so far. Two of
those were at the expense Of Cornell,
rated in preseason calculations as
leading contenders for Dartmouth's s
title.
Tonight, Harvard faces the league
leading Dartmouth team at Han
over. A Crimson victory would make
race of it again, giving Columbia
a chance to overhaul Dartmouth be-
fore those teams clash next Monday
and even putting Cornell back into
the fight. The Indians beat Har-
vard,24-31, to open the league sea-
son, and that was one of the lowest
scores they made all year.
If Dartmouth should lose tonight,
Columbia would have a chance to
tie for the lead Saturday when it
plays Pennsylvania; Cornell, which
meets Princeton the same night,
would be within reach of the top.
Columbia's Lions did their part
toward keeping the race alive when
they whipped Princeton last night,
Al to 80. 1t was a close game in
which the lead changed hands eight
times, but Columbia made the
stronger finish after leading, 1917,
at the half. Bill Hassiinger, Lion
center, picked up IA points to take
second place in the league scoring.
Evening star., 1941-03-05
Bv FELIX r. MCKNIGHT.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March s.
Four "tottering old characters" who
rather feebly put together only "a
victories against AZ defeats last sea-
son are on hand to help save the
st. Louis Browns.
On paper, and coldly speaking,
those are the facts.
But Fred Haney, chubby little
guy with an Irish heart, won't let
you talk very coldly about his four
new pitchers.
Sure, Johnny Allen. Fritz Oster-
mueller, Denny GalehouSe and
George Caster are old-as baseball
ages 90. But their average age is
about 80 years and they're just get
ting their second wind, says Haney.
Nothing Wrong With Any"
Get this, those four fellows are
going to win for us this year. Moth
ing wrong with any of them. Big
strong fellows with good arms-not
a sore arm in the bunch.
Yeah, they had bad year. But
what of it? They have won, and
they can win again. We studied
these four cases before we bought.
If you watch these pitchers who
have one bad season and then are
dropped as goners you can pick up
swell ones occasionally. In the case
of these four, there were no sore
arms, no physical ailments. Just
pitchers with a bad year.
ANY one of the four could come
through with a 15-game season if
they hit their strides. All right, now.
We couldn't go out and buy kid
who could give us something like
that in the first year up. They just
don't come along very often.
Our only chance to get good
pitchers is to develop them. We
couldn't go out on the open market
with the rest Of the clubs and bid
for pitchers. We would have to
take fourth or fifth choice. So we
watch for fellows like these four
And I believe we have something"
A peek into the past of the four
twirlers shows:
Allen-Winner of 80 and loser of
only nine games for Cleveland in
the 1887 and '38 seasons. Allen had
an arm operation in 1899. He won
nine and lost eight for Cleveland
last year, but needs only minor cor
rections to win again, Haney be-
lieves.
Caster-With the lowly Athletics.
won 16 and lost 20 in 1888, nine and
nine in SO and hit the bottom last
season with only four wins against
10 defeats. But last year Caster was
fighting himself, fighting with
fault. His arm is good and he can
win, quoth Haney.
Ostermueller Shows He's Earnest.
OStermueller-The veteran of the
Boston Red Sox reported two weeks
ahead of schedule to prove he is
trying. He was rather meek last
year with only five wins and nine
lickings for the Sox-but he has
found his trouble. He was long a
winner.
Galehouse-Won six and lost six
for Boston last year, but Gabby
Evening star., 1941-03-05
Arkansas Coach Helps Set Mark, Tutors Quin Tying 1t
Amherst Ring Ago Receive Merit Medo

have won it are Alice Marble and
Sarah Palfrey Cooke. Lou AM
bers will come out of retirement
to make one more ring appear
ance. He'll be given medal of
merit by Mike Jacobs just before
Billy Soose and Ernie Vigh fight
Friday night.
Sinister Sid"-Sammy Baugh,
who has been signed to star in a
Republic serial, King of the
Texas Rangers" was asked by the
producer whom he'd like to play
the villain. sid Luckman," said
Sammy.
Sports cocktail-When Prof.
Rogers Hornsby convened his
horsehide university at Hot
Springs the other day he raped
for order with a bright yellow
fungo bat. They say Johnny
Bulla's fellow pros still are giving
him the well-known chilled shoul-
der. When the Detroit News
Evening star., 1941-03-05
BIoodworth Didn't Want to Tug on Bag

they face to lace
with the prospec hill Some take haro lhey are
the last something vital is missing nat tney are
little slower high speed some are tn-hppeo VIII"
desperation because pink slip means the minors .
isn't likely to play minor league oal IN MS MISSISSIPPI T@ ~
town he an nterprisng in the on-Season ne
that he will be the nst 10 say So
photographer drummed up tne loea Oh hav
Boodyorth pose picture each tuggns on DaS e
inference NAV but it also obvious
Mver picked up took grip with one nano anu eoe
to BloodWorth.
the youngster said firmly THE last time posed 1or
shot like this one dropped the base eyes
tnkng each with foot the base 10 Boo
vorths mnd menacing posture we
mention merely will do wonder If the
dv will will amusedg to the whm OF
some grim rookie after his job
Evening star., 1941-03-05
North-South Runners
Will Stage Battle
In 0rioIe $50
Goldberg, Beethom Face
Kehoe, Morrison in
Baltimore Comes

Sanford Goldberg, the flying fire.
man from New York City, will de-
fend his Oriole $50 crown In the
University of Maryland-5th Regi-
ment games ct Baltimore Friday
night, lending a North-South flavor
to what is expected to be one of the
most spectacular races of the eve
ming.
On his side, from a strictly sec
tional viewpoint, Goldberg will have
the outstanding middle-distance
star, Charley Beetham. Running
against them will be Jim Kehoe,
former Maryland ace now carrying
the Washington A. A. colors, and
Dave Morrison. Southern Confer
ence $50 champion from North
Carolina.
Goldberg, a recent benedict, may
bring his wife along to see him go
and her presence may spur him on
to a new record. The speedy smoke
eater not only wants to win, but to
better the mark of 1:227 Beetham
hung up in 1899. Goldberg was
clocked a tenth of second slower
last year and is confident he can
shave couple of seconds of the
existing figures.
Morrison is getting into fast COM
pany. but he is a good competitor
and his time of 1:572 in winning the
conference title in fats speaks well
of his ability. He must be conceded
an outside chance. Word from
Chapel Hill is that he'll be ready
and if his more highly touted op-
ponentS make any mistakes he'll be
ready to take over.
Kehoe, of course, will be the gal
lery favorite. The slender, stout
hearted hoofer has met Beetham
four times this season and broken
even with him. Both have beaten
Goldberg. All are well acquainted
with one another's styles. know all
the tricks of running and have a
world of power. Jimmy has trained
hard and we'll and has been COM
peting regularly, which should have
him on edge for this race. His time
of 1:55 in the A. A. U. games at the
armory last Saturday is sufficient
evidence that he is ready.
Evening star., 1941-03-05
necofhIon Star Seen in Wiley
Angular Koyo Football End;
conpetes in Meet Friday

ter than 100 feet with the discus;
cleared the bar at II feet 4 inches
in the pole vault and ran a fair
mile--although he doesn't care much
for the hoofing.
That's one of the things that wor-
ries him, that and the shot, which
he tosses southpaw style.
1--WE got to brush up on the
mile" he said, land the shot. 1
guess I can do it."
Dave intends to spend his summer
vacation with Jack Doolan, the
sprinter. and the pair of them
think they'll enter the A. A. U.
championships at New York. Wiley
has a lot of homework to do before
he car give serious thought to such
matters, for Georgetown has no
pole-vaulting pit or any other
equipment - including an outdoor
track, for practice.
May Change Him to Back.
Hagerty, head football coach, IN
case you failed to recognize the
Wiley's all-around ability he's
thinking of converting him from
an cid to halfback next year. If
YOU saw Dave carry the ball on an
end around play against Maryland,
take out the interference on run
ming plays, particularly Joe DAN
iels' touchdown run when he wig
waggeo directions to Big Joe, and
play defense, you'll agree with Jack
that he probably will be a good
back
Hagerty makes one reservation
when speaking of great all-around
Georgetown athletes. He still thinks
Tony Plansky tops them all
Now there was a fellow; he
could do everything. Did I ever
tell you about the time he"
But that's another yarn,
Evening star., 1941-03-05

J. Dorsey Griffith, the emminent
mathematician who SpecialiZes in
track figures, has Georgetown doped
to win the team trophy in the eighth
annual Catholic University games
Monday night at Uline Arena.
1T will be close" he modestly
admits, maybe only by point mar
gin, but Georgetown can win and I
like its chances Why? Well,
simply because it figures that way"
This comes as somewhat of a sur
prise, inasmuch as Dorsey rates the
Hoyas that point better than Ford
ham which won the I. c. "A. indoor
championship last week, while
Georgetown was so far down the
list you couldn't reach it with any,
thing less than a special delivery
Thus, it is not hard to understand
why Hap" Hardell, GEORGETOWN S
pessimistic coach. is inclined to re-
gard the long range forecast with
misgivings.
Hardell Not So Sure.
ct hope he's right" said Hardell.
"but I don't see how we can beat
Fordham unless they make its run
ners carry a 10-pound weight on
each foot. We simply don't figure
to be up with the Rams"
But that's where Hap" is wrong.
At least Griffith has a set of figures
that makes Georgetown better than
its highly touted New York rival,
which he will whip out without too
much encouragement.
Griffith begins, logically enough,
with the shotput and Al Blozis. If
Altitudinous Al doesn't pick up five
points you might as well tear up the
rest of the form sheet and toss it
into the rubbish can. Fordham has
no shotputter entered so that auto
matically shuts 1t out of this event.
In the Abbey Club 50-yard sprint
Griffith likes Jack Doolan of
Georgetown to win-another five
points, and to give himself plenty of
latitude, allows Fordham's Glenn
Strachan third place. He doubts if
Strachan will place, however, what
with Joe Murphy of Maryland and
Navy's Eric Hopley in the race; as he
failed to place in a heat last week
Fordham's 1,000-yard champ Wal
ter Cary, gets the nod in the Rec
tors 1000, but Griffith figures on
Morty Alnwick to pick up second
places three points.
Bernie Millham. Fordham's high
jumper who was off form last week,
probably will win this event, but
Dave Wiley may pick up another
poin for the Hoyas if he gets as high
as feet, and indications are that
he will. This, however, is a wide
open event, what with Eddie Jones
of Villanova back to defend his title
and Paul Malseed of LaSalle,
Stevens of Gallaudet, Art Lemke
and Buckly of Georgetown supply
ing competition.
Neither team figures in the pole
vault in Griffith's book, although
here again Wiley may sneak in a
point for the Hoyas. But that point
isn't included in Dorsey's calculat-
ing.
Relay Race Should Thrill.
This brings them down to the
relay, which promises to be the