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The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31

Until the DUBIOUS peer DdrIeI
was riveted to the canvas"
That is what the column
wrote in it's front-page pre-
fight story Friday morning
before the Joe Louis-Buddy
Baer title go in Griffith Sta
dunn up in Washington, d c.
That is just about the
story of Friday nights stir
ring, blood-spilled contest.
Fighting with the courage
of few challengers ever to
risk life and limb against
the Tan Embalmer, Buddy
Raer weathered a brisk early
attack by Louis in the open
ing seconds of the first
round, and just before the
stanza ended, knocked the
head first to the resin with
world heavyweight champion
a death-dealing left hook to
the chin.
Louis was hurt. The cham
pion scrambled uncertainty
back to his feet, mayhem in
heart.
No sooner was the second
round underway than Louis,
hurt and, doubtless, sensing
impending danger, went out
to get his man. Baer threw
the first two punches, a
right and left to the cham
pion's head. But from there,
If was T O11iS RiUb+o ~ Tho
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31
Dempsey Picks
Conn ToSiop
IoeLouis

HOUSTON-(By John H. Thomp-
son for ANP)-Jack Dempsey, for
mer heavyweight title holder who
is touring the country refereelng
fights and wrestling matches, told
white reporters here this week that
"Joe Louis can't take real punch
and the chances are fair that he
will lose his title this year.
The once mighty Nanassa Maui
er, grown fat and heavy footed
also said that while on his tour he
vas on the lookout for a "Whlte
hope" but there was none on the
horizon. He hopefully wished tho
that the "army might, in a year,
develop some cne who could lick
Louis"
TALKS GOOD FIGHT
Dempsey still talks good fight
for in an unguarded moment ne
told newshawks that he would
have liked to have fought Louis
for I believe I could have stopped
him." This from the man who
sidestepped bout after bout with
Harry Wills.
In making his appraisal of the
Louis of 1941, Dempsey had the
following to say: Il believe that
Joe has gone back some. Judging
from his fights with Abe Simon
and that Music and Red Burman'
he can't hit as hard as in his
earlier fights. Burman Cwno
was KOed in the fifth stanza by
blow to the body by Louis, says
Joe never hurt him." (Ed note:
Burman was Dempsey's fightero
RATES TWO OVER LOUIS
Jack believes that at least TWO
former champions could have
beaten Louis, Willard and Tunney.
He said that he believes the Will
lard in his prime who knocked out
Jack johnson also would have
Knocked out Louis. ct has never
been proven that Jack johnson ala
not lay down to Willard.
Giving Billy Conn an OUTSIDE
chance to whip Louis when they
meet in June, Dempsey pelieVes
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31

10000 cash customers, consider
able booing and Kissing greeted
the failure of Knox to continue
action, according to an SINS IN
formant on the scene.
For Conn, it was his fifth TKO
of respected heavyweights. Other
victims ahead of Knox were Gun
mar Barlund and Al Nc Coy IN
seven cantos, Gus Dorazio iii
eight and Boy Pastor In 13'
NO OUTRIGHT KAYOS
Victories wen by Conn. against
other "name" opposition are not
especially impressive because the
rivals were either middleweights
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31
Archie Harris !.
Sets Big Ten ~
Discus Mark a
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10 ~ - -

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.-(ANP)7
Archie Harris, New Jerseyite who
attends college at Indiana univer-
sity. proved he is the greatest dis
Gus thrower ever developed in
America when he hurled the iron
platter l74 feet inch for a new
American record Friday in the
qualifying trials of tle 41st an
nual Big 10 meet Won by Indiana.
The new discus mark set py
the 6 feet 8 inch, 210 pound senior
is only one and half inches short
of the world mark set six years
ago by Will Schroeder of Germany.
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31

fact that the decision of Dono-
van was just and sensible. They
remind one and all that Buddy
Baer, quicker than anyone, ac-
cepted it, rushed to Louis after
regaining his equilibrium, put
one arm around him and good
naturedly shook his hand with
the other, smiling broadly for the
clicking cameras of frenzled
newspaper photographers and
newsreel specialists,
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31
SPORTS By,
Melancholy
SLANTS JONES
Joe Louis Most Deadly When Hurt; World
Champs Phenomenal Powers Of Recovery
Save Day; Buddy Baer Game AS They Come

LOUIS CENTERS his heart on nothing but destruc-
tion hurt Then he turns killer and pitches with ev
erythng he has on the ball. Typical cases. Jorge Bresca
Jimmy Braddock Tony Galento The latter mad MIN on Ie
deck twice but the champion got and shot the works
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31

or light heavyweights who could
not hold their own against even
third and fourth rate heavy
weights.
These victories. also, were ex-
clusively decisions. Victims were
Gus Lesnevich and Melio Bettlna
twice each in Is rounds; Fred
Apostoli once in Is and once in
10; Henry Cooper once in IL,
Teddy Yarosz in Is, and Young
Corbett in 10.
LOST TO MIDDLEWEIGHTS
Conn's defeats over the past
few years also include losses by
decisions to Solly Krieger and
Teddy Yarosz in II rounds and
one to Young Corbett in 10.
Knox, a Dayton, Ohio, boy, has
no real claim to fame, because
he boasts not a single major
knockout in his entire five year
professional career and men he
decisioned have been largely
, 'doormat' and stepping stones
for other aspiring battlers. One
of these victims was George
Nicholson, present sparring part
ner of Joe Louis, along with Al
Mccoy twice in 10, Bob Olin in
10, Max Marek in 10, and Char
ley Massera in 10. Louis kayoed
all of the last named quartet
early in his pro career.
KNOCKED OUT TWICE
Buddy Knox was kayoed in
three rounds by Leroy Haynes,
who was beaten several times by
Atlanta's own Bearcat Obie
Walker, and Clarence (Red)
Burman in four rounds. Louis
kayoed Burman in jlg-time.
LOUIS CROWN SAFE
At Mondays probe of the Joe
Louis-Buddy Baer fight, accord
ing to information from SNS
attaches, it was definitely estab-
lished that no reversal of Referee
Arthur Donoyan's decision could
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31
OPENS DEFENSE SCHOOLS

SAN DIEGO, Cal.-(ANP)-"The
defense industrial training schools
of San Diego are open for the
training of Negroes as they are for
representative of all other racial
groups. This was the announce
ment made last Sunday by DR.. Will
c. Crawford superintendent Of
San Diego's public schools. -
The Phoenix index., 1941-05-31
FLASH!

FLASH!
Heavyweight Champion Joe
Louis and Promoter Mike Ja-
cobs were interested spectators
at the Conn-Knox fight Mon
day night.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-10
THURSDAY, JULY 10, l94l

teachers and increase IN the number
%; Negro teachers continues a tr'nd
winch has been evident for a mum
hpr Of years, i was stated It Mr.. Rol-
Inns office.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-10
Attend Gill Funeral.

Mr.. and Mr.. W. @ Ellis attendc .
The funeral of r. s. Gil at Black
tone. Va. Yesterday
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-10
CIR

John Nauc"y. p. and Lucy Allen.
%. IL ca'eH"d couple of Manson. Sc
cured lice0. TO marry 1t the Vance
Registry ot Deeds office Wednesday.
record there showed today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-10
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Evening star., 1941-02-06

printing firm because his son was
called away suddenly to military
duty last Fall before he could make
the necessary arrangements for such
an extended absence.
The inspector denied rumors he
expected to retire Immediately from
the force. I hope to hang on for a
couple OF years at least" he said.
At the District Building Commits
sioners John Russell Young and
David McCoach. jr., said Inspector
Holmes had not applied for retire.
ment, but they had heard 'intima-
tions" he planned to do 20 in the
near future.
Capt. James E. Bobo Of No. 13
precinct said today he probably will
apply for retirement either April
or; May /.
The Commissioners said today
they already had received two ap-
plications for the post expected to
be vacated on the retirement of In
spector Holmes-those of Capt. Mil
ton D. Smith Of the Traffic Division
and Capt. Richard Mansfield of No.
8 precinct.
Evening star., 1941-02-06

mittees were appointed as follows;
Constitution and bylaws, Mrs. vii.
liam Hough, Sandy Spring Garden
Club, chairman; Mrs. G. w. Lead
better, Trowel Club, and Mrs. Ernes,
Davenport, American Horticultural
Society. Program Committee, Mrs
Charles Bittinger, Georgetown Gar
den Club, chairman; Mrs. Ernest
G. Baldwin. Washington Garden
Club; Mrs. Frank Connolly, Chevy
Chase (Md) Garden Club, and Mrs
Walter Harrison. Georgetown Gar
den Club. Publicity Committee
Mrs. j. Armistead Boston, Washing
ton Garden Club. chairman: Mrs
James s. Boyd, Washington Garden
Club. and Mrs. Walter Wyatt
Trowel Club.
Garden clubs cooperating in the
proposed plans Of this reorganiza-
ton are the Chevy Chase Md
Garden Club, the Chevy Chase Cd
c. Garden Club, the Georgetown
Garden Club, the Sandy Spring
Garden Club. the Trowel Club and
the Washington Garden Club.
Evening star., 1941-02-06
Objections Raised
To Connecticut Ave.
Apartment Project
zonine Commission Told
Building Would Shut
OFF Light and Air

Proposed construction Of 4 $780,
900 apartment house on the south
side OF Legation street and on the
west side Of Connecticut avenue
NV, today provoked q debate be-
fore the Zoning Commission. The
hearing was called to consider Ia
changes in property classification
and several amendments to the zon-
ing regulations.
Petition for the change of zonins
on the Legation street site from
residential "A" restricted to resi-
dental, 60-foot &C" area, was filed
for Andrew D. Tore. who said he
planned to erect an eight-story
building to provide accommodations
for l1o families.
Opposition was voiced by G. Mur-
ray Bernhardt, who filed q petition
signed by more than 4 dozen nearby
residents. He claimed the building
would reduce light and air and
argued that an exception would have
to be granted from normal zoning
rules to permit the apartment.
Height Limit Pleas Received.
The commission also had before 1t
requests for raising the height limit
from 90 to ITO feet for property on
the east side of Sixteenth street
NV. from X to L streets, where the
Statler Hotel interests have planned
to erect a large hotel. Some of the
property in the site now has the
110-foot limit, which permits build
ing with setbacks to be carried to
100 feet.
A similar proposal was denied re-
Gently by the Board of Zonins Ad-
justment on the grounds that 1t in
volved . change in zoning, which
can be approved only by the zonins
Commission.
One of the amendments on the
schedule would set up . new sonins
classification, known as the com
munity unit plan" to govern the use
and development Of large tracts fol
residential purposes and accessory
uses. 1t was offered some time age
by the NATIONAL Capltdl ParK and
Planning Commission as a means OF
permitting, with some notifications
the proposed s15,o0o,o00 Crystal
City" development planned on the
Dean tract ut Connecticut and Flor
ida avenues NV.
Nolen Favors Delay.
The Zoning Commission, however
has rejected q plea from the pro-
moters of this project for increased
height limits and commercial 'front.'
age on Connecticut avenue. John
Nolen, jr., Of the Planning Commits
sion staff. said he would suggest that
the commission delay action on the
proposed community unit amend
ment, to permit perfection Of It's
wording and scope. since speedy ac-
ton apparently was not now neces.
sary.
Another proposed amendment be-
fore the commission would set up
definition for lodging and roomins
houses and for boarding houses.
Evening star., 1941-02-06
Garden Clubs
Form New
Organization
Horticultural
Society Committee
Elects Officers

A reorganization meeting of the
Local Affairs Committee of the
American Horticultural Society and
election of officers was held yester-
day at the home of Mrs. John Ihlder,
2811 P street NV.
Members of six local garden clubs
who attended the meeting decided
to unite the groups into one organi-
zation, to be known as the Garden
Club Committee Of the American
Horticultural Society.
Mrs. Ihlder of the Georgetown
Garden Club was elected chairman
of the reorganized group. Other Of
ficers include Mrs. Robert Ash,
Chevy Chase CMd0 Garden Club,
vice chairman, and Mrs. Elmer N.
Bunting. Chevy Chase ID. c. Gar
den Club, secretary-treasurer.
Following election of officers com.
Evening star., 1941-02-06
Mrs. Anna Jefferis Stout,
Prominent in D. 4. B., Dies

Mrs. Anna Jefferis Stout, 81, who
served for many years on State and
national committees Of the Daugh-
ters Of the American Revolution
died today at her home, 1927 Adams
Mill road NV, after an illness o1
10 days.
A resident Of Washington for the
last rs years, Mrs. Stout played q
prominent part in local D. A. r. cir
cles, serving as organizing regent for
the Mary Deshea Chapter and later
as registrar and historian for the
Patriots Memorial Chapter.
Mrs. Stout was born in West
chester, Pa, and as a child lived at
Fort Monroe, Va, during the Civil
War Her father was DR.. John Paul
Jefferis. an Army medical oficer.
Her husband, the late Orrin B
Stout, served in the Army for a
years As = paymaster. He died in
1896.
Surviving Mrs. Stout are Z
daughter, Miss Ellen E. Stout Of
Washington. and a sister Mrs. E. d
Easton Of Hackensack, N. j., ano
formerly Of Warrington.
Funeral services will be held Sat-
urday 1T 10 am. 1T Hines funera
home, Fourteenth and Harvard
streets NV. Burial will be in Ar
lington National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1941-02-06
Minerals on Display
At keta||urgists' Banquet

The District of Columbia section
of the American Institute of Mining
and Metallurgical Engineers began
at home last night in its drive to
have the organizations importance
to national defense recognized
At its banquet at the Columbia
Country Club. speakers gave way to
displays of minerals and metals.
More than $50 members and guests,
including a number Of persons from
its women's auxiliary, sat down to
dinner around 18 tables. each
decorated to represent a type Of
durable mineral. Centerpieces were
made of such items as manganese,
asbestos and coal. and favors were
Of the same material.
This same theme was carried out
in the menu. with celery, for in
stance, representing white stalag-
mites and olives green colites.
An illuminated. revolving hemi-
sphere was displayed after the
banquet to indicate the locations Of
the various minerals included on
the tables.
Evening star., 1941-02-06
Alfalfa Club S Coachman,
Former Slave, Dead at 96

Uncle Billy" Rollins, former slave
who for years was the official coach
man Of celebrities at the annual
crop moving" party Of the Alfalfa
Club, is dead.
Passing of the colored man, who
said he was 96 years old, was re-
vealed last night by former Repre-
sentative Joseph H. Hines, on whose
estate near Frederick. Nd, Uncle
Billy" became known to the Ma
tion's leading statesmen
As club coachman, Uncle Billy"
in frock coat and top hat, drove
an ancient phaeton that headed the
procession each year on the Hines
estate. scene Of the crop-moving
party. Former Vice President Gar
ner and Senator Pat Harrison were
among the ex-slave's many ae-
quaintances.
Death came as q result Of in
juries received in a recent automo-
bile accident.
Members Of the Alfalfa Club sent
a wreath for the funeral, which was
to be held today at Uncle Billy's"
home in Frederick.
Evening star., 1941-02-06
Inspector Holmes
Takes Leave 10 Aid
With Son. S Business
Denies He Will Retire:
Son Is With Marines
At Guantanamo Boy

Inspector william z. Holmes, in
charge of the Trafic Division, will
70 on leave OF absence tomorrow
until April to help with the man
agement of the printing business
owned by his son, Capt. Earl Edward
Holmes, who Is serving at Guam
tanano Bay with the 5th Battalion,
Marine Corps Reserves.
Inspector Holmes said he Is tax
ing the time from his ofncial duties
to take q hand In the affairs OF the
Evening star., 1941-02-06
Complaint Dismissed

Justice Daniel w. ODonoghue
yesterday dismissed q complaint for
a writ of quo warranto filed by James
j. Laughlin, asking that the District
Bar Association be required to show
by what authority its library occu-
pies space in the District Court
Building. Another suit is in the
Court Of Appeals requesting the
same showing.
Evening star., 1941-02-06

These weekend speools 90 sole tomorrow OF AN.
shorp Every oorren from, regular stock and bears the
ouoIy distinction for which the Capitol Fur Shop Lobe
recognized All tremendously reduced for "ABSOlUTc
CLEARANCE" Fridoy and Saturday Only
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-04
by Peter Edison -.
The Inside Track in WASHINGTON

But he stuck it out, and it's a good
thing he did.
Big and broad -shouldered, Nelson
has often been characterized as
a great fighter, but that is hardly
correct He is patience personified,
He never LOSES his temper. He is
a perfect conc-liator and some Of
his best jobs have been done in
cooling down the hot heads in bus
mess and government to make them
see reason. He does a tremendous
amount of work: bL~ he is able to
organize it and get it done in a
normal working week Though he
sees a lot Of people at night, and
so gets a lot Of work accomplished
after hours. he isn't one to pack
home a loaded briefcase and fight It
all evening. Also, he gets out Of
the office on Saturday.
TINE PROVES HIM RIGHT
That Nelson was never put at the
head OF the entire OPM is generally
attributed to the fact that he is
not q production man. but a mer-
chandisar As one Of the biggest
and best purchasing agents in the
country having bought in ten years
Sears -Roebuck merchandise that
sold for over $4 billion, ne was ma
turally given the purchasing job
for the defense effort. He handled
that in the old treasury procure
mont office before OPM was set up.
then when he became director OF
purchases in OPM, he brought into
the government food clothing and
supplies buyers from private in
dustry and organized a purchasing
advisory service for Army and Navy,
which has resulted in saving the
government millions of dollars IN
its military procurement program.
All the economies Of the big chain
stores-cff-seas buying, advance
buying, regional buying, buying in
quantity-Were shown to Army quar-
ternasters and Navy supply officers.
When bids were too high, Nelson s
men simply threw them out, then
got on The telephone and closed
their deals at fair prices.
Don Nelson was one of the first
dollar-a-year or government men
to see that the defense effort could
not be made On a business usual
basis. He was not listened to when
he first advanced thes3 ideas. but
time mas proved him right. Reduc-
ton Of the number OF styles and
models Of all lines of merchandise
to give the country more defense
productive capacity is a Nelson pro-
gram. Curtailment Of essential
production is another.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-04
THE RUSSIAN VICTORY

If the Red army is defeated tomorrow,
Russia nevertheless has scored a victory
for all the world against Nazi Germany.
A victory more important, perhaps, than
any single armed conflict could achieve.
Russia has rendered worthless the most
powerful weapon of German propaganda
the carefully fostered belief every
where that German armies are invincible.
Germany has spent millions of dollars
for films, for publicity throughout the
world, for secret agents, to spread the be-
lief everywhere that no power on earth
could stop the German advance even for
a brief spell.
Now those millions have gone for
naught The Russians have proved on
the field of battle that the Germans are
vulnerable when matched by an equal
force. The big, bad wolf has huffed
himself out.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-04
WHAT HAPPENED TO
MIGRATORY PROBLEM?
(Hanford Sentinel)

(Hanford SentineD
Gradually-ever so gradually-system
creepS into disorder, experience over
comes inertia and things which seemed
hopelessly confused right themselves
1t seems at least five years ago that
the San Joaquin Valley was confronted
with the "Okie and Arkie" problem that
Stainbeck wrote book which he called
Grapes of WRATH that the Los Angeles
sheriff'S office turned back migrants at
the State borders, and the L: ). puonc
looked down their noses at Callfornla
problem.
In reality, it was all happening here
only two summers ago
But war. and tremendous increases III
national defense, and rising employment
both in factory and farm, have largely
eradicated the problem.
There is not much talk today of over
abundance of labor. The talk, instead,
is largely of scarcity of field hands.
Instead of the hundreds of broken-doWn
caravans littering Highway SO there are
neatly-placed green signs at the entrance
to most San Joaquin Valley cities which
state: Farm Labor Information Is avail
able"-going on to name the various
agricultural offices
True. the migrant problem is not al
together solved. There are still Tar TOO
many men, women and children living
huddled together in comfortless squalor
in cotton picking camps and side-of-the-
road homesteads The States relief prob
lem will further complicate matters this
winter when funds are not available
However, the confusion, and wild talk,
and pessimistic attitude of only two
years ago is largely dispelled. Let us
hope that it will be eradicated entirely
in two years more, with permanent
stabiliZation of migration.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-04
WHOSE MORALE
IS LOW?

Americans are a peculiar kind of peo-
pie. All in all, they always have been
peculiar kind of people. The kind Who
at Bunker Hill, waited until they saw the
whites Of their enemies eyes before they
pressed trigger The kind who. while
they waited for the whites of their enem-
les eyes to be visible, sat quietly behind
stone fence, some Of them chewing to-
bacco, some of them watching IN seem
ing idle curiosity while the RadcoatS ad-
vanced, some of them seeming practical
ly asleep. But when the time came, they
fired-and the world knows the result.
All of which is by way of saying that
we're getting doggoned tired Of hearing
official bluenoses moaning about the low
state of American morale both within
and without the armed forces We're get
ting a bit more than tired of il. We're
getting eXasperated. Because the people
who howl loudest about our low morale
are the very ones who should know bet
ter They are the ones in Washington
who, a few weeks ago, were bemoanlng
the fact that Americans are not awake
to the world tragedy that is being enact
ed
Not awake? Low morale? Fiddlesticks
Americans are accepting the highest
tax rate in all history, and grinning
about it. Americans are sending their
young men to the first peacetlme con-
scription army in history, and doing 1t
cheerfully. Americans are foregoing the
profits they normally take out of buSi-
ness, and not one in hundred complains
Americans are getting ready to do with
out automobiles and refrigerators and
vacuum cleaners-and a host of other
things-and how many have you heard
crying about it?
But just because we don't get excited
and Jump up and down until our shoe
leather smokes, a few bigwigs wall that
our morale is low and that we are woe
fully, tragically asleep.
Americans have never been the kind
to leap out from under their hair at the
first warwhoOp. They've stayed calm
and kept their scalps.
But neither haze Americans ever been
the kind to be ordered, "Sacrifice," and
do it without asking ''why?'. That's
why they are Americans. Most of them
left Europe in the beginning because
they insisted on asking "why?" and there
were powerful people who didn't like
their questions
Maybe the folks in Washington think
American morale is low, and the Ameri-
can people asleep, because Americans
still insist upon asking ''why?'', and be-
cause they hold firmly to the belief that
it is their right and duty to criticize pub
lie servants, no matter what the enler-
gency. If that's the case, the folks in
Washington had better do a bit of wax
ing up, themselves.
What they're complaining about is
not low morale. It's Americanism.