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Evening star., 1941-08-24

Collections of colored picture post
cards are fairly numerous, but Will
liam F. Thompson, 8l2 Philadelphia
avenue, Silver Spring, Md, has given
the hobby a different slant. He has
purchased cards in the various towns
and cities he has visited and saved
them, unused, for his collection.
Mr.. Thompson is a mechanic, and
while associated with large truck
ing firm he made trips to various
points not usually visited by the
average tourist. He bought cards
in such places and thus added to
his collection many out-of the
ordinary items.
One such trip took him to his
farthest west point, Richmond, Ind.
That city is about IL miles west of
the Ohio line on the road between
Dayton and Indianapolis, but is far
enough west to be in the Central
time zone. He has nice set of
cards from this trip.
Another such trip took Mr. Thomp-
son to Miami, Fla. and enabled him
to obtain a group of cards rich with
pictures of the colorful, subtropical
growth of that region.
A vacation trip to Toronto, Can
ada, gave opportunity to buy cards
through New England, the Finger
Lake region of New York, in Canada
and back through Niagara Falls and
Western Pennsylvania. Mr.. Thomp-
son has thus covered most of the
Eastern States and is looking for
ward to the time when he can visit
the Southern Mississippi River coun-
try and the West to complete his
collection.
Most of his cards are mounted
in an album and serve as pic
torial reminder of many pleasant
trips.
He also has a very nice set Of
local views. to which he adds as
opportunity offers, with the COM
ment. Il may not always live here,
you know"
Mr.. Thompson has other hobbies
to occupy him between forays after
postcards. He is member of the
National Aquarium Society and has
a large collection of fish, most of
which are housed in his basement
recreation room. He has been an
aquarist for about six years.
An older hobby, and one which
he has followed about 18 years, is
coin collecting. In this field Mr..
Thompson is chiefly interested in
old United States coins, although
he has quite a few foreign ones,
most of which were purchased, en-
maSSe, from a friend who had COL
leCted them.
Oddities among the United States
coins include one trade dollar OF
1878 which has been followed out
to form a picture frame with a
Evening star., 1941-08-24
NEWS FROM DOGDOM
Notes on Variety of Subjects of Interest
in Washington and Vicinity
By X. r. Taynton.

beck, N. Y. Mrs. Ryan, who is still
in her very early 20s, has been
breeding and exhibiting dogs since
she was u and recently made her
debut as judge at licensed show.
No matter what kennel one visits,
the general complaint seems to be
the same. Il can't get help" In
England there used to be WELL
established system in many large
kennels of training efficient kennel
help. There are, or were, at least
two welEknown schools devoted to
the training of kennel maids. APP
parently there is no such system or
school in this country, yet there
is crying need for such an insti-
tuition. There are many girls and
| young women who would rather
work with dogs than anything else
and many who would be willing to
pay for the privilege of apprentice
ship in a well-run and reliable
| kennel.
1t is easier for young men to get
jobs as kennelmen with professional
handlers and in other kennels than
1t is for girls, but unfortunately
the present world situation has
other need for young men There
seems TO be no established rate
OF pay rules of work. hours or
anything else in the kennel busi-
ness. Some enterprising person
might well undertake the training
of kennel help and the regulation
of hours. etc. and do great service
for those interested either as en-
ployer or employees.
Here is suggested treatment to
prevent a dog from suffering car
sickness: One hour before travelling
give the dog flve-grain capsule of
chloretone. Twenty minutes before
departure put one teaspoonful Of
powdered special glucose on the
dogs tongue.
The summer issue of Our Obedient
Dogs, published by the New England
Dog Training Club. is in the mails.
This is bright, attractively printed
and bound little publication. de-
FOlCu W lllc lllCl SSlS Vi llIt ODtOlPICP
training classes 1t is remarkable
how much variety has sprung from
this one phase of dog showing and
owning. and how much pleasure may
be derived from actively working
with ones dogs, whether in the
bench show, obedience trials, field
trials or all three. There are now
many dogs that have dual titles.
either obedience and bench or field
and bench. but I know of none hold
ing three titles.
The second edition of Vincent G.
Perry's THE Boston Terrier" has
just been published by the Judy
Publishing Co. This is a revised
and enlarged edition of the book
just published in 1923 and contains
much new and up-to-date material
concerning the recent show dogs and
the leading sires of the past 13 years.
1t is similar in style and illustration
to the many other Judy books on
the various dog breeds. In addition
to the facts about the Boston terrier
it has much sensible advice applica-
BILE to all breeds of dogs.
Evening star., 1941-08-24

postmarks to mail matter and in
vestigate every report of careless
ness upon the part of clerks reSpon-
sible for the unnecessary deface-
ment of philatelic mail"
At the close of his address, the
speaker pledged the Post Office De-
partment Ito cooperate with the
many collectors and clubs through
out the country in promoting and
encouraging the worlds finest and
most enjoyable hobby"
1t has been announced that the
following stamps have been re-
moved from the Philatelic Agency
sales list: Sc, Panama Canal. 1889;
SC, Louisa May Alcott: 10c, Samuel
L. Clemens mark Twain; l0c,
Alexander Graham Bell, l940.
First-day sales figures for the 10c
airmail, Atlantic City, August Is,
are: 87,7l2 covers Cancelled; 103,-
684 stamps sold, SO, 1868 40.
Three pictorial stamps for the
Falkland Islands have been released
Values are: Id, purple and black
Evening star., 1941-08-24

The Baltimore County Kennel
Club is deep in plans for its annual
fall sanction show, which as usual
will climax National Dog Week in
that area. The date is Sunday,
September 2i the place, the Fixes
vile Armory, unless unforeseen
events cause a shift. The judges
will be chosen from those breeders
who really know their breeds, and
while win at this show does not
mean points. it does generally mean
an expert opinion, and handsome
trophy.
The Old Dominion Kennel Clubs
annual puppy match is slated for
Sunday. october II. just a week
before the big license show of the
National Capital Club. The puppy
match will be held on the grounds
of william B. KlimkiewicZ, near
Alexandria, Va. This will be a
grand place to try out that good
puppy and give him little school,
ing in ring department before
showing him at Meadowbrook.
There undoubtedly will be members
of the National Capital Club at the
puppy match. to show their pups
and to take entries for the license
show the following week.
The Potomac Boxer Club will
hold it's second annual puppy match
on the grounds of Mr.. and Mrs.
Merrill Keith's residence on Sun
day, November 2. This club has
established a reputation for un-
usual success in both its puppy
match and specially show and this
years match should surpaSs last.
There is now a great number of
boxer puppies in this vicinity, many
of them bred by members of the
club and sired by some of the fore
most boxer champions in the
country.
The Potomac Club takes great
pride in the fact that dogs owned
by two of its members took winners
! bitch in the two largest shows in
the country. Ch. Iller v. zwettler-
helm. owned by Mrs. Jouett Shouse
| president of the club, was winners
and Westminster and Ch Du Barry
of Hernia. owned by Keith Merrill
vice president, was winners at Nor
ris and Essex.
| Death claimed two well-knoWn
+ figures from the dog show ringsides
/ last week. M. Carter Hall was q
/ frequent visitor to the Irish terrier
ringsides when his wife's Micks
were in competition. He always
added note of elegance and good
humor whenever he was present
and his genial personality will be
/ greatly missed.
Marie Louise Welsh was known
not only here and in her native
Baltimore, but all over the Eastern
half of the country where good
! sporting dogs assembled. Her serv-
ices as a judge were in great de-
| mand and her red settlers were
among the finest bred.
Mrs. Priscilla st. George Duke,
owner of Prune's Own Kennels and
some of the best English settlers
and pointers in this country, was
married on August to State Sen
ator Allan A. Ryan, jr., of Rhine
Evening star., 1941-08-24
In Local Bridge Circles
By Frank B. Lord

organizations was not completed In
time to enable members of the
Pacific League to participate in the
recent midsummer tournament at
Asbury Park, but Mr. Stoddard has
advised that it will be we'll repre-
sented at the winter tournament to
be held in December in Richmond,
Va, which will be first gathering of
the national experts in any city
south of Washington. Thereafter,
they will take part in all future
events of a national character.
1t also is expected that the West
ern players will shortly put in a
bid asking to hold one of the an
nual meets in Los Angeles or San
Francisco. That will prove interest
ing to local players and all others
who may want the experience of a
trip to the Pacific Coast and an
opportunity to match their skill with
Western fans.
There never has been any rivalry
between the two organizations, and
they have been governed by the
same rules, conventions and meth
DDS of play. Only the long jump from
one section to the other has pre-
vented an exchange of players. The
combination has long been in con-
sideration, but it has remained for
Secretary Mckinney to devise a
method whereby it could be accom-
plished The joint plan was ap-
proved by the directors of the A. c.
B. L. at their meeting in Asburv
Park. 1t already has been ratified
by the Pacific Coast League.
Below is hand which was played
for top score by one of the Wash
ington pairs in the recent Asbury
Park tournament of the American
Contract Bridge League. The con-
tract was a small slam in clubs
which required a successful finesse
against the jack of diamonds when
there was no possible indication of
where that card lay Another re-
quirement was that the four trumps
adversely held be equally divided
between the two opponents. 1t
was a somewhat daring bid for it
risked two hazards.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
5CHESSY ~
The Game and Its
Players
Bv Paul J. Miller,

At long last line has been drawn
in this country between masters and
amateurs of chess, or shall we say
professional and expert? Just how
L. Walter Stephens, tournament di-
rector of the 62d New York State
Chess Association congress, now con-
vening at Colgate University Hamil-
ton, N, Y, and his Classification
Committee arrived at this delinea-
ton of playing ability has an aura
of mystery. Suffices that in the cur
rent New York meet there are two
separate categories of playing
strength without the usual append
ages of A, B and C, or masters, con-
ISOLATION and minor.
Strangely enough, in the masters
tournament are several players who
are not of masters strength nor OF
professional experience. You can
not gainsay the sitting of some 10
players into the experts division, but
you may challenge with impunity
the advancement of at least one
third of the players TO the status OF
expert" But with II experts in
the masters division and 10 anna
teurs in the experts division the
1941 New York congress is one OF
the strongest arrays of talent yet as
sembled for mere State chess as
sociation tilt in many, many years
DR.. Harold C. King, president
and Prof. George Estabrooks, secre-
tary, have placed Hamilton on the
chess map when they conduct a
tournament with both Samuel
Reshevsky, the United States match
chess champion. and Reuben Fine
national open champion, opposing
each other. and Edward Lasker
Isaac Kashdan. Arnold Denker, An.
thony Santasiere and Brazilian
Champion DR.. Walter Cruz present
to stiffen the resistance.
AS the masters enter the fifth
round, Fine leads with three vic.
tories and two games adjourned
Denker, Santasiere and Reshevsky
are reaching for the baton in {
strong bid for place. The summary
MASTERS T0IrpNaurN,r
Evening star., 1941-08-24

THT WHIT VIt bdIIt NdS dUJVUI lIcU
this was the sealed move.
Obi 1t is suggested that here R-R2
would have maintained Blacks alvantase.
ANAL round of the 1941 ventnor City
Masters Tournament. between Fred Rein
field and Anthony z. Santasiere and re-
suited in a draw which materially af-
fected the final result.
A tournament of masters strength
is being arranged at Montevideo.
European masters now in South
America will compete.
Miss N. May Karff, ex-woman
chess champion of the United
States, scored I'll to garner the
Hazel Allen Trophy
Evening star., 1941-08-24

Most expert players would call the
small bid an unsound one, but the
fortunate distribution of the trumps
and the daring finesse in diamonds
enabled it to be made.
North's opening lead was the ace
of hearts, and East ruffed the sec
ond lead of that suit. The second
lead of trunps dropped the queen,
and East's next problem was to find
the jack of diamonds in North's
hand, as it was. Dummy was en-
tered with a spade, and East held
his breath while he finessed against
the jack of that suit and won with
the ten. The rest was easy. Again
reaching dummy with a spade, he
discarded the last losing spade in his
own hand on the good king Of
hearts and claimed the remainder
of the tricks, dummy's. two losing
spades being deposited on East's dia-
nlonds.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
WHITE-II MEN.
White In Play and Mate In Tuo Nov

"nite 10 ray ana Nate IN Two Moves
Founded in July. 1901 the Fedora ton
Francalse des Echecs French Chess Fed
erationt has published an annual report
and usually monthly bulletin The April
May-June issue of 1925 awarded first prize
10 9. Lesentil OF Havre.
Ladder on No. ::51: Norman lie Roux
Paul Hatmaker, Stanley F. Davis comment
on No. 352 acknowledged. Daniel F. Long
ley. DR.. E. s. Caldemeyer New problem
solving contest begins soon. Open TO all
readers without charge. the contest will
feature priZe-winnins problems much as
possible. Scoring will be on the usus |
basis: AS many credit points as number
of moves TO solve the problem. plus one
point for posting a solution whether right
your score if you merely claim a cook
and fail to prove 1t. If proved. then two
points will be added to your ladder score
The contest will be open to all problem
lovers regardless of past performance as a
prize winner or novice, with awards to the
three topnotchers when the ladder ends
Problems will appear in September. Oc-
umns Of The Sunday Star and the wednes-
day edition of The Evening Star, masazine
and sports sections, respectively.
Divan Chess Club is staging its
ninth picnic today at Hams Point.
and all local clubs and players are
welcome to bring along their chess
equipment and "eats" and enjoy So
cial games within the vicinity of the
Tea House.
Evening star., 1941-08-24

In the experts division, where play
is not for the State title, but for
special prize awards. Bruno Schmidt
OF Detroit, champion of Michigan, is
pacing the field with two wins, while
L. r. Chauvenet of Esmont. Va.
1941 Southern Chess Association
champion, and Daniel Mayors,
Southwestern titlist, are battling for
runner-up position, with one victory
and drawn game each. The sum-
mary:
Evening star., 1941-08-24
EXPERTS TOURNAMENT.

Over 80 players are engaged in the
class Journeys for lesser chessists.
Chess Problem No. 36l.
By G. LEGENTIL, Havre.
First Prize, Federation Francaise des
Echecs 1928.
Evening star., 1941-08-24

BLACK-II MEN.
Evening star., 1941-08-24

Haiti has two new stamps of SINH
lar design-Statue of Liberty, map,
hemisphere flags, plane. The values
and colors are: 60c light olive green;
1.25g, purple.
Evening star., 1941-08-24

MASTERS TOURNAMENT
Evening star., 1941-08-24

Two Arab states, Qu'an and
Kalhiri, formerly part Of Alden, are
Evening star., 1941-08-24

Here is suggested treatment to
prevent a dog from suffering car
sickness: One hour before travelling
give the dog five-grain capsule of
chloretone. Twenty minutes before
departure put one teaspoonful Of
powdered special glucose on the
dogs tongue.
The Phoenix index., 1941-11-29
Charges Negroes Are Not
Being Indicted Into An1v

/ ficials in selective service Shrug
their shoulders and don't like to dis
cusS the racial angles.
Somebody, somewhere evidently
knows what it all is about and
meanwhile the Negro is left out of
the picture just as he is in industry
and in defense programs.
A committee to study the failure
to inducL Negroes into army should
be set up ana lnducuonS demanded
according to the proportion Of Ne
groes in general populations.
The whole program of the war
department has been one of secrecy
and so forth as far as Negroes are
concerned, with the exception of
one or two instances when public
opinion demanded that the army do
something about Negro soldiers.
Following the failure of the army
to take Negroes into the camps, they
are further holding back the Ne
groes by not giving them the op-
portunities afforded whites to take
officer training course.
In the matter of national morale
and national defense, as in all other
cases, where Negroes are concerned,
he is not getting an even fair
break despite all the talk about
great democracy in which he lives
and he must stamp out HitleriSm
in Europe.
The Phoenix index., 1941-11-29
Popular Hi School
Student Meets Death

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-0SNSl
Funeral services for Fora Frank
lin, 16. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard r. Franklin, TIT Lowery
street. were conducted from Logan
Temple AME Zion church Sunday
afternoon with the Rev. VIM.
Stewart officiating. The young
Miss Franklin, popular Austin High
School student, met death In an
automobile accident Thursday aft
ernoon while returning fiom the
homecoming game.
Calvin Hemphill, 10, of 1O6 West
CHnch avenue, was struck by the
careening automobile and remains
in a serious condition at the Gen.
eral hospital. Hemphill, also a stu
dent at Austin High School, is IN
active member of Payne Avenue
Baptist church,
Harry Blanton, 90, of Clinton
Pike, was listed as driver of the
automobile.
The Phoenix index., 1941-11-29
Mediation Boards Decision
To Affect Race Rail Workers
Jim Crow Union of AFL Is
Named as Bargaining Agent

tive bargaining election held among
bridgemen, crank-hands, cooks, Sec
ton hands, and extra gang labor
ers. Despite the fact that the over
whelming majority Of these work.
ers are Negroes the jim crow Main
tenance of Way Employees union
defeated Bill Townsend's UTSEA,
fully under Negro leadership, by a
vote of 421 to 1893.
In protesting to the board against
the certification of the Maintenance
of Way Employees union, Bill Town
send submitted a sheaf of affida-
Wit sworn to by Negroes in Florida
at the risk of their lives, to prove
his charge that the election was a
farce, that ballots were changed
that men were beaten, falsely ar
rested, and otherwise intimidated to
force them to vote against the
UTSEA.
The Phoenix index., 1941-11-29

CHICAGC-(A N ~ The Nat
ional Mediation board which was
established by the congress Of the
United States to prevent discrimi-
nation and persecution of workers
in the railroad industry as the result
OF a labor dispute, has committed
an act which inenaces the job Sc
curity of thousands ur Negro york
erS in the railroad industry.
Over the strong protests of the
United Transport Service Employees
union, the board issued an order
telling over 700 Negro section hands
on the Florida East Coast r. r. that
they must seek membership in the
AFTIs jim crow Maintenance of Way
Employees union if they wish to
bargain with their employer.
The mediation board based its
acton on the results of a collec-
The Phoenix index., 1941-11-29
Refuse to Create
New Units For
Race Soldiers

WASHINGTON-(A N P)--Some-
thing is radically wrong in the
matter of inducing Negroes into
the army which demands the at
tention of a committee similar to
FEPC to determine just where the
fault lies, whether with the army
which is adament in its refusal to
create new army units for Negroes
or with the selective service, which
permits the army to dictate it's
needs as far as recruitmentS are
concerned.
Tossed around with no definite
purpose, Negro selectees are not
being called to the army. Evidences
of this are seen In every city in the
country and Negroes are suffering
more discrimination in this than
they are in the almost '1ily-white"
navy department.
Officials in the war department
shrug their shoulders and say moth
ing can be done because there is
no place to put Negro soldiers. Of
The Phoenix index., 1941-11-29
BY JIM HEWLETT

MONTREAL, Que. - tANP)--
Corp. Elmer Smith of the Canadian
army, orchestra leader, former
member of Fo. L.. 372nd Inf. in the
first World war died recently while
on active duty here and was ac-
corded full military rites.
One of the first Negroes to be
integrated into the Canadian army
and one of four colored members
of an active service band, he had
attained the rank of corporal
Stricken i'll while playing for a
show at the jacques Cartier camp
on November IL, he collapsed and
died the following day.
The Phoenix index., 1941-11-29
Dies
AT Home Early
Sunday Morning
Resigned High
State Post At !.
Albany RecentlyE
ATLANTA, Ga.-t SNS)

ATLANTA, Ga.-( (SNS)
DR.. d. D. Crawford, for 26
years executive secretary
treasurer of the General Mis-
sionary Baptist Convention
of Georgia and pioneer editor
of the Georgia BAPTIST,
official organ of the connec-
ton in the state, passed away
Sunday morning at 1855
o'clock at the residence, POI
Ashby St., S. w. He was 76
years of age at his death.
The eminent clergyman
had been in a progressively
declining state of health for
fully a year. During a brief
stay in North Carolina he i'm
proved considerably, return
ing home about a month ago.
Aware of his delicate health,
DR.. Crawford attended the state
convention week before last in
Albany, Georgia, and resigned as
executive secretary over the
unanimous objection Of the con-
nection. However, even after his
resignation was reluctantly ac-
cepted, Dr.. Crawford was honor
ed as executive secretary-treas-
urer emeritus.
DR.. Crawford and his devoted
wife, Mrs. Mary Ella Crawford,
were happily married for 81
years. To the union were born
five children, D. d. Crawford, Jr'
Of Beckley, West Virginia; Miss
Iona Crawford of Wilmington, N
c.; Mrs. Salome Crawford Dick
erson of Washington. D. c.;
Charles A. Crawford Of this city;
and Thelman H. Crawford of Co.
lumbia, s. c.
The outstanding Baptist leader
was born in Chambers County,
Alabama, and, at the time of his
death, was an influential member
Of Providence Baptist church, the
Rev. C. D. Hubert, pastor.