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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-17

CHICK NEIIAN football coach at Manhattan College who
recently promoted his first fight show claims Boxing Is no longer
decided to fight this
monopoly boxing going restore
to its rightful a clean sport"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-17
H0p DetrOiters Fared in Publinx

SPOKANE. July 16.-Results OF
Detroit players in Publix:
Par
Out 454 344 l34-35
In AS 344 i4o-3e-7i
FIRST ROUND
Pony
Out 444 4l3 334-33
In 435 as
Fry
out 453 4S4 444--3T
In $50 IS
SECOND ROUND
Pony
Out $50 354 $3.50
In 523 asa 4f5-36-72
Mort
Out 453 3ii 1855
In 534 354 455-3s-T5
FIRST ROUND
Genck-
Out 554 363 435-aa
In 335 IA 555-3s-76
Gordon
Out 45i Asa 3H-37
In AS 344 5f5-39-7e
Genick won on nineteenth hole with
TO s.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-17
'Ydnks WALTON
Tribe 10 Take
Grip on Lead
BY PAT ROBINSON


International News service sports Writer
NEW YORK, July II. - This
phone on Id Barrow's desk rang
insistently this morning. The
Yankee president picked up the
receiver and barked:
Barrow speaking. What's on
your mInG?"
The voice on the other end
said: Il want you to reserve two
seats for me back Of the Yankee
dug-out.'
Barrow assured him he couldn't
take any reservations now and
anyhow. it's a long way TO the
end Of the pennant races.
FOUR AHEAD OF TRIBE
Well, you can't blame the guy
at that. especially after what the
Yanks did 10 the Indians yeSter-
day They moved into Cleveland
leading by four games. A clean
sweep for the Indians would put
them right back in the fight for
the lead.
And what happe ned? The
YankS turned on the heat and
walloped them, 10 TO 3, and prob
ably put a damper on every fan
in Cleveland. And they did it in
the usual Yankee style with sheer
power prcdominating
Joe DiMaggio helped himself ia
three hits TO run his streak
through 30 games at the expense
of AL Milnar and Joe Krakauskas.
Charley Keller weighed in with a
triple and his twentieth home run.
And Buddy Rosar teed off for a
single and a brace of doubles.
That kind of hitting made life
easy and pleasant for young Alley
Donald and that raucous note you
may have heard on your radio
last night wasn't Static--it was a
wild whoop from Oscar Witt out
on the coast. Oscar, You'll remem-
Der, is the eX-Cleveland manager.
ROOKIE STOPS WHITE SOX
Meanwhile, Cecil Hughson. a re-
cent arrival from Louisville. was
holding the White Sox to four hits
TO score 2-1 decision for the
Red Sox. II was his third straight
win since reaching the big time.
And Bob Muncrief. anot h er
rookie, pitched the Browns to an
l1-2 victory over the Athletics and
had his task made easy on a
homer by JudniCh and two more
by LaabS, the three wdllops being
good for seven runs
over on the other wheel the
Pirates took a free-hittlng affair
from the Braves, ID to 5. after
dropping the first game, Al.
The Giants put the rollers under.
BuCky Walters TO trim the Reds,
IA.
In a free-hitting contest, Chi
cago turned back the Phillies. 9-5,
in a night game al Philadelphia.
And before a sellout crowd of
80 265 in Brooklyn, the St. Louis
Cards went on a five-run spree in
the sixth inning 10 turn in a IA
win over the Dodgers. Whitlowl
Wyatt, seeking his fourteenth win,
had a 4-2 lead behind him whenl
he cracked in the fatal seventh.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-17

DEL BAKER of the Tigers, discussing ROY
.CULLENBINE, Detroit product now enjoying star
dom with st. Louis, says: Golf made him
changed balIplayer He used to play golf the way h
He'd get sore and fly of the handle IL got 80 ii
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-17

JIMMY DYKES recently suspended. then
reinstated for using abusive language to an UNI
pire says: "I insist that Pm not umpire batter,
but when I think I'm right I'll fight to the end of
the line and let the consequences fall where they
may"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-17

play with him. Rather than play alone he learned
TO tame down the links, and 1 believe that
helped to tame him down In baseball too. He takes
the breaks as they come-and it's made quite
baIlpayer of him."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-17
Gets Toughest Break

Put Edible Goodfellow down g
receiving the years toughest break.
Edible was standing just outside thu
Evening star., 1941-10-15

Williams launched in such a small
way in 1874 has survived and pros
pered because its physical mental
and moral betterment program fills
a real need in the life of any free
community. President Roosevelt, in
congratulating the Y. M. C. A. in a
message Saturday, pointed out that
community life is being destroyed in
much of the world by forces Of in
sane violence" 1t is well, he said,
that America has such community
resources" as. the "Y'' to assist in
building health, in preparing young
men for defense industries and in
providing relaxation and recreation
for defenders of the Nation.
Despite It's age, the Y. M. c. A. is as
vigorous as ever-because its ideas
are young and in step with the times,
albeit its ideals remain unchanged
Opportunities for special service
confront it in this trying period AS
Mr.. Roosevelt said in his message,
such associations are natural focal
points for constructive community
service behind the lines in time of
national emergency Washington is
fortunate in having in its midst a
large, growing and active unit of the
youth movement" to which Sir
Georso Williams dedicated his life.
Evening star., 1941-10-15

The Yugoslav soldiers entered the fight
for the liberty of their country with
enthusiasm. The end came too soon.
The enthusiasm still existed in all its
strength. The soldiers refused to real
ize that after such short time they
ought to surrender. The spring had just
begun. Young, green leaves provided
thick shadow under the trees in the
forests. The soldiers felt they must
avenge and protect the helpless and un-
protected spontaneously, groups of
soldiers, acting independently, defied the
order to surrender, and remained in the
woods and mountains.
Thus, groups Of Yugoslav soldiers, led
by their commanders and officers, con-
tinued the fight in Serbia, Montenegro,
Bosnia and herzegovina, enthusiastic in
their roles of ancient Hayduks, de-
Tending their people from the tyrant.
With them are also all the regular
Chetnik battalons trained for such ac-
tions. Gen. Mihajlovich, commander Of
the Chetnik detachments, is still in
Yugoslavia, and most likely leads all
those operations.
Although occupied six months ago,
Yugoslavia is still resisting, and this will
continue, because the people of Yugo-
slavia are ready to sacrifice all for their
hhsfty.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
District Livina Costs

Figures presented by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics in its recent report
on changes in living costs, show that
there has been no sharp rise in the
level of District rents during the past
year. According to the bureaus
estimates, based on a check of more
than 1000 representative dwelling
units, rents in mid-September were
only 6 per cent higher than in June,
and are today but little above the
average for the base period, 1885 1899.
They are nearly IA per cent below
the level of 1927.
Though living costs in the District
have increased nearly 7 per cent
since September, 1910, it is clear that
rents have not been a major factor
in the advance. Continuing the rise
that started more than a year ago,
food prices have moved up II per
cent cent since March. Clothing
and other groups of items that make
up the bureaus cost of living index
are also higher than they were q
year ago.
The bureaus index, which has now
climbed to 1867 per cent of the
average for the base years, is still,
however, far below the peaks reached
during the period Immediately fol-
lowing the World War. In June, 1920,
the index of living costs in the Dis
trict was 1419. Though the follow
ing year brought a substantial decline,
the index did not fall below 110 until
1881, more than a year after the
start of the depression. In June,
1882, it reached its low point, 927.
Since then, with occasional minor
receSSions, the index has moved
slowly upward.
Responding to many requests for
more frequent information on price
trends, the bureau, beginning in
October, will publish estimates of
changes in District living costs every
month, instead of quarterly. Price
movements will thus be revealed more
quickly, and this should increase
the usefulness of the bureaus data
to officials and residents of the
District.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
BETHESDA, Md.

Dear Sir:
IT woke in the night and heard the
most peculiar noise outside.
"It must have been bird, but it was
unlike any other bird ever heard.
Gould it have been some kind OF owl?
I do not know anything about owls.
wonder If owls are found in this neigh
borhood.
This was q noise like sort of crazy
laugh, like flying maniac, or flying
fool, but maybe hadn't better mention
that.
1T was a shivery sort of noise. At
first I heard it at distance, but soon
it came near, and seemed to be sta
tionary not far from the house. have
listened for it every night since, since
it has sort of fascination about it, but
it hasn't come again.
"Verv truly yours, E. L. S."
~
The bird was the screech owl.
Its wailing cry does resemble, in
way, an idotic laugh.
Just why it is called screech owl, is
not known; certainly the noise it makes
can scarcely be said to be a screech, in
any real sense.
1t is, rather, vail, laugh, call it
what you will, with sinister undertones
and overtones.
Coming as it does, in most instances,
in the middle of the night, it has an
effect augmented or magnified by dark
ness
1t is curious how darkness magnifies
everything. Most persons are familiar
with the feeling of a sore throat, or
some other illness, as they wake in the
night
In the morning the sore throat has
vanished.
The question is, was it ever there at
all? The chances are that the illness
was merely some slight irritation OF the
tissues Of the throat, which impressed
itself on the consciousness, in a brief fit
of waking, for the real thing. Dreams
are made of the same stuff.
An owl is a dream bird, surely.
The small screech owl, the permanent
resident of the owls in this vicinity, has
a quality to him which makes him a
bird of i'll omen to some, harbinger of
happiness to others
Usually this second effect is arrived at
when q person, waking in the night,
and hearing an owl, realizes at last that
there is nothing sinister about the bird.
Old wives tales, as the saying has it,
attach to the bird significance which
it does not have.
1t merely is flying around during its
"day time" which happens to be at
night. And, as all birds, it is making q
noise about it. It's noise is odd, to be
sure, utterly unlike the sounds made by
any bird in daylight.
That does not mean that it is an un-
pleasant noise. In fact, if the listener
will permit his mind to be open on the
subject, he will find after a few minutes
Of listening to the small owl, that the
sounds begin to take on aspects of real
music.
Can this be because it does resemble
Evening star., 1941-10-15
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. TrdcetDeH.

laughter, and laughter, unless mott
vated by Ill will, usually Is interesting
and good to listen to?
In the South, this owl is sometimes
called the shivery owl, owing to its cry.
Many persons believe this is better
way to describe the sounds it makes
than to use "screech," which gives an
altogether different meaning.
In various parts of the country the
screech owl is called the little horned
owl, the gray owl, the red owl, the mot
sed owl, and the little dukelet.
This last can be nothing but name
of pure affection, showing that some
one, at some time, found the aspect of
the bird truly royal
The variation between the name of
gray owl and that of red owl is easily
explained The bird is found in the two
colors, and often in mottled form. 1t
is not known for sure, but believed that
differences in food habits account for
the difference in color.
The screech owl is about 10 inches
long, but 1t has wing spread of almost
two feet, so it is sometimes mistaken for
other species.
For some reason, in the gray phases
the ears seem to stand more erect, while
in the red or dark brown phases Of
coloration the ear tufts go out to each
side. Both aspects give the owl an ex-
ceedingly waggish aspect.
The bird usually nests In deserted
woodpecker hole in a stump.
Sometimes 1t flies into q yard in the
daytime, and seeks refuge in some
shrub.
There 1t will be pestered by jays and
other birds, particularly the cardinals.
None of the songbirds like owls in any
shape, form or color, and you can't
blame them.
There is another owl in this vicinity,
but one not so often seen or heard. This
is the saw-whet owl, of which one or
two specimens are seen every winter.
This owl is said to sleep so soundly that
it is often possible to pick it up in the
daytime. But first you have to find a
-whetl The name comes from the
sounds it Makes
The screech owl is a true homogeneous
bird
Most birds mate on temporary basis
but not these owls.
1t is said that pair OF them will be
true until death.
Persons awakened in the night by the
cries of the little owls should try to
make the best of it, and listen attentively
Then, and usually within a few min
utes. they begin to discover that nature
in planning the various cries of the
animals and birds, seemingly made a
determined effort to put something
musical in every one of them.
Even the coyote listened to properly
has aspects of music. The sounds of the
loon are fascinating The howl of the
timber wolf makes real music to the
receptive ear
Properly heard, the screech owl is a
real singer in the night. when all but a
very few birds are silent.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Luis Brion

An Associated Press dispatch from
Philadelphia tells of the discovery of
a forgotten portrait of Admiral Luis
Brion in commercial gallery there.
The find resulted, it is explained,
from chance remark at q dinner
attended by two friends of pam
American harmony. Now the picture
thus retrieved from oblivion Is to be
hung in the National Academy of
History in Caracas where a place
hopefully had been reserved for it
many years ago.
Brion was a Hollander by descent,
born at Curacao, July 6, 1882. He
attended school in the Netherlands
and joined the Dutch Army at seven
teen, but his parents summoned him
home before his training was we'll
started. Later, they gave the boy
permission to study navigation in
the United States; and it was his
interest in maritime matters that
decided the course of his subsequent
career. The death of his father
brought him wealth which he sup
plemented by profitable voyages of a
speculative character. In 1904 he
established a mercantile house in his
native city. Soon recognized as a
leading citizen of the town, his DEM
ocratic philosophy prompted him to
take an active part in political events
in Venezuela between 1903 and 1910.
Associating himself with the move
ment for independence from Spain
organized by Simon Bolivar, he ac-
cepted wholeheartedly the PROPOSE
ton: eve must fearlessly lay the
foundation of South American
liberty"
But the ideal of complete emanci-
patton was difficult to achieve. Brion
was named captain of a frigate and
thereafter devoted all his resources
and his energies to the patriot
cause" At his own personal expense
he fitted out q fleet and attacked
the Spanish garrison of the Island of
Marguerite, gaining signal victory.
He also distinguished himself in the
conquest of Guiana and at Santa
Marta and Cartagena. When the
freedom of Colombia was proclaimed,
he was one of it's sponsors as a men,
ber of the Congress Of Angostura.
The short life of Brion, however,
already was nearing its close. A
minor difference with Bolivar, arising
from the admiral's reduction of Gus
toms duties at Savanilla, led to his
retirement from public affairs. He
gave up his command, left his squad
ron and returned to Curacao, and
there, on September 20, 1921, he died,
as might be supposed, in poverty.
A monument of a sort to his men,
ory the portrait Of Brion found in
hI2delphia has been presented TO
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Nobody's Business

Highway work of some sort, re-
quiring a steam shovel and dump
trucks, began this morning on the
south side Of U street, near Thir-
teenth. The steam shovel occupied
almost the entire space between the
streetcar tracks and the curb. The
trucks, maneuvering to get their
loads, blocked street cars periodically
and the street cars, unable to pass
the trucks, blocked Thirteenth street.
AS everybody knows-except the
various functionaries and depart
ments of the municipal government
dealing with traf1ic-Thirteenth
street carries an enormous traffic
load south in the mornings and u
street carries equally heavy streetcar
traffic, moving east.
Not a policeman was in sight to
disengage the frequent traffic jams.
And there is, Of course, no excuse for
beginning job of this sort, in the
midst Of the morning rush hour,
without special foresight and provi-
sion for the mess sure to result.
Yet that sort of thing goes on every
day in the District. Utility cuts are
made in narrow, overcrowded streets,
the work beginning and continuing
without regard to traffic and the cuts
often are left open all day Sunday
unnecessarily tying traffic into bow
knot for days.
That sort of thing cannot be cured
by the visit of traffic experts from
New York or anywhere else. 1t can
be cured only by the exercise of a
little common sense and foresight.
Both seem to have been sadly
neglected In District traffic regula-
ton.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Fall Fantasy

The autumn leaUeS are small broDn
men
Who handspring do1Un each street
and lane.
They play leap-trog and hide-and-
seek
Between a frepIug and a drain.
Those on my porch run up and do1cn
And tap at door and ,oindotO pane.
They dance despite their time OF life.
They're ageless el1fn men, and Uair.
EMORY c. PHARR.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Y. M. c. A. Anniversary

Ninety-seven years ago a young
English drygoods clerk founded in
London the first Young Mems Chris
tian Association. The anniversary OF
that event Is being observed this
week by members Of the 10000
"Y's" in scattered parts of the globe.
Che organization which Sir George
Evening star., 1941-10-15

@. How many defense homes have
been built?-J. P. G.
A. A total of 36,56O publicly financed
homes for families of defense workers
and enlisted personnel have been CON-
pleted.
@. What are the age limits for women
who wish to obtain training as volunteer
nurses .aids?-C. j. D.
A. This training is open TO women be-
tween the ages of 18 and so. with high
school education. or its equivalent, and
who are physically fit.
@. In what play is there character
called Mrs. Midget?-M. H. r.
A. Mrs. Midget is the elderly cockney
charwoman in Sutton vane's Outward
Bound"
Q. What were Dale's Laws Of vir-
ginia?-O. L. @.
A. This was a criminal code issued by
Sir Thomas Dale for colonial Virginia.
When Dale arrived in jamestown, he
found the colonists rebellious and dis
inclined to work. He placed them under
martial law and issued a code notable
for It's pitiless severity.
@. What is the meaning Of the word
"geisha"?-C. T. S.
A. 1t is Chino Japanese word mean
ing lone with pleasing accomplishments,
applied to the Japanese singing and
dancing girls who furnish entertain
ment in tea houses and at social gather
ings.
@. Where is the Gibraltar OF America?
M H. r.
A. Quebec, Canada, Is so called be-
cause Of its commanding situation, and
its one-time practically impregnable de-
lenses. both natural and artificial.
@. What United States Attorney Gen.
eral served the longest term2-P. c.
A. William Writ, who served from
18l7-1829.
@. Please give the population Of Miami
and Jacksonville, Fla.-S. C.
A. The population Of Miami Is 172,I72
and that of Jacksonville, 173,065.
Q. What is the John B. Pierce Founda-
tion?-F. C.
A. The Foundation in New York City
is to promote research, educational.
technical or scientific work in the gen.
eral field of heating. ventilation and
sanitation and to increase knowledge to
the end that the general hygiene and
comfort of human beings and their
habitations may be advanced.
@. How does the Indian population
now compare with that at the time this
country was first settled?-A. w N
A. When Columbus discovered America
the territory which is now the United
States had a population of about $780,
900 Indians The present Indian popu-
lation is estimated at 361 900.
@. What proportion of the births in
this country are delivered by midwives2
H. T. E.
A. About one out of every eleven
babies born alive in the United States
is ushered into the world by midwife.
In 1889, the latest year for which data
are available, midwives attended the
births of 2O8,843 babies, or 90 per cent
of the total live-bofn.
@. Please give the height and weight
of the late Rudolf Valentino-F H.
A. He was feet 10 inches tall and
weighed approximately 165 pounds.
Evening star., 1941-10-15

Venezuela by Bernard ]. McKenna.
On the wall OF the academy at
Caracas 1t should have as a COM
panion exhibit specimen Of the
beautiful postage stamp which the
Dutch colonial government issued in
homage to "a selfless hero" in 1884.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the toriter, although the use OF
a pSeudonyn for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters NTH
a Die1U to condensation.
Evening star., 1941-10-15

among its fighting champions but the
more numerous the defenders the
quicker the overthrow of the assail-
ants, the smaller the damage caused to
the worlds economy and the speedier
the return Of our enjoyment of normal
life. Above all of these considerations
who with red blood in his veins would
want such shameful thing as that
history should record that the most
powerful democracy of them all failed
to bare its arm and enter the fight when
freedom fought its greatest and possibly
last battle? ERNEST e. OSWALD.
Secs violation" Of international Law
In Neutral Aid to Belligerent.
To the Editor Of The Star:
There now is before Congress for con-
sideration, the Presidents message of
October 8, with recommendation for re-
peal of section of the Neutrality Act
(the section which prohibits the arming
OF merchant ships, also with suggestion
that consideration be given other Grip
pling provisions" of the act, with partic-
ular reference to the section which now
bans entry of American ships into
belligerent ports.
1t is the opinion Of those in best posi-
ton to judge such matters that, while
little opposition will be encountered In
either branch to the proposed elimina-
ton of section farming of ships, any
attempt to remove the ban on sending
our ships into belligerent waters, will
encounter not only strong, but perhaps
long, opposition.
In all its implications (Which may in
volve the fate of civilization and the
world-as we'll as our own, as q free ma
tion), perhaps no greater question has
ever come before the American Congress.
In connection with the question of at
tempted delivery of arms and ammuni-
ton, in neutral vessels, to the ports
of a belligerent, it might be we'll to con-
slider that any such acts would be in
violation of neutrality under interna-
tional law. (See Blacks Law Dictionary
with citations and other authorities on
contraband of war;
This, aside from any assumption that
would be justified by the history of this
war, that many Of such ships would be
allowed to get through by the Axis
powers.
The foregoing is not offered in anywise
as suggestion as to what the right de-
cision in this momentous matter would
be. That, perhaps, only the inscrutable
future can or will tell; but in this hour
of tremendous import, it seems that we
ought to know exactly whittier we are
going. WILBUR H. CLOSE.
Says Mr.. Roosevelt
Has Admitted Mistakes.
To the Editor of The Star:
In answer to DR.. Thomas E. Mattingly.
whose letter appeared in The Star
October IL: I, too, urge Lincolns ex-
ample.
As for the President, remember that
on several occasions he has admitted