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Evening star., 1941-01-16
"A. A. u. Midwinter Tank Meet
Saturday Magnet of Stars
From IS Eastern Clubs

Betty OFT, another outstanding
Shoreham swimmer, was expected to
enter the 44o along with her team
mates, but q death in her family
called her to Kansas, and she will
not compete.
Sol Shrebnik, recent entry in the
mems fancy diving. is promising stifi
competition for several local aces
He is a resident of Washington now
having been transferred here on a
Government Job several weeks ago
but he still will represent the famous
st. Georges Dragon Club OF New
York. His coach there, Stanley
Dudek, is recognized as one of the
best in the country, and under his
tutoring Shrebnik won the senior
indoor and outdoor metropolitan
New York high board titles in 1899.
Shrebnik married . month ago
Mrs Shrebnik also Is an expert
fancy diver. She is not entered in
this meet, there being no diving
event for women, but she plans to
join a local club and compete in
future meets here.
Evening star., 1941-01-16

already are at work on his track
shoes.
Sports ,cocktail-Richest of
the jockeys is Wayne Wright,
who cleaned up on tips from
his employer, Joseph e. Widen
er. Red Burman still owns his
first pair of boxing shoes-a So
pair which have been nailed in
Texas, sewed in Nevada and
patched in Miami.
Larry MacPhail was pleased
immensely at the interest shown
by three Durham IN. c. sports
men who came here to ask him
to put a Dodger Piedmont
League farm in Durham. He told
Frank Pierson, Donnie Sorrell
and Robert l.. Lindsey Durham
has q $3.50 chance to beat out
Evening star., 1941-01-16
Roid on Max !
BY EDDIE BRIETZ,
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-Ace
Parker's bum leg is getting no
better and if he winds up on
the Duke coaching s.ati, don't
fall out of your chair.
That raid on Make Rosen-
blooms new Miami joint has
other night club owners down
there on the anxious bench. Two
new angels having popped up.
"Hya, gentleman" (which. marked
the rise and fall of Max Baer as
an actor, may be revived.
What goes on in the beak-
busting industry, anyhow? Joe
Louis lectures before a Boston
Book Club and now Milo (To
the Rescue) Theodorescu, the
Rumanian welterweight, Is going
Evening star., 1941-01-16

Roanoke, Va. Robert RedD
Hare, athletic director At st.
Paul's School at Garden City, is
the likely successor to Frank
Keaney as football, baseball and
basket ball coach at Rhode
Island State. Keaney will move
up to head the athletic depart
ment.
Ouch Dept.-Here's q stray
lump from the Sugar Bowl:
Right of / Way" Currivan
smacked Johnny Butler so hard
1t knocked the living daylights
out Of him. As Johnny picked
himself up he drawled, "You-all
sure do hit hard up Moth. :"
what do you mean, all !"
asked Currivan. "I,m the only
suy who popped you" :
Evening star., 1941-01-16
Adam Hats Still Pacing
Heurich Court Loop

Adam Hatst today remain the
"team to beat" in the Heurich
Amateur Basket Ball League. hay-
ing easily disposed Of the Hot
Shoppe five, 59-43, in a loop game at
Heurich gym yesterday. Merrill
Holdings Of the Hatters again topped
all scorers for the day with Is
Of his teams total points.
In another league tilt the Airing
ton Maccabees nipped Petworth,
46-45.
Evening star., 1941-01-16
Penns Tie for Second

With Capt. Marie Spates banging
out 127-357, Penn Recreation moved
into q second-place deadlock with
King Pin with a 2-1 victory over
Clarendon. Florence Sabean was
high with 1884 as Del Ray twice
jolted. the strong Arcadia outfit.
Georgetown Recreation pinettes hu-
INFLATED Tad Howards Rendezvous
crew even to the extent of winning
the final tilt on a rolloff.
Although leader of Rosslyns
triumph with 1873. Lucy Rose shrank
her top average to 1925. Lorraine
Gulli, the King Pin leader, with 49,
33 picked up 30 pins on the defend
ing etampion With 36e,
Evening star., 1941-01-16
20 Years Ago
IN The Star

Spring training for members
Of the Washington club will get
under way March / with the vet
Grams training for two weeks at
Hot Springs, Ark, before joining
Manager George Mcbride and the
rockies at Tampa, Fla.
Camp Humphreys five came
from behind in their game with
Catholic University to take 80
"a decision after trailing, 1919,
late in the final period.
Gallaudet College outplayed the
Loyola five of Baltimore to win
easily, IS to ~.
Evening star., 1941-01-16
Marriage by q b, b..
Appointment VS. s"'"s@' Storm
CHAPTER I.

Kelly Madgan sat YEARLY the hard straight chair the waiting
His long legs were stretched out zy his vide
his
breathing slowly of the pyns mind Of the
secretary.
At minute glance down his wrist then
Evening star., 1941-01-16
Strife Warns in District Pin League
The
SPoRTLIGH7
$4,000, 90 Con Be Wrong
About Beating Horses
BY GRANTLAND RICE,
Correspondent Of The Star

LOS ANGELES, Jan. is (N.A
N.A).-Gene Normile, one of the
knights of chance from Southern
California and Mexico, handled the
affairs of Jack Dempsey for the
first Tunney-Dempsey fight.
Billy Gibson and I signed the
articles with Tex Rickard in Fort
Worth, Tex" Gene said, "and that
was Is years ago. I only wish I
had a horse that could fly as fast
as time. It doesn't seem that long"
1t might be mentioned along this
line that Normile worked for ex-
penses only in that brief managerial
shift. He was Dempsey's friend.
There was no cut.
But the main point here is that
Gene Normile has been handicap
ping horses for over Is years. Iasked
him what he had learned about the
game in that span of time.
Two things" Gene told me-
you can have lot of fun, but you
can't beat EN-"
"I also know you can't beat 'em, /"
I said, "but still that isn't going to
keep several millions of people from
irving. When they bet from $780,
600 900 to 100000 each year
on this horse or that horse, you can't
say they are not trying. A lot OF
people at least must be taking aim.
So what advice can you slip this
multitude in the intricate art OF
nercentage?"
Evening star., 1941-01-16
BIodensburg Six Ahead

Bladensburg High School girls
basketers today boast their first win
of the season, having defeated the
Maryland Park High sextet, 50-2l,
Yesterday.
Evening star., 1941-01-16
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diamond by bloacbe Robe,t
CHAPTER XIV.

The ck smell Of ether was the nrs thing Honey became conscious
Though unfortunate enough
with to tell
hospital
slowly then
small
Evening star., 1941-01-16
Groys Defeat BoIIston

Gibson Grays nosed out the Ball
ston dvs, 1928. yesterday at Ball
Evening star., 1941-01-16
Ploysr Only Remembers
Hunch That Won

What about tips and hunches?"
! asked.
Terrible" Normile said. I'm not
referring in the way of tips to good
information from some one who
should know-some one whose judg-
ment you can trust. That's differ
ent. but they also can 90 wrong
And you'd be surprised to know how
many people play tips that are not
worth 10 cents carload. Most tips
are not worth even that.
"You ought to know from what
source most of these tips start
from guessers in the dark. who know
less than you do. You should have
your own reasons for betting on a
horse-or let the race alone
lunches mean nothing at all. Sure
they win once in a while. But only
think Of the times they lose. The
player only remembers the hunch
that won-not the 20 that lost.
And there's no sense in trying to
beat every race. 1t can't be done
Which recalls one OF the best tips
I ever received. 1t was opening day
at Jamaica, in New York. I ran
across an old-time selector.
what do you like in the first
Face?' I asked him.
"what do like in the fist race?
he said. 7 don't like anything all
this season"
Evening star., 1941-01-16
Odds Are Il Per Cent
Aooinst Pioyer


.First of ALL" Normile said, "the
PLAYER faces odds around IL per
cent against him. That's no setup.
But the player knows that IN ad-
vance. What is he going to DO TO
have even an outside chance against
this break? I can tell you only how
I try to figure things out:
81. The horse. His breeding for
speed or distance. How he has been
working. Whether I think he is f1t
for the race-the distance and the
track:
20. The jockey. I want a good
Jockey who knows pace-who knows
his job.
"3. The weight the horse has to
carry over certain routes.
q. The post position. Most tracks
are banked. So I like the outside
position for the shorter races-say
at 6 furlongs. In this case the out
side horse is charging slightly down.
hill around the turns. The inside
horse isn't. He is facing handi-
cap. On races at a mile or longer
I like the inside post positions.
There is less distance to move. This
may seem to be a minor detail. but
every detail can count for little
maybe just enough to get that extra
nose or neck at the wire.
Evening star., 1941-01-16
Muddy Troek Is Tough
GombIe to Beot

"5. Track conditions. Form runs
much more consistently over a dry
or a fast track. The muddy track
always is q tougher gamble to beat.
I'm not keen about OF tracks.
Is. Then you must look back on
horses that were beaten by . bad
ride or by bad racing luck. This
happens often. Horses that should
have won may finish third or fourth
They are worth tabbing for their
next starts.
"7. Then there is the matter Of
odds. The public likes favorites. I
rarely play them. If 1 do it is for
place or show. Give me four-to-
I'VE shot and III take him to place,
not to win. If think horse should
be two to one and find him six to
one I'll double my play. The av-
erage bettor will shy of, thinking
there must be something wrong.
Watch for those false odds. If you
like a horse you think should be
two to one, why not like him lot
better at six to one or ten to one?
"You can't beat horses. You must
beat prices. If you like the horse,
don't let the longer price scare you
of. At the mutuels the betting
public makes the prices. Just figure
out how much they know. I like a
long shot on the nose-a favorite to
place. For, If the favorite places,
the long shot isn't going to pay
much to place or show"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-06
Senate Confused Over Army Service Length Compromise On Two Years, Or Six Months More, Has Not Yet Been SettIed-SOme Want Them
 Kept On Indefinitely
By GEORGE E. REEDY, JR.

(United Press Staff CorrespOndent)
 Washington, Aug. 6-(UP)-A bi- partisan attempt to compromise confused the senate today in its consideration of proposals to extend the army service of draftees, na- tional guardsmen and reservists.
 Several members of the military affairs committee proposed that their service be extended only a year, as compared to an administration measure providing for an extension of IS months. The troops can serve only one year under present law.
 The compromise was proposed by Assistant Minority Leader Warren R. Austin, R., Vt, mad Sen. A. B. Chandler, D., Kys and introduced by Sen. Harold H. Burton, R., O. They felt that some Republican votes would be won for service ex- tension by this unity gesture.
 Sen. Ebert D. Thomas, D., Utah, managing the administration meas ure in the debate, said he could see mo difference in principle" between 18 months and a year, indicating a willingness to accept the compromise. Its sponsors had claimed that the War Department also had found the proposal acceptable" on the basis
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-06
.HEDY LAMAR IS
 GIVEN THREATS
Unemployed Bud" Would Use Knives To Despoil
 Her Beauty

Los Angeles, Aug. 6.-(UP)-Sid- ney H. Buchanan, 9, the "Unem- ployed Bud'' who wrote two threat ening notes to actress Hedy LaMarr demanding $500, was held in jail to- day in lieu of $5,000 bail.
 Buchanan, former soldier, was brought here from Baltimore to face federal charges of sending the notes
 Unless he can obtain bail, he will remain in jail until the federal grand jury meets Aug. 27. He said his parents in Baltimore might post his bond if he asked them, but he'd rather stay in jail.
 Federal agents said he threat ened to cut Miss LaMarr with knives and mar her face with acid.
 "Youll be SO scared up you'll never see yourself in motion pie lures again." the notes said. Five hundred doesn't mean much to you but it means plenty to me. Come across and we'll both be happy"
 Both notes were signed, "Unem- ployed Bud."'
 q did it," Buchanan said. we all do foolish things at times. Give me another chance and it wont happen again"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-06
100 COMMUNISTS
 WERE EXPECTED
Bombs Had Been Hurled At Axis=SpOnsOred CrOatian
 Celebration

Rome, Aug. 6-(UP)-More than 100 Communists have been executed or condemned to death for tossing bombs which wounded 2S persons during military exercises by the Axis-sponSored Croatian army at zagreb yesterday, the newspaper Il Piccolo reported from the Creation capital today.
 The newspaper said that imme- diately after four bombs had been tossed into the maneuvering Croat troops (The UstachD, four Com muniSts were rounded up, tried by military tribunal and executed.
 Subsequently, Piccolo said, 98 other Communists, including 77 Jews, were arrested, tried and condemned to death.
 Piccolo said that a Rabbi oi zagreb, Dr. Matko Engel, also had been tried, sentenced to death and executed for concealing in his home one of the Communists alleged tc have tossed the bombs at the Croat military.
 Guards in full war equipment were said to be guarding Croat minis tries, the post office and headquar. ters of the Ustachi. A nightly 9:O( o'clock curfew was reported in force Police were said to have surrounded the district in which the bombing occurred.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-06
That Is One Of Many Rus mors-Big Three May Be In Canada, Or Iceland NEITHER BRITAIN NOR z
 U. $. REVEAL SECRET London Says Whereabouts Of Churchill Is British
 Military Secret
By United Pressl

Rumors multiplied in Lon- don and Washington today that Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt had met or were about to meet somewhere in the northwest Atlantic, but the only concrete thing to give them standardization was the inability of American officials to deny them
 If the heads of the two English speaking nations had met or were about to meet, their governments had succeeded in cloaking them with impenetrable secrecy.
 The British public had no hint of the whereabouts of the Prime Minister. President Roosevelt boarded the yacht Potomac Sunday night at New London, Conn, for what was said to. be a vacation at sea. Correspondents did not ac- company him on an escortirg de- stroyer, as has been the custom. but yesterday the Navy released a bulletin as from the Potomac that he was enjoying rest and quiet.
 Washington official circles heard reports that MT. Roosevelt had transferred at sea to a fast cruiser which had taken or was taking him to rendezvous with the Prime Min iSter. Like all the other rumorS, this could not be confirmed in any quarter.
 Officials Silent
 The White House, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, and other govern mental quarters in Washington professed an inability to confirm or deny the rumors.
 In London, official quarters pointed out that the whereabouts of the Prime Minister was a military secret, and necessarily, because he would be choice target for Ger man bombing planes. The House of Commons was told that Churchill would not find it convenient" to participate in the war progress de- bate.
 An interesting side-light was the disappearance" of Harry Hopkins, Administrator of the Lend-Lease Act and MT. Roosvelt's closest ad- wiser in aiding Britain. He was last seen immediately upon his re- turn to London from Russia. The American embassy in London said he was somewhere in Britain" British sources said he would be found where Churchill is".
 His disappearance" coinciding with the prime minister's inability to attend important commons de- bate, gave rise to the rumorS that he and Hopkins had or were about to keep a rendezvous with the President.
 Such 8 rendezvous could take place at sea, in a Canadian harbor, in Canadian port, or, even in Iceland.
 Without Churchill
 London, Aug. 5. = (UP) Lord Privy Seal Clement R. Attlee speak ing for Prime Minister Winston Churchill, told the House of Com- (Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-06

in the back of the truck" Miss Cor nejo said. After we had stalled one of the older men took of the lid and deliberately spilled it. He ap- parently had suffered a heat stroke and didn't know what he was doing.
 "There were nine of us, and l watched them leave our truck, one by one, first my father, then my brother, then the others.
 T thought sure I was going to die. but l was very calm and not worried. I saw two Of them slash their wrists. either to get blood to quench their thirst or to kill them selves. It was terrible to stay there and watch them die. I had my sis- ter's baby in my arms when he died. It seemed ages. don't know how many days passed before this car came by."
 The automobile og which Slae spoke WRn ariERn " NFnNeiaen AzynllpI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-06
Seven Died on ''The Highway of The DeviP' In Arizona; Two Rescued, But One May Die

a peddler, who found the bodies of the victims yesterday and took Miss Cornejo and Flores to the hospital.
 Most of the bodies lay near the truck. Rafael Cornejo, the girls brother, evidently had set out for San Luis, Mexico. which was only IT miles away, to find help. He got five miles. Tn deliriuni, he had torn off his clothes, and, finally, com- pletly naked. had written a suicide note and cut his throat.
 The dead were: German CorneJo, 52, the girls father; Elias Cornejo. 25, Rafael Cornejo. i7; Elisa Flores, {; Domingo Rocha. 2S: Thomas Perue. and a man identified only as "Yucopicio." They all were from BFawley, Cal. They had been dead two or three days when found.
 They had visited relatives south of Nogales, Mexico. end Wcre 1o- allFninR hone
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-06
President Transferred To Fast Cruiser To Meet Them
British Bombers Resume Attacks Upon German Cities During Night
Five Point Peace Proposal
 Includes Withdrawal Of Hitler

New York; Aug. 6-UP)-Fight for Freedom lnc has an including withdrawal of Adolf leadership the Nai month The organization said plan in the under movement The government the announcement organizations this country back the proposals.
 reported proposal would be for the German nation might include the reigna Hitler concession British refusal to negotiate with him.
 would provide autonomy for the conquered including native
 disarmament of all European establishment instead controlled Pan European army"
 proposals maintenance of Britain to make invest mel in countries needing refnancng operations
 major points, said the government concessions to Protestant and Catholic churches
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-06
RAILWAY STRIKE
 IS THREATENED
.1,l5O,OOO Members Ready To Take Vote When
 Orders Come

Chicago, Aug. 6-(UP)-Railway labor brotherhods prepared today for strike poll of their 1,150O0o members, and federal mediation to reopen deadlocked wage negotia- tions appeared inevitable.
 A stalemate between management and the 19 unions produced rapid fire series of developments yester- dayl, 13 days after the huge bar gaining conference opened.
 The carriers negotiating con- mittee announced rejection of all wage demands. The IA non-operat- ing brotherhods, whose 800, ,000 members have demanded wage in creases of 30 cents hourly, responded by ordering a strike vote. The five operating brotherhods. which have asked 30 per cent raise for 350,000 employees, soon took similar action.
 Neither labor group set date for the proposed walkout, and their de- cision left possible transportation stoppage still distant. Alvanley Johnston, chairman of the Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers, said balloting among the operating unions would require three or four weeks.
 Intervention Seen
 Meanwhile, intervention by the three-man federal mediation board appeared certain through one of two avenues:
 1. The board could offer its serv- ices. Both management and labor representatives have indicated they would accept.
 2. The carriers could invoke the services of the board as they al- ready have done twice when unions
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-06

Yuma, Ariz., Aug. 6-UP)-A man and a girl, emaciated, sun blistered, their tongues black and the man struggling against the swollen, lay in hospital beds today: sheets and mumbling in Spanish, the girl quietly sleeping.
 The man, Francisco Flores, 2s, was nearly dead and all he said was water. water" The girl, Socorro Cornejo, le, was better, and she told what had happened along Fl Camino del Diablo-the highway of the devil-in the five days they spent there on their stalled truck.
 Seven persons. members of her family and friends. died of hunger. thirst and starvation along the highway--a short cut through the desert south of the border-after their truck broke down.
 ~When we left (Nogaless Mexieo) wn he'd e snzgsllon haEEsl ca WseeE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-06
STUDY AIR BASES IN NEW ENGLAND

New York, August 6. = CUP) = Major General Herbert A. Dargue, commander of the first air force with headquarters at Mitchell Field, left by airplane with his staff early today on a two-day inspection tour of four New England air bases.
 The first stop was to be the new Army airport at Windsor Locks, Conn. It will be followed by visits to Westover Field, Chicopee Falls, Mass, and the air bases at Man. chester, N. H., and Bangor, Me-.
 The inspection tour is in prepara- ton for participation of tactical units of the first air force in the large scale September maneuvers in the Beauregard, La, area.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-06
Next Big German Drive On Russia Will be In KhOlm
 Sector
BY SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff CorreSpOndent)
 London, Aug. S. (UP)-British bombers renewed their air offen- sive on Germany last night smash ing with "a great weight of very heavy bombs" at Mannheim, Frank furt and Karlsruhe, the air minis try said today.
 Other raiders attacked factories and railways at Aachen and blasted docks at the invasion port of Os- tend.
 The attacks the air ministry ad- mitted. cost. nine British bombers during the night. It said in a com munique that a British Beaufort torpedo-carrying plane had scored two direct. hits on supply ships of Nantes.
 Planes attacking the German in dustrial centers encountered bad weather but despite gales, severe and widespread damage" was in- flicted on Mannheim, Karlsruhe and Frankfurt. The attacks, the air ministry said, met with consplcu- ouS success"
 Over France Today
 Early today, British planes were over northern France despite blinding rain storm over the Chan nel. There was considerable actiy- ity west of Boulogne shortly before dawn. Bomb flashes could be seen from the English coast through the haze. Earlier there had been bomb
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-06
City Health Officer Advises On Hay Fever
Urges Complete Destruction of Withdrawing Rag
 weed-WilI Cut Down Number of Hay Fever Cases

Eradication of wild-growing rag weed to cut down the increasing number of hay fever cases was urged today by Dr. Edward J. Godfrey, city health officger. The number of sufferers from the disease can be greatly reduced if the weed is pulled up by the roots or cut and burned early in August, before it blossoms, he said.
 pr. Godfrey announced that the Mattatuck Council of Boy Scouts has agreed to assist in the eradi- cation campaign. Visiting nurses will also cooperate by notifying householders wherever they see the plant growing.
 Dr. Godfrey's statement, asking for public cooperation to decrease hay fever, follows:
 Dr. Godfrey Speaks
 Because of the increase in the incidence of so-called hay fever and the abundance of ragweed which is responsible for at least 30 per cent of this increase, I am
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-06
Many City Officials Will Enjoy Great Outing Today

The city hall was virtually bereft of officialdom today, with Mayor Vincent A. scully heading a large delegation Of ofncials taking part in the annual outing of the Con- necticut Society of Civii Engineers. The local group. including repre- sentatives of almost every city de- partmcnt and bureau. left for New Haven early this morning. there to board e special train for New York The days program includes . boat trip to points along the New York and New Jersey coasts, lunch and dinner, entertainment and attend- anee at the Hroosllyn-New York baseball game tonight.
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