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Evening star., 1942-03-22
MucArthur's PIedoe

General macarthur S statement al
Melbourne-that an Allied offensive
against the Japanese must await
careful preparation-should serve to
dispel any false optimism which may
have been raised by his earlier assur-
ance that the besieged American
forces in the Philippines would be
relieved.
The first statement, issued on
Friday. was to the effect that the
President had sent him to Australia
under orders to organize an Ameri-
can offensive against Japan. the pri-
mary purpose being the relief Of the
Philippines. Referring to his safe
arrival from Bataan. General Mac
Arthur added: Il came through and
I will return"
This statement was interpreted in
some quarters in the United States
as presaging an early offensive
against the JapaneSe-an offensive
which would open the way to Bataan
and the prompt relief Of the army
which for more than three months
has held the japanese at bay. Un-
fortunately, it is not within the
power Of the Allied forces to under
take such an offensive at this time,
and there is no reason to suppose
that they will be able to launch one
in the near future.
The reasons why the men now
under the command of Lieutenant
General Wainwright cannot imme-
diately be relieved were well sum-
married. by the President in his
Washington's Birthday talk of
month ago. On that occasion the
President pointed out that even be-
fore the start of the war the Philip
pine Islands were surrounded on
three sides by the japanese. Shortly
after the beginning of hostilities, the
japanese occupied bases to the south
of the Philippines, thus completing
their encirclement. This meant that
the islands we're completely isolated,
and with the japanese commanding
the air with land-based planes, it
would have been foolhardy in the
extreme for us to have undertaken
any substantial reinforcement oper-
ations.
During the month which has
passed since the President spoke this
unfavorable situation has appre-
ciably worsened. The japanese have
overrun the East Indies, and the
Allied forces to which General VAIN
wright's men look for aid have been
pushed back onto remote bases in
Australia.
It was against this background
that General Macarthur spoke yes
terday, when he warned against ex-
pecting too much too soon In the
way of offensive operations.
II have every confidence in the
ultimate success of our joint cause"
he told his listeners, "but success in
modern war requires something more
than courage and willingness to die.
1t requires careful preparation. No
general can make something out of
nothing. My success in the future
will depend primarily upon the re-
sources which the respective govern
ments place at my disposal"
General Macarthur was speaking
to an Australian audience, but his
comments should be received with
equal attention by Americans, and
especially by those who are inclined
to believe that a great general can
convert defeat into victory merely
through the magic of his name.
Evening star., 1942-03-22

assembled the book of platforms Of the
great political parties from 1856 to 1910.
supplemented with q wealth Of impor-
tant related information. He handled
the testimony in contested election cases,
to be presented to the House and on the
bash Of this record the House decides
who IL entitled to the seat.
Evening star., 1942-03-22

Any doubt that young America IS
not preparedness-conscious is now
eliminated. A baby was born in
Washington already equipped with
two teeth.
Evening star., 1942-03-22
Another Front

IN CneOly, the ART OF literature
should flourish best when universal
peace prevails. Actually, it might
be feasible to write the annals of
letters in terms OF incessant conflict.
For example, is it not a fact that the
first great poet-the blind beggar
Homer-was inspired by the Siege
OF Troy and all that there took
place? The clash OF arms distin-
guishes the "Iliad" from its start, and
it runs through the "Odyssey" from
the Wooden Horse incident onward
until Ulysses at last returns home
to wreak vengeance on the suitors of
Penelope. Virgil, Dante and Tenny-
son are but three of a number of
other masters who have been
prompted to Independent creative
enterprise by the Homeric models.
The end, of course, is not In sight.
So long as mankind survives there
will be repetition of the tale of Troy.
The logic Of the matter is: No strug-
gle. no story. The world might wish
1t otherwise, but the choice does not
lie in human power.
How much, it reasonably could be
asked, would living generations OF
readers know Of classic civilization,
had it not been for the conflicts be-
tween the West and the East which
gave Herodotus, the unsurpassed
Father Of History, his opportunity,
and the dramatists Aeschylus,
Sophocles and Euripides their prin-
cipal themes? The war between
Persia and Greece continued from
400 to 40 BE-, and that was the
period Of the brightest names of the
Hellenic race. At Marathon, Their
mopylae and Salamis the genius Of
the Greeks was sharpened for It's
noblest work. Unfortunately, when
they had freed themselves from the
danger Of foreign domination, they
fell out among themselves-and the
Peloponnesian War. between 43l and
405, ensued. Against the back
ground of that fratricidal tragedy
Thucydides' and Xenophon wrote,
Aristophanes and Democritus made
laughter, and Socrates and Plato
taught the duty of introspection. It
was to Aristotle that Alexander
owed his plan to weld the divided
earth in one.
Often 1t is said-with ample JUS
tice-that it was to the Ottoman
Turks that the Renaissance was due.
It commenced with the arrival OF
refugee Greek scholars, flying from
Constantinople in 1883. The discov-
cry of America was one result of the
disturbance Of the traditional status
quo, and the Reformation was an
other. Leonardo da Vinci, Michael
angelo, St. Thomas More, Erasmus
and Luther, Hans Sachs the master
singer, Ariosto and RabelaiS-theSe
are but few of the names that rose
to fame against a sky made crimson
by the flames of the Moslem revo-
luton.
In the present age, as in the dis
tant past, not unbroken serenity and
comfort, but rather strife and loss
and pain are required for the making
Of immortal verse and prose. The
prevailing crisis has developed not
merely from attack Upon democratic
political institutions. It Is the reli-
gion and the philosophy OF the free
nations and the social formulas de-
rived therefrom that are assaulted.
If the enemy were to win, all the
gentle arts would be violated. To
prevent such an event a spiritual
and intellectual front is needed and
from it, when established, a new
mandate OF liberal culture certainly
would result.
Evening star., 1942-03-22
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Tho Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited IN this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights Of publication Of special dispatches
herein also are reserved.
Evening star., 1942-03-22

100000 tons of new ships. The $150000.-
100000 now provided will have to rise to
$500, 900 900 900 or more and the demand
for materials and labor will grow cor
respondingly.
There will not be an ounce Of many
metals, chemicals and flbers left over
for use by the public. Industries that
think they can 60 on with business as
usual, or at least partially as usual, are
going to be disappointed in the end.
Before this struggle is ended, it is highly
probable that the Government will be
operating the industrial machine of the
United States pretty much as single
unit, devoted to the one purpose of pro-
ducing war materials in the biggest pos
sible volume in the shortest possible time.
Persons who are in Donald Nelson's
confidence say that he understands and
appreciates these facts but hesitates to
act upon them for fear of shocking the
country or of offending people. His
method is to move more slowly and to
try to induce industry gradually to shift
over to war production.
II MI. NeISou HcCI1ouS Se1 Icoui1c IA
time the storm that seems to be gath
ering. with its first signs now apparent,
will blow away.
If those methods do not get results
in time and If more defeats follow be-
cause this country lacks weapons for
its fighting services, then Mr.. Nelson
probably will share the fate of his prede-
cessors both in this country and In
Britain. The British only now are shak-
ing up their production machinery once
again.
Certainly. the production record Of
Evening star., 1942-03-17
Penn State Basket
Record Far Exceeds
Hopes Of Mentor
Puzzles Him, Luwther
Says as Team Leaves
To PIoy Dartmouth
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
STATE COLLEGE. Pa, March
17.-Penn States basket ball team
not only n1ystihed II Of Its 10 op-
ponents this season-tt also bafied
its coach, John Lawther.
'I frankly can't understand why
we've had such successful season, !"
says Lawther.
The Nittany Lions, who leave to-
morrow for New Orleans to meet
Dartmouth Friday in an Eastern
elimination game In the N. G. A. A.
tournament, aren't particularly
strong in any department, Law
ther says.
I'VE haven't any outstanding
scorer and we didn't score as many
points as last years team" he points
out. "Our defensive record. al
though excellent, is not nearly so
good as the 1940-41 quintets."
Somehow, though, Penn State has
established its best court record
since basket ball started at the
Center County College.
IF anything" Lawther added, sit
might be that the players have more
drive and spirit than Penn States
previous teams"
Only Cornell and West Virginia
defeated State and the latter loss
was avenged later in the season.
Evening star., 1942-03-17
Turf Stars Out
To ProveCIass
In Gables Cap
Weight Is Token OFF
HighIy-Ruted Market
Wise and MieIund
By STANMORE CAWTHORN.

MIAMI, Fla, March 17.-Mioland
and Market Wise, two turf greats
who got nothing but exercise out
of the $4,000 Widener here March
7. will run again Saturday in an
effort to prove the poor showing
each made was purely accidental.
The contention of many railbirds
was that both Charles S. Towards
Midland, winner of $224, ,450 in three
seasons, and Louis Tufano's Market
Wise simply were lost in the
field. There certainly was little
doubt that both were lost at the
finish line, Midland running eighth
and Market Wise ninth.
Midland Top-weighted.
Midland will carry the top impost
Of 125 pounds, three less than he
had in the Widener. in the $500
Coral Gables Handicap at Tropical
Park. Market Wise also dropped
three pounds to 122.
Another star. Woodvale Farms
Our Boots, drew the next impoSt of
100, 6 pounds more than Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney's surprise Widener
winner, The Rhymer.
Our Boot came out of the Widener
with more to show for his efforts
than any other name horse in the
field. He finished fourth behind
The Rhymer, Best Seller and
Olympus.
Big Field Is Likely.
Two other Widener disappoint-
ments-Arnold Hangers Dit and
Towards Porter's Cap-win carry
la. and the Circle NJ Ranch's ace,
Get OF, is next in line with 1l2.
If the name horses found the
going rough in the Widener with IT
in the field, it's by no means GER
tain they'll get much relief in the
Gables. Thirty have been entered
IN the race, biggest stake of Tropi-
calls spring meeting so far. and
there appears little likelihood that
more than dozen or so will be
scratched.
Evening star., 1942-03-17
HiaIeah Profits Gut
In Half, but Track
Issues Dividend
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, March ia divi-
dend of 81 a share on some &C, 900
shares of common stock and 81
dividend on preferred stock was
voted by the directors of the Miami
Jockey Club, operators of 'Hialeah
Park.
Profits, for the season recently
ended were only half, those of the
194l season, directors reported yes
terday. The reduction was blamed
on the loss Of the odd-cent break
age, now going to the State, de-
creased mutuels play and higher
taxes. Distribution of about $4,000
to charity received directors ap-
proval.
All officers and directors were re-
elected, with, Joseph E. Widener,
chairman of the board; John C.
Clark of Binghamton. N. Y, presi-
dent, and Sam H. Mccormick of
Coral Gables, secretary treasurer.
Evening star., 1942-03-17
|WhirIy Weighted
AT 128 Pounds for
Dixie Handicap
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, March 17.-Whirl-
away, wonder horse Of last year,
will carry the top weight of 1873
pounds in the Dixie Handicap at
PimIeo May 6 provided he takes
this occasion for his first shot at
the big money Of 1912.
In weights announced yesterday
for the $2o,000-added, mile and q
sixteenth run. Belair Studs Bene-
lon and G. S. Howard's Midland
were assigned next-heaviest bur-
dens of 1875 pounds.
Weights for other leading eligibles
in the Dixie:
w. L. Brann's Challendon, Lou
Tufano,s Market Wise and Mrs.
Parker Corning's Attention, 124
pounds: Pictor, Challendon's stable
mate, 122; Woodvale Farms Our
Boots, 121; the Australian horse
Reading. 100; Mrs. Albert Sabath's
Alsab, 107; Col. 4. r. Bradley's Best
Seller, 114 pounds.
Evening star., 1942-03-17
Jock-of-AII Trades Perrin Says It's Different

Perrin of the Washington
doubling quite just what the payofs
prove hockey
player"
interior decorator however that the
aside $25
and it."
their best explained II don't know
much abo they much different
could just bit harder
that he is
in
poye and this
big
Evening star., 1942-03-17
Virginia Is Sending
Boxers TO National
Collegiate Meet
Among Dozen Schools
To Be Represented
AT Boton Rouge
Rx the Associated Press.


BATON ROUGE, La. March IL
A dozen schools from coast to coast
have entered As top fighters in the
annual national intercollegiate box
ing championships scheduled March
26-28 at Louisiana State University.
The champion University of Idaho
squad, whose three individual title
holders have graduated, has an
bounced its team crown would go
lndefended. Two Louisiana schools,
Northwestern Louisiana Institute
Ind Louisiana State. are favored
dong with perennially, strong Wis
ansin for the undefended national
Championship.
Southwestern and l.. S. u. finished
second and third to Idaho a year
agi at Penn State.
only defending champion quail
fie4to compete in the tourney again
thiayear is Johnny Joca, the light
wei5ht titleholder from the Univer-
sitypf Florida.
Sdools with fighters qualified for
the bouts next week are Florida,
TexS, Wisconsin, Syracuse, Penn
Stata University of San Francisco,
Michigan State, Virginia, South
weston. Louisiana State, Miami and
VALPARAISO.
Evening star., 1942-03-17
Motenot, Former Card
AthIste, Weds Today

Ensin Charles Moutenot, one
of the most versatile of recent
CatholA U. athletes and now a
Navy fsng officer, was to be mar
fied thi. afternoon. The bride is
Betty H,rtranft, 657 Girard street
N. E., vith the wedding set for
8 o'clock lat st. Anthony's Church
in Brookiand.
Moutentt was one of the best
haifbacks IN G. us history, a good
baseball player and a sprinter and
pole vaulte ON the track team.
He left school in his senior year
last year Md enlisted in the Naval
Air Corps receiving his training
at Boiling Field and Pensacola,
Fla. He fpw Is y ltioned at Nor
folk.
Evening star., 1942-03-17
Griff MuIIs Over GiuIiuni Deal With MocPhuiI
Mats Could Use Catcher; combro Finds Mexicon Hurer

play AA baseball unless he could
perform for his home town, where
he also has another job.
Giuliani has requested Kene-
saw Mountain Lands, commits
sioner Of baseball, to clarity his
muddled case. The Dodgers
doubtless have an agreement with
Minneapolis In Giulianis case
whereby they would benefit by
his return to major league base
ball.
Macphail is seeking infield re-
placements for the Dodgers. The
Mats are understocked in that
commodity at the moment and
, have little to offer.
The Al classification of Catch
er AL Evans of the Mats would be
the reason for the return of
Giuliani to washington. Evans
has returned to his Kenly IN. CD
home to appeal his case.
Evening star., 1942-03-17
Byson Mare Survives
Leup From Express Cor
By the Associated pr...

By the Associated Press
LAKE CITY. S. c., March IA
young thoroughbred mare owned by
E. K. Bryson Of Kinsville, Nd, was
believed to have escaped serious in
Jury in wild leap from an express
car not far from here. An examina-
ton revealed nothing more serious
than deep lacerations and the horse
probably will be reshipped within q
few days.
The mare. apparently between two
and three years old. was seen kick
ing at the door as the train passed
through this village and several
minutes later was found in a ditch.
Other horses, all en- route from
Miami to Mount Washington, Md,
did not jump.
Evening star., 1942-03-17

Higgins, one of the few scattered
remnants of the 1910 champions,
has that spot sewed up for the time
being. Hitchcock is a fixture at
short, and Jimmy Bloodworth, OBJ
tanned in a trade with Washington,
is supposed to hold down second.
York Gets i'm Line.
First Baseman Rudy York ended
his long holdout siege yesterday by
signing his 1912 contract. 1t was
reported his contract called for
slightly more than $4,000 and a
IS 900 bonus if he bats in more than
100 runs. Pitchers Louis (Buck)
Newsom, Johnny Corsica and Luther
(BuO Thomas remain as the Tigers
only holdouts.
With Billy Sullivan sold to Brook
lyn, the catching staff consists al
most exclusively of Birdie Tebbetts.
All Birdie hopes is that the big job
OF work he will have to do this sum-
mer will win him back his salary cut.
With Barney McCoSky back in left
field and Roger Cramer, the veteran
AAoAAA w ooAi416VOil dAib way RO1llto,
in center, the team has two-thirds
of an adequate outfield. Don Ross,
who hit $40 for Montreal, is top can
didate for the other post. The Tigers
got a bad break when Pat Mullin,
who was a sensation before he was
injured last summer, recently. joined
the Army.
Dick Wakefield, the widely pub
licized college slugger who got $45, 900
from the Tigers merely for signing
q contract last winter, continues to
find big league pitching an almost
complete puzzle. He has been handi-
capped by a charley horse this
spring, but even 50 his owners are
beginning to wonder if perhaps they
were not a 'trifle too enthusiastic,
so it's the minors for Dick.
Evening star., 1942-03-17

Seldom has a big team olslhte-
grated So rapidly. What the war
started by taking Hank Greenberg
the Tigers greatest star, gathering
age and salary disputes have just
now little remains. Tied for fourth
with Cleveland last year, the club
likely will tumble into the second di-
vision in the approaching race, there
to await q happier day,
Only the presence in camp Of two
exceptionally hne-looking young ia
fielders, Bill Hitchcock and Murray
Franklin, bring an occasional gleam
to Manager Bakers eyes. He likes
to talk about them, but about the
rest of his tribulations, including the
fact he has only q dozen pitchers. in
camp and is playing a game nearly
every day, he would as soon not be
quoted.
Hitchcock Stars at Short.
In Hitchcock, rangy 1S0-pounder,
the Tigers appear to have a great
shortstop in the making. He al
ready is a truly brilliant fielder
And the fact that he hit .296 for
Kansas City last year indicates he
can take care of himself at the
plate. He Is the last of the famous
Kansas City infield that sent Phil
Rizzuto, Gerald Priddy and Johnny
Strum to the Yankees last year.
Baker thinks probably he is the best
of the bunch.
Although less has been said about
Franklin, Baker is inclined to rank
him right along with Hitchcock.
If anything, Del becomes more Tyr
ical about the University of Illinois
Boy, who was college teammate of
Lou Boudreau, Cleveland's new man.
ager.
Right now the only difficulty is in
finding the right spot for Franklin.
He looks great at third, but Pinky
Evening star., 1942-03-17
By q stah Correspondent Of The Star.
nprANn0 Tla March IL

By STAN Correspondent OF The Star.
ORLANDO, Fla, March IT,
Larry MacPhail, famed master
mind and mouthpiece of the
Brooklyn Dodgers. was to arrive
here today and discuss the posi-
BILE shifting of Catcher Angelo
Giuliani back to Washington.
President Clark Griffith and
Manager Bucky Harris Of the
Mats admit they are seeking
Giuliani, the slim receiver who
understudied Rick Ferrell with
Washington several years ago.
This time Giuliani is ticketed to
understudy Jake Early.
Giuiani's affiliation with the
Dodgers is vague, since Brooklyn
announced his outright sale. to
Minneapolis last winter. Giuli-
ami had protested being farmed
70 Montreal and said he wouldn't
Evening star., 1942-03-17
Indianapolis Actually Won the LuureI Wreath

Indianapolis Springfield
Eastern championship
the Indianapolis outfit the best not only the in the two
possible that will be played during
collection
plates nickels
getting pockets
hockey playof in the American League tanmot to
clubs fight
easily the American
themselves having scramble with all other the PhIhes
and
Yankees, would
Cleveland series again they
during the regular
Evening star., 1942-03-17

Expected almost any day is Joe
Cambria, Washington scout, and
this time he'll be importing a
Texas-born Mexican, one Daniel
Riso. Senor lRiso is labeled a
pitcher.
Pitcher Jack Wilson is nursing
a damaged ankle due to a col
lision with Pitcher Arnold An
derson while both were chasing q
fly ball IN practice. Wilson's an
kle was spiked and bruised and
he may be idle for several days.
Roberto Ortiz swatted q double
in his only appearance ut the.
plate against the Dodgers, but he
was SO fascinated about whether
the ball would land fair or foul
that ne neglected to run until
the ball caromed OF the left field
fences
Evening star., 1942-03-17

) UniverSity'S Scat Kids" not so long
ago, is a tournament freshman with
the talent-laden Phillips 66 Oilers of
Bartlesville, Okla.
Fans Expect Hot Action.
Tournament railbirds expect lot
of fireworks from both young Irish
ers before the championship is de-
cided Saturday night. 49,.
O'Gara, who's about to go into
the Navy. carried his end of the
load in Hollywood's championship
triumphs last year. The sun-tanned
Californians open defense of their
title against the Portland (Orego
Signal Oil team at $50 (mountain
war tine) tonight.
Phillips, with five other new play
ers besides McNatt, viii clash with
the tall Salt Lake City Eckers at z
o'clock. The Oilers have strong
support in their bid for the title they
captured in 1910.
Today's marathon slate Of II
games, running from 9 am. to al
most midnight, will whip the field
down to 16 teams for tomorrowis
third round.
Coach Sees Tough Going.
Coach Charley Hyatt of the Phil
lips says, "It's going to be an aw-
fully tough third round. I thought
last years tournament was the
toughest I'd seen. but this one has
more strong teams"
The oilers have won Is games this
season, including their last 23, and
lost only S. Hollywood has been
beaten only 4 times in 40 contests.
Almost as glittering is the record
of the Navay Flyers of Pensacola,
Fla, whove won 80, including last
nights 72-41 tournament triumph
over st. Francis, Kans., against 3
setbacks.
Evening star., 1942-03-17
Ex-Rounoke Court Stur
Enters Naval Reserve
Rx the ASSOCIATED Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, March IT.
Saying he wanted action as soon as
possible, John Henry Wagner. q
member of Roanoke Colleges five
smart boys" basket bah team of
several years ago. enlisted in class
WI In the United States Naval Re-
serve here. The recruiting Office
said, however. that he might not be
called into active service for several
months.
Mr.. Wagner officially was inducted
and then left for his home, In
Mamaroneck, N. Y.
Evening star., 1942-03-17
kat mng Amazing but Hitting Doubtful Despite Five Wins Row
Win, Lose or Draw
Come, Brother, Pass the Hot Again!
By FRANCIS {. STAN

Sun1eI br0rneF, FuSS the TOT Nguh!
For plain, unadulteraed understanding,
hockey which by mysterious locomoon continued
function although per Of the players Canadians
the Dominion has been at for quite time Here it
is past midMarch baseball
golf beginning to head north And what the hockey
teams doing? They going to hold their play-offs.
Now hockey payof essential co-ordi-
nator of
division that appears the
and paudits2 No sir it does not <
hats satisfied a
instance allowed
sraed already
their rivals 'ff'