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Evening star., 1942-07-20
Wi||kie Says War
Is Breaking Down
Racial Prejudice
Whites Attitude Likened
To Some Characteristics
Of Alien Imperialism
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. July 2O.-Amer-
leans are learning, Wendell Willkie
says, that the test of people
is their aim. not their color.
He told the closing session of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People yes
terday that the attitude of white
American citizens toward the Negro
has some of the unlovely and tragic
characteristics of alien Imperialism. J"
You have been sore tried with
many of the practices of our democ-
racy," the 1910 Republican presi-
dental candidate said. "and it is
right and just that you should be
alert to every opportunity to re-
move the determinations that exist
against your people"
He charged white Americans with
"smug sense of racial superb
ority and a willingness to exploit
an unprotected people," but said
that under the pressure of war,
long standing barriers and preju-
dices were breaking down.
"The defense of democracy against
the forces that threaten it has
made some of its failures at home
glaringly apparent.
1--WE are learning in this war
that it is not racial classifications
nor chronological considerations
which bind men together. 1t Is
shared concepts and Kindred OBJ
jectives."
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Song Writer Claims
Innocence in S25O,000
Mayer Extortion Case
Grace Declares He Was
Duped Into Getting Box;
Arroiened With Upton
B. the Associated Press,

B, the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, July 20.-Meyer
Philip Grace, 80, lyricist and one
time prizefighter, said he's "as in
nocent as a newborn babe" of any
connection with $250,000 extortion
plot against Louis B. Mayer, the
Nations highest-paid executive last
year.
Grace and Charming Drexel Lip
ton, Is, musically talented filling
station employe, will be arraigned
today before Federal commissioner
on attempted extortion charges.
j. w. Vincent, assistant agent in
charge of the local FBI, said Grace
and Upton confessed mailing death
threat notes to Mr. Mayer, M-G-M
film studio head.
Upton Keeps Silent.
Upton refused to discuss the case
Grace told reporters:
Upton and I were working on
new song, The Old Maids Sere-
made last Monday, when he sud-
denly asked If I would like to make
IS 900.
HE said that no-good louise who
was on the lam had left package
containing $4,000 at the Ambassa-
dor Hotel and that all I had to do
was SO to the desk and ask for the
package addressed to Robert Sexton
I'VE drove to the hotel and 1
went in and asked for the box and
was arrested"
The notes to Mr.. Mayer, released
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Troop, Excursion Trains
Collide, Injuring -Four
By tie Associated Press.


NEW ORLEANS, July 20.-A troop
train and an excursion train crashed
head-on at st. Rose, La, yesterday
with such force that the engines
telescoped and overturned, but no
one was killed and only four were
injured, one seriously.
Army public relations officers said
only one soldier was hurt, suffering
cuts and bruises.
The other injured men were
crewmen on the YaZoo e. Mississippi
Valley excursion train. They were
Jesse Tate, 81, conductor, and Harry
Faulkner, 81, f1agman, OF New Or
leans, and Francis Farrier, 81, fire.
man, of Vicksburg, Miss.
Mr.. Tate was said to be in a Sc
rious condition at the Illinois Gen.
trail Hospital here with broken ribs
and chest injuries.
c. Campbell. train master of the
Illinois Central at Baton Rouge. La,
said the northbound excursion train
was waiting on the main line for
the troop train to pass on a siding,
but the troop train continued on
the main line and struck the stand
ing locomotive.
Army officers and FBI agents be-
gan an immediate investigation.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Dr.. John Crenshaw Dies;
Al Georqia Tech 38 Years
Fy the Associated Press.

Fy the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, July 20.-Dr. John
Bascom Crenshaw, 81, professor Of
modern languages and head of the
modern language department at the
Georgia School of Technology for
38 years. died at Emory University
Hospital Saturday night.
DR.. CrenshaW was faculty director
of athletics at Georgia Tech for a
number of years, and served several
terms as vice president of the South
ern Conference. He was one OF the
40 charter members of the National
intercollegiate Athletic Association.
While teaching at Randolph
Macon College in 1886 he sponsored
the building of the first college
gymnasium in the South.
He won the Georgia Tech faculty
tennis tournament after he was TO
years old.
A graduate of Randolph Macon
College, DR.. Crenshaw held doc
tor Of philosophy degree from Johns
Hopkins University and did graduate
work at the University of Berlin.
Evening star., 1942-07-20

ADVERTISEMENT.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Mae West, Husband Seek
Divorce; He Asks AIimony
By the Associated Presa.

By the Associated Presa.
LOS ANGELES. July 20.--Mae
West and her one-time vaudeville
partner, Frank Wallace, planned
today to end their marriage, a cere-
mony kept secret for years, then
widely publicized.
Mae asked for a divorce on the
ground of cruelty. Her complaint
contained no specific charges.
Wallace whom she married in
Milwaukee on April IL, 1911, pleaded
for separate maintenance of $1,000
a month. He asked Superior Judge
Walter Desmond for alimony on
the representation he was destitute.
Mae, he contends, has a fortune
OF more than $1,000, 900, accumu-
lated through her acting and pro-
ducing on the stage and screen.
Wallace, who was not represented
Evening star., 1942-07-20
FinIand's Economy
Hard Hit by Depression

Economically, Finland has been
hard hit by the war, it is admitted
In Helsingfors. The war and an
unusually severe winter caused a
depression and business has been
at q low level not recorded since
1918. Ice in the Baltic barred food
imports and goods from North Ger
man ports. With SO many of her
men at the front Finland fell behind
seriously in farm and industrial
production. Living costs scared.
Fish was rationed at half a pound
per person a week, but the price
was too high for most buyers. The
government requisitioned seed grain
for autumn planting. Shortage of
gas for cooking developed because
OF inability to import German coke
and gas was rationed. That used in
excess of the ration was charged
for at 10 times the normal rate.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Increased Employment
OF Negroes Reported

NEW YORK, July 20 P.--1n-
creased employment of Negroes in
war industries, notably in aircraft
production. was reported yesterday
by the National Urban League after
a survey of 40 industrial centers
throughout the country.
League President William H. Bald
win, in announcing the findings, said
the survey covered developments
since the PRONUNCIATION year ago
of President Roosevelt's order for
bidding racial discrimination in de-
fense employment and appointment
of the Fair Employment Practice
Committee to enforce it.
The league report attributed the
Substantial increase" in Negro en-
ployment in the war effort to the
Presidents order, the activity of the
Fair Employment Practice Commit
tee, the efforts of the Negro Man
power Service of the War Manpower
Commission and the work of private
organizations concerned primarily
with the welfare of the 10000 900
Negro citizens of the United States.
Evening star., 1942-07-20

by Mr.. Vincent. contained such
phrases sa killing does not faze us"
and "if you double cross us we are
liable to be so mad that besides
killing you we will knock off your
entire family"
"I happened to be one of a group
of six men who would rather see
you dead than alive" one note read.
However, we feel that the sum of
s250,000 would give us more salts
faction than your intimely demise,
strange as it may SEEM"
After receiving the threats Mr.
Mayer notified the FBI. The arrest
of Grace and Upton at the hotel
July IS was disclosed Saturday in
Washington by FBI Chief J. Edgar
Hoover.
Mr.. Mayors salary last year was
$7O4, ,426.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Negro Leaders Assoii
Execution of Waller

NEW YORK, July 20 R.-A
group Of Negro leaders declared
yesterday in a letter to President
Roosevelt that the recent execution
of Odell Waller, colored sharecrop-
per, had intensified determination
for a Showdown" on the question
of total democracy for the Negro.
Signers of the letter were headed
by A. Philip Randolph, international
president of the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters, who declared
the Showdown" could not be held
back long "by leaders who use the
bargain and compromise method"
The execution of Waller, convicted
of killing his white landlord, un-
leashed 'barbarous forces" with tho
result that within two weeks two
Negroes were lynched and the col
ored tenor, Roland Hayes, and his
wife were beaten and Jailed at Rome,
Ga, the letter said.
These Fascist-like brutaities In
America are grist for the propa-
ganda mills of the Axis powers
and undoubtedly will be used to
destroy the faith of the Allied ma
tions in the honesty and integrity
of the American democracy and
hasten the deterioration of the
morale Of the inslaved people of the
world the letter added.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
Belfast Adopts Plan
For Civic DEVELOPMENT

Belfast, Northern Ireland, has tax
en- final steps to add to its efficiency,
charm and beauty. The Ulster gov
ernment has adopted the town plan
ming proposals Of a British expert,
which embrace a comprehensive
project for the development OF
much larger area than the city itself
At the meeting OF Ulster officials to
set the necessary machinery in mo-
ton the need for plan for the City
of Londonderry and the advisability
Of extending the benefits of planning
to the whole province were stressed.
1t is suggested that one planning au-
thority for all of Northern Ireland
be established under the Ministry of
Home Affairs.
Evening star., 1942-07-20
336 Foreign Firms
Added to u. S. Blacklist

B! the Associated Press.
The Government has added 1886
foreign firms in Latin America, Eu-
rope and Asia to its already lengthy
blacklist, the State Department an
nounced last night.
OF the additions, 239 were in the
other American republics and 81 in
Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Switzer-
land, Turkey, Iraq and Iran. At
the same time 43 firms and in
dividuals in these countries were re-
moved from the list.
Evening star., 1942-07-20

by an attorney, charged that the
actress had been associatinr With
other men.
Miss West stated In her cross
complaint that she separated from
Wallace q month after they were
married. At first she had denied
Wallace's public announcement of
their wedding. Wallace alleges they
did not separate for four years. He
admits he lived with his second
wife, Rae Blakesley, for 10 years.
Evening star., 1942-07-20

Buy War bonds and when the
war il won, cash in-on freedom!
Evening star., 1942-12-07

sophomore regulars OF last winter
Andy Phillip and Gene Vance,
guards, and Jack Smiley and Ken
Menke. forwards. Ali are over feet
inches tall. Chief loss by gradua-
tion was Vic Wukovits, starting
center.
The Illini play two games at home
this week, meeting Detroit tonight
and Nebaska Saturday. Wisconsin
is host to fine Camp Grant soldier
outfit Saturday.
Indiana, Minnesota and Chicago
also inaugurated their season last
week-all winning but the Maroons,
who suffered their Goth setback in
a row from the Glenview, Ill, Naval
Air Base, 80 to 81, in double over
time. Indiana measured Depauw,
81 to 40, and Minnesota dissolved
Carleton, IS to %.
Michigan and Northwestern open
at home tonight against Michigan
State and western Michigan, respec-
lively, while the Hoosiers try to
make it two straight against Wabash.
Ohio State plays its first game to-
morrow night against Ohio Wesleyan
at Columbus. Iowa and Purdue wait
until Thursday for their debuts,
entertaining South Dakoto State and
Wabash. respectively.
Evening star., 1942-12-07
ScanIon Carries Hope
Of T.. j. Five in Tilt
Al American u.
Talented Crew to Back
Card Ace; Eagles Again
To Use Aid. G. Team

Catholic University's basket ball
team will make its debut tonight
against American University at the
A. U. gum. with Dick Scanlon, high
scoring all-District center, carrying
much of the Cardinals hopes for
victory.
Scanlon, who averaged II points
a game for a mediocre C. U. quint
last season, is ticketed to receive
special consideration from the
Eagles. who dropped a STAB deci-
sion to Curtis Bay Coast Guard
in their opener last week.
Scanlon will be surrounded by
talented performers, though, in
Guards Steve Limanek and Steve
Mercak and Forwards Fred Rice
and Jack Baltrukonis. AL Sond-
heimer and Dom Feeminano. both
freshmen, also are slated to play.
American U. again will send an
an-District team into action. Burke
Hertz, Bart and Bob Fugler, George
Zuras and Edwin Rabbit are ex-
pected to start for the Eagles, al
though an injured ankle may neces-
state Joe Hossick, another local
schoolboy product, replacing Rab-
bitt.
The Eagles twice walloped Cath
olic U. last season as Bing Byham
sparked their attack, but Bing has
been graduated and the teams are
expected to take the floor tonight
on even terms. Game time is 8:l5.
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Grid Injuries Worse Than Wars, Says Africa Casual
chor

who is home in Detroit recover
ing from slight wounds received
at the start of the African CAM
paign, SCOTS: ME a casualty?
Why, I've come home from high
school football games more
banged up than I am now"
The crack basket ball teams of
the Norfolk Naval Training Sta
ton and the Norfolk Naval Air
Station will reverse the usual
procedure next Friday when they
play for the benefit Of q Christ
mas fund sponsored by Norfolk
newspapers. Fort Story's team
also will be on the card. Many
Of the last years sports events
have been for Army and Navy
benefits.
Sergt. Larry Archambault Of
the Tank Corps, former Pitts
burgh and Cleveland hockey
player, has been stationed at Pine
Camp. N. Y: Fort Knox. KY,
and Camp Cooke, Calf, since he
entered the Army In May, 104l.
It was all okay with Larry until
he went On desert maneuvefs,
Evening star., 1942-12-07

ice. Instead. they want to talk
baseball and listen to 1t and read
about it."
When Barney Olsen, former
Chicago Cubs outfielder, reported
at the Great Lakes Naval Training
Station, he was assigned to duties
under Seaman Fido Murphy.
What, you again?" beloved
Barney. The last time they had
met was when Olsen was playing
for Moline in the Three-Eye
League and Murphy, an umpire,
chased him from the game.
Two OF the finest tributes re-
ceived by Georgia's Rose Bowl
bound football team at the end
Of the season were cables from
alumni In the combat zones. One
from Northern Africa said: Con
CALCULATIONS on = great season.
Please send Charley Trippi over
here to help US catch Rommel.
At present he Is running like
hell" Another from England
said: "Weu inset you after the
Rose Bowl game in either Berlin
q Toxic"
Evening star., 1942-12-07
College Quints
BY the Associated Press.

by lne hSSOSihSSu Tlcos.
EAST.
Penn stete, "a: Washington and Jeffer-
Yale. as; Boiling Field. Al;
Princeton, SO, Manhattan Beach Coast
Buffalo. so; Cornell, 46. .s ,u..
Seton sa''iIHiIe',ssso HslI' 80: Brooklyn Battalion
Coast Guard IS.
siena, 40 Hartwick, rs.
NorWich, 50; Fort Ethan Allen, 32;
American international so Westover
c.AiTius. AiT naisi ss; 3 Baldwin WALLACE, s5.
ST, lawrence, 3s: State College, 35.
Arkansas, 43: Camp Crowder; 81;
Tennessee, a.; Tennessee Poly, IT.;
Eastern Kentucky Teachers, 81 Ken
lucky wesleyan ~
olathe Naval Air Base, 40; Kansas. 2e'
Indiana. 81; DePauw. 40.
Minnesota, a5; Carleton: "a
Cincinnati, 3S: wilmington. 81.
Fort Sheridan. As; Concordia, 43.
Emh.r,,' sssrys ~; Whea,orl r,aGiar aGj a.,
Cornell dowa}, 50; Ames Naval Train
Morninsside, ni 81; Sioux City Air Base.
-
DePsul. 40; Chicago Teachers, is.
Camp Grant, so; Navy Pier tChicaso)'
Huntington. 55. Concordia lInd0, A.
Evansville, so: Millikan, 40
Manchester. So: TAYLOR, Al.
Central (Ind.), 3s: Peru Naval Base, 36.
North Central mo, 81 Illinois Tech
Illinois wesleyan, IS; Joliet Junior Col
concoraia Mimi, As; Mayville Teach
Moorhesd Teachers, As; wahpeton
western Union. 35.. Buena Vista. 81.
North Dakota, 81; jamestown, "a.
Wayne. A.; Crosse lie Naval Flyers' 20.
b'1Toit a,r,rr Tech. "a 4oi Dearborn Naval
schooIess 5olnins' dnd,. a 40; St. Benedict's
tkans), As.
WEST.
Texas Christian, AZ: North Texas. "a.
Tsxss wesleyan, q East Texas, .33a. 3a.
orefooss,, &; Portland Boilermaker'
.. c. L. A.. 81; Loyola Clos Anseles).
Evening star., 1942-12-07
RipIeyPupi|s When II
Still Play for Coach
As Hoya Cagers
Potolicchio, Reilly Ace
Bosketers for Years;
g. U. Sturts Tomorrow

Elmer Ripley, who coaches
Georgetown University's basket ball
team, wasn't around when Lloyd
Potolicchio and Miggs Reilly bel
lowed their respective introductions
to the world, but ever since those
Hoya ball tossers outgrew rompers
he's been around supervising their
basket ball development.
Six years ago these Georgetown
sophomores were touring the Ma
ton, demonstrating Ripley's style
of play in basket ball clinics. They
were 13 years old then, but by
that time they virtually were vet
Grams, for that marked their third
season under Ripley.
Played Together When II.
When Potolicchio and Reilly were
II years old they were playing
on Ripley's Staten Island Crescents,
who for three years won the New
York Park Department Leagues
midget, junior and intermediate
championships.
When they reached the ripe old
age Of Is Ripley took them on
tour. In their wanderings the
youngsters encountered the high
flying Temple outfit and embar-
rassed the collegians by penetrating
their famed zone defense.
Billy HaSsett and Dan Kraus, who
will take over Georgetown's play
making roles in back court this
season, first played together when
they were IL years old and were
leading members of a Bronx play
ground team that won the Park De-
partment title.
LAWN Starred as Youngster.
Ed Lawn, another of George.
towns sophomore group that won
18 Of 10 games last year as fresh
men. played on title winning
Bronx parochial school team as a
youngster.
Potolicchio and Reilly now are
roommates at Georgetown, as are
6-foot 8-inch John Mahnken and
6-foot 71a-inch Stretch Goedde,
freshman rivals for Ripley's starting
center spot.
Those are some of the Hoyas who
will launch Georgetown's season to-
morrow night against Western
Maryland at Tech High gym.
Georgetown is expected to intro
duce its smoothest team In years
"a team featuring fellows who have
played together since grammar
school days.
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Tale Of Statistics Resages Defeat Of Redskins Title Tilt With CaQ
Sports Program
ForLocul Funs

TODAY.
Basket Ball.
Catholic U. at American o.
6:15.
Boxing.
All-star program at Turner'S
Arena, 8:45.
TOMORROW.
Basket Ball.
Western Maryland VS.. George
town, Tech gym, $50.
Anacostia at Landon, $50.
Boxing.
All-heavyweight program at
Uline Arena, $3.50.
WEDNESDAY.
Basket Ball.
American U. at Baltimore o.,
Baltimore.
National Training School at
Gonzaga, 8.
1OCACys
Pittsburgh Hornets vs.. Wash
ington Lions, Uline Arena, $50.
Wrestling.
Weekly program at Turner's
Arena, Q.
THURSDAY.
IA ~ Rail
Georgetown at American o.,
8:45.
FRIDAY.
Basket Ball.
Johns Hopkins at American u.
$50.
Alumni at Gonzaga. $50.
Bethesda Chevy Chase at
Roosevelt. 3:45.
Alumni at Coolidge, 3:45.
Briarley at Blair, Silver Spring,
SATURDAY.
Basket Ball.
Fort Meade VS.. George WASH
tngton, Tech gym, $3.50.
Roosevelt VS.. George Washing
ton freshmen, Tech gym, tbs.
Hockey.
Indianapolis Capitols vs. WASH
1ngton Lions. Uline Arena. $50.
Evening star., 1942-12-07

where the temperature rose to
1873 degrees, then he protested it
was a bit warm for a hockey
player.
The Iowa Navy. Pre-Flight
School football team opened its
season with a 6l-0 victory over
Kansas and closed it Saturday
against another Big Six team,
Missouri-but fewer than half the
men who faced Kansas were
available for the Missouri game.
Joe Cohn, public relations rep
resentative Of the five New York
race tracks. is closing his ofiice
December 81 because he hopes to
be recommissioned in the Army.
He's = World War veteran.
Ten Of "a basket ball games
scheduled by the University Of
Virginia this season are against
service teams. Corpl. Johnny
Beazley, . World Series star just
. couple Of months ago, reports:
II haven't run into 4 soldier yet
who has any grudge against all
ballplayers not being In the serv.
Evening star., 1942-12-07

Flight Navy team, 7 to 0, and the
frequently clipped Big Six football
chin bowed out of the grid picture
at naughty angle.
The Tiger victory, through the
courtesy Of Steuber's 58-yard touch
down sprint on the third play of
the game, avenged respective 6l-to-0
and 46-to-0 record drubbings the
Iowa City service club had handed
Kansas and Nebraska in earlier Big
Six invasions.
Oklahoma kept intact its penchant
OF losing to outside competition by
bowling to William and Mary, IA to 7.
The Sooners staged a desperate
fourth-quarter rally against the
Virginians, undefeated in collegiate
play, but could only match half Of
the visitors total.
Steuber Sets Scoring Mark.
A few of the records established
during the circuits first wartime
season:
Conference teams played q total
OF 81 games. The previous high,
limited by Big Six statute, was 81.
Steuber set new scoring standard
with 121 points in IL games to
eclipse his 194l high in nine con-
tests. The Tiger star registered IS
OF his tallies in strictly conference
activity for another loop record.
Ray Evans of Kansas became the
first Big Skier to complete more than
100 passes, q total he bettered by
one toss.
Big Six teams had their poorest
record in non-conference play, WIN
ming only Of 80 games.
Missouri, in joining Nebraska as
the only teams to win the conference
title two years running, scored 165
points in league games to break the
old mark Of ISL established by the
Tigers last year.
Record Score by Oklahoma.
Oklahoma, by beating Kansas
State, rs to 0, bettered the previous
conference scoring record set last
year when the Sooners blasted Iowa
State, IS to 0.
Kansas State, despite q fourth
place finish, was the goat of two
additional new standards. BY giving
up lat points in the conference, the
Wildcats worsted the old Kansas
mark of 1873. and the 1877 points they
yielded In outside games also was q
new low.
AS group the conference teams
scored All points in loop play to
shatter the former total Of 429.
Final standings:
Evening star., 1942-12-07
BY HUGH FULLERTON, Jr,


NEW YORK, Dec. There's
material for a mile of columns in
this date and in what has hap
pened to the sports world since
Pearl Harbor day a year ago.
So today's space will be turned
over to the service dept.-to the
famous and obscure athletes who
are wearing Uncle Sans uni
forms, to the servicemen who
engage In athletic contests in
the little spare time they have
or who merely follow sports from
the spectators seats with as keen
interest as they ever did in ci-
william life. And did you notice
that the signal which sent Amer
ican forces into action in North
ern Africa was play BALI?
Capt. Gordon SIMPSON, hailed
as the first American to land in
Morocco, was a star halfback on
the University Of Kentucky foot
ball team in 1887. And an
other former footballer, Pharma-
cist's Mate william J. Unsdau,
Evening star., 1942-12-07
Will Study Hitters and PIoy Percentages

Were percentage going hites
where hit why play
spt-second think
that Gordon second baseman just because
quick of hands studies those hi
htters fielder infalibe
him right times of TO- Three times of 10 batter
fielder that ball he belts will
Whehin. pitching the
shading hitter playing
fellow who hit the bail there didn't figure but he did,
you've playing ball a century you
the hers, him
I'd shortsop liked him liked
played Well, him
getting specond
another hitter particularly brilliant the
perhaps Whehil