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Evening star., 1942-01-12
By ALICE EVERSMAN.

The usual large crowd OF en-
thusiastic admirers of Lily Pons
gathered yesterday in Constitution
Hall to welcome her at her annual
recital. With the nicely modulated
accompaniment of Frank La Forge,
whose songs are always included In
Miss Pons' repertoire. she sang a
program that varied between songs
of lyric character and numbers that
showed her dazzling technique to
the greatest advantage In several
of the latter she had the assistance
of Frank Versaci, flutist, whose bril-
liant obligatos won him a personal
success as an artist of his instru-
ment.
Presenting her customary charm
Ing appearance. Miss Pons opened
her program with arias from Mo-
Zart's operas, the "Oh, che gioja"
from III Seraglio" and "Ah, 10 So
from "The Magic Flute" concluding
this group with Mr.. La Forges ar
rangement for voice and flute OF
Mozart's Piano Varia tons Miss
Pons' artistry both as musician
and as a coloratura of extraordinary
sureness and brilliance of execution,
were amply demonstrated in these
three works. No one but a we'll
schooled musician, with an impec-
cable ear could even essay the diff
culties, for a singer, of the "Varia-
tions." They were sung by Miss
Pons with great purity and speed
and with that certain fair that has
impressed her art on the public
more than any other coloratura has
been able to do.
Range Extraordinary.
For Miss Pons is by no means an
example of perfect singing. Her
and f1exibility and she is able to
do brilliant and astonishing things
with 1t. But she has never MASTER
ed a placement that would give the
impression of greater size to her
tones or that can adequately por-
tray sentiments when singing songs
that have no fireworks in them.
She has made great progress within
the last few years in poise, breath
control and fine phrasing, but the
ability to use her voice as a painter
does his palette has never been
attained.
She was not in the best OF voice
yesterday at the beginning of her
program, but by the time she had
sung Bischop's 10, Hear the Gentle
Lark" it had gained freshness and
greater purity. The succeeding group
of French songs. which included
Faure's Les Roses dIspahan." Hue's
"A des Oiseaux," Debussy's III pleure
dams mon occur" and "Fantoches,"
Evening star., 1942-01-12
Dr.. MuIhern to Speak

The Rev. DR.. Philip Mulhern. o.
p. professor of history at the Do
minican House of Studies. will pre-
sent the second of three lectures
at $50 o'clock tonight in the Will
lard Hotel. under auspices of the
Laymen's Forum of Washington. DR..
Mulhern will discuss Sigmund
Freud's Civilization and Its Dis
content"
Evening star., 1942-01-12
By LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

There is no limit today to the
range of research in foods and food
crops, and popcorn is no exception
Specialists of the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture and Pur-
due University already have made
substantial progress in developing
popcorn with a higher ratio of ex-
pansion.
The new popcorns are hybrids.
They 60 places unless you clamp
the lid down on them. Ordinary
popcorn, we are told, expands from
Evening star., 1942-01-12
HopedoIe Church Supper

The ladies of the Hopedale Emory
Methodist Church, Sandy Spring,
Md, will sponsor supper from to
pm. Thursday at the Sherwood
High School. Mrs. J. Powell Is
| chairman.
Evening star., 1942-11-24
Lions Shy Ace Scorer
As De Marco Of Reds
Sets Loop Pace
Jumps From 10th to Top;
GooIie Gouthier May
PIoy Against Borons

The Washington Lions have failed
TO insert player among the Amer
lean Hockey Leagues top 13 scorers,
paced by Alb De Marco of the
Providence Reds with "a points. De
Marco picked up IL points last week
to Jump from 10th to first place.
Hec Kilea of the Hershey Bears
has piled up 81 points, while Les
Cunningham of Cleveland is in third
place with 20 points. Buck Jones of
Providence is leading the leagues
bad boys" with % minutes spent in
the penalty box.
Washington will be idle until
Thursday night, when the Lions
tangle with the Hornets at Pitts
burgh. On Saturday night the Lions
will return to Uline Arena for a tiff
with the strong Cleveland Barons.
Paul .Gauthier, Washington's reg
ular goAlie, who has been inactive
for two weeks due to pulled leg
muscles. may return to the net
against Cleveland. The chunky goalie
took a light workout yesterday and
reported improvement.
The leagues only game tonight
will find the New Haven Eagles,
cellar club of the Eastern division,
facing the Indianapolis Capitals,
four points off the pace of the 'front.'
running Buffalo Bisons in the West
ern division.
Evening star., 1942-11-24

softball team. plays halfback on
the football team and won his
first bout on the boxing team.
! Jim Lansing. who would have
been Fordhaln captain this year,
probably will stay on at the Pen
sacola -(Fla) Naval Air Station
as an instructor because he
topped his class of cadets. The
North Carolina Pre-Flight foot
ball team has lost q dozen play
ers. including Hovey Seymour
and Bob Blood. within the last
few weeks, and Joe Martin de-
parts for advanced training to-
morrow. Instead of suffering q
broken jaw in the Manhattan
game. as some papers reported,
Martin got nothing worse than q
sprained hand. The jaw must
have belonged to the other guy.
Crack Of the week-Discussing
his favorite sports figure, 1t.
Comdr. George Halas, jimmy
Councilman, the Chicago Cardi-
nails coach, means: You'd think
. guy would be satisfied either to
Be rich or own the Bears. That
Halas has everything"
Evening star., 1942-11-24
0PA 10 Establish
National System
OF Ration bankino'
Setup Is Designed to
Facilitate Handling
Of Coupons
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Dealers in rationed commodities
are going to put their sugar in the
bank.
A system Of ration banking" re-
quiring separate bank accounts for
sugar, coffee, gasoline and other
rationed products, will be placed in
operation throughout the Nation
sometime in January, the Once of
Price Administration announced last
night.
A grocer. for example, will deposit
in the bank all the sugar-ration cou.
pons he collects from customers. To
replenish his stock, he will draw q
check on his rationing account for
the required number Of coupons.
The check will 60 to the erocer's
supplier who in turn will deposit the
check in his own rationing account.
The checks, cleared in the same
manner as those for money, will be
handled by $4,000 commercial banks
which will be reimbursed by the
Government for the added expense
of keeping the new accounts.
Designed to facilitate the han
ding Of the coupons, the system will
affect only retailers, distributors and
large users Of rationed goods, such
as restaurants which buy from
wholesalers. The householder will
not be affected directly.
Presently, rationing stamps and
coupons are taken to local ration
boards and exchanged for certin-
Gates Of larger denominations used
to replenish supplies Of rationed
goods.
Evening star., 1942-11-24
Widener's Horses Boost
HiaIeah Total 10 300

By the Associated Press
With the arrival OF the Joseph
E. Widener stable from Lexington,
KY. the list Of horses now at
Hialeah Park has reached the 300
mark. All of them have been brought
in since the track was opened for
stabling and training November /.
Eleven thoroughbreds were in the
Widener string which Trainer Dan
E. Stewart shipped for the Hialeah
meeting, January l3 to March 6.
The season runs continuously for
96 days, beginning with the Tropical
Park meeting December 81.
The Widener racers included
Moscow End, Short Shrift, Nip
sickle. Troth and seven yearlings.
Arriving in the same shipment was
another division from Mrs. Ethel
V. Mars stable This consignment
Of. Is was sent from New York to
join the nine previously shipped by
Trainer Roy Waldron from Pulaski,
Tenn,
Evening star., 1942-11-24

Clarke had led for 13 games. At
one point in the final game Clarke
was only 3 pins back of jenkins,
but the latter's five straight spares
in the final five boxes settled the
issue.
Clarke Gets Great Start.
Geib never was in front of Clarke
in the Won Dreele until the final
box OF the last game. Clarke fired
an amazing even 50c for his first
three games with strings Of 178, l74
and 148. Geib was 81 pins behind
at this point with counts of 142, 100
and I'll. In the next three games
Clarke marked up 1873, 118 and 1873
to Geib's l69, 1873 and 1874. Clarke
entered the final game with a l0-pin
lead. His final string was 1874, while
Geib nosed him out by pins with
l46. Geib's winning wallop was a
last-box strike on ninth-box spare.
Clarke picked 2-pin spare in the
eighth box of his final game and
missed the headpin for splits In the
final two boxes. His 1923 score tied
Harry Peters former mark.
Other prize winners in the Won
Dreele were:
Georse Young. Baltimore: ab5: Dick
Baltimore: TIED s6s; Ed Hlakeney. Wash
Harry Peters, Willimantic. Conn, and de-
Tending champion. 946 Harry Henderson,
Md: 93s; Earl Campbell, Baltimore. a37;
Ed Nash. Washington, 1888; Lee Seim, Bal
timore' and Art Felter. Baltimore. tied,
pagnini, stratford, Conn, a27: Jimmy
wallace: Norfolk. Va. 926; Buck schane,
baltimore, a22; Carl Pace. Baltimore 92I;
Baltimore, 91s. Hish-game consolation
prizes; Bob Esssr. 172. and Wilmer
Evening star., 1942-11-24

it now will be staying home when
the good shooting comes along late
in December and the 10 days in
January they 50 ardently insisted
upon.
The wise waterfowler. and up
land hunter, too, is holding his fire
these days for the close birds. He
will have good shooting this fall
and better shooting next season be-
cause then there will be little or no
competition.
Some of the smaller stores, par
ticularly those around the country
side, still have few boxes of shells
left on their shelves. They are the
last sportsmen will get for the dura-
ton. They should be used SPAR
ingly Good shots may use the
smaller sized shot and get by with
it, but the average hunter will find
anything smaller than eights made
quate for waterfowl.
BILL ACKERMAN.
Evening star., 1942-11-24
". and M Bocker Fired N c. PreFIighters to Victory
Coaches Monday Leaders, Says

Quote, unquote-Lon Stiner,
Oregon State grid coach: Mon
day morning quarterbacks aren't
nearly as tough on losing coaches
this year; they're too busy sec
ond-guessing the generals and
admirals."
Steve Owen. master mind Of
the New York football Giants:
THE best way to stop Don Hut
son is to let him catch q pass
in the end zone. Then he can't
catch another until they get the
ball again."
One minute sports page-The
Harvard football team met the
transportation shortage by get
ting a special streetcar to ride
out to the Yale Bowl last Sat-
urday, but it had the usual es-
cort of motorcycle cops-just in
case some Yale boys might try to
have some fun. And in Eastern
Idaho basket ball teams that
have only short trips between
towns plan to travel via horse
drawn sleighs. Skippy Baxter,
one Of the stars Of the ice show
Evening star., 1942-11-24
Science Students Urged
To REGISTER Their SkiIIs

The War Manpower Commission
said today that increased demand
for technically trained personnel
may cause q shortage in this spe-
cialized field and urged senior and
graduate students of chemistry and
physics and engineers and others to
register their skills with the ma
tional roster Of scientific and spe-
cialized personnel.
The roster now has listed approx
imately $4,000 names in more than
go specialized occupations, it was
stated. The registry is reported to
cover every technical activity from
genetics to housing and radio broad.
casting.
Registration with the roster is not
to be considered as an application
for employment, the commission
stated.
A total of 140 900 men and women
have been referred to prospective
employers Of specialized personnel,
particularly for war production and
research, it was reported, and
methods will shortly be inaugurated
whereby the roster will maintain q
check on the results Of its recon-
mendations.
Evening star., 1942-11-24

(No. l5.)
Commonly called whistler be-
cause OF the sound made by its
wings while In fight, this little bird
primarily is a fresh-water fowl.
Only when ice locks the small rivers
does 1t take to the coastal salt
marshes and hunters bring it down
with greater frequency.
It's numbers evidently are increas-
ing in about the same proportions
as all other species Of ducks. Already
this season we have had more to
decoy than for several past seasons
together, not in the usual small
hocks, but in singles and pairs.
The bright yellow eye. nearly like
that of the ringneck with which it
occasionally is confused. is in the
female set in a rich brown head
over a white neck and breast, while
the head of the drake is green with
a white cheek marking under the
eye.
Good Eastern Season Likely.
The general hunting season for
the Western Maryland counties has
been open for some time, long
enough to make upland hunters
change their minds about the de-
STABILITY of an early season and
get petition under way to con-
form next year with the Statewide
open season, which in all other
counties and on the thousands of
acres in Woodmont Gun Club
opened on Monday.
And yet Western Marylanders did
not do so bad. according to reports,
but there is far more promise for
the eastern shooting due to the
spell Of cold, blustery weather Of
the past week.
1t broke, too, the 10 successive
days Of bluebird weather that had
duck hunters muttering in their
boards and in many sections had
birds coming into the blinds in fine
form.
Time to Save Shells.
From the shooting it is hard to
believe there is any shortage of
shells. but then duck hunters never
have been parsimonious with their
powder and this fall is not going
to prove any exception.
Those. however, who are wasting
Evening star., 1942-11-24
Ganaudet's 5 Harriers
Protect Clear Slate
In nMason-Dixon Run
League Win Is Seventh
For Blue; Wood Of A. U.
Sets Course Mark

Gallaudet College boasts a clear
record in cross-country competition
this season with victories In five dual
meets. one triangular meet and yes
terday's grand finale, the Mason
Dixon Conference championship run
over its home course.
Herb Wood of American Univer-
sity was the individual winner yes
terday over the approximately 81
mile course in 16 minutes 3.5 Sec
onds, = course record. That was
the third time 4 record had been
set there this season and was made
despite slippery turf. The old rec
ord was 1884, held by Rudy Hines
of Gallaudet. Floyd Mitchell and
Ray Flory Of Bridgewater, second
and third, respectively, yesterday,
also finished under the previous rec
ord time.
First Gallaudet finisher was Ar
mold Daulton in fourth place.
Summaries.
Evening star., 1942-11-24
BY HUGH FULLERTON, Jr,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-Heard
at the listening post-A William
and Mary supporter can blame
himself for what those North
Carolina Pre-Flight footballers
did to the previously unbeaten
Indians last Saturday. He went
around to the Cloudbusters' ho-
tel that morning with wad of
dough to bet, and by the time
Jimmy Crowley got around to
giving his athletes pep talk they
told him, Coach. We have to
win." The man responsible for
the return bout between Lou
Salica and Manuel Ortiz for the
bantamweight championship in
the Mexico City bullring, Janu-
ary l is none other than Brig
Gen. ]. j. Phelan. head Of the
New York Boxing Commission.
Michigan may raise. the take"
from the Fair Grounds hoss-race
hettors from ia to 10 per cent,
giving the racing association an
extra half per cent, or about
$4,000 in an ordinary season.
Evening star., 1942-11-24
Bow|ers Get Turkeys
In Meet Tomorrow
Al Alexandra
Lafayette Duckpinners
Aid Red Cross; High
Scores in Greenwoy

Alexandria Recreation will stage
turkey tournament for bowlers to-
morrow from II am. until midnight.
Ten-pound gobblers will go to the
lucky man and woman rolling high
est in a 3-game handicap event
Full handicap will be based on a
scratch Of 1913. Four additional
turkeys are up for highest games
from scratch and lowest games.
To win one Of the BOBBY prizes,
contestants must keep on the alley
all balls they roll.
With Is couples already in line
Manager Joe Pricci expects a heavy
entry in the Thanksgiving Day
mixed doubles at Lafayette. Con-
testants in this 6-game affair will
donate 81 per team out of an en-
trance fee of So to the Red Cross
fund.
Jim Elicit, father Of the we'll
known Perce Elicit, who rolled on
the first Evening Star team more
than 40 years ago still is going
in the Odd Fellows League. Last
night his top 135 and 365 paved the
way for Mount Pleasant to bag high
team game Of 573. George Gloss
brenner OF the leading Columbia No.
l quint also pasted 365. Covenant
and Geldan are runners-up, two
games back.
Lafayette maintained a four-game
lead in the Ladies District League
with 2-l win from King Pin while
the second-place Clarendons won
the rubber game from Rendezvous.
The erstWhile tied runnerup Rosslyn
was whitewashed by Chevy Chase
Ice Palace.
Bill Pruitt proved his fifth-place
1880 in the Dixie was no fluke when
he fired 16l-42l last night in the
Greenway Bowl Mixed League. His
heavy walloping enabled United
Tile to shut out Zombies with highs
Of $40 and 1,6l5. Mary Buckler's 1922
36 336 aided Colonial Drugs to
swamp Rude. Buddy Hackley's 16l
also was a highlight.
Mary King sparkled with BAL as
Regina Elena Lodge trimmed Orchid
Flower Shop in King Pin Ladies'
League. Teresa Lemons 320 was
best as the pacesetting King Pin
routed United Market. Lorraine
Rosch tossed in 1923 for the losers.
Dot Barr's 139, capped by a triple
header strike, gave Hyattsville 81
edge over Brookland In Maryland
Suburban Ladies' League High set
OF l,549, to which Helen Heinrich
contributed 338, gave Silver Spring
the odd game over College Park.
Bethesda won, 2-1, from Mount
Rainier.
Evening star., 1942-11-24
Half Of Italian Fleet
Sunk or Damaged,
Survey Shows
l73 Worships Included
In Toll; Shortages
Hondicop Builders
b the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-The 1tal-
ian feet. apparently one OF the CHIEF
Axis weapons guarding against pos
sible Allied invasion Of Europe from
North Africa. has had 173 warships
sunk or damaged-about half It's
estimated combat force-a survey OF
ofncial announcements shows.
Despite heavy British and, more
recently, American inroadS on its
striking power, the Italians still
have eight battleships, mounting
IL to Is inch batteries and dis
placing upward Of $4,000 tons; az
cruisers, more than 100 destroyers
and torpedo boats, and an esti-
mated 80 submarines, available fig-
ures indicate. -''
Part Of Fleet Immobilized.
Recent unconfrmed reports said
part Of the main Italian fleet had
been immobDized most Of the time
for lack of fuel and materials, and
crew training and firing practice
had been heavily restricted.
Steel shortages have handicapped
italian shipbuilders. Submarine
construction in Italy is reported to
be less than five month, but Ger
many, building more, has bolstereo
the Italian undersea fleet, and sup
piled specialists, mainly gunners, for
active duty aboard these and pos
sibly heavier units.
The great British victories over
Italy's Navy of Taranto, Cape Mata-
pan in the Ionian Sea and Sardinia
which have severely strained Axis
shipping resources-were believed by
many observers to have resulted in
part from failure to coordinate
enemy air and sea operations.
Three Battleships on List.
Destroyed or crippled italian war
ships included three battleships: Tho
Littorio, Conte de Cavour and W.T.
torio Veneto, heavily damaged: "a
cruisers, of which 10 have been sunk;
81 destroyers and torpedo boats, Of
which 50 have been sunk; 4S sub
marines, of which A have been
sunk; IA transport and supply ships,
sunk; and 81 auxiliary warcraft, Of
which 20 have been sunk.
Although many damaged vessels
since have been repaired and now
are in active service, recent Allied
bombing raids on principal Italian
ports undoubtedly had as main OBJ
jectives many Italian shipyards.
Evening star., 1942-11-24
Arbaugh Signs Nearly
All League Rollers
AT Silver Spring
Plan Of Deduetine Entry
Fees From Prize Fund
Meets With Success
BY ROD THOMAS.

Hugh W. Arbaugh, president Of
the Metropolitan Washington Bowl
ing Alley Operators Association, to-
day led the way in rounding up
entries for The Stars War Bond
tournament in which thousands of
men and women arr expected to
compete starting December 7.
In characteristic fashion, Arbaugh
grabbed head start. Several days
before Sundays opening announce
ment of the tournament the boss
had corraled most of the league
boWlers at his Silver Spring plant
and the manner in which he did 1t
set a valuable example to all other
alley proprietors and managers.
He signed entire leagues after
selling them the idea of deducting
money from prize funds to enter
their memberships.
Saves Time and Labor.
THE tournament" he argued, 'is
such a bargain that no bowler, no
matter what his ability, can afford
to pass it up"
The Arbaugh plan, which was en-
ployed by several leagues in last
years Star tournament, is big
saver of time and labor for alley
men, league officials and the tourna-
ment committee. For this, the 18th
annual Star event, the scheme will
be stressed throughout the entry
campaign.
It's a tournament that should ap-
peal to every bowler. Full handi-
caps based upon league averages will
eQualize opportunity, the entry fee
Is only 4 dollar. and the prizes, all
in War savings, will be numerous
and probably generous. Nearly
$1,000 In cash accrued to the prize
fund last year from the entry fees.
1t was the largest melon ever split
in q duckpin tournament outside
the National Duckpin Bowling Con- :
gress championships.
League Games Employed.
Three regular league games bowled
during the week of December 7 will
constitute the qualification test, with
half the field at each establishment
moving into the final to be con-
tested during the Christmas holi-
days. Those who qualify for the
roll-oh will shoot without cost, max.
ing the tournament probably the
least expensive major event in the
sport.
Also the rules are simple.
Wherever a contestant rolls the
preliminary, he must fire the final.
For this qualification score he must
accept his first league set OF the
week OF December 7.
Today large posters advertising the
tournament, put out by the War
Savings organizat ton Of the Treasury
Department., were being placed in
all bowling plants in the Metropoli-
tan Area and later they will occupy
prominent spots in Government and
other buildings,
Entry blanks will be delivered to
the alleys late this week or early
next.
Evening star., 1942-11-24

in Radio City's center theater. is
such a hockey fan that he slips
into the Garden to see the Rang
ers play the first period. then
dashes out to make his $50 ap-
pearance onstage. Henry Thom-
as, who won the Hambletonian
with Shirley Hanover in 1897 and
McLin Hanover in 1888, starts
next week as trainer for r. H.
Johnston, owner of Bill Gallon,
l94l winner of the Buggy Whip
Derby. and Pay Up, who finished
second last year.
Today's guest star-Tommy
Fitzgerald, Louisville Courier
Journal: For pronunciation's
sake we hope Football Coach
Frnka Of Tulsa U. makes his let
ter this year. Frnka looks like .
name that has shifted from q
six-man to . five-man line"
Service dept.-A versatile SOL
der is Andy Gaspar, former
Pittsburgh golf pro now stationed
at Herbert Smart Airport, Ma
con, Ga. Besides playing golf In
the low 7os. Andy pitches for the