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Evening star., 1942-03-21
Ruth King Bowls 1859
To Blast Record in
Brook|and Loop
Willis ESQ Stur Among
100 Listed to Shoot in
Lucky Strike Cop

Ruth King, ono Of the 'city's top
notch woman bowlers, whose goal
tomorrow will be the Lucky Strike
Womens Handicap championship.
today boasted an all-time record
game of 169 In the Brookland
Ladies' League.
Warming up for the third annual
event in which more than 100 fair
rollers with averages Of 108 and un-
der are expected to compete at
Lucky Strike, starting tomorrow
afternoon at 3 O'Clock. Mrs. King
went to town last night at the
Brookland Recreation with eight
spares in a row and after a fiat
ninth box marked up q strike to
finish the game. Her brilliant ef-
fort also accounted for q season
record when the Willis ESQ quint
marked up SOL for lone win from
Jack and jill School. Her set was
1865.
In q first-place battle Gemeny's
Flowers won the rubber game from
De Perini Delicatessen to take over
the leadership Of the Brookland
loop.
Building Supply Race Tied.
In hotly contested Building Sup
ply League flag chase at the Rosslyn
Bowling Center. Transit Mixed
dropped into a three-way first-place
tie with Schron Bros. and Smoot
Sand 6s Gravel by losing four out
Of six games in q double-header.
After Ed Hoyer's 361 had led in a
81 win from District Building,
Transit Mixed met more than its
match in the lowly q. 8. Steel quint
when the latter, aided by Howard
Johnson's 140-359, scored q sweep.
Schron and Smoot rollers both
missed an opportunity to take over
the league lead when the former
dropped a 81 decision to Fries, Beall
g. Sharp while the latter was on the
short end of 81 verdict with Hud-
son Co. as Bill Wimstead fired 369.
A 81 winner over United Clay, U. S.
Steel moved out of the cellar into
10th place. The fourth-place A. P.
Woodson outfit, paced by Holle-
beck's 344. trimmed Dickey Co, 81,
despite Billy Stalcups highs OF IA
and 375.
Ruth G0ssard Is Star.
Ruth Gossard shone with 130-348
as the pace-setting Fleischmann
Yeast swept Regina Lena Lodge to
increase its lead to two games in
the King Pin Ladies League when
the runnerup Sterling Laundry
dropped q game to King Pin. Sis
Moran was high for the laundry
pinettes with 125-342. Evelyn
Kings 1873 was tops as Baltimore
Lumber whitewashed Brentwood
Drugs.
Collins Of Public Health No. ;
with 1874 and Peterson of Employ
ment Statistics No with 355 were
best in the Federal Security Agency
League at Hi-Shor.
Johnny SINNERS 1896 was
the highlight in the District Gov
>AAAAASAAe ASdSdO az o1oOhldIlo 90
Police No. l bagRed team honors
with 1859 C. B. Alexander posted
lusty 800 to lead Sewers to a 80
win from City Refuse No. 1. Frank
Innocenti'S 370 led as Police No. 4
shut out Headquarters.
Youtsey Shoots Big Set
Earl Youtsey starred with 1886
as his Youtsey quint posted highs
Of sos and 1854 in the Hyattsville
Business Mems League.
Tommy Hunter was the big gun
with 402 as Bannockburn No.
chalked up highs OF 62l and 1906
in the Country Club League at
Bethesda.
Honors in the Arcadia Independ-
ent Ladies loop went to Vivian No.
Ian Of Mid-City Auto and Ruth Nc
Clintic OF Days Food Shop with
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Hockey Tilt at Riverside

Navy Department All-Stars
hockey team meets the Baltimore
Americans Club. a team recruited
from skating clubs in and around
Baltimore, in game at Riverside
Stadium tonight at $50.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Cubs Seen as Fighting Team,
But Not High in Standings
Rate About Par With Sxth-PIoce 1941 Club;
Lack Of Pitching and Hitting to Be Factor
By ROBERT MYERS,

LOS ANGELES, March 21-Manager Jimmy Wilson vows the
Chicago will be fighting ball club
Baseball writer's travelling with the team say Wilson abso-
utely correct fighting ball club-fghtng to
finish no than they did last
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Sports Program

TODAY.
Baseball.
Washington VS.. New York
Giants, exhibition, Miami, Fla.
Swimming.
District A. A. U. indoor cham.
pionships, Shoreham Pool, 8.
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Key Players Makes George Washington Baseball Team pedab
Record Of 10 Crowns Out of II
Looms for Yale Swimmers
Loss Of 50-Yord Free Style Kills SIom;
Meyer HustIes Thesis to Compete
N thu Associated Press.

H
NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 2l1f Johnny Meyer Of Green
wich Yaes brilliant beastoke star finishes thesis In sum-
sweep
and wind up II intercollegiate Swimming
Leagues crowns
Coach Kpuths great collection Of aquatic their
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Defeat by Rovers JoIts Eagles
Hope for Association Title
C. Club in Triple Tie for Lead, but Must
PIoy Three Of Four Comes Awoy

WaShngtons undsputed leadership Of the United States
Hockey playofs had shrunk share Of
calling for the Eagles
play three remaining four in the series local
vanished
Evening star., 1942-03-21
Sports Mirror

By the Associated Press.
Today a year ago-Joe Louis,
202. stopped Abe Simon. 254a, In
18th round at Detroit before
crowd Of l8,908.
Evening star., 1942-03-21

Honors in the Arcadia Independ-
ent Ladies loop went to Vivian No
Ian Of Mid-City Auto and Ruth Nc
Clintic OF Days Food Shop with
respective counts OF 1872 and 345.
Evening star., 1942-03-21

Tommy Hunter was the big gun
with 402 as Bannockburn No.
chalked up highs Of e2l and 1905
in the Country Club League at
Bethesda.
Evening star., 1942-10-27

force under his command has
been hitting the Japanese hard
since the action in the Gilbert
Islands. There is no question
that Admiral Halsey will do the
utmost with the forces he has
at his disposal.
The strength of the American
forces IS, of course, a military
secret. We know from official
communiques that we have suf-
fered severe losses since August,
when we attacked and captured
a portion of the Solomons. But
the extent to which these losses
have been replaced and what
additional units have been added
to meet the japanese fleet must
remain undisclosed.
There is no question, however,
that the situation is critical and
the results of the battle do not
depend so much on the bravery,
skill and resourcefulness of our
commanders and our men as to
the extent we have been able to
equalize the japanese forces sent
against us.
Evening star., 1942-10-27

ing. Hence their announcement OF
the partia truth in the hope that it
would assist our missing flyers and
protect our means of attack.
1t may turn out some day, that
these precautions were useless and
that the japanese found the prison.
ers early and knew they came from
the Doolittle raid. The presump-
ton is against this at the moment
because Notwithstanding the fact
that the raid occurred many months
ago, the japanese never made pub
lie the fact they they had captured
the flyers. What they did make
public was the statement that they
had captured a plane and it was
exhibited in Toxic. This is known
to have been untrue for reasons that
cannot be explained as yet.
In view Of the great Importance
to the japanese people, it would
have been natural for the high COM
mand in Toxic to have announced
that prisoners were taken and it will
be noted that the announcement
which came few days ago from
the japanese radio was directly re-
lated to comment on the alleged
Evening star., 1942-10-27

inhumanity of our raiders in bomb
ing Japan.
Might Help Flyers.
1t was stated by the Japanese
that severe punishment had been
meted out. 1t is much more plausi-
BILE to assume that the japanese did
not punish the Americans for their
raid on Toxic but whatever harm
was inflicted was to get information.
Unless, therefore, there is still
some military value-and this is
difficult for a layman to KNOWN
keeping secret just how the Doo-
little raid was made, 1t may be
helpful to our flyers in Japan and
save them further punishment If
the whole story is released now.
1t may even give the Japanese
people a shock to learn how vul-
nerable to air attack they really are
and may cause them to demand
that goodly number OF their best
fighter planes be kept at home In
stead of in the South Pacific. But
in questions Of strategy Of news
announcement, we must depend
Evening star., 1942-10-27
brereton Praises Work
OF u. 5. Flyers in Desert
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Oct. 27.-United States
pilots fighting against Marshal
Erwin Rommel's forces in the Vest
ern desert are doing an excellent
job" Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton,
commander of the United States
Middle East Air Force, said yes
terday.
Gen. Brereton said he was "ex-
tremely proud" of what American
fighter pilots and medium bomber
combat crews have done in supports
ing the British 9th Army attack.
Veterans of two years and more
of desert aerial warfare are praising
the work Of our fighter pilots" no
said. Those who were not seasoned
combat flyers when the present
fighting started are operating like
veterans now. They go out on every
mission with determination to find
and destroy the enemy and they are
doing an excellent job of it.
Combat crews Of our B-25s are
doing fine work too and their de-
termination to destroy the enemy is
no less than that of the fighter
pilots. I am extremely proud OF
them"
Evening star., 1942-10-27
Election VS.. Youth Draft
Only q Out Of 65 Democratic Senators
Supported President in Fight on Troininq Clause

posal of Senator's up for re-elec-
ton this year. Twenty Demo-.
Gratis in this category divided as
follows: ...
For the amendment: Bailey of
North Carolina, Ellender Of LOU
tsiana, O'Daniel Of Texas, Roster
Of West Virginia, Spencer Of Ar
Kansas.
Against the amendment: Green
Of Rhode Island, Hatch Of New
Mexico, Lee Of Oklahoma, May
bank Of South Carolina and
Smathers of New Jersey-5.
Absent and not voting: Bank
head Of Alabama, Brown Of
Michigan. Chandler of Kentucky,
Glass of Virginia, Herring Of
Iowa, johnson of Colorado, MUIR
ray Of Montana, Russell of Geor--
gia, Schwartz Of Wyoming, Stew
art of Tennessee-10. ..',
OF Republicans now facing the
voters, three (Ball of Minnesota.
Lodge of Massachusetts, and
White Of Maine) voted with the
administration, and three (Mc-
Nary Of Oregon, Capper Of KAN
sas and Thomas of Idaho)
against it. Three of this group
Crooks of Illinois, Bridges Of
New Hampshire and Millikin Of
Colorado) decided to stick to
their hustings and not vote at all.
The lone independent up for
reelection. Senator George w.
Norris of Nebraska, not only voted
for the one-year training amend
ment, but strongly supported 1t in
the debate.
solid South" Fails President.
Senators from the Democratic
solid South" have been won't to
boast OF their all-out support of
the Presidents war program, but
they failed him miserably on this
occasion despite the fact that
elections of those among them
who are running this year al
ready are safely in the bag.
Here is the way these Southern
ers voted on the one-year train
ing proposal:
For the amendment: Andrews
OF Florida, Bailey of North Caro-
lima, Bilbo and Doxey OF Missis-
sippi, Ellender OF Louisiana,
George of Georgia, Mcclellan Of
Tennessee, O'Daniel of Texas,
Smith of South Carolina, Spencer
OF ArkanSas-10.
Against the amendment: Car
away Of Arkansas, Connally OF
Texas, Hill OF Alabama, Maybank
OF South Carolina, Overton OF
Louisiana, Pepper OF Florida,
Reynolds OF North Carolina-7.
Absent: Bankhead Of Alabama,
Byrd and Glass Of Virginia, Rus 4
sell Of Georgia, Stewart Of Ten
nessee-5.
The administration itself now
Is waiting until after November :.
3, in the hope that with the elec-
tion over enough senatorial backs
will stiffen sufficiently to adopt at
least a fairly acceptable COM
promise. The present indication
is that this effort will concen-s
trate on something approximate
ing the British system which
exempts soldiers from, overseas
service until they have passed
their 18th birthday.
Evening star., 1942-10-27
I'D Rother Be Right
We Have Yet to Learn Thot Success in War
Is Earned by Tukine Advantage Of Action

cause Of anybody's plan, but be-
cause in the thousands Of little
developments which add up to make
a war the spirit of the humble Rus
sian soldier turned out, accidentally,
to be the decisive factor.
Tolstoy goes very far. He says
no generals plan ever won a cam
.paign. That can't be true. Stone
wall Jackson. probably did catch
Gen. Banks in 1862, as Douglas
Southall Freeman says in Lees
Lieutenants," by attacking him near
Winchester on the only day on
which an attack could have sue
ceeded. Jackson was a planner.
But he was also a fighter.
Freeman quotes a contemporary
comment: "In advance, his trains
were left far behind. In retreat, he
would fight for wheelbarrow." In
the fight for the wheelbarrow the
cold rains might come, or the only
day, or something equally useful.
Question for Tolstoy.
The experts have to say where
we shall make our diversion. That
is indisputable. No one else can
do it. But are the experts prepared
to say that now, two years and four
monthe after Dunkerque, two years
and five months after the start of
our munitions program, no diversion
of any kind is possible? That is
what the question has become,
question Tolstoy would have loved.
One thing leads to another. Even
the chance we now have to make a
second front Is based on accidents.
We have 4 chance to make second
front only because the British de-
Tended themselves so desperately
and we'll in 1910, and because Hitler
miscalculated the strength of Rus
sia.
We did not plan this chance for
a second front. We found it, on the
road. 1t is SNUG to say we must
now see the whole length of the
road that remains before we can
move along it another foot.
Our experts can be experts, but
no more than that; not soothsayers.
We are now helped by the rising
revolt in France. Did we plan that?
Quite the contrary; in diplomatic
terms, some Of us bet against it.
Yet here it is, like the rains over
Stalingrad. What would diversion
do now to help that revolt? What
will lack OF a military diversion do
to hurt it? One thing leads to an
other. But there must be at least
one thing. Nothing leads to nothing.
Evening star., 1942-10-27

some military quarters 1t is be-
lieved the enemy might attempt
a landing in Espiritu Santo in
an effort to capture the air.
dromes which have been estab-
lished there and thus interfere
with the aerial support the
Americans have been giving to
the besieged Solomons.
Espiritu santo is not more
than 900 miles from Guadalcanal
and about the same distance
from Noumca, the capital of New
Caledonia, which has been occu-
pied by an American Army
force.
Tag Came Must End.
According to available infor-
nation, 1t appears that the Jap
anese high command figures that
the "tag game" it has been play
ing with the United States naval
and air forces must now come to
an end. In spite of the heroic
resistance of the marine and
Army forces at Guadalcanal and
in spite of heavy losses, the en-
emy garrisons on the island have
been substantially increased.
But it must be remembered
that the japanese forces in that
area are so strong that a simul-
taneous attack against our bases
in the New Hebrides must not
be overlooked. And the question
arises as to whether we have
sufficient naval and air power in
that area to meet tWofold at
tack in both the Solomons and
the New Hebrides.
If the Japanese succeeded in
establishing themselves in the
New Hebrides the situation in
Evening star., 1942-10-27

abroad until after he has at
least one years military. train
ing" Is Democratic Senators
voted AYE" and II more were
recorded as absent. Of the total
Democratic membership of 65.
just % lined up with their party
leadership in support of the
Presidents position.
Proportionately, the Republic
can division was much the same.
Thirteen members of that party
voted for the restrictive amend
ment, eight were against 1t and
eight absent. .
Before the proposed draft ex-
tention was launched there was
heated argument in the admins
tration circle as to whether it
should be brought up before or
after the November election.
Army draft officials demanded
immediate action. but Democratic
congressional leaders pleaded
that it would be unfair to put
their members on the hot politi-
cal spot, which the proposal to
draft 18 and 10 year-olds obvi-
ously constituted, on the very eve
Of election.
Strategy Of Quick Action.
The thing that caused Presl-
dent Roosevelt to cast the die in
favor of the Army's position ap-
parently was his success in COM
pelling an unwilling Congress to
repeal the ITO per cent of parity
restriction on control of farm
prices. Closeness of the election,
he argued, had contributed to this
accomplishment and it would
work the same way on the draft
proposal.
This judgment seemed to have
been confirmed when the House,
under gag rule restricting the
Offering of amendments from the
floor, passed the bill by a top
heavy vote of 345 to 16. In the
Senate, however, the strategy of
quick action did not work so we'll.
The bill was passed finally in
that body, So to 5, but this after
adoption, 80 to 81, OF the one
year training amendment, which
War Department officials say
will seriously tangle their plans
if it remains in the law. n'' 90
The political fright which the
issue engendered is best indicated
by the record on the latter pro-
Evening star., 1942-10-27
BY SAMUEL GRAFTON.

The cold rains come for those
who earn them. The people Of Stall
ingrad had to stop Nazi tanks with
blood for 80 days before water fell
to help them. One thing leads to
another. But that is q hard lesson
to learn and we of the West have
not learned it. -
We prefer to be able to see our
way clear through to the end of
a campaign before we start it. 1t
is an unreasonable desire. 1t is,
also, SNUG, The wish sets us up in
business, not as experts, but as for
tunetellers. It asserts our ability,
sometime, in 1943 or 1914, to be
able to foreteu every twist and
turn in a battle. Then we will
start the battle. Next year, per-
haps. I do not know what is 60
ing to happen in 1943. But think
1943 Is a mirage.
1t seems like q clear, sensible
sort Of year now, only because this
is 1912. When 1943 finally comes
along it will appear quite as unclear
as does today.
One thing leads to another. All
that war requires OF us is that we
do the one thing which can lead to
to another. Who can, say what a
diversion in Norway, or France, or
Spain, or Italy would do? But we
do know that it would make a new
situation. In that new situation it
might be possible to do something
else. Wars are never won because
OF anybody's plan. They are won
because some one takes advantage
OF an opportunity which arises dur
Ing action. But the cold rains never
help generals who keep their forces
In quarters.
Spirit Was Decisive Factor.
1t would be raining now on a Ger
man stalingrad If the Russians had
not fought when it was dry.
Do you remember Tolstoy's giant
laughter when he tells how Ma
poleon fought furiously to get to
Moscow, fought furiously for the
policy which defeated him, by
stretching his lines until they
snapped? Tolstoy laughs, too, when
he tells how the Russians fought
with equal fury to stop Napoleon's
advance; the Russians tried bitterly
to keep Napoleon from making the
mistake which saved Russia. The
generals on both sides planned it
that way. Their plans would have
been more sensible If they had been
interchanged. @-
Russia won, says Tolstoy, not be-
Evening star., 1942-10-27
This Changing World
Juponese Attack on New Hebrides Base
Feared as Part of SoIomons Cumpuion

the Solomons Immediately would
become very precarious and at
the same time the main base in
New Caledonia might become en-
dangered. Il
The Japs are not reckless, but
seem to care little about their
losses provided they obtain their
objectives.. The losses they suf-
fered in the landing operations
on Guadalcanal have been de-
scribed as very heavy. Yet they
have come back again and again.
They have. landed tanks and
heavy artillery. They still lack
an airfield, but their carriers and
the beaches they are able to use
in the neighborhoring islands
make up for that gap.
Situation Is Critical.
On the whole, our position in
the South Pacific is described by
competent observers as gloomy.
The arrival Of Vice Admiral Will
liam Halsey to replace Vice Ad-
miral Robert Lee Ghormley as
commander in chief of our op-
Grating forces cannot change
the situation materially. Admiral
Ghormley was detached chiefly
because his health has not been
good for some time and the strain
of the continuous battle and the
heavy responsibility of operating
with too little" have been telling
on him.
Admiral Halsey, who has always
been a hitting admiral" had
been ashore for some time recov-
ering, from over-fatigue due to
continuous operations at sea
since Pearl Harbor. The task
Evening star., 1942-10-27

p les flew David Lawrence.
safely over Japan and reached
destination" Until few days ago
the American public interpreted this
to mean that all the flyers reached
their ultimate base safely and that
nobody was lost.
The Japanese, until few days
ago, made no announcement about
capturing any prisoners. The ques-
ton will be asked why the japanese
didn't dispute alleged American
claims earlier. 1t may relate to our
own game of strategic suppression.
It will be noted that, according
to a letter made public this week,
Gen. Doolittle as early as May %
wrote the father of one Of the men,
bers Of his expedition that the son
was missing, that the latter had
landed on occupied terri
tory and that In all probability the
son had been taken prisoner by the
Japanese, but Gen. Doolittle asked
that the letter be kept in the
strictest confidence as the informa-
ton is Of military significance"
Another Case Confided.
This correspondent learned on
July Z, indirectly, from the mother
of another member of the eXpedi-
ton that he had been taken prisoner
by the Japanese and, of course, did
not make that fact public or the
fact that any flyers were missing.
Why was the secrecy necessary?
For one reason, the missing men,
bers of the expedition landed on the
coast Of China. Their destination,
of course, was the China coast and
with the exception Of the enc plane
and crew which landed in Russia
and which was announced at the
time, the words of the first official
announcement were, correct as far
as they went.
What happened after the flyers
reached China was separate chap
ter, and might have been made pub
lIc except for one very important
reason. The japanese, after the
bombing of Toxic, were desperately
trying to find out how the raid was
accomplished. Did our planes come
from one of our aircraft carriers
off the Japanese coast? Did we
have any carriers that could launch
such large sized bombers? Did they
come from some secret base in
islands 1000 to 1000 miles away?
Did they come from anywhere in
China itself?
The answers to these questions
were very important to the Jap
anese high command. How could
they find out? One important
source of military information in
war is to question prisoners and
even torture them to force secrets
out of them. If public announce
ment had been made that there
were some missing flyers, the Jap
anese would have been made aware
Immediately of that fact and would
have been searching the China
coast. 1t was necessary to gain
time.
Might Have Given Alibi.
There was possibility, moreover,
that the missing flyers, even though
caught by the Japanese in Jap
anese-occupied territory in China,
might have been captured some dis
tance away from where their plane
crashed. They might have told
story of being lost as a result of an
air trip from some point in interior
China. Indeed, it might have been
some time before the japanese in
Toxic associated the missing flyers
with the Toxic raid at all.
Anyway, our military people
thought it was a chance worth TAX
Evening star., 1942-10-27

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the explanab1on
Of why secrecy
Is n e c e S S airy.
would In itself
give away I'M
portant infor-
nation.
A case in
point is the raid
made by Brig.
G e n. Doolittle
on Toxic. The
official an
n o u n c e m e n t
said that all the
Evening star., 1942-10-27

chance worth taking in war, espe-
cially since the essential facts about
the raid were made known promptly
to the public and privately to the
next of kin directly concerned.
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