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Evening star., 1942-07-26
Softball Teams Solve
Problem for Burleith
League Keeps Boys
Out of Mischief.
Says Carl Romb0re
BY BAINBRDGE CRIST.

OAVAo
Burleith has found a simple an
swer to the problem Of keeping
its younger citizens out of mis-
chief-a softball league.
Under the guidance Of President
Carl O. Romborg. the Burleith Citi-
zens' Association last year organized
q softball league, which plays in
Western High School stadium. The
boys play, while the fathers coach
manage and umpire the games. The
mothers just watch.
Confronted with the problem OF
boys raising the dickens" Mr..
Romborg decided to do something
about it. Soon word got around
that = league was being started, and
boys from 8 to 18 years Of age
came knocking on his door.
Before we knew It," said Mr..
Romborg In an interview, I'VE had
IS signed up. Many residents have
said that 1t was the quietest summer
In the history of Burleith."
1ldneS frOV10c Names.
The league is sponsored by the
association, which purchases the
equipment and governs the teams
according to league rules. The
teams are named for warplanes-
Bombers, Spitf1res, Hurricanes and
Pursuits. The Bombers won last
years series.
The fathers have been forced to
curtall their league activities to
some extent this year because of
their participation in civilian de-
tense. The last game of the season
is contest between fathers and
sons.
Although he has been a member
OF the association since its organi-
zation, Mr.. Romborg has been active
In its work for only the last two or
three years. The association, he
said, is trying to keep Burleith a
residential area. and the section has
only cne store. The. organization
also has sponsored garden club,
which offers prizes for the best gar
dens in the neighborhood.
With its efforts now centered
largely on civilian defense, the area
has a casualty station already set
up with beds, an operating table and
% nurses registered for service.
Taking an active part in the civilian
defense work of the area is Mrs,
Evalyn Walsh Mclean, who moved
to Burleith after selling the famous
Friendship estate.
Active In Civilian Defense,
Mr.. Romborg has lived in Bur-
leith since about 1926. He was born
and educated in Worcester, Mass.
and Is now a member of a cut-stone
firm. It's buildings include Standard
OIL, the Catholic University library
and the japanese Embassy. Mr..
Romborg is chairman of the Civilian
Mobilization Committee of the area
sector warden and a member of
the Board of Trade and the Wash
ington Building Congress.
In the line of hobbies. Mr.. Rom
borg is a dyed-in- the wool baseball
fan, attending as many as four games
week. He also likes golf, swimming
and fishing on Chesapeake Bay.
Mr.. Romborg makes his home at
3700 S street NV. with his wife and
their twin daughters.
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Deaths Reported

c. MONTGOMERY Wright. 90, S19 Z st. ne.
henry J. Barth, 10, United states SOL
diers' Home.
George T. Lanshorn. jr., 81. Chevy Chase,
Md
John H. Hartman. SO, 1910 Parkwood pl.
ne,
Urban Jones' SO. 1915 Lawrence st. ne.
Harry J. McNicholas. 10. 1854 32nd st..
NV.
Carrie V. cossie. ~, 1923 5th st. NV.
Porter Brown. SO, 2121 18th st. NV.
John r. Ketty: 48, .2O1s Gales st. ne.
Charles v. Mccomico. 36, l7l6 You st.
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18th Division to Hold
Reunion III September

The 29th Division sNtll hold 1t,
annual rtnnion in Baltimore Sep
tember S, sand I. II originally was
formed from the National Guards
of the District. Maryland, Virginia
and New Jersey, who fought In the
last war.
This years reunion probably will
be the last during the war, it was
announced. The men will honor
veterans who are now in the service
or who have sons In the armed
forces. The American Red Cross
will participate in the ceremonies.
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would risk the danger Of firing any
ship on which he was going to
sail. Most spies would even report
a bomb they found while at sea,
rather than run the danger Of fire.
Remember, a bomb seldom looks
like one. Watch out for them.
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Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Clean City Personal Responsibility;
War Fund Plans Being Perfected
BY JESSE C. SUITE,

Another taxicab strike be averted or at any rate
postponed to later date On Wednesday
men urged all drivers give system trial for
at Least month. 1t is therefore
their new zones and rates probation for month.
Is no predicting what will then
The Senate District Committee hearing early in the
week on the District backout bill passed
mouse II expected to be reported by the committee
The bill will enable the Commissioners Washington
aqueduc and other public works
authority.
Members of the District striving to
place three bills the House calendar
Exempt women employees of Washington railway
mtnas from the provisions
during the Provide 90day Jail sentences
Vced Of indecent Simplify the method of redeem
ing
10 property not redeemed by its within five
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CIVIC NEWS
New Pamphlet Prepared
To Aid War Workers
Booklet Gives Neucomers Tips on
Hoe to Get Settled in Washingfon
BY JOHN II. Cassidy, Jr.

Designed buing Capital little less
workers
pamphlet with pertinent dos and donts
Commission distribution
throughout country.
The Defense Registry which clearing
National
Committee the the Travellers Aid
Washington commission compiling
contained the booklet
Some 10000 CT the pamphlet already have been printed
Evening star., 1942-07-26

Under D. c. lato, couples must
apply for marriage license on
one day, 1Uait three tuH days and
recesoe their license ON the nth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other daps.
Evening star., 1942-07-26

Bonds, like bombs, come in many
sizes. Even the smallest one gives
. jolt to the Axis-if you buy It,
Evening star., 1942-07-26
Fourteenth of a Series.

If you should see a stranger care
lessly toss lump OF coal onto a
load going into defense plant, or
destined for ship of any sort, re-
port it at once. There Is the chance
that 1t is disguised incendiary
bomb timed to explode hours, or
even days later.
Back in 1917, and before. this was
a favorite way of setting fire to ships
and factories.
Chances are that one of the great
est of all maritime mysteries. the
disappearance of the U. S. S.
Cyclops, was caused by some sort
of incendiary time bomb Last
ever heard of the big Navy collier, on
her way from Rio de Janeiro to
New York with a load of manga
nese, was when she reported in the
West Indies on March 4, 1918. From
that time on-silence! She had
radio, yet no call for help was ever
received.
No Trace Found.
Neither life boat, wreckage, life
preservers nor any trace of the
Cyclops has been found from that
day to this. Fine weather pre-
cludes the explanation of storm or
hurricane. Today the fate Of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-13
COPYRIGHT. ieAi. NEA SERVICE, ING.

had when I came here" I said.
 What sign? Oh! Tourists Ac- commodated.' That one?"
 I nodded and got down on my knees to tie good knot.
 At Tambay?"
 "The name ought to draw" said. And what site for row of snappy cabins!"
 "Tambay Tourist Camp" she said, and kind of laughed. That would make us popular with the neighbors"
 I nodded.
 I'd have to thing it over" she said. Wouldn't it cost you an aw- full lot to build cabins?"
 That's my lookout" I said. I've got little left in the toe of the old sock"
 I'm not sure the University lease wouldn't interfere anyway" she said.
 Lets find out. Who's your lawyer?'
 T haven't any"
 This thing has got to be kosher if we're going to deal. There's young fellow in Leverton named Maurie Sears. They say he's good when sober, and sober except Week-ends."
 T think he's my distant cousin or something"
 Vets go."
 Near the end of the plantation line Juddy slowed up for a pitch hole. I noticed a buzzard, high up on a bough, teetering in the wind the way they do. He was a bald, scraWny old bird and he re- minded me of a nasty old man, balancing on his heels and leering. The tree he was using for perch was as ugly as he was; a dead shagbark, al charred and black on one side where there was a low limb.
 Somebody been having a bon fire?" I asked.
 Juddy didn't answer. She didn't have to I got it. They don't scorch tree trunks for fun in this part of the country. Besides, I'd heard of the Hanging Tree of Tambay.
 After we got to town Juddy said, They lynched poor crea- ture there just before I came to Tambay. I'm going to have it cut down."
 Well, could see trouble there.
 The minute Maurie Sears set eyes on Jane Ann Judson I be- gan to wonder whether we had come to the right place. Things were liable to get too personal, if I was any judge. He was slim and straight and dark, with brood- ing eyes that could be surly as an animals and level, thin mouth that had both strength and weak ness in the set of it.
 I know that sort of southern gent to the bone. You can say they're a misfit in the modern world, and I guess that's right. Too much past. too much caste, too little sense that their kind be- long in museums. They live mostly by tradition and the catch words that go with it. The Civil War is their eight-ball they do most of tehir thinking behind it. Compared to them, a Tammany Democrat is a liberal and Hard shell Baptist elder a freethinker. But if you're their kin or their friend, they'll lie for you and die for you, and their given word is a couple of points up on a U. s. government bond. You may want to laugh at 'em or cuss 'em out, but when all's said and done, you kind of love 'em.
 Gro Re COntinued)
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CHAPTER VI

You could have peeled the amaze ment of the faces of the four "kidnapers" in layers, when they saw Juddy and Doc on the floor. Pretty soon Angel Todd slithered over toward them, and then some thing happened. People were star ing, but I couldn't make out what was doing. Next thing Juddy was back in our midst, and the twins were jumping her.
 Aren't you the little weather breeder!"
 T haven't done anything"
 Maybe not. But there's plenty doing. Coach is straddling Angels neck"
 What's it all about? Did Angel commit crime, asking me to dance"
 Worse. He crashed house tradition. No student can cut in on faculty member at a house dance" Van Clark said.
 What dumb bunny" Tatters said. "Oliver1l have it in for him worse than ever now. S'pose he Hunks him? Where will that leave the team with only Bickle Strother to play right end?"
 q never could get excited over 2ollege politics" Juddy said, and ndded something about home time.
 Comes the dawn; go the gals, '' Tatters said. Aren't you having yourself a good time? You're get ting well and favorably known"
 Angel came over, still looking like ray of sunshine, and tackled her. Give me this next dance and I'll apologize" he said.
 But Juddy was already dated. So he sat down to make himself solid with me. I was still won dering about the Oliver thing. So I said:
 Tt wouldn't wreck your life if you didn't get through that Indian courre, would 1t, Big Boy?"
 'Plooey on the counsel" he said. Tt isn't that. It's my aver age. l need the credits. You don't think I'm Welliver for my health, do you, Mom?"
 I wouldn't say your health needed any stimulating"
 He let his voice down a peg. "1'm here to play basketball, hockey, football and what-have- you and draw 900 smackers per year, besides what I can claw up on summer vacations. Next year there'll be a boost if I make All- America, and how can they stop me? And now this peeWee prof Is trying to ease me out. At that, maybe could make a better deal nt Balestier," he went on. "Only kind of like it here. And like It all the better since I met up with that little pal of yours. You don't think I've queered myself there, do you?"
 I gave him some good advice Some you can rush, and some you must gentle. Cut the catch hs-catch-can stuff. Whats your hurry, anyway"
 When you're up against compe- tition, you have to get the jump" he said.
 At that I guess he took what I
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-13

told him to heart. There was pretty near an hour after that when I didn't see either of them.
 On the way home Juddy said to me, Trade ought to be looking, up, Mom.'
 How SOP"
 i've been touting the Feederia to every partner I had"
 That's business,' I said. With you for a shill, we ought to be practically kitchen annex to Welliver. How heavy have you fallen for Angel Todd?"
 The way she laughed, low and quick, didn't give me any line. wanted her to come out of her shell. But I didn't want she should leave the shell where she couldn't get back in at need
 I'm not going to fall for any body she said. What do you get if you do?"
 But when I caught her smiling to herself after we got home, I was suspicious again. She had a new look about her, look like she was listening to music that other folks couldn't hear And it wasn't hymn tunes, either!
 I judged that Judy was get ting back in the groove.
 What that kid did with the 30 I'd given her made me feel queer behind the eyes. She bought her some paint and brushes, and went pottering about, touching up that poor old house where it needed result, Nothing less than profess sional job would have helped much, there.
 One part of it. though, she did up brown. She'd blown herself for some banana-gold and re- gilded the old battered house motto, with funny lettering, over the door, so now you could read it.
 "St. Francis and St. Benedight
 Bless this House from Woful
 Plighte."
 It was the first time I had no- ticed it.
 While I was at my own work, I had cleared more space than the grubWagon needed for itself You can't afford to overlook any bets when you're out for new trade. I stuck up board.
 PARKING SPACE
 l5 CENTS PER NIGHT
 That was all I could hope to get, seeing we had no shower, conveniences, or w. C., which means wire connections - and not guage. The first night I had two trailers, the second, five. For the week, I took in $3.15 of that money. Every little helps.
 Customers kept coming in to the Feederia, but it wasn't heavy enough so that I needed an extra hand. Judy took to getting up early and coming over just the same. That was all right with me. It showed she was getting inter ested in the business. Profess sionally speaking, she wasn't so hot, though she was willing enough, so she thought up another angle. I could call on Ollie and Nollie for the morning rush, if any, while she drove around the country marketing for the wagon.
 She was good at it, too, Pretty soon she had the oXcarts coming in regular with fresh vegetables, yard eggs, chickens, fish, and now and again an extra, like a young shoat or possum And the prices were right. Juddy was a trader.
 When sine got back one morning she found me stretching twine be- tween the stakes I'd begged out. She stood watching me for spell with her head on one side like sassy redbird Pretty soon it came.
 What are you planning to catch in your web, Spider?"
 'It isn't a web, l said, II was, at that Only I didn't want her to find out till she was caught.
 What is it, then?"
 I went right on fastening my lines. i've still got that sign
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-13
CR AMssJM CR AC.kEES
SOLDIER SLANG

Army slang has been blitzkrieged by the modern generation of SOL diers, and the following terms are now heard frequently around camps and maneuver grounds. How many can you translate?
 1. Bubble dancing, blind flying.
 ?. Armored COW, Chicago atom izer, motorized freckles.
 3. Flying boxcar, night bomber, shack man.
 A. Glamor boy, zombie, gravel agitator are names for soldiers. What types do they identify?
 5. Cross-bar hotel, slum burn CT, Windjammer.
 Answers on Back Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-13

Colebrook, N. II. --(UP)- For nearly 20 years, John R, Jackson and his son Charles have held the state potato king title. Five times during that period they have won the state championship for high yield. Their average for l3 seasons is 444 bushels per acre.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-13
WHAT, NO PURPLE?

Dupree, $. D. CUP)-A white mare owned by rancher Barney Lannen foaled a colt with siX-colored hide-White, black, red, roan, blue and pink. Lannen named it Rain bow" and hopes to sell 1t to the next circus that comes to town.
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} SERIAL STORY
THE STORY: Nom Baumer

THE STORY: Nom Baumer wangles permission from pretty Jane Ann Judson, last of aristo- cratic Mauries of rum down Tam bay Plantation, to set up Feeder ia" lunch wagon there, wonders why Juddy is s0ured on world. Other characters: whiskery Loren Oliver, Welliver U. prof digging for Indian relics at Tambay; Old Swoby, Slovine refugee Doc" Oliver Is harboring; Dolf, Mom's pet skunk; Angel Todd, Welliver football star interested in Juddy. Several of his frat brothers kid nap" her for their dance and Doc" Is there, shaved and hand some.
 NOM MAKES PLANS
Evening star., 1942-06-28
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE.

MOTORCYCLE. motorbike or motor scoot
in good running condition; reaS. Rs
dolph 9135 534 Crittenden st. NV
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NneHI NNINVSI anu UI1ItI IIUpN-
ROMYE I I,AMRORN.
ST. MARYS COUNTY.

6OOs Wilson Blvd, Arlington. Va.
'heStnut Abb Glebe ~
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE.

PLYM6UTH 1888 4-door de luxe sedan;
$4,000 miles original tires. condition GOOD;
sfisf um. SS1o %x sss5 e more no less Call after
PLYMOUTH 1889 special de luxe 3-pss-
senser coupe; original black finish like
new; large trunk space; excellent condi-
tion throushoy.; S reduced 70 S497.
CHEVROLET co.
13.n and Good Hope Rd. Sc.
PLYMOUTH 1870 special de luxe 4-door
sedan; black hntsh; general condition like
new; car No R53: priced 800 less than
p s'us ssss. Book value E-z terms; reduced
oUR1sMAN-MANDELL
CHEVROLET CO.,
832 H st. NE.
PLYMOUTH 1941 de luxe coupe; beautiful
Hollywood green finish. heater. low mileage,
sxcelie1t tires, MECHANICALLY ok: S749.
HO. 400. Open Sunday.
PLYMOUTH latest 1889 de luxe trunk
coach; original finish. upholstery, like new,
cRossToWN S HoToRs aeYs iss1 @si Bsdens5gTs sSg1
I'd. ne. Washington, D. c.
PLYMOUTH 1897 de luxe coupe; immacu-
owner; 5000. EN-. s7s3
PLYMOUTH 1910 special de luxe coupe;
radio. heater; can hardly be told from
lrNyI, new; driven ,,r 10000 miles; s54s: CROSS
ne. washinston. D. c. ''"''uS '0'
PLYMOUTH 1889 convertible coupe: an
did meehsniesi shape. p very yAs fne tires, tires;
0'r'ais; scHLG9E aIsSj TINS, = ooEpEN GIsEsntee'
c57 Carroll St. TAX. PIX, D. c. GE. 1902
PLYMOUTH 1898 convertible coupe; com
pletely reconditioned and in tip-top shape:
radio and heater, excellent tires: only
S494; terms: guarantee
257 Carroll St.. TAX. PIX, b G. GE a3os
PLYMOUTH 1887 4-door sedan: very good
rubber. top mechanical shape; economical
es7 c.rre{i sHhkIGEL 81 FL * s foIPH 3 2 oE 5000
PLYMOUTH 1941 special de luxe coupe;
radio and heater, good tires low mileage.
1923 Georsia ave. Mr. Williams. dealer
PLYMOUTH 1898; good tires, excellent
fused. CHI. 6663.
PLYMOUTH 1889 :-door sedan; good
3106 Harrison st. n ". wo. 247o
PLYMOUTH 1896 sport coupe; excel.
must sell soon sserltce. sia5 'sst cash. oe s7o7
Woodley pl. NV. Mr.. Herbert, AID. 1894.
PONTIAC '35 coach. 6-cyl, runs gooc
plenty mileage on tires; with Motorola ra-
dio: heater. S55 cash. RA. 3245. 2s'
PONTIAC 1888 2-door sedan; new fnish,
''''. Al F1NANcE Ssi lesS'i CO LOT eEU0' sl'''
New York and Florida AYES. NE.
PONTIAC 1871 Streamliner sedan: de luxe
equipment throughout, $1,000 actual miles
BY one owner. F. J. McCracken, City View
Inn, r. F. D. No 4. Alex. Va 2S'
PONTIACS-1942 models. used little by
company: various body styles if you are
in war effort, eligible for rationing certifi-
cate, save plenty by coming to Arcade
Pontiac Co., 1437 Irving st. NV. Adams
$500.
PONTIAC 1910 custom 4-door sedan: this
is indeed real sturdy car for the dura-
ton; priced low; easy terms; trade your
old car. Arcade Pontiac Co, 1431 Irving
ST. Adams $500
PONTIAC 1885 coupe excellent tires,
heater: nrst S235 takes it. 2109 Benning
rd. ne.
PONTIAC 1870 2-door de luxe "6''; two
tires. excellent motor; S615 MCKEE
Pontiac dealer, 500 Wisconsin ave
Emerson $3.50
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rr1E,11. pnINT ON POTOMAC RIVER

and Tidal Greek: quaint Colonial dwelling
built about 1856 with recent addition.
2 rooms. bath screened porch, treplaces
old trees. excellent ducklng, fishing. oyster
ing Charming sportsman,s retrest; 800
acres. S2I,OO0 LEONARD SNIDER' La
plata Nd
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26O A.-STONE HOUSE.

o00-year-old dairy or stock farm. very
productive soil, 40-stsnchion COW barn;
10 miles to D c. Many other farms.
JOHN BURDOFT, Phone Ashton 1916.
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AUTO TRUCKS FOR HIRE.

HEAVY-DUTY STAKE TRUCKS, for hire
Lincoln 0776, Mr.. Rosin.
ANEL-MERCHANDISER
Trucks available on rental to business Arms
Service includes everything but the driver.
STERRETT OPERATING SERVICE.
col Que ST NV North 33lI
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A REAL BUY.

rs acres. Shenandoah Valley 35 acres
orchard, 200 apple trees 90 acres creek
bottom. excellent yield; II acres md bot
tom or benchland. 3 acres saw timber
good quality, S-room brick residence.
bath and electricity. large bank barn:
chicken houses, corncrlb hogpen and
other buildingS: $1,000, terms arranged
GEO. w BAUSERMAN, 1905 Georgia ave.
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og3-acre ST. Marys River estate. ex-
cellent condition. modernized; distinctive
S-room residence situated on high eleVa,
ton commanding one of the beautlIul
views for which this historical region is
noted; Handicapped grounds. tobacco
barns and stables; sasssfrass loam ana
fine silt loan soils this county's best
soil types. Property has long State road
and water fronts. An unusual ofterins at
a reasonable price. S25,000: terms.
THEODORE F MENK
FXecutlve n-4O a"- 18th ST NV
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Attention. War Workers

Stream-lined transportation-get to work
fast-Arcade Pontiac Co. will keep YOU
rolling to and from your job 1871 Pom
tiacs all body styles. Lowest prices in
town.
See our beautiful display at 1437 Irving
street NV. Adams $500 or - our lot
at Bladensburg rd and New York ave. ne.
Lincoln $50
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
INCOME PRODUCING.

1855 acres land. so pastures, so in cul-
tivation and 15la acres in timber Water
in every field. Good 6-rm. house, outbuild-
lnes fine fruit trees, .0-cow barn Monthly
income about S475. All machinery. tools
and about 300 chickens and all livestock
included-21 cows. heifers. ) horses
| colt. cultIvators, spreaders. corn planter.
S-h p. engine, l7-h.p p. motor, moving ma
chine Barn score. q5: cows. aS 90 Prlce
Sl6.5OO; $500 cash, assume Federal Land
Bank trusts at 3i2oc and 40 for balance
Located 3i2 miles Warrenton, Va. on hard
road If purchased now would get benent
of wheat harvest and other crops.
ROMYE LAMBORN,