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Evening star., 1942-04-12
Subs Torpedo Two
Ships in Atlantic
Three Miles Apart
81 Survivors Arriving
In Georgia Report
Calm Acts Of Heroism
B, the Associated Press.

B> the Associated Press.
BRUNSWICK, Ga, April 1.-Two
more medium sized merchant ships
have fallen victim to Axis subma-
rine torpedoes, and Coast Guard
ships have rescued 54 survivors,
bringing them to this port. Twenty
crewmen are missing and feared
killed. One died in a lifeboat.
The two ships were torpedoed
within an hour OF each other and
were approximately 3 miles apart in
the Atlantic.
The first ship, captained by T. p.
Davenport of Port Arthur, Tex, was
struck by a torpedo on the star
board side near the engine room.
After the crew abandoned her the
submarine surfaced and shelled the
vessel Is or 20 times.
II Believed Trapped.
Capt. Davenport said he believed
II OF his crew OF 81 were trapped
in their quarters. Three lifeboats
were launched, and 20 men got in
them. No attempt was made to
shell the lifeboats, but one of the
crewmen died Of injuries he received
when the torpedo hit the ship.
Capt. Davenport's ship was sunk
about 2 am.
The captain of the other vessel,
James S. Poche OF Baton Rouge,
La, reported that one of his crew
of 80 was believed drowned and
two more trapped after torpedo
struck the starhoard side between
the engine room and bunkers about
$50 am.
The other IS jumped into life
boats. The captain said his ship
was not shelled, nor were the life
boats.
A crewman on Capt. Poche's ship
said the submarine that sank them
surfaced and cruised around be-
tween the lifeboats. He also said
that one man on the submarines s
deck called Come over here. we'll
save you"
The submarine was reported by
Capt. Poche to be a large one. He
said he believed there were several
in the vicinity.
Heroic Acts Reported.
Calm acts of heroism were re-
ported by several crewmen.
An injured man, William L.
Howell of Port Arthur, who later
died in the lifeboat, was trapped
in the quarters. On discovering this.
Capt. Davenport, Third Mate NAL
calm MacPhee of Brooklyn and a
boatswain, Henry Maahs, also of
Brooklyn, left their lifeboats and
returned to the sinking ship. They
waded in water up to their hips
in the engine room and removed
Mr.. Howell through the engine
room skylight.
A number Of men had to climb
out through portfolios in the ship
after they had been trapped in their
quarters.
Quartermaster James. Stogaitis of
Philadelphia, who was on watch on
Capt. Davenport's ship when the
torpedo struck. was praised for his
sticking by the wheel calmly to the
last minute. assisting the skipper
and others to reach boats,
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Torpedoine Survivor
Killed BY Subway
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 11.-Henry
Kleinmeier, "a, coxswain. U. S. N,
survived a torpedoing by a sub
marine and 40 hours in an open
boat but he was killed today by a
subway
He was struck while walking
along the track Of the Independent
Subway after he was warned by a
change agent at the Forty sixth
street, Astoria, Queens, station.
Kleinmeier, member of the gun
crew Of lost vessel, was among
survivors landed at Norfolk, Va,
April l.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
1o American Seomen
Reach Dutch Guiono

PARAMARIBO, Dutch Guiana,
April II (P.-Nineteen survivors OF
a torpedoed American tanker ar
rived here today and reported that
five crewmen out of a total of 80
were missing after their vessel was
torpedoed and shelled by a German
submarine.
The group reaching here spent
eight days in lifeboat before reach
ing a wild part of Dutch Guiana S
coast, where they rested and feasted
on tortoise, then reboarded their
craft and were picked up by a
United Nations vessel.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Oil Expert Is Appointed
O. P. A. Fuel Director
By the Associated Press

1oy tIIt hSsOtIdttU FItSs
Price Administrator Leon Hender-
son announced yesterday appoint
ment Of George w. Stocking. Aus
tin (Tex) oil expert, as assistant
o. P. A. administrator In charge
of fuels.
Mr.. Stocking, who has been in
Washington since June, 1910, is on
leave from his post as economics pro-
fessor at the University of Texas.
Evening star., 1942-04-12

This paper Is a collectors item.
Save it, then turn it over to a trash
collector for Government use or
have your children take 1t to school,
where 1t will be collected and saIv-
aged for war uses.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04

ut could be argued that, Americans their names
Chose foreignborn) manageable only by those
who know the old country tongues they are probably
little msnamed.-Afer all, the language of the United
States is Englsh-a fact which nobody disputes.
This tichlsh subject with many people, it Is
shot through with emotion and natural unreasonable
ness that feel the need of emphasizing that not
dogmatic. merely urge new-immigrant people to
the facts and suggest it would be wise TO adjust
their fit with their status new-stock Amer
would be particularly sensible where their fellow
Americans of other strains find their awkward
difficult
"And suggest too, If decides to modify his NAME
he mind that American speech has prediction
for accentng the first second syllable Let the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04


unfavorably affected by If they take
1t openly sensibly and for the sake of practical con-
venience" Adamic writes "Some seem to hang on the
verge psychological rest of their lives
Other people aren't worried in the slightest by name
change the of the late Jake Falstaff,
Ohio newspaper columnst and author of number of
books. why he wrote under the of Falsaf,
since his really Herman Fetzer, he replied:
THE decision made after had been called Fetzar,
Fessar Fetzgar Fletcher Feathers Filter Fegster Fes
and Fedspar There is relieving novelty in being
called Flagstaff. Felstof, Frogstaf and Fatstf."
like Fetzer and Falstaff however, present few
problems question Adamic raises what should
people who boast monickers like Mkoojczak Hercher
blckner Srb, Giannacouis, Kkuch and Zsavecz Should
they keep them adopt simpler names?
reply the author goes record in favor of smpli
flying really difficult He points out that long for
egn only pronounceable in their native land
Names says should changed simply because they
are non-English-but they should be altered if they
unwieldly Adamic writes:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04


In New York City Duce became Duke; in Hartford,
Connecticut Rbbentropp took the name of Robinson and
in Rochester New York, court allowed Tony Musolino
to become Tony Mason.
Sometimes foreign names can be literally and freely
translated into Englishas Marangopoulos (Greek) into
Carpenter; Zeenjak (Sovenan and Zalions (thuanan)
into Green; Yerganan (Armenian) into Long Krkkomah
Fnnshl into Churchill Krejci Czech or Szabe Hun
garan) into Taylor; Benvenue French Canadan) into
Welcome Piekarz Polsh into Baker; Gutjahr Germany
into Seasongood Goodyear and Weiss and Schwartz
(often Jewish) into White and Black
Adamic points out that is merely tag that
separates from the next To its possessor how
ever may lot.
Emphasizing the Importance that individuals place
their the author cites the of Private Hit
Ter of the United States Army Ribbed about his
and advised to change it, he retorted
Let the other guy change it! It's my and have
a perfect right to it. But Adolf hasn't. His
Schickgruber."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04

- NE DAY in 1917 at Fort Smelling Minnesota, a top
j sergeant calling the company roster, came to the
~ name George Stansauskas. He paused and sput-
tered: Gosh, George can't pronounce your name III
just call you Sprague."
And il becameeven to the extent that the top KICK
changed records TO read Sprague The SOL
der was naturazed automatically under his new name
Twenty-odd years later, George Sprague appeared In
Chicago court
I'm tired of being called by a name was not born
to-" he told the Judge. want my real name again. He
left the court IS Stanislauskas.
In his book whats Your Name" recently pub
shed by Harper Brothers, Louis Adamc cites the fore
going incident among Others in raising the question to
whether foreign.born Americans should angcze their
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
+. Cowboy Lingo That Sounds -
= ========= Like Double Talk =..5.

This is just what this chap did on
a sun fisher which is a bucking horse
that twists it's body in the air SO far
that sunlight hits its belly.
The daylight" which the dudes
saw was between the rider and the
seat of the saddle and the bucking OF
the horse was so violent that the rider
almost had to grab. the horn of his
saddle to keep from being thrown.
If another cowpoke should remark
that he was wrangling a high roller
On his cavy and threw a community
loop, folks who understand rangeland
jargon would know that he was round
ing up horse that leaps high in the
air when bucking and he was so rat
tied that he threw an extra large loop
or moose in attempting to rope the
beast from his cavy or saddle-horse.
other terms unfamiliar TO Eastern
81 ~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04

There are in the
United States to-
day, according to
Adamic, no less
t h a n 5000, 900
aliens, $500, eee
foreign-born citi-
zens, and 30,0o0,-
600 to 40, 900, 600
native Americans
whose names are
relatively for
eign" or difficult.
At some time or
other, most Of these
have wfestled with
the problem Shall
/ C h a n &c m y
name ?"
AS far as the
law is concerned,
name-changing is
one of the easiest
things in the
world. In s o m e
States, you don't
even need to go to
court. You are
free to take any
name, anytime as
long as there is no
fraudulent intent.
The problem OF
name changing,
however, & o e S
deeper than the
mere legal me-
chanics of switch
ing ones tag. TAX
ing a mans name
away from him,
Adamic points out,
may permanently
harm his person
atty or even de-
stroy il.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04

quick glance at the glossary would quickly dispel
idea that the cowpuncher sort of erratc
who picked his apples from popular twowheeled
vehicle
To bicycle. in "cowboyese," is the act of scratching
squirting horse with foot and then the other in
the of riding bicycle
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04


ing stirrup) "boggng time in failing to spur horse)
and "broomtails" which is term for wild mares
When cowboy is "cante-boarding" he braces his
knees against the front part OF the saddle cante He's
contemptuous of a horse that "crow hops which means
that its buckng is mild. On really bad bucker he may
be forced TO pull leather" hold to the saddle
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04

simplified w ! I n
some regard for
what 1t will look
like on paper and
how 1t will sound"
Names, he con-
tends. should not
be anglicized be-
You'd the minimum
demands of Eng
lish speech. Ada
mic takes the view
that If you have a
long unproneunee-
able name, shorten
il. but let 1t retain
it's C h ara C t e r.
d ont change It
to "B r ow n" or
Smith" or some
other silly switch.
There can be
no argu m e n t."
he writes, It h a t
names which have
unesthetic or Of
fen s i've connota-
tons in English
ought to be re-
placed prefera-
bly, by something
that will not OBJ
scure their linguis-
tic background. I
know a House who
was once Back
haus."
Sometimes t h c
on n o t a ton Of
names h an G e
with world events.
The author points
out, for example,
that in the late
1905 and early
40's the names of
some of the Axis
leaders were poi
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04

dude even If he may suspect that this
is the case.
It's just that the lean, picturesque
range-hands of the Southwest have
a vocabulary all their own. says the
New Mexico State Tourist Bureau and
the Cowboys Reunion Committee of
Las Vegas, New Mexico. which has
recently compiled glossary of range
land terms so that the visitor TO one
of the numerous rodeos or a vaca-
ZIONIST on dude ranch can understand
every word.
If, for example, tenderfoot should
overhear one cowpuncher say TO an
other: II was bicycling this here sun
fisher until the dudes saw daylight
.n.l nIu..nI nrn Ehnd Tho nr,tnln - o.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04

by Weekly Britain Rights Reserved
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-04
n OWBOYS aren't pulling a tender
foot's leg and they aren't talking

speCIdI KlHu OF uUuDIe CdIK
when they converse with an Eastern
dude even If he may suspect that this
Ia tho Casa
Evening star., 1942-01-07

Stripers Still Lurking in Chesapeake;
Little Pike Fishing in Maryland
With BILL ACKERMAN

Those anglers who usually follow
the pike fishing through most OF
the winter months are not in their
regular haunts. From this we as
sumo the late rise in most OF the
streams has not brought these fish
back where they normally are found.
Writer in New Post.
Sportsmen have confidence in the
various departments Of their sports
magazines only after the authors
have proved well versed in their
subjects over a long period Of time.
There is a new head of the shoot
ing department in Hunting and
Fishing, starting in the January is
sue. He is Col. H. P. Sheldon, chief
of public relations for the Fish and
Wildlife Service, who earned his
military handle at Apremont, Cha
teau Thierry. St. Mihiel and the
Argonne, and probably some little
knowledge of fighting guns at the
same time.
He knows his sporting arms, too.
His hobby of waterfowl shooting
over a long period of years would
partly account for that In addition,
he has hunted upland game over
most Of the country.
We believe the shooting fraternity
will get just as much enjoyment out
of his new stories as they did out OF
his previous writings.
Evening star., 1942-01-07
|FiIchock Of Redskins
plans Soon 10 Wed
miss Ann Merritt

The pretty little brunei who al
ways was at Union Station when
ever the Redskins left town or ar
rived home last season will be Mrs.
Frank Filchock before long. She is
Ann c. Merritt, 19-year-old gradu-
ate Of Western High School.
Filchock yesterday applied for a
marriage license at Rockville, Md,
and Miss Merritt said at her home
at 2140 N street NV. that the we'd
ding may take place within a week.
At present, they are waiting on the
clarification of Filchock's draft
status, the Skins field general
having taken his physical examina-
ton only recently.
Filchock, a native of Pennsylvania
and all-Big Ten star for Indiana in
1887. has been with the Redskins
for four years. He was in the start
ing lineup of the National League
An-Stars who bowed to the cham
pion Chicago Bears at New York
last Sunday.
Evening star., 1942-01-07
Three in Line for Triple Payoff in Star Pin Event
II More Rollers Earn
Free Rides in Old
Dominion Event
RossIyn Loop Supplies
Them; LoeffIer Gains
Del Roy With AL

Fifteen paidup entries gained
from three league preliminaries to-
day had given Gait Davis. the Ross
lyn Bowling Center impresario, q
running start in his attempt to
smash last years record field Of
272 man and woman rollers in the
third annual Old Dominion Handi-
cap Open Tournament at Rosslyn,
January II and 18.
Ralph Kirsch started the ball
a-rollin' for a whale of an entry
with . prelim In the r. F. c.
League. Paul Halesky was the
winner.
Charles Daniels, Durwood Boeg-
len and Pete Tanner were winners
Of Building Supply League prelim.
With the Rosslyn Independent
League giving its full support, II
more free rides" were gained last
night The winners were Andy
Kramer, Frank Fisher, Paul ONeal,
Ell Geib, Chick Darr, Wilbert Jones,
Ernie Hauser, Clyde CAN'T, Joe
DiMisa, George Clark and Davis,
himself.
Kramer with 1893 was the star as
the pace-setting Goss Co. MAIN
tanned its one-game lead by sweep
ing Old Dominion Bank. Arlington
Trust held the runnerup spot as
Gantt's 370 led q 80 win from the
champion Shaffer Flowers while Di
Misa, the bowling barber, fred 381 as
OMeara's Tile blanked Regal Neon
Sign and Darr paced Floyd Decora-
tors 81 decision over c. & c. Res
taurant.
Paid-up entries in the Del Ray
Open to be staged a week from
Sunday was given a boost when Carl
Loeffler turned in a gross 42l at
King Pin to win a Rhode Island
Avenue Business Mems preliminary.
His scratch score was 387.
An all-time league record was
established when the Shamrocks
swept Colbert Cleaners with 1881.
Dick Townsend's second high sea-
son string of 173 and 405 set were
the heaviest wallops.
Tops with 418, Russell Kidwell hit
for 100 to give the Celtics the rubber
game from Firms Texaco.
Fred Murphy threw In 159 to salv-
age a game for Brincefield Plumbers
from National Beer.
Evening star., 1942-01-07

Since 1t invaded Washington col
legiate circles last year, Navy's chess
team has gained in strength. In
1910, Army chessists beat Navy, SO.
Last year Navy tied Army. 3-3. The
same Navy team was beaten by
Penn, %, but downed Georgetown,
4h-1a, in five-game matches.
Oswald Schuette, president OF the
Georgetown Chess Club, asys that
in the spring the Hoyas again will
encounter the Midshipmen. Mean
while. he seeks local college matches
for his team.
Rast Is Interhigh Star.
Washington Interhigh Chess Asso-
citation renews its team tournament
Friday at $3.50 pm. in the clubroom
of Capital City Chess Club, at Hotel
Gordon, with these pairings: Roose-
velt- Wilson, Central-Fairfax, West
n-Eastern, Tech. bye. The Tech
Fairfax match will be completed be-
fore. the fifth round parley begins
or no credit will, be given.
Roosevelt leads in the seven-team
fray with 141a points; runnerup Is
Woodrow Wilson, III, followed by
Central with II points. The out
standing individual player appears
to be John Rast Of Roosevelt. who
plays either board No. / or No. 2,
alternating with Gerald Steinberg.
In the fourth round. President
Howard Shelton. interhigh cham
pion. Welded to Rast after q hard
fought battle.
Since local school players probably
wonder how they compare IN
strength with school players else
where. the following games between
the tied leaders in the New York
Interscholastic Chess League are
given for replay, comparison and
analysis.
Marcy Hanft of Thomas Jefferson
High School defeated Joseph
Hidalgo, jr, of Commerce, who then
won over Kelvin Domovs of New
Utrecht. Domovs upset the applicant
by dive bombing Hanft. The games
are interesting examples Of high
school chess talent.
Evening star., 1942-01-07
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WHITES MEN.

White to Play and Mate in Two Moves.
Today's problem is a contest prob
lem in The Star Perpetual Problem
Solving Tournament. Each fan who
solves correctly any SO problems will
receive the -"honor certificate"
When you have solved so problems,
write this column and the file under
your name will be checked and the
award made.
Free Chess Lessons for Youths.
Boys and Girls between the ages
Of 10 and IS will be given four free
chess lessons by the chess editor of
The Star. The first lesson is sched-
uled Friday at pm. at Hotel Cor
don, 9l6 Sixteenth street NV. No
equipment Is needed. but please write
this column prior to the first lesson
and give your name, address, tele-
phone number and age.
Among those who have registered
for the first lesson are Paul Altman,
Sidney Glazer, Larry Stilwell. Paul
Kelly, Garry Allen, David Napper,
Hugh Schultz. Roy NJ Hultgren, jr.,
and Eugene Ruark. jr. (To Mrs. E..
H. Downes-Bring the lad yourself
and We will see if he is too young
to grasp the simple rues Of chess
play. But years is indeed tender
age. However, most brilliant chess
masters learned the game in their
early youth)
Horowitz to Play All Corners.
Israel Horowitz. editor of Chess
Review and one Of the outstanding
American national masters. will ap-
pear in public simultaneous exhi-
bition play Saturday at pm. at
1886 I street NV, under Washing
ton Chess Divan auspices. Some 80
boards may be reserved at 81 each.
Send reservations to the above ad-
dress, care of Chess Divan.
Evening star., 1942-01-07

Strange as it may seem, there still
are occasional queries as to where
the best fishing is to be found on
the Chesapeake.
And, however odd it might appear
to most anglers, there has been
striper fishing right up to the pres
ent time. 1t will continue, too,
until the water temperatures drop
many more degrees.
Out of more than a few of the
striper- fishing ports there always
are some boats waiting around for the
diehards-the guys who find mitten-
fishing just as much fun as the
shirt-sleeve brand. There are few
week ends they are not out hunting
the big fellows-deep now and hard
to find, but still full of fight.
During January, February and
early March, eels, toads and f1oun-
ders are buried in the mud, and the
only other two species to winter in
the bay, stripers and white perch,
are nearly dormant in the deep
holes, unless the weather is mild.
Then they will take lure or a bait
dragged across their noses.
Striper Season Not So Good.
Some anglers have found excep-
tional striper fishing lately. As a
whole, the season was in no way
noteworthy. On most Of the better
known fishing grounds the schools
were of small-sized fish, l and
2-year-olds that often were less
than the legal length Of II inches.
They we're little fun on the nghtest
tackle.
Pike fishing in the rivers and
creeks of Maryland's western shore
is almost non-existent this winter.
This probably is due to the influx
of salt water high above the normal
dividing line because of drought and
low fresh-water levels.
Early in the season there were a
few catches of small fish In the
Patuxent above Hills Bridge, in
South River and the Severn, but
when the fishing should have been
prime It wasn't.
Evening star., 1942-01-07
Harry Krouss, One ime Great,
To Roll as New Drives Open

Back in the bowling game 20
years after his unequalled achieve
nlent of winning the District League
championship in three consecutive
seasons, Harry Krauss. the greatest
dVckpin bowler of all time, will help
wfite a new chapter in local bowl
ing history tonight when the brand
new Bethesda Recreation drives are
christened with a league match be-
tween his Bethesda Sharpshooters
and the Brookland Recreations.
Seeking an assistant after being
named manager of the recently
completed 40-alley establishment,
RbgSr Peacock of golfing fame had
TIE rood fortune to land Krauss as
hi kight-hand man.
Add today, IS years after rolling
al d charter member OF the Dis
tHcH League. Krauss has an aver
ale pf ll9 for the nine games he
his Rolled with the Bethesda team.
a1sauss reached his peak as q
Evening star., 1942-01-07
FRENCH DEFENSE.
20 Years Ago
In The Star

DR.. John (Jock) Sutherland
signed a contract for another
year as football coach at Lafay-
cite. There had been rumors
he planned to retire from ath-
letics.
Andy CLANCY Of Baltimore
was given an unpopular decision
over Babe Herman in a 10-round
featherweight bout at Madison
Square Garden to determine a
challenger for Champion Johnny
Kilbane.
George Washington defeated
Gallaudet, 1912. In q basket
ball game at the Coliseum.