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Evening star., 1943-07-20
League Statistics

TUESDAY. JULY 20, 1843.
AMERICAN.
Results Yesterday.
No games scheduled.
Standing Of Clubs.
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Cleveland sixth during the regular
season. No, they won't 60 in the
National League"
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In Local Bridge Circles

third place in tie with the Vain
team. High pair North and South
were Mrs. Ruth Kavanaugh and Roy
Thurtell of the Cascades, with ia
match points. East and West high
were Karl w. Greene and Ray
Laughton of the Justice team with
103 points.
The contest was much closer
among the leaders of the second
section, where two teams, the Fair
chance and the Custodians, were
tied for first place, each having won
80 and lost % boards, and two other
teams, the Navy and the Four Kings,
were tied for second place, each hav-
ing won 20 boards and lost %. The
Navy team led in the first night of
the play of games, The Four Kings
won 16 out of % boards in the sec
ond of the play off F. c. Ivey and
Capt. Whitney Of the -Four Kings
were high pair North and South
with 103 points, and Mrs. Dora
Schwartz and George Powell Of the
Custodians, with 1882 points, were
high East and West.
In the third section the Grand
Slam team won 1914 out of "a boards
and were tied for first place with the
Four Ms. Miss Helen Smith and
MIR. Bunda Of the Grand Slams we're
high pair North and South, with
Az points, and Mrs. S. Worcester
and G. G. Rhodes were high East
and West. with AZ points.
The third and ANAL game of the
sectional play OF series will be held
on next Tuesday evening.
The following is the game stand
ing of the several teams:
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WHITE-S MEN.

WHITE-S MEN.
white to Play and Mate in Two Moves.
Solutions received this week toward The
Star Global Problem Solving Tourney from
Mrs. Ruth Hurvitz, Z, L. Pherigo, Edmund
Nash, Fred r. Mueller. E: T. Callahan:
David Burrows, Donald McClenon, Basil
Cimino, James Piper. Daniel T; Lonsley
stanley Thomas. Z Montchyk, Shelly
Akers, Laureston r. Porter (all solutions
acknowledged for credit, Earle T. Muters-
baugh, v. w. Boswell
I. A. "Al" Horowitz, New York
chessmaster and editor of Chess Re-
view magazine, paused in the Ma
tons Capital last night to meet all
comers across the board in simul-
taneous play, under Washington
Chess Divan auspices.
Scholarly Donald Mugridge relishes
his chess hobby. As Divan chief
executive he has done a good job.
A former District champion, he also
has been titlist Of Capital City Chess
Club and the Divan. He is the "de
facto" lightning or speed king" of
District chess. Recently he con-
ducte da solving contest at the Divan
In which 20 persons wrestled with
motty problems, end-games, open
ing traps and combinations.
Vincent Eaton, current District
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In the Al game tournament
Steinberg defeated Stilwell. In Az
the leaders are Steinberg and DR..
Weiss, 20 each. In class c Schaaf
trimmed Dixon and Mrs. j. Hurvitz
tops the leaders, 11a-1a. Al play
offs start Tuesday, 8 pm.
An impasse still exists in the
championship club fray. The de-
Gliding Burdge-Karson game again
has been postponed. However, per-
haps Tuesday evening the match
will occur and then we shall know
If Milton Paul wins the champion
ship, 2a-11. At present Harold
Burdge Is second, 1a-1 4, followed by
Emile Skraly, 0-2, and Charles Kar-
son, OIL.
Boosting over 100 active players,
the Federal Chess Club is by far the
largest chess club locally. Its men,
bership cuts across departmental
lines and so the announcement by
Director Hyman Bronfin that
team tourney will be conducted ac-
cording to Government departments
is timely. However, you do not have
to be a member of Federal Chess
Club to play on your department
team. The Federals simply will pro-
vide the playing quarters, sponsor
the event and welcome Government
employees participation. Attend the
meeting Tuesday, 8 pm, 243l Four
,teenth street NV, in the social
quarters OF the Washington Society
for the Hard Of Hearing.
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urer which has heretofore been held
jointly by one person will be divided
and a member will be chosen for
each Office.
The National Press Club game on
Monday evening was won by Mrs.
Jean Henry and Mrs. Elsie Shepard.
J. P. Snyder and Mrs. Ida Terrarlt
were second. The luck prizes went
to George E. Doying and r. N.
Larken.
Questions:
Miss Edith D. writes. I'm rub
ber bridge game l held the follow
ing cards: Spades. 8-5; hearts, j:
diamonds, A-8-6-5-4; clubs, Q-10-S-
Az East was dealer and called
one no-trump, passed, West bid two
no-trump and East went to three.
Neither 1 nor my partner made q
bid. opened small diamond from
my five-card suit headed by the ace.
The declarer made his contract. A
post-mortem, however, developed
the fact that if l had led my fourth
high club, the contract would have
been set one trick. How could I
have told that the club instead Of
the diamond was my proper lead?
Your lead should have been based
upon hope-the hope that your part
ner had the jack and one small club
and re-entry card in one Of the
majors and that he could thus get
in the lead before you were forced
to play your ace of diamonds. You
would thus have established your
clubs. In order to have established
your diamonds your partner would
have been obliged to hold the king
queen and one diamond, highly
improbable holding when your op-
ponents had bid three no-trump.
Your ace Of diamonds, however.
was always a re-entry for the clubs
after the ace and king of that suit
were eliminated OF course as you
were opening in the dark. the club
lead might not have been success
full, but it offered you the best
chance.
E. j. B. says: South opened with
one diamond and North responded
with one spade. South then jumped
to two no-trump The opponents
at no time made bid. North held
these cards: Spades. A-Q-7-5:
hearts, Alb; diamonds, 7-5-4;
clubs, K-8-3 What should have
been his next bid?'
North should have made a slam
try by bidding four no-trump. but
the final decision regarding a slam
should have been left to South. II
he had only a minimum two no.
trump re-bid he should pass, but
if he had additional values in ex-
cess of his jump two no-trump he
should have bid a slam
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With the Chess Players
Local Events and Activities - Unusual
Problems

champion, and Oscar Shapiro scored
% points out of a possible 100, lead
ing the field Harold Burdge ran
third with IS points. Both Eaton
and Mugridge received books as
prizes. Harry Siller, tournament
director, has gathered both moss and
polish since the old days when he
was tournament director for the
Social Security Chess Club and its
first champion.
1t Is said that the high school
chesslsts will initiate team tourna-
ment FRIDAY afternoon at Capital
City Chess Club. But we have had
no official to verify this announce
ment.
"Rakoczi Sakkhirado" Is the title
Of a nascent chess periodical that
emanates from Hungary. Games,
problems and continental items are
featured.
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Bv r. K. Taynton.

The Capital City Cocker Club IS
holding another of its interesting
sanction matches this month. The
time is Sunday, January II, from
/ pm. until the last dog is judged.
The place is the Mount Rainier
High School at Thirty-fourth street
and Queens Chapel road. The Judge
is Mrs. Gilbert Burdette Of Relay,
Md. Puppies from months up are
eligible for show as well as grown
dogs that are not champions. There
will be no admission fee for spec
tators. The entry fee for dogs is
so cents.
Talking about matches. the cur
rent issue Of the American Kennel
Gazette has one of the best articles
on the subject of sanction and
puppy matches that has been pub
lished in a long time. The value
of this form of dog competition
cannot be overestimated And the
more of them we have in this vicin-
ity, the greater will be the progress
of all breeds and all breeders in this
area in the time to come.
The Washington area now has a
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News From Dogdom
Notes on Variety of Subjects of Interest
In Washington and Vicinity

large proportion Of the most
thoughtful dog breeders in the
country. Dogs from this area have
made enviable regulations in bench
and obedience competition. 1t is
to be hoped that these records will
be equaled and surpassed Match
shows are almost the only means
Of keeping local interest alive.
The Maryland Kennel Clubs
period of suspense is over. There
will be a licensed show in Baltimore,
not on January 30 and 81 as first
announced, but on February and
7. The place is the same, the 5th
Regiment Armory. Premium lists
will be available as soon as tho
printer can get them out
The Southern Chow Chow Club
will consider it's classes at Balti-
more its annual speciality show. DR..
Berendsohn of Brooklyn has been
invited to judge the breed.
The Baltimore show will be fol-
lowed by the great indoor classic,
Westminster. at Madison Square
Garden, New York, February II and
IL. No qualifying win is necessary
for this event this year. AS they
did last year, the show will pay 81
per dog entered to the best of breed
IN each breed, plus the usual gen.
erous class prize money, plus total
Of $50 in each variety group, plus
many extras and many sterling
silver trophies.
The extra attractions this year
will consist Of an exhibition of war
dogs accompanied by members of
the armed forces. and a parade of
champions consisting entirely of
best in show winners.
The Washington Bulldog Club is
going to hold its own, separate spe-
cialty show this year. They have
applied for the last Sunday in
March as the date for this event,
and have invited Dr. E. M. Vardon
OF Detroit to judge the local and as
many out-of-town sourmugs as they
can muster at that time Jimmy Al
len is chairman Of the Bench Com.
mittee and is being assisted by DR..
John Elvin, Gay Forbush, Judith
Turnbull and all the officers of the
club.
This is the first venture of this
sort to be undertaken hereabouts.
and 1t is expected to act as a spur to
the many other speciality clubs here
abouts that have discussed separate
speciality shows, but have done moth.
ing about them.
The Dog Writers Association "A
holding a dog photography contest
open to all except members of the
association. Unmounted prints not
more than 10 inches high or less
than 3 by 5 must be submitted by
February 3 to c. E. HARRISON, care
Conde Mast Publications, 40 Lex
ington avenue, New York.
First prize will be $25 and q medal
Second prize will be a medal.
NO picture previously entered In
a photography contest may be sub
mitted. Pictures must have been
made since January /, 1912. The
judges are Mrs. Craig Whitney, art
editor Of Harper's Bazaar; Miss
Claire Mallison, studio director Of
Conde Mast, and William L. Day.
vice president Of Benson d Bowles
Advertising Agency-also well.
known Kerry blue terrier breeder.
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bears the portrait of young avia-
tor. Apparently the first printings
Of this stamp are Just about half
regulation size, for the pairs are
rouletted rather than perforated.
Lettering is in English on one va
riety, Afrikaan on another
The late Fred J. Melville, in the
last Of his books to be published
before his death, January IL, 1910,
wrote: The postman's knock or
ring is the most familiar and well
come Of sounds. There are few
homes where 1t is not heard at
least once a day. A hundred years
ago the postman was a rare visitor
and not always a welcome one. He
brought then. as now, good or bad
news, but the postage rates were
high and they had to be paid to the
postman on delivery of the letter.
Generally 1t was not just a matter
OF a few pence. A single sheet OF
letter from London to Edinburgh
cost Is lad in 1899: If there were
two sheets 1t cost double and If the
packet weighed an ounce it was
charged as four single letters. Thus
the postman in Edinburgh would de-
mand As Sd for delivering a letter
which today costs only 1lad paid
in advance by the convenient means
Of a postage stamp.
The postage stamp contributed
much to the working OF the miracle
which changed postage from a lux
ury for the rich into a blessing for
all. Although not every collector
thinks Of 1t that way 1t affords one
Of the explanations why postage
stamps hold so strong an attraction
for philatelists."
The uniform penny postal rate
went into effect in England on
January 10, 1910.
Glancing over the stamps OF Al
bania, one wonders what has be-
come Of the strange little man who
was successfully president and king
OF that country under the name Of
Zog.
Austria lent to Persia a postal Of
f1cer OF experience who established
the present Iranian post ONCE sys-
tem-with stamps manufactured in
Vienna beginning In 1876.
Louis P. Lochner, former chief of
the Associated Press bureau in Ber-
lin and an accredited practitioner of
the philatelic hobby, has been a
visitor IN Washington recently.
The stamp editor of The Star will
speak on Hamlet in 1943" at meet
ing Of the Washington Shakespeare
Society in Pierce Hall, Sixteenth and
Harvard streets NV, tomorrow eve
ming at 8. Public invited.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
tomorrow evening at 8-Wood-
ridge Stamp Club, residence of L.
w. Murphy. 2607 Hamlin street NE.
Program, exhibition and bourse.
Tomorrow evening at S-Capital
Precancel Club, Thomson School,
Twelfth and l. street NV. Program
and exchange.
Tuesday evening at S-Collectors'
Club OF Washington, Thomson
School. Auction sale, exhibition by
Alexander Halperson.
wednesday evening at s-Wash-
ington Philatelic Society, Lee Shera-
ton House, Fifteenth and l. streets
NV. Program and 0xhihiNon.
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By Edmond Henderer.

Often we hear people say, I'D
like to have hobby, but I haven't
the time to give to it," or WAR
conditions make 1t impossible for
me to have hobby now" or There
isn't room In my apartment for the
hobby I'd like to take up and
know I can't find another place to
live until after the war" Most of
these and other ideas like them are
mere fantasies, thought up to cover
the real and deeper reasons. If
you want proof Of this statement
drop in with us to visit Mr.. and
Mrs. A. G. Touch for little while
Mr. and Mrs. Touch live in a
small apartment. In fact, it only
has kitchen, bath and one other
room which does duty for every
thing else, including hobbies. They
both work and their hobby has to
find Its place in their spare time"
along with housekeeping and all the
usual duties of life. Also, they are
English and know the war first
hand. They certainly can tell us
whether there is place in our
present life for an avocation.
The first thing they will tell us is
how fortunate we are to be in a
country where 1t Is possible to have
a hobby. They have only been
lobbyists since coming to the
u. S. A. Their chosen avocation,
keeping exoctic aquarium fish, has
real difficulties to face in England.
To tell their story from the be-
ginning: When they were first mar
ried Mr.. Touch was interested in
home aquaria, but he found many
things to interfere with the hobby
The most important was the matter
OF heat. The English climate is
cool and the houses are not heated
as ours are. Even before the war
caused scarcity of fuel the English
wore heavy clothes and enjoyed
Evening star., 1943-01-10
By Paul J. Miller

Lightning skittles were played at
the regular meeting of the Federal
Chess Club last Tuesday at 243l
Fourteenth street NV, with some
% players making move every 10
seconds, vying for War stamp prize
awards.
In Al section Oscar Shapiro. for
mer Massachusetts State champion,
tied with Heinz Steinbach. In Az
A. Kussman. erstWhile District
champion, led Ariel Mengarini, one
time District titlist also, by the mar
gin of the game In the plsyoff
Shapiro captured first honors, 212 u,
with Kussman. sharing second and
third places with Steinbach, l1a-12,
followed by Mengarini, la-2la.
Individual sections:
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Sicilian Defense.

Essayed In round No 8, 1912 Divan
championship tournament. Luis
Neftali Ponce, one-time District
titleholder, bows before the on
slaught of Oscar Shapiro, erstwnile
Massachusetts titlist.
Norman E. Ward succeeds George
Sturgis as president of the Massa-
chusetts State Chess Association.
Sturgis continues to head the United
States Chess Fedora ton.
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The annual meeting of the league
will be held at 7:30 on the evening
of Janaury IL, preceding the regular
game, at the Wardman Park Hotel.
An election of officers will take
place. The post of secretary treas
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Hobbies and Lobbyists
News of Group Meetings and Local
Exhibitions

lower temperatures than we would
have permitted. 1t was impossible
to keep exotic fish at the normal
room temperatures. Some form of
auxiliary heat was required In this
country when we need additional
heat for a fish tank we put in a
thermostatically controlled electric
heater. We all have electricity at
hand and the heaters are not too
expensive. But electric current Is
not so common in England. and Mr..
Touch did not have it available. He
could see no way of overcoming
this difficulty and had to content
himself with reading about the fish.
This matter of heat the English
always have with them, but since
the war an additional burden has
been placed upon the aquarist there.
The conclusion of a heavy bomb
breaks all the glass within a large
radius, and most firsh tanks have
four glass sides. The result Is OBJ
vious. Recently the British fish fan
has been attempting to overcome
this by making tanks with slate in
the sides as we'll as in the bottom
OF course. the fish are not easily
seen in such a tank, but at least
the owner will have some left
with which to start expansion after
the war.
So it is easy to see why Mr.. Touch
could find some silver lining when
his duties shifted him to this coun-
try. At first he thought he would
be travelling back and forth between
the two countries at regular inter-
walls. Since he would be away from
home a large part of the time, Mrs.
Touch decided to join the ATS. the
English prototype of our WAACS.
She had only been member OF
this organization few months
when Mr.. Touch found he would be
on this side of the Atlantic most of
the time and Mrs. Touch was able
to obtain permission to join him
here. The ATS granted her an
honorable discharge and she joined
her husband here.
The shortage of local housing
being what it Is, the Touches have
retained Mr.. Touch's bachelor apart
ment and manage to get around its
shortcomings very we'll. They have
one large 20-gallon and two smaller
5-gallon tanks to house their pets
AS proof that these are ample for
raising fine fish, they took first prize
i,, Dott 70 y
by the National Aquarium Society
last fall.
These Bettas "a pair) were taken
the preceding spring, while still
quite small. and raised to prize
winning condition in spite of all the
difficulties the owners may have en-
countered. During this period Mr.
Touch was required to make a trip
to England and the entire burden
fell on his wife.
Since the conclusion of the con-
test they have spawned the Bettas
and have batch of growing young
sters from them They have also
spawned other egg layers as well as
live-bearers in their limited space.
Now you can see that Mr.. and
Mrs. Touch would tell us that the
first and almost the only requisite
to becoming practicing lobbyist
is the determination.
1ncidently, as members of the
National Aquarium Society," the
Touches would like to meet you at
the next meeting of the society.
Tuesday, January 10. Full details
concerning this meeting will appear
here next Sunday.
Evening star., 1943-01-10

the assistance of Stanley B. Ash
brooke in the preparation Of a cata-
logue shortly to be issued.
One Of the Eucharistic Congress
stamps OF Salvador shows the
Saviour Of the World; &c, blue.
Portraits OF King George v have
appeared on 2,245 different stamps.
Ray Peacock, writing for the As
sociated Press. says: The Union of
South Africa has introduced a novel
war-size stamp of 1la-pence value.
whose purpose is both to conserve
paper and promote the sale of war
bonds. The stamp is brown and
Evening star., 1943-01-10

In class B there were two sections
Charles Larson was victor in the
first grouping, while Dallas Burch
led the second division.
Scoring:
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Chess Problem M So1
BLACK-4 MEN.

BY v. L. EATON, Washington. 1912
Gamase Jubilee. the Chess Correspondent
Magazine. 1g42.
Evening star., 1943-01-10
MEETINGS THIS WEEK,

WEE ITUS This WEEK.
Observation-Disclosures Ship Model
Society, home of w. j. Eek, 50 Adams
street NV, 8 pm. Regular meeting.
Thursday-District of Columbia
Electric Railroaders' Association.
home OF E. F. Kelly, 713 Monroe
street NE, pm. Harold Rice will
speak on &C. T. Co. Personnel and
Associated Problems"
Friday-Mineralogical Society. For
location call C. H. Robinson, North
688l. Lack Of heat prevents hold
Ing meetings at the National Mu-
scum for the present.
All week-Ship Model Society
Show, National Museum.
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HORIZONTAL

HOhlLON L AL
1 Badgerlike animal
6 Given to wandering
IL Astray
II A fiat piece
81 A Greek market place
% Lifts
% Sea where Jap Navy
took beating
"a Young salmon
Is To lift from beneath
rs To tear
27 Street (abbr.)
% Satire
% A tune
30 Indefinite article
81 Diphthong
80 Slumbered
"a Animals lair
IS To search slang
SO Nickname of a famous
outfielder
81 A Malay coin
80 A city in Michigan
AZ Combining form;
meaning forgetting
IS Signifying maiden name
46 A kind of flower
40 A singing voice
81 Darlings
So Turkish cap
55 A dead language
81 Having leather
bottoms to shoes
SO Pertaining to the
Far North
81 Ostrich-like bird (pl.)
64 Protuberances
66 Cleans with cloth
68 Human being
10 Main artery
70 Independent kingdom
near Tibet
"a Small depressions
76 Symbol for samarium
II A brother of Odin
70 Emits vapor
80 Transactions
80 Italian coin (pl.)
"a Egyptian sacred bird
66 Machines for spreading
hay
88 Keeps
80 Evil
90 A Negro of Western
Nigeria
"a Religious period of
fasting (pl.)
96 The head
81 Makes resentful
102 Pokes around
104 Act of selling again (pl.)
100 Places
ITO Pertaining to the inion
112 Shore birds
ia To walk with long steps
lis That thing
1l6 Exclamation. behold!
l1S A fruit (pl.)
100 To mock (dial.)
122 A kind of duck
l23 A threat
i2e Pole ot vehicle drawn
Evening star., 1943-07-15

Of the postwar rsedutsion Of the Axis popu
laiIon
WRc, i0:45-DiIon 5. Meyer, director Of
the War Relocation Authority Relocating The
japanese Americans"
VOL, tt:t5-Nsfion's presswomen: With
Mai. Ruth Cheney Sirseier speaking In Co.
operation with the Marine Corp Womsn's Re.
serve recruiting campaign
WRC, it:30-husie al War: Songs Of the
Army today.
Evening star., 1943-07-15

WRC, S;30-Wings Of Music: From The
Glen View (Ill) Naval Air Base.
WT0P, e:30-Stsge Door Canieen Drama,
comedy and music with Bette Davis, the Mad
Russian, Helen Nenksn. Barry Wood and the
Double Dafefs.
WMAl. t0;30-Wino, 10 Vltier: Drsmafi-
lsilons Of outstanding exploits taken from
the combat records.
WT0p, i0:S0-NeA Poundtable: Discussion
Evening star., 1943-07-15
Cos From Coal Deposits
Runs Autos Successfully

A pipe dream has come true in
Sydney, Australia. Methane, nat
ural gas piped from coal deposits
thousands of feet beneath the city,
has been used successfully as fuel
for motorcars.
A mileage increase of 40 to so
per cent over today's town gas is
claimed for the product.
Evening star., 1943-07-15
on THE AIR TO-DAY.

VN IHE AK IVUhT.
VOL, T30--ConiIdeniiaIly Your; Why the
Ra1 spring offensive against the Russians never
zane.
VOL. S:00-Ths Is Our Enemy; DramatIn
lien Of the diary Of Na1.
WhAL, 830-Town Meeting: "Should All
japanese Continue to be Excluded From the
West Coast for the Duration"