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Evening star., 1944-06-12
Weather Ideal, Hot
Scores Distinguish
Big Day for Golf

Another big Sunday for District
golfers is history, marked by the
finest golfing weather of the year
and some of the seasons hottest
scores.
H. T. Thielscher captured the
Chamberlain Trophy in Kenwood's
annual 36-hole medal play event by
posting net 142 after taking an
early lead with an opening round 10.
Capt. H. N. Clink took the second
place award with 86-88-30-144
and right behind him were Sidney
Lanier, 87-75-8-145; Nick Hol-
lander, 78-75-8-145; r. F. Graves,
82-84-18-148; P. S. Alverson, So
86-18-149; r. M. Kerr, 80-82-12
-150. In a husband-and-wife tour
ney at Kenwood Mr.. and Mrs. H. M.
Chapman won top honors with a
$50 net. The couple subtracted a
43-stroke handicap from Mr.. Chap
mans 95 and Mrs. Chapman's 98.
Mr.. and Mrs. Atwood with 193-42-
ISL tied for second with Gen. and
Mrs. L. H. Hedrick who carded 1856
35-151. Mr.. and Mrs. c. P. Redick
took fourth with 19l-39-152.
Cause for Celebration.
Biggest news from Bannockburn,
where entries for the annual invi-
tation event June 1925 were being
accepted yesterday, is that William
E. Welsh, who never had cracked 30
in his many years at the club, posted
rs, while Mrs. Welsh, who never
had been able to break 100, carded
a SO.
The mixed two-ball tournament
at Chevy Chase was won by Pa
tricia Baker and Britton Browne,
who reduced an "a gross to net IA
with a 10-stroke handicap. Col
and Mrs. Charles p. Burnette were
runnerSup.
Woodmonts annual sweepstakes
feature for class A golfers was taken
by Willard Goldheim with 79-11-68.
Milton Harris was second with a net.
SO. In class B Nelson Blechman was
the winner with 92-24-68 and Jack
Rubin second with 86-16-70.
Mike Duffy Pacesetter.
Qualifiers in the bowl tournament
which opened yesterday at Belle
Haven were paced by Mike Duffy
with a II that took the medal; 1t.
Harold Jones, 78, and Capt Arthur
Hancock, 10.
Women's Flag Day competition at
Indian Spring was won by Mrs. Leo
Sans, who put the pill SO feet from
the flag on the nineteenth green.
Mrs. Earl Clary wound up in the
eighteenth cup for second. while
Mrs. John Madigan was third at 70
yards from the pin on the eight,
eenth. !
In the first round Of 72-hole
medal play handicap tournament
for the Moore Cup at Washington,
James p. Quick took the lead with
a net 60, reduced from a gross OF 50
by 28-stroke handicap. 1t. j. A..
Jones was in second place with 73-
12-61. One round of the tourna-
ment will be played each week end
through the month Of June.
Evening star., 1944-06-12
Howard, Penso Best
In Potomac Races

With another week to go before
their spring series ends, Potomac
River Sailing Association shippers
turned out yesterday in goodly num-
ber to produce two two-time winners
for the day-Frank Howard in the
comet class and Commodore Len
Penso in the Chesapeake 20s class
Both shippers led their fleets home
over a triangular course off Ma
tional Airport. The Race Commit
tee operated from Glenn Leyde's
cruiser Gar. Howard, by winning
in the comet class twice in a day
vas outstanding, as he was racing
against such top sailors as Clark
Daniel and Werner Smythe.
Arthur Godfrey placed first in
the opening race for nghtnings and
Bill Welch won the second event.
Walter Lawson was top man In the
penguins one time and Eric Nord-
holm in the next race. The handi-
caps had not been calculated for
the handicap class; however, Bill
Feight's 14-foot international dinghy
was in first both times.
Evening star., 1944-06-12
Costello Post Ten Wins

American Legion's Costello Post
defeated Police and Fire Post, rs,
at softball yesterday in Ballston
Stadium.
Evening star., 1944-06-12
SoftbuII Teums Must
Register by June IS

Washington softbaH leagues are
required to be registered with the
District Softball Association by June
Is If they care to compete for the
city championship.
Registrations can be made with
Charley Reynolds, association presi-
dent, at the Eastern Branch Boys
Club, Atlantic 0949, or Gene George
secretary, 1924 w street NV, En-
erson $685..
Evening star., 1944-06-12
Sports Program
For LocuI Fans

TODAY.
Baseball.
New York at Washington
might, $50.
Tennis.
Evening Stars City of Wash
ington tournament, Sixteenth and
Kennedy streets NV, public
courts, 5.
TOMORROW.
Baseball.
New York at Washington
might, $50.
Tennis.
Evening Stars City of Wash
ington tournament, Sixteenth
and Kennedy streets NV, public
courts, 5.
Evening star., 1944-06-12
Golfer With ShriyeIed
Arm Shares Laurel
With Winner Byrd
~ the Associated Press,

PHILADELPHIA, June 12.-The
professional golfing brigade. richer
by $l7.5o0 in War Bonds-of which
Detroit's Sam Byrd snatched 6,7oo-
headed for New York and new gold
and glory today.
Next step on the play-for pay
parade is at the wykagyl Club. just
out Of Gotham, where q $13,333 War
Bond tourney for the Red Cross Is
scheduled Thursday through SUM-
day.
Byrd, the ex-outfielder of the New
York Yankees, who turned pro in
1887, won the Inquirer's 72-hole
medal play marathon here yesterday
with 274-seven strokes ahead of
second place Craig Wood of Mann
aroneck, N. Y, and 10 under par.
Byrd Never Threatened.
Not one Of the field of 129 men
aced Byrd from the start as he took
a 2-stroke lead with a par-shat-
tering Sc, stretched it to three with
a second-round 81, and jumped 1t
TO seven with a 50 on the third tour.
But Byrd, brilliant as his per-
formance was, had to share the
spotlight with a fellow townsman,
23-year-old public nnkster and am
ateur, Ed Furgol The youngster,
4-F In the draft because of a rigid
left elbow caused by Fairgrounds
fail when he was IL, led the anna
teurs with 295. True, he was 81
strokes back of Byrd, but he beat
out healthy bunch of simon-pures.
Furgol is no Johnny come Lately
to the golfing wars, but he has
everyone wondering how he can hit
that ball so well with his shrunken
left arm, which is about z inches
shorter than his right.
Tops Amateurs Four Times.
In five open tournaments this
year, including the winter tour, he
has topped the amateurs four
times, losing the nod the fifth time
by stroke. At Knoxville. Tenn,
couple of months ago, he beat
Byrd by two strokes, finishing
ninth.
Furgol said he was just beginning
TO learn something about golf, and
that Byrd had taught him plenty.
II hang around him all the time"
Furgol said. Hes q great shot
maker"
And Byrd, speaking of his four
sensational rounds, declared: "It
was just like winning four straight
In the World Series. And was
surprised"
Sergt. E. ]. Harrison of Little
Rock finished third with 283, and
Bob Hamilton of Evansville, Ind.
was fourth with 287. Harold (Jug)
McSpaden of Philadelphia and BY
ron Nelson of Toledo, stars Of the
winter circuit, were next with 28S
and 289, respectively, and from
there the 21 money winners scat
tered out to the 297 which won s125
for Jimmy Demaret OF Bainbridge,
Md.
Evening star., 1944-06-12
Monaco, Moss Keep
Pace as Bison Aces
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Bias Monaco and HOWE Moss
the m" twins of the Baltimore
Orioles, continued their friendly RI
valry for most valuable honors in the
International League yesterday as
each played a prominent role in a
double victory over the Buffalo Bis
ons, Al and To.
The triumphs elevated the Birds
into second place, a half game be-
hind the league leading Jersey City
Evening star., 1944-06-12

ago, already Is working with Nick
and is giving him an idea of the
onrusfing Armstrong style.
Reservations for the Armstrong
Evening star., 1944-06-12
Trinidud Teums Divide

Trinidad Cats divided with the
Trinidad Cubs yesterday, losing the
first match, 6-s. but winning the
second 7-G
Evening star., 1944-07-27


shall in the Justice Department here
His experience as a tight-rope
performer occurred during the first
big American raid on Rabaul in
October, 1943. After dropping his
bombs on enemy shipping in the
harbor, Col. Clagett discovered that
one of the missiles was stuck in the
bomb rack
Meanwhile, he had been attacked
by about dozen zeros and the
slipstream from his plane had
caused the arming screw on the
bomb to turn. making 1t likely to
explode at any minute.
Turning the plane over to his CO.
pilot, Col Clagett and his flight
engineer crawled into the bomb
bay. Lowering himself onto ca
BILE extending beneath the bomb
rack, Col. Clagett balanced himself
by grasping a rail alongside the
rack with one hand and edged closer
to the bomb, which was half out
of the rack.
He finally cut it loose with spe-
cial wire-cutting pliers. After fall
ing about 1000 feet, the bomb ex-
ploded, causing the plane to Jump
500 feet in the air.
1T was pretty tough going" he
recalled, but I was so busy con-
centrating on getting that bomb
free that 1 didn't have time to
worry"
Another narrow escape occurred
while Col. Clagett was flying a PAT
Evening star., 1944-07-27

Thunderbolt over Wewak, New Gui'
nea, last August.
II had just looked around fol
Jap planes without seeing any wher
I suddenly saw a stream Of trac.
ers tipping past the nose of my
plane" he said.
Il was scared half to death anc
I couldn't figure out where that
plane had come from. Looking ovel
my shoulder, I saw about IL Zeros
swarming around my formation. We
finally drove them of after shoot
ing down seven of the H."
Col. Clagett also has flown BIS
bombers and P-38 Lightnings.
Asked whether he preferred pur-
suit planes, Col. Clagett said II
depended on how you felt wher
you got up in the morning."
Il liked pursuit planes when
got up feeling good" he smiled
You know, when you feel that you
can whip your weight in wildcats.
Evening star., 1944-07-27

While oVerseas, Col Clasett
served ~ assistant to the opera
tions ohicer and later ~ deputy
operations ofIicer Of the 5th AIR
Force. He wears the Distinguished
Flying Gross. Air Medal, Legion Of
Merit and the Presidential Unit
Citation. :, - -.
In q recommendation for cita-
ton recently, Col. M. G. Cooper,
chief Of sta1f for Mai. Gen. Ennis
p. Whitehead, commander Of the
5th Air Force, described Col. Cla-
gett as gallant and skillful pilot
and operations otdcer Of the highest
caliber. You have proved yourself
In the hard school of war as su-
perior."
Evening star., 1944-07-27

A native Of Upper Marlboro, Col.
ClAgett Is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
n. Q. B. Clagett. He attended Mer-
cersburg Academy and was gradu-
ated from Princeton University in
1898. He attended Georgetown Uni
versity Law School for two years
before entering the service in 1910
Evening star., 1944-07-27

W do GAL SAPCA II
e nee 1t. Col.
H e nry G. B.
Clagett, jr., will
never forget.
Col. Clagett,
N-year-old vet
eran pilot Of the
Southwest a.
cifc area, is now
on leave at his
home in Upper
Marlboro after
m ore than 60
missions ov er
enemy territory.
He was former
Evening star., 1944-07-27
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YOU KNOW THE old saying,
Billy: "A step in time saves g."
, remarked Tilly the Trolley.
= "Sure," said Billy the Bus.
Though never could see why
they settled on 8, instead Of IL
or IL or 49,"
WELL" continued Tilly, "I could
. tell our passengers how to save
a lot of steps in these busy times.
, Think they'd be interested?"
Billy nodded.
. IF they would signal the opera
tor in plenty of time, they
wouldn't be carried past their
stops - and have to walk back.
Too, no big vehicle can stop on
a sudden signal without jolting
and jarring all the other passen-
gers"
IF you were a man." smiled
Billy. you'd be one of those
Efficiency Engi-
neers. making &A
m-o-r-e money!" Hnek
:. %f;tQ2
n~.>+HCo.7J|
Evening star., 1944-07-27
| Back From the Wars
Back From the Wars
Pilot Does 7ight-Rop Feat
To Release Stuck Bomb

Edging along a thin steel cable
Is 900 feet in the air in order to cut
free a 500-pound bomb stuck in the
bomb rack of his Liberator plane
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-01
Shortsighted Policy Caused Nurse Shortage

The Army Medical Corps needs 10000 gets
them for the They not be compelled
suffer from lack
policy Responsibility for the shortage definitely belongs lap
the Armed Services medical authorities responsible
nurses program.
For months, provision accept trained Negro
applied Rbud
public and hospitals formerly also unwe
The civilian hospitals especially North with
shortage, the unsoundness
policies and hired they could
The Army Navy bars dscour
aged who felt that acquiring training
patriotic service practicable The
to accept Negro limited quota basis.
Hundreds Negro girls who would circun
the cadet training
turned deaf recruiting appeals Young
that the radio and
them
This another of operating
detrnent Of effort Many soldier
mlnstraons Of because the blind policy
directors OF the nurses program Of the Armed Services
Americans prescription
Jim Crow practices costly all Amecans-not people
against whom they leveed
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-01
UncOvering
WashingtOn
By Harry S. McAlpin

Who takes care of the caretak-
er's daughter while the caretaker's
busy taking care?
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-01

Is. l am glad to be getting it. 1t
keeps me up to date with what is
going on in good old Minneapolis
and st. Paul.
l hope to soon be coming home,
after spending two years over here.
Keep writing the happenings of
home and it won't be so confusing
to us when we return. Will you
write a few sketches about some
of the WACS and where they are?
l would like to write them. l also
like the column on the young peo-
pie, but would enjoy it better if
was at home where it is all going
on and where there are plenty of
good times also.
From a Friend,
Pfc. Herman Thompson.
Five Twin City Boys in
Cpl. Lewis Co.
Netherlands East Indies
Nov. 16, 1914
Dear Editor: l received your re-
ply on your subscription rates, out
of the country, some time ago and
have just now found time to turn
in my subscription. You will find
enclosed a money order for a
years subscription which you may
start at once.
There are five of the Twin City
lads in our company. We are in the
Netherlands East Indies, and the
boys all send their regards to the
folks back home. Their names are
M/Sgt. Lee Harris, T/Sgt. Cleve-
land Raye, of st. Paul and Ser
geants MILFORD, Cleveland Small
wood and myself of Minneapolis.
Sincerely yours,
Cpl. Vernard R. Lewis.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-01
Kenneth Wants His Name
in Paper; We, Too!
S/Sgt. Kenneth Henson,
Somewhere Along Ledo Road


Somewhere Along Ledo Road,
Burma.
Dear Editor: Perhaps you don't
remember me from the above title
so as a gentle hint I'll affix my
pre-war surname at the end of this
missive.
It's possible that you're wonder
ing why l write you at your bust
ness address. l am doing it for the
express purpose of some mention
of this letter in the Spokesman and
Recorder. My methods may lack
discretion but after spending an
entire lifetime in Minneapolis, and
not once seeing my name in print
since I've been in the army, discre-
ton seems inappropriate. Surely
my activities haven't been so OBJ
scure as all that.
Mother sends the Spokesman
10000 miles to me each week.
That's further justification for my
complaint. Regards to all, Oscar
too.
Kenneth (Beck) Henson.
Editors Note: We are happy TO have
heard from you Sergeant Henson, and are
glad you enjoy the paper and are interested
IN having your name appear in 1t. We
repeatedly make requests for news and
pictures OF our local boys and girls in the
armed services and publish Just as much as
we can get However. we find it very
difficult TO learn Of the activities Of all
of the boys and girls because (you might
be surprised TO know it) 30 many relatives
are interested in seeing their pictures or
reading of themselves In the paper. Il Is
impossible for US TO keep an accurate record
Of the many local boys and girls in the
armed forces, and also impossible 10 contact
relatives and friends each week TO inquire
Of them. We hope your letter will arouse
more interest In the activities Of the SER
vice men and women and a little more CO.
operation from the outside. Thank you
again for writing. Shake US up a little,
too, whenever you think we need II.
Likes to Hear What's
Going on in Two Towns
Somewhere in Italy
Nov. 10, 1914
Dear Editor: l received my first
paper a few days ago, dated Aug.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-01
SenseIess and Unfair Use of Boycott


to boycott the New York Amsterdam News Negro weekly for its
support Dewey campaign type
only senseess but unfair hope
failure.
Certainly its publisher Dr. c. B. Powell
had much right campaign for Dewey this newspaper any
other publication had o
Those who disagreed direction during
the campaign have right be critical
Powell has the same right to run his own paper as he sees fit
The fact that the Amsterdam portions the W. E. B.
Dubois column which favorable Roosevelt did print
Roy wilkins column ALL really nobody business. wholly
the News" which hired paid wilkins
editors right to decide what goes n his paper
Dr. Powell charge O. publicity bureau as
news obanaoe for his candidate Logically his and its
facility the first utilized and if partisan
interests and beliefs of its chief nothing
unusual in that.
The only criticism which portion of the
Negro is that its parsanship give
political question in its news columns The
reading public has which only
the picture political The right expect
happens support
torialy belongs to the public
Every closely during the
weeks preceding November and this found that while
editorials all prDewey of the
was as complete in its treatment of the opposition that of
dailies and weekies the F. D. R. wagon
Negro publishers should fohghy
pagn punish Dr. Powell simply
they for Dewey We did choice
their right they please just
the right of their critics to lambang" the News
colt based the my premises political
in which that used its speech
stitutonal right of a free press.
working who a capitalisc plot every
bad the business who Communist behind ush
The discrimination Wish there was
need to it,!
virtues press dare
criticize Stain!
Today average upper
likely typical Judge Negroes by his
the widest conclusions from this restricted of information
Gunnar Myrdal
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-01
Railroads To Blame for Wholesale
Dishonesty

Wholesale arrests of dining empoyecn the Union
Railway for alleged hefS last week of disturbing
believe the railroad guilty contributing the alleged
Dining workers have always been poorly paid by
1t has been years workers
have received anything approaching a decent wage.
The long absences from home and family
and these
the railroad corporations in arriving
general lack Of consideration companies petty graft
encouraged Through the strategy
ped by Of the who forced
additional supplemental by devious means
Other railroad workers well had
good for but the dining employees consistently
remained the class which has properly compensated
the manful efforts Of their unions
When these dining trial. all
trial the paid wages to the dining car
comparable those paid occupations the
alleged by B. grown to such large
proportions
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-01

Stassen than Dewey. He (Willkie)
knew about the Dewey candidacy
when he launched his own, but one
gathered that the Stassen cam
paign sponsored by Minnesota's
Senator Joe Ball, and moving into
the same Wisconsin primaries, had
been unexpected.-Bill Cunning
ham in the Boston Herald.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-01

and controlled by Negroes because
Negroes can't be trusted if left
to themselves. They'd have run
down, muddy streets, toilets in the
yard, coal oil lamps, wood-burning
stoves, and wide-open vice "a hours
a day." he said. He then pointed to
what he called examples of all
Negro-township ventures. "I'd rath-
er stay as close to the white man as
possible" he declared. Then I'd be
assured of steam heat, electric
lights, automobiles, social security,
and other advantages of the white
mans civilization"
Among the Negroes secretly or
openly mourning the death of old
Cotton Ed Smith are white collar
Negroes; school teachers, preach
ers, and others who should know
better but don't. Excuse can be
found for the sharecropper, the
cook, the maid, the yard boy, and
the jack-of-all trades among the
Negro mourners for the death of
an ancient old scoundrel. But none
can be advanced for the others,
save such possibilities that Cotton
Ed was just putting on a
SHOW" in Congress and at heart
really loved Negroes.
Negroes Loved" in Their Places"
That latter business about loving
Negroes in reality is the stock
spouting of all anti-Negro whites.
They "love Negroes" in "their
place" which is always behind the
Shall. When Negroes support them
tacitly or openly, they are that
much strengthened in their efforts
to relegate the Negro to a perma-
nent role of third or fourth class
citizenship in this country.
Such Uncle Toms must go. So,
too, must go the thinking that gives
birth to such persons. The best
way to change that type of thinking
is by example. By example, I mean
the public remuneration of all such
Negroes and the permanent ostra-
citation of them from the ranks
of those of US who are trying to
go forward.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-12-01
Increase Postal Workers Paw

bill to increase the of United States postal
committees both Senate and House These postal department
poyees deserve increase We believe
This the Senate office complete
hearings bill s. 1882 recommend
opportunity 1t also the House committee do likewise with
H.R.
The public should action of both
the needed for this
employees.
Each family which appreciates the postal should their
respective Congressman and postal
pay raise. Let Congress it Immediately!