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Evening star., 1948-10-28

movies or the George huDer.
game. After that, Mush went to
work.
All week Mdsh has devoted .
good part of each days practice TO
drilling his linemen on waiting for
the ball snap before charging. He
has given them tricky counts, he
has worked them against a center
who feints a snap before actually
letting 60 and against opposing line
men who slide and hunch a bit
before the snap.
'And if anybody is offside any
more, I'll lower the boom on him"
warns Mush.
Comparative scores: George Wash
ington beat Virginia, 20-12; Virginia
beat Virginia Military, 26-14; Vir-
ginia Military beat G. w., 20-6. That
makes G. W. "a points better than
G. w.
Using the same system, but need
ing about so games to do it instead
of three, Jerry Ryan, sports writer
on the Georgetown Hoya weekly
newspaper, figures that Georgetown
is 81 points better than Army.
Not that Maryland isn't well fixed
with good backfeld men, but the
Old Line coaches wish that this al
ready was next year so they could
use Fullback Ed Modzelewski, now
on the freshman team. He looks
ready to go in big time competition
right now.
Two weeks ago against George
town freshmen he scored two
touchdowns and last week against
George Washington weanlings he
scored one and passed for another
Maryland, incidentally, won both
games. Ed looks to be the man to
make the fans forget Lu Gambino.
Ted Hazelwood, star tackle on the
North Carolina team, who acci-
dentally shot himself with a pistol
recently, probably knows more
about firearms than any other stu
dent on the Tar Heel campus. He
has a house full of all kinds of
weapons, and looking after them
and target practice are hobbies with
him. Yet it had to be him, an
expert on weapons, who shoots
himself accidentally.
Luckily, it wasn't a serious wound.
Evening star., 1948-10-28
Billy Rorer of G. W. Hiqh
Signed by Tribe Farm

Billy Rorer, 18-year-old third
baseman of last years George
Washington High School baseball
team, has been signed by Wilkes
Barre, Pa, Cleveland Indian farm
club. and will go to training camp
at Tucson, Ariz., with the Indians
next spring.
The 5-foot-10, 170-pound athlete
played football and basket ball in
addition to baseball and starred in
all three sports.
Evening star., 1948-10-28

Ten years ago-John Henry
Lewis outpointed AL Gamer to
retain his light heavyweight
championship in a bout at New
Haven.
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coaches, had signed to succeed
Stengel as manager of the Oak
land club In the, Pacific Coast
League.
Dickey was named manager
of the Yankees after Joe Nc
Carthy resigned in May, 1916.
But he was succeeded by Johnny
Neun in September of the same
year. Neun is now a player con-
tact man for the Yankees.
Neun in turn was replaced by
Bucky Harris. who served two
years before having his contract
terminated at the end of last
season.
Dickey managed Little Rock in
the Southern Association in 1947
Evening star., 1948-10-28
Banged-Up CoIonia|s
Shy on kanpower
For Lafayette Tilt

The Colonials Of George Wash
tngton U. take to the hills tomorrow
morning on a Leopard-hunting ex-
pedition, leaving by bus for Easton,
Pa, and Saturday afternoons game
against Lafayette. The Colonials
still are somewhat banged up after
last weeks bruising loss to Mary
land and much as they would like to
slice up a bit of Leopard meat the
advance prediction is that they will
be clawed.
The high-scoring Leopards Ger
tainly will be able tos outmar1 the
Colonials.. Coach Ivy Williamson has
used the two-team system for his
last three games and with great
success. Last week Lafayette man
aged a 1876 win over Bucknell, its
lowest score except in losing effort
to Army. Altogether the Leopards
racked up 181 points in winning
four games and losing to the Cadets,
and figure to have plenty of reserve
power with which to wear down
G. w.
Jimmy Kline, Colonial wingback,
Is the only G. w. starting player
not injured. He, incidentally, led
the Colonials in what little ground
gaining G. w. did against Maryland
last week, picking up so yards in
seven carries. The other players
have assorted ailments, ranging
from minor bruises to injuries
serious enough to keep them out OF
the game. Coach Bo Rowland al
ready has planned to rest those
with more serious hurts, and will
do some fancy juggling to keep an
adequate team on the field.
Due for more playing than usual
are Backs Joe Buell., Joe Bernot ano
Bill Spangler, and Center Johnny
Grinnell, while due for as much
rest as possible are Jim Fuela and
Clarence Dreyer, tackles, and Stan
Burak, back.
Lafayette has shown power both
III Cne air ana on tne ground. FRANK
Downing, one Of the leading passers
in the East year ago, is perform
ing better than ever this season.
His best day was against Mullen
burg three weeks ago, when he COM
pleted seven passes for gain OF
1877 yards.
Leading ground gamers are Cor
don Fleming, Dan Kovacs and Walt
Germusa, all fast, shifty runners
Making a bid to supplant one ir
this trio is Dave Shovel, sopho.
more Negro back, who has gone
well as an open-field runner. He's
been used mostly on defense, but
on one of his occasional offensive
assignments he got away for 81
yards and a touchdown against
Muhlenberq.
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but resigned at the end of the
year. He was out of baseball
the last campaign.
The exact duties of the former
receiver haven't been revealed.
Whatever Stengel wants to do
is okay," Dickey said. I'm real
ly glad to be back with the
Yanks."
Dresser said he would. leave
for the West Coast December IS
after attending the winter base
ball meetings.
IT consider the Oakland job
a great opportunity" he declared.
II hope it will be a stepping
stone to a managership in the
majors"
Evening star., 1948-10-28

Three years ago-Billy Conn
signed to meet Heavyweight
Champion Joe Louis for the title
in June, 1916.
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n / G h against
Fordham. but it
won't h a ppe n
again if Line
Coach Mush Do
bofsky of the
Hoyas has any
thing to do with
it. Hoya coaches
didn't see the
o f 81 d e and
thought the off,
cialS made a mis-
take IN calling
one but the mis-
play definitely
showed up in the
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Church will be at Lane in another
night encounter
Other daytime tilts have Richard
Montgomery at National Training,
Sherwood at Gaithersburg, Balti.
more Friends at st. Adams, Landon
at Gilman and Dewitt playing st.
Johns at Bulls. e
On Saturday Coolidge and Con.
zaga will clash at Central, while
Bulls plays host to Western Nary
land B team, Friends visits st. James
and Episcopal travels to Randolph
Macon Academy.
Evening star., 1948-10-28
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

by me ASSoctCteo fTeSS
NEW YORK, Oct. 28.-The
New York Yankees revamped
baseball board of strategy is set
for next season.
The coaching staff that will
serve under Casey Stengel, the
new manager, was completed
yesterday with the addition of
Bill Dickey, former Yankee
catching great.
Dickey joins two other former
Yankees-Frank Crosetti and Jim
Turner-as coaches.
The announcement of Dickey's
return conceded with one from
the Pacific Coast that Charley
Dresser, last of the holdover
Evening star., 1948-10-28
Improved Yanks Hope
To Surprise Skins
In Sunday Game
By Lewis T. Atchison


The Boston Yanks never have
whipped the Redskins In Washing
ton-and haven't succeeded too well
in Boston-but the crew Clipper
Smith in bringing here Sunday has
an idea this may be the year for
slipping the Tribe double-kayo.
The Yanks won two of their last
three games and Judging by the
performance chart are getting bet
ter. They started by nosing out
Detroit, 17-14, then upset the dope
by humbling a durable Pittsburgh
team, 1877, which only week before
had edged the Redskins by a 3-point
margin. Last week the Yanks bowed
to the champion Cardinals, 1927,
and despite the reversal didn't look
too bad.
Smith thinks the Cardinal game
figures are misleading and that with
a better brand of luck the Yanks
may have been much closer. During
the first half, he points out, Boston
had a wide margin Of superiority
but was hurt by penalties. II
grabbed an early 60 lead and
seemed ready to roll, but every time
drive got underway it was inter-
rupted by a 15-yard penalty.
Four forays into enemy territory
were blocked by an officials whistle,
but the one that did most damage
came on a pass interception. Bill
Chipley of Boston latched onto one
thrown by Ray Mallouf and ran
from midfield to the Cardinal 16
But the Yanks, instead of getting
the ball drew a 5-yard off-side> pen
atty and before they regained the
cowhide the Cardinals scored and
went ahead.
Zimmerman Sparks Boston.
The Yanks are spanked by Roy
Zimmerman, who began his pro
career with Washington and, after
waiting patiently but in vain for
Sammy Baugh's slingshot to wear
out, moved on to Philadelphia and
thence to Detroit. Boston bought
him for quarterbacking insurance
but the California promptly took
over the No. job. His passing beat
the Steelers and last Sunday he
threw three touchdowns to Joe
Golding, one of the smoothest half
backs Washingtonians will see this
year.
Boston has an abundance of good,
new talent, however, including
Vaughn Mancha, AIl-America CEN
ter from Alabama. and Bob Davis,
All-America tackle from Georgia
Tech. Other standouts are Frankie
Nelson, All-Rocky Mountain half
back from Utah; John Nolan, ALL
Eastern tackle on last years great
Penn State eleven; Jim Tyree, Okla
homas All-Western end, and Frank
(Moose) Muehlheuser, 228-pound
fullback from Colgate.
Redskins Get Madarik.
The Redskins yesterday announced
the acquisition of Elmer (Tippy)
Madarik from the Detroit Lions to
bolster their injury-riddled back
field. A 5-foot-11 198-pounder
Madarik is in his fourth year of pre-
football. A graduate Of Detroit u.
he played service football at Ran
dolph Field and participated in the
Air Corps attacks against Japan.
Madarik carried the ball 10 times
| for 20 yards and caught four passes
for rs yards last season. He is rs
years old and will be used chiefly
on defense.
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Orioles Buy Joe Fruzier

BALTIMORE, Oct. % R.-The
Baltimore Orioles of the Interna-
tional League have purchased Out
fielder Joe. Frazier from the St.
Louis Browns. Frazier played last
season with San Antonio of the
Texas League.
Evening star., 1948-01-19
Atomic Energy Offers Man
| Great Boon, LiIIienihaI SAYS

David Lillienthal, chairman OF
the Atomic Commission, last night
warned the American people again
about the myth Of the atomic bomb
the myth that atomic energy Is
useful only as a weapon. He
described many of Its peaceful uses
He spoke from the studios Of
Radio Station WTOP here and was
heard over the Columbia Broadcast
ing System during the Family
Hour" broadcast.
Relief from drudgery, control and
treatment of diseases and increased
food production with better human
nutrition are three majestic bene-
fits" of atomic energy available II
I'VE press forward vigorously in our
atomic research" Mr., Lillientiial
said
Evening star., 1948-01-19
Alfalfa Club Elects
Four New Members;
500 at Annual Dinner

The election of four new members
of the Alfalfa Club, an outstanding
Washington social organization, has
lbeen announced in connection with
the thirty-fifth annual club dinner.
held Saturday at the Mayflower
Hotel.
The four new members are G. j.
Mack, manager of the MayfloWer
Hotel; Daniel w. Bell, president OF
the American Security & Trust Co.;
John J. MeCloy, president of the
World Bank, and Lloyd B. Wilson,
| jr., associated with H. L. Rust Co.
More than 500 members and their
guests attended the dinner. The
group included several cabinet off,
GERS, high-ranking military officers,
congressional leaders and members
of the courts.
Lloyd B. Wilson, former president
of the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co.. was inaugurated as pres
ident. He succeeded Senator Byrd.
Democrat, of Virginia, who presided
at the dinner until Mr.. Wilson took
over.
Skits and songs written by the
members provided the entertain
ment. A motion presented by
Joseph C. Grew, former Undersec-
retary of State and Ambassador to
Japan, turned the gathering tempo
rarily into mock national political
convention. and Maj. Gen. Glen E.
Edgerton, United States Engineers,
was nominated as a presidential
candidate on the Alfalfa Ticket"
After the dinner professional en-
tertainers. supplied by Gene Buck
from New York, took over the pro-
gram of singing, juggling and magic
acts. Music was provided by Sgd
ney's Mayflower Orchestra and a
detachment of 26 Marines from the
Marine Barracks joined in salute
to the colors.
Evening star., 1948-01-19
Pan American Official
To Address Lutin Club

A lecture entitled What to See
and What to Eat in Latin America
will be given at the next meeting
of the Club de las Americas to be
held at pm. Thursday in the Com
merce Department auditorium.
William Vogt, chief of the con-
servation section of the Pan Amer
ican Union, will speak. The public
Is invited free.
Evening star., 1948-01-19
Arkansas Society to Meet

The Arkansas State Society will
meet February l at 3 pm. in the
caucus room Of the Senate Office
Building. Motion pictures of Arkan-
sas wild life and recreational scenes
will be shown.
Evening star., 1948-03-25

tive Martin Of Massachusetts, then
chairman Of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, to drop the idea
OF publishing the letters. Repre-
sentative Martin had convinced him
1t would be politically unwise.
Other Publishers Bow out.
The other publishers had also
bowed out, and the letters were filed
and all but forgotten. In the seven
years that followed, they were re-
ferred to only fleetingly in news
paper and magazine articles. Mr..
Wallace himself, when approached,
steadfastly refused to say whether
he had written the letters or not,
although In one instance he referred
to "a letter to the Paul Block papers
locked in my safe" but refused to
disclose Its contents.
Last week when Westbrook Pegler
published the letters for the first
time, the columnist explained: II
believe 1t is my journalistic duty
=. The voters of this country
are entitled to know whether or
Evening star., 1948-03-25

the only statement Mr.. Wallace has
ever made on the letters to "Guru," +"
"Modra," and "zenda."
your publisher" the letter, which
has never been published, read in
part. must know that the
material in question is composed
of malicious, spurious. fraudulent
and forged matter. He must know
that it emanates from a source re-
jected as to credibility by courts
Of the land; that the same garbage
has been hawked around for many
years; that editor after editor has
rejected it; that 1t emanates from a
disgruntled, discharged employe
who dares not return to this land
because of tax frauds fully estab-
lished and determined.
ITO the credit of all parties and
all peoples, no one I am sure has
been reckless enough either for
profits or votes to inject religious
questions into this Democratic cam
paign, least of all should a member
of a great minority group be re-
sponsible for opening that door.
{Signed) H. A, Wallace" (Note:
Paul Block, who died in 1s41, was
Jewish.)
When Mr.. sprigle returned to
Pittsburgh, he found that Mr.. Block,
had been persuaded by Representa-
Evening star., 1948-03-25

the long hand letters. As for the
others, they couldn't be sure. The
signatures looked very much like
Mr.. Wallace's, but they couldn't
agree with finality.
Eventually, two reporters were as
signed to interview Mr.. Wallace
then campaigning in the Midwest
to ask him whether the letters were
really his.
BY chance, Mrs. Anna M. Rosen-
berg, New York regional director OF
the Social Security Board, found
out what was going on and rushed
to Washington with the news.
"Oh, God!" she moaned. "Out of
a hundred million Americans, we
had to pick that man for Vice
PRESIDENT"
Harry Hopkins ragged that his spy
network had let him down. why
didn't I hear about this?" he ex-
claimed. why didn't I hear about
this sooner? I've got my people in
every newspaper Office in the coun-
try" Dramatically, Mr.. Hopkins
swore that he would stop at nothing
to suppress the letters.
Roosevelt Unperturbed.
Only President Roosevelt himself
remained unperturbed. The story
that Mrs. Rosenberg told him was
that 'Zenda" had the original let
ters from which the ptotostats were
made and had offered them for sale
through her attorneys. The Presi-
dent roared with laughter. Then
he called Mr.. Wallace and chided
him for putting things in writing"
Mr.. Hopkins rushed to New York
to wangle samples of the photo
stats from newspaper acquaint-
ances. He ordered assistants to
study Mr.. Wallace's published writ
ings and compare them with the
photostats Their report gave him
no comfort. The analysis held that
the letters sounded as though Mr..
Wallace could have written them.
Mr.. Hopkins called Mr.. Wallace
and told him under no circum-
stances to speak to the reporters
then on their way West. Then he
went to see Wendell Willkie and
threatened to issue blasts against
the personal lives of the Republican
candidate and several Republican
leaders If the letters were published
Ray Sprigle of the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette caught up with the
Wallace campaign train in Dayton
Ohio, but Mr.. Wallace managed te
avoid him by locking himself ir
his sleeping compartment. Never.
theless, the reporter managed tc
get copies Of his stories to him
MIR. Sprigle chased the Vice presi.
dental candidate to Bellefontaine
Ohio. to Indianapolis, and finally
to Chicago.
fraudulent and Forged
In Chicago on October 10, Mr.
Wallace suddenly popped from his
compartment, asked Mr.. Spriele
how to spell his name, scrawled il
hurriedly across a two-page type.
written letter he was carrying
handed the statement to Mr.
sprigle, popped back again. It was
Evening star., 1948-03-25
Wallace, Caught by Newsmon,
Called |Guru' Letters Forqed

Second OF t,Do articles re-
printed from NeDs,Ueek publish
ing for the first time complete
details OF the history of the
"Guru" letters purportedly rit-
ten by Henry A. Wallace to men,
bers OF q NeD York cult in the
early DAYS OF the Nep Deal.
NEW YORK, Mar. IS (NANA).-
Late in 1887 Republican Party
leaders and newspaper publishers
began to hear whispers about Henry
A. Wallace's connections with
Nicholas K. Roerich, Mrs. Roerich
and a woman at the Roerich Mu-
scum known only as "Zenda." "
Photostats Of letters Mr.. Wallace
was purported to have written them
passed from hand to hand. Whether
they were photostats of the letters
which had been produced during
an earlier court trial, whether they
were photographs of other letters
Mr.. Wallace wrote or whether they
were forgerieS never has been de-
termined definitely.
The letters were tumble of mystic
illusions and political pontiflcation
written in a jargon in which Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt was
called at times 'The Flaming One"
and at times "The Wavering One -
Secretary of State Hull was THE
Sour One" Winston Churchill
"The Roaring Lion" and Russia
'The Tiger" Roerich was Dear
Guru," meaning spiritual leader
and Mrs. Roerich was "Modra. >
Some letters were written in long
hand, others were typewriter on
Agriculture Department stationary
Some were signed III. A. Wallace, ;
Evening star., 1948-03-25

some "Haw," some "Galahad" and
some with a symbol.
Excerpts From Letters.
Sample excerpts from the letters
follow:
TN these days of fiery trouble
we also find opportunity for doing
many things. The indications OF
Morya through Modra have gov
erned under the most difficult cir
cumstances. Surrounding the --one
toward whom my efforts have been
addressed are many loyal to his
personality, but false to his Ideals
II have been thinking of you
holding the casket the sacred
most precious casket. And I have
thought of the new country going
forth, to meet the seven stars under
the sign Of the three stars. And ]
have thought of the admonition
Await the stones
Eyes, the search whether it be
for the lost word of Masonry or
the Holy Chalice or the potentiali-
ties of the age to come Is the one
supremely worth while in objective
All else is Karmic duty. Here is
life"
Considered for Campaign Use.
Those who had photostats Of the
letters did nothing about them until
late in the summer of 1910, after
President Roosevelt had chosen Mr.
Wallace for the Vice Presidency
Then they began to play with the
idea of using them as campaign
ammunition. The Paul Block news
papers, the Hearst newspapers and
the Scripps- Howard newspapers
called in handwriting experts. Their
unanimous opinion was that Mr.
Wallace had unquestionably written
Evening star., 1948-03-25

not these letters were written to a
Russian whose followers regarded
him as Almighty God to mem
bers OF this Russians Oriental po-
l1tlcal and pseudo-religious cult by
q man now running for the office of
President Of the United States =.
I have called personally three times
at Mr.. Wallace's Office and tried to
get a personal answer from him. I
have telephoned repeatedly, request
Ing an appointment for the purpose
OF confronting him with those let
tiers. stating that this was my pur-
pose :. I have written Mr..
Wallace requesting a conference on
his philosophical beliefs. All to no
avail"
Evening star., 1948-03-25

At the week end, Mr.. Wallace stiu
was silent on the letters.
distributed by North American Newspaper
Alliance: reprinted from and by permis-
sion Of Newsweek March 22) issuel
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-10-01
Is Italian JeWry Still Alive?

At the Congress, Cantoni de-
clared that italian Jews, who had
to give their gold and jewelry for
the conquest of Ethiopia, and then
20 the Germans, now have to con-
tribute to the common cause.
A relatively big sum was
brought up by the inmates of the
TB Sanatorium in Merano, none
of whom knows if he will ever
see the promised land. Among the
Italian Jews who contributed
there were some cases which were
very significant. For example
the well-known playwright, Valla-
brine Lopez, gave his precious
portrait of the Fattori school.
which is valued at 100000 lire.
In Trieste, a very big sum was
donated by the industrialist, l..
Stock, the producer of Stock
Cognac. In Venice Miss Bassi
gave all her jewelry with the
comment: "They were owned by
my sister, who had to give most
of her jewelry to the Gestapo to
save her life, but she was never
theless deported and killed. Now
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-10-01
DaYtona Beach, Florida "7h. World. Wonder Beech

l know that my sisters soul will
find peace"
AT the time of the proclamation
OF the Jewish state, a large dele
cation of prominent Jewish per-
sonalities visited the Italian Pres
ldent. The President told the del
egation during the reception:
italian Jews have double task:
one, construction; two, reconstruct
tion." He meant, that Italian
Jewry had to contribute both to
the construction of Palestine, and
to the reconstruction of Italy.
1t seems that Italian Jews, who
were always good patriots of their
hospitable country, have taken
these words of their President to
heart.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-10-01
from Page 66)

uorv %. Until now Italian Jewry
did not have Congresses with
such frequency. The most i'm
,ortant feature of the Congress
was the presence of DR.. Umberto
Nahon, the representative of the
Jewish Agency, an italian Jew of
Great political standing, who Wis
tied Italy on his way to North
Africa, where he will direct the
same drive.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-10-01
SABBATH MORNING
BY Helen Winter

Ruby-clothed Torahs
In the Holy Holes shadow,
The wine-colored carpets.
Balconied women who pray
From velvet, Victorian pews
Follow the Torah, Haftorah.
Solemnly marches the law-laden
Silk-hatted procession that bows
At the reading table.
Silver pointer plucks the
Unvoweled Hebrew words. black
On the ivory parchment.
And the tale of Noah
Is chanted by sing song
Sephardic intonation.
Thus is the budding olive branch
Given to Noah by wings
That are joyfully fluttered.
Sung is the song of Noah
And Mankind that were
Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-06-02
PARK BOARD GUESTS OF
ZION CHAMBER

CONTINUED from page ~
the island facing west, thus Ia
king advantage of the gentle 10
foot rise in the topography
west of the lagoon, which
would suit itself ideally for
seating arrangements.
They have many more plans
under advisement and have
been very cautious in the use