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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-07-10
The oIympies
Maybe best-fed man
win is US. slogan

human document from the u. s.
committee. 1t told them to watch
out for the following supplies for
our 374 muscle men: 1900 bars
of milk chocolate, $500 pounds
of ham, $50 cases of orange juice,
a ton of bacon, 5000 sirloin
steaks, 1900 dozen eggs, 1000
pounds of salt butter, 5000
pounds American cheese, $500
tea bags, 800 cans noodle soup,
300 cans vegetable soup, 2,10O
bags of sugar.
Also, for daily plane from
the U. S. bearing fresh supplies
of bread for our world-beaters.
Betcha that'u make the mouths
of our famished rivals wateri
This is "sportsmanship" at
bedrock. sadistic Joy of the we'll
fed dangling juicy provender be-
Yond the clutches of the hungry.
II is probably the most cynical
performance in the history of
sport. II practically assures the
U. S. athletes of victory. But the
price is stiff one. They will be
the most hated outfit al the
games.
I'M WAITING for a shout from
one Olympian that he refuses to
compete blessed" with such
cowardly advantages. what's
happened to the traditional solid
craftsmanship of the American
kid? He has been sold this lousy
Olympic ideal" to win at any
price. That's the answer.
In the higher sense he can't
win in London. He has already
lost the respect of his foreign op-
ponents. They regard him as "A
well-fed heel. For him. victory
is dead end street. If he iri-
umphs he will be further de-
spised: if he loses-bY some mir
acle-he will be both hated and
Inundated. His rations should
have been no better than that
of his opponents.
Our Olympians deserve beat
ing. That would be simple JUS
tice. If you believe in justice
that is quite clear, is it not?
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-07-10
First Returns
on baseball poll

The Chicago Star polled two
U.E. Local meetings last week
in their Baseball Poll TO obtain
the fans opinions on what is
wrong with the White Sox.
tSee ballot on this page.l
The results of the questions
asked on the ballot were as
follows:
(a) U. E. Local No. Tlls-
97.4eS Yes. No. ll50-s7.4es
Yes.
ID, No. lIIs-sA.ses yes. No.
ll50-86.e9S.
(c) First Question-Nc. Ills
1885,. No. Il50-s4.SeS.
Second ouestion-No. Ills
1879. No. I15o-2z.7es.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-07-10

If there is anything to the old
baseball adage that the team in
first place the Fourth of July
will be the ultimate winner of
the pennant, the good people of
Boston and Cleveland had better
start saving their hard-earned
cash for the purchase of World
Series ducats come this October.
AS America awoke Tuesday
morning after a hard weekend,
the Boston Braves were perched
on top the National League
standings two games ahead Of
st. Louis and two and a half up
on Pittsburgh.
Meanwhile, Bill Weeks Cleve-
land Indians were holding their
own in the American League
race, leading the second place
Philadelphia AS by "a full game.
Is
THE New York Yankees, hav-
ing taken a double licking from
the Red Sox July 5th, had fallen
two and a half games behind
the leaders.
Cleveland had faltered during
the week but when the chips
were down had enough to stay
on. top. The enough" being
their new ace, Bob Lemon, who
had carved his niche IN the hall
of fame with a no-hit no-run
game against the Detroit Tigers
on June 30th and was the win
ningest pitcher in the majors with
1875 record.
AS Lou Boudreau look d
around and saw the, AS sticking
tenaciouslY close on his Indians
tails, he probably wished all his
players were a bunch of lemons.
+
THE National League race was
even closer than the Junior cir
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-07-10
BY ED HUGHES

The 1948 winter Olympics pro-
duced disgraceful scenes of
brawling and raucous caterwaul-
ing. Shortly, the summer Olym-
pic rhubarb is scheduled for
London. 1t could be the Olympic
to end all Olympics.
The start is most promising.
The U. S. Olympic Committee
has already aroused the early
sneers and scorn of its rivals.
You could call it Operation
Hunger. Or, equally fitting, OPP
Grafton Scurvy U. S. Sportsman
ship. OF the 81 athletically war
ring nations all save one are in
state of semi-starvation. Eng
land is still on "siege rations."
The single fat-cat entry is the
U. IS. A. Our athletes are vigor-
Gus, extravagantly well fed, and
the plan is to keep them that
way.
BRITISH Olympic organizers
recently received an amazing in
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-07-10
BY JOHN TONNE JR.

The Cleveland Indians, the only American
League team with Negro player on its roster
became the proud possessor of another when
Leroy "Satchep Paige veteran of veteran pitch
ers, came to terms with them Wednesday,
Paige's age, which consensus of opinion sets
anywhere between 80 and SO, reflects base
ball career which began in 1927 and which
has been highlighted by numerous no-hitters
and feats such as 10 strike-outs in one contest.
Undoubtedly the greatest Negro hurler of all
time, Paige was formerly member Of the
Kansas City Monarchs, with whom this year
he had yet to complete game Lou Boudreau
Indians manager plans to use the 18O-pound
pitcher in relief.
None other than Bob Teller is responsible for
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-07-10
Braves, indians
top heop on 4th

cult fight and one was reminded
of 1914 when the Braves came
from last place on the 4th of July
to cop the bunting.
The last place Cubs were only
eleven and half games out of
first place.
AS the sports writers woke up
this 9th of July they were very
softly mounting their picks to
win the senior cirsuit race lest
they be heard.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-07-10
Tribe will naoIxe good use Of poiqe

The acquisition of Paige. About a month ago.
Feller~ was in discussion with owner Bill
Veeck and Boudreau concerning CleveIands
mound problems. The veteran Tribe fastbaIler,
who last fall went a transforming trip pitch
ing against Paige. said that "Satcher' was still
very fast.
Veeck then contacted Abe Saperstein of the
Cleveland organization and the agent secured
Paige's release from the Monarchs
Pages greatest attribute is his remarkable
control. The other day he proved this when
he put "a of go pitches. over the plate to
Boudreau and Vice-President Hank Greenberg
very substantial salary for Paige was limited
although Week did not disclose the figure, since
"SatcheP has been making $SO-4O,O 900 a year
pitching with the Monarchs and on barnstorn-
ing tours.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-07-10

BUT the fans ordained otherwise They went for it in
big their Fifteen years later still their
Probably the only unfortunate thing is that American
ona League has only been salvage games in the
fourteen played. But the thrills spills often have made
the final results incidental.
Who will forget when the spindle lequed Babe
Ruth nearing the end stepped UP the
plate at comskey Park and blasted right
field stands with base American LEAGUE
10 AZ victory?
WHENEVER basebars fans get together someone has to
mention that afternoon in 1884 when the king of the
paws, Carl Hubbe walked out to the the Polo
Grounds in New York to keep with destiny.
With two and out, he struck out in
succession three of the suggers bat
Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Jimmy Foxx.
It was performance that will live in the memories of
the fans long after they forgotten or lost that
game July 10, 1884
WHEN mention the A-Star game, Ted Williams au-
tomaucaIy comes to mind AS it he who n in
Deroit Briggs Stadium out and two on in the
NINTH hit tremendous homer rs
victory.
The AHSar has had its plays and its sad
moments For it in 1887 that only Dizzy Dean
was hit the foot by liner off
He favored this leg when pitching games afterwards
and developed which
Of of the greatest and pitchers history
of baseball
WHAT will happen this year? That's what makes the
game great Nobody knows.
Only one thing certain the who his way
Sportsman Park will be satisfied This game
knows he will the best talent available.
He could history made Who knows this YOU can
be sure, the fan will home happy
that matters
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-07-10

B a S e b a l / offers few
greater spectacles tn an
the All-Star duel, with
the top stars of the Ma
tional and A m e ri C a n
Leagues arrayed against
each other.
Back in 1888 when the
first game was played in
Chicago as a part of the
Windy City's Century of
Progress" exposition, the
staid major league moguls
were far from impressed
and there was a definite
feeling among them that
the dream game" would
be just a one, day stand.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-07-10
The FANS CORNER
| The baseball classic

D ASEBALLS An-Star Game this year heads down St
ID Louis way. And the st. Louis Browns who resemble
anything but ASars will be host renewal of the
fans game July 18th at Sportsman Park
Evening star., 1948-06-10
Silver Spring Viaduct Due
To Open About August 10

Charles N. Graham, chairman o.
the Traffic Committee OF the silver
Spring Board of Trade, reported te
that organization last night tha'
present indications are that the
baltimore & Ohio viaduct in Silver
Spring will be open about August
10 The trade board meet at the
Indian Spring Country Club.
Blair Lee III, president, an
nounced that plans are now being
formed by the Board OF Trade ano
other groups in the area for ar
elaborate celebration to mark COM
pletion of repaving of Georgia ave-
nue. this summer. Final plans toi
the celebration, he said, will be
completed at a meeting at the trade
groups offices at 951 Ellsworth drive
at8 pm. next Thursday when every
organization in Silver Spring viii
be represented.
10 v. Morgan of Bethesda, chair
man of the Washington Board OF
Trades District Tax Committee
discussed the proposed District sales
tax
1t is identical with the Maryland
law. he said, except for one tech
nlcal difference which concerns con.
tractors and construction organiza
tionS.
Suspension of meetings for the
summer months. effective imme.
diately, was voted by the members
1t was also decided to hold monthly
meetings following the summer re-
cess instead o fevery two weeks.
Evening star., 1948-06-10
Disc Jockey Beaten,
Band Leader Held

A fight in a Bladensburg tavern
last night between Connie B. Gay
"a, hillbilly disc jockey for Station
WARL. Arlington, and a Washing
ton hillbilly band leader resulted IN
the arrest of the latter on an as
sault charge, police said today.
Billie Strickland, 35, of the 14oO
block of Chaplin street NV. was
arrested by Bladensburg Police
Chief Henry j. Nebel on warrant
sworn out by Mr. Gay. He was re-
leased under $500 bond pending a
hearing at 10 am. next Thursday
in Hyattsville Police Court.
Chief Nebel said Mr.. Gay told
him he was sitting in a booth at
the Dixie Pig when Strickland. who
formerly led a band at the tavern
and who was sitting in" with an
other band there last night, started
punching him in the head.
The police chief said the fight was
the result of an old argument.
After Strickland left, Chief Nebel
said, Mr.. Gay went to Emergency
Hospital. where he was treated for
head and body bruises and dis
missed. Neither Mr.. Gay nor Strick-
land could be reached today.
Evening star., 1948-06-10
Maryland Man S|ain;
Wife, 19, Surrenders
By the Associofed Press

SALISBURY. Md, June 10-Mary
Ellen Truitt, 19-year-old wife of a
nursery worker and mother OF 2
year-old girl, was charged with the
murder of her husband today.
The husband, William Edward
Truitt. %, was found dead with a
.22-caliber rife bullet between the
eyes, in bed at the Truit home, State
police said. The home is at the
Tingle Nursery near Pittsville, IA
miles east of here.
Police expressed the opinion Mr.
Truitt was asleep when shot with his
own rife. Sleeping beside his body
was the couples daughter, Dolores
Ann.
Mrs. Truitt is held in the Wicom-
leo County Jail
The troopers said the shooting
took place about 1:30 am.
Mrs. Truitt, they reported. went
500 wards to the home of her father
John H. Baker. Mr.. Baker callec
state police and he and his daughter
went to the Pittsville firehouse te
wait for the officers.
Police said they learned Mr.. Trult'
had been drunk for about Wees
and that he often beat his wife while
intoxicated. .,,
Mrs. Truitt. small woman WITT
light red hair, was calm In her eel
at the Jail.
Look at me-" she said. Both hel
ewes were slightly blackened ane
there we're bruises on one arm.
Evening star., 1948-06-10
Leon Baltimore 10 Retire;
ARLINGTON Teacher 81 Years

Leon C. Baltimore. teacher and
former principal at the Hoffman,
Boston School, Arlington, will retire
June Is fro mthe county school
system after 81 years OF teaching
in Virginia.
Mr.. Baltimore. who lives at 600
South Washington street. Aexarl-
dria, taught in the Falls Church
School and served as Government
emloye before joining the Arlington
school system in 1918. For 10 years
he was principal-teacher OF the
summer schools at Halls Hill. now
known as the John M. Langston
Schools. He then transferred TO
Hoffman-Boston and organized a
Junior high school division there.
He retired as teacher principal, re-
naming as a teacher in 1899.
A graduate of Virginia State Col.
Ieee. MIR. Baltimore has also studied
at Howard University, Columbia
University and the UNIVERSITY OF
Boston. He has been president OF
the Arlington County Teachers
Association for the past 20 years
and a member of the State organ
ization. The association incluoes
about 30 colored teachers.
Evening star., 1948-06-10
|ICC Examiner Recommends
New A., B. & W. Service
ey the Associofed Press

An Interstate Commerce Com
mission examiner recommended to-
day that the Alexandria. Bancroft
and Washington Transit Co. be au-
thorized to extend its bus service in
the vicinity of Baileys Cross Roads,
Va.
The recommendation was pre-
pared by H. Lester Hooker of Vir-
ginia. designated by the ICC to sit
as hearing examiner in the case.
Mr.. Hooker said the ICC should
approve the company's application
to operate passenger bus service
over Virginia Highway No. Z, be-
tween Alexandria and the junction
of the Highway and Fifth road.
Fairfax County, and between the
junction of South Twenty-ninth
street and South Columbus street,
Arlington County, and the junction
of Highway I and South Twenty
eighth street. Fairfax County over
South Columbus street to South
eighth street and then to
the junction. Return would be over
the same route.
Evening star., 1948-06-10
Draft Bill Justified
BY Need, Taft Tells
Arlington 6. 0. P.
Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio

Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio
SAID last night that although a
peacetime draft is contrary to Amer
ican principles. he will vote for such
action because it is justified by the
absolute necessity" Of the situation
Senator Taft spoke at dinner Of
Arlington Republicans at the Wash
ington Golf and Country Club, at
tended by about rs persons.
He said he hopes that selective
service bill will be only temporary,
perhaps for a period of about two
years"
Senator Taft purposely avoided
replying to President Trumans
statement yesterday that the pres
ent Republican-controlled Congress
is the second worst in history.
"A Wants to Plan Reply.
II think. the matter is OF such
great importance he said after his
talk, t'that I want to prepare a reply
rather than speak extemporane-
ously. I plan to reply to the Presi-
dent in a speech which 1 will make
from Philadelphia Friday night.
The Republican presidential as
pirant told Arlington members OF
the party that the G. o. P. is not
in control of the Government, even
in domestic matters, because the
President can veto actions of Con-
gress unless we get at least half
the Democrats to vote with u.s.
He went on to say that the ad-
ministra tons foreign policy has
produced the present world sltua-
ton. which he termed threat to
the security of the United States.
Criticizes Softness on Reds.
He criticized general soft atti-
tude toward communism" He also
said the Voice of America broad
casts did infinitely more harm
than good" adding that the Amer
lean Government lis never very
good at propaganda
Among those at last nights din
ner were Charles o. Pratt and
Tyrell Krum, candidates for the
Republican nomination for the
House from the 9th district of
Virginia; Talmage Wilcher, a men,
ber of the State Central Committee
from Arlington, and Mrs. Wilma
Macpherson, Republican presiden-
tial elector from the 9th district.
Oren R. Lewis, Arlington. an al
ternate at large to the Republican
National convention. acted as toast
master.
Evening star., 1948-06-10
States Rights Best Guard
For Democracy, luck Says
Nv the As,ocjoted Press


WILLIAMSBURG, Va, June TO-
Gov. Tuck said here last night that
if democracy is to survive in the
world it will be done best by strict
adherence to States rights.
He added that the greatest safe
guard to democracy is to preserve
to the people of the States the right
to govern themselves.
The Governor spoke extempora-
neously at a barbecue given by the
Young Democratic Club OF Will
liamsburg.
Gov. Tuck said the only condition
under which he would refuse Fed
eral grants-in-aid would be If they
we're attacked to the civil rights
program. .
Such offers, the Governor said
sought to abolish segregation and
to compel "our children to go to
swimming pools, dining halls and
schools with children OF other
races"
Evening star., 1948-06-10
By GEORGE Kennedy

Washington is the city Of bridges.
This is demonstrated by beauti-
full brochure. bound with plastic
rings and illustrated by offset re-
productions of photographs, old ana
new, published by the District High
way Department.
Since the District is laved by the
tidewaters of the Potomac and the
Anacostia, divided by Rock Greek,
Piney Branch and the Klingle VAL
ley, and bisected by the parallel
tracks of two railroad lines, 1t took
a lot of bridges to bind the territory
that is the Metropolitan Area. It's
going to take lot more to carry
on the transportation of the future
Dedicated to Whyte.
The booklet is the work of Ray
mond A. Boucher of the Highway
Planning Survey and is dedicated to
Clifford Riddle Whyte, the District
engineer of bridges, who died earlier
this year.
It contains early drawings ano
the Brady Civil War photographs
of Washington's bridges. Here many
readers will learn for the first time
that the Chain Bridge, that sus.
pension bridge hung on two neck.
laces of 4-inch-thick wrought iror
links, was gone in Civil War days
The bridge that was guarded
| u, tHxy's
raids was a timber structure com.
bining truss and arch construction
And the Long Bridge. the prede.
cessor Of the Highway Bridge, ovel
which the beaten Union force:
crossed after the first defeat al
Bull Run in 1861. was only cat.
| walk during the rest of the war
The planks had been removed
from its timbers to prevent cross
Evening star., 1948-06-10
| Baltimore Uses
| Plane to TeIecost
Program to Ohio
BY the Associotsd Press

BALTIMORE, June 10.-With the
aid of an ai1plane $4,000 feet above
the Allegheny Mountains, Station
WMAR-TV of Baltimore last night
telecast a program into the Mid
west.
A wrestling telecast, picked up
each Wednesday night by WMAL-
TV in Washington and re-telecast
here by WMAR-TV, was reported
to be plainly visible in Cleveland.
The plane took off from the
airport of the Glenn l.. Martin air.
craft plant near here, and carried
engineers of the Westinghouse Elec-
trio. Corp.
They operated relay equipment
from a point in the air west OF
Martinsburg, w. Va, some 30 air
line miles from Baltimore.
Evening star., 1948-06-10
Virginia Supreme Court
To Test Oyster Law
I'M the A.seeioted Press

RICHMOND, Va, June 10-The
constitutionality of Virginias seed
oyster conservation law has reached
the States highest tribunal for a
decision.
The Virginia Supreme Court OF
Appeals yesterday granted an appeal
to j. r. Haughton of the Oyster
Tongers and Seafood Workers Union
(AFL) from a decree of the District
Court of Richmond upholding the
authority of Fisheries Commissioner
Charles M. Lankford, jr., to ban the
out-of State shipment of seed
oysters.
Counsel for the oyster tongers
strongly attacked the constitutional
ity of the seed oyster law In their
petition for an appeal
Evening star., 1948-06-10
Montgomery Board
Names 81 Trustees
For Various Schools

The Montgomery County Board
of Education yesterday announced
appointment of 81 trustees at the
various schools.
They are:
Mrs. Rowland Green, Laytonsville;
Benton Westfall, Germantown; Fred
M. Campbell and Earl Holland
Poolesville: Melvin Reese and the
Rev. Virgil Lilly, Rockville Elemen-
tary; Martin Stang, Montrose; Mrs
Louis B. Gieser, Garrett Park; Mrs
Thelma Romoser, Colesville; snow
den j, Athey, Fairland; Ted Knoll
singer, Darnestown; George L
Meleney. Bethesda Elen1entary
Lewis Graybill, Clara BartoH
Also, Mrs. Dean Dinwoodey, Chevy
Chase Elementary; Howard K. Chap.
msa, Leland; Frederick A. Gcnau
Somerset; Robert Boynton, Alta
Vista: Walter Matson. Westbrook
Ivan Assay, Lynnbrook: Roliin S
Atwood, Bradley; Frederick Gilpin
Sherwood; Lawson King and
BraWner Harding. Gaithersburg
Philip Edwards, Washington Grove;
Anson Meister, sr., Potomac.
Also, Robert T. Dayhoh; Dicker'
son: Julian King, Damascus; DR.
Fayette S. Warner and Mrs. Lewis
Hanke. Kensington Elementary
Edward Holmead and Mrs. Esther
WarfielG, Woodside; Paul Stadler
Glenmont; Charles G. Criss, Ia
koma Park: Mrs. Arthur B. Cozzens
and K. Glenn Whitehurst, East Sll.
yer Spring: Dana Johannes and
Mrs. John E. Dietz, Parkside; Ar
thur Stack. Silver Spring Inter-
mediate; Elmer Fleck and John
Gannaway, Four Corners; Edgar
Mellon, Woodlin; Earle Vail, Carl
Wolf and Mrs. Thomas Clark. Ken
sington-Wbeaton.
Colored trustees named are Alex
ander McAbee, Laytonsville; M. M
Daye, Clarksburg; Noah E. Clarke
Poolesville; Smith Jackson. Rock
vile; Henry Crutchfield, Lincoln;
william Hood. Spencerville; Emory
Lee, Smithville; James Taylor, sr.
Germantown.
Also. William Ridgley, Ounce
Orchard; Mrs. Dorothy Copeland
River Road; Alfred Hood. Sandy
Spring; Stanley Snowden, Norbeck
Ruize Tyler, Washington Grove;
Edwin Prather and Leroy c. Fra
zier, Stewardtown; Vernon A. Stew
art, Linden, and Henry Cross, Ia
kcma Park.
The board also announced resig
nations of the following trustees:
Felix E. Spurney, Kensingtoi
Elementary; James Hughes. Wood
side; Gayle FORBADE, Parkside, ant
Carl Brown, -Four Corners.
Evening star., 1948-06-10
House Lifts Ban
On Neviius Tract
Va Hospital
Same Senate Action
Needed to Pave Way
For Construction

The House has removed its ban
against construction of the projected
Veterans Administration hospital on
the Nevius tract in Arlington
County.
If similar action is taken by the
Senate in acting on the last Inde-
pendent Ofices appropria ton bill,
the way will be opened again for
construction of the 750-bed hospital
on the site already acquired for the
purpose by the Government, near
Arlington Cemetery.
Clause in Supply Bill.
An amendment reviving the Ne
vius tract project was written into
the supply measure late yesterday
when the House passed the bill and
sent it to the Senate for action.
The amendment was offered by
Representative Wigglesworth, Re
publican, of Massachusetts,, head OF
the subcommittee in charge OF the
measure.
This authorizes the veterans Ad-
ministrator to select site in Ar
lington County for the hospital.
While it did not specify the Nevlus
tract, it was accepted on Capitol
Hill that the Nevius tract would
be used, since it already has been
acquired by the United States for
this purpose, under court award
of s1,600,000 for the property.
Ban Place Last June.
The House last June placed a
ban on the use of the 25-acre tract
for the VA hospital project, after
Representative Smith. Democrat, OF
Virginia protested it was too ex-
pensive.
Later, however, he withdrew his
objections, and last month appeared
before the Wigglesworth Subcom-
nittee to urge an amendment to
the independent Offices bill to re-
move the ban.