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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Holiday Calendar

Among holiday activities sched-
uled in the Washington area are the
following:
Tonight
8 p.m.-Barry Farms, Nichols avenue and
Howard road SE.. party.
7 p.m:-Lovejoy Playground. Twelfth and
D streets NE. Christmas program.
z p.m.-St. Elizabeths Hospital. party
given by National Jewish Welfare Board
8 .p.m.-Juanita Kaufman Nye Council
House. $50 Eighth street S.W., teen
age party and dance
s p.m,-Junior Police and Citizens Corps,
go Barry place NV, teen-age dance.
Tomorrow.
1890 p.m.-Columbia Union, WCTu,
luncheon FOLLOWED by Christina party
at home of Mrs. William H. Tender,
1916 Jocelyn street NV.
80 p.m.-Friendship House. 619 D
street Sc, party for GRANDMOTHER
Occupational Therapy department
gg im; 49, Friendship House, childrens
costume and puppet show by children
- OF the Ethical Culture Society:
p,m.-St. Elizabeths Hospital, party
given BY ward personnel.
3 p.m.-Teen-age girls from the George
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1912 when he entered the Army. He
had been overseas 10 months when
killed. He was % at the time.
He formerly lived in Arlington
His widow, now remarked, lives
there.
He is survived by his father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Ru-
bino, 1412 Madison street NV, and
Ia sister, Mrs William S. Farris, 10e
ISunnyside road, Silver Spring.
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terry. He W a S
killed in action
in Bavaria, Ger
many, on May /,
l945.
| A native of
Washington, he
graduated from
Central Hi g h
School and at
tended Columbia
Technical Insti-
tute. He was
employed by the
Forest Service OF
the Agriculture
Dep a r t m e n t
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Rickey's Mother-in-Luw Dies

NEW YORK, Dec. % (P.-The
Offices of the Brooklyn baseball and
football club were closed yesterday
due to the death of Mrs Mary
Moulton, Branch Rickey's mother
in-law Mrs Moulton. who would
have been 100 years old March %,
fractured a hip in a fall just be-
fore THANKSGIVING Day
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Jonn,S Gay COM
munica tion of
the Grand Lodge
at the Masonic
Temple, Thir-
t e e nth street
and New York
avenue NV.
Col. B e t t e l.
helm, Washing
ton alto r n e y,
who moves up
from the post of
deputy gran d
master, succeeds
Dean Hill STAN
ley, W no h a S
hoo5od tho Mo-
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::ergt. Joseph T. Rubino
ReburiaI Rites Thursday

~,aff Sergt. Joseph F. Rubino, who
was a member of the 10th En-
gineers, Sd Army, will be reburied at
2 pm. Thursday in Arlington Gene
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Col. Edwin Bethlehem
Elected Grand Master
OF District Masons

Col Edwin S. Bethlehem, 81, Of
1927 Massachusetts, avenue NV, last
night was elected grand master of
Masons> in the District at the St.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28

When the Germans took over
Tshgtao, China, in 1898, they built
ting fist motor roads in that country
torecreation areas near the city.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-28

PERHAPS this appalling in
cident will make the fans real
ize they have a job to do. The
boxing commissions and pro-
motors are going to do nothing
but talk about boxing condi-
tons until the fans, who can
control them through the dol
lars spent at the gate, force
some constructive action.
1t is up to the fan to decide
whether the fight game is go
ing to be display of scientific
boxing skill between two even
ly matched fighters, stopped be-
fore any one is seriously in
jured, or legalized murder. The
important question today is,
whether Sammie Crandan is
the last or just one of the many
kids who will lie on a canvas
ring, a bewildered and hurt
look in his eyes, one hand on
the rope, and the other beat
ing the floor convnlsively,
trying to stave off the skeleton
with the scythe long before his
time.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-28

a meal ticket and who think
nothing of skipping out with
the entire purse, leaving their
boys to face death alone.
WE WATCHED the fight
from ringside and were sick
ened by the inevitable conclu-
sion. First of all, the much
talked of low blows, which
were certainly not intentional,
had nothing to do with the
cerebral hemorrhage which
caused the tragic ending.
The true story is that Baroudi
was a beaten man at the end
of the ninth and his handlers
never should have lei him con-
tinue and endanger his life in
order TO go the distance.
Referee Tommy Thomas GER
tainly should have stopped the
fight in the first ten seconds
of the tenth round when it was
apparent that Baroudi was help
less. But the commission, Ba-
roudi's handlers, and the referee
all failed to do their job prop
erly and death was the result.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-28
saw death climb throuqh the ropes

youth who someday hoped to
be heavyweight champion of
the world and came out a be-
wildered and embittered old
man who had lost all desire to
fight. He announced that he
might quit the ring after bene-
fit fight for Baroudi's family.
BAROUDI has become plain
little Sammie Crandall, buried
in a small Akron cemetery,
brutally murdered by a system.
A system which fosters, first,
greedy promoters who for the
sake of a few dollars would
match Joe Louis with Willie
Pep; second, politically con-
trolled and lax boxing commits
sions who let these over
matches slide by and aren't
particularly interested in the
fighters welfare until it's too
late; third, referees who either
do not have a clear under
standing Of when a fight should
be stopped or just don't care;
fourth, managers whose fight
ers mean nothing TO them but
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-28
This weeks comics
Shoulders finds his pot Of
gold at the end ola ladder

only because you haven't been
reading the scab Sun Times
lately.
AS soon as she gets the cpl
demic licked in one area, it
breaks out in another, because
the villains are deliberately
spreading the disease.
But help may be in sight. 1t
looks like her loyal side-kick
has captured the hidden radio
station used by the bad 'uns,
so she may be able to get
through to Steve Canyon, who
already suspects that something
is wrong.
WRONG something's al
ways wrong in the comic strips.
It's almost as bad as the soap
operas, but at least they tell
you that Life Can (sometimes)
Be Beautiful. Never the COM
les.
Take Kerry Drake, who
never knows when to duck.
Chat has absolutely no rele-
vance to his current adventure,
but it makes a good pun, doesn't
it?)
Algy Wedmore, who's as rich
as Croesus (but doesn't have
croesus in his pants because he
has them pressed regularly is
confessing to a psychiatrist that
he once killed a man with his
car.
Listening to his confession
tby' means of a photograph hid
den in an air-conditioning unit
are two appropriately cool GUS
toners, Highbrow and his girl
friend Smoky, who intend to
blackmail Wedmore with the
knowledge.
But Drake is hot on the trail
of the aforementioned shoppers,
paradoxically, and it looks like
their days are numbered.
But keep cool; it isn't over
yet.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-28
Pro basketball

The Chicago Stays, who this
time last week were backing into
the cellar of the Western Division
of the B.A.A., roared back into
contention for the lead in that
section with 85-78, 92-73, 97-77
victories over New York, Provi-
dence, and Boston, respectively.
The world-famous H ri m
Globetrotters won spine-tingling
61-59 contest from the Mime
apolis Lakers on last Thursday
nights Stadium card before a
crowd of 1923, the largest ever
to seen professional basketball
game in the City of Chicago.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-28

ballplayer, were receiving or
ders straight from Moscow.
These facts must be true. The
only other explanation could
be that Hickey was trying to
picture himself as man stand
ing alone, carrying on a great
fight against bitter odds and in
order to accomplish that he had
to discredit all the men who
had been fighting discrimina-
ton long before 1945 by iden-
tifying them with the so-called
"red menace"
THIS of course could not be
true of a man who has done
what he has done, simply for
suffering humanity. The fact
that by hiring Jackie Robinson
he would own one of the big
gest gold mines in sports and
give his team a pennant, never
crossed his mind.
The fact that through the
signing of Robinson he would
become one of the Wealthiest
and most prominent men in
sports never occurred to him.
He did all for suffering human
ity and never thought of the
almighty dollar.
The Negro people, to show
their thanks, should humbIy re-
we're this great man and in
every large community erect a
monument to Branch Hickey,
the great opportunist-sorry, 1
meant the great crusader.
a. v.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-28
CHOULDERS appears to
met his doom.

=
Miss Varnish pulled away a
tall step ladder upon which the
killer was standing. He was
left dangling from a big pot at
tached to a rafter, the pot in
which he had his loot.
When Dick Tracy, that daunt-
less detective, burst into the
room, he put the ladder back
in place so that Shoulders could
come down.
But the villain reached into
the pot for the gun he'd hidden
there. Losing his balance, he
fell from the ladder and the
gun accidentally discharged,
shooting him in the head.
Which proves the old saying:
anyone who'd kill for money
must have holes in his head!
AS TERRY without the Pr
rates) danced with the lovely
Goblin Van Motley, her father
forced the local French COM
mandant They're in Indo-
China) to let them join con-
voy leaving for a remote out
post which has been cut off by
the guerrillas, whose fight for
independence doesn't seem to
interest the cartoonist.
After viewing Goblin, we bet
the guerrillas will sing out joy
fully:
"Convoy-oh boy!"
By the way, who started all
those nasty Halloween stories
about-Goblins? It's liel
THE FAR EAST also con-
tains another cutie, Deem Wild
erness, the lady doctor, who's
in trouble up TO her surgical
mask
To fight an epidemic, DR..
Wilderness has gone to a viii
lage in the wilderness land if
you think that's confusing, it's
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-28

the sport world would leopard
iZe baseballs entire investment.
WHEN Negroes and whites
were dying together to protect
the very life of this great coun-
try, these moguls were inter-
ested only in their paltry in
vestment. When the theme of
the fight was to save the world
from fascism, the autocrats of
baseball were fostering discrim-
ination and race hate because
of few dollars.
If anybody but the great cru
sader had made this statement,
would never believe it. Per-
haps he misunderstood.
The owners can show the
world he was mistaken by open
ing the door to Negro players
on all the clubs, which l am
sure they will Immediately do.
+ = =
RICKEY also revealed that
Communists ominated" groups
or individuals associated with
them attempted to put pressure
on him to hire Negro players
and are now trying to steal
credit for their presence in or
ganized baseball.
The sports world is indebted
to him for telling us that these
men of all races and walks of
life, who believed that in the
"land of equal opportunity any
American citizen, regardless of
race color or creed, should have
the right to be a major league
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-28
Hawks lag

The Chicago Black Hawks who
long since have given up the idea
of a play-off position, appeared
to be just going through the mo-
tons of playing hockey as they
lost 30 decision to the Toronto
Maple Leafs in listless game at
the big house on Madison st. last
Sunday night.
Publicitor Joseph Farrell claims
the Hawks have seven goalies on
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-28
Behind baseball i'm crow

wv HO is Branch Hickey?
w He is a great and I'M
selfish man. He is a pious and
religious individual, who no
longer felt he could face his
God if he did not fulfill the
fondest dream of a poor Negro
lad to play major league base
ball.
Without any thought of per-
sonal gain he defied tradition
and the entire baseball empire
to make this dream come true.
He had never believed in big
otry and racial discrimination
and he felt on that hot summer
day in 1945, when he signed
. Jackie Robinson to. play with
the Montreal Royals, the time
had come for his crusade against
them.
What authority do we have
to attest to the greatness of this
man? None other than Branch
Hickey himself.
ON February 16, 1913 at a
football banquet of small Ne
gro university in Ohio, Wilber-
force State University, Hickey
felt suitable occasion existed
to reveal the full story of Jackie
Robinson.
The great crusader revealed
that the major league club own
ers made concerted effort in
late April, 1945, to kill Rickey's
plan to introduce Negroes to or
ganized baseball when they
unanimously adopted a state
ment to the effect that intro
duction of Negro players into
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-28
BY AL VAUGHN

T Asst Friday night 1851
IL spectators came out to
the Chicago Stadium to watch
boxing match between Sam
Baroudi, an up and coming
20-year-old boxer lacking only
experience, and Ezzard Charles,
a seasoned veteran who many
think is the top light heavy
weight in the country. No one
realized that the grim reaper
was an unlimited guest.
The bell tolled for Baroudi
and life quietly slipped from
his body at 4:48 Saturday morn
ing at Columbus Hospital some
six hours after he had been
felled by series of devastating
right and left hand shots to the
head and a crushing left hook
to the liver, in the 47th second
of the tenth round of the fea-
ture attraction of the night.
Charles, who was released
from custody after posting a
$4,000 bond, faces a technical
manslaughter charge. He went
into the ring an ambitious
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-28
Sports roundup
Probe Hawk -Bruin
hockey wager

A NATIONAL Hockey League
n investigation of gambling
charge involving "at least two
players" was in full swing this
week, as President Clarence
Campbell checked information
offered by Police Commissioner
Harry S. Toy of Detroit.
The gambling charges were
made in story in the Detroit
Times, in which Commissioner
Toy was quoted as saying he had
substantial evidence" that at
least two players made "substan-
tiaF' bets on the Black Hawks
Boston Bruins game, Feb. 10, at
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-28

the Chicago Stadium.
The paper intimated that one
player, who bet $3.50 against his
own team, was member of the
Boston club.
Bill Tobin, owner-preSident of
the Black Hawks, said he would
investigate the story, but that he
thinks its the bunk.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-28

CHUBBY Carnacion Martinez has
been chosen Miss Queen of Ha-
vana for the colorfuI l94a carni-
val A teen-ager. she's chaper-
oned on all dates-and you can
see why.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-02-28

their 1948-49 list. Let's hope they
can find one to plug the holes.
Evening star., 1948-04-16
|.U. n. Press Freedom
Farley Rebuffs Reds
BY the Associoied Press

GENEVA, Switzerland, April l6.-
The Soviet bloc at the U. N. Con-
ference on Freedom of Information
received one of its most dramatic
defeats of the conference yesterday.
The Basic Freedoms Committee
approved by vote of 20 to 6, with
four abstentions, an American reso-
luton expressing regret at the abb
sence of DR.. Lev Sychrava, former
Evening star., 1948-04-16

editor Of . Czech newspaper in
Prague. DR.. sychrava was purged
after the recent Communist coup in
Czechoslovakia and his present
whereabouts has not been reported.
All the Communist bloc delegates
joined in a vigorous protest against
the resolution, which they described
as an interference in the internal
affairs of other nations.
The issue arose over a memoran-
dunn prepared for the conference by
DR.. Sychrava, who was vice chair
man of q U. N. subcommission on
freedom of information. The men,
orandum was an eloquent 11-point
declaration of principles for journal
lists.
1t said the Journalist should al
ways courageously, fearlessly and at
the sacrifice of his own comfort, per-
sonal freedom or his own life, oppose
the threats of violence by which
any one may try to compel him to
deny his own sentiments, betray his
duty or surrender his own freedom. "
The American resolution expressed
grateful appreciation of the docu-
ment and regret that Dr. Sychrava
could not be present at the meeting.
Evening star., 1948-04-16

ST. LOUIS-CASHES IN ON 1896 NvENTION-Dr Elemr O.
Kesng Dexter o) dentist happily displays two checks
$31086 and another for $40he received yester
day patent infringement suit against the
Chevrolet division of General Motors Corp which had
him OF booster mechanism used aid in
shifting The dentist invented the device in 1885.
--AP Wrephoto
Evening star., 1948-04-16
Air Power Is Vital,
Gen. Vandenberq Says
BY the Associofed Press

LOS ANGELES, April 16.-Ameri-
can survival depends on American
air power, Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg,
new Air Force chief of staff, says.
I'VE have a deep conviction that
no free nation can remain secure
which does not forge for itself an
unchallenageable air power" Gen.
Vandenberg told a conference OF
aviation leaders last night.
"The question of whether we shall
have an adequate American Air
Force is, in short, the question OF
survival" he said. "The destiny Of
the United States rests on the con-
tinued development OF your Air
Force"
Safety lies only in our prepared
ness, the air chief declared, adding
amy adequate Air Force program
must permit the constant readiness
of first-line units adequate to the
basic tasks of the Air Force-de-
fense of the United States and re-
taliatory strategic offensive capac-
ity"
He urged the modernization and
enlargement of the aircraft indus
try, as we'll. He expressed hope all
new Air Force groups will be 100
per cent jet; he indicated the pro-
peller driven plane Is through.
Gen. Vaidenberg's plea for Air
Force strength was underscored by
other speakers at closing sessions of
the California Air Policy Confer
ence. One, John F.. Victory. secre-
tary OF the National Advisory Com
ntittee for Aeornauties, summed 1t
up:
THE price of peace will be high,
but the cost of adequate prepared
ness will be infinitely cheaper than
the alternative"
Laurel outlook., 1948-01-07
Want Job Of Guarding
German Prisoners in Jail

BERLIN. - Jobs guarding Ru-
dolf Hess and six other major Nazi
war criminals confined in Berlin's
Spandau prison are going begging,
the American military government
disclosed as it began advertising for
the needed guards.
The Berlin daily bulletin, circu-
lated to American occupation per-
sonnet, carried a notice Offering
Openings for positions as prison
guards at Spandau." The gross pay
is $3.50 a year. Required qualifca-
tions are at least three years active
service in the u. S.. army, navy,
coast guard or marine corps or
three years service in a police or
ire-fighting organization.
Spandau, situated in the British
sector of Berlin, is administered by
the four occupying powers.
Laurel outlook., 1948-01-07
Four Million in United States
Suffer From Heart Ailments

PHILADELPHIA.-Of the l40 mil
lion in the United States, 4 million
are suffering from some form of inn
paired heart action, according to
DR.. Joseph VanderVeer, chief of the
cardiovascular department of Penn
sylvania hospital and assistant pro-
fessor of clinical medicine at Uni
v~ersity of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine.
DR.. VanderVeer said that in 1912
there were 400, 900 deaths attributed
to cardiovascular disease.
Actually that was 2812 per cent
of all the deaths that year." said DR..
VanderVeer. But it must be con-
sidered that the population is great
er too. In 1900 there yer some
$500, G00epersons in this country be-
tween so and rs years of age. In 1912
the number in this age group had
risen to "a million, and in 1880 it is
estimated there will be AZ million
people past so.
while figures reveal that heart
disease is one of the greatest threats
today, new techniques in diagnosis
offer greater assurance for longer
life by those suffering from cardiac
ailments. Many deaths attributed to
acute Indigestion several decades
ago, undoubtedly were caused by
heart disease"
Laurel outlook., 1948-01-07
Scotland

Young Scotchmen used to wait
eagerly for the first stroke of twelve
marking the coming of the New
Year. AS the bell in the church
steeple began to toll, each would
rush to the door of his beloved's
home. to be the first to cross her
threshold. The girl would listen for
"The first foot's entering step.
That sudden on the floor is welcome
heard,
Ere blushing maids have braided
up their hair;
The laugh, the hearty kiss, the good
New Year,
Pronounced with honest warmth"
In Scotland, as in most northern
European countries, it is an old be-
lief that spirits, both good and evil,
are peculiarly active on New Years
Eve. On the stroke of midnight, &C
cording to the ancient superstition,
all genii were in motion and could
be exercised by appropriate words.
Good genii were called hillmen OF
"hoghmen" in the dialect of Scot
land, and evil spirits called trolls.
Mummers used to wander about the
Laurel outlook., 1948-01-07
Federated Club Is
Entertained Monday
At Huntington Home

Mrs. Marshall Huntington was
hostess at the Monday evening
meeting of the Laurel Federated
club, which opened with the pledge
to the flag and the reading of the
club collect. Mrs. Herman Miller
was cohostess and Mrs. Allen Gate
wood presided at the business ses-
sion.
Mrs. H. R. Russell gave a report
on the progress being made toward
a community hall, and was elected
a permanent representative of the
club. Mrs. C. G.. SCOTS resigna-
ton as secretary was presented, to
be acted on at the next meeting.
The evenings program included
several marimba selections by Mrs.
John w. Nolte. Mrs. Gatewood
spoke on "Color Harmony in the
Home"
Guests of the club were Mrs. A.
A. Moser, Mrs. Clinton Anderson,
Mrs. Harold Isachsen, Mrs. Nolte,
Mrs. Paul Florey, Mrs. Louis Price
and Mrs. Donald McManus.
The next meeting will be Monday,
Jan. 10 at Mrs. d. A. Nottingham's
home with Mrs. Leonard Ferrin as
cohostess.
Laurel outlook., 1948-01-07

To touch a pig on New Years
Eve, brings good luck, according to
Hungarian tradition. In the princi-
pal restaurants and cafes of Buda-
pest they release d pig at midnight,
and there is much merriment as the
diners try to touch the squealing
animal as it races among the tables.
Laurel outlook., 1948-01-07
BEET GROWERS GET
HIGH PRICE FOR CROP

Billings, Mont, Jan. S.-Beet
growers served in the Lowell, Wyo.,
and Billings, Mont, factories of The
Great Western Sugar company are
receiving s15.34 per ton for 1947
sugar beets, the highest amount
ever paid in this area and substan-
TALLY higher than the nationwide
base of $14.50 per ton for beets
of national average sugar content,
according to Lyman H. Andrews,
Billings factory manager.
Based on ITO per cent final av-
erage sugar content, checks for SO
cents per ton will be mailed January
ID to Billings-Lovell growers, bring
total harvest payments by the COM
pany to S12.69 per ton. A flat
payment of S12 per ton had previ-
ously been made pending final de-
termination of sugar content.
The forthcoming payment, includ-
ing settlement for December deliver
les, will bring total payments to
Billings-Lovell growers, including
government benefit payment of S2.65
per ton, to a total of S5,S42, 544, of
Billings growers receive SS4,-
and Lowell growers, S1,377.-
2S1.
The average yield in the Lowell
territory was 1876 tons per acre,
second highest in the history of
the district. The Billings average
yield was 1871 tons per acre.
Laurel outlook., 1948-01-07
Japanese Coal

Like Britain and Germany, Japan
suffers from a shortage of coal.
This shortage has slowed industrial
recovery. Authorities have called
for coal mines to be placed on a
three-shift, around-the-clock basis.
This measure is designed to raise
Japan's annual coal production from
80 million to so million tons. The
goal of so million tons of coal per
year has been reached by the jap
anese before. The goal was reached
In some prewar years and at the
height of the war itself.