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Evening star., 1948-05-09
International CONGRESS
On tropical Medicine
To Open Tomorrow
By Thomos R. Henry
Science Editor Of The Ssos


The fourth International Congress
on Tropical Medicine and Malaria>
to which representatives from 50
governments were invited, will open
its meetings at the departmental
auditorium tomorrow.
During the next eight days more
than 100 scientific reports will be
presented, dealing with the progress
Of tropical medicine and the new
problems which have arisen since
the last meeting of the joint con-
crosses In Amsterdam eight years
ago.
The last war brought the difhcul-
ties of adjusting to tropical condi-
tions into sharp focus with the need
for protecting the health Of troops.
There is now considerable agricul-
tural development in tropical lands.
Sponsored by U. S. Agencies.
The congresses are sponsored by
the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Of the Navy, the Agriculture De-
partment, the Institute /of Inter-
American Affairs, the Once Of the
Surgeon General of the Army, the
Public Health Service and the
Veterans Administration. Co-spon-
sors are Is American scientific
societies.
There will be an official recep-
ton of the Pan American Union
tomorrow night. During the week
visits will be made to Walter Reed
Hospital, the National Institute OF
Health at Bethesda and the Agri-
cultural Research Center at Belts
Vile.
The scientific reports will be pre-
sented in section meetings through
the week Two major events will
be meeting at the Departmental
Auditorium Wednesday evening
commemorating the discovery by
Walter Reed of the method of yellow
fever transmission and on Friday
evening commemorating the dis
covery Of the method OF malaria
transmission.
Scientific Exhibits.
Scientific exhibits will be on dis
play in the Hall Of Nations at the
Washington Hotel.
The sessions will continue through
next Tuesday, with closing
plenary session Tuesday evening.
Attention will be focused on
recent advances In malaria treat
ment. This disease remains the
greatest menace to the health of
white men in the tropics. yellow
fever, cholera, bubonic plague,
scrub typhus and various newly dis
covered tropical virus diseases will
be discussed.
Evening star., 1948-04-15
Rifle Feot Stirs No Excitement, Champ Finds
But Tom Moneue 6 " Senior Iokes Anonymity With Grin

285 points, but when you're that
hot a point or two can make a
big difference.
Another item that helped over
shadow Moncure's feat was the
rhubarb over the Maryland
Navy team match scores. The
new individual champions feat
was only casually mentioned In
reports of the shooting at An
napolis. The following Monday,
when reports from sections all
over the country had been mailed
to NRA headquarters and
checked, a couple of lines of type
was all the recognition accorded
Moncure.
"And it was the first thing I
ever won in my life" he chuckled,
Moncure, who played clarinet
in the George Washington Uni
versity Band last autumn, has
been interested in guns all his
life. He used to practice shoot
ing house flies with an air gun
from the back porch of his home.
"Of course I aimed straight
down." he explained, so I didn't
have to worry about the arc OF
the bee bee."
Moncure was just another
member of the rifle team at Tech
High School in 1941 and 1912.
He fitted in somewhere near the
bottom of a list that included
Johnny Fondahl, Bill and Bob
Brubaker, Henry Streb and Bob
Merrill. He had two years at
Virginia Military Institute and
was overseas couple of years
jockeying a jeep through Ger
many for the Army.
At V. M. L., we decided, he
really sharpened his shooting eye.
NO" he said with smile. I'm
my two years there I only heard
rifles fired once. and that was at
a military funeral
Moncure is married. He sang
first tenor in the G. w. Glee Club
last year and his bride, the for
mer Ruth Thompson, sang alto.
She's not too keen about this
rifle-shooting business-afraid OF
guns.
Besides, 1t keeps me out late
some nights" said the champ.
Evening star., 1948-04-15


Dwyer finally found the ball in
the cup for an apparent ace,
double eagle and a dodo. all in one,
Stadtler was not too excited, how
ever, as the players in the twosome
ahead, who were putting when
Stadtler drove, made no mention
of his shot.
Stadtler cornered them In the
clubhouse and the players said his
shot rolled into the cup while they
were putting. They told Owner
Bill Leverton that the fellow be-
hind us probably made an ace on
the fourth hole, if that was his
drive" but Greenskeeper Larry Ho-
gan claims they gave him sly
wink.
The only thing Stadler is sure Of
is that some guys have the strangest
sense of humor.
DIVOT DATA-Instead OF CIV
ing up on pro golf when it's bid
for the 1948 National PGA cham
pionship was snubbed, Hermitage
Club in Richmond has lined up
another top exhibition for Sunday,
April 25. with Jimmy Demaret and
Byron Nelson against Lloyd Man
GUM and Bobby Locke. 1t is re-
ported the club will renew its bid
for the PGA next year {. Britain's
Henry Cotton refuses to play ex-
hibition matches on Sundays . . .
A. c. Puryear at Army Navy wants
to know what you have to do to win
golf hole these days. Puryear
birdied the 18th at the service club
the other day, but lost it to an
eagle by Maj. w. T. Gordon.
Army Navy Pro Allan Burton
claims that Club pros" in his cate
CORY have a legitimate excuse for
not playing in the National Capital
Open. With what it costs pro to
play and taking into account what
he loses in lessons, etc, during a
lucrative spring week, the tourna-
ment would cost him 5000. That,
plus the fact the home pros who
haven't touched a club all winter
do not stand chance against the
Evening star., 1948-04-15
Record Field Paired
In MARYLAND Golf

A record field Of 80 teams has
been paired for the first round OF
the Maryland State Golf Associa-
tons four-ball championship which
gets under way Sunday at Manor
Country Club and the Hillendale
Club in Baltimore.
Columbia, Manor, Prince Georges,
Kenwood, Indian Spring and Wash
ington Golf and Country Club are
the Washington area clubs repre-
sented by two teams.
The upper half will play at Manor
and the lower half at Hillendale.
Pairings:
Upper Half.
catoctin No. VS.. washington Coll, and
Country Club No. 2, Columbia No. VS.
Baltimore No. 2, Aberdeen No. VS.. Indian
Spring No. 2, Manor No. l VS.. Hillendale
No. 2, c. c. of Maryland No. / VS.. Spar
rows Point No. 2, Prince Georges No. vs.
Rolling Road No. 2. Suburban No. l vs.
Annapolis Roads No. /.
Lower HALF
Elkridge No. l vs. Columbia No. 2, Hill
lendale No l VS.. Prince Georges No. 2,
Baltimore No. | vs.: Aberdeen No. z, Wash
Point No. VS.. Manor No. 2, Indian Spring
No. l VS.. Woodholme No. ?, Rolling Road
No / VS. C. C. Of Maryland No. 2, Green
Spring No. l VS.. Kenwood No. 2.
Evening star., 1948-04-15
Three S-Round Bouts
Form Turner Card

Turner's Arena will ring down
the curtain on It's boxing season next
Monday night with q card of three
8-round bouts.
Feature spots will go to Red
Gaddis, the improved local scrapper
and Henry Lassain, Houston, Tex,
lightweight.
Lassain is remembered for his two
local appearances last year. He won
from Sonny Boy West, the U street
hotshot, and lost to him. Doth In
torrid battles. In addition, Lassain
whipped Danny Petro, Harry Diduck
and Willie Roberti,
Gaddis this season has hung up
five In row. He upset Kid Alex
ander, Billy Proctor, Orlando Fer
nandez and frankie Pucci. Gaddis
appears ripe for some outstanding
summer matches.
With Matchmaker MenendeZ in
augurating his outdoor season with
the Jake La Motta-Ken Stribling
battle at Griffith Stadium May 81,
indications are that some of the
boys on the Monday card will figure
ip his outdoor plans. particularly
GaddiS.
Evening star., 1948-04-15

touring pros. so why waste the 200?
East Potomac President Joe
Zoeller lists five more matches for
his clubs team-at Anacostia on
April Is, at Laurel of Richmond on
May 8, Anacostia at home on May
%, Clifton Park at home on June
6 and at Clifton Park in Baltimore
on June 27. Matches will be added
with Mount Pleasant, Glenwood OF
Richmond and Lancaster.
How far will a golf ball travel on
the carry? Harry G. Pitt will take
an oath that Tuffy Leemans hit a
ball 295 yards in the air and 345
yards in all, on soggy turf, the
other day at Manor Country Club.
Pitt, who started caddying at the
tender age of 8 and who once was
this sections finest amateur, said
it was the longest hit he ever has
seen. Pro Claggett Stevens, play
ing in the foursome ahead, who had
just hit a long tee shot with one
of the new "hopped-up balls" said
if he hadn't seen it he wouldn't
have believed it. The ball carried
high over Stevens head and stopped
short of the 10th green, a hole 800
yards long.
Jocko Miller of the Congressional
Club pro staff and Tom Wheeler, a
2O-handicap member, spotted Frank
Murphy, jr. Chandicap 25) and Carl
Matthews (handicap 23) stroke a
hole in a match at the club. At
the ninth, Miller and Wheeler were
9 down-to a subpar best ball of 35
from scratch by the usual high-90
shooters. Certificates, medals,
draw sheets and suggestion book
on how to conduct intramural golf
tournaments at high schools and
colleges are available for the writ
ing at the Athletic Journal at 6858
Glenwood avenue, Chicago. :. Lew
Worsham's employers at Oakmont
Club, in Pittsburgh, have asked the
National Open champ to stick closer
to home, so he will pass up most
of the summer tournaments. He
almost passed up the National Capt.
tai Open here, but finally assured
AL Houghton he would be present.
Evening star., 1948-04-15
Texas League Favorites
Make Prophets Look Good
Dy me Assoeiatsd Press

DALLAS. April 15-The Texas
Leaguers must have been reading
over the sports writer's shoulders
they made the preseason pickers
look mighty good last night as they
opened the SD campaign.
Fort Worth, Houston and Dallas,
selected one-two-three, started the
race with victories. Only reason
the other team doomed for the first
-Tulsa-didn make it was
that the Oilers were playing Dallas
Fort Worth beat Oklahoma City
81, Houston trounced Beaumont
Ga, Dallas edged Tulsa 4-3 and
Shreveport pushed over run in
the 18th to come through 4-3 over
San Antonio.
Crowds totaling 31,054 saw the
four opening games. There were
1885 at Fort Worth, $500 at Dallas,
8,214 at San Antonio and 5,355 at
Beaumont.
Evening star., 1948-04-15

1t was a good piece of psychol-
ogy by a gentleman National
Rifle Association members rate
as one of the country's finest
coaches. Consequently, Moncure
was as loose as a 81 bill at the
race track when he stepped to
the firing line.
you know what your score
was?" the coach asked when
Moncure finished. Two eighty
seven"
Gee Wilkins" the young man
gasped.
Yeah, gee Wilkins" echoed
the proud Parsons.
1t is a matter of record that
Cook, who fired after Moncure,
also scored 287, but was three
points under the Colonial in the
standing position, toughest test
of a match. That's what made
Moncure's triumph all the more
remarkable. The new champ
figured he'd get between 283 and
Evening star., 1948-04-15
Curtis Cuppers Rule
North-South Golf
ky the As,oejofsd Press

PINEHURST, N. c., April 15.-As
the field teed of today for quarter
final play of the 46th annual North
and South womens golf tourna-
ment, five of the eight survivors
were Curtis Cup team members.
Heading the parade was National
Champion Louise Suggs of Atlanta,
with cup mates Grace Lenczyk of
Newington, Conn, and Mrs. Estelle
Lawson Page of Chapel Hill, N. c.,
and Alternates Helen Sigel of
Philadelphia and Peggy Kirk of
Findlay, Ohio, all in the running.
They were joined by Mrs. j. D.
Platt, jr., Of Pinehurst; Mary Agnes
Wall Of Menominee. Mich, and
Carol Diringer Of Tiffin, Ohio.
.Today's big match appeared to be
the upper bracket pairing OF cup
players Lenczyk and Page. Miss
Kirk and Mrs. Platt met in the
other.
In the lower bracket. Miss Suggs
took on Miss Wall and Miss sigel
faced Miss Diringer.
Miss Lenczyk yesterday defeated
Mae Murray, Rutland, VT, and T.;
Mrs. Page won over Ruth Wood
ward, Fall River. Mass, 6 and s.;
Miss Suggs shook off Mrs. William
Hockenjos. jr., Short Hills, N. Y,
4 and s: Peggy Kirk outlasted Bea
McWane, Birmingham, Ala, up;
Mrs. Platt beat Marjorie Lindsay,
Decatur, Ill. and 3; Miss Wall
ousted Mrs. j. M. Gessler, Blue Bell,
Pa. and 3; Miss Sigel eliminated
Mrs. Edwin Longcope, Bronxville,
N. Y, and 4. and Miss Diringer
won over Pat OSullivan, Orange,
Conn, 3 and l.
Evening star., 1948-04-15
DurneII and Sinutro
Drow in Nat Match


Billy Darnell and Tony Sinatra
grappled to a draw in their featurs
wrestling match last night at Turn
er's Arena, which probably means .
rematch at an early date. i
George (Krispy-KrunchD Macrfs
costas pinned Francois Miquette In
10 minutes, however, and Marvin
Mercer needed four minutes less to
throw Joe Kamaroff. George Flynn
and Hans Kampher won over Her..
bic Freeman and George Bolas in q
team match.
Evening star., 1948-04-15
But Tom Moncul
By Lewis F. Atchison

A copy boy said the young fell
low with f1axen hair was looking
for q picture of himself that had
been left at the office and never
used.
who is he?" SOMEBODY asked.
Tom Moncure," replied the
visitor. Il think the photo was
left here the night won the na-s
tional intercollegiate rifle cham
pionship."
So this was the unknown who
had pulled an upset in shooting
circles that still had the college
Dan1 Boones talking to them
selves. This was the chap whose
victory so stunned the sports
world nobody. including us, even
tried to explain it. For national
champion, Moncure has received
less publicity than the rainy sea-
son in California.
It's explainable, you under
stand. Even Moncure, Thomas st.
l.. MOncure, tnat Is, geLs laugn
out of 1t. Artie Cook of Mary
land, the lad with more records
than a disc jockey, was supposed
to win blindfolded. Rifle officials
had reams and reams of Cooks s.
background pre-cooked for dis
tribution and when Moncure
punctured that bright balloon
with q record-breaking 287 every
body really was too surprised to
do much about it.
Even Moncure, senior IN
George Washington University's
School of Government, figured
Cook would win.
Coach Frank Parsons knew
we'd be nervous" Tom said. so
he told us to forget about the
invidual championship in the
morning. Just relax, take 1t
easy he said. Treat 1t as a
warmup for the team matches
this afternoon. We've got a
good chance Of winning the team
title"
Evening star., 1948-04-15
Colonial Misses Vital Puff
After Hot Shot; 6. U. Wins

When George Washington Golf
Capt. Billy Griffin blasted out Of
a sand trap within l8 inches OF the
cup on the last hole at Kenwood
yesterday, it appeared the Colonials
would break even with arch-rlval
Georgetown.
But to the complete surprise Of
the G. w. and Georgetown team
members who surrounded the green,
Griffin missed the putt, squared his
match with Ray Larrow, and
Georgetown won, 5-4.
The Hoyas won two of the three
best-ball points and John King and
Harry Ostrosky won individual
matches, while Larrow and George
Rita broke even. Harry Kettles
was the star for G. w. Georgetown
met Villanova in Philadelphia to-
day and was scheduled to play
Temple there tomorrow after a
slight change in schedule.
Evening star., 1948-04-15
Worsham and Harper
Paired as Specialists
Open Tourney Play
BY the Assoeiofsd Press


VIRGINIA BEACH, Va, April Is.
Professional golfers named to
participate in the Cavalier Special
lists tournament here this week end.
will stage golf clinic Saturday.
Tournament officials announced
today the clinic would be held at
! pm, before the start of the fea-
ture specialist match at Cavalier
Yacht and Country Club.
Jimmy Demaret and Lawson Lit
tie will be masters of ceremony for
the clinic, which will be concluded
with a driving competition among
long hitters Jimmy Thomson, Chick
Harbert and Little.
Arriving here yesterday for the
tourney were Bobby Locke, South
African pro, and Johnny Palmer.
Pairings for the 18 holes Of medal
play which will open the tourna-
ment tomorrow are:
1870 pm.-Bob Hamilton and Her
man Keiser; 1:3EPalmer and Ed
Furgol; 1:40-Locke and Jim Fer
rier; 1:45-Chandler Harper and
Lew Worsham; 1:50-Ed Dudley and
Gene Sarazen; 1:55-Demaret, Dick
Metz and Ben Hogan; 2-Thomson,
Little and Harbert.
After the Specialist match two
ball 18-hole match between two five
man teams, 36 holes of medal play
Sunday will wind up the tourna-
ment
Nonplaying Capts. Gene Sarazen
and Walter Hagen will select their
teams tomorrow for the Specialist
match. The golfers were chosen by
the Golf Writers Association OF
America for special talents in the
fields of driving, long-iron shots
short Iron shots, trouble recovery
shots and putting.
Evening star., 1948-04-15
Drawing Due Tomorrow
In Virqinia Field Trials

Drawings for the seventh annual
Northern Virginia Field Trial Club
spring trials will be held at 8 pm
Friday in the Washington Golf and
Country Club, Arlington.
The field trials will begin at 8 am.
Saturday on the Portner Farm,
Manassas, and continue through
Sunday. More than IS entries are
expected in the trials.
Evening star., 1948-04-15
Socrinty Is 18th Rookie
To Sian With Redskins

Otis (BoD Sacrlnty. hard-running
vingback at Wake Forest College
two years ago. has signed with the
Redskins for 1948.
Sacrinty. whose brother Nick
starred with the Chicago Bears last
year, but recently announced his
retirement from pro football to
study medicine, Is 5-foot-1l, 190-
FOUNDER and lives at Reidsville, N.
c. He was a wingback with the
Deacons.
The Tribes newest addition is the
14th rookie and 32d player signed
this year.
Evening star., 1948-04-15

maze a QOle-H-
one. It's a dis
tasteful subject
with him right
now because he's
not real sure if
he ever did score
an ace.
In a round at
White Flint the
other day with
Bob Dwyer, the
Prlory . c n o o /
coach, Stadtler
hit a lon G,
slightly hooked
drive on the
266-yard blind
Evening star., 1948-04-15
Prince Georges Boys Feted

Flucie Stewart, Maryland basket
ball coach, will present trophies to
prize-winners Sunday when some
$50 basket ball players of the Prince
Georges Boys Club will be feted at
a banquet at the Varsity Grill, Col
lege Park. The affair is scheduled
at 5 pm.
Evening star., 1948-04-15

Five years ago - Delaware
Park Cancelled its 1943 race meet
ing because Of transportation
difficulties.
Evening star., 1948-04-15
By MerreII WhittIesey

Here's a tip to the buddies Of
John w. Stadtler of the National
Permanent Building Association
don't ask Golfer Stadtler If he ever
Evening star., 1948-04-15
No BeuIuh Park Rocinq

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April Is tP.H
Beulah Park has called off plans
for a spring race meeting after a
dispute with the State Racing Com
mission. The commission refused
to set dates for the races until
installation Of a totalizator.
Three years ago-Harry pea
nuts Lowery, outf1elder for the
Chicago Cubs. quit holdout ranks
by signing his contract.
Evening star., 1948-05-27

Japs in le4l-Bishop Cooper re-
garded Korea as wonderful,
friendly place to live" Before the
war there we're 100000 Christians,
who welded an influence much
vaster than their numbers"
Il would have called it the most
honest country in the world" he OBJ
served in an interview. You could
leave cart filled with valuables on
the road, covered with only a sheet,
and find 1t untouched when you
returned. Today all that has
changed. Everything has deterior-
ated"
Koreans. ruled partly by the
Americans and partly by the Rus
slams, want all foreigners to get out
despite the fact, Bishop Cooper
said, that "for America to withdra W
now would be to hand the whole
country over to the Russians"
Even in the American zone, where
an open national" election for leg
islators was just held, there is no
real democracy today, Bishop Cooper
declared.
Bishop Cooper is optimistic that
the influence of Christianity will
help the growth Of democracy in
Korea. but the church itself is hard
pressed.
Currency regulations prevent us
Evening star., 1948-05-27
Prague Denies Benes
Is Graye|y III, Says
He Walks in Garden
BY the Associated Press

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, May
27.-The Czech government denied
today a report from abroad that
President Eduard Benes is gravely
Ill and not expected to recover.
To the contrary, an Information
Ministry spokesman said, the 64-
year-old President walked with his
wife in the garden of their country
home last night and appeared to
be in a happy mood.
Another informant here, who can
not be identified by name. said,
however, that the Presidents doc
tors are worried about his condition
and are taking every precaution to
prolong his life.
Condition Held No Worse.
The Information Ministry spokes-
man, Almost Limbersky, said he had
Official information" that Mr.
Benes' condition is no worse now
than it has been at any time since
he suffered a stroke last fall. Cine
reports from abroad said Mr.. Benes
had suffered another stroke since
then and also is afflicted with hard
ening of the arteries)
An official Czechoslovak diplo-
matte source in London said yes
terday that Mr.. Bones was gravely
i'll and not expected to live. Mr..
Limbersky said that was false.
Our information" he said. rs
that President and Mrs. Benes
walked togcthcr in their garden at
7p.m. and retired early. The Pres
ident was in good mood. He saw
a personal friend during the eve
ming
Gottwald Visits Benes.
The Presidents country home Is
at Sezimovo Usti, where he has been
almost continuously since the Com
munist coup in February.
One informant here says his &C
tiyities now are confined mainly to
signing the most important papers.
His doctors, this source said, guard
him against undue excitement or
excessive travel.
The informant added that while
Communist Premier Klement Gott-
valid visits the President rather fire.
ouently, he avoids discussion OF po-
litical affairs. Mr. Benes has not
been seen in public since he at
tended ceremonies marking the
60Oth anniversary Of Charles Uni
versity in Prague early last month
Prior to that he attended the state
funeral for his friend and Foreign
Minister, Jan Masaryk, who died in
q plunge from a window in March
Evening star., 1948-05-27
meyers and Wife Face
$500, 900 in Tax Claims
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, May 27.-Maj. Gen
Bennett e. Meyers, wartime Air
Force procurement oficer, and his
wife, Ila Rae Meyers. today faced
new Federal tax claims of nearly
$500,00O.
Tax liens have been filed in
Brooklyn Federal Court by Joseph
B. Marcelle, collector of internal rev.
enue for the first district.
Meyers Is now serving 20 months
to years for inducing an associate
to lie during a Senate committee in
vestigation into his wartime business
activities, in which he allegedly used
his position to gain personal profit
In March the Government filed
claim against Meyers for $246,356 .06.
Assistant United States Attorney
Frank ]. Parker said Meyers and his
wife would have six years to meet
the obligations.
Evening star., 1948-05-27
Boys, 10 and II, Arrested
In Series Of Store Thefts

Two boys, 10 and II years old,
today were awaiting Juvenile Court
action after their arrest on suspicion
of committing more than score OF
store robberies over a period OF
months.
Police said they were released in
custody of their parents after being
arrested last week. One was caught
by Ralph Blacker, who said he
surprised the boy ransacking1 his
grocery at 1892 Georgia avenue
N.Wt The second suspect was picked
up q short time later.
The two have admitted entering
several times the Blacker store
and one at 1912 Georgia avenue,
owned by Reuben B. Gordon, police
said. Mr.. Blacker said such items
rs empty bottles, cheese, jellies and
cigarettes had been disappearing for
some time, .~------.----.---
Evening star., 1948-05-27
Cushing Comp to Meet

Ludwig z. Mandy, commander OF
the Maryland Department of the
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil
War, will report on the departments
recent annual encampment at the
meeting of Cushing Camp No. 80 of
the group at pm. tomorrow in
the Washington Loan and Trust
Building, Ninth and F streets NV.
The ladies auxiliary No. 4 Of the
union will meet at the same time
In the same building.
Evening star., 1948-05-27

CldUlty All Alo
adopted country.
The Rt. Rev.
Alfred Cecu
Cooper. Anglican
Bishop of Korea,
depicted the con-
dition of this
American = occu-
pied country
with its 30,000,-
900 people - as
one of unhappy
confusion.
Forty ye r S
ago-and until
he was forcibly
r>,;1a<l Lu tlaA