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Evening star., 1949-08-26
Ortiz Spark|es in Drill
For Cooper Collision
Monday al Stadium

A first impression Of World
Bantamweight Champion Manuel
Ortiz, who showed some Of his
wares in q workout at Turner'S
Arena yesterday, is that the boy
(32-year-old, boy is plenty fast
and an artful dodger. Twelve
years of professional campaign
ing have left him comparatively
unmarked, but in that time, he
has learned his way around ).
boxing ring. - go ter-
Ortiz is here to fight Washing
tons Jimmy Cooper next Monday
night at Griffith Stadium. In his
public workout yesterday he did
very little punching in four rounds
Iof sparring agaipstsEeet eetAerUef11zj
EDDIE @ilcrist. conkntinS Inn q
with spolishing his timing. be
between rounds Ortiz told Eddie
to let loose with everything he
had, and when Eddie went all
out with quick. solid blows, Ortiz
proved expert at lodging with
out fighting back.
Cooper, who has been in train
ing for this fight for six weeks
Git was postponed once) also
boxed four fast rounds against
Little Dynamite. He didn't cut
loose with his heavy artillery, but
did say that he thinks he car
knock out Ortiz. In his last sew
eral fights Cooper has shown good
slugging ability for q feather
weight.
Evening star., 1949-08-26
Tackle Working Way
Through WI. Hoping
To Gain College Bid
Bv Bill Fuchs

A 200-pound. 5-10h tackle. who
is working his way through high
school and hopes to land a college
scholarship will be one Of the
bricks in the Washington-Lee High
School forward wall this year.
He is Dick Christian. who re-
ported for the first day Of football
practice along with about 80 other
boys yesterday. The Generals,
along with George Washington.
Mount Vernon and Fairfax got
the jump on other high schools in
the area with light workouts.
An orphan of circumstance,
Christian isn't letting anything
deter him from his goal. He lives
alone, supports MS modest apart
ment and still manages to 60 to
school and play football.
His mother is in hospital in
Staunton. Va" explained Coach
Ken Batson, land his father is
working in New Hampshire. He
was left alone to shift for himself
and even dropped out Of school
last year. I heard about 1t and
fixed it up SO he could go to school
and work, too."
Mind Set on College.
That's right" agreed the stocky,
dark-eyed lad. Mr.. Batson fixed
1t up so I could 60 to class and
still make some money. He ar
ranged my classes so I could re-
port for work at 2 o'clock"
Christian, now II, is determined
to get to college and listening
to him. one gets the idea he's
going to make it.
MY mother wants me to 60 to
college," he said. That's why I
came to Washington-Lee. It has
a good reputation in football. I
thought I wouldn't make it when
mother got sick. but now that I'm
back in school, think I will
A rugged lineman, Christian will
have plenty of company. There're
also Roy Garner. 6-4, 210; Gene
Daley, GO. 210: Bill Mallon. SILL.
215; Lurty Houff. 6-even, 100, and
Big John Mccarthy. who stretches
up to 6-feet. 5-inches and weighs
217.
II got the biggest shoe in school" :"
laughs Mccarthy. size Is. I have
to pay out $40 for football shoes
average cost is So and have to
have my dress shoes special made
al $25."
Little Fellows Slip BY.
But strangely enough. Nc
Carthy, who at is still is a grow
ing boy. may be too big to make the
team.
Il have trouble playing defense" :"
he complained good-naturedly.
These little guys go through me.
I'm too big"
A new ar-studded coaching
staff. headed by r. H. Phess)
Woodson, sent George Washington
High through its first gridiron
PAGES.
The staff includes Frank Kap-
rieva, former All-Southern Con-
ference guard from Wake Forest
with pro experience with the Pitts
bursh Steelers behind hims John
Evening star., 1949-08-26
Horse Shows Offered
AT Montgomery Fair,
Ashburn Tomorrow

Those not attending the three
day horse show at Keswick. Va,
that started today, had a choice
of two events in nearby localities.
The Montgomery County Fair. at
Gaithersburg, Nd. and Ashburn
(Va.) Volunteer Fire Department
have shows scheduled for tomor-
row.
The Montgomery show offers ~
classes, with divisions for ponies,
Juniors, hunters. Jumpers and
saddle horses. It opens at 10 am.
tomorrow and will have a night
session, starting at Z. The Gard
ner Hallmans' Gray Lark. Robert
C. Lees Bonne File, DR.. John r.
Keeler's Wood Secret. Carol Bar
ber's Snap Shot. Charles CaTico' Z
Sopie Popie, the George Plum
mers' Canadian Song, Alden Nc
Kim Cranes Tarlac and Jane
Hathen's Modesty will be on hand
to meet the strong competition
from Maryland and Virginia.
Local saddle horses exhibiting
will come from the stables OF
A. w. McDormand, the Warner E.
Humphreys. Senator Wayne Morse
Earl Plummer, Ray Webb and DR.
r. Masino.
The Ashburn affair is an ini-
tial attempt sponsored by the
towns fire-fighters and the ladies
auxiliary. Stating at $3.50 am.
1s classes will be offered. with
hunter and jumper champion
ships to be awarded. There will
be 500 hunter and jumper stake
classes. Judges will include
Stanley T. Greene. sr.. Leesburg
Va; Joseph Cunningham. Aldie
Va, and Kemp B. Furr. Airing
ton, Va.
The show will be held on the
OMeara farm, 31a miles northeast
of Ashburn on route Z, Leesbure
nike.
Evening star., 1949-08-26

Ford, center for three years at
Notre Dame and former assistant
coach at William and Mary. and
Cy Painter from Washington and
Lee university, who formerly
coached at Bedford (Pa.) High.
I'm looking forward to playing
Washington-Lee," confesses Phess.
II know what these rivalries
are like. When I coached at John
Marshall in Richmond there was
Thomas Jefferson and when was
at Wilson High in Portsmouth
there was Maury. You can't help
Evening star., 1949-08-26
Federal Golfers Title Tourney
Opens at Argyle September12

The Federal Golf Association
has scheduled its annual medal
play championship for September
12-13-I4, and for the first time
the 36-hole play to determine the
Government golf champion will be
held at Argyle Country Club.
The spring and summer team
series, which drew los four-man
teams, is nearing the playoff
stage. Only Section I Of Glass A
has not produced an outright
winner, and there RFC and Army
will meet, with the winner to meet
the Section II champion. Army
Map Service. for the Glass A title.
The round-robin series in Class
B will be between Army Map Serv-
ice, Naval Air, FBI. Patent Office,
the defending champion, and
Atomic Energy Commission. They
won their respective sections, one
through five.
Seven division champions will
playof via the round-robin route
in Glass C: /. Surgeon Generals
Office; 2. Army Adjutant Generals
Office; 3, Federal Bureau of Sup
ply No. /; 4. Census; 5. Federal
Bureau of Supply No. 2; 6, Wash
ington District Engineers, and Z,
Civil Service.
Manager "T" Gibraski at East
Potomac carefully has gone over
the handicaps of 10 of the reg
ular tournament players at his
course and pared their allow
ances to the bare minimum for
the $3.50 added Pro-Amateur
tournament there on Monday.
Gibraski stresses the fact that
the host club will supply two
partners for each visiting pro and
the pro will be allowed to bring
one of his club members. Players
are requested to bring caddies.
s. G. Leoffler Is adding $3.50 to
the sweepstakes purse.
The Cummings Cup tourna-
ment at Columbia Country Club
this year will be on a match play
against par basis at 36 holes on
September 10-11. Ray Swearin-
gen and Ritchie Edmonston won
the two-man team title last year.
Bill Hardy, the Chevy Chase
clubmaker, received a letter from
a nonresident member. Charles
Mackall, In which Mackall stated
Evening star., 1949-08-26

but take them seriously; they get
into you."
Phess, who stands 6-5 and
weighs 240, acquired his knick-
name or rather the peculiar spell
ing of it-through a newspaper
man.
When I first put on glasses In
high school," says Phess. they
called me Professor Then 1t
shortened to 'Fessor' and finally
to 'Fess.' Some sportswriter heard
it and spelled 1t 'Phess' and 1t
has stuck ever since"
Evening star., 1949-08-26
mrs. Kuufmnn Is Leode'
In Indion Spring Golf

Mrs. William J. Kaufman card
ed q 99-32-67 to take low net
honors in yesterdays ladies day
golf program at Indian Spring
Country Club. Mrs. Harry A..
Kipp was second with S2-24-68.
while Mrs. William 8. Patterson
was third with o3-2l-72.
Mrs. j. H. Bullock Of Kenwood
took guest honors with 84-14-70.
Evening star., 1949-08-26

| he had visited the USGA museum
and noted the absence Of ar
Allen Lard torsion-steel shat
from the collection Of old gol1
clubs.
Whereupon Hardy spent ar
hour or two in the loft over the
Chevy Chase golf shop and un.
covered one. which he promptly
sent to Mackall for presentation
to the USGA.
All member clubs of the Dis
trict Golf Association but Burn.
ing Tree (Which does not have
wonfen's champion) are scheduled
to compete in Columbia's Glover
leaf" tournament Sunday after.
noon.
The event was introduced BY
Golf Committee Chairman Chri.
Heurich, jr.. four years ago anc
has proved to be a popular one
Each club is represented by its
pro. club champion. women.
champion and senior titlist. The
team with the lowest total score
Is the winner.
Kenwood and Prince Georges
tied last year.
The Maryland State Golf As.
sociation's Women's Committee
opened today's field day to .bott
Glass A and B players and thus
more than 100 players. the largest
field of the season. was scheduled
to compete in the 18-hole medal
play handicap event at Congress
sional Country Club.
Golf also was on tap today for
members of the Variety Club, who
had 50 prizes awaiting them in
the annual tournament at Manor
Country Club.
Only two players from the
Washington area-Mrs. Betty P
Meckley, United States seniors
champion. and Betty Garber-will
participate in the sectional quail
flying trials for the Women's Ma
tional Amateur golf championship
at Congressional Country Club
Tuesday and Wednesday.
The rest of the field of six will
be from Baltimore. They are
Mary Ann Downey. Mrs. Maurice
Click, Mrs. Thelma Richards and
Mrs. T, E. Schluderberg.
Evening star., 1949-08-26
C1AlwIinZ AlI-|n.0ne Console

lot eveythins inch teevon ptures
Powerful AM radio Crystal clear FM reception Msryelos: Triple
play phonosraph plays automatically HERE'S
thing for home packed into exquisite
cabinet.
Evening star., 1949-08-26
Negro Pro Mines Stoee
Twin Bill Here Sunday

The Puerto Rican Stars, cham
pions Of the Winter League in
Puerto Rico, will face the Jack
sonville Eagles In one-half Of q
baseball twin bill Sunday ut Grif-
nth Staudium.
In the other game. Zulu Giants
will play Nashville Cubs. cham
pions of the Negro Southern
League.
Evening star., 1949-08-26
Pat Windsor's Hit Tells

Pat Windsor's three-run double
in the first inning helped Naval
Gun Factory to a 5-3 victory over
Acacia Life Insurance in a Glass B
District Recreation League girls
softball game yesterday on the
Ellipse.
Evening star., 1949-08-26
Fiqhts Lost Night
Nv tha Assoeiafad Pres,

By the Associofsd Press
vaaons. AamANttIs i4s. n Havana, ~ cuba, out"
pointed &C Charlie Milan 145' saiti-
BROOKLYN.-M Costantino. 1857.
New York, stopped Pete Kennedy,
14s. Elmsford. N. Y. (9).
NEW YoRK.-Jimmy Rooney, l27.
BRIDGEPORT. Conn, outpointed Dino
Bleta, 1907, Canton, Ohio 90.
Evening star., 1949-08-26
Grand Slam Homer Decides

Malcolm Brandenburg hit a
grand slam home run to give
Duffy's Tavern. Raymond Play
ground Softball League champion,
4-3 victory over a team of league
all-stars yesterday.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-06-29
CONTINUED from last issue.)

When Savior asked His disciples to pray, "Thy King
Thy will be done earth, Heaven"-He
His Father would hear the and would
His time Gods Word Declares My cities through
perity shall yet be spread abroad"
consequence Wilbur Glenn Voliva conended
ousy for what he believed to be Gods will concerning this City,
the entire site might be little than farmland today It
he who took hold of this work and built he who
responsible for the developing of those infant nsutonhe
Zion Bakery the Candy Factory the Printing House, industries
which have and today provide much OF the employment
for the people of this community.
Truly, this beautiful site! with many natural adj
vantages
valiant fight waged for the upholding of the Zion
thousands of dollars expended for legal
of the past.
We might also say that the bone of contention Shall
have "Zion City, town? - is thing of the
past
But my hearers that deter the Christian
Church going with the given By
His grace will on By His grace will proclaim
glorious of SALVATION HEALING, AND HOLY LIV-
ING to earth's remotest bounds!
recording of the voice of Wilbur Glenn Voliva made
platform with failing strength he thanked
Church that he had lived for be
did this recording being made when the
phone placed before him. he thought using
lie address SYSTEM therefore he said he did
amp his voice. AS he spoke he holding the pulpit
and we'll that Deacon HUH had chair ready AS he fin
shed the chair pressed against his knees and he sat down.
That his last public appearance the
the Convocaton in July 1912 October of that
year he went to be with his Lord.
Safe Home at last - where evening shadows fall
Where Thou, Eternal Light of Life, art Lord of All!
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-06-29
Recording of
GENERAL OVERSEER WILBUR GLENN VOLIVA'S
LAST PUBLIC ADDRESS

Dearly beloved in Zion-ny Brothers and
Sisters in Jesus Christ:
For several weeks have had the desire and entertained
greet in the Name of Precious Lord Of have
lie Church and the various units and find inspection
return that these reports all true (Asde 81 don't need that
have found that could without taking
tain risks That is what have always done my e but the
result fatally 0"''''
Since have been in Zion City have had many re-
such wonderful condition You both and feel the beau
Of harmony that have If there any
deal for human beings and for grace.
ndH y a to f h God for His
here these few minutes thoughts have through
viii snde Until the takes US Home e
T5s
time has built up gant but when he died
W6St did become Of Zion When died? We'll you
z1S y Tsn NJ what 5a1 nof this zo
mas ENDURED an %a is continuing to endure
De not wat you would call grea preacher the that
em MGi yi IN s
tlon' - he has them ALL
like various Units time s here
say o pgpa net 1
ssn o pan ess em sS snd @ the
ina t bssa Very
of ds by s nd and
hope except in God There healing except God
COD You may have many loving hands minsterng
OF course they are very but only God Who
heal and bring about restoration.
want to thank the people for the almost nnumerabe
beautiful bouquets of flowers and regular garden
exceing Florida and have had many VISITORS have not
turned anybody down few who have with special
messages wish had turned down. but is all right does
bother me in the very least.
- We have Zion thank God and she a rock
Very beautiful This is wonderful sight afternoon
almost gave up COMING even after had hat
days. but have been permitted to up preach quite
sermon along that line They used to make go bed
did not want to go to bed when boy than
once Se made me get up when did not want to get
is no happier in the world than had time to
ook things over calmly deliberately and the
that am alive 1t is true that other ever
ala the amount of work that did during period of hryfve
and forty years. and when when begin
OF my heart left then rejoice when begin to
see where the other fifty percent went That's easy enough
to work which went through during that
SO prodgous that people cannot understand it. preached
mons that made eighty typewriter pages eighty
SIX babies IN servce received three hundred sixty
the huch and gave them the Right Hand Fellowship
SERVICE and hundreds hundreds baptized Healing
meeng running INTO many hours No time taken for meals
no iron TO fOr Gle
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-06-29

Founder, under God of the Christian Catholic Church
and of the City of Zion
five brought light the Opening OF
the Beautiful Gate Divine Healng by John Dowe
and his decision America Also the reason for
ing Christian and the Basis of Fellowship
presented founding of the City of Zion and its
rapid growth covered It's further development under w.
Volva also sketched
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-06-29
SIXTH ADDRESS

by
MICHAEL J. MINTERN
GENERAL OVERSEER OF
THE CHRISTIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
Report of Service
held in
ZION AUDITORIUM, ZION, ILLINOIS, u. S.
LORDS DAY, APRIL 10th, 1949
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-18
District Rental
Housing Picture

Applications for rental housing
received by the District Housing
Center, 1400 Pennsylvania avenue
NV, totaled 480 during the last
week. Eighty-eight were for rooms.
and the remainder were for dwell
ing units.
OF the total, 1872 were new and
SO were re-applications. OF all
applicants, 81 listed themselves as
new arrivals in Washington.
In the same period, ~ dwelling
units were listed for rent. plus 81
rooms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-18
Mace Firm Announces
Development Of $50
Bedroom Houses

Mace Properties. Inc. today an
nounced it has started to build
large Virginia development of $50
3-bedroom houses to cost less than
$40 900 each and TO be completed
entirely by Christmas.
The firm said 1t considered this
to be news because the units are
the only under $4,000 3-bedroom
houses now under way In a large
development In the District area
More than 80 houses are now
under roof. the firm said, with 30
more scheduled TO start shortly
and $40 planned to go ahead as
the job is "geared up"
Lot sizes will be 1900 square
feet minimum. Floor space will
total 910 square feet. Exterior
will be Of asbestos shingles. and
roof of asphalt shingles. There
will be no basement.
Room sizes will be as follows:
Living room, IL feet 8 inches
by TIA feet; bedrooms. II feet 2
inches by II feet 8 inches: IL feet
2 inches by II feet, and Q feet by
10 inches: kitchen. 8 feet 2 inches
by 10 feet 2 inches: utility room,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-18

.velopment called WeSt-Lawn. At
the intersection OF Lee boulevard
and Annandale road.
Mace Properties has built about
2 900 houses and apartments In
the last dozen years in the Wash
ington area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-18

6 feet 3 inches by 8 feet 2 inches
Overall dimensions Of the house
will be 26 by IS feet.
The firm said it expected. to be
building five houses day when 1t
reaches top production. The
houses will be located In q de-
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-02-19

Our high school students afforded and showed
their appreciation of the opportunity of seeing the
play Hamlet" produced and directed by Laurence
Olivier and sponsored by the Theatre Guild at the Ritz
Theatre this week On Wednesday morning nearly 600
students marched from the B. T. Washington high school
to witness the play and Thursday than 500
from Dorsey and Carver high schools.
We understand that the percentage of patrons in the
Negro schools exceeded that in the White schools
We think that commendable showing, especial
ly since these young people paid dollar admission
Wometco Theatres in conjunction with the local rep
resentatives of Universanernaonal Pictures because
of the merit and outstanding educational qualities of this
film felt that opportunity should be given to how
Shakespeare can be translated to the screen.
Those talked to expressed their satisfaction at
having seen the picture.
The supporting caste follows:
Laurence Olivier Hamlet supported by Eileen
Healie the Queen Norman Woodland as Horatio: Basil
Sydney the King; Jean Simmons as Ophea; Felix Ayl-
Polonius; Terence Morgan as Laertes; Anthony
Quaye Marcellus Peter Gushing Osrc Stanley Ho
loway the Gravedigger Esmond Knight as Bernardo
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-02-19
:. The TOWN
BERGARCHA

ton. 1911.
The new million dollar Lincoln
Fields housing project at goth ave.
and .67th st. in Liberty City, should
have the first apartments ready by
March 1st. The came sy-high rents
prevail here also. It's SIG for i
bedroom apartment and $21 for z
bedrooms. The kitchens have re-
frigerator and a gas stove Lee
ona Everett is back in town from
Benedict College and leaves this
weekend for Famcee where she won
a 5-year Lewis Scholarship II
you want to hear a Liberal counter
part of Barry Gray, then tune in
on Rev. Nat Welch at 7:45 pm. on
WINE nightly. This guy is strict
on the level.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-02-19
BROTHERHOOD WEEK

This week is Brotherhood Week.
In these days when the world is stl IN the nlost VI
from the horrors of second world war; 1t
fine thing to devote a week to the consoera"on u
brotherliness .4 ~
eentered upon our churches is certainly the duty OF
the church to preach and teach the OF Goa
and practice the Brotherhood of Man, Ths we know
has done in many of churches troughouC te I'D
ton during this brotherhood Week. me-
However, we do know of one instance in or near MI,
ami in which fine gesture of brotherhood was killed
by certain members of church we REFER 70 Cne Ool
munity church of Miami Shores.
The pastor of that church is the Rev. Donald Douds
This good pastor invited the Rev Edward T. Graham'
pastor of of Mamis largest and prominent Negro
churches to preach in the Community Church on Sunday
night February 49, This too much brotherness Tor
some members of the congregation and they protested
bitterly.
In spite of this the officers and the majority of the
members of the congregation reported to have favor
ed the movement and both pastors intended carrying OUT
the plan as arranged But Rev. Mr. Douds received many
threats and Saturday night two crosses were burned
on the lawn of the White church and the sidewalk
in front of Mt Zion parsonage The lnvltauon was can
ceed on Sunday.
The burning of those crosses certainly disgrace
and mighty poor publicity for Miami and Miami Shores.
the opinion of that this might not have been
the doings of the xxx, at least, not officially.
The Rev. Mr. Douds and his board of trustees are to
be commended for extending the hand of fellowship even
though the invitation had to be withdrawn.
We would like to inform readers that this would
have been the first time that Negro preacher appear
ed in White churches in city 1t has happened several
times but little or publicity given to it.
Perhaps this cross burning good thing, because
there is little doubt that inspired the action of of
commissioners in introducing an ordinance prohibit
ing the burning of similar demonstrations within
the city limits and the outawng of hoods masks for
the purpose of conceang the identity of the Eek
cept additionally holiday masks"
This ordinance was passed Wednesday
emergency measure with the unanimous vote of the city
commissioners
This action the part of the commissioners is
mendable Such ordinance should have been in force
long ago.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-02-19

DR.. G.. w. Hawkins, Garth Reeves
and Abe Lincoln birthdayed on Sat
dee Bill Robinson kept wise
cracking about "83" being the win
ming Cuba number until it finally
came out. Now Bill has the last
laugh Far too little praise has
been given the Coconut Grove citi-
zens who are taking such militant
action in fighting the coming board
and city commission for what they
feel is best for their communities
prosperity and development. They
have fought against odds, and dem.
onstrated the type of civic interest
that is so badly needed in our Sec
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-02-19

You almost feel like giving up
hope for better times when you
cead newspaper accounts about
church members revolving against
truly man of God White pastor
who invited a Negro minister to
speak at his church in observance
of Brotherhood Week. Brotherhood
Week - Bah! Know any more jokes?