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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07
Score Eight :
By Bill Fuchs

The largest crowd Of the sea-
son turned out to see the WASH
ington Caps play the Baltimore
Bullets and take a licking We'd
nesday night, and today a good
many of the fans still are Won
dering what happened. Tomorrow
night the Caps hope to bounce
back when they meet the In
dianapolis Jets at Uline Arena
at 8:45.
But if that 20-point upset by
the Bullets left the fans amazed,
it didn't come as any great shock
to the Caps. In spite Of the rec
ords which show the Caps VIC
torious in "a of 20 games, it has
been no waltz.
In a game where 20-point mar
gins disappear in a matter of
minutes, the Caps have managed
to come out on top by five points
or less In eight Of their games.
Three others we're won by eight
points or less and in at least half
of their wins the local boys have
had to overhaul their foes late
in the game.
A good example was the first
game with Bullets here this sea-
son. The Caps won, 1892. Fred
Lewis, a Baltimore set-shot artist,
let loose at the basket in the final
second of that hectic game. The
ball bounced away from the rim
and Washington walked away
satisfied with a one-point VIC
tory.
In a previous game in Balti-
more. Washington won, 70-68,
with Kleggie Hermsen sinking
two free throws in the last Sec
onds for the margin. Seconds be-
fore, Stan Stutz of Baltimore
missed two free throws: That
game also could have gone either
way.
These aren't just isolated ex-
amples. Rochester, Philadelphia,
Providence, Boston and Chicago
each had the local boys on the
run before getting nosed out in
the last few seconds. The Caps
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07
-Four Champions Billed
AsGoIden GIovesMeet
Resumes Wednesday

Four reigning champions will 60
into action Wednesday night at
Uline Arena in the quarter-fnal
round of the District Golden Gloves
boxing championships.
Topping this select field is Leon
Daughtry, welter champ. who makes
his tourney debut against tough
Mario De SAINTS, Marine from
Quantico, upset winner over Danny
Norwood this week. Daughtry scored
probably his greatest triumph in
the Uline ring last June when he
decisively whipped Navy Champion
Horace Herring, who later reached
the Olympic finals
Other Gloves rulers on the card
are Jimmy Caraway, 118-pound
champ, and Quantico Marines
Harry Rodgers and Keith King, who
hold the lightweight and heavy
weight crowns, respectively. King is
paired with husky Bob Weaver,
Naval Receiving Station, a semi
finalist in the 1948 National AAU
tournament.
Furious action was the motif in
last nights preliminaries at Tur-
ner's Arena and 1900 fans were
thoroughly satisfied with the %
bouts, eight of which ended in TKOs
or knockouts.
Foremost in the mayhem depart
ment was the senior 160- pound
brawl between Marine Walter Stipa-
novich and Fort Belvoir's Johnny
Pratt. The red-headed Quantico
slugger, a veteran of Okinawa, un-
yelled a piston-like jab that kept
the rugged, body-punching soldier
off balance frequently and added a
right hook to the head that had
Pratt In trouble throughout the
final round.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07
Johnny Rouch Signs
With Boston Yonks
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

YEADON, Pa, Jan. Johnny
Rauch, star quarterback for the
University of Georgia. disclosed to-
day that he has signed to play pro-
fessional football with the Boston
Yanks of the National Football
League.
The topnotch passer who was the
number one choice in the NFL draft,
said he agreed to play with the
Yanks when he conferred with
Owner Ted Collins after the Orange
Bowl game in Miami on New Years
Day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07

the Olympic tryouts; James Tup-
peny of La Sale. who has hit
Is feet: Ronald Coder of Penn
State and Robert Bowles of Duke,
another with jumps Of better
than Is feet to his credit, are
others in the field It unques-
tionably is the finest vault field
ever entered in a Washington
track meet.
Duff will not confine his ap-
pearance to the pole vault. The
Buckeye athlete will take time
out from his vaulting to run In
the. 70-yard high hurdles, an
event in which he tied the world
record at "a
The pole vault will start at 8
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07
Veteran Tronsky to- Seek Third
u. S. Open Pin Win T omorrow

game, Mandley. with 4l6 to Whal-
ems BIT, held a 30-pin lead. With
a l19 fourth game, Whalen whitfield
Mandley's lead to 10 pins as Brad
counted l08. A final game of 13l
put Whalen in front.
Needing mark in his last box,
Mandley had the basket on the right
side on the alley for a break. A
seemingly perfect hit carried No.
8, 5 and 6 pins off. but after a wob-
BILE, No. 8 remained standing to deny
Mandley chance at a pay-of shot.
In warmup for the United States
test, local and Connecticut stars
will clash at 8 tonight in a Mile O.
Dimes special match at Chevy Chase
Ice Palace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07
ev Ben MeAIwee

National duckpin tournament
composition for 1949 will be given
O rousing sendoff here tomorrow
when virtually every top-ranking
pinman of the East fires in the 10Th
annual United States open at Be-
thesda Bowling Center. Action will
start at 9 am
The winner of the 15-game classic
will receive $1,000 and the John S.
Blick diamond medal.
Nick Tronsky Of New Britain,
Conn, defending champion and No.
l ranking duckpin bowler of the
country, will be seeking his third
victory. He won the first time in
1888 at Richmond, Va, with the
tournaments third highest score of
2,101. His winning count last year
at Bridgeport, Conn.,, was 1898.
Last year Al prize winners cut of
a record field of 1873 contestants
split sum of s6,157.50. Arville L.
Ebersole, executive secretary of the
National Duckpin Congress, who
will direct the big bowling spectacle,
has high hopes that all three rec
ords will be broken.
Originated here in 1881, tomor-
row makes the sixth time the rich
est duckpin event of its kind has
been held over Metropolitan Wash
ington maple lanes.
Three District Winners.
Only three District pinmen, Jack
whalen, Astor Clarke and Tony
Santini, have the distinction of win
ming the United States. Whalen
was the first victor here in 1881.
Clarke, the tournaments only three
time champion, triumphed here at
Arcadia in 1884 and at Waterbury,
Conn, in 1887 and 1888. Santini
hit the jackpot here at Convention
Hall in 1913. The other winners
at Convention Hall were Wally Pipp
in 1886 and Ben Kosky in 1910.
Whalen, one Of the city's bowling
behemoths of two decades ago, not
only long will be remembered for
his three-pin victory over Brad
Mandley, another former District
great, with an 1875 score, but the
fact that he almost robbed himself
of the chance at victory by being
80 minutes late for the final block.
He had been given one minute more
to show up and he barely made it.
Going into that last five games at
Lucky Strike, Tronsky held a 10
game lead with 1872. Whalen was
SO pins behind with 1889, and
Mandley 90 pins of the pace.
Whalen's Rally Decides.
When Tronsky went into a tail
spin with a final SGT set, Whalen
and Mandley battled it out to the
anal box. At the end Of the third
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07
By Lewis F. Atchison

II know I'm going to like this
job said Richard Henry Viancour
distrustfully easing himself into a
leather chair at the Redskin office
It'll give me more time to work
with the band, for one thing, and
I think can do good job for them
in the other matters"
The dark-haired, well-groomeo
Redskin bandmaster has just moved
into the Wigwam permanently, CIV
ing up a position he held for Ia
years with downtown department
store for a full-time berth with the
football pros. 1t takes a lot OF
heavy thinking, plus willingness
to gamble, to make such change
but all the principals involved think
1t will benefit them all
Mr.. Viancour will handle the
program advertising, do all the buy
ing for our organization-from foot
ball equipment to pencils-and I'm
convinced it's smart move" said
General Manager Dick McCann.
ut will give me more time to work
on the things I'm supposed to and
with his business experience we'll
be assured of proper direction of
all our enterprises.
The Redskins presently will be in
the football. music, boCk-selling and
novelty businesses up to their COL
lective necks and Viancour will di-
rect his phase of work You'll be
able to buy recordings of Hail to
the Redskins both by the band and
popular orchestras, purchase copy
of Corinne Griffths My Life With
the Redskins" or buy Redskin jer-
seys and Sammy Baugh footballs for
the small fry. The old, easy-going
days when the Redskins simply
played football four months year,
then knocked off work, are gone
forever.
/, For a chap whose been tootin' his
own horn since the tender age of 7,
Viancour is modest character. He's
we'll known in music circles and the
American Legion. but he's not one to
grab the spotlight. He was 7 years
old when he began taking cornet
lessons from the famous Gustav
Helm of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra. Six years later he made
his first public appearance, playing
the Carnival Of Venice" solo, with
the orchestra at Sunday afternoon
concert in Boston.
During the First World War he
served on the U. S. S. Charleston,
doing convoy duty, and rose TO the
rank of bandmaster before being
separated from the service. His
band played for President Wilson at
Brest, France, when the Nations war
leader attended ceremonies dedi-
eating park named in his honor
and also served on numerous other
ceremonial occasions.
Viancour was -than-aver-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07
Moi. Cohoon to Coach
MDW BOXING Team

Maj Ivan CTiny) .Cahoon, ath-
letic officer at Fort Belvoir, will
coach the Military District of Wash
ington boxing team which will take
part in the worldwide Army cham.
pionships here next month.
Maj. Cahoon. who attended Con-
zaga University. played tackle for
the undefeated Green Bay Pack
ers in 1929.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07

VA S4AS SSAA
nent's wintering
ducks and geese.
Com m e n c / n g
j a n u airy II
and extending
t h + ug h the
14th, the inven-
tory will deter
mine the trends
OF increase or
decrease in the
waterfowl popu-
lations, and will
indicate how the
birds survived
mortality factors
d u ng their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07
Washington Loan Five
Noses Out Hamilton

Pete Lewis scored a floor shot In
the last seconds to give Washing
ton Loan 1886 victory over Hamil-
ton in the Bankers Basket Ball
League last night at Western High
School.
In other games Second National
defeated Riggs, 62-52, and Bethesda
Merchants trounced Union Trust,
59-16
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07

81 last night, while Charley Black
fired 10.
In other games last night, the
Bullets whipped Philadelphia, 90
88, in Baltimore, and Chicago
moved into the Western Division
lead with an 1918 triumph over
the Rollers in Providence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07
D. c. Figure Skaters
Invade Hershey. Pa.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Quesser OF
1909 S. Thomas street, Arlington,
will head a delegation of rs ice
skaters from this area to the annual
intercity competitions at Hershey,
Pa, Sunday. Baltimore also will
be represented.
Quesser is president of the Wash
ington Figure Skating Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07
Evening Star Games
Tickets Now on Sale

Tickets for The Evening Star
Games at the National Guard
Armory on January Is may be
purchased at the Business
Counter in The Star Building,
by mail request to Room 724,
The Evening Star Building; at
the Athletic Office at Howard
University and at the Stadium
Pharmacy, 1870 Nineteenth street
Sc.
The scale of prices:
General admission -- $500
Unreserved stands -- ESQ
Reserved stands - 300
Balcony -------- 300
Box seats --- SO and 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07

O'Clock and probably will run
about two-thirds Of the meet, or
until about 10 O'Clock. With
field of the best in the country
entered, the crossbar probably
will be placed at II feet to start
and moved up 6 inches at a
time until the aerialists pass the
13-foot mark. The jumpers will
have first say as to the height
Of the bar.
The pole vault is an added
event to this years meet.
Cornelius Warmerdam is the
world record holder at Is feet
8ls inches indoors and also holds
the outdoor mark at is feet 7lz
inches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07
Cesky's Is Not UnIucky

Al Cesky scored ,l3 points to lead
Merrick Boys Clubs unlimited
team to a 1896 victory over Mount
Rainier in a Roosevelt High Recrea-
ton League game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07
OUTDOORS
With Bill leetch

With the closing of the duck
hunting season tomorrow at one
hour before sunset, the stage will
be set for the 18th annual inventory
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07

FBI Five Plays Fort Myer
FBI and Sd Infantry basketers
mix tonight at at Fort Myer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-07
Hockey at q Glance
BY the Asseeioted Press

By the Assoeiotsd Press
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Boston, 3; Detroit 2.
Montreal, I; Chicago, .
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
New Haven. 3; Providence, 3.
i U. 8. LEAGUE.
Fort Worth, 4; Tulsa, >.
Omaha. 5; Minneapolis, /.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
San Diego, 4; Los Angeles. l.
Portlana, 5: Tacoma. 4.
Ottawa, 4; Shawinisan Falls, 2.
valleyneld. l; Quebec. ttie).
Sherbrooke. 5: Montreal. 3.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Louisville, q; MUncie, 3
Evening star., 1949-07-10
; Forest Fires BaHIed
In Pacific Northwest
ey the Associated Press

PORTLAND, Oreg., July o.
Fire fighters were battling on
three forest fronts of the Pacific
Northwest today, as high tempera-
lures and low humidity increased
fire hazards.
A 1,000-acre blaze was re-
ported on the Malheur National
Forest northwest Of Burns. Oreg..
half in logged-over land and half
in pine and brushland.
The fire, which started yester-
day in logging operations, was
expected to be controlled today.
A small but potentially dan
gerous fire broke out on the Olym-
pic National Forest, % miles west
of Port Angeles, Wash. 1t black
ened only 60 acres. but foresters
were ire-breaking to prevent a
sudden wind from carrying the
sparks into green timber.
A bad fire on the. Siskiyou Ma
tional Forest of Southern Oregon
was controlled after burning
through a swath of forest two
miles long and a mile
wide. Four forest service men
from Kerby were burned slightly
when they were temporarily
trapped by flames.
Evening star., 1949-07-10
Los Angeles Area Hit
By Brief Earthquake
By the Associofsd Press

INGLEWOOD, Calf, July g.
A short earthquake rocked Ingle-
wood and several other commune
ties in the Los Angeles area to-
night.
The briefness of the temblor
led to belief at first it might have
been the conclusion of an ex-
plosion. But Inglewood Fire Chief
Bacil Roberts said after checking
neighboring fire departments:
THE consensus is that it must
have been short quake. There
are no reports of an explosion or
a severe fire."
The shock was felt in southern
and western sectors of Los An
geles, and as far south as the
Long Beach airport, where it was
reported Slight"
Evening star., 1949-07-10
Discharge of Up to 100000
Civilians Studied by Military
Johnson Testimony Hints Drastic Slash;
Navy May Bear Brunt in Lay Offs

eliminating wastage and duplica-
ton land by cutting down un-
necessary civilian employment. "
Elsewhere in the testimony. q
Navy official also limited that lay
offs already are assuming substan-
tial proportions in at least one
installation. He said that at the
Naval Gun Factory here about
1000 employees will be dropped.
In February the plant had 10,684
employees.
Neither Mr.. johnson nor any
other official of the National Mill
tary Establishment indicated
which of the armed forces might
bear the brunt of the civilian lay
OTIS.
= However, there seemed reason
to believe the Navy might sustain
the largest cutback because of the
continued reduction in naval con-
struction and conversion of war
ships.
Testimony given Congress shows
that about oneA third Of the Navy's
civilian employees are engaged in
(See MILITARY, Page A-60
Evening star., 1949-07-10
Mu|ti-B -BiIIion Dollar
Sterilization Loan
Tops Plans Weighed
By John N. Hiehtower
Asxoeio,ed Press Sfoff Writer

Highly placed American and
British policy planners. alarmed
about Britain's economic crisis,
are reported considering variety
of remedies so drastic they prob
ably would require radical changes
in the policies of both countries.
Perhaps the most dramatic
project under discussion from an
American viewpoint is a prosposal
for a multi billion dollar stabiliza-
ton loan. Under it, the American
Government would undertake, by
using the dollars when necessary
to buy pounds to support Britain's
sagging currency at some new rate
of exchange lower than the pres
ent $4.03 per pound.
Officials conceded that this
would raise several problems of its
(See CRISIS Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1949-07-10
Z Federal Agencies
Told by Truman 10
Aid Antitrust Probe
CeIIer Committee to Open
Hearings Tomorrow With
Clark us First Witness

President Truman last night di-
rected a dozen Government agen-
cies to give 1.-The fullest possible
cooperation and assistance to a
congressional inquiry designed to
strengthen the antitrust laws.
A House Judiciary Subcommit-
tee plans to start the investigation
tomorrow at a public hearing with
Attorney General Clark as the
first witness.
Mr.. Truman emphasized his
own antimonopoly views in a let
ter to Chairman Celler of the Ju-
dietary Committee. The letter.
made public by the White House
last night, strongly Endorsed the
investigation.
1T is my conviction, the Presi-
dent wrote, that year in and
year out there is no more serious
problem affecting our country and
our free institutions than the dis
tortions and abuses of our eco
nomic system which result when
unenlightened free enterprise
turns to monopoly"
"Gratified at Study.
He informed Mr.. Celler he was
"gratified" that the subcommit-
tee is undertaking a serious wide
scale study of the antitrust laws
for the purpose of determining in
what respects they can be made
more effective in preventing
monopoly and developing q COM
petitive economy"
In a memorandum to IL Gov
ernment agency heads, Mr.. Tru-
man said Il strongly favor the
objectives of the Celler subcom-
mittee." He added that he hopes
"its work will produce construc-
tive recommendation and re-
suits"
Mr.. Celler announced that the
broad inquiry into monopoly
(See MONOPOLY. Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1949-07-10
BY the Associoted Press

The Armed Forces are studying
the feasibility of a drastic cut in
the number of civilian employees.
While the survey so far appears
to have produced no definite over
all figure, it was learned that
there is a possibility it may run
from 100000 to 100000 persons.
Such a figure would be the
heaviest reduction in civilian en-
ployment by the Armed Forces
since the general reduction after
the war.
The total employed May 30 both
at home and overseas was 897 1865.
An official reference to it was
tucked away in testimony by De-
fense Secretary johnson before a
Senate Appropriations subcom-
mittee considering the military
money bill for the fiscal year
which started July l.
Mr.. johnson told the committee
that. without hurting the combat
efficiency Of the Army, Navy or
Air Force, he thought about
81 200, 900, 900 could be saved by
Evening star., 1949-07-10
American Vice Consul
'Bruta||y Beaten in
Shanghai Reds Jail
Consul General Charges
'BurbHous Treatment
In 3-Doy Confinement
BY the Associated Press

SHANGHAI, July 9.-American
Vice Consul William M. Olive,
who was released today by police
of this Communist city after three
days in jail, was "brutally beaten, -
Consul General John Cabot de-
clared this evening.
The Communist Liberation
Daily published a statement at
tributed to Mr.. Olive that Il
have not received any i'll treatment
during by detention"
ANY statement. such as that
which appeared in the Liberation
Daily was obtained from him as
result of the barbarous treat
ment he received" Mr.. Cabot as
serted at a press conference.
(This dispatch was more
than IL hours in transmission.
apparently having been held up
by the Communist military
censorship
Arrested Last Wednesday.
Mr.. Olive, 80, of 1ronton. Mo-,
was arrested last Wednesday
when his Consulate jeep got in
volved in a mass parade in which
the Communists were observing
the 18th anniversary Of the jap
anese war and the third ami
versary of the civil war.
Mr.. Cabot, his superior, said Mr..
See VICE CONSUL Page A-4-
Evening star., 1949-07-10
Ship Distress Signals
Believed 10 Be Hoax
By the Associated Press

HAMILTON, Bermuda, July O.
u. S. Air Force officials at Kind
ley Field, Bermuda, expressed be-
lief tonight thatsdistress messages
supposed to have been received
from a burning ship in the South
western Atlantic were a hoax.
The officials, who refused to be
quoted by name, said they believed
false signals were sent out similar
to those used recently off New
Orleans and Florida.
The messages, received by 9
Coast Guard cutter this morning
purported to come from seamer
abandoning their burning vesse
420 miles southwest of Bermuda
1t said a fire in the engine room
had got out of control.
(The Navy cruiser Worcester
and three merchant ships re-
ported by radio tonight that
they had reached the position
given in the SOS. had searched
the area, and had sighted
neither vessel nor crew. Mean
while, two Coast Guard cut
ters were proceeding to the
area.)
Despite the belief the Who'll,
affair was a hoax, the Air Fore,
continued tonight it's search fol
the unidentified ship.
Evening star., 1949-07-10
14Indicfed in Alabama
Hooded Mob Attacks.
K|an Silent on Action
Arrests Stort Tomorrow;
AZ Charges Made by
County Grond Jury
By the Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July "a
grand jury today charged IA per-
sons with taking part in hooded
hoodlumism in the Birmingham
area recently.
The county jury returned A in
dictments after a special session
called to investigate night-riding
activities. It recommended that
the inquiry be continued by new
jury to be organized Monday.
Arrests of those indicted will
begin Monday.
This action climaxed a month
of investigating acts by robed and
hooded bands. These included
floggings, cross burnings and
threats of further violence.
Khan Leader Refuses Bond.
Ku Klux Klan officials denied
their order had anything to do
with the law violations. William
Hugh Morris. director of the Fed
Grated Ku Klux Kans, Inc, was
Jailed Thursday for refusing to
bring Klan records before the
jury.
Morris was allowed $500 bond
today, but refused to post it and
remained in jail. His release was
conditional on his agreement to
produce the records next week be-
fore another grand jury.
Hugh Locke. Morris attorney,
said he would take the contempt
case to the Alabama Supreme
Court next week.
Some Of those indicted today
were charged on more than one
count. Twenty-eight Of the A
indictments involved fiogging
cases. Sixteen others were for
acts relating to mod violence.
Judge Praises Grand Jury.
Ku Klux Klan leaders were on
hand for the jury report. These
included DR.. E. P. Pruitt Of Birm-
ingham, president of the federated
xxx; the Rev. Alvin Horn OF
Talladega, Ala, a klan organizer,
and others.
They had nothing to say to
newsmen on the jury action.
Judge Robert j. Wheeler praised
the grand jury for its work.
He said it will make all citi-
zens aware of the fact that we
have tribunals to try persons ac-
Ic-. YEI Al KI no 90 0 N