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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-08-10
HERBERT HOOVER

six years as Secretary of Com
MERGE, Hoover, by voluntary
agreements, was able to get sc
different industries to elimi-
nate wasteful practices of their
products and produce better
goods. In human terms this
meant more work at better pay
and better products at lower
prices for our ever increasing
numbers of people. And it also
brought the investor surer and
bigger returns.
Among other things Hoover
completely reorganized the en-
tire department. His efforts
lifted it from the most obscure
department to that of almost
equal rank of any other one as
far as rendering public service
is concerned. It's scope was
greatly expanded by executive
action which assigned bureaus
from other departments to it.
Also were added duties which
Congress imposed on it. Each
of it's divisions grew steadily
in efficiency and usefulness un-
der officials of the highest
type.
These include the Bureau of
the Census which he made in
to the greatest. fact finding in
stitution in the world, which
with it's revamping and compil-
ing of statistics enables it most
helpfully to guide workers,
farmers, manufacturers and
business men in their plans and
program. B. H. : meaning be-
fore Hoover this departments
principal activity was to count
noses and total the number.
He transformed the Bureau
of Fisheries into practical,
live, useful body from that of
a purely research organization
into aquatic life. One of it's i'm
portant accomplishments was
that of saving the Alaskan sal
mon industry from destruction.
The Bureau of Mines expand
ed it's activities to include safe
ty inspection of mines which
has helped directly to decrease
mine accidents.
Under Hoover's direction the
Bureau of Patents cut the time
lag for passing on inventors
applications from 10 months to
six months.
He also reorganized the For
eign Trade Service of the Unit
ed States. Under his leadership
and with the cooperation of
manufacturers and merchants
American exports were great
ly increased. These sales of
American products abroad
gave steady jobs to additional
United States workmen and
added to the prosperity of all
groups.
Hoover met the great after
war collapse and vast unem-
ployment which followed it,
which was universal through
out the world, by calling a
great unemployment confer
ence in 1921. To it came the
country's leading employers,
commerce and labor leaders.
The conference group charted
and launched a cooperative
Evening star., 1949-02-02

"The fact that almost all of you
here today are colored," DR.. john
son said, Shows that most people
have poor understanding Of our
Nations history"
Because the Thirteenth Amend
ment did far more than just iberate
3,500,000 colored people from the
bonds of slavery. Under the slave
system all the salves were owned by
$50, 900 people. The poor whites in
the South also were In economic
bondage. They had no education,
no vote and no chance at all to
compete against a system in which
they were crippled, suppressed and
throttled.
Backbone of U. S. Life.
THE Thirteenth Amendment,
which you see here today, in fact
set free American labor, black and
white, and once and for all pro-
claimed the institution of free labor
which is the backbone of our Ameri-
can way of life"
If the slave system had been
preserved in this country-and it
almost Was-it would have meant
that you here today would have
been slaves and the children of
slaves" DR.. johnson said.
The document which the chill
dren were looking at, he told them,
was the turning point IN the strug-
gle to establish the free political
and educational systems that we
enjoy today.
In that it put an end to the one
crop slave economy of a large part
Evening star., 1949-02-02
3thAmendment Awes Children
At Freedom Day Celebration

She was one of the smallest chill
dren in the crowded main hall of
the Library of Congress yesterday,
but she clutched her pad and pencil
tightly in one hand and squirmed
her way through the group around
the center show case. T
She looked down at the large,
yellowed document in the case and
the look of eager brightness gave
way to a disappointed frown.
What does it say?" she asked an
older girl standing beside her." The
girl pointed to one of the signatures
at the bottom of the page where the
stiff "A Lincoln" stood out blackly
from the others.
Wait till DR.. johnson gets here, "
she said. He'll tell YOU"
DR.. Mordecai johnson, president
of Howard University. started his
speech by calling the children
'fellow-students." He spoke stand
ing behind the case which held the
document and the little girls eyes
never left his face.
Explains Freedom Day.
Yesterday was Freedom Day, he
said. because on February /, 1865,
President Lincoln signed the Thir-
teenth Amendment to the Constitu-
ton, which forever abolished slavery
and involuntary servitude in the
United States, except as punish
ment for crime. But Freedom Day,
he said, should not be celebrated
only by the colored people in the
country,
Evening star., 1949-02-02

of the country, it also made way
for the development Of the indus
trial strength of the country and
for its growth in population.
If it hadn't been for this piece
of paper" he said, Hitler would
have knocked us over with the little
finger of his left hand"
Called Act of God.
Finally the passage of the 18th
amendment was an act of God,
which once and for all told the world
that, under the American flag, the
dignity of person may not be vio-
lated or limited or disregarded.
With the yeast of that idea work.
ing in our society, no power on
earth can withstand the moral
force that we can represent in the
world"
When DR.. johnson had finished
speaking, the crowd of children be-
gan moving toward the exits, but
the little girl stayed where she
was, looking at the yellow piece of
paper which the speaker had taken
out of the case. She reached out
and touched corner of it with her
forefinger and then turned and left.
Evening star., 1949-02-02
Husband Jailed After Climb
To Estranged Wife's Room

A husband who pulled a second
story job to get into his estranged
Wife's house today was serving time
for assault, threats and intoxication.
Mrs. Maggie Richardson, 81.
colored, declared in Municipal Court
that she awoke early yesterday to
see her spouse, Herman v. Richard
son, ST., 40, remove the screen from
her bedroom window to which he
had scaled by way of a ladder out
side the house in the 200 block of
v street NV.
HE dragged me from my bed, beat
me, then threw me on the floor and
choked me-" she testified, adding
that he prefaced his action by
threating to kill her.
Their 20-year-old son. Herman,
jr., said he happened to come home
at that moment and lntervened.
Police said the elder Richardson,
was drunk.
Judge George D. Nelson imposed
fines totaling $125 and ordered the
man to post a $500 peace bond.
In default of the cash, Richardson
was jailed for 180 days.
Evening star., 1949-02-02
Spor Barracks Housing
Discontinuunce Asked

The Commissioners have been
asked to permit Government Serv-
ices, Inc, TO discontinue, next June,
operation Of the old Spar Barracks,
on Independence avenue S.W., as a
student veterans housing unit.
The request was made to Engineer
Commissioner Gordon r. Young by
R. R. Ayers, general manager of
GSI. Mr.. Ayers wrote that vacan-
cies now are occurring in the bar
racks-built during the war to house
women Of the Coast Guard Reserve
and that heads of Washington
universities have indicated no OBJ
lection to closing the barracks.
Evening star., 1949-02-02
NaWleague Launches
Information Program

The Navy League embarked to-
day on a public information pro-
gram to acquaint the American
people with the aims and need, of
the Navy and naval aviation.
The leagues national board of
directors announced, after an all
day meeting yesterday in the Hotel
Statler, that it had mapped out a
f1ve-year educational program, to be
financed by $500, 900 fund, to pro-
vide factual data to the public cor
corning the Importance of the Navy
as an element of national defense.
Navy Secretary Sullivan, in a talk
at the boards luncheon session,
praised the organization for its plan
to expand activities at time when
"compiacency" and "discrediting"
attacks endanger the armed services
and the national security.
Much of the current "discredit-
ing" Of aims and personnel of the
armed services. Secretary Sullivan
said, is deliberately spread by "peo-
pie whose interest Is not for the
good Of this country"
E. Courtlandt Parker of Washing
ton, vice president of the Navy
League, was made chairman of the
Public Information Committee. The
tentative budget for the current
year was fixed at 100000, with
s500000 outlay envisioned during the
next five years. the committee an
nounced.
Frank A. Hecht of Chicago, Navy
League president, presided at the
conference and luncheon. Other
guests were Rear Admiral Edward
c. Even, Navy director of public
relations; Capt. Richard P. Glass,
special assistant to the Secretary OF
the Navy. and Capt. Atherton Ma
condray. director of the civil reIa-
tions division of the Navy Office of
pIlh1ic Ra1a tions
Evening star., 1949-02-02
Births Reported

~ " 80 - BUREAU VI Stal ctatlStlcS.J
Thomas and Jacaueline ,Bayne. boy.
Lester and Violet Blumenthal, girl.
Joseph and Elizabeth Capanneili. boy.
ss1rgs EdWaId sIS and Helen Helen Chtswelli girl.
STeSsnssieSa sea e5d 1l1s Mar? Pay9s boy
Charles and Dorothy Derr: boy.
byron and Lucy DiggeS, boy.
John and Julia England, boy.
smDe ana add Bsabass saassna orsK Gads Sny girl
BERNARD inS and als ANNA Haslnea; asaser, Boy Boy.
Freddie Freddie and !. nd Dorothy Aawisy: boy.
1rRns TRGmas ana and sne xvfsts Hseh hHealS Ill., boy
Garh.a1 Car and .ng Wendrsl ndr.,l Howell. girl:
Aton ana anq iGef heHs sr
Philbrook and Lillina Knight, girl.
Edward and Mary Lane. girl.
Paul and Anne Lewis, girl.
Charles Charles as and Helen ,I, MseAulltis, ss girl.
Jack and Leslie Mcdaniel, boy.
RUSSELL and Grace Mcclure, boy.
Boy R. ian and Bettys r,.s McKissick Ms girl.
Alexander and Eleanor Molchanova, boy.
Fon and Jean Montgomery. boy.
Ralph and Barbara Morgan. boy.
James and Miriam Morningstar, boy
Alfred and Virginia Mueller, boy.
Henry and Carolyn Nash, girl.
Robert and Rena Parke. girl
John and Barbara Patterson. girl.
Loron and Vivian Phelps, boy.
Abraham and Eva Press. boy.
William and Ruth Rayenel boy.
John and Zelda Roby, boy.
James and Gloria Scarce, girl.
Albert and Mary Smith, boy.
Edward and ElLer Steraer, boy.
John and Gladys Tebeau, boy.
Paul and Olga Varoutsos. boy.
william and Marjorie wallace. girl.
Donald and Betty Williams, boy.
James and Cordie Coe, boy.
Linnie and Mary Coleman, girl.
Asa and Orma Duncan, boy.
Jessie and Josephine Henrym, boy.
David and Nettie Hutchinson. girl.
Joseph and Reathea Lindsey, girl.
Theodore and Beulah McDow,. boy.
Walter and Lucille Merritt, girl.
Theodore and June Nickens. boy.
Nathaniel and Berthenia Potts, girl.
Harold and cynthia Smith. girl.
Edward and Mary Taylor. girl
Walter and Barbara Terry, boy.
Edinbur and Matte Valentine. boy.
Clarence and M. Mamie Wallace. twin
girls.
Evening star., 1949-02-02

The fish canning industry is being
expanded rapidly in Venezuela.
Evening star., 1949-02-27

Fourteen pitchers and three
catchers have been summoned to
labor under Manager Joe Kuhel
who is confronted with one OF
the least enviable assignments
among major league pilots. Joe
has one pitcher-Scarborough-
who won more than nine games
in major league surroundings last
year. Three of his probable
starters-Hudson, Masterson and
Haefner-won only II games be-
tween them.
Some of that pitching deficiency
might be offset by lusty hitting
but the Mats will require spec
tacular improvement along that
line. Their top hitter last season
was Outfielder Ed Stewart, who
compiled a modest .278 average
While Washington's baseball
team may not be astonishing, it. at
least will be altered, Taking over
at first base will be Robinson, OBJ
tained from the Cleveland Indians
and operating at shortstop will be
Dente, who was second-string
shortstop with the st. Louis
Browns last season.
Figuring prominently in the
Mats pitching plans are Haynes,
who returns to Washington after
eioht wears with the Chicago White
Sox, and Ed Klieman, bespec-
tacled right-hander who came
to the Mats with Robinson and
Haynes in the deal which dis
Evening star., 1949-02-27

ing staff last season with Is
victories, the sharp-faced right
handler returned Grifith's first
contract weeks ago with a note
that he felt he deserved a larger
boost, Griffith hasn't contacted
him since.
Scarborough, at 80, is bidding
for his first fat contract. He
never had won more than seven
games with Washington before
last season and, in fact, had only
one winning year-in 1912, when
he won two games and lost one
Ray will get a sizable pay hike
but he'll be the Mats No. 2 man
with the. Internal Revenue De-
partment. Outfelder Buddy Lewis
returning to action after a year S
layoff, will draw top money.
Although they aren't slated to
report for more than week
three inf1elders and two outfleld-
ers already are established here
Jay Difani. who will be groomed
as a utility inflelder, First Base
man Eddie Robinson and Short
stop Sam Dente are here, along
with Outfielders Gil Coan and
Sherry Robertson.
Masterson, Sid Hudson and Joe
Haynes are pitchers who have
checked in with Evans. Other
pitchers and catchers are due to
report no later than Monday, with
the Mats first workout slated on
Tuesday.
Evening star., 1949-02-27
By Burton Hawkins
Stor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

ORLANDO, Fla, Feb. 26.-Nc
salary complications are likely tc
stall the Mats opening of spring
training here Tuesday. Five
Washington players currently are
unsigned but President Clark
Griffith says all are enroute tc
camp and he anticipates little
difficulty in obtaining their Sfg-
natures.
Catcher AL Evans conferred
with Griffith for As minutes today
and failed to reach an agreement
They are slated. to discuss terms
again Monday. Evans is baking
at a salary slice, pointing to a
259 batting average which was
higher by 18 points than his
1947 figure, when he took no cut
Others unsigned are Pitchers
Walter Masterson, Mickey Haef.
ner and Ray Scarborough and In
fielder Mark Christman. Master.
son has been on the scene for sew.
eral weeks, while Scarborough in.
dicated he is ready to sign wher
he left his Mount Olive, N. c..
residence today and headed fol
the Mats training base.
Seeks First Big Money.
Griffith processes he is unaware
of Scarborough's salary demands
Big wheel of Washington's pitch
Evening star., 1949-02-27
Mats Pay Squowks Minor; Drills Open Tuesday

patched First Baseman Mickey
Vernon and Pitcher Early Wynn
to Cleveland.
Klieman to Be Starter.
Klieman, identified strictly as
a relief pitcher with the Indians,
will be granted an opportunity to
start games with the Mats, accord
ing to Griffith. Should Klieman
win regular berth it is likely
that the 36-year-old Haefner will
be relegated to relief roles.
The Mats crop of rookie hurlers
isn't star studded. Earl Davis. a
left-hander. won 10 and lost 8
with Charlotte, while Buzz Dozier
owned an 8-8 record with the same
club. Ramon Garcia, little Gu
ban right-hander, won and lost 7
with Chattanooga. where Dick
Weik had a TIL mark. Mason
Leeper, a wild left-hander, won
one and lost five with Atlanta.
Otherwise the Mats will bank on
such specimens as Forrest Thomp-
son, Milo Candini and Dick We'll
teroth, who failed to distinguish
themselves with Washington last
year.
The catching staff will remain
the same, with Evans due to toll
when left-handed pitcher labors
against the Mats. Jake Early will
swing against right-handers, with
Len Okrie around in the event
either is injured.
Evening star., 1949-02-27

of Lancaster. Ohio, held off the
belated challenge of Dinner Gong.
The Vulcan Forge minority
broke into cheers, however, when
the betting prices were flashed
$42.60 to win, $22.40 to place and
$13.10 to show.
Dinner Gong paid $3.50 and
$410 and Miss Grillo $50.
The time for the mile and one
quarter race was good considering
the water-sloppy oval-2:024s.
The Vulcan won a net 100000
for his efforts.
Bought for $4,000.
Collins, former Ohio Racing
Commission chairman, bought
Vulcan's Forge for 100000 at a
c. v. Whitney auction last Sep
tember.
Dinner Gong, who whipped some
of these same horses-but not Vul-
cans Forge-in the $50,000 San
Antonio mud battle two weeks ago,
is owned by Abe Hirschberg of
Riverside, Calf, and Miss Grille
is owned by Mrs. Douglas Barclays
Mill River stable of Long Island
N. Y.
The Vulcan's triumph was the
second upset in succession in
Santa Anita's waning season. Last
week Clifford Moore's 33-1 long
shot, Old Rockport. astounded the
experts with win in the 100000
derby.
Today's race was much like the
triumph of another long priced
horse, Bay View. in 1941. That
was decided in sloppy going, too,
and Bay View paid off $118.40.
This twelfth edition of the Big
Cap was even damper, however.
Wet Blanket Day.
But it was nothing to the wet
blanket thrown over the hopes of
the hackers of Dinner Gong, the
powerful combination of Ace Ad-
miral and On Trust, or the Fox
catcher's usually reliable two-some
of Rosebeam and Manyunk.
Mrs. Nat Goldstone's lightly
regarded Solidarity, with Appren-
tice Rider Gordon Glisson cunning
for his fourth win of the after
noon, threw the first scare. This
California-bred grabbed the pace
and held it for a mile. Ace Ad-
miral. with Hedley Woodhouse in
(See SANTA ANITA, Page BAD
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totals -- II IL 80 lOIhlS II D d
American u. Downs
61-to-2S

Bonnie Garshag and Bob Lamon
were held scoreless last night, but
American University still had
enough power to steamroller Ly-
coming College into a 61-28 de-
feat last night on the Eagles
court.
Garshag, the Districts leading
scorer, and Lamon played only
briefly and were closely guarded.
Meanwhile, Art Morales, Jim
Kranking and Karner Sparked
we'll balanced attack that gave the
home team a 1912 lead at the
half and continued to pile up
points throughout the second half.
Evening star., 1949-02-27
Third Army Bags Lions Share
OF Ring Honors at Fort Myer

All the expected knockOuts
failed to materialize but otherwise
the Week-long Army world boxing
championship tournament at Fort
Myer wound up last night as eX-
pected with fighting Third Army
men taking the big share OF
honors. The Third Army had three
individual champions and easily
won the team title with II points
Trailing the Third Army were
Far East, 10; First Army anc
Pacific Command 7; European
Command, s; Fourth Army anc
Fifth Army. 5; Sixth Army. 4, ano
Military District of Washington, l
A crowd estimated at 1000
packed the Fort Myer gym anc
was treated to bangup fights from
start to finish. Many hundreds
of fans. were turned away.
A Washington battler, Middle
weight Larry Jones, earned one Of
the Third Army championship!
with an upset of Carroll Smith o1
the First Army, an experienced
battler with nearly 200 amateur
fights behind him. This was one
of the evenings top scraps az
Jones pressed Smith throughout
and scored repeatedly with body
attack. The decision was unani-
nous but close.
Williams Scores TKO.
In the windup scrap, 224-pounc
Howard Williams of the Far East
Command scored a second-round
technical knockout over 176-
pound Bill Howell of the Fourth
Army. Howell actually fought
himself into exhaustion against
the big and amiable Williams, bor-
ing into him with a barrage of
lefts and rights from the opening
bell. Williams made few offensive
moves in the first round and at
one point lifted his arms and let
Howell pummel him freely about
the midSection. 1t had no effect
on Williams, and Howell fell down
from exhaustion in the second
Referee Billy Cavanagh stopped it
at 2:11 of the second when Howell
was too tired to continue and Will
liams too kind to knock him out
Also humdinger was the light
heavy scrap won by Sheridan
Fagans of the Far East over Alea
Williams of the Fifth Army. Fa-
gans' expert use of left jabs proved
decisive in spite of Williams good
body attack and he took a close
decision.
Biggest upset of the whole tour
nament came in the WelterWeight
class when Felix Benson of the
European Command decisioned
Joseph J. (Joltin' Joe) Murphy
of the First Army. Murphy had
chilled two previous opponents
with his left hook, but last night
Benson proved too cagy for him
Benson outboxed him with left
jab and fancy footwork. kept in
side the hook and tied up Murphy
generally. Benson was hurt bit
in the last round but shook it
off, and although the unanimous
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agsWhipCaps
As Mark Is Tied
By zasIofsky

Max Zaslofsky dumped in 35
points to tie the Uline Arena in
dividual scoring mark last night
as the Chicago Stays added anoth-'
er humiliation to the Caps in the
form of 103-90 whipping. That's
the first time any team has
reached the century scoring mark
against the Caps on the Uline
hardwood.
The loss, however, didn't hurt
the Caps any. in their position as
front-runrers in the Eastern Di-
vision of the Basket Ball Associa-
ton of America. Second place
New York, which downed Indian
apolis last night, 81-76, still can't
do more than tie the Caps for the
divisional title even if Washington
loses its remaining nine games and
New York wins its 10.
A crowd of 1925 watched the
6-foot 3-inch Zaslofsky and Gene
Vance, one of the original Whiz
Kids of Illinois. practically whip
the Caps by themselves. Vance
scored 80 points on II field goals
and 8 fouls. while Zaslofsky's
grand total, which tied the Uline
mark set by Bob Feerick here two
years ago against Providence, was
produced on IL floor shots and IL
free toSses, made on II tries.
Stays Poison to Caps.
1t wasn't the first time Chicago
embarrassed the ice house cluo.
These same Stays entered the
playoff series two years ago as
decided underdogs, but ousted the
Caps in six games. Again last year
it was Chicago erasing Washing
tin from playoff contention in a
special tie-breaking game.
In the long run it was their
floor play which brought defeat
on Washington. There was moth
ing wrong with the shooting eyes
of Bob Feerick. Freddie Scolari,
Jack Nichols, John Norlander and
Sid Sonny Hertzberg, II of
whom hit the double figures. But
the Caps were guilty Of running
with the ball, passing to the man
who wasn't there and to the man
who was there wearing a Chicago
uniform. Washington. which
trailed the Stays all during the
first period, produced some fancy
shooting to take the lead in the
second. They kept it until the
final. The lead bounced back and
forth in that last hectic session
six times with the Stays going
ahead to stay on zaslofsky's 25th
point, long 2-hander.
Caps Lead At Intermission.
Chicago, with Zaslofsky and
Vance showing the way, got off to
good start. The Caps closed
fast in the first period which
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