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Evening star., 1950-04-26
.AckIes WrestIes Rogers
In HeadIiner Toniqht

Handsome Kenny Ackles OF
Hollywood is expected to provide
stiff competition for Buddy ma
ture Boy" Rogers, when they
clash in the main wrestling bout
at Turner's Arena tonight.
A team match and two 30
minute contests are listed in sup
port OF the Rogers-Ackles 60
minute affair. Marvin Mercer and
Dutch Schweigert meet jim
Austeri and Miguel Torres in q
team event. while Hans Hermann
faces Tiny Mills and Juan Her.
nandez grapples Wally Dern ir
other matches.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Philadelphia Boxers Face
D. {. Amateurs al BoI|inu

National AAU Champion George
Justice of Philadelphia will take
on Washington's Willie Davies in
the feature match of a 10-bout
intercity amateur boxing program
tonight at Boiling Air Force Base.
Two other AAU titlists are in
the Philadelphia lineup. Sher-
man Nelson, 118-pound champion.
will oppose Milt Fugerson and
Marvin Evelman, middleweight
titlist, will face Jimmy Finley.
The complete card follows:
112 pounds--oliver James VS.. Larry
Barret. Philadelphia. I26 poundsNBob
Leeper VS.. Bobby James. Philadelphia l26
pounds-Walter Leeper VS.. Jimmy Fisher.
Philadelphia. 135 pounds-Eddie Franey
nSS,sasds.ToR S,s1ss.: sr. Is' Iks'ksdeias ss. Jimmy
HilsoG EPHsers9a VS. sherWa,n Nsls9n
VS.. George Justice, Philadelphia: 1866
pounds-Jimmy Finley VS.. Marvel Evel-
man. Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Tom Clayton Named
Mot Couch of Year

Tom Clayton. wrestling coach
at Gallaudet College, has been
named all America wrestling
coach of the year for the second
straight time by the Body Builder
magazine, it was announced today.
Among those nominated as can
didates for the all-America team
are Camille Desmarais, Gallaudet
121-pounder.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Usiloner Named Head
OF Basket Officials

Dutch Usilaner, basketball
coach at Tech High School. is the
new president of the District Ap-
proved Basketball Officials' Asso-
citation. succeeding Allen (Toby)
Taylor.
Everett Russell was elected vice
president at the annual meeting
Other officials named were Dallas
Shirley, secretary-treasurer for
the l1th year. and Joe Mitchell,
commissioner for the seventh
year.
Evening star., 1950-04-26

next 10 games
E d die Robin
son will rank
h ig h as q
prophet.
w h e n the
Mats go after
their third sue
cesSive victory
here tonight at
P i ladelphia's S
expense, Robin
sons reputation
as a forecaster
will be placed
on the line. On
the mound. Sid
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Griffs' Records
Probable Pitchers
AdERICAN LEAGUE

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Hudson (0-D VS.. Kellner Il -0).
Boston at New York--McDermott
0-0) VS., Lopat ODD.
Detroit at st. Louis-Rogovin W-o)
Cleveland at chicaso-aareia to-o)
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
New York at Boston (night)-Jones
lo-2) vs.. SPAIN (2-0).
Philadelphia at Brooklyn (iiisht)--
Heintzelman (0-0b VS.. Podbielan 1-0).
St: Louis at Cineinnati-Poliet (O-D
VS.. Wehmeier ODD.
Only Kamea.
Evening star., 1950-04-26


Carter Barron, now a movie executive
here, is one of Bills old boys Carter's big
brother, the famous Red, played for Alexander
when the native Georgian was rookie coach.
Then came Carter and, finally, Pat Barron,
all halfbacks.
There was a/word he used often" Carter
was reminiscing today. He liked the word
persist. recall having habit of turning out
and trying to run end If hole at tackle
didn't open when I was carrying the ball.
The Old Man never approved of such tactic
He'd remove his battered old hat, slam it on
the ground, stomp on it in mock tantrum
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Mats Battling As Tonight;
Robinson Inspires Club
By Burton Howkins
S,er Staff cesrespcnden,

PHILADELPHIA. April 26,-
Bucky Harris refers to him as
the Mats bell COW" and he's
hoping. too, that in Washington S,
Evening star., 1950-04-26

Today a year ago-Ocean
Brief won the Correction Han
dicap at Jamaica.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Major League Standings and Schedules
AMERICAN
Results Yesterday

1SesNAN&y
Boston at Wash, cold.
New York, 6: Phila., 3.
Detroit, 5: st. Louis, Q.
Cleve. at Chicago, rain.
Games Today
Wash, at Phila.. 8 pm.
Boston at New York. 2::3o
Detroit at st. Louis. $3.50
Cleve. ut Chi. pp., rain
Games Tomorrow
Wash. at Phila., s pm.
Chicago at st. L.. $3.50.
Cleve. at Detroit, 800.
Boston at New York, 2::30
Evening star., 1950-04-26

and cry, Persist, go-ding it, persist"
Persist good word for Bill Alexander. under
graduate he succeeded in making the Georgia
varsity But when he got his diploma he wasn't permitted
leave the campus Bill not have been college player
sharing common bond with Bob Zuppke but he had the
makng of coach and his alma mater his promise early
The Longest Run Lost Only 10 Yords
Alexander produced excellent during "a
years head coach In his first
field whose feats still relved whenever wasa shared
by Georgia Tech men, That the 1920 backed of Buck
Flowers Judy Harlan, Red Barron and Jack McDonough
Eight later Alexander developed another beaut-
Thomason Lmpkn Mzeh and Durant This the quartet
that went to the Rose Bowl and beat California ST.
ary 1929 in unfogettable because of Roy Rieges
wrong-way run.
1916 when the powerful Yeowjackets rolled hapless
Cumberland by the altme record Playing
quarterback for Cumberland George Allen later District
Commissioner White House director of the RFC
Allen always likes to recall that he carried Cumbeand
longest run OF the day. Il skred end and lost only 10 yards
he says.
One Of Aexonders Fovorites
It the 22Otoo game provided Alexander with one
OF his tavorite store repeated endessy these last "a
Late in the slaughter battered Cumberland suddenly
found himself in possession as swarm of Yellow
Jackets bore down him. AS he hit squirted
from his arms.
tumble" cried out the stricken Cumberland PLAYER to
teammate. Fall it,"
Fall on it yourself" snapped his equally battered team
mate. "You dropped It," . a-.s
Years later another Georgia anecdote was born to
live although it's legitimacy highly suspect Man
had real good team, of his BEST but big back
appeared so low on the mental utake that his academic qua
cations were questioned.
The story began to out of the Tech was
haborng gentleman unable pass scholastic require
ments causing stir on the faculty board.
In Wrestling No Spelling Required
AS the story board member Alexander and
SAID In order to protect ourselves we've got give
fellow an examination"
oh, Heavens, mol" Alexander protested, knowing the
inevitable result.
He's got to have test" prodded the faculty
member Lets make him spell word"
"Oh, no-not that" Alexander cried.
WELL. compromised the sympathetic scholar "lets give
MIN word and If he spells letter correctly we'll let him
alone"
Bill reluctantly agreed two days he tried to think
OF fooproo word Finally he decided Coffee reasoning
that surely his star would hit upon an IF" or an "e"
Coffee" repeated the player. "K-a-p-h-i. Coffee"
mat was the end OF him at Georgia Tech. He into
professional wrestling Made lot of money too
Evening star., 1950-04-26

SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE,
Macon. 8; Greenville, 7.
Other games postponed.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Stanky Dark Deal Finally Pays Off Giants Score First Victory
Win, Lose, or Draw
Persist Was q Good Word
BY FRANCIS STANN

Bill Alexander of Georgia Tech was a kindly humorous
who liked his backs speedy his nemen big and his
bourbon neat His death at the go by egons
of coaches rivals the ed-and by hundreds of
Evening star., 1950-04-26
NATIONAL

Brooklyn. 8; Boston, O.
New York, g.; Phila., 4.
Chicago at Pitts. rain.
Only games,
Games Today
New York at Boston, $3.50
Phila. at Brooklyn. $3.50
st. Louis at Cinci., 200.
Only games.
Games Tomorrow
New York at Boston, 200
phila. at Brooklyn. 1:3O
st. Louis at Pitts, $40.
cinci. ~ Chicago, 2:30.
Evening star., 1950-06-14
Women Voters Launch
Registration Campaign

The Montgomery County League
OF Women Voters has launched a
campaign to have all new county
residents register for the primary
and general elections by June "a.
The drive includes the door-to-
door distribution of information,
trailer announcements in motion
picture theaters and a radio pro-
gram at IL am. tomorrow over
Station WBCC. Bethesda.
August IL Is the deadline for
registering to vote in the Sep
tember primaries and in the No
vember general election.
To be eligible to vote in the
primaries, a citizen must have
lived in Maryland since November
Z. 1949. and in MONTGOMERY
County since May Z.
Evening star., 1950-06-14
Issues in D. C. Milk Strike
Dispute in the MIX Strike:
MANAGEMENT,


l. Offers q s-day, 44-hour week
for retail and wholesale drivers:
5-day. 40-hour week for plant
workers. special delivery and ice
cream-mix employees.
2. Calls operation Of dairies on
a 5-day basis impractical, but
says schedule was worked out with
proviso that dairies will close
on Sundays. Operation on Sun
day with a s-day work week
would send production costs so
high that the public would be
forced TO pay 2 to 3 cents more
per quart.
;. Offers same wages paid for
6-day, 4S-hour week. Retail driv-
ers are guaranteed $3.50 a week.
wholesale drivers $6a.2S a week,
both with commissions. Plant
workers average $5S.S4.
I. VIII raise the guaranteed pay
of route foremen $40 to $87 so a
week. with overtime based on the
old figure of $77.50. The employ
ers want a two-year agreement on
all points Of the contract.
Evening star., 1950-06-14

ground the main strike issue
a union demand for a 5-day, 40
hour week instead of the present
6-day, 48-hour week. at the same
wage rate, and a company offer
Of a 44-hour week for some en-
ployes, a 40-hour week for others,
provided the dairies would shut
down on Sunday.
The unions kilograms empha-
sized its willingness to work "un-
conditionally'' at the six plants
it considers locking out the work.
erS. BY Internationally, a union
attorney said. the union meant
it would work without the con-
tract that expired June s.
The dealers insisted on return
sof the 1925 drivers and plant
workers to all nine dairies and
offered a years contract at the
terms of the expired agreement.
Would Send Workers Back.
The dairies said that if the
union meant what it said about
working Internationally, it would
send workers back to Chestnut
Farms = Chevy Chase, Wakefield
and Harvey Diaries, as we'll as the
six it considers not struck-Lu-
cerne, Embassy. Thompson's,
Richfield, Model Farms and Alex
andria.
Union attorneys said that in
making the conditions that mem
bers return to all diaries, under
a renewal of old contract terms,
the companies were using unfair
labor practices.
An NLRB investigator from the
Baltimore regional Office was gath
ering evidence today which will
be presented to NLRB General
Counsel Robert N. Denham.
1t probably will be early next
Evening star., 1950-06-14
Communism May Spread
In ASH, vFW Head Warns

Fear that Communism will
spread still further in the Far East
was expressed here last night be-
fore the annual meeting of the
District Department. Veterans OF
Foreign Wars, in the Commerce
Department auditorium.
Clyde A. Lewis of Plattsburs
N. Y. VFW national commander
said the administrations policy
might well lead to Communist in
filtrating into Japan, the Philip
pines. other Pacific islands and
even in Hawaii.
The Star was awarded a citation
OF merit for its work in sponsoring
activities to provide youngsters
with camping and other recrea-
tional opportunities. The citation
was accepted on behalf of The
Star by Howard P. Baily, assistant
to the managing editor.
Two Washington newspaper
men also were cited for their re-
portorial efforts in connection with
veterans affairs. They were Dan
Markell. correspondent here for the
Hearst newspapers. and Edward
<. 1nman, editor of the National
Tribune Stars and Stripes, a
weekly paper devoted to veterans
news.
Evening star., 1950-06-14

ment employees found itself
swamped today with customers
for powdered milk.
The cooperative is in a rented
house at 33l Eleventh street S.W.,
nearthe Agriculture Building.
Gilbert Parks, general manager
is busy taking powdered milk
from metal drums and putting it
In five-pound bags-which sell for
95 cents. Five pounds of DOW
dered milk make Is quarts of milk
when water is added.
We are selling to any one" said
Mr.. Parks. But we are limiting
1t to f1ve pounds per customer. But
don't make the public think we
have a lot. We have just enough
to the neighborhood and the Agri-
culture people. We don't want a
run on this store
Evening star., 1950-06-14
Here Are the Main Points a
UNION

/. Wants a five-day. 40-hour
week instead Of the present six
day, 48-hour week. with the same
wages.
2. Insists that dairies continue
to operate on seyen-day sched-
ule. It has an international union
policy opposing less than q seven
day operation. based on these rea-
sons: Drivers would lose So deliv-
cry days a year. which would cut
into commissions because some
customers would go elsewhere for
Sunday milk. Large families,
forced to stock up from Friday to
Monday or Saturday to Tuesday.
would not have refrigerator room.
Milk kept in ice boxes might spoil
in three days.
8. Says q Sunday shutdown
might force reduction in person
mel. while a 5-day week on 7-day
operation would mean the en-
ployment Of $50 or 800 new work.
ers.
4. Reports that overtime now
starts at 521a hours because of in
clusion Of 45-minute lunch period
in working time. and that little
overtime pay is received. The
union expects to benefit from
overtime pay on 40-hour week.
Evening star., 1950-06-14
Profit Of S2S Million
Seen for 7 Egyptians
In Corner on Cotton
~ ,hs As.ex;o..S prs.,

ALEXANDRIA. Egypt. June Il.
The first wholly effective cor
ner on Egyptian cotton in this
generation has disrupted the Alex
andria Board Of Trade, one OF the
worlds major cotton exchanges.
The corner closed the market to
trading for ~ hours. reportedly
bankrupted several small dealers
and may have made more than
10 million Egyptian pounds ($2s
million> for two wealthy Egyptian
pashas.
The Alexandria market failed
to open yesterday because of
the emergency but reopened this
morning after exchange directors
studied the situation.
The corner was created by two
brokers in the June deliveries OF
Ashmouni type cotton. a middle
staple variety. and prices have
skyrocketed nearly 100 per cent In
the last three months.
Ashmouni type cotton was
bought and sold for about Is
Egyptian pounds I$43.o5) in
March. 1t closed Tuesday at
more than % Egyptian pounds
($S0.36).
Trading circles credit two
wealthy paShas-Mohamed Far
ghali Pasha and Ali Yehia Pasha
with pulling of the corner.
Egyptian cotton of fine quality
is imported into the United
States in comparatively small
amounts under import restric-
'tionS.
Evening star., 1950-06-14


been separated by adoption 16
years before.
A meeting was arranged. Kath-
crime and Evelyn soon decided
they were sisters. Then brother
Everett Halloran joined the re-
union.
The three were charges of the
Tennessee Children's Home in
1884. Everett and Evelyn were
adopted by one family. Katherine
by another. The records were sub
sequently lost. Katherine didn't
know she had sister and brother
The sisters had lived here all
their lives.
Evening star., 1950-06-14
Milk Negotiations
Hit New Snag as
Union Refuses Reply
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Continued From First Page)
tAFL). the union said it was the
duty of an employer to accept en-
ployeS back when an uncondi-
tional offer to return to work is
made.
Your telegram with its six
questions is nothing but corrobo-
rative evidence in support Of the
lockout and it further on its face
is the commission Of an unfair
labor practice and an outright
violation of the National Labor
Relations Act" the letter said.
Talks broke off at 10 o'clock
last night until 10 am. today with
the dealers refusing to continue
until they had an answer to their
telegram.
The union is asking the NLRB
for a temporary restraining order
to compel the six dairies to reopen.
It also will ask pay for about 500
employees said to be showing up
every day ready to work at the six
dairieS.
While emergency needs ap-
peared to be better cared for to-
day under an improved distribu-
ton system, the strike still vir-
tually cut off the general nublic' &
supply.
House Studies Remedy.
An effort to remedy that situation
was studied today by the House
District Committee. The group
was considering a joint resolution
introduced yesterday by it's chair
man, Representative Mcmillan,
Democrat, of South Carolina, to
permit the Importation of milk
from outside the area for sale to
groceries and other dealers.
Under existing regulations, the
Commissioners may issue only
yearly permits for bringing in
such milk. The resolution would
provide for temporary permits to
bring milk into the District from
properly supervised dairies.
Mr.. Mcmillan pressed his plan
after conferences with two Dis
trict officials. Corporation Counsel
Vernon E. West and DR.. Daniel
Seckinger. health officer.
Since the strike began at noon
Saturday, little time has been
spent in settling the main issues.
The bargaining committees failed
to get together at all Saturday.
Sunday they were completely i'm
mersed in setting up an emer-
gency plan.
NLRB Case Impends.
When this plan proved unsatis-
factory. 1t was a matter of doing
it all over again yesterday. Then
came time-consuming series of
kilograms, vital only to the parties
because OF the impending NLRB
case. t
1t left completely in the back
Evening star., 1950-06-14
by the AssoeiGisd Press

BY the Assoeiotsd Press
NASHVILLE. Tenn, June A.
Katherine Capley. II, didn't like
it when she noticed a waitress
staring at her.
She was irritated when the
waitress asked her name.
And she was downright irked
when the girl asked:
rs that your real name, or
were you adopted" r.
But the waitress quickly ex-
planned that Katherine closely re-
sembled a friend, Mrs. Evelyn
Webster, who was searching for
a younger sister from whom she'd
Evening star., 1950-06-14

week before Mr.. Denham deter
mines whether to file a petition
for the restraining order which
would compel the six dairies to
reopen for business, pending q
hearing of the entire case BY
NLRB.
Evening star., 1950-06-14

found for only so per cent of the
daily milk production.
Meanwhile the Maryland and
Virginia producer group, which
has been in no way a party to the
Washington area milk strike, each
day during the strike has stood
ready to deliver to the struck
plants an adequate supply of milk
meeting D. C. Health Department
regulations"
Going to Cheese Factory.
About $500 gallons of raw milk
delivered to two dairies here last
Saturday by the Maryland and
Virginia Milk Producers Associa-
ton are showing signs of going
sour and will be taken to a cheese
manufacturer tonight, the associ-
alton said.
There is no danger that the
milk will be dumped or otherwise
wasted, an association official de-
clared.
Thompson's Dairy has about
5000 gallons and Harvey's Dairy
about $500 gallons of milk which
is showing an increasing degree
of acidity," he explained. The as
sociation, under an arrangement
with the two companies and the
union. will send two tank trucks
to the plants tonight to remove
the milk.
Before the near-riot subsided at
the Georgia avenue grocery store
last night. the haraSsed proprietor
saw stampede through his estab-
lishment. and two District food in
spectors found themselves the un.
comfortable targets for a barraea
OF profanity. soulful pleadings and
angry stamping of feet.
Bought in Baltimore.
But nobody got any milk. It
can't be sold in the District, said
the Health Department, because
the outside dairy does not have a
permit.
MIR. Posin thought he hit on a
way out Of the Washington milk
drivers strike by importing a
truckload from Baltimore. After
two days of frantic long distance
phoning. Mr.. Posin had found a
dairy-Green Spring of Baltimore
willing to sell him a quantity of
milk If he would pick it up. Right
away, said the gleeful Mr.. Posin.
He had run out of local milk
Monday afternoon. and as soon
as he got word yesterday after
noon that his Baltimore milk was
on the way. he began telling his
customers. He splattered signs all
over his store ana at regular inter-
walls announced over his store
wide loudspeaker system:
Milk should be here by $3.50
pm. today"
The thirsty customers started
piling up. and by $40, when a
green truck finally pulled into the
driveway and edged toward the
rear loading area. almost 500 per-
sons. mostly housewives, jammed
the store.
AS if by command, they
swarmed toward the truck. SHOW
ing clerks aside and stormine out
the rear employees entrance.
Inspectors Step in.
AS they crowded greedily and
anxiously around the truck, money
in hand. the two District food in
spectors - who apparently ap-
peared from nowhere - stepped
quietly but efficiently into the pic
ture.
The milk was ordered placed in
the stores refrigerated store-room
Each Of the 100 cases was sealed
and stamped retained" by the
Health Department.
Bowing to defeat, Mr.. Posin said
he would give the milk away
and just keep on trying" to get
more.
Pennsylvania Milk Sold.
Another grocer. David Miller,
sold 1850 quarts of imported milk
in Maryland last night after in
spectors refused to permit It's sale
within the District because the
Evening star., 1950-06-14

II recent trends continue the
annual death toll from cancer will
double in so years.
Evening star., 1950-06-14
Third Arms Ship in Italy

NAPLES, Italy. June IL To-
The third shipment OF American
arms aid to Italy arrived here to-
day aboard the freighter Robin
Trent. Unloading began imme-
diately.
Evening star., 1950-06-14
Inspectors Step in.
Pennsylvania Milk Sold

Another grocer, David Miller,
sold 1850 quarts of imported milk
in Maryland last night after in
spectors refused to permit its sale
within the District because the
dairy had no permit.
Mr.. Miller. who operates the
Chillum Heights Super Market
l Kennedy street NV, said his
son Lawrence bought the milk at
a dairy in Harrisburg. Pa.
Mr.. Miller said he was told by
a health officer he would be fined
$500 and the milk confiscated If
he attempted to sell 1t here.
About 800 persons gathered in
front of the store at 6 o'clock last
night. Mr.. Miller said, waiting for
the milk he had told them would
be there.
A small cooperative store and
clubhouse for Agriculture Depart
Evening star., 1950-03-19
Bridge coIendor

ToDAY-Baltimore VS.: washington. team.
of-four match. Burlington Hotel. 1870
Vermont avenue NV. 2 pm. F. Ar
thur Walker Club. 1911 North Quincy
Glebe 3347 for reservationsj. Re.
gency Club, duplicate game for men,
bers only. 7:45 pm.
oMoRRoW-Federal Bridge League.
1900 New Hampshire avenue NV;
point. s pm. La sale Studio. 1o2s
Connecticut avenue NV; open-pair
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Club, 1855 Euclid
street NV; open-pair rating point,
7:45 pm. Buckingham Duplicate Club,
313 North Glebe road. Arlington; open
pair rating, 7:45 pm. Count Club, 1914
Seventeenth street NV: open-par rat
ing point. 8 pm.
Euclid Street NV: open-pair rating
League. Hotel Roosevelt; team-of-iour
series, open-pair rating point. 7:45 pm.
THURsDAY-Chess Club. Hotel Gordon;
master point, 7:45 pm. Press Club.
National Press Building: master point.
8 pm. Riverside Bridge Club. Airing
ton Farms; rating point. 7:45 pm.
Of Washington champion
ships, Roosevelt Hotel; mems pairs,
women's pairs, 2:15 PM; mixed pairs.
8:15 pm.
SATURDAY-City Of Washington cham.
pionships. Roosevelt Hotel: open pairs
qualifying session, 2:15 pm. Open
pairs, final session, -8:15 pm: specia
open-pair game, s:15 pm.