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Evening star., 1951-07-14
Buses and Trucks Still Remove
bloodhound Train Passengers

sengers were supplied with food
and water trucked 35 miles from
Newton on round about roads.
At Kansas City, all westbound
and southbound trains were can
celed.
Hundreds of passengers milling
wearily in Union Station called
on the Travellers Aid for help.
Il don't know how many cases
of canned milk we have handed
out for the babies" Mrs. Grace
Proudfit, Travellers Aid director,
said. The mothers have long
since run out of money.
I'VE find sleeping space in the
family room downstairs. Many
mothers are so worn out with two
or three small children that they
are almost crazy and the children
need some regular place to sleep.
Some of the hotels can't take
them because they're cut of from
a water supply.
II have no idea how much
money we've handed out to
stranded families"
Evening star., 1951-07-14
Flood
Continued From First Page.)

huddled in cars and on sidewalks
watching the smoke and flames
billow skyward. Most of them
left too fast to take any posses
sions.
They were ordered from theil
homes when the fire engulfed 9
lumberyard near the Thompson
Hayward Chemical Co.
Firemen were hampered by
water Is feet deep in the lumber
yard but they succeeded in turn
ing the flames from the chemical
plant.
Other fuel-tank yards are in the
area.
The fire was touched off by a
floating 6,000-gallon oil tank that
struck an electric power line
Sparks set the half full tank afire
Office Get Afire.
Carrying - flaming cargo, il
drifted tHo blocks and rammec
Iagainst the Socony- Vacuum Office
building, setting it afire.
Other buildings and the fuel
tank yard were touched off.
Flaming gasoline and oil spread
over the muddy floor waters.
Blasts sent flames roaring SOC
feet in the air. A thick, black
smoke rolled over the city.
Cities and towns in Eastern and
Central Kansas were hard hit by
| floods. too.
Towns under water or partially
flooded included Topeka, Law
renee, Manhattan, Great Bend
lola, Salina, Norton, Ottawa, Osa-
watomie, Junction City, Chanute
and Perry. Strong City. Florence
and Marion.
10000 Homeless in Topeka.
At Topeka, the State Capital
more than 10000 of the 100000
residents were homeless. The rag.
ing Kansas River washed out
bridges connecting North anc
South Tokepa. Among them was
a railroad bridge weighted dowr
with 10 locomotives. Many of tn:
engines were lost.
This was the situation in three
major industrial districts flooded
yesterday in the Kansas City
area:
Central industrial district-moSt
OF district inundated with water
up to second-story windows ir
some places. The district contain.
freight yards. packing plants, tn,
sprawling Kansas City stockyards
farm machinery plants and SINH.
lar industries.
il Armourdale Observation-Disclosures
and residential district submerged
More than 5000 persons wer'
Evacuated before the flood water
hit. Among the firms in the are:
are: Cudahy. Swift and Wilson
packing plants, Colgate-Palmolive
lPeet and Proctor g. Gamble soa]
factories, grain elevators and hou
mills, Rock Island and Union Pa.
Icif1c railroad yards.
Immunization Centers Set Up.
/ Argentine district-A strip o
1.-THE district about four blocks to
lmile wide submerged. The are,
contains the huge Santa Fe ail
,iroad yards and shops and nsaio
Evening star., 1951-07-14
AustroIiun VILLAGE
Hires Own Doctor

Tiring of having to send for a
doctor 27 miles away, in emer-
gencies, at cost Of $40 a visit, the
1873 inhabitants of Wiseman's Fer
ry, Australia. have imported a doc
tor. Residents of the town on the
Hawkesmury River, New South
Wales, advertised in English pa
pers offering $4,100 a year and
promising to build a surgery ano
waiting room. From the Is replies
received, they selected DR.. William
Young Of Sheffield. Whep he ar
rived, with his wife and family
he got a great public reception.
Evening star., 1951-07-14
AUCTION SALES
THOS. J. OWEN & SON, Auctioneers,
435 Southern Building.

800 SOutheRn Building.
Trustees ,,! Sale Of Valuable FRAME
WEST STREET SOUTHEAST.
By virtue of a certain deed Of trust
ouly recorded. in Liber No. S666.
Of the District Of Columbia, and at
the request of the party secured
thereby: the undersigned trustees
viii sell. at public auction, in front
= 9sth hnf DAY pSeose5 Of july o9 B EtD4a 1851 THE A
2:30 O'CLOCK PM. the following
described land and premises. situ-
ate in the, District Of Columbia, and
SsSig Sssisns!sd as and being Lot num-
campbelrs subdivision Of lots mum.
bered Four "a and Five. (5l in
Square numbered Fffty-eight Hun
dred and Eight (5S0S). as per plat
Tesor TeSSTdfS for In the hf ostfcs 0s o cuS hf sST
in Liber Al at folio 25.. Subject to
the building restriction line as shown
TERMS Ei. OF SALE; saL Il All ALL CASH: 4
at time of sale. AL conveyancins,
recording. revenue stamps, etc, at
cost of purchaser. Terms of sale
to be complied with within 30 days
Ss TSm DAY yess4v. Of sale b. Tbt 9hsrTse n .ts ss
the property at the risk and cost Of
defaulting purchaser. after five days
advertisement of such resale in
some newspaper published in Wash
ies'VRi 8 W1LsoN Sc EARNsHAw,
RUDOLPH w. SANTELMANN.
JOHN F. DONOHOE,
Trustees
The above sale has been postponed
until FRIDAY, THE TWENTIETH
SANE TINE and PLACE. - '-'
BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES.
iyIA
Evening star., 1951-07-14

grain elevators. The 1000 resi-
dents of Argentine were evacu-
lated.
DR.. Hugh L. Dwyer, director OF
health in Kansas City. Mo, warned
that all drinking water should be
boiled in the flooded areas. Ty-
lphoid fever immunization centers
were set up.
Runaway river barges put an
important Missouri River bridge
Joining north and south areas of
Kansas City, Mo-, out of action.
Four of the barges crashed into
the Hannibal Bridge seconds after
three men failed in a dramatic
attempt to open the swinging pivot
section. Had the span been
opened in time the barges would
have had sufficient passageway to
clear the bridge.
Instead they crashed into the
steel bridge with a roar heard for
blocks. The bridge was closed to
Ivehicular traffic.
$100 Million in Property.
The threatened Fairfax indus
trial district in Kansas City, Kans.,
has industries valued in excess
of 500 million.
They include a General Motors
Co. assembly plant. the Sunshine
Biscuit plant, an international
Harvester plant, a natural gas
pipeline terminal and numerous
other industries.
Virtually all the industrial en-
lployeS were evacuated shortly be-
fore the flood waters moved in.
At Kansas City's sprawling Mu-
nicipal Airport, beside the Mis-
souri, River, workmen sought to
close the dixie washout by dump
ing abandoned automobiles and
huge blocks of concrete into it
Planes and employees at the air.
port which is near the North
Kansas City industrial district
were evacuated last night to
Grandview, Mo-. airport, 10 miles
south of Kansas City.
Waters Hit New Areas.
In Eastern and Central Kansas
where some communities have
been battling floods for month
high waters swept into new areas
At Great Bend, Central Kan
Sas town with 10000 population
the Arkansas River broke through
dixie spilling water into the
south part of the city.
Police raced through the area
sounding their sirens as a warn.
ing to evacuate. An 8-foot wal
lof water surged through a 20.
foot breach in the dixie. There
was no reports of casualties.
/ 100 Blocks Covered.
| The flood waters covered about
100 blocks in the southern thirc
Iof Great Bend, extending to 6
business district on Tenth street
More than 500 persons were evac.
luated. OF these about 200 tool
refuge in the high school anc
central grade school buildings.
The river reached a stage o.
ll1.18 feet just before the break il
the dixie, which had been weak.
|ened by flood threats eight time
lsince the middle of May Watel
: on the 12-foot dixie reached {
Evening star., 1951-07-14

record height of 11.33 feet last
May "a.
In Topeka some people were still
sighted aboard rooftops by Air
Force planes. Coast Guard crews
have boats in the area.
The Kansas River was reported
dropping at Manhattan, one of
the hardest hit towns. More than
1000 evacuees have been lnno-
culated against typhoid. Hundreds
of blankets were being dropped y
Air Force planes for the home
less.
Evening star., 1951-07-14

earlier than that. the spokesman
said.
|. The White House announce
ment of President Truman'S plan
to relieve Mr.. Grady was intended
ito scotch rumors that the Am
bassador was going to be recalled
because of dissatisfaction with his
handling of the oil negotiations.
the Spokesman said.
Evening star., 1951-07-14
Floods, Now Locusts

Uttar Pradesh. with crops hit
first by floods and then by fall
ure of winter rains, now faces Q
large-scale locust invasion, Luck
now, India, reports.
Evening star., 1951-07-14
FOUND.

EaDY's WRIsT WATCH. Cali KI. 1866.
Evening star., 1951-01-11
BY the Associated Press

STATE COLLEGE. Pa, Jan. II.
The freeze Penn State College
is putting on basketball right
now makes even the wintry
weather seem good.
In cage circles here and else
where it has stirred up fresh fuss
over the question: Why does Penn
State play that Showdown" type
of basketball?
The arguments were touched
off anew by last nights game
between Penn State and Buck
nell at Lewisburg. Pa, which the
Nittany Lions won by a stingy
score of Is to IS.
For l6 minutes not a goal was
scored. Then Bill Strella, Buck
nell forward, dropped one through
the hoop. An additional foul shot
was all Bucknell could get for the
rest of the half. The Nittany
Lions, meanwhile. were content
with two baskets and a foul.
The Penn State five took il
easy in their offensive half OF
the court while Joe Piorkowski
Lion center, stood with the ball
in the center of the court, wait
ing for an opening to shoot or
pass. This was standard tech
nique, for two and three minutes
at a time.
Finally the half ended, State
leading. S to 3. Coach Elmer
Gross presumably told his boys
to "cut loose" in the second half
Evening star., 1951-01-11
Virginia Representatives
Optimistic on Compliance

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va, Jan.
II R.-University of Virginia
representatives attending the
NCAA meeting in Dallas are
hopeful some way may be worked
out by which Virginia can comply
with the sanity code both in let
ter and in spirit.
President Colgate w. Darden
and ATHLETIC Director Norton
Pritchett believe Virginia's hope
for coming into compliance with
the code lies in the study of
athletic subsidies authorized at
the last annual meeting of the
NCAA in New York as a means
for obtaining Nationwide uni
formity and application.
Pritchett left for Dallas early
to attend committee meetings be-
fore the session begins officially.
He said he would like to see "a
sincere effort made to study the
application of the code honestly
and completely through institu-
tional answers to specific ques-
tions. I should like to see uni
formity of Interpretation and
adoption with respect to any
rules
DR.. Darden is to fly to Dallas
today. He repeated statements
made in his latest annual report
that Virginia's administrative Off
cials agree with the basic objec-
tives of the code and of the
association"
Evening star., 1951-01-11
Penn States freeze Beats
BuckneN After Half Ends, So

because they scored 20 points
while holding Bucknell, ordinarily
fast-breaking team. to IL.
This was by no means the first
time Penn State figured in low
scoring games, creating uproa1
among the fans.
| Last year the Staters, in mem.
orable game. worked their freeze
against Pitts Panthers and walked
off the court 1911 victors. There
have been other games of this
type as we'll, all exemplifyine
Penn States traditional, ortho-
dox style Of play.
Through the years the zone de.
fense and possession-type basket
ball has set the pattern for Penr
States teams. Even when the
racehorse species of cage play
became the vogue after World
War II, the Nittany Lions refused
to change their style.
What did the coaches of last
nights opponents have to say?
Jack Guy of Bucknell did not
mince words. He asserted: The
game "was a disgrace to basket.
ball. 1t was winning the game al
any cost"
But, Gross, evidently pleased
with the outcome. said Penn State
might continue to use the same
strategy for the remainder of tht
season."
The crowd of 1900, overwhelm.
ingly Bucknell. reacted to the
proceedings with derision, booine
and hooting again and again.
Evening star., 1951-01-11
$4,000 From WatneI
Assures Pro League
Colts Will Try Again
BY the Associoted Press

BALTIMORE. Jan. 1.-THE
Baltimore Colts, loosin'e est club in
the National Football League, are
up on their shaky legs again and
out to try another season.
Abe Watner. Colts president,
yesterday sent Commissioner Bert
Bell $50,00o for playing rights to
field a team pext fall.
The Colts promised to pay the
league $150,000 for territorial
rights over a three-year period
when Baltimore joined the Ma
tional League after the All-Amer-
lea loop folded.
Actually. the sum goes to George
Marshall, owner of the Washing
ton Redskins. for the Colts "inva-
sion" of Washington's territory.
Baltimore and Washington are
only IS miles apart.
The future of the Colts has
looked dismal for several months
because of pickering between Wat
ner and the Board of Directors.
Both claimed the league fran
chise. But Bell insisted repeatedly
he recognized only Watner be-
cause. he said, Watner was footing
the bill.
Watner. owner of a cemetery
said his losses last year were in
excess of $4,000.
The Colts won one and lost IL
last season.
Evening star., 1951-01-11
Three Rings Assigned
|Widener Top Weight
BY the Associoted Press

MIAMI. Fla. Jan. 11.-Three
Rings. 1950's hard luck horse, has
been given top weight of 124
pounds for the $4,000 Widener
Handicap at Hialeah February "a
Owned by Mrs. E. L. Hopkins
Three Rings won five major
stakes during the past year, but
was scratched from 20 events with
purses totaling $390,000 tecause
Of adverse track conditions.
Brandywine Stables Cochise
winner of three big stakes in the
East, was assigned second high
impost of 1913 pounds for the mile
and quarter test-richest race Of
the Florida winter season.
Greek Ship. which helped Brook.
meade Stables unseat Calumet
Farm as the leading money win.
ming stable Of the year. will carry
122 pounds. Addison Stable!
Arise has been assigned a 12l.
pound impost.
Grouped at 100 pounds each arr
One Hitter. twice conqueror OF tn,
mighty Moor; the English .trainee
Lone Eagle. owned by Belair Stud
William Helis' Ennobled, anc
Palatine Stables Latin American
importation, Chicle II.
| Racing Secretary Charles j
McLennan assigned weights to g.
nominees. Any Widener entry
winning more than $4,000 be.
tween now and February "A, auto.
matically will be assigned 3 NOR,
pounds.
Evening star., 1951-01-11
$4,000 Offer by use
To Obtain Ney|and
AS Coach Reported
BY the Associated Press

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Jan. H.
Gen. Robert r. Neyland, Tennes-
sees football coach, has been Of
fered $4,000 a year to coach at
the University of Southern Cali
fornia, the Knoxville journal re-
ported today.
Sports Editor Ed Harris quoted
an unnamed official Of use as
having told him by long distance
telephone:
1--WE intend to get Bob Neyland
as our head coach and at present
we have offered him a contract
of approximately $4,000 an
nually."
Gen. Neyland, now attending
the National Collegiate Athletic
Association meeting in Dallas,
could not be reached for COM
ment.
Harris said the use official told
him Neyland had been offered
$4,000 by the university, $4,000
by the alumni and a percentage
of parking and program conces-
SionS.
In Los Angeles, DR.. Francis Con-
ley, president of the use Alumni
Association, said there is no
foundation to that story that I
know Of"
He said the alumni association
has taken no official action on the
Trojan coaching situation and is
awaiting recommendations from
the university president, DR.. Fred
Fagg. jr.
DR.. Conley also said that never
to his knowledge have alumni.
either through the association or
individually, contributed to a use
coach's remuneration.
The use athletic director, Willis
O. Hunter. now attending the
NCAA meeting in Dallas, Tex, is
surveying the field of coaching
prospects. Procedure is tor him
to make recommendations to the
university General Athletic Com
mittee. Final authority for en-
ployment of a coach rests with the
university president.
Coach jeff Cravath resigned
under alumni pressure just be-
fore Christmas.
Evening star., 1951-01-11
|CharIes Choice al g.
To Win, d 10 Kayo
0ma Tomorrow
by the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. l1.-Calm,
confident Ezzard Charles remained
a solid 6-1 favorite today to retain
his heavyweight championship
against the challenge of unortho-
dox Lee Oma at Madison Square
Garden tomorrow night.
The sharp-punching Cincinnati
champ also was listed as a 81
choice to stop the Buffalo fighter
before the Is rounds are over.
There was very little betting
here on either the outcome or a
knockout. But interest in the
fight has picked up and there is
a good possibility the Interna-
tional Boxing Clubs predictions
of $4,000 crowd and a $s5,o0o
gross will be fulfilled.
Charles sixth title defense will
be telecast and broadcast.
The 29-year-old champion
wound up his boxing preparations
yesterday with a f1ashy four
round workout. He looked fast
and fit when he completed his
fourth and last round.
Asked If he planned to 90 for a
knockout, Ezzard said, I'm going
out to win. If I can knock him
out. I'll do it. I'll see what hap
pens in there"
Charles has made no special
effort in training to cope with
Oma's puzzling style. The Buffalo
scrapper fights with his hands
down and walks away from op-
ponents in a style somewhat sim
liar to that of Jersey Joe Walcott,
who was beaten by Charles.
Oma, who finished boxing Tues
day, just limbered up yesterday
I'm in good shape" said the
34-year-old Oma. i've never
trained like this before. I'm
ready"
Oma has never gone Is rounds
before but the distance doesn't
bother him.
MY legs are good. Well see
what happens" he says.
Evening star., 1951-01-11
Two Swim Stars Head
.An-America List
BY the Assoeioied Press

NEW YORK, Jan. l1.-Ford
Konno and Jimmy McLane
earned double honors on the 1850
All-America swimming team OF
the Amateur Athletic Union an
nounced in the January issue of
its monthly publication, Amateur
Athlete"
Konno is the Hawaiian SWIM
mer who spanked the American
victory over Japan last summer.
He set a world record of 9:40.2 for
$50 yards free style in his surprise
triumph over Japan's Hironshin
Furahashl and Australian John
Marshall.
Konno was selected for the 88O-
yard and mile events. McLane,
Yale's Olympic 1500-meter cham
pion. was named for the 22o and
440-yard events. He now favors
shorter races.
Among others honored were
Backstroker Allen Stack, of the
New Haven S. c.; Breast-stroker
Joe Verdeur. Brighton S. c.
picked in the medley, and Diver
Bruce Harlan, Ohio State, all 1948
Olympic champions.
Evening star., 1951-01-11
Two More Bids Filed
For Wes FesIer's Job
BY the Associofed Press

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Jan. IL
Ohio State University today an
nounced two more applications
have been filed for the head coach
ing job vacated by resignation of
Wesley Fesler.
The latest applicants are Edgar
Especial Delivery Jones. player
backf1eld coach of the professional
Hamilton (Ontario) Tiger Cats
and Michael Nixon, backfield
coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers
Of the National pro league.
Jones formerly starred with the
University of Pittsburgh and the
Cleveland Browns.
University officials have said Sc
lection of new coach will not
be announced for several weeks.
Evening star., 1951-01-11
Hogon's S Return to Golf Heiqhts
Tops Comeback List for 1850
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-Ben Ho-
gan's phenomenal rally from 6
near-fatal accident to regain hi
old golfing heights was rated to.
day the greatest comeback ir
sports for 1850.
Sports writers and broadcasters
participating in the year-end AS
sociated Press poll, had little trou-
BILE making up their minds in this
category, giving an Overwhelming
vote to the plucky little shotmas-
ter from Texas.
On February 2. 1949, Hogan was
critically injured in an automo-
bile accident while returning home
from tournament in Phoenix
Ariz. For weeks his condition re-
mained serious.
There was doubt that the sinewy
veteran who the year before had
scored professional COLTS United
States slam-the PGA, Open and
Western-would ever walk, much
less play, again.
But by midsummer of 1949 Ho-
gan was hobbling around on
crutches and in December he
played his first round of golf.
There was a furry of excite
ment when it was announced Ho-
gan would attempt his comeback
to competitive golf in the rich
Los Angeles Open January 6, 1850.
Could Hogan do it?
Walking stiffiy on legs held to-
gether by bailing wire. Hogan
tied Sam Snead for the first place
shooting a remarkable 280- 1t was
immaterial that Ben later lost to
his old rival in a playoff.
Hogan won the Greenbrier
Open in May with a record tying
81 = under : par 259 and then
climaxed his spectacular come
back by winning the National
Open at Philadelphia in June.
He staged a strong rally to tie
Lloyd Mangrum and George Fazio
at the end of the regulation 70
holes and then the playoff with
four strokes to spare.
Hogan received 112 first place
votes from the 214 who cast bal
lots and piled up 1913 points on the
basis of three for a first place
vote, two for second, etc.
Second place went to another
whose career was almost cut short
Evening star., 1951-01-11
NCAA
Continued From Page C-1J


I'VE are better off than we were
last year."
Also meeting today is the Com
mittee on Television headed by
Tom Hamilton of Pittsburgh. Gen.
orally. it was predicted that the
NCAA would vote a resolution
calling for the banning of televi-
sion of football games on the
grounds that telecasting hurt at
tendance. Most of the confer
ences already have banned tele-
vision or held off from commit
ments until after the convention.
The American Association of
College Baseball Coaches yester-
day recommended to the NCAA
that beginning with the next
spring semester freshmen be
made eligible for varsity partici-
patton in all sports. This was
done because the war situation
may bring big drain in man
power.
The Rules Committee of the
American Football Coaches Asso-
citation recommended to the Ma
tional Rules Committee, which
meets next week in Galveston, that
the fair-catch rule be returned to
the game, but made no recon-
mendation for further liberalizing
the substitution rule. They did
say. however, that they wanted
more plays in a game and asked
that more uniformity in starting
the clock be attained and that
anything that could be done to cut
down on the length of time-outs
and other time-killers would be
9Onrprio tn6
Evening star., 1951-01-11
Junowicz's Pal Passes
Test, Requins Eligibility
By the Associoted Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. IL
Richard (Skip) Doyle, the Ohio
State University left halfback
who was expelled from school De-
cember 20 for poor grades. is
eligible again.
The university announced yes
terday that Doyle took an English
examination Tuesday and made
up his grade enough to remove
the record of the dismissal. But
in the meantime, Doyle volun-
tarily left school for the winter
quarter because I have to make
some money"
Doyle's buddy, All-America Vic
Janowicz, also was dropped from
school for low grades at the close
of the fall quarter.
Evening star., 1951-01-11
Michigan Park, Nye Win
In YMCA Basketball

Michigan Park defeated Ingra-
ham Memorial Church. 1925, and
Nye House won over Northwest
Aces, 1923, in 17-year-and-u under
class basketball games at the
'YMCA yesterday. Silver Spring
Raiders won. 14-13, over Wood
ward in the 13-and-under play.
High scorer for the day was Ted
Dryer of Michigan Park with II
points.