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Evening star., 1952-11-25
By Brian Bell. Jr.

Bowie race track officials are
hoping the Weather Bureau con-
tinues to be of in the forecast
ing, as it was last week.
After finally getting Bowie
under way yesterday following q
weeks delay. track officials were
relaxing and talking about how
well they thought the days pro-
gram had gone OF. A secretary
Casually mentioned she had heard
rain forecast for today.
Bill Ames, track publicity man,
grabbed the phone and got Bal
timore's Friendship Airport. The
girls report was correct-the
forecast: Cloudy with light rain
starting around 3 PM, continuing
through Wednesday,"
Ames wasn't too happy about
the information but countered
with: 81 hope the forecast is as
accurate as it was last week.
Everyday we called the airport
they told us it was going to clear
up but it never did"
Ames also was cheered by word
that Tony Despirito. the Nations
leading Jockey, would ride at
Bowie beginning Monday. De-
spirito had $50 winners going into
today'S program at Lincoln Downs
and is after the worlds record of
388 set by Walter Miller in 1906
and tied by Joe Culmone and Will
lie Shoemaker in 1850. Despirito
should help draw some crowds.
In any case, Bowie is off to a
good start. The track was heavy
but safe yesterday. 1t could use
some more sun to dry it out.
The crowd of 5000 enjoyed the
program and bet $778,410. The
attendance was 1858 more than
the corresponding Monday of last
falls meeting at Bowie and wag-
ering was up more than 5000, 900.
Larry MacPhail, president of
Bowie, a man who has had his
troubles since last Mondays card
was called off after two races and
the track was closed until yester-
day, is all smiles again. He was
standing in the clubhouses annex
watching the betting and receiv-
ing congratulations from strangers
who recognized him and wanted
to say how much they liked his
track.
The jockeys voiced approval,
too. They had been the ones who
said the racing strip was unsafe
to ride last week and forced q
postponement.
Its a good racing strip, but
a little soft in spots. as could be
expected" said Mike Sorrentino,
who rode yesterday. "It's just as
good on the inside as on the
outside"
The parking lots were muddy,
but passable yesterday, while some
of the roads leading into the
plant were sloppy. However, none
of the customers seemed to mind
that too much.
The program went smoothly
from the opening t1ag-raising cere-
mony except for the use of Mac
Phail's new walking ring in front
of the tote board. It is supposed
to be used before every race to
give the patrons q chance to see
Evening star., 1952-11-25

Most of the leagues will take a
night off Thanksgiving Day, but
Evening star., 1952-11-25
Kentucky Athlete Signed
by Tigers for Big Bonus
Nv the Asseeioted Press

DETROIT, Nov. 25.-The Tigers
announced today they had signed
Gene Neff, 2O-year-old University
of Kentucky basketball player, as
an outfielder for a substantial
bonus.
The Tigers refused to reveal the
bonus figure but denied a news
paper report that it came to
$4,000.
Neff was scheduled to be a Ken
lucky basketball starter this sea-
son until Kentucky dropped its
schedule at the request of the
NCAA.
Neff weighs 1875 and stands 6.2
He bats right-handed and hit $3.50
at Kentucky last spring.
Evening star., 1952-11-25
|Bivins, Charles Fight
For Chance al Title
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

CHICAGO. Nov. 25.-A crack at
the heavyweight title was the
lprize dangled today before Jimmy
Bivins and Ezzard Charles. who
will meet in a 10-round heavy
weight battle Wednesday night in
Chicago Stadium.
James D. Norris, international
Boxing Club president. said the
victor will be matched in June
with the winner of the heavy
weight title fight between Cham
|pion Rocky Marciano and Jersey
Joe Walcott. The Marciano- Wal
colt fight is to be held in March
at a site to be selected.
Charles is trying to become the
first heavyweight champion to re-
gain his title. Bivins, spoiler
|of note who has defeated several
champions during his long career,
will be cunning for his first shot
at the heavyweight title.
Charles says he will weigh about
1876 for the fight while Bivins is
aiming at 1873. The fight will be
broadcast and telecast nationally
by the Columbia Broadcastine
System.
(The fight will be broadcast
in Washington over WTOP and
shown on television over
WTOP-TV starting at 10 p.m.)
The two Negro clouters have
fought four times previously
Charles lost the first time and wor
the last three bouts. Bivins has
knocked Charles down eight times
during the series, while the former
champ has scored three knock
downs over Bivins. However
Charles once knocked out Bivins
while the Cleveland slugger has
been unable to kayo the former
titleholder.
Evening star., 1952-11-25
Old School Will Honor
Joe Black at Come Here

A delegation from Morgan State
College in Baltimore will be in
Washington Monday night, De.
cember /, to honor Joe Black, the
Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher. when
he plays in a basketball game al
Turner's Arena.
Black, a former Morgan State
all-around athlete, is playing with
the Broadway Clowns against the
Chicago Brown Bombers. The
captain of the Clowns team is
Ralph Sealy. who captained the
Morgan team when Black played
there.
Evening star., 1952-11-25
ErdeIatz Describes
Army-NaW. Game as
Most Even in Years
BY ihs Asseeiofed Press

ANNAPOLIS. Md. Nov. 25.-
This should be the most even
Army-Navy football game in years,
but"
What Coach Eddie Erdelatz left
unsaid is that anything is likely
to happen in the classic at Phila-
delpl1ia Saturday. Erdelatz should
know.
He coached Navy to one of the
biggest upsets in the 52-game
series. That was in 1850. Army
had won %. straight. Navy had
won only two that season.
It was the first season as a
head coach for Erdelatz against
Earl Blaik. who hadn't lost to Navy
since 1943. But Navy completely
outplayed the great Army team.
14-2.
On the records, there was
nothing evenly matched about
those teams and last year the
same situation prevailed in re-
verse. That time it was Army
which was the decided underdog
after the cribbing scandal wiped
out its squad. Coach Erdelatz
rang up his second straight Army
victory. 42-7.
Could Equal Record.
Only three other football
coaches in the 26 Navy has had
have been able to beat Army twice
in a row. Only one, E. E. Larson
in 1939-1941, whipped Army three
straight. Erdelatz can equal that
record Saturday.
81 certainly know what can
happen in this traditional game"
says Erdelatz. And I know it
personally from more than just
that 1850 game. 1 still remem-
ber 1916"
Erdelatz was an assistant then
to Tom Hamilton. Navy had won
only one game while Army, with
the great Doc Blanchard and
OdtlOs WAC
Army won, 21-18.
Lost by Extra Points.
"We scored just as many touch
downs they did, three. and at
the end of the game were bang
ing away for the winner" he re-
called. "We lost only by the mar
gin of the extra points and we
didn't even deserve to be on the
same field with Army that sea-
son."
Erdelatz, who is a typical worry
wart coach, refused to be relaxed
over Saturdays game by review
ing the season so far. 1t is the
best Navy record since 1945 with
five victories and a tie in eight
games.
Sure, that's much better than
I expected" admits Erdelatz.
''But-you know these Navy peo-
pie. They aren't satisfied unless
you win that big one with Army"
Evening star., 1952-11-25
Fights Lost Night
by the Axsocioted Pyss,

SYRACUSE, N. Y.-1ke Williams. 14s.
Irenton. N: j., stopped Pat Manzi l46.
syracuse 0; Chico Vejar 1413., 6tam-
iora' Conn stopped John Sonny Luciano.
LA Miami, Fla. (6)
BROOKLYN.-Harold johnson, 176,
pniladslphia, outpointed Nino Valdez.
2lO. Havana. Cuba QU.
New Orleans. outpointed Baby Vasouex'
1862. MeXico City (S).
BOSTON.-Willie James. 212A. BOSTON.
knocked out Art Henri, 1894. New York
TD.
CHICAGO.-Sammy Rodgers, 1874.
Benton Harbor. Mich, outpointed 0eora ae
Berry, 136. Gary, Ind. (S).
Evening star., 1952-02-20
Internal Revenue Cracks Down
On Clerk Who Failed to Dot Il

could mean the loss of chance
for a future promotion or even
the job itself in future reduc-
tion-in-force program.
The employe said it wasn't the
first time it had happened in the
agency. Other Internal Revenue
employees have reported the same
experience. Frankly. this reporter
thought the employees were exag-
Igerating until the other day, when
the official reprimand for such an
|offense was shown to him by the
|employe involved in the latest in
cident.
Internal Revenue officials placed
the blame for such incidents on
''over Jealous" supervisors.
We've got to educate our su-
|pervisors on how to deal with
|employes," one official said.
Rank-and-f1le employees con-
Itinually complain about petty
personnel practices at Internal
Revenue.
Evening star., 1952-02-20
Senator'S Brother Given Space
In &C. Officials Parking Area

Some District officials, if not
the Commissioners, were puzzled
today over the assignment Of a
parking space behind the District
Building to the brother of DEM
ocratic Senator.
Through the arrangement,
James G. O'Conor, brother of the
Maryland Senator, enjoys ex-
elusive use of one of 81 parking
spaces although the businessman's S
Office is a dozen blocks away in
the ESQ Building, 261 Constitu-
tion avenue NV.
Mr.. O'Conor is the only space
holder not connected with the
District government to have priv
ileges on D between Fourteenth
and Thirteenth and a Half streets
NV.
Commissioner r. Joseph Dono-
hue explained that the space was
assigned as a courtesy" to Mr..
O'Conor at the written request of
j. A. Bourbon. assistant to the
Senator.
A spokesman Of the Districts
Evening star., 1952-02-20
John Carter Vincent Calls
Loyalty Probes Necessary
BY the Asseeiafed Press

NEW YORK. Feb. 20.-John
Carter Vincent, United States
Minister to Tangier, who was
cleared yesterday by a State De-
partment loyalty board. said today
loyalty and security investiga-
tions are a necessity" in view of
Soviet spy activity.
Mr.. Vincent made the comment
to newsmen as he boarded the
American Export liner Constitu-
tion to resume his Mediterranean
post.
Mr.. Vincent was one of the
Governments diplomats accused
by Senator Mccarthy. Republican,
of Wisconsin, of having pro-
Communist tendencies.
The career officer said he had
been subjected to irresponsible
and malicious attacks" and that
the loyalty quiz had been dis
tasteful"
But he declared that any officer
in position of public trust should
be prepared to have his record
subject to an objective examina-
ton"
1.-THE security of the United
States" he said, "transcends con-
sideration of personal feelings"
Evening star., 1952-02-20
Mccarthy Probe Said to Ask
of 5 of Benton's Charqes
Senators Unpublished Report Urges Further
Hearings, Providence Newspaper Declares

Wisconsin Senator by Senator
Benton, Democrat, of Connecticut,
in support of Senator Benton's S
resolution seeking Senator Nc
Carthy's expulsion from the SEN
ate.
The report. the newspaper said,
recommends that hearings should
be conducted on five of the 10
Benton charges.
The closely-guarded 30O-page
report was filed with the Senate
committee on January 18. There
lis a possibility decision whether
to go ahead with the hearings,
as recommended in the report,
will be made at a meeting Feb
Iruary 28.
The newspaper said the a.
(Cca N6rrApTrIv nooa Ao'S
Evening star., 1952-02-20

Public Space Committee said Mr..
IO'Conor is authorized to park in
his assigned space from z am. to
6 pm. daily. although many Dis
trict officials are limited to shorter
periods.
The five-member committee
left the decision to the Commis-
Isioners after there were two votes
against approving the request for
Mr.. O'Conor.
The Commissioners revoked the
old parking list on February l,
and instructed the space commit
tee to redraft new one. Chair
man John N. Robertson of the
committee later forwarded Mr..
IBourbon's letter to the Commis-
sioners.
Mr.. O'Conor could not be
reached today at his Office where
he represented the Gilbert Barker
Manufacturing Co.. or home. 1922
Woodley road NV. Mr.. Bourbon
said the Senator regarded the re-
quest as routine procedure"
Evening star., 1952-02-20
By Joseph Young

The scandal-plagued Internal
Revenue Bureau has been having
more than its share Of troubles
in the shenanigans of some of its
top-echelon employees, but never
let it be said that it fails to deal
promptly with the transgressions
of its rank-and-flle workers.
The old bromide about the strict
boss who penalized an employe
for failing to dot his ''i's" and
cross his ats" is literally true
lat Internal Revenue.
The other day the bureau
handed out an official reprimand
and demerit to a grade GS-3 clerk
for failing to dot an 81" and cross
q IT" In a report she had pre-
lpared.
This heinous dereliction Of duty
and betrayal of trust will be duly
entered as a black mark in the
lemploye's personnel record. 1t
Evening star., 1952-02-20
Night Riders Force
North Carolina Family
To Flee Farm Home
Tenunt Asks Protection
After Third Visit Of
Threatening Masked Men
BY the Associated Press

FAYETTEVILLE, N. c., Feb. 20.
Sheriff L. L. Guy reported today
that masked night riders have
forced a Cumberland County
tenant farmer and his family to
flee from their home.
Sheriff Guy said Howard Pre-
waite, 80, called on him for pro-
lection last night after the third
visit Of masked men to his home
in three nights. The farmer lives
IL miles from here.
The sheriff reported the hooded
men told Mr.. Prevatte:
1--WE don't want to hurt you or
your wife and babies. All we want
to do is get you out of the woods. "
Wore Cloth Hoods.
Mr.. Prevatte said several men
wearing cloth hoods with eye
holes in them stood outside his
window on the night of February
8. They told Mr.. Prevatte they
were going to get him." but there
was no violence.
Early Sunday, Mr.. Prevatte re-
ported four men attempted to
force their way into his home.
Mr.. Prevatte said he could hear
other men talking in the distance.
Monday morning. before day
light. Mr.. Prevatte added, a num-
ber of masked men battered at
the hinges on his front door.
Mr.. Prevatte said he fired four
or five shots from a .22-caliber
rifle and the intruders left.
Took Family Away.
Mr.. Prevatte said he decided
then to take his wife and three
small children away.
Sheriff Guy said an investiga-
ton Of the Prevatte yard early
today showed a number Of foot
prints near windows in the house.
Mr.. Prevatte said he had no
idea why he was threatened. He
moved to this area from the Fair
mont section of Robson County
last December. Fairmont is near
Fair Bluff. where FBI agents ar
rested 10 former Ku Klux Klans-
men last Saturday and charged
them with kidnapping and fog
|ging.
Mr.. Prevatte told the sheriff he
had never been threatened while
living in Robson County.
Evening star., 1952-02-20
James {. Dunn Nominated
As Ambassador 10 France

James Clement Dunn, now AM
oassador to Italy, today was NOM
mated by President Truman to be
Ambassador to France.
In the Paris post he will sue.
ceed David K. E. Bruce, who has
been nominated and confirmed
by the Senate as the new Under
secretary Of State. Mr.. Dunn.
whose house is in New York City.
is a Foreign Service officer with
the rank. OF career minister.
Evening star., 1952-02-20
District Man Dies in Crash
On Route | in MARYLAND

A District man was killed In
stantly early today in a head-or
crash with a tractor trailer on
Route / near Relay. Md.
Earl F. Greene. 26. colored, OF
2316 E street NE, was driving
south when his car crossed the
center Of the road and crashed
into northbound tractor-trailer
truck, State police reported.
Trooper w. J. Gibson said the
accident occurred on a curve
about 3:15 am. He placed tech
.nical charges of manslaughter
and reckless driving against the
truck driver, Howard Cecil Carter,
81. Of Leakesville, N. c. Garter
was uninjured in the crash.
Evening star., 1952-02-20
By the Associated Press

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Feb. 90
The Providence Journal-Bulletin
said today the unpublished,
report of an investiga-
ton of charges of perjury. lying
and deceit made against Senator
Mccarthy, Republican, of Wis
consin, recommends that a Senate
Elections Committee push ahead
with hearings on Senator Nc
Carthy's activities.
The Providence newspaper pub
lished excerpts it said it, together
with the Minneapolis Star and
the Des Moines Register. had OBJ
tanned from the report of the
Senate committees staff investi-
eating charges lodged against the
Evening star., 1952-02-20
Featured Reading
Inside Todoy's Star

MULTIPLE BoTTLENEcKs-Troffie
planners trying to speed crosstown frof.
tic hove encountered series Of bottle
necks- Stur Reporter Jones G. Deons
tells Of their plans to speed up traffic
in onother Of his series on pose Ala.
PITFALLS OF WAlTREssEs-ssor
Reporter Mary /. voushon goes to
school and leons theEe's more to beina
q woitress than keeping ones thumb
out Of the soup. She tells Of her sdu-
cotton on pose B-l.
GRADUATEs-ln cops and gowns.
the sroduotins class Of Western Hiok
School presents pleasing picture On
pose AIS.
Evening star., 1952-02-20
George Ross Is Guilty
OF Killing Policeman;
Must Die in Chair
Fugitive Captured at
Glen Burnie, Nd, Is
Convicted in Cleveland
BY the Associated Press

CLEVELAND, Feb. 20.-A jury
found today ex-convict George
Ross. 81. murdered policeman For
ney Haas and ruled he should die
in the electric chair.
Ross was convicted on two first
degree murder counts-of shoot
ing and killing a policeman and
of premeditated murder. Judge
Edward Blythin Immediately
sentenced Ross IN die June 6 in
Ohio Penitentiary.
Ross shot Haas December 8 In
an East Side rooming house. The
policeman had arrested Ross fol
a traffic violation.
In the court when the jury re-
turned were the wife of the slair
|patrolman and their son, Donall
Haas, Is.
Ross came here from Seattle
where he disarmed a policeman
He was wanted for burglaries ir
California, where he had previ.
ously served a penitentiary term
at San Quentin.
The prosecution contended that
Ross became frightened and shot
Policeman Haas in the fear that
the patrolman would learn of his
prison record.
After the shooting in Cleveland
Ross broke through road blocks
and escaped. A Nation-w man
hunt started and was centered in
the Baltimore area when the ex-
convict was engaged in gun bat
tie shortly before midnight, De-
cember 10, with two Howard
County policemen who surprised
him after he had robbed a filling
station near Ellicott City, Md.
Ross was captured December
II near Glen Burnie, Md, when
Edward Duvall, 49-year-old Sc
verna Park (Md) farmer recog-
nized him after giving him a ride
and then tipped off police.
Evening star., 1952-02-20
Loveft Returns Plan
On Clothing Purchase
To Munitions Board
Defense Chief Leaves for
Lisbon Without ACTING
On 'Co-ordinoted' Buying
By John A. Giles

Defense Secretary Lovett has
returned to the Munitions Board
that agency's plan for the CO.
ordinated purchase of military
clothing, it was learned today.
Chairman John D. Small of the
board announced at a news con-
ference week ago tomorrow that
the plan. which came as at least
a partial answer to congressional
criticism of waste in military pro-
curement, had been placed on Mr..
Lovett's desk q few hours before.
But the Defense chief left for the
meeting of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization In Lisbon
without signing it and the board
today was reported restudying the
proposal.
The plan does not !. call for
S1ngle-package purchases of
Clothing. as demanded by Chair
man Hebert of the House Armed
Services subcommittee investigat-
ing waste in military purchasing
Called Step Forward.
Under the Munitions Board
program, described as "step for
ward" but not the final answer
by Mr.. Small. top-ranking pro-
curement officials of the Army
Navy and Air Force would sit as
a committee to canvass proposed
large clothing orders.
If this committee found that
the available volume of the tex
tile industry, for example, was
Sufficient to fill the demand. the
request for bids for the full
amount would go forward. Other
wise, the initial order would be
cut back and spaced over a longer
period so as not to disrupt the in
dustry and at the same time OBJ
tain the best prices possible.
Shoes and other clothing items
also would be bought similarly.
It could not be learned what
objections, if any, Mr.. Lovett
made to the plan.
Doubt Savings Made.
Pentagon officials contend that
centralized or single-package buy
ing does not always produce the
savings which its proponents
claim for it.
They explain that the services
already buy IN sufficiently large
quantities to obtain the dollar
savings that ordinarily accrue in
volume buying.
The greatest problem of the De-
fense Department. officials said
has been to make certain that the
services do not place bids fol-
clothing in too large volume and
at the same time. There have
been instances where these orders
have been so large that they vir-
tually absorbed the complete out
put of industry in a given period
Evening star., 1952-02-20
name of a single relief client taken
from the rolls.

name of a single relief client taken
from the rolls.
8. There has not been a case of
any welfare recipient being ex-
posed to exploitation for political
or commercial ends.
4. Except for a bit of extra book
keeping, welfare Offices are work.
ing as smoothly as ever, but more
diligently.
These facts emerged today in a
study of the open book" system
Indiana has adopted, with two
other States, at a time when Con-
greSS is about to open hearings
on a bill that would cloak District
reliefers in super-secret anony-
nifty.
Safeguarding Clause.
AS in Washington, Indiana pro-
ponents of continued secrecy
feared clients would be laid open
Evening star., 1952-02-20

300 votes yesterday to 11,442 for
Democratic City Councilman
Hugh Quinn.
The special election to fill a
vacant seat was held in New York
States 5th congressional district,
composing part of the New York
City Borough of Queens.
Hailing Mr.. Ross 1888 margin
Iof victory, Republican National
chairman Guy George Gabrielson
said in Washington:
This significant Republican
victory in a Democratic strong
hold reflects the determina-
ton of voters everywhere to re-
place Trumanism with sound,
honest government. competent to
achieve peace and preserve our
freedoms.
Handwriting" for Truman.
Mr.. Ross victory was described
by Representative Hall of New
York, chairman of the Republican
Congressional Committee, as "the
handwriting on the wall for the
Truman administration"
Ranking Democratic leaders did
not comment.
Mr.. Quinn, who campaigned on
local issues, had refused to link
himself with the Democratic ad-
ministration and he refrained
from pledging support to President
Truman. He also announced he
would not accept support from
the Democratic National Commit
tee.
Mr.. Ross charged in the cam
paign that Mr.. Quinn was afraid
to run on a pro-Truman platform
because of the tenor of the times.
The Fifth District-laid out in
1944-elected a Democratic Rep
resentative three out of four times
before yesterdays election.
Also, it usually went Demo-
cratic for local officials. But it
always has voted Republican for
President. Senator and Governor.
Ross Served in Congress.
The district is heavily Demo-
cratic in enrollment-66, 900 DEM
|ocrats to $4,000 Republicans on
the basis of 1851 figures.
Mr.. Ross was elected to a two
year terms in Congress in 1946
in the Republican upsurge.
The vacancy filled yesterday was
caused by the resignation of the
Democratic candidates cousin,
Democrat T. Vincent Quinn, who
was elected Queens district attor-
Iney.
Election Of Mr.. Ross made the
House Of Representatives lineup
230 Democrats to 202 Republicans
There is one independent Rep
resentative and there are two
vacancies.
The vote for two minor party
candidates was:
George F. Cranmore, Liberal
Party-2.646.
Mrs. Thelma Bearman, Amer
lean Labor Party-independent-
1921.