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Evening star., 1953-09-16
BloodmobiIe Schedule

The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will be stationed at the Fire
House in Annandale, Va. from
10 am. to 4 pm. Monday. Donors
should call Jefferson 2-4876 for
appointments.
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Barrett PTA to Meet

The Barret Elementry School
PTA, Arlington. will meet at
8 pm. tomorrow in the school
auditorium.
Evening star., 1953-09-16
Arlington Candidate Urges
Protest of Gas Meruer

Glen BaylesS, nonpartisan
candidate for the Arlington
County Board, today called on
the County Board and the
County Public Utilities Commits
sion to protest Immediately a
pending consolidation of the
Washington Gas Light Co. and
its two Virginia subsidiaries.
Mr.. Bayless said he had been
informed by the State Corpora
ton Commission that the dead
line for filing opposition to the
proposed merger is Friday. He
said neither the Public Utilities
Commission nor the County
Board has taken any action.
Mr.. Rayless said that his
Democratic opponent, Wesley w.
Cooper, is a member of the COM
mission.
The two subsidiaries are Ross
lyn Gas Co. and Potomac Gas
Co.
Mr.. Bayless said the merger
would result in higher heating
costs for customers of the Ross
lyn Gas Co.
There will also be lost to
Arlington consumers under the
merger plan the protection of
the Federal Power Commission
since the cessation of the whole
sailing of gas between Washing
ton and Arlington will knock out
the Federal Power Commissions
right to intervene" Mr.. Bayless
said.
Evening star., 1953-02-14
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to new borrowers. with the
total authorization setting up
a sort of revolving fund.
Altogether. that total au-
thorization of 81, $50 million set
up for Government insurance
allowed q total Of about $3.50
million in loans to be made in
less than 20 years.
So far so good.
But recently the demand for
modernization loans has be-
come so great that the original
authorization was insufficient
to take care of it. FILA claims
about 100000 families want
home improvement loans that
can't be taken care of by lend
ers under the program. So
FILA went to Congress for a
half-billion dollar increase in
the insurance authorization.
The Senate Banking Com
mittee about 10 days ago ap-
proved the request. and leaders
have indicated the boost will
be approved by the House and
Senate soon.
If the expected happens, the
half-billion extra will i'm
mediately provide credit for
almost a million borrowers in
case that number would want
to obtain loans of about 5000
each, which experience has
shown has been the most
popular average amount needed
in the past.
All this is a rosy thing to
Evening star., 1953-02-14
Million New Home Loans Are Expected Soon

contemplate in q somewhat
gloomy world. The bankers
traditionally wise and able
custodianS of other peoples
money-are strongly for the
bill because it allows them to
provide cash to people at an
effective rate of interest
amounting to about 8 per cent
per annum.
And-contrary to what you
may think-bankers are never
so happy as when they can
say "Sure, you can have the
loan!" But always breathing
down their neck are the de-
positors to whom they have to
pay interest for the use of the
money they loan out and for
whom they have to guard its
safety.
AS for the materials supply
industry. it would be dificult
to find any part Of it that is
less than headily enthusiastic
over the prospects of getting
a part Of that half billion.
Photographers are undoubted-
ly for the bill. too, but their
interest is probably about as
mild as that of any group. For,
the truth is. if they don't get
before" and "after" pictures
they'll get some other kind of
pictures, because, in the view
OF most camera fans, the world
is full Of things to photograph,
and pictures Of the baby are
best of all.
At any rate. the extra half
billion authorization has no
enemies and it'll probably 60
through in a breeze.
A few people have a few
reservations and comments
but. compared to the avalanche
of supporters, their voice can
hardly be heard above the
tumult of unreserved approval.
Some people say, for
instance, that it's time the
Federal Housing Administra-
tion brought the home
modernization program up to
date.
The present top limit of
$4,000 on such loans for work
on single-family houses can
not produce the same improve
ments on today's market that
it once could.
Therefore, in the view of
some people, the top limit
should be raised to a more
realistic amount such as, say,
$4,000 for improvements to a
single-family house.
Likewise, some people feel
that the three-year amortiza-
tion period is too short q
time to pay off the loan. If the
amortization period within
which the loan must be paid
back were extended from the
present three years to, say, five,
seven or 10 years the program
could be an inducement for
private industry to rehabilitate
homes for rent, many persons
believe. It also could be used
as a powerful means of helping
to eliminate slums.
There are some, too. who
Evening star., 1953-02-14

think the effective interest
rate Of 9.7 per cent to the
borrower is high since such
loans have the credit Of the
Government behind them. OF
this. FILA itself takes an
effective percentage Of about
IL as a premium. leaving about
8 per cent for the lender.
FHA's premium on these loans
for work on Single-family
houses is higher than on any
other type Of loan it insures.
A lesS-used type Of loan
available under the program
is designed to allow improve
ment of houses having two or
more dwelling units.
In such types, the top loan
limit is $4,000, and amortiza-
ton can be stretched over q
period of seven years. The
effective interest rate here is
about !7.6 per cent, Of which
the lender gets about sc per
cent and FILA gets about / per
cent as an effective rate.
The argument in favor of the
relatively high interest rate
is primarily based on the cost
Of handling. FILA says the
banks deserve a bigger interest
rate on loans up to $1,000,
whether or not they are Gov
ernment insured, than on loans
above $4,000.
Improvement loans are made
on the basis of a discount"
method of financing and are
paid back on a monthly level
payment plan. This plan is
often used in financing auto
mobiles. refrigerators and ap-
pliances.
When the discount rate is
SIS per 500 of loan Gas in the
case nf irnnr0varoayt loons far
Evening star., 1953-02-14

work on single-family houses) !,
you might, at first glance,
think you are paying S per
cent interest. But, in reality,
the effective" rate is consid-
erably higher.
This is true because, under
this method Of financing, to
get 500 in cash you must ac-
tually borrow $105.26. You
must then pay it back in level
monthly installments. AS you
pay back the loan, you are
returning money to the lend
ing institution which it can
then re-invest.
In contrast, on a straight 5
per cent loan Of 500 for one
year, you would receive the full
$100 at the time of making the
loan, and then be obligated to
return the full principal
amount in but a single pay
ment at the end Of the year,
plus payment at that time Of
S. for use of the money.
Likewise, in the case of a
straight monthly repayment
loan. you would repay the
principal in equal monthly
payments with interest each
month figured on the declining
monthly balances.
AS for the premiums FILA
collects, they are placed in a
reserve fund to take care of
losses the agency may incur in
insuring loans, and to pay
salaries and other expenses of
administration, plus other
costs. Any amount left over is
held in reserve for future
losses.
Right now, the agency pays
its own way and has about
$18,000,O0O in this reserve
fund
Evening star., 1953-02-14

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TILE BATHS. lorse storage oftic,
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LUKE KITCHEN. Breezewcy 10 oi-
toehsd garage. lot l00-ft. frontuss.
NOW PRICED 70 SELL
MAY CONSIDER TRADE.
Evening star., 1953-07-09
u. S. Favored Over Japan
As Davis Cup Zone Play Opens

f1nesse and endurance of the
japanese.
The doubles match is sched-
uled for tomorrow. Neither team
captain has named his doubles
team.
The same singles players will
play in the final matches Sat-
urday. with opponents reversed,
In reserve for possible play in
the doubles, the United States
team has Tom Brown, 31-year-
old San Francisco attorney who
arrived only yesterday for his
first workout on the Vancouver
Tennis Clubs grass courts.
The Japanese four-man team
from which a doubles duo will
be chosen includes Kamo, Mi
yagi, Masanobu Kimura, who is
Japan's third-ranked player, and
Capt. Jiro Yamagishi, 41-year-
old veteran of Davis Cup COM
petition.
Trabert played in the 1852
Davis Cup final round against
victorious Australia, but he was
not ranked nationally because he
was in the Navy and did not
compete in major Journeys on
the home front,
Evening star., 1953-07-09
Skull Fracture May Keep Golfer Lags Despite Ace
thinner Confined 80 Days In Colonial Tournament
By the Assoeintsd Press

MEMPHIS. July 9.-Mike Flan-
agan yesterday made the first
hole-in-one in the seven-year
history of the Colonial Invita-
tional golf tournament, using a
three-iron to sink his tee shot on
the 209-yard ninth hole.
Despite the eagle, the Memphis
golfer shot a SO on the front nine
and finished with a rs, nine
strokes off the pace in opening
round qualifying play.
Leading with Cos were Tommy
Morrow of Shreveport, La: Floyd
Addington of Dallas and Jack
Jorgensen of Memphis.
Defending Champion Hillman
Robbins of Memphis, who doesn't
have to qualify, tied the Colonial
Country Club course record yes
terday with a seven-under-par
63. The record was set in quail
flying play last year by Mason
Rudolph of Clarksville, Tenn.
Match play begins tomorrow,
with the finals Sunday.
Evening star., 1953-07-09

in blistering language.
Bucky Harris plans to give
Keith Thomas a chance in left
field, but not today. :. Griffith
Stadium's left field is the tough
est sunfeld in the majors. ac-
cording to those who squint into
the sun and roof for fly balls,
and Bucky doesn't want Thomas
to get off to a bad start. .
Only a sudden rash of hitting
by Clyde Vollmer will prevent
Thomas, recently acquired from
the Athletics, from taking over
in left field while the Mats are
on the road.
4 + y
The Mats will play the first
Saturday night game in Yankee
Stadium history this week end.
The Yankees are using the
game as an experiment and if
the fans flock to the park there
will be more Saturday night en-
gagementS in New York.
Washington pitchers have per-
mitted so home runs, 81 of them
at Griffith Stadium.
If the ball isn't souped up.
there's general improvement
Evening star., 1953-07-09
By BURTON HAWKINS

among the leagues hitters.
Only 81 homers were slammed
at Griffith Stadium last year
and % have been belted there
already this season. with the
Mats contributing seven. The
Mats and Athletics should trade
parks. At Philadelphia
where the AS have hit no
homers in games against the
Mats, Washington has smashed
eight. And here, where the
Mats have hit only two homers
in competition with Philadelphia
the AS have clouted seven.
Bob Mitchell, former sandlot
pitcher here who nearly was
electrocuted some months ago
when he contacted a live wire,
has returned to the Mats
Charlotte. farm club after being
treated here for arm trouble.
Joe Black, who pitched the
Dodgers to the National League
pennant last year, may agree to
a return to the minors in an at
tempt to recover his vanished
effectiveness.
Bill Mullins, Providence Col
lege graduate, received $3.50
for signing with the Mats and is
headed for Chattanooga.
He's a right-handed pitcher who
will be % years old next month
The Mats also have signed
Outf1elder John Walker, 6-foot-3
outf1elder from Maude. Tex.
The 20 year old left = handed
hitter will break in at Charlotte.
The Mats games with the
Yankees Saturday night and
Sunday will be televised to
Washington. Also on TV
will be games in Chicago July IT
and 18, the first game of a
July 19 dobule-header at St.
Louis and games at Cleveland
July "a and Is, plus the first
game of a double-header with
/ the Indians July 26.
Evening star., 1953-07-09

at the seventh. At the 162-yard
eighth, his tee shot wound up
in bunker. He played beauti-
full pitch out to within four
inches of the hole and sank the
putt for a par 3.
Long Drive Helps.
He got a par 4 at the 483-
yard ninth, being helped by a
drive that carried $50 yards to
exactly the right position on the
fairway.
Stranahan's tee shot on the
18th was in the rough and he
took an expensive five. An ex-
cellent pitch from a sandy lie
and a putt got him a 3 on the
18th. He again was caught in
the rough on his 18th tee shot.
On the 10th he overshot the
pin when he used an eight iron
to pitch. He missed his putt for
a four. On the final hole a 10
footer failed to drop.
Evening star., 1953-07-09
Ted King Draws Bye
In i. ). Public Links

Ted King, low scorer in the
Maryland-Di trials for the
National Public Links champion
ship which begins Monday on the
Municipal Course in West Seattle,
Wash, draws a bye in the first
round of match play and will not
see action until Tuesday.
On Tuesday King. already in
Seattle as a guest of the S. G..
Leof1er Co., meets the winner of
the match between Ralph Helm
lein of Indianapolis and James
Grif6tts. jr.. of Arcadia. Calf.
Julian Williams, whose, ex-
penses to Seattle were underwrit-
ten by East Potomac golfers and
the William Hahn Co., his en-
ployers, will meet George Caskey
of Dayton, Ohio, in the first
round.
Fred Lukat, who will partici-
pate thanks to the players at his
Anacostia Club. meets Robert
Crouch of indianapolis in the
first round.
King, Williams and Albert
Bange of Baltimore will repre-
sent Washington in the Harding
Trophy team competition Satur-
day. Bange's first round op-
ponent will be Nello Campagni of
HighWood, Ill.
Evening star., 1953-07-09
BY the Associoied Press

VANCOUVER, British Colum-
bia, July 9.-Japanese and United
States tennis teams open the
1853 North American Zone Davis
Cup play here this afternoon
with the Americans heavy IA
vorites.
Tony Trabert of Cincinnati
only two weeks out of the Navy
is expected to lead the Amer
leans to a repetition of the 1852
triumph over the japanese.
Trabert. the player-captain of
the United States team, will open
against Kosei Kamo in the first
singles match. Kamo was the
runner-up for the japanese am
ateur title last year.
The days second singles match
pits Hamilton Richardson OF
Baton Rouge, La, the new United
States collegiate champion,
against Atushi Miyagi, 21-year-
old member of the 1852 japanese
team.
The matches are expected to
be a test of the bigger American
players power against the speed,
Evening star., 1953-07-09
Schooner Goodwill Leads
Al 8O0-MiIe Point in Race
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
quarter finals.
LOS ANGELES, July 9.-The
Schooner Goodwill of Newport
Harbor, Calf, continues to set
the pace for the 32-yacht fleet
in the Los Angeles-to Honolulu
race.
Nearing the 80O-mile point, the
16l-foot boat reported sailing
conditions only fair, with winds
varying from to Is knots. But
she was nearly so miles ahead of
the next boat, Morning Star of
San Francisco.
On a revised handicap basis.
however, the Altamar of Newport
was ranked first, with the At
torante, Los Angeles, second.
Then came Tasco, Nam Sang,
Adios. Chubasco, L'Apache. Co.
quette, Dragon and Dorado.
Evening star., 1953-07-09
BY the Associated Press

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland, July
9-Ben Hogan said today he
didn't feel badly at all about his
play in the second round of the
British Open golf championship,
where he shot a II for a two
day total of 144-just couple
of strokes off the pace for the
early f1nishers of the days
round.
I'D feel real good about it if
was just putting a little bet
ter" he said.
On the seventh hole when he
came out of a sandtrap badly
and scooted completely across
the green, Hogan explained that
II just hit it too fat. It sure
came out fast. didn't it?"
He said the green's on the out
going nine were to his liking,
Evening star., 1953-07-09
Hogan Satisfied With Round,
Criticizes Scottish FIoqpoIes

but that those on the second
nine still looked little long to
him.
Hogan had a complaint to
make about the flag poles used
on the Carnoustie greens.
In the United States, all flag
poles in competition are seven
feet high. In Scotland they vary
from four to 10 or IL feet. This
discrepancy in height causes a
distortion in judgment of dis
tance when the keen-eyed pro-
fessional sights them from down
the fairWay.
"Over here you seldom shoot
for a hole" Ben said. You are
usually shooting for the tip of
a flagpole in the distance. With
flagpole heights varying, it's hard
to tell just exactly how far away
the hole is"
Evening star., 1953-07-09
Post Entries Accepted
In Mixed Golf Event

Post entries will be accepted
for tomorrow's Middle Atlantic
Golf Associations mixed scotch
foursome tournament at Manor
Country Club.
Starting times will be open
from Siam. until 2::30 pm.
Members of member clubs of the
Mid-Atlantic GA, with handi-
caps Of 26 and under will be
eligible. There will be two gross
and several net prizes.
Evening star., 1953-07-09
Mats
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West following the All-Star
game before returning here.
Their next home game is July %.
Robinson HOmers Twice.
Bucky Harris patched up a
game between Chuck Stobbs,
Sonny Dixon and Chico Mar
rero last night. Each allowed a
home run, with Eddie Robinson
betting one off Stobbs and an
other off Marrero, and Case Mi
chaels contributing a third off
Dixon.
When the AS weren't hitting
home runs, however. they weren' t
scoring. Robinson pumped them
into a 20 lead in the third in
ming, but in the same session
Mickey Vernon clipped Harry
Byrd for a bases-loaded single
to tie the score.
Michaels' shot into the left
field seats again projected the
AS into a lead in the sixth in
ming, but the Mats splurged for
three runs in the seventh, then
added two more in the eighth
after Robinson opened the in
ming with his second smash over
the right field wall.
Jim Busby touched off the
Mats big inning with a single
to left and Wayne Terwilliger
beat out a bunt. When Byrd
threw wild into right field trying
to nail Terwilliger, Busby scored
and Terwilliger continued to
third. Keith Thomas pinch sin
gle scored Terwilliger, and Pete
Runnels got Thomas around with
a double off the fence.
FitzGerald's Streak Ends.
The Mats iced the game in the
eighth. Clyde Vollmer walked
and Jackie Jensen scored him
with a double to the left-field
corner which chased Byrd. Char
ley Bishop walked Busby, but
Terwilliger's attempted sacrifice
forced Jensen at third. Busby
stole third before Ed FITZGERALD
famed to end his 11-game hit
ting streak, all Of which gave
Marrero a chance to bat across
his first run of the year.
Terwilliger took off for second
base in what had the stamp of a
try for a double steal. When
Shortstop Pete Suder rushed to
cover second Marrero drilled a
single through the spot Suder
vacated to score Busby.
Marrero wrapped up the game
for the Mats with a flourish in
the ninth. striking out Tom
Hamilton, Carmen Mauro and Ed
McGhee in succession.
Harris restored Eddie Yost to
the leadof spot, elevated Run
nels to No. 2 spot and dropped
Busby and Terwilliger to sixth
and seventh, respectively. in the
batting order.
Evening star., 1953-07-09
City Theoters Will Study
TeIevisinq Grid Games

Officials of Warner Bros
RKO Keith's, Loew's Capitol
and Lincoln Theaters said they
had not been approached about
televising the Notre Dame games
here. They are the only movie
houses in town with the neces-
sary equipment. Most said they
would give it careful considera-
tion but weren't sure they would
take the program.
Meanwhile, Radio Station
VOL has announced that it will
broadcast the entire 1853 Notre
Dame schedule, starting Sep
tember 26 with the Oklahoma
game at Norman, Okla.
October 10 is an open date for
the Irish, and on that day VOL
will air the California-Penn
game at Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1953-07-09
Mrs. Swink Enters
VIRGINIA Title Picture
On IS al Belle Haven

Mrs. James A. Swink added
confidence for the Virginia State
women's championship at Hot
Springs beginning Monday with
an excellent IS at Belle Haven
yesterday, made during a match
play round in the clubs White
Cross tournament.
Mrs. Swink defeated Mrs. Rob-
ert Dunn, 2 and /, in a round
that was made up of nine pars,
three brides and six bogeys. She
had 80 puts.
Mrs. Swink's handicap dropped
to five with her lowest round
over the home course. Mrs. Swink
reached the quarter-finals of the
District women's championship
two weeks ago and must be given
consideration in the Virginia
championship on her fine play Of
late.
Four players were grouped
within two strokes going into the
second and final round of the
Muncaster Cup tournament at
Washington Golf and Country
Club today, 36-hole medal play
handicap event for host club
members.
Mrs. Frank Mirth had 84-l0-
IA and Mrs. H. H. Goodman Oh
17-74 in the first round to tie in
the 2lSt annual event. Mrs.
Charles Egenroad, defending
champion, had 80-4-76 and Mrs.
Lloyd Dennis, 85-9-76.
KenWood's women golfers held
an odd-nine holes event won by
Mrs. E. B. Lockett with 41-8-33.
Mrs. Ralph Wood had 45-11-34,
Mrs. Ed Widmayer, 44-8-36, and
Mrs. j. H. Alldredge, 47-11-36.
Mrs Frank Murphy of Con-
gressional was the guest winner
with 42-7-35.
Evening star., 1953-07-09
Probe Of Womber Fight
Finds NOTHING Out Of Line
By the Assecioted Press

NEW YORK, July The
New York Athletic Commission
has found without foundation
stories that there was some
thing suspect in Danny CBang-
Bang) WONDERS surprising YER
dict over Kid Gavilan, world
welterweight champion, in Syra-
cuSe May 2.
The investigation was asked
by George Gainford, manager
of Womber, after some news
papers limited that the bout
might not have been on the
level. Previously the commits
sionerS interviewed newspaper
men and officials who saw the
fight and this morning they
viewed TV Kinescopes of the
bout.
Evening star., 1953-07-09
BY the Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July O.
Don thinner, 22-year-old St
Paul shortstop. called by his
manager "a sure bet to go to
the Dodgers. is in White Cross
Hospital with a fractured skull
thinner was hit by a pitched
ball Tuesday night during a
game with Columbus. Doctors
fear he may be confined to the
hospital for 30 to 40 days. Hit
by a high curve thrown by Jim
Kirk, thinner has been uncon-
scious for long periods.
Evening star., 1953-07-09

5 q u a q ana
Casey Stengel
admits it. but
If an Ameri-
can lie q g u e
player is in
j u r e d and
Suder is ten
dered an invi-
tation he'll de-
cline. He
has told team
m a t e S he'll
send Stengel a
polite" tele-
gram w h ic h
will SOW Wnnn
Evening star., 1953-07-09

Runs-Reese. Robinson to). Hodges
t2), Furillo (3, Ennis. Hemne- ~.
KaZanski. Errors-None. Runs batted
in-Campanella (21, Hammer -, Hodees
90, Robinson, Furillo (3l. Clark (2).
Two-base hits-Furillo t2). Campanella
(2), Hodges (2', Cox. Three-base hit
Clark Home runS-Hamner, Hodges
Furillo.. Double play-Reese to Hodges.
Left on bases-Brooklyn. z; Philadel-
phia, 5. Bases on balls-Off Konstanty,
L; of Drews, /; off Loes, 2. Struck out
Ripper, 2; by Loes 3. Hits-Of Drews,
8 in 5 innings; of Konstanty. 2 in .
innings; of Ripper. in 2 innings; Of
Loes, g In 9 innings. Runs and earned
IL; o6 Ripper. 90; Of Loes, a. Win.
ming pitcher - Loes G1-5). Losing
pitcher-Drews go. Time-2:2l. At
tendance-22, ,601.