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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Iongay May Testify
In 'Aquatots' Case {.
AT Miami Monday
sy The Assoeiossd Press


MIAMI, Fla. Jan. 23.-Russell
Tongay, husky father-teacher OF
the "Aquatots," Kathy and
Bubba Tongay, may take the
stand Monday in his own defense
against charges that he caused
Kathy's death by forcing her to
dive from dangerous heights.
Tongay's manslaughter trial
was recessed yesterday until
Monday after County Solicitor
John Marsh had presented all
but one OF the States witnesses.
Five-year-old Kathy Tongay
died last May S after practicing
dives from the top of the 33-foot
tower at the, MacFadden- Deau-
vile Hotel pool in Miami Beach.
DR., Victor Calderin, who per-
formed the autopsy, said death
was caused by peritonitis brought
on by a ruptured intestine.
A Mass Of Bruises.
Both DR.. Calderin and DR..
Ben Sheppard. sheriff's Office
medical expert, said Kathy's
body was a mass of bruises.
Star witness for the State in
yesterdays opening day of tes-
timony was Pete Desjardins.
former Olympic springboard and
high-diving champion. He tes-
titled that Tongay was not quail
flied to teach high diving.
Applause broke out in the
courtroom when Mr.. Desjardins
declared that if Tongay had
been qualified "he would not
have let that child go up on
that tower :
Judge Ben C. Willard sternly
reprimanded the audience for
the outbreak and told the bailiff
that if there were any further
demonstrations to arrest all who
took part.
Desjardins testified that COM
plicated dives from 35 feet re-
CURED strength and skill Kathy
did not possess and were so
hazardous that sit takes a diver
in the national championship
class to try them"
Other State witnesses pictured
Tongay as a stern, ambitious
father who demanded dangerous
dives from a fearful, crying
Kathy.
Tell of Child's Pleas.
Paul A. Mcdonald and his
wife, Marian. swimming instruc-
tors at the Notwithstanding
told of seeing Tongay order
Kathy up the tower after she
pleaded with him not to make
her dive. She made many bad
dives, they said. and once "came
up screaming" after hitting fiat.
Kathy and Bubba received
wide publicity in 1851, when
Tongay took them to Europe to
swim the English Channel.
French and British authorities
refused to allow the children to
make the attempt.
Bubba, now 8. is the only sur
vivor of three Tongay children
Russell, jr., died in commissions
in 1945 at the age of Is months
An autopsy showed death was
caused by a hemorrhage brought
on by a head injury. An inquest
was held but no charges were
filed.
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Two tennessee Elves
Are Real Long Shots
In Games Tonight
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Jan. ga pair
of Tennessee teams get a chance
tonight to become the basket
ball sensations of the Nation.
but the chances are strong that
neither one will make the grade.
At Knoxville the University of
Tennessee takes on Kentucky,
unbeaten leader of the. Associ-
ated Press weekly poll. And at
Bowling Green. KY. Memphis
State visits Western Kentucky,
whose l7-game winning streak
is the longest in the country
Both Kentucky teams should
win without working up a good
sweat.
Three other teams from among
the top 10 also see action to-
night. Oklahoma Ann. a notch
behind Western Kentucky in the
No. 5 spot. is at North Texas
State. Oklahoma City University
No. Z, opens Western swing
against Wyoming, while Mime
sofa, No. 8, visits Northwestern
in one of the nights three Big
Ten games. Iowa is at Purdue
and Ohio State at Michigan
State.
Conference Games.
The Kentucky TennesSee
meeting is one of three South
eastern Conference games. Au-
burn visits Georgia and winless
Georgia Tech tries its luck
against Vanderbilt.
Missouri at Kansas State
marks the only big Seven &C
ton, while Wichita risks its
Missouri Valley lead against ST.
Louis. Baylor meets Rice in the
Southwest Conference. Dart
mouth invades Penn in the only
Ivy League game.
Utah surprised Utah State.
1852, in a Skyline Conference
game last night and plays host
to Montana tonight. Brigham
Young. 1884 conqueror Of Mon
tana. meets Utah State.
Idaho's Vandals took the
measure Of 7-foot-3 Swede Hal
brook & Co. from Oregon State
7o-55, despite a 35-point per-
Torrance by Halbrook. The
towering sophomore set North
ern Division Pacific Coast Con-
ference record for free throws
attempted with %. but sank
I only Is of them.
10th Straight for Seattle.
Seattle. ranked 10th in the
Nation, won its 18th straight,
1851, over Colorado AIM.
Seattle lost it's opening game to
Wichita.
Oregon edged Washington,
77-76, to take the lead in the
Northern Division of the Pacific
Coast Conference. Idaho State
whipped Western State of
Colorado, 68-47, in a battle for
the lead in the Rocky Mountain
Conference. Arizona beat Ari-
iona State of Temple. 1906. in
the Border Conference.
Big Bill Uhl, 6-foot-11, scored
80 points as Dayton edged Gin
cinnati, 71-69, in. the first
basketball meeting in six years
between the two Ohio schools.
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Tebbetts' Condition Good

NASHUA, N. H.. Jan. % up.
The condition of Birdie Teb-
belts. manager of the Cincin-
natl RedlegS, was reported as
very good" today at Memorial
Hospital where he underwent
minor surgery. Tebbetts, a res
ident of Nashua. is expected to
leave the hospital in a few days.
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BY the Associated Pres.

ARCADIA. Calf, Jan. 3D.
Racing fans here had two fa-
vorite subjects to talk about
today-Alfred G. Vanderbilt's
Find and e. b. Johnson's Smart
Barbara.
Find, 4-year-old son of Dis
covery. who beat Calumet's Hill
Gail by a nose in yesterdays
$4,000 San Carlos Handicap at
z furlongs, definitely had estab-
lished himself as a favorite for
the 100000 Santa Anita Handi-
cap February q.
Most of those who still weren't
talking about yesterdays great
finish, in which Heliowise and
Indian Hemp followed right be-
hind the photo finishers, were
concentrating on today's Santa
Margarita Handicap and john
ston'S fast-moving f1lly.
Longer Race Today.
Smart Barbara showed she
could go seven-eights by winning
the recent Santa Maria Handi-
cap. However. today's race for
flllies and mares is at a mile
and one-sixteenth.
Rex Ellsworth's Fleet Khal
may get nearly as much backing
as Smart Barbara if she goes
But it's heavy track. not much
to her liking and Ellsworth was
considering pulling her out
Fleet Khal was assigned 124
pounds and will be ridden by
John Burton. Smart Barbara
had 1872 pounds with Jockey
Gordon Gibson up.
Willie Shoemaker who rode a
record 485 winners last year, was
expected to be aboard Cerise
Refine, who had the misfortune
to draw the No. 16 post position.
There were 19 starters listed for
this $4,000 event, the richest
race for the first 20 days of the
meeting.
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Congress Clears Way
For Bases in Spain
BY the Associoied Press

FNSSOCTuTeu FTESS
United States Army Engineers
can begin construction now Of
four air bases in Spain.
The House Armed Services
Committee unanimously ap-
proved a go-ahead on the 5000
million project yesterday. The
Senate Armed Services Com
mittee had already approved.
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VeIde Wunfs NLRB Aid
Denied to Red Unions

Chairman Velde says his
House Un-American Activities
Committee considers "the failure
of certain trade unions to rid
themselves Of Communists to be
a national disgrace"
Therefore. the Illinois Repub.
lican announced last night he
will introduce Monday a bill to
deny any Red-dominated union
the services of the National La.
Dor Relations Board.
Mr.. Velde's bill would give the
SubverSive Activities Control
Board the task of determining
whether union Is Communist
controlled.
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Only 7 Games Slated
As Weather Holds Up
Schoolboys Again

II i I ssf 4 L Z = .
The snowfall that wrecked the
high school basketball slate yes
terday caused postponement Of
four Of the six games scheduled
today.
It was announced shortly be-
fore noon that the Catholic
League double-header at Priory
tonight, which was rescineduled
from last night; the Mount YER
non game with Lane in Char
lottesville and Landon's trip to
Sanford (Del.) Prep had been
called of.
Mount Vernon will try to play
Lane next Saturday night and
Landon has rescheduled its game
tentatively for February 10, but
the Catholic League has not de-
cided on a new date for its pro-
gram.
The Rev. James r. McNally,
president of the league, who
called off the double header, an
nounced. however. that toner
rows Catholic twin-bill at De-
Matha will remain on the sched-
ule.
These developments left only
Montgomery Blair at Bethesda
Chevy Chase at 1880 pm, post
poned from yesterday, and
George Washington at Episcopal
at 3 o'clock on todays high
school card.
/ Bi-COunty Lead at Stake.
The Blair game at B-CC is
the first of two this season be-
tween these Montgomery County
rivals. marking the 22d year of
their basketball series. Leader
ship of the Maryland Bi-County
League also is at stake here.
Blair. 20 in the league, is the
leader at present, followed by
bees 10 mark.
In all, Is of the Is games
scheduled yesterday were called
off because of the weather. The
one exception resulted when an
adventurous Falls Church team
Journeyed to Hyattsville to keep
a date with DeMatha last night.
Falls Church didn't open it's
season until a week ago yester-
day, and there would have been
little chance to make up the
game between now and the end
OF the season. But it was a
fruitless trip. DeMatha ended
a five-game losing streak by
beating the visitors, 1854. main
ly on the strength of Bill Rus
sells 38 points.
| Russell Near Record.
Russell. a 6-foot, 20O-pound
all-around athlete, sank Is goals
and a dozen foul shots to come
within a point of tying Frank
Fuqua's school record, set in
1850 Fuqua. a 6-foot-7 scoring
sensation at DeMatha until he
graduated in 1851, now is on
the freshman team at the Uni
versity Of Maryland. His 80 total
also stands as a Catholic League
record.
/ In the fading minutes of the
game, Russell made layup that
would have broken the record
had not the referee blown his
whistle at the other end of the
court. DeMatha's Bill Cannon
had injured an ankle and the
official called time out just as
Russell was making his shot.
DeMatha Coach Paul Galarneau
was miffed. L don't see WHY
the referee had to call time.
Bill tGannon) was limping but
it had nothing to do with the
play"
The schedule today and to-
morrow:
Mackir a. pri1 To-day
/ S:45 ~ f'i'iN'
George WASHINGTON at Episcopal. 3
| 49, Montgomery Blair at Bethesda
CHEVY Chase, 30.
s., Johns vs. ' Georseto~n Prep at
Carroll at DeMatha, 3;45.
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Gehrio's Mother Recovering

MILFORD, Conn. Jan. % (4').
Mrs. Christine Gehrig, admit
ted to Milford Hospital January
ii with a cardiac condition. was
released yesterday. She is the
mother of the late Lou Gehrig,
Yankee first baseman.
Evening star., 1954-09-22
|MorriogeLicense
| Applications

Under D. c. lnU couples must
apply for q marriage license on
one day, aDGit three fun days
and receiDe the license on the
nth day. Sundays and holi-
days are counted the same as
other days.
Haskell Tubiash. Al, and Sarah Preston.
Mekeehan, exc "a sssneDfs SIS RDoxviiie Iii Tenn and
Emajean Donelson, 80, 1900 connec-
HoEard { Reich, 81, Oakland. Calf, and
Hugo Kenyon, "a, Fails Church. va. and
Ell Elizabeth Beck. 2s, 1921 Bellevue
Edward McDaniels, 81, winston-salem,
MsySloni VAT Rstson. a. Manassas, Va. and
Ss'RlRsoa s9lss e Hsssszf E Nd
Mary Armentler. 20, 24fs K st. NV. NV
George ,ss Daly. II. 20. Bronx. n. =. and
Robert Fleming. IT.. @33, Greensboro.
Sr,t::: \; G: snd m csciis Dreyfuss, IS. Cam.
Hugh Entb bhillss 81 as Il asuisana q Md ana
P5yyiss isedggs sat- e. 1als az IN +
Okla. and Anna Karniiia. 81. wilkes.
Herbert Il, Fountain. a, Pasadena, calif.
william fa NinS Maytnyeb sassGn ~ As eliysr: n
MI. n Z. and Catherine Franklin. Fl,
CnicKamauga, Ga.
James Dooley. 81, I47O Chaplin st. NV,
q ana Barbara Alexander, 21, 1910 18th
Lincoln Galloway, 21, Logan, W. va. and
nMesyerly Ms HepleF. 10, Landover Hills,
Robert White, 4s. Rome, N y and
Kathe Escher. 35. Munich Germany. nu
Robert cracknell, Is, Hyattsvilie, Nd,
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and panine Pritehard7 a7la g. ioao 81 nw nssS
Norman Chase. 90, Alexandria. Va. and
ssa both sss 81 a9s Tlnlaas MsFsS sy. Martin
and Doris Brooks, 30, Connellsyiiie,
Charles Krauss, 40. 4s1s sth st. ne.
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Jefferson Lewis, 81. 1219 Constitution
agso aye; n;sJ 11ti . and Leanna johnson. IS,
Jean Haiford. 8 a ssS a7t 2 s. pi se.s s.s and
Wilbur Brockway, %, Salem, Greg, and
Roberta Gildow, 81. independence.
Donald Smith, "A, and Constance Bialek,
"a. both of Baltimore
Charles Weed. 2d,s Wythevilles We. and
LaEEance Esae HAYES ss 81 ae Haghesys gs Nd
ne. and Julia Jeffries. 80, a701 26th
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Eugene starbecker, ~, Cincinnati. O.,
and Mavis Walters, 30. Lansing, Mich.
Evening star., 1954-09-22
Thought of Little Weioht

BALTIMORE. - Brain cells
used in a single mental effort in
the human being are estimated
to have a weight of not more
than one-quarter of one ounce.
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WAREHOUSES FOR Rent

3..xeo' MASONRY BLDG. soned
light manufacturing; heated; in
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pressway. BAvIS. DE. a-003a l5e
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INvEsTMENr PROP. FOR SALE

A0-UNIT APT. in P. q. County, win
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INDUSTRIAL PROP. FOR SALE

yA.---Han city blk. on truck
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railroad facilities; containing ap-
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GROUND with rali-
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TRAnERs

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AMERICAN TRAILER Co. INC,
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INVEST. PRoP. SAFE lcsns.I

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The Arizona post., 1954-10-01

HAVE 4OU EVER Stud AL lt1E
open grave of a dear relative? Have you
ever felt the dignity, the terror, and the
beauty of death?
Have you ever heard a wooden voice dead
to all emotion, or the voice of a broken heart,
of a soul that is crushed-have you heard
them say, 'Yissdagal Veyisskadash Sh-meh
Rabbah?" Have you ever stopped to wonder
what these words might mean-Whether they
are a lamentation for the dead, or if per
chance they may bring to you a message
from that bourn whence none return?
Have you wondered why the most faith
less Jew, he who has driven GOdlineSS from
his life, who has spurned the rock of the
ages and the traditions of his religion-whY
even he will appease some secret longing in
his heart by mixing with the old-fashiOned
folk who every day seek contact with their
Maker? Do you feel there is some magic in
the Kaddish some mystic formula that will
hold the heart, though one fail to grasp it's
meaning?
What was the life purpose of the Jew
who believed in the Kaddish? Why the anxi-
ETY. of our parents to have 'Kaddish," some
one to pronounce those strange Aramaic
words when they have joined the ranks of
the SleeperS?
There is a term in Jewish lore and life
which may be called peculiarly Jewish. 1t is
quite unknown outside Jewish spheres of
thought and it fits the peculiar Jewish men
tality. 1t is the phrase "Kiddush Hashem."
Where a Jew may be weak, because tempta
ton is too alluring, this word will give him
strength to resist. Where a Jew may be lack
ing courage to face a mob of blood-thirsty
ruffians in pogrom-swept Poland, or on any
of the fields which have drunk Jewish blood;
where Jew may hesitate to bring sacri
flee too heavy for the everyday spirit of
man, flash that word before his eyes and you
will discover heroiSm and self-sacrifice and
strength you would never have OWNED.
To live so that our life may be glory
unto God, source of added devotion among
Jew and Gentile that was the great amb-
ton of true Jews. Kiddush Hashem was not
only the theme of some great occasion, the
reaction of the Jew to some soulstirring
event; it was the motto of his life
AS he felt his days numbered his last
moments were filled with despair if doubt
beset his soul. Will my son remain Jew,
a good Jew? Will they who have my name
my possessions my work, my fruits, will
they prove strong or weak, true sons of Is
rael or mere pursuers after the idols of the
multitude?
His last tears were his first prayers, his