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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14
BY Frederick Brown Harris
Minister, Foundry Methodist Church;
Chaplain United States Senate.

"a'i ~ .Sa; rounuty AaSsttnouiS9 Snurchi
ton in the world some lad as we'll worth
converting as was hep"
In 1909, one of the men sitting
around the stove in pioneer store in
Kentucky casually remarked, Nancy
Hanks has a baby" One baby more
or less in that land Of log cabins was.
not exactly Notwithstanding news. But
wasn't it? Those baby hands were to
strike the shackles from an enslaved
race. save the Union from falling apart,
and to write some of the deathless
sentences of our glorious language.
Abraham Lincoln's life, which grows in
luSter with the years, suggests the par
able Of the trees in an apple.
Grateful tributes to man to whom
every person in the civilized world is
debtor were heard on the floor of the
United States Senate this week. There
were seeds Of invention enough in that
one fruitful life to transform the world
It was his invisible hand which turned
on the light bulb emitting the clear
effulgence by which these words are
being written. In that one newsboy
were seeds Of light, seeds Of sight, seeds
OF nearing Tor all mankind.
In the restored Menlo Park labora-
tories of Thomas A. Edison, just out
side Detroit. the guide points out
tall apparatus and says that on this
machine Edison perfected the first
incandescent lamp. And there on the
wall is clumsy looking telephone, the
first successful instrument of its kind,
an invention of Thomas Edison. And
here on table is his first photograph,
and yonder the beginning of what is
our modern radio tube-and on and on.
Today. as we nonchalantly push
buttons and turn switches, and thereby
illuminate our homes, produce our
music, vacuum clean our rugs, cook
our meals, and bring to pass a score of
other things we usually forget to make
out our lou to Thomas Edison. who
dreamed dreams and saw visions.
AS we think Of all that came from
the brain Of that great American
wizard 1t Is in the radiance Of one of
his greatest inventions that we ponder
with new significance the words: "You
can count the apples on a tree But
who can count the trees in an applet"
Andrew was one Of the IL apostles,
and one Of the most obscure. But the
one great thing we know about him is
that he brought his brother to Jesus.
Who was his brother? Peter. who has
left his mark on the Christian ages.
Talk about the trees in one apple!
And with that thought written across
the skies. who could have imagined
that from peasant home in an OBJ
scure corner Of conquered little ma
ton one would emerge whom today
third of the earth's population hail as
Saviour and Lord? But in His pierced
hands are the seeds for the earth of
the redemption-seeds for the trees Of
reconciliation whose leaves shall be
for the healing Of the nations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14
Help Your Heart

Saint Valentines Day this year has
special significance in relation to the annual
campaign of the American Heart Association
and it's affiliate, the Washington Heart Associa-
tion 1t symbolizes the purposes OF the drive
in terms of human affection and Fellowship.
Standing midway in the month OF February,
set aside by custom in the interest OF actual
and potential cardiacs, it provides opportunity
for focusing community and national endeavor
in this field.
The goal for the country at large is Sill
million; that of the local society Is $125,000.
Money raised will be spent for research looking
toward discovery of the causes and controls OF
rheumatic fever, high blood pressure and
hardening of the arteries, which together
account for more than 80 per cent Of all heart
disease; education of the general public against
needless anxieties and harmful misconceptions
relating to cardiac ailments and conditions;
special education of physicians, dentists, nurses
and medico-social workers in the new knowl-
edge" developed by research, and community
service, including improvement OF diagnoStlc
facilities, work classification of cardiac patients,
job placement of industrial personnel with
regard to heart disabilities and the easing of the
burdens of housewives who are heart cases.
In Washington children's magazine, club
and camp are maintained; an adults occupation
therapy program and workshop are supported;
a cardiac work evaluation unit is operated and
clinics are assisted Systematic contact with
national activities on all cooperating levels
likewise is financed by local gifts, so that what
ever advances are achieved in the country as
whole are known and shared here Immediately
The need for such effort is plain when 1t is
remembered that approximately TIL 900 persons
are killed in a single year by cardio-vascular
Affections. Help Your Heart" Is the motto
chosen for the campaign Of 1854. It requires
no great exercise Of the Imagination to bring
Its meaning hong to everybody
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14
Maryland Lotteries Old Stuff

In the February issue of The Star
it is reported that two Maryland dele
gates intend to introduce bill in the
Maryland Assembly to legalize lotteries
in that State.
This is not a new thing for the State
Of Maryland. as have in my possession
a lottery ticket on the town Of Bel Air,
Md, dated August 7, 1855.
Perhaps history will repeat again
after century.
Henry Hillman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14
Mike Quill on the Defensive

The uninhibited tongue of Michael J. Quill
head of New Yorks Transport Workers Union,
finally has gotten him into serious trouble.
Many times in recent years the voluble and
vehement CIO leader has not hesitated to use
invective of the strongest sort against real or
imaginary enemies of his boys" Usually he
has gotten away with it, Now, however, he
must stand trial on an indictment making the
rare charge of criminal libel an offense which
could send him. to prison upon conviction.
Nothing like this has ever happened to Mike
Quill before and he showed the effects when he
was confronted by reporters accustomed to his
haranguing. habits. subdued Quill was in
philosophical mood. He let an attorney do most
of the talking, which was very little. The lawyer
said he would take care of this thing" The
thing referred to was an indictment charging
that Quill "unlawfully maliciously and will
fully" DETAINED Harris j. Klein, lawyer and
member of the New York Transit Authority.
The union president had accused Mr.. Klein of
seeking Mr.. Quilts help in obtaining judge
ship, in return for which, Mr.. Quill had asserted,
Mr.. Klein had offered to support union demands
which would cost the Transit Authority total
of $50 million. Mr.. Klein had branded the
accusation as false and had threatened to file
100000 libel suit against Mr.. Quill.
Because Of the involvement of the Transit
Authority member in the sensational case,
New York grand Jury began an inquiry to
determine whether Mr.. Quill or Mr.. Klein was
telling the truth The jury was interested in
finding out whether attempted bribery or
criminal libel had been committed, and the
grand jurors preferred to believe Mr.. Klein
In a prosecution for criminal libel as dis
tinguished from civil libel suit, it is necessary
to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt. That
is not an easy thing to do, and Mr.. Quill may be
acquitted when he comes to trial. He may be
convicted, however, and if that should happen
1t ought to serve as a ong-overdue restraint on
the spreading tendency to indulge in reckless
charge and countercharge in what are essen
TALLY political disputes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14
Failure in Berlin

Whatever interpretive aspects Of
truth may be contained within that
glib public phrase no one ever wins a
war" there is presently being demon
strated in Germany the incontestable
fact there are those who lose them
Woe to the vanquished. And. by the
way. told you before the Big Four
Conferences were held in Berlin that
they would amount to nothing at all
The simple reason being that that part
of the Reich which is controlled by
Russian troops is now as much an
integral part of the Soviet Empire as
South Carolina is a portion Of the
United States. over which that ethni-
cally evil institution, known as the
Supreme Court Of the United States,
exercises legislative authority.
Charles A. Carrico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14
Time Will Tell Who's Rioht

I have read B. H. Scheffs letter in
The Star declaring that it is absurd for
me to intimate that. as a Democratic
gubernatorial candidate in New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt. jr. will receive
the support Of the American Labor Par
ty or the Liberal Party. Possibly Mr..
Schef is right. But let's wait and see.
Frank r. Kent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14
Comrode Boy Scout

In these mixed-up times in this most
mixed-up of worlds it is hardly surprising that
communism and "McCarthyism" are now mixed
up with the Boy Scout movement in England.
One Paul Garland, rather pompous
sounding London youth of 10, just named Sec
EetPry of the West of England Young Commu-
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Bonus Pay to Weinmeister
Ruled Fraud; Arnie Freed

1t concealed an agreement with
the star tackle to pay him a
bonus of $1,000 more than the
$1,000 salary reported to the
National Football League COM
missioner.
Therefore" he ruled. "there
is no contract at all"
This type Of dealing, the judge
commented, would make possible
agreements on salaries "three
to five times that Of the con-
tract"
Judge Shorett said that aside
from those considerations. the
club itself had agreed to waive
the option clause.
He based this on a letter to
Weinmeister from wellington T.
Mara. secretary and co-owner Of
the Giants, in which Mara said q
replacement would be found for
the tackle in 1854.
The letter, Weinmeister had
testified in the five-day trial.
was sent him after he told Mara
he would return to New York.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Indians, Leading by 2 Games,
Hit on Winning G Combination

q hard time disposing Of last
place Pittsburgh. The Pirates
grabbed a 20 lead In the sixth
on double by Vern Law, two
sacrifices and a home run by Bob
Skinner. Brooklyn caught up in
the seventh on Pee Wee Reese's
homer, an error and a double by
George Shuba. Then in the
eighth Billy Cox walked, was
sacrificed to second and romped
home on Junior Gilliam's pinch
hit single.
Robin Roberts found 1t easy
to win his fifth game after the
Phillies pounded six straight
singles at the start Of the first
inning against the Giants. They
netted 11ve runs. The only Giant
tally was q homer by Whitley
Lockman.
Home runs were the big factor
in Milwaukee's first Wrigley
Field triumph of the season. The
winning margin came on two
run homer by Hank Aaron in the
eighth.
Evening star., 1954-05-22

But the main storyhe big sory-belongs Hogan and
snead two mddeaged golfers been around for
20 years.
HOGAN WILL BE TOUGHER than at Baltusrol after
his defeat by Snead at Augusta They rarely whip Ben
once much less twice these days He will play study
the course well ahead of schedule And only Hogan figure
out how course should be played At least
best at It, You always gamble that Hogan will be
II he doesn't finish top-then he won't be away
Ben reminds me more and more of Bobby Jones his
day. You remember that Bobby nine consecutive
years one-two in the National Open-wth the lone
exception at Oakmont in 1927
Snead is different type. He take apart
murder it, or he fall apart due errac putting
mental kinks.
don't think Hogan will be Snead's main barrier Sam
has beaten Ben too often before, where it
SNEADS BIG BARRIER is going to be many years
year after year-without Open victory
He has the haunting ghost Smith had for
Is years. Every the job became harder and harder
Mac Smith had Bobby Jones in the road Snead has had
Hogan But for years it wasn't Hogan-t Snead
who blew chance after chance to win.
There is questioning the fact that Snead outside of
Hogan has been much better golfer than those who
been beating him in various Opens.
But the raw facts that Snead to Open
on the jittery sdewonderng where and when the will fall
In this mental state the first bad hole comes to haunt
Will that be the one? Snead is highly emotional Hogan
is not. That is big difference.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
u. S. Motmen Lose
Four of Five Bouts,
Two to Russians
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

TOKYO, May 22.-Jay Holt, a
San Francisco welterweight,
scored the first victory for the
United States in the world anna
teur free-style wrestling cham
pionships tonight after four
straight losses for Americans
including two to Russians. Holt
won q split decision over Alberto
Longareli Of Argentina.
N. Mousachvily Of Russia won
q split verdict over Allan Rice of
New York City, in the feather
weight class. The match, first
between an American and a
Russian here, brought roars from
the crowd.
Flyweight Richard Delgado Of
San Diego lost by q whisker to
M. Tsakalamaniaze Of. Russia.
D., Tofighe, an Iranian, shaded
Newt Copple, lightweight. Of
Tulsa, Okla.
japanese Bantamweight K.
Yonemori outpointed Jack Rose
Of New York City. =
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Lang|ois Scramb|es
Championship Plans la
With Giarde||o Upset
By the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, May 22.-Pierre
Langlois. third upset winner from
Jean Bretonnel's fighting French
stable in the last eight days, has
scrambled middleweight title
plans by manhandling a sluggish
Joey Giardello.
Giardello was in line for an
October shot at Bobo Olson's
crown-if the champ got past
Rocky CaStellani in August. Now
Langlois is screaming from the
roof tops.
A fellow with a flair for figures
calculated a $40 parley on the
French trio of Jacques Roger,
Hoacine Khalfi and Langlois
would have netted $2,790. What
ever the exact figure, it is the
most stunning triple" in recent
years.
The unanimous decision for
Langlois 1881 by both judges,
Artie Aidala and Jack Gordon,
and 5-4-1 by Referee Ruby Gold
stein) provoked sharp reaction
on all sides.
pierre is going home to Paris
and he won't come back until he
gets Olson," yelled George Kan
ter, who handles Bretonnel's
American business. "We're going
to the commission Monday with
a $2,500 forfeit check for a title
shot. We're sick and tired Of
getting pushed around"
"Wen cross that bridge when
we come to it," countered Bob
Christenberry, commission chair
man. I'm sick and tired Of
their complaining" Everybody
seemed sick and tired except the
wise guys who grabbed some Of
that 5 to / on the underdog.)
The lone knockdown of the
Madison Square Garden fight
came in the ninth when Langlois
landed a solid counter right to
the jaw. a punch Bretonnel said
they practiced all week Giardel-
10 got up at about two but took
the automatic eight and one
more for good measure standing
In q corner.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
BY the Assoelotsd Press

SEATTLE, May 22.-Bonus
payments by the professional
football New York Giants to
Arnie Weinmeister constituted a
fraud and destroyed the contract
under which Weinmeister played,
q Superior Court Judge has ruled.
The opinion, by Judge Lloyd
Shorett, yesterday freed Vein
meister to play with the VAN
couver British Columbia) Lions
this year.
Judge Shorett told the Giants
In an oral opinion that the club
had come into court with 'un-
clean hands" in demanding that
the 230-pound tackle be forced
to play for it in 1854.
The club had contended that
an option clause in Weinmeis-
ter's 1858 contract gave it first
rights to his services and that
he was irreplaceable.
The judge said, however, that
the contract was a fraud because
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Senator'S Future. Brighter
As RunneIs Clicks at Plate

the sixth consecutive time Por.
terfield has gone the distance.
with only q 2-1 loss to the Tigers
In IL innings marring his record
since he dropped his flrst game
to the Red Sox.
Bob was clipped for nine hits
and four Of those were deliv-
cred in the fourth inning. when
the AS produced all their runs.
Porterfield then settled oown to
permit only two hits In the last
i've innings
Porterfield nearly was shelled
in the fourth. Jacobs beat out
q bunt and Bill Renna was
clipped on the right elbow. Vic
Powers two-out double scored
two runs and Jim Ftnigan got
Power across with q single. WIN
Shantz doubled and Pinch-hit-
ter Lou Limmer was purposely
passed, filling the bases. Yost
then made o fine backhand stab
Of peMaestri's grounder to
force Shantz ct third.
Shea Faces PortocarrerO.
Spec Shea, still searching for
his first win, will pitch for the
Senators tonight. Arnold Porto
carrero, who like Shea has an
O-3 record. will try to prevent
Philadelphia's eighth straight
loss.
The Senators staked Porter
field to q four-run lead In the
first inning after Yost greeted
Dittmar with a single and Tom
Umphlett walked. Mickey Ver-
non hit into a double play. but
Roy Sievers singled across Yost.
Jim Busby walked. Runnels
tripled and FITZGERALD singled.
Wayne Terwilliger added q dou-
BILE but FITZGERALD was nipped
at the plate attempting to score
on the blow.
Philadelphia's fourth inning
uprising sliced Washington's
lead to 4-3. but thereafter Por-
terfleld experienced only one jam.
With two down In the seventh
Joe DeMaestri and Spook Jacobs
singled and Don Bollweg walked,
but Bob disposed of dangerous
Gus Zernial on q foul to Fitz-
Gerald.
The Senators picked up two
runs of VanBrabant in the
fourth on a pair of walks and
singles by FitzGerald, Yost and
Umphlett. They added a run
in the seventh after DeMaestri
bobbled Vernon's grounder.
Busby walked and Runnels
scored Vernon with q single to
right.
Bob Ross. lefthanded pitcher
who had seen no service. was
released on option to Chatta-
| nooga yesterday.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Baseball V Today

tchsnnei hsii'iSs, 5, and wXAH tcSSnnel Isl Il Il
$50 pm.
at long last they're squared
away. the Senators will attempt
to infiict more grief on the
Athletics tonight after beating
them. 7-3, last night behind Bob
Porterfield.
With Runnels contributing
something to the Senators at
tack, Manager Bucky Harris
likes the clubs chances Of climb
ing. pete couldn't knock your
hat OF a week ago." said Harris.
land it hurt us. With him
hitting, the future looks a little
brighter"
Boosts Average 80 Points.
Pete has boosted his average
80 points in five games to a still
modest 1853. He has slammed
three triples in his last four
games. humping across three
runs last night with a triple
and single as the Senators
slapped AL Dittmar, Marion
Fricano and Ozzie Van Brabant
for II hits.
Eddie Yost, with four straight
hits in his last two games. finally
has hiked his. average over the
200 mark and Harris is anxious
for them to stay on the beam.
Were a different club with
Eddie and Pete chipping in with
their share Of hits" said Bucky.
They could supply the little
extra something we've been
needing for so long,"
Porterfield, who experienced
one rough inning en- route to
his fifth triumph and his fourth
in a row, could be excused for a
temporary departure from his
customary efficiency. He got up
at 5 am. yesterday, drove 382
miles to Washington from
Princeton, w. Va, with his ailing
wife, unpacked, hustled to the
ball park and beat the AS for
the seventh straight time since
July 2, 1852.
AS Seventh Straight Loss.
It also was Philadelphia s
seventh successive defeat and IL
losses in 13 decisions. It marked
Evening star., 1954-05-22
DC. Man Purchases
Lebonese Horses
TO Promote in u. S.
BY the Asseeidied Press

BEIRUT, Lebanon. May
22.-An Arab horse who has
been one Of the biggest win
ners in this region is being
taken to the United States
by an American sportsman
who intends to promote the
purebred Lebanese horse as
"the true Arab thorough
bred"
Harold T. Smith, WASH
ington. D. c., businessman,
bought the famed Lebanese
racer Arkan, along with an
other named Golden Jet.
Smith hopes to create inter-
est in the purebred Arab
stallion as against those
crossed with other breeds.
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Tribe on the Worputh
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

Take to the hills. men, the
Tribe is on the warpath.
More and more it looks as If
the Indians from Cleveland
really mean business this time.
No minor skirmishes, no short
lived forays. but a full-scale
drive right through the Ameri-
can League.
The Indians have stretched
their lead to two games over
the New York Yankees and Chi
cago White Sox since moving
into first place last Sunday.
Their 2-1 squeaker over the
Baltimore Orioles last night was
their eighth straight victory,
longest winning streak in either
league this season.
Find Winning Combination.
Season after season one Of
the best teams in the league on
paper. Cleveland rarely has been
able to find the winning COM
bination. But it's been different
recently. When the pitching has
faltered the hitters have hit and
when all else failed lady luck
has Joined the team.
Early Wynn gave Baltimore
five hits last night and the In
dians needed their luck. They
managed just three hits and the
only solid one was a line single
in the third by George Strick-
land.
Al Smith singled home the first
run in the third with q bad
bounce into right field. AL Rosen
drove home the other tally in
the eighth with q single that
hoped over the head Of Vern
Stephens at third base.
The first Oriole to get past first
base was Dick Kryhoski, who
homered with the bases empty to
start the ninth.
Yankees Bow to Red Sox.
The Yankees, who had burned
up the West with an 81 road
trip, returned home to get beaten,
6-3, by the Boston Red Sox. Chi.
cago moved into third place with
an 30 victory over Detroit and
Philadelphia lost its seventh in
a row. 7-3, to Washington.
In the National League, the st.
Louis Cardinals overcame Cincin.
natl, 81. in 10 innings; Brooklyn
edged Pittsburgh, 80: Philadel-
phia defeated New York, S-1, and
Milwaukee beat Chicago, Ga.
Whitley Ford bafiled Boston
until the sixth inning. Then the
weak-hitting Red Sox opened up
with six hits, including q triple
by Milt Boiling, q three-run
homer by Harry Agganis and
two singles by Jackie Jensen.
Bob Keegan gave up only three
hits to the Tigers in pitching his
second shutout for Chicago.
A two-base error by Johnny
Temple and consecutive singles
by Ray Jablonslki, Tom Aston
and Rip Repulski gave the
Cardinals the two runs they
needed in the 10th to beat Gin
cinnati.
The slump-ridden Dodgers had
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Probable Pitchers
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

rhiladelphia q Warrington (night)-
a Chisag2 9t Dstroit-Johnson H-2) vs..
Bsitimore At clsveland-Larsen t1-s)
Boston at New -clevenssr DID
W. REYNOLDS AID.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Pittsburgh ct Brooklyn-Frisnd u-O
W. Meyer l2-2).
Come. i.s5 V. Penson H:ol.
Milwaukee ct Chicago (2)-Burdette
t3-3) and Buhl (0-3) vs. Minner (3-D
cincinnati Il st. Louis (night)-
Fowler goo or Perkovski 0-3I vs..
Evening star., 1954-05-22
Archie Moore Divorced

MIAMI. Fla... May "a R.-
Light Heavyweight Champion
Archie Moore yesterday was
granted q divorce from Alice
Alberta Moore by Circuit Judge
Charles A. Carroll on grounds Of
wiIlful desertion.
Evening star., 1954-05-22

What they will do at BaltuSrol in June
will have a strong bearing on what the
future will have to show. If Hogan wins
this one, it will be an all-time mark of five.
Willie Anderson, Bob Jones and Hogan have
each won four. If Snead fails again, his
Open mark will be fiat zero.
While Hogan and Snead are the stand
outs over Baltusrols tough course, there are
many others who will give them a fight,
including Cary Middlecoff, Lloyd Mangrum,
Jackie Burke, Dutch Harrison, Gene Littler,
Ted Kroll and Tommy Bolt. Any one Of
them may catch on fire, get the happy