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Evening star., 1954-05-13
Housing Low Sound,
Cole Insists in Speech

NEW ORLEANS, May 13 (P)
Albert NJ. Cole, Federal hous-
ing chief, says an investigation
Of recent scandals in the Federal
Housing Administration shows
nothing basicly unsound in the
housing law.
Mr.. Cole said the administra-
tion's housing bill was ''too i'm
portant. too needed to be side
tracked" by the scandals.
He addressed the National
Savings and Loan League here
yesterday.
Mr.. Cole said the FILA investi-
cation was necessary to eliminate
weak spots and serious shortcom-
ings. but nothing in the dis
closures we have made affects
the basic soundness Of the bill.
Evening star., 1954-05-13

tended to become the Housing
Act Of 1854.
Meets Similar Committee.
Mr.. Mason conferred yester-
day with an Industry Advisory
Committee appointed last week.
the first of two such groups.
It is composed Of Devereux
Josephs, president Of the New
York Life Insurance Co.; Joseph
A. Grazier. president. American
Radiator & Standard Sanitary
Corp; C. j. Backstrand, pres
ident, Armstrong Cork Co.; L.
Douglas Meredith. executive vice
president, National Life Insur-
ance Co.; Robert P. Gerholz.
past president. National AsSocia-
ton of Home Builders and Of
the National Association Of Real
Estate Boards: Paul Ely, Ely
Hoppe Lumber Co.; w. A.
Clarke, president, w. A. Clarke
Evening star., 1954-05-13
Kiwanis Convention
Elects Manufacturer
BY the Asseeiossd Press

MIAMI. Fla, May 13.-Ki-
wants international closed its
seth annual convention today
and delegates agreed it was one
Of the most harmonious, on
record.
Morgan Beatty, BIC editor-in-
chief and news commentator;
was principal speaker at the con-
cluding session. presided over by
John r. Wright of Lakeland,
Fla, international vice presi-
dent.
Cleveland. Ohio. Is expected to
get the 1855 convention.
Observers expressed surprise
at the complete agreement which
prevailed, especially during yes
terday's session which saw Don
E. Engdahl. Spokane (Wash.)
manufacturer. named president
by acclamation.
Mr.. Engdahl has been interna-
Evening star., 1954-05-13
Mass Wedding Called Off
In Denmark Wage Fight
By the A..oeia,ed Press

COPENHAGEN. Denmark. May
13.-Thirty Danish civil servants
who planned to marry for money
then divorce at once, have called
of arrangements for the mass
nuptials. Last-minute parlia-
mentary action gave them hope
Of higher pay by less dramatic
methods.
1--WE part as friends and are
only too glad" said Werner
Overoe, organizer Of the wedding
project. The Is men and Is
women decided to call the whole
thing of last night at q meeting
called for signing necessary pa
perS for a three-minute cere-
mony followed by a mass divorce.
The mass wedding was
planned as a protest against
government regulations giving
higher wages to married or di-
vorced employees.
In Parliament yesterday FL
Evening star., 1954-05-13

Mortkage Co.; ]. r. Jones. vice
president. Security First Ma
tional Bank Of Los Angeles;
Harry Held, vice president.
Bowery Savings Bank: Philip w.
Kniskern, president. First Mort
gage Corp. Of Philadelphia: w.
F. Keesler. vice president. First
National Bank of Boston. and
Norman Schlossman. first vice
president. American Institute Of
Architects.
Committee Members.
The Consumers Interest Com
mittee, with which Mr.. Mason is
meeting today. is composed Of:
Boris Shiskin, American Fed
Grafton of Labor; Robert Weav-
er. National Committee Against
Discrimination in Housing: the
Right Rev. Msgr. John O'Grady
National Conference of Catholic
Charities; Lee johnson, National
Housing Conference: Ben Fisch-
er, CIO National Housing Com
>mittee: Wallace j. Campbell,
Cooperative League Of the
Evening star., 1954-05-13


tional treasurer and succeeds
Donald T. Forsythe. Carthage
nl. newspaper publisher.
Also elected by acclamation
were Ewart G. Mcpherson. Win
nipeg. vice president for Canada,
and Jackson A. Raney. Indianap-
oils. vice president for the United
States.
In the only contest for q top
ofi1ce in the 229. .000-member or
ganization. r. Warren GRAHAM,
Pittsburgh, Pa, defeated c. I.
Meyer. Topeka, Kans., for treas
urer.
Evening star., 1954-05-13
Consumer Advisers
To Draft Program for
Strengthening FILA

Norman P. Mason. acting di-
rector Of the Federal Housing
Administration, called in his
Consumers Interest Advisory
Committee today to help draft
recommendations aimed at pre-
venting, any repetition Of FILA
housing scandals.
Mr.. Mason said he will submit
the proposals Monday to the
Senate Banking Committee at
the request of its chairman,
Senator Capehart. Republican
Of Indiana.
The committee is redrafting
House-passed legislation in
Evening star., 1954-05-13
State Senute Poqe
Gets BusebuII 'Poy'
BY the Asseeissss Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-
John M. Gibson, Is. Of Indepen-
dence, Mo-, visited the Missouri
State Senate where his father
is Democratic floor leader. BY
long-standing custom, he was
appointed an honorary page.
His pay" was set out in q
formal resolution which was
adopted by the senate. It directed
his father, Senator Floyd r. Glib
son, to take him to st. Louis to
see the Cardinals in action.
Evening star., 1954-05-13

nance Minister vigso Kamp-
mann accepted o resolution
which would make It impossible
for Overoe's group to get any
financial advantage from the
momentary marriage.
But Mr.. Kampmann also
promised higher pay for some
categories Of civil servants and
promised to consider equalizins
pay for single and married en-
ployes.
Evening star., 1954-05-13
U. N. Hos $40 Experts
Aiding Latin America

RIO DE JANEIRO.-The Uniteu
Nations has some 370 technical
experts in 10 Of the 20 countries
Of Latin America in almost every
field .of economic activity from
geological surveys to Fisheries de-
velopment and from civil avia.
ton to public finance.
Evening star., 1954-05-13
tailored shirts
1.5o, 2 for 800

iCere 3.99 to 500
200 shirts, toiiored, long Or short
sleeves, solid eeIors. prints and whites,
sizes 81 TO 3S.
Down Stoirs Store, Blouses
Evening star., 1954-05-13

United States Of America; Ber-
nard Weitzer, Jewish War Vet
erans Of the United States Of
America, and Miss Olya Margo-
lin, National Council Of Jewish
Women.
Evening star., 1954-05-13
briefs, girdIes
IrrsguIars
underwear reduced
/ SO

regularly I.95 to 2.95 1.3S
AS pieces in group Of nyIon slips,
Foyon slips, royon pettieoats. Msny
styles in white, pink, blue and moixe.
Skies 81 to 40 in slips; smell. medium
end large in petticoets. Not every
size in oil eoIoFs and styles.
Down Stoirs Store, Underwear
Evening star., 1954-05-13
X ehaIk.whiis jeweIry
regularly 100 each HWC for sUU

pIeese add I0e6 Federal
500 pieces in this group Of ehalk white iewery in
eIudns necklaces and earrings Some pieces in gold
eoored siIveveolored meto, toiIored or set with
mock jewels.
Down stors Store, Jewsy
Evening star., 1954-05-13
cotton, rayon dresses

cotton, rayon dresses
regularly S.99 to S.95 ESQ
IS misses end women's dresses, cot
tons and rayons in the group. Mony
styles end eoIors. Sizes II 70 20.
14h TO 24h in the group.
Down stoirs Store. inexpensive Dresses
girls and subteens'
coats and suits
were 1925 to 1925
II pieces in group Of girls spring
eoofs end suits end swbteen spring
suits. Meny styles ond fabries ineIud-
ing wooIs and royons. Broken size
ronse 7 to ~, 10 to IA.
were now
$50 dresses. broken
size range 7 to q, 2.98 to 1.SS
10 to l4- 7.95 to 3.SS
3S girls and subteen
vinepex- pIostic jock
cts, wind and roin re-
sstont. white, pink
and red, broken size
range, 7 to Ia, 10 l4.e5 to
to l4---------- 1926 7.9s
so cotton little boy"
shirts with long
sleeves, white and
posteI coIors, sofety
pin clip at neck. Sizes
7 to Ia - l.9e 100
Down stoirs Store. Girls Apparel
Evening star., 1954-05-13
squaw bIouses
4 90

200 squow bIouses white with mutcolored polka
dots, sizes, small, medium, large.
Down stoirs Store BIouses
Evening star., 1954-05-13
fun-in-the-sun cottons
yard 81
blankets, drapes, lamps

royon- -nylon blonket, 72xs4" in blue, rose yellow,
brown or green. Regularly 6o9------------4.99
borkeIoth and glitter cloth. royon drapes. pinch
Peoted, 90" long, -------------------3.e9
boudoir lamps, modern ceramic with shade in red
and block, pink, chorreuse and ode green Tier 500
n0eehln@ t00Ie temps SsVV
osAm Sseiss Store Budaet Hensfunishres North Building
Evening star., 1954-05-13
X nyIon hose, irreguIars
+ Is; sss,ei:i 4 It's So 2 pair for 90

1900 peirs irresulors Of fomous- make nylon
hose, plain and dark seams. SheeFs and busi-
ness sheers, sizes 8H to 10H, new spring
shades.
Down Stoirs Store, Hosiery
Evening star., 1954-05-13
save on spring hats

Uere j.95 to S.95 1,%6
81 sttFsetivs spring hets in strew.
stFew eIeth end lowered white,
bleek, nevy. red end psstels. Wide
assortment Of styles.
Down Stoirs Store, Millinery
Evening star., 1954-05-13

toe rubbers
2 p.'' 1 100

200 poirs toe rubbers; red or black Have two pair.
one for hone the other at the offcesReeuIory 90.
Down stos Store, Umbrellas
buys in boys clothing
2ss poir boys double knee jeons. sonforzed, g.
ounce denim, zip fly Sizes to Il. Regularly
54e pair boys socks. many potterns, broken sizes
to lOA Regularly 2oc-------------5 pairs ] 90
236 boys white cotton t-shirts, nylon reinforced
neck. Sizes small. medium, large. Were 6ec.
1ss poir boys cotton briefs. ireeuos Sizes and 8
3 for 100
Down stors Store, Boys Clothing
X boys tennis shoes
2.5s 2 '''" 500
500 pers boys black tennis shoe. with white rubber
soIes. Sizes 2N to s. big boys, 6A to 10.
Down Stors Store, ChiIdrens Shoes
chiIdren's toys fer 90
500 toys for nursery school, rainy dey play and chill
dren's perties. Include push toys, knitting bess.
ooms tepesty kits, sewing kits plestie fountoin sets
and Golden books, to a set.
$50 terry cloth robes and cotton busters, reoulors
and samples, broken sizes, 3 to 6x If perfect or in
regularly stock 2.o5 to 5.95--------l.SS and 28S
Down Stors Store, nfonts
Evening star., 1954-05-13
irregular handbags
10

peose add 1929 FederoI tax
ESQ Irregular handbags, feathers, foIes and pIostcs,
discontinued styles and rreeuIors, many ore copies
Of more expensive boes Pouches clutches and
sotcheIs in black, brown, tan, red and parchment
color.
Down Stoirs Store, Handbags
Evening star., 1954-05-13

dress shirts, white,
soft colIors with re-
movable stoys, sizes
Ia to ~ in the group.
Also some short
sleeve summer dress
shirts --------
73l mems ties, royon
fouIords, under-the-
knot embroidery, reps,
ovens and many
others, all from WE'LL
known monufoc-
turers ------
II lightweight jack
cts, royon c heeks,
some solid coIors, zip
elosines, 2-button
cuffs, sizes small,
medium ----------
Down Stoirs Store, Mer
Evening star., 1954-05-13
junior dresses

100 junior dresses, regularly s.e5 and 1925.
spun royon Or erepes. dressy and classic styles.
Sizes to IS.
Down soirs Store Junior Miss Apparel
Evening star., 1954-05-13
chiIdren's dresses

regularly I.95 to 3.95 w
200 ehiIdren's dresses, mony styles
and fobries, sizes to 6x.
were now
500 infants gowns,
kimones and under
shirts, broken sizes. SOC to 3Ior
to 6----,- LIS 100
800 under ponties,
eIostic oil ground 35c to 6for
woist, sizes z to g. Soc 100
500 pair ehildrsn's
hose, many colorS, 8 tor
styles ond sizes -- 3ee 100
Down Stoirs Store, lnfonts
Evening star., 1954-05-13

Women's and misses
dresses
vere 8.05 to 1925 800
100 in group Of cotton erepes and
rayon teffetes in women's and misses
sizes. Mony styles.
Down Stoirs Store, Misses ond
Women's Dresses
Junior cotton shirts
,Oere 5.95
800 Cotton broedcIoth shirts, several
styles. French cuffs. sizes 10 TO is.
we're now
100 junior dresses,
prints, solids, dressy
and semidressy styles,
! and z piece styles. 1926 to
Sizes 9 to IS 5----- 1875 $50
100 sweeters, eordi-
eons and pulovers in 3.o5 to
the group I.95 1.S5
Down Stoirs Store,
Junior Miss ApporeI
Evening star., 1954-05-13
irregular and discontinued styles
double woven cotton gloves
if perfect $50 to $50

IT perfect 2.5U to 3.5U
400 Poirs in new assortment Of irreeuor and dis
continued styles in double woven cotton gloves from
weII-known manufacturer Mostly white with some
coIors, sizes to 7h.
Down stoirs Store. Gloves
Evening star., 1954-05-13
mems orion,
nylon shirts
22.00
.Vere S.99 to 7.95

WETE Ve/I 10 z 10
946 shirts Including short sleeve es-
len sperss shirts. first quslity end
irrssulsrs, end first quality orIen end
nyIen dress shirts. white with pssri
buttons, sizes 10 TO ~ in the group.
were new
Evening star., 1954-05-13
Women's casual shoes

Women's casual shoes
tOere 6.05 Ivy
$50 pairs women's eesueIs with foam
insoIe cushion ereh. Sling, strap OF
oxford styles. Red, blue, brown. bIoeks
sizes 4h to II, narrow TO ZEE.
Down Stoirs Store, Women's Shoes
briefs, girdIes
IrrsguIars
were now
90 nyIon power net
pontie briefs for weor
under shorts, bathing
suits; irreeuIors; white
only; sizes snoll me-
dunn and large -- 3.95 1852
80 sirdIes and pontie
strides; irreeulors
mostly white; broken 5.OOto
sizes. If perfeet---- 5.95 z.e5
Down stoirs Store, Corsets and Bras
Evening star., 1954-05-13
X save up 10 A% on
Wonten's matched luggage

W0menS m0Icmou luggage
regularly I1.95 TO 1926 I'd
Six sizes, two coIors, womens matched luggage
all at one low, low price,
Heavy canvas tweed over jointess pYwood box.
interior fitted with elastic pockets.
Polished bross plated locks
Deep maroon or royal blue with white binding
. A choice Of: S" vonty, Is" overnehter, Il"
weekender, ~" weekender troneose or 26" pull
man.
plsese sdd loes FedsrsI rex
Down Stoirs Store luoeooe, North Building
4.96 vanity case
pIeose odd 1919 Federal tox
IS IA" vanity coses mirror in lid tough vny cover
ine soddIe stitching, eoIors navy, white red green.
brown.
Down ston Store. Luooooe North Building
Evening star., 1954-05-13

200 poirs toe rubbers; red or black Have two poir,
one for home, the other at the offeesReeuIory 90.
Down Stois Store Umbrellas
Evening star., 1954-05-13
buys in boys clothing

500 pairs boys black tennis shoes with white rubbe
soIes. Sizes 2h to g. big boys, 6h to 10.
Down stors Store, ChiIdren's Shoes
Evening star., 1954-04-18
Jamaica Becomes
AH-Yeur Island
KINGSTON,

Jamaica's great popularity with
American tourists has led to a
hectic expansion of facilities to
keep up with the demand. New
hotels are being opened every
few months and existing ones
are adding rooms, almost all in
the luxury style which visitors
have come to expect of Jamaica.
More than 100, 900 tourists an
nually come to the island, largest
and most populous of the British
West Indies. since the discovery
that people like Jamaica just as
well in the summer as during the
traditional winter season. Until
recently the handsome resort
hotels stayed open only for the
first two or three months Of the
year. but more and more Of them
Evening star., 1954-04-18
Montana Adds
New Tourist
Facilities
HELENA. Mont.

Montana's vacationland is
preparing for 100000 visitors
this year. They will find q
variety Of new accommodations
and recreational attractions,
new State parks and roadside
picnic areas, as well as lively
program Of western events.
More than 100 dude ranches,
guest ranches, resorts and lodges
are listed in the 1854 edition
Of the Montana ranch directory
an increase of so per cent
over the number listed last year.
Newest am ong mountain
lodges designed for vacationerS
who seek to get away from it all
is Trapper Peak Lodge in the
Bitterroot Mountains, near the
Continental Divide. Spacious,
modern cabins built beside a fine
trout stream look out on breath
taking scenery. Guides and
horses are available for trips
into unspoiled. primitive forest.
Prices at 1853 Level
Prices charged by dude
ranches and lodges remain about
the same as last year, and range
from $35 to $105 per person per
week. That includes everything.
Hotel and motel rates show little
change, with accommodations
available from So.
OF special interest to dog-rac-
ing fans is the new track under
construction at Billings. The
track will be ready for early
summer racing. and will feature
parimutuel betting.
lndion Ceremonies in July
Early July is the traditional
season for Montana's Indian
ceremonies. The Blackfeet Sum
dance. Chippewa Sundance and
Flathead Pow Wow will be held
this year on the respective reSer-
VaClOnS between July and lO.
Outstanding among Montana
rodeos is the Miles City Round
up and Range Riders Reunion.
This year featuring Gene Autry,
the wild west show will take
place June 1927.
Going-to-the-Sun Highway in
Glacier National Park is cur
rently undergoing snow-removal
operations. and is expected to
open to travel early in June. The
Red Lodge Cooke City route to
Yellowstone Park Is slated for
June z opening. All other tour
ist routes in Montana are open
the year around.
Evening star., 1954-04-18
Alpine Flowers
Carpet Mountain
Slopes in June
SEATTLE.


No matter where the tourist
travels in Washington in spring
it's blossom time.
The Skagit Valley holds its an
nual Tulip festival and flower
show at the picturesque old town
Of La Connor on May / and 2.
Before workers can gather in
the tulips, Washington's north
central valleys explode with the
blossoms of 3.5 million apple
trees adding new color to the
symphony. The valleys of We
natchee, Yakima, Chelan and
Okanogan become a fragrant
wonderland Of white and pink
mantled trees.
Later wild rhododendrons bloom
along the States broad, scenic
highways. especially on the still
primitive Olympic peninsula.
The symphony of flowers en-
larges by the first of June, with
perhaps the most spectacular
display Of all. When the snow
banks recede on the peaks, wild
mountain flowers take over,
standing thick as clover in one
gorgeous blanket of variegated
color.
Mount Rainier National Park,
in whose center rises the mag
nif1cent ice-clad peak, is one of
the few places in the world
where so many flowers grow in
such wild profusion. Flowers of
the forest include alpine beauty,
Canadian dogwood, calypso and
spring beauty.
The true alpine flowers bloom
above the timber line. They in
clude the dense mats of red and
white heather. red penstemon
maSSed on rocky cliffs and hun
dreds of other species.
Evening star., 1954-04-18

are shifting to a year-round
basis.
Most of the fine luxury hotels
are at the seaside, dotted along
Jamaica'S softly carved coast
line at bays and coves where the
beach is white and the water
luminous. But the island has
mountains. too, and in the
shadowy cool of mahogany groves
and fern glades there are other,
less frequented hotels and guest
houses.
Evening star., 1954-04-18
New D. C.-to-Coost
Aircouch Scheduled

New aircoach service from
Washington to the San Francis
CO Bay area by American Air
lines becomes effective next
Sunday.
Americans aircoach flight will
leave National Airport at 11:5C
am, EDIT, arriving at Oakland
Airport at 8:25 pm. psf. The
return flight leaves Oakland at
HAS p.m., arriving at National
Airport at 1:35 pm. Fare on this
low cost service to the San Fran
cisco area is $98.
Evening star., 1954-04-18
EI Punumu Cuts Rates
PANAMA CITY, r. F

PANAMA CITY, r. P.
Reduced summer rates for
Hotel Ell Panama have been an
nounced, effective to Decem-
ber Is.
Perhaps the biggest attraction
offered in Panama this summer
will be the Second international
Marlin and Sailfish Tournament,
July 2 to August /.
Evening star., 1954-04-18
Footsteps Jog Time
VENICE, ITALY

A large public clock. wound
automatically by pedestrians,
keeps time for the little city of
Pordenone. near here. The clock
mechanism is wound up by the
up-and-down movements Of a
small platform inserted into the
pavement over which pedestrians
walk. The mechanism is de-
signed so that during the day
1t stores enough power to run at
night when there is a shortage
of strollers.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-13
.Airman Tells
Of Killing Son
With Bare Hands

FORT WORTH, Tex. R - A
young airman told police he killed
his 2-month-old son with his bare
hands because 81 must have some
sort of maladjustment."
Pvt. George Malloy of Aliquippa.
Pa, was to be charged today with
murder. He is being held in Tar
rant county Jail.
Officers reported the 22-year-old
Carswell Air Force Base service
man said, he had crushed the
baby's chest "about 10 times" In
the weeks leading up to the Monday
night Staying.
"There must be 4 reason why ]
did it." he said.
"But I don't know what Il is. l
must have some sort Of maladJust-
ment," he continued.
His wife stood by him as he
talked. She did not know that her
young husband had killed their only
child until sheriff's deputies =; N.
Ruie and Ed Max talked to him
last night in the couples home
near Fort Worth.
The child, dead on arrival at the
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-13
BY BEN PHLEcAR

NEW YORK M-Jesse Owens,
holder Of the oldest Of the world
track and field records, predicted
today his 1s-year-old broad jump
mark viii be broken before it
gets much older.
Record breaking comes in cy-
cles," the former olympic star de-
clared in an interview. "This year
it was the mile. They set their
sights on the 4-minute mile and
once somebody ran 1t everybody
found out it could be done.
"The same goes for broadjump-
ing. / think wen come up with
some boys soon who will regularly
jump better than Is feet. Then 26
feet. And then it win be only a
matter Of time before my record
is broken. !"
Although Owens is confident the
day viii come, it viii never dim
the luster Of his own greatest day
May Is, 1885. That afternoon in
Ann Arbor, Mich, Owens tied the
1OO-yard dash world record and
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-13
Former Diamond
Great Passes On

ST. LOUIS, N-Walter Holke, g.
year-old former National League
first baseman for four clubs, died
at Missouri Baptist Hospital yes
terday.
Holke, who served as q coach for
the St. Louis Browns in 1899, start
ed in the majors with the New
York Giants in 1914 and also
played with the Philadelphia Phil
hes, Boston Braves and Cincinnati
Redlegs.
During . 16-inning. Ii tie game
with Brooklyn in 1890. Holke played
first base for Boston and handled
a chances, 4s Of them put outs. He
had Z lifetime batting average Ia
the majors Of .2S7 and played In the
II World Series with the Giants.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-13
Tiger Shakeup
Is Announced

DETROIT TIN a somewhat
surprising move, Johnny Hopp and
Bob Swift were released last night
as coaches of the Detroit Tigers.
and replaced by Billy Hitchcock
and Jack Tighe.
Schoolboy Rowe, first base
coach, survived the shakeup.
Bucky Harris, new manager Of
the Tigers, made the announces
ment, but speculation Immediately
arose whether the choices were his
--or OF the Tiger front office.
Last week, President Walter O.
(Spike) Briggs Jr. said Harris
would be permitted to name his
own coaches, but added that 1--WE
hope he follows our semipolicy of
Tigers picking Tigers"
It had been rumored that Harris
would name peppery, loud-yoiced
George Myatt, who coached for him
at Washington, as his third base
coach.
In the new setup, Harris said.
Hitchcock would replace Hopp Al
third and Tighe would take over
Swift's duties in the buIlpen.
The dismissal of Hopp, who h.d
served only one year. had been ex.
pected. But Swift's removal cams
as a surprise. He had been asso.
eiated with the team for the last l]
years.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-13
BY SKIPPER PATRICK

KANSAS CITY R-"Wonderful. :"
That one word best fits the feel
ing of Kansas City baseball fans
who woke up this morning to the
realization this solid baseball town
of the midlands was in the act Of
going major league.
Most of the city was asleep when
the news broke late Tuesday night
that American League owners had
voted unanimously to permit Ar
mold Johnson, Chicago financier, to
buy the financially decrepit Phila-
delphia Athletics and move the
club to Kansas City.
Many Of the fans who had q part
in pledging the purchase Of more
than million tickets for the 1855
season in event the deal went
through, lost hope earlier in the
evening when reports had It that
Kansas City's chances Of getting
the franchise were "about $780,"
Tn citizens last August ap-
proved overwhelmingly q 81, 1000, 900
bond issue with which to purchase
Blues Stadium-hom OF the city's
American Assn entry--and enlarge
1t from $4,000 to 5000 seating ca
pacity.
News HesdIinsd by star
The Kansas City Star. which us
Fually reserves such headlines for