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Evening star., 1955-11-09
U. 5. 10 Reject
Red Proposal
By WARREN ROGERS. Jr.
Associated Press star writer

DIPLOMATS oficials made il
clear today the United States
win reject Red China's offer To-
Join in q declaration swearing
on the use Of force in interna-
tional disputes.
They regard the offer IS loaded
with a ginmick that makes ii
meaningless.
They said the United states
also viii strongly protest Red
China's leaking Of the news 81
the offer. The Communist
mgneuver was reported Monday
In the London Daily Worker. 4
Communists paper, even though,
United States Red Chinese talks
at Geneva are supposed TO be-
private and secret.
It was because of this secrecy
pledge that American officialsI
In Washington refused to saw
what the United States viii do
about the Red Chinese caII for
q declaration. For that matter.
they would not publicly con-
flrm 1t. even If it had been made !.
However. it was noted that
Secretary of State Dulles. who
originated the idea of q joint no.
force declaration last summer.
stipulated it should specifically
cover Formosa. Korea and Indo-l
China.
Therein lies the rub. The Red
Chinese offer at Geneva was to|
swear or force In international
disputes. But Red Chinese
propagandists have said over and
over that the question of For
mosa which the Nationalistsl
hold and the Communists want
lis q domestic affair.
This means the Peiping regime
could pledge no force In interna-
tional Qlarrels and still attack
ForrnoSa.
The American answer win be1
given the Reds tomorrow al
Geneva.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-12
Motor Fuel Taxes
Show Big Increase

Motor fuel taxes in this state
for the month of June. which were
received during July, showed a
huge increase over the receipts
from this tax during the same
month of the previous two years.
According to a report prepared
by the Motor Fuel Tax Division OF
the State Highway Department,
motor fuel taxes for the month OF
June amounted to 1862, 2,833.91.
This amount is an increase OF
S54,9396S, or 1861 per cent, over
the amount received during June
of last year and is s74.23s.39 more
than was received during June OF
1853.
The tax received for June repre-
sented the sale of 13,256,660 gal
Ions of motor fuel. and increase OF
1,298, 1913 gallons over the amount
of motor fuel sold in June of last
year.
The report lists total of Al
concerns as being bonded as dis
tributors of motor fuel during the
month of June and of this number
five concerns reported no sales
for the month.
Three of the concerns reported
sales that accounted for slightly
more than So per cent of the total
amount of the tax collected.
These three concerns, and the
amount of tax collected by them,
were ESQ Standard Oil Co, S117.-
1850; Atlantic Refining Co, $1O4,-
126.1s and Diamond Ice and Coal
Co, s71,S9515.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-12
Georgetown School
Board Meets

The Board of Education of the
local special school district has
released the following letter which
it has sent to the State Board OF
Education regarding the desegre-
cation issue:
1.-The Board finds that we do
not have sufficient to to submit a
final plan regarding desegregation
by Aug. 10 as requested.
1--WE had planned upon prior
study by the board of all perti-
nent data such as that offered in
your directive and from other a
vailable sources.
Furthermore, we intend to sub
NIT this data to an Advisory Com
mittee and to provide them with
sufficient time to wisely decide
upon their suggestions to Us.
This must be followed by more
detailed study by this board and
presented at community meeting
for the consideration of the people
of this district. From this we hope
TO establish a plan suitable for
the area.
This board, in good faith, has
started this procedure and shall
continue along the charted course.
Meanwhile, we request your indul-
gence in our delay and your ap-
proval that we continue as before
until the final plan be submitted" "
The Belgian Congo is larger than
all the IT, S. territory east of the
Mississippi River.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-12
MORE CALIFORNIA FRUIT

BERKELEY, Calf. - Up = Pro-
duction of deciduous fruits-apples,
apricots, cherries, grapes, free
stone peaches, pears and plums-
increased 27 per cent in California
in the 1949-1953 period compared
with 1934-1938 National produc-
tion meanwhile increased less than
z per cent. In the postwar period
California has accounted for close
to so per cent of the nations total
commercial tonnage of these fruits.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-12
LOST YOUR DOGg

TOPEKA, Kan. = Up = A new
ordinance provides that dogs not
on leash be impounded and Arland
Smith, city dog officer, wonders if
dogs really are mans best friend.
Impounded dogs can be retrieved
by payment of $5 fine and 81 day
for care. In the first month so
dogs went to the pound and only
three owners retrieved them
Meanwhile dog complaints average
20 a day.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-12
MEDICAL COMPLAINT DEPT.

BANDUNG, Indonesia = up =
From now on, the doctors in Wes-
tern Java are going to get an ear
full.
The Priangan Doctors Associa-
ton has just opened an office where
patients can lodge complaints
about their medical treatment or
their bills.
The idea, the association said,
"is to smooth relations between
doctors and patients"
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Gale V.Takes
Gold Cup on
Bonus Points

SEATTLE. Aug. 8 R.-The
Gold Cup, symbol of Americas
speedboat championship. was
headed back to Detroit today
after a merry mixup yesterday
in which a loser was the win
ner and the winner cheered too
soon.
Gale v, Joe Schoenith's romp-
ing monster, earned the cup on
points.
Half a million people-that's
the Seattle Police Departments
Iestimate of the crowd-thought
the victory belonged to Miss
Thriftway. This brand new
Seattle entry in the speedboat
racing picture roared to clear
lcut victories in the second and
third heats of the 48th 9o-mile
classic. .-r
The Gale, driven by the
owners son, Lee Schoenith
finished second in the first heat
second in the second heat and
third in the last 30-mile 60
round.
But when the race officials
figured up the time, they found
that Gale needed 4.53 fewer Sec
londs to negotiate the 80 miles
than did the Thriftway. which
finished third in the first heat
This earned Gale a bonus of 400
points for running a fastest
race. With points earned dur
! ing the heats, Gale wound ur
with 1,225.
Miss Thriftway, lacking a
bonus, finished with LOIS points
The Slo-Mo-Shun ", which
brought the Gold Cup to Seattle
In 1850, was in the thick of the
point scramble until her engine
conked out on the next-to-last
lap of the final heat. She got
third place on the cup ladder.
Fourth went to Such Crust III
and fifth to Miss Cadillac, bott
Iof Detroit. Breathless, entered
from Piedmont, Calf. took sixth
See GOLD CUP, Page AL,
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the high point yesterday when
they bumped off Cleveland, 9-3,
before 1909 at Griffith Stadium.
The second game of the sched-
'uled double-header was washed
out, with the two clubs scoreless
in the bottom of the third inn
ing. Also wiped out was the
Senators lone hit, a double by
OravetZ.
Switch-hitting Ernie h a
boosted his average IS points
in a month and he's giving the
team an adequate job in right
field, too. It's a remarkable per-
Torrance for the stubby rookie,
whose only previous expo ence
was a 1854 season with Orlando
in 1851, then a 1906 year with
Chattanooga before the Army
Ibeckoned.
The bespectacled. sweet
swinging OravetZ is constructed
along ideal proportions for a
Ileadod man, but his timely
single slapping also makes him
valuable as a hit-and-run engi-
neer in the No. 2 spot, where
Manager Chuck Dresser is con-
tent to keep him.
The 23-year-old native Of
Johnstown, Pa, is blending ir
nicely with Dressen's style Of
play. Chuck is a fanatic or
moving runners along by hitting
behind them and Ernie is show
ing him some nice samples.
| In the first inning yesterday
for instance. Eddie Yost doubled
Oravetz grounded out. but it wa:
to the second baSeman, giving
Yost a chance to scoot to third
| Continued on Page Ais, Col.
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Catcher Suffers
Fractured Skull

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Aug. &
ItP.-Catcher Bud Shelly, 80, of
the Sacramento Solons, suffered
a skull fracture and a brain con-
Icussion when he was beaned by
Ia baseball in a Sacramento
Oakland Pacific Coast League
game here Saturday night.
Shelly was hit accidentally BY
Fred Besana, Oakland pitcher,
There doesn't appear to be
ANY damage to the BRAIN" said
ISheely's sister. Mrs. Edwin
French, jr. HE can see. knows
everybody and we are hopeful
he will be all right"
She said he will be in the hos
lpital a week or two.
Shelly is son of Earl Shelly
FIRST baseman for the Chicago
White Sox from 1921 to 1927,
who later played a year each
with pittsburgh and the Boston
Red Sox.
Young Shelly was a part-time
catcher for the White Sox from
1851 through 1858, then was sent
to Sacramento.
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Indiun Pitchers
Low-BridgeH Him
In Losing Series
BY BURTON HAWKINS

Ernie OravetZ, who looks as
if he could run under a cocktail
table without mussing his hair,
is being treated like the big boys
now. Opposing pitchers are
starting to fire at him because
the smallest fellow in the major
leagues is beginning to irk the
Senators foes with his steady
hitting.
During the Cleveland series,
Oravetz twice was low-bridged-
by Ray Narleski and Sal Maglie
but there's no evidence that
5-foot-4 Ernie is bothered by
such tactics. In his last 16
games, he has batted robust
.444 to lift his season average to
1903.
Oravetz has contributed 10
hits in the Senators four-game
winning streak, which reached
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Redskins Gain
Some Prestige
In 7-6Defeat
Doubtful Strategy
Near End Factor as
Forty-Niners Win
BY LEWIS r. ATCHISON
Star star Correspondent

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. "a
suspicion that Washington's Red
skins may have their first hon.
est-to-goodness football team in
about 10 years seemed to have
been confirmed yesterday at
Kezar Stadium, even though
they dropped a tough, 7-6 de-
cision to the Forty Miners. AT
the same time they stirred up a
second-guessing contest hot
enough to keep 27,237 fans argu-
ing for days.
Red Strader, visib1y upset by
the narrow escape from defeat
in his debut as head coach OF
the San Francisco pros, called
lit the best Redskins team he
ever saw, adding, "And I've been
looking at them a long time"
Sid Gilman, new head coach
of the Los Angeles Rams, who
are next on the Redskins pre-
season tour, said he was sur
lprised by the defensive work and
laggressiveness Of the Redskins
and impressed by their excellent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-08

BOSTON, Aug. 8 (P.-Sammy
White-the man who catches
'em-feels the Boston pitching
staff is improving down the
stretch of the torrid American
League pennant race as the Red
Sox prepare to prove it against
the Yankees in New York.
The fourth-place Red Sox,
only a game and a half out of
the lead. invade Yankee Stadium
tomorrow night for the first of
a three-game series with the
Yanks-who are just three points
back of the front-running Chi
cago White Sox.
Frankly, I don't think our
pitchers have reached their peak
yet" White says. They've beer
improving all along. Every one
Iof them is stronger now. This
could be the best pitching stat
among the contenders."
| White, recently called "tht
best receiver in the league" BY
| AL Lopez, the Cleveland mana
ger, singled out Willard Nixon
who will start tomorrow night
for some discussion.
Nixon has won five in a row
starting with the first game Of
the July Fourth double-headel
we swept in New York." the
catcher pointed out. He's get.
ting better as he goes along
Unions seasons record is 11-s
and his lifetime mark against
the Yanks is 7-2J
Samuel Charles White. durable
and dependable. has been a bis
cog in his teams uphill dash
since early June. So valuable i:
he that despite the capabilitie:
lof Pete Daley, his substitute
White has appeared behind the
plate in all but four of the
l09 games. His judgment COM
Imands complete respect from the
pitchers.
His .265 batting average is de-
ceptive as his timely hits have
driven in ~ runs. Two Of these
were batted in yesterday al
White hit two doubles and 6
single in the 1912 victory ovel
! Kansas City.
/ Sammy's a calm analyst of the
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"a horses, valued at about $780,
900. Much as I love Camarero,
I never have bet dime on him"
Camarero's streak started in
1858, when as a 2-year-old. he
won a 2-furlong dash. Since
then, he has won at every dis
lance from S furlongs up to 1ls
miles. He has won more than
$4,000 in purses, a good sum
down here
The inevitable question of how
Camarero would do on the main
land came up and Coll Vidal was
the first to admit he would have
his troubles.
Far Of U. S. Record
"Foc one thing" the owner
said, the island tracks are sew
eral seconds slower than the
mainland courses. Therefore. l
would estimate that he would
be a second or two slower than
most stake horses in the United
States"
The American and worlds
record for 6l2 furlongs is 1855,
set by Shark at Hialeah in 1887.
This is 63s seconds better than
Camarero's winning effort yester-
day. Allowing about a fifth of
a second to a length. the Puerto
Rican horse would be far behind,
indeed.
In his race that tied Kincsem's
record two weeks ago, Camarero
was caught in 1:l11s for 5l2
furlonss. The American and
worlds record for this distance
in l:03hs, set by the Mary
land-owned Nance's Ace at
Tropical Park in 1914.
The record Camarero broke
had stood for more than three
quarters of century. Kincsem,
who toured all over Europe, won
her saith race in 1878. Kincsem's
record was marred by one dead
heat, but she came back to beat
her conqueror in a race-off
That's something Camarero
didn't have to do.
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CAMARERO SETS ALL-TIME MARK
55th Straight Race Won
Bv Puerto Ricon Horse

SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico, Aug.
s tPl.-Camarero, Just a shrimp
as race horses go, may never
break any speed records. but
he's down in the turf record
books today as the winningest
thoroughbred ever.
Standing only IA hands and
weighing $50 pounds. the A.
year-old bay colt yesterday won
his 55th straight race - he's
never been defeated-to eclipse
the record of 50 he held jointly
with Kincsem. the great Hun
garian f1lly of the 1905.
There's no telling how many
victories Camarero may run up
because he certainly is the best
in Puerto Rico. His owner, Juan
Coll Vidal, a San Juan news
paper publisher, said he has nc
plans for racing Camarero out
size Puerto RICO.
Wins by 4 Lengths
His record shattering race was
IA six and one-half furlong af-
fair, which he won by -four
lengths over Salsito in 1925
AS usual, it was an effortless
victory for Jockey Mateo Matos
who has ridden Camarero in hi:
last 40 races.
And. as usual, the islander!
did not make any money on the
outcome. When a horse here
is a prohibitive favorite, he il
taken off the boards. Camarerc
paid $685. for 81 in his first race
in 1858, but since then he has
been an odds-on choice and fol
the past 25 races he has beer
off the boards.
That's all right with me-
said Coll Vidal, who, with his
brother Jose, owns a stable Of
.-
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Weather Helps Tighten AL. Race;
Oravetz Big Factor in Griffs' Streak
Leading Chicago
Ruined Out, but
Gains on Yunks
BY the Associated Press

How about a flve-team play.
off for the American League PEN
nant? 1t sounds fantastic, but
the pot is boiling up a real fine
stew for President Will Harridge.
Under the American League
system, it's sudden death, a one
game playoff, in case OF a tie.
But that takes care Of only two
clubs, With seven weeks to go.
only Ia games separate the top
-four clubs. Detroit in fifth place
lis only 512 back.
The weatherman helped tighten
the screws yesterday, forcing
Chicago to settle for a % tie
in IL innings at Baltimore and
washing out scheduled Sec
tond game. Rain also postponed
la second game at Washington
after the Senators had bopped
the Cleveland Indians again, 9-3.
Mickey Nantes 10th-inning
home run, his 26th of the season
and second of the game, gave the
New York Yankees a split with
Detroit and possession of second
place all by themselves, three
percentage points behind the
White Sox. The Tigers had won
the opener. Az, but Nantes
clout added up to a 80 Yankee
victory in the second behind BOD
Turley.
Red SOx Win Suggest
The fast-moving Boston Red
Sox outlasted Kansas City in a
wild game, 1912. hammering
four pitchers for 10 hits and 81
total bases. Despite the victory.
the Red Sox lost the series to the
Athletics, the first set they had
dropped since they bowed to
Cleveland July 1917. Boston was
the only team to gain yesterday
picking up half-game.
In the National League, where
they are more concerned with
second place than first, Mil
waukee won a pair from Pitts
burgh, 6-3 and AZ, while New,
York split two at Cincinnati.
losing 8-5 and winning SIS. AZ
a result. the Braves have a two
game edge on the Giants in their
second-place battle. If you in
sist, the Braves are only" 14a
games back of Brooklyn, which
bowed to Chicago. 4-3. Phila-
delphia trampled st. Louis 9-6.
in the other game.
| The White Sox had Jim Busby
on second base with two out in
the 18th inning when rain made
further play impossible in Balti-
more. All individual records go
into the book, but the game
must be replayed in its entirety,
las well as the postponed second
game, when the White Sox visit
Baltimore for the last time In
September.
Orioles Homer Hurts
Dave Pope's two-run homer in
the fourth gave the last-place
Orioles their runs after George
Kell homered for the White SoX
in the first inning. Chicago tied
it up in the eighth on Nellie
Fox triple and Kell's single
Nantes two homers saved the
Yanks from dropping a full game
behind Chicago. After Al Ka-
lines two-run single tied the
score in the eighth inning Of
the second game, Mantle hit a
IL pitch off Reliefer Babe Birrer
i Continued on Page Ais, Col. Z
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CATCHER WHITE PRAISES 'EM
Boston HurIers Prilned
For Series With Yonks

team he directs from behind the
plate.
Naturally, none of us liked
to lose two out of three to Kan
sas City this week end" he COM
But / can't see any
evidence of a mental letdown.
I think the club has real good
attitude toward the tight PEN
nant race. The guys aren't look
ing ahead-just playing each
game as it comes.
1.-THE most important thing
for us is to coordinate the
pitching and hitting. It won't
do us any good to go into New
York and get three well-pitched
games If we don't hit"
At 81 White is in his fourth
full season with the Red Sox.
He played four games with Bos-
ton in 1851 and has been the
regular catcher ever since.
White tried his hand at pro
basketball for a while after
starring at forward for the Uni
versity of Washington, but base
ball was his first love.
How does a top-f1ight major
league catcher look at his job?
'It's twice as important to
evaluate your pitchers stuff on
"a given day as to know the bat
ter's weaknesses" White says.
you've got to know how to
apply the pitchers stuff to the
Ihitter's weak spots.
Take Nixon's good game
against Detroit the other night.
nixon won, SO, on a four
hitter) He didn't walk a man
They're all good fastball hitters,
yet Nixon threw only fastballs.
The pitch was going so good,
that's all we called for.
1.-THE only satisfaction from
working out strategy against
another team is to win the game.
That's the only reward. You can
get eight guys out but if the
ninth beats you. it's wasted.
THE business of losing was
the hardest thing for me to
learn. 1t bothered me for most
of my first two years in the
majors-I'd take it home with
me and worry all the time. Now
I don't"
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Senators and PhiIIies
PIuy Benefit Monday

The Washington Senators will
play an exhibition baseball game
with the Phillies next Monday
night in Connie Mack Stadium.
The game is the annual benefit
affair for the Junior Baseball
Federation of Philadelphia.
Boys clubs and little leagues in
Washington will receive Is per
cent Of the proceeds.
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physical condition. Gilman and
his entire staff made copious
notes during the game. They
play the Redskins in Los An
peleS August IT
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Statistics

physical condition. Gilman and
his entire staff made copious
notes during the game. They
play the Redskins in Los An
geles August II.
Kuharich Disappointed
| A small army of scouts peer
ing down on the melee agreed
that Coach Joe Kuharich has
brought the Redskins a long way
since last year when they lost
six straight exhibitions and fin
ished with a SO league record.
But their praise was of little
comfort to the disappointed
coach. With his heart set on
winning, Joe was SO "let down
he kept pretty much to himself
after the game. He merely toyed
with his dinner, lost in thought
replaying the entire contest in
his mind.
1t was apparent, too, that the
Redskins will have to show a
sharper brand of strategy to get
into the win column.
| Two yards from an upset VIC
tory over a three touchdown IA
vorite with about a minute tc
play, the Redskins gambled ano
lost. Little Eddie LeBaron, who
completed six of IL passes fol-
l27 yards and booted two punts
Sc and rs yards, had brought
the team 70 yards to the Forty
Miners 2-yard mark where, or
third down, the ball was di.
Irectly in front of the goal post
A field goal would have been a.
easy as an extra point. 1t woulc
have given them a 81 lead ane
put the pressure on the host
team. with only seconds left tt
play.
| Kick From Bad Angle
Instead, Rob Goode was sent
of tackle against a line featur.
ing 263-pound Bob Toneff. 246,
pound Marion Campbell ane
242-pound AL Carapella. Good,
was stopped six inches short O.
a touchdown. forcing the Red
skins to attempt a last-ditch f1elt
|, goal from an extremely bad an.
gle. Vic Janowicz's kick wa.
true, but the Redskins neglected
to overShift their line to tn,
right to screen off the red-Shirt
ed Forty-Niners. AS a result
both George Maderos, rooki,
from Chico State, and big Cha,
Matthews came barrelini
!; through, with Maderos batting
down the ball.
Grandstand quarterbacks wer,
working overtime today on tht
two plays. Had Goode gon,
over. it would have been a smarr
play and a few still think thu
Redskins should have tried fol
the touchdown on their last play
although sounder judgment
called for a placement.
Janowicz, who won the 1876:
East-West game on a mudd,
field at Ke2ar Stadium with {
See REDSKINS, Page ALT
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WASHINGTON

lptdS u ~ 10 "
/ Singled for Strickland in eth.
. Sacrificed for Hogan in 7th.
3 Grounded out for Lemon IN 9TH.
Grounded out for Maglie in 9th.
Cleveland - oo2 600 ol0--3
Washington -..-------. 12d O04 20x--9
Runs batted in-vernon, valdivielso,
Woodling. Rosen. Umphlett, SchmitZ 90,
Oravetz. Courtney t21, Kiner. Two-base
hits-Yost Wynn, Schmitz toi. Rosen.
Dente 'Three-base hits--Courtney, Yer
non. Sacrifice ny--vernon. Valdivielso,
Kiner, Sacfirice---Foiles. Double play
Cleveland, 3: Washington: :. Bases on
balls--Of Wynn. .; off Schmit2, J..
BY Maggie /. Hits---Of WYNN, . In ga
innings; of Lemon, in u inning; of
Santiago, . in l inning; off MaRlie,
in / inning Runs and earned runs.
OF Wynn a. Of Lemon, 90; Of
schmitz, 80 Hit BY pitcher-By San
tiago (Sievers. Valdivielso). Winning
pitcher--Sehmitz (6-e>. Losing pitcher
InWynn ,lS.,.t JumpiresmriMcki5pl,eyy'
Attendance 13,0on