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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
FIFTY YEARS AGO IN THE STAR

hardwood and vanished, 1c
each; E. Faber drawing lead
pencils, &c each, 3 for SC;
Faber's best lead pencils. with
rubber erasers, Q for &C." An
other store pointed out in Its
back-to-school ad on the same
day that Tomorrow Is your
last opportunity to have the
boys correctly and stylishly
dressed for the opening Of
school days." and listed boys
knee pants at soc to 50, and
caps ct Csc and SOC.
Alcatraz Island
In recent years, there has
been much agitation in the
Bureau of Prisons for the
abandonment of Alcatraz Is
land as a prison. Fifty years
ago, Alcatraz was a combina-
ton fortress and prison, and
the prisoners were beginning to
crowd out the military. On
September IA, 1905, The Star
said. Judge Advocate Gen.
George B. Davis left here last
night for San Francisco, where
he goes to investigate the
feasibility of enlarging the
military prison at Alcatraz
Island in San Francisco Bay.
This island is now used jointly
for q prison and military post.
For some time the prison quar-
tiers have been crowded. .
It is now proposed to abandon
the island as a military post
and use 1t exclusively as q
prison. Formerly this island
was regarded as one of the
strong defenses of San Fran
CISCO"
City and District
The doings of local residents
was as worthy Of mention so
years ago as it Is today. On
September IA, 1905. in q col
umn headed "City and Dis
trict," The Star reported these
items: while walking along
Seventh street near D street
southwest about 10 o'clock
this morning, Andrew Gross,
seventy years Of age, Of All
61a street southwest, fell and
cut his head. AS he was not
seriously hurt, he went home.
Considerable excitement
was caused on Pennsylvania
avenue between ~ and 9Th
streets northwest about 10:45
this morning. when car num-
Der 81 Of the Capital Traction
Company, In charge Of Con-
ductor e. A. Updike, collided
with a horse and wagon owned
and driven by George Claiffe
Of 1900 N street northwest.
Slight damage was done to
the wheel Of the wagon, but
no one was hurt"
Prescription
The Commissioner Of In
ternal Revenue. on September
IA, 1905. said that those who
sold certain patent medicines
composed principally of dis
titled spirits would have to
take out liquor dealers IL
censes. The Stars story on
that day quoted the Commits
sioner: The ruling applies to
every alcoholic compound
labeled as q remedy for dis
eases and containing, in addi-
ton to distilled spirits, only
substances or ingred tents
which however large their
quantity. are not Of o char
acter to impart any medicinal
quality to the compound" b
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11

democracy as we know 1t.
Whether the evil forces which
deny and decry the very
essence Of the great glad
tidings our bell proclaimed
and proclaims. frown or smile.
are rude or courteous, friendly
or hostile, Is not in itself
relevant. Grins may possibly
be more potent than guns.
Just now we are all from
Missouri" and want to be
shown. In the meantime. we
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-11
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used ~
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
sntion.
The Hardin tribune-herald., 1955-09-08
ARTHRITIS
RHEUMATISM SUFFERERS
Find New Curb For Poin
Users Rejoice Supply Rushed Here

Users Rejoice - Supply Rushed Here
Victims of crippling arthritis. rheumatism
and neuritis pain can take Joyous new hope
from announcement of dramatic success with
q new formula which combines I drugs into
one tablet capable of relieving agonizing
pain in joints and muscles. According to
clinical reports, this new compound, called
VERTASOL, acts internally to curb tortur-
Gus arthritis. rheumatism. neuritis pain in
back. hands. arms. legs and shoulders yet
is safe to take. requires no prescription:
women who formerly suffered dread stabbing
torture Of arthritis and rheumatism pain in
swollen joints and muscles now tell Of blessed
relief after using it.
VERTASOL costs $500 but considering re-
suits Is not expensive. is only pennies per
dose. Sold with money back guarantee by
BARKER DRUG STORE
Hardin - Mail orders filled.
The Hardin tribune-herald., 1955-09-08
IN Hurdin Tribune-Hexdld.
V Hmdin, Montana
Thursday. Sept. 8. 1855
EXAMINER TO VISIT

Robert H. Mckay, Highway Pa
troll driving examiner OF the Bill
lings district, will be In Hardin.
Monday and Tuesday. Sept. IL and
13. The examiner may be contact
ed at the Community room OF
the court house between the hours
of 9 a. m. and S p. m.
Evening star., 1955-01-17
sy The ,As.oeiat.d Press

ARCADIA, Calf. Jan. IT,
All three previous winners Of
Santa Anita,s San Fernando
stakes have gone on to cop
100000 racing features, SO In
the light of his world record
breaking performance the same
is expected of the Irish-bred
chestnut colt, Poona II.
The import, who popped into
prominence ti1iss year, clipped
one-fifth second OF the record
for a mile and one-sixteentll as
he won the San Fernando In
l:404s Saturday and left the
favored Determine 10 lengths
back.
The luck Of the irish was with
Poona II weatherwise. It was
supposed to rairs and did. but
not until q few hours after the
record race In which he low
cred the standard shared by
Count Speed and Imbros. Earlier
at this meeting the Irisher set an
American grass course record Of
1:472s for a mile and an eighth.
Since Determine rates among
Evening star., 1955-01-17
y me- A.sesiaisd Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 17--Gov.
Averell, Hartman says he is .de-
termined to get rid Of the rack-
eteers' In boxing.
He said he had 'sheard" but
couldn't prove that boxing "has
gotten among the racketeers."
He added that boxing isn't
clean today and hasn't been
cleaned up The Governor made
his statements during q radio
interview in which boxing was
only one of numerous. matters
brought up. He said the as
sumption that he had appointed
a former Brooklyn et-buster,
Julius Helfand, as chairman Of
the State Athletic Commission
because boxing was in bad shape
was absolutely correct"
The Governor said that "box-
ing, II it expects to remain.
which ! hope it Willis q good
sportc be made clean" He
Evening star., 1955-01-17
Ex-senutos u Group
Five Rookie HuIers Hold Key
To RedIegs Hopes This Fear

stick. The Reds shelled out SIS, :
900 to Chattanooga for Rearce
and Lane last September and
both proceeded to pay dividends
Immediately by winning their
first starts with the Reds. Neither
is q youngster. Both had pre-
vious big league experience with
Washington. Pearce, 20 and g.
fook26. had his best season last
year. winning II and losing sev-
en-. Lane had : 1873 record with
Chaftanooga. Minarcin, 25,
turned Ii an impressive ll-2 rec
ord with Toronto.
Jerry Dean. . 24-year-old LEFT
handler drafted from Buffalo,
comes up recommended BY q 1872
record at Greenviile. Ross. 26.
had . 1910 record at schenec-
tady. Acker. one year out Of
service was 7-8 at Tulsa. Maui
rice Fisher and John Stewart had
5-l2 and 4-I0 records with the
same club. That leaves two
others Lefthander Don Gross,
1879 ct Columbia. and Jim Mel
ton. 24-year-old righthander,
who was l4-0 with Havana.
Shortstop Jackie Simpson, the
lone infielder. has one season OF
baseball under his belt. q .240
year with the Petersburg Colon
ial Heights club. He probably
viii be sent out for further sea-
soning.
Evening star., 1955-01-17
American Association
Plans Earliest Windup
By ne Assoeioisd Press

CHICAGO, Jan. III The
American Association yesterday
set April IA and September 5
as opening and closing dates for
its 1856 baseball season and ap-
pointed Bob Howsarn. general
manager OF the Denver team. to
make UP q four-trip schedule.
The Association decided on q
four-trip schedule to shorten
each individual series. Instead
Of q team appearing in city
three times in the past
1t will appear four times.
The teams vii lplay 154 games
and the September 5 closing
date is the earliest in Associa-
ton history.
The executive committee also
decided to hold serniflnal play
offs on four-out-o -of-seven basis,
the same as the final playoffs.
At an earlier meeting In Hous-
ton, the league had decided to
cut the semifinals to three-out-
Cf-five games.
Evening star., 1955-01-17
Bubbo HeoIy Given
High AH-Americ0
Second Team Spot

Jim tBubba) Healy. st. Johns
l97-pound senior guard. has
been named to the National
High School All-America sec
ond team, according TO the
January 10 issue Of the Sporting
News appearing on the news
stands today.
Seven teams were chosen from
the balloting OF 1.2z0 daily
newspapers by the WigWam
Wisemen Of America. q beneyo-
lent organization Of Oklahoma
City sportsmen who originated
the high school All-America
idea.
About 1000 coaches, 200 ath-
ietic directors and $50 college
coaches and many game offi-
cials were consulted for recon-
mendations Of the boys nomi-
mated. Only senior classmen
were eligible.
Other boys chosen from this
vicinity were Buddy Davis. first
team back. Manchester tvaD
High. and Ron Jordon. third
team back. Of Annapolis High.
Prominent on the first team
was the name Of Bronk0 Nagur-
ski. jr.. son Of the former Min-
nesota and Chicago Bears great,
Young Nzgurski Is 3 215-pound
tackle at international Falls,
MINI.
Evening star., 1955-01-17
Basketball

(. 4 Z
TO UCLA over the week end. That
left UCLA and Stanford tied for
the Southern Division lead with
81 marks. They all are idle this
week.
Big Seven--Missouri. the pre-
season favorite, leads with q 80
mark. The Tigers win try to
strengthen their margin against
Kansas State Wednesday.
They've already beaten Kansas
State once. Colorado, which has
d 90 conference mark. meets
Oklahoma t0-3l tonight.
Southwest Conference Texas
Christian, true 10 expectations
is undefeated in conference play,
and. in fact. is the only school
with good overall mark. il-3
Only four league games viii Be
played this week. with TCU
figured TO gain ground At the ex-
pense of Texas AIM Saturday.
Southeastern Conferences ~
Kentucky. Of an things. Is In
seventh place with q lei record
while Vanderbilt and Alabama
are at the top with so. Both
the leaders have pretty good
clubs and could make trouble
vandsEbilt has two games thi'
Evening star., 1955-01-17
|MoyIan Wins IN Florida
For Third Straight IiiIe
D. ,hs A,,osiu,sd prsss

ST. PETERSBURG. Fla, Jan
i7-Eddie Moylan Of Trenton
N. u, won bis third straight
tournament BY defeating A
Harum. University of Miami
lFla., team captain, rs. 4s
6--2, rs. in the Florida West
Coast tennis championships
yesterday.
Moylan, the Nations seventh
ranked amateur. won the Sugar
Bowl tournament at New Or
leans and the Dixie at Tampa,
Fla, in his only other competi-
tion Of the winter season.
/ Doris Hart of Coral Gables,
Fla, no. / woman player IN the
1854 national rankings. defeated
Shirley Fry Of st. Petersburg'
To. g., 7--5. in the woman's
singles finals.
Evening star., 1955-01-17
Ex-senutors u GEoup.
D. &c As.o'eia,ed Plsss

NEW YORK, Jan. l7.-Mana-
ger Birdie Tebbetts. who did
such an outstanding job with the
Cincinnati Reds IN his freshman
season last year, says his main
job for the coming season Is to
improve the clubs pitching.
And We may have It. advised
Gahe Paul. the popular general
manager Of the Redlegs. Our
hope for 1855. as / see It ct this
time. IS ID the hands Of our
pitchers especially some Of our
young hurlers who may make the
coming season their first fun one
with the Reds.
II believe We have truly fine
pitching prospects IN southpaw
Clif Ross and such righthanders
as Jim Pearce. Jerry Lane, Rudy
Minarcin and Tom Acker.
Pearce. Lane and Ross showed US
enough IN fall trials with the
Reds to make Birdie and me be-
lieve they can help our club quite
q bit next season.
sAcker and Minarcin have size,
speed and the proper mental out
look to 60 with Q fine assortment
Of equipment. Both were handi-
capped by lame knees last sea-
son, but Minarcin Is physically
sound now and Acker Is making
progress. too
Ten Of the is newcomers are
pitchers. Four are outfieiders
and one Is an infielder. Glen
Gorbous, q 24-year-old .203 hit-
ter drafted from the Dodgers
Fort Worth farm club. is the
most likely looking candidate
among the outfielders. Angel
Scull. 5-foot-6 Cuban who had
q trial with the Senators q year
ago. comes from the Havana
club where he batted .26o but
stole 81 bases.
Bob. Thurman. q 3l-year-old
Negro out Of baseball last year
and currently playing well In the
Puerto Rican League. and Dick
Murphy. q college graduate with
limited experience. complete the
outfield Iopefuls.
Among the pitchers, Pearce.
Lane and Minarcin figure to
Evening star., 1955-01-17
All son Ferondo Winners Cop 100000 Stakes
Poono II Becomes Big Factor
In Odds for Coast c Condic0p
ZAP Wirephoto.

the top fayorites for the Santa
Anita Handicap February 26.
In which 100000 Is guaran-
teed the winner. Poona II inn
mediately became o leading fac
tor for that event.
At Agua Caliente, Mexico, he
was listed yesterday as second
choice in the future book on
the handicap.
Odds on Poona II were cut
from IL to to 4 to !. The colt
had opened at 80 to / four weeks
ago. Determine was raised to 5
to 2. but still remained the fa-
vorite.
Rejected. the books second
choice since the firsa issue Is
listed at 5 to /, and Mark -Ye-
Well and Dukes Lea are CO..
fourth choices at s to /.
Willie Shoemaker. riding seven
winners in the last two racing
days, capped his feat with the
victory aboard Poona II, colt
bred In Ireland by the Aga
Khan and Ally Khan and
brought to this country by H. II.
Helbush, Beverly Hills contrac-
tor.
Evening star., 1955-01-17
Lido Regoins Leud
In Soccer League

Lido Is back in iirst place in
the National Soccer Leagues
Southern Division as . result Of
its S-a victory over Maryland
Ac and Myron Cowell's IA de-
feat BY Marlboro yesterday.
The outcome Of the game at
sixteenth and Kennedy streets
NV. bumped Coweil into ! tie
for second with its conquerors.
The Lido game was played at
Walker Mil road.
Evening star., 1955-01-17
JatIlie Puig Takes
Sea Island Journey
Hr IIa AlsuEiaIl1 80

SEA ISLAND. ca, Jan. IT,
Stocky mrs. Jackie P1ng Of
Honolulu. mother ot two teens
age girls. is the new Sea Island
Women's Open golf tournament
champion.
She powered her way to q
fopr-stroke victory over Betsy
Rawls Of Spartanburg. 6. c.. yes-
terday with 3 sizzling 3-under
woman,s par 7s and 1 s6-hole
total Of Isl. First prize money
was $700.
Miss Rawls posted . 78-I7
I55 to take $500 III second place
money. She finished with ! rs
foot putt on the 18th hole.
Light rain and rising winds
over the 6.25s-yard Sea Island
conse tripped up veteran Patty
Berg of Fort Myers, Fla. who
held the lead At the end Of the
first Is holes. Her weak 8s gave
her . seventh-place tie and .
i59 total.
Evening star., 1955-01-17
|Horrimon Determined to Rid
Boxing of All Roc keteers

added that both "Carmine De-
Sapio lSecretary Of State. and
myself are determined to get
lid Of the racketeers.
we are going to clean it out
regardless Of what happens, be-
cause the sport can't remain
unless It's made clean" he said.
He referred to the threat all
the time standing over New
York that If you don't approve
Of fight conditions why well
take-the promoters say--we'll
take the fight out Of the State =
Touching on proposals to in,
crease the tax on race track
betting in New York. Gov. Har-
rirnan said such an increase
might kill the goose that lays
the golden egg" by driving horse
players to out-of- State tracks.
He refused to discuss any pos
sible difference between himself
and Mayor Robert Wagner Of
New York City on = city share
Of the tax. 3S
Evening star., 1955-01-17

week. one tonight with Missis-
sippi and one Saturday with
Georgia Tech. Alabama Is idle
this week.
Ivy League Cornell Is the
leader, but any Of I'VE teams
could win it. The Big Red shows
q 81 record, followed BY Penn
with Al, Columbia with 81 and
Princeton Will, 2-I. Even Dart
mouth. with q "a mark. still has
q chance.
Skyline 1T has been all Utah
SO far with no reason to believe
anything will change 1t. The
Utes have two games this week
against Wyoming and Colorado
AIM and when they are over
the title should be about wrapped
up.
Evening star., 1955-01-17
Disputed carom Shol
Puts Clippers Right
|()n Heels oi Lions

A carom shot that vas pro-
tested bitterly By the Washing
ton Lions but upheld by the ref
cree made the difference yesEer-
day as the Baltimore Clippers
nosed out the Lions. 5-4. IN an
Eastern Hockey League game Ia
Baltimore.
Herye LaLonde Of Baltimore
banked q shot on Gerry Sulli-
vans chest for the deciding goal
late IN the final period. Stan
Warecki, the washington player
coach. claimed Sullivan inten-
tionaIIy had used his body TO send
the puck forward. but was OVER
ruled.
The victory pulled the Clippers
within q few percentage points
Of third place. now held BY
Washington. The Lions next
take on the second -piace New
Haven Blades at Uline Arena
Wednesday night. That game
win start at Sis pm. instead
Of the usual $50 to allow time for
q post-gan1e feature. d broombail
game between sports writers and
members Of the Touchdown
Club.
New Haven yesterday tight
ened It's hold on second place
with an 81 win over the Wor-
cester Warriors at New Haven.
The Lions never were ahead
yesterday. although they tied the
score ct "a. 3-S and ~. The
game was q reasonably smooth
one for Washington Baltimore
clashes, with only 10 minutes
served In the penalty box. eight
of them BY Washington. And
four Of Washington's on Lice
minutes were by Rick Albert, g
more-or-less regular in the PEN
atty box.
Washington's goals were by
Frank Toyota, Art Darlington
and Joe Forrnica in the second
period and by Dan Morgan in the
third.
Sfauf3fn0a.
Evening star., 1955-01-17
Mean Mi. Moio Meeis
Becker on Turner Mat

George Becker. victor over Don
Big Kettle last week, returns
wednesday night to face Mr..
Moto IN the wrestling feature ct
Turner's Arena.
Promoter Vince Mcmahon also
announced d one-fall. 45-lninute
limit match between Tex Riley
and Tom Bradley. the latter Q
newcomer from Denver. Colo.
Moto is regarded as one Of
the most colorfui and also one
Of the roughest performers on
the circuit. The big Japanese ID
known for his ju-jitsu holds.
Evening star., 1955-01-17
NiddIecoif Breezes
In Crosby Event as
-Four Rivals Fold Up
D. i. As.oeias.d Pr...

PEBBLE BEACH. Calf, Jan.
I7-The pro golfers left the pic
tiiresque Monterey Peninsula to-
day. and the happiest guy Of the
lot was Cary Middlecon. who took
the big share Of the $4,000 purse
Atathe Bing Crosby pro-amateur
without much Of a struggle.
siThe 1919 National Open cham-
pion grabbed the $500 first
prize in the pro competition yes
tsrday BY firing . one-under-parf
~ for q 200 total and q four
stroke margin over the nearest
competitors.
After two Cos, Middleton went
INTO the final round with q one
stroke margin over Stan Leon-
ard Of Vancouver. Bob Rosburg
of san Francisco. and Mike
Souchak Of Durham. Gene Lite
tier was right behind the trio.
Souchak Tunbles.
Ian four Of these contenders
folded, so 1t didn't matter when
Middlecof7 bogied the first hole
Ind got q precarious par on the
Eighth. When he birdied No. IA.
be- was virtually home.
Nfeonard and Littler both had
H0s and Rosburg took q ~.
Bouchak scared to an "a for 223
md wound up with q $57 check.
Slipping into q tie for second.
Worth 81 $50 EACH we're julius
Borcs Of Mid Pines. NJ c., with
12 for 213 and newcomer Paul
Mcclure Of Wichita with 70-2lS.
Nelson wins Pro-Am.
Middiecoff added $1,000 to his
weeks income at Crosby's ex-
bense when he and Ed Crowley,
Los Angeles hotel executive,
marched into the second spot Of
HE pro- o-afnateur side attraction.
The team had q final 66 for 1876.
The pro-aln was won by Byron
Nelson and his amateur partner,
Ed Lowrey Of San Francisco.
Their rounds Of 64-68-63-195
Brought Lowrey q prize and
Nelson $500. which the Texan
hardly needs.
4 The pro leaders:
Evening star., 1955-01-17
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Evening star., 1955-01-17

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Evening star., 1955-01-17
Basketball Results
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LATE sATuRDAY REsuLIs.
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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-05-31

bassy we met a fine fellow
name of Leslie Brady from
Richmond, Indiana, who is an
attache of our American bunch
here. Brady knows our friend
Correll who is at the u. S.
Embassy at Madrid. Brady
knows our town, having pass
ed near or through several
times. Brady says he likes
Paris as who wouldn't since
we were served champagne at
IL o'clock in the morning.
But we must away from the
perfume of city that cares
for little else than itself a
conceited, decad ent, arty,
tuneful, sad, gay, loose, beau
tiful and charming place that
will probably live forever now
that it has found the way to
swallow conquerors whole.
Like lovin' man with a new
girl, we hate to say goodbye
but then all good things must
come to an abrupt end.
Au revoir, Paree! You're
just a crazy mixed-up bunch
of intellectuals but we love
"you-all" just the same!
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-05-31
Albert B. Graham
Will Be Honored

Albert B. Graham of Columbus,
who formerly lived near here, pio-
neer in Ohio agricultural extension
service and founder of the first f.
II Club in America, will receive an
honorary Doctor of Humanities de-
gree June 6 from Marietta College
at its 18th commencement exer-
ciSeS.
Graham organized the first Boys
and Girls Agricultural Club at
Springfield, Ohio, in 1902. The
clubs became known as All Clubs
in 1880.
He became. the first director of
agricultural extension at Ohio
State University and the first full
time director in the United States
in 1905 and developed methods of
extension teaching for the United
States Department of Agriculture
from 1915 until his retirement in
1888.
Now an active 81, Graham pursu-
es bis hobbies: sewing, photography
and free-hand drawing. He was a.
warded a scroll by the Ohio Sen
ate in 1851, honoring his All work,
and received an honorary Doctor
of Laws degree from Ohio State
University in 1853.