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JAPS' HOLD ON TULAGi REPORTED BROKEN
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Cable Workers, Voting to Continue Strike, Cry: ’Let U. S. Take Over’
Late News Bulletins
Mrs. Mann 1 Up on Mrs. Sims
CHICAGO i/Pt.—Mrs. Russell Mann. Omaha, shooting a
one-under-par 37 over Sunset Ridge's first nine holes, held a
1-up lead today at the turn in her quarter-final match with
Mrs. Harold Sims. St. Paul. Minn., in the women’s western
amateur golf tournament.
(Earlier Story on Page A-20.)
Henderson Asks Wickard About Ceilings
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard said today that he
could not say whether he would approve OPA price ceilings —
on livestock until he had been given an opportunity to study
a specific price proposal. The Secretary disclosed at a press
conference that Price Administrator Leon Henderson had
Inquired about the department’s attitude toward ceilings
on live cattle, hogs and lambs.
Hogan Lowers Record to Lead at Rochester
ROCHESTER, N. Y. —Blazing Ben Hogan today
grabbed a commanding early lead in the $5,000 Times-Union
Open by firing a tremendous 64, 6 under par and bettering
the course record by two strokes. Trailing with 69s were
Jimmy Demaret, Detroit, and Harold “Jug" McSpaden,
Worcester, Mass.
Two Cuban Merchantmen Sunk
HAVANA 045).—The Cuban Navy general staff announced
this afternoon that two small-sized Cuban merchantmen had
been torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Mexico. Several sur
vivors of both vessels have been landed at a Cuban north port
and others were reported still missing.
Mrs. Stokes Reaches Finals
In Middle Atlantic Golf
(Earlier Story on Page A-21.)
Mrs. Walter R. Stokes of the
Manor Country Club moved
nearer her third major sectional
links title today with a smashing
9-and-8 victory over Mrs. George
Owens of Petersburg, Va., in the
semifinals round of the Women's
Middle Atlantic championship at
the Congressional Country Club.
The Manor matron, already the
winner of the District and Mary
land titles this year, will clash at 10
o’clock tomorrow morning with Mrs.
Leo Walper of Indian Spring for
the championship. Mrs. Walper,
wife of a prominent golf profes
sional, won her way to the final
round with a 2 and 1 victory today
over Mrs. Lloyd G. Pray of Manor.
Mrs. Walper came from behind to
win over Mrs. Pray, turning one
down and winning the 11th, 12th
and 13th holes.
Mrs. Stokes had an easier time
over the rain-soaked course against i
Mrs. Owens, getting out in 40 to
turn 8 up and winning the match
on the 10th green.
In the second flight Mrs. F. G.
Await of Congressional defeated
Gerry Weible of Kenwood, 6 and 5,
while Mrs. F. H. Powell of Prince
Georges was defeating Mrs. Marty
Gordon of Indian Spring, 4 and 3.
in the other semifinal encounter.
If Mrs. Stokes wins tomorrow's
final match, it will mark the first
time in local links history that one
woman has won all three major
sectional titles in the same year, j
Several others have won two of the
three. Mrs. Stokes expects to leave
for New Mexico next week to join
her husband, who is an Army officer
! and former Washington physician.
Army Commissions Policy
Is Merit Only, Says Stimson
B? the Associated Press.
Secretary Stimson said today that
Army policy for commissioning of
ficers direct from civil life was
drawn carefully to grant such com
missions strictly on the basis of
merit and to prevent favoritism.
Asked at his press conference
about criticism directed at the Army
for showing lavoritism to "socialites’'
or on the basis of personal influence.
Mr. Stimson replied that he had de
voted a great deal of his time to
preventing just that.
Tor a long time, he said, all pro
posed commissions for civilians had
to be submitted for his personal ap
proval. When the size of the Army
became such that he could no longer
check them personally he dictated
a policy for the guidance of the
adjutant general and set up a five
man board headed by Gen. Malin
[ Craig, former chief of staff, to tn
| terpret the policy and its application
! to specific cases.
In general, said Mr. Stimson, only
extraordinary circumstances could
justify granting a commission
through any but the regular chan
nels, such as officer candidate
schools and the ROTC.
“I am confident,” he said, ‘‘that'1
I there has been no general or serious
lapse from that policy. Of course,
in the time I have been here, the
force of officers in the Army has
increased from less than 15.000 to
more than 240.000. and in any such
increase as that, some mistakes were
| bound to occur.
"However, my conscience is clear
that I have done all that I could do
to prevent such mistakes, and that
! the men working with me have done
! all they can do.”
Miss Betz Beats Miss Todd
In Essex Tennis Singles
(Earlier Story on Page A-20.)
I" th* A*80ci»ie<l Press.
MANCHESTER. Mass., Aug. 13 —
Pauline Betz of Los Angeles, second
in the national ranking, continued
to vindicate her No. 1 seeding
in the 18th annual Essex County
Club's invitation tennis singles title
quest by scoring a 6—4, 7—5 quarter
final-round triumph today over Mrs.
Patricia Canning Todd of Jackson
Heights, N. Y., Eastern clay court
titlist.
Miss Betz will have 17-year-old
Doris Hart of Miami. Fla . as her
aemifinal-round opponent tomorrow.
This morning's match featured an
erratic brilliance on the part of Mrs.
Todd and a determined effort, plus
a more imaginative brand of ten
nis. by the 23-year-old Rollins Col
lege student.
The best tennis of the day was
provided in the spirited quarter
final round encounter, as Miss Mar
garet Osborne of San Francisco con
tinued sccessfully in the defense of
the championship by downing Mrs.
Helen Pedersen Ribhany of Brook
line, 6—2. 7—5.
Miss Osborne now awaits the out
come of the remaining quarter-final
match between seeded No. 4 Louise
Brough of Beverly Hills and un
ranked Kay Winthrop of Hamilton,
Mass., to be played late this after
| noon.
Alexandria Woman Fined
For Blackout Violation
Miss Lois B. Bacon, 700 block
South Royal street. Alexandria. Va.,
was given a fine of $10. suspended,
plus court costs, for violating Mon
day night's unannounced blackout
test, when she pleaded guilty to
the charge in the Alexandria Civil
and Police Courts today.
Two other cases involving alleged
blackout violations were continued
until next we'ik for hearing. They
involve Irving Miller, operator of a
country market, and Mac Surgick.
colored, of 1020 Wythe street. {Judge
James R. Duncan presided.
Portuguese to Visit Reich
BERLIN (From German Broad
casts), Aug. 13 (fl*).—The first of a
group of 12 high Portuguese army
officers left Lisbon by airplane yes
terday on a invitation of the Ger
man high command to visit Ger
many.
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Major League Games
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Cleveland—
Detroit.Old 001 000— 2 6 0
Cleveland 000 000 003 - 3 5 1
Batteries—Trucks. Wilson and Parsons:
Bafby and Deaautels.
At St. Louis—
Chicago_001 —
St. Louis_ 240 —
Batteries—Dietrich and Treah: Sunrira
and Ferrell.
Boston at New York—Postponed.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Chicago—
St. Louis_001 —
Chicago_ 300 —
Batteries—Dickson and O.'Dea; Paaseau
and Hernandez.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh—Post
poned.
Boston at Brooklyn^-Postponed.
Today's Home Runs
American.
Clift. St. Louis. 6th inning.
National.
I Moore, St. Louis, 3rd inning.
New Bill Seeks
Mandatory Civil
Service Shifts
Tydings Files
Measure to Staff
War Agencies
Senator Tydings, Democrat, of
Maryland today introduced a bill
to authorize the Civil Service
Commission to transfer person
nel from peacetime to war
agencies of the Government,
“with or without the consent of
the employe.'’
The measure is an outgrowth of
the investigation by a special Sen
ate subcommittee, of which Senator
Tydings was chairman, to ascertain
to what extent such transfers could
be made to speed up war w'ork.
employe s>aicguaras.
The Maryland Senator said the
title of the bill, "To provide for
mandatory transfers of Government
employes to war agencies," was not
as ominous as it sounded, because it
carries two essential safeguards for
the employe:
1. That they shall not be trans
ferred to a lower salary grade; 2.
That they shall be returned to their
present agency when the war is over.
Transfers already are being made,
but only on a voluntary basis, the
Senator said, and without the safe
guards his bill throws around the
future status of the employe.
He said also there is a ‘‘close
question” whether the President has
sufficient authority under the War
Powers Act to order such transfers,
and he was offering the bill to re
move any doubt that may exist.
Illustrates Method.
As an illustration of how the bill
might be used. Senator Tydings
cited the Rural Electrification Ad
ministration. whose regular work has
been curtailed by the lack of copper
wire for new projects. He pointed
out the employes could be switched
to a war agency now and return to
REA when peace makes it possible
for that agency to go forward again.
rwriusai ui an employe lo comply
with a transfer order would con
stitute cause for removal from the
service under the Tydings bill.
Senator Norris, independent, of
Nebraska asked what would be the
status of employes who have already
transferred from a peace-time to a
war agency. Senator Tydings said
he would be glad to confer with
the Nebraskan about details of the
bill and pointed out the Civil Service
Committee would have an oppor
tunity to study its provisions before
it is taken up.
Bill Directs Studies.
The bill directs the Civil Service
Commission to make such studies
as are necessary of the relative
needs of bureaus, in accordance
with the priority list prepared by
the Budget Bureau last February.
The bill not only prohibits trans
fer of an employe to a lower-paid
job, but provides that, wherever
possible, the commission shall select
for transfer employes holding posi
tions classified in grades lower than,
but who possess the qualifications
for, the positions to be filled by
transfer. In such cases the transfer
would mean a promotion.
The bill also stipulates that when
the war is over the employe shall
be returned to a position in his old
agency not lower than the salary
grade he or she held at the time of
transfer. The only exception to this
safeguard would be an employe who
held a temporary position at the
time of transfer.
Celler Questions Legality
Of Murphy's 'Dual Role'
Representative Celler, Democrat,
of New York, a ranking member of
the House Judiciary Committee, in
quired today whether Supreme
Court Justice Frank Murphy could
"legally enjoy the dual role of a
judge and a commissioned officer
in the Army.”
In a letter to Chief Justice Harlan
* . wwnv auu iJCbicwuiy U1 VV HI
Henry L. Stimson, he sought, details
of Lt. Col. Murphy's status, and
declared:
“I presume that Justice Murphy
does not draw his salary as a mem
ber of the court while in the Army.
Does that make him a dollar-a-year
judge?’ and vice-versa, if he yields
his Army pay does that make him
a dollar-a-vear soldier?’ Are such
arrangements legal? Is that a dan
gerous precedent to set?'’
British Report Gott Died
In Shot Down Plane
Bi the Associated Press.
LONDON. Aug. 13.—An official
War Office announcement said to
day that Lt. Gen. W. H. E. (Strafer)
Gott, British expert on desert war
fare. had been “killed when an air
plane in which he was a passenger
was shot down by enemy aircraft,”
The death already had been re
ported in the London Press al
though the circumstances had not
been announced.
Bucharest Feels Quakes
BUCHAREST (from German
broadcasts) Aug. 13 i/Pi — Four earth
quakes were felt in Bucharest be
tween Wednesday afternoon and
Thursday noon. The last two shocks
were of considerable intensity.
Shouts Greet
Word Army May
Operate Plant
Prefer Government
Management, Aide
Of Laborers Says
i Earlier Story on Page A-l.)
B’ The Associated Press.
BAYONNE, N. ,T. Aug. 13.—
Amid shouts of "Let the Govern
ment take over,” strikers at the
General Cable Corp. voted today
to continue their three-day
strike.
Tire shouts greeted announcement
that William H. Davis, War Labor
Board chairman, had indicated in
tlfo fl-i i va rvt f bn t t v/-»/"■»nr miolnt bo
sent to the strike-closed plant,
which produces cable for the Na
tion's armed forces. The strike was
called without union authorization.
The vote was taken by asking
those in favor of ending the strike
to stand on one side of the room
and those opposed on the other.
A. Alfred Fink, counsel for the
1.000 strikers who walked out Mon
day in protest of an adverse deci
sion by the WLB on requested wage
increases, said there were 700 work
ers present and 95 per cent of them
favored continuing the strike.
“This in&icates.'’ Mr. Fink said,
“the workers prefer Government
management to company manage
ment. They have confidence in
Uncle Sam.”
The vote was taken at a meeting
called to consider proposals aimed
at getting the men and women back
to work. Mr. Fink said the pro
posals omitted the “most important
issue to the workers—negotiations
for pay increases.”
He said the proposals offered only
to negotiate several minor issues.
ine proposals were arauea oy rep
resentatives of the War Production
Board, the strikers and their union,
the AFL International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers, which has not
sanctioned the strike.
While the strikers met four or five
pickets patrolled in front of the
company gates.
Infielder Repass of Nats
Is Sold to Baltimore
Sale of Infielder Bob Repass by
the Washington ball club at an un
disclosed price to the Baltimore club
of the International League was an
nounced today by Clark Griffith,
president of the Nationals. Repass
will report to the Orioles immedi
ately.
Drafted from Columbus of the
American Association last fall, Re
pass sparkled in his play at training
camp last spring, but failed to per
form acceptably at any of the three
infield positions to which he was as
signed in the regular season.
Travis Cut by Wire Fence
WhileTrying to Nab Foul
By the Associated Press.
CAMP WHEELER. Ga.. Aug. 13 —
Pvt. Cecil Travis, the Washington
Nats’ former hitting star and tough
luck third baseman for Camp
Wheeler’s baseball spokes, was cut
badly about the face in a pre-game
batting practice at Thomaston, Ga.,
yesterday.
He collided with a barbed wire
fence while attempting to shag a
pop foul ball.
Travis was lacerated around his
right eye and under his right jaw.
The eye wound required five stitches,
the jaw six.
One month ago yesterday the
Riverdale (Ga.) doughboy suffered
a deep cut in the bridge of his
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grounder hit him.
In spite of his injuries Travis will
accompany the soldier nine to
Wichita. Kans„ for the national
semi-pro tournament. Th? team
leaves Sunday.
Stirrup Pumps
Output Halted
'Indefinitely'
B: the Associated Press.
Production of stirrup pumps for
civilian use in fighting incendiary
bombs will be "indefinitely delayed,”
Civilian Defense Director James C.
Landis reported today, because the
Army and Navy have requisitioned
the entire output of plastic hose
developed for OCD.
Mr. Landis said OCD was now ex
ploring every possible source to de
; velop another satisfactory pump
j hose to replace the polyvinl-butyral
hose for which contracts were about
to be let when the armed services
took over the entire output for use
in waterproof garments and con
tainers.
The stirrup pumps, about 2,250.000
of them, were designed for distribu
tion or sale under Government con
trol to private citizens in target
areas. Production of pump-tank
extinguishers, portable four-gallon
containers with pumps inclosed, is
not affected at the moment by
shortages. Pour of these will be
distributed to each city block in
target areas, but they will be Gov
i ernment property in the custody of
1 civilian defense workers.
/4,
MOBILE, ALA.—BIG SPLASH IN FIGHT AGAINST AXIS—Huge new Liberty ship, the Joel Chan
dler Harris, named for famed Atlanta newspaperman, who was author of Uncle Remus stories,
crashes water sidewise here yesterday at Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co. It was No. 10
launched here in Maritime Commission's building program. —A. P. Wirephoto.
Germans Report Firing
U. 5. Carrier Wasp
In Mediterranean
Six Direct Bomb Hits
Declared Scored In
Convoy Attack
BULLETINS.
ROME (From Italian Broad
casts!. Aug. 13 (A*).—A special
Italian communique tonight
declared the Italian Navy had
sunk one cruiser and three
ships and that Axis air forces
had sunk another cruiser, a
destroyer and three other
ships in a battle with an Al
lied convoy in the Mediter
ranean. It listed 32 Allied
planes destroyed and 13 Ital
ian ones missing.
ALGIERS, Algeria UP .—The
regular Marseille to Algiers
airliner arrived today riddled
with bullet holes, one pas
senger dead and seven others
seriously wounded. It had
been attacked by four fighting
planes in the vicinity of the
Western Mediterranean con
voy battle.
B? the Associated Press.
TJT?r»T TXT / T7»___T>__ J
uuivuii' 'a ivm man ui uau
casts), Aug. 13.—The German;
high command announced today j
that the United States aircraft;
carrier Wasp had been set afire |
by six direct bomb hits and now
“is trying to reach Malta,” as a
result of a running attack on a
big Allied Mediterranean convoy
by German and Italian air and
naval units.
(There Ls no confirmation of
this German claim. She deliv
ered planes to Malta in June.
'The 14.700-ton carrier, com
pleted April 25, 1940, carries a
normal complement of 72 planes,
maximum 84, and 1,800 men, in
cluding flying personnel.
(The British aircraft carrier
Eagle, 22.600 tons, which the
British have acknowledged was
sunk by submarine attack, was
the first victim of an attack on
a large convoy which the Ger
mans say has been under way
since Tuesday?)
The Germans said that in addi
tion to the destruction of the Eagle,
nine freighters totaling 90,000 tons
had been sunk thus far. Damaged
along with the Wasp, they said,
were the 22.450-ton British aircraft
carrier Furious, three cruisers and
six large freighters and tankers.
“The convoy was dispersed,” the
special high command communique
said, “the greatest part of the pro
tective forces is sailing back west
ward The remaining units are at
tempting to reach Malta. The bat
tle is still progressing. Further
great successes are to be expected.”
The announcement said the con
voy consisted of 46 ships in all.
counting an escort of three battle
ships, four aircraft carriers and nu
merous cruisers and destroyers.
Large cargo ships totaled 21, it was
Soviet Black Sea Fleet
Reported at Batum
B» the Associated Press.
ANKARA, Aug. 12 (Delayed).—
The Russian Black Sea fleet has
reached Batum, Soviet port on the
Caucasus coast, where it apparently
is preparing to base its future op
erations, It was reported here today.
■
Writer on British Carrier Saved
After Giving Up Self for Lost
Discovered After Sliding Into Water He Had
Failed to Inflate Lifebelt Sufficiently
<The following first-person account of the sinking of the
22,600-ton British aircraft carrier Eagle in the Western
Mediterranean, announced by the British Admiralty yester
day, was written for Reuters, British news agency, and the
Associated Press by a Reuters correspondent.)
By ARTHUR THORPE.
GIBRALTAR, Aug. 13.—I am a lucky man to be alive.
Clinging to a cork float with six sailors, one of whom had a
broken leg, and with waves capped by thick oily scum washing
over us, I saw the Eagle sink In the Western Mediterranean with
a thunderous rumbling noise after she was struck by four torpedoes.
T nroc in or* ont ornnm n'i t Vi -----.-.-.—__
officers soon after 1 p.m. when two
explosions shook me out of my chair.
We knew what they meant and
leaped to the door. As we opened it
two more violent explosions rocked
the aircraft carrier.
We heard steam hissing viciously
and saw clouds pouring up from
below into the broad aft deck across
which we were running. The sea.
normally 10 feet below the rails, was
surging ominously a bare two feet
below them.
We reached the quarterdeck, haul
ing ourselves up the steeply sloping
deck to the starboard side which
was highest from the water. Six
inch shells weighing 100 pounds tore
loose from their brackets and bombed
down the deck which by then titled
like a cliff. Sailors saw them com
(See EAGLE, Page~2-X.) —
Senate Fails to Vote
Earlier Payment to
Kin of Servicemen
Lack of Quorum Bars
Action on Issuing of
Checks Before Noy. 1
(Earlier Story on Page A-l.)
By J. A. O’LEARY.
Lack of a quorum prevented
final Senate action this after- j
noon on the Rankin bill to au- j
thorize payment of servicemen’s i
family allowances before No- ;
vember 1, which passed the
House at noon.
With only about a dozen Senators
present the bill first was declared
beaten by a standing vote and a
moment later was about to pass
on a recount when Majority Leader
Barkley obtained an agreement to
set aside both votes and postpone
a decision until Monday.
The bill does not compel issuance
of the checks to wives or other rela- j
tives of soldiers before November 1, '
but merely repeals the provision
forbidding payment before that date.
Points to Hardships.
Calling attention to the War De
partments statement that the
clerical work involved would make
it impossible to begin payments be
fore November 1, Senator Thomas.
uemucrat, oi uian saia repeal oi
that date would cause "reel embar
rassment to the administration.”
Senator Clark. Democrat, of Mis
souri, leading the fight for the
change, insisted some soldiers’ fam
ilies were being forced to turn to
charity and declared it will be "a
shame and disgrace" if such hard
ship cases are allowed to continue.
Chairman Reynolds of the Mili
tary Affairs Committee, and Sena
tor Johnson, Democrat, of Colorado
came to the War Department’s sup
port, arguing that if the definite
date of November 1 is removed, con
fusion will result, with thousands of
(See RANKIN BILL, Page 2-X.)"~
Nats' Game Postponed
At Philadelphia
B: the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 13—The
Nats’ game with the Athletics here
today was postponed because of
weather conditions.
*
Boeing Official Sees
His Firm Ruined by
Tax Bill Rates
Penalized for Its Work
In 'Flying Fortess'
Development, He Says
(Earlier Story on Page A-5.1
H. E. Bowman of Seattle told
the Senate Finance Committee
today in a faltering voice that
the pending revenue bill “prob
ably would end the existence” of
the Boeing Aircraft Corp., which
manufactures “Fying Fortresses”
and other military aircraft.
Asserting that the Boeing Co., of
which he is treasurer, would have
to turn over 88.75 per cent of its
net profits in taxes if the bill be
comes law, Mr. Bowman said:
“I am here to plead with you
for the life of this company because
in our opinion this tax bill, if passed
in its present form, will probabliy
end its existence. I say this with
all seriousness.”
Mr. Bowman testified he had been
urged by members of the Senate
Defense Investigating Committee to
protest against provisions of the
revenue measure. He said that be
cause Boeing had suffered heavy
(See TAXES, Page 2-X.j
Markets at a Glance
NEW YORK. Aug. 13 (£>>.—
Stocks mixed, price changes nar
row. Bonds steady, secondary
rails advance. Cotton quiet;
trade and mill buying, hedging.
CHICAGO: Wheat about
steady; small mill buying. Corn
lower; hedging; diminished cat
tle feeding. Hogs—Light weights
10-15 higher; heavies strong to
to 10 up; top. Cattle—Steers,
yearlings 10-15 higher; strong de
mand all sources.
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WPB Halts Work
On All Electric
Power Projects
REA Is Hardest Hit,
With 15 Incomplete
Farm Jobs Affected
E>> tt*i Associated Press
The War Production Board
announced this afternoon it had
halted all construction of elec
tric power and light projects, in
cluding 15 partly completed farm
projects of the Rural Electrifica
tion Administration, because of
the need of the armed services
for copper and steel.
Since new ^projects of private
utilities already were near a stand
still because of earlier restrictions,
virtually the en\ire impact of the
action was felt by the REA.
In anticipation of the long-pend
ing move, it was stated. REA Ad
ministrator Harry Slattery issued in
structions July 20 to REA borrowers
to halt construction on uncompleted
projects.
The Army, which instigated
WPB's move, reportedly wished to
take over an estimated 400 tons of
copper held by REA, but officials
of the electrification agency said it
would be sold to any purchaser,
whether Army, Navy or other holder
of a high priority, which might be
designated by WPB.
\..-■ ■■ ■"
permanent More Patrol
Is Urged for Norfolk
B? the Associated Press.
Establishment of a permanent
shore patrol in Norfolk. Va., for
maintenance of law and order among
visiting military and naval person
nel was-flroposed today to Navy and
Army authorities.
The suggestion was advanced by
Norfolk City Manager Charles B.
Borland and Representative Harris,
Democrat, of Virginia at conferences
i with Undersecretary of War Patter
son and Secretary Knox.
Col. Borland said such a plan
! would be greatly preferable to the
present system of assigning men to
that duty for short periods and
switching men before they had op
portunity to learn the city well.
With the civilian population of
Norfolk increased over 100.000 since
the 1940 census, and visiting soldiers
and sailors numbering between
30.000 and 60,000, Cok Borland said
even if the civilian police force could
handle the problem, military morale
would be better served by a perma
nent military organization.
Local authorities. Representative
Harris said, heartily indorsed the
idea.
Col Borland said he was informed
the permanent patrol system had
been adopted and found desirable
in some other port cities, including
Charleston. S. C.
Late Races
Earlier Results and Entries lot
Tomorrow on Page 2-X.
Camden
FOURTH RACE—Purse. Si.000: claim
ing. 3-year-olds and upward 6 furlongs.
Nick (Howell) 21.70 7.00 3.SO
Shortstop (Gillespie) 3 50 2 70
My Lawyer (Sistoi 3 20
Time. l:10‘s
Also ran—Una H, Dorothy Pomp,
Briansan.
FIFTH RACE—Purse SI,500; allow
ances: 3-year-olds: 5 furlongs
Visiting Nurse (Clingman) 3.20 2.4* out
aHubbub (Wagner > 3 40 out
aSense (Howell) out
Time. 1:13 4-5
Also ran—Bostee and Lit Up.
a D. Giulino entry.
Saratoga
. FOURTH RACE—Purse. $1,200: claim
ing; 4-year-olds and upward 6 furlongs.
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Centuple iBiermani 4.70 3.20
Castigada (Skilly) 3.ii0
Time. 1:28 3-6.
Also ran—That's Me Conquer Boat a
Crew. Bright Camp. Miquelon, Port Alibi.
FIFTH RACE—Purse. 41500; allow
ances. 3-year-olds and upward. Wilson
Mile.
Sundodger tYoung' 19.00 7 10 4.30
Chaldon Heath (Gorman) 9 10 6 80
Obash (Walli 5 00
Time. 1 38.
Also ran—Rodney, Fair Call. Haltal.
Bold Irishman.
Narragansett Park
FOURTH RACE—Purse. SI.200; claim
ing; 3-year-olds and upward 8 furlongs.
Red Meadow iBrunellei 23.40 9 20 5 80
Smart Crack (Zufelt) 4.HO 3.80
Talico (Dattilo' 17.80
Time. 113 4-5
Also ran—Canterup Paddy Compton.
Olenace Bright and Early, Marjorie 8..
Flying Bonny.
FIFTH RACE—Puise. S 1.300: claiming;
3-year-olds. 8 furlongs.
Shrlmpie (Turnbulli 3.80 2 So 2 40
Landslide (Atkinson) 8 40 4 20
Baruna (De Lara) 4.20
Time. 1:12V
Also ran—Freeland's Lad, Cherry Cob
bler, One Link and Arthur Murray.
Washington Pcirk
THIRD RACE—Purse. SI.200; claim
ing: 3-year-olds: 7 furlongs
Ariel Bird (Brooks) 3.80 3 00 2.80
Lookout Rascal iJemas! 7.20 5 00
Country Miss (James! 6 40
Time. 1:25V
Also ran—Auld Lang Syne. Hooks.
Wawfleld Gray Mystery. Suprlne. String
Band. Captain Fury. Chance Lark. War
Renown.
Cumberland
SECOND RACE—Purse. 4800; claiming;
3-year-olds and upward; 8tj furlongs.
Fair Flame (Root) 3.50 3.50 2 50
Sue Gale (Acosta) 12.70 8.10
Fair Haired (Anderson! 4.10
Time. 1:28 V
Also ran—Vera M. Lore Affair, India
Fata, Aster Lady and Stonehaeen
(Daily Double paid $40.20.)