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Agriculture Problem
In Reich Complicated
By Lack of Fertilizer
(Paul Bellamy, editor of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer and a
past president of the American
Society of Newspaper Editors, has
just returned from a trip to Ger
many, Austria, Italy and England
as one of a party of American
newspapermen. This is another
of a series of articles on his ob
servations.)
By Paul Bellamy
North American Newspaper Alliance
CLEVELAND. May 20.—The Ger
man agricultural problem is compli
cated by the lack of fertilizer
During the war years all the
chemical plants in operation were
making munitions of war and no
fertilizers were manufactured.
When you remember that most of
the fields in our zone in Germany
have been tilled for 2,000 years and
nearly all of them for 1,000 and that
the soil is thin at best, it becomes
evident that no crop yield worthy
of the name will be enjoyed unless
there is ample use of fertilizer.
Every scrap of manure is used,
but this has had to be supplemented
for many years by the generous use
of artificial fertilizer. Nitrates can
be manufactured in Germany and
were before the war in a large
amount. But phosphate had to be
imported.
r rench Control Phosphates
It has been impossible to import
phosphates, which come to Ger
many mostly from North Africa.
There is no money to pay for them
in the first place and the French,
who control most of them, are not
inclined to be very generous when
it comes to nourishing German
fields.
Agriculture in Germany is primi
tive compared to our standards.
In many miles of automobile travel
past the smiling Bavarian, Wurtem
berg, Baden and Hesse landscapes
one fails to see a single tractor.
The work is done mostly by oxen
or an occasional bony horse. Time
seems to be what the German
peasant has the most of and the
oxen are fast enough for him.
In the breakup of Germany into
four parts the bread basket of
Germany went to Russia and it is
believed that the Russians have
more food for their German wards
than do the other three powers.
The ration in Britain’s part of
Germany is very low. The French
ration is probably worse.
Americans Do Best Job.
The Americans, who not only have
food but have kind hearts, are
doing the best by their German
population of any of the four oc
cupying powers, unless it be Russia,
concerning which, as I have said,
nobody knows. But the Russians,
although having food, are not in
clined to be over generous with
their beaten enemies. So I think it
is safe to say that the Americans
have done the best job on food,
but it is none too good.
At one of the many American
headquarters we visited in Germany
we were served for lunch a German
ration for one entire day. It was
pretty terrible—soybeans, black
bread, a smattering of some kind of
fat which looked like dirty lard and
some ersatz coffee or tea. This was,
mind you, for a whole day, 1,255
calories. - It is about as much as
the average American eats for lunch,
only far less palatable.
It must be remembered that the
German farmer does better for him
self than the German city dweller
because he is able to mooch some
occasional green stuff and occa
sionally other food, despite the
stringent regulations which control
the amount of food he may keep
back for iffmself and his family, and
the amount he must sell to the state
at a price set by the authorities.
A Talk With Hoover.
Whil^in Berlin it was our good
fortune to run into former President
Hoover, who was then engaged on
his food 1 investigation tour. We
spent two nours talking the situation
over with him, and agreed that
whether we loved the Germans or
not—and most said they did not—
we had to feed them at least sub
sistence rations, or run the chance
of a tremendous upgrowth in Com
munism. In other words, it was not
because we loved them but for our
own good and the peace of the
wrorld that we should have to do it.
We all agreed with Mr. Hoover's |
diagnosis of the situation, made
public in his speech from Cairo.
A discussion of the German food
question w'ould not be complete
without mentioning beer, which has
been a staple food as well as a stim
ulant for the Germans during the
centuries. Now there is no beer for
the German civil population, except
a bootleg brand they make them
selves. The grains going into beer
can be better used directly as food.
This lack has made a tremendous
difference in the German’s ease in
life and belief in the future, be
cause Germany's social life, her song
and her bon camaderie was all built
around the institution of beer. In
Munich the world-renowned Lowen
brau breweries are in ruins.
In Nuernberg the famous Tucher
brau was manufactured, but, ac
cording to my information, its entire
product was taken by the Americans
for the use of American soldiers and
officers. I had some of it and it was
not up to the old prewar Nuernberg
Tucher by any means.
y^ t
FIGHT FAMINE—Send check
and cash donations to Wash
ington Food Conservation
Committee, Room 507, District
Building, Washington, D. C.
Crowd at Army Show
Marvels as Jet Planes
Roar By at 500 M.P.H,
Tlie Army Air Forces showed off
its jet-propelled planes at National
Airport yesterday and thrilled more
jthan 100,000 persons with the speed
land maneuverability of the craft.
Cries and gasps of astonishment
'from young and old greeted the
three P-80s—the Minimum Goose,
piloted by Col. Bruce K. Holloway,
commanding officer of the 412
Fighter Group: Scout 10, piloted by
Maj, Robin Olds, and Rousin’ Rebel,
piloted by 1st Lt. Lacey Newman—
as they passed a little more than
100 feet above the reviewing stand.
Even greater shouts of amazement
were heard later in the show when
the planes, shooting at more than
500 miles an hour almost vertically
into the sky, left a trail of black
spiraling smoke in the sound track
that invariably followed the path
of the machines.
The awareness of sound coming
after the plane W’as perhaps the most
astonishing effect to a crowd accus
tomed to the reverse order of things.
Spectators Arrive Early.
The festive crowd began arriving
at 10:30 a.m., cars quickly filling
available spaces at the airport and
spilling over into places not usually
set aside for autos. It was a family
as well as a sweetheart and sight
seeing throng, with every one out
for a good time on a perfect spring
day.
Camera enthusiasts were con
spicuous as they dodged here and
there and ran from vantage point
to vantage point to take shots of
the planes and crowds. But the
jet-propelled planes in motion had
them stumped. "They’re gone be
fore you have time to snap the
shutter.” was a common oomplaint.
The crowd was also thrilled by
the antics of a Fairchild C82, "The
Flying Boxcar” as it is affectionately
known to the men who fly them.
These machines, having a cruising
speed of about 200 miles per hour,
provide maintenance for the spec
tacular P-80s. They carry 19,000
pounds of equipment, including en
gines.
Highly Maneuverable Ships.
The "Flying Boxcar" that went
into the air yesterday demonstrated
how it can maneuver with the
engine "feathered,” a difficult feat
for a craft of its size. Though
the plane appeared to be moving
in slow motion fashion after the
startling speed of the P-80s, it
thrilled the crowd with twists and
sudden turns almost unbelievable
in a machine that seemed to be
made of a shining truck with wings
and propeller.
Another feature of the show was
the rapid changing of the motor in
one of the P-80s. The crew took
out one motor and installed another
in less than a half-hour.
Following the show, the crowd
was allowed to swarm over the field,
within proper limits, and inspect
the 29 P-80s and the six C-82s.
At the opening of the show, Maj.
Gen. Elwood R. Quesada, command
ing general of the Tactical Air Com
mand, welcomed the throng and ex
plained some of the qualities of the
P-80s. He said the machines now
approach the speed of sound in
their flight and can go up to 40,000
to 50,000 feet. “No one knows how
fast the planes can go as they have
not been let out to their maximum
speed,” the general said.
Gen. Quesada said he came up from
Nashville, Tenn., yesterday morning
in one hour and 10 minutse, an
average speed of 550 miles an hour.
The other P-80s made the trip in
approximately the same time. The
"Flying Boxcars” left before the
lighter planes and arrived at the
field in time to service their faster
charges.
Spaatz and Eaker Attend.
The show dramatized postwar ad
vances in military aviation for Gen. j
Carl Spaatz, AAF chief, and Lt.
Gen. Ira C. Eaker, deputy comman
der, both of whom welcomed the
flyers shortly after their arrival, j
The group started Wednesday from
March Field, Calif., on a flight
whose official purpose was testing
the mobility of such a group and
working out long range mainte
nance and supply problems. The
group is scheduled to leave May 23
for Chanute Field, 111., the first leg
of the return flight.
The Army's newest fighter, the
P-80 set a transcontinental record
in January with a 2,470-mile flight
in 4 hours and 12 minutes. Capt.
John S. Babel, who was on a sim
ilar flight that bridged the two
coasts in 4 hours and 23 minutes,
said the trip seemed like ‘‘a short
day.”
"I got up at 5:30 a.m., and
took off from Long Beach, Calif., at
10 am.,” he explained. "After 4
hours and 23 minutes I arrived at
La Guardia Field in the dark.”
Col. Holloway, leader of the group,
told Gen. &paatz and other AAF
officials the jet plane is "twice as'
good” as the conventional-powered
fighter he piloted in shooting down
13 Japanese planes.
Rifes for Charles Gardner
Arranged for Tomorrow
Funeral services for Charles
i Buck * Gardner, 62, longtime em
ploye of the Potomac Electric Power
Co., who died Saturday at his home,
4821 Iowa avenue N.W., will be held
at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Hines
funeral home. 2901 Fourteenth
street N.W. Burial will be in Glen
wood Cemetery.
Mr. Gardner had been employed
by Pepco since he was 13 years old.
when he was a water boy for main
tenance crews. He worked continu
ously for the company and for the
last, several years had been an as
sistant superintendent, first in
charge of underground maintenance
and later in charge of distribution.
He was a member of Washington
Lodge. No. 15, of the Elks and St.
John’s Masonic Lodge.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. El
len Harrison Gardner: a son, Travis
William Gardner of Washington: a
daughter, Mrs. Spencer Berry of
Fredericksburg, Va.. and two sisters,
Mrs. Catherine Travis of Washing
ton and Mrs. L. E. Grenfell of Falls
Church. Va.
Krug Returns From Trip
To Hastie Inauguration
By th« Associated Press
Secretary of Interior Krug re
turned last night by plane from the
Virgin Islands, where he attended
the inauguration of William H.
Hastie, first Negro governor of the
j islands.
Gov. Hastie accompanied Mr. Krug
back to Washington to appear before
| congressional committees in behalf
j of appropriations for the Virgin Is
: lands.
INTO THE WILD BLUE YONDER—Three P-80s, jet propelled. other "Shooting Star" waits on the ground with its pilot in the l
speed across the sky above National Airport yesterday as an- fuselage and three airmen standing on one of its wings.
Spectators at the AAF air show reacted in various ways as to keep out the noise. A sailor seemed to have forgotten his
the three P-80s passed the watching crowd at more than 500 camera. Exclamations of surprise were heard generally as
miles an hour. The little girl at the left clapped hands to ears eager eyes followed the planes. —Star Staff Photos.
Havre de Grace Entries
FOR TUESDAY.
Weather Clear, Track Good.
First Post. 3:15' P.M., EDT.
FIRST RACE—Purse. ?2,500: maidens:
special weights: 3-year-olds; 0 furlongs,
a Meet Me Now 118 Fanturbie 118
xManor Miss 113 O. K. Ruby 118
xHoliday Girl 113 xa Quick Ann. 113
Acondale 118 Twenty Knots. 118
Im O'Sullivan. 1 1 s xSissie We?_ 313
Ceramic . 118 xMischievous __ 113
Bradley’s Gift 118 xFasrace _ 113
xWater Clock 113 The Congo 118
a Allnutt and Merson entry.
SECOND RACE—Purse. S*i.5o0: claim
ing: 4-year-olds end upward: 0 furlongs.
Erato 117 xFrosty River. 105
xWise Don _ 110 Easy Chair . 115
Quiet Shot 110 xb Sunnytown 105
a Headoverheels 110 xWise Step _ 10G
Westler _ mo xTops- Sue 105
Appeal Agent 110 Say Miss 100
a Victory Maid . 113 b War Wine i 15
Sea Pilot 111 Tap Lightly IT!
a Phillips and Camac entry,
b Ballou and Drees entry.
THIRD RACE—Purse. $2,500: claiming.
4-year-olds and upward. H furlongs.
a Stewart and McGehee entry.
Epison _ .111 Lord Loudoun _ 111
xGood Queen .110 xBaby Kiddle 101*
a H'rts Entwine 110 Veteran ... Ill
Third Trial _ 115 Junior Four 115
xValue Mark 112 xThe Demander 108
x a Hail Vic _ 1 no Pentagon 111
xNedlon _ 105 Grey Prince 115 j
Mightiest 115 Sun Fog JO0
a Stewart and McGehee entry.
FOUR rH RACE—Purse. $3,500: claim
ing; 4-year-olds and upward: 0 furlongs. ;
xChicago Dr— 1 Hi My Angela 114
Blue Pom _J 24 xForever Mine. 112!
Art Brown_11? Miss Lavender 114!
xHigh Boss 1 Hi xNeat and Tidy 107 j
xHadawin _112 xBlue C^oss 114
Cyclorama_124 xSea Letter . 1 Hi
Pelops _. 110
RIFTH RACE—furse, *4,000; allow
antes; Class D. 4-year-olds and upward:
1 ‘a miles.
xTedious Miss.. 100 xOne Only_ 11H
Bright Argosy _ 1 I 8 Grey Hood 1 12 j
Sarawak _112 Friend or Foe 112!
Dark Lad_112
SIXTH RACE—Purse, $3,000: claiming;
3-year-olds: 1 :'s miles.
Outsider _112 Prancing Ted._ 117
xCrlsis .._ 107 Star Time _ 110
Grian _112 Inez M. _10?
a xChalupa_107 xGauntlet 107
xDarten _117 a xC’konian Lad 107
Gimpy C<rl. . 117
a Gross and Meyers entry.
SEVENTH RACE—Purse. $2,500; claim
ing; 4-vear-olds and up: 1 miles.
xJab Me_ 111 xMango _ 114
Tiresome Ill Royal Favor 111
xFlint Maid_JOl Time Book . I 10
xDon’t Delay_101 Second Attempt 1 Hi
Infinite Girl_ 100 Rare Flares 114
Time Play_ 110 xChance Fair ill
xTie Me - 100 xAndrcw Palmer ill
Bcauzar_ 110
EIGHTH RACE—Purse. $2,500; claim
in?: 4-year-oids and upward: It’, miles.
Vie* Bar J14 Woodbuck Ilf*
Good Gravy _ 117 Saxonian_ 122
Lucky Change . 116 Don Orlan .116
Chillie Tans 110 V-Day . 100
xChalpre _ 117 Bellclapper_ 110
xStrolling Lee 111 a Gay Peggy .. Ill
x a Tacaro Id'ty 100 xPendragon ._ . 100
Pari Dominate 100
a Wein and Allnutt entry,
x 5 pounds apprentice allowance claimed.
Listed in order of post positions.
Narragansett Entries
FOR TUESDAY.
Weather Clear. Track Fast.
First Post. 2:15 P.M.. EDT.
FIRST RACE—Purse. $2,500; allow
ances; 4-year-olds and upward: d furlongs.
Selcap _ 112 Sumpin 112
Mighty Tough- 110 xRonald M_ 105
Last Frontier.. 112 Maeline . 112
History . 117 Brown Flower 11)7
Flaming High . J17 xPilatcs Dream 107
Ccuntess Play. 112 Night Editor.. 112
xBright Arc . 112 xSurf ... 102
Flying Hero 115 Looks Easy_110
SECOND RACE—Purse. $2,500: allow
ances; 4-year-olds and upward; d lurlongs.
Scarlet Pansy. 3 05 Glorius Sec 107
Linwood Ghost 112 Bellezza 105
Pretty Tiger 1J0 xDark Morning 100
xM'me Memie. 102 Scotch Grass . 112
Andisical . 120 Macks Miss... 115
Rustical J10 Head Sea_ ... 100
xGeneral Planet 112 War Spy _ 114
xWoof Woof . 107 xBad Cold ... 107
THIRD RACE—Purse. $2,500: maidens;
special weights; 2-year-olds; 5 furlongs.
Mill Dam 117 Here's Me . 117
xTIger Mae _. 112 Enventia _117
Contradictory . 117 Battlet _117
Brown Clipper 117 Coddle __ 117
Red Raker ... 117 Little Spooky... 117
Jo Cole _117 Fond Wish ... 117
FOURTH RACE—Purse. $2,500; allow
ances; .'’.-year-olds; U furlongs.
xMy Shirley . 104 Kidnapped _ 112
1 Did . 110 Menace _110
Block Tempest 114 Windhover _117
Llnwood Blue 114 xPrognosis_100
Sis Rosie 100 Port Said_114
xShips Captain 107 xEverin W_102
xLeather Bound loo Watchword 114
Prince Favor 114 xCarollna King 100
FIFTH RACE—Purse, $2,500: maidens;
4-year-olds and upward; li1. miles.
Flussy __ 113 Down Stage_118
xCurley Ace . 108 Nedwin __ 120
xSaiatoga Polly. 110 New Dealer ._ 120
Time Stitch .118 Highland Miss.. 115
Phantom Peggy. 115 Aunt Patsy_113
Wherrie _113 Sircala _120
Duskily _US Jean Play Ilk
Ann San-115 xTurkey F'thers 113
SIXTH RACE—Purse, $3,000; claiming:
4-year-olds and upward: 0 furlongs.
Quillon -110 Blenweed _116
Onecbill ..111 Mintlock _111
xHenry Payne_106 xYavapai _108
Respire _115 Sickle Sun.I_108
Dispose _117
SEVENTH RACE—Purse, $2,500: claim
ing: 4-year-olds and upward: 1V» miles.
Valdivia -110 Aircraft _118
xfius V. Z_105 Airy Goer_ 112
Cavaluke _110 County Cork .110
xCamera Man. 105
EIGHTH RACE—Purse. $2,500: claim
ing: 4-year-olds and upward: 1'/« miles.
Smoke Ball_110 Barnacle 115
Hero Mine_ 105 xMarco B. Good 105
Her Reply ... 113 Tohada _10*
xGray Syngo _ 113 White Hope . 110
x3 pounds apprentice allowance claimed.
Russia Seeks to Rule
World, Franco Says
• y tht Associated Press
OVIEDA, Spain, May 19—Gen
eralissimo Francisco Franco told a
cheering crowd in this former leftist
stronghold yesterday that Russia,
after shutting down her churches,
was now reopening them "in an im
perialist attempt to dominate the
world."
Amid shouts of "Spain yes, Com
munism no," Franco spoke for 40
minutes in the central square of
this mining capital in a Northern
Spain area, where Socialist and
Communist elements once predomi
nated.
"I should like your cry ‘Spain
yes, Communism no' to reach every
corner of the world, so it may
know the feeling of all Spain,"
Franco said.
“It will." voices in the crowd
replied.
Franco asserted that the Soviet
Union had engaged in a mockery
of destroying private property,
religion and the army, and then
restoring them. The Russians, he
said, after abolishing military deco
rations, now authorized them to be
worn on the sleeve, because there
was no room left on the chest.
The generalissimo declared that
when the French were driven from
Spain in the last century, they left
behind a heritage of decadence,
masonry and political parties.
Spanish Republicans who took
refuge in France after the civil
war, he said, "were sent to con
centration camps and installed
there like cattle.” after which they
were taken "to work like animals
on farms.”
Miss Speers to Graduate
Miss Constance Hyde Speers,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. Carter
Speers, of 4600 Thirtieth road south,
Arlington, will graduate from St.
Luke's Hospital School of Nursing.
New York, Thursday afternoon.
Belmont Park Entries
Weather clear, track fast; first post
1:30 p.m. (EDI).
FIRST RACE—Purse. $3,500: claiming
maiden colts end geldings; 2-year-olds: 5
iurlonas. Widener course.
Oxford Don 112 b Skeleton _ ll->
xxxCharies City 11 i Fairanflt 115
Count J. L._ 112 b Portal Z 112
a Tom Ferris— 11 s Golden Arrow. 118
Irenic.. — 118 Kaytees Boy_ 115
Uncle Cecil ... 112 Lennie Boy _ 118
b Shavey Uee _. 115 a Medalist . 118
Valley K .... 118 Browntint.. ll"
Dlvino _ 118 Hcrbo_ _ 112
Gallant GI 112 Bari _ 113
a Havahome Stable entry,
b Mrs. F P. Magann-Mrs. M.'C. Breen
Mrs. J. R. McLean entry.
SECOND RACE—Purse, $3,500: maiden'
•1-year-olds: 1,'« miles.
Canteen Lad ... 120 Cold Ray. 115
Sea Wolf _ 120 Kapytto 108
xxFerry Comm'd 115 xxxHi Jo-Ann‘ ~ 105
Croesus 120 Stage Star 113
Dlablaza - 108 Briggsy_ 113
RACE—The Hibler: purse. $.*!.
JOO: Claiming: hurdles: 3-year-olds and
up; about 1 Vi miles.
zZadoc 1 .'12 Black Ned 14S
ZKjeorst Corn . 130 Binder 15.3
if^Art School.. 133 Hada Bar'.ZZ 130
Ohlala - 140* Fair Crystal_143
Frothy 130
z Five pounds, zzz lo pounds allowance
claimed for rider.
FOURTH RACE—Purse. $4,000: the
Housemaid; fillies; 3-year-olds; allow
ance; b furlongs, main course.
Orange Blossom 113 Darby Duma 113
xxxMilkhouse. 101 Beedee 108
Crow Fhght ... 113 Jittery Jane __ 113
L»st Tower _ _ 113
RACE—-'Hie Housemaid: purse.
$4,110(1; (second division); flllics, 3-year
olds. allowance: o furlongs, main course.
xxxLetty — 100 Linda 113
Forgetmenow __ 113 Sewed Up ‘ 113
New Idea- 113 Wa^marl; _ 113
Run Lady. 113 Jackawake 113
SIXTH RACE—The Coaching Club
American Oaks: purse. *20.000 added
miles: 3-year-olds: 13/1* miles.
Rytlna -121 a Hypnotic 121
a Foxglove ... 121 a Bonnie Beryl 121
Red Shoes 121
a Brlair Stud entry.
SEVENTH RACE—Purse. $3,500: claim
ing: 4-year-olds and up: 6 furlongs: main
course.
Freezout -110 Thirteen 124
Gumdron -100 a Countess Wise 111
Hard Blast ... 120 Ayahs Boy 120
Tropea -116 xxOur C'ndidate 100
xxFlaught _127 xxxBoy Angler. 110
a Big Sun-114 Valdlna Clown 132
First Gun 111 xxxFlyng Tartar 100
a M. B. Mllberg entry.
EIGHTH RACE—The Lazzarone: purse,
$4,500: allowance; class D; 4-year-olds
and up; 1V« miles.
Crack Time 113 Danada Flash. 113
Yankee Raider i1 xxAdonis 116
Flying Fort... 113 Cross Bayou __ 10*
Black Swan lit Anticlimax_ 114
Bee Twentynlne 113 Weyanoke .. 114
xxFive pounds, xxxsevon pounds appren
tice allowanec claimed.
Listed in order of post positions.
Havre de Grace Results
FIRST RACE—Purse. $2,500; claiming;
4-year-olds and upward, H furlongs
'chute)
Barbara s Girl (Padgett) 7 00 4 30 3.00
Equipped (Clark) 14 70 7.00
Gallant Witch (Crowther) 3 60
Time. 1:13.
Also ran—James Acre. Sir Echo. Sun
Galomar. Tittle Knight. Bill K . Merry
Elgin. Night Duty, Kanmec. Bosley
Belmont Park Results
Weather Cloudy Track Fast.
FIRST RACE—Purse. $3,500: claiming
2-year-olds: 5 furlongs: Widener course.
Suribachi 'Arcaro) 7 70 3 90 2 30
Tabouret (Miller) 3.90 2.4o
Lady Dell (Adams) 2.30
Time. 0:58*3.
Also ran—Pal Cross. Fames Bid. Proud
Miss.
SECOND RACE—Purse S4,ooo maidens; i
special weights. 3-year-olds 0 furlongs.
Bohol (Miller) ", .60 4.40 3.30
Fighting Lady (Longden* 3.Ho 2.80
Thcrobelle (Atkinson* .'».!»o
Time, 1.13*5.
Also ran—Dustabou! Prep Girl. Jet
Plane, Nsyada. Lilly. Sunny Ella Burgoo.
Miss Viking. Darby Dover. : Right Ofl,
i Jingle Bells, f Field.
THIRD RACE—Purse. *3.50o. claiming.
. teenlechase. 4-year-olds and upward,
about 2 miles.
9trolline On (Field) 10 30 3.To 2.90
Frederic II 'Jennings) 2 9o 2.6u
Brtdlespur (McDonald* 3 5o
Time. 3:58.
Also ran—Mamie's Lad. Sir Bluesteel
FOURTH RACE—Purse. S3.500 claim
ing: -4-year-olds and upward: 1 miles
f Colleen Pat (W’rzyn) 160.MO 50.00 19.Ho
Dina Flae tJessoo) 11.50 7.ho
Anunow < Hettinger) 4.80
Time, 1:40V
Also ran—Baby Edith. Dauber's Girl,
Assailant. Rare Mate. J Lee Greenock,
f Beau Quest. Blenco Lady Apple. Oak
ford. Jacian.
f Field.
Narragansett Results
FIRST RACE—Purse. $2.5o»i: claiming.
•4-year-olds and upward: 6 furlongs
Markobob tPollard) 18.20 9.80 7.80
Ambranded < Keene) 33.40 17.20
Hiccup (Sisto> 0 80
Time. 1:14 V
Also ran—Sky sentry. White Time. Ra
saw. Sleepytimc Gal. Cver the D?m. Don's
Count, Roadmaker, Freeboy, Out Front.
SECOND RACE—Purse. *2.500: maid
ens; special weights; 3-year-olas: ti fur
longs (chute).
a Rolls High <Beasy> 36.80 16.20 8 4o
Betty Queen (Rogersi 9.80 0 00
Sure Sleepy <Keene) 4.00
Time. 1:14 V
Also ran—Colawyer. Little Noble. Tiger
Tess, Kate's Boy. Babomac. Sister G..
a Cabbie Boy, Linwood Tubby. Brown Ap
pell.
THIRD RACE—Purse. $2,500: maidens,
special weights, 2-year-olds: 5 furlongs.
Belrate <Ricks> 35.60 13.no J0.00
Atomic Wave <Sisto) 5.40 4.4o
Sea Trail (Zehr) 13.60
Time. l:01V
Also ran—Eternal Gold, c Good Sweep.
Fighting Flag. Halomer. Borzoi. Minor
Prophet. Rum Runner, c Happy Smiles.
Teddv Tarn.
c M Wexler and Good News Stable entry.
Dr. Burrill Heads PTA
Dr. Meredith F. Burrill has been
named president of the Leland
Junior High School Parent-Teacher
Association. Other new officers in
clude John M. Howard, vice pres
ident; August L. Lahr, treasurer,
and Mrs. Wesley I. Sauter, secretary.
Emergency Measures
Demanded by Legion
To House Veterans
Immediate relief for homeless
veterans was the goal announced
today by the American Legion’s
Department Housing Committee
with the backing of 60 Legion posts.
On the theory it wall be at least
a year before the national housing
program bears fruit and several
months before 660 temporary hous
ing units can oe erected in the Dis
trict, the committee demanded that:
1. Federal Government and semi
official agencies move out of apart
ment buildings being used for offices.
2. Legislation be enacted, if nec
essary. to . prohibit landlords from
discriminating against veterans be
cause of religious beliefs or becaus
they have children.
3. Reasonable controls be set u
preventing owners of residentia
property from circumventing the
District Rent Control Act by leasini
such property for use as offices.
A Discontinuance of the practice
of razing residential property for
commercial buildings and parking
lots.
Under the direction of A. E. Cas
grain and in co-operation with
other groups, the committee is
surveying housing needs. The Le
gion is urging every member to
make spare rooms available to
veterans.
The housing committee of Coole;
McCullough Legion Post, pointing
out that several thousand veteran,
are living in the city with unem
ployment checks the only apparen'
means of support, has urged the
Veterans Placement Service of the
United States Employment Service
to devise an educational program for
the relocation of these men. Many
are farmers, unskilled laborers and
tradesmen for whom the District
has no employment, it was said.
The legion housing committee will
meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday. May 28.
at the legion club house for further
discussion of problems.
W. & M. Alumni to Dine
The Washington Chapter of the!
Society cf the Alumni of the Col- i
lege of William and Mary will hold
its annual banquet at 7 p.m. tomor
row at the Hotel Statler.
White buck
irlmmed with
real calf. /
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1107 F STREET N.W.
Mrs. Albert N. Baggs,;
Leader of Gray Ladies,
Dies of Long Illness
Mrs. Albert N. Baggs, 72, 2324 Ash
mead place N.W., died at her home
last night after a long illness. She1
was active in building up the Gray1
Ladies Corps in the District of Co-j
lumbia Chapter of the American i
Red Cross, aided materially in
raising money to build the Walter
Reed Hospital chapel and took an
important part in various phases of
Red Cross work.
She is survived by her husband,
Dr. Baggs, who is medical con
sultant of the American Legion:
two sons, Comdr. Henry McKean
Baggs, U. S. N. R„ who is now back
in civilian life and living near
Philadelphia, and Edward Baggs of
Washington, and an aunt. Miss
Anne Robinson of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at 2
p.m. Wednesday at the Walter Reed
chapel, with burial in Arlington
National Cemetery.
Mrs. Baggs made the request that
she be buried in the Gray Lady uni
form and veil, so that she might be,
in death as in life, a "Gray Lady.”
The American Red Cross awarded
her a bar for 20 years of continuous
service and she later was given
special permission to wear her
Gray Lady uniform at any time—j
on or off duty. She became a Grayi
Lady in 1931.
Native of Philadelphia.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John L. Meacham of Philadelphia,
Mrs. Baggs was active in amateur!
theatricals there, having been a
member of the Board of Governors
of the Play and Players’ Club. She
was formerly Miss Ida Blythe
Meacham and was a native of
Philadelphia.
A direct descendant of Gov. Wil
liam Bradford, Mrs. Baggs was a
member of the Mayflower Society,
the Colonial Dames of America,
Pennsylvania Chapter; Daughters
of Founders and Patriots of Amer
; ica, Daughters of the American
Revolution, Maj. L'Enfant Chapter,
and of the Society of Colonial Gov
ernors.
During the World War her hus
band was regimental surgeon in the
80th Division, training at Camp
Lee, Va., and Mrs. Baggs joined him
in nearby Petersburg with their two
children. She was then instrumen
tal in obtaining much-nedded sup
plies for the base hospital patients,
! the camp's recreation halls and for
special Red Cross work.
Praised for Services.
Later Dr. Baggs was stationed at
Walter Reed Hospital, and Mrs.
Baggs took an active part in civic
welfare and Red Cross work here.
She originated the famous "birthday
i parties” which were held annually
to raise money for the Walter Reed
Chapel.
I he late Miss Mabel Boardman,
Red Cross executive, who was Dis
trict chairman of volunteer special
services, said Mrs. Baggs had done
"remarkable service” in building up
the Gray Lady Corps, with hundreds
of members working in the hospi
tals, institutions and recreation
rooms here.
"Her enthusiasm and devotion
have never failed and she has al
ways responded to any request of
the Red Cross,” said Miss Board
man.
Soon after becoming a Gray Lady,
Mrs. Baggs became first chairman
of the newly-established Hospital
and Recreation Corps, the official
name of the Gray Ladies. Only in
three hospitals—Walter Reed. Naval
and Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat—
was the service then established.
But under her direction it expanded
tremendously.
Despite ill health, she took charge
MRS. ALBEftT N. BAGGS.
—Hessler Photo.
in 1940 of ail booths established for
the Bed Cross War Fund drive and
attained the goal. She increased
the number of booths from 26 to 84
and was able to maintain them at
all times with her Gray Ladies and
other Red Cross volunteers, officials
recalled. A few months later, she
was asked to head the Committee
of Booths for the annual Red Cross
roll call. She kept office hours at
her Chapter House desk, planned
new groups of Gray Ladies here,
spoke to graduating classes, awarded
certificates and addressed gatherings
as far away as California.
In 1942, due to a serious illness
and failing strength, Mrs. Baggs felt
impelled to resign her chairman
ship of the Hospital and Recreation
Corps.
Mrs. Mary E. Smith Rites
To Be Held Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Etta Smith, 62, wife of the Rev.
Henry J. Smith, pastor of North
Washington Baptist Church, who
died Saturday at Sibley Hospital,
will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at
Hines funeral home. 2901 Fourteenth
street N.W. Burial will be in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Mrs. Smith was born at North
Brookfield, N. Y., and attended high
school in Hamilton, N. Y. She was
graduated from the New York State
Normal College and taught in pub
lic high schools of the State.
Mrs. Smith and her husband were
married in 1909. They lived at
Gilbertsville, N. Y.: New York City
and Paterson. N. J., where he was
pastor of churches, before coming
to Washington. The Rev. Mr. Smith
was pastor of the Petworth Baptist
Church here before being called to
the North Washington Church
Their home is at 412 Rittenhouse
street N.W.
Mrs. Smith was an active mem
ber of the Petworth Women’s Club
and corresponding secretary of the
Washington Federation of Women's
Clubs. She was teacher of the
North Washington Church’s wom
en's Bible class, which recently was
named in her honor.
Surviving besides her husband,
are a daughter. Mrs. Esther Warner,
and a grandson of Washington.
An oil company drilling in York
shire, England, found new potash
deposits.
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