Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1940, Page 7

Soap Box Derby ToBe RunbyMen Who Are Ardent Fans District’s 1939 Winner Is Interviewed in Radio Program A group of ardent Soap Box Derby fans, who talk of racing sites and argue the merits of streamlining when they are nov occupied with District official and civil matters, will handle the affairs of Washing- ton’s third coaster race for boys. The 1940 Soap Box Derby General Committee, which is headed by O. C. Holleran, Derby director for the American Legion in 1938 and 1939, includes Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of Metropolitan Police; Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, Dis- trict director of highways, and Wil- liam A. Van Duzer, director of the Bureau of Vehicles and Traffic. Also on the General Committee are Inspector W. E. Holmes of the Metropolitan Police; B. M. McKel- 'way, managing editor of The Star; Howard P. Bailey, assistant to the managing editor of The Star; Bill Coyle, radio director of The Star, and William G. Ilich of the Chevorlet Motor Co. Two Others to Help. In addition, American Legion- naires William T. McCallum and Ray Church will act as assistants to Derby Director Zeb T. Hamilton. Mr. McCallum, vice chairman of the Legion Americanism Commission, was an assistant to Mr. Holleran last year. Mr. Church became a member of the commission to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Joseph A. Walker, Americanism chairman in 1939. The Derby isen event of interest to these men. When Maj. Brown makes plans for the police force for July, he takes into consideration the necessity for details of officers at the site of the Derby course to handle the huge crowds which always watch the thrilling races. And when it comes to choosing a site for the Derby, Traffic Director ‘Van Duzer is on hand with informa- tion on traffic volume and sug- gestions for possible locations which ‘will meet requirements. The committee is active all during the preparations for the race, and when Derby day rolls around, every- one of them can be found in the grandstand at the finish line. 1939 Winner on Radio. What the 1940 Derby champion may expect when he gets to Akron this summer to compete in the na- tional finals was outlined in the first Derby radio broadcast yesterday. Carl Cederstrand, jr., Washington champion last year, talked about his big moments in Akron over Station WMAL in an interview with Bill Coyle. Norman Rocca, 1938 winner, who was to appear with Carl on the broadcast, had bad luck getting in from his home in Oxon Hill, Md, and did not arrive until the broad- cast was completed. Norman will appear on a later program. Derby Director Hamilton and Mr. | Coyle discussed a few of the major | changes in the Derby rules during the broadcast after Mr. Hamilton had extended invitations to Wash- ington boys to enter the Derby. Mr. Hamilton reviewed the races run in the last two years, and con- gratulated Washington's two Derby | champions. “Everyone connected with the| Derby since its inception is proud of the way the two Washington champions conducted themselves in victory and defeat. We want to use | both of them this year in our Derby | organization for we know they will prove an inspiration to all the boys ©of Washington,” he said. Open to Boys 11 to 15. The Soap Box Derby this year is| open to boys between the ages of 11 and 15 years. One major change | in this year’s rules places the age | mirimum at 11 years, instead of 10, Which was the 1939 minimum. To participate in the race, each | entrant must build a miniature | racing car within a prescribed costi limit of $10. Wheels and axles may be factory built, but must conform to Derby regulations. The rest of the car may, and probably will be built from everything under the sun, including mother’s ironing board, the ‘ cloth off the kitchen table or dad’s | old work bench. The rules will explain what limita- tions there are to materials and methods. Under the regulations, the car and driver must not weigh more than 250 pounds, and the racer must conform with prescribed dimensions. Mr. Hamilton announced earlier It is with justifiable pride that we offer you foods that are un- and freshness, set, and we only the best of everything—at prices that are honest and very surpassed for fine qu most valuable busines: moderate. PRIME BEEF Rib Roast__ b 35¢ FRESH KILLED ROASTING Chickens__ 1> 35¢ LARGE POTOMAC Roe Shad__ 1b- 25¢ Fresh Daily From Pure-bred Swiss Dairy Goats GOAT'S MI Plus 5¢ for bottle FREE 18th MAGRUDER, Inc. 1138 ( Prisons Not Safe From Robbers, Jackson Reveals By the Associated Press. Even Uncle Sam’s strongest prisons aren’t safe from robbers, the Justice Department disclosed today. Attorney General Jackson request- ed Congress, in a letter to Speaker Bankhead, to authorize payment of $475 to John A. Kames for the loss of jewelry while he was a prisoner at the Leavenworth (Kans.) Fed- eral Penitentiary. The jewelry was deposited with prison officials in 1931 when Kames started a 10-year sentence. Several years later, when Kames was paroled, it was discovered that another prisoner, serving as a trusty, had obtained the jewelry on a forged order. Kames now lives in CHAMPION SPEAKS—Carl Cederstrand, jr., 1939 District Soap Box Derby champion, and Zeb T. Hamilton, 1940 derby chairman, with Bill Coyle, radio director of The Star, shown in the rear, as they participated in the first Soap Box Derby broadcast of the current year yesterday. this week that the 1040 coaster race will be held July 13, at a location to be announced later. The 1938 Derby was held on New Hampshire avenue NE, and last year's race was run over a down-hill course on Massa- chusetts avenue N.W,, beyond Ward Circle. (Watch The Star for Derby News.) City News in Brief TODAY. Dinner, Lions Club, Mayflower | Hotel, 6 p.m. | Dinner, Washington Gas Light Co., Mayflower Hotel, 6:30 p.m. | Meeting, Federal Transportation Board, Ambassador Hotel, 7 p.m. Meeting, Masonic Advisory Board, Hotel Ambassador, 8 p.m. Meeting, United States Chamber of Commerce, Willard Hotel, 7:30 pm. Meeting board of Soroptomist Club, Willard Hotel, 8 p.m, Meeting, Critics’ Forum, flower Hotel, 8 p.m. | Meeting, Young Friends Club, Ho- tel Raleigh, 8:30 p.m. | Convention, Wisconsin Democratic Women’s Organization, Ambassador Hotel, all day. Convention, National Association of Die Casting Workers, Hotel Raleigh, all day. ! Convention, Civil Aeronautics| Authority, Hotel Raleigh, all day. | Meeting, National Institute of | Government, Hotel Raleigh, all day. TOMORROW. Meeting, American Philatelic Con- gress, Mayflower Hotel, 10 am. Luncheon, Chevrolet Motor Co., Hotel 2400, 12:30 p.m. | Luncheon, International Medical Society, Mayflower Hotel, 1 p.m. Luncheon, Reciprocity Club, May- | flower Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Meeting, American Women's Legion, Mayflower Hotel, 2 p.m. May- | Card party and dance, General | Accounting Office, Hotel 2400, 8:30 m. Meeting, the Dupont Co., Raleigh otel, pm. Meeting, Ladies of the Oriental | Shrine, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. | Dinner, Board of Directors, Boys’ | Club of the Metropolitan Police, | Ambassador Hotel, 6 p.m. Dinner, Potomac River Power Squadron, Hamilton Hotel, 7:15 p.m. Dance, Theta Alpha Phi Sorority, Annapolis Hotel, 10 p.m. Meeting, National Institute of Government, Raleigh Hotel, all day. | Convention, National Association of Die Casting Workers, Raleigh Hotel, all day. | Meeting, Civil Aeronautics Au- thority, Raleigh Hotel, all day. 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