Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1940, Page 7

Derby Rules Quiz Finalists Named For Prize Compefition 8 Survive Questions For Competition on Knowledge Next Week Eight boys wrestled with difficult questions and courted Lady Luck to survive eliminations and become finalists for the Soap Box Derby radio quiz program based on the 1940 racer-building rules. The field of contestants, which had been narrowed to 16 boys, was further reduced at a session at the studios of WMAL yesterday. Those who will appear on the radio quiz program next week to compete for prizes are Leo Coratolo, 13, 4119 Hayes street NE.; Ravmond Deaner, 14, 6510 Eighth street N.W.; John Donohoe, 14, 6512 Eighth street N.W.; ‘William H. Hall, 14, 3016 Otis street | NE; Stanley K. Peterson, 15, 1454 | Euclid street N'W.; Norman Right, 14, 1422 A street SE.; Edward Howard, 14, 932 T street N'W., and Philip Jordan, 13, of 1827 Vermont avenue N'W, All Show Knowledge of Rules. Tricky phrasing and involved wording failed to shake these win- | ners in their efforts to survive. The luck of the draw, however, plaved a prominent part in their victories, and | in the scoring which sent them to the finals, Their knowledge of the rules—though profound—was no greater than the knowledge of those eliminated. The other contestants—Leonard | Brooks, 14; Charles Harr, 13; Wil- | liam Mansfield, 12; Lester Moreland, 15; J. LeRoy Poole, 14; DeWitt Shil- | ling. 15, and Loftis Webb, 13—really knew the rules as well but were not a8 lucky in drawing the numerical | values made necessary by the boys’ | unbeatable “boning up” on the rules for building Derby racers. Announcement of the time of the radio quiz program will be made in | the columns >f The Star later this week. The program will be a half- hour broadcast over Station WMAL. ‘The prize to the first place winner will be a $6 set of Derby wheels, while second, third and fourth win- - ners will receive the cash prizes of $4, $2 and $1, respectively. Meanwhile plans for the running of Washington's third Derby went forward, with the formation of com- mittees for Derby Day, July 13.]| Derby Director Zeb T. Hamilton said | today that memberships of the com- | mittees would be announced soon. | 8ponsored by The Star and the American Legion, in co-operation with the Chevrolet Motor Co., the Derby annually has drawn the inter- | est of hundreds of boys. | The race is open to boys living in Washington and vicinity who are within the Derby age limits of 11 to 15 years, inclusive. Each entrant must build his Derby racer himself, and must keep the cost to no more than $10. | There will be numerous prizes for | contestants, but, best of all, each boy who races will receive a steel Derby | helmet and a jersey, in addition to whatever other prizes he may win. | The Washington champion—who will succeed Norman Rocca, 1938 winner, and Carl Cederstrand, jr., champion last year—will receive a large silver trophy donated by the Chevrolet division of General Motors, and a trip to Akron to compete in the national Derby finals. * Wide Range of Prizes. Prizes ranging from medals to winners of the first elimination heats, to sports equipment, cups and other coveted awards will go to heat | winners throughout Derby Day. This year’s race will be held on e different course than the two previous races. In 1938 the course was on New Hampshire avenue N.E,, | and last year, some 330 racers sped down a course on Massachusetts avenue N.W. The 1940 course will be announced later, and will include many features of safety and convenience not pres- ent at the other tracks. The street will be wider, and more smoothly paved, and will be lined with curb- stones its whole length, adding to | the safety of contestants and spec- | tators. Latest entrants in this all-boy | elassic are: | Arthur Bonnet, jr, 11, 1927 Otis gtreet, N.E.; Herbert Graul, 14, 17 South Fenwick street, Arlington, | Va.: James Hughes, 12, 927 North Buchanan street, Arlington, Va.; ‘Willis Poole, 13, 4810 Ninth street, North, Arlington, Va.; Wilton Terry Johnson, 14, 2112 Columbia pike, Ar- | lington, Va.: Howard Spencer, 13, 418 P street N.W.; Otis Strickland, 13, 422}, P street N.W.; Samuel Strick- | land, 12, 422!, P street N.W., and | Graham Renner, 11, 6692 Thirty- | gecond place N.W. | (Watch The Star for Derby News.) THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1940. Rl THE WINNAHS—These boys are the finalists for the Soap Box Derby radio quiz program on the 1940 Derby rules. They survived final eliminations held yesterday at Station WMAL for the program to be broadcast soon. Left to right, they are (front row): Bill Hall, Philip Jordan, Johii Donohoe and Leo Coratolo, and (back row) Edward Howard, Raymond Deaner, Stanley Peterson and Norman Right. ’ 300 fo ée Enrolled Here For Duty in C. C. C. Camps Three hundred applicants from the District will be selected for enrollment in the Civilian Conser- vation Corps during June and July, Robert E. Bondy, director of the Board of Public Welfare and C. C. C. official, has announced. Enrollees will be sent to camps in Maryland and Virginia, where they will receive training through projects supervised by the United | States Forestry Service and Agriculture Department., Training in the camps, Mr. Bondy said. would include tree planting, building truck trails, fire detection the | towers and bridges, laying of tele- phone lines and construction of drainage projects. Allotments amounting to $151.- 627.31 were made by C. C. C. men to their families in the District be- tween July 1 of last year and March 31 of this year, he reported. Applications for enrollment will be taken each day during June a$ 1358 Florida avenue N.E. Soap Box Derby Rules The 1940 Soap Box Derby, sponsored for the third year by The Star and the American Legion, will be held July 13 for boys living in Washington and in nearby Maryland and Vir- ginia. The Derby is a race for boy-built coaster cars, which must be constructed within a cost limit of $10. The winner will represent Washington at the national finals at Akron, ©Ohio, in August. These rules are your guide for the third WASHINGTON SOAP BOX DERBY: 1. Eligibility—The Derby is open to boys of Washington and vicinity between 11 and 15 years old. A boy having his 16th birthday anniversary on the day of the race, or before, is not eligible. A boy who does NOT have his 11th birthday anniversary until after the day of the race is not eligible. Members * of the immediate family of employes of The Star, the Chevrolet Motor Co., deal- ers or employes of dealers will not be permitted to race. 2. How to enter—Sign your entry blanks and safety pledge and get your rule book at the salesroom of the Chevrolet dealer nearest your home. There are dealers in Wash- ington, Alexandria and Arling- ton, Va., and Silver Spring, Hyattsville and Bethesda, Md. You must be accompanied by one of your parents or your guardian, who also must sign the entry blanks and safety pledge. 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Others addressing the morning session were J. G. McCarty, presi- dent of the National Scale Men's Association; Joseph G. Rogers, as- sistant superintendent of weigh! and measures, State of New Jersey; | William Bruckart of the Western | Newspaper Union, and W. S. Bussey, | chief of the Divisi and Measures in Te: The approximately 0 delegates will tour the laboratories of the | bureau this afternoon and will | gather at the Mayflower Hotel for a dance at 8:30 o'clock tonight. The convention will move to the Mayflower for sessions during the remaining two days of the confer- ence. |Report Pays Tribute To C. U. Catechism “Catholic Faith,” the new cate- chism prepared under auspices of Catholic University, has been re- ported to the Catholic hierarchy of Ireland as “unquestionably the fin- est catechism ever published,” it was announced today. The report was bv the Rev. Dr. Owen F. Traynor, religious inspector for the diocese of Kilmore. The Irish hierarchy are considering adoption of a single catechism for use throughout Ireland, it was said, olic University Catechism. Three-quarters of the gold pro- tries. Colonial, patt of Early Ame liquefied petroleum gases marked the ' n of Weights duced now comes from British coun- | Sylvan Theater Lists 10 Festival Programs The National Sylvan Theater at the Monument Grounds will pre- sent 10 festival programs during June, July and August under the Joint auspices of the Community Center and Playgrounds Depart- ment and the National Capital Parks. | The festivals will open June 25 and | continue each Tuesday night there- | after. There will be band concerts, | dance programs, musicals and plays. Among the bands already signed up |are the Chevy Chase Dairy, | Knights of Columbus, Police Boys, | Tall Cedars, Washington Elks Boys, and Washington Gas Light bands. | | The band concerts will begin at | 8 pm. and the rest of the festival program will follow at 8:30 p.m. Marian Chace and her dance | group will present the first program | and other programs will be by the | Washington Gypsy Chorus, the Federal Bureau of Investigation Drama Club, Tempo Choral Club and the Evelyn Davis Dancers. Red Cross Meeting Henry C. McCuen, chairman of .thp Clara Barton branch of the | Montgomery County (Md.) er‘ Cross Chapter, has announced the —Star Staft Photo. group’s June meeting will be held at 8 pm. today in the Glen Echo| fire hall. Build your own racer with official’ _ “Flying ~ Eagle” parts!_The People's Hard- ware Store in your neigh- borhood carries everything you'll need. Get the complete “Eagle” kit___ $6'°° Peoples Hardware Stores 14 Handy Stores, or call Linc. 10430 Attention! 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