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The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-27
Grammar School
News
STUDY HOUR CLUB

The third grade has organized a
Study Hour Club under the guid-
ance of Miss Edwards.
The object Of the club is to
entertain by telling clearly or read
ing well to the group some story
or poem of interest to the class.
The club will meet on Thursday
afternoon for period of one hour.
Helen Rice was elected president
Of the club; Patsy Johnson was
elected vice-president. The presid-
ent chooses readers or story-tell-
ers for the meeting each week.
The purpose-to serve as a pow
er of stimulation to reading and
helps to encourage the children's
growing interest in stories and
books.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-27
Hi School Items
ATTENDANCE FOR FIRST
SIX WEEKS GOOD

The attendance for the first six
weeks has been 4 per cent better
than last years. The attendance
the first six weeks last year was
1856 per cent and the attendance
this year is 9761 per cent.
Mr.. Mangun's aim for the attend
ance was SO per cent, and the
above percentage falls only little
below that. Most absences however
are for sickness.-Ann Nichols.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-27

DACK in the 1S4Os, when covered
- wagon caravans moved hazard
ously across the continent, bearing
hardy pioneers. it was no easy
task to prepare the necessary
food to fortify the travellers on
their long trek through the wilder
ness.
Bread, then as now, played an
important part in the daily diet.
These adventurous souls carried
with them sacks of -four, and gem
orally made camp near watering
spot, so that they might mix water
with the flour and so have bread
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-27

to give them much-needed energy.
With the intervening years, the
American baking industry has att
tanned gigantic proportions, and to-
day fresh bread is delivered daily
for the tables of the nation. Amer
lean bakers have relieved the
housewife of the long hours and
arduous labor involved in bakingt
the family's bread.
The pioneering spirit still pre-,
walls in the baking industry, wherei
men are constantly seeking to i'm
prove their products and distribu-;
ton methods.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-27
WHY ARE NEWSPAPER LIKE
WOMEN?

They are thinner than they used
to be.
There is bold face type.
Back numbers are not In de-
mand. They have a great deal of
influence.
Everyman should have one OF
his own and not chase after his
neighbor's.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-27
Dedicated To
Jim Kerby

So grant me to conquer. II con-
quer | can,
By proving my worth In the fray,
But teach me to lose like a regu-
lar man.
And not like craven, l pray.
Let me take off my hat to the
warriors who strode
To victory, splendid and high;
Yes, teach me to stand by the side
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-27

Mrs. Sue Steward, a former resi-
dent of Coolidge, has recently ac-
cepted position in st. Joheph s
Hospital in Phoenix, and is now
member of the personnel of the
Clinical Laboratory there. Mrs.
Steward studied for the past year
in the Gradwohl School of Labor
atorv and X Ray Technique in st
Louis. Mo-, having completed
courses in X Ray and Medical Te-
chnology.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-27
SKATING PARTY

Mr.. Merrilrs eighth grade en-
loved a skating party at the skat-
ing rink from 7 o'clock until $3.50.
Mr.. Merrill was in charge of the
skating party.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-27
OUCH

Storekeeper: No, sir, don't
cash checks. Why, l wouldn't cash
a check for my own brother.
John Wyatt: Well, of course,
you know your own family bet
ter than I do.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-27

Kerby by his actions following
the primary has dug his own pol
itical grave. We see him now in
his true colors.
Graham County Guardian.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-27

The second grade, under the
guidance of Miss McDaniels, have
just completed their circus. They
are now starting new project, a
flower garden. They plan to plant
different kinds of flowers on the
east side of the school building to
beautify the grounds-Mozelle Tr-
eadway.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-27

men girls In game last Wednes-
day afternoon in Coolidge Gramm-
ar School. The score was to 8.
Sophie Silvas.
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Mrs. ]. ]. Jones was a visitor
in Phoenix Saturday, visiting with
her daughter, Martha, who is
student nurse at the Good Samari-
tan hospital.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-27

Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Primm or
Denver, Colorado were visitors last
week at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. S. Davis, friends of long stand
ing.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-27

Members of the Hi School faculty
staged a surprise on Principal {,
M. Mangun Thursday evening OF
last week, the occasion being Mr..
Mangun's birthday.
The Coolidge examiner., 1938-10-27

The Coolidge Grammar School
A team girls defeated the Fresh
Evening star., 1938-08-11
D. c. TYPOS MEET
UNDEFEATEDN NINE
Beat Twin Cities, but Must
Conquer st. Louis Today
to Stay in Tourney.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
- ST. LOUIS. Aug. 1l-Striving to
keep in the race for the 28th annual
Union Printers base ball tournament
championship, washington, the de-
tending title holder, meets the unde-
feated st. Louis typo team today IN
the quarter-final round Of play. In
the only other game Detroit and Balti-
more will clash. New York drew bye.
Washington handed the Twin Cities
of Minneapolis and st. Paul a SIS de-
feat yesterday and eliminated them
from further competition. A four
run splurge in the second inning gave
the defending champions command
ing lead, and 1t was not until the sew
enth inning that Twin Cities managed
to break through George Mosedales s
hurting to score.
In the ninth inning Washington
again was threatened, and Twin Cities
put two markers across with none out,
but Tommy Dalglish was rushed to
the rescue and set three Twin Cities
batters down in order.
Two other teams were eliminated
yesterday as Detroit nosed out Chi
cago. l2-ll, and New York defeated
Cincinnati, 1913. Pittsburgh and In
dianapolis previously had been put out.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
AHEARN RING CARD
NEARLY COMPLETE
our.Rounder Needed to Round
Out Abrams. .kamakos Show
Slated for Monday.

With the exception Of locating an
opponent for Brooks Bowen of Rich
mond in . four-round preliminary,
Matchmaker 0oldie Ahearn today
had completed the supporting card for
the 10-round bout Monday night At
Grihith Stadium involving George
Abrams and Steve Mamakos, products
Of local amateur ranks.
Pancho Huerta, featherweight sta
blemate of Abrams, will collide with
Tony Pissaro of New York in q six
rounder, while the six-round semifinA
will find Joey Green toiling with Billy
Bullock In . strictly local lightweight
engagement. Vince Carino Of Rich
mond will face Jerry Hall Of New York
in another four r-rounder.
Abrams, who must trim down to
154 pounds for the encounter, weighed
In at 155 pounds today and expects to
have little trouble making the re-
quired weight. Mamakos probably will
scale 149 or $50.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
Lightweight Cro,on Has Been
Heartache to Most Holders,
Greatest Ending as Paupers

and tangled In hopeless litigation. IN
his pockets he hasn't much more than
street car fare.
Welgast in an Asylum.
Ad Wolgast thrilled the boxing world.
Today. he's . patient in . San Fran
cisco asylum. Those lightweights are
little fellows. but they hit hard.
Freddie Welsh died a pauper, his
heart broken by a mortgage foreclosure
that took all the money he had in
vested in = health farm near New
York His last days were spent calling
on fair weather friends who wouldn't t
or couldn't help him.
Rocky Kansas Is in Buffalo. N. Y.
doing all right by himself, but not 20
the great Benny Leonard and the once
idolized Sammy Mandell. Leonard. .
fighter Of exemplary habits. made .
mint of money and then lost it in the
New York real estate and stock crash.
He recouped a bit and sank 1t into q
restaurant, another ill-starred ven-
ture.
Mandell Sad Figure.
Manden made almost 4 million and
invested it in what he thought were
gilt-edged securities. Today. the for
mer Adonis Of the ring presents a sad,
detected figure without money and 4
brain that must still buzz from the
violent lickings he took when he tried
to come back.
AL Singer dropped most Of his bank
roll in . dress goods venture but still
has some left. SO has Tony Canso-
neri, but at 50. slowed to An uncertain
walk, Tony is trying to make = come
back against the advice Of his best
friends. Barney Ross. who outsrew
the l35-pound division, quit the ring
after receiving that brutal beating
from Henry Armstrong last May. with
plenty Of money.
The lightweight champion! Long
may he save his dough.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
Armstrong Pleased Hooooed Battle Is Shifted Garden
From The
Press Box
Min in First Victory
Captures Classic Trot.
Nv JOHN LARDNER,
Correspondent OF The Star

GOSHEN, N. Y. Aug. 1l.-A good
old-fashioned David Harum horse,
swapped on the eve Of battle. came
trotting home to easy victory for his
new owner yesterday In the 18th
version Of the Hambletonian Stake,
the Kentucky Derby of harness racing.
His name was McLin.
McIin never won q race before.
TWO weeks ago. he swan into the ken
of Lawrence B. Sheppard, veteran
breeder Of trotters and owner of the
Hanover (Pa) Shoe Farms. Mr..
Sheppard coveted his neighbor's horse.
Last week. he bought him. laying 500
900 worth Of bona-fide Pennsylvania
cash on the line.
McIin's breeder and first owner was
William H. Cane, dean Of horsemen
IN Goshen, the mellow capital OF har-
ness horse culture. And though the
colt had been sold down the river. the
folks of Goshen turned out In full
force. at the famous old kite-shaped
Good Time track, to root the local boy
home.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
CR|D|RON PIRATES
BEREFT OF FIELD
Whizzer Signed as Diamond
BUGS Figure on Plant
for World Series.
Fly the Associated Press.


PITTSBURGH. Aug. H. Whizzer
Whites contract calling for SIS 900 for
a single season was signed today. and
now all the Whizzer and his team
mates of the pro football Pirates have
to worry about is place to play.
While the all-America star from
Colorado University signed on the
dotted line yesterday at broadcast
ceremony. the management of the
pennant-hungry baseball Pirates prac-
tically closed the gates of Forbes Field.
where both Pirate outfits heretofore
have played home games.
Suggests Road Games.
President William E. Benswanger
of the baseball Bucs notified Head Man
Art Rooney Of the football Pirates
Forbes Field would be available prob
ably for only one of the four home
grid games scheduled prior to mid
October
This was the first manifestation by
the management that it considered
Forbes Field the likely locale for some
Of the world series games.
Benswanger reafiirmed the use OF
the field Sunday, September IL, for
the football Pirates first game with
the Detroit Lions. Rooney started i'm
mediately contracting other clubs, hop
ing to rearrange the schedule to send
the Pirates on the road for early
games.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
MAT SHOW OFFERS
BARGAIN TONIGHT
Pair of Feature Contests,
Six.Man Battle Royal
Are Scheduled.

For the price Of one graphing show.
pachyderm patrons tonight at Griffith
Stadium will receive two features and
a battle royal, which still is one mat
card. Bank nights may wiggle their
way into future shows II this super
special, triple de luxe. star-crammed
attraction fails to lure more than the
usual smattering Of spectators.
Should rain threaten to dampen the
squirmers. Promoter Joe Turner will
thumb his nose at the weather man
and take his twisters indoors to Tur-
ner's Arena. where giant electric fans
are poised to stir the atmosphere.
Bsesch Grappies Olson.
Paul Boesch and Cliff Olson will
tangle in half of the double feature,
with Able Coleman. acrobatic fugitive
from Singers Midsets. toiling with
Emil Dusek in the other end OF the
co-headliner. Each match will be
restricted to one hour
Olson. catalogued as a villain. meets
a rather respectable individual in
OOCC\hs WIN CAtAlCA 1IASI lC01 llCu, VI
prefers not to gouge. knee or import
various equipment calculated to mar
his foes features. Cliff will carry
his usual supply Of accessories In his
trunks
Coleman, a hammered down muscle
man with = fair for showmanship,
is one Of the more colorful grapplers
in the game. His enthusiastic antics
and sense of humor have made him
q favorite with local mat followers
for some seasons.
Will Be Consolation Bout.
Six beefy specimens will be herded
into the ring for the battle royal, with
the first two to be eliminated, return
ing to collide in 4 consolation en-
gagement. The fnalist will toll to a
finish.
Bribery Mccoy. Thor johnson, Slim
Zimbleman, Ed Ribbons, Mike Ma
zurki and Ed White will participate
in the mob scene.
The first Of the triple attractions
will be staged At $50 o'clock.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
Flaherty Pleased With Rocks;
Thro,os Bouquet to Assistant
Coach of Champion Redskins

coach Of the Redskins two years ago
and I was fortunate to have him. not
only as q trainer but assistant coach.
He comes up with ideas that are in
valuable in smoothing our team play.
And looking over the lineup Of
coaches the Redskins will oppose in
the all-star game. am happy to have
Roy Baker by my side. Football fans
of the country have voted in a great
combination Of coaches to handle the
all-stars. With Head Coach Bo Nc
Millin. Harry Kipke. Ducky Pond.
Elmer Layden and A. J. Robinson tof
Bradley Tech) having their noodles
together, old Roy and have lot of
thinking to do between now and
August 81.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
Louis Victory Blamed for Armstrong Flop


when the reaction set in, 1t really
set In the sports world still is
talking about that fight.
Can't keep football news from
sneaking onto the sports pages,
boys here's George Halas,
owner Of the Chicago Bears. pre-
dieting the 1898 season will be one
Of the most outstanding in history
and out at Ann Arbor they're
getting ready for q crowd Of $4,000
for the Michigan Michigan State
game largely because Of the ex-
element stirred by the arrival Of
Fritz CriSler at Michigan
Arnold Herber, Green Bay Packer
passing star, has gained 4,73S yards
Evening star., 1938-08-11

NAUIltilluCO lIOul Id&c Ss1o
three games came an abundance Of
enemy base hits, yet the Grif1s won
two Of the battles. Monte Weaver
beat the White Sox last Sunday in
Chicago. IL to 5. although he gave up
IS hits and 7 walks. Ken Chase won
the opener here, allowing only six
hits but walking nine men. In losing
yesterday. the Yanks, rs We said,
made 13 hits and got 9 free passes.
Even if figures don't interest you
these are sufficient to be mildly
staggering. The enemy. in brief. has
made 56 hits Of the Washington
pitchers in the last three games.
counting bases on balls as hits under
the Altrock system.
Lewis Has Bad Day.
Manager Harris is not q pessimistic
as was Stallings but he claims he's
growing old as result Of his pitchers
lack Of control How many men are
the enemy leaving on base?" asks
Harris. 1T must be an awfully large
number because I suffer whenever one
gets on base and I've been suffering
plenty"
Mr.. Harris question is in order
The White Sox and Yanks, in the
last three games, have left . total
Of 81 runners stranded in the last 20
innings against the Washington firm.
In only 7 of these % innings did the
Sox fail to leave men on the sacks.
Getting back to that defeat yes
terday-the score was 12-l1 in 10
innings, you know-Washington at
one time held q 10-to-6 lead. 1t
wasn't entirely the fault Of the
pitchers the Yankees caught up. The
Mats had bad day afield, particular
ly young Buddy Lewis. Celebrating
his 22d birthday. Buddy did lot Of
things by three's. He made three
hits, scored three runs, batted across
three runs and made three errors.
The only thing Buddy didn't do in
three's was let enemy runs across.
His errors resulted in seven unearned
Yankee runs. It follows that these
hurt.
Griffs Get IA Hits.
Still, there Is no getting away from
the bases on balls, either. Even the
dependable, ever-accurate Harry Kelley
lapsed. It was Harry who. in the 10th
inning, filled the bases by pitching q
single and walking two hitters. And
it was Harry who finally walked
Catcher Joe Glenn, forcing across
the game-ending run.
Kelley was gallant in defeat. He
lost control but not heart. With the
bases loaded, and one down, he worked
carefully on Joe Gordon and forced
him to pop up. But against Glenn
he again lost control. His first three
pitches were balls.
The crowd was moving toward the
exits when Harry put across one
strike and then a second. Glenn
fouled the next pitch. He fouled an
other. Finally. Harry whipped one
that was inside for fourth ball
There isn't much use in reviving the
horrible details. Showing their best
Evening star., 1938-08-11
Prices Toke Big Drop After
First Heat Is Won EosiIy.

The orange jacket of Driver Thomas
was easy to spot, and all you had to
do to follow the course of the race was
keep your eyes on the orange. Thomas
broke his horse in front in the first
heat, and was never headed. Long
Key, nearly prohibitive at to 2, made
q challenge in the back stretch of the
big kite. but McLin never knew it. He
Just trotted on. Long Key finished
eighth. Earrs Princess Martha was
second and Royal Spencer was third.
The reuben bookmakers turned very
cold for the second heat. They started
out cold. for that matter, and the book.
makers In this country town are colder
than the chilliest city bookie. They
give nobody nothing. Some of them
backed Mc1,in right down to / to 2,
though your correspondent, plunging
into the darkest part of the jungle,
found one pricemaker who didn't know
the Civil War was over. This philan-
thropist gave 5 to s.
It developed that all OF the books
who call themselves by the names of
the Malta Club, the Ohio Club, the
Syracuse Club. the York Club, Tommy
Tight, and the California Club
knew what they were doing. The
second heat was easier for McLin
than the first. He won by the length
Of himself and his wagon and a half
portion more of the same. This time
Champlain was second and Royal
Spencer repeated for third.
He may not be another Greyhound
because Greyhounds come along once
In q century. and it hasn't beer
much more than century since
the original Hambletonian launched
the present strain of standard bred
harness horse. But McLin will do.
tcopyrtrht. 1888. By the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1938-08-11
batting attack Of the season, the Mats

batting attack Of the season, the Mats
slammed Monte Pearson, Joe Vance
and Johnny Murphy for IA hits, in
cluding home runs by Lewis. Al Sim
mons and George Case, the latter's
coming in the eighth to tie the score
at I'LL. 1t was Washington's total
Of five errors that hurt i. Errors and
bases on balls.
The Mats today were to wind up
the series in Yankee Stadium with
Joe Krakauskas pitching. Had they
won yesterday they would have showed
7 wins in IA road games, which would
have been bouncing back in a big
way after losing in q row at the
outset.
Evening star., 1938-08-11

(almost ) miles) on his tosses since
1882.
Bill Terry will stand pat on the
present Giant lineup for the re-
mainder Of the season Pa
Stribling just couldn't stay out Of
boxing, 50 has taken over Harry
(Moon) Mullins, recent Golden
Gloves winner Mike Jacobs has
completed arrangements to anew
his Garden lease. but is saving the
announcement until today or to-
morrow.
They're moaning at Alabama be-
cause Jack Machloh. regular CEN
ter, has Aligned to play baseball with
jaeksonvills Ia ths Sally League
Evening star., 1938-08-11

Runs-Miller. Petti9rew. carlstrom,
aGS5N'f runs sst:
ted in-Pettisrew (3). Homan (2). Nose
dale schneider; Boundford. Two-bese bits
-Hilgert. Dewhurst. Thr4e-base hit-Ed-
hit-Hansen. stolen bases-Pettisrew,
Hilsert, Edwards. Schneider. Mosedale.
Double Ia p 70 aa,ofeh sehneSer
to Hofberg to Hallora an. Wild pitehes-Pet-
tierew (2). Mosedale. Hit BY pitcher-By
bslis-on Daislish. 4: Pettisrew. s; Nose
dale, 4. Struck out-By Pettisrew, 2:
Mosedale. Z. Pitching record-on Dalglieh.
hits, 3 runs in innings: Oh PettiVrew,
: hits. 5 runs in innings: Of Hoffman.
2 hits, no runs in 3 innings. Left ON bases
ming pitcher-Mosedale. Losing pitcher
Pettisrew.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

Jim Shaw held Philadelphia 70
three hits as Washington won, 80.
The Nationals are in third place.
flve games behind the leading Red
Sox, with three weeks Of the sea-
son left to play.
Cobb of Detroit is the leading
hitter in the American League,
with q percentage Of .378. In the
National League Zack Wheat Of
Brooklyn tops with 1886.
Alexa Sterling Of Atlanta. wom-
ans national golf champion, and
Perry Adair defeated Elaine Rosen-
thai, the Western champion. and
Bobby Jones, 69-72, in . best ball
match at Essex Country Club, New
York.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
BALL TO DROP 708 FEET
Chisox, Indians to Try Catch to
Better Streets Feat.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. II R.-Gabby
Street, manager Of the st. Louis
Browns American League baseball
club, said today he was uncertain
whether he would be able to referee q
contest in Cleveland August 20, when
Chicago White Sox and Indian play
ers will attempt to catch balls dropped
from the top Of the Terminal Tower.
in Cleveland's public square.
Thirty years ago, while . catcher for
the Warrington Nationals, Street
caught . ball dropped from the top
Of the 555-foot Warrington Monu-
ment. The height Of the Terminal
Tower Is 708 feet.
Evening star., 1938-08-11

Joe Mccarthy thinks the M
dams will blow and that Boston
and Chicago will furnish the Yanks
headaches from now on.
Pittsburgh fans already have the
Pirates "in" They're busy get
ting up world series contests and
all But the manager Of one OF
the largest hotels is kicking himself
because he reserved most OF his
place for q convention during the
entire first week in October.
Nick Altrock, Washington's VEN
erable coach. gives Bob Feller less
than four more years IN the ma
3oeA
Evening star., 1938-08-11
BOYS CLUB Nine TOPS
Takes Psewes Title by Defeat OF
Colum bians, 4 to 2,

For the first time in three years
the Boys Club Of Washington holds
the all-star peewee championship Of
the District. having downed Column
bian League representatives. ~, In
the title game yesterday at Grihith
Stadium.
The Columbian athletes retained
their junior crown. however. by de-
feating the District Colored All-Stars,
1873.
The contest for insect honors sched-
uled yesterday was rained out in the
third inning and will be played later.
Errors in the sixth inning OF the
peewee game, when the Boys Club
scored four runs, decided the con-
test, As the winners were outhit by
Columbian, AZ.
Evening star., 1938-08-11
ARGYLE TEAM CHAMPION
Will Represent League in City
Play Opening August 22.

Argyle A. c. softball team will rep
resent the Fourteenth Street Business
Mems League IN the District tourna-
ment beginning August %. It won
the league title yesterday by de-
3eating Murray A. c., 60.
Championship of the Sherwood
Playground League will be decided in
. series starting next Monday. New
Deal. first-half champion. will meet
the winner Of the second half sched-
ule, In which Arts Diner Is leading.