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Evening star., 1939-11-30
Giants Setting Up Defeat AIibi
With Yarns of Injuries, Say
Redskins, Off for Battle

every time the Giants are mentioned,
he'd be in there against us, play
ing his head off. He always has and
it'll take a broken leg to keep him
idle"
Leeman's Leg Is Lanced.
ed. note-An Associated Press
Dispatch from New York today said
that DR.. Francis Sweeney had lanced
an infection on Leeman's left leg and
that there was still chance" he
might be able to play SundayD
Minus the fanfare marking their
departure for the Inflated game last
year and headed for the same spot
where they got in final licks for
their 49-14 rout of the Giants in
1887, the Redskins will encamp at
the Westchester Country Club in
Rye tonight, hold their final work.
outs there tomorrow and Saturday
mornings, and not return to city life
until they come in to the Polo
Grounds on Sunday.
But even though they'll be far re-
moved from their thousands of
loyal supporters, they won't be able
to forget that some 5000 of them
will be coming up to New York over
the week end for the express pur-
pose of seeing them beat the Giants
and regain their Eastern title.
AS matter of fact, realization Of
the faith Washington fans have in
them is playing an important part
in raising the Redskins fighting
pitch to the boiling point.
Before the season Sarted some Of
the new players found it a little
hard to believe that professional
teams following could be so demon
strative. but after six home games
and the knowledge that 1880
tickets for Sundays battle have
been sold here in the last three
days, they've become convinced.
L, Redskins All in Shape.
Inspired by the hope of winning
back their former title, the Redskins
also are encouraged by the fact that,
Tor the first time in a long while,
every man on the squad physically is
fit. Ed (Chug) Justice returned to
the lineup last week following a
months Interpretation after the
Packer game and Jay Turner will
be able to play Sunday for the first
time since November 5. Capt. Turk
Edwards leg wasn't injured too
badly last week to keep him out of
the opening lineup. and Center
Micky Parks is walking steadily
again after limping off the field OF
the Lion game early in the first
quarter.
Expressions of wonderment over
what happened to the Redskins
second-string line last Sunday when
the Lions ripped through it to march
the length of the field for their only
touchdown were answered by AS
sistant Coach Roy Baker. who
coaches the lines and who explained
they merely weren't shifting quickly
enough.
There isn't anything fundamen-
tally weak about that group" said
Baker, land you needn't worry about
it against the Giants. These kids are
ready to play their heads off to
make as good q showing as the vet.
Grams and I've as much confidence in
one line as in the other
Evening star., 1939-11-30

Leo Durocher will sign his new
Dodger contract at Cincinnati
for one year. Banjo Smith says
in the Columbia Is. c. Record
that Pitt is feeling out Clemson's
Jess Neeley. Jack Miley of the
N. Y. Post is doing an all-America
job on that 6:15 pm. aircasting
spot. Joey Archibald is sleeping
on a $4,000 offer to lay his
featherweight title on the line
against Simon Chavez in Vene-
zuela in February. Sorry to be a
crepe hanger, but it looks to be
the minors for good old Zeke
Bonura. Tony Canzoneri isn't
in the chips now, bat he'll be all
right in two more years when
the annuities start rolling in.
Today's guest star. John
Drohan, Boston traveller: Moe
Berg was offered the chair Of
romantic languages at Princeton.
his alma matter. He refused It,
Evening star., 1939-11-30
Colorado State Back
Critically Wounded
On Eve Of Game
Lovers Quarrel Is Held
Cause Of Shooting at
Girls Apartment
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
FORT COLLINS, Colo, Nov. 30
Walter (Bud Lyons, 21-year-old
fullback on the Colorado State Col
lege football team, was shot and
critically wounded on the eve of
his teams final game Of the season.
A revolver bullet struck him an
inch above the heart.
The shooting was in the apart
ment of Lois Jeanne Vannorsdel. a
sophomore at the college, who had
been keeping company with Lyons
several months.
Police Chief Orville p Kelley and
Winton M. Ault, a deputy district
attorney, delayed questioning the
girl, who became hysterical and
was placed under a physicians care.
Coach Harry Hughes visited Lyons
at the county hospital shortly be-
fore the team left for Albuquerque
and it's intersectional game with
New Mexico University today.
Hughes said the player told him
"the story in confidence" The
coach said he would observe that
confidence"
Chief Kelley said the shooting re-
suited from "a lovers quarrel"
Evening star., 1939-11-30
BY the Associated Press.

oS tle Associated freSS.
SEATTLE, Nov. 30-Tom Harmon,
Michigan's great back who rolled up
221 yards last week, ranked as the
Nations leading ground gamer to-
day and also held the distinction of
surprising the 1888 rushing leader.
American football statistical bu-
reau figures showed Harmon totaled
1856 yards from both passes and
scrimniage for an average of 1895
yards per game and 608 yards per
play
In eight games he carried the ball
129 times and threw it 81 times,
gaining 1868 yards on the ground and
488 in the air His ground gain of
868 yards passed the 1888 leader, Len
Eshmont of Fordham, who totaled
831.
After trailing Kay Eakin, the Ar
kansas Traveller, for two weeks, Har-
mon zoomed into first place while
Eakin was idle. Eakin has accounted
for 1,150 yards in nine games.
Others in Top 10.
Kenney Washington of the Uni.
versity of. California at Los Angeles,
whose last-minute efforts enabled
his team to tie Oregon State last
Saturday, moved up from sixth to
third with 1,1O7 yards in eight
games. Others in the top 10, with
the number of games played and
total net yardage:
Johnny Knolla, Creighton, eight
games and 1,104 yards; Paul Christ
man, Missouri, nine and 1905:
Junius Plunkett, Vanderbilt, nine
and 1000; Nile Kinnick. Iowa. eight
and 998; Harold Van Every, Mime
sofa, eight and 984; Granny Lans-
dell, Southern California. seven and
981; Jim Sweet" Lalanne, North
Carolina, nine and 931. although
records on his tenth game are yet
unavailable.
Harmon is miles ahead as the Ma
tons best rusher. His average per
game is 1895 on the ground, or 1875
yards better than his nearest COM
petitor, Knolla.
Based on total rushing yardage for
the season, rather than average per
game (some have played in more
games), the top performers in order
behind Harmon are: John Polanski,
Wake Forest: Washington, U, c. l..
A.: Red Mayberry. Wake Forest;
Knolla, Creighton; Van Every. Min
Evening star., 1939-11-30
Skins Haven't Scored in Lost Two Meetings

the Sunday the Polo Grounds? The
asked plays after kickoff
Redn yards the
Wayne Mner
through secondary touchdown The
Redskins haven't from behind this
recall they asked to do the
We necessarily important
Redskins developed
habit banging the first few minutes and then gradually
be least chance
a
would be comforting here but there is something else
Giants Ever that day 1897 when the Redskins
York the Eastern championship by
Giants to them In the three
Washington scored only In the last
mghest offensive his
tory, haven't scored at all.
shouldn't have brought this
Evening star., 1939-11-30
Woshinoton Is No BIeucher Seat Town

you've those beacher hockey
Leo Washington Eagles surprise
League
sell the hgherpriced
the
noticed
moving We noticed then and at The
far, and we've really tried to plug them"
There had been heard, impression that Riverside
beacher
holders It's nice then hear from Mr. Leoer this
the Eagles something better than generally
clientele Washington
Evening star., 1939-11-30
BY EDDIE BRETT,
Associsted Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-Bill
Dickey of the Yanks is minus a
pair of infected tonsils, but don't
expect it to improve his playing
too much. Shipwreck Kelly, the
old Kentucky grid great, is around
betting even money folding
money, too) against Tennessee
today. The U. of Rochester stu
dent paper is polling the lads on
whether they want football re-
tanned. A bowl bid of some sort
may await the Holy Cross s-Boston
College winner Saturday.
Names is names. Down at
Williamsburg, Va, they are call
ing Coach Carl Voyles that Won
derful wizard of ours" while the
Coasters are clubbing him Ed
ward (slip-ing) Madigan." Both
sections have something there, II
you ask u.
Evening star., 1939-11-30
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Nov. 30.-Dick Metz,
the hard luck kid" of professional
golf, cracked rueful smile at let
ter from George Jacobus, retiring
president of the Professional Golf
ers' Association.
1t was official notification that
Metz had been selected for the 1899
United States Ryder Cup team.
Battles Against Adversely.
For years the bronzed, cookbook
ing Kansan had struggled against
adversely to win position on the
team. the highest honor attainable
to an American-born golf profess
sional.
Now there's only one hitch. There
aren't going to be any Ryder Cup
matches in 1899. The English team,
scheduled to come over and play the
Americans at Jacksonville, Fla, this
very month, was kept at home by
the war.
That's just another example of the
hard luck that has dogged Metz's
footsteps: Illness cut him down for
several months in 1896. A year later
an automobile crash almost ended
his career just when he was reach
ing the peak of form.
He recovered from that and by
careful training hit his stride again
and had the National Open cham
pionship in his grasp at Denver in
1888. On the last round he slipped
badly and watched Ralph Guldahl
60 on to victory.
Sun Now Shines for Dick.
Some thought Metz might never
recover from the shock of losing
such an important title. but he kept
plugging away. In the last II
Evening star., 1939-11-30
Conzoneri Coin-Shy Now, but Annuities Are Coming
Re Job Suggested for Sog

job, he might try the Washing
ton Redskins.
In other words. Keltner is in
favor of giving the relief dough
back to the Indians,
This album appeared last
Thursday. and here it Is again
today. Showing we can take our
holidays or leave 'em alone.
Evening star., 1939-11-30
Army, Navy Must Be Even,
War Official Holds

BY the Associated Press.
Charles Edison, Acting Secretary
Of the Navy, wants odds that the
Navy will beat the Army in Satur-
days game at Philadelphia.
He won't get them from Louis
johnson, Assistant Secretary of War.
johnson told him that Offering
odds would reflect on a sister serv-
ice."
Evening star., 1939-11-30
Army's 1910 Grid Card
Contu:ns Nine Games

Army's football teams will play
nine games next fall, all OF major
caliber following the opener with
Williams, six of them at West Point.
The list:
Oct. 5, williams: 12, Cornell, 49, Harvard
Nov Q. Notre Dame at New York: 8.
Brown; 16. Penn at Philadelphia: %,
Princeton: 30. Navy 1T Phladelphia.
Evening star., 1939-11-30
Winning Streak, Bride> Ryder
Cup Bid, Job, Come in Bunch
For Once-Jinxed Metz

months he has won six tournaments
and total of $500 in prize money.
Things are breaking better for
me now" Metz grinned as he
glanced at his bride, the former
Jean Chatburn, whom he married
November l at Topeka, Kans. In
the spring Dick will move into a
good job as professional at an Oak
Park Ull) course.
Evening star., 1939-11-30
Champs Rore Bond Of Opportunists

Faherty doesn't
the Giants He
thing play.
world championship last the Giants did not
football Not all of sudden,
AS the along week after
let the
the Giants
capitalized
Indeed, Redskins favored when the same
after Giants
administered crushing 36oO defeat
New York
play for the
world title.
the Packers pretty much the same way
realized that here
oppounist Up to now
there wav knowing
Evening star., 1939-11-30
econd Gdron Turkey Lacking &ze but Presents Some Juicy Moe
Win, Lose or Draw
By FRANCIS E. STAN.
A Few Ominous Notes on the Giants

An old Redskn out of hiding the other to a
opinions Cliff Battles
spoke few disturbing paragraphs
THE Redskins said Coumbias backfeld COACH
keyed mentally They've been held to high pitch after
And the Redskins had things their
if against them Giant landslide did
in
speaks unquestioned authority
his point Columbia the Giants
regularly And he Redskins them the Dodgers
Brooklyn afternoon the offensive exhibition
of the New York
Manhattan here be note consider Indeed for
230odd miles between Washington New York
Battles, be Weighty
supplements remarks with this The
haven't been this playing only Is
they
a O occasion"
Evening star., 1939-11-30
Considering c. U. Eleven

TEMPE, Ariz, Nov. 80 R.-
Alumni and boosters of Arizona,
State Teachers College at Tempe
conjured with the names of Cath
olic University, Rutgers and Glenn
son as they discussed possible op-
ponent for the Bulldogs in the New
Year Day Sun Bowl game at Ell
Paso Tex.
Evening star., 1939-11-30
Tennessee Come on Air

NEW YORK, Nov. 80 F).-A two
network broadcast of the Tennessee
Kentucky football game has been
scheduled for the country's second
Thanksgiving celebration. 1t will
start at 2:30 pm. E. S. T) on
N. B. c. and M. B. S.
Evening star., 1939-11-30
Now He's Soccer Cooch

Stew McCaw, former Old Line ace
boxer and football lineman, is coach
of the Maryland soccer team. He's
an assistant in the physical educa-
tinn denartment.
Evening star., 1939-11-30
Munqon Leads Generals

LEXINGTON, Va, Nov. 80 R.-
Jack Mangan of New Britain, Conn,
center, has been elected captain of
the Washington and Lee football
team for 1910.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-02
Directory Of
Industry In
Great Demand
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, Jan. 2.-An increasing
number of orders for copies of the
new North Carolina Industrial Di-
rectory, just published by the COM
merce and industry division of the
Department Of Conservation and De-
velopment, are coming in daily, &C
cording to j. T.. Anderson, industrial
engineer and chief of the division.
Only few hundred copies have
been received from the printers SO
far and those have been snapped up
as rapidly as they were received, Mr..
Anderson said.
1t is expected that the entire edition
of 1000 copies will be delivered with
in the next few weeks. The orders
are being filled in the order in which
they are received and when the 1000
books have been exhausted, no more
will be printed.
This is the most comprehensive in
dustrial directory ever prepared in
North Carolina, and is actually the
first and only one ever compiled. 1t
consists of 932 pages and lists ap-
proximately 10000 commercial and in
dustrial plants now in operation in the
State Much statistical data are also
presented, both about the State as a
whole and about each county. An al
phatebetical list of the manufacturing
plants in each county is presented CIV
ing the names and types of plants,
their location, approximate number
Of employees, etc.
Under the county breakdown, the
area and population of each county is
given, also the principal cities and
towns, leading farm crops, and their
value; the number of automobiles
radios and telephones in each, also
the railroad and highway mileage,
number of public schools and the total
enrolment The tax rate and bonded
debt of each county is also listed.
Dozens of letters have been receiv-
ed from those who have seen the di-
rectory, commencing it as a valuable
reference work
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-02
Bids To Be Opened
Tomorrow For New
State Structure

Raleigh, Jan. Bids for construc-
ton of the new Unemployment Com
pensation Commission building on
Caswell Square, the Old Blind In
stitute site, on which the health build
ing is located, will be opened January
3, Frank b. Simpson, architect an
nounces. The building will cost APP
proximately 100000, will be five
stories high and basement, and will
contain approximately $4,000 square
feet. The long side of the "L'' will be
40 feet long on Mcdowell street and
81 feet wide, and the short part Of
the ''L" will be 80 feet long, the front
on Jones street, and 60 feet wide.
A PWA grant of As per cent of the
cost is to be matched by IS per cent
of the cost by the State. But the Sc
curity Board will repay the State on
a ten-year rental plan the States
cost. After that, the building will be-
long to the State, but the Unemploy-
ment Compensation Commission will
have all or as much of the space as
it needs as long as it needs it. At pre-
sent, three of the five floors will be
sufficient for the Commissions pur-
poses.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-02
RECORDER TRIES
"A IN DECEMBER
Third Involved In Liquor
Charges; Fl Convictions
Are Obtained

Forty-four defendants were tried in
recorders court here during the
month of December, E. 0. Falkner
clerk of superior court, announced
today. Twenty-Five of them were
white and IS colored. Fifteen, or al
most exactly one third, were involved
in one way or another in liquor law
violation charges.
Fifteen of the defendants paid costs
or fines and costs and six were sent
to the roads, making 21 convictions.
Cases of seven were nolle prosed and
16 defendants were discharged as be-
ing not guilty.
Fines imposed amounted to $10O.7O
and fees $43O51, a total of $531.21
handled by the office.
Nine were charged with possession
of illegal whisky, three with drunken
driving, two with being drunk and
disorderly and one with being drunk
and driving a car without proper
lights. Nine were charged with reck-
less driving, five with assault, four
with Grim against nature, two each
with destroying property and with,
Selling crops unlawfully, giving a
worthless check and assault with a
deadly weapon. One defendant was
charged with threatening to kill, on !,
with dispensing of mortgaged prov.
erty, and one with abandonment anu
non-support.
Total figures for the court for the
entire calendar year 1888 were not
available for the time being, but will
probably be ready for announcement
in few days.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-02
CITY Looks To New Year
With Greater Optimism
Opinion Here Seems To Be Much Depends on
Crops for 1899; Mills Hope for Better Year;
Latter Half Should Be Good if Prices Are Firm

AS 1888 was written off into history
as not being so satisfactory in a bus
mess way, Henderson looked with
more optimism today to the new year
1889 in the hope of improving condi-
tions for both business and agricul-
ture. Authoritative forecasts for a
twenty percent pickup in the COM
ing year as compared with last Gre
ated a feeling of hopefulness on all
sides, though there was no anticipa-
tion of anything like a record-break-
ing yelr in this section.
Much will depend on the trend of
crop prices in this section. Tobacco
this year will be grown without any
restrictions on tie part of the gov
eminent, other than voluntary parti-
cipation in soil conservation projects
and the like. That may result in a big
crop of the leaf generally in the flue-
cured belt, regardless of what local
farmers may do. Opinions have been
expressed here that in this immediate
section there will not be any wide
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-02
Merit Rating Is
Among Changes In
Compensation Act

Raleigh, Jan. 2.-Merit rating, or as
Washington officials prefer to call
It, experience rating, is included in
he several amendments to the State
Unemployment compensation law as
einally approved last week by the
State Advisory Council, and submitted
% the Unemployment Compensation
Commission for any action the State
ody may wish to take. If finally ap-
proved, the amendments will be pre-
;ented to the session of the General
Assembly converting this week.
Washington authorities raised OBJ
,ections to the experience rating plan,
n one respect, because the plan pro-
)Csed places a premium on regular
employment 10y a reduction of con-
-ribution rates 10y the employer, while
it does not provide for a penalty in
crease for irregular employment by
making the rae higher, to make up
or the reduction. Another objection
that the experience rating plan
would be almost prohibitive in admin
stlative Co.'S, according to the Wash
ngton official view. Chairman Chas.
;. Powell and other members of the
Commission realize it would he hard
administer. The plan would not
jecome effective until three years of
experience is accumulated.
Another amendment would provide
, plan for seasonal employment, by
making employees who become I'M
employed during the season of ope-
alton eligible for benefits, but would
Tot allow benefits after the season
losed.
Other amendments proposed pro-
1ide for turning over, after June 80,
939, proper amounts of contributions
elected from railroads to the Rail
DAD Unemployment Compensation
,oard; limiting waiting period to two
ull weeks in any calendar year; SIM
lily the figuring of benefits by plac-
1g the amount of brackets; making
revision so employers may appeal to
re courts from Commission deci-
ons on liability for contributions
revent injunctions restraining the
commission from collecting contribu-
:ons assessed against employers.
After completing its work, the ad-
-isory council called upon Governor
Ioey and received his thanks and
,romise of support of the changes
| hey propose in the law.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-02
New Yearls
Greeted In
Much Noise
Fireworks, Pent Up
Largely T h rou g h
Christrnas, Let Loose
With Bang at Mid
night

With an unusually large amount o.
noise and with parties here ana there
the New Year 1889 was greeted bv
Henderson last Saturday midnight 1t
appeared that the noise making de
vices were in larger volume than any
recent year, and certainly there was
a more general use of fireworks in
the celebration of midnight sitters
who waited up to greet the coming Of
the New Year
An appeal by Mayor Henry Powell
and city police appeared to reduce
the fireworks nuisance during the
period around Christmas, though
there was plenty of it even then. But
the noise that accompanied the pass
ing of one year and the arrival OF
another at midnight Saturday mac. :
it appear that the pent-up complex
for explosives was let loose in full
blast.
Those so inclined raced through the
streets with horns wide open and with
other devices for making noise. Blow
ing of whistles and ringing of bells
was on a smaller scale than usual-or
were these instruments of greeting SO
drowned out by the noise of explod-
ing fireworks that they were not 20
plainly audible as in other seasons?
Fireworks were exploded on main
street, despite the appeal and the
warning of city authorities. Few or
no arrests were made. In the. residen-
tial sections celebrants sent up many
dollars in noise and smoke as huge
crackers were discharged in the
streets or on private property. Sky
rockets and Roman candles lighted
the heavens frequently during about
half hour period.
The hour of the passing of 1888 and
the coming of 1889 was marked by
clear skies overhead and very chilly
temperatures all about.
Parties in private homes were to
some extent cut short by the fact that
the first day in the new year was
Sabbath morning.
Four false fire alarms were turned
in around the midnight hour Satur-
day night, two Of them from Box 43
at the corner of Rowland and Rock
Spring streets, one from % at the
post office and the other from Box
Is at Burwell avenue and Garnet
street.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-02
FOUR ARRESTED FOR
POSSESSION WHISKY

Officers were on the alert for ILL
cit whisky sales during the weekend,
four men falling into the tolls of the
law for violating the county prohi-
bition Jaw.
Bill McGhee was fined $40 and
costs in county court this morning
for possession of corn whisky. He
was taken Saturday on the old Louis
burg load.
Grover McGhee was taken Saturday
night about 1920 o'clock in South
Henderson with half gallon corn
whisky, and is facing possession
charge.
Yesterday, Allen Hughes was taken
on John street with Illicit whisky, and
is facing a possession charge.
Maurice Gill, Negro, was taken in
Goosehollow section with half gallon
corn whisky last night about 10
o'clock. He is charged with posses
sion of whisky for sale.
ABC officers J. G. Champion and
L. A. Jackson were assisted in the
various arrests by Deputies E. A. Cot
trell and Ed Ellis and Constable
Frank Gupton.