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The Nome nugget., 1939-02-01
Mooney And
 Billings Meet Folsom Prison

Tom Mooney set free after 9 years in prison, promised Warren Bilhngs, he would labor for his release. Billings was convicted an connection with the same case Ms Mooney. They are shown as they were reunited briefly at Folsom Prison, where Billings is confined. Mooney (left), had re- seived his unconditional pardon from Gov. Olson but a few hours before they met.
The Nome nugget., 1939-02-01
Two Kinds of Claims

.. It is very important to distin.' guish between a lode and 2 pla- ser deposit. If . deposit is lode, It should be stakcd as . lode claim; If 1t is placer, 1t should be staked as q placer claim. If both . lode and a placer deposit arc oeund In the same area, 1t should As located as both . placer and . lodo slAlm.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
THURSDAYS GAME
Milford :
DOyer14

DOyer-l4 Milford
Fifteen hundred lower Delaware
baseball enthusiasts saw the Dover
Orioles rout the Milford Little Giants
last Thursday afternoon, II to Z, in
the first game of the 1899 Eastern
Shore League season here.
Monchak. a holdover from last
year, collected a double. single and
two homers to lead Dover. The Red
Birds uncorked 15-hit barrage that
helped them score in all but three
innings. Clemence and Burt worked
on the Dover mound and allowed the
Terrymen 10 scattered hits. Nc
gonigle starred at bet for Milford
with four for four. one of which was
a homer. Keene also homered for the
Giants
Preceding the game Milford Le-
gion Post No. 3 led a parade OF
lodges. civic organizations and the
Milford High School band through
the city to the park, where they pre-
sented the club with an American
fag. Colonel William +. Lank. the
oldest legionnaire in Delaware. act
ed as parade marshal and made the
presentation address. Mayor Harry
J. Pettyjohn threw out the first ball.
The box score:
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
WEEVHS
Big STRAWBERRY.
CROP PREDICTED.
CONTINUED from rirs. psss,

/ aaSih FNkef
In the meantime active preventive
measures are being taken against
the strawberry weevil by farmers
and a study of the pest is being
made on special 10-acre plot near
Bridgeville by experts working un-
der the supervision of DIR. l.. A.
Stearns. entomologist of the Univer-
sity of Delaware's Agricultural Ex-
tension Service.
Ravages Up To 80 Per Gent
These men have found that the
ravages caused by the strawberry
weevil. which last year caused losses
as high as so per cent of the crop
to some farmers. have been retarded
this year due to preventive meas
ures and also to the cold, wet wea-
ther, DR.. Stearns said.
The extension service men are
trying to find a more effective ma
terial to combat the pest than the
1915 sulphur arsenate dust now be-
ing used.
The strawberry weevil lays its
eggs in the blossom of the plant. The
eggs hatch shortly afterward. caus-
ing the green berry to drop off. Thus
farmers dub the pest the clipper
bug"
The red core disease. although II
has affected many farms in the ex-
treme southern section of the State.
is not as serious here as in Mary
land and Virginia. 1t is called red
core" because it causes the ordi-
narily white roots of the plant to
turn red. making the plant shrivel
and die.
Although the federal government
is carrying on experiments in con-
nection with this disease the Uni
versity of Delaware agricultural ex-
perts are bending their full efforts
toward conquering the strawberry
weeviI. by far the more serious men
ace here.
The agricultural extension service
of the university. which not only
brings the farmers the latest aid
discovered through scientific re-
search. but also aids housewives
make better homes. observed its
twenty-fifth anniversary in Della
ware this week.
Prof. George L. Schuster is acting
iirector of the service in Delaware
Dean A. C. McCue being on leave
If absence. A. D. Cobb is assistant
iirector and county agent leader and
,Irs. Helen Mckinley is assistant di-
.ector and State Home Demonstra-
ion leader.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
HERD IMPROVEMENT
ASSN. STARTS WORK
tcnnt,nuea from Flrst Page,

This official tester will visit each
member of the association once each
month and take samples of the milk
in the evening and again the fol-
lowing morning, and by actual
weight or measure will determine
the quantity of grain and roughage
which should be fed to each cow Ill
the herd for the most prefitable and
economical milk production. The to-
tai pounds of milk and the percen-
tage of butterfat for each COW also
will be determined to show which
are the profitable and improbable
cows.
All of this information will be en-
tered by the official tester in herd
book which Is the property OF the
association member. and which Will
serve as a permanent and an ac-
repted official record to indicate the
productivity of each COW along with
the direct influence which these IN
dividual cows are eXerting upon
their offspring from the standpoint
of their ability to develop into pro-
fitable animals for replacement in
the herd, or for sale to other dairy
farmers. At the end of each month
a report showing the average milk
production and butterfat test Tor
each herd will be mailed from the
county extension Office to each mem
her of the association. as this is the
plan being followed by other dairy
herd improvement associations
the country.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
}EASTERN
( SHORE
}LEACUE
HOW THEY STAND
Next Weeks Schedule

Friday, May IL
Centreville at MILFORD
fredericksburg at Easton
Salisbury at Dover
Pocomoke at Cambridge
Saturday, May 13
MILFORD at Easton
Centreville at fredericksburg
Cambridge at Salisbury
Pocomoke at Dover
Sunday, May IA
Dover at MILFORD
Salisbury at Centreville
Easton at Pocomoke
fredericksburg at Cambridge
Monday, May Is
Easton at MILFORD
fredericksburg at Centreville
Salisbury at Cambridge
Dover at Pocomoke
Tuesday, May rs
Salisbury at MILFORD
Dover at Centreville
Pocomoke at fredericksburg
Cambridge at Easton
Wednesday. May II
MILFORD at Salisbury
Easton at Cambridge
Centreville at Dover
fredericksburg at PocOmoke
Thursday, May 1S
MILFORD at Cambridge
Dover at fredericksburg
Salisbury at EastOn
Centreville at PocomOke
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
SUSSEX POULTRYMEN
ARE PLANNING TOURS
,oontlnueu IRON r1rst Fs-s'

Hampshire pullets on range. New
type range shelter.
2:3O p. m.-Leave for G. F. Seely's
farm. Arrive 2:45. New Hampshire
pulIets on range; laying house with
roof insulated. Model tomato cann-
ing plant.
3:15 D. m.-Leave for Lee Carey's
farm (west of Bridgeville). Arrive
$3.50. Brooding New Hampshire
chicks q weeks old ideal range for
pullets; range shelters.
p. m.-Leave for Cedar View
Poultry Farm az miles west of
Bridgeville), Arrive 4:10. Will see
here types of range shelters and
brooder houses.
2:3O p. M. Thursday. May IS. the
tour will assemble at the home of
Pratt Cooper. Delmar. White Leg
horn pullets on fine. red clover
range.
3 p. m.-Leave for Earl Cooper's
farm, Delmar Ideal range with shell
ters and shade. Both of these visits
will show some of the latest methods
of producing quality. commercial
white eggs. Both are members Of the
Diamond Egg Club, an egg market ,
ing organization. ]
3:45 p. m.-Arrive at the farm Of
James Ralph. Delmar Impro~ed
methods of producing cross bred
eggs. Broiler producer.
wood burning brooders used.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
Totals ...........40 8 "a 10
Slated for Kallenberg in eighth.
FEDERALSBURG

Totals .........45 IL 20 u ~
+*Batted for Brown in third.
SCORE BY INNINGS
Milford o 3 o 2 90 o 8
fredericksburg i o 0 1 2 l 8 x-lS
Errors: Bellanger 2, RullO 2, Det-
Weller. Stein. Gardina. Runs batted
in McGonigle 3, HolbrOOk 2, Stein
man 2, Short. Detwieler S. Kolberg,
Bellanger 2. Evanko 2, Benzenberg
.. Cunning. Hermanski 2, Pelter.
Rullo. Two-base hits: Bellanger.
Harrigan, Evanko, Rullo. Home
runs: McGonigle 2. Detwieler 2. Her
manski .. Holbrook. Stolen bases:
Detwieler. Stein. Demasi. Sacrifice
fly. Kolberg. Double plays: Detweil-
er to Rullo to Kolberg; Detweiler to
Kolberg. Left on bases: Milford 3.
fredericksburg 8. Bases on balls: Far
rell 1. Mellblom 8, Brown 2, Gardina
3, Funk 3. Pelter 2. Hits: Off Far
rell in 1B; Gardina 10 in S7s;
Brown 2 in 12s; Funk in 4; Nell
blom s in 225; Okpych in /; Kali
lenberg in g. Balk: Mellblom.
Passed ball: Cunning. Winning pit
cher: Funk. Losing pitcher: Gardi-
ma. Umpires: Tattler and Masters.
Time: 3 hours.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
LAST WEEKS RESULTS !
Thursdays Games

Thursdays Games
Dover. IA; Milford. Z.
Fredericksburg. II: PocomOke, 4.
Centreville. 13; Salisbury, 5.
Cambridge. 5: Easton. 4.
Fridays Games
Dover. II: Milford. 5.
Centreville, 7; Salisbury, 4.
fredericksburg. Z; Pocomoke, 6.
Cambridge. .; Easton. 7.
Saturdays Games
Salisbury. 8; Pocomoke. I (ten
innings).
fredericksburg, 1S; Milford. 8.
CentreviIle, 9; Easton. 2.
Cambridge. 10; Dover. Z.
Sundays Games
Milford. IL; Cambridge. 5.
Pocomoke. Q: CentrevilIe, S.
fredericksburg, 10: Dover. 1.
Salisbury. 1S; Easton. ;.
Mondays Games
Easton, 10; Centreville. 9.
Salisbury. s; Pocomoke, 5.
Milford. 10; fredericksburg, 5.
Cambridge. 10; Dover. 5.
Tuesdays Games
Dover. 20; Easton, 4.
Milford. 8: Pocomoke. 4.
fredericksburg, 90; Salisbury, 3.
Cambridge at Centreville postpon-
ed, wet grounds.
Wednesdays Games
Salisbury. IL: fredericksburg, 8.
Dover. z; Easton. 1.
Pocomoke. IL; Milford. 4.
Centreville. 8; Cambridge. s.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
THE CIRCUS

There is only one great circus in
the United States. and that is Ring
ling Brothers. Last year labor
strike. hard times and the high cost
Of entertainment closed the show.
The circus has opened again for a
tour of the country. The indications
are that business conditions are
more favorable for a successful
season of the circus.
If the professional circus makes
good in 1889 all our little private
amateur circuses ought to get
through the year better than we did
in days of recession" and depres
sion.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

Milford's participation in the Della
ware Festival of The Arts. May 15-
30, inclusive, will be as follows: Ex-
hibition of Art in the Milford Public
Schools, Tuesday. May %. in the af-
ternoon from 3 until s. under super
vision of Miss Lydia A. Bancroft.
Exhibition of work done in Milford
Adult Education Glass in Art, and
work of Milford painters. Milford
Grange, Friday afternoon. May Goth,
hours 2 until 6. The public is cor
daily invited.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
SUNDAYS GAME
lIiIfOrd-11
Cambridge

MilfOrd-11 Cambridge
The Cambridge Cardinals were
tagged for their first defeat of the
season on Sunday when Milford's
Little Giants cashed in on their op-
ponents' erratic hurting and ragged
fielding for an II to victory.
O'Higgins went the route for the
winners. and kept nine hits we'll
scattered. Outfielder Mickey Stein
man, a member of last years Milford
aggregation, led the attack with a
single and a home run. driving in
five runs. Stine also homered for
the Giants with two on.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
WEDNESDAYS GAME

POcOmOkP Milford
Pocomoke won its second game of
the Eastern Shore League season on
Wednesday night. unlimbering heavy
guns for IS hits off two Milford Lit
tie Giants pitchers for an ia vic
tory
Valentine. relief pitcher for POGO
moke. held Milford to two hits in
six innings. while Rolf. with two
homers drove in five runs. Polito.
with a homer and two singles sent
in four.
Hall POcOmoke second baseman.
had four hits in five times at bat.
The box score:
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
MONDAYS GAME
MiIfOrd-1O

MilfOrd-1O FederalsburG-5
Milford's Little Giants tagged Fed
eralsburg for IL hits and a 10 to .
victory on Monday night to hand the
Athletics their first defeat of the
Eastern Shore League schedule.
Mickey Steinman again starred at
bat for the Giants. getting four hits
in five times at bat. while John Nc
Gonigle smacked a home run. Tan
sey was reached for ten hits. but
was never in serious trouble.
The box score:
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
FRIDAYS GAME
Milford
DOYer-1I

DOVer-u MilfOrd-5
After a wild first inning in which
ne allowed three runs. Ed. Vogel
gained control and pitched the Do
yer Orioles to an lis victory over
the Milford Little Giants, last Fri
day night.
Timely hitting with men on bases
aided the Dover Scoring. Okpych and
Saulia. Milford hurlers, allowed nine
hits to Dover, four of them good for
home runs when the bases were
empty.
Mayor J. Wallace Woodford tossed
out the first ball.
The box score:
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
LOCAL HIGHLETS
WIN TWO MORE
BASEBALLGAMES
Beat Georgetown, II To 5;
Dover, 9 To 6; Show
Championship Form.
SUPPORT

Milford High School downed
Georgetown High in a baseball game
last Friday by the score of IL to S.
In other games played simultane-
ously, Georgetown Jay Wees con-
quercd Milford Jay Wees to 4. and
Milford Junior High defeated
Georgetown Junior High, 13 to 2.
The box score:
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
TUESDAYS GAME
MilfOrd9
POcOnlOke-

MlIOrd-9 POcOmOke-l
Mickey Steinman. powerhouse, for
the Milford Giants. drove in four
runs in five times at bat on Tuesday
night to give the Giants at "a win
over Pocomoke and their third
straight victory.
Steinman homered twice and sing
led three times in his five trips. Ur-
ban and McGOnigle also homered for
the Giants, who collected 13 hits
from Luce and Kopeck.
Neil Saulia, on the mound for Mil
ford. allowed twelve hits.
The box score:
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
Totals
MILFORD
Totals

SCORE BY INNINGS
fredericksburg L 90 o 0 3 O. D
Milford 3 0 8 20 0 x-lO
Errors: Demasi 2; Benzenberg.
Runs batted in: Kolberg 2. Steinman
2. Slime, 2. McGonigle 2. EvankO. Cr-
ban 8. Cunning. Holbrook, 2. Two
base hits: Kessel, Benzenberg, Stein
man, Rullo Three-base hit: Stine.
Home run: McGonigle. Stolen bases
Steinman, Harrigan, Stout. Sacrifice
Urban. Double play: Harrigan to
Benzenberg to Slime; Tansey to
Benzenberg to Stine Left on bases;
fredericksburg 8. Milford 5. Bases on
balls: Mussill 8, Tansey 4. Struck
out: Mussill 10, Tansey 6. Funk /.
Hits: Off Mussill 10 in innings;
Funk in l. Hit by pitcher: BY Tan
sey (Bellanger). Wild pitch: Mussill
2. Passed ball: Cunning. Losing pit
cher: Mussill. Umpires: Connolly
and Darlington. Time: 2:45.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
0UII. p
Totals ...........42 II Is
NfTT L-nDn
Totals
MILFORD
Totals

SCORE BY INNINGS
Dover % 8 4 8 0 1 0 2-14
Milford o 0 1 90 4 o.
Errors: Trowbridge. Keene. Nc
Gonigle, Stine 2. Schluter 3; Mon
chak. Runs batted in: Knoerlein,
Keene. Monchak 7. Virgnani 4. Sch
luter. Trowbridge. Cunning. Benzen-
berg, McGonigle 3. Two-base hits:
Schluter. Knoerlein. Monchak, Glenn
ence. Burt, McGonigle. Home runs:
Virgnani. McGongle. Monchak 2,
Keene. Stolen bases: Gatta, Trow-
bridge, Schluter. Sacrifices: Schluter
Double plays: Vergnani to Gatta;
Benzenberg to Keene. Left on bases:
Dover 8. Milford 8. Bases on balls:
Off Clemence 4: off Tansey 3; off
Kallenberg 2. Struck out: By Glenn
ence s; Tansey 5; Kallenberg 4;
Burt 2. Hits: Off Clemence in 72s
innings; off Tansey. 6 in 31s; off
Kallenberg, in 53s; off Burt, in
1H. Hit by pitcher: Clemence. Win
ming pitcher: Clemence. Losing pit
cher: Tansey. Umpires: Tattler and
Connally. Time of game: 8 hours.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12

1.-THE canalized Missouri River has
been a most striking example of the
expenditure of public money-not
for private gain, but for absolute
waste. DIR. Charles L. Raper, Syr-
acuse University.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12

A play entitled Husband Hunt
ers" will be presented in the Poca-
hontas Lodge Hall, Friday night, May
IL. Benefit Ionic Council and Ellen
dale Sunday school class. Admission,
adults, zoe; children, 1Oc. Ice cream
for sale, Everyone welcome.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
'OCONiOKE


Milford % 3 o o o - o 4
Pocomoke IS 0 zoe ? ? x--11
Errors: None Runs batted in: Rolf
5, Cunning. POlitO 4. Harrington >,
Dousha. Doeing. TwO-base hit: Heff-
nef. Three-base hit: Valentine. Home
runs: Rolf 2. Cunning. Polito. Dou-
sha, Harrigan. Double plays; Mendes
to Hall to Rolf; Valentine to Polito
to Rolf. Left on bases: PocOmoke Z,
Milford 6. Bases on balls: Off Per-
ron 3. Valentine 3. Doeing g. Struck
out: BY Perron /. Valentine Z. Nell
hlom 6. Doeing 7. Hits: Off Perron
: in ga: Rehbein in 0; Valentine
2 in 52A: Mellblom in pa; Doeing
2 in 52s. Wild pitch: Doeing. Passed
ball: Dousha. Winning pithcer: Val
entine. Losing pitcher: Mellblom.
Umpires: Darlington and O'Neil.
Time: 2:15.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12

A pair of rookie hurlers. White
and Lurick, shared the chore for
Cambridge. White being charged
with the defeat.
The box score:
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
SATURDAYS GAME
FPderalShnrg-1S
Milford

FpderaIShurg-1S MiIfOrd-S
Last Saturday the Milford Little
Giants" were soundly trounced by
the fredericksburg AS. 1S to 8. Each
team used four pitchers.
The box score:
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12

Errors: wilkins. Adkins.
Dover High Schools baseball team
dropped a to 6 decision to Milford
High Tuesday afternoon at the ORR
ole Park in Dover.
The box score:
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
Slated for Okpych in ninth.
DOVER


SCORE BY INNINGS
Milford 8 20 900 / o / 5
Dover L q o 4 ? o o X-ll
Errors: VOgel. Kucinski 8, Saulia
=. Orban. Harrigan, Cunning. Runs
batted in: Urban, McGonigle. Sch
luter 2, Kucinski 3. Vergnani, Hoven-
ic. Monchak, Okpych. Short. Two
base hits McGonigle. Schluter.
Three-base hits: Kucinski. Hovenic.
Urban. Home runs: McGOnigle. Sch
luter. Monchak. Okpych. Stolen bases
Urban. Vergnani, Schluter, Knor-
lein. Double plays: Schluter to Mon
chak to Gatta. Left on bases: Mil
ford6. Dover 6. Bases on balls: Vo-
gel 8. Saulia 4. Struck out: Vogel IL.
Saulia 5, Okpych. 4. Hits: Saulia in
4h innings; Okpych 4 in S2s. Hit by
pitch: Saulia >. Okpych. Balk: Sau-
liza. Passed ball Kucinski ?. Losing
pitcher: Saulia. Cmpires: Darlington
and Masten. Time: 2:23.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12

The Milford team is playing bang
up baseball Their pitching is above
average for high school and they are
deserving of the support of every
Milford fan.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12

Errors: Slime. Kopeck. Mendes.
DOusha Runs batted in: Rolf, Urban
?. McGonigle 3. Stine. Nelson, Poll
to. Steinman 4. Two-base hits: Rolf,
Benzenberg. Home runs: Urban. Nc
Gonigle. Steinman 2. Sacrifice hit
Cunning. Double play: Mendes to
Hall to Rolf. Left on bases: POGO
moke II. Milford 3. Bases on balls:
Kopeck 3. Saulia 4. Struck out: BY
Kopeck 3. Saulia Q. Luce l. Hits: of
Kopeck / in innings. Luce 2 in !
Hit by pitcher: By Kopeck (Stine).
Losing pitcher: Kopeck. Umpires:
Connolly and George. Time: 2:15.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
Totals
Is SO 5 . "a s
MILFORD

SCORE BY INNINGS
Cambridge 2 0 3 OO 0 0 O. .
Milford % 80 3 0 5 90 XII
Errors: Short. Harringan, Stine 2.
Console 2, Olt. Runs batted in: Rich
ards 2, Stine 3, Olt. Jones, Steinman
5. Benzenberg. Home runs: Stine.
Steinman. Double play: Kessel to
Benzenberg to Stine. Left on bases:
Cambridge 8; Milford 5. Bases on
balls: White 4. O'Higgins l. Struck
out: White 3. O'Higgins 8. Lurick ).
Hits: White 6 in 5; Lurick 2 in 3.
Wild pitch: White. Balk: White.
Passed ball: Cunning. Losing pitch
err: White. Umpires; Masters and
Tattler. Time: hours.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12

SCORE BY INNINGS
Harrington s. 0 o 20 1 o 0 II
Hartly .O1O1O OO10 %
Errors: Maloney. 2; Vodvanka,
Harrington, Plumber.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
MILFORD

Totals ......-..31 4 s - 8
aBatted for DOeing in ninth.
bBatted for Kessel in ninth.
cBatted for Benzenberg in ninth
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12
MILFORD

Totals .........39 4 10 "a 10
Slated for Kopeck in eighth.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12

SCORE BY INNINGS
PocJmoke Il 90 2 o. 900 IA
Milford .2O3 2 q OO2 x-9
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-12

Mosquitoes are becoming plentiful!
Evening star., 1939-12-24
Two Stores Crowded
With Shoppers Robbed
picture on PAGE Az

Two Sanitary Grocery Co. stores
crowded with Christmas shoppers
were held up and robbed last night
by two neatly dressed white men
who escaped with more than 81 900,
police were told.
The two men. both between 80 and
IS years old and armed with .32-
caliber pistols, entered the store at
727 Third street NV. about pm.
One remained at the front door
while the other rifled the cash reg
lister of about $780, At the point
of a pistol, the manager, Parker D.
Jeffers of 36l8 Eighteenth street
NE, was forced to the rear of the
store, where he opened the safe con-
tanning 1857 in cash and several
checks.
Leaving the checks, the second
man stuffed the cash in his overcoat
pocket and pushed his way through
the crowd to join his partner.
Less than IS minutes later, two
men answering the same descrip-
ton entered the Sanitary company
store at 200 F street NV. and re-
peated the same procedure except
no effort was made to get the money
in the safe. John F. Bass, store man.
ager, told police. No accurate check
OF the money had been made late
last night, but it was believed they
got about $500.
One woman with more than Sl00
IN her pocketbook hid it in a bag OF
potatoes, but no attempt was made
to rob any of the customers.
Later. two armed colored men got
$50 IN grocery holdup at l400 G
street Sc.
Evening star., 1939-12-24

are included the Interior, Labor,
War, Treasury, State, Justice, Agri-
culture, Commerce and Post Office
Departments, the Senate Office
Building, Veterans Administration,
Farm Credit Administration Works
Projects Administration, National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission, Bureau of Standards, Gov
ernment Printing ONCE, General
Accounting Office, Home Owners
Loan Corp. and various units within
the District government.
Parties Aided Campaign.
Donations were sent to the
Christmas Heart Fund in exchange
for requests played during the
Night Watchman program on Sta
ton WRC. Funds as well as toys
and other gifts were collected at
numerous dances, teas and other
parties, where proceeds went to
The Star Christmas campaign.
All contributions to the campaign
were made freely In the spirit in
(see CHRISTMAS HEART; A-30
Evening star., 1939-12-24
Firms and Reds
Are Reported in
Fierce Bottle

By the Associated Press.
HELSINKI, Dec. ga savage
battle at Aglajarvi, on the south
eastern front, in which surrounded
Russian force was practically de-
stroyed before it's survivors sur
rendered, was reported tonight in
the Finnish high command COM
munique.
While Finnish troops were report
ing a series of successful offensive
operations along the eastern and
southeastern fronts, Russian air
raiders. for the fifth consecutive day,
bombed strategic Finnish cities
Finnish advices. however, said there
were no casualties.
GA communique of the Red
Army issued in Leningrad said
Russian aircraft had shot down
Is Finnish planes in aerial COM
bat today)
The Aglajarvi region is now
wholly in our hands and our ad-
vance continues" the communioue
said, adding that more than 600
prisoners were captured in the fight
ing at Aglajarvi and nearby Tolva-
jarvi.
These towns are in the frontier
zone about so miles north OF Lake
Lado2a,
The Firms said they also seized
six cannon, eight tanks, eight anti
tank guns, number of machine
guns and other equipment in the
Aglajarvi operations.
Counterdrive Launched.
South of Lake Ladoga. on the
vital karelian Isthmus. the Firms
launched their first major counter
offensive, reporting it resulted in
destruction of five Russian tanks
and the capture of a number OF
prisoners, machine guns and other
war material.
The Russians were said to have
been repulsed when they attacked
on the isthmus last night The in
vaders also were reported driven
back when they attacked at Kitala
railroad town on the north shore OF
Lake Ladoga and about 25 miles
from the border.
The communique said the Russians
lost 1000 men at Suomussalmi, killec
in fighting in that sector, which is
about $50 miles north of Lake La
doga and 80 miles from the frontier
There Russian column which trieo
to smash across Finland's wasp
waist is being thrown back, the
Firms asserted.
Advance Continuing.
I'VE captured one tank and a mum
Der OF machine guns in that sector,
the communique said. Our advance
continues"
Points attacked by Russian bomb
ers included Tampere, site of a large
munitions base northwest of Hell
sinki Bombs also were dropped
around Helsinki, Pori, Tammisaari
and Rauma.
Two Russian bombers were re-
ported shot down by anti aircraft
guns. Finnish reports said many
bombs were dropped. and that at
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