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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-22
Rifle Entrants
Open Action in
Times Classic
By DON GILLIES
Detroit Times Gun Editor

When the finals for the William
Randolph Hearst Trophy are fired
in Detroit next April, close to 100
teams representing 500 riflemen
will stand shoulder to shoulder in
one of the greatest rifle shooting
-spectacies ever staged in Mich
igan.
These sharp-eyed marksmen will
be made up of men, women and
juniors who successfully completed
their regular season matches and
came through with colors flying.
To make the tournament all the
more colorful, there will be many
competing in their first big rifle
shoot.
If the competition is anything
like the first scores coming In,
winners will not be known until
the very last rifleman squeezes the
trigger for his final shot. The
Fruit Belt League so far is provid-
AilS lIidl hlIlu VI q IdCc.
Leads by Point
The Twin City Rifle Team Of
Benton Harbor is leading by one
single point over the Paw Paw
team, all because J. Stevens and
T. Osborne shot 1856 points each
to bring their team total TO- 90i,
against the Twin City team, whose
score of 905 placed them on top.
but only temporarily, according
to Howard Smith. secretary of the
Paw Paw team.
In the General Motors League in
Detroit, where a handicap system
is used to give every competitor
an even chance, the pace is De-
/ ginning to tell on the league Lead
ers. Team No. l walked off with
the first round, but in the second
match, their margin Of victory was
Whitfield to only few points.
Delay Firing Start
Firing will not start in the
Eastern Michigan Rife and Revolt
yer Club until after January /,
according to Roy Schwarz and
Fred Friedman. who are lining M
teams for the Detroit Times shoot.
Kalamazoo Rife and Pistol
Club. Stambaugh Rife and Pistol
Club, Central Michigan Gun Club
of Jackson. Bay City Rife Club
and several other central Michi-
gan riflemen are meeting In
matches this week.
A new range for Muskegon
shooters was made available this
week, with the announcement by
Jim Perry, that any rifiemen de-
string TO shoot. may do so by conn
ing 10 the Armory any Friday
evening.
Mike Tokar made a similar an
nouncement in Detroit by placing
the Detroit Gun Club. 1886 Grand
River at the disposal of all De-
troit rifiemen. In addition 10 this,
Tokar advised that competent In
struction and guns were available.
University OF Detroit. South
eastern High and Wilbur Wright
were among Detroit schools en-
tered.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-22
Tropical Park Results

First Race-S1 900. claiming. 3-year-olds
ana up. a mile.
Hunting Home May 20.l0 10 20 $50
Tenacious Carroll g. 30 ~
VIVA Hae Haskell 3 so
Time liz 2-5. OF 300
High Rfnown. Erect. Prads. No Ending
Iaie Eli Lucky Me Bright Sonlna Neddie
Lass and Commencement also ran.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-22


second Raee-Si 900 maiden 2-year-old
colts and geldings : mile:
Bel Tower CTaylor 40 800 50
Fsntastical CAndersonl 20 5l0
EqIioval tHoweln 40
Time 1913 of 2.3fia
Peep Show, Tarohy. Country. Banker
jim. Chosen Time. Darby DIX. WING
Wing. sea Chantey and Joe Pete also ran.
Third Raee-si goo. allowances. 5-year-
sRoyal Man CFiinchum) 80 400 $40
Time O. war (Roberts) SO %
Notum Moore so
Liberty Franc, Shorfs'op PA House
Domkin and Great Albert also ran.
Fourth Rare-S1 600 allowances. 2-year-
oids. mile and 20 yards
Yankee Party GLndv1 $50 3 80 40
Beckhampton tTaylor) 500 80
Gold Tower tSuyderi 90
Time las, of 3 2Iiz.
Take wing Llanero Meritorious and
Art OF War also ran
Filth Race-s2 900. Miami Handicap 3
year-ods and up. q. mile:
Clyde Tolson (Tsylorl $50 $50 30
T NJ Dorset tStevensonl 2 30 ? 20
Harp Weaver AtkinsonI 3 50
Detroit Bull CDewl so
BUSY Morn. Dolly Val and Float Away
also ran.
Dead heat for third.
sixth Race-Si 600 claiming. Swear
olds and up. :. mile.
-faient lTaylcrl 40 90 80 %
Jayfcee (BadiouI 500 81
Billy Bee CRosenl 800
Time Is. of 4.2s.
Par-Ernes' Sargazo. Ano1heies. Colo
Band. Moonlite Bobby. FoIlelEh. Bold
Turk, Consul ana Bedrock Canyon also
ran.
seventh Raee-s1 600 claiming 3-year-
Odds and UP u miles
Perlefte May 1900 $40 80
ReXair tAtkinsnnl y 80 q so
Endymion tAndersonl = 20
Time ! 543-5 on 4.54t
Grand Lama sun Apollo. AutoEran
Wrenace Cheict Rama Peanut Lad.
Boston Sound. sir AJAX and Blind Biaf-
ney also ran
EIEhth Raes-si 200 claiming. 5-year-
clds and Hp / = miles
Jaw Bee Dee tEadsi 1910 SO ~
BelrinEer fClaEFeftl Il 50 $50
MiEal Fay Dew 3. 90
Silent Jim. Shasta Nollie. head9V
Morn. Uproar Nightly. Alspur. DIZZY 3 d.
Anglo Saxon and Victory March also ran.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-22
Tropical Park Entries

FIRST RACE-Sl 900, claiming, S-year-
ODDS and up, furlongs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-22

Harry suffrin vs. Jsglowiez : m
Auto Club vs. Sans ?. m. Grea'
Lakes IS Arthur - ?. n.
Evening star., 1940-04-18

Whales have lived to be 500 years
old.
Evening star., 1940-04-18
Swinging Door Victim Awaits
Hospital Liability Decision
Jury Says Former
Nurse Is Entitled
To $4,000 Damages

A $4,000 verdict. returned in
favor of former Georgetown Hos
pital nurse, who claims she was in
jured when hit by a swinging door,
opened by student nurse, hung to-
day upon a decision of Justice James
M Proctor in District Court as to
whether charitable institutions are
ansWerable in damages under such
circumstances.
A District Court jury, after de-
liberating for an hour and a half fol-
lowing two and a half days of tes-
timony and argument, decided yes
terday afternoon that Susan NJ
Hughes, so, of 3249 N street NV. was
entitled to $4,000 damages. Named
as defendants we're the president
and directors of Georgetown Col
lege, which operates the hospital.
Represented by Attorneys Emmett
Leo Sheehan, John A. K. Donovan
and Maurice Lanman, jr., Miss
Hughes SAID she was injured in
1884 when a student nurse, Eda
Ross, no longer connected with the
hospital, set the swinging door in
motion. Miss, Hughes contended her
left hip was fractured, that she has
been completely disabled and has
Evening star., 1940-04-18

loudoun W. c. T. U. to Meet
The Loudoun County Women's
Christian Temperance Union will
meet in the Baptist Church at Pur-
cellville, Va, tomorrow for an all
Evening star., 1940-04-18

day session. Mrs. Amy Weech, State
w. c. T. U. president, will speak and
gold medal contest will be held.
Evening star., 1940-04-18

G. &c u II Dy Df. Ames.
President Roosevelt at the White
House, the N. A. C. A.. governmental
agency for scientific research in
aeronautics, is holding an anniver-
Sary luncheon reunion of present
and former members at the Army
and Navy Club. The White House
visit follows regular business meet
ing of the committee at it's head
quarters in the Navy Department.
DR.. AmeS was unable to attend
the ceremonies here today. A spe-
clal committee called on him YES
terday at his home in Baltimore
and notified him that the new s1O.-
100000 West Coast base had been
named in his honor.
In making the announcement, Dr.
Vannevar Bush, N. A. c. A. chair
man, pointed out that under chair
manship of DR.. Ames, the N. A. C. A.
had gained a position of world
leadership in aeronautical research.
During the early period of pioneer
ing development, he said, it was
due largely to Dr. Ames' foresight
and courage that wind tunnels and
other research equipment for which
there had been no precedent were
constructed. This equipment not
only proved highly successful, but
became standard for aeronautical
laboratories all over the world
1t was under DR.. Ames' leadership
that the NJ A. C.. A. made manv
outstanding contributions to the
aeronautical arts-among them de-
velopment of low-drag cowlings for
air-cooled engines; determination
of the proper location for engine
nacelles with respect to wings; ac-
curate determination of aerody-
manic loads on airplane structures.
a constantly expanding program of
improving wing sections; high-lift
devices and means of stability and
control, all of which have con-
tributed greatly to the safety and
reliability of aircraft.
All of this work has been carried
on by the N A. C. A. at its Langley
Memorial Laboratory, Langley Field.
Va. Congress last year appropriated
funds for establishing the new Cali
fornia research base to continue and
expand the work now in progress at
Langley Field.
Evening star., 1940-04-18
Pistol Victims Widow
Refused Compensation
Py tho A Scoriatad prsSc

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, April 18.-The
Virginia Supreme, Court yesterday
refused an appeal to Mrs. Beatrice
B. Dickson of Prince William County
who complained of the action of the
State Industrial Commission in re-
fusing compensation for the death
of her husband j. E. Dickson.
The record shows that Mr.. Dick
son was fatally wounded by pistol
shot fired at him while he was en-
gagged in the course of his employ
ment.
The commission took the view that
the death was not caused by an acci-
dent in the course of employment,
but was the result of a personal
quarrel" and therefore was not cov-
cred by the Workmen's Compensation
ton Act.
Evening star., 1940-04-18
Take this New Kind of Bath.
and Drift Off Into Utter Rest

When you toss and fight the bed
clothes, when one black hour
after another goes by without re-
lief, it's because your nerves are
tense and there is an excess of
fatigue wastes in your blood.
What you need, to get utter
rest and deep, peaceful sleep, is
a way to relax those nerves-and
q way to speed up the clearing of
those fatigue wastes.
Fortunately, there is now a
simple way to do it, without
drugs, without trouble, and with
out expensive preparations.
Find out for yourself how easy it
is to sleep like a baby.
You've always known that
warm baths were relaxing and
had a tendency to make you
sleepy. But now, by the right
kind of warm bath you can sleep
as you have never slept before.
Just fill your tub half full of
water that is from 100 to 1O4 de-
grees warm. Then sprinkle
through it ) to 4 heaping table,
spoons of COlmans Dry Mustard.
Evening star., 1940-04-18

the Crisco way are digestible as if baked.
We know of no shortening that comes to
you purer, fresher, creamier than all
vegetable Crisco.
HURRY! Get your genuine Glasbake Pie
Plate today! Only IL while they last
when you buy GLIB. Crisco.
Evening star., 1940-04-18

Gwen tender skins won't feel
this.) Soak yourself, at full length,
in this bath for Is minutes. Then
dry yourself gently, keep warm,
and go promptly to bed.
The reason this new bath
works such magic las proved in
scientific tests) is because the
warm water and Colman's Dry
Mustard in combination have
wonderful dra,cing power. They
materially increase the flow Of
your blood, all over your body,
toward the surface of your skin.
This speeds up the elimination Of
the fatigue wastes, relaxes your
muscles and overstrung nerves,
and sends you to bed ready for
that dreamless peace Nature in
tended your nights to be.
Evening star., 1940-04-18

for saving the survivors Of the sub.
marine disaster.
Business Manager Carol F. Win.
chester introduced Mr.. Suggs.
President Erie r. Kirby announced
that the club will hold it's annual
Ladies Night" program tomorrow
at 9 pm. in the Washington Coll
and Country Club.
President Kirby also urged XII.
Wanians to attend the interclut
rally at Roanoke, Va, next We'd
neSday.
Evening star., 1940-04-18
Arlington kiwanis Hears
Lecture on Divine Bell

The United States submarine
Squalus, which sank last year off
the New England coast with loss
of 26 lives. will be commissioned
as the U. S. S. Sailfish and placed
in service next month, Master Diver
Garland Suggs of the United States
Navy, told the Arlington County
(Va) Kiwanis Club yesterday.
Mr.. Suggs delivered an illustrated
lecture to the Arlington group in
which he demonstrated the use of
the diving bell which was responsible
Evening star., 1940-04-18
Justice Miller to Speak

Justice Justin Miller of the Court
of Appeals will speak on THE Ad-
ministrative Review of Judicial De-
cisions' before the Stanford Club of
Washington at a meeting at Justice
Miller's apartment at the Wardman
Park Hotel at 8l5 o'clock tonight.
John M. Hager is president of the
club.
Evening star., 1940-04-18

been on relief and is permanently in.
jured.
At the close of the plaintiffs tes-
timony the defense made a motion
for directed verdict, and with the
consent of counsel Justice Proctor
reserved his decision. Miss Hughes
sued for $25,000
The defense was that charitable
institutions are not liable for dam
ages and that Miss Hughes contrib
uted to her own injuries.
Evening star., 1940-04-18

WIN approval OF
President Roose-
welt, the new lab
oratory at Mof-
fett Field, Sun
n w lie, Calf,
has been named
the Ames Aero
nautical Labora-
tory in honor of
DR.. Joseph S.
Ames, chairman
OF the commit
tee for 20 years,
who retired last
October.
F oil o wing a
Evening star., 1940-04-18

TRY 1T TONIGHT. There is prob
ably tin of Colman's Dry Mus
tard in your pantry. If not, your
grocer has it. Take this Colman's
bath regularly and forget that
you ever knew those nightmares
of tossing which made you dread
the nights.
Evening star., 1940-04-18
Naming Of Laboratory
Honors Dr.. Ames for
Aeronautics Research
Advisory Committee
Marks Anniversary Of
Founding rs Years Ago

Celebrating the 25th anniversary
of its creation by Congress, the
National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics today announced that,
Evening star., 1940-04-18
Minstrel Show

The Purcellville (Va.) School will
present minstrel show in the
school tomorrow at 8 pm.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23
Britain Launches
Big Drive Against
Fifth Columns

LONDON, May %. CUP)-Great
Britain launched a campaign to
secure the home front today and ar
rested Sir Oswald Mosely chief OF
the British union of FascistS. and
many others, including Capt. Archi-
bald H. M. Ramsay, conservative
member of parliament.
At least II persons were arrested
in the sudden application of dras-
tic regulations under the 1899 de-
Tense act, including John Beckett.
former member of parliament and
recently associated with the Paci-
fist peoples party
Others taken into custody includ-
ed eight members of Mosley's group
in addition to himself. They were
A. Racen Thomson. N. Francis Haw-
kins, F. e. Burdett, H. M. Kechie.
Capt. U. A. Hick, c. F.. Watts, u.
Bruning and Mrs. Dacrc Fox.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23

of the Mexican border.
First water for domestic use
reached the valley through the
Central canal system early Thurs
day, according to district officials
in Ell Centre and some water will
be turned into laterals for stock
use Friday. Calexico and Ell Gen.
tro city water supplies were re-
plenished Thursday and water was
expected to reach BraWley Thurs
day afternoon.
Arrival of water through the
canals for domestic supplies reviv-
ed hopes that water would be avail
able for irrigation of melons and
other valley crops before the middle
of next week. Growers agreed that
crop losses would be held to a
minimum if water were made
available by Wednesday.
Meanwhile valley crop shipments
continued to move as heavily as
before the earthquake and shippers
expected no more than Slight
decrease due to the water short
age Sixty-nine cars of cantaloupes
rolled from the valley Monday and
40 on Tuesday Carrot shipments
picked up Tuesday and Wednesday
after dropping to eight cars Sun
day. Watermelon, honeydew and
honey ball shipments increased.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23
Allies Throw Back
Nazis in Chaotic
Flanders Battle
Final Result in Doubt
AS Major Engagement
RACES Along Front

PARIS, May %. (UP)-
French military sources said
tonight that the Allied troops
had thrown back German
forces in a great battle that
began yesterday in the Cambria
Valenciennes sector and which still
was raging today, but the final re-
suit is in doubt.
The Germans were described as
able to advance yesterday only at one
point, near Audenarde, the Belgian
town on the Scheldt tEScauD river
where they penetrated the British
lines
French armies, reinforced by
shock troops under direction OF
Gen. Maxine Weygand, slashed at
the flankS of the German offensive
through Flanders, regained foot
hold in thek town of Cambria and
battled to break off the Nazi mech
anized spearhead stabbing at the
English Channel ports.
The Battle OF Flanders" was
described in military dispatches as
wild and violent conflict in which
lines on both sides were broken by
plunging tank and armored car as
saults, but with the French STRAIT
egg apparently aimed at breaking
through the extended German
lines before they can be fully con-
Solidated.
On the basis of messages received
in Paris the German corridor"
through Flanders still was only 80 to
IS miles wide where the Allied
forces appeared to be attempting
to pinch through it in the Cambria
Continued on Page 2, Col. g.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23
BrawIey Officials
Commend Scouts

Brawley city officials Thursday
commended the work of the Braw-
ley Boy Scouts Emergency service,
organized Sunday night to aid in
rushing repair work following Sat-
urday nights disastrous earthquake.
The scouts have maintained a
messenger service for city officials
and rehabilitation organizations,
have releaved downtown guards
and Wednesday completed a sur
vey in a house toulouse canvass
to determine total damage in the
city and need for relief in the
residential areas.
More than 200 scouts have taken
part in the service.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23
Boulder Dam Overseers
Guard Against Sabotage:
Quiz Workers On Actions

WASHINGTON, May % (UP)-
Officials at Boulder Dam, seeking
to prevent any possibility of sabo-
tage. are questioning all employees
of the worlds largest power plant,
Assistant Commissioner Harry w
Bashore of the reclamation bureau
revealed today.
Since the spread of the war in
Europe, he said questionnaires on
workers backgrounds have beer
broadened to include more pertin-
ent questions about the individ-
ual'S whereabouts during the world
war, his activities then and since
and his attitude toward the U. S.
government
I'VE want to know that the people
have a proper background, are
friends of the United States and
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23
Senate 0kays Billion Dollar Navy
Bin: Three Billions Now Voted

air corps, to formulate an efficient
air defense policy. He said they dis
cussed specifically what the air
wings of the army and navy would
do in the event of an invasion OF
the United States.
The two services, Towers said,
are working in harmony and fine
coordination.
If the Panama canal were threat
ened, he added. the two air SER
vices would merge to meet the
attack. He did not elaborate,
The senate spent less than an
hour and half on the huge navy
bill.
Only late yesterday it had APP
proved unanimously a $l,823 ,252,724
measure for rapid expansion of the
army
Thus in less than "a hours the
senate has voted 1927, 009452 for
defense. Of that amount, $780,
288,126 is in cash which the SER
vices can start spending as soon
as the bills are signed by the pres
ident. The rest is in contract au-
thorizationS.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23
buiIdinq
Program
Studied
SmaIIHead Turned
Into Districts
Mexico System

Life blood crept back into
| imperial Valleys veins
Thursday ahead of schedule.
Nine hundred feet of water
swept past Cudahy check
below the border on the earthquake
cracked Alamo canal where 1000
feet is normal.
Although some trouble was en-
countered at Lawrence heading,
where water is Shunted from the
Alamo into the Eastside main, wa
ter was expected in the EastSide
main sometime Thursday.
Meanwhile, there was water avail
able for the central system, which
includes about a third of Imperial
Valley between the Alamo and New
rivers. Water was ready in limited
degree for the cities of Mexicali,
Calexico, Ell Centre and Brawley.
Virtually all the bitches in the
central system had some water in
them and we're reported up to
third of normal capacity. All-night
work on Lawrence heading indi-
Gated the Eastside would get water
within a few more hours.
Estimates of damage to the I'M
perial Irrigation system we're for
warded to Sacramento Thursday for
special pleas before the legislature.
Damage to the Alamo was eSt-
mated at $59,5OO; to the Solfatara
at $8O,75O; to the Westside main
flume replacemcnt) $4,000; to the
Ash system $4,000; to the EHL
Continued on Page g. Col. -
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23

of H. Yamatoda.
Henry, along with OSwalt and
six others, is on trial before Fed
eral Judge Ralph E. Jenney on a
federal indictment charging they
kidnapped Yamatoda as the out
growth of a gambling feud.
Souchi Nomura, Japanese inter
prefer and an employee of the Tokyo
club in Los Angeles, testified he
could not understand why officers
OF the police robbery squad were
waiting outside the Tokyo club on
Sept. 25, 1888, the day Yamatoda was
assertedly kidnapped.
Nomura said it was the first time
he coNld recall having seen officers
of the robbery squad in Japanese
town. He said usually only vice
squad Officers were detailed there.
Henry was in charge of the squad.
Nomuras testimony, the prosecu-
ton hoped, would establish Henry
as the man who engineered the Los
Angeles end of the conspiracy in
which Yamatoda was arrested here
on a gambling charge filed in Ell
Centre. Prosecutors declare the
charge was a trumped up one. va
matoda was "shanghaied' to FL
Centre and dumped across the Mex
lean border with instructions to Go
back to Japan" the prosecution
contends.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23
Red Cross Cancels
Valley War Drive
ToAid in Quake
All Money Raised Here
Will Be Used Locally,
Officials Promise

Red Cross workers Thurs
day plunged into the task
of rehabilitating quake-dam-
aged cities of Imperial Val
ley and cancelled a campaign
to raise funds for war relief.
On orders from District Director
A. L. Schafer of San Francisco,
the war relief drive was dropped
and an earthquake relief campaign
substituted. Quotas were assigned
to various valley centers. The BraW-
ley area was given $4,000 mark to
shoot at, Ell Centre, Imperial ana
Holtville $500 and Calexico $4,000.
Mark Thomas of the national Red
Cross staff, in the valley to help
in organization, said the extent OF
success in the funds campaign would
not affect the Red Cross work.
1T will 60 on regardless" he said.
"All money raised will be used in
the valley exclusively.
In Ell Centre the funds drive will
be directed by r. P. Moore. Dona-
tons may be made to William
Peach of the Bank of America or
Louis Slice of the Security First
National.
First applications for aid were
reported Thursday at the Brawley
Red Cross offices, set up in the
Legion hall. Harry Walden of San
Francisco, Red Cross director is in
charge there and a trained case
Continued on Page 2. Col. ID
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23
11th I.V. Accident
Victim Succunbs

A coroner's jury Thursday blamed
excessive speed for death of Alice
Virginia Merryfield, Brawley Negro,
and recommended prosecution for
the driver of the car in which
she rode at the time of the accident
near Meloland Monday.
Her death in an Ell Centre hos
pital late Wednesday was the elev-
enth traffic death in Imperial
county since Jan. l.
The coroner's jury at an inquest
at the Lemons mortuary recon-
mended that the state prosecute
l.. Robert Bell, 80, Negro driver
of the car. A complaint charging
Bell with negligent homicide was
expected to be signed late Thurs
day.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-05-23
Rust Hits Phoenix
Wheat ACREAGE

PHOENIX, May %. CUP)-John
H. ODell, Maricopa county agricul-
tural agent. said today that Salt
River Valley wheat fields suffered
the worst infestation of rust in
years but that loss in yield may be
light because of early maturity Of
crops.
THE actual loss will depend or
the maturity of the grains when
the rust appeared" ODell said The
infection became heavy only re-
Gently and most of our grain is
ready for harvesting within the next
week or two"
The only explanation for the rust
is climactic conditions, O'Dell said
The blight is said to appear per-
iodically with little or no known
cause that can be controlled