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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16
Engen Well
On Way to
Ski Grown
Grobs Slulom Win
In Four-WoY Event
Down Mount Boxer

MOUNT BAKER. Wash. - ALI
Engen of the Sun Valley. idaho.
Ski club was well on his way to-
day TO the national four-way ski
crown.
With a third In the downhill
already pocketed, Engen raced
over a hard-packed and tricky
slalom course on Table mountain
yesterday in the two-run time Of
2:4e.4, capturing first honors.
Behind him were Don Amick Of
the Washington Ski club, Seattle,
and Sig Hall of the Seattle Ski
club. Halls third In the slalom
and first In the downhill matched
Engen's two places, but with
cross-country tomorrow and jump
ing Sunday 1t looked like easy
shedding for Engen. conceded a
win in the jumps and a top-notch
cross-country skier.
Engen's first run was made
in 1854 and his second In
I:as.
Summary:
l, All Eneen. Sun Valley. Ida,
1894: q. Don Amick, Washington
Ski club, Seattle, 2472; 8. Sig Hall.
Seattle Ski club 2:4s.6; 4, Bill Rediin.
washington, 2:5o.s: 5, Bert Irwin
Amber Ski club. Princeton, b. c.
2:526; Sverre Engen, Utah Ski
club, Salt Lake City, 253e: 2, Bill
Irwin, Amber. Asst: 3. Olaf Rodesardl
Cascade Ski club. Portland. Ore ]
3;0os; o. Tom Mobraaten, Kamloops]
B. C., .3:ol.2; 10. Jack Pratt. Holly-|
burn, B. C., sos; IL. Ed Link. SahalieI
Ski club. Seattle. 3:o76; IL, HjalmarI
Hvam, Cascade, 3:1o2; IS. Elov BodinI
Mountaineers. Seattle. 3:24: Il. Karl
Baadsvik. Toronto. s:26e: IS, Henry
Seidelhuber, Penguins, Seattle, S:33.6
is, Harry Brown, Princeton. s:ss-s
II, Hugh Bauer. Washington. 3:3e z: i
10, Irving Pratt, Penguins. 3:45; 1ol
All Johanson, Kimberly, B. c., 1851
40, Wally Rothgeb, Wenatchee. 4:ol a \
al. Al Bremen. Toronto. 4:o2.8: AL
John Eilertsen. jr..- Field Ski club
ris, Cascade. <:46.2; "A. Art strom1
Seattle. 4:49.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16
Medeqhini Siqns

That handyman, Ray Medeghini
has put his name on the dotted lin,
of a Tacoma Tiger contract and il
rarin' to get into action.
When Medeghini's contract
was received by President Jack
Quill of the Bengals Friday
morning, only ono holdout
was still on the Tacoma list.
The sole remaining debater
over terms Ia Morry Abbott.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16
BY JAMES s. SHEEHY

United Press STAFF Correspondent
Backed by good material and
the dollars and spirit of movie
moguls and gals, the Hollywood
Stars should lift themselves from
sixth to a pennant contender in
the Pacific Coast Baseball league.
Hollywood appears to have one
Of the best pitching staffs in the
league, good infield, hitting
power, adequate outfielding and
catching. Manager Bill Sweeney,
formerly of Portland, is the man
who likely can answer the roar
of Gilmore field crowds by driving
the Stars to first division berth.
Anchor man Of the flossy
flinging staff Is Rugger Ardi-
zoia. former San Francisco
high school boy. who won IA
and lost nine last year for
Hollywood. The New York
Yankees thought so much Of
this 1S0-pound fast baller that
they bought him for 194l de-
livery.
They gave Hollywood three
pitchers-Hiram Bithorn and Fred
Quay. late of Oakland-and Paul
Andrews Of Newark, plus Bill
Shelley, star shortstop, for Ardi-
zoia. Bithorn and Quay will be
starting pitchers and Andrews is
a potent reliefer. Holdovers are
Right Handlers John Bittner,
Charles Moncrief and Wayne Os-
borne and Left Handler Lou lost.
DAPPER, CATCHER
Catching will be cared for by
Cliff Dapper, who hit .316 last
year: Bill Brenzel and a rookie
yet to be selected.
Sweeney led the league in field
ing two successive years at Port
land and hit 1886 last year. Rival
managers consider him one of the
toughest of clutch hitters. He has
fire, spirit and tolerates no loaf
ing.
Bill Cissell can play second
and hit when the spirit moves
and Shelley At short Is ex-
pected to he \ sensation. He
hit .S66 for Wenatchee. Glenn
Wright, former star Pittsburgh
shortstop and now assistant to
Sweeney. insists Shelley can't
miss making good.
Bob Kahle likely will play third.
Infielders Joe Hoover, Don john
son and frankie Morehouse are
available and ready to keep the
first string moving.
Rupert Thompson gives the
Stars a better than 800 cleanup
hitter for left field and Bernie
Uhslt, still fast. probably will
have the call in center field
Thompson. too, can spell Sweeney
at first when the managers dogs
or stomach start barking. Babe
Herman's long distance cloutins
should get him into several games
in right field. Hollywood car
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16

~. Picha ID, Hemmings. Cook
Parks: Enumclaw-V. Smith (8)
Williams (0. Hickenbottom t0, r
Smith t2. O'Brien.
Officials: Heinrich and Kennedy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16
Major Camps
BY UNITED PRESS

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-The
New York Yankees. carrying a
four-game winning streak, meet
their city rivals, the New York
Giants, today. The Yankees were
outhit by the Cincinnati Reds yes
terday but came through in the
clutch to win, 5-3.
CLEARWATER, Fiat the
800 mark in Grapefruit League
competition, the Brooklyn Dodgers
play the Boston Red Sox today.
The Tigers came from behind with
six runs in the last two innings
yesterday to trim the Dodgers,
1915.
TAMPA, Fla.-The Cincin-
natl Reds absorbed their fifth
defeat In seven exhibition tits
yesterday at the hands of the
Yankees, SIS.
MIAMI Beach, Fia.-The
poor-hitting Philadelphia Phillies
downed the Rochester Red Wings
at West Palm Beach yesterday. IA,
although held TO seven hits.
AS vICToRs
ANAHEIM, Cal.--The Philadel-
phia Athletics were to attempt two
in row today over the Pittsburgh
Pirates. Victors in nine Of their
IL spring training games. the AS
went IA innings at San Bernar-
dino yesterday before Earle Bruck-
er's two-bagger with the bases
loaded scored q 10-7 victory over
Pittsburgh.
oRLAN DO. FIa.-The
Washington Senators begin
their pre- SON exhibition
schedule In earnest today
when they meet the Cleveland
Indians.
SAN BERNARDINO. Cal
Just getting warmed up for these
umpires." fighting Frankie Frisch
Pittsburgh Pirate manager, said
today as he blamed American
League Umpire John Quinn fol
the Pirates 10-7 defeat at the
hands Of the Philadelphia Athletic:
yesterday in the BUGS first exhi.
bition game.
FIRST HoMERS
FORT MYERS, Fla---Ray Macl
and Soup Campbell today had III,
first home runs OF the CLEVELAND
Indians season. They came in IN,
exhibition game with Syracuse
which the Indians won s to /.
LAKELAND, Fia--rhe De-
troit Tigers. fresh from an
other victory over Brooklyn.
take on the 81. Louis Cardinals
today. Hank Greenberg and
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n UNITED rnsss

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About the Stars

field another good outfield in Ed
SLIDER, late of the st. Louis
Browns and San Antonio; George
Mandish, who hit .312 for the Stars
last year, and Hal Maggert,
rookie.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16

oRLA MO-. FIa.-The
Washington Senators begin
their pre- -season exhibition
schedule In earnest today
when they meet the Cleveland
Indians.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-16
Bengsion. Schwartz
To Aid Shaughnessy

The formslity Of approval by
President Ray Lyman Wilbur of
Stanford University was all that
was necessary today before
Marchy Schwartz and Phil Beng
ston become assistants TO Football
Coach Clark Shaughnessy for the
next three years.
Schwartz was an sll-American
halfback at Notre Dame in 1880
and 1881: Bengston an all-Ameri-
can tackle for Minnesota in 1884.
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After all. it is the only part Of
his ship-and. Theoretically. there
fore, the only place in the world
he can cali his own. Hence. bunk
and home mean the same thing TO
q sailor.
Evening star., 1940-05-24

is striving to reach the French Chan
mel ports OF Calais and Dunkerque.
The army We are with is we'll sup
ported by the air arm. We see
"Stukas" (dive- -bombers) and heavy
bombers roaring overhead in an al
most unbroken stream. Today, for
the first time since entering the
western zone Of operations, 1 stood
on an airport facing England-lo-
cation not revealable-only 80 min
utes from Britain as Messerschmitt
flies.
This field was reserved for Messer-
schmitts. We saw q Of these swift
fighters. hidden by a camouf1age Of
branches or by being pushed back
into the woods fringing the field.
But IN addition to air force and
army officers, we also have seen
naval officers fastening back and
forth in this area. That fact speaks
volumes. These men are here for
business.
The Messerschmitt squadron we
visited was commanded by Herman
Handrick, pentathlon champion in
the 1896 Olympic games at Berlin.
AS eight of his squadron took to
the air, he explained:
"As We haven't seen the enemy in
the air for the last eight days, I am
free to assist the army in its push
into Client from the north. Those
eight planes have started to assist
in the land fight.
Each plane has either four ma
chine guns or two machine guns
and two cannon. They have orders
to swoop down on marching enemy
columns"
Evening star., 1940-05-24
All Alien Seamen
In U. 5. Ship Crews
Are Being Listed
Commerce Bureau Making
Survey for Future Use
And to Check on Radicals

Through the Bureau Of Marine
Inspection and Navigation, the Com
merce Department is preparing list
of all alien seamen enrolled in the
crews of American merchant ships
it was learned today. The listing OF
aliens will cover coastwise ships as
well as those operating on overseas
trade routes.
Loyal foreign-born seamen are In
no danger of losing their jobs as q
result of the survey, it was said. The
department will keep the list of for
eign seamen in its files for possible
future reference.
In the past many European Com
munists and other aliens are be-
lieved to have become members OF
crews of ships bound for this coun-
try and then deserted on arrival at
American ports. BY listing the
aliens in American ship crews, the
Commerce Department will be able
to keep a closer check on this for
eign-born group.
The Bureau Of Marine Inspection
and Navigation is charged with ad-
ministration and enforcement of all
navigation and marine inspection
laws. The bureau has inspectors at
most of the larger seaports.
Under the Merchant Marine Act
of 1896 an unsubsidized American
ship is not permitted to have more
than Is per cent aliens in its crew.
Evening star., 1940-05-24
Paris
Continued From First PAGE )

dous artillery preparation had blast
ed French positions and brought
replies from French batteries. The
Germans used no tanks, the spokes-
man said.
In the wooded Argonne region
several inflltrations of German SOL
diers managed to pass through the
French lines, he added. but these
men are being rounded up.
Artillery Dueling.
Artillery duels at the extreme east
ern end of the active front extending
across Northern France, in the
vicinity of Longuyo. near the juno
ture of the French, Belgian and
Luxembourg frontiers, were de-
scribed as having Gained down
without direct results"
German attacks south of Sedan
yesterday were repulsed, the high
command said, "in spite OF the
means used" by the Germans. This
was not explained further.
Along with the brief official word
came reports from the front that
the German and French Armies
were clashing in extremely heavy
fighting along the Scheldt River in
Northern France and far into Bel
gium.
The Scheldt River fighting was
believed to involve large masses of
regular French infantry.
Although the bitterest fighting
appeared to be along this strategic
river, the opposing war machines
were locked in battle from the re-
Eion of the English Channel east
ward to the Luxembourg frontier, q
distance of 300 miles as the war bird
flies but much farther over the
twisted routes of war.
It was still a war OF maneuyer.
with the opposing elements trying
to cut each other of, but the extent
OF the area over which increasingly
large units were locked made yes
terday one Of the most violent days
Of the war.
The French appeared to be try
ing to advance north from Cambria
to effect the laison with the with
drawing allies in Belgium and at
the same time to isolate German
motorcyclists and parachutists and
tank crews pillaging at their rear.
Evening star., 1940-05-24
Lochner
Continued From First Page.)


and the looks we were given were
those of hate.
We passed on to Malines. This
city, too, had been shelled. It's
Notifications constituted the outer
belt of Antwerp's forts and the Bel
gians appeared to have thought 1t
would be sufficient to moderniZe
them. They left out of considera-
ton the fact that the German Army
had the most modern equipment In
the world.
Hearses Garry Living.
There was one spectacle: Two
elegant hearses moved along the
road, filled with living women and
children and their scanty belong
ings.
Every house on one street through
which we drove had crepe on front
doors. Just outside of Malines we
saw five graves marked by steel he'll
NETS. AS we came closer we dis
covered they were the peculiarly
shaped helmets of German para
chute jumpers.
At another little Belgian village
we saw life and death in strange
juXtaposition. A man was planting
vegetables in the garden behind his
Evening star., 1940-05-24

house. Right under the veranda, In
front, a Belgian soldier had been
buried. The helmet on the burial
place was bullet-ridden and blood
stained.
At Antwerp for the first time in
the operations area we saw long
queues of refugees at the bureau
for the scattered" These were the
unfortunates who became separated
from their families during the head
long flight of the civilian popula-
ton. A systematic effort is being
made by the German occupation
administration to reunite families.
Bureaus similar to the one seen
in Antwerp soon are to be estab-
ished in many places.
Odds Declared With Nazis.
Gen. Georg Won Kuechlen, COM
mander in chief Of the German
Army driving at the Belgian coast
port of Ostend by way Of Client
and Bruges, declared today that
'the odds are greatly in our favor.
While his forces were engaging
the allies in a severe battle only
few miles away, Won Kuechlen
told me:
Our enemies are resisting brave
ly. But we are cutting our way to
the sea and expect to be there
shortly.
1--WE have inundations and other
difficulties of terrain, to contend
with. Nevertheless. the odds are
greatly in our favor"
Won Kuechlen, commander of the
German forces in the Antwerp sec
tor. told me his army's immediate
objective was to get control of the
Ghent Canal.
Presumably the canal referred to
Is that running from Ghent to
Bruges and from there to the sea
at Ostend, IS miles from the SOUTH
east coast of England.
One OF Won Kuechlen's adjutants
disclosed that, simultaneously with
this drive, another German Army
under Gen. Walther Won Reichenau
Evening star., 1940-05-24
Presbyterian Assembly
Chairmen Are Named
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, May a.
DR.. William L. Young, Parkville,
Mo-, newly elected moderator of tho
152nd Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church Of the United States Of
America, named today his choices
OF q vice moderator and chairmen
Of standing committees.
DR.. Young appointed the Rev. Raw
Freeman Jenney of Syracuse as vice
moderator and announced the fol.
lowing cnairmen of standing com.
mittees:
Bills and overtures, the Rev. Jo-
seph B. c. Mackie, Philadelphia:
national missions, the Rev. Robert
B. Beattie Of East Orange, N. j.;
foreign missions, the Rev. Paul Call
houn Of Spokane; Christian educa-
ton, the Rev. Albert ]. Mccartney
OF Washington; pensions, the Rev.
j. Harry Cotton, president of the
Chicago Presbyterian Theological
Seminary; polity, the Rev. Jesse
Baird of San Francisco; social edu-
cation, Ilion T. Jones of Iowa City.
DR.. Robert N MacLean, Santa
Barbara, Calf, told a stewardship
breakfast mo man can be a good
steward without first of all recog-
nizing that everything he uses is the
property of the Almighty"
Next, he said, being a good stew.
ard means that man must really
serve" and finally, "a steward must
seek Gods will instead of his own"
Dr. Young, 48 years old, succeeds
DR.. Sam Higginbottom, president Of
Allahabad Christian College, India.
The new moderator has headed
Park College, Parkville, since 1896
and once worked in Illinois coal
mines to contribute to his family's
support.
Born at Braidwood ILL.,, DR.. Young
is graduate of Carroll College,
Waukesha, Wis. He took graduate
work at the Universities of Mani.
toba and Montana, receiving a mas.
ter of arts degree from the latter
in 1926. He was awarded an hon.
orary doctorate of divinity at Car.
roll in 1885 and of laws at Waynes.
boro College in 1882. A first lieu.
tenant chaplain in the World War,
he was ordained in 1918.
Evening star., 1940-05-24
War Communicates

r. A. r. fighter aircraft were con-
tinuously engaged throughout yes
terday on patrol and escort duties
over the battle area.
preliminary reports show that
over . score Of enemy aircraft were
shot down, including q number Of
Messerschmitt fighters, and at least
Is seriously damaged.
Eight OF our aircraft are reported
as shot down or missing. -Four
others made forced landings.
Large forces of our bomber air
craft have again heavily attacked
enemy communications both in the
neighborhood Of the fighting frcnt
and In Germany"
A later bulletin said:
AT the end Of long days work,
which began well before dawn and
continued far into the night, Brit
ish fighter patrols yesterday had
shot down 23 enemy aircraft, and
further, 26 were either shot down or
so severely damaged as to be un-
serviceable. Under conditions now
prevailing in Northern France, there
can be little doubt that most of
these damaged aircraft were lost"
Evening star., 1940-05-24
U.s.. Diplomacy 10 Try
10 Soften Impact Of
Invasion for Be|gians
Envoy Cudohy and Stoff
To Stoy in Brussels to
Help Civilian Population
Sy the Associate Press

~ the Associated Press.
American diplomacy In Belgium
Will seek again, as in 1914-17, to
soften the impact of the German
occupation on the local population.
Ambassador John Cudahy and his
staff Of IL officials expect to remain
IN Brussels in the hope of improving
the lot Of the Belgians. They are
Z hopeful that the German authorities
WILL. recognize their diplomatic
status, as was done in 19l4-17, when
Brand Whitlock was American Min
lister to Belgium.
! 1t also is hoped that the same suf-
ferance may be extended to the
American Minister to Holland,
George A. Gordon, who likewise has
remained at his post.
1T is evident from what always has
happened in country occupied by
foreign troops that difficulties are
bound to occur between the civilian
population and the military occu-
pants.
Improved the Lot of Civilians.
From 1914 to 1917 Brand Whitlock
and his staff made numerous sue
cessful efforts to improve the lot of
the civilian population.
The papers of former Secretary of
State Lansing show Mr.. Whitlock
also made strenuous efforts to avert
the execution of Edith Cavell.
British nurse.
When Germany invaded Belgium
IN the World War, the Belgian gov
ernment moved to Antwerp August
II, 1914, and later to lie Havre,
France. Mr. Whitlock stayed on in
Brussels. called on each new Ger
man military commander as he ar
rived and was received as the diplo-
matte representative of the United
States. He was thus in constant
contact with the German author
dies.
Belgium Was Grateful.
In 1914 Minister Whitlock was
able to prevent the shelling of Brus-
sells by persuading the burgomaster
not to defend the civilian city. BY
a'note of January %, 1915, the Bel
gian Minister in Washington ex-
pressed the qualification of his gov
ernment that the American Lega-
tion had remained in Brussels.
The German command in Bel
GUM permitted Mr.. Whitlock and
other neutral diplomats to send dip
lomatic dispatches in code, and per-
mitted legation secretaries to move
about the country on legation busi-
ness.
Relations between the legation
and the German authorities con-
tinued reasonably good until the
United States severed diplomatic re-
lations with Germany in February,
1917. Germany then refused to con-
tinue to recognize Mr. Whitlock's
diplomatic status. He left Belgium
April 3, 1917, and went to LIE Havre
Evening star., 1940-05-24
The ShcM-$6.0

lnyed end-to-end. this stack Of slack. would reach
from here TO zonzibor. And they've given y. less
than inehe. to tell you obovt EN-. Tho Iine.vp Of
pottsrn: only would cover more space than this.
You've probably never seen such variety under
one roof. In crisp Cabmdine, smooth Flannel,
can't do them justice hi. way. You'll simply have
TO get your Own "eye.fvlr-to fully opprseiofs
whot a bono-vp Job only $500 viii do-at Bond'.l
Evening star., 1940-05-24

A subsidized freighter must have a
1Go per cent American crew and a
subsidized passenger ship is limited
to 10 per cent foreign personnel. On
subsidized passenger vessels employ
ment of aliens is restricted to the
stewards department, and those
thus employed must either have
taken out their first papers or pre-
sent evidence of legal entry into the
United States.