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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-22
MARY M'ELROY, OF
KANSAS CITY, TAKES
OWN LIFE WITH GUN
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lice she had appeared in good
spirits last night and yesterday
afternoon.
Miss McElroy was kidnapped
from her bath, May. ~, 1888,
chained to the basement wall of
a farm house near Shawnee,
Kas., and released after being
held prisoner 20 hours. Her
father paid $4,000 ransom for
her release.
Walter MCGEE was given a death
sentence, but it was commuted to
life by Guy B. Park, then governor.
Miss .McElroy had made a personal
appeal for communication after other
legal avenues of saving MCGEE from
the gallows had been closed.
During Walter McGee's trial Miss
McElroy's father was asked by a
defense attorney: But your daugh.
ter was not harmed?"
Eyes," McElroy replied, my
has been injured-to the
extent that I fear she never will
get over it."
Since the kidnapping Miss NOEL
roy had suffered several nervous
breakdowns.
During n of her nervous break
downs, Miss McElroy disappeared
her home and II hours later
was found at Normal. Ill.
Returned to Kansas City, she
said she held no personal hard
feelings" against her kidnapers land
I am sure they do not hold hard
feelings against me-"
That's what makes the situation
all the worse" she added. IT have
about those men and
the fates they brought on them
I vas part of the drama
that fixed their destiny. I cannot
forget them. I have visited them in
prison. Something drives me to do
this. I cannot let them CO."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-22
Jim Turner Signs 1910
Contract With Reds

CINCINNATI, Jan. 21- Up 1t
was all right with Jim Turner to b.
traded by the Boston Bees to The
Cincinnati Reds for Les Scarsella.
Turner's 1910 contract, duly signed,
came in today. He is the 23rd Red
player and 18th pitcher signed up.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-22
MlD-TERM EXAMS
MAR CAGE SLATE
Only Few Games On Tap In
Nation This Week; No Loops
Have Decided Standouts

NEW YORK, Jan. 81 R-Col'
lege basketball PLAYERS who nave
been studying screens and set plays
have to answer questions about
history and mathematics this week,
SO the national cage outlook is far
from exciting.
While mid.year examinations may
blight the boys, the lull allows a
look at the complete picture. 1t
discloses that only one team, the
| Oklahoma Aggies of the Missouri
Valley conference has definitely
stamped it's self as the class Of its
league, although oregon State looks
fairly safe in the northern coast
sector.
In all other sections of the coun-
try-notably the east, the Big Ten
and the Big Six-the fight has only
begun and may not end until the
last day of the season.
In three other sections, this
weeks work may help clarity an
otherwise muddled picture. Rice.
with a four game pre-exam sched-
ule can pull away from Texas in the
Southwest, Utah can virtually sew
up the Big Seven title with a victory
over Colorado, and either Stanford
or Southern California, meeting in
a two-game series, can become the
Mr.. Big" of the coasts southern
section.
There is only desultory firing
elsewhere.
Notable performances of "inde'
pendent" clubs last week would in.
clude Notre Danes 55-35 victory
over Penn, Duquesne's fine road
trip, Buffers ABA victory over De.
troit, little Panzer colleges 26th
straight win, Long Islands twin
victories over Blue Ridge and New.
ark, and st. Mary's triumph over
California U.
The situation by sections:
East: All seven teams still have
a chance for the Eastern Intercol-
legiate league title. The weeks fea.
ture was Dartmouth's demise as its
scoring star, Swede Broberg, was
limited to q measly five points-the
first time in ten games he has
failed to hit double figures. Only
n game marks this weeks sched-
ule Princeton opening its "Ivy''
league campaign against Cornell at
Ithaca.
Among the independents, tn
weeks feature billing goes to the
Madison Square Garden double head.
er Friday featuring Michigan State
and Long Island university.
Midwest: It's examination time in
the Midwest and that cuts down on
league warfare, but doesn't entirely
prohibit intersectional battles
wherein the Big Ten boasts so vic.
tories and IS defeats against non
league foes. Purdue, still the unde
feated leader, has nothing on tar
until Feb. 10-date Of the resump
ton of league warfare - and ther
will play Indiana, tied with Mlchi
gan for second place. The week
ends big doings saw Michigan
trample Michigan. State 1927 fol
the second time this season.
South: North Cardinals unbeater
crew continues to hold top place ir
the Southern conference as a weel
OF examinations loom. The Tarheels
nave walloped five league foes
Maryland, knocked from the lead b,
bowling to Washington and Lee
44-zo' clfmaxes a four-game swins
by playing Clemson; Wake Fores
meets Duke and North Carolina en-
cages Navy in Saturdays features
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-22
NO COMMENT

CHAPEL HILL, Jan. 21.-LP-Dr.
Frank P. Graham, president of the
University Of North Carolina, of
which N. C. State is a unit, said
tonight he had no comment on a plan
Of State college alumni openly to
ward scholarships to athletes.
DR.. Graham sponsored the So
called Graham plan which the South
crn Conference adopted in 1896 to
prohibit aid, by both the schools
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-22
CIVIC PROPOSAL
CONTEST TIMELY
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a pump primer" for those who at
first find themselves stumped for a
suggestion.
Consider the possibilities of vs.
mlhgton as a seaport, as an indus.
trial center, as a distribution center,
as a playground and then suggest
some means of developing these pos
slolllties so as to make Wilmington
and it's territory a bigger and be-
ter place in which to live.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-22
FOUR BROTHERS JOIN rp

Calf, R)-The A.
recruiting office here belleVs'
established some kind Of recA,
when four brothers joined tns :.
ice simultaneously. The oV'..
boys-Floyd, Clyde, Earl anu :.
were assigned to help a c&'s'
mules to Panama.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-22
SMOKE RINGS
The Wolfpack Plan
By SAM Raglan

well. well, wel-it finally came about, and this time
it's none other than N. C. State college that is planning
omen subsidization of athletics. And when the Wo1pack
c1rh savs that it means to issue athletic scholarships to
Students who meet the standards of the institution, it
apparently means business. .--: g
There are several prominent Wilmington alumni OF
the West Raleigh institution who have their own ideas
about the set-up, announced yesterday, but most OF them
are lust letting their ideas remain in the dark.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-22
SIGNS

P1TTsBURG. Jan. 81 Up Ken.
.e'h Helntzelman, 25.year.old, six
loot southpaw from Perdue, Mo-, to.
Jay became the 21st Pittsburgh
flrate and the third southpaw hur.
ler to sign a 1910 contract.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-22
SLIGHT CLIMB In
MERCURY EXPECTED
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no great damage in its wake.
One death which may have
resulted from the cold was re-
ported yesterday when the
body of Fred Weston, Navas-
sa negro, was found on the
banks of the Cape Fear river
about a mile below Navassa.
A few spots of the snow
which fell late last week are
still to be seen about the city.
The cold wave seems to have
struck the entire nation, wealth
ermen said. At some places
temperatures ranging to 20 de.
grees below zero were recorded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-22

themselves and by outsiders, for stu
dents because they were athletes.
Two years ago the conference lift
ed the ban on aid to athletes py
outsiders-alumni alumni clubs and
others-but retained the provision
that no school could help students
from school funds because they were
athletes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-22
Winter Golf STANDINGS

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan: 2l-AP-standings: Jan: 1 to Jan.
81 period, for Professional Golfers association Harry Vard0n Me.
mortal trophy, competition for 1910:
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-02-08

A Hivatal $500 alkalmazott-
ia, akik az amerikai iizletekheZ
kiviszik az iirlapokat kit0ltes
vegett, kulon rovidebb iirlapot
adnak minden egyes fiiszer iiz-
letnek, meszarszeknek, gyii-
m0lcs es z0ldsegiizletnek, ven-
degl6nek, lunchroomnak, cse-
mege uzletnek, siit6denek, Dor
es palinka iizletnek, gyogyszer-
tarnak, szivarka iizletnek, XII
sebb kelme es ruhaiizletnek,
regi holmival foglalkoz6 iizle-
teknek es minden mas kiskeres
kedelmi iizletnek az orszagban.
Egg mask kerd6iv a szolga-
lati tizletek adatainak 0ssze-
irasara szolgal, mint: mozg6-
szinhazak, borbelyok, szepseg-
apolasi izletek, cip6javit6, ora
javitomuhelyek, garazsok, bill
lard termek es ICY tovabb. Ez
a kerd6iv szolgal kisebb gyarak
adatainak osszeirasara, anne
lyek 1939-ben 5000 dollarnal
kevesebb forgalmat bonyolitot-
TAX lie; ugyanis a Gyartelepek
letszamolasa lily kis telepek
osszeirasat mem oleli fel.
A kiil0nfele fajta iizletek tu-
lajdonosait6l - mint amilyene-
ket fentebb felsoroltunk
ilyen kerdesekre varnak va
laszt: kinek a tulajdona az liz
let (egyeni tulajdon, tarsasiiz-
let, reszvenytarsasag, stb.) mi
lyen fajta uzlet, eladasok 0sz-
szege, alkalmazottak, fizetesek,
leltar, kintlev6segek, mily aru
boil kelt ell a legt0bb 1939-ben
es mas efele alapkerdesek.
A gyartelepek osszeirasaban,
- amt 1919 ota ket evenkent
vegeztek = egy kerd6iv szol-
gal a kul0nfele gyarak szama-
ra es lat kiil0n kerdes a ma
gyobb es fontosabb iparok sza-
mara, amelyekb6l koriilbeliil
400 van. 1937-ben a gyarak
0sszeirasa 10000 kiilonfeIe
gyartelepet olelt fel, amelyek
abban az evben tobb mint 60
billio dollar ertekI arut ter
meltek es korulbeliil 100000
munkast alkalmaztak. Ugyan-
azon nepszamlalasi hivatalno-
kok, akik az iizleteket keresik
fel az uzletek osszeirasa kerde-
seben, viszik XII gyarakhoz a
gyartelepek oSSzelraSara vonaC-
koz6 kerd6iveket.
/ Vajjon milyen eredmenyeket
var Nepszamlalasi Hivatal az
: iizletek es gyartelepek osszeira-
sa teren? Ha, tegyik fel, az
1935-os termelest es arueladast
( 1929-el hasonlitjuk 0ssze, ugy
az el6bbeni ev statisztikaja
r Amerikaban ugyancsak ala
: csony fokot jelez. Tudjuk, hogy
az6ta ez emelkedett = de meny
nyivel? Az adatok maid meg
adjak ere a feleletet. Es a va
lasz minden iizletembert erde-
, kelni fog, SGT minden egyes en-
bert aki ebben az orszagban el.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-02-08
A HALAL UcYN0KENEk MESEJE

litjak, 1927 januar Ska volt.
Ezen a napon kora reggel
Massachusetts, allamban ha-
rom embert vegzett XII, este
pedig mask harmat New
York allamban es a jol veg
zett munka utan joiziileg va
csorazott, inert az etvagya
mem ment Ell.
Elliot emlekirataiban be-
szamol arrol, hogy mikent vi
selkedtek az aldozatai a XII
vegzes alkalmaval. AIT al
litja, hogy mindig elvi ellen
sege volt a halalos iteletek-
mex, inert azoknak javito ha-
tasat mem tapasztalta, de
ennek dacara olyan nyuga-
lommal es hidegverrel vegez
te szornyu munkajat, mint a
sebeszek, akik operalnak ne
hez betegeket. Ugy beszel a
kivegzesr6l, mint ha a villa
mos piritos-kenyer keszito
gepecske bekapcsolasarol len
ne $50. Alig tudnank ennel
borzasztobb olvasnivalot en-
liteni.
Mikor meg kezdo ember
volt Eliot a palyan, akkor
egy felig szines embert hur-
coltak a foghaz0r0k a kiveg-
zesi terembe. Az elitelt ordi-
tozott, viaskodott oreivel,
rugdalozott, birkozni probalt,
de sok lud disznot gy6z es a
fegy0rok beleeroszakoltak a
villamos szekbe. Elliotnak ell
vette a kedvet ez a latvany
es bar meginditotta az ara
mot, ARA gondolt, hogy fell
hogy a mesterseggel.
Utolag azonban megis meg
gondolta a dolgot es megma-
radt hohernak. Ugy tapasz-
talta, hogy hasonl6 esetekre
ritkan kerul a sor. Csak ne
hany esetben tortent az meg,
hogy az elitelt megallt a XII
vegz6 terem ajtajaban es tusz-
kolni kellett, hogy oda belep-
jen. Ezek is hamarosan belle
nyugodtak sorsukba. Ket en-
ber behunyta szemeit az egesz
lido alatt, mem akarta latni.
hogy nit csinalnak vele.
A legtobb aldozat ugy visel-
kedett, mintha valami kabit6
seer hatasa alatt lenne, bal
Elliot AIT mondja, hogy az ell
itelteket soha mem kabitjak el
a kivegzes el6tt. A legkozon-
segesebb dolog azonban az volt
hogy az elitelt hencegni kez.
dett es hazug batorsagot mu.
tatott.
Elliot ket peldara hivatko
xix. George Appel gangszter
tobbszoros gyilkos mosolyogvs
tilt a villamos szekbe es All
mondta a tanuknak::
Urak, par pillanat mul
va silt almat fognak latni.
Egy olasz gangszter, Mike
Clafoni, mikor a villamos szel
be tilt, megsimitotta annal
poros karfajat es meltatlan
kodni kezdett::
Tiszta szeket adhatna
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-02-08
A CAzDASACI Hell yet FELOL

Milyen volt a helyzete 1889
ben a tobb mint 5000. 900 anne
rikai iizletnek es 10000 gyar-
max?
Tobb arut adtak ell tavaly az
uzletekben, mint 0t evvel eze-
lott, amikor is a legutobbi liz
lett nepszamlalast megejtet-
tex? T0bb arut termelnek-e a
gyarak, mint 1937-ben, amid6n
a gyaripar statisztikajat felali-
litottak?
Az altalanos iizleti forgalom
hogyan viszonylik az 1929-es
uzleti viszonyokhoz, amely ev
Amerika tortenelmeben a leg
gazdagabb iizleti es ipari for
galmat jelzi?
Ezekre a kerdesekre a va
laszokat a lehet6 legsiirg6seb-
ben igyekszik most 0sszeallita-
nj Harry L. Hopkins, kereske-
delemiigyi Miniszter es William
Lane Austin, a Nepszamlalas
igazgatoja vezetese mellett az
Egyesult Allamok Nepszamla-
lasi Hivatala. Ez ev januar no
2-an, $500 kepzett ferfi es no
bekapcsolasaval, - akik az or
szag valamennyi izletet es
gyartelepet felkeresik - a hi
vatal megkezdte az 1939-es liz
let es gyartelep letszamolasat.
Az iizletek es gyartelepek
statisztikai felvetele reszet ke-
pezik a vilag legnagyobb nep-
szamlalasi munkalatanak. EFT
a munkat a Tizenhatodik Ev-
tizedes Nepszamlalasnak neve-
xix, amennyiben a munka java
resze a nepesseg tizenhatodik
osszeirasabol fog allni, amt
Amerikaban megejtettek.
Az adatok felvetelet aprilis
elsejen kezdik. Az amerikai al
kotmany alapjan 1790-ben We
geztek az else nepszamlalast es
ezt minden tiz esztend6ben
azota is megismeteltek. Az
194O-es felvetelek kozott szere-
pelnek: a f0ldmiveles, banyak,
k6telepek, irrigaciok es csator-
nazasok es tortenelmiinkben
eloszor a lakas-kerdes statisz-
tikai. Ez utobbiak javareszet a
nepesseg osszeirasaval egyutt
aprilis ho elsejen kezdik felve-
telezni.
Az Uzletek 0sszeirasa min
|
den fontos amerikai uzletet fel
fog tiintetni, a kicsiket epr
ugy, mint a nagyokat. Eel fog
jak tiintetni az uzleti forgal-
mat, sziiksegleti cikkek szerint
es felolelik az aruhazakat, szin.
hazi csoportokat, a kis iizlete.
ket, a fiokokkal rendelkezoket
valamint a nagykereskedoket
valamikent egy kilon jegyzel
feltiinteti maid a kis iizleteket
amelyek 1939-ben 10000 dollar
nal kevesebb forgalmat bonyo
litottak lie.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-02-08
: KONYVISMERTETES

kontar volt, mem melto a mes
terseghez.
A mutt ev folyaman meg
halt ez Robert G. Elliott es
most egy Albert R. Beatty
newt iro kiadta a nehai ho-
her emlekiratait. Ugy kell
ezt erteni, hogy Elliott szolgal-
tatta az adatokat, elmondta
a tortenteket elete felol az iro-
max, inert miveltsege nagyon
hianyos volt ahhoz, hogy irni
tudjon.
Muveltsege mem igen mehe-
tett ANIMAL tobbre, minthogy
a kivegzesekert felvett pen
zekr6l nyugtat irjon, inert
hiszen muvelt ember akkor Sc
tud olni, ha ARA az allamtol
hivatalos felhatalmazast kap
Miivelt ember meg a haborus
verontastol is irtozik, nem-
hogy a illamos szektol.
A konyv AIT meseli, hogy
1904 junius hawaiian a Sing
Sing fegyhaz kivegz6 szobaja-
ban Davis hohernak egy Ro-
bert Greene newt fatal villa
mos szerel6 segedkezett a vii
lamos vezetekek kapcsolasa
k0ril. Davis mar tobbszor ia
lalkozott ezzel a fatal ember-
rel, akinek hirtelen odaszolt:
= Bob, hajlando lennel-e
ARA, hogy ma este a kiveg-
zesnel te kapcsold be a villa
mos aramot a szekhez?
Elliott csodalkozva nezett a
hoherra, aki tovabb beszelt:
- Megbizast kaptam ARA,
hogy ket fatal embert ia
nitsak be ere a mestersegre
az esetre, ha engem leka-
szalna a halal.
Robert Greene Elliott egy
New York allambeli farmer
fla volt, akit sziilei eredeti-
leg methodista papnak akar-
tax neveltetni. Az emlekira-
tokban $40 sincs rola, hogy
mikent lett belole villamos
szerel6. Eppen csak annyit
mondanaE hogy a fatal Ell,
lott megfontolta Davis hoher
ajanlatat. Megfontolta es. ;.
Elerkezett a kivegzes este
je. A sapadt arcu tanuk mar
elfoglaltak helyuket, amikol
a bortonorok behoztak, ITALIAN
inkabb hurcoltak a halalra
iteltet, akit lenyomtak a
vegzetes szekbe es leszijjaz-
tax. A fatal Elliot megfogta
a vegzetes sisakot, ranyomta
az aldozat fejere es azutan a
kapcsolo tablahoz lepett. A
warden jelt adott a kezevel
es Davis hoher odasugott a
kezdonek:
= Most!
Elliott bekapcsolta az ara,
mot. Az elitelt teste ugy meg
merevedett, mint a nyavalye
t0ros embereke, ha a g0rcs
reajuk jon. Szagos fist szallt
felfele az aldozat fejeb0l
ahogy az aram egetni kezdte
Elliott kikapcsolta az aramo'
es ot masodpercre ujra meg
inditotta. "A masodik villa
mos utes utan az orvosol
! halottnak nyilvanitottak a.
| eliteltet, akit az 6r0k kiemel
tex a szekbol es atvittek
halottas kamaraba.
AIT mondja az emlekirat::
- Annyira belemeriilt
fatal Elliot abba a Condo
( latba, hogy jo munkat vege2
zen, hogy eszebe Sc jutott
/, mintha valami felindulasfe
: let creme.
4 A tanitvany kiallta a pre-
bat es mivel Davis hamarc
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-02-08

max annak, akit a halalba kill
denek.
Aki jol akar aludni es foleg
aki mem akar undorodni, az
ne olvassa EFT a k0nyvet.
CSak szenzaciokra vadaszik
ez a k0nyv es erteke mines.
Jobb lett volna, ha sohase ad-
lax XII.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-02-08

Borzalommal es undorral ne
zett ugyan az emberiseg joer-
zesu resze mindig a hoherok
fele, de erdeklodeset mem Ind
ia eltagadni. Olyasforma ha-
tast gyakorolt a veszt6mester
a nepre mindig, mint a kigyo
a madarakra. Megbiiv0lot.
Hipnotizalot. A madar kabul-
tan mered a kigyora, undoro-
dix tole, de mem tudja szemet
levenni rola es allitolag vede-
kezes nelkul, menekulesi XII
serlet nelkul lesz annak sze-
rencsetlen aldozata.
Mi ezt ugyan soha mem ta-
pasztaltuk a madarak es XII
gyok felol, sot mindig ugy
lattuk, hogy a matyas madar
ektelen sikoltozast kezd, ha
kigyot lat, az aprobb mada-
rak is visitozva repkednek, ha
kigyo kozeledik felejuk, de a
monda a kigy6 hipnotizalo te-
hetsege fel0l beszel.
A hoherok is ilyenek. Ha
vegigmennek az utcan es fel-
ismerik oket, akkor szajtatva
bamul rajuk a tomeg, MCCALL
mindenki es helyben marad
addig, amig csak latni tudja.
Valami irtozatos jellegzetesse-
ge van ennek a palyanak es
a gondolatnak:
- line, tit van egy ember
kozottunk, aki biintetlenUl ol--
het, sot fizetest kap azert,
hogy mas ember eletet XII
oltSa.
Meg Iehet erteni nagyon
sok emberolest. A torveny is
kUlombsegeket tesz kozottuk,
mikor emberolesrol es gyil-
kossagrol beszel. A legtobb
emberoles mem elore megfon-
tolt munka kovetkezmenye
hanem pillanatnyi hatas alatt
kovetkezik be. A gyilkos jo-
forman mem is tudja, hogy
NIT cselekszik, inert ha tud-
ma, akkor sohase kovetne ell a
tettet.
De a hoher az mas. A hoher
oft i'll a maga baratsagos ott-
honaban, amely rendesen
semmivel sc kul0nbozik mas
joravalo polgari otthonOktol,
varja az esti lapot, akkor
meleg papucsot huz a labara,
odatelepszik a kandallo ele,
meggyujtja a villamos lam
pat es olvasni kezd ekkent:
- Aha, Rochesterben BIZ
n0snek talaltak az eskudtek
egy gyilkost. A biro mar ha-
lalra is itelte. A sheriffek
mar elvittek Sing Singbe, az
egesz csak a fellebezes vagy
a kormanyzoi kegyelmen mu-
lik. Valoszinu, hogy mahoz
ot honapra meghivot kapok a
fegyhaz igazgatojatol, hadd
j0jjek, inert munka var ream
A foghaz6r0k behozzak az ell.
iteltet, belenyomjak a szekbe
leszijazzak. Ekkor en- fejere
bOritOm a SiSakOt, hatralepek
meginditom az aramot egy.
seer, megszakitottam par ma
sodpercre, maid ujra bekap
csolom es ezzel vege a kome
dianak. Mehetek az irodabs
es felvehetem a penzt, am
exert a kis munkaert jar.
A hohernak ennyi az egesz
Amint Dickens mesteri tOlla
Dol ered6leg mondja onmag:
fel6l a londoni hoher:
It's delightful to worl
off a man -.
Ugy kell legyen csakugyan
hogy a h6herok valami gy0
ny0riseget kell talaljanak
munkajukban, inert kiil0m
ben nem yallalkOZnanak arre
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1940-02-08

E,rtesitse lapnukat azokrol
az esemenyekr6l, anelyek ma
Sokat is erdekelhetnek.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-25
Big Entry For
Bridge Tourney
Play Starts
Friday In YMCA

The big trophy and individual
cups. donated by Supreme Liberty
Life Insurance company. have )een
the big magnet TO attract a large
number Of players to participate IN
the first annual YMCA bridge
tournament which will he held May
24-95 in the st. Antoine YMCA.
The players have been getting In
some practice sessions during the
past week and at the same time
keeping a sharp eve on the 29-incn
trophy which will 20 10 the wnl-
ner. The trophy r. made of gold
with large bridge hand resting
on top. The cups are Of modernislic
design and match the trophy.
Just a few OF those who have
filed entry for the tourney are:
Lillian Nesbit. Bernice white.
James Daniels MIR. and Mrs.
Hughes Peterson. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Burton, DR.. and Mrs. James
J. McClendon, Vivienne Cooper,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Carroll. James
solomon. Nathaniel Leach. Ramon
Scruggs, w Barton Beatty. Jr.. Bob
Bratton. Attorney James ID. Lee and
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Dunlap.
The entrance fec for the two SEES
sions is nifty cents. Refreshments
will be served.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-25
Roscoe Toles To Act
AS Father Neptune
BIackmon Hit Hard

Roscoe Toles. state heavyweicht
champion. has agreed 10 act as Fa-
Their Neptune at the annual water
carnival al st. Antoine lMCA. FIJI
day, May o. The carnival Is I'M
der the sponsorship OF the Bows
department at ST. Antoine. and the
personal direction of Theodore
Van Buren,. assistant physical d.
rector at the branch.
There will be a total OF 60 bovs
participating in the carnival, which
will have as background the BOYS
Glee club singing special songs for
the various events on the swim pro-
gram. Edward Newton. director OF
the club. has been training the
group IN special tunes suitable for
acouatic events, during the past
week.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-05-25

for their willingness 20 place a
heavy bet on tho home team have
passed into tile limbo ot forgotten
things The breed died with the
lush days OF the 1905
Today we find a different fan at
the game While he VOLS with The
same eusto as the fan of two de-
cades ago. he's not The type 70 Of
fer 20 WAGER on the outcome Of the
game in The open Hos there 10 be
entertained and gives no thought
TO gambling.
No Change In Owners
But while the fans have changed.
The maiofiiv OF tho magnaies op-
Grating baseball clubs are Scramh-
ling around in the same groove as
that Witch confined their activities
four decades ago. They have made
yerv little progress IN MANY In
stances they have made a few Steps
backward.
Fifteen years aeD a fan was able
90 discuss the batticg and fielding
averages OF the players IN 'he
league, There were weekly releases
coming from tho office of he presi-
dent. and az the end W the seaasor
a batting champion was acknowl-
edged