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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16
Dover Is Hit
By Shells
From France
Fourth Raid on Lon
don Still in Progress
After Two and One.
Half Hours; Eleven
Killed in Bombard-
ment of Dover.

London. Sept. 16.-(AP)-Air
raid alarms kept London'S mil
hons in shelters fer hours today
3 German planes threatened the
CITY three times during the MORN
ta- and returned III the afternoon
10 drop bombs and battle Brit
>h pilots during one of LOndOn'S
longest daylight alarms of the
war.
Altogether, the people of Lon
don were under warning five
hrUr> and is minutes from mid
morning until near dusk.
Despite tire almost continuous
atisck>, only moderate anti-air-
craft. activity in the London area
-t'ctrd the raiders and only Oc-
'l>.p@ai bombs were heard to
i-H during the afternoon raid.
't.i' happened in the three
morning attacks.
NHChinc gun fire and the
tuHIer OI mOt0iS, however, told
o. Il snort brief battle over the
LaaGOn AREA iii the start Of the
l"ulh raid.
.. OF !yug-rangc artillery shells
.... INTO the streets OF Dover.
....-.ou corner" iujlring eleven
'. The Germans opened fire
$. 60 It British bombardment.
3D.. explosives were heard on va
dies as the Germans made
aa.c attacks during the fourth
...cu began at 2:lO p. IN. Ma
.gn lire, the racing OF mo-
..l moderate tntl-aIrcra1t &C
oLuuld on all sides.
scattering anti-aircraft lire
ard III London's three earlier
.aj with the sounds Of aerial
....- was the occasional burst OF
JDmbs dropped III previous
.. ,t these exploded in southeast
-..a IN d little over an hour.
.. demolished some small houses
... l.okc gas main. The Otnel
way the rear Of a Catholic
o!e German shells fell in Dow
" cots crowded with shoppers a.
.JndentS in the invasion cor
..ntiuued 10 report movement!
b. ~ German troop carriers OF al
aud sizes close to the trencf
.n.gian coasts under cover o
nd mist.
me ..rst time in weeks heaVJ
... ,nrouded the activities o
.- Duscs across the channel.
....u seaman hoped stu
.tcr would soon pile up h!gt
- .u the French coast Whlcf
lake impossible any lmmeol
.... across the narrow waters
AN sources said that heaV!
had been taking OIL II
recession since early. daWr
.s' e rolling" air barrage wa
ciCd at Britain.)
.-f the 1876 German plane
.Cyuunucd on Page Five)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16
Four Air Raids Made
On British Capital
Stewart Analyses Wilkes
View Of Air Power Importance

tie the dispute. It's trne that Jap
airmen raised hades in China and
that Germany's victory over the Poles
was mainly an aerial accomplish
ment. Still, China isn't licked yet.
And the Poles, with no outside help,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16

Cyutlnued on Page tlVe)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-16

Continued on Page Fivei
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-26
Valuable Yardstick
To Put on Majors

from the Athletics and Senators.
In the only day game In the
majors yesterday, tho Browns beat
the Athletics. "a. A i2-hit at
tack that included two home run,
by Walt Judnich and one each by
Don Hcffncr and Hsrlond Gift
the latter's with two mates aboard.
provided more than enough runs
10 win the game. Eldon Auker
held the AS 10 nine safeties.
Bobby Feller br-exed 10 his
nth win Of the year last
night ~ he pitched the Cieve-
land Indians 10 their ninth
victory In their last 10 starts,
IL over the New York
Yankees.
The defeat was the Yanks' third
straight. eighth In nine games and
dropped them 10 within ono game
n the second division. Teller held
the ssgging champions TO seven
hits for his third win against them
this season as every player In the
Cleveland lineup hit safely but
Ken Keltncr. Feiler driving In two
runs himself.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-26
Dairy Star
Hitting at .4Sl Clip
Has Been in Sport for ~ Ysurs Yet
Resoins HIS Shorp Eye As Of Old

h tsvs s~e msss No. ~
n>sA~p. NJ sesm9nee. - -
c~pFeA ~ ~nse MIR pg>ue
wssA W. nee wussv TN ups&
Nl~hep sres~& - rgns - ~
IN skoe 1ppaveweet.
In ths rxsss NE section rave
ulnnisii Mr. eight dcunles ana uerR
and stan wsilses ere knottsd %
five each In the home ran depart.
msnt Harry werha1y ard Ht1<y
rniisfson. bath with Johnson PAINT.
have staten eight hss~s eseh thus
far This season.
In the te~m hitting. Inhnnpa
Paint leads shs fipid with 80 and
trey Akin are tape W fssldlng with
psi. sisseash arc Tvssks are
ssss two points iow~r rhe PAINT
nen rsrei in hone run htetIGg
with ~ ard snare with cams
sssr~na psfoth~ts IN ~ertfirs hsen
with II eseh. Tb~ Jahnsressse -
far ard Away IN he hssp stsslln9
naslnea. with N 4nselsey lfpeat
and t'ammHssse nrcshesn shase
asnsls play henavs ~ssh - sesn.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-26

Sofiball Schedule

softeall league gsme. for We'd.
nesday;
Industrial league, SIS ,. m
feterman Mig Co, Va Garage
Employees at Mckinley postponed
from June s..
American league. SIS ~ Zion
Lutheran Va. Naval Reserve At
c. p. 3: Waller Road Owls vs.
Independent Bible al STADIUM;
woodmen Of World practice at
Portland ave: CcC Mantle Club,
practice At Jason Lee.
Girls City League. ais p. M
Tacoma Tigerettes Va Cardinals
AZ jefferson: Laundry Workers vs.
Blue streaks A. jefferson.
Play resumes tomorrow with
Twin Falls At Salt Lake. Idaho
Falls at Ogden and Boise at Poea-
tello.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-26
Rainiers
Entertain
San Diego
Lslivslt's PsppsrY
Gang Should Add
To League Lsod
n, us,rsn rms.s

sest,ie's Rsiniers, getting NOT.
ter with the weather. entsr,sln
what eonoeivsbiy could he a soft
touch this week. In the San Diego
Padres. who had no easy time
winning . four-three series from
the tsil.end Portland Beavers last
week.
The Studs have won II az their
last II contests and snundiy
trounced Sacramento In seven Of
eight games last week. Good
pitching. a diversified hitting at.
tack that Ia equally good against
southpaws and the more normal
brand of pitchers. and sharp field.
ing have given Seattle a 81 game
lead ON the field and = nine game
edge on san Diego.
saers mento. fionndering
badly. Roes up against tho
Portland beavers. VIM. while
WAiUk tbfff %fN4 w ~"
Diego. showed great improve
ment. Portiand's position
eouid only M improved by
2o-game winning sfreak. hut
tho Beav~r-Ducks ran mako
life miserable for the league
leaders.
san Francisco. bosating new
shortstop In Froiiand Fernandes.
entcrtains Los Angeles and Lou
Noyikoff. the leagues deadiiest
hitter. Fernandez In his debut
Sunday got four hits In eight trips
10 the plate and fielded fsnltiess-
~ Addition ~ tho Yakima
shortstop may cause tho fans To
forget the siling Harvey storey.
out with q cracked leg.
Oakland. which dropped its
series to the Angels last week.
moves across town 20 meet tho
Hollywood stars
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-26
Golf .

Allenmore Golf club will have
the largest entry list in history
of its club play this season. Pair
ings for first round matches are /:
Championship flight-John Lar
son VS.. L. r. Baker. Russ Ander-
son VS.. II. r. Venske, Sig Freid-
man We. F. Boyer, Jack Walters
VS.. Fred Sandoz. Carl Richmond
VS.. Ken Kofoed, Dewey Busch VS..
Bob Phillip, L. Kelly VS.. Larry
Huseby. V. Cliff VS.. Spike ABBY.
Second Flight-Sam Allen VS.
VIM. Sherman, Geo. Hallingstad
VS.. Geo. Popard, Earl Balloon VS..
Ed Honeywell Merrill Smith VS..
Paul Adams. j. II. Anderson vs..
Jack Wilson, Jack Van Wyhe VS..
Geo. Fisher, Jim Anderson, jr.,
VS.. Al Rodhal, Jack Mcintyre vs..
w. Raleigh.
Fourth Flight Meredith VS..
I. Baker, Bill Wicking VS.. o. J.
Rockway, Allen Scott VS.. Fred
Hass, Earl Matthias VS.. r. Julian,
Norm Olson VS.. Walt Olson, Larry
Tennent VS.. Dick Allen, Bert Dunn
VS.. Guy Clifford, Fritz Metzger
VS.. l. Wick.
Sixth Flight-H. Hass VS.. Bob
Youngberg, Jack Holms VS.. r.
Harper, Roscoe Smith VS.. Fred
Johnston, H. Geer VS.. bye. F. Ney-
hart VS.. w. Geehan, Geery Geehan
VS.. L. Utterback, II. F. Reyes VS..
Al Cohn. f. Jensen VS.. bye.
All defeated players in first
round matches will form the next
odd flights.
First round matches must be
completed by Sunday night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-26
SPORTS Parade

NEW YORK 49, Year In and
year out ! suppose | spend a.
little time bfooding over the
Cleveland M they spend brood
Ing over me- 1bsir good for
tunes and rsycfses have touched
me lightly. and I am surs that
my own ups and downs HAYS
neither caused them 10 eeisbfsts
nor 10 Erissa.
on RECORD
They've gone on record. he.
llsye, an saying that their man
ager. Oscar Wit, drives thsfn
nuts. gives them the Ii,tsrs. and
makes them generally psyco-
pathie. Victory for them would
be an open adml,tanes that they
are the type of team that per-
forms with complete efficiency
only when they're abnormal and
In the market for formsfltting
strsiEhtJaekstn.
No team wants 10 Admit that.
Furthermore. I'm mol sure thai
baseball could Withstand the
presence In the World .eris. N
an outfit that by Ia swn cd.
nniitanes WAS slightly less than
rational. After all. baseball 10
oar national game. and a. such
represents the temper NJ this
country.
This IN no tins for The United
states 10 adyise The world that
lis citizens are u iyps who
get excited over. and pay
tribute "a. an organization II
young men slightly out II their
heads
Far better and arr sure
Judge ksnssaU Mountain Lam
dis would ses eye 70 eye with
me that less gifted team
mechanically. bat ons with all
81 cards IN ia mental deck.
represent baseball IN the world
ssfiea
~. should Cleveland Win, II
would not surprise mr. nj all n
the members sf the team were
taken 10 the mountains for .
rsss and thu He'd sor or faa-
kees or ths Browns named IN
substitute for them In what 30
many Of us know - ba.sbAlPs
blue ribbon classic.
OF course, the removal Of the
Indians from the world series
would have a bad effect on the
box office receipts With the
Indians In there. every pnychi-
ARTIST, psychologist and baby
doctor Ia the country would buy
TICKET. They would see Ia the
series a chance 10 hold an out
door clinic. And. from the com
fort Of field boxes, study a group
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-26
Junior Schedule

Park Baseball league games for
Wednesday:
Junior Boys No. league. 10
a. m.-Tacoma Typos vs. Austin
Sales at Mckinley. Washington
Hardware vs.. BIB Washer serv-
ice at Lincoln; Strand Market vs.
Diamond T Trucks al Mckinley:
spsnawsy Cubs Va. Jefferson
Chiefs at jefferson
Junior Boys No. league. 1870
nOon-Puyallup VS.. Oakland Ad-
dition at Jefferson. Sixth and
Proctor Shopping Center Va. olym-
pic Ice Co. at Mckinley
Senior Boys league. 3:45 p. m.
Lakewood Center va Summit
Cubs at Mckinley; Tacoma Boys'
Club vs. Model Lumber at Jeffer-
son.
Twilight league. s p. NYA
Va. Lincoln Service at Mckinley,
Arctic Bottlers vs.. Mckinley Aer-
chants at Portland ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-26
Alice Marble
Ewes New Title

RIVER FORREST, IN - Alice
Marble FASTENED 10 compete IN the
Tri-ssats Tennis tournament a.
Cincinnati today after adding the
National Clay Courts chsfnrion-
shsr "a her L. = singles crown.
she wcs the ciss courts
title yesterday. dct~sting
s.rscsn Wheeler. santa Nca-
Ira. Can't. ..A 50.
Ronny RlrEs national mems
champion. failed tn simslar at.
tempt Ia become = double holder
when he ies. "a non MrNeiii.
Oklahoma City. Al, a.. 20. a.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-26
Libke Puts
On Strong
Mound Show
Pointer Stur Hos
CONS Eoting Out
Of His Mittens

With a chance TO get In a
strategic spot for the drive to
first place, smelter Local
takes on the powerful Super
Tor Dairy club Tuesday night
at Lincoln bowl. starting ut
1880 o'clock. Davies will be
on the hill for the Smelter
team with Walker slated TO
toss 'em for the Dairy club.
johnson Paint company downed
Cammarano Brothers Z to 0 Mon
day night at Lincoln bowl behind
the two hit hurting of Al Libke,
Jr. The lone hits came in the
first and second innings. An err
ror in the third and a walk in the
last of the ninth completed the
reason only four Cammarano play
ers reached first base during the
swell hurting exhibition.
At no time WINS Llbke In
danger, his mates starting as
early a. the second frame TO
give him runs. the first being
Willis long drive over the
score board Ted Weigmann
also hit for the circuit In the
seventh with Rudy Tollefson
on the paths. Llbke famed
III Bottlers.
Joe Albanese essayed to stop
the league-leaders and did better
than the score sheet shows. The
seven Johnson tallies came tough.
the Cams fighting every inch of
the way, but Joe caught Libke on
one of his ION" nights and that's
that.
Only one OF the Cam errors
in the scoring and
despite the five hobbies the Cam
boys dished out nice
defensive game. turning in several
snappy plays aside from fast
twin killing. The Paintmen made
but one error, a wide throw by
Rudy Tollefson in the third.
Johnson PAINT. IN
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-26
Coast League Leaders
THE LEADERS

Hous runs -Noukoff, Los An
gcles. "a; Dunn. Oakland. 13.
stringer, Los Angeles. II; Collins
Los Angeles, 10. Wieczorck. Sac
rameato. S.
Three-base hits - Barrett. San
FRANCISCO. IL; Jennings. San Fran
cisco. 8. White, Seattle. 8
TVo-base hits - Chrstoff. Oak
land. 20: Novikoff. Los Angeles.
%; ciSsell. Hollywood. 81. Dunn.
Oakland. 20. Haslin. Mesner. San
Diego. Jennings. Norbert San
Francisco. 10
stolen bases White. Seattle.
Barrett, San Francisco, ~,
Schuyler Seattle u: yanni. Sc
attic. Uhalt. Hollywood. II. Has
I'm. San Diego. IL
Sacrifice hits Luby Oakland.
II: Niemiec. Seattle. 10. Stewart.
San Diego. IS. Archie. Seattle.
Norbert San Francisco, 10.
Runs batted in NO1kOff. Los
Angeles. 81. stringer. Los Angeles.
IS. Christoff. Oakland. So Dunn.
Oakland. So. Hsslin. San Diego,
81. Collins. Los Angeles. -.
Donble plays San Diego. 10.
Los Angeles. S.. San Francisco.
70. Sacramento. 70. Hollywood.
"A: Seattle. y. Oakland, 90
Portland. 80.
Stolen bases per team Seattle.
SO: Gan Francusco. ~. San Diego.
30; Oakland. 80 Hollywood, 30.
Sacramento. Los Angeles. Is.
Portland, 20.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-26
Pops" Ceeson
Tells the World

Harry Pops" Geeson is telling
the world these days. shouting
from the house tops. the cellars
and main highways.
He says proudly and loudly:
ats a boy =. six pounds and
Ia ounces born Monday
>. name Bruce Elliott Gee
son. Phyllis, my wife, is get
ting along okay. And say.
that little red-head son OF
mine Ii kicking like the very
debbil, even now. He'll be
murder on those umpires. The
way he can squawk!'
Geeson is manager OF the con-
cessions at Athletic Park. He
knows all the fans who naturally
wish him and his young wife and
baby the best in the world.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-26

- tFf"t
range
INrgHEsTED IN uESgsLEr
1 have a feeling that ths mad
icos would he chiefly interested
In Hollo tTshs tho stuff Away
usmslsy. Koiio furnished
most fascinating case In the
first place. he u ons ~ ths few
men baseball has produced who
ever caught = donblshesfier
willis In the thross n hang
over.
he Ia also the only man can
recall who. after raising what 10
scientifically termed a. hsli. for
many year. bis~ the whistle
on = feils~ 1h0 pat up with
hlfa when hs was creating hls
own ilttis personal hsdss-
Z refer 20 WIT. shose stxhts
In 1914 ~sse not made sas mars
PHEASANT BY ROLES pssahs. !
don't know what your birthday
II. hut far ~ I'm concerned. I'm
give ysu Hoiis. al fer yssls sssn.
u yes'Ii Issi mall In tina date.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-26

cAMMARANo BROTHERs

Sacrifice hlts WINS, NerblskF,
tUo-base hlts, n Godfrey. Mllroy. y
Tollefson willie: three base hit T.
Tollefson: nome runs Wiils Welg-
mann. double plays. Hofto 70 Feld-
johnson Paint Co g. Cammarano
Bros struck out. b. Alliances 7.
b. A Like u II. base on balls.
off Aibsnese ]. off A Lbke. Jr ].
gild pitch A Like. Jr 3. Albausse
/ time 81 game / IS umpifes.
Fourier and selghbors
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-26

city lesgs1s sversxrs fnr ~
first hsif ~ the tstn srasrn.
which Includes a games shs~ AT
nerg. veteran fsrss hss<msn a the
Superior Dairy, leading tn~ psek
with a spi MARI. Several other
PLAYERS snnw a higher marx nut
acre h.ss played in enough ssmes
to take the hnnnr away frnm the
clever nsifymsa Dave hInnstti
~ cAmmarano nseshsrs vita ta1
" seeond On the list with stan
Wallace ~ oMc Trucks running
IN third srof with .tst
rhe FEAT ~ pacing ne Ctsy
league hst swiaxcr. h>sswses
mes~ SENSATIONAL IN nrsr-s
esse IN that lhe sescsNn 10
playing his frsa year ~ kas~-
hall That he wsss's f.slsas
!. shawn In hla driving IN ~
rans IN ,eas In thss ss~la. ssa
THE vita besaK psssea tsss~-
iinwalls mare thas Aay atkss
player In Inc municipal ~sv~ust.
H~rg's total hsse nsAsk ~ -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-26
Jensens and Painters
Turn in Softball Treat
Bus Anderson Socked All Over the Lot
BY Victors; Johnsons Drop in Race

In spite of several other well.
pitched and interesting games the
gem Of play Monday night was the
johnson Paint-Jensen Fuel game
in City league play at Mckinley
No. 2.
johnson Paint went into the
contest sporting tire. game
lead over three teams that
were tied for second place
Jensen Fuel being one Of the
trio--with just seven league
contests left to play. They
came out Of II with their
margin cut to two games In
the most astounding reversal
of form this season.
Jensen Fuel plastered Bus An
derson all over the lot with IL hard
hits. while Bill Ruehle's was shut
ting out the county champions,
to o, with five scattered hits. In
the second frame three unearned
runs came across on two errors.
coupled with walks and hits. while
in the fourth the other two were
counted on pair Of errors and
three hits.
Wartenbe Service did Its
best to lose TO Postoffice but
II was not good enough as
their sensational batting
brought them from behind
time after time to win. II to
10, in nine innings and keep
tie with Jensen Fuel for
second place.
Trev McLain pitched one-hit
ball to give Northern Pacific Rail-
way shops the second half COM
mercial league title by beating
Harmon Furniture, IL to O. Sizer
& Co. went nine innings before
beating st. Regis Kraft, 8 to 2, in
a sensational game. Buffelen
Lumber pushed Steven Motor out
of its second place tie by winning.
IL to /, while Wheeler Osgood
beat Carstens 3 to 2. to gain a
little revenge for the Carstens'
victory over them in the first half
title game Thursday night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-26
LEADING PITCHERS

Most innings pitched - Freitaa.
saeumento. 1924 Turpin, Seat
tie 1924 Ne0soms. San Diego.
1872.
Most strikeouts- Ardizoia. Hol-
iy7Tpod. 30. Ffeitas. 81, Fleming.
Hollywood. so.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-26

The Dodgers have won 10 out
of II games against the seventh
place Bees and eighth place
Phillicr The Red Sox have the
best f~cord among the American
league contenders against the two
trailers. having won out Of II
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-26

NEW YORK - One valuable
yardstic.k 10 put on the pennani
contendsrs TO determine II they
are of championship dimensions Is
To measure their success against
the leagues two weakest clubs.
Last season the Yankees and
Reds became champions because
they were able TO grow fat on the
seventh and eighth place clubs.
The Yanks beat the Athletics and
Browns 81 times while losing only
seven. The Reds slugged the Bees
and Phillies 35 times while losing
only nine.
Thus II 1910 runs true 10
1888 form the Dodgers and
Red Sox may meet In the 1910
world series II they can keep
up their winning form against
the weak sisters.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-26
CITY LEAGUE

CITY LEAGUE
Al jefferson No. D
% Sns,os1ls. Service -" Il e !
Dsrland ana Otto. Mykland ana
Weston
At Mckinley No. a
johnson Paint ......... 4
Ruehle and Monroe; Anderson ana
EXHIBITION oAsIrs
At Jefferson No. a.
Seattle Cammhranns 49,. 7 10 4
Tacoma cammaranos -. 30 40 I
Campbell, q. Stokes. Townsend and
@ Stokes Rigs: Gross and Pease
Second game
Seattle CammarAnos go. 10 IL 4
Tacoma Cammaranos 100 8 :
D Stokes and Campbell: Dyer and
COMMERCIAL LEAGUE
At Edison
Harmon Mfs. .......... 0 :
y pia.t IinoOs ana sa,h.f. McLsln y and !
Drain.
At Jason Lee
81. Regis Kraft .......,. 6 q
Sizer a. Co a.....+...ss... ; 6 /
Emerson and Lannigan; Axlund
and Rancipher
At Harmon
ssuiielen Lumber mum. II |
Harris and Fogls. Skidmore.
Grasse and G. Grasse.
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE
At Portland Avenue
Garage Employees .....a s
Peterson Mfg ........... 6 s
Collins ana Issscson: o'Brien and
Mahoney.
AT Stadium
Musicians Union ........ q 4
1910 Tavern ............s 10 IL
Shaefer and Shaw: Johnson and
Kancionich. Hademan.
At Mckinley No. i
Chemical Workers ..... 10 ~ q
Flour a. Cereal Workers =. II II 3
Upton and Riedle: Hazleton and
Stark.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-26

interesting cases At eios'
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Central Mission Fund
Reaches S70,458

At the final report dinner held last
night by the Central Union Mission
campaign workers at the Calvary
Baptist Church it was announced
$40, ,458 had been subscribed to the
new building fund
The women's division of the CAM
paign went over the top with its
original goal of $4,000, the remain
der of the total having been raised
by the Special Gifts Committee and
the mems division.
C. E. Bogardus, closest contender
tor the silver cup given as perma-
nent award to the highest mems
team, brought in the highest amount
for his team at this final dinner.
He was awarded a prize. The wom-
ems prize went to Mrs. Martha
Raby.
BY unanimous vote of those pres
ent, it was decided to hold another
report meeting at the Central Union
Mission on June II at 8 o'clock. 1t
was agreed that whenever the op-
portunity afforded in the mean
time team workers would continue
solicitations.
Evening star., 1940-05-29
Death Of Soldier
In Stampede C|assed
As Traffic Fatality
National Sofety Council
Decides Dispute in
Favor of Coroner

The dispute between Coroner A.
Magruder Macdonald and the Po-
lice Department over the former s
classification of the death of a
Fort Myer soldier IN horse stam-
pede in the 1900 block of Bladens-
burg road NE. on May Is as a traf-
fic fatality has been decided in favor
of the coroner.
Pvt. Michael Astore, 20, a men,
ber of c Battery of the 18th Field
Artillery, en- route to Fort Myer,
was run over by a heavy caisson
when he was knocked down in an
attempt to stop some rearing horses
in the battery. The stampede oc-
CURED when the group halted near
a fire plug to water and cool the
horses.
Coroner Macdonald listed the
death as the twentieth traffic fatal
lty for the District, while the Police
Department and Traffic Director
William A. Van Duzer insisted the
death was not a traffic fatality.
Finally, Inspector William E.
Holmes Of the Traffic Division sub
mltted the fact for arbitration to
the National Safety Council, in
Chicago. Yesterday an answer was
received from the council stating
that ut is our opinion that the ac-
cident death should properly
be classified as traffic DEATH"
Since the death did involve a
vehicle in a traffic way" the letter
said. "the death would have to be
placed IN the traffic accident cate
gory."