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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

Bob Forde, of MarysWlle California one
darn evening saw two men, walking and talk
ing in animated conversation but keeping
three feet apart. This wasn't chubby and 1t
took up too much sidewalk, Mr. Forde
thought II would be good idea to walk be
tween them 1t wasn't, because they wers>
carrying sheet of glass. He refers TO
a -panefui' accident !
If anyone asks Elmer Mahnke what he
thinks about Imitation" they had better duck
fast Mr.. Mahnke not only has thought about
imitation, he knows what it feels like.
. He is a filling station operator at Racine.
Wisconsin. and part of his job is blowing TIP
footballs and basKetbaIIs for small boys in
the neghborhood.
One day party of youngsters came in
with their usual request and Mahnke took
down a hand pump from the wall The en-
of The rubber tubing equipped with
nea1lle 10 lnsert IN the bladder nf-t1n-f nnt hall
Somehow. Mr. Mahnke doesn't know how. the
needle was inserted in his arm instead Of IN
the bladder He pumped but the football
didn't initiate Instead he noticed with alarm
that his arm was getting to he the SIZE Of
Popeyes Realizing what had happened, he
dashed for the nearest doctor. His arm was
DEBATED but he never wants to hear the
word Imitation" again.
The doctor told him that he was a lucky
man because a little bubble Of air reaching
the heart may have fatal results Recently
his little cashless customers have been getting
their free air elsewhere.
Oscar Smith. of South Bend Indiana. used
TO scott at the superstition that il was bad
luck when a black cat got in front Of you Nov
he knows better especially when the black
cat is in a black bag
Oscar was driving along and the black cat
was in the black bag on the seat beside him
An at once there was swish and swoosh
and cat bag and all landed kerplunk on the
steering wheel
This surprised Oscar very much and before
he could convince the wildly clawing cat that
one driver at lime was enough. his car had
collided with milk truck When the comm2a
ton died down the cat and the bag had II
appeared. Oscar didn't bother to hunt f0'
them.
Luck in accidents. is mostly how one looks
at it A Scotchman. run over and fatally
injured in the streets Of Edinburgh, asked
who had done it on hfing Informed that
il was the hearse belonging to the citys big
-eest undertaken. he smiled and his last words
were
Il die happy. Make him give me the
grandest funeral ever enjoyed by McGregor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12
1940S QueereStACCidentS

hospital ambulance. was the experience of
Ralph Lyman of -Clarinda,-Iowa, who spe-
cialzes in repairing furnaces. One day, hur-
rying to answer the telephone, he fell over
a box but managed to crawl painfully to the
instrument wondering if he would be able
to find any doctor in his Office A voice said
This is DR.. Burnett Can you come right
over and fix my furnace? It's broken
You'd better come over and fix my leg
first It's broken, too" replied Lyman = and
it was.
Mrs. Anna w. Briggs, of Sacramento, Cali
fornia, had been watching an airplane pass
when something from the sky hit her on the
head Except for making her new bonnet
look even funnier than its designer intended,
she was unchanged and the missile proved
to be a gold ring marked wv. S."
She managed to trace the ring and return
it to it's owner, Chicago physician. He
gave her a 1925 reward But that wasn't all.
Last March she received letter from
Germany notifying her that she was entitled
to S19S, 900 in marks left by her fathers
brother. German officials had traced Mrs.
Briggs through newspaper reports of the
finding of the ring and the reward Now
it's up to Mrs. Briggs to try and collect the
money. and the sad part of it is whether it
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

dents, the Kaczynski fam
lily Of Pittsburgh, Pa,
wins the championship
SiX-year-old Frank kac-
zynsld. wandering around
the yard, saw a length
of nice shiny wire AMI
promptly grabbed it. The
wire burned his hands
and a mysterious force
convulsed his little mus
Giles so that. try as he
would. he could not throw
the thing away frankie
being two years the
younger. usually initiated
his brother Walter. but
his hoWIs and antics this
time were so original and
funny that the older
brother frankly started 10
initiate him. He also
grabbed the wire and
found that he couldn't let
go.
Sister Anna. aged II,
could not write an i'm
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

friend with this noise going on and started
in to quell the rumpus. On the way she heard
a scream and looked out the window just
in time to see her sister Frances struck by
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

liberal investigated and found that the con-
tents of a brewery vat had accidentally been
forced into the water system 1t was invol-
untary charity on the brewers part, too, and
nobody doubts the sincerity of his promise
never to do it again.
Mr. Jay Martin, steel company executive
of Pueblo, Colorado, was in his office scolding
a railroad for what he considered freight
overcharges. Just then the wall of the build
ing opened up with a crash and in came
locomotive. 1t picked up the criticizer and
rode him on the cowcatcher through a couple
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

The police work fast in San Antonio.
Texas where Mrs Jones lives, and by the
time she got home, they had man in custody.
They asked Mrs Jones to come to the station
house to Identify him.
She took one look at the suspect and said:
THAT can't be the man - that's my
husband
But IT was the man and Jones confessed,
the police say TO three stick-ups, including
that of his wife II was dark that night
that he just couldn't the face of his
wife who had. by the way, some of her
husbands money in her poeketbook. When
husband or wife helps himself to the contents
of the spouses pocket or pocketbook this
is not considered exactly robbery. but just
redist .buton of wealth. The police could
not charge him with attempting to steal the
family funds. but held him on charges of hav-
ing committed the other two alleged stckups
Almost as lucky as being run over by
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

a
shaken voice when he finally got back TO the
telephone That is no way 10 settle an ar,
gument"
The railroad official on the other end Of
the wire then learned that one Of his loco
motives had become derailed just outside tie
steel plant
The writer, Ralph Waldo Emerson, once
said that if you build a better mousetrap the
world will beat a path to your door. Eugene
Ramsey a carpenter of Burgaw. North Caro-
lima isn't sure about that, but he does know
that really good trap always gets its mouse
Mr.. Ramsey laboring over a trap
which he designed and built for the capture
of an elusive mouse He was putting the
finishing touches on the contraption when
the snapper on the trap banged shut on his
finger
He let out howl Of pain and with hefty
Jerk of his wrist threw the trap under the
kitchen stove. The mouse for whom the
trap had been designed happened to he watch
ing it's victims humiliation but If 1t laughed.
il laughed too soon because the trap hit Mr.
Mouse and killed him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12
I'm Pittsburgh. a -SiN-Year-Old Boy
Grabbed Hold Of q Charged Electric
Wire and Couldn't Let Go.

~ONTINUING its custom Of printing the
L most unusual accidents Of the past year,
49, The American Weekly today presents
those Of 1910 some that were reported by
the National Safety Council and additional
accounts derived from other authentic sources
For hgh-speed. mass-producton of acct
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

an automobile.
Leaving the boys to keep on with what
ever they were doing Anna dashed out at
such speed that it offended the ideas of femi-
nine decorlm held by neighbours dog. The
dog registered disapproval by sinking his
teeth into one of the flying legs.
The resulting duet of banks and screams
brought brother John aged "a to the scene
and fortunately the jinx became weary, John
salvaged the sister that was hit and the one
that was bitten, placed them in the back
of the family car and released his small
brothers by turning off the electric switch
Adding these two to the other casualties,
he drove the load to the nearest hospital
Frank and Walter were treated for burns,
Frances for cuts and bruises and Anna for
dogbite The police sergeant who had to
write it all down, said he wished their name
was Smith Writing that name Kaczynski so
many times gave him writer's cramp
In Hollywood daredevils are highly paid
for contriving ingenious automobile accidents.
but Mrs Glen Deatherage of Springfield.
Illinois transcribed them all. She was drv-
ing her car. when another car came along and
there was a collision This caused her car to
, spin and sent her flying out of the door which
had neglected to shut properly.
Lying in the street. Mrs. Deatherage saw
her automobile come to a quick stop. as If
an invisible foot were on its brake pedal
Then to her horror, it suddenly backed up
and ran over her The explanation is this;
AS she was punging from her seat behind
the wheel. her right leg must have showed
the gearshift lever into reverse while her
left foot was still depressing the clutch pedal
Fortunately her injuries were not very severe
but she had achieved the impossible of
running over herself with her own car As
far as automobile accidents are concerned,
this makes her the Mrs America of l94O.'
Giovanni Evangehat of Rochester, n Y,
was standing clothed and in his right mind,
waiting for a street car Then he felt a tug,
heard the sound of tearing cloth and there
he was in che public eye, without any trousers.
few shreds were hanging to the door handle
of car which obeyed the hit-and-run law by
stopping a few lengths away. Giovanni
rushed for the car with a vigor that made
its driver fear for his life. But all the unwill-
ing strip-tease artist wanted was to get away
from his public. Jumping into the back of
the pants-snatchng car, he was driven home
for requirements.
Had Mr. Evangeliats trousers been of
stronger goods, he might have retained them
but. on the other hand, things might have
been worse as Bernard Greedy can testify
His trousers were of sterner stuff and police
say his was sterner work burglary The po
lice say he was finishing job in the home of
Henry Lampe at Nutley, New Jersey, when he
heard the rghtful occupants returning and
hurried upstairs. There was the click of
switch and Mrs. Lampes voice screaming:
Henry, we've had a burglar
Such a comment could hardly fail 10 alarm
an intruder particularly when il was fol-
lowed up the next moment by telephone
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

Sister Anna, aged II.
could not write an i'm
portant letter TO a boy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

invitation TO the police. Quietly opening
a window Greedy eased himself out to drop
softly possible But hardly had he
started than he stopped. A nail had caught
in the waistband of his trousers and in spite
of every effort, he was still hanging there.
like a Christmas decoration. when the police
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

arrived and ordered him
to come down.
II can't" he moaned.
You'll have to come up
and take me off this
nail"
Where did you get
those pants ?" inquired
one of his captors. after
this had been done.
Il amt answering, on
advice of counsel" said
the prisoner. to which the
cop replied:
I'm not trying to pin
anything more on you,
but if my kid in school
had a pair, made of that
same material, they might
last him a whole winter
Another man accused of
being in a similar line of
business thinks his acct
dent even more unlucky.
1t came about thus:
Mrs. Fritz M. Jones
was on her way home
from a friendly visit when
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12
the Police Arrived.

somebody stepped out of a dark doorway and
tried to snatch her purse. She screamed and
beat him off He fled and she called the
police.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

The Two Brothers Who Were Live Wired"
While One Sister Was Run Over by an Au-
+omobiIe and An o her Sister Bitten by
Dog; the Steel Executive Who Was picked
Up" by Locomotive Which Barged Into
His Office: the Woman Driver Who Ran Over
Herself. and Other Incredible Mischonces
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Gedeon, Farm Player
OF Griffs, Becomes
Draftee in Army
Former Michigan Star
Light Hitter Lost Two
Years With Minors

CLEVELAND. March l2-Elmer
Gedeon, former Big Ten hurdles
champion and now an outflelder,
who is the property of the Wash
ington Nationals, was to be indicted
into the Army under the Selective
Service Act today. Gedeon will be
sent to Fort Thomas. KY.
Gedeon. who batted .280 with
Orlando of the Florida State League
in 1899 and .271 with Charlotte OF
the Piedmont League last season,
joined the Mats in midseason OF
1888 as a first baseman.
Having played only IS games of
baseball when he joined the Mats,
the former Michigan athlete never
theleSs was regarded as promising.
He had exceptional speed. as evil
denced by the fact he tied the world
120-yard high hurdles record in the
same race that Fred Wolcott of
Rice cracked the world mark.
Gedeon was transformed into an
outfielder by Manager Bucky Harris
of the Mats, who took liking to
Elmer's speed and hoped to capitalize
on it, Only % years old, he was
felt to be making nice progress
considering his limited experience
Gedeon probably will report to the
Mats spring training camp next
year after his stretch in the Army
is completed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Hockey Title Virtually
Won as Bruins Nip
Maple Leafs
Big Crowd Sees Boston
Team Take Preyiew OF
Stanley Cup Series
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A preview of the Stanley Cup
playoffs was held in Boston last
night and the Bruins won prac-
tically everything in sight.
Before 1908 fans-a crowd of
real playoff proportions-the home
forces turned back the Toronto
Maple Leafs, to 2. That assured
them Of nothing worse than tie
for the National Leage champion
ship. With three more games on
their schedule the Bruins virtually
clinched the crown.
Toronto with two games to play
is four points behind. The only way
the Leafs could gain the edge now
would be for Boston to lose its three
remaining games while Toronto was
winning two. That would put the
Leafs on top because of their greater
number of victories. However. Bos-
ton has lost only once in its last %
starts, so it's hard to imagine the
Bruins failing to get one more point.
These two teams are scheduled to
meet in the first playoff round, a
best-of-seven series. BY finishing
ahead the Bruins will have the i'm
portant home ice" edge for the
first two games, as we'll as the odd
one, if the series goes to the limit.
Last nights victory gave Boston the
seasons series with Toronto by a
Al margin, with two games tied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Scores Convincing Win Deonng Roosevelt Metro Court Champ
MARYLAND Aces to Be MHIers
This Year in 6-CIub Prince
Georges County League

single run his first year ct tbs
helm, but bounced back strongly
last year to win both halves of the
race. In the two years the team
scored 461 runs. against 80 for the
opposition, which gives you an idea
of its power.
Not the least responsible for this
success was an alright pitching
staff that included Johnny Clements.
Johnny Newman and Robbie Cow
an. Clements, a slim southpaW, has
the brilliant record of % victories
against defeats since joining the
team. His record also includes 232
Strikeouts in 221 innings. Johnny
also welded wicked mace at the
plate, as his .372 average attests.
Outstanding sluggers are Bernis
Forney C433), Frank Coppola (.343h
Jesse Kasulke 1880, Ray Arneson
$500, Bill Mulvey (37O), Johnny
Newman C324, Butch" Hutchin-.
son 1889, Pete Scalise C310), Maui
rice Purdy (27O and Robbie Mel
win C277.
Forney and Melvin are resigning
from the club. but A bevy Of new
candidates are scheduled to report
for trials. The list includes "Popeye"
Travers, Buddy Fowler, Johnny
Peabody, Lenny Burch, Haley ADJ
cock, Tommy Yates and Dickis
Jackman. Also Robbie CoWan. with
/ the Southern Maryland Democrats
! last season, is coming back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Mile Race, With MehI Heading
List, Just One of Big Tests in
Washington A. A. Games

the former Marylsnder BY an eye-
lash in one of the evenings most
thrilling finishes to take the lead
in their lengthy rivalry. Kehoe led
to the last turn. losing when Bee
than turned on the steam in ter
rife stretch drive, but this time jim
thinks he can stay in front all the
way.
A new and fascinating event has
been added to the progrsm-a 2rile
steeplechase. 1t will be the first time
one ever has been staged in WASH
ington and with Joe McCluskev,
champion and world record holder,
heading the field, it should be good.
Forrest Efaw and George De George.
both durable and fast, will supply
the principal opposition to McClus-
key, but have scant hope of beating
the veteran who is in a class by
himself at this arduous sport.
Great Pole Vault Array.
With all this there still remains
the pole vault to give the fans what.
we'll may be their biggest thrill Of
the evening. Anything around or
over 13 feet is rarity in WASH
ington, but Earle Meadows, Dick
Ganslen. Ken Dills and Howard
Jensen, who make up the field, go
that high in practice Meadows
holds the indoor record Of Il feet
| 7l2 inches and is almost certain TO
scale IA feet. although he missed
that figure at Baltimore last Fri
/ dav.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Rutgers Grads to Hear
Hurmun at Dinner

Harvey Hartman, Rutgers Univer-
sity's well-known football coach, will
be the principal speaker tonight at
a dinner given by Washington
Maryland alumni of the school. The
affair will be held at Rossbourgh
Inn, on the University of Maryland
campus.
DR.. H. G. Byrd, president of Mary
land, and Maj. C. H. Eppley, athletic
director and dean of men, will be
guests of honor.
Stanley r. March, field secretary
of Rutgers alumni, and Carl B
Woodward, secretary of the univer-
sity, will accompany Hartman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Masterson' sFootbaII
Helps Redskins Win
Donkey Game, 8-4

1t may have been a laugh to
some of the participants and spec
tators, but Redskin End Bob Mas
terson seemed to take this donkey
basket ball seriously last night at
Uline'S Arena.
During the course of the game,
in which he and group of his Red
skin teammates outscored Thornie
Guests cowboy five, ga, MaSterson
became peeved when one of the OPP
position dismounted, in violation of
the games rules. When the cowboy
started to dribble down the floor
with the ball, Masterson jumped
off his donkey, blocked his opponent
of his feet, lodged the cowboys
roundhouse swing and countered
with a punch of his own. Members
of both teams stepped in to stop
it then and there.
More games are scheduled to-
night in the carnival, which will
run through Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12

Birds are chirping out Capitol
Heights way and a stray dogwood
bud has been noticed, but the first
concrete sign of spring arrived this
morning in the guise of baseball
notice from the Maryland Sport
Club. That would be the Maryland
Aces new name.
Secretary Bucky Marin advises
that the club will be sponsored by
Miller Furniture Co. this season and
hopes to repeat its flag victory in
the Prince Georges County League,
although it hardly hopes to enjoy
another undefeated season. The
circuit will embrace six teams, five
of which we're represented at the
reorganization meeting.
Franchises have been awarded
Greenbelt, managed by Vincent
Holochost; Snug Harbor, piloted by
Herbert Baldwin Oxon Hill, which
will have Pete Phelps at the helm
Capitol Heights, handled by Reds
Garrett; Maryland Sport Club
which will have as co-managers
Reds" Smith and Willie Krebs
Kleins Tavern or Cabin in the
Corner is expected to take the sixth
franchise.
Maryland loses a wise old mana
gerial head this year in George
Smiley" Miles, who in two years
guided the team to 81 victories in Sc
games. The Aces lost the title BY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
Pro Basket Ball Tests
Bargain Bill System
On Capital Tonight
Brewers Meet Jewels,
Sphos Foee Celtles
In Riverside Tits

One of Washington's largest pro
basket ball crowds since the days
of the old Palace five is expected
to turn out at Riverside Stadium
tonight when an American League
double header sends the Philadel-
phia Sphas against the Brooklyn
Celtics and the Washington Brewers
against the New York Jewels.
Ironically enough, the host
Brewers are the only team of the
nights four contestants without
much of a chance to win the sec
ond-half championship. A recent
slump dropped Washington's entry
to fourth place in the flve-team
loop.
Both the Celtics and the Jewels,
however, are battling desperately
for the right to meet the flrst-half
champion Sphas for the 194l title
and for both of them tonight's
games are important. This eve
ning's pairings call for the Celtics
and the SphaS to meet in the first
game at $3.50 o'clock. with the
Brewers taking the floor against
the Jewels at 10.
With Joe Gotthofer, their hard
driving forward, back in harness,
the Sphas are expected to be at full
strength with the team which last
month snapped the long winning
streak of the Original Celtics to win
a big professional tournament at
Chicago. Without him, the cham
pions dropped a 34-51 decision Ito
the Brewers here only three nights
ago.
The same quartet of teams at
tracted crowd of 5000 in New York
some time ago and were asked to
play a repeat performance in the
same arena. Brewer Owner Chris
Heurich, jr.. however, refused to be
talked out of playing host to the
twin bill here.
There will be no increase in ad-
mission, but the pass list has been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-12
PIummer, Cox Battle
For 'Roughhouse'
Title Tomorrow

Lou Plummer and Joe Cox will be
struggling for more than mere vic
tory tomorrow night when they go
to the mat at Turner's Arena. At
stake will be the District open
"roughhouse" championship with a
medal to be awarded the winner by
Promoter Joe Turner.
Complications are expected. of
course, what with the Green Hornet
and Paul Boesh tangling in another
bout and Ernie Dusek to be heard
from later in the month. No Sum-
day school medals for department
have tainted their manly chests and
they consider themselves in the
first flight of the title tuSSle.
Other matches slated tomorrow
include the hair-pulling melee be-
tween Patsy Miller and Betsy Forbes
and won Roberts VS.. Joe De VAL
teau. Warren Bockwinkle will be
assigned partner for another 30
minute wheeze today. The Miller
Forbes winner, incidentally, is in
line for a bout with Mildred Burke,
the champion.