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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-19

And the Navy Board reported to the President:
''We do not consider that air po,cer, as an
arm Of the national defense, has yet demon.
Strafed its palue.''
Another two years passed.
Then, in 1878. with General Mitchell still de-
msndine an adequate air force and with presidential
board investigating General Mitchell was demoted TO
colonel and sent to Texas.
Subsequently, he was court-martialed because Of
his insstence on air power.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-19

ND lilly" MlTCHELL'S sinking Of the U. S. S. Ala
. bama and other warships in 1921 was not
the only rehearssEofthe air sea battles Of the
present war.
Amidst eontroversY in Congress in 1923. Gen.
eral Mitchell presented repeat" rehearsal sinking
two old battleships-one Of them, the U. S. S. New
jersey having her top blown off by single 100
pound bomb and sinking in four and onehalf minutes.
The other ship was sunk in seven minutes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-19

The brass hats" had won the controversy.
But in another year. in 1925. an investigation Of
the sunken Alabama disclosed hole blown through
her sde-by bomb which had missed" the ship by
ten feet
That was the bomb that really caused the Ala.
bama to sink.
II maintained,' commented "BHiy'
Mitchell, 'dnd it has been demonstrated in this
instance, that is not necessary to make direct
hit to sink a bdttIeship.
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Ethiopian Clowns Top
Baseball Attraction

CINCINNATI, Ohio-,(SNS)-
It's well-established fact in
baseball circles that every city
the great Cincinnati (MiamD
Ethiopian Clowns play in simply
can't get enough of this clever
ball team with their brilliant play
and scintillating comedy. A glance
at their seasons schedule, and
especially the games coming up,
proves this conclusively.
Earlier this week. they appeared
for the second time this season at
Birmingham and for the third
time at Red Bird Stadium in
Columbus, o., playing the Bir-
mingham Black Barons in each
place. Thursday night, Aug. 27.
saw them at Swayne Field in To-
ledo, O., for the fourth time, on
this occasion in big night game
against Satchel Paige and the
Kansas City Monarchs.
Now, they're heading for Spring
field, Ill, to show at the Three
Eye League Park, for the third
time within a month, against the
New York Lincoln Giants on
Friday night, Aug. %, The next
evening sees the wonder team in
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the first night Negro doubleheader
ever staged at Victory Field in
Indianapolis, also against the New
Yorker, marking the Clowns third
1912 appearance there. And then,
Sunday afternoon, Aug. 80, they
go into Parkway Field in Louis
vile triumphantly for their fifth
date this season, facing the Zulu
Cannibal Giants.
Further accentuating their great
appeal, their schedule calls for
them to make second big appear
ance at Wrigley Field in Chicago
on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 6, to
share headline honors on a gala
for-game card with the Kansas
City Monarchs, Birmingham
Black Barons and Memphis Red
Sox, and then travel to Columbus,
O.. for their fourth appearance
there the next afternoon against
the Monarchs.
Each succeeding appearance re-
suits in sn even larger turnout OF
fans, and, in nearly every one Of
those parks, the Clowns now hold
the attendance record for a Race
team.
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Ezzard Charles Cincy
Ring Sensation> Stops
Puerto Rican Basora

early rounds. He ripped saber-like
lefts to the face and short, chop
ping rights to the body. jose tried
to stay on the outside and box,
but the aggressive Charles kept NOV
ing in, connecting with dynamite
laden punches. Finally, Basora
slowed down to a W k The
beating he was taking sapped his
energy, and he had to switch from
boxing to slugging. Charles was al
SO showing the wear and tear from
constant punching and JOise kiss
ed caution goodbye.
IN the fourth, although he was
down three times, Rasora made a
gallant stand and twice rocked Ez-
zard with terrific rights. Ee call
ed on his reserve energy and when
the bell sounded had Charles back
ing away.
The fifth was the last round and
the most thrilling. Bas0ra came
out to do or die. He piled into the
hard hitting Charles with gusto
and belted him all over The ring.
Ar awe-stricken crowd of 2.475
fans stood up and cheered him on.
Fzzard was obviously tired. He
had taken this fight on short notice
and didn't appear to be in the
superb condition he was the night
he kayoed Booker Beckwith here.
Jose was in perfect condition, the
fact that he was able to come back
the wav he did was evidence
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four in a row.
FAMED DANGEROUS CROWD
Day relieved Barney Brown,
southpaw of the Philadelphia Stars,
in the seventh inning with two
away. He. got rid of Parnell Woods,
manager-third baseman of the Gin
cinnati Buckeyes, to retire the side.
In the eighth inning, Day famed
Ted Strong, forced Willard Brown
to go out, and then whitfield James
(Pig) Greene, all of the Kansas
City Monarchs.
Day struck out O'Neill of the
Monarchs, Arthur Pennington of
the Chicago American Giants, and
Floyd (Bear NAM Davenport Of
Birmingham. That was "all she
wrote" for the West sluggers.
WOODS TO GET CHANCE
In addition to the four stars
booked for tryouts with the Pirates
next week, Woods, the Cleveland
Cincinnati pilot, has been promised
''look-over" by President Alva
Bradley, of the Cleveland Indians
of the American League, with the
hearty endorsement of Manager Lou
Boudreau, Indian, shortstop, who
played with and against Negro
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. - (SNS)--
Ezzard Charles, Cincinnati's
middleweight sensation, continues
to roll over all opposition ON his
march to the niddleWight crown.
Monday noght at Hickey Park,
the "Cincy Clipper" floored game
stout-hearted Jose Basora of Puer-
to Rico nine times before he adj
ministered the knockout wallop in
the fifth round of the scheduled
ten-round affair.
Charles poured it on in the early
minutes and 81 seconds of the
fifth, after BaSora had rallied SEN
sationally and seemed to be on his
way back. Jose lost every one OF
the five stanzas, but al no time
was Charles able to coast, and just
before the knockout Basora had
the Ohioan in trouble.
BASORA GAME
While Charles Won the fight 60
ing away, Basora won the plau-
dts of the crowd for MS gallant
stand and determination to stay
on his feet and fight until he could
take it no longer. The knockout
in the fifth came more from eX-
hallstion, than any particular
blow. Jose was down for counts
of nine in the second, third and
fourth, before the final one in the
fifth. In the fourth he was down
three times.
CHARLES AGGRESSIVE
Charles poured in on in the
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.SatcheI Paige
Denies Claims
In "AP'' Item

CHICAGO, Aug. 16-Forty -eight
thousand fans heard Satchel Paige,
famous Kansas City Monarchs'
pitcher, tell "hiS side of the story"
Sunday afternoon at Comiskey
park between the sixth and seventh
innings of the East West game.
Paige established baseball prece-
dent when he denied story attrl-
buted to him regarding Negro play
ers in the majors over the public
address system. The story quoted
Paige as saying that mixed teams
in the majors would not be possible
and an ill-adviSed move because IL
would create disharmony.
With a capacity throng listen
ing intensely, Page said: Ladies
and gentlemen, I would like to
take this opportunity to deny
statement which the daily papers
credited to me.
"I want you to know that I
did not say anything against the
use of Negro players in the big
leagues. A reporter came and asked
me what I thought about Negroes
playing on major league teams.
told him 1 thought it was all right.
He said, "Satchel,' do you think the
white players would play with the
colored?" 1 told him I thought they
would, but that if they wouldn't
it might be a good idea to put
complete Negro team in the ma
jors."
The umpires held up the game
while Satchel made his epochal
defense speech. With players Of
both teams standing up in the
dugouts listening with interest,
Paige said he was misquoted on
his salary and practically every
thing else he told the reporter.
When he finished talking he
went out on the mound and pitch
ed for the West
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CLEVELAND-As the Forest
City closed its four-day golf tour
nament Charlie McCauley, Cleve-
lander, carried off the first honors
among the amateurs landing the
national championship and Edison
Marshall of Indianapolis came
from behind to take the professional
prize. The tournament was staged
at Highland park.
In the amateur final, deciding
the national final, McCauley de-
feated his fellow Clevelander,
Johnnie Phillips, 3 and in So
hole match. McCauley eliminated
the defending champion, Bill Davis
of Detroit, in the semi-finals.
Marshall's winning total in the
72-hole pro-tournament was 302.
The Indianapolis player fired
rounds of 77-73-77-75.
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TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala
(SNS)-Just before his departure
from the Institute for Lincoln Uni
versity, in Pennsylvania, to attend
the 26th annual championships of
the American Tennis Association,
which will be held at Lincoln from
August II through the %, Coach
Cleve l.. Abbott put letters in the
mail inviting % members of the
1942 Golden Tiger football team to
assemble at the Institute early in
September for practice.
The opening game will be played
in New orleans on September 26
with the Gold Rush team of Xavier
University as the opponent. Morris
Brown College, of Atlanta. Georgia,
will come to the campus on October
3, and on October 9, the Tigers will
Journey to Chicago for their annual
game with Wilberforce University
which will be played at Soldier
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Florida Tuskegee In 1o42
Grid Classic Jacksonville

Field at $3.50 o'clock at night. Octo-
ber II and November IA are the
open dates on the 1912 schedule.
Those invited to assemble for
early practice are: Charles Perry,
Archie McClintor, Joshua Brown.
George Robinson, Arthur Sawyer,
Whitney Van Cleve, Eugene Porter,
Carter Bowman, Jesse Bolden,
Henry Long, Leo Brinkley, Ray
mond Head. Jr.. Herman Anderson,
Marion Smiley, Otis B. Head,
Charles Williams, William Sarter,
Benjamin Vaughn, Lee Henderson,
Dixon Wells, Frank Bradley, Glenn
Price and Jackson Morris.
The 1912 schedule follows:
Sept. 26 Xavier at New Orleans.
Oct. 3 Morris Brown at Tuskegee.
Oct. 9 Wilberforce at Chicago
Oct. II Open.
Oct. % Morehouse at Columbus,
Ga. (Night.)
Oct. 81 S. C. State at Tuskegee
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BAD MAN" AT PLATE
In the East-West Classic, Gibson
handled 10 chances without an
error and, although purposely pass
ed twice, still cracked out two hits
in his remaining three official trips
to the plate. One of the hits drove
across a tally for the East.
Bankhead performed errorlessly
although dividing his time between
second base and centerfield. He
also scored a run and batted in a
run for the East in addition to
getting two hits in five times at
bat.
SENSATIONAL PLAY
Wells got one hit in five times
at bat, played errorless ball afield,
and turned in the fielding gem of
the day when he went far back of
second base, made a one-handed
pickup of John O'Neill's smash.
and pegged him out at first by a
hairs breadth.
Day, who is a dangerous hitter
and is frequently used in the out
field by Newark because of his
proWeSS at bat, proved the out
standing hurler of the game. He
faced only seven batters and fan
ned five of the last siX-the final
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JOSH GIBSON, SAM BANKHEAD, WILLIE WELLS,
Leon DAY GETPITTSBURGH PIRATES TRYOUTS
Woods, Cincy Bucks Playing
Manager Promised C IeveIand Trial

athletes during his school career.
President Benswanger of tha
Pirates said tryout of the four
colored dream" ball players would
be under Bob Rice, Pittsburgh
scout, who personally asked the
Pirate boss for the opportunity to
handle the workouts. Rice is not
opposed to Negro stars being inte
grated in the major league baseball
industry.
OTHERS DUE FOR TRIAL
When the Pirates and Indians
yield trials to Gibson, Bankhead,
Wells, and Day-and to Woods, re-
spectively, it is regarded as certain
ty that the Philadelphia Phillics.
through President Gerald Nugent
and Manager Hans Lobert, will
also give chances to Roy Campanel-
la, catcher, and Sammy Hughes,
second baseman, both of the Balti-
more Elite Giants, and to David
Qmpo) Barnhill of the New York
Cubans. who was winning pitcher
in the recent EaSt-WeSt Classic
that attracted $4,000 fans.
What is more, many other Ne.
gro stars are almost cinch to
get tryouts if any of the first
bunch makes good" and if the
reaction, generally, is favorable fol-
lowing elimination of present de-
velopmentS.
DOUBT STILL RAMPANT
There are still load of pessi-
mists. But you find plenty of
clark outlook" artists in every
thing nowadays. There was a time
when it was vigorously contended
Negro daily newspaper was a
''pipe dream" But the fact it, such
an enterprise has been going good
since March 13, 1932-more than
decade.
After Jack Johnson, the pessi-
mists said we would never have
another, world heavyweight boxing
champion. And if the pessimists are
right, I suppose Joe Louis would
be called the world champion cot
ton-picker," or something.
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enough.
THRILLING ROUND

THRILLING ROUND
The Puerto Rican had Charles
in trouble in that sensational fifth
round, more trouble than Flzard
has experienced in a long time,
Basora landed four long rights
flush on Charles jaw early in the
round. ard from then until Ez-
zard rallied like a champion and
came back to win, in the last 30
surpassed by any fighter seen in
ton of mettle and courage I'M
surpassed by anW fighter seen in
a Pittsburgh ring.
But the pace and the terrific
beating he had taken in the other
rounds, were too much. In the
midst Of his rally he weakened,
slowed up a moment before he
"shot the works" in the final min
ute. When he slowed up however,
he lost the fight. Charles came
back. Charles connected with u
short left hook and a singing
right. Basora went down, cut for
the night.
And so EzZard Charles keeps 60
ing He's being hailed here as the
next middleweight champion. In
all probability he will battle Nose
Brown, local middleWeight, here
next month, with prospects of a
title fight in the Offing.
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Charley BurIey
kayoe:s Holman al
Williams

NEW ORLEANS-Charley Bur-
ley, top ranking Minneapolis mid
dleweight, scored a fistic upset Fri
day night at the Victory arena
when he stopped Holman Williams,
cagey Detroit boxer in the ninth
round of their scheduled Is round
engagement. Determined from the
offset to score a Knockout Burley
fought a cautious bout Furnishing
Williams with hard body blows
during the first rounds to offset
the skillful boxing tactics OF the
speedy Williams. AS result OF
this body attack, Burley lost two
rounds to Williams on low blows.
Burley turned the tide of the bat
tie in the sixth round when a stiff
left cross closed Williams right
eye. Hard rights to Williams head
sent him through the ropes with
blood streaming from a cut on
the nose. The referee, Charley
Dabney, Immediately stopped the
fight as Williams was unable to
defend himself any longer. The
weights were Burley, 160; Williams,
1861.
In all probability Bur1ey will
be matched with Ezzard Charles,
sensational Cincinnati fighter in
the next big fistic program sched-
uled by Promoter Louis Messina
and Matchmaker Louis Chattard.
The paid attendance amounted to
$4l9598 with fans jammed to the
rafterS Of the arena.
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BY LUCIUS JONES
(SNS Sports EditOr)

THE FOUR outstanding Negro diamond stars due
for tyout with the Pittsburgh Pirates Of the National
League in accordance with promise Of President William
E. Benswanger have been named The selections made
just before the tenth annual EastWest Baseball Classic
colored dream game in Coiskey Park Chicago All four
players named stood in the thrilling contest So
by the East
The quartet of stars for Pittsburgh tryouts Rupert
(Josh) Gibson, catcher, and Sammy Bankhead infeder
outfielder both of the Homestead Grays we'll Willie
Wells managershortstop and Leon Day. pitcheroutfield
e each Of the Newark Eagles The Grays and Eagles
members Of the Negro National League.
The Phoenix index., 1942-08-29

G. johnson Dunn, State Teachers
College, Montgomery. Alabama,
president of the Southern Coaches
and Officials Association, an
nounced today through B. T. Har-
vey, secretary-treasurer, that the
eighteenth annual meeting of the
association will be held Septem-
her 1913 in Memphis, Tenn.
The local committee is COM
posed of T. c. D. Hayes, Robert
Lee, P. w. Thornton, Julian Bell
and w. P. (Jack) Adkins. Head
quarters for the meeting will be
T. H. Hayes and Sons, $50 South
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Football Coaches> Officials
Meet In Memphis Sept. 1918

The following Southern Con-
ference Institutions will be repre-"
sented at the meeting: Benedict,
Fisk, LeMoyne, Knoxville, More
house, Morris Brown, Clark, South
Carolina, Florida A. and NJ, Lane,
Xaxier, Talladega, Alabama State,
ard Irskegee.
Approximately 1G0 coaches and
officials are expected TO be in at
tendance tc the meeting. The foot
bali schedule for the season OF
1912 will be announced and the OF
ficials for all games assigned.
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Lauderdale Street. The business
sessions will be held in the Foote
HcmeS Auditorium.
The coaches and their friends
will be entertained at the Har-
mony Club. The usual program OF
the officials meeting will be fol-
lowed. Due to the many problems
it is expected that special meet
ing CT the Southern Conference
will be held either Friday, Sep
tember II, or Sunday Is. Registra~
ton will begin on 10 a. m. Satur-
daY. September II.
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PHI DELTA KAPPA
ADMITS TWO

HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Va. --
Two persons with associations at
Hampton Institute were inducted
into the Rho chapter of Phi Delta
Kappa, national honorary scholas-
tic society, at New York University
recently.
The society," lily-white until it
revoked a discriminatory clause in
its constitution last spring, admit
ted R. O'Hara Lanier, Dean Of
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IN OUR QUESTION BOX

NEW YORK-(A N P)-Q-Name
the Negro baseball pitcher. nearly
80 years ago, 'Uho defeated the
League, also club he played with
and the manager Of the winning
Negro re.ln.
Robert H. Seabrook,
Winston-Salem, N. c..
Ans: Dizzy" Dismukes. He
was a member of the India
napOlis ABC's and C. L. Taylor
of the famed Taylor brothers,
was the manager. That was
away back in 1911 when 1 was
running for Public School TO
New York City Manhattan
and weighed 100 pounds. -.
ITO pounds less than L scale
today.
GIN the order of their great
ness, rate the following: Tiger JACK
Payne, Panama Joe Cans, Alex
(KidD Gibbons, Gorilla Jones and
Harry Smith.
hCoCCI GIcy,
Boston.
Ans: Since Tiger Payne
fought heavyweights it would
be unfair to group him with
the others. Cans, Jones, Smith
and Gibbons.
Q-Im sick to my heart over
the excuses good writer's and street.
corner baseball make for
young Barnhill, the Cuban pitcher.
If he were as good as such tWirlers
as: ''Nip" Winters, Dick Redding.
Joe Williams, Phil Cockrell, "Red"
Ryan, Jose Mendez, Wickware
greatest of them alb they
would have to excuse his failure
against "Old Man River" ;Satchel
Paige. don't you agree with me,
Alvin?
Jazz" Robinson,
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of Decatur, Ca, famous for Colon
ial Bread" Zeke Hartsfield of At
lanta, Ga, came in second with
3O3, and Howard Wheeler OF Los
Angeles, regarded as the favorite,
collected 81 blows in the final
round and dropped to third place
with 305.
Wheeler's 72. even par in the
first round, was the lowest score
of the tournament. There were
four rounds of 73, Ed jackson of
Detroit, was fourth with 368. Clyde
Martin of Chicago, fifth with 80
and Ben Davis of Detroit, sixth
with 81.
McCauley and Phillips, both
ClevelanderS, play most of their
golf at Highland park and get in
lots of practice. In recent Ohio
amateur tournament, also sponsor
ed by the Forest City association,
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Ans: You should nave been
writer. Il agree with you
100 percent.
Q-Would Joe Louis have stop
ped the Joe Jeanette who once
made Sam Langford quit?
Old Timer,
Cleveland.
Ans: Not over the Is round
championship route. ... and
probably, not at all.
Q-Would you give Bernie Miller
an even chance against Ray Rob-
inSon?
Virgil Richards,
Brooklyn.
Ans: No.
Q-Can you name the foremost
Negro steeplechase jockey?
ElWood Stephenson,
Jamaica, Long Island.
Ans: Isaac Allen.
Q-Did Gordon Croques, Cali
fornia fight mentor, ever box.
and was he good as a pro?
l.. H. NJ,
Bronx, NYC.
Ans: He was never a profess
SiOnal lin this country but
recall Gordon as a fine 100
pound (amateur) prospect dur
ing I923-30 when the writer
of this column was boxing in
structOr, of the West I35th st.
branch Of the YMCA.
Q-Would you say Negro ball
teams play "heads UP" baseball
as a general thing?
Thomas Mccoy,
Covington, Ky.
Ans: No,
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(Homecoming).
Nov. z Florida at Jacksonville
Nov. IA Open.
Nov. 26 Alabama at Montgom-
ery. u
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these white circuits is not superior to that
played by the best Negro teams.
Back in 1915, the old Lincoln Giants,
crack Negro club, played the National League
pennant-winners, the Philadelphia Phillies,
right after the World Series.
Smokey Joe Williams toed the mound
against Grover Cleveland Alexander, Phila-
delphias rgihthanded ace who won 81 and
lost 10 that year. Williams colored mates
gave him a single run in their half of the
The Phoenix index., 1942-08-29
SP 0RTS SLANTS
By Lucius (Melanehoiy) Jones
Major League Baseball Teams, Stars
Have Almost Always Been ExceIled By
Negro Players, Diamond Records Show

WHITE MAJOR LEAGUE baseball is good. The white
baseball loops better organized and better patronzed
than the coored leagues But the brand of ball played in
The Phoenix index., 1942-08-29
AtIantans Thrill Gallery With
Superb Display OF Golf Magic

Phillips won the final over Nc
Calley
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BEATING THE Gun
BY Al Moses [ANP1

Rhythm Club, NYC.
Ans: You should have been
a writer. :. Il agree with you
100 percent.
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-09

sequences. He also mentions the
danger of leading a top honor
from ace-king, just to get a
look at dummy" The look may
be too costly through giving up
stopper in a suit held by de-
clarer.
Today's hand is cited as an ex-
ample. Against a spade contract
West should open the queen OF
clubs, not the king OF hearts.
The club lead can cost nothing,
and it will help establish q trick
for the defense. The heart lead
is dangerous, because West does
not know which side has the
length in hearts.
In fact, If the heart king Is
opened, declarer will make
game. A switch to clubs will be
too late, as Leclarer establishes
the hearts before his second club
stopper is forced. The immediate
club opening defeats the con-
tract.
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HIDDEN POWER

SEATTLE - The doctor or
dered Mrs. Tennie Garrett to
avoid strain and excitement. She
is SO years old and suffers from
heart trouble.
She forgot to obey yesterday:
Awakening early, she found
her son in law and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wells (Ole) Wick
unconscious on the floor OF their
home. Mrs. Garrett dragged her
18O-pound daughter to the front
door and her 185-pound son-ln-
law to the back door. Fresh air
revived them.
Leaking gas fumes had not al.
fected Mrs. Garrett because OF
her open bedroom window. ,
why, if I trie d now, l
couldn't drag that big Ole
foot" she remarked after it was
all over and she began to feel
her so years again.
II think" responded o e,
that doctor had his diagnosis
wrong"