davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-23

environment seems to be of greater
weight than iong-lived parents in
determining the individuals pros
pcct for long life. But it takes a
GOOD deal of Interpretation of their
statistics to work out the conclu-
SION.
Most Important Factor
ANYBODY who has lived as long
as | have must be pretty we'll con-
ylnced that longevity in parents is
the most important factor in the
longevity of individuals. But, of
course, there r exceptions. l
know of a number Of families in
which | know the parents have
lived to a very ripe age, but sew
,ral Of the children have died of
entirely intercurrent disease. For
instance, in one such family one
ceild died Of pneumonia and one
cg.!d died of ~hemorrhage from an
ulcer Of the stomach. Three others
are still alive and look as if they
are going to attain the same age
as their parents.
The pneumonia and the hemor-
ghage were simply accidents on the
Iaa! Of life which have no hered-
ltarv implications at all. Certainly
nobody inhcrlts pneumonia, and it
is very doubtful whether ulcer is
hereditary. If these two children
who were dead were the only chill
drrn in the family and you based
the conclusions entirely on statiS-
tics. you would be forced to con-
Glade that parents who lived ven
the age of so would have children
wLo did not attain tie age of 45.
Statistics on Mortality
The Metropolitan statistics show
taa,t TIE lowest mortality in a
group Of policy holders was re-
corded for those, both of whose
parents were living when the in
~-a4nre was issued. This group
ave = mortality which. IS II per
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-23

Dr.. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only. and then only through
his column.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-23

Yesterday Answer
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beverage
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dawn
Evening star., 1942-04-17
Williams Keeps Close Tab on Homers by His Rivals
Tumen P 100000 for War Relief Fund Addition incidental Contributions

ems, Camp Edwards and Ports
mouth. Now we're going to have
eliminations, with the finals soon
to be staged in Boston"
Today's guest star-Bill Shir-
ley, Little Rock (ArkD Democrat:
Prospects at Memphis are so
gloomy that Doc Protho Pro-
bacmh thinks he's still plotting
the Phillies. The ex-doctor of
dentistry will have to 'fllP plenty
of weak spots and pull few
surprises if he expects his chicks
to crash the Southern loops first
division"
Odds and some ends-Robert
Trent (not Bobby Jones, the
noted golf course architect, has
turned his talents to designing
Army airports. He's doing away
with hazards instead of creating
them. Although the National
A. A. U. boxing championships at
Boston had the smallest entry list
in years. the first nights gate
was S4,93825, a few hundred dol
lars more than in l94l.
AL SABBATH reports Alsab has
put on 80 pounds lin the right
places" since he ran in Florida
and acts more like the eager-to-
run colt of last summer. Report.
from the stin-icy regions is that
Jack Adams will become general
manager sof the Detroit Indian
apolis- Omaha hockey chain next
Evening star., 1942-04-17

struggle which Cincinnati captured,
81, from Pittsburgh to knock the
Pirates out of their share of the
National League lead.
At the end of the fourth inning
the Pirates were leading, rs. Ger
aid Gee Gee) Walker finally tied
the score, however, with a home
run in the last of the ninth and the
rivals rambled on into overtime,
with Manager Frank Frisch of the
Buccaneers deploying his pitchers
with customary abandon.
Winning Run Walked In.
Came the last of the 18th and
Aldon Wilkie became the fifth Pirate
finger. He served a single to Frank
Mccormick and walked two men to
load the bases. When he sailed two
wide ones at Eddie Joost, Frisch
hastily rushed in big Max Butcher,
who had outpitched Bucky Walters
with a six-hit stint opening day.
Butcher lost no time pitching two
more balls and the game was over.
The Brooklyn Dodgers won the
rubber game of their series with the
New York Giants in the same FASH
ion. Two rockies, Ed Head of the
Dodgers and Lefty Dave Koslo of the
Giants, were locked in a % tie
coming into the ninth-chief1y be-
cause Manager Mel OFT had offset
Koslos wildness by personally
knocking in both New York runs,
Evening star., 1942-04-17

son as The largest score Dy one cluD.
The victims were the Philadelphia
Athletics, who scored four runs Just
for exercise, certainly not for COM
petition.
The BED Seekers, who had ripped
out "a hits in their first two games
with the AS, made 81 yesterday and
Tailed in every turn at bat except
the second inning. Ted Williams
hit his second home runeof the sea-
son and Dominic Di Maggie posted
one.
1t would be easy to compose an
essay on the bright future promised
Boston by this slugging except for
the fact that it was accomplished
against nondescript pitching.
As McCrabb Punished.
Old Connie Mack started a young
fellow named Fred Caligiuri, who
pitched in a Glass c league last
year. After the Red Sox scored
five runs in four innings, Mr.. Mack
sent out Lester McCrabb, and when
he couldn't stop the raid, the old
gentleman simply refused to waste
any more pitchers trying to keep
down the score. Or maybe he was
disciplining McCrabb for being a
holdout a couple of months back
There were other wild games-in
fact, five of the days eight en-
counters produced from % to %
hits-but some extraordinary recog-
milton ought to 60 to the Thinning
Evening star., 1942-04-17
Triple Play by Orioles
Marks International
League Inaugural
Feoture Foils to Check
Rochester Win; T,2n
See Opening Comes

N ths Associated Press.
A triple play, something many
baseball circuits don't see in . season
and most fans don't see In q lifetime
bobbed up yesterday on opening day
In the International League.
In addition to the triple killing
the league lifted the curtain on Its
sath season with two extra-inning
games. three one-run decisions ana
II home runs TO thrill T7.222 Gus
toners.
Jersey City, Syracuse, Buffalo and
Rochester got of on the right foot
Baltimore's infield turned IN the
spectacular defensive maneuver, al
though it didn't keep the Orioles
from going down before the Red
Wings, 1875,
The triple play came in the fourth
inning. With runners on nrst and
second. Sam Narron grounded to
Bob Lemon, Baltimore third base
man. Lemon tagged the runner
going to third, tossed to Sammy Bell
TO force the runner at second and
Bell relayed the ball TO irst in time
to catch Maroon.
Al Jersey City. ss,2ls paid admis-
sions failed to top the record OF
6i,l64 set last year,
Evening star., 1942-04-17

first with single and later with q
home run. Koslo loaded the bases
by giving two singles and a walk,
then forced across another run with
pass. Ace Adams relieved him
and promptly yielded another walk,
and Brooklyn triumphed, AZ.
Stephens Homers Again.
Rookie Vernon Stephens hit his
second home run in two days as the
st. Louis Browns humiliated the
Chicago White Sox again, 1873.
Rudy York hit his second round
tripper in two days and Rookie Don
Ross connected for one in the
eighth inning to provide the margin
of a 5-4 victory for Detroit over
Cleveland.
The st. Louis Cardinals won q
track meet from the Chicago Cubs,
11-6. Each team made IA hits and 8
errors.
And who do you suppose had the
mightest, best played contest of the
day? The Boston Braves and Phila-
delphia Phils. 1t went 10 innings,
and Boston triumphed. 81, with old
Ernie Lombardi driving in both the
Braves runs with singles.
Evening star., 1942-04-17
Prospects Drab
II Griffs Don't
1oppIe Macks
Bronx Bombers BIust
Pilot Harris Dream
Of Fine Pitching
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
at~r STATE

PHILADELPHIA. April l7.-Be-
Titled and embarrassed in their own
neighborhood. the staggering Mats
still were cropping for that No. /
victory Of lS42 here today as Man.
ager Bucky Harris paused to ponder
an immediate pitching plight.
At this point Bucky may be won
dering If he dreamed that pretty
pitching unleashed by Washington
performers in exhibition engage
ments. This was to be a pitch and
pray season for the Mats. but thus
far Harris hasn't located a hurler
who can win when the chips are
down.
Washington's citizens were warn
ed the Mats would threaten no hit
ting marks. that their defense was
mediocre. On Harris pitching staff,
though, reams of praise were
heaped. The Mats followers had
occasion to hope that pitching would
offset these admitted weaknesses.
As the Mats invaded the AS back
yard for four-game series, how
ever, Harris had sent six pitchers
into action against the Yankees and
their accumulative labor is respon-
sible for yielding "a runs, IS hits
and 16 walks in absorbing three
successive defeats.
In Florida Hardin Cathey was
applying so much steam to his fast
ball that Harris said he seemed to
be throwing aspirin tablets past ir-
ritated batters. Against the Yam
KEGS yesterday as the Mats were
dealt an 8-5 trimming Cathey ap-
peared to be throwing basket balls.
Hope to Eecoup Against AS.
1t Is all very confusing but there
Is some solace for the Mats in that
they won't lie meeting those Yam
KEGS in the next three weeks. If the
Yankees didn't shatter the Mats
morale they performed fair job
of denting it.
Here Harris hopes his club will
get squared away at the expense of
the feeble Athletics, who also owned
a 3-game losing streak, and to Dutch
Leonard he was entrusting the con-
siderable task of achieving Wash
ington's first triumph today. Leonard
was to face Herman Besse, with
Early Wynn slated to tangle with
the AS tomorrow.
Not for several seasons have the
Mats enjoyed a successful start and
Bucky still Is hoping to prevent his
team becoming buried in the muck
of the second division in the first
month of the campaign. In the last
four years, at least, the Mats have
started pathetically and thereafter
never climbed above the 500 mark.
Thus far the Mats are following
that dreary pattern, but in the
ancient Mr.. Mack's Athletics Bucky
views relief. The Mats will be meet
ing the forlorn Philadelphia outfit
eight times In their next Is games
and that stretch will serve to index
Washington's dimming hopes
If the Mats enter May well below
the 500 mark it might be discreet
to chuck in the towel on their pros
pect of landing in the first division.
New York is the type of team to
maui any clubs pitching, but If
Washingtons pitchers can't beat
such as the Athletics and whip them
consistently the Mats are in for a
painfully lengthy summer.
There is nothing approaching a
guarantee, of course, that Wash
ington will climb at Philadelphia's
expense. Last year. you remember,
(See HAWKINS, Page ca
Evening star., 1942-04-17
BY HUGH FULLERTON. Jr.,
Wide World Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, April l7.-After
every inning Ted Williams visits
the scoreboard at Fenway Park
to ask the keeper if anybody
around the circuit hit any
homers. Looks as if Georgia
might be retrenching its athletic
program on the quiet, The Bull
dogs have Cancelled all dual track
meets and plan to enter only two
men in the Southeastern Con-
ference games.
The Turf Committee of Amer
lea, announcing that a goal of
S2.000, 900 has been set for racings
contribution to war relief, points
out that this is to be apart from
such gifts as the public may
choose to make, channeling
through racing organizations"
Presumably, then, that rules out
the Narragansett idea of running
an extra race and contributing
what the public donates that way.
All out for victory We've
heard a lot of talk about aban-
doning intercollegiate sports
competition in the interest of
wider participation in physical
fitness programs. In that con-
nection it might be interesting
to note how it worked out in the
Army. 1t. Col. John j. Donovan
of the Army special services divi-
sion reported there was very
little interest in boxing at New
England camps. I'VE were about
ready to abandon thoughts about
boxing" he said, until the Port
land harbor defense team claimed
the New England Army cham
pionship. The claim was
promptly disputed by Fort Dev-
Evening star., 1942-04-17
SIugging Battle Seen
With Pastor Choice
To Whip Bivins
Defect Would Eliminate
Bob From No. ! Place
For Shot at Louis
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, April 17.-Tricky
Bob Pastor. who hopes for another
try at Joe Louis this summer, and
Sluggin' Jimmy Bivins, leading
light-heavyweigint challenger, win
be cunning for q knockout In their
10-round scrap tonight.
Pastor is expected to step into the
ring with about . 5-pound advsn-
tage over his Cleveland Negro op-
ponent, whose best ring weight has
been q shade under ITS.
Bob, winner of IL straight con-
tests, is the favor;te at 2 to /.
Win or lose in tonight's fight,
Bivins is scheduled to fight Gus
Lesnevich for the latter's light
heavyweight title May 81.
On the other hand, If Pastor were
defeated he would be eliminated
from his No. position for q crack
at Joe Louis this summer.
Evening star., 1942-04-17
American Association
Starting Day Gate
Best in Decade
More Thon Al 900 Turn
Out; Home Teams Lose
In Three Openers
BY tht Associated Press.

BY INT ASeoclAtSd FreSS,
Home teams were especially good
hosts as the American Association
began Its 4lst baseball season yes.
terday: SO good that the only one
with anything left to show for OPEN
ing day was Milwaukee, which drew
the top crowd of the day, but didn't
get to play out Its game.
The other three clubs got a break
from the weather. but saw success
end there. 1t was the visiting team
in each instance that wound up the
winner.
Indianapolis lost, Is to 2, to the
champion Columbus Red Birds:
Kansas City made the most Of six
hits, but finally yielded to Minneapo-
lis, 3 to 2. and Louisville failed to hit
in the pinches and lost to Toledo,
to /.
At Milwaukee weather interfered
after one inning of play, but George
Tautman, association president,
said the attendance f1gure-l5, 500
would count as Milwaukee's official
opening day crowd.
indianapolis drew 1922, Kansas
City, ll,2l8, and Louisville, 9,l05.
Trautman said the league total.
which bettered 47.ooo, was the best
in q decade.
Evening star., 1942-04-17

winter and Edible Goodfellow
will manage the Red Wings.
Shear nonsense - Rejecting
Marylanders' ideas about hoss
races, Jesse Linthicum of the
Baltimore Sun writes: "On May
2 the crack 3-year-olds will race
in the final trial for the Freak
ness. Down in Kentucky this trial
race is more familiarly known
as the Derby" Rejecting on the
fact that ball parks in East coast
cities may be darkened this
summer, Sam Butz, of the
Jacksonville Fla0 Times Union
comments: "It's hardly likely
that our lights could be of aid
to an enemy sea raider. They
haven't even helped the batters
for years"
Evening star., 1942-04-17
Battered Yankees Mats Hope Make As First Victims Campaign
Win, Lose or Draw
Many Boots Hove TO Hit the Deck EorIy
BY IRA WOlFsRT
On ths Temporary Absence Of Francis = stan

fuw YORK. April II NANA)-At Sis In the morning the
wind that on the Atlantic still cold whatever
VIII - later In the day and the sailor in the barracks
Norfolk sleep Deep smuggling up with themselves inside their
hankeA paytng-as they In Western girl schoosspoons
These kids complete
ter training enlisted
al soft with slsep and buried blankets pillows
Then hs door a the end Of the barracks slams The
wet and heavy with cold fellow with voice like
cracked believing " there
This fellow might be Of quite few chief specialists the
Tunney brigade He might be former ball player like Bob Fler
Chapman former mddeweisht champion Of the world like
football like McAee former
college coach
Evening star., 1942-04-17

Cleaning the cuff-Minnesota's
iron range" country has con-
tributed a dozen outstanding
athletes to Gopher teams. Come
to think of it. wouldn't Iron
range" be a pretty good descrip-
ton of a Minnesota football
line? Cleo Shans will tackle his
first featherweight opposition in
months when he meets Abe Den
ner in Washington April ~. Oh
sen and johnson will 60 down
there to second him.
When long Tom Sheehan,
Minneapolis manager. started to
serve them up to the batters in
training camp, he noticed sew
eral buzzards circling overhead.
Said Tom: II knew I shouldn't
have tried out my dead arm"
Evening star., 1942-04-17
Boots. Must Have Something to Groom About

This all and the sailors are passed
IN N 20 K where they training
they pe Tunneyh Nobody heard Of healthy sailor
solder Who didn't grippe thought when were at Norfolk
aye there ives something Of the boots up
against ball
pretty soft guys" said the boots
what soft about getting out OF the hay
hefore do than do having more responsibility
working day? Boots
thost hard around the field there some
OF those cut the corners"
those sports col
rnss who are the sharphooters npng with
thar Tnnys will bear that In mind the next time
thsv II n knock for
Evening star., 1942-04-17
Minors 10 Unite
With Big Loops
In War Help
Organized Baseball
From Top to Bottom
ConsoIidotes PIons
ps the Associa.ed Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. april 17.--A united.
ali-out war effort was baseball's
goal today as Commissioner Kene-
saw M. lands, the shaggy, white
haired czar ofw the national pas
time, gathered the leaders OF the
sport In q hotel room here to confer
with Army and Navy officers on
program that would extend from
the major leagues down to the small
est minors.
I'VE want to get the minors In on
this, we want to work out something
everybody can help on" Lands said
yesterday as he disclosed that he
haA asked william q. Bramharn,
president Of the National Associa-
ton of Professional Baseball
Leagues. and Frank shaughnessy.
president of the International
League and a member OF the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the national
association, to attend today's session.
Miners Are Called In.
Presidents Ford Frick OF the
National League and William Har-
ridge Of the American League have
been conferring for two days with
the 75-year-old commissioner, and
yesterday this triumvirate was
Joined by two representatives Of the
Army and Navy.
But after an hours discussion
Lands recessed the session in order
to bring Shaughnessy and Bram-
ham, who had to hasten from
Durham, N. O., last night, into the
conference and place the whole
program on a plane Of all baseball
instead Of just major league effort.
Up till now individual clubs and
the various leagues have formulated
their own war programs to q large
degree and although much has been
done, some effectiveness has been
lost by lack Of unity.
Baseball Generous In Aid.
Lands turned over the proceeds Of
last years all-star game. about $780,
600, to the U. 8. o. After war was
declared In December, the major
leagues organized an equipment
fund to provide balls, bats. etc. to
Army and Navy camps and set two
all-star games for this summer TO
support 1t.
They arranged for ball players
and employees to accept 10 per cent
of their salaries In war savings
stamps to promote the sale Of the
stamps to fans. They opened their
parks to service men and scheduled
exhibition games In military camps.
Pursuing another tack. two clubs.
the New York Giants and Brooklyn
Dodgers, this week set aside two
games in their regular schedule
from which all receipts viii be
turned over to Army and Navy
charities.
Evening star., 1942-04-17
Sturs Yesterday
BY the Associated Press.

~ hklN AsSSSA&AeN
George Selkirk, Yankees-His pinch
double scored two runs in ninth for
triumph over Senator's.
I'd Head, Docgers-Pitched nve-hit
ball until removed for pincn-nitter
In ninth and himself knocked In one
run in victory over GiAnts.
Ernie lombard, Brayes-Sinsled
home both of Boston's runs, one of
them in tenth inning 10 beat Phils,
al,
Charley Wagner, Red Sox-Sabdued
Athletics With Mx-hit hurting while
teammates staged el-hit offensive
Don Ross, Tfeers-Hu eighth-inning
home run for msrsin Of victory over
Indians
Gerald walker, Reds-Rspped home
run TO tie score in ninth inning and
make possible triumph over Pirates.
Stan MuSisl CRrdinals-Collected
three hits, including home run, to point
way TO victory over Cubs.
vern Stephens Browns-Hit second
homer N two days and hatted in three
runs 70 lead assault on White Sox-
Evening star., 1942-04-17
snoooIe- Toothed Gripes Are Not Noticed

fellow didn't milondolar title
instructor high school
In the country.
Their bare feet against what
Gooseeh all them and
golf balls they bounding and scing after
their clothes. wasting no time In getting them on
running today the Tnneyhsh says and turns
something he pretend he doesn't
and pe thrown his direction from
pretty much what father learns
denquencies the better he
n ut his job
hle Hip right Hip right' Iney
through morning the station to the drill grounds
skinny struggling Of cold air. skinny legs and
skinny frettng and riskins
Evening star., 1942-04-17
Rook Makes Wright
Worry Over Job
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 17.-For .
fellow who never saw his first
major league game until he
played in 1t four days ago, az
year -old Harry Sketchley Is do
ing right well with Chicago's
White Sox.
Proof of that is his 400 batting
average: also the eagerness of
Taft Wright to return to right
field, the position delegated to
Sketchley because of injuries to
Wright and Sam West.
He is fielding capably, too. II
he keeps it up, Manager Jimmy
Dykes may have to make room
for him elsewhere when Wright,
the No. Sox clubber, returns.
Evening star., 1942-04-17
Cochron to Seek Record

DIES MONIES, Iowa, April II QH,
Roy Cochran, former Indiana u.
star running now in Great Lakes
Naval Training Station colors, viii
assault the world record for the
<@o-yard hurdles April 74-7S in the
Drake relays program.
Evening star., 1942-04-17
The 'Tunneyfish' Hos an Active Day

with them exercises with them Then ne
After that he takes his training
and evenings he Is
preparing building ned Tor some
matches basket ball gameor cleaning
up after
It. funny but somebody has to do 1t to keep
fellows the best hed ior the
Job welknown athletes The
publicity in encouraging
You small stations all the country
Feer did today and asking them a
they'd want their boys to associate WITH
useful giving the sailors marx
At When Bob Fel runs mile around
d platoon in there plugging to beat hm ano
nens to do more pups they say
are he is
Evening star., 1942-04-17
Two Trup Tests Corded

Weekly shoot Of the Washington
Gun Club Ii set for 2:3o o'clock to-
morrow afternoon at the Benning
traps. visitors are welcome, Events
will be ut 50 targets and . 2s-target
handicap.
Evening star., 1942-04-17
Guithersburo Seeks Foe

Gaithersburg baseball team has o
diamond on which 1t would like to
book . game Sunday. Phone Walter
Selby. at Gaithersburg TAR. be-
tween Z and 3 pm.
Evening star., 1942-04-17
Bosox's Big Score Crushing As
High Spot Of Fantastic Ploy
Reds l2-Round Win Over Pirotes. Dodgers
Lute Trimming of Giants Stund Out
BY JUDSON BAILEY,

things happen during Of every
ball when the major clubs trying shake
their spring kinks. -..
Take a day like yesterday.
for may stand all
Evening star., 1942-04-17

(See HAWKINS, Page CA
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-16
Witness Gets
Is Months

PHILADELPHIA A member
Of Jehovah's Witnesses sect has
been given the most severe pen
atty imposed to date by the Phila-
delphia federal court for failure to
report for induction into a con-
scientious DIRECTORS work camp.
The CO, Robert X. Keysher. rs,
Of Reading. Pa. was sntenced to
Is months in prison after he had
pleaded no defense" on the
charge of violating the selective
service act.
The youth sttem pied to produce
evidence that he worked as a min
lister for the sect, WHEEL not en-
ployed. but the court rejected this
effort. Assistant u. s. Attorney
Edward A. Kallick i'd he regard
ed the prosecution a. a test case
for Jehovah's Witnesses, and added
that the record shows that
his (Deysher's) ambitions towards
religion date back only To one
month after selective service reg
istration."
Judge J. Cullen Ganey, after
hearing Deysher. declared that he
doubted the sincerity of the CO.
and imposed the heavy sentence.