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CIRCULATE IN iBEST
SECTION OF NORTH
GEORGIA.
VOL. 53; NO. 36
4-H ACHIEVEMENT
DAY SATURDAY
The Chattooga county 4-H Achievement
day will be held Saturday, Nov. 25, at
10 a.m. at the Summerville High school
auditorium. This will be 4-H club day for
Chattooga county. The following program
will be presented by the club girls of the
county:
Song—Club girls.
Devotional—Mildred Johnson, Byerly
4 H club.
Welcome Address —Sara Baker, Gor<
4-H club. \
‘‘Molly Goes To a Boarding School
Club girls.
Guest Speaker—G. V. Cunningham,
state leader of 4-H club boys and girls.
Awarding of medals, certificates of
honor and promotion cards by Miss Lula
Edwards, Northwest Georgia district
agent.
Song.
Club pledge.
Lunch.
Picture ihow.
The county winners of outstanding
achievements were announced in last
week’s issue of The News.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend this program.
We are indeed fortunate to have Mr.
Cunningham, who is the state leader of
4-H club boys and girls as our guest
speaker. He has spent the greater por
tion of his life working with club boys
and girls and knows just what boys and
girls like.
UNEMPLOYED RECEIVE
$82.07 WEEK NOV. 6
Unemployed workers in Chattooga
county were paid $82.07 in benefits by tin
bureau of unemployment compensation
during the week ending Nov. 11, 1939, it
was announced today. Number of pay
ments was reported at thirteen.
Total payments to Georgia workers
that week amonted to $48,491.54, repre
sented by 7,745 checks which went into
110 counties of the state.
Five hundred twenty-five payments for
$4,460.85 to workers in other states who
previously had established wage credits
in Georgia, brought the total to $52,-
952.39.
Number and amount of cheeks mailed
by the bureau ranged from one check foi
$2.01 in Dawson county to 1,834 checks
for $13,592.98 in the Atlanta area which
is composed of Fjijton and DeKalb coun
ties.
INDIANfOEFEAm
FAYETTE, 38 TO 13
The Summerville Indians claimed an
other victim last Thursday night when
they ran wild against the La Fayette
Ramblers.
The Indians scored in the first quarter
when Headrick carried the ball over right
tackle, also making the extra point good.
In the second quarter, Tallent broke
loose around left end for 54 yards before
he was downed by Martin, of La Fayette,
inches from the goal line. On the next
play’ Tallent carried the ball over right
tackle for the score. He made the extra
point when he went over left tackle. The
half ended with the Indians leading the
Ramblers by the score of 14 to 0.
In the third quarter, two touchdowns
were made, one by Bohannon, of the In
dians, and one by Martin, of the La Fay
ette Ramblers.
Bohannon made his touchdown by go
ing over right tackle for four yards. Tai
lent made the extra point good.
Harold Martin Scored for the Ram
blers after they had marched down to the
Indians’ one-yard line. He carried the
ball off right, tackle for the touchdown
He then went over left tackle for the ex
tra point.
The last quarter ended with neither
team scoring, although both teams threat
ened more than once.
TOO MANY SWEENEYS.
LEXINGTON, Ky.—When Prof. Geo.
Skinner, of the University of Kentucky-
College of Law, met his class for the
vrst time, he called on “Mr. Sweeney.
Two students answered. He amended the
call to “Mr. Robert Sweeney,” and still
two answered. Trying again, he asked
“Mr. Robert T. Sweeney” to stand. The
two students arose. Their names are
Robert Thompson Sweeney, from Glen
coe, 111., and Robert Todd Sweeney, from
Owensboro, Ky.
Cadet Examination Announced
For U.S. Maritime Commission
The United States Martime commission
has announced an open competitive ex
amination for deck and engineer cadets
in the merchant marine of the United
States. Applications must be mailed to
the supervisor of cadet training, U. S.
Maritime commission, Washington, D. Ch
and postmarked not later than midnight
Dec. 21, 1939. The eligible register will
be maintained by the martime commis
sion. |
Unmarried men between the ages of
18 and 25 who can produce evidence of
good moral character, and who have com
pleted certain studies in accredited
school will be eligible to compete for
examation. Rigid physical requirements
must be met.
Further information regarding the ex
amination is contained in the formal an
nouncement, posted in most first- and
second-class post offices. Persons desiring
copies of the announcement and applica
tion forms may obtain them from the
supervisor of cadey’raining, U. S. Mari
time Commission, Washington, D. C.
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1939
LOCAL P.-T. A. SPONSORS
LUNCH ROOM AT SCHOOL
One of the most important organiza
tions in Summerville is our Parent-Teach
er association where parents and teach
ers meet together to build up the school
for our children. This year we are spon
soring a lunch room for under-privileged
children and are giving to about seventy
of these children every day a well-balanced
hot lunch.
The WPA furnishes workers to pre
pare these meals and we also get surplus
commodities, but the P.-T. A. has to add
many things.to these to make a balanced
meal, and for for the current to cook
these meals. Don’t you want to have a
part in this fine work?
If your child would like to get meals
at the lunch room and will bring a dona
tion, either cash or commodities that can
be used in the lunch room, they will b<
given a ticket along with the under-priv
ileged children. No certain price is to be
paid for these lunches.
Please send us a donation whether you
have children in school or not and it wil
be greatly appreciated.
MENLO STUDENT IN
SHAKESPEARE PLAY
(Special to The Summerville News.)
•CLEVELAND, Tenn., Nov. 20. —Hol
land Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. 11.
Thomas, of Menlo, Ga., and student at
Bob Jones college, Cleveland, will play
the role of Jaques de Boys in Shake
speare’s famous comedy, “As You Like
It,” to be presented by the Bob Jones
college Classic Players on the opening
night of the pre-Christmas Festival week
at the eollebe.
Pre-Christmas Festival week is an in
novation this year in connection with the
Bob Jones college artist and celebrity
series which brings a select number of the
nation’s outstanding lyeeum artist, musi
cians, and speakers to the campus each
season. Festival week, to begin Dec. 12.
will consist of one week of such high typ<
cultural entertainment.
Young Thomas is a freshman at college
this year, having graduated from Menlo
High school last spring. As a ministerial
student he plans to major in religion at
the beginning of his junior year. 80l
Jones college, a four-year. interdenomina
tional, eo-educational institution, found
ed by Dr. Bob Jones, Sr., ii/ernationally
known evangelist and educator, enrolls
around five hundred students annual!?
from all sections of the United States,
Canada, and several foreign countries. I
is one of the few institutions of learning
in America to offer the bachelor of arts
degree with a major in religion.
HOLIDAY NOTICE.
The undersigned banks will observe
Thanksgiving day (Thursday, Nov. 23,)
and will transact no banking business on
that date:
Farmers & Merchants Bank,
Bank of Trion.
ARMY ENLISTMENTS
HIT PEACETIME HISH
In connection with the current re
cruiting activity for the Regular Army.
Colonel Daniel D. Tomkins, Cavalry, Re
cruiting Officer for Georgia and Florida
announced today that information pub
lished by the War Department indicated
that the number of Army enlistments i>
recent, months had hit a peacetime high
Between July’ 1, 1939, and November
9, 1939, there have been 50,836 men ac
cepted for enlistment in recruiting sta
tion over the United States. Os the nine
corps areas in the nation, the Eighth
corps area leads in number with 8,322
enlisted from its territory of Ttxas, Ok
lahoma, Colorado, New Mexico and part
of Arizona. The Fourth corps area of
which Georgia and Florida aie a part,
is running a close second with a total
of 7,728. South Carolina, North Carolina,
Tennesee, Alabama, Mississippi and Lou
isiana comprises the remainder of the
Fourth corps area.
The Rome station now has vacancies
for the following branches of service: In
fantry, cavalry, quartermasi ?r corps, air
corps, medical department, field artillery
and engineers.
autolegistrations
LISTED AT 481,498
Motor vehicle registrations in Georgia
reached an all-time high of 481.489 on
Nov. 1. when the last compilations were
made. This compared with 444,498 for
the entire year of 1938.
The state motor vehicle division esti
mated that total registrations will be al
most 500'000 by the year's end.
Passenger car registrations of 376,628
are already more than 26,500 ahead of
the total for last year. Trucks not for
hir» have increased from 67,616 last year
to 75,356 so far this year.
Trucks for hire have increased 300,
state, county, city trucks have gained
550, trailers not for hire have increased
500, trailers for hire 170. house trailers
200. dealers’ tags 407, motorcycles 230.
and ambulances 73.
The only drop shown ’s in hearses,
■which fell from 467 to 451.
Farm income in the United States for
the first eight months of 1939 amounted
ed to more than four and a half billion
dollars.
Summerville Indians Lose
Hard-Fought Battle, 14-12
2ND-QUARTEK DRIVE BY iKlUix
DEFEATS INDIANS THERE ON
WEDNESDAY NHjrHT.
In the annaul Thanksgiving football
classic between the two ancient rivals
Summerville and Trion —the Trion Bull
dogs defeated the Summerville Indians,
14 to 12, in one of the hardest-fought bat
tles seen between the two teams.
The attendance was estimated at
around 1,500.
Trion's second-quarter drive for two
touchdowns was sufficient to win from
a fighting Summerville team. Tallent,
Bohannon and Headrick were outstanding
for Summerville. Logan was outstanding
for Trion, making nice gains through the
center of the line. The breaks of the game
came in the second quarter on a bad kica
by Headrick, which was almost straight
up.
The highlights of the game follow:
The Indians started off in the first
quarter by’ making the first touchdown.
They scored when Bohannon recovered
a kick blocked by Marks, of the Indians,
across the goal line. This touchdown was
made possible when Headrick kicked the
ball out of bounds on Trion 2-yard line.
Tallent tried for extra point over tackle
but was stopped by Cecil Drummond, of
Trion.
In the second quarter, Trion went on
a scoring spree when they made two
touchdowns in succession, both being
made by Logan, Trion’s right end; he
made one extra point and Ragland, of
Trion, made the other point when he plac
ed kicked the ball betw’een the goal posts
for the extra point. The half ended with
Trion leading, 14 to 6.
In the third quarter, Tallent made an
other touchdown for Summerville when
he carried the ball over right tackle foi
the score; he failed to make the extra
point. His spectacular running making
one first down after another, made this
score possible. Trion then received the
kickoff from Summerville and gained ev
ery turn they ran. They carried the ball
from the 30-yard line down to the In
dians’ 10-yard line.
In the fourth quarter, Headrick charg
ed in and recovered a fumble on their own ‘
20-yard line; they carried the ball up to
the' 20-yard line, making one first down
after another, before Trion finally’ gain
ed possession of the ball, giving Trion
possession of the ball on their own 20-
yard line. They ran it back to the 38-
yard line before Summerville finally gain
ed possession of the ball on Trion s 38
yard line; they ran it down to Trion's
8-yard line at the final gun.
STATE COLLECTS OVER
49 MILLION IN TAXES
Georgia’s tax collections in the fisca'
year ending June 30 totaled $49,470,000
it was reported to the census bureau.
The bureau said the total collections
reported by forty-three states whose sis
cal years ended between Dec. 31. 1938
and Aug. 31. 1939, showed an 18.5 in
crease over 1937.
This, the bureau said, excluded unem
ployment compensation taxes, licenses
and fees except those on business and
motor vehicles, alcoholic beverage system
profits and a few minor unspecified taxes
Using the unemployment compensation
collections for both years, the increase
was slightly more than 32 per cent.
In the forty-three reporting states, tax
collections including unemployment com
pensation amounted to $3,169,972,000 the
year, compared with $2,398,900,000 ir
1937 ; and excluding unemployment com
pensation, $2,517,800.00 this year com
pared with 32.124.900.000.
The 1937 figures for the various states
were not reported by the bureau in the
survey’ which disclosed these collections
by types of taxes in Georgia :
Motor fuel, $20,557,000; alcoholic bev
erage sales tax, $1,670.000; tobacco prod
ucts sales tax, $2,502,000; insurance
(gross receipts) companies, $1,162,000-
alcoholic beverage licenses, $1,330,000:
chain store licenses, $181,000; other li
censes on specific businesses. $1,259,000'
motor vehicle licenses. $2,178,000; cor
porate income. $2,701,000; individual in
come $2.283.000; inheritance, estate and
gift, $236,000; poll. $258,000; real prop
erty, $3,382,000: personal property, sl,-
317,000; unemployment compensation.
$454,000.
onlyhWederate
VETS ALIVE IN GEORGIA
The proud' gray hosts that marched
away from Georgia to take part in the
War Between the States has dwindled to
only 112—less than one for each thou
sand that marched away in the sixties
It is estimated that 125000 went from
Georgia in that war.
Miss Lillian Henderson, director of the
pension department, reported that 106 of
the old soldiers are at homes of their
own or of relatives receiving SSO a month
pension and six are in the Confederate
Soldiers home at Atlanta. The latter re
ceive $5 a month spending money in ad
dition to the food and accommodations
at the home.
METHODIST CHURCH
GOES ON FULL TIME
The local Methodist church has just
closed the conference year with every ob
ligation paid in full and its members
have just cause to be proud of the year’s
financial record. Rev. G. G. Ramsey, who
has been pastor for the past two years,
has been transferred to the South Geor
gia conference for the coming year, and
has been assigned to the Shellman church
The local church has been associated
with the Menlo charge for a number of
years and has been a half station, but
will go to a station at the conference
which convened at Wesley Memorial
church in Atlanta Wednesday. This
means that there will be preaching serv
ices every Sunday beginning with the
first Sunday in December and of course
will be by a new pastor Which will b<
assigned to the Summerville church a'
the close of the present conference.
The new’ set-up with the Menlo and
Bethel church will be known as the Men
lo circuit and will be composed of Menlo,
Bethel and Macedonia churches, with a
resident pastor at Menlo. This means that
the county will have an additional Meth
odist pastor with the new set-up. J. E.
Kennedy, of Menlo, is the lay delegate to
the annual conference. He left Wednes
day afternoon for Atlanta and will be
there through Sunday in attendance at
the North Georgia conference.
PRESBYTERIAN CHOIR
IN VESPER SERVICE
The choir of the Summerville Presby
terian church, under the direction of Mrs.
John D. Taylor, will present a Thanks
giving Vesper service at the church on
Sunday afternoon. Nov. 26. at 5 o'clock.
The public is cordially invited to attend
The program is as follows:
Instrumental prelude.
Processional —Choir.
Anthem, “He Crowns the Year,” Hol
ton —the Choir.
Solo. “My Saviour Leads Me All the
Way.” Woolcott—Miss Eloise Cheek.
Prayer—Rev. J. G. Kirckhoff.
Duet, “O Love Divine,” Nevin—Miss
Eloise Cheek and Mrs. J. D. Taylor.
Solo. “The King of Love My Shepherd
Is." Gounod —-Rev. J. G. Kirckhoff.
Anthem, “God Faileth Not,” Nolte —
the Choir.
Solo, “Bring Now Your Gifts,” Baines
—Mrs. J. D. Taylor.
Anthem, Offer Unto God Thanksgiving.
Lorenz- —the Choir.
Benediction.
figures and Tacts
OF WILD LIFE RANGERS
ATLANTA, Nov. 22.-—. Figures and
facts released Saturday by Charlie Elli
ott reveal the merits of the merit system
of wild life rangers.
Praising the work of his sixty-six
rangers, the new’ wild life director said
that his men had combined both educa
tional work and enforcement and estab
lished a fine record during their first two
months in the fields.
With the hunting season opening full
blast this week, Elliott said that he ex
pected a general upturn in results in
spite of the already creditable showing.
Elliott, who has some sort of a record
himself for public appearances before
sportsmen's clubs all over the state,
pointed to the nearly four thousand li
censes checked, cases made against vio
lators, game clubs organized with the aid
of rangers, juvenile clubs visited, etc., and
expressed himself satisfied with the ac
complishments.
“We have been keeping a box score,
baseball style, on individual rangers and
on the four districts in the state,” he re
vealed. “General orientation w’ork and
collection of license fees preparatory to
turning this latter task over to the rev
enue department in October, slowed ac
tivity in the field our first month of op
eration, but last jnonth the boys steppet
out with a par performance. However
we expect to increase the tempo as the
season progresses.”
He also indicated that his division rec
ognizes the co-operation and genera! sen
timent that has grown toward ranger,
and the conservation program of the di
vision.
Rangers in the four districts checked
licenses of 3,686 fishermen and hunters
in September and October, the tabula
tion showed. Cases for violations were fil
ed against 145 persons and twenty of
these were convicted. Otiers are facing
trials and some were freed, the figures
show.
Proving that they worn inside as well
as out, rangers visited 169 game and fish
clubs and on top of this appeared before
or helped organize 175 junior clubs. Twen
ty eight senior clubs were organized at
the suggestion of, or with the assistance
of the rangers.
Some rangers are writing weekly col
umns, Elliott’s statistics proved, and on
top of these oyer 200 news stories were
uncovered and printed at the instigation
of the press-minded group of wild life
workers.
Working as district chiefs, in charge
of the rangers are Dan Rainey, mountain
district; Fred Brewer, plains district:
J. F. Spooner. Flint River district, and
Martine D. Mcßae. Piedmont district
Your ranger will assist you in any way
in which he can.
FAREWELL SERMON FOR
REV. JACKSON SUNDAY
The Rev. J. C. Jackson will preach his
last sermon in the Summerville First
Baptist church Sunday morning. Mr.
Jackson has been the pastor of the church
since March. 1935. During his pastorate
much progress has been made in the
work of the church. The church has gone
from half to full time work. The W. M.
U. is one of the few A-l full-graded It .
M. U.'s in the state of Georgia. The at
tendance has grown and many new mem
bers have been received into the fellow
ship of the church.
In 1937. the church lost its beautiful,
well equipped building by fire. Today,
where the old church stood, there now
stands a beautiful colonial structure built
of the finest materials and planned to suit
the needs of this community as a work
shop for the Kingdom work. This build
ing is one of the most beautiful churches
in the state of Georgia. The order has al
ready been placed for seats for the audi
torium. Most of this work is paid for and
the church is paying in on the remainder
at a rapid rate.
Many other advances have marked the
pastorate of Mr. Jackson in the First
Baptist 'church of Summerville. He re
signs, effective Nov. 30. to accept the
pastorate of the New Harrison (Tenn.)
Baptist church.
GEORGIA ffIOUT
SEASON CLOSED
ATLANTA, Nov. 22. —The trout sea
son in Georgia is closed and no more
trouh may be taken in the streams of the
state until April 1 when the North Geor
gia streams will be reopened, it was an
nounced by the wild life division.
The past season was one of the most
successful in the history of the sport,
fishing observers point out.
Several anglers took rainbow trout
from the North Georgia streams and lakes
that exceeded twenty inches.
5 CHmOOGA STUDENTS
AT WEST GA. COLLEGE
CARROLLTON, Ga. Five students
from Chattooga county are among those
registered at West Georgia college for
the fall quarter, according to a statement
by the college registrar.
The Chattooga students include: Sam
mie Nelle Hammond, Jean Wyatt, Netsie
Lee Wyatt, W. K. Cleghorn and Henry
Owings.
West Georgia college, Carrollton, is a
branch of the University System of Geor
gia. The present total enrollment exceeds
that of any previous year and includes
approximately 450 students from seventy
counties.
wildlifeTicturFs
TO BE AT LA FAYETTE
A series of wild life motion pictures
will be shown at the La Fayette High
school auditorium on the evening of Mon
day, Nov. 27, at 7 o’clock. These pictures
are ’sponsored by the wild life division of
Georgia, and are being used to convey
the purpose and methods of the wild life
program as it is now being carried on.
The pictures are educational as well as
entertaining. It is the opinion of authori
ties that the pictures will prove benefi
cial to all persons interested in conserva
tion work of any type.
The pictures deal with such subjects
as farm planning for birds and animals,
forest fire damage ami control, propaga
tion and restocking methods, hunting and
fishing scenes, as well as many other sub
jects of general interest.
Let’s all attend and see what the new
set-up of the wild life division is trying
to do for the state in the way of conser
vation.
No admission charge.
GORE W. H. D. CLUB MEETS
The Gore Woman's Home Demonstra
tion club met Tuesday afternoon. Nov
14, in the home economics room. An in
teresting program on Thanksgiving was
carried out. Officers elected for the com
ing year were:
President. Mirs. John King; vice-presi
dent, Mrs. Dill Ballenger; secretary, Be
atrice Patrick.
Plans were made for a Christmas par
ty to be held at the December meeting.
Miss Henry gave a very interesting dis
cussion on the proper arrangement of
shrubbery and trees around the home.
MRS. GEO. D. MORTON. Rep.
WHO KNOWS?
1. How many Americans are anglers?
2. What is M-day?
3. Who is King of the Belgians?
4. When did Hitler participate in the
unsuccessful Munich “beer hall putsch ?
5. Can an American ship, after shift
ing its registry to a foreign country, car
ry cargoes to belligerent ports ?
6. Are the relief expenditures for this
year larger than defense expenditures?
7 What is the world's population?
Were Holland and Belgium ever one
country?
9. Were there any unemployed in
1929?
10. How many agents of foreign gov
ernments have registered under the act
I passed in 1938?
i (See “The Answers” on Another Page.)
STATE, COUNTY AND
LOCAL
HAPPENINGS.
$1.50 A YEAJR
OS AT A GLANCE
ABOUT STATE EVENTS
(By Gilreath Press Syndicate.)
ATLANTA, Nov. 22. —It is sad but
true. Out of the great host of 125,000 sol
diers in gray that Georgia sent to the
War Between the States, there are only
112 now living—less than one for each
thousand that marched away in the
sixties. Os those living 106 are at homes
of their own or of relatives receiving SSO
a month pension and six are in the Con
federate Soldier’s home in Atlanta, ac
cording to Miss Lillian Henderson, di
rector of the pension department. The
latter receive $5 a month spending mon
ey in addition to the food and accommo
dations at the home.
In addition to the veterans, there are
2,162 widows of veterans living in the
state, who receive S3O a month pensions.
Since Georgia Confederate pensions be
gan, the state has paid old soldiers and
their dependents $50,307,443, Miss Hen
derson’s records reveal. The peak year
1912, when $1,193,310 was paid to 19,-
972 pensions. Last year’s total was
$922,321.
DON’T LOSE THIS TAX : “Railroads
have always been one of the nations most
prolific tax sources.” declares the Ala
meda (Cal.) Times-Star. “To permit them
to crumble and to pass into federal con
trol would mean the stoppage of vast
sums depended upon to keep rural schools,
particularly in many of the less popu
lated regions, open ; to supplement coun
ty, city and township tax funds, thereby
lessening extreme financial burdens.”
GIST OF THE NEWS: The state
school board has voted to restore its
school library program at an estimated
cost of $150,000 per year, effective for the
new scholastic year. It was abandoned at
the suggestions of the house economy
committee . . . The average passenger
vehicle owner in Georgia paid a registra
tion fee of $2.74 in 1938, compared with
the national average of $9.25 . . . Dr.
M. L Brittain, president of Georgia Tech,
recently celebrated his seventy-fourth
birthday . . . Settlers of Pine Mountain
Valley recently held their fifth annual
harvest festival. It was their answer to
the adversity which beset them when they
went there to build shattered lives anew
on land the government made available
to them.
MENLO 4-H CLUB.
The Menlo 4-H club held its regular
meeting in the gym. There were fifteen
girls present. We discussed how to ar
range the furniture in a room and how
to make over old things and make them
look Aew.—lLytiie Pickle, Reporter.
4 BISON ARE FOUND
LISTED IN GEORGIA
ATLANTA. Nov. 21. —There are four
bison in Georgia, it was revealed by the
state division of wild life.
A recent inventory of big game shows
that this state also has approximately
16,000 whitetail deer and 407 black bear.
There are other species of deer found in
lesser numbers.
DIONNE RECORD TIED;
GOAT HAS QUINTS
QUITMAN, G. —A mamma goat of
this vicinity proved recently that it
doesn’t necessarily take a Dionne to have
five kids. And these kid-quints are not
being denied their share of popularity,
but have been showered with gifts such
as goat fodder, patented goat pens, col
lars and bells, and feeding bottles. And
Ma Goat is the chief attraction at the
Brooks County fair, along with L. W.
Beatty's twin donkeys, and Dr. R. C.
Fuller's twin colts.
FATALITIES DECREASE
AT GRADE CROSSINGS
ATLANTA. Nov. 21 (GPS).—An en
couraging note in the nation-wide move
ment for more public safety is found in
statistics on highway-railroad accidents,
just made public in Atlanta.
Fatalities resulting from such accidents
in the first seven months of 1939 totaled
774, compared with 801 in the same pe
riod last year, a decrease of twenty-seven,
according to the safety section of the As
sociation of American Railroads.
During the seven-month period this
year 2.068 persons_were injured in this
type of accident, compared with 2,188 in
the corresponding period of 1938, a de
urease of 120.
The number of accidents at highway
railroad grade crossings in the January
through-July period was 1.805. compared
with 1.866 in the same period last year,
a decrease of sixty-one.
KILLED ANYWAY.
SUPERIOR. La. —When his automo
bile stalled in the path of a swiftly ap
proaching train, John D. Wilson jump
ed out of it and ran several feet m the
clear. He was killed, however, when the
train hurled the automobile after him,
smashed him against a switch.
NO “HERO”
CLAYTON, N. J. —After being feted
bv the town for two days as a hero who
rescued five children from a burning
house, Stanton Chessman, 17. confessed
that he had set the house on fire and
pulled the “rescue” in order to impress
the oldest daughter of the family. Ber
nice Gorman, also 17. He has been sen
tenced to a reformatory.