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PORT MYERS NEWS PRESS MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1939 PAGE SIT kee Indian driver and the veteran I MOON MULLINS SOMETHING TO KICK ABOUT i k. 1 iv mkvuwsNi it 1 i i 1 i i 40-Day Meet HECK YOU PROMISED WELL, IF YA fHH WELL, THg IS A I WMVPJ A-V MOON HIM AND VptmBE CAN'T WRITE HBH AWFUL PPOENTX- Vc PAkTNEko IN BUSINESS Jtbl KU u7u at rv" I.X 1 I 6UE5b 1 rJ Nl TOOTHER. WHY TN? YER WOULPNT UONTCHA BE A lN NU i ON JU 1T GIVE 51 21 tupmtUpoc SPORT AND SIGN I SIGN THAT J1J'- lSl UCS STYMIE A rag? r2r TjifSj THAT CHECK FOR XAVQ rtl $IPU' 1 SENSE Tl CJ i i i i DAILY RADIO PROGRAM mm MONDAY, JANUARY 30 (Central-Eastern Standard rime P.M.) (Change in Ltitingt Out to Network Correction! Too Late to Incorporate) Note: All programs to key and basic chains or groups thereof unless coast to coaift (e to c) designations include all available stations. 'Bama Leads Basket Race Tide Trims Kentucky as Georgia Bats Tech From Top well ahead of last year for December and January, with more visitors coming in every day. Those visitors who were here in previous years are enthusiastic over the improvements made in the club house.

With the work just about completed, Bob Davis and Bob Wilson should be given a great big hand for they way that they have put the job over not forgetting the snappy job that Mrs. Davis has done for the ladies. Ken Fowler. r1) More than CO laps are caLeJ in the trial heat races, semi-feature and double featured sweepstakea and final handicap. Ralph Hankinson, owner of Langhorne speedway, is in charge of the state races for the first time.

Roscoe Rogers, 12-year-old fox catcher, captured 26 animals in traps during the early part of the winter of 1938-39 near South-port, N. C. Y. FOR DRIVING SAFELY mm i r4 I i on the cost of your automo-y bile insurance? That the amount of the dividend refund that bai been returned each year to policyholders who are insured it the Lumltcrmcns Mutual Cattualt Company. These refunds are the results Lunibcrniens' "plan of iiiaurini only safe drivers to begin with, preventing accidents among thi group through a comprehensiv salely program ana operation economically.

Find out today how much thena reward for sulo driving migli mean to you. tiTMRF. RMENS MUTUA CASUALTY COMPANY i II I A ILLINOIS lie Wise Mutualize MUTUAL INSURANCE AGENCY Of Fort Myers. Inc. GEO.

R. LYNN, Jr. Phone 577 I'. O. Bon 367 10 Collier Arcade Tampa Fair Races To Open Tomorrow TAMPA, Jan.

29 Ml The De-Soto exposition and the Florida state fair will open Tuesday with American Automobile association contest board sanctioned auto races, marking the first time here that a triple-A events have been held and likewise marking the opening of the AAA 1939 dirt track season three months ahead of the usual spring date in Pennsylvania. The seven-event card which starts with time trials is topped by Duke Nalon, Chicago, 1938 eastern AAA driving champion; Tony Willman, leading national dirt track winner in 1938; Bud Henderson, a former Central States Auto Racing association title holder; Bob Byron, Colorado, Rocky Mountain dirt track champion and southern stock car champion in 1937; Mark Light, two-time independent eastern champion; Henri Guerand, the blond Frenchman who was a southern sensation last year; the colorful Joe Chitwood, Chero- iTKUUQ. Following is the list of contributors to the success of the Lions jamboree: Black Tire The Trading Post, Firestone Service Stores, McElvy's Drug Store, Franklin Hardware, Western Auto Supply Norman Auto Supply Waltman's, Washburn I'rah-macy, D. Office Outfitters, Eli Witt's, The Nut Shop, Smith News Stand, Marine's Pharmacy, Sidney Davis Men's Shop, Hunter's Pharmacy, D'Alessandro Parkview Bowling Alley. It seems that the badly needed rain has been missing us while it has been giving other golf courses a new lease on life.

Just one rain is all that Terry Dolson is askjng for as the dwindling water supply has him plenty worried. Another week or two and there won't be enough water to keep the putting greens up. Charlie Deroor had some friends out yesterday and performed for them coming back in a par af ter going out in 40. Dr. Harry Allen, who watched the performance, gave evidences of getting back on his game.

At least his drives began to click and that's more than they've been doing for the past couple of weeks. Daily green fees at the course are At Hollywood Gulfstream Park to Run In Competition With Miami Tracks HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 29 LY Florida' $1,400,000 racing experiment, brand new Gulfstream park, aet its machinery in motion for a 40-day meeting by accepting entries for Wednesday's inaugural handicap. Built and landscaped in less than two months, Gulfstream park will try to prove Miami's resort area will support two horse tracks operating at the same time. From Feb.

1 to March 4 the thoroughbreds will gallop at both Gulf-tsream and Joseph E. Widener's swanky Hialeah park. The Gulfstream meeting runs through March 18, conflicting again with the third track, Tropical park, ithich reopens March 6 for a second meet. Fifteen miles north of Miami on the four-lane federal highway, Gulfstream is slightly farther from the city than the other tracks but 28-year-old John C. Horning, Hollywood Jockey club president, and his associates believe their track is more easily accessible.

They also expect patronage from Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale north of here and from Miami Beach. Gulfstream park is a half-mile from a highway that parallels the ocean from Hollywood to Miami Beach. Managing Director John F. Le-tendre, who promoted Narragansett park in Rhode Island, said Gulf-stream's stables, accommodating some 800 horses, would be filled, assuring the track of plentiful racing material. Racing Secretary Fred Burton expected a dozen or more entries such as Shoulder Arms, First Entry, Landlubber, She Knowg and Royal Teddy for the inaugural handicap, with well-filled fields in seven oiner races on me opening program.

Weights and declarations for the inaugural, a sprint at five and one-half furlongs, are due tomorrow. Hirsch Jacobs, the nation's leading trainer who will campaign 10 horses at Gulfstream, pronounced the one-mile racing strip in excellent condition. Purses totaling $235,000 are to be distributed to horsemen during the meet. The minimum purse will be $700 with $1,000 handicaps on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The opening will be in a holiday atmosphere, with business houses In Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood closing to celebrate the event.

Vines Tops Budge In Miami Match MIAMI BEACH, Jan. 29 Ellsworth Vines put Don Budge back in his place as pretended to the professional tennis championship today by beating his 4-6, 6-0, 6 4. The pair played the 19th match of their present campaign before a crowd of 2,000 persons at Flamingo Park. Vines- has won- eight matches in his push to the fore after falling away behind the mighty Budge. The experts said Vines won today on his service and superior court tactics.

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4:00 6:00 Radio Matinee Promenade 4:15 5:15 Nila Mack Let's Pretend 4:45 6:45 Circus Story east: Con. sole Echoes from New York west 5:00 6:00 News Sports, Rhythm 6:15 6:15 Howie Wing and Aviation 6:30 6:30 Bob Trout About "Today" 6:45 6:45 Ruth Carhart A Songs wabc; Sophie Tucker network 6:00 7:00 "County Seat," Dramatic 6:15 7:15 Lum Abner Sketch basic 6:30 7:30 Eddie Cantor Show east: The Chicagoans Orchestra west 7:00 8:00 The Cavalcade of America 7:30 8:30 Pick-Pat Minstrels basic 8:00 9:00 Radio Theatre to est 9:00 10:00 Guy Lombardo Or. to 9:30 10:30 The Columbia Workshop east; Eddie Cantor went repeat 10:00 11:00 News; Dance Or. (2 hrs.) NBC WJ2 (BLUE) NET WORK BASIC East) wjz wbz-wbza wbal wham kdka wxyi wjtn wsyr wmal wfirt waby webr ofcf whk wmff wspii wean wicc wleu; Midwest: wenr wis kwk koil wren wmt kso wowo kma wctn well wfdf wibm wjim; South: wrtd wmpa wjbo wrtsu waga wcn kxyi; Mountain: klo kvod kutc; Pacific: kgo ksfd ktme kex kga keca kjr. NOTE: See WEAF-NBC for optional list of stations.

Cent. East. 4:30 6:30 Don Winslow of Navy-east; Songs from Landt Trio west 4:45 5:45 Tom Mix's Sketch east; Vaughn de Leath's Blues west 5:00 6:00 News; E. Glucksman Or. 6:15 6:15 Patricia Giimore Songe 5:30 6:30 Adrian Rollini's Ensemble 6:45 6:45 Lowell Thomas east; Tom Mix Sketch wmaq kwk wicn 6:00 7:00 "Alias Jimmy Valentine" 6:30 7:30 Bert Lytel, Drama wjz; No Talent Wanted chain 6:45 7:45 Science Marching Ahead 7:00 8:00 C.

Robinson's Buckaroos 7:30 8:30 "Those We Love' to est 8:00 9:00 The Budd Variety Show 8:30 9 30 Westminster Choir Prog. 9:00 10:00 Dr. Hagan True or False 9:30 10:30 Radio's National Forum 10:00 11:00 News; Dance Or. (2 hrs.) shots to a good advantage in the second get. Mako again came to life in the third, winning point after point Dutch Harrison Wins $3,000 Golf DEL MAR, Jan.

29 (JP) Ringing down the curtain on California's 1939 winter golf, E. J. (Dutch) Harrison of Chicago captured his first major tournament today the 3,000 pro-amateur event staged by Crooner Bing Crisby. The lanky Arkansas born pro, formerly of Little Rock, for the second successive day chopped three strokes off the difficult Par 72 of the Rancho Santa Fe course, and as the largest gallery in the three-year history of the Crosby event cheered lustily, wound up with a 36 hole card of 69-69133. Nosed out for $500 first prize for low professional medal were Byron Nelson, of Reading, who went into today's final round with a one stroke lead, and Horton Smith of Chicago.

7E2C ACTUALLY MILES Rich Jersey Milk Cream Buttermilk Dobbins1 Dairy PHONE 559-R 7 NBC-WEAF (RED) NETWORK BASIC East: wear wnac wtlo wjar wtag wcah kyw wfbr wro wgjr wben wcae wtaro wwj cbm wdel; Midwest: ksd wmaq who wow wdaf wire kstp; Mountain: koa kdyl; South: wmbg wsb wrac wamb wjdx kpro wbrc; Pacific: Vfi kgw komo khq kpo OPTIONAL STATIONS (operate Interchangeably on either RED or BLUE networks): East: wbre wcol wfea wlw work wcky weal wian cbf chl wgal; Central: wcfl wtm wiba wday kgbi kans welo ksoo wbow wood webo wgbf wgl kfyr koam; South: wapo wlak wtar wptf wis wjax wlla-wsun wlod wsoc wfbc wwnc weso wave warn kvoo wky wfaa wbap woal kths kfdm kgko krgv krls ktnk ktsrn waia wrol ktbs kark kgno: Mountain: kgir kghl ktar kob kghf kido kpfa ksei ktfl; Pacific: kfbk kwg kmt kern kgu kmed Cent. East. 4:30 6:30 Jack Armstrong east; Be Announced west 4:45 6:45 Little Orphan Annie east; Lilyan Cornell Songs west 6:00 6:00 Science from the News 6:16 6:16 Malcolm Claire's Stories 6:25 6:26 Broadcast News Period 6:30 6:30 Rose Marie Her Songs 6:45 6:45 "Father and Son," Serial 6:00 7:00 Amos Andy Skit east 6:15 7:15 Edwin C. Hill Comment 6:30 7:30 Dancing Musie Orchestra 7:00 8:00 Al Pearce and His Gang 7:30 8:30 Alfred Wallenstein Orch. 8:00 :00 Phil Spitalny Girle to 8:30 9:30 Eddy Ouchin Orch.

to 9:00 10:00 Marek Weber Music to 9:30 10:30 Dancing Musie Orchestra 10:00 11:00 Dance Musie Orchestra-east; Amos 'n' Andy west repeat 10:16 11:15 Dancing Musie hrs.) CBS-WABC NETWORK BASIC East: wabc woko wcao weel wgr wkbw wkrc wjr wdrc wcau wjas wpro wfbl wjsv wgar; Midwest: wbbm wfbm kmbc kmox whas kfab kmt EAST wabl wbns wpg whp whec wore cfrb ckao wlbz wmas wesg wkbn wh1o wghl wbrk wnbx wade wnbf wgan DIXIE wgst wsfa wqam wdod klra wrea wlae wwl wtoe krld ktrh ktsa waco koma wbt wdae wbig wdbj wwva waia wmbr ktul wcoa, wdoc wnox kwkb wmmra wjno wchs wpar wmai wcoc wrva walm wrdw wapl wdbo MIDWEST wmbd wisn wlbw kfh Sabin Whips Mako For 4th Straight WEST PALM BEACH, Jan. 29 () Wayne Sabin of Portland, today captured the annual Everglades club tennis tournament to score his fourth consecutive victory over Gene Mako, Los Angeles, the nation's third ranking amateur player. The scores were 7-9, 6-J, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Sabin, who was not ranked nationally last year because illness kept him out of too many tournaments, started his string of victories by defeating Mako in the finals of the Dixie amateur at Tampa, then won the state tournament at Orlando and the Miami Biltmore invitational. Mako took an early lead in the first set, but Sabin rallied to knot the score 5-5.

Each won his service until the 15th game when Mako broke through and took the next two. Sabin had Mako ell over the court as he used his drop "Aye, Man! snvES us nEiiii with placements as the battle was Trailing just a few percentage fought from the baseline. After points back of Alabama in the con-the rest period Mako seemed to ference standings are the Georgia have lost his touch and Sabin won Bulldogs and Louisiana State's the last two sets with ease. Tigers, each with three wins and Pauline Betz of Los Angeles had a single defeat. L.S.U.

was idle rm.M,. u-innincr the women' last week, but returns to combat 1 I I i. iff 4 ATLANTA, Jan. 29 Alabama's Crimson Tide, rated as one of the best basketball machines uncovered at the Capstone in many seasons, took over undisputed leadership of the Southeastern conference today as the pre-campaign favorites lagged behind. The crimson-shirted basketeers gained the unchallenged pace-setting role by handing Kentucky's Wildcats a 41-38 setback in a fast and rough game at Birmingham last night.

It was the second straight conference "loss for the Kentuckians in as many starts. While Alabama was turning back the Wildcats, with the help of an all-star performance by the conference's leading scorer, sophomore Googe Prather, the University of Georgia Bulldogs dropped Georgia Tech from the undefeated ranks and loop leadership by a 32-2fi triumph. Georgia's victory over its neigh boring foe, staged before the largest crowd ever assembled in the Athens arena with 3,500 witnessing the proceedings, was the first triumph for the Bulldogs over the Atlanta enemy Bince Ivm. Earlier in the week Georgia's Bulldogs handed Alabama a 31-26 setback, and the latest display by Elmer Lampe's youthful machine has served to place the Georgians amonsr the prominent contenders for the 1939 championship to be 'decided in the annual tournament at Knoxville. this week by meeting Mississippi State four times.

The latter team also was inactive. Junior High Boys Get Letters Tonight Members of the 1938 junior high school Bulldog football squad, coaches and invited guests will be entertained at 7:30 tonight at the Town Club at the annual junior high football banquet. During the evening Coach Max McKeown will present 23 players and two managers with letters. Members of the team will elect an honorary captain for the coming season. During the past season captains have been elected before each game.

Among those who have been invited to be the guests of the team at the banquet tonight are Harry Hendry, Bill Stewart, Dr. Fred Bartleson, Harry Stucky, Harry Fagan, Heinie Right, Dr. B. H. Reed, Dr.

Charles Gnau, Earnest Mitts, E. P. Greene, Ellis Soloman and Soloman Hawkins. Although modern automobile? are of "all steel" construction about 60 pounds of wood is required to produce even the smaller ones. The wood is used for packing cases, foundation for various attachments and as fiber board and paper.

JAKE'S Famous Sandwiches Fried Chicken 25c Chicken Steak Dinner TOWN HALL TAVERN Hough Motors 838 First SL Phone 448 Overland Saved Mr. Taylor $224 over the 33,000 miles he has driven title, outclassing Marta of Miami, 6-3, 6-2. Barnett THE LUSTY STEVEDORE NEW YORK, Jan. 29 Music to fit the psychological needs of the worker even a lusty, swear, ing stevedore entertains pier employes of the Isbradsten-Moller company out in Brooklyn. The company, noted for its individuality it refuses to give any of its executives a title said a musical reproducing system had been installed on the docks, dinner and dance tunes and opera-arias give the longshoremen that "needed lift" 24 hours a day.

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