Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1928, Page 42

BATTERIES B AND G SHOOT FOR TROPHY D. €. Men at Fort Monroe Compete in Anti-Aircraft Gunnery Match. Epecial Dispatch to The FORT MONROE, Va. August 9 Batteries B and C of the 260th Coast Artillery, District of Columbia National Guard, are today fighting for the gu nery trophy at the training camp here Yesterday the batteries began firing their record courses on Kkite targets. Both are required to fire 80 rounds of $-inch anti-aircraft shells each. Battery B, under Capt. J. D. Eggles gun crested up for two years. Should it w today it will gain permanent posses- sion of the trophy. Both batteries are aiming for a combination of accuracy 1 ing and are scoring a good percen Battery B gun _crew the lead- T of Lieut. J. L. Atkins and Sergt ace Leck, fired & string of 9 shells 37 seconds on one course of fire This high speed was due to the energy of Pyis. T! Simms and John Mul- the ammunition leaders of the and Pvt 1 Frederi tk cn operator of the gun. The accuracy of both batteries’ firing been aided by the instruction of t. Merritt of the 61st Anti-Aircraft Regiment, and the efforts of Sergt. Wil- lard Allen of the same regiment. Al- len, after tests at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, was declared one of the best stereoscopic height finder operators in the country. Corpls. Jett and Nagle of Battery B and Corpl. Ramsey, Pvt Bockhause and Pvt. Kqv of C Battery are receiving instructions from Sergt Allen on this instrument. Battery C. under Capt. Robert Daly. ‘Tuesday fired 56 rounds of anti-air- craft shells in practice fire and vester- day fired approximately 35 rounds on e crew d course, their gun crew obtain-| fine accuracy due to the efforts o ir gun vointer, Corpl. Lecompte. est night. Battery A ‘apt. L. N. Gosorn, worked a trial shot problem with searchlights t ed by the height-finding sections Batteries B and C. They first detected an attacking airplane by means of sound detectors. Sergt. Royston and Corpl. Geraci computed data from the und detectors and then located the by its application on the pilot The height-finding sections of Batteries C and B piloted a course of predicted fire by aid of the searchlights the plane, just as they would do in actual night battle. The gun crews of-all batteries were free from duty yesterday afternoon and last night they held wrestling and box- ing matches. Those with good voices or musical instruments got together the camp was filled with music. Walter W. Burns, commanding r of the 260th Coast Artillery, an- vesterday that Col. Alfred T. in charge of National Guard of the 3d Corps Area, will th here today. TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. Players—What Anne E ne.” comedy. Metropolitan—“The Foreign Legion,” at 11:40 am. 1:35, 3:40, 5:35, 7:40 and 9:40 pm Palace—“Hot News” at 10:45 a 12:10, 2:15, 4:15, 5:45, 7:50 and 9:50 National B t pm. Earle—“Home, James,” continuous 11:30 am. to 11 pm. Fox—"“The Crimson City,” continuous 12 noon to 11 pm. ves,” at 10:45 Columbia — “Detecti: 12:25, 2:20, 4:10, 6, 7:55 and 9:55 pm. Little Theater—“Lady Windermere's Fan.” continuous 1 to 11 pm. Tivoli—"Telling the World,” continu- orious Betsy,” 12:30, GROSNER’S again | commanded | at 8:20 pm. | Y 1 THE EVENIN(C 'SCIENTIST TAKES GENTLE ISSUE IWITH MINISTER ON JONAH STORY \Princeton Theologian's New “Zoological™ | Argument on Subject Brings Remark on “Depths of Nature Understanding.” | | | | Dr. G. S. Miller, curator of mammals | ler finds that this incident is not so |at the National Museum. takes gentle | authenticated as it is made to appear | issue with alleged “scientific facts” ad- [ The author had no first-hand informa. | duced by Rev. Ambrose J. Wilson in the | tion, but says: “Two separate accoun | Princeton University Theological Re- | have been given of the event—one e | view to prove the possibility of Jonah |dently by the captain of the whal | having been swallowed by a whale. | the other probably by one of the of | Mr. Wilson's argument, he says, “is an | cers.” These accounts are quoted from | interesting example of the psychoses | “a manuscript left by the late M. de { which often accompany strong conv Parville, the scientific editor of the | tion, and to zoologists its perusal should | Journal des Debats of Parls." [bring a wholesome realization of the ~ Mr. Wilson contends that Jonah was slight depth to which any clear under- swallowed by a sperm whale, “a whale standing of nature has penetrated the |60 feet long, with a mouth 20 feet in | popular mind.” length, also 15 feet in height and 9 He replies fo the Jonah legend from |feet in width.” Dr. Miller quotes this | the standpoint of the zoologist in the | sardonically as a part of Mr. Wilson's | 1atest issue of the American Journal of | “science above suspicion,” the fact be- | Mammology, edited at the National Mu- | ing that two kinds of whales are con- | seum | fused. The most startling fact adduced by Mr. Wilson was that there is an au- thenticated instance of a man being ;allowed by a whale and surviving the perience. This is quoted from the memoirs of Sir Francis Fox and states | | that “in 1891 a sailor, James Bartle; | having been so swallowed, remained ve though unconscious for about 24 hours, until found by his shipmates m | cutting up the whale. He then passed | {two weeks as a raving lunatic, but | eventually recovered his senses and re- sumed his duties. Bartley affirms that |in the whale’s stomach he lost con- | sciousness from fear and not from lack | of air; he could easily breathe, but the | heat was terrible. His skin where it | was exposed to the gastric juice was | permanently bleached to a deadly whiteness.” | " Going back to the Fox book, Dr. Mil- e e e E. A. RICKERT CHARGES MT. VERNON STEAMER Charles Macalester Leaves 7th St. Wharf Dally 10 A.M. and 2:30 P.M. Round Trip, 85¢ Admission, 25¢ Lunch Counter on Steamer on not open ndays EYES EXAMINED GLASSES FITTED ~» OPTIC. ; 1407 FST. Claims Attack Made When He Was‘ Spectator Only During Raid on Oyster House. E. A. Rickert, 2112 Eighteenth street, | | today complained to United States At- |torney Leo A. Rover of an alleged as- |sault on him t7 members of the rum |squad making a raid Friday night on |the Ambassador Oyster House. 2106 Eighteenth street. Rickert was a spec- tator and is said to have criticized the methods used by the police and revenue officers. He declared he was taken to the third story of the building and was there assaulted. United States Attorney Rover referred Rickert to Assistant United States At- torney Harold W. Orcutt, in charge of | prohibition enforcement. Orcutt will hear the testimony of Rickert and of a number of bystanders at the time of the ,raid whose names were furnished by | Rickert and will make a report to Rover. |" The raiding squad, which figured in the alleged assault, was led by Sergt. O. J. 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