Endurance Try
Ends In Crash |
LONGVIEW, Tex. (&)—The at- '
tempt of endurance fliers Fred J
Vinmont and Bert Simons to crack
the world’s record of 726 hours
ended last night in a crash-land
ing.
The two men were forced down
about 11 p.m.
Vinmont suffered a fractured
nose in the landing. Both men
were hurled from the plane.
Houston Dean, ground chief for
the fliers, said the plane’s engine
“froze” at between 900 and 1,000
feet.
BIRTH OF ELIZABETH'S
BABY PROVES FALSE REPORT
SINGAPORE, (/P)—The firing
of a battery of artillery guns
started a flood of false rumors in
Singapore today that Princess Eliz
abeth’s baby had been born.
A salute from royal artillery
batteries on Blakan Mati Island
lear Singapore greeted the French
cruiser Dugway Trouin, then ar
riving in port. Within a few min
utes Singapore newspapers were
swamped with calls about Eliza
beth.
During the Christian era, iron
was used as a medium of ex
change in many isolated regions
of Africa.
FRED NIBLO, 74, OLD TIME
ACTOR. PASSES ON
NEW ORLEANS, La. (#)—Fred
Niblo, whose career began in a
small Nebraska town and includ
ed fame on Broadway and in Hol
lywood, died yesterday at the age
of 74.
Niblo retired ten years ago. He
was widely known in the early ,
days of Hollywood and was ac
claimed for directing such films as I
“Ben Hur,” “The Three Musket
eers” and “Blood and Sand.”
He was one of the founders of
the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences.
The steel . pipe installed in
Washington’s Pentagon building!
would stretch from Chicago to In
dianapolis—about 200 miles.
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man, appreciates it.
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when Barmore, entering a clearing
met a mother bear and two cubs
face to face. The animal attacked
him.
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kind of foggy. I went 30 feet j
through the air, but whether I !
fell or was hurled, I don’t know.
I pulled my knees up under my
chin and held my breath.
“Lloyd covered the bear with a j
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Girl Scout News
Mrs. Staudenmire presided at
our regular Wednesdya meeting.
We plan to continue holding our
regular meeting on Wednesday af
ternoon at the school.
We worked on our individual
projects, some of which are very
interesting.
Kay Coulthard, Scribe.
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shoot him would do more harm
than good.”
The bear came up to Barmore,
bit through his boots, socks and
pants and then ambled away. His
leg wounds were later treated at
the base dispensary.
‘‘After the bear left, Howe came
up to me panting, so hard that' I
thought the bear was coming
buck,” Barmore said. ‘‘I was more
scared then than I had been.”
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