Dreamboat Out for
Westward Record
(By ROBERT EUNSON)
PARIS, m—The U. S. Army
B-29 Pacusan Dreamboat roared
away from Orly Field today for
a flight to Westover Field, Mass.,
which may set a new transatlantic
speed record.
There were some indications
that an effort would be made to
q beat the old mark, but Col. C. S.
Irvine of St. Paul, Nebr., pilot of
the plane which recently made a
9,500-mile flight across the Arcitc
from Hawaii to Cairo, declared
when questioned as to whether he
intended to go after a record: “I’m
not going to push it.”
Observers expressed belief the
Dreamboat would make the flight
in about 11 xAt hours, at a rate of
about 315 miles per hour.
The present transatlantic speed
record is claimed by a TWA Con
stellation which made the Paris
| New York run a year ago in 14
hours, 39 minutes, for an average
of 284 miles per hour.
WEATHER STOPS
SHIP UNLOADINGS
The North Star and Victoria are
in the roadstead awaiting moder
r ation of sudden adverse yeather.
Only a small portion of the cargo
on the Victoria has been discharg
ed.
The North Star is scheduled to
make a trip to King Island with
natives returning home with their
supplies for the winter.
CHUCKLES
We noticed in tne North African
Gazette where two California
crows were flying acros sthe Sa
hara desert when, of a sudden
they were overtaken and passed
by one of those jet-propelled
P-59’s, which was spurting flames1
from its exhaust something fierce.
One crow cawed:
“Gosh! That fellow is in a ter
rible hurry, isn’t he?”
“Sure is,” sez the other crow, |
“and so would you be if your tail
was on fire.”
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A merchant ship with a miscel
laneous passenger list was
grounded on a small island popu
lated by dusky natives.
Soon the island was a hive of
activity. The Germans were drill
ing the natives into an army. The
Americans had opened a general
store and an auto agency. The
Australians had started a race
track. Two Scots were financing
the whole crowd, and a couple of
Englishmen were still standing
around waiting to be introduced.
The Schmidts were the affec
I
tionate and proud possessors of
, a hairless Mexican dog. One after
noon Mrs. Schmidt was waiting on
a corner for her car, and in her
arms she carried the hairless dog.
Near her on the curb stood a
man who could not keep his eyes
: fom the strange, shivering dog.
Finally, unable to restrain his
curiosity an instant longer, he
leaned forward and whispered:
“Was the water too hot, mum?”
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Flashes of Life
CAN'T WIN
YAKIMA, Wash. t/P>—P. A. Oli
ver heard a radio report on a lire
in a warehouse where his wile
worked.
He rushed out of the house,
leaving the door unlocked.
His wife was safe, but when he
returned the radio was gone.
NON-STOP FLIGHT
CAMDEN, N. J. (/P)—State po
lice detective Harry Armano stood
on the porch of the recorder’s of
fice and old a prisoner he was
taking to jail “There’s no need for
you to got wet. Run out to my car
as fast as you can.”
The prisoner did. However he
didn’t bother to stop when he
came to the car and today police
of nine nearby states were on the
lookout for him.
CAPITOL CAVORT
ALBANY, N. Y. (/Pi—1There’s a
new dance afoot — the Truman
Ixiunce.
James F. Murray, Jr., Albany
dancing instructor who devised
the new step, described it as a fast
I fox-trot with just a dash of jitter -
i bug.
And, says Murray, it can’t be
danced to the Missouri Waltz—
“■there’s not enough bounce.”
BACKFIRE
KANSAS CITY. (/P) — Robert
Throckmorton, a butcher, ob
tained the wrapping paper for a
ham, stuffed it and placed the
dummy package in the rear win
dow of his car so he could observe
hte envious reactions of passersby.
He forgot to remove it over
night. Next morning the fake ham
had disappeared — and the thief
had smashed one of Throckmor
ton’s car windows in the process
of taking it.
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FREE DEFINITION
SAN FRANCISCO. (^(—Attor
ney General Robert W. Enny, in
i an opinion barred the sale of pri
j son-made handiwork to fellow
convicts in California prisons, al
though it may be sold to the pub
lic.
Kenny ruled against the prison
ers* purchases by defining “pub
lic” from the dictionary to mean
“people at large.”
HOT BOX
ALBANY, Calif.-While E. J.
DeGraw was away from home his
refrigerator heated up. The motor
fell to the floor, burned its way
down into the basement. Then the
floor slowly burned until the
whole refrigerator fell through.
But firemen saved the house.
SOLDIER HUNTING BRIDE
DOWNS, 111. (/P) — The army
should revise its posters about
joining up to see the world and
get an education with good pay,
says Ralph Douglas of Downs.
Asked by a recruiting officer
why he enlisted, Douglas said:
‘I just want an English war
bride like the girl my brother Ja
cob brought back with him from
Europe.”
CREATED AFTER DELIVERY
MISSOULA, Mont. (/P)—Apple
boxes and peach crates solved a
shortage of living quarters at St.
Patrick’s hospital.
The hospital has facilities de
signed for onyl 12 new bom ba
bies but 38 infants arrived during
the past few days. Boxes and
crates solved the problem. They
were rigged up as cribs.
WALSH-PETRY NUPTIALS
SOLEMNIZED IN ANCHORAGE
James Walsh, son ol Mr. and
Mrs. M. J. Walsh, and Elizabeth
Fotry, Flora Park, N. Y., were
n arried October 10 in Anchorage
at the Catholic Church by Father
Dermot O’Flanagan.
Joe Walsh, brother of James
gave the bride away. Attendants
were Donna Lindelof and Kevin
Walsh. The bride has been em-,
ployed by the C.A.A. in Anchor
age, and James Walsh is with the
Alaska Airlines in Fairbanks,
where they will make their home.
LORETTA JONES
BACK FROM STATES
Loretta Jones, mother of Mrs.
Larry Galvin and Dan Jones, re
turned Tuesday after spending the
past several months in the States.
George Washington chose the
site for the U. S. Military Acad
emy at West Point.
Pennies From Heaven
Make Nickel Puzzle
NEWARK, N. J. </P>—The* the
ory of relativity must have some
thing to do with the four-year take
from Newark’s parking meters.
By actual count there were
4,904,770 nickels. The take in dol
lars and cents was $245,276.98.
Public safety director John B.
Keenan isn’t very upset about the
profit of $38.48. What bothers him
is the odd change involved. It
means that some good citizens
tried—and succeeded—in putting
pennies in the nickel machine.
Flying Prospectors
SEATTLE. (>P)— The prospec
tor’s burro must look for a job.
Airplanes are able to prospect
small territories well from the
skies, Dean Milnor Roberts told
the University of Washington’s an
nual mining institute.
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