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Leaders in Girl
Bowling Tourney
ALL EVENTS.


CLASS A-P. Ford. 1893; Butler. 96s.
CLASS B-1Youmans. s28; Ream: s25
CLASS C-Beyer. 8el Yaeei. 867.
CLASS D-A. Smith, so4; NJ. Coopera'ein.
SINGLES.
CLASS !, McouInn; 1853; Fore, ,35l; Ack-
m cIa sss r. R1rEe s2S BgtlfT a2s
cLxss c!GeK.nn W s2I: :E Mer s"s 2s2;
CLASS "a. smith. 2sa; e Meredith. 2es.
DOUBLES.
CLASS .A-gutler- GULL. $50; Mltner-
Ea iehet s2 S'Y sz Burke
Class ss2 GAL
H Gil; 81 Mcoann Thompson $50 h''ef0
CLASS c1Mason Chase. $50: Harrison
Rem, 557; LauerTucker, $50; Alber- Hargett.
Class D.sHgsgshes-HarSer, s'4; Cooper
CLASS ALBin Wood, l,5s4 John Bllck,
l5s9; Co4mb ian; i57s Colpm 9ia 1853.
Wis No. j, 49,; AsrIcaitnTe, ' i451 y Com
81 Unity s7 1891 s'e Wasn
CLASS D. bureau Of Mines, 1877 Tele-
SPECIAL PRIZES.
CLASS tali events)-cup donated by
LUCKY SIN AlnIey:; Gun bon..d ~
CLASS c IsiI svents)-Cup donated by
CLASS d (alI events)-cup donated by
HIGH SET OF TOURNAMENT Silver
fruit bowl donated by Pearson 81 Grain.
HIGH GAME OF TOURNAMEHT-Troph
donated BY r. Harris 4 Co.
DRAW PRIZE-Silver vegetable dish do
mated by the past presidents of w. w. ID. A.
HIGH GAME EACH NIGHT-FiowerS do
mated by George G Shafier 49,.
ca w m II U OF CANDY-c. wise. Rieye,
NalIey, s. crawley, Enfante. Fenton, II
Hiser, Brooke, Knee, Jehn. Totten. Pratt
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SERAGLIO is VICTOR
IN WARRENTON RACE
Scissors Pushes Whitney Jumper
All the Way in Virginia
Gold Cup Contest.

WARRENTON, Va May 2 lP-Mrs
John Hay Whitney's Seraglio, with Will
liam Street up, won the Virginia Gold
Cup race today by showing enough re-
serve power to pull ahead Of Siossons,
OF the Flying Horse Farm, ridden by
Jack Skinner.
The two horses We're neck and neck
for the latter part OF the race, fencing
clearly all the way and taking the last
jump as a team. Not until the last
200 yards did the big brown geIding,
which last week won the gruelling
Maryland Cup. weaken bit and fall
behind Seraglio. So Dear. from the
Vine Hill Stables, finished third.
Although there were IL entries only
6 horses faced the starter at the tenth
annual running of the classic, which
drew crowd estimated at 5000 persons,
coming from every State east of the
Mississippi. Showers this morning made
the turf springy, yet Arm, and the
course was considered in excellent shape
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Joke" HORSE WINS
P|ML|CO FEATURE
Paul Bunyan Gets a Laugh
as He AmbIes to Post.
but lips to Life.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
HALTIMORE, Md. May 7.-Laush-
ed at as he ambled liStleSsly
l. toward the starting gate. Paul
Bunyan. 5-year-old son Of Paul
Weidel-Audrey Austin quickly came to
life at Pimlico today and won the SIS
900 added Dixie Handicap by 10
lengths.
L. M. Severson'S big csmpsigner was
third choice in the wagering because Of
his impressive showing, though he had
not won this season. Frisius. coupled
with Flaming as the Belair Stud entry.
was second, and was closely followed
by William T.
Frisius was second choice Of the
crowd of nearly $4,000. the largest at a
ley's Mirbat, with Sonny Workman
astride, was made the favorite, but
could finish no better than sixth.
With Sun Beau, Willis Sharpe Kill
mer's crack not entered, 10 OF the
leading stake horses in the East started
in the mile and e-sixteenthS classic.
The time over muddy track was
POI Is, compared to the record set
by Mike Hall in 1928 OF 1859.
The big horse appeared comic to the
crowd as he paraded to the start, head
down, 80 yards behind the rest. But
Jockey j. Gianelloni brought him to
life as they leaped away. kept him in
third place, closely trailing Frisius and
Fortunate Youth, and then urged him
into the lead at the beginning OF the
final stretch.
A 50 mutuel win ticket on Paul
Bunyan was worth $1110 and he paid
$500 to place and $3.50 for third.
Frisius paid $3.50 and $3.50 and William
T, 500.
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LEXINGTON MEET
FOR STATE TITLE
Washington and Lee and Virginia
Favored in Four Cornered Affair.
Other Bookings.
.HARLoTTEsvILLE Va. Nav ;

~HARLOTTESVILLE Va, May 2.
The four-sided fight for the
track championship of Virginia,
which will take place in Lex
ington next Saturday, will hold the
center of attention of the sports follow
ers in the South Atlantic States next
week along with the race in the Tri-
State Intercollegiate League, which is
nearing climax.
Washington and Lee, with the strong
est outdoor cinder path and weight
combination in years, will play host to
Virginia Military Institute, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and Virginia.
There will be competitions for varsity
and freshmen teams.
Either the Cavaliers or the Generals
will win the meet. Few who have
watched track scores this season re-
gard the Cadets or the Tech team as
having chance.
Interest in base ball will lie largely
in efforts of North Carolina to retain
first place in the Tri-State League
at Chapel Hill. Virginia will be taking
three-day trip through North Caro-
lima before the week is out.
The sports schedule for next week
follows:
Monday, May 4-Base ball, v. M. L.
at Virginia. Tennis, North Carolina
at Princeton. Duke at Virginia.
Tuesday. May 5-Base ball, North
Carolina State at North Carolina. Ten
mis-, Maryland at Virginia, North Caro-
lima at New York University.
Wednesday, May 6-Base ball. Mary
land at Princeton. Tennis, Virginia at
Navy, North Car3lin att Army.
Thursday, May base ball. Virginia
at North Carolina. Tennis. Maryland
at William and Mary, North Carolina
at Yale. Virginia at Loyola.
Friday, May 8-Base ball. v. p l. at
Washington and Lee, Virginia at North
Carolina. Tennis, North Carolina at
Brown, Virginia at Johns Hopkins,
Maryland at Richmond.
Saturday, May 9-Base ball Virginia
and North Carolina in Greensboro, v.
P. /. at " NJ. l.. Duke at North Caro-
lima State. Track. Virginia State meet
at Washington and Lee. William and
Mary at Maryland North Carolina at
Penn State Lacrosse, ST. Johns at
Maryland, Washington College at Vir-
ginia. Tennis North Carolina at Ffar-
ward, Virginia at Baltimore Country
Club. Golf, North Carolina at Duke.
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MISSES ONE TARGET
OF 100 IN TRAPSHOOT
Marcy Outstanding Performer in
Final Event on Washington
Gun Clubs Old Range.

julius Marcy, with 90 hits out Of
100, was the outstanding performer in
the Washington Gun Club weekly trap
shoot yesterday at the Benning traps.
It was the last contest on the grounds
the club has occupied the last 10 years.
j. H Hunter captured class hon
ors when he won the toss after finish
ing IN tie with G. c. Fawsett, Marcy
and Nash Buckingham. DR.. A. B..
Slime triumphed in class B. winning
the toss after tieing with DR.. A. ".
Parsons, DR.. J. c. Wynkoop and H. H..
Shelton. In class c. A. L. Fiot Of the
French embassy was the winner by a
lone target.
There will be no trapshooting here
until Saturday, May 49, when the new
grounds will be ready On that day
fhs club will hold its final practice be
fore the first District amateur cham
pionship May 81. % and %.
The Washington shots will go 10 Bal
ttmore next Saturday 10 complete the
tntercity series with Oriole Gun Club.
Each club thus far has won three
matches in the singles. In the doubles
washington has four victories 10 two
for Baltimore.
Yesterdays scores:
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HLANS for the Job Fund wrestling
- tournament, to be held at Grit
fifth Stadium May 81 and which
will include many of the out
standing mat men in the East, are
rapidly going ahead. The card, the
proceeds of which are to be turned over
to the District Committee on Employ
ment which will create fund for the
relief of unemployment. will consist OF
six matches and among the grapplcrs
under consideration are Jim Londos,
Dick Shikat, Jim McMillen, Rudy Du-
SEX, Chief White Feather, Babe Cad
dock, Paul Jones, Tiny Roebuck, Doc
Wilson and George Hagen among
others.
A Board of Patrons is being organized
under the Craftsmanship of Newbold
Moves. More than 80 men of national
prominence residing in Washington
have been invited to serve on the board.
Among those who have accepted arc
Gen, John J. Pershing, John Philip
Hill. j. H. de Sibour. Gen. w. M.
Wright, Frederick H. Brooke, Coleman
Jennings, Gist Blair and Brig: Gen. c..
l.. McCawley, United States Marines.
Frederick A. Delano, chairman of the
committee on employment, Is an ex-of-
ficio member of the board
Joe Turner is arranging the matches.
Tickets can be purchased at Turner'S
Annapolis Hotel Office, the American
Automobile Association. Spalding's,
Drefuss Brothers, the Willard Hotel and
the Mayflower Hotel.
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Roll High Scores
In Mems Tourney
TEAMS.

TEAMS.
Glass A-Liondse Shirts, i.75O; 10 Ko
Service, 1,734; Cool Drinks. l,7Oi
Class B-Marauette, i:53s; Fuller Co. No
Class C-King Pin No. ?. 1897; Wynne-
wood Park, 1880; LansburEh. 1857
. Glass D-Joppa: 1854; Columbia. l.s4O;
Grace Church, 1887
Glass E-Crop Estimates. 1850; Brookland
No. 2. l,532: White Sox, 1874
DOUBLES.
Glass A-Rosenberg- Honey Ts4; Gartside-
Miller. 725; .Kibby-Swain, 7lo.
Class B-Wagner- Warthen. 7le: Haven
MeIntyre; seq; Walker Turner, 6s7.
ger $50: BTHtone Palmer, u ssi. Ho' Foro -H'-
Glass BLMiller-KIein. $50; High Crawley,
SAT; Foley-Woolf 642.
SINGLES.
Class A-Houck, AIS; MuIros, Ss7; Rossn-
Glass B-,Hnfman, 3s1; Rodgers, sss; Dom
aldson and walker. 1863.
Class C-Hoffman, 3sl; Doying, ATS; Rol-
Glass D-Getty, s57; Quinn, $50; beavers,
Glass E-MulliEan. SAT; Jacobs, ss1; Beck
ey, 331.
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GETS FLYING START
IN RACE FOR RANK
Records Galore Established
by Men and Women in
City Tournaments.
BY d. THOMAS.

rOHN HENRY HISER, who
hung up an all-time record
~ for the District League with
a 121 average this season,
took step nearer the No. l rank
ing of the Washington City Duck
pin Association last night, when
he shot a 5-game score of ga at
the Columbia to top three of his
leading rivals in the opening set
of a 20-game series.
The National Duckpin Bowling Con-
gress sweepstakes and singles champion.
Jack Whalen. was second with Sol.
Bradley Mandley. winner of the Blick
100-game grind, runner-up in the ma
tional sweepstakes and a conspicuous
figure in other big-time events, was
third with SGT, and Astor Clarke, the
seasons comet, trailed with 544, his
poorest score of the year under pressure.
He won the Campbell sweepstakes with
a record total of 1873. and was the first
to beat 900 in all three sets of that
classic.
Competition among the Big Four
will be resumed next Saturday at the
Arcadia. with the third skirmish to take
place May IS at Hiser'S Bethesda plant
and the final at Convention Hall on
May l6. The series was born OF a gen.
eral discussion of which of the four
should be given the No. ! spot by the
city association. The result will not be
conclusive, but will help guide the Rank
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HARVARD TRACKMEN WIN
Swamp Five other Colleges in
Greater Boston Meet.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May 2 [P).-
Haryard's powerfully balanced track
team collected IL first places, seconds.
5 thirds and many other smaller credits
To win the second annual Greater BoS-
ton intercollegiate here today with a
total of l0325 points.
Northeastern was second with 1926
points in the track and field competi-
ton waged by the six neighborhood
colleges. Boston College placed third
with 81. Massachusetts, Tech fourth
with 81. Boston University picked mp
~ points in the two-day meet and
Tufts failed to win any ki9d OF scoring
place,
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n ECORDS are coming to be worth
X A dime a dozen in the city cham

n ECORDS are coming to be worth
N a dime a dozen in the city cham
pionships for men and women.
Ten high marks were beaten in the
womanS tournament, just concluded
at the Lucky Strike.
The Columbians shot 1873 for a
record in class A teams. but the Blicks
went them two pins better and the
Woods topped the BlickS by four.
Alice McQuinn's 1863 was high for
class A singles and Pauline Ford
totaled ,033 for mark in class A all
events.
The Purdy Higgins combination
rolled Gal for an unprecedented score
in class B doubles; the PollyanaS' set
a mark in class c teams with asa only
TO see It beaten by one stick by the
ever in class D singles and Lorraine
Gull, in customary fashion. over
Swallowed competitors by rolling a
4O4 set in the class A team event for
an all-time national record.
THE mems city tournament will enter
i It's final week tomorrow at the
Lucky Strike Monday and Wednes-
day will be the big nights, with Ma
tional Capital and District League
howlerS showing off, but sharing atten-
ton with mixed doubles teams. The
latter will shoot Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Max Rosenberg has been the fore
most performer in the mems tourna-
ment so far With George Honey he
established a District doubles record OF
7s4 and in the all-events tied the city S
all-time mark of 1,156, made by Harry
K. Burtner in the Masonic Bowling As
ISOLATION tournament The previous
record for the city association tourna-
ment was 1873, achieved by Red
Megaw.
Jones and Main created a record Of
Glass E doubles with 683 and Mulligan
hung up q mark Of Glass singles
with 347.
The Original Washington Juniors II
pins up, will finish their match with
the King Pin Stars next Thursday at
the Northeast Temple.
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SCORES IN RACE DEBUT
Twenty Grand Takes $4,000
Purse as Three Year-Old.

NEW YORK, May 2 (P,.-Mrs. Payne
Whitney's Twenty Grand, co-favorite
with Equipoise to win the Preakness
and Kentucky Derby, made his 3-year-
old debut today with victory in the
$4,000 Wood Memorial at Jamaica.
Clock Tower. rank outsider owned
by Morton L. Schwartz, finished second
after setting all the pace, while Mrs.
r. T. Wilson'S Camper, another long
shot, was third.
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Beats Walen Maney and Clarke Opening Match Of 2OCame Series
Links Reporter
Makes Own News
AGAuRY FITZGERALD. golf re-

NEAURY FITZGERALD. golf re-
wi porter, made himself bit of
news yesterday by acing the
158-yard No. hole at Indian Spring
The Herald scribe, former Cleland
Cup tournament champ and holder
of the record for that sports writers
classic with a So on the Army War
College course, lofted a beauty to the
green which took two hops and dived
into the cup.
His playmates were Charlie Agnew.
former Washington public links
champion; J. w. Mitchell and
Charles A. Ryan. 1t was Ryan's first
round as member of the club.
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BARGELLO TURF VICTOR
Sets Record for Clark Handicap as
Churchill Downs Opens.

LOUISVILLE. KY, May 2 (P).-Bar-
CELLO won the Clark Handicap. feature
event Of the opening day at Churchill
Downs here today in 1:4445, a new
record for the Clark and within four
fifths second OF the track record.
Royal Julian came second and Play
time third.
The distance was a mile and a~six-
tenth.
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HAS NO SCRATCH GOLFER.

NEW YORK. May 2 LP).-The Metro
politan Golf Association handicap list
including 1857 players from 1919 clubs,
appeared today without a scratch man
Four leading players, Eugene Romans
Maurice J. Mccarthy jr.: Jesse w.
Sweetser and George Voigt are given
one handicap.
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NOTRE DAME IS BEATEN.

SOUTH BEND. Ind May 2 lAo,.--
Eotre Danes champions Of 1929 and
1880 went down in defeat before candi-
dates for the 1891 foot ball team in the
Notre Dame Stadium today. The score
was 10 TO 0. 1t was the annual Spring
game. and marked the end of grid
training until Fall.
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Minor Leagues

American Association.
Minneapolis. 7; Louisville, 5.
Columbus, 4; Kansas City, /.
Toledo, 6; Milwaukee, 4.
Southern Association.
Atlanta, 10; Mobile, 7.
New Orleans, 10; Birmingham, 6.
Little Rock, 1876; Chattanooga, Az.
Nashville, Sc; Memphis, OF.
Pacific Coast League.
Sacramento, S; Los Angeles, 3.
Seattle, IL: Hollywood, 10.
Portland, S.; Missions, 4.
Texas League.
San Antonio, 2; Dallas, 90 in
nings).
Fort Worth, 5; Beaumont, 4.
Shreveport. 5; Galveston, /.
Western League.
Wichita, 4; Denver, o.
Oklahoma City, s.; Pueblo, 3.
Eastern League.
Hartford. 2; New Haven, o.
Richmond, 1874; Bridgeport, SIS.
Springfield, 10; Albany, 3.
Allentown-Norfolk postponed, wet
grounds.
Piedmont League.
Asheville, 90; High Point 2-6.
Raleigh. AS; Greensboro, 3-4.
Charlotte. 9-5: Winston-Salem. 81
Hendcrson-Durham postponed, wet
groundSlS
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CAPABLANCA IS WINNER.

NEW YORK. May 2 LPt.-Jose r
Capablanca, Cuban chess expert
clinched first place in the international
chess masters tournament tonight
when he defeated l. S. Turnover OF
Washington in IS moves in the tenth
and semi-final round.
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ST. PALU'S NINE WINS.

St Paul's Boys Club tossers yester-
Herbert pitched for the winners. famed
IL batters and allowed only two scratch
hits.
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Homer Standing

~ the Associated Press.
Home runs yesterday Webb. Red
6ox, l. Wilson, Cubs, !; l.. Waner
Pirates, !.
The Internationally. Cubs. 5;
stone, Tigers. S; Herman, Robins. 4;
Klein. Phillies. 4.
League totals--National, 81; ADlerl-
cam q, Total a5
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$50 400 $40
CLASS

St Adams School base ball team
easily defeated Episcopal Academy's
| nine OF Philadelphia. Is to 6, yesterday
% the st.eAlpan's neld.
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Perry. Boston


.'arnshaW. Philadelphia
Prlllheart. Boston
Wells. New York 49,.
Moore. CHICAGO ......
Terrell. Cleveland go.
Harder, Cleveland 49,.
Ha dley, Washington :.
Brown. Cleveland go.
Sorrell. Detroit .....
Ruff1ng, New York 49,.
Sherid, New York 49,
Johnson. New York
Brown. WASHINGTON
MarberTy. Washington,
Fischer, Washington
Grove. Philadelphia
Hudlin. Cleveland
Thomas. Chicago
CrOwder. WASHINGTON .
Jones. Washington
McKain. Chicago 80.
Gray, st. Louis .......
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BENEFIT MAT SHOW
PLANS BEING MADE
Six Matches Will Be Staged
at Ball Park on May Fl
for Job Fund.

.LANS for the Job Fund wrestling
- tournament, to be held at Grit
fifth Stadium May 81 and which
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Crnnin. W. shinrtnn
ARRANGED According to Positions)
FIRST BASFMEN.

Appling. Chicago 49,.
Owens. Detroit .......
Koeni0, Detroit ........
WarStler. Boston 49,.
Akers. Detroit .......
Boley, Philadelphia :. g..
VVineett. Boston ..
Cramer. Phila delphia
Van Carnp. Boston sea-.
Harris. Washington
Fichrodt, Chica go $50.
Ruth. New York ....
Moore. Philadelphia -.
VoSn1ik. Cleveland
GoSlin. st. Louis ......
g. Waller. Detroit
Cooke. New York .....
FALL. Cleveland ......
REYNOLDS, Chicago ..
simmons. Philadelphia.
Pettencourt. st. Louis. .
Haas. Philadelphia -.
Averill. Cleveland 90.
Simons, CHICAGO ....,..
Combs. Ntw York .....
". Rice. Washington
Oliver, Fl2ston .......
H. walker. Detroit 80.
John son. Detroit ...
Webb, Boston .......
r. Rice. Washington
Stone. Detroit .........
NanuSh. Washington -.
Doljack, Detroit .....
Schultz. St. Louis
Byrd. New York .......
Seeds, Cleveland ......
Jenkins. St. Louis 80.
Miller. Philadelphia
Scarritt, Boston .....,
Watwood. Chicago 80.
Hoag, New York ......
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will include many of the out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
arranged According to PositionS)
EIP0r pa SEhIEN

CantWell. Boston .
Fltzsimmons. New York
Zachary, Boston
Dudley. Philadelphia
Hubbell, New York
French. Pittsburgh
Meme, Pittsburgh -.
Lucas. Cincinnati 49,.
J. Elliott. Phila delphia.
Walker. New York 80.
Clark. Brooklyn
II. Elliott. Philadelphia,
Lindsey. st. Louis
Grant. Pittsburgh $50
Cunnin ha m. Boston
Watt. Philadelphia
Mattinglv. Brooklyn
Frey. Cincinnati .
Benge, Philadelphia
The Carbon County news., 1931-07-09
Odd Pledges Accepted
by Spanish Pawnshop

Pawnshops are often amazingly
interesting places-especially when
you happen to be hard up. And
the most curious OF all of them is
one In Barcelona, Spain, where
birds and animals are accepted as
pledges. Bears, camels, horses and
dogs are accepted by this unique
uncle as matter of course. The
chief patrons are circus proprietors.
One polar bear who was handed,
SO to speak, over the counter by his
needy owner proved to have an ap-
petite more remarkable than that
of any small boy at a Christmas
party. His owner could not re-
deem him, and other circus propri-
etors who visited the shop In
search of four-footed turns" were
apparently aware of his fame as
an eater, for no purchaser could be
found for him. At last he had to
be killed, lest his food bill ruin the
business. A woman snake charm
er recently gave into the care of
"unele' collection of perform
ing snakes! She needed money to
return to her native country. A
few months later however, she sue
ceeded in redeeming her pets from
their temporary home.
The Carbon County news., 1931-07-09
Odd New Zealand Bird,
kiwi, Nears Extinction

The strangest bird in the world
the kiwi-kiwi, is described as fol-
lows in Boys Life, the Boy Scout
publication.
Native of New Zealand, he near
ly makes fact of ancient fable
current when the continent was
hrst discovered-that everything
around Australia was upside down.
The kiwi is practically wingess
and completely fiightless. He has
no visible tail. His brownish plum
age, moreover, because the feath-
er-hlaments are disunited, looks more
like coarse hair. His nostrils, un-
like any other birds, are at the
very tip of the long beak, that is
flexible and very sensitive to
touch.
"The kiwi growls like a dog, and
snaps his bill as you crack your
fingers; he can hiss like a cat when
angry. His extraordinarily power
full legs can give mighty kicks, not
backward but forward, and have
been known to break a bone in q
mans hand. In small flocks, the
few kiwis left of a disappearing
species inhabit New Zealands hilly
forests. Females burrow long tun-
nels, laying in a nest at the very
end Of 1t two large eggs-eggs a
quarter the length of the whole
bird. Incubating is entirely the
Job of the male.
"Maoris are very fond of kiwi
flesh broiled or roasted, so fond
that the bird was well hunted out
before ever white man saw one.
Now the peculiar bird, distant rela-
tive of ostrich, emu, cassowary, and
survivor of species that flourished
with the extinct, gigantic dinornis
and fierce, sluggish moas, millions
of years ago, is fast approaching
extinction"
The Carbon County news., 1931-07-09
Almost Succeeded in
Cheating the HanQman"

The phrase "Cheat the hangman"
appears to have had originally
positive significance rather than to
have been applied to the mere acci-
dent OF being cut down prematurely.
In 1896 a man named Richard
Johnson was hanged at Shrews-
bury. He hung for half an hour
and still showed signs of life, SO
the hangman went up to see what
was the matter. Noticing two hooks
at the back of Johnson's neck. he
took him down, pulled Off his shirt,
and discovered that the hooks were
secured by rope wound around
and around the culprits body, the
whole device taking the strain OFF
his neck. The ropes were cut off
and he was put up again, when the
Job was effectively completed. john
son had previously applied to the
undersheriff for the privilege of be-
Ing buried in his full garb, and II
ne had concealed the hooks proper
~ and been more adept in sImula-
tion he would no doubt have lived
to tell the tale. The records convey
the impression that tricks of that
kind were not new, and that the
hangman assumed a knowing or
frankly suspicious look when he
went forward to investigate.-Man-
chester (England) Guardian.