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climbed the last five hundred yards to the
relatively flat surface of The Howdah. She
caught her breath, cupped her hands and
shouted. There was no answer.
The snow was deep here. She visualized the
level stretch as it must have looked from the
air, and guessed how a flyer would have to
come in: "He would hit the loose stuff first,
and his plane would plow through, strike
rocks and then break up"
DIE called again and again as she quartered
the area, looking for debris protruding above
the snow. The wind brought an acrid odor.
foreign to the pure air of high attitudes. 1t was
the stencil of burned gasoline, melted metal,
burned paint and rubber, and the strength
of it increased as she advanced into the light
wind. She saw something in the snow to her
left - shoulders, helmeted head and eyes
filled with curiosity, disbelief and pain. She
was beside the man moment later.
50 you're real?" he whispered. Il heard
a woman's voice, then she came out of the
swirling snow, and l said, Eddie, you're
seeing things. 1t won't be long now"
''I'm the rangers wife - pinch-hitting,
she said. 1--WE brought stretcher and
toboggan. How do you feel about getting you
onto the stretcher? Have you diagnosed your
injuries? If we wait, party will show up -
but it might be several hours. l think it is
showing harder down below"
Lying there, he looked like pale, tired
little boy who had played too hard, but
it was mans mature judgment that an
swered: Thanks for thumbnail sketch of
the deal. think I'm bleeding internally, 50
the sooner I'm operated on, the better"
She hesitated, and he guessed she was afraid
that moving arms and legs might aggravate
matters. Il was thrown clear,' he said.
''Wreckage caught fire and had to crawl.
Well take chance
She brought the stretcher, cleared away
the snow, placed it carefully beside him,
unzipped sleeping bag and spread it on the
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''I'm the rangers WIFE" Laura answered.
The ranger has been out two days and -"
This is the Naval Air Station" the voice
said. We've had fifteen planes practicing
night patrol. One pilot just reported that his
motor was quitting Crossing over the sum-
NIT. he reported there was snowfield offering
landing possibilities - southwesterly of, and
thousand feet or 50 below Granite Knob. He
said it was too late to bail out, and that he was
landing. We heard crash, rending and
tearing - then silence. Is this clear?"
Laura read back the notes she had taken,
and the other said, ''Checkr'
We'll have ranger on the job as soon as
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stretcher Slowly, gently she got him onto
the bag, covered him, then tipped it up.
Snug as bug in rug" she said. 'How
about cigarette?"
II could 90 for it," he answered.
She Lit it for him. He puffed slowly, and a
faint smile played around his lips. Size shifted
the stretcher to the toboggan and lashed it.
She pulled it to the edge of The Howdah
and stopped.
you're dog tired. he said. 1T took plenty
to haul up this gear How do we get down
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II was COlOeI up mere, ana SHOWING
harder. The horse was steaming.
Laura gave her time to get her breath,
but didn't let her cool down. They
worked their way through a mass of
boulders brought down by an arm of
Blue Glacier, and were on glare ice.
The horse tested her sharp shoes,
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was satisfied, and began plodding up the icy
arm, her body and its awkward load bracing
against the blasts of a bitter wind. Laura was
breathing hard, and her heart was pounding
from the driving effort
The snow thickened until Laura had to
hurry to keep the horse in sight. She caught
hold of pack strap and stumbled along,
wondering how the horse knew where she was
going. Steve had so often said, when in
doubt, leave it to your horse. They know
more about it than you do"
The horse turned from the ice, stumbled
over broken rock covered with snow, and
came to stop behind huge boulder - as if
to say, For me. this is the end of the line"
Laura knew where she was - ledge a
quarter mile long and varying in width from
twenty to hundred yards. Boulders bound
ing over the ledge often dropped hundreds
of feet into tree tops. Skiers coming down
from The Howdah had lost control and gone
over. The rangers discouraged them from
using the area. but it was hard to keep them
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petently. !lDW
1t was all very we'll for Steve to
serve as guinea pig in her tests, but
an injured Navy flying officer was something
else. Rangers always proceed on the theory
the party in trouble is injured - not dead.
This youngster had picked rugged spot
for his forced landing. Sometimes mountain
climbers, returning from the summit. got lost
and ended up there. They usually sent up
signals and waited for the ranger. Steve
called it The Howdah, because the glaciers
and snowhelds dropping off on three sides
nodded the area into something suggesting
white elephant back.
OKAY. Mrs. Ranger she said sharply,
you asked for this, and it's here. When are
you going into action?"
She rang every telephone on the circuit,
hoping to raise Steve or someone who hap
pened to be near a telephone Some Of them
were in cabins, Others in boxes screwed to
trees. No one answered. She hurried to
nearby cabin and awakened Elsie Denny.
Elsie was fifteen. the daughter of park
employee Her parents had gone to town for
three or four days, and she had been with
Laura daytimes. Dress and hurry down to
the barn." Laura urged. There's an emer
gency and III need your help"
Checking the needed items came easy
enough - pack ropes, ice axe, pitons, tobog-
gan, first aid, the horse trailer. Vivian, the
pack horse, would have to be sharp shod.
When Elsie arrived, Laura was mailing on
the first shoe. 1t looked okay, but she had
an idea professional horseshoer would have
sobbed bitterly at the result. She told Elsie
the things she could do to help D pack
lunches, fill the thermos bottles with hot tea;
get out the sleeping bags.
Shortly before dawn everything was ready.
Try to get Steve on the telephone" Laura
said, "or someone who can help. Explain that
I'm taking the shortest route to The Howdah;
that don't know whether the pilot is dead
or badly injured. and time may be matter
of life or death"
"T1remember everything, the girl breath
lessly promised.
Laura drove slowly until the motor warmed
up. then she took the turns as fast as the
trailer would permit. 1t was splitting snow,
and few miles from the station she ran INTO
drift She put on the chains and plowed ahead
j HE road ended at Cold Spring. She un-
hooked the trailer, turned the car around
while the motor was warm, then backed the
horse out of the trailer and packed her. 1t was
backbreaking Job, but she turned the trailer
around by hand and hooked it up. The outflt
was now ready for quick getaway when she
returned.
The telephone rang and she went to the
weatherproof box secured to tree and
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possible, Laura SAID. She hung up,
started to get weak in the knees. then
got grip on herself. This was situa-
ton Steve constantly faced, and
which he took in stride :. COM
petently.
1t was all very we'll for Steve to
serve as a guinea Dig in her tests. but
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from here - snub line and ease it DOWN."
mot enough line," she answered. The
rangers have way. I've done it, always for
fun, and never live load on the sled - just
bedding, and camp stuff"
'I'll gamble. Mrs. Ranger" he said.
She told him of the binding speed gen.
Grated, of the dog leg and the drop beyond the
ledge 1T looks as if there's no choice" he
said. I'm ready, whenever you are"
Perhaps they'll come, " she said.
While they were talking, the clouds above
and below rolled back for few minutes. He
leaned on his elbow with an effort and looked
down He could see the broad, treeless slope,
the dog leg and ledge. The trees far below
were heavy with snow, and more was prom.
ised from the big black clouds tumbling over
the eastely peaks
Lets co." he said quietly. 1T may be
night before party can fight its way through
the drifts down there And - l won't survive
night. And another thing, Mrs. Ranger -
it. Just let me go, and figure that the breaks
were against us. There's no percentage in
your going over the ledge with me-
IT WAS a long way down to the big rock, and
the pack horse. The animal was little more
than black dot - beetle in stadium.
She put ski on each side of the toboggan and
started. At first there was thrilling sense
of speed. She turned her skis slightly at an
angle to check the descent. Snow filled the
air in Clouds cutting into her cheeks, and for
a desperate moment she almost went down.
They had slowed little, but the slope
was remorseless, and she knew by the whip
and snap of her ski pants that they had picked
up speed again.
The cloud spilled along the ledge, tum-
bling as high as the dog leg.
She was braking again, holding her ski
bottoms partly against the uprushing snow,
forcing it to pile up. The strain on her arms
as she kept the toboggan from shooting on
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impossible to 60 on. This was what Steve was
thinking when he said no woman could take
over.
Whenever she stopped to rest, she would
wait until her heart stopped pounding in her
ears, and listen hoping to hear the shouts OF a
rescue party. Nothing came but the deep,
musical note of the wind sweeping through
the forest crown, punctuated with the pound
and boom of waterfall.
1t was showing hard, and things were begin
ming to swim before Laura's eyes as she
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the skis blinded him, and he thought, This
is it!'' He felt the sled jolt, then hurtle into
the curve. 1t stopped. its momentum spent
in deep drift near the horse.
Laura dropped in her tracks, her body
shaking from the reaction.
Mice going. Mrs. Ranger" the boy said.
I'D heard how the rangers brought down in
jured skiess on a toboggan, but this is the
as how dive bombing is something special"
Csatin.sd ea pa1e 3
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aneaQ, taXcQ ne1 StIengtn 10 the
utmost.
The pilot watched her knees
He could see them buckle and
tremble. He thought, IF they
60, we're done for. They're TAX
ing hell of a beating" BY
turning his head slightly. he
could see the dog leg.
6vEN now she was trying to
turn, but their speed and the
weight of the load was driving
them in a straight line. 1t was
like being in a saucer and shoot
ing out, instead of following the
curve. He saw her lower lip was
drawn in, and that unconsciously
her upper teeth were hard
against it.
Now they were into the turn
in the dog leg, side slipping high
er and higher, almost, but not !.
quite making the turn. Turn
me loose!" he said sharply, you
can't make it."
She heard, but didn't answer.
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out when there was powder snow.
The trick was to check speed fire.
quently and turn with a sort of
dog leg, ending up in the soft
snow above the arm of Blue Gla-
cier. Unless speed was checked,
you couldn't make the turn
would 60 over the ledge.
Coming down on a clear day
was a thrill. You could see vast
stretches of snow ridges, peaks,
deep canyons with brawling
streams. then sweeps of green
timber. You could see the dog leg
in plenty of time, and make the
turn. But the region was tricky
clear one minute, a snow furry
the next.
Laura blanketed the horse and
left her in the shelter of the
boulder. She lashed few things
onto the toboggan, put on skis
and began the long climb to The
Howdah. The toboggan kept
slipping and threatening to drag
her downward as she made the
long traverses; there were mo-
ments when she felt it physically
impossible to 60 on. This was VIII;
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-12-11
Postal League
Divided Into 2
Separate Groups

Bowling among the Postoffice
wood CATERERS has been split up
into two leagues The Postal ALI
ance teams bowl every Tuesday
morning and the regular Postoffice
league bowl every Tuesday eve
ming We saw SIX teams take 10 the
alleys in the Alliance league early
n the day with the following re-
suits:
Overton won three from Giles
pies, Thompson was high for the
victors with 1876. and Watkins was
high for GNcsp.c's with 204 Rich
ey won three from Pcrrys Nc
Cto7ry h.' a 1873 for R.chcy while
H. va, high for Perry with 497e
Palmer dt0ppc1 two TO Sadlcr's,
"ho collected 2+52 while their nv
az 'a.ncd 1898.
In Pos,otf.ce league Motor We
hlcie took ;hrcc from the Mailing
division 70 take a six game lead
~ he league Cloud MAS, higti With
2Gi Tor nc visitors. Motor Vehicle
.ea1s ire league with "a games won
END 9 defeats. end IN second place
5 Grafton station with II games
Won and y Jos, Grafton won two
from tho Cty division. Grafton hit
25i5 and their rivals shot 2274.
R0oseye., Parks Won two from Al
red. and Northwestern won two
ti0w College pax.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-12-11
Girl Pugilist
Gives Records
To N. Y. Library

NEW YORK-(ANP)-A collec-
ton OF photographs, newspaper
clippings and testimonials OF Miss
Emma Maitland. female pugilist has
been given to the Schomburg COL
lection Of the New York Public
library. Female boxers OF any ma
tionality are rare enough and Ne
gro female pugilist is almost unique.
Miss Maitland. presently living in
New York City. holds this dis
tinction.
The records which has been do
mated to the library show that Miss
Maitland enjoyed her greatest Sue
cess during her European tours.
though she s/boxed in New York
City and on the west coast. For a
while she-wes considered the light
weight champion OF the world
female. Some OF the photographs
show MI Maitland in the ring:
others show her in the gymnasium.
as dance instructor and artists
model. The Schomburg collection is
adding these items to its files on the
history OF the Negro in sports.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-12-11
THE BOWLERS' HALL
OF FAME
By ALFONSO CATO

The Motor City All Stars are all
set 10 tackle the invading Cleveland
All Stars Sunday evening at Para
disc Bowl. The two great wood
gathering aggregations will take TO
the alleys at 8 pm. and the odds
will be about even a: game time.
Cleveland women keglers are
among the best in the country, and
with the help Of such stars as Sarah
Studivant and Bessie Miller, the
girls may prove hard to beat. On
the other hand, Promoter John Col
Inns has picked such girls as Ladrain
Powell, star with the league lead
ing IL Horsemen's girls; Pat Patter-
son. a teammate; Madelyn Shadd.
star with Garvin's mHor sales and
newcomer to the league; Gladys
Farley, another newcomer and star
with the Mundy girls. and Resale
Simmons, the girl VINO hit the head
lines many times, and who took on
the national singles champ. Mrs.
Virginia Dolphin. who is being re-
ferred to these days as the pistol
packing mama" OF the alleys. Mrs
Dolphin is one OF the best bowlers
ever to hit the alleys among our
femmes from coast to coast, and this
will mark the first time that an
all star team has been picked and
the national champ wasn't in the
lineup.
Well the match should be one OF
the best ever witnessed here at the
5000 600 Race owned project, and
T. J. Jackson, general manager of
the Paradise enterprise. said every
precaution has been made TO take
care Of the large crowd anticipated.
Theladmission will be so cents and
you can bet your hat that this will
be one game that yours, truly will
witness.
* X y
Twelve teams made trip 10 Chi
cago, H.. last Saturday evening and
bowled in competition with the
same number Of teams representing
the Windy City. The occasion was
the grand Opening of the White City
bowling establishment located at
63rd street and Cottage Grove.
Among the Motor City's represen-
tation we saw Watson's Realty, Por-
tcr's Cleaners. DR.. Powell Johnson,
Adams Service, Club b. and C.,
Detroit Maroons. Darling's Florist,
Delmonica's Bar. Tom Phillips Post.
Club 666 girls Settles and Son, and
the former national champs. Su-
premc Linen femmcs. Watch for
scores elsewhere.
x x X
Up 10 the Palmer bowl things are
in fun swing Frank Davis, one OF
the owners Of the bowl, let il be
known that there is still time TO
register and enter the mixed doubles
league which takes to the alleys
every Thursday evening. All you
have 10 do is TO select femme
partner. come to the Palmer bowl.
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register at the desk and say, I'VE
wish to enter the mixed doubles
league" j you arc T. kind that
Graves a good argument take a tip
from me, just mention the fact that
you and your partner are willing
and ready to take on any doubles
combination in the house. Then the
fireworks will start.
Virgie Richards, star bowler from
Los Angeles, Calf. arc the son Of
Mrs. Stella Mae Stokes. was in town
over the weekend. Mr.. Richards
tried his hand at spanking the
naples at the Paradise bowl and /
must say he did a very fine Job
OF it for he opened up with a 205.
then registered 1877. and closed the
'hree-game exhibition with a 2l5.
Mr.. Richards was recently indicted
into the army, but after this thing
is all over we would like to see
the young visitor tie up with our
own star, George Bennett.
Speaking OF George Bennett. star
bowler and captain OF the Tropical
Bars five, and star member OF
Grady Jackson's Friar's Ale, news
reached is that Mr.. Bennett, former
manager Of the Paradise bowlirg g
alley, is no longer connected with
the enterprise.
Eddie Edwards, young secretary
OF the mems division of the Motor
City Bowling league. is doing a
fine job as manager OF the Fores,
club establishment. Mr.. Edwards re-
ported to this column that every
Monday evening will be ladies day
at Forest club, and the fair sex will
De allowed to Bowl for 20 cents a
game.
AT the request OF George Porter.
president Of the local bowling Sem
ate, this column is asking that the
spectators please refrain from rid
ing a player when he or she is
bowling in league competition. This
shows poo: sportsmanship on the
part OF the spectator, for bowling is
unlike any other sport where rib
birg is allowed. When a bowler Is
about TO deliver the ball complete
silt nee should prevail until the ball
is released.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-12-11
Army Football
PayDec. 12M
Xavier Stadium

NEW ORLEANS-Two OF the
best football teams in the South
will play in Xavier stadium Sun
day afternoon. Dec. II The Path
Quariermasters OF Camp Harahan,
La. will field two teams OF former
prep and college stars in one OF
the most colorful grid games ever
s~Heduled for local fans"
The Northern team. coached by
p L Mckinney and David B. Will
son will feature an exceptional line
with Edward Curry. all-state end.
Of one OF the terminals. and Law
renee B. Males. sensational all
Eastern line crushing fullback. lead
ing a hard driving backfield pack
ing considerable weight.
The Southern team has versatile
backfield with a dangerous aerial
attack with Morris Crawford. bril-
liant forward passing ace. leading
o razzle-dazzle attack.
The army plans gala hali-timc
display for the benefit of local
grid lovers.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-12-11
Walter Arlington To
Get Navigator S Wings

HONDO ARMY AIR FIELD. Tex
Aviation Cadet Walter A. AIRING.
ton. former All-American Negro
track star and a familiar figure In
mid-western sports events. Is now
a student in the Army Air Forces
Navigation school. Hondo Army Air
Field.
A four-letter man at Pelham
Memorial high school. New York
City. Arlington hrst came to the
attention of sport fans in 1887 when
he won the Inter-Scholastic high
Jump championship at Madison
Square Garden with a jump Of 9
feet inches.
While a freshmna at Michigan
State Normal, he held seven college
track records and in his sophomore
year won the IC-4 Qnter- Collie ate
Association Of Amateur Athletes OF
America) high jump cup, jumping
s feet 5 inches.
Arlington went on to win the
Central Collegiate Conference high
jump and broad Jump champion
ships, hurdling 6 feet SIS inches and
24h feet respectively, during his
junior year at Michigan. II was in
that year. too. that Arlington was
elected a member Of the All-Ameri-
can track team.
More success and fame came to
Arlington in 1910. when he won tho
all-around championship at the II
linois Relays. Pointing heavily in
seven events. his score was second
highest in the history Of the meets.
being eclipsed only by Barney Bur.
linger OF the University OF Pitts
burgh, Decathlon champ before
1918.
Also In his last year OF college,
Cadet Arlington was honored by
being the first Negro TO captain q
trick team at Michigan State.
Graduating from college with a
degree in Public Health and Physi-
cal Education, Arlington worked in
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-12-11
Negro American League To Meet In Chicago, Dec. 10
Prep BowI Game
On December II

COLUMBUS. Ga.-The first an
nual PREF bowl chang tonship game
will be pi, yed In the huge Munich
pal Stadium Friday night. Dec. II.
This contest will bring to grips two
OF the South's outstanding prep
teams. Spencer high school of
Columbus. Ga. recent conquerors
Of Atlanta's Booker T. Washington
high eleven. has just concluded a
perfect season. having defeated all
opponents. The foes OF the mighty
Spencer high Green Wave will be
the strong Fairfield high and Indus
trial school Hornets OF Birmingham.
This team has been running rough
shod over Alabama prep teams, hav-
ing beaten such teams as Parker
high OF Birmingham and the power
full Carver high of Gadsaen.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-12-11
PRAIRIE VIEW
MEETS WILEY
ON January |
BY CHUCK DUNCAN

MARSHALL. Texas. - Wiley COL
le2e OF this city will be the oppon-
ents OF Prairie View State college
in the annual New Years day clas-
sc in Houston. Texas.
The Wildcats have returned 10 the
top spot in Southwestern football
this fall. For the first time since
1885 Wiley had an undefeated
season and their record stamps them
as the No. team in this section.
The Southwest Conference voted
last fall 10 not award champion
ships for the duration, but there
is little doubt that the purple and
white entry has the best college
eleven in this section.
Scoreless draws with the Prairie
View Panthers and the Texas Col
lege Steers arc the only blemishes
on the Cats l943 record. This years
edition OF Wildcats broke an H.
year jinx when they crushed the
Langston Lions 1912. They whipped
Sam Huston 1910. and routed the
Xavier Gold Rush by the unbe-
lievable score OF Ito.
The Wildcats had the smallest
squad in the history OF the sport
here Twenty-thrce men started the
season. the armed services took
three and Wiley gallopcd through
the season with not enough men
10 scrimmage Only Capt. Covington
and Carroll were letter men from
last fall, but what the Cats lacked
in quantity, they made up with
quality because in Delley. Tankers-
ly. Loeb. Z. Clemens. Ritcherson
Culton. Hicks and Fisher, Coach
Long had one Of his best bunch of
freshmen. Thomas was discharged
from Uncle Sans army, returned
10 school and was one OF the stars
OF the season, while Reed and Wal
lace went great guns from the first
game.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-12-11
Washington Bears, Pro Champions,
To Meet Suffrin Clothiers FRIDAY

chances. The veteran pilot points
to the terrific battle his club gave
the New York Rens last season be-
fore succumbing by a scant three
points. Leo Beebe, six feet. two
inches tall. is a former University
Of Michigan star and captain; How
ard Mccarthy captained Wayne
university; Darcy ONeill is a
Lawrence Tech stalwart; Jimmy
Thompson, a dead shot, was an ALL
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-12-11
Cincinnati Boxers
Defeat Savoy A. G..

CHICAGO, Illinois - especially -
The Cincinnati Ninth street Y
boxers slipped one over on the
Savoy A. c. on Tuesday night.
winning three bouts out Of the
four intercity matches.
James Wiley. l35. Cincinnati,
knocked out Sam Wilson in the
second round. Dave Clark. 100. Gin.
cinnati. defeated Stanley Shelley
in five rounds. Willie Moore. Chi
cago, defeated Rondon Ramsey. $50
Cincinnati. In Ave rounds. Oliver
Cobbins. l26. Cincinnati, won over
Sam Daniels.