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...savagery" sped to Winston-Salem to fight for his daughter's freedom. But Mrs. Reynolds did not immediately appear to answer the charge. She was. her father said, in seclusion recovering from shock. Four days after her indictment she gave herself up at tiny Wentworth, N. C., 40 mi. from Winston-Salem. On hand to greet her were her attorneys and the State solicitor. She wore a heavy black veil, was accompanied by a nurse. Taken into court, Mrs. Reynolds was released on $25.000 bail with the consent of the prosecutor...
...party the delegates did not attend was the dedication, week before the conference opened, of a 3,000-acre International Peace Garden in the Turtle Mountains of North Dakota and Manitoba. The Peace Garden is at the centre of the U. S.-Canada border, 32 mi. northeast of Bottineau, N. Dak. Half of it is in the U. S., half in Canada. President Hoover and Governor General Lord Bessborough sent greetings. Some 50,000 people raised their hands, solemnly swore: "To God in His Glory, we two nations dedicate this garden, and pledge ourselves that as long as men shall...
...Olympic event that it cost nothing to watch, was examined from the rear last week by Los Angeles urchins who followed the walkers through Griffith Park. Thomas William Green, 39-year-old English railroad worker, was immune to jeers or encouragement. He started slowly, took the lead after 28 mi., when seven other walkers had collapsed from the heat, finished first in 4 hr., 50 min., 10 sec. Second was Janis Dalinsh of Latvia. He collapsed at the finish, had to be carried home as did Ugo Frigerio, winner of Olympic walking races in 1920 and 1924, who came...
When in 1922 Prime Minister King picked Sir Henry to take over the management of the 22,000 mi. of track (Grand Trunk Pacific, Grand Trunk, Canadian Northern, Transcontinental, Intercolonial) which had fallen into Canada's not welcoming hands, he seemed the only man for the job. His past record was filled with superb successes, his genial personality made him seem just the right man for a position which carried with it much contact with politicians. Last week Sir Henry's downfall was being discussed in Ottawa, Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver. It was easy for one side...
Although barographs had yet to be calibrated for exact measurements, youthful John K. ("Jack") O'Meara of New York and Martin Hermann Schempp of Pittsburgh shone as individual stars. In their sailplanes both pilots soared 68 mi. into Pennsylvania, O'Meara landing in the midst of a Girl Scout camp. The previous U. S. airline distance record was 10.9 mi., held by famed Hawley Bowlus. The world record of 136.8 mi. is Germany's. For altitude O'Meara's apparent 5,000 ft. was surpassed by Schempp's 5,400 ft. (world record: Austria...