Row for Life"" as Ship Siriks
In the scene above, the curtain is about to drop on a tragic North
Atlantic drama that cost the lives o£ 17 men. As the freighter
Usworth trembles for its plunge to “Davy Jones’ locker,” its captain
and nine of the crew are being rowed to safety in a lifeboat of the
rescue ship Ascania. A few minutes before 17 seamen were drowned
when another lifeboat, launched by the S S Jean Jabot, capsized.
This picture was snapped t'rsm the deck of the Ascania.
JAX CAGERS PLAY
E. CITY FRIDAY IN
CLASS B TUSSLE
Have Won Four Sti*aight, Scoring
125 Points To Opponents 74
If coach Tom Cheek’s local high
Yellow Jackets show the form they
have presented in the past four
games, Elizabeth City wlil be in
for a busy evening Friday when
the locals invade their court for
both teams initial class B play in
district eliminations.
The Jax have shown fine play
both defense nad offense in their
past four tilts that netted them
four successive victories and a tot
al of 125 points to oppositions 74.
In Friday nights game here Aure
lian Springs went down by a 10
25 count with Dickens and Nether
cutt leading the locals §n ringing
the basket. Eleven lads got into
action before the tilt closed with
the Jax holding to a 6-16 lead at
first half play.
The line ups:
Roa. Rapids Pos. Aur. Springs
Dickens (7) RF. Knight (3)
Nethrecutt (8) LF Crulop (2)
Shell (3) C. Crawley (2)
Bennett (4) RG. Hamill (1)
Miller (3) LG. Warren (3)
RR. Subs: Wood, RF., Vincent
LF. , Blanton C., Byrd, RG., Acree.
LG. , Joyner, LG. Aur. Springs.
Subs: Wood RF., Williams LF.,
Lyles, C., (1). Referee: Taylor.
Timre and Williams.
Taylor-Foster
Miss Louise Foster, daughter of
C. P. Foster of Weldon, to Henry
Clay Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs.
M. E. TayTor of Roanoke Rapids
on Saturday, December 22nd., Wel
don. At home, Roanoke Rapids.
HALIFAX IN
BASKETB LL
TOURNEY
Wilson. Jan. 16th<—An Eastern
North Carolina High School bask
etball tournament which will in -
elude thirty-eight Eastern coun -
ties will be staged by Atlantic
Christian College in its new gym
nasium during the first of March,
it has been announced by officials
of the College. Final se'ection of
the date depends upon the time
when other major high school and
college basketball journeys will be
held, and will be announced with
in a few weeks.
The tournament, the first such
event to be staged in the history
of the local institution, is made
possible by the new college gymna
sium which was officially dedi
cated on January 5th when the
Bulldogs met the High Point Col
lege Panthers in a game here.
Invitations will be made on the
morning of February 19 to eight
teams in Class A and to sixteen
teams in B selected from among
the 250 high schools in the coun
ties from which the teams will be
selected.
The invitations will be extended
on the basis of the records of the
teams made up to and including
February 16 and which are sub
mitted to the tournament commit
tee before midnight February 18.
Records of each team should in
clude games played up to and in
cluding Saturday, February 16.
Two trophies will be awarded,
the first to the winner in the Class
A field' and the second to the win
ner in the Class B competition. In
addition, two consolation awards
or trophies will be presented to
the runner-up while the etams in
each class.
Rooms will be provided by the
committee while the teams will
bear the costs of transportation
and meals, a nominal charge benig
asked for the latter.
The counties included in the
tournament and from which the
teams will be se’ected are Wake,
Halifax, Northampton, Nash,
Franklin, Harnett, Sampson, Cen
der, Cumberland, Duplin, Bladen,
New Hanover, Johnston, Wayne,
Wilson, Edgecombe, Greene, Lenoir
Onslow, Jones, Pitt, Martin, Ber
tie, 'Gates, Perquimans, Chowan,
Pasquotank, Onslow, Currituck,
Washington, Tyrell, Dare, Hyde,
Beaufort, Pamlico, Craven, Car -
Testing Newest ‘Air’ Mail
In Holland and England, experiments are being made with rockets
o develop a new way of “rushing the mail.” Curious spectators
are shown watching a young German inventor setting up his mail
rocket at Lymington. Hants, England.
HOYLE'S PUGS MEET
GARNER'S BOXERS
HERE FRIDAY NIGHT
Boxing and a plenty will be on
tap here Friday night the 18th,
when Garner high pugs invade
the local gym to offer competion
to coach Hoyles local high Yellow
Jacket glove slingers. Nine bouts
will be offered to the fans in the
first bxoing show in the local gym
since ’32 when Hoyle introduced
his first boxing team to the local
school. And in ’32 the locals did
quite well wfch their glove push
ing, fighting such teams as Wilson,
Durham, Elizabeth 0:fty and Ra
leigh.
This season Hoyle attempts an
other successful team with over
24 eager lads out to gain a bout
on one of the eight matches the
locals will stage. Edenton highs
team will meet the locals here next
Wednesday night the 23rd and oth
er teams that will be seen here
are Oxfrod Orphanage and Eliza
beth City with probably two other
schools later.
The show will get under way
at 8:00 P. M. sharp and the bouts
will be run off in quick order.
Moseley and Stanley are feather
weights showing a good work and
will likely start Friday night,
Starke and Midgett in the 125
pound class are other bets, P.
Garner, W. Brown, 130 and 140,
Mason 155 make up the list that
will not doubt have a few bruises
when the turmoil is all over.
Admission is 20c and 40c. Come
out and help the boys keep boxing
an annual sport at the local school.
Men would try harder to reach
the ladder’s top if there wem't
so many women at the bottom
of it.
BEHIND THE TRENCHES!
New 1935
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BUICK
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