feMMM IN DIAMONDS
- NOW GITKW AS MISSING
St NtnUre. france—Two million
dollars' worth of diamonds that
wan supposed to have been on board |
the Belgian steamer EUlsabethville,
torpedoed off tlie Britany coast in
1SI1, are now definitely reported as
i The Italian divers who have suc
cessively explored the. captain’s
strong-box and the safes in the
postal room announce that they
hr.ve given up all hope of finding
precious cargo.*; •
;r7,s diamonds were always an
g mystery. Nn one could
its sure whether they were
hulk of the KlisabethviUe
A temporary captain load
_m abroad in Belgian Congo
.aid he turned them over to
chip’s regular captain at Bor
x. At that time the diamonds
j In the postal safes.
The regular captain, the only
men who really knew where the j
diamonds were stored, went down
with his ship.
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Prospects
Turn Out
Morris Has Same Squad Of Young
sters For Initial Practice.
Several Veterans.
The Shelby High football squad
went through Its initial practice of
the season at the city park yester
day afternoon under the supervision
of Coaches Casey Morris and Tilden
Falls.
The acore or more candidates out
were mostly light youngsters com
ing up from the class elevens of
last year. At the outset it seems
the lightest outfit ever to report
for football work here. However,
many of the larger boys, who are
working during the summer month,
will not be out for practice until
next week when school starts.
Four Veterans
Although he has several men
who have performed in varsity
games Coach Morris had only four
real veterans to answer the first
call Tuesday. They were Joe Sin
gleton, All-State guard, and Milky
Gold, All-Western end, in the line,
and Quarterback Zeno Wall and
Buster Bridges, half back in the
backfleld. Other experienced men
out included Ralph Gardner, sub
stitute center last year; Ed Wash
burn, end; Mud Poston and Esk
ridge, substitute back. Bill Latti
more, a husky youngster, who was
in quite & number of scrimmages,
was the most likely looking of the
young prospects.; Hubert Wilson,
letter guard, was not out for the
first practice but may report in a
day or so.
Passing, tackling and general rud
iments of the game made up the
first afternoon's limbering up work.
BEllYlST
LOT WITH BEARS
All State Back Here Last Year May
Flay With Gurley's
Lutherans.
Laymon Beam, star halfback and
all state member of the Shelby high
football eleven last year, may enter
school this fall at Lenoir-Rhyne
couege to piay low
's ball under Dick Gur
ley, according to re
ports from Hickory.
It is known that
Coach Gurley has
been anxious to tod
the backfield flash
who started his ca
reer here when Gur
g ley coached the
| Shelby high outfits.
j§ However, it has been
|| generally thought
“that Beam would
Neither enter Wake
; Forest or State col
'; lege, although num
; 'erous larger colleges
! have appealed to
ijhim through alumni,
[i F1 r s t information
^that Beam, consld
_ered one of the best
ball carriers ever de
veloped here, would go to Lenolr
Rhyne came In a sports story in
the Hickory Record which stated
that Gurley hoped to land Beam
and several other high school stars
of last year to bolster up the weak
nesses of his eleven caused by the
graduation of Chief Owl and others.
Beam, if he enters there, will be
considered as Owl's successor as
freshmen may play varsity ball
there.
Employed during the summer at a
local drug store Beam is not in
clined to say just where he will en
ter school. His father died since the
last football season and it may be
that he will not continue in school.
Workers Should Remember
Stanly News-Herald.
That was an awful tragedy which
occurred in Shelby Tuesday morn
ing when the First National bank
building collapsed causing the detah
of several leading Cleveland county
people. It reminds the people of
this section again of the dreadful
calamity which visited our neigh
boring town of Wades boro more
than a dozen years ago. when a
drug store building crumbled dur
ing some excavation work, causing
the death of a number of promi
nent persons. This thing of digging
under the foundations of brick or
stone structures is mighty danger
ous, unless under the direction of
thoroughly capable workers.
Construction workers should re
member the Wadesboro and the
Shelby tragedies. It is a terrible
thing to be responsible for such
calamities.
Reward For Slayers.
Raleigh.—Governor A. W. Mc
Lean today wired Solicitor Grover
C. Davison, Waynesville, and Sher
iff M. B. Cannon, of Sylva, offer
ing a reward of $400 on behalf of
the state, for the capture of the
slayers of Deputy Sheriff Claud"
Green.
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By QUIN HALL.
TIE British navy may rule the
sea, but according to the fig
ures heaped up by the United
States during the swimming events
held at the recent Olympics, your
own Uncle Samuel rules the tanks.
It might even be addeu — “and
how!”
Led by the redoubtable Johnny
Weissmuller, the fierce stroking
aquatic star of the Illinois A. C.,
the boys and girls from over here
captured the major portion of the
glories in the tank events in Am
sterdam.,
In the finals-of the 100-metre
free style swim Johnny not only
won the event but he equaled the
new Olympic record of 68 3-6 sec
onds. which he had rung up the
day before in the semi-finals. And
in doing this he successfully de
fended his title won during the
1924 Olympics in Paris and
clipped 2-6 of a second from the
record he made at that time.
Johnny has been an outstanding
figure in swimming events for
several years, and by his recent
victory he must be acknowledged
as the swiftest human :r. the water
—always bearing in mind that he
is a sprinter and not a Channel
swimmer.
His victory in Amsterdam was
not an easy one, bat it was all the
more brilliant because of the man
ner in which he had to exert him
self in order to win. Caught un
awares by the gun, Johnny was
away to a poor start in the sprint
classic and the remainder of the
field had almost a full length
start before he hit the water.
George Kojac, the youthful New
York star, was setting the pace
and Johnny probably swam faster
than he ever had done before in
order to overtake him. Barany,
the Hungarian, came up out of
the ruck to finish second, leaving
a wake behind him like a motor
boat, while Takaishi, the bearded
Jap and a fish-like performer,
I took third. Kojac. after leading
imost of the distance, had to be
content with fourth o'ace, while
j Walter Laufer of Chicago finished
fifth, ahead of the Canadian,
Spence, and Zorritlo of South
America, the newly crowned 400*
metre free style chamcion.
But Weissmuller hit the cement
ahead of the field and goes down
in history as another twice
crowned Olympic champion.
Weissmuller also helped win the
800-metre relay, the other mem
bers of the team being Clapp.
Laufer and Kojac. Kojac, by the
way, ranks on a par with Weiss
muller when it comes to hi* Olym
pic showing, as he a'so won the
100-metre back stroke swim,
while on the wins Dcsjardines out
ranks both, as he woo boto the
high and low dive.
In the swimming events for wo
men, Miss Albina Osipowich of
Worcester. Mass., set a new Olym
pic record of 1:11 in winning the
100-metre free style final, with
Miss Elinor Garratti of San Ra
fael, Calif., second bv only two
fifths of a second. Mrs. Betty i
Becker Pinkston, wife of Claience
iPinkton, siwmming dinctor of the
Detroit A. C., captured the high
dive, with Miss Georgia Coleman
of Los Angeles a close second.
Miss Martha Norehus, as ex
pected. won the 400 metre free
style and set a new mark of 5:42
' 2-5 for the event. Miss Helen
jMeany captured the low dive, with
; the Misses Lambert, Osipowich,
; Garratti and Norelius teaming up
to capture the 400-metre reiay.
So while our athletes failed to
make the speed shown^ on the
tracks which was anticipated of
them, the fast work of our water
crew sort of took away some of
the sting suffered on the tinder
oaths.
And thereby helped te strength
en our right to the title of Olym
pic Champions.
WATCHING ’EM
Coach Casey Morris yesterday
dropped back Into his old pose of
looking over the football hopefuls
at the city park here. Morris with
one afternoon’s work is net read to
make any prediction as to the out
look for the Shelby high eleven.
Babe Ruth Refuses
To Pose With Herb
Washington.—Babe Ruth refused
to pose with Herbert Hoover for the
photographers at American league
baseball park before the opening of
the ^ame between the New York
Yankees and the Washington Sena
tors.
The request that the home run
king go over to the box of the Re
publican presidential candidate was
■conveyed by Clark Griffith, presi
dent of the Washington club at the
request of a photographer.
‘■It's a matter or politics,” Ruth
told Griffith in stating his refusal.
Before asking that Ruth be in
vited the photographer inquired of
Mr. Hoover s secretary if the nomi
nee would pose and Mr. Hoover
consented.
Ruth did not appear but as the
game was called by the umpire a
, minute or so later the candidate
I assumed that this had prevented
the Yankee star from commg to see
I am at a loss to explain such
unusual conduct on the part of an
American league player under such
circumstances,” Griffith said when
confirming reports of Ruth's re
fusal, ‘It is up to Ruth to give
some explanation.' Griffith said
that Mr. Hoover had “very gracious
ly” consented to the request of the
photographer and that naturally
he could not understand why lluth
had refused.
Manager Miller Huggins of the
New York team, said that he be
lieved there had been some mis
understanding and that Ruth's f*ii
! ure to pose probably was due to
the fact that the game was called
immediately after the request was
made.
"You know the Babe is not the
kind of fellow who wculd be dis
courteous to anyone,” Huggins said.
IBY ST1 WIT MS
How Papers Stand
On Political Question
(Spencer Murphy in Salisbury Post)
The New York World wants to
know what the Democrats expect
: to do in California with only ten
Democratic newspapers in the
state. All of which brings up the
question, how many Democratic
newspapers are there in North
Carolina?
I am not prepared to say, but I
have observed that an independent
newspaper, in North Carolina at
least, seems to mean a Hoover
newspaper while a Hoover newspa- ;
per means a power-company some- 1
where in the vicinity.
Oh, well, it’ll all come out in the
hydraulics.
GERMAN INSTALLS RADIO IN
MOST OF THEIR PLANES
Berlin.—Cooperation between tia
wireless and air service is steadily
increasing. All multi-motor planes
of the Lufthansa, as well as a great
number of one-motor planes have
now been equipped with radio re
ceiving and sending sets, the super
planes having in addition a special
emergency set.
The special wireless service for
giving air pilots their bearings in
a fog has been greatly reenforced
with the recent installation of ex
ceptionally powerful and up-to
date stations at Berlin, Copen
hagen and Munich, whereby an
almost direct contact between
aerial and land cr sea traffic has
been established.
To establish a further reliable
communication between the land '
and air, the Lufthansa is plan
ning to introduce a regular wire
less telegram service for air pas
sengers. which, it is expected, will
socn be followed by a wireless
telephone service.
A German Is building an automo
bile 125 feet long and 25 feet wide,
He doesn't aim to be crowded oft
the read next time.—Dallas News.
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WE WISH TO EXTEND OUR
Congratulation
TO THE NEW
Cleveland Star j
And to commend Editor Lee B. Weath
er# on the new Go## Printing Pr*ss
which wa# put in operation today.
This is a great asset to our com
munity at large. It will better #erve it#
subscribers and advertisers in a way
heretofore unknown.
We take off our hat* to the entire
Star organization, wishing them suc
cess in this new venture.
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NOTICE
There will be Democratic speak
ings at the following places in Cleve
land County, on Friday night, Sept.
7th at 7:30.
South Shelby School House by Maj
or A. L. Bulwinkle, Capt. Peyton Mc
Swain, and Mr. Horace Kennedy, mu
sic by the band.
Fallston at the same hour by Judge
John P. Mull, Solicitor P. C.. Gardner,
j and Mr. W. S. Beam.
i
Young’s Precinct by Mr. C. B. Me
Brayer and Mr. A. L. Bennett.
The public is cordially invited and
urged to attend these speakings and
hear the issues of the campaign dis
cussed.
B. T. Falls
CHAIRMAN,
Ccimty Democratic Executive
Committee.