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Blazing Trail on Bottom of World Carrying the Star* and Stripes to the bottom of the world by air, as be has already carried them to the top. Commander Richard E. Byrd set out on Thanksgiving Day in his successful flight across (he South Pole. The daring explorer and his crew used the tri-motored airplane Floyd Bennett, named after Byrd’s companion on the famous North Pole flight in 1920. Commander Byrd was accompanied in his flight by (top row left to right) Captain Ashley C. McKinley, who is the aerial photographer of the expedition over the ice-covered continent. (Center) Commander Byrd, Harold I. June, radio operator. The tri-motored plane Floyd Bennett. (Bottom row) Bernt Bnlchen, noted Norwegian pilot, who piloted Commander Byrd in his trans-Atlantic flight of June 29, 1927. Part of the 6,000,000 square miles of Ant^'ctics, of which less than 100 squares miles is not covered by ice of immense thickness. < ImernnlLnial Newsreel) Two Youths Keep Yo-Yos Going For 5 Hours In Match (Continued from page on?,) offices of The Star, where the con test was held, during the a ft*'moon to watch the contestants vie with each other. Two hours before the last yo-yo stopped twirling In the air two of the four Judges became exhausted and journeyed home to their evening meal. Tire two re maining Judges alternated until the match was brought to a close. Logan Fancy Winner. Evans Lognn, son of former Sher iff Hugh Logan, won the two dollar first prize in the fancy yo-.vo con test, and Klnard McSwaln won a show ticket for second honors. Only seven youths entered this contest es the big gathering of boys and girls from all sections of Shelby shied at ’‘strutting their stuff” with the yo yo in competition to three or four youngsters considered the best in town in the new fad for children. The entrants in this contest vere Hal McKinney, Evans Logan, Ktn ard McSwatn, Ralph Short, Colebrt (Pete) McKnight, Stewart James, and Virgil Cox. The fancy contest judges were Mike H. Austell, E. H Griffin, Charlie Magness and J. C. Newton. The same judges served in the endurance contest until one by one they were exhausted by the yo-yo boys. A11 Go Good. Not a single boy Or girl in the endurance match dropped out just because they became tired, all go ing out because the constant motion of the yo-yos broke their strings or because the yo-yos began spinning and ret used to work longer. Ap proximately ninety percent of the strings on the yos-yos broke before the match was over. All types of yo-yos, little, big, red, yellow, green, store and home-made, were enter ed. The two winners were " divided in their favorites as McKnignt dan gled a small red-and-green tore yo-yo, which surprised all the spec tators by not breaking during the lialf day exhibition. while Lucas twirled a heavy home-made yo-yo with a string that would likely have lasted for another day had his arm and hand held out. The first participant dropped out three minutes after the contest be gan when his string suddenly snap ped In two, the match starting at 2:02 in the afternoon. Madge Wright, the only girl who entered the big contest, dropped out a few minutes later when her string snapped. The two winners kept their toys going before the crowd for an hour and 17 minutes after J. R. Pruett's string snapped and left the pair in by themselves. Eat And Drink. At the end of three and one-half hours there were four boys still go ing and each was given a sandwich and something to drink. These were McKnight, Lucas, Pruett and Hal McKinney. When Pruett and Mc Kinney dropped out both were givin show fare"for their long endurance. Practically all of the boys ns they dropped out remained on the side lines to cheer or Jibe the youngsters still in, and about half of them were there when the contest ended A couple of the youngsters cou.d hardly keep tears from their eyes as their strings broke and eliminat ed them from the contest. Only one entrant was eliminated because he broke one of the rules, and he put, his other hand to the yo-yo as one arm tired only by instinct. The eight, youngsters who re mained in over a good period oi time and their records follow: Mor ris Lucas and Colbert Me Knight, five hours nnd one minute each; ,J R. Pruett, 11:44 1:2; Hat McKinney, 3:37 1-2; Stewart James 2:25. Hill Hudson, jr„ 2:05; James Byers, 1:35, Howard Beam, 1:21; Charles Rob erts, 1:20. Other entrants were Clifton Wright, David Strangler, Clarencr DePriest, Ralph Short, Holland Pruett, Clharles Alrcrnethy, Jeff Connor, Bob Jordan, Walter Wil son, Kinard McSwatn, Madge Wright. Virgil Cox, Aubern Dellin ger, Boyce Connor. Building Crash Suits Compromised (Continued Irom page one.) section did not recover for months and a recital of the tragic day m the, court room would have brought back pojgnant memories to it. stricken town now beginning to for get the tragedy which swooped down upon it early In the morning of August 28, 1928. Shelby was mov ing along at its customary pace that morning when the walls of 4lie Mc Knlght building, adjoining the em porary home of the First National bank, being used since the big hotel fire, suddenly collapsed bringing down one of the bank walls with it. The lives of six were snuffed out within a few hours under the mass of brick and the seventh died later. The suits as filed alleged that ex cavation work being done by con tractors under the McKmight build ing likely cruised the craifh. Convict Defendants In Marion Hearing (Continued from page one,; troops which had been bUletted in Marion as a precaution, were call ed to the village and remained on duty for some time. Hoffman has led several strikes in textile mills of the south within the last year. Some months ago no was kidnaped In Elizabethton, fenn. and taken to Asheville. Soon alter this he went to Marion. Hogan is a student at Brookwood Labor Col lege, Ketonah, N. Y. Refuses To Set Aside Verdict. Judge Cowper, overruled motions of the defense that the verdict be set aside, asserting that he thought that “the evidence fully sustained the verdict.” Gaffney To Have More Grand Opera Gaffney,—Gaffney and Cherokee county will have grand opera again this week For the first time in Its history Limestone college lies brought to this county a series of four evenings of grand opera, in which singers of note take part Next Tuesday evening December n. and Thursday evening. December o the third and fourth program;, of grand opera wilt be given In the college auditorium at 8 o'clock The first two grand operas were given October 8 and 10 with Blanca Saroya, Dimitri Onofre and Glenn Crowder Stables taking the princi pal parts. Try Sar Wants Ads Trusty And Son Of Sheriff Stop Local Jail Break (Continued from page one.) but the burly Mayhew arose, Hat toned the trusty and was choking hint when the 13-year-old Allen boy got to his rescue. Mayhew then jumped up found the right door and dashed to the open. He was pur sued by both the trusty and the sheriff’s seat until they caught hint near the Hob Kendrick home. 'Tie two attempted to down the pri soner and return him to jail, out again Mayhew proved to strt-ug for them. About that time Mrs. Ken drick noticed the scuffle and ran into the yard with a pistol which she handed the trusty. Page stuck tire gun in Mayhew's nos and about 15 minutes after the escape Page and Allen came marching biik to jail with their prisoner. Lindbergh Listed In Society, Tunney Not New York—The name of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who married Anne S. Morrow, is listed for the first time in the social register in the 1930 edition just published. On the other hand, James J (Gene> Tunney, who was listed last year after his marriage to Miss Polly Lauder, was left out of this year's edition, as is Mrs. Tunney. Mrs. William W. 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