J. J. McNeil, Oakland,
Elected Sourdough Head
At 24th Convention
EUREKA, Calif., iff)—The 24th
Annual Convention of the Inter
national Sourdoughs Association
Friday elected J. J. McNeill of
Oakland as its president for the
coming year.
Tfie veteran of the Gay Nineties
Gold Rush will be assisted by
First Vice President Mrs. P. Ber
thelsen of Portland, Ore., and by
Tom Tellepsen of Vancouver B.C.,
as second vice president.
Re-elected secretary was Lulu
M. Fairbanks of Seattle, after
whose father the city of Fair
banks, Alaska, was named. Assis
tant secretary will be Mrs. Helen
“Scottie” Parker of Vancouver.
Honorary vice presidents chos
en were J. A. Simmons, member
of the Canadian Parliament from
the Yukon, Volney J. Richmond
of Seattle and E. L. Bartlett, Alas
ka’s delegate to Congress.
The three-day convention end
ed with a picnic at Sequoia Park
yesterday.
A dynamite explosion set off on
the arctic island of Nova Zembla
in 1933 was heard 2,000 miles
away in Berlin, Germany.
DIVORCING COUPLE REACH
AGREEMENT ON PET DOG
DALLAS, Texas, —When a
Dallas couple decided on a di
vorce recently they agreed on
division of all their property with
the exception of a handsome, six
month-old boxer.
Each wanted to give his half of
the estate—worth an estimated
$2,500—to the other in exchange
for the pup.
Each gets custody of the dog for
six months. The one with custody
has to furnish food and medical
care. Each party has the right to
reasonable visitation.
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More than 400 species of fish
have been observed in the Medi
terranean.
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New Jail Recaptures
Four Escaped Prisoners
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., UR—
Prince George’s new $500,000 jail
has got its first four prisoners
back.
The four walked out of the
place unceremoniously early last
week, only a few days after it
was put to use following a year
and a half construction job.
Warden W. S. Trant explained,
somewhat lamely:
“It’s a new jail; there are lots
of kinks to be ironed out.”
The four were recaptured 20
miles east of here Friday. They
were found near a railroad water
tower, apparently planning to
jump a freight east.
They escaped, Trant ’disclosed,
through a little-used door leading
from the cell block.
RADAR USED TO NAB
FISHERMAN IN CANADA
VANCOUVER, UR—An Amer
ican fisherman was fined $350 and
his $1,000 cargo of fish confiscat
ed for fishing inside Canadian
waters, a spokesman for the Fed
eral Fisheries Dept, said Friday.
The sea was covered by a dense
fog at the time and radar was
used both to locate the vessel and
to pinpoint its position more than
a mile inside Canadian waters.
Newspaper Out on Time
Despite Flooded Rooms
PORT JERVIS, N.Y., UV—Come
Hades or high water, the Port
Jervis Union-Gazette still hasn’t
missed an edition in 105 years.
Tons of newsprint were soaked
and ruined Friday when the news
paper’s building was flooded.
The editorial staff lugged its
Associated Press teletype printer
through the water-filled streets
and set up headquarters on higher
ground at the Tri-State Associated
Telephone Corp.
Meanwhile, the printers stuck
to their undamaged linotypes and
presses. Pressmen had to wade
about while locking forms on the
presses. Copy boys shuttled be
tween the editorial staffers and
composing room.
The result: a six-page edition,
instead of the usual eight—but
right on time. An advance-printed
four-page supplement was includ
ed with the issue.
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Jack Benny Bows
Out of Radio
After 2SV2 Years
HOLLYWOOD, —Jack Benny
is bowing out of radio after 23Vfe
years in which it has kept him
famous and only “39” years old.
The 61-year-old comedian said
Saturday his every-other-Sunday
filmed television shows—plus five
additional hour-long TV shows
during the season—make live
weekly radio “physically impos
sible” for him.
His Sunday evening radio time
will be given over next season to
a 55-minute show starring Edgar
Bergen, CBS announced.
Jack said records of the best of
his old radio shows may be re
broadcast this fall in a different
time spot. This depends, he said,
on whether CBS can reach a price
agreement with a sponsor.
He said he would do a live show
or two to inaugurate the recorded
series—and perhaps another live
one about the middle of the sea
son.
* What becomes of his radio part
ners—his wife, Mary Livingstone,
one-time hosiery salesgirl who has
been with the show through the
years; announcer Don Wilson, in
the cast 21 years; Eddie (Roches
ter) Anderson, for 18, and Dennis
Day, for 16?
“Mary morks with me on filmed
TV,” said Jack. “So do Don and
Rochester. Dennis does some with
me and has his own show.”
SATURDAY BASEBALL
National League
New York 14, Pittsburgh 9
Milwaukee 6, Chicago 1
Philadelphia 3, Brooklyn 2
Cincinnati 7, St. Louis 4
New York 3, Baltimore 2
American League
New York 3, Baltimore 2
Chicago 8, Detroit 7
Cleveland 7, Kansas City 5
Washington 6, Boston 2
Pacific Coast League
Hollywood 5, Los Angeles 4
San Francisco 8, Oakland 7
Sacramento 5, San Diego 3
Seattle 6, Portland 5
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