the winter vacation stampede.
From thousands of villages and |
towns will pour a steady stream of
cars to New York, Chicago, San
Francisco and other large cities.
Holiday shows, special Christmas
services in famous churches and ca-
Skiing is for youngsters as well as |
grownups. This young lady ap-|
peared last season at Adelboden in
the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.
thedrals and the countless attrac-
tions of a metropolis will lure many
a family.
Outdoor Enthusiasts Increase.
An even greater number will be
deserting their homes in the cities |
for an out-of-doors holiday. While
most of them will turn their backs
on the chilling winds of a northern
winter, each year brings hundreds
of thousands of converts to the snow
sports. Ice-skating, bob-sledding
and tobogganing have outgrown the
status of amusements for young-
sters and dare-devils and are now
taken up by the whole family. Defi-
nite increases in winter tourna-
ments and snow carnivals indicate
the popularity of “white holidays.”
It is difficult to believe that three
only 150,000 rabid fans. Since then
the number has at least doubled
each winter. |
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Jetween 15,000,-
heaviest winter flying schedules in
the history of aviation, anticipating
swarms of holiday vacationists.
The airlines, in fact, are planning
to inaugurate ‘‘snow planes’ to take
the more rabid ski converts to any
glistening hillside in the country.
Leaving from either coast on a Fri-
day evening, ‘snow planes’ will de-
liver skiers to their favorite
sorts for two days of ng the
banks, and still have them
back to their homes for work Mon
day morning, even trails
they choose are 3,000 miles away.
Railroads Benefit.
In railroad
are pouring
schedules
re-
skimmi
Snow
if the ski
offices,
over elaborate
designed to keep the
signals flashing for the holiday ex-
presses. They are doubling the ca- |
pacity of the ‘‘snow trains,” as they
have been doing almost every year
since the first ski-carrier |
snorted out just
years ago, !
mountains.
Altogether it is estimated
1,000,000 sports fans this winter will
follow in the ski trails cut by Tor-
gas and Mikkel Hemmestvedt—two
Norwegian boys who lived in Red
Wing, Minn., and who introduced |
the hair-raising sport to this coun- |
try. Furthermore, the ski army will
put approximately $20,000,000 into |
circulation in exchange for equip- |
ment, transportation and inci- |
dentals.
Instead of spending for Christmas
presents of the conventional type, the
hickory-shod fraternity will put $4.
500,000 on the counters for cig-
dispatchers
train
green
ts
[$4]
ial
of
headed
seven |
White
that |
A tidy fortune of $3,000,000 will be |
spent for transportation, although |
thousands this winter will be able
who take their exercise in the snow,
are such familiar resorts as Lake |
Placid, Deerfield, Hanover, Tucker- |
man’s Ravine and Rutland, in New |
England. But this year there are |
scores of new ski centers which |
promise to spread the thrilling sport |
across the entire northern half of |
the country.
New Ski Capital.
At Aspen, Colorado, a short dis-
tance from Denver, skiers in the |
western tier of states will have a
new ski capital. In the Middle West
a modern skiers’ paradise is set into
the rolling snow-covered hills near
Warsaw, Wis., while the glistening
slopes around Ishpeming, Mich.
will be dotted with hundreds of ski-
shod athletes. In the Far West ski-
ing enthusiasts will have a choice
between such resorts as Sun Valley,
Yosemite park, Lake Tahoe and
Arrowhead lake in California.
With new skiing centers springing
up in such widely-scattered sections
of the country, followers of the sport
are not only planning to pack the
usual ‘“‘saow trains,” but take to
available lodges. Ski instructors will
get half a million dollars for point-
ing out the way to avoid cracked
heads and bruised shins
This $20,000,000, he
2 fraction of the amount nt
he nillions who
fir trees, and
on a beach than in
At the same time snow plows are
being put in working order,
nance crews re-fittir
“cruise cars'
tached to Florida-boun
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the rush
preparation for of weary
workers who will take advantage of
the growing popularity of winter va-
cations
Lured by the prospect of spending
ors, millions will
summer
at the
warm side of the
are required
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Deep sea fishing
stream and the Gulf «
f
} n. Others
of the race tracks i
California and the 1
area, where bl bloods of the
turf tinue the acing schedule
during the winter months
Christmas in the South.
Many holiday vacationists will
aboard the Florida spe-
bound for Palm Day-
and other ris—ea-
ger to enjoy the thril sunning
themselves on the beach in Decem-
The prospect of meeting such
fairway stars as Ralph Guldahl and
Denny Shute in the flesh will send
many an ardent golfer to Miami to
take part in the Florida Year-Round
Greater lami
each,
res«
1 af
i Of
stars--the open and national profes-
sional champions, respectively—are
home-club pros at the Miami Bilt-
more country club, the mid-winter
rendezvous for divot addicts.
Others will plan their vacation
calendars to include the winter ten-
nis and golf tournaments of North
Carolina and the intersectional foot-
ball clashes—the Orange Bowl! clas-
gic at Miami, the Rose Bowl game
at Pasadena and the Sugar Bowl
tilt at New Orleans—which wind up
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ADVENTURERS’ CLUB
HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES
OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF!
“He Confessed a Murder”
By FLOYD GIBBONS
Famous Headline Hunter
HELLO. EVERYBODY:
Meet James B. Doyle, boys and girls, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
who tells us a yarn today about a terrific adventure that hap-
pened to him while he was a member of a CCC camp in Long
Island back in "34.
Jim was sleeping soundly, after a hard day's work, when he was
awakened by the bright rays of a flashlight in his face. It was still pitch
dark in the bunkhouse and, he knew, not time to get up.
“What's the matter?’ he growled.
The light flashed off and Jim recognized the hushed voice of a buddy
of his who occupied a bunk near him. The voice was shaking with sup-
pressed emotion.
“Sh-h-h,"” it warned. “Don’t make any noise,
you something—something important.”
“Well, go ahead,” Jim answered, “but I don’t see why you wake a
fellow up at this time of the night to tell stories,”
“I can’t tell it to you here. Someone might be listening.
your clothes and come to the washroom."
Told of Killing Infirmary Attendant.
‘he washroom was a separate building. It was raining outside and
Jim didn't like getting wet. It was nice and warm in bed, too. But
something in the voice of his excited buddy made him obey. He was
sure something terrible had happened and dressed quietly.
Silently both men made their way through the rain to the wash-
room. The flashlight showed them the way through the darkness.
“What's the big mystery?" he asked.
Jim's buddy looked about him careful
floor as though hesitating to tell what he
“I'm in trouble,” }
jut first I want
his to a living soul.”
“1 promise,” Jim
yr, $13 tT ior
I've ju urdere
I want to tell
Slip into
He paced up and down the
had on his mind.
“a lot of trouble.
you Ww
ie said finally,
your promis
I want your ad-
ill never breathe a word
what's the
neariy
thought it would as bad as that He re-
membered seeing his buddy in bed earlier i ght and said s
“I know it," the excited man went on, ““but I got up in the night
and went down to the infirmary. The attendant and I got into an
argument and I shot him dead.”
Jim understood now and recoiled in horror from the si
to face with a murderer
smile he told the other he
“1 wish 1 was kidding," was
down to the infirmary and see for
a pool of blood. 1 put two bullets ir
caKer.
With a si
if you don't believe me go
He's lying the floor in
an
Jim's Turn Was to Come Next.
ate his friend with such a cold-b
carefully
Jim, still unable to asso
ing, studied his twitching face
it gleamed pale and set. The self-confessed killer stood—hands
raincoat pockets—trying to read Jim's thoughts
a threatening gleam in his eyes
“What did you do with the gun?” Jim asked casually.
Before he answered the other man suddenly stepped quickly before
the door and stood, back to the door, facing Jim. His hands were still in
his pockets; his eyes narrowed two in lines. Something in his
expression sent the cold chills down Jim's spine.
“The gun is right here in my pocket,” he sneered, “and I was
just thinking you know too much. You're the only man who knows
I did it and I know what's on your mind. You'ge going to tell the
state troopers. I was a sucker to tell you I killed a guy, but I'm
going to kill you now and play safe. One more won't matter.”
And with that the self-confessed murderer came after Jim. Jim
backed away, stalling for time. He talked fast and told the determined
man that he was his friend
“Don’t kill me,” he pleaded. “I won't say a word.
now and they will never know who did it.”
Jim promised anything to get away from that menacing bulk in the
raincoat pocket. But his words fell like water on a duck’s back. He
was backed, hands in air, into a corner of the washroom. There was
no pity in those eyes that stared-—cold as ice—into his. In another sec-
ond Jim expected to hear the explosion that would send him hurtling
into eternity. At the thought of this courage seemed to come to him.
All the Result of Shell Shock.
Wham! Jim braced himself and let fly a haymaker! It
landed full on the other's jaw. Jim didn't stop to give him the
count but tore out of the washroom into the night,
Well, sir, Jim wouldn't risk going back to the barracks. He hid all
night, instead, in a pile of lumber. From his shelter he could see his
erstwhile buddy slinking back and forth in the darkness, searching for
his escaped victim. Not until daybreak did Jim make his way to the
mess hall. The mess sergeant glanced at his haggard, pale face. Over
a cup of hot coffee that shook in his hand Jim told the sergeant his story.
The sergeant listened intently but at the finish broke out into a roar
of laughter. As he laughed he pointed outside.
And up the path—alive and smiling-—came the murdered infirmary
attendant and his arm was around the man who had confessed to his
murder!
Jim heard the whole story then. It wasn't a joke. His poor buddy,
he learned, was suffering from shell shock, and, although he often had
wild hallucinations he was, in reality, harmless as a baby!
And that, boys and girls, is what I call an adventure!
Copyright. —~WNU Service.
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In the dim light of the lant
in his
Jim thought he detected
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to
Run away
the. air a+ well. Huge transport
planes are being groomed for the
Skiing fans, one million strong, are preparing to rush clothing and
sporting goods stores to spend $20,000,000 on equipment necessary to enjoy
this newest winter craze. Scenes like these will soon be common all across
the northern half of the United States.
to use their own cars for transporta-
tion to their favorite skiing trails,
for according to engineers of the B,
F. Goodrich company, rubber fit.
tings for a new ski rack will make | try.
it possible to put skis on the tops of Both the sun-seekers and the snow
closed cars without damage to the | fonds, however, serve to emphasize
roofs. | the growth of the “away-from-home.
| for-Christmas’ idea which is mak
ing skis and surf-boards as appro
priate for Christmas presents a:
fur coats and sleds.
© Western Newspaper 1Tnim
the gridiron season in the popular
“sunspots” while the nation’s fans
are getting over New Year's eve
parties elsewhere around the coun:
Still More Money!
At least $9,000,000 will be spent for
skis and clothing, and hotel keep-
ers will tuck away $3,000,000 in their
safes as the hilarious skiers jam all
The Bronx
Formerly the Bronx was a district
comprising several towns in West.
chester county, New York. It re-
ceived its name from an early
Dutch settler named Jacob (or
Jonas) Bronck. The old Dutch pro-
nunciation of the name survives in
some quarters and one often hears
it pronounced as if it were spelled
“Bronk.” In 1898 the district known
as the Bronx became one of the five
boroughs of New York city. In 1914
a county named Bronx was formed
and since that date the borough of
Bronx and the county of Bronx have
been coextensive. The New York
zoological park is in the Bronx and
for that reason it is popularly re-
ferred to as the Bronx zoo.
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“Know ye not that the unrighteous
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Ears to Ear Bible, all named be-
cause of errors of printing.
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