CABLE BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 191, 30 August 1937, Page 4

CABLE BREVITIES

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Ranger Again The yachts Ranger, Endeavour H., Ifankee, Rainbow and Endeavour L finished in that order in the first of a five-race series. World Mile Record Wooderson, the English runner, in a specially devisqd handicap race, create ed a world 's record for a mile of 4mia, 0 4-5sec, reports a London cable. Paralysis Epidemic Since Wednesday 40 more cases of paralysis have been reported in Mel* bourne, and the total is now 190. One more child has died, making a total of 13. Alberta Opposition The first step opposing the Social Credit Premier of Alberta, Mr W. AberhaTt, has been taken by th© Liberal leader, Mr F. L. Gray, who proposes a commission- of four business leaders to co-operate with the Coalition-Libeijals, Gonservatives and United Farmers. Home-Made Plane Crashes Patrick Jbseph Perry, aged 22, of St, Kilda, flying a home-made Khekk 68, , a iow-wiug monoplane, crashed near Melbourne yesterday and was killed instantly. The wing was found 40Q yards away and is believed to have btoken off as Perry turned the machine in a gusty wind. Kidnapping Threat G-men are investigating a letter composed of words clipped from magazinea threatening to kidnap Wallace Beory's six-ycar-old adopted daughter, Caroline, if 10,00Qf dollars are not paid before Thursday. The child is heavily guarded at Beory's home at Hollywood and Beery is hurrying home from Utah, where he has been on location. Fortune Deelined An elderly hawker in the village of Orta has deelined a fortune of 2,000,000 Swiss francs left by his intestate ehildless son, who was a successful hotel owner in Switzerland, says a Rome message . The father says his son illtreated him and allowed him almost to starve.