AMERICAN ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 6 May 1931, Page 5

AMERICAN ITEMS

STRANGLER LEWIS. BITES IUS OPPOXK.\T. LOSES ON A FOUL. fUnited Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. J (Received 8.40 a.m.) MONTREAL, .May 5. I Strangler Lewis lost the world’s wrestling rlianmion.shji) because lie hit h-js French opponent, Henri Dcglane. A huge crowd saw Lewis apply three crushing hoadioeks. The Frenchman turned the tables and applied the flying mare, and neon red a fall. Lewis later secured a fall, hut Dcglane displayed a bleeding arm with teeth marks, and was awarded the match, and the title, on a foul. WHEAT PROSPECTS. WASHINGTON. May 5. Further indications of prospects for a good demand from foreign wheat importing countries during the next 2 or 3 months, arc scon by the United States Department of Agriculture. “j n France there has been two successive increases in the quota of foreign wheat which may he milled. 'Phis together with the previous relaxation of German restrictions an ( ] other evidences of reduced stocks in Continental European countries, suggests a likelihood ('of a well maintained import demand.”

new Radio station, VANCOUVER, -May 5. A decision to erect here n powerful 2AO thousand dollar radio station, permitting communication with ships in all parts of the North Pacific is announced bv Die Dominion Government