The Archive · 1930

GIFT TO ALAMEDA HIGH

SCHOOL, A University of California garden party was given by Mr. and Mrs. Julean Arnold at their "home Avenue Joffre on August 19 About 50 graduates and former members of the University of California were present.

The silver debating trophy which the December class of 1929 of the Alameda High School wi as a class gift to thei consequence of a specs which Mr. Arnold made to them regarding the portance of Chinese and Ame relations, was on display at the ty. The trophy is tablet car-on the back of a legendary animal resembling the tortoise, one side is engraved the name of the Jelass and the year. On the opposite side there are engraved Chinese characters and their translatic "Men of Learning are Brother: Within the tablet there is a Chin scroll in the centre of which parchment upon which may be writ-names of the winners for many years to come.

The tortoise-like animal possesses the virtue of carrying a heavy burden as it rises out of the water. la Tz-ling Wong. Sih-ling. The two latter were kil other two received terrible facial juries and are not expected to live, Tt appears that the car was ravelling along Avenue Petain toward the city at a terrific speed-—estimated by eye-witnesses to be between 50 and 60 miles an hour— and had reached the intersection where Avenue Petain meets Route Pottier and Route Henri Riviere when another ear turned from the Inter road into Route Pottier, going north. In an effort to avoid this car, the driver of the car in which the four men were passenger's swerved deeply to the lit side of the oad. He apparently failed to that the road was heavily combined with the speed' at which he was travelling, caused him to skid and collide with the stand The impact must have been territle. The standa reinforced concrete and about 2ft. in diameter, was torn from its foundations' and fell on top of the car and its occupants.

The car was totally wrecked, the two men who were killed being thrown through the windscreen. The other two men are said to have ived their injuries when the standard fell on them.

When a representative of the "North-China Daily News" visited the scene of the collision yesterday the electric light standard was still lying on the roadway, which was covered with pieces of the smashed windscreen.

The pavement was smattered with blood and parts of the wrecked car were lying within a radius of 20ft.

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