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HONG KONG, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1932.
ADRIFT AT SEA FOR
EIGHT DAYS.
Castaways Helpless As Liner Passed By.
ONE DIES AFTER RESCUE.
Two castaways in a small motor boat casting £40 were adrift in the | Atlantic.
fresh they abstained from CHEWING GUM KING
baling, and drank as much as they could stomach. They had BUMO Bodden cigarettes which they chew- ed.
DEAD.
Proved It Paid to Advertise.
Found Unconscious. Huddled beneath the tarpaulin, utterly without real hope of rescue, they made a compact that
ADVERTISING PIONEER. if one should survive he would care for the family of the other.
William Wrigley, Jr., the famous! They seldom crawled from beneath the tarpaulin after that unless the American chewing gum manufac- January 27, at water in the boat became so deep turer, died on
to A great liner came in sight, and as rouse them from their Phoenix, Arizona at the age of 69. Mr. Wrigley has had a typically the castaways shouted and waved lethargy. The last few days and; signals, but their efforts were mis-nights had been passed by both American business career from the taken for greetings.
men in a daze which amounted al-time he moved from Philadelphia Passengers on the liner waved most to complete unconsciousness. where he started in business with gaily to the two mert in the small There was no sign of life in the his father, and moved to Chicago at was aighted the age of 30. Here he entered into boat, assuming them to be venture-little boat when it some fshermen.
from the coastguard vessel. Frank business for himself as president of The liner went on its way, and Randos, boatswain's mate, lowered the new Wm. Wrigley Jr., & Co., the the two castaways were left help-a boat, and the men who boarded foremost factory in America in Was started what in some less. They were subsequently res-the drifting craft and lifted the which cued by a U.S. coastguard boat, but tarpaulin reported that Warshauer parts of the world is considered the one of them, frving Tuchyner, later and Tachyner were in such a con- American's favourite pastime, chew- died of gangrene, exposure, and altion that they feared to handle ing gum. shock.
them.
Advertising Pioneer.
Tuchyner and his brother-in law. The vessel came alongside, there-
Twenty years later, Mr. Wrigley David Warshauer, owing to the Lore, tackle was made fast, and the breakdown of the motor, had been little boat was hoisted to the deck. bought out and incorporated into eight days drifting in the small Warshauer and Tuchyner, both of his own firm the Zeno Manufactur- boat, although all the time they whom were unconscious, were rolling Company. From that time on were never far from the shore of ed into the tarpaulin which had he became one of the pioneers In Brooklyn, where they lived. sheltered them so leng.and carried America's biggest. business asset- Not only did he be to the quarters of the commander. advertising.
Coastal Trip Intended.
two hours making the run they took with them nó food, no water,
and no extra clothing.
GENERALLY OVERCAST.
They started out in their boat It was several hours before War-lieve that it paid to advertise but he en a Sunday, intending to take no shauer, the first to revive, came knew that it also paid to advertise more than a coastal trip, says the dimly back to consciousness. His in an original fashion, and Wrigley's with their various "Herald-Tribune" (New York). As companion, as stated, died from the bright posters
gnomish "mint boys" were display- they did not expect to be more than effects of the adventure.
ed on every billboard in America. His chewing gum advertising his only been surpassed in recent years by the various brands of American cigarettes. If he is responsible for one of the less refined habits of America, he is doubly responsible for advocating in a most attractive way, its adoption. That he was successful is shown in the report a few years ago revealing the chewing gum output in the United States, which reached a total value of aver $60,000,000, and for a great portion] of which Mr. Wrigley was undoubt edly responsible.
It was a chilly day, and they had their overcoats, for which they were grateful later. When their] utboard motor played out in the struggle with the northwest wind the two men at first took the ad- venture lightly. They were fami-) liar with those waters, and they? thought that at worst they would have only an uncomfortable night, provided they could keep the boat afloat.
The Royal Observatory's re- port issued this morning states:
The anti-cyclone has passed Into the Pacific. A new one is central over N.E. China.
Forecast:-N.E. winds, mo- derate to fresh; generally over- cast; drizzle or mist later.
CAN FINGER-PRINTS LIE?
The "Infallible Theory" Shaken.
Lover Of Sports,
In addition to being a keen busi-
By dawn they were out of aight} of land, and with not another craft| in view from their position, low in the water. All that day they bajed
An inference that possibly finger-ness man, Mr. Wrigley was also a and made sporadic and ineffectual attempts at paddling, setting their prints can lie is being drawn from lover of sports, especially baseball. course roughly by the sun. So far the acquittal of a man charged with He was a member of the Chicago National League Ball Club and also, as they could see, they made. no burglary in Berlin.
The only evidence against him the Angel City Baseball Club of progress whatever.
Waves were slopping into the was a finger-print on a beer bottle Los Angeles,
Mr. Wrigley's home was in boat, and they unshipped the motor found on the rified premises. On and hung it over the bow by the this the Publle Prosecutor based Chicago and he had two children,
a son and a married daughter. painter, with a vague hope that it his indictment. might keep the boat's head in the
WHERE THE SAUSAGES ARE PRODUCED.
Germany's Census Of Her Pigs Shews That They Number 238,000,000.
Munich. Germany, the greatest asusage producing nation in the world, has made a census of her pigs and found that they number 238,000,000 or 339,000 more than last year.
It fell to the ground, however, wind. By weighing the bow and when the Court was told that before giving the wind more play upon the burglary took place the accused the stern, the device probably man had lost one arm in a tram- effected Its purpose to some extent car accident and that ́ a one-armed There are few stretches of ocean man could not very well have dug front more populous, but not a his way through a concrete ceiling boat came within hailing distance to the room where the robbery of the little craft all day. There was committed.
The Court acquitted the man, after the men drifted helplessly, pitching and rolling, and sometimes although the finger-print experts maintained the correctness of their lashed by rain and wind.
The nights were bitterly cold, findings and their conclusion from and there was always water in the bottom of the boat. Several times! the castaways saw vessels, and twice steamships went by at auch short range that every detall was clear to the two. One was so close The number of wireless licances has become a most important per that they could hear the music of in force at the end of January son and is much encouraged by the the ship's orchestra.
showed on increase of 148,000 over authorities,
This is especially so now, as more! When it rained the men eagerly the previous month. spread their garments to catch the The total now, is 4,473,227, in- and more people are finding fresh fresh water and wrung them out cluding 29,372 free licences for meat too expensive to buy and are
Wireless relying to B great extent Into their hats. When the water blind persons-British
them.
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A NATION OF LISTENERS-IN,
Rugby, Yesterday.
in the bottom of the boat was most Service. est
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