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Determined to have the first entry in the Olympics, to be held here, and equally determined to have this sled an Adirondack product, five local men are now hard at work on plans for the five-man bob.

These men are J. Hubert Stevens, Frank S. Leonard, J. Vernon Lamb, Warren Volpert and Sol Feinberg. Information of the decision was given to the News this week by Postmaster Feinberg, who also states that he will personally pilot the bob down the run.

Mr. Stevens, says Mr. Feinberg, has already written to Switzerland for plans and specifications of the famous European bobs. The sled will be built by the Stevens Hotel company and will be placed on exhibition as soon as completed.

It is the plan of the local men to have their sled the first to go down the Olympic run when it is finished.

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Dewey to sail home

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Dr. Godfrey Dewey of Lake Placid Club sails from Europe on the S.S. President Harding on April 26.

This will get Dr. Dewey to New York about May 4, well in advance of May 7, the date of the big testimonial dinner in his honor at Lake Placid Club, which is being sponsored by the Lake Placid Athletic Club and other organizations in this village and Saranac Lake. Dr. Dewey was in attendance at the meeting of the International Olympic Committee at Lausanne, Switzerland, when he was successful in securing the 1932 Olympic Winter Games for Lake Placid.

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Olympic bookings

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One thing is certain. There are many Lake Placid winter visitors who are taking no chances on not getting satisfactory hotel reservations for the 1932 Winter Olympics. More reservations are reported from the Alford Inn, according to Manager Wikoff.

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Aviation Club

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George O. Denton and George Campbell are sponsoring the organization of the Lake Placid Aviation Club, it was announced yesterday.

The club will be affiliated with the American Society for the Promotion of Aviation, whose headquarters are at 522 Fifth Ave., New York City.

Mr. Denton has membership blanks and is soliciting memberships in the lower part of the village, while Mr. Campbell is receiving applications from residents of the upper part.

Over 25 members have been enrolled. As soon as 50 have joined, a meeting will be called in the town hall to complete the organization of the local club, whose purpose will be to study and promote aviation in Lake Placid.

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Chasm death

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From all indications, a Finnish alien, who leaped from a motor car near Ausable Chasm in order to escape from officers who had halted the machine, met his death in the swirling waters of the chasm falls hundreds of feet below the spot where he was last seen.

Just as Henry Thwaits, federal agent, halted the car, which he believed was carrying liquor, a man jumped from the machine and ran through the woods to the edge of the chasm. That was the last seen of him.

The Finn, it is believed, did not realize his danger until too late and toppled over into the water below.

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Solony of Larelton, Long Island, were held in connection with the case on the charge of smuggling aliens into this country. The name of the missing Finn is not known.