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Pouring of cement has been started for the foundation of the addition to the Lake Placid High School and is progressing rapidly. The pit for the boilers has been completed and is ready for the installation. Seventy-six men were employed during the last completed work week. All but six of the workmen were local residents.

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Whiteface stamp

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Agitation has been started in this part of the Adirondacks for the issuance by the post office of a commemorative stamp to mark the opening of the Whiteface Memorial Highway.

It is the belief of those behind this move that the issuing of a special stamp seems to be one of the accepted ways of drawing attention to events which, while they have a strong local interest, also have a much wider appeal. They say there are many things which would tend to make the opening of the Whiteface memorial Highway an affair of national moment. The highway was intended originally as a memorial to the young men of Essex County who gave their lives in the world war.

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Douglas transport

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Saturday marked a new era in transportation to the Adirondacks when out of the east over Mount Marcy came sailing a monarch of the skies in the form of a Douglas transport, one of the most luxurious air liners in the United States.

Shimmering like a silver eagle, she slid down the airways to rest lightly on Lake Placid’s new airport. Of all-metal construction and powered with 700 horse power Wright Cyclone engines, it was the largest and fastest airplane ever to land in the Adirondacks. With an 82-foot wing spread, it is capable of 230 mph at top speed.

Piloted by George Pomeroy, veteran pilot, the ship brought its owner, W. Alton Jones, president of Cities Service Oil Co., Mrs. Jones and a party of 10 guests for a weekend party at the Jones camp on Lake Placid.

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Triple tragedy

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William Straight, 58, retired Saranac Lake grocer, Tuesday night shot and killed his stepson, Dr. Nelson Johnson, 38, dentist and amateur sportsman, at the latter’s home in Saranac Lake. A few moments later, he shot and killed Mrs. James W. Moody, 65, at her home.

Following the double murder, Straight shot himself through the head in the back seat of his car at the rear of the Moody home. The tragedy occurred between 6:15 and 6:30 p.m. Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Moody were killed by a .12 gauge Winchester repeating shotgun fired through the window pane in each case. Straight shot himself with a .35 Remington rifle.

Dr. Jones was at his home on St. Bernard Street at the time of the shooting. He had been sitting on a stool in the living room at the rear of the house when he slumped after he had been shot in the chest and neck. Mrs. Moody was at her home on River Street, about a quarter of a mile from Dr. Moody’s. After getting out of his car, Straight walked around to the side of the house, which fronts the Armory, and shot Mrs. Moody in the head while she was sitting near the window.