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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1925)
I i 1 1 THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING," MAY 24, 1925 STATESMAN SUN DAY PICTORIAL REVIEW t----j - Proves Invention 'by Risking Neck GIANT SEMI-RIGID DIRIGIBLE, BUILT FOR U. S. GOVERNMENT. WILL BE READY FOR ITS FIRST TRIP ABOUT JUNE 1 MB" fH:f-t , . ' film - v . - , V1 v .1 fir '-CN' "V-i' The lariat semi-rlid type dir igible in Uie country is being, built at. Scott Field by; the Goodyear SppWin Company of Akron, O. The vhip will be 2S2 feet Ions. 70 feet aad: U hold 719.000 w' ft I cubic feet of helium gas. Its speed will be at least 70 miles an hour. The dirigible will have a nose-plate so that it ran be moored to a mast like the Shenandoah and the Loa Angeles. There will be a control car In the forward part of t ho ship, with two motor cars in the rear. Four large IJberty motors will drive the dirigible. 1 ' 1 V! .;f- f . b&sebaxjIj the- favorite SHORT OF GIRIi ADJUDGE! -' MOST ItJlFECT LN CHICAGO .7 r-.- I Commands Rhine Forces of Allies ; h wia .H i" i a ii 'miihiiii inHinmwwi'niiiMrififf irir mriwwi Thirteen-year-old ' OH Pellage was adjudged the healthiest gtrl ia th.1- pity at -the recent Women-; World Fair held in Chicago. Sha won over sweraJ thousand girls a tered In the-contest. Olive Is a leader In all sports at Budlong Scbool but baseball is her ravorite. She has never known illness ex c?pi fr a lew iUrtt colds. f ; - t A ' - ' , ' ' v - J A ' " ' ! General Sir, C. Ferguson now ioIct the office of mihtarv jrovrr nor of the .RJiincland, one of the most important jobs in Europe "at the present time. Marsnal Paul Von ' Hindenbergj Recently Elected I President of Germany, .With His Grandchildren - ; ''I 1 i ft .. .::.-V - ? , -J - , v ' : o; '; 4 ' ft v v t X - s J ' . p ' . A 'I I ' V-' Field Marshal von Hlndenberg. . 1th men the new president or tn Germany's war hero, is pictured German Republic Is the ect op sbove with three of his grand-1 poertte with children , and youn children- Although stern lea-der folk. " rf'' . ROOSEVELT AND MITCHELL TAKE OPPOSITE VIEWS ON SUBJECT OF AIR SERVICE PEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEE r vv"S.,.-. X I, nrc i Iv ,nimi II Ar?.: .w.v.,.- P ' esV - r ' - - 1 14 Theodore Roosevelt and Brig. General Mttchell appeared before the House Military Affairs Com mittee In Washington and eon fronted each other on 'the subject of whether the Air Servioe should be amalgamated. Mitchell sus tained the affirmative and Roose velt the negative. The pboto shows the session In progress. Left to right. Rep. William C. Wright of .Georgia, Rep. John J. JdeSwaln 1 .5 " j'1- ' ' ' M. Becfiard, French aviator, : I braved deathUn a test t Villa- I ! V eoublay, to prove the efficacy of i - I ? his new apparatus for extinguish- ' ing fire in a plane. He set his ! M i plane on- fire! in mid-air and then . i : i i calmly- put it .out while experts i ! Jwoked .on from below. lie U - , v j i i thown with the apparatus. ., : KING BORIS, ENDANGERED BY ASSASSINS, AND MEMBERS OE ! CABINET WHO ESCAPED IN CATHEDRAL BOMB OUTRAGE 7 In the center of. tha above group Is King Boris of Bulgaria. He was fired on by . Communist assassins while in his automobile; near Sofia and one of ; the bullets came so. close that 4t clipped off part of his mustache. In civilian ! clothes at the king's tight is Dr. Alexander Tzankoff, the Premier,' . who was slightly injured when i i bomb ex ploded In the Sveti Krai Cathedral tn Sofia, killing; 150 persons who were attending funeral services for Gen. GeorghieC He had bean as sassinated tn the streets ot Sofia. At the extreme right is Gen. Voul koff. Minister of War, who also was io the cathedral at the time ot the bombing outrage. ' . SCHOOL DAYS By DWIG Trr; raffi'-G-oeo CLOTHS, DO VOO . . Xfgttftfii JJ V ih$Hl mf mmm V - tfkrt . J . Mil i rWmm I m&hfa'-os ii In.. Li t f. of South Carolina. General Mitchell Rep. J. C McKenzie of ;ilno a. Chairman, and Theodore vtcosevelt former Assistant Secretary of th Nayjr; I I OTHER COTTTDXT TTXTj TWIN BABIES APART BUT ' AT S THEY'RE DU-ITiREXT i S? "W&yiJ'yV' aEV. TiAZAROFF. MFLTTART DICTATOR NAMED BY KIMJ . TO CRUSH RUlXiARIAN REDS s If s iv ' x III tV - j 1 --yy - - v f: I :-.,"xSr . . f ;:..-.:::::::: If ' si, s - It Jl 4 - - ' A- i ' - ' i i I' . Q's -A 1 . .i (: . ! V' X ' " ;1 lr X . " hy-1 ! t - Gen. Iai&rofC was appointed mil itary dictator by King Boris in the grave emergency which threatened the government and he has bt-en enforcing an iron policy in crtiwn Ing disturbances caused bj thi Communistic groiip in Bulgana. Hundreds have been arrested ; anil many executed, although the real conditions have not reached the outride - world because of a strict censorship. t ! J Abo are two photographs of the Wickman twins,' Evelyn and Ethel, of Chicago. Inserted in the photos taken recently, when they -were 26 years old. are pictures of them when they were babes of three months. As children their parents had difficulty in telling; them apart, but now Evelvn is nor mal in height and weight, while Ethel is only 4 feet 4 Inches tall and weighs only 6S pounds. Phy sicians are at a loss to account for, the great difference. , i i . '! .tl V7 Promoter Tex Rickard and Tom Gibbons After , SL Paul Man Agreed To Meet Dempsey in June 1 - 'S , , - v " , - : ' nf.ii.i.u mW'" . . w . ' J ... f :: . I , ... ji A'. -V.'.' 'v. ( While everybody is wondering, whether , World Champion Jack i Dempsey really means it when he 'ays his marriage in May to Estelle Taylor will end his ring career, Tex gtlckard baa gotten busy preparing or a championship match just as tit Jack's romance win not inter fere with business. This photo- St. Paul light heavyweight - ha4 agreed to meet Dempsey on or about June 1, either In New Tork or at Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey Ctty. The understanding reached at the conference was that the win. ner Is to meet Harry Wills, the negro, in September. Rickard would not state what amount he - rwpa wm -o m iew x ors aijoiTered Gibbons but It is -undcr-gf48" JK8 $ -rr.d? to? to be at least 1109 000.
