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PAGE EIGHT - The OREGON' STATESMAN, SakmJ Oregon; Thursday Mornlngy March 10, 1938 lie- Pictare-: Tells . the StfotV;" News - Plaotos of Recent "Events 'PI? ' ' 1 n inn inn in n i i W.!Mi.MMv.i.i ta.ikuw mi.,, .it:Vi ii... -r rim &iiSit 1 f 9 - Bains sncb as the one pictured here dot the landscape throughout the stricken area as the worst flood in Ixs Angeles' history .'began to recede. All that remains of this once exclusive dwelling Is the gabled roof. Many fine homes in the more exclusire residential districts were swept away - by the turbulent ' water and damped into the ocean. Quickly recovering from the shock, work was begun to rebuild and rehouse the thousands of homeless. Public property damage was placed at 950,000,000, while private losses could not be estimated, a survey disclosed. 1IX photo. . 4WW:-fcv. IWMMMMWWMaMlfcjtoaXMinMWWMIIWI II HtmmmmammmmmmMmmmtUmm Far-reachlnr effects of the "lee-al sraff revelations dutr tin bv an Ohio legislative committee fataded by Senator Ralph Seldner restated1 in a concerted drive by adherents of Gov. Martin I Davey to block' extension of the. life of the committee as the legislature prepared to' adjourn. The committee, counsel for which was Senator James Ifetzenbaum, threatened further disclosures. ; Senators Metzenbaum' andSedner J" pictured during a recess in the investigation, which, would and if the legislature adjourned. r 'r A---- '.:V. V.fe-fr: wi i Long Beach bridge washed out in flood B r . it a ; M. L. Wilson A. a - vS . I Venturing Into a field where private enterprise has failed, the government will insure crops under the provisions of the farm bill recently passed and signed by President Roosevelt Wheat is the first grain to be Insured. The plan is for the farmer to pay a certain number of bushels of wheat as a premium insuring next year's or future crops. The premium Is determined by a local board, and based - -- .. :. ...V. t.v.--, ...... . vr-.v. Vni twee 1 : : 7 l r im i r i.-x .-.-T' '.' . v.v.y.v. .-.. .v. - . .tiv. ... -JT-......A, . m Part of one crop Is paid as premium to Insure fu ture yield. Secretary Waaaee on average yields. Secretary of Agriculture Henry. A. Wallace sold the idea to congress, declaring that the government had learned enough from the failures of others to make this plan a success.' M. I. Wilson, Montana farm planner, and under-' secretary of agriculture, Is one of the directing members of the crop insurance corporation set up by the bill. J Hughes' plane miles an hour iWhen a sudden torrent of water, sweeping down the Xos Angeles' riverVashed out this section of a. wooden bridge leading to the naval landing at Long peachCaU .eweral. jrightseers. on ffle bridge, jestl- : mated variously from eight to 15, were swept out to sea and drowned. Death toll ran high and prop- . erty damage great id the storm, worst in Southern) Clfonua's justecrT. 'Jx.i.-;... . Recent floods in Los Angeles brought tragedy to Roger Blontana, ' member of a searching1 party; as he found the body of bis daughter Carmelita, 0, in a wrecked home. M ontana is pictured tenderly car ' rying his own child from the scene of .the tragedy. UN photo. 4 ! r : v t ft It . I : - I i f- ; . . V: if. it 1 Sultan of Moscatll Secretary Cordell Hull i f i I rv". - g- v. 5 . i ' v f Glenn Cunningham 1 miles an hour - f ' 4 -.. V--;-4 ,-- '- "I . 7 , v -- --'! :"' ''"--7 V . ' ' .- The Cephenontyla fly- I .i wuKfi " 11 - . V SIS miles an hour sm. .Vs Xn I x - X 1 '"St 1 Cr-vJ I Golden earle 120 miles an hour I r .-i?WJ - - ..... , 1 New. speed marks set by automobiles, airplanes.' runners, transatlantic ships all these are slow compared to the blinding speed of a tiny fly. . Dr. Roy. Chapman Andrews,- director of the American ' jMuseum of Natural History, reveals that the male jCephenomyia fly travels at a rate -of 818 miles an ' .hour: " Man's fastest land plane, driven by Howara ; asmngion receives s aazzung visitor, the sultan of Muscat and 'Oman, 27. who comes from, the Arabian penmsula. The sultan la , repaying a visit of an American delegation In 1834. Be then served .'", - Erich Claser J . frhis is the first photo obtainable ' tof the U. a army private, Erich' Claser, held with two other per-! . , sons in New York on charges ofi s frying to sell IT. S. military se' : t4tstOL"cfpreign-powery planes have made 440.68 miles an hour, or more1 than half the speed attained by the fly. If Glenn; Cunningham, great muer, could maintain his speed for an hour he would travel only about 16 miles. The fly travels 54 times faster than the star ath lete. , Cue of the fastest birds, the golden eagle, has been clocked at 120 miles an hour. The hunting Hughes, JWJLJLraleof.352.38 msjnJwur.jLSeaI. Ieb2wd,j&rcheetah, canj-un 60 mUes anhpur. J Covering up as cameramen ;,the American. visitors with a whole baked sheep and had slaves' ices in rose water when as that. ' The sultan 1 cf .State.CordcU HulLT tempt to take her picture. Mrs. , wash their hands and faces In rose water when they finished. Wash-' rormer , - tngton didn't jjqaa far aa that. " The sultan la seen with Secretary! I TttA. i . . . " . -. . rf-. i ...... - . Mae Capone. -wife of the Chicago - gangland ' czar. Is pic tured boarding a boat At San Francisco for - Alcatraz Island prison where Capone was report ed susenng a mental oisoruer. r - . 4 - s time. Chiang Kai-Shek, who was . recently compelled to surrender her post as head of China's air . force, After It was revealed some forty soviet fliers resented taking orders from a woman, : Another reason for the ousting was t e p o r t ed as pressure! brousht by g r O B p s deriving commissions from the importa- flon of foreicn planes., A strug-- gle for power within the CbJ; 1 The Pt?te """tII ' .m r L v. : , : I' t : - , ... y y ' ' , r 17 iosjeoaeswwosofoj5oj)W'WWP3Ww yS - 1 I c ': J Georye Kp'i Kunellls, 25, of EL Joseph, Mo, hung in - senator Lodge. . - - . ' .- ' ' Republicaa Senator Henry Cabot ' V . Lodge, Jr, of Massachusetts; la t seen leaving ; the Whita House ; after conlernng wnn tne presi- , nese government resulted in the Cupid used more than a bow and arrow m dealing resignation of Mine. Chiang and. with the Beaule and Rancourt families of Sanattua the rtB,It ' brother, Me. As result the two families now are one. ' It T. vsoors, to head the air , all tejan when the eldest Reanle boy married a forces IIN photo. ; .: r; i ln court gxn.wea, oinerauif boya followed '. :' "rJtmk: : -rentlve "rlce-oresl- i i f om- BHvHHKHHVHHBVVHVVIHVVVBssssnsasssssnnsBsnsssBSBSsssssB SsSf uL A aaawff -hw w - . gj aaa wh SPsl yi . ssaawiawSB swry si w w v vp - - - ft - . . - T't ti New York. Board of fc--s4.. It. tm rtrai fpft train, his rirht hand :e dent on paying prevaClng wagea , their example, inarrylng Rancourts.' PlnaSytoiuy Trade, is iho r fctened ty a hatch cover in the roof, his feet dangling. above tha . tf-he Imfldtradea Iniassa- Father Beaule and Mother Rancourt remained. Tea.1 committee at Washington where b v enes for help unheard.- He was rescued when the train ; fusetta dl ;;"ntv Senator they, too; married. The entire family is shown: - registered his objections. : pxUled sn at Chicago from Davenport. Ia, where KuneHis climbed Lodge Is fast t)emung one of the vw -rrv r. vL.-- -, x Jiifshoner bill f or federal - msmurd. TZvnt v. is mr n rnt to inyananoiis to loosr f or work. Ha ' -ast active senators on the He-- ,- w. . v v j v, M. VM uvucjmuvJ v- - . . - -. r , mass Is shown JnaJCWcagohospitaL v;. i,i