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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1939)
PAGE EIGHT The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning August SI, 1939 ASSOCIATED PRESS TTD n (D TT HJ IE IE mm . .5 "A ' , S V , v . - S S W . -(.. '"S sV I , A-.N V. - ( J -.31 -1 .'(fctf:.:v'::,': TV i':.::v:: .-..:::y. mmi iii-ri'ftl-i'i&riiVi?"te it ',?1ltriHii'n -it'-tiv yi TirnTimm(Jnrriitiiif iltirtiTiiTiirlfiir YEP, HE CAN CO OK Those cookies are few reason why Roy Austin, 15, of Wasco, EL. won from drb in EKin contest. MAN POWER BOWS TO M A CH I N E Thirty-two tons of sand at a bite are lifted by this riant shovel, now dirrinr 134-mile addition to the All-American canal from the Colorado river , to California's Imperial valley. The addition, called Coachella branch, will carry water to tho Coachella valley, making possible the Irritation of 137,004 acres of rich desert land. " :'Aur A A' '1 -V VJ 'T LrJ" v. 44 SOLDoTO JA PA NInto the bold of a Norwegian steamer' Celpamela swhuran recondittoned locomotive, lor shipment from Philadelphia to Japan. The entine is of a type no longer nsod by tho Pennaylvaals railroad and Is one of- IS beimc shipped for altt mate ne to Jdanehookao. Tho .engines were reconditioned in Altoona, Pa. Last May, 10 engines similarly went to Japan. CAME LOSE It-she can still smile, even though these dabs didnt carry her to a title in the 43rd women's golf tonmey at Darien, Conn. This Is Fay Crocker of Montevideo, Uragnay; who lost oat no 20th bote to Elixabeth picks of CaUforwa. V ' v. r V 4. AvM a v Ui PENNANT PROPHECY-eTi do It agam,-BiiiMC. Kechnie (right), CineinnaU Reds manager, atsnred Charles -Chick Faimer, S8, when they met at an Old Timers' session in Philadel phia, before a Phillies-Reds game. Palmer, who's said to be tho oldest professional baseball player alive, managed the Reds when that team won the pennant way back In 1882. 4 Ay v If: V vjTx? adQ: 5a HERE'S HOW TO PLAY 'BUNCO 'Simple are the desires of "Bongo." a hiapo in Washington. D. C, zoo. He asks only that his teeth be doused with high pressure stream, twicVdally. i'y ' i- m- r(y I I Mill 1 1 "T" IJJI.IU lit 'FRAMED BY CUPI Di:Mbe that bikit niDBMi for any six-day bicycle riding, but it served Its purpose, uniting Jimmy Walthour, veteran six-day bike rider, and his attractive bride, the former Alyce Brent, a Cleveland dancer. The bike or what's left of it went with them on their honeymoon. The wed ding was at New Bedford. Mass, between races. BUS Y War dangers and the fj. 8. defense program have in creased the duties of Charles Edison (above), who automatic ally became actinx secretary of the- navy upon the death of Claude A. Swanson July 7. Edi son had been assistant secretary. i 7 r if If j. , uvJCv:r - rg' .VvsTy V " -. ... i ?mYER FOR -A CHINESE S 0 U L-Rererently Chy Toimg Mock bows at the PWla lelphU trave of his brother sad hopes that the chicken, rice and wine he's placed on the grave will eep uo departed spirit happy until some future date when the bones are returned to their nativo land. The Chinese believe that their dead cannot enter heaven until they return to SSa FEAST OF THE D E A D A roast pig rests en a China man's grave in Philadelphia, where Chinatown recently observed Beong Tee, a memorial service to keep their dead happy until they return to China. The food to taken away after ceremony. CUXEAU II EAD-The third - successfre Texan to bead tho U. -8. bureau 9i navigation Is Kcar Airal Chester 17 Vtsaitz (above), a estive at lYederlcks burg. His two Texas tvedeces sors were James O. Richardson d Adolphns Andrews, - - o - t ' r", ' . r MAYBE THEY LOSTSOMETHINC-TroTbr Hat Wai expert can dub s shoL fani Barton, British golfer, sprawls on a creek hank to help esd!es hunt the baa that went wild, Kiss. Barton's bad luck held, for she lost to the third round of the women's national ehampieaships at Darien, Conn, to Charlotte dotting of West Oranre, N, J, Tktory cams at If th hole. it-, t 4 mi 4 ' i t-v- 5JL5. it. iT.AM.,C-F.AT.Er1?y sreamed like a baby." said the crew, to describe SSLSfn ILpltJf!i -1 i?1 eeberg when above London-bound. Canadian steamer BeT1 BnamcerXhas. Folkes took this pletero before tho ship oased out of snenaemg. - oxad-e-Lke serf, game Uln persons drowned when the Titasie atrsck an Iceberg la 1812. V- N:- 7,437 MILE S-Command-. ed by Capt. J. H. Tlltoa (alwve). the four-motored California Clip per began regular air passenger service to Auckland, New Zealand,-' The 270-mlIe hop to llonslnln is longest; the 7,437 salle trip- will take four daya