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About Southern Oregon miner. (Ashland, Or.) 1935-1946 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1935)
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER Star of Finland Led the Parade Scenes and Persons in the (airrent News 1—Men of the One Hundred nn<1 Eighth Infantry going over the top In a bayonet charge during tlie army maneuver! at Pine camp, N. Y. 2—Member! of the house of representatives leaving the Capitol In Washing ton for their homes Immediately after the adjournment of congress. 3—View of Port Said and the Suet canal, object of solicitude on the part of Great Britain because of the Italo Ethiopian war threat. “Ears of the Army*’ at Work J ___ m — As part of the annual Harbor day celebration at San Francisco the last of the old square rigged vessels on the bay, the Star of Finland, was decked out In flags and bunting and towed by a tug at the head of the gigantic marine parade. The Star of Finland is the old sailer which it Is planned to buy and anchor at the waterfront for use as an old time sea museum. * * Farmerettes Ready for Championship Events A The United States army’s huge “ears,” sound locators tuned to pick up noises which might come from "enemy" aircraft or Infantry, as seen In the war maneuvers at Camp Pine, N. Y. These locators nre syn chronized with the huge searchlights mid once a sound Is picked up, the lights reveal the cause of the disturbance. Only the most modern of farm machinery wns good enough for these Pomona farmerettes. They were get ting In readiness for champion farm girl contests at the Los Angeles County fair in Pomona. It was an International affair with elimination events staged for Mexican, Portuguese, Italian, Swiss, Danish and Swedish girls. Field Mass Held During Army Maneuvers Army Tank Mothers Brood of Bayonets 4» < During the great army maneuvers nt I’lno camp, N. Y., religious services were held regularly, men of all creeds attending. The illustration shows a Catholic priest conducting a Held muss at an improvised altar. Dashing out from the protective but speedy hulk of this modern tnnk, soldiers of the Sixteenth infantry, from Governor's island, are pinioning their Invisible enemies to the ground with bayonets during the tank drill at the Camp Pine maneuvers at New York. These soldiers were the winners of the drill.
