The Hermiston herald., October 29, 1936, Image 8

Thursday, October 29, 1936
THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
Scenes and Persons in the Current News
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Jockey A. Young, riding “Skimalong” in the recent steeplechase at Laurel, Md., narrowly missed a broken»
neck when his mount stumbled and catapulted him to earth. Luckily, the rider was unhurt.
1—His Eminence Eugenio, Cardinal Pacelli, papal secretary of state, who is visiting in the United States.
2—London bobbies quell anti-fascist riots in the British capital’s east end. 3—Chancellor Kurt Schusnigg of
Austria, who has become the newest dictator in Europe.
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The Most Rev. Bede Hess, new
minister general of the Tianciscan
order, who is the one hundred and
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Genevieve Grant of Chicago,
called the “perfect model” is shown
being measured. Miss Grant was
chosen from among 140 girls who
were regarded as “almost perfect.”
A model of a rotary elevated airport, designed by Captain Charles
Frobisher was exhibited at the Inventions Exposition held recently ir
Central hall, London, England. One of the big advantages claimed foi
the rotary airport is that it can be turned in the direction the wind is
blowing, thus facilitating the take-off and landing of planes.
New Machine Speeds Beet Digging
twelfth man to head the religious
order since it was founded in 1209
by Francis of Assisi. He attended
the recent convocation at the Semi­
Photograph shows Kenneth Strickfadden, famous electrical “stunter,”'
nary of St. Anthony’s-on-the-Hudson being showered with sparks as he contacts two arcs at the Electrical
at Albany, N. Y., and assailed the Age exposition celebrating the arrival of Boulder dam power in Los
greed and avarice of communism. Angeles.
Official Flower for Gold Star Mothers
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Of almost human ability at “topping” and digging sugar beets is
the recent invention of John Devey, Jr., of Glendale, Calif., shown here
Pictured at his desk in his Geneva
with his device. Weighing 3,000 pounds, the machine in one operation office is Mr. Saavedra Lamas of
slices the tops from the beets, and digs them from the ground 60 times Argentina, who recently was named
as fast as the average worker.
president of the league assembly.
Family Dancing Team Saves Home
Maj. Harry L. Bateson, Long Beach, Calif., plant wizard, presented
the first bouquet of a new-type zinnia which was developed and recently
dedicated by him to the American Gold Star Mothers who lost sons over
seas in the World war. Major Bateson is shown tendering the bouquet
to Mother Ida Wade. Looking on are (left to right) Frank Gorey, na­
tional commander, Disabled Veterans of the United States; Mothers
Josephine Forker and Jane Taylor.
Raymond Moulton O’Brien of New
York city, thirty-one-year-old son of
the late John Denis O’Brien of Pitts­
burgh and New York, who has been
acknowledged by the British crown
as the rightful Earl of Thomond.
Mr. O’Brien and his wife will attend
the coronation ceremony for King
Edward next May.
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The 160-acre farm of Henry Spies, located a mile and a half from Massena, Iowa, like many other mid­
western farms, was plagued with the drouth as well as a mortgage, and things looked pretty gloomy until
His Majesty’s latest submarine, “The Sunfish” shown sliding into the water after being christened at the
an idea dawned on the family. Organizing a dancing team, consisting of their six daughters who still lived shipyards at Chatham, in Kent. Brittania still intends to rule the waves, for an expanded shipbuilding pro­
at home, they toured various county fairs, earning $50 a day .
gram is part of the government's rearmament plan involving the expenditure of (1,000,000,000 in the next year.