THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
Scenes and Persons in the Current News
Thursday, November 5, 1936
Teeth of British Lion Bared for Action
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The 16-inch guns of H. M. S. Rodney, pride of the British navy, make an impressive picture, symbolical
of the British lion’s teeth all bared for action. The photo was made off Invergorden, Scotland, where the
1—President Roosevelt receives crowd’s greetings in one of his recent campaign appearances. 2—Span fleet is engaged in gunnery practice. H. M. S. Encounter is in background, silhouetted by the setting sun.
ish government forces rush last reserves of man-power to front for desperate defense of Madrid. 3—Gov. Alf
M. Landon, Republican Presidential candidate, shown speaking from the back of his special train.
STAR BALL CARRIER
Dare Devil Driver Takes Trophy
Archery Queens of Barnard College
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George Vanderbilt, the donor (left), is shown presenting the new
Vanderbilt cup to Tazio Nuvolari, Italian driver, who won it recently, on
the new corkscrew Roosevelt raceway, in competition with 44 of the
world’s most noted daredevils of the jalopi sport. In the 300-mile race,
on the 4-mile twisting track, Nuvorali led all the way and got all lap
New sand-blasting helmet invent prizes except one.
ed by William P. Biggs, safety en
gineer of the Navy department, is
said to afford complete protection
MRS. “WALLY” SIMPSON
against silicosis. The helmet con
Three of the leading members of the archery team at Barnard col sists of a rubberized silk hood
lege, New York city, pictured during a practice session on the campus. slipped over the mask covering the
Left to right: Jean Morris, Queens Village, N. Y.; Sara McManus, head and shoulders and extending
Flushing, N. Y., a transfer from Randolph-Macon, and Ruth Harris, Mt; to the stomach. The entire helmet
Vernon, N. Y.
weighs only 43 ounces.
Marty Glickman, sprinter of the
United States Olympic team that
went to Berlin this summer, is one
of the fastest ball-carriers on the
Syracuse university football squad,
Syracuse, N. Y. Marty is a half-
back.
New Aquatic Sport Is Introduced
Aerial Bicycle Flies—When It’s in the Mood
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Mrs. Ernest “Wally” Simpson,
American-born friend of England’s
bachelor King Edward VIII who
filed suit for divorce against her
husband in London. Mr. Simpson
announced he would not contest the
action which was said to be a
A flight over the English channel is the ambition of M. Francois Baudot, ex-chief engineer of the Bleriot air “friendly one.1’ The American girl
plane works, who has created this aerial bicycle. The “plane” is shown in a trial run at Issy-les-Moulineaux was married to Simpson, a British
near Paris. This run was just to “assert” the patents, and because of weather conditions and improvements subject in 1928.
that are still needed in propulsion.
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Plans for Labor Peace Fail
A new type of aquatic race is introduced as part of water sports at
fashionable Arrowhead Springs, Calif. Pretty contestants are pictured
on the edge of a pool, propelling forward inflated horses and riders with
a kick of the foot. This is the championship team. In action, (left to
right) Vera Scarmaella, Dorothy Barnes, Mary Gilhooly, Phyllis Brad
shaw, Gene Coney, Lucy Ellis, Jean Flint, Frances Bussey. Their
rider is Adalyn Skeen.
Where Stars Will Shine at New York’s 1939 Fair
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An exclusive picture of the young
est member of the British royal
family, Prince Edward of Kent, who
is one year old. This picture was J
taken at the Buckinghamshire home
of his parents, the duke and duchess
of Kent, “The Coppins” at Iver. It
•hows how well he thrives in the air
of that part of the country.
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Recent conferences between representatives of the so-called “rebel”
unions and the American Federation of Labor failed to lift the deadlock
or to bring peace between the craft and industrial factions of organized
labor. Left to right are seen Charles Howard, president of the Typo
graphical union; Max Zaritsky, president of the Amalgamated Hatters
union and John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of
America.
Planetarium which it s proposed to erect on New York’s World’s Fair grounds. On its dome Fair via-
itors will
see be a miniature
sky example.
studded on
with the stars
and planets. Intricate machinery win’move the heavens^
will.
It will
possible, for
day the Fair opens, April 30, 1939 to duplicate the celestial dis
play which Georg* Washington saw just 150 years ear liar on the night of his inauguration, April 30, 1789.