THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
Thursday, November 26, 1936
Scenes and Persons in the Current News
Street Cleaning Truck Can Battle Poison Gas
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The latest development in military defense against gas attack makes use of the ordinarily
Itreet cleaning truck. An auxiliary apparatus, attached to the truck, throws out jets of water
poison gas in the air, and also sends out fan shaped sprays of water to cleanse walls and roofs
been contaminated by poison gas. A demonstration of the new equipment is shown in London with
of the truck clad in gas proof clothing, complete with mask.
Iowa Farmer Shows
Rivals How to Be
Corn Husking Champ
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to disperse
which have
the “crew”
Velvet Lined Bathtub Is Latest
1—Mounted troops of General Franco’s rebel army crossing a bridge on the march on Madrid. 2—Pre
mier Nahas Pasha of Egypt at celebration in honor of the recent Anglo-Egyptian treaty giving further inde
pendence to Egypt. 3—General Chiang Kai-Shek, commander in chief of China’s land forces as he appeared
at National Chinese Boy Scout jamboree.
Franklin D., Jr., Engaged to Be Married
Carl Carlson, thirty-eight, of Aud
ubon, Iowa, who won the national
corn husking championship recently
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Barbara Beck, pretty Broadway dancer is the proud possessor of the
Ethel du Pont and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., son of the President,
near Newark, Ohio. He won the first bathtub in New York to be covered inside and out by mohair velvet. shown at the home of Ethel du Pont’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
title by husking 21,039 bushels in 80 The picture shows her with the newest item of modern apartment house du Pont, here, during a week-end visit of Mr. Roosevelt, Jr. The en
minutes on a rain soaked field.
equipment. Interior decorators predict a popular future for this new fad. gagement of the couple was announced by Miss du Pont’s parents. The
wedding will take place next June.
, Captain Jimmy Keeps Breaking Records
Seattle Attorney
Wins House Seat
of Late Zioncheck
NOBEL PRIZE WINNER
Golf Champs Try Out Florida Turf
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Warren Magnuson, recently elect
ed congressman from Seattle, who
will take the seat of the late Marion
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Eugene O'Neill, playwright, who
has been awarded the 1936 Nobel
prize in literature. O'Neill's most
famous plays are: “The Emperor
Capt. James (Jimmy) Mollison pictured at Croydon airport, London,
Jones,” “Anna Christie.” and
following his recent crossing of the Atlantic in record time. He brought
his plane “Dorothy Ward” to earth after being in the air 13 hours and Zioncheck. Magnuson was former “Strange Interlude.” Mr. O’Neill is
13 minutes on a 2,100 mile flight from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, to ly prosecuting attorney of Kings , a native New Yorker.
county, Washington.
London. The British flyer has a number of records to his credit.
Plans Speeded for San Francisco Exposition
Forms for the gigantic social se
curity law set-up have been printed
at the rate of a million a day by an
eastern printing concern. Thelma
Mae Myers is shown holding up a
strip of the blanks as they came
from the presses. It is estimated
that 26,000,000 forms will be needed
to keep the records of the workers.
Three golf champions try their hands at Florida's latest crop of tur
for the string of coming winter golf tourneys at Miami. Left to right.
| Ralph Guldahl, Western Open title-holder, and Lawson Little, Canadian
Open champion, look on as Johnny Revolta, the reigning P. G. A. king.
' putts in an informal match.
New San Francisco Bay Bridge Carries Traffic
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Thia is the first official view of the Golden Gate International exposition island, as it will appear in 1939
A view of the recently completed San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridge as seen from Yerba Buena island
The view is from the shore of Yerba Buena island, looking north. Preparations for the exposition are being The city of San Francisco is in the background. Steadily increasing motor traffic is using the bridge across
speeded. San Francisco held one of the most successful fairs in history in 1915.