The Hermiston herald., January 21, 1937, Image 2

Thursday, January 21, 1937
THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
Nazi Gunners Practice for Naval "Engagements"
Scenes and Persons in the Current News
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Gunners aboard the “pocket battleship” Koenigsberg are shown manning the guns during a gas mask
drill. With international incidents occurring over shipping in Spanish waters, the German navy is preparing
itself for possible eventualities.
AUTO STRIKE MEDIATOR
1—Gen. Emilio Kleber, commander of the loyalist forces defending Madrid. 2—Ceremony in Calcutta at
which George VI was proclaimed Emperor of India. 3—Speaker William H. Bankhead who presided at the
recent opening of the seventy-fifth congress.
Celebrate Steel Plow's Centennial
Nation Hails President’s Birthday
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John Dewey, representative of
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins
in the Detroit automobile strike
area. He worked to bring together
William S. Knudsen, General Mo­
tors executive and Homer Martin,
international president of the United
Automobile Workers union.
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Julio Kelenzi, famous New York sculptor, is shown putting the finish­
ing touches to the medallion commemorating the one hundredth anni­
versary of John Deere’s steel plow, while Cynthia Hope looks on. The
medallion will be used in the national celebration this year honoring
Deere, whose achievement symbolized the rapid conquest of the prairie
states and the advancement of agriculture in general.
• Deaf Mute Girl Hears by “Vibrations”
Joyce Wethered,
Weds in England
Miss Joyce Wethered, the noted
English golfer, who was married in
St. George’s, in London recently, to
These two youngsters who have been helped in their fight against
infantile paralysis, joined with Col. Carl Byoir, general director for the
President’s Birthday ball, in wishing the Chief Executive a happy Jan­
uary 30. Funds collected at the national birthday parties assist many
such children throughout the country.
WINS SCIENCE AWARD
Mrs. Alice Bull, Seattle rifle shoot­
er, was announced by the National
Rifle association in Washington, D.
C., to be the only woman in the
United States ever to place in the
national association known as the
“President’s Hundred.” Mrs. Bull
has the honor of being nineteenth in
this group and last year she placed
second among 1,445 competitors in
the “Members match,”
Duce’s Son Plans Trans-Oceanic Flight
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So that a little child may enjoy the beauties of life—. Four-year-old Sir John Heathcoat-Amory, whom
Joan Higgins, blind, deaf, and mute since birth, puts her fingers on a she met on the links at Hoylake last
phonograph detector, while her instructress, Tertia Hart, speaks through year. Many golfing friends attended
a microphone. The child feels the vibrations through her fingertips.
the ceremony.
Mail Planes Used to Reseed Burned Forest Land
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Dr. Wendell M. Stanley, chemist
of Princeton, N. J., who recently re­
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ceived the $1,000 prize of the Amer­
An excellent camera study of Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy as
ican Association for the Advance­
ment of Science for discovering the he discussed with his son. Bruno, the latter's plans for a trans-Atlantic
nature of viruses that cause influ­ flight. The youth, a member of the Italian air force, hopes to establish
enza, infantile paralysis, and colds. a new record with a special Breda plane.
Passengers Sail Strikebound Ship From Hawaii
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One of the former mail planes used by the government which is now being used to scatter seed over
burned-over forest land. The compartments once used for mail have been rebuilt as seed bins with trap
doors in the bottoms which can be released by the pilot. The planes carry about 800 pounds of seed.
When the 31 member* of the crew of the British steamer Limerick struck at Honolulu in sympathy with
American maritime strikers, six passengers enroute ‘o New Zealand on the steamer took over thé jobs and
th* Limerick left on schedule.