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About Cascade Locks chronicle and the Bonneville Dam chronicle. (Cascade Locks, Or.) 1939-1939 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1939)
\ P AG E TW O THE O W ADE l.(X KS OfJUiMCI.E FKIDAY. A r m i . 21. 1939 DEPICTING PEOPLE AND EVENTS Police Motorcycle I las Broadcast l nit lilur Bessie, who has been hear- inic police calls for several years, now can talk back. Bessie belongs to the Beverly Hills police depart ment and she is believed to be the only motorcycle in existence equipped with two-way radio. De signed by F. K. Gonsett, chief radio technician for the department, the five-tube sending unit weighs only six pounds and Is carried in two compact rack arrangements behind the driver's seat. A microphone at tached to a four-foot cord permits the ofllcer to converse with the sta tion operator, while a loudspeaker mounted betwren the handle-bars brings orders from headquarters. Increased speed and efficiency, as well as additional safety. Is expect ed to result from the new unit. Oftl* ecr Joe Malpasuto and F. R. ('.on- sett, of Beverly Hills police depart ment, inspect the set. Mrtal Beads Open Her Constricted Throat Mrs. Agnes Gregory, Kansas City, Mo., 32 years old, owes her life to a piece of thread. Several weeks ago her throat, which was burned when she accidentally swallowed lye when she was a baby, had constrict ed until she was unable to swallow anything but liquids. The thread, of which she eats a yard a day, serves as a guide for a series of metal beads which open hgr throat, so that she can eat regular meals. Typical American Boy Rewarded bv Mother Selected as the "typical American boy” from a field of some 25,000 contestants from all parts of the country was Karl McCready (right), Radio Amateurs Solve Problem in ( iommtiniralion On Oir day of hi* hlrlh I duaril Notile aouinl» off Mlllt « lusty yell In hi» radio drliul. Uniti hla father and mother, Mr. and Mr». William Notile of San I rani Im o, are lleenned amateur radio operator». They hai r a radio »lallon at their home, and the i ati Mr. Notile iti It r i I» equipped with a liny rei elver IraiiMiiltler A »mall transmitter and rreelver Mere Installed In the hospital for Mrs. Noble’« benefit. To the i I k lit we »lion little I d - ward ■ I » t it k hi« anviou« father a iheerful little earful a» til* mother hold« lire " m i k e " before him, amt i «Salo lo the ■ I k III I his dad I» pic- luied In hi« i ab, a »ori of worried look upon hi» fai e a» hr wonder* If the «i|uall» » Hol ly " » I I » well " 13-year-old lad from Louisville, Ky. He is shown here brine rewarded with a kiss from his mother, Mrs. Ruth MrTready. Karl told reporters . he hopes to be a radio engineer. TKRKIHLK TKKRIF.R Rrvermd t hatlr* I Islander. pastor of SI Martha's church and circus "Baby Tool»." two-months-old fox rhaprl la bar a* ota. I la . »Inter home of Ringling Brothers and Barnum terrier of St. Loats. Mo., weighs only aad Bailey cirrus. give» the big »bow bis annual blessing a» It entrains It ounces agstnsi the normal av- for lit New York opening le ft to right Joseph Ateter. altar boy; Ret- erage weigh» M five pounds His ere' ,1 t hat les 1 slander Reverend John % l.vn.h and Reverend 1’ airtck tireless antics point to an otherwise O Brirn. | normal roodiusa. . l pper Berth for the Motorist-Camper One of ihe latest devices for the touring motorist who liken to pitch camp at night ta this tent which can be put on top of the car. It was shown at a recent camping and hiking exhibition In London, and proved popular with the many moioriata who prefer the by-paths instead of main traveled roads.