Vernonia eagle., April 03, 1936, Image 14

VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
Newest Locomotive Compared With the Old Type
The newest streamlined steam engine of the Pennsylvania railroad Is shown here with the old standard
heavy-duty engine. The new locomotive, said to be “the most highly perfected and advanced engine de­
sign yet produced by aerodynamic science for the reduction of wind resistance," Is reputed to show a reduction
of one-third In wind resistance at a mile-a-mlnute speed.
Ranch Buried in “Black Blizzard”
Parisians Test the Bomb Shelters
When and if France gets into another war the inhabitants of Paris
will have plenty of shelter from airplane bombardment. Numerous
bombproof underground rooms have been constructed and fitted up in
all parts of the city. This photograph shows a group of residents in one
of the shelters capable of holding 52 persons for four hours.
W here Are the Famed Banks of the Wabash?
Parts of Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico have been scourged by
recent “black blizzards” similar to those devastating dust storms of 1935,
which laid waste many farming sections of the southwest regions of the
United States. The picture shows an accumulation of soil about the
outbuildings of a ranch situated near Dalhart, Texas. In some sections
of the Southwest slight rain fell, which quickly converted the dry dust
View taken from an airplane as it flew for many miles along the Wabash river near the Indiana-Illinois
into sticky mud.
state line. Farm lands, houses and barns were almost completely submerged by the destructive spring floods
Vancouver Hindus Cremate Their Dead Publicly
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“Floating Fish Factory” Wrecked
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Although they are dressed In the manner and mode of the west­
ern hemisphere, the members of this Hindu colony on Vancouver
Island still cling to their old world customs. One of them Is the public
cremation of their dead. The body, covered with a sheet, is placed
on a pile of cordwood, and when the last rites of the Hindu faith are
performed, additional wood Is placed over the body and the entire
mass set afire. In this picture the last rites are being said over the
body of Karmal, the wife of Kartar Singh.
The French trawler Neptunla, called the “Floating Fish Factory,” Is
shown awasli after she was wrecked on the treacherous Reppoch rocks
off the Island of Hoy, Orkney Islands. The crew of 41 was rescued by
a lifebont from the Island and the huge trawler pounded to pieces on
the rocks.
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Tame Duck Eats at Table
With Family in Maine
Augusta, Maine.—There are three
to consider In the family of Mrs
Edward B. Coyne—the third being
their snow-white duck which “talks"
and "sings" and eats with them al
the table. The duck Is placed on
a stand, and quacks In time to
music. When spoken to It seems to
understand, and “answers” by a se
rles of quacks. The duck follows
Mr. Coyne like a pet dog, has accom­
panied him on shopping trips, and
never strays.
Okapi ■ Fore«. Animal
The okapi Is a forest animal of
shy, secretive and nocturnal habits
and Is found only In a limited area
of the Congo, inhabited mainly by
PJgmy black men who are extreme­
ly hostile to white people.