VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
Teeth of British Lion Bared for Action
The 16-inch guns of H. M. S. Rodney, pride of the British navy, make an impressive picture, symbolical
•if the British lion’s teeth all bared for action. The photo was made off Invergordon, Scotland, where the
fleet is engaged in gunnery practice. H. M. S. Encounter is in background, silhouetted by the setting sun.
STAK KALL CARRIER
New Aquatic Sport Is Introduced
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.
Grant’s Birthplace Returned to Original Site
VENUS MODEL
The little cabin where Ulysses Simpson Grant first saw the
light of day l.as been returned to its original site with appropriate
ceremonies. For many years the cabin stood on the grounds of
the state capital at Columbus, Ohio. It has now been returned
to Point Pleasant, 30 miles east of Cincinnati. The birthplace of
th: baby who grew to be “Unconditional Surrender” Grant of
Civil war fame and eighteenth President of the United States,
is the simple little white building at the right of this picture.
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.
Genevieve Grant of Chicago,
chosen from among 140 girls who
were regarded as “almost perfect”
and was found by actual measure
ment to have a figure closely like
that of the classic “Venus de Milo.”
Where Stars Will Shine at New York’s 1939 Fair
View of the interior of the dental office trailer that the state of
Indiana has sent on the road to treat needy children from three to ten I
Planetarium which it is proposed to erect on New York's World’s Fair grounds. On its dome Fair vis
years old whose parents are on relief. The trailer has one chair, a itors will see a miniature sky studded with stars and planets. Intricate machinery will move the heavens at
divan, hot and cold running water, sterilizer, and other equipment, all will. It will be possible for example, on the day the Fair opens, April 30. 1939 tc duplicate the celestial dis
of ttie latest design.
play which George Washington saw just 150 years earlier on the night of his inauguration, April 30, 1789.