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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1936)
VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON Scenes and Persons in the Current News Official Flower for Gold Star Mothers Maj. Harry L. Bateson, Long Beach, Calif., plant wizard, presented the first bouquet of a new-type zinnia which was developed and recently dedicated bj him to the American Gold Star Mothers who lost sons over seas in the World war. Major Bateson is shown tendering the bouquet to Mother Ida Wade. Looking on are (left to right) Frank Gorey. na tional commander. Disabled Veterans of the United States; Mothers Josephine Forker and Jane Taylor. 1—British troops in Shanghai are ready for action as the Sino-Japanese situation grows more tense. 2— President Roosevelt laying the corner stone of a new unit in the Jersey City Medical Center. 3—Alfred E. Smith, former governor of New York state who has vigorously attacked the New Deal and urged the elec tion of Gov. Alf M. Landon to the Presidency. Spinach? “It’s Wonderful,” Says Mary Odd Craft Devised for Treasure Hunting This strange - looKing craft, composed mostly of derricks and diving apparatus, is the salvage ship with which Simon Lake, famous submarine inventor, be lieves he has located the long- sought hulk of the British frigate Hussar and the gold and silver bullion treasure said to be in her hold. The inventor is shown aboard the craft near the spot in New York’s East river where the sunken hulk of the treasure ship is believed to lie. Mary Theresa Kavin, seven, shown with her brother Edward, after she had eaten the first solid meal in her life. It comprised spinach, chopped beef, mashed potatoes and gelatine. Mary was born without lower intes tines and she had to live on liquids entirely after her birth. An opera tion performed recently has made her entirely normal and she is looking forward to attending school and carrying her lunch. The Better to Breathe With, My Dear! WILL ROGERS DOUBLE T. C. Rennets (left), of Chicago, the demonstrator; and Dr. Henry Hedden, of Memphis, Tenn., inspecting the new type of respiratory testing device placed on exhibition in the Cleveland Public hall. Over 5.000 doctors and nurses are attending the American Hospital associa tion's convention in Cleveland. James L. McGinnis, thirty • nine year old brakeman for the North western railroad at Minneapolis, who looks so much like the late Will Rogers, humorist film and stage actor, that he has been called to California to pose for a bronze sta tue of the great American humorist. The memorial will be made by Jack Gardner, Glendale, Calif., sculptor, and will be paid for by funds secured through a nation-wide sub scription. “Tarzan” Wins Perfect Babv Contest j Attired as a wild man. leopard skin and all. thirteen-months-old Cyril Ryecroft ] rived his mettle by going simply wild when he received the ’ Most Perfect Baby" trophy from Charles Atlas, physical culturist, who was judge in the contest which was a feature of the closing day of the recent Coney Island mardi gras.
