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VERNONIA EAGLE. VERNONIA. OREGON Battle Infantile Paralysis Wave President Roosevelt Visits a County Fair President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt pictured as they stopped on their drive through the grounds of the annual Rhinebeck-Duchess County fair at Rhinebeck, N. Y., to admire a prize-winning cow and her calf entered in the stock show. They Don’t Want to Wait 72 Hours Preston Springs, Ont.—One of the most serious infantile paralysis epidemics in years has struck the United States and Canada. Science is testing the efficiency of zinc sulphate nose sprays as a preventive among 5,000 children in this Canadian town, where there was a dangerous out break. Dr. John Hauch of the Hagmeier clinic is shown treating one of the district children. Shanghai in Ruins as Bombs Rain From Planes City Clerk Michael Cruise of New York shown putting up the sign an nouncing that in the future marriage licenses are not valid for 72 hours after their issuance. Prospective brides and grooms who sought to beat the law are shown in line as they await their certificates and quick ceremonies. View of the international section of Shanghai after bombing from the sky by Chinese planes. Ruins of the Cathay hotel are seen, as fires sweep over the bombed area. With bombardments from Japanese war ships in the Whangpoo river, untold damage was caused in the native sections of the city. First “Trailer Widow’’ Seeks Lift Typist Sets New Record for Speed at Exhibition Retains His Professional Title at Toronto Meet Writing 8,656 words in an hour with only 31 errors, George L. Hoss- field of West Englewood, N. J., sue- 1 cessfully defended his world’s pro fessional title at the International Typewriting championships held re cently at the Canadian National ex hibition in Toronto. Talk of Pupils Recorded to Gauge Improvement Beloit, Wis.—Phonograph records measure improvements in students’ voice and diction in the speech de- partment of Beloit college. A re- cording is made of speech by each student at the start of the public speaking course. Another at the close of the course is made on the reverse side of the record. By com paring the two the instructor can [ judge each student’s improvement I | . Revere, Mass.—Mrs. Sadie Hahn, fifty-six, believes she is the nation’s I first “trailer widow.” She married Paul Halm, fifty-five, last year in a Dilworth, Texas, trailer camp, and spent their honeymoon in a trailer. Recently he deserted her here, taking the car. but leaving her th. I trailer in order, perhaps, that she might pick up a “lift" home.
