These Quakerettes Are Winners
Clair Firman (left), captures first prize at
Philadelphia beauty contest, Clair being ad
judged the entry with the most graceful car
riage. And Ruth Wallan (right), also went
home with a handsome trophy after defeating
numerous contestants for having the shapeliest
legs,
(International tlhutratod Now*)
Which Scout Will Go With Byrd?
She’s a Winner
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John Jacobson, retired sailor, is showing these six Boy Scouts
some rope tricks aboard the “Sampson,” at Brooklyn, N. Y.
One of these scouts is going to accompany Commander Byrd
on his dash into the Antartic. Left to right theyare Aldenr
Snell of Washington, D. C., Sumner D. Davis of Alabama,
Clark Spurlock of Oregon, Donald H. Cooper, Tacoma, Wash.,
Paul A. Siple of Pennsylvania, and Jack liirschniann, Min
eaoolis Minn.
(IntarKitlonal Illustrated N>W!)
Step up and meet pretty Ruth
Hurschler. She captured first
prize in the annual "perfect
hack" contest of the National
Progressive Chiropractic As
sociation held at Los Angeles
recently. We’ll say that Ruth
certainly merited the award!
(Internttl'jnal Newsreel)
Would Save Cult
' Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is
conducting a campaign against
English courts and police be
cause of their drive against
spiritualists. Doyle, one of the
leaders in spiritualism, believes
that ?n attempt is being made
to wipe out the cult.
(latoraationU .\ewsre«l>
Freighter Picks Up Courtney Plane
Here are some of the members of the crew of the freighter
“Yalprato” which picked up the wrecked plane of Captaif*
Frank Courvney after he was rescued by the Minnewaska.
1 hey are proud of the fact that they spotted the wreck in
mid-ocean. This picture, taken at Sidney, Australia, shows th<
engine casing which burnt out in the fire which caused the
forced landing at sea.
(International Nawartal)
Planes Will Be Used
For Mail to France
Ship-to-Shorc Service Said
to Save Twenty Four
Hours
The postmaster general, Harry S.
New, has just announced that a
ship to shore air mail service will
be inaugurated with France be
ginning August 8, 1928. Transpor
tation oi mail by such a service will
result in a 24-hour saving in the
time oi arrival at destination, Mr,
New said. The full text oi the an
nouncement follows:
Commencing with the sailing ot
the French Line steamship "He De
France” from Le Havre August 8,
1923, and from New York August
\7. an air mall service will be In
augurated by means of an amphi
bian plane. This plane wilJ leave
;he steamship at such a distance
front the American ana Frencf
ooasts that its employment for t*t
transportation of mail will resjli
in a 24-hour saving in time of arriv
al at destination.
Mail matter except parcel pas.
will be accepted for dispatch on this
steamship and delivery to the
French service by an amphibian
plane on prepayment of $1 for eactt
naif ounce or fraction thereof on
letters and post cards. On printed
matter, commercial papers and
samples of merchandise the postage
will be 25 cents for each two ounces
or fraction.
Until further notice, mail for
France and countries beyond dis
patched by this steamship and con
veyed en route by plane from steam
ship to the French service will be
forwarded onward from France by
the ordinary route. No provision
has yet been made for the use of aii
mail routes for the onward trans
mission in and beyond France of
thl3 correspondence.
LOCKS AND TIPS
Four federal prohibition agents
from Washington, posing as men
about town with plenty of money
to distribute, are said to have spent
four months and some $60,000 to
$75,000 in the night clubs of New
York, securing evidence which lea
to the recent wholesale raids. Ti».
episode illustrates the steady pro«*
ress of prohibition enforcement,
one cares to look at it that way, for
it was not so long ago that, when
ike same type of spy used up a
thousand dollars, more or less, in
obtaining evidence against the bell
boys of a popular hotel in Wash
ington, their methods and extrava
gance were made the subject of
special investigation by congress,
•"The world do move.”
However, it is not the glorious ad
ranee in the enforcement of tha
Volstead act that interests us quit#
so much as the astonishing strategy
deemed necessary to win success for
this extraordinary campaign. Tha
four spies were personally and of
fically unknowm to their colleague*
in New York, nevertheless, the dis
patches inform us that on the daf
of the raids all the New York pro
hib'Uon agents were herded in a
room and kept incommunicado, to
^reclude any cha-.ce of a “Up”
reaching the cafe proprietors, and
were not released until th; raids
started, when they were turned
loose to join with the others in the
hunt. The charge can no longer
stand that prohibition dees not con
tribute Its due share of the na
tional gaiety.
Things That Happen
Quicker Than a Wi-J
From the Popular Science Monthly.
The fastest thing that any man
can do Is to wink his eye. The in
stinctive reaction cf winking when
a cinder blows into the eye is about
one-tenth of a second for most peo
ple. In that flash of time an auto
mobile speeding 60 miles an hour
Will move nearly 10 feet.
A fast airplane will move more
than 25 feet. Thus, the pilot can
run into a small bird after he has
first seen it before he can wink hi3
eye against the expected shock
Some months ago a workman fell
out of the 15th floor of a build
ing in cour.se of construction in New
York City. On the 13th floor he
fjrabb^d a rope hanging from a
scaffold and swung himself in on
the 12th floor, saving his life. He i
afterward confessed that he was as
much astonished by his act as any
one who saw him
The explanation Is that the fall
of 20 or 25 fe->t before he grabbed
the rope occupied about one second
and a quarter, which was time
enough for hi3 thinking machinery
to issue the orders which made his
muscles take hold of the rope below
at the nropsr instant. Had he been
Disced In equal danger while driv
ing a motor car at 60 miles an hour
he would have been killed.
Tests with a group of typical mo
tor cor drivers have shown that the
average time needed to see a danger
signal, realize its meaning and be- |
ein to press the brake lever is a
little more than half a second. Tn
that time a car traveling 40 m'les
an hour would move 50 feet. That
distance represents the minimum
margin of safety the driver must
maintain.
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NOT VER Y PLENTIFUL
From Answers, London.
Farmer John Giles sent his young
1 est son into the miller’s with a sam
ple of his crop of wheat.
The miller took it inside and made
a verv careful examination. He was
delighted with the result, for the
wheat was the finest he had seen for
sorre time.
“This is splendid wheat, you nig
man,” he murmured to the farmer's
son. “I’d like to buy it from your
father. How much has he got like
this, do you think?” .
“Not much.” the boy replied slow
ly. "He scent, all the morning pick
ing that out.”
Nobody Home
From Pages Gaies, Yverdon.
Master: I have been waiting for
my boiling water for an hour, isn’t
it ready?
New maid: No. sir. I thought the
first lot was too long getting hot so
I changed it.
Q. What became of Jefferson Da
vis after his release from prison?—
V O. T.
A. After his release he visited
Europe and spent the rest of his
life in retirement, during which he
-'rote The isRe and Fall of the Con*
\ derate Government. He died Dt
rnher 6. 1S89. in New Or'.c-CuJj. I
Named Carroll’s Jail Visitor
An investigation by a Congres
sional committee into the al
leged irregularities in the fed"
eral prison in Atlanta, Ga., Has
brought out the fact that Doro
thy Knapp visited her friend,
Karl Carroll, while the New
York theatrical man was con
fined there. It is thought like
ly that she will be called to
testify as to whether she re
ceived any special favors on
this occasion.
(UtarnatloBal Nawarael)
Two Fair Flyer*
Mrs. Foster Welch, J. P., lord
mayoress of Southampton,
England, who will leave short
ly for a visit to the United
States. She is pictured above
in her ofticia! robes.
(lniernatloDAl Nawaraall
Lady Heath (top), now bears
the distinction of being the
frst woman in the history of
aviation to pilot an air liner,
.'•he took a Royal Dutch air
craft from Amsterdam to Croy
don, England, without a mis
hap. Lady Drummond Hays
of London (lower), has an
nounced her intention of being
among the two-score passen
gers to make the first trans
Atlantic flight scheduled for
September for the new Zep
pelin LX-127.
<Intom-atfnn*| Illustrated Newa and
\ewnr»*4)
Royal Wedding Eagerly Awaited
l'he long talked of wedding of Princess Marie Jose of Belgium
and l’rince. Humbert of Italy will take place amid unpre
cedented pomp at Rome. Diplomatic and social circles of
Europe have been awaiting this word for a long time. The
Pope and Cardinal Gamba have discussed the marriage and
; have decided th'>t it will take place.
(International Nawarnol)
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