Champion Instructing a New Mermaid
Dorothy Poynton, Olympic high board champion, is
pictured an she launched a new feminine aspirant to
aquatic honors from the board of a beautiful outdoor
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pool at Los Angeles. The novice is Patsy Bauer, who,
although but nine years old, shows remarkable form.
Anyway she couldn’t have a better teacher.
Congrats to Conqueror
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Jack Wright of Canada’s Davis Cup team (left) is piAured as he was
congratulated by Ricardo Morales, of the Cuban team, after Wright
had defeated him in the Canada-Cuba playoffs for the Davis Cup. They
played at Hot Springs, \ia.
Revival of Peg
Looking as though she were more
than equal to the situation, little
“Peg O’ My Heart” returns to
American audiences in the person
of Marion Davies, screen star, who
»a taking the role in the screen ver
sion of the famous play. Peg is here
shown with her wistful pah Michael.
As Buck Reenacted McMath Kidnaping
Her* is the scene at Harwichport, Mass., as Kenneth
Buck, confessed kidnaper of 10-year-old Peggy Mc
Math re-enacted the abduction for the benefit of
investigating detectives. He is here shown with State
Detectives Brouillard and Sherlock at the shack
where Peggy was first held captive. A crass fire ib
the vicinity almost foiled his ransom plot. Inset is
General Daniel Needham (right) with the $60,000
recovered ransom found in Buck’s home in a tin box.
Cyril Buck, Kenneth’s brother, is also held.
McMath Kidnaper
Aa eacellent cloitnp of Kenneth
Buck, of Harwichport, Mass., con*
feased kidnaper of 10-year*old
I'egvy McMath, shown after he had
reenacted details of the abduction
for investigating detectives. Buck
is lodged in Barnstable County
Jail, where also is hi* brother,
Cjrrti. who acted as intermediary
la tbs ransom neroUauooa.
As F. D. R. Reported Progress
Accounting for hJ* two-iuonth.' stewardship of the nation. President
5"****jj is pictured as he delivered * nation wide radio broadcast from
th# White House on the economic situation— what ha. been d*ne and
what la to be done. The President explained his recoeery program and
promised to uae the powers granted him by Congress if, and when, it
comes necessary.
John. D. Saw Red
Diegu Rivera, famous Mexican
mural painter, -who has become the
storm center of a new controversy
following his dismissal from Rocke
feller Center, New York, where he
had been engaged to paint a series
of frescos. Rivera was ousted, it is
said, because the scene of Com
munistic activities he painted were
not acceptable to the Rockefeller
family.
Checks for Spring
/Vote that the outdoor reason is here,
theckt are coming into their own as
n feature of milady’s styles. Here
i« Jean Harlotc, screen star, in a
rule outfit of red and ichite pin
check. The skirl boasts box pleats
in front, and is topped off by a
tailorrd vest-jacket of tchite silk
pique, The jacket sleeves are
puffed at the shoulders.
Stars A-Wheeiing
I nty may b* Urmw-U for swimming,
but Eleanor Holm, Olympic mar
maid. and Dorothy La* ar* cover
ing th* mile* with amilcB and a
bicycle. Both Eleanor and Dorothy
ar* among th* mod* c*l*briti*«
who have taken up the cycling fad
in a big way.
Madame Secretary Honored
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins is pictured as she was presentea
with a wood carving, “symbolical of woman’s emergence into the new
day," by Max Meyer at the recent luncheon in New York to honor the
woman Cabinet member. The gift was a tribute from the Industrial
Council of the State of New York, with which Miss Perkins was formerly
associated.
Smiles at Threats
Although he has received many kid
nap threats, Jockey. Silvio Coucci,
whose sensational riding has won
him national fame, doesn’t seem to
be worrying much as he is pictured
here at the Jamaica, L. I., track.
The pony pilot has hired armed
guards to protect him even while
mounting and dismounting at the
paddock
New Navy Chief
Vice-Admiral William H. Standley,
who has been appointed new Chief
of Naval Operations, the Navy’s
highest command, to succeed Ad
miral William Pratt, who reached
the retirement age on March 1.
However, Secretary of the Navy
Swanson announced, Admiral Pratt
will be retained pending definite ac
tion by the Geneva Disarmament
Conference.
Billie and Cooey Honeymoon
Married quietly at Yuma, Ariz., Billie Dove, screen star, is pictured
with her new hubby, Robert Kenaston, as they started their honeymoon
at Palm Springs, Cal. Kenaston is a wealthy land-owner of San Joaquin
Valley. Miss Dove intends to continue her film work.
Innocent—Freed
Robert E. Coleman, young Atlanta,
Go., salesman, ia shown as he left
the Stonewall Prison Camp after
his release recently. Coleman has
served four years of a life term
on conviction of the murder of his
wife in 1929, when James Starks,
a negro, confessed the crime. On
proof of the negro's guilt being
produced. Governor Eugene Tal*
madgr of Georgia immediately or*
dcred Colemans release.
Enigmatic Beauty
A picture of Marie Luizo, beautiful
'laughter of Captain Frans von
Rintelen. German »py during the
World War, who was mentioned
during the "betravul” trial of
Lieutenant Batllie Stewart in Lon
don as the airen who induced him
to sell his country’s secrets. Al
though Capt. von Rintelen denies
hia daughter la the woman in the
cue, he admitted there were "elar
t' yg coincidences.*'