Wings ot Speed for Uncle Sam’s Mail
Here is a remarkable action photo of a plane being
catapulted from the deck of the S. S. Bremen while
(he huge liner was still COO miles at sea out of Mew
York. The plane carried a lead of mail from the ship
to the shore to expedite delivery. The operation wa:
carried out with the precision of clockwork.
Try It on Your Clothesline
Brains and Brawn
Bicycling on the road isn’t thrilling enough for these fair devotees of
the wheel, so they invented this stunt to liven things up. Billie Yuill is
Filetured riding her bike along a life line at Venice, Cal., carrying
sabelle Becker suspended from a rope swing. The secret of the stunb
is that the tires have been removed from the bike. But don’t try it
too high up.
Just Had to Tell of "Secret” Marriage
Although she went to Europe in order that she might
be married without fanfare or publicity, pretty
Constance Cummings, whoa you must have seen on
the screen, just couldn’t keep a secret, so she cabled
a Hollywood friend to tell of her happiness. Benn W,
I Levy, screen writer, is the happy bridegroom.
Wins High Post
Shuffle Off to Buffalo*
* m &
Judge Louis Fit-henry. of Bloom
ington, III., who has been nominated
5 President Roosevelt for Judge
the Seventh Federal Circuit
Court of Appeals, which sits in Chi
cago. The post is second only to
that of a Justice in the United
States Supreme Court
rh« till* of tha popular eong might fit this pieturr. hut if yen w*nt to
IN Um originals you'll hava to shuffiv off to Oiwrago. Buffalo, Jr., shown
with bis loving motbrr. ia tha first World's Fair baby.
Cadet Kenneth E. Fields, of Elk
hart, Ind., who is honor man of the
graduating class at West Point, is
one of the outstanding athletes of
the Military Academy. He starred
at football for the past two years.
Preferred in Paris
Chosen as the “most beautiful
blonde in Paris,” Mile. Jacqueline
Doret, 18-year-old stenographer, is
shown as she arrived in New York
on the trip she won as a prize. She
will go to Hollywood for a screen
test with a major studio with a
view to a film contract
In New Navy Post
Rear Admiral William D. Leahy,
who has been named by President
Roosevelt as chief of the Navy
Bureau of Navigation. He is 58
years old and was formerly chief
of the Bureau of Ordnance. Ad
miral Leahy has been commander
of the Destroyer Scouting Force
since 1931.
A Fair Mermaid
It would be interesting to know
what the wild waves are saying aa
they survey thit beauty in the latest
model "kerchief** bathing suit. She
is Georgian Young, who finds this
style ideal for tanning between
dtps at the ornamental beach in the
World's Fair, Chicago,
You Said a Mouthful
If that apple doesn’t get lost in a tooth cavity, Caliph, 3%-ton baby
hippo at the Central Park Zoo, New York, will make quick work of it.
Caliph is shown on his first day in the outdoor tank. He made quite a.
splash when he took the plunge.
By the Sea
To Wed Banker
Attired in a beach pajama ensemble
of turkey red, Janet Snowden, of
New York and Newport, R. I., sis
ter of Princess Rospigliosi, is pic
tured at the exclusive Atlantic
Beach Club on Long Island. The
society rendezvous by the sea is
fast becoming a favorite with for
mer devotees of Newport.
Mias Frances Sewzuk, 20-year-old
Frankford, Pa., waitress, who re»
cently announced she is to marry1
Robert F. Welsh, 69-year-old bank-:
er, who is a prominent society!
sportsman. Miss Sewzuk works ini
her parents’ sandwich shop a few
doors from Welsh’s banking firm.
Where Oil Blast Killed Seven
Mftde at the heleht of tha conflagration, this picture show* the absorption
plant of tha Richfield Oil Company at Lon* Beach, Cal., being devour**!
L> tlamu. Seven persons were killed and 19 injure*! in the blast Uial
preceded the fire. L>aiua«e ia idftced at laSC-CSd.