V Loyalists Fighting the Rebels Near Madrid
^ Loyal soldiers of the regular Spanish army and civilian volunteers are pictured entrenched in rocky coun
try near Somosierra, a few miles outside Madrid.
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“Well, I can get tough,” little Lila
Jan Goodin opines as her trigger
finger toys with a Texas ranger’s
single action Colt. At two she is
mascot of Cavalcade, the $250,000
historic production at the Texas
Centennial exposition in Dallas.
Hawaiian Baby Has Longest Name
This Hawaiian mother proudly displays her tiny infant to whom she
has just given the longest name on record. It contains 63 letters—more
than five times as many as there are in the Hawaiian alphabet The
name is "Kananinoheaokuuhomeopuukaimanaalohinokeaweaweulamakao
kalani” and means "the-beautiful-aroma-of-my-home-at-Sparkling-dia
mond-hill-is-carried-to-the-eyes-of-heaven.” They call him "Joe" for short.
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"■* Joe Is Toughest of Top Sergeants
Here is "Joe E. Brown,” probably the toughest top sergeant in the
serves, and was a great attraction during recent maneuvers in the vicini
ty of Washington, D. C.
New Governor
of Canal Zone
Recent photograph of Col. Clar
ence S. Ridley, U. S. corps of en
gineers, who has been designated
by the President to succeed Col.
Julian L. Schley as governor of the
Panama Canal Zone. The new gov
ernor is a native of Corydon, Ind.
He saw service in Cuba, Hawaii and
the Philippines, and was military
aide to President Woodrow Wilson
during the World war.
How Los Angeles Welcomes Its Guests
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. Los Angeles hospitality is being extended far beyond the city limits in the operation of a new plan for
welcoming hotel guests devised by a local manager, P. G. B. Morriss, to expedite the handling of large tour
parties. Detailed as a traveling room clerk, a junior executive of the hotel boards trains at San Francisco or
San Bernadino and registers expected guests as they sit in their train seats. Room keys are given out and
baggage marked with room numbers, on the train. After detraining the guests go by taxi-cab to the hotel
and then direct to their rooms without delay in the lobby.
Scenes and Persons in the Current News
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1—Maurice Duplessis, leader of the Conservative party that routed the Liberals in the Quebec province
election and who becomes premier. 2—New United States destroyer Moffett at the Boston navy yard where
it was officially accepted by the navy. 3—President Roosevelt getting first hand information about the drouth
from some farmers at Beaver Creek, N. D.
Wins Title of
No. 1 Life Guard
Eddie Stetser, twenty-five, of the
Atlantic City beach patrol, who won
the title of national champion life
guard against 93 competitors from
all the Atlantic seaboard from
Maine to Miami. The grueling test
required ocean rescues by swim
ming, by lifeboat and by a combi
nation of the two. Stetser graduat
ed from Atlantic City Trades school
two years ago, after starring in
football there.
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Wedding in Mouth of Wlude
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With a jawful of whalebone for decorations and the leviathan’s tor
sils for an altar, Betty Gentry and J. Rob Henderson, were married
in the cavernous mouth of a captured whale at Long Beach, Calif.,
with Rev. Isaac McRae officiating at the novel ceremony. The bride
and groom hail from Baird and Olney, Texas, respectively.
Cowdrey Brothers in the Navy
“The Cowdrey Brothers in Uncle Sam’s Navy” might well prove a fit
ting title for the gentlemen in this picture. The cruising Cowdrey
brothers of Virden, 111., are viewing the Hawaiian landscape from Koko
Head beach on the island of Oahu. All are serving aboard the flagship
Pennsylvania. They are each six feet tall and wear the same size
clothes. They remit a total of $160 monthly to their mother, maintain
ing a joint bank account. All are high school graduates and winners
of many military and athletic competition prizes. They comprise a
basketball team which remains undefeated.
“HANDSOMEST COACH”
University of Santa Clara in Cal
ifornia claims that in Laurence T.
"Buck” Shaw it has the handsom
est coach in football. Buck was
offered a contract by a Hollywood
movie concern the other day but de
clined, saying: "I know my limita
tions and I wouldn’t be any more
use to you as an actor than the
Marx Brothers would be to me as
a backfleld.”
New Vi inter Sports Mecca Planned in Idaho
An architect’s drawing of the palatial Sun Valley lodge which the Union Pacific railroad is building near
Ketchum, Idaho, and which is to be opened for guests at the Christmas holidays. Sun Valley lodge and its
surrounding terrain is expected to be the winter sports mecca of America and to rival in magnificence similar
resorts in various European countries. Skiing, skating, sleighing, tobogganing, dog sledding are among
the planned activities.
The Starved Man
Returns
ny SUE COLLINS
© McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service.
VINA BELLAMY had almost de
cided to chuck her job as as
sociate editor of the Gray Book—
the well-known short story maga
zine. Even though she should not
be able to get something else for
months, she decided she could no
longer work under the editor, Mr.
Harvey Doll. She had stood it four
years and she was quite sure that
the success of the magazine was in
no small measure due to her ef
forts. But Mr. Doll seemed only
to criticize her work and take all
the credit for the publication’s suc
cess as his.
As she sorted through the
drawers of her desk, Vina came
across a manuscript, typed on cheap
manilla paper. It was obviously
written by a beginner. Then Vina
suddenly recalled the cir
cumstances by which she had ac
quired that manuscript. A tall,
lean, almost ferocious looking
young man had pushed his way
past the receptionist into her office
“to see the guy that bought the
stories for the Gray Book.” He
had been surprised to see a young
girl of twenty-two in the office but
it hadn't crushed his spirit.
That hnd been three years ago.
Vina felt sorry for the young man.
He actually had looked hungry as
he tossed his manuscript down on
her desk.
After a glance through the manu
script she thought it was worthless
but she bought it. That is, she
made out a fake pay slip, walked
down the corridor with it, where
she took thirty dollars from her pay
envelope and brought it back, pre
tending she had been to the cash
ier’s office. The man had thanked
her and disappeared without leav
ing his name.
Well, here was the manuscript
turning up again to revive the
memories of happier days. She had
read the manuscript after the
young man had left and finding it
quite unusual, she had passed it
on to Mr. Doll in hopes he would
find it usable and thus she’d get
repaid. But Mr. Doll had found it
not suited and returned it to her
with the suggestion that she had
better pick out better stories.
But as Vina read the story over
after a three-year interlude, she de
cided to try her luck with the story
again. It really was an unusual
bit of writing. So she typed the
manuscript on expensive paper at
home that night, leaving it just as
the young author had written it.
not changing a comma or question
mark. The next morninn instead
of informing Mr. Doll that she was
considering leaving she handed him
the manuscript, saying it had just
been received. Mr. Doll did not
remember the first time he had
read the storV. Instead, after lunch
he walked into Vina’s office and
told her that the story was ‘‘amaz
ing,’’ that it was certainly just what
he had been looking for for the
November issue. "It’s just the sort
of writing Harold Bell does,” Mr.
Doll stated. "Put through a vouch
er to the cashier. We’ll accept it
for two hundred.”
But Vina didn’t have the slight
est idea of how to find the author,
and she didn't even know his name.
vina awaiting developments de
cided to stick to her job until the
November issue was off the press
and to see if the author turned up.
Mr. Doll decided to publish the sto
ry with a great splash as the manu
script of an unknown genius, un
paid because neither his name nor
address were known. The Novem
ber issue of the Gray Book was a
sell-out because of the story and
critics rpplauded Mr. Doll’s
pioneering work for unearthing
such a great writer.
Then one day the illustrious Har
old Bell rushed into the office,
brushing aside the receptionist and
office boy and making his way di
rectly to the editorial offices. Mr.
Doll was dumbfounded at a visit
from the great writer. But Harold
Bell paid no attention to the editor.
He was engrossed in conversation
with Vina Bellamy.
"That’s my story,” he said eager
ly, "that everyone’s talking about.
And you're the girl that bcught it
from me three years ago. I’ve
been on the watch for you for some
time.”
There were explanations cm both
■ides. The now successful writer
explained more leisurely than at
the time of his first visit that he
absolutely had been starving when
Vina had bought the story. He’d
been in and out of every editorial
office in the city peddling the story
but he couldn't get in to see the
editors. Later, when he had man
aged to break through and had be
come successful, he had wanted to
locate the girl who had actually
saved him but he had forgotten
where the offices were and even
the name of the publication because
of his condition.
Vina smiled. It certainly hadn’t
been a crazy act for her to give
that ferocious looking young man
thirty dollars of her own three
years back. Look what had be
come of him—nothing could have
made her happier.
But two weeks later when she
reigned from the Gray Book,
Vina was happier. She had a plaus
ible excuse for quitting—she was
going to marry Harold Bell and
tour the world on a honeymoon.
