I Workers Dig Deep for Mammoth Dam
PWA workmen excavating for the spillway structure of the Fort Peck dam, a project in eastern Mon
tana, financed in part by an allotment of $49,881,000 from the Public Works administration. When com
pleted, the Fort Peck project will be the largest earth-fill dam in the world, will control floods of the Missouri
river and irrigate thousands of acres of now arid land.
“REEL” RIFLE
Pretty Maurine Kerns, of Miami,
Fla., shown with her home-made
harpoon rifle, designed by W. M.
Edwards. The gun operates by
means of stout rubber bands which
discharge a steel arrow tied to a
fishing reel line under the barrel.
iThe fish is speared (if the angler is
r a good marksman) and reeled in.
Celebrate Telegraph Anniversary
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The seventy-fifth anniversary of the completion of the first trans
continental telegraph line was celebrated recently in ceremonies at
New York university. In 1801 the first trans-continental message was
transmitted from San Francisco to the White House in Washington. Dr.
Howard ft. Driggs watches operator S. Brester receive the re-trans
mission of the first message.
Cops Take “Paw Prints” of Kittens
The day old quadruplet kittens of Tige, police headquarters cat,
have their paw prints recorded while their mother looks on. The daily
line-up at New York headquarters was delayed nearly an hour because
officials had dropped the preparation of records to aid Tige in the
early morning hours when the kittens arrived.
I CHIEF OF SURGEONS
Dr. Frederic A. Besley, of Wau
kegan, 111., is the new president of
the American College of Surgeons.
He was elected at the clinical con
ference of the college in Philadel
phia. Dr. Besley is a graduate of
Northwestern university. He has
spent 27 years at the Cook County
hospital in Chicago.
Women Fire “Laddies” Fight Blazes in Russia
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This photograph illustrates better than many words the point reached in Soviet Russia’s recognition of sex
equality. A woman fire inspector, M. Dimitriyeva, is shown, brass-helmeted, sitting beside the driver of a
fire engine on the way to a blaze. Incidentally, it is interesting to observe how the firemen are securely at
tached to the vehicle with stout hooks. Note man at left.
Scenes and Persons in the Current News
1—King Edward VIII, who according to rumor may marry the recently divorcee Mrs. "Wally" Simpson ol
Baltimore. 2—Floods following a typhoon in the Philippines recently cost the lives of over 1,000 people. 3—
Kolomin Darany, acting premier of Hungary following the death of Premier Goemboes, is mentioned as his
probable successor.
Home Gas Masks Tried Out by French
Not quite a peaceful home scene as mother and daughter, wearing
gas masks, continue at their Knitting during the recent rehearsal of air
raid defenses in Paris. Candlelight served as their only means of il
lumination.
| “EXTRA” IS GRID STAR
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Just as an “extra hand" when
football season started Fritz Was
kowitz, young soph halfback of the
Huskies of the University of Wash
ington has developed into one of
the mainsprings of the squad. His
early season play in crucial games
has won him a regular berth.
REPRESENTS IL DUCE j
The Countess Gaieazzo Ciano, the
former Edda Mussolini, daughter of
Italy’s premier, who, according to
reports, will visit New York and
Washington early this winter.
Bike Trailer New Gadget for Baby
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A novel streamlined trailer carries baby on a ride behind daddy’s
bicycle. The trailer was constructed partly of old bicycle parts and cost
less than $10. It was made by a resident of East Lancashire, England.
When it’s time for baby to have an airing, his dad tucks him in the trailer
and they’re off for a spin on the boulevards.
Boy Scout Heads Pay Homage to ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt
Daniel Beard, national commissioner of Boy Scouts, places a wreath on the grave of Theodore Roosevelt
during the exercises on the seventeenth annual pilgrimage of t.ie Boy Scouts to the grave of the late Presi
dent. Left to right: a Boy Scout, A. H. Weytingh; a Brazilian Boy Scout, Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.,
Commissioner Beard, and Walter W. Head, president of the Boy Scouts.
Canada's Indians Gain
There is no foundation for th*
common belief that the Indians of
Canada are a vanishing race. The
census, which is taken at five-year
intervals, has shown a substan
tial increase In each of such per
iods during the last fifteen year*
at least. According to the last
census there were in Canada 122,
911 Indians—62,943 males anc 59,
908 females. M>out 112,500 live on
the reservations.
Belief In Hope
“In a certain measure I am re
markably like the rest of the
lish. I believe in hope."—Rudyarc
Kipling.
MUSCLES FELT
STIFF
AND SORE 1
Got Quick'
relief:
From Pain •
If muscles in your legs, arms, chest,
back or shoulders feel stiff and sore, get
a bottle of Hamlins Wizard Oil and get
ouick relief. Rub it on—rub it in.
Warms—soothes—gives wonderful com
fort. Will not stain. At ail druggists.
Wealth of Nature
He is richest wl.o is content
with the least, for content is the
wealth of nature.—Socrates.
Stomach Gas
So Bad Seems
To Hurt Heart
“Tha gas on my stomach was to bad
I could not sat or sleep. Even my
haart teemed to hurt. A friend aug
Esited Adlerika. The first dose I took
rought ms relief. Now I eat as I
wish, aleep fine and never felt better."
—Mrs. Jas. Filler.
Adlerika acta on BOTH upper and
lower bowels while ordinary laxatives
act on the lower bowel only. Adlerika
gives your system a thorough cleans
ing, bringing out old, poisonous matter
that you would not believe was In your
syetem and that has been causing gas
pains, aour stomach, nervousness and
headaches for months.
Dr. H. L. Sboub, Now Tart, report* i
"In addition to Inleitlnal denoting, Adlerika*
greatly reducat barterla and colon bacilli
Give your bowels a REAL cleansing
with Adlerika and sae how good you
feel. Just one spoonful relieves GAB
and stubborn conetipatlon. Leading
Druggists.
Be Sure They Properly
Cleanse the Blood
WOUR kidneys are constantly filter*
1 ing waste matter from the blood
stream. But kidneys sometimes lag in
their work—do not act as nature in*
tended—fail to remove impurities that
poison the system when retained.
Then you may suffer nagging back*
ache, dizziness, scanty or too frequent
urination, getting up at night, puffinesa
under the eyes; feel nervous, misera*
ble—all upset.
Don't delay? Use Doan’s Pill*.
Doan's are especially for poorly func*
tioning kidneys. They are recom
mended by grateful users the country
: over. Get them from any druggist
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