) Work on World’s Largest Dam Progresses Rapidly
View showing the progress made on the Grand Coulee dam project in Washington. The waters of the
Columbia river swirl about the partially-completed west bank foundations as the river is being diverted from
its course, so that construction may be carried on in mid-channel. It is expected that this task of diversion
will take four months.
Bob Servis Wins Florida Golf Prize
Bob Servis, (left), Dayton, Ohio, low amateur and winner of Henry
L. Doherty trophy at Miami Fla., examines his prize with Ralph Guldahl
((right). Western Open champion from St. Louis, Mo., who' scored 281
to take first prize of $2,500 among professionals in the Miami Biltmore
$10,000 Open golf tournament
I POTATO QUEEN
Michigan’s Potato Queen in the
person of petite Ellen Harkonen,
twenty-two years old, of Pelkie,
Mich., far away in the Upper Penin
sula, was crowned in Detroit as a
climax to a banner crop year of
Michigan grown potatoes.
SON OF ZAHAROFF?
Pictured at his last in his South
Kensington shop in London is 67
year-old Hyram Barnett Zaharoff,
shoemaker, who claims he is the
son of Sir Basil Zaharoff, munitions
king who died recently. Shoemaker
Zaharoff, who plans to claim the
fabulous munitions fortune left by
the “merchant of death,” says be
has documentary proof of his par
entage.
How Are Your Complexes Today?
Like to learn all about your inhibitions and things? Get one of these
birdcage affairs, demonstrated at the recent inventors’ congress at Port
land, Ore. According to the demonstrator it "instantly measures 32
relative areas of your brain.
Even Tiny Switzerland Keeps Its Military Fit
Impressed by growing armies, navies and air forces of the nations that border it, Switzerland is not to be
caught napping by a sudden invasion. Its tiny, but well trained military force is put through periodic
paces such as the above cavalry drill during maneuvers recently, near Geneva.
Duke of York Becomes George VI of England
On the abdication of King Edward VIII, to marry Mrs. Wallis Simpson, his brother, the Duke of York, as
cended the throne of England as George VI. It is expected the coronation will take place next June.
Bringing a dispute which had brought the empire to a crisis, Edward voluntarily relinquished the throne.
Photo shows King George with Queei. Elizabeth and daughters. Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose.
TO MARRY EX-KING
Mrs. Wallis Walford Simpson, for
whom King Edward VIII abdicated
the throne of England. Edward’s
romance with the former Baltimore
beauty precipitated a government
crisis before the monarch solved it
by abdicating. Going into voluntary
exile outside of the British Empire,
the former king is expected to
marry Mrs. Simpson as soon as her
divorce decree becomes final. On
the abdication of King Edward, his
brother, the Duke of York, ascended
the throne.
Plan Dodger Campaign for 1937
Conference between Burleigh Grimes, recently-appointed manager of
the Brooklyn baseball club, and the “front ofllce” is pictured here.
Grimes, who was signed to a year's contract at an unannounced sal
ary, is shown (left) conferring with John M. Gorman (center), business
manager, and Judge Steven W. McKeever, president of the club, on plans
for rebuilding the team. •
Scenes and Persons in the Current News
1—President Roosevelt shown a3 the guest of President Varges of Brazil on his recent South American
tour. 2—German and Japanese diplomatic representatives in Berlin signing treaty agreeing to combat com
munism, an action which Russia believes is aimed at the Soviet government. 3—Portrait of Pope Pius XI
made before his illness.
Statin' of Will Rogers in Canada
Guido B. de Vail, sculptor from New York, Paris, and London, who
has just completed in Ottawa, Ontario, a statue of Will Rogers, the
great American humorist, which will be cast in bronze. The statue
shows Will Rogers sitting on top of the world, is 15 feet high, and took
six months to make.
FIRST FOR PENSION
He has a long way to go before
he becomes eligible, but John David
Sweeney, Jr., of New Rochelle, N.
Y„ became the first person to be
enrolled for old age pension under
the social security act. Sweeney is
23 years old and drew Card No. 1.
I
I
I
*« CWERY time," says Charles Ves
ta, "that I tell this story I
have to laugh." And he paused to
emit a throaty chuckle.
"What's funny about it?” I wanted
to know.
Charlie rolled a cigarette. "WeH,”
he said "it’s funny because Don
Saffron went daffy over a girl and
decided to commit suicide.
"I’ll have to begin with the bridge.
It’s the biggest they ever put up
around here. In the center there’s a
260-drop to the bed of the flood
control ditch, which is covered with
huge rocks,
"The girl’s name was Carmen
Hall and she took up with a jigger
named Ben Tappan which made
Don mad, and he decided to commit
suicide.”
"I get it,” I says. "So he jumped
off the bridge?”
"Ain’t I already told you he took
the jump? Now, listen, shut up aj
minute. Don and Carmen was nuta
over each other and flxin’ to ge^
married. And then comes along thig
good looking Ben Tappan. Ben fa
for Carmen and Carmen, woma
like, is flattered by his attentio
and decided that maybe she could
have some fun and at the same
time make Don Saffron appreciate
her more, as it seems to her Don is
getting rather lax in his love-mak
ing of late. So she shines up to Ben
Tappan and Don Saffron at first
gets plenty mad. He asks Carmen
what’s the idea, and Carmen pre
tends indignation and pulls that stuff
about ’you don’t own me, Don Saf
fron,' etc.
"Well, Don goes off in a huff,
but by and by he begins to get the
idea that Carmen is really in love
with Ben Tappan, and he gets crazy
mad. He goes back to Carmen and
pleads with her, but Carmen, de
lighted, as women are apt to be,
to think she has so much power
over a man, only laughs again, and
Don says if she don’t take him back
he’ll go kill himself by jumping off
Suicide bridge.
"Well, of course Carmen don’t
believe him, and keeps right on
laughing in the most tantalizing
manner. So Don grits his teeth and
goes away. After he’s gone Car
men begins thinking that maybe he
was serious, and she thinks, too,
how awful It would be if he really
carried out his threat, as she really
loves him.
"So she decides not to take anjt
chances and sets off lickety-cut for
Suicide bridge. She gets there just
in time to see Don poised on the
railing, and she screams at him
to hold his horses as she was only
kidding and didn't hanker to have
him kill himself. But Don only waves
his hand in a sad gesture of fare
well and takes the dive. The shock
of it knocks her for a loop, and
she keels over. When consciousness
returns there’s a big crowd around
and she’s lifted into an ambulance.
She remembers poor Don and faints
again, and the next time she wakes
up, she’s in a hospital.
“‘Don! Don,’ she begins moan
ing right away. Whereupon a jigger
in uniform comes over and says,
‘Say, sister, did you know that jig
ger who popped over the rail?'
“ ‘He was my lover,’ moans Car
men, ‘and now he's dead. Dead.’
" No, he am t, says me omcer,
‘he’s in jail?’
" ‘Jail?’ says Carmen her eyes
popping. ‘Jail?’
"That’s right, sister. Charged
with trying to take his own life. And
that’s a serious offense.’
"Carmen blinks. ‘But— but—' And
then she stopped, as a sud
den thought occurred to her.
“ ‘Yep,’ the cop was saying, ‘he
landed in the net that the workmen
had strung up under the superstruc
ture while they were building a sui
cide-preventer arrangement on the
top of the bridge. Work was begun
today and the net put up to catch
any of the workmen in case they
slipped, and it caught Saffron like
a rat in a trap. Now he’s going on
trial for—’
" No! No!’ says Carmen. ‘He
didn t do it on purpose. He was
fighting with a man who attacked
me. The man threw him over the
railing and ran off just as I fainted.
My Don would not commit sui
cide!’ ’’
Charlie paused to guffaw, and I
grinned at him sourly. "Oh, yeah?”
I says, “and how about Don? I sup
pose now you’re going to tell me
that he thought up the same story
and was telling it to the cops down
at the police station?”
Charlie looked at me and shook
his head pityingly. "I can see,” he
said, "that you ain’t one to get the
point of a story. Down at the police
station Don was acting dazed and
overcome by shock. He wasn’t say
ing nothing, but was waiting for
Carmen to arrive, as he knew she,
would. You see, Don had the thing!
all planned out. He didn't jump]
until he saw Carmen run up to try
and stop him. But even then he
wasn’t taking any chances because
lie knew the net was there all the
time.”
An Extinct Volcano
Kilimanjaro is an extinct volcano,
forest-clad from about 6,000 feet to
10,000 feet. Below this level there
is bush and there are some of the
world’s richest coffee plantations.
Grass lands extend to about 13,000
feet, above which are glittering
glaciers and snow.
