King Leopold Comes Calling on King George King Leopold of Belgium, left, and King George of England shown as they drove from Victoria station to Buckingham palace when the Belgian monarch arrived in London recently. The visit was significant in that the Belgian king needs a lasting friendship with Great Britain, France and Germany to bolster the foreign and military policy he pronounced a year ago. This policy he defined as "barring war from our territory." LA GUARDIA DEPUTY Most important man in the New York city set-up (besides Mayor La Guardia) is Magistrate Henry H. Curran, pictured puffing a cigarette after hearing that he had been ap pointed to the office of deputy may or. The duties of the office newly created are largely administrative, and according to the law, the mayor is permitted to delegate almost full powers to him. Future Admirals Act as Firemen ....—---.— Middies of the fire brigade of the United States Naval academy at Annapolis, Md., are shown in action as they helped battle flames which gutted historic Carvel Hall, famed Annapolis hotel, recently. Taking Count of Unemployed As millions of questionnaire cards poured in on Washington, the gigantic task of computing the number of unemployed men and women in the United States in order to aid them more effectively was under taken by government workers. Lester Polar is shown at the assorting machine at the census bureau. Songbird Has Fine Feathers “The Metropolitan was never like this,” is evidently the thought of Lily Pons, who, garbed in this featb erweight costume of vulture feath ers, faces the camera from a jungle scene in her newest picture, “Hit ting a New High.” Guns Show Italy’s Growing Military Might Guns are an essential part of any military parade, and here are some of the huge field artillery pieces of the Italian army drawn up for a huge military spectacle in Rome, recently, at which Premier Mussolini reviewed his troops. a Scene;! and Persons in the Current News 1—Nathan Straus, administrator of the United States housing authority, shown conferring with Mayor Flo rello LaGuardU about plans to spur home building. 2—Mahatma Gandhi, sixty-eight-year-old Indian nationalist leader, is greeted by followers as he arrives in Calcutta. 3—Capt. George Eyston of London shown after he set a new world’s speed record of 531.42 miles per hour in an automobile on the Bonneville Salt Flats near Salt Lake City. Utah. WINS RECOGNITION John Holmes, who started with Swift & Company as a messenger boy 31 years ago and became presi dent of the company recently. He succeeded G. F. Swift, a son of the founder of the business, as execu tive head of an organization of 60,000 employees engaged in the dressing of live stock and nationwide distri bution of meat, poultry, eggs, but ter, cheese and by-products. Mr. Swift will continue active participa tion in the business as vice chair man of the board of directors. His Honor Weighed in the Balance While a (own crier stands by to announce the result, a police sergeant is shown weighing the new mayor of High Wycombe, England, A. J. Gibbs, in accordance with an ancient custom of the town. Trams Carry Fish Cargo An early morning scene at the Newhaven fish market in Edinburgh, Scotland, showing fish wives with their baskets of fresh fish, boarding a tram car to take them to the city. Meanwhile the passengers on the car sit unconcerned while the motorman aids his fares in loading the car. 2-Week-Old Baby Boasts 2 Teeth Mercedes Angeli of San Francisco had two teeth when she was born and now that she’s two weeks old they’ve grown to quite some husky molars, as this picture shows. And she takes the dentists’ suggestions, too. with that big toothbrush. Police Give John Barleycorn a Bad Bay New Tori. police had a Roman holiday when they engaged in the wholesale destruction of bottles, jars, kegs and cans of liquor at the police department warehouse recently. The liquor was seized in raids o\er a 'ong period. Here you see the fiesta at its height. 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