After Rebel Bombers Visited Barcelona
A family that lived through the terrifying bombardment of Barcelona by six Spanish rebel planes is shown
viewing the wreckage. The bombs ripped open apartment buildings and took a terrific toll in civilians killed
and wounded. The horror of their experiences is still written on the survivors' faces.
“Vamp” of Yesterday
j Is London Matron
Surely you haven’t forgotten
Theda Bara, the come-hither girl of
the silent days of the movies. Well,
here she is in a cogitative mood in
lier Mayfair, London, home. She is
Mrs. Charles Brabin, having been
happily married for the past fifteen
years. Although many years out of
the films, Mrs. Brabin still receives
fan mail from hundreds of her faith
ful followers in the days when she
was the vampiest vamp of them all.
Noisy Delegate Tossed Out
Little business men meeting with government representatives at
the Department of Commerce building in Washington recently encoun
tered some turbulent sessions. Leaders said A. R. Shafer of Philadelphia,
a delegate, wanted the floor too many times and finally officers were
called to remove the delegate from the meeting hall.
; “Spider Web” Will Trap Light Tanks
English troops shown at work interlocking coils of steel wire tough enough to stop light tanks and armored
cars during a demonstration of modern infantry equipment at Mytchett, Aldershot. Tests of the equipment by
the South Staffordshire regiment indicated that it has practical value.
Oldest Twins Mark Birthday
Proclaiming themselves the oldest living twins in the United States,
David and Joseph Maddox celebrated their ninety-third birthday at their
home at Philo, 111., recently. Joseph is a bachelor. David lost his wife
in 1930.
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I HEAD OF ANNAPOLIS
Rear Admiral Wilson Brown, who
succeeded Rear Admiral David
Foote Sellers as superintendent of
the United States Naval academy
at Annapolis, Md. Admiral Sellers
has been assigned to active sea
duty.
Scenes and Persons in the Current News
1—Soldiers of the Spanish Loyalist government specially equipped with skis and snowshoes, ready for
mountainous expedition. 2—Miss Dorothy Kenyon, noted American lawyer, recently appointed by the League
of Nations to a special committee to report on the legal status of women in various countries. 3—Officers of
the Egyptian army shown swearing their allegiance over the Koran to King Farouk.
New Explosive
53 Times as
Strong as TNT
Wendell Zimmerman, twenty-four,
postgraduate student at the Univer
sity of California, who has an
nounced discovery of a new explo
sive said to be up to S3 times more
i powerful than TNT. Known only as
RPX, the new formula was first an
nounced for use in interplanetary
rocket experiments. Now Zimmer
man reports he is in correspondence
with various world powers in the
market for his secret.
“Safety Sally*’ Flags Down Speeders
Introducing “Safety Sally” of Long Beach, Calif., newest of crossing
guards, along with two of the children whose lives she will help to pro
tect. "Sally” is a 42-inch high wooden doll designed to "police” Long
Beach school crossings, serving as a perpetual reminder to careless
motorists.
Awarded Plaques for Baseball
LAUNDRY DIVA
Tom Meany, president of the New York Chapter of Baseball Writers,
center, presents plaques to Judge Kcnesaw Mountain Landis, left, and
Joe DI Maggio, New York Yankees' slugger, for their activities in the
baseball world. Judge Landis was honored for his services to baseball,
while Di Maggio was honored as “the player of the year.” Di Maggio
playing his second year in the big leagues was regarded as the best all
around performer in the league. \
Rita Leiberson, who recently
made her debut with the Philadel
phia Civic Opera company, swings
an iron as she helps out in her fa
ther’s laundry. Can she be singing
the “Song of the Shirt”?
Britain Strengthens Hong Kong Defenses
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Members of an anti-aircraft battery overlooking the harbor of the British crown colony at Hongkong,
pictured during a recent drill. To check these aerial defenses and perfect plans to strengthen them, Sir Ed
ward L. Ellington, inspector general of the royal air force, recently left London on a visit which will also
include trips to Egypt, India and Singapore.
Afghan That's Smart
and Easy to Crochet
You will love to have this choice
| afghan, made of just a simple
square. Joined, it forms an ef
fective design. There are a va
riety of other ways of joining it,
all given in the pattern. Use three
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Pattern 5941.
colors of Germantown or make
half the squares in one set of col
ors, the other in another with
background always the same. In
pattern 5941 you will find direc
tions for making the afghan and
a pillow; an illustration of it and
of the stitches used; material re
quirements, and color suggestions.
To obtain this pattern, send 15
cents in stamps or coins (coins
preferred) to The Sewing Circle,
Household Arts Dept., 259 W.
Fourteenth St., New York, N. Y.
Please write your name, ad
dress and pattern number plainly.
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WORKS IK 2 WAYS
OH DISCOMFORT OF
1. Take 2 BAYER
ASPIRIN tablets
and drink a full
glass of water. Re
peat treatment In 2
hours.
2> If throat la sore
from the cold, crush
and stir S RAVER
ASPIRIN tablets In
Vi glass of water. J
Gargle twlre. This f
eases throat rawness >
and soreness almost
instantly.
AI1 it usually costs to relieve the
misery of a cold today—is 3/ to 5/
— relief for the period of your cold
15/ to 25/. Hence no family need
neglect even minor head colds.
Here is what to do: Take two
BAYER tablets when you feel a
cold coming on — with a full glass
of water. Then repeat, if necessary,
according to directions in each
package. Relief comes rapidly.
The Bayer method of relieving
colds is the way many doctors ap
prove. You take Bayer Aspirin for
relief — then if you are not im
proved promptly, you call the
family doctor.
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2 FULL DOZEN 25c
Virtually 1 cent a tablet
Memory of Favors
The memory of past favors is
like a rainbow, bright, vivid, and
beautiful, but it soon fades away.
The memory of injuries is en
graved on the heart, and remains
forever.—Haliburton.
NO APPETITE?
Kansas City, Mo. —•
Mrs. Irene Trussed,
1910 Walrond, says : "I
would get acid indiges
tion, hardly felt like eat
ing at ad, and was los
! ing weight. Everything
seemed to upset me so.
I used Dr. Pierce’s Gold
en Medical Discovery
and my appetite im
proved, i Decaine mucn
stronger and I really
felt lust fine.” Ask your druggist today for
Golden Medical Discovery, liquid or tablets.
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Don’t Neglect Them 1
Nature designed the kidneys to do ft
marvelous job. Their task is to keep the
flowing blood stream free of an excess of
toxic impurities. The act of living—li/0
itielf-—is constantly producing waste
matter the kidneys must remove from
the blood if good health is to endure.
When the kidneys fail to function as
Nature intended, there is retention of
waste that may cause body-wide dis
tress. One may suffer nagging backache,
persistent headache, attacks of dizziness,
getting up nights, swelling, putiinesa
under the eyes—feel tired, nervous, all
*orn out.
Frequent, scanty or burning passages
may be further evidence of kidney or
bladder disturbance.
The recognized and proper treatment
1s a diuretic medicine to help the kidneys
get rid of exress poisonous body waste.
Use Doan's Pills. They have had mors
than forty years of public approval. Ars
endorsed the country over. Insist on
Doan'i. Sold at all drug stores.
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