A Good Scout Never Whimpers Scenes and Persons in the Current News
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John Taylor, Troop 53 of Astoria, Long Island, grits his teeth and refuses to let a whimper get past his lips
as an ambulance doctor sets his broken arm. His buddy, Scout Robert Ressiga, (left) whispers words of en
couragement. John broke his arm in an impromptu baseball game while the Scout troop was on a hike.
Submarine Nature Study
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A boy and a girl student of the class of zoology at the University of
Miami shown at the bottom of Silver springs at Ocala, Fla., as they
photographed a turtle while 20 feet below the surface. Clad in diving
helmets the entire class took turns at exploring the springs’ bottom as
a departure in their nature studies.
LOUIS XIX?
Meet "Louis XIX,” king of
France and Navarre, duke of Nor
mandy, Prince Louis Philippe of
Bourbon, grandson of the lost Dau
phin, who history says died in a
Parisian prison during the French
revolution, but who legend declares
was spirited safely away to Ameri
ca. “King Louis XIX” earns his
living as a night watchman in New
Orleans and lives in a grimy board
ing house, but stoutly proclaims he
is the rightful heir to the throne of
j France.
SUMMONS DEVOUT
Cardinal Rodrique Villeneuve,
archbishop of the ancient see of
Quebec, who recently announced
that the National Eucharistic con
gress would be held in Quebec, June
22 to 26. In his announcement, Car
dinal Villeneuve noted that the lo
cale of the congress was well chosen
because “Quebec is the cradle of
the faith in Canada and North
America.”
Babes From the Woods
Orphaned when their mother was shot by a hunter in the Maine
woods, these baby bears were found by a game warden near Augusta,
and are being taken care of until able to fend for themselves. They are
only a few weeks old. When they are a little more mature they will
be released in the woods.
Corner Pennies for Tax Protest
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Larry Warwick of Wayne, Pa., left, and Robert Baumann of Floral Park, N. Y., both students at Rennsclaer
Polytechnic institute, Troy, N. Y., with some of the §2,500 of pennies collected by students of the institute from
local banks and stores in an effort to corner the penny market In Troy as a protest against “hidden taxes.”
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1_Spanish insurgent troops who took part In the capture of Lerida and the operations cutting loyalist
Spain In two move on toward Barcelona. 2—Gen. Francisco Franco, commander of the Spanish insurgent
troops, whose successful operations drove a wedge between Barcelona and Madrid. 3—Officials of American
railroads and labor representatives shown after they visited the White House to confer with President
Roosevelt. Left to right: George Harrison, chairman, Railway Labor Executives’ association; Ernest E.
Norris, Southern railroad; J. J. Pelley, president, Association of American Railroads; and S. J. Hogan,
president of Marine Engineers.
First Catch of the Season
David Gaudette, five years old, of Yonkers, N. Y., one of the young
est fishermen to get out his rod and reel as the trout fishing season
opened recently in New York state, is shown making his first catch of
the season in the Croton river near Croton Falls.
STRAWBERRY TIME
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Pretty Catherine Agaisse, straw
berry ambassadress, enjoys one of
the ripe berries she has just helped
to pick in the strawberry patch
near Hammond, La. Marketed by
a growers’ organization, the Louisi
ana Farmers’ Protective union, the
fruit is handled through an auction
in Hammond.
QUEEN MARY SMILES
Queen Mary, mother of King
George VI, had a gracious smile for
the photographer who snapped her
photograph as she was leaving the
Exhibition of Handicrafts at the
Kensington town hall in London for
the benefit of the Metropolitan Bor
ough Tuberculosis committee. The
dowager queen appeared in perfect
health.
Whiskers Stymie Gas Mask
George Allen of Bromley, England, offered an unsuspected problem
to air precaution wardens of Beckenham, Kent, during house-to-house
visits to fit residents with gas masks. The wardens found that a bearded
individual like Mr. Allen requires extra-careful fitting because the hair
forms an inlet between the mask and the face. They solved the problem
by fitting a mask one size smaller than that required for a clean-shaved
person and contributed to his future safety.
$7,400,000 Ocean Bridge Open to Traffic
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Florida’s new overseas highway bridge which cost $7,400,000 and has a capacity of 3,000 cars a day was
opened to traffic recently at Miami. This gigantic engineering feat connects many coral islands south of
Miami that separate the Atlantic ocean on the east and the Gulf of Mexico on the west. The longest of
the overwater spam is seven miles.
LIVE STOCK
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Colorful Apron for
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Chockful of flattery, gaiety,
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its easily appliqued tulip-shaped
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contains a transfer pattern of
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Pattern 1635
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and applique patch pieces; illus
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High Explosives
The velocity of explosions va
ries tremendously. Gasoline-air
mixtures, when ignited by a
spark, produce an explosive wave
with a speed of approximately 30
feet a second, while TNT and ni
troglycerine, on the other hand,
generate a detonation with a ve
locity of about 25,000 feet a sec
ond.—Collier's Weekly.
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It doesn’t matter what you’re thinking of buy
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