Refugee Soldiers Head Back to Spain
General Gayo, left foreground, leader of the fleeing Spanish troops who entered France at Luchon, is
shown with his “staff’' and a French officer. General Gayo led about 6,000 militiamen over the Pyrenees to
French refuge as his army went to pieces before Franco’s advance. Gayo and those of his men willing to fight
made preparations to return to Spain, by way of Cerbere and Barcelona.
Sow Farrows Litter of 25
Mrs. Albert Marlatt of Medway, Ohio, claims a world’s record for
her Duroc-Jersey sow with its litter of 25 pigs. Mrs. Marlatt, shown here
with the sow and some of the 20 pigs which survived, has found it neces
sary to resort to bottle feeding for most of the piggie family, as the
mother can care for only eight.
ASKS M. D. REVOLT
Prof. James II. Means of the Har
vard Medical school and president
of the American College of Physi
cians, who recently urged physi
cians “who believe in popular gov
ernment to bestir themselves and
organize an effective opposition par
ty to the American Medical associa
tion." This was the first time in
American medical history that open
revolt against the leadership of the
A. M. A. was advocated by anyone
of Dr. Means’ standing.
Another British Man o’ War Launched
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H. M. S. Edinburgh, new British battleship, taking the water after the launching ceremony recently at
Wallsend-on-Tyne, England. A large crowd watched Lady Gumley, wife of the lord provost of Edinburgh,
christen the ship which is the latest addition to Britain's rapidly growing fleet in the rearmament program.
Mrs. Robert New
D. A. R. President
Mrs. Henry Robert, Jr., of Annap
olis, Md., who was recently elected
president general of the Daughters
of the American Revolution at its
meeting in Washington, D. C. She
was unopposed at the convention
attended by delegates representing
every state in tbe Union.
Mule King for a Day
The mule market at Columbia, Tenn., which the residents maintain
Is the largest street market in the world, celebrated a $3,000,000 selling
season by parading to the tune of three bands. Above photograph shows
a buyer at work mouthing a likely looking mule.
Scenes and Persons in the Current News
1—Members of the Italian Fascist goodwill mission pictured during their visit to Tokyo. 2—Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Ford shown as they celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary recently. 3—Erstwhile troops of the
Spanish Loyalist army shown as they arrived at a concentration camp at Luchon, France, after they had fled
across the border to escape annihilation by General Franco’s rebel forces.
Papa Passes His Examinations
Wrestling with a washable doll, Anthony Cappi, one of the fathers-to- 1
be who vecently graduated from the four weeks' course on handling a
baby, gets a pointer or two on the proper technique of diaper-changing.
The Instructress at the school Is Sarah Gould. Other brave fathers-to-be
look on wondering how Tony manages to account for all those ends.
HANDY WITH GUN
Pitted against some of the best
women shots in the country. Miss
Eleanor Lum of Beaver college,
Jenkintown, Pa., carried off the Na
tional Women’s Amateur small-bore
rifle championship. When the final
tabulations were made, Miss Lum
had scored 599 out of a possible
600 shots.
NEW GOLF KING
Duce Honors War Dead Kin
Frank Strafaci, a Brooklyn, N. Y„
boy who once won the National Pub
lic Links golf championship, is
shown with his gold medal and sil
ver trophy after becoming the 1938
North and South amateur golf cham
pion at Pinehurst, N. C., recently.
Strafaci gained a 4 and 3 victory
over George T. Dunlap, Jr., of Gar
den City, N. Y.
Helpless as an Overturned Turtle
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Rocks loosened by recent storms slid to the railroad tracks three miles north of Easton, Pa., causing
this locomotive and 12 cars to crash down the embankment to the water’s edge. Two of the cars were actu*
ally upended in the swollen Delaware river. The engineer and fireman were taken to a hospital.
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Here Is one answer to "What Price Glory?” Three brothers of Sig
nor Prcsel, left, were slain fighting for General Franco in Spain. Signor
Presei is being consoled for his loss by an embrace from Premier Mus
solini in a ceremony honoring the families of Italian aviators killed in
the Spanish war.
Medallions Easily
and Quickly Made
Pattern 1C51
These two medallions . . . the
small one very open to set off the
spirals of the larger one . . . can
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doilies. Delightful pick-up work
... so easy to do, your crochet
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rections for making a 6Vfe inch and
a 2 inch medallion (size in string)
and joining them to make a vari
ety of articles; illustrations of the
medallions and of all stitches
used; material requirements; a
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SOME anti
CLIMATE!
The soil and climate of this part
of the country are an open book
to the seed experts who breed
and select pedigreed Ferry’s
Seeds. In their experimental
gardens, they have perfected
seed varieties that are at their
best under these conditions.
You’ll find these seed varie
ties in the familiar red-and-sil
ver Ferry’s Seeds store display.
The unique Ferry-Morse Seed
Breeding Institute has spent
years to bring them to perfection.
Select your seeds from the
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too. Ferry-Morse Seed Co.,
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Discriminating Mercy
You owe little less for what you
are not, than for what you are, to
that discriminating mercy to
which alone you owe your exemp
tion from miseries.—Boyle.
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