Stamp Series Commemorates Baseball Centennial
The sale of a stamp series commemorating the founding of baseball got off to a flying start in Coopers
town. N. Y., recently when Postmaster General James A. Farley sold the first stamps to Judge Kenesaw
Mountain Landis, baseball commissioner. There Abner Doubleday founded baseball 100 years ago.
Fuzzy-Wuzzies Aid British in Omdurman ‘Battle’
In the welding of the "life line of the British empire,” Lord Horatio Kitchener’s famous victory at
Omdurman, Anglo-Egyplian Sudan, on September 2, 1898, over the fanatic dervish hordes of the Khalifa
stands as one of the most Important military conquests in England’s history. Stemming from this triumph
was Great Britain's complete mastery of Egypt. Now a British movie company is remaking history, filming
the battle with the aid of the Hadendowah tribe, known as the Fuzzy-Wuzzics. a name given them by Kudyard
Kipling. Left: Natives relaxing before a “battle.” Circle inset: Makeup men create dummy heads to be
strewn on the battlefields. Right: Hand to hand encounters between the natives and the soldiers.
Winds Corroborate Dead Woman’s Story
Dead for three years, Mrs. Pattle Tillett once testified in a land
suit that one boundary mark—a cemetery—existed near the famous Seven
Sisters dunes in Dare county, North Carolina. There was no trace of the
cemetery and the case was dismissed. Now a storm has swept the
banks, and shifting sands exposed the bones of Mrs. Tillett’s ancestors.
Attorneys have moved to reopen the case.
Hitler Entertains First Royal Visitors
Rcichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler plays the gracious host to Prince Paul
and Princess Olga of Yugoslavia during their recent trip to Germany,
bidding them a temporary farewell as they left Berlin to visit the estate
of Field Marshal Hermann Goering. They were the first royal couple
at the head of a state to pay a state visit to Greater Germany.
WIIAT! NO EVE?
After waiting years for the right
moment, the right mood and the
right piece of stone, Jacob Epstein,
modernist sculptor, created
“Adam/’ which he considers his
“greatest work.” The huge alabas
ter figure was completed in 18
months, without benefit of model.
POTENTIAL HERO
Ready for all eventualities, wheth
er it be a fair damsel stricken with
hero-worship or in distress from
ocean waves, two-year-old Teddy
Ramsay stands ready for action on
the Miami, Fla., beach.
1939 Napoleon Leads Fellow Alumni in Charge
Though their school days are a thing of the past, these former classmates can always find sufficient time
for a reunion. In Philadelphia, at the Jniversity of Pennsylvania’s annual Alumni day celebration, George Kei
lehcr mounts his “mighty charger” and portrays a 1939 version of Napoleon. He is surrounded by fellow
members of the university’s class of 1937.
New China City Replaces Los Angeles Landmark
Buddhist rites, devil dancers and the traditional cavorting Chinese lion featured pageantry In Los An
geles’ new China city recently when that picturesque quarter was cleaned of ghosts and demons. Replacing
the old Chinatown, which was evacuated to make way for a new Union station, China city is the site of
many historic incidents of early Los Angeles days. The ceremonies were intended to lay the ghosts of
its past.
Queen of the Beaches Begins Reign
An easy winner in competition for “Queen of the Beaches” was Miss
Norma Ellis, 17-year-old beauty of Irvine, Calif., who was selected from
among 222 Southern California girls. She is pictured with her trophy
after winning the annual Oceanside, Calif., event.
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Travel Route of International Highway
Charles. “Sourdough Slim," Williams, right, 58-year-old resident of
Fairbanks, Alaska, and John T. Logan, 25, of Pittsburgh. Pa., on their
one cylinder motorcycles as they start out on the route of the proposed
international highway from Fairbanks to Seattle, Wash. The adven
turous pair will visit both World's fairs.
VETERAN SHOWS ’EM
Lurcn D. Dickinson, 80-year-oid
governor of Michigan, shows pres*
cnt-day upstarts how baseball was
played in his day. He struck this
catching pose when he participated
in the Old Timers’ baseball game in
Detroit recently.
ROYAL HONEYMOONERS
Honcymooners to Malaya are
Prince Mahmud, 20-year-old brother
of a Malayan sultan, and his recent
bride, the former Joyce Blencowe,
21, daughter of an Oxford, Eng
I land, tradesman.
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Law of Failure
Whoever yields to temptation
subjects himself to the law of fall
ing bodies.—Horace Mann.
How Women
in Their 40’s
Can Attract Men
Here’s good advice for a woman during her
change (usually from 38 to 62), who fears
she’ll lose her appeal to men, who worries
about hot flashes, loss of pep, dizzy spells,
upset nerves and moody spells.
Get more fresh air, 8 nrs. sleep and if you
need a good general system tonic take Lydia
E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, made
especially for women. It helps Nature build
up physical resistance, thus helps give more
vivacity to enjoy life and assist calming
jittery nerves and disturbing symptoms that
often accompany change of life. WELL
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Forgotten Necessities
Two things the traveler easily
forgets—his umbrella and th«
truth.
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