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Twins—Five Sets of ’Em—Amaze New Yorkers Skyline, Not Petty Girl, to Welcome Legionnaires
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fifield of East Thompson, Conn., shown with 11 of their 13 children, including five
sets of twins, as they lunched in a New York restaurant. New Yorkers were as much amazed at the sheer num
ber of the children as the children were of the city’s skyscrapers. The youngest set of twins, Franklin Del
ano and Eleanor Roosevelt, are only two years old. The oldest child, Marguerite, 13, is seated next to her
mother at the head of the table. Two of the children, Including an infant son, are not shown.
‘Heaven’ Can Wait—If Newport Has Its Way
Mrs. Angela C. Kaufman, widow of the multi-millionaire Joseph Kaufman, was recently refused a liquor
license by Newport, R. I., officials when she planned on converting her mansion into an exclusive dinner and
cocktail place. Then the fireworks started. Mrs. Kaufman created a furore in the ultra-fashionable resort by
offering the mansion to '‘Father” Divine, Negro cult leader, as a "heaven” for his followers. The Negro
evangelist accepted the offer, and is completing p'ans for establishing the new "heaven.” Left: The Kaufman
mansion which will house the Divine flock. Right: The bar for which Mrs. Kaufman was refused a liquor license.
One-Man Submarine Tested in Hudson
.. ...
Barney Connett of Chicago, master and crew of an 11-foot submarine,
previous to making a successful test dive in the salt water of the Hudson
river in Yonkers. N. Y. Connett, in his homemade sub, has made ap
proximately 400 dives, once crossing Lake Michigan under water from
Chicago to Michigan City, lnd., a distance of 37 miles. The sub is pow
ered by two sets of batteries and has ail the usual submarine equipment.
Police Close ‘Human Slave Market’
Photographers had to be alert to get this view of America’s most
novel matchmaking establishment, "The Human Slave Market," for
immediately after bids got under way, Palisades, N. J., police stepped in
and sent six people to jail on the charge of maintaining a nuisance. Here
the auctioneer is asking for bids on a young man, an elderly gentleman
and a young girl. The idea of the "market" was to offer marriageable
subjects on the block.
Masquerade Revealed
Involved in a minor traffic mixup,,
James W. Phipps was taken to a <
Pasadena, Calif., police station.
There a sergeant penetrated the dis
guise and revealed “him" as a
woman. Twice married, Phipps is
the present “husband" of Mrs. Ma
bel Phipps, 50. For 23 years Miner
va Phipps masqueraded as a man.
“His" first wife died in 1928.
—
Caribbean War Chief
In San Juan, Puerto Rico, Brig.
Gen. Eilmund L. Daley steps from
the amphibian plane provided him
by the war department to cover his
vast insular territory. Daley is com
manding officer of the recently cre
ated department of the Caribbean,
wh'ch includes Puerto Rico, the Vir
I gin islands and all intervening keys.
cmcagos skyline and not me
curves of a George Petty beauty
will bid American Legionnaires to
attend their national convention in
Chicago this fall. Illustrator Petty’s
painting, center, was rejected by
the Legion in favor of the design at
the right.
U. S. Army Increases Production of Gas Masks
As the international situation grows more grave, the U. S. has seen fit to protect its national security and
its far-flung interests by bringing its military structure into order. As part of its preparedness, the army is
perfecting the gas mask in the U. S. army chemical warfare school at Edgewood, Md. Left: An inspector
tests safety glass for gas masks by dropping a steel ball on it. Center: A view showing the assembly of
angle tube to the hood. Right: Final assembly of cannister to tube. Each gas mask is thoroughly tested by
expert workers fey any possible defect. >
Invents Snow Cruiser for Antarctic Trip
Dr. Thomas C. Poulter of the research foundation of Armour Institute
of Technology is pictured with a model of the Antarctic snow cruiser,
carrying a live-passenger airplane, which he will build for the United
States Antarctic expedition setting out this fall. The completed snow
cruiser will be 55 feet long, 10 feet high and 15 feet wide. The plane, car
ried on top, can be demounted in 10 minutes. Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd,
who will head the expedition, plans his latest dash to the pole for some- j
time in October.
What! No Chance of a Martian War?
There are no men on Mars and no men could live there. That was
the opinion of three astronomers gathered at Cambridge, Mass. They
are, left to right. Dr. Bart Bok, associate professor of astronomy, Har
vard; Dr. Peter Vandekamp, director of Sproul observatory, Swathmore
college, and Dr. Leo Goldberg, Harvard astronomer. Also pictured is a
I p'anetarinm machine which duplicates motion of planets about the sun.
j The small planet between Dr. Goldberg’s nose and the earth is Mars.
| The sun is the electric light bulb adjacent to Dr. Bob's neck, and the earth
is at Dr. Vandckamp's shoulder.
De-Lovely, Delightful
I
Here’s a very delightful scene.
Young Tommy Ingram and Jimmy
Young lick up a couple of delightful
ice cream cones by the sign post
that marks the boundary of Delight
ful, a small town near Warren, Ohio,
Marble Champ Crowned
A new king was crowned recently
when Harry DoBoard. 14. of Landen
burg. Pa., defeated finalists repre
senting every section of the country
in the National Marble tournament
at Wildwood. N. J. Harry is the
champion of 3,000.000 marble
players.
Smart New Fashions
For Now and Later
IJERE’S a charming new pat
* tern (1784) that gives you a
pretty sleeveless dress, with a
jacket that transforms it into the
nicest kind of street suit. It’s de
lightfully simple and cool—very
easy to make, with flattering frills
as the only trimming. Chiffon,
georgette, silk print, flat crepe and
linen are smart materials for this
fashion.
Girl’s Play Suit.
There’s a place in every girl’s
life for the smart little play suit
and suspender skirt that buttons
all down the front. Cool, comfort
able and easy-to-wear for summer
play, it will be nice for school in
the fall too. The shorts are be
comingly flared, and the blouse i
has a becoming sports collar.
Gingham, pique, linen and broad
cloth are nice cottons for this out
fit, 1786.
The Patterns.
No. 1784 is designed for sizes 14,
16, 18, 20; 40 and 42. Size 16 re
quires 678 yards of 39-inch fabric,
without nap for dress and jacket
with three-quarter sleeves; 2Vfe
yards of trimming.
No. 1786 is designed for sizes 8,
10, 12 and 14 years. Size 10 re
quires 1% yards of 35-inch fabric,
for blouse; yards for shorts;
1% yards for the skirt, without
nap.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1324,
211 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, 111.
Price of patterns, 15 cents (in
coins) each.
(Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.)
Large Diamonds
Found, last October, in Brazil,
a blue-white diamond weighing
726.6 metric carats. Known as
the “President Vargas,” it is third
in size among the world’s dia
monds, the other two being the
Cullinan (3,024.75 carats) and the
Excelsior (971.75). It is 71 mm.
long, 56.5 wide, and 24.5 high and
is valued uncut at 750,000 florins
in Amsterdam, where it rests.—
Engineering and Mining Journal.
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