They're Ready to Defend America's Coast
Manning coast defense guns will be one of the Important military operations in the new defense program
•f the United States. Members of the 207th coast artillery of New York are shown receiving instructions in
their duties. A number of regiments of the National Guard, particularly along the Atlantic seaboard, are
being transformed into coast artillery units. They will be trained to repel attacks coming from either the sea
•r the air. Regular army coast defense units are likewise being expanded.
England Moves German Prisoners to Canada
The Germans have landed In Canada, as this photo shows. But they came as prisoners of war and not as
conquerors. The above detachment are shown marching through train sheds In Quebec, on their way to
Canadian prison camps. Canada was regarded as an extremely safe place for these prisoners because they
are all specialists, including air pilots, parachutists and navy men. Originally imprisoned in England, they
were moved to prevent danger during Hitler’s attack on England.
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WiUkies Look Over Their Fan Mail
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Mr. and Mrs. Wendell L. WiUkie are shown at work on a laundry basket
fuU of congratulatory letters and telegrams. While the avalanche of mes
sages that foUowed Willkie’s nomination for the Presidency at Philadelphia
tapered off somewhat, they continued to receive hundreds of letters every
day from all parts of the country. The Republican nominee took a short
vacation before opening his drive for the Presidency.
Sonja and Husband on Honeymoon
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Sonja Henie, skating star and a favorite among movie fans, Is pic
tured here with her husband, Daniel Reed Topping, whom she married
recently in Chicago. Topping, millionaire sportsman, is president of the
Brooklyn Dodgers football team. This is Sonja’s first venture in mat
rimony. It is her husband’s third. She is 27 and he is 28.
Princess von Starhemberg, wife
of the former vice chancellor of
Austria, is shown with her son, John.
The princess, a refugee from her
Nazi-ruled native land, is in Amer
ica pleading the cause of refugees
seeking a haven here.
French Fighter
Gen. Cbarles de Gaulle, under
secretary of war in Paul Reynaud’s
cabinet, who heads a French war
committee in London to continue the
war against Germany. He has juris
diction over all French citizens in
£ngland.
Your Tax Money Helps U. S. Build Battleships
As Uncle Sam’s mammoth naval building program gets under way, Rear Admiral C. H. Woodward, com
mandant of the Third naval district, drives the first rivet to lay the keel of the new United States Battleship
U. 8. 8. Iowa at the Brooklyn navy yard. Observing the ceremony are Captains C. A. Dunn of the navy yard,
(left); T. B. Richey, production officer of the yard; and Commander J. E. Kicrnan. The public was not invited
to the keel-laying, because of the necessity for privacy and speed.
‘Dog House’ Would Be Cool Place for Summer
Dog members of Rear Admiral Byrd’s Antarctic expedition were given the utmost care and attention.
This section of the East Base camp pictured above was called “Dog Town" by members of the expedition.
Each dog had an individual hut supplied to him for the duration of his stay which was made snug and comfort
able against the Antarctic weather. The Eskimo dogs were specially trained for hauling sledges and were re
garded as extremely important members of the party. Antarctic birds may be seen In the background.
Gen. R. C. Richardson Jr. is shown pinning the wings of a full
fledged U. S. army pilot on his son, Lieut. R. C. Richardson III, after
he graduated from the pilot training course at Kelly Field, Texas.
Lieutenant Richardson is a West Pointer, class of 1939. He completed
210 hours in the air and 500 hours of ground instruction to win his wings.
Speed in the Water Their Specialty
Five of the speediest mermaids in America wave a greeting from
a springboard at Lido Beach, L. I., where they are enjoying the rammer
swimming season. Each a champion in her field, the girls left to right
are: Lorraine Fischer, Harriet Taylor, Mildred O’Donnell, Gloria Collen
and Helen Rains. Collectively the girls hold nine titles. J
Defeating all other contestants in
the National Marble tournament,
Douglas Opperman of Pittsburgh,
Pa„ was crowned Marble Champion
of America at the New York World’s
fair. He won a gold-plated crown
and $250 in cash.
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‘Lefty’s’ Daughter
Posing proudly at the Boston,
Mass., General hospital is Mrs. Ver
non Gomes, and her first born, a
baby girl. The infant’s dad is famed
“Lefty” Gomez of the New York
Yankees.
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AFFAIRS
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CARTER FIELD
Unnecessary wounds were
opened at the Republican
convention, according to
Carter Field . . . Bitterness,
however, is not against
Willkie.
(Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.)
WASHINGTON.—Wounds of this
Republican national convention will
plague the party throughout the
presidential campaign. This is the
more extraordinary in that it is en
tirely within the realm of possibility
that events between now and elec
tion may be such that the
issues on which the wounds were
made will disappear.
For example, all the bitterness
about joining the allies in the war.
This writer is still hoping for a mir
acle, a hope based on the age-old
tenacity of the British people, but
the cold fact is that our own ex
perts, in confidential reports based
on the observation of our army and
navy representatives abroad, doubt
if Britain can hold out much over
a month after the Nazis start their
real attack.
Leaving our wishes, whatever
they may be, to one side, suppose
this happens! What will then be
come of petty disputes over wheth
er the President aided the allies
more than he should? Is it not more
likely that the majority of the peo
ple of this country will bitterly re
gret that we did not aid them more,
and sooner? •
Let us consider another possibil
ity—that the miracle happens, and
Britain is still fighting desperately
against superior forces with utter
conquest a possibility, or a prob
ability as the case may be.
THAT’8 A QUESTION
What will be the attitude of most
of the people in this country then
as election approaches toward the
politicians who bitterly assailed
President Roosevelt for not having
been coldly neutral?
The whole situation is pathetic,
from an old-time politician’s stand
point, because it was so unneces
sary. The Republicans did not
have to make helping the allies, or
keeping out of war, the issue. They
could have concentrated on our own
lack of preparedness, despite the
fact that more than $7,000,000,000
has been spent on national defense
since Roosevelt entered the White
House.
It is perfectly true that tne ad
ministration can make a logical de
fense for that. But at the moment
we are thinking in terms of politics,
and not logic. It is frequently a
mistake to mix the two. People
are not always logical in politics.
In fact, they rather seldom are.
It would be terribly difficult for
the Democrats to defend that $7,000,
000,000 of defense spending in view
of the administration’s own admis
sion that we are woefully unpre
pared, and now really need to spend
billions for defense.
BITTERNESS HANGS ON
Bitterness galore hangs over from
the Philadelphia convention, but
amazingly little is directed at Wen
dell Willkie or any of his supporters
in the fight which ended with his
nomination.
Naturally the Taft people are bit
ter, not at Willkie but at the leaders
they had counted on for the fifth
ballot showing they expected to re
sult in victory. Specifically, the
Taft people had counted on Joe Pew
to deliver 50 odd votes from Penn
sylvania. They had counted on Alf
M. Landon to deliver 18 votes of
Kansas. They had counted on Her
bert Hoover for scattering votes
from all over the country. And
finally they had counted on Senator
Arthur H. Vandenberg to deliver not
only the 38 votes of Michigan but
scattering delegates in other dele
gations.
What the Taft people never real
ized, apparently, was that of this
particular group of leaders only one,
Alf Landon, really dominated his
delegation.
OUSTED HAMILTON
Landon had shown his strength in
a delegation caucus when all the
prestige of John Hamilton as na
tional chairman was not enough to
induce the Kansas delegates to re
elect Hamilton as national commit
teeman from the Sunflower state.
Landon wanted Hamilton thrown out
and thrown out he was.
Landon came to Philadelphia
strongly of the opinion that Willkie
should not be nominated. He was
inclined to favor Taft. But when
the Taft lieutenants, not realizing
the bitter enmity between Landon
and Hoover, kept telling Landon
how much Hoover was helping Taft,
Landon began to fear that Hoover
would be the power behind the
throne in the Taft campaign if Taft
were nominated, and in his adminis
tration if he should be elected.
That was no dish for Landon, so,
when Dewey was eliminated and the
fight narrowed to Taft and Willkie,
he threw the 18 Kansas votes to the
victor.
Just why the Taft people counted
on Vandenberg may never be made
public. It was well known in Wash
ington for 10 days before the con
vention that, if the Michigan sena
tor could not get the nomination for
himself, he would prefer Willkie.