MEMPHIS COTTON CARNIVAL TO REOPEN , . . Dedicated to the past, present and future of the cotton
industry, the Memphis Cotton carnival will resume this year after bowing out to the war effort since 1941.
Photograph shows previous carnival which will be outdone this year. The 1946 carnival will sparkle with a
series of parades depicting growth of the Mid-South, lively street dances and songfests. Exhibits will show
uses of cotton as tgell as new applications and artificial fibers and plastics.
JAPANESE HOLD OPEN ELECTION . . . An estimated 24,000,000 voters went to the polls in Japan to select
representatives for a new national house of representatives. Unheard of—Japanese women exercised their
right of suffrage. Typical of most voting places was the Votsuya ward office, Tokyo, where the women outnum
bered the men. Final results will not be known for some time, but Red element has admitted defeat.
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UNCLE SAM’S OLDEST REGIMENT . . . The color guard of the
3rd regiment, oldest in the U. S. army, with some members wearing
the costumes of the Colonial wars, is shown during colorful ceremony
at Heidelberg, Germany, which marked the dc-activation of the 7th
army under Lt. Gen. Godfrey Keyes.
GREECE HOLDS ELECTION ... A voter of the future looks over
the array of posters put up by various parties and candidates to boost
their chance in the recent Greek elections. In contrast to the bitterness
of the pre-election campaign, the voting itself was quiet, with Com
munists and left wing groups fighting a losing battle to persuade
voters to boycott the election. Populist party won.
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SOVIET AMBASSADOR . . . Niko
lai V. Novikov, present charge
d’afTairs in Washington, who has
been named to replace Andrei A.
Gromyko as Soviet ambassador
to the United States. Gromyko
will remain with UNO.
SEARCH OF TITLE . . . Billy
Conn, Pittsburgh Adonis, who
hopes to wrest the world’s
heavyweight boxing crown from
Champion Joe Louis, when they
meet in New York in June.
TWO KIDS WITH QUINTUPLET KIDS ... The goat population on
the Foltz (arm near Ludlow, Ky., Is increasing rapidly these days.
Five kids is a rare (eat (or one birth, even in goatdom. Shown here with
the mother and her quintuplets are the proud Foltz children, Edward
and Janet.
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HEADS WOMEN VETERANS . . . Mrs. Patricia M. Dcuse, Astoria,
N. Y., national commander of the Legion of Women Veterans, a new
all-women veterans group, believed to be the first of its kind in Amer
ica, is shown at her desk in Brooklyn. Mrs. Deuse is an ex-marine
and served for 19 months in the women’s reserve of the U. S. marine
corps. Before that she wrote for California newspapers and radio.
NOT IMPRESSED BY BASS CATCH . . . Little Bill Rogers shows
only disdain at the catch of nine-year-old Susan off pier at Blunt’s
Bay, Colington, N. C. Spring arrived on time at this North Carolina
coast village and Susan is out to repeat her record of last year—which
she says was best in the region. Bass have increased during the war.
TOO YOUNG FOR LICENSE . . . Young Jackie Fiorillo, 16, Flushing,
V. I.. N. Y„ is pictured in cockpit of his light plane on completion of
solo flight from Reading, Pa., to Flushing airport. George W. Edwards
greets the young flyer. Jackie is still a student. He must wait until his
17th birthday, August 9, before he will be granted a pilot's license—
which will permit him to fly.
IKE DON'T WANT TO GAMBLE
. . . Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
told members of the senate mili
tary affairs committee that fail
ure to extend the draft art meant
to gamble with peace and security
of the world. On various occasions
General Eisenhower has asked for
continued draft.
ROYAL HAT STYLE . . , Exhibit
ing a gracious smile and wearing
her Easter hat, Princess Elizabeth
of England leaves Town Hall, Not
tingham, England, aftef attending
a concert given by a children's
choir.
BREAKS WORLD RECORD . . .
Joe Verdeur, Philadelphia Turn
ers club, who broke two world’s
records at AAU meet held at
Bainbridge, Md, He eclipsed the
200-meter and the 200-yard n.arks,
following navy discharge.
ONLY CIVIL WAR NAVY VET
... A chipper skipper is Henry
Doll, 97, who claims to be the only
living naval veteran of the Civil
war. He is now living at Philadel
phia Naval hospital.
WOMAN PADRE . . . The Rev.
Elsie Chamberlain has been ap
pointed by the Royal Air Force
as its first woman chaplain. She
is 35 years old and a graduate
of King’s college, London.
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