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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1946)
I SOMETHING NEW IN POLITICS . . . S/S Carl E. Mau, extreme right, is shown with members of bis entourage in Marcus Hook, Pa., as they prepare to break pup-tent headquarters and start a cavalcade through various Pennsylvania cities to present Mau’s G.I.-for-Governor case to the Republican electorate of the state. Others, left to right, Tony Cordille, Mike Machman, Christy Gullio, Abe Guberman and Mike Rath. iBS*' ■ I:"?™?!*?-?®'-t;-;.. GRASS ROOTS LOBBYISTS URGE OPA EXTENSION . . . Members of a delegation of self-styled "grass roots lobbyists," representing every state in the Union and bearing placards with slogans urging the exten sion of the OPA while it was being debated in congress, photographed against the background of the great dome of the capitol building, before marching on the hill to button-hole their representatives. After this photo was taken they were joined by representatives of labor and a number of veteran organizations. i BASEBALL SEASON STARTED . . . President Truman throws out the ball as the 1946 baseball season opens at Griffith stadium, Washington. ^ where the Senators clashed with the Boston Red Sox. Some 236,730 fans thronged eight major league parks for season inaugurals. Along with President Truman, 30,372 fans watched the Red Sox win 6 to 3. ARCHERY COMPETITION IN CALIFORNIA . . . Nearly half-hun dred fair ’•bow-and-arrow” contestants took part in the Occidental college, Los Angeles, spring archery competitions. Named best archer was Dorothy Alice Benson, 19, art student, who scored bulls eyes with case. Photo shows Miss Benson as she displays her skill before lineup of co-ed archers who take their cue from her technique. / U. S.’s FIRST SAINT . . . This statue of Mother Cabrini, the first American woman to be named for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church, will be placed in a niche in St. Peter's Basilica upon day of canonization. PLANE BY CHUTE . . . For the first time in aviation history, a plane, with the pilot in cockpit, was successfully landed by para chute. Pilot Gerard Bruder, Glen Ridge, N. J., is shown landing at Farmington, N. Y. “ALABAM” PRESENTED TO TRUMAN . . . Future Farmers of America, and 4-H clubs, presented President with an aberdeen angus bull calf as proof that Alabama can raise cattle as well as cotton. Left to right, Dorothy Fuller, Birmingham, Ala.; Max McLaughlin, Blue Springs, Ala., state president of Future Farmers of America; Luther Fuller, Birmingham, and Billie Smith, Fosters, Ala., president * of 4-H clubs of Alabama. Bk. . . aHBHK-.Wv.v»NNIWMaHK •'. • • .v.. ■ .. .•WWMW..r..*..<v.WMVAVV 8NIPERSC0PE REVEALED AS SECRET WEAPON ... A soldier presses the handgrip to turn on the light of one of the U. S. army’s most carefully guarded war secrets. The device permits a soldier to see at night by means of an invisible light, infra-red radiation, which easts a beam but cannot be seen by the enemy. It is mounted on a .30-calibre carbine. SOLI) THE FIRST POPPY . . . Betty Lou Hall, 4, daughter of Infantry man Arthur A. Hall, who was killed in action in Europe, traveled from the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Home for Widows and Orphans at Eaton Rapids, IVIieh., to the White House, where she sold President Truman the first 194G buddy poppy to inaugurate the annual buddy poppy sale conducted by the VFW for relief work. ELECTION RETURNS—AMERICAN STYLE . . . Just as any Amer ican couple would sit before the radio to get late returns on election night, Emperor Ilirohito, the debunked mikado, and his wife, the empress, sit before the radio and get the latest results of Japan’s first democratic election. They are shown at the summer palace at Itayama. Returns continued all election night. Reds filed objection to results. MODELING FOR MOPPETS . . . Tiny tots staged their own fashion show at the Children’s Aid Society, New York. Latest creations tn children’s clothing were shown by the little models, Including Mary Panico, front. BRITISH CHAMP . . . Bruce Wooc cock, British empire heavywelgl champ, working on favorite Ameri can ice cream cones. He arrive from England for fight with Tan Mauriello at Madison Square Ga den. CHAMP NEWSBOY . . . Believed to be the best trained monkey in the United States, "Kip,” a .him pancee from Danla, Florida, plays the role of newsboy at a Miami street corner. Sales soared that day. NEW SWIMMING RECORD . . . Ann Curtis, 20, University of Cali fornia co-ed, defeated Brenda Hel ser, Portland, Ore., and estab lished l. new American record in the 220-yard free-style event at Seattle recently. HEADS U. N. SECURITY COUN CIL . . . Dr. Hafez Iflf Parha, as he assumed chairmanship if the U. N. security council, replacing Dr. Quo Tai Chi, of China. He has just been made leader of Egyp tian delegation. 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