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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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