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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1924)
l The Omaha Sunday Bee [w I l. Society Woman Cap tures Giant S a 11 f i s h «it Palm Beach Mrs Mary Austin Hall of Weitbury, L I., with the giant sailfish sh** ^ captured in the water* ^ off Palm Beach. The fish is the first of its species to be hooked this season and meas ures six feet five inches long, weighing 50 pou nd * Tokio's Busiest Corner Shows Signs of New Life As Tokio is rapidly undergoing its period of recon struction its buiest streets is showing signs of new life. Photo shows the Canzo, at Owaricho tram crossing, with temporary buildings in which new year's sales were made. _ I I 1 l Pretzel Fating Con gressman Representa tive William M Croll of Reading. Pa. who is known as the pretzel e a t i n g congressman He represents a district where the famous pret zels are made by the thovsands and he eats a daily lunch consist ing in part of his fav orite dish Of course in the good old days one never ate pretzels without washing 'em I down with real beer But now. oh well I___ French Girl Anarchist on Trial Mile Germaine Bertons, on the witness stand in the Paris assizes, where she it on trial for having Willed M Plateau During the testimony the girl expressed regrets at having Willed Plateau instead of Leon Daudet, the royalist leader, who was her intended victim I ^----— Physician ( laims a New ( ure for I uberculosi* A new « urr for pulmonary tuberculosis, whereby the disease is attacked by the building up of fibrous tissues in the lymphatics of the lungs, has been announced to the medical profession by Dr Thomas I Nolan of New York During 13 year* study, Dr Nolan claims, he has found that amorphous c a r bon and calcium salts, in pow der form, breath ed into the lungs, check* the further advance of the disease Dr Nolan is pictured in his office demonstrating the manner in which medicine used in the treatment is administered to patients through an ap paratus of his own construction 1 * “ * | Highest Point in United States Photographed for the First Time by Aviators_An exclusive photograph of Mount Whitney, in southern California the peak of which has just been photo graphed for the first time, also the intrepid aviators who accomplished the feat The eleva tion of the great peak is 14.898 feet To obtain these photographs it was necessary to reach an altitude of 15.500 feet, at which height the t mperature was 10 degrees below tcro The men who made the flight, with the CO operation of the U S. army air service, reserve corps Clover Field, Santa Monica were Lieut C C Moseley, commanding officer; Lieut George Rice, and two international newsreel cameramen Due to a strong wind Lieutenant Rice was forced to land in the Mojave desert alter exhausting his supply of gasoline, and was com pelled to remain there over night The following day Lieutenant Moseley flew to his rescue so that he could continue the flight to Los Angeles. 600 miles, with his photos and the other members of the group Left to right in the group of aviators are Lieut George Rice, Lieut C. C Moseley. William Stapp and Sanford Greenwald, staff cameramen International News reel corporation , First Woman to (*et American Sailing Matter » »* Mrs Jennie I l rocker of l lif tondale, Mass hat |ost " been granted American tailing master's papers She is the first woman to be granted su< h papers either for tail or steam on any ocean ( aptain ( rocker, now in command of the four masted schooner "Roth Martin ” followed the tea for 19 years beginning with her honeymoon trip to f ast Africa with, her husband < apt Nelson A ( roc U e r seen on the left of picture Took Pint in Pulpit, Now Saw* Wood for a l iving Kev Paul Haim Drake. Marlshoro. Mao minister wh «• A notice to cjint hi* parish, the Marlshoro Universalis! church, on Man h 1, after he had produced a pint ot whisky th pulpit a* evidence that it wa* being sold freely in the city, ha* taken to tawing wood He i* shown above m«ki his statement that he would remain .n town and "saw wood at least 1 *'
