The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 29, 1937, Page 5

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JULY 29, RESS ¥ subishon | CHIANG'S PRIDE. Flower of the troops of Nanking central government are these, General COLD FRONT. Steamy kLot and bitter cold is China’s north Chiang’s own guards. 'Trnine.d by Ior'eign military experts they constitute China’s greatest defense. country where an incident provoked a Japanese concentration of .lfrc.lfyi\\.lclle"fivn r!.mAua{‘e ;‘\;nd Chiang has been credited with a policy of meeting Japanese threats with diplomacy in order to troops. This trench and soldiers in fur-lined he!mets overlook the Chrisli‘:\n is ),\]:ulfime Chiang, rew China,” was fhe international puzzle in the f v Siso-Japanese crisis. The “iron man” still may be unwilling to battle prepare his war machine. Now he's sending troops and planes to Peiping. hilly country. China feared another incursion like that which who once went by plane to re Japan. S made Mancoukuo a Japanese puppet state. cue her 5‘::;::_ from a kid- CIHINESE PUZZLER. Grim-faced Generalissimo Chiang Kai- shek, for mary months known to Le training troops and buying war- GRANDDAJDY LONGLEGS. In some places he’d be a lus- rious tidbit, but to the Midd!e West he’s a pest. This grasshopper, our inches from tip to tip, was a member of the Nebraska plague. Aost of them are not so large, but a horde of "hoppers makes quick work of a cornfield. IrT*'s A Long-tailed birds are coming on ivin, former British prime min- toque of magenta velvet, is red, ister, was presented a farewcll L ing 558 expressions of green and black. appreciation and resolutions v h rement, He is shown (left) receiving the book from his suc or, Neville Chamberlain. SEA BIRDS. Here are members of the crew of the Caledonia, imperial Airways liner, shown at Port Washington, N. Y., after a commercial seaplane flight from England. Left to right: Virst Officer Charles Bowers, Capt. A. S, Wilcocks on, Radiomen T. E. Hobbs and T. A. Valletiee, LADY AT BAR. :l-'is AE.hflb::'; Og:;ie ’“f:i:; TWO FLAGGS. James Montgomery Flagg (right), the promi- district court In CHlcag0, o o nent llustrator, and his father, Elisha, are shown as they sailed from G eho S i‘: al;ne;e b New York on the Queen Mary for a European vacation. Both were b el bt in a jovial mood. ® THE COMEBACK. German dirigible builders were undaunted by the fate of the Hindenburg which exploded at Lakeburst, N. J. COURT-CRACKER. s Construction work proceeded on the new sky boat, the LZ130, at 's:;('y‘“:hr&“‘:;' :Qfl!‘lh'h "I’: :::(; ’ ““':“M ~ W'WWW' G - i Friedrichshafen. Here is the nearly covered skeleton in the hangar. 29 he defended the ja ki court bill before the senate. BAPTISM IN BAY. it wasan occasion for a big foregathering of colored folks at Oyster Bay, N. Y., WHAT THE SEA SAW. This isn't.a photographer's nighimarc. The young ladies are really g S 4 for the annual baptismal services of the Emanuel Baptist church. Robed choristers sang during the good-looking and not at all big-headed. They found {hese masks and staged a parade near jitec reaily g;l'firfinzl Ssgclk';z:s Thw l:gn.elit':l’: .‘!.:::‘ :‘(__;hl:‘,u,szm;) liy :I\‘.g.;.:..;, services, Negroes from many nearby villages throaged the shore to watch the religious proceedings. preparation for the annual Venice, Calif. Mardi Gras. Gorgeously grotesque, eh what? Au clectric prod, battery and spark coil replaces the bruising elub,