The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 27, 1939, Page 5

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, NOV. 27, 1939. ASSOCIATED PRESS PICTURE NEWS . ~————— —— . o . BOUNCING BACK TO BACK_Over his obliging pro tearn-mates leaps Ed Jankowski, a back with the Green Bay, Wis., Packers, just to show one way of gaining yards when a photo- grapher's around. A former Wisconsin player, he's rated an ace ball-carrier with the Packers. This scrimmage took place in New #York before the Packers’ game with the Brookiyn Dodgers. METTLE WON MEDALS—Courage that enabled her to conquer paralysis made Nellie Kaskons (above), 17, a swimming champion, and here she is at Pittsburgh with some of her medals. o e aoy She overcame her physical handicap to become international 100- NO. 3 FOR ITALY_whilé statesmen ponder the role of meter backstroke champion for her age-group. With that record of ie va f . D ol ohol £ Italy in Europe ar, that important Mediterranean country grit behind her, Miss Kaskons plans for the Olympics. last two years, who launc nr's‘_'llw “Impero,” her third 35,000-ton battleship (above). pedai in New York's six-day bike race The vessel’s shown at Genoa just before launching, 'FINN—Grimly Gen. Hugo Osterman, chief of Finland's armed forces, studies a map as Russian maneuvers continue to harass this debt-paying nation. HOME _—Regret at leaving Paris was voiced by Mrs. Dora Delano Forbes, aunt of F.D.R., who's just returned from France. She'd lived in Paris many years. NO GATE-CRASHERS WANTED HE closely-guarded entrance to the country’s only chandise is stored, duty free, while awaiting trans-shipment to another country, varticularly so since the European war. “SEE WHAT NECESSITY INVENTED —Scarcity of gasoline in London, England, led to the introduction of this “producer gas” trailer, hooked on to a bus which gets the gas by SALLIES INTO SALESMANSHIP_How to sell anti-tuberculosis Christmas seals is the subject of discussion be- tween Ezra Stone, actor, and three show girls in New York. Left SWEDISH PUZZLE-PICTURE_Like those puzzlers that ask the reader to “find another face” is this view of a heavy Swedish army tank engaged in war drill with a soldier (left) almost concealed by the “Christmas tree” camouflage. STOVE PIPE?_mspired by France’s goddess of liberty, this Daché hat of green and white suede suggests that milliners plan to continue their “war of nerves”.to a showdown. R E—Americans’ traditional warm welcome for strangers bogs down at above “free port” foreign trade zone on Staten Island in New York harbor. Here, foreign mer- and the area is closely supervised by the U. S. Customs, A private company opérates the foreign trade zone for the city of New York, means of a thick hose pipe, Gas is generated in a stove which burns anthracite, charcoal, peat and other substances. The trailer extends about six feet beyond the bus. i _T HESE ARE MEN WHO GUIDE BRITANNIA_Britain's war cabinet includes, left to right, standing: Sir John to righ andra Barrett of Marion, Ind.;: Libby Bennett of Char- lotte, N ; Key Taylor of San Antonio, Tex. Stone, who is chair- man of the actors’ sales division, is from New Bedford, Mass. Anderson, minister for home security; Lord Hankey, minister without portfolio; War Minister Hore-Belisha; Winston Churchill, first k of admiralty; Air Minister Sir Kingsley Wood; Dominions Minister Anthony Eden; Sir Edward Bridges, secretary to cabinet. gealoor: Viscount Halifax, Sir John Simon, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, Sir Samuel Hoare, and Lord Chatfield. WIRED FOR SOUN D—A U. 5. Customs guard adjusts the electric-eye alarm apparatus at the guard house on New York's Staten Island, where an intricate system of alarms and signals protects United States’ only foreign trade zone. The five piers of the zone’s waterfront are thus tected; even a rowboat entering & slip will sound an alirm in the guard house. SOUP TO NUTS Merchandise from all over the world is stored in warehouses of New York’s foreign trade zone on Staten Island; here are Brazil nuts waiting to be graded and packed. When ready, foreign produce r-r be shipped from this zone to an- other country without payment of U. S. duties. However, such produce f'ading U. S. buyers is subject to the usual duty.