Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1926, Page 78

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—GRAVURE SECTION—DECEMBER 26, 1926. Hovering between land and sea in a parachute jump. An unusual photo- graph of a lift-off jump from a Marine Corps plane 2,000 feet above the naval air station at San Diego, Calif. The camera, from an- other plane, has snapped the leap by Sergt. W. A. Munktrick just after he dropped into the air. ) Underwond & Underwood Seaplane sets pace for hydro- planes as they tune up for the El- gin trophy races in San Diego Bay, Calif. The speedster on the lett, Miss Westchester II, competed in the President’s Cup regatta here last Spring. D P& A. Photos Capt. Marbury Taylor of Richmond, Va., World War veteran, and his wife, the former Georgette Leon, French film actress, who was temporarily denied permission to enter this country when they arrived at New York recently. The immigration authorities later al- lowed her to land. D el Anne Caldwell, musical comedy performer, who has been awarded $50,000 damages in her $500,000 heart-balm suit against John W. Hubbard, the shovel king. O P. & A. Photos Barnacles of the deep have al- most disguised this propeller of an American destroyer. Bluejackets are shaving them off to recover some of the craft’s lost speed. © Acme Photos A little snow on the ball field only adds to the zest of this game for mem- bers of the Winter sport colony at Lake Placid, N. Y. Clshlbbil o ] Giant “dragon” lizard is slain by Mrs. William Burden, wife of the leader of the expedi- tion which recently hunted the great reptiles on the Island of Komodo, near Java. Two of the lizards, rivaling in size and ferocity the monster reptiles of a million years ago, were captured alive and sent to the Bronx Zoo. bbigiskhatab i e R John D. Rockefeller, 87-year-old - " oil king, still takes his daily round R ¥ 3 of golf. He is shown on the private Aristide Briand, French forei_gn minister (left), and Slr'Austen Chamberlain, course of his Ormond Beach, Fla., The pilot of this plane, Lieut. Richard Alworth, had a remarkable escape from death British secretary of foreign affairs, who were honorgd in the recently an- estate.'where he is again spending when he was forced down recently several hundred feet from shore off Rockaway Beach, nounced Nobel peace prize awards. Photo taken during a confel:egce atphthe the Winter months. ) N. Y. He was rolled in by the breakers, and his capsized plane, as shown, was later dragged Ouai d'Orsay in Paris. OP. & A. Photos. Underwood & Underwood from the surf. P& & Prten