New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 11, 1924, Page 14

"'ww FRTFAIN DALY HEFALD™ TR T R ey LTRSS L T R AR T 1 A O MR N N b " Greenland’s Icy Mountains Baffle World Flyers (My Pacific & Atlantic) Preparing for first airplane ride, Representative Frank R, Reid of Ilinois (above) stuffed ears with cotton to ward off air sickness at Anacostia air station, near Washington, D, C, Reid is on aircraft committee which is tour- (By facific & Atlantic) ing states examining U, 8, air This is Angmagsalik, the only settlement for 1,200 miles along Greenland's east coast. It is one of the settlements picked as a base for the U, S, round-the-world flyers, Here the flyers meet their first test in services and their work. battle with shé frozen north, 108, Still Going Strong (By Pacific & Atlantic) To live one must eat, so when Milwaukee river flooded Grafton, Wis., housewives resorted to rowboats to do shopping. Incldentnlh young- Preserve Champ for Pmterlty (By Pacific & Atlantic) Though he's 108 years old, Nick Hartman (above) of Baltimore, Md., is still going strong. He very ably performs his work, rowboat re- pairing, an occupation which the Civil War mterrupted eluzhtly As You can readily observe, he’s a dyed-in-the-wool pipe smoker, Air Service Rushes New Plane to Wade sters not afraid of wetting, made pocket money towing boats. (By Pacific & Atlantic) For future mfmrmc, skeleton of Sophie XIX, champion milk giver of al]l breeds for all times, is heing mounted for Nati \al museum, Washington, D. C. Photo_shows (left to right) C. E. Mairguet, museum eurator, and W, W, Swett, chief of burcan of dairy- of agri- skeleton, R fic & Atlantie) In airplane (above) two Mieu- tenants were on way to meet Lieut, Leigh Wade, whose round- the-world machine was wrecked. First Kiss Makes Youth Slay ing of the departme; culture. looking ove (@©,by Pacific & Atlantic) Ralph Shadle (above), seventeen-year-old youth of Middlesburg, Pa., is under arrest for murder of Harvey C. Willow, wealthy farmer. He confessed that Mrs, Willow, thirty-cight, mother of two children, taught him love and inspired h(m to kill. The woman, also confess- ing, lays blame on the youth. Hlfih I lllmllll'lflllilhfilflfllil!lh‘h Jlll,,..",lll;h’l\lh Mnhfi AR \mm I\IIW!HIIhI!hlll i AR By Pacific & Atlantic) Elsa Heifetz, sister of Jascha Heifetz, world prominent violinist, was me (both above) in New York City. She experiences, An Attentive Listener An attentive listener is this little lellnw as the veteran, one of four- teen left at Pikesville, Md., arsenal, recalls some of his Civil War Wearing Rains Cause Engine Plunge (Br Pacitic & Atlantic) Hitting washout, caused by heavy rains, this locomotive plunged over embrankment near Milwaukee, Wis, Train service was crippled for hours by storm, Federal Jury Frees Fallon (By Pacific & Atlantic) William J. Fallon, well known lawyer (above addressing jury), was acquitted in Federal court in New York recently on charge of bribing Federal juror. The verdict followed a sensational trial, dur- ing wfiwh Fallon charged he was being persecuted by his enemies, His plea to the jury lasted two hours. We Exlend Our Sympathy (By Pacitic & Atlantic) Sailors on U, 8. 8, West Virginia sweltered during New York's re- cent hot =pr\,l Inadmr: chells aboard ship at Brooklyn navy yard. They have our sympathy. Wing Victor One thousand seven hundred and forty-four miles from San An- tonio, Tex., to Minneapolis, Minn,, was covered in fifty hours by Tony in pigeon race, shown above with Mistress Edith Lucht, who was delighted with the result, (By Pacific & Atlantic) (Copyright: 1924: Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc.) !I|l|t|l||lflllll (L !uEIilllillllIHPdiWWMl’flHfllfll d!Wilfllli|llfltl||II|II|llIMIHMMHMIHHMWIMNWMWWWH!MHWWMW