New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 23, 1929, Page 18

. fi*_@w T Te————— i s D e T —————— PUT TO THE TE twilight sett at cently successfully gland’s giant dirigible, the R-101, in a the Cardington, England, hangar after re- passing her initial tests. International-Newsreecl 5. B, - IN THE “SPEED” CLASS—Miss Stella Williams, of Brook- re he took h lyn,N. Y, aerial ride over the island of Scene from the Arm; player In the demonstrates her swiftness on the typewriter at the National Business Show in New York.. She has written without error 124 words a minute. national Newsreel HANDCUFFS NO BAR TO SWIMMER—Mrs. Lottie Schoemmel, of New York, mother of two children, displays her aquatic ability by swimming the Hudson River for a distance of six miles while handcuffs bind her wrists. o Lamphear, seventy-three years old, of Yonkers, N. Y., scorns the automobile as a means of transportation. He has a trunk- ful of medals won when a pro- fessional cycle rider and de- clares he'll stick to his *“bike.” FORD ENTERTAINS EDI- SON—Henry Ford, millionaire automobile manufacturer enter- tains Thomas A. Edison in De- troit, Mich., before he left for Dearborn, to take part in the Golden Jubilee Celebration -of Edison’s invention of the elec- tric light. WILL FLY OVER PERU— Annie S. Peck, of New York, who was the first woman to scale the heights of Mount Huasca- ran, in Peru, twenty-one years' ago, plans to leave for South America in an attempt to fly over tHe range in an aeroplane. International Newsreel International Newsreal ENGLAND’S INTELLIGENTSIA—Luncheon of the “Critic’s Circle” at the Cafe Royal in London, England. Left to right are—Mrs. St. John Ervine, George Bernard Shaw, humorist, philosopher, writer, and England's pet pro- voker of literary discussion; Lady De Maurier, St, John Ervine (chairman), famous-playwright and critic; Mrs. G. B.'Shaw, Sir Gerald du Maurier, noted writer ‘and: critic;and Marie Tempest, producer and actress, who achieved fame for her characterizations of “Nell Gwyne"” and “Becky Sharp.” 3 REPLACES:NOTED FATHER—George Cassidy, of NewLYo_rk_‘scn of Mars Cassidy, noted race starter who'died.recently, pictured as he starts the first race at Empire City Track, New York, in keeping with a promise made ta his father on his deathbed, to take up' the elder Cassidy's duties at the track. ; K International Newsree] | R STILL PEDDLING — Patrick NN NN AN T LA N ]