New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 18, 1929, Page 16

———— Hera (fl Cameramen Tell Thewr Story CROSS THE ATLANTIC—WRECKED AT JOURNEY'S END—Natives examining the wrecked thirty-foot sailing vessel “Direction.” which capsied with Rockwell Kent and his two friencs after the boat had made the perilous voyage from New York to Greenland. The upset was caused by a mountainous spray just fifteen miles from its destination. This is said to have been the first time a sailing vessel of this size crossed the Atlantic to Greenland since the crossing of Bjornson in 1000 A. D. International Newsreel EXIT. MR. SHIRES—Arthur (The Great) Shires’ big bubble burst with a resounding pop, and the White Sox first baseman is nursing the bumps administered by George Trafton, 219-pound football player, in their Chicago bout. Photo shows Trafton with his manager, Garland Grange. International Newsreel MONUMENT BECOMES A CHRISTMAS TREE—The Dewey Monument in Union Square, San Francisco, was transformed into this twinkling Christmas tree. The “tree” is a hundred feet high and illuminated . . v 4 » J ; : ; , with 3,500 lights. : Wi 7 o T e ! ‘ i » ‘ . EE A CO-ED MINER—The State College of Washington presents something unique in the annals of industry—a co-ed miner—and she’s no gold digger! H. Cliza- beth Carey, Bellingham, a sopho- more major student in the W. S. C. School of Mines, is the second woman in the history of the insti~ tution to specialize in that field. GERMAN PRELATE EL CVATED TO§ CARDINAL —Ji{ Mgr. Eugenio Pa- celli, Papal Nun- cio to Germany who will be one of the six new RELIEVED NOW THAT ITALIAN TREASURE SHIP IS SAFELY IN PORT—Lady Austin Chamberlain, wife of the cardinals created by Pope Pius XI 5 the long await- et consis- A GEM OF THE FAR EAST— Mary Ann Gem, 12 years old, -an Cmaha lass, was recently elected president of the Omaha Union of Girl Reservcs, the nation-wide or- ganization fostering patriotism, of which Mrs. Herbert Hoover is honorary president and an active member. Mary Ann has been Omaha’s brilliant “Gem” in school work since she came here from China six years ago. Internat Newsreel s S . i 55 AR 7 . B 3 i THE MOST BRILLIANT DEBUT OF THE SEASON—The highest society of Philadelphia and New York were attracted by the debut of Miss Edith K. Drexel of Philadelphia. The function often i to as the “million-dollar deb ¢ brilliant debut of the social season. The inter- deoutante is shown above with her socially prominent mother, Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel, Jr., J International Newsreel THIS WARM HOMECOMING IS HAPPY ANTI- DOTE—Alex Milne,. who was among the party of ex- plorers given up for dead in the frozen Arctic, returns to Winnipeg for a dramatic reunion with his wife and their young-son. After being lost on the fringe of the Arctic Ocean for fifty-four days, the party of Canadian mining explorers were found by Eskimos. After another month of hardship, they cceded in reaching Winnipeg. The party was under the leadership of Colonel MacAlpine. International Newsreel [ e S —————r ot o CATALINA ISLAND OPEN GOLF TOURNEY—View on one of the greens during the fifty-four-hole open tourney. The newly completed Catalina Island course is said to be the most beautiful in the world. The $7,500 prize has attracted some of the greatest linksmen in the United States. Olin Dutra, professional, set a new record for the Avalon Links when he shot his second round in sixty-one st or six shots under par. International Newsrecl former British Foreign Minister, who is chairman of the Art Works Exhibition to be held in the Royal Academy beginning January 1. The Italian ship, Leonardo De Vinci, bearing a million dollars’ worth of paintings, arrived in port safely after being buffeted for several days by a severe storm. taternational Mewsreel TWO STUDENT PILOTS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THIS CRASH—Samuel Tillinhast, 23, and Samuel Fetherlof, 17, student pilots, each making a solo flight, were badly injured when their planes cr--"‘od to- gether resulting in the wreckage shown above. Both birdmen were banking their crafts for a lan ; when they crashcd from a height of 75 feet. Igternationsi Newsreel