New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 12, 1930, Page 16

AIR PIONEER HONORED—Orville Wright, left, is seen receiving the Danicl Guggenheim medal for the most notable achievement in the advancement of aeronautics in 1929, at the fiftieth anniversary meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engincers in Wash- ington, D. C., William F. Durant, president of the Guggenheim medal board, making the presentation. NO CARBURETOR—Engineers at Hartford, Conn., are seen ex- amining the motor of a fighting plane equipped with a device which climinates the usc of a carburetor and permits the use of furnace oil to supply power. IN THE BLOOD—Young John Philip Sousa Lehr, of York, Pa., who plays a saxophone although only three, not only is named aft- o < f cr the famous bandmaster but is HAPPY!'—As the extent of her 3 - Wi a member of a far which victory for the Republican nomi- . ¢ : boasts its own orchestra. nation for U. S. senator from Illi- nois grows, Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick beams delight. “SHE” BECOMES A BRIDEGROOM—Evan M. Burt, who until recently lived as a woman, places the ring on the finger of his bride, Miss Sarah Edwards, of Tisbury, England. DOOMED—The hugh British submarine L. 1., dashed on the rocks off Penanwell, Cornwall, England, while being towed, is being buffeted to pieces by huge combers. YOUNGEST G. A. R. MEMBER ko MORROW HOME—Mrs. PART OF THE JOB—To obtain a picture of Montreal's new harbor span, costing $12,000,000, this in- trepid photographer climbs out on an uncompleted skyscraper. That's the way many of the good pic- tures you see are gotten. All part of the job! NEW COLLEGE PRESIDEN NOT A COLLEGE GRAD E —Decan Walter Williams, head of the University of Missouri school of journalism, has been elected president of the university. Be- ginning as a “printer’s devil” on a small newspaper at Boonville, Mo., he never attended college. © /730 OR. ERI<H SALOMo MORMON CHURCH CELEBRATES CENTENARY—The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, organized in 1830 by Joseph Smith in the state of New York with six members, celebrates its one hundredth anniversary in Salt Lake City, Utah, with a congregation of 10,000, representing 700,000 members, assembled in the great tabernacle. Heber J. Grant, president of the Council of Twelve, is seen addressing the gathering. Field, Mt. Clemens, Mich. HER ACCUSER CROSS-EXAMINED—Mrs. Olga E. Edwards and her son, above, who she claims is the child of Nathan L. Amster, traction magnate, left, are seen at court in New York where she has been on trial for alleged extortion on charges brought by Amster. Amster went through a severe cross-cxamination by coun- scl for Mrs, Edwards. IN THE CLOUDS!—This unusual picturc was obtained by the army air corps photo service at Selfridge It was taken above the clouds, with camera ship shooting down toward the three pursuit planes flying in formation. Below is the landing field. —Charles W. Smith, 78, of New- buryport, Mass., believes he is the youngest member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He enlist- ed in the naval ranks when he Dwight W. Morrow, wife of the United States ambassador to Mexico, is snapped on her return to New York from the London .naval conference, where her hus- band is one of the United States’ was 10. delegates. c NATURE AN ARTIST—This animal portrait, exccuted entirely by nature, was found on a maple board in the carpenter shop of the forest products laboratory of the U. S. forest service at Madison, Wis. The picture is the result of natural discoloration of the wood around a cluster of knots. The striking detail of the teeth and the * high light in the eye were produced by reflections from the photog- rapher’s arc light- % 2 IS 2