New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 4, 1930, Page 16

THEY'RE OFF—An aerial view of the start of the Gordon Bennett balloon race just before the fake- off at Cleveland, O. Six balloons, representing four nations, took to the air. HIGHEST ARCH 'DAM DEDICATED—Seattle’s municipal Diablo Dam, which took three years to build at a cost of $5,000,000, is snapped during the dedication ceremonies at the Washington ¢ity. The dam is 889 feet high and holds 90,000-acre-feet of water which will deliver 225,000-horsepower to turbines L,\ x now under construction. FARM GIRL—Miss Virginia Ca- hoon is one of the prominent con- tenders for the National Farm Girl championships held annyally at the Los Angeles county fair, California. She is seen here en- gaged in churning during one of the preliminary trials. 90asi — ... MASTER OF “RELATIVITY”~—Picturesque, white-haired Albert Einstein, world-famed scientist, is seen here as he opened the seventh annual radio convention at Berlin, Germany. His inaugural re- marks are being broadcast throughout Europe through the micréphone which stands before him. BY THE HORNS—Literal| ing the bull by the horn: Tell Their ATLANTIC ADVENTURERS—Left to right, Maurice Bellonte and Captain Dieudonne Costes, daring French aviators, in the cockpit of their plgne, Question Mark, just before they hopped off on their flight to the United States in repayment of the Lindbergh visit. SETS 'CHUTE MARK-—Jumping from her plane while at a hgight of 17,518 feet, Miss Berni¢ La- Balter, 22, has set a new para- chute record for women at Teter- boro airport, N. J. The previous record was 14,809 feet. . OVER THE MOUNTAIN-—The sensation of crossing a mountain in a motorboat may now be enjoyed ; in Germany by means of this curious arrangement for the trapsportation of boats between the cities of Osterode and Elbing. A cable railway has been constructed td carry the boats between the two bodies of water on which the cities are situated. \ KING TO VISIT U. S.—King Praja Dhipok, of Siam, shown here, is planning a trip to the United States for an operation by which it is hoped he will be re- % % lieved of an eye ailment from ~ . which he has suffered for the past MORROW PURCHASE—Unusual beauty of this hand-carved furniture, in the true Mexican style so four years. . The king anedp:?, appealed to Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow that he paid 5,000 pesos ($2,500) for it. The sharp quecn will travel incognito. angles give the furniture something of a tendency toward modernistic lines. Vaughan Kriegeproceeds to live up to her reputation of being one of the only wemen in America wha can bulldog steers. She is seen grasping the ferocious beast by the horns during a demonstra- tion at Denver, Colo. MARINE ACE CRASHES—Mar- ring the closing day of the na- tional air races at Chicago, Cap- tain Arthur H. Page, above, crack marine flyer, crashed to his death while leading the ‘Thompson trophy classic. He had previousl attained a speed of 300 m hour in a rebuilt pl HONEYMOONERS—Hollywoods Iatesk newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pickford, are snapped as they returned to Los Angeles to arrange their home before continuing their honeymoon as the guests of Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford at Del Monte, Cal. NEW \\'HNTER COAT—A sign of the season is to be found in this ~ familiar annual sight at Washington, D. C. Painters are busy put- ting the annugl coat of paint on the executive mansion, &N < AN