Swank Uniforms at George VI's Coronation
Officers of the British army shown wearing special new uniforms in honor of the coronation of King George
VI. Left to right, the uniforms are of the Scots Greys, the West Yorkshires, the Royal Scots Fusiliers, the Sea
forth Highlanders, and the King's Royal Rifles.
Bridge Builders Drive Golden Rivet
The last rivet was recently driven in the Golden Gate bridge at San
Francisco. With many notables witnessing the ceremonies, a crew of
iron-hatted riveters drove a golden rivet into the span, signalizing com
pletion of the structural steelwork. Mayor Rossi (right) of San Fran
cisco aided by riveter Edward Stanley drives the last rivet.
YOUNGEST DEAN
m
Miss Frances McLaughlin, twenty
one, assistant dean of women at the
University of Pittsburgh, is one of
the youngest deans in American col
leges. Two years ago, a leader in
many campus activities, she was
Alma Mater Queen. She has charge
of the women's placement bureau
and women's fraternities. She joined
the faculty a year and a half ago.
COAL COMMISSIONER
John C. Lewis, mine union mem
ber, of Iowa, one of seven men ap
pointed by President Roosevelt as a
commission to administer the sec
ond Guffey coal control act.
They Have Twenty Varsity "Mothers"
Left motherless one month after their birth, these two babies now
have 20 "mothers" ? each one a coed at Cornell university, Ithaca, N. Y.
The babies. Rose Ann (left) and Mary Alice, were borrowed by the New
York State College of Home Economics in order to provide subjects for
students of the family life courses to "practice" with.
Congressmen Inspect Heavy Artillery Trains
During a recent visit of 220 congressmen and senators to Fort Monroe, Va., they inspected tha -irtjilerj
railway trains of the Fifty-second coast artillery as shown above. On the gun car in civilian clothes is
Chairman of the house military affairs committee. Representative Lister Hill at Alabama, accompanied by
officers of the Fifty-second railway coast artillery. ?<- ' *?
Many Die in Zeppelin Hindenburg Explosion
This remarkable picture was made just as the giant German dirigible Hindenburg burst into flames
and exploded as it was preparing to land at Lakehurst, N. J., following a flight from Germany. Ninety-eight
persons aboard were plunged to earth in the flaming wreckage. Thirty-four died almost instantly and of the
64 rescued, many were horribly injured. An explosion of a gas cell in the stern was blamed for the disaster.
Engineer Escapes Death in Zeppelin Disaster
Davis of Kansas Heads U. S. Chamber
Commerce Lhief Is
Banker, Farmer
and^Storekee?er^
George H. Davis of Kansas City,
who was elected president of the
Chamber of Commerce of the Unit
ed States at its recent annual meet
ing in Washington, D. C. He suc
ceeds Harper Sibley. Mr. Davis is
a banker, a farmer and a merchant.
At its convention the Chamber op
posed President Roosevelt's propos
al to revamp the Supreme court
and called for amendments to the
Wagner labor act, defining "unlaw
ful" labor practices. The chamber
urged that legislation be enacted to
"establish responsibility for the acts
of labor organizations."
Many Survivors
Burned and Cut
in Flaming Ship
Chief Engineer Rudolph Sauter,
of the Zeppelin Hindenburg, who
was severely injured, but escaped
death when the giant ship exploded
as it was about to land at Lake
hurst, N. J., recently. Flaming to
earth, the Hindenburg was soon a
charred mass of wreckage. Of the
98 persons aboard, 64 were rescued,
including Captain Max Pruss, com
manding the giant airliner for the
first time.
5
COMMANDED ZEPPEUN
The dirigible Hindenburg's 1937
maiden voyage which ended in flam
ing disaster when the airship ex
ploded just before landing at Lake
hurst, N. J., marked the first time
that Capt. Max Pruss commanded
the sky liner on a flight from Ger
many to the United States. Last
year he was a subordinate officer
when Capt. Ernst A. Lehmann and
Dr. Hugo Eckener, the veteran Zep
pelin expert, handled the ship on
her regular passenger schedule.
Journey's End for World's Greatest Airship
Wreckage of the huge dirigible Hindenburg, after the explosion at Lakehurst, N. J., when the great ship
was preparing to land. Costing the lives of more than 34, the disaster was one of the worst in history.
Students Build 64-Foot
Boat for Sea Traffic
Honolulu, T. H. ? A sea-going
freighter built by American school
boys as a part of their regular class
work will join the American mer
chant marine after test runs off
Kahului, Maui island, 150 miles
southeast of Honolulu.
The sixty-four-and-a-half foot
freighter is Diesel powered and de
igned for carrying cattle between
!>? U lands. It has a fifteen-foot
beam and a draft of five and one
half feet. The keel was laid a year
ago and the vessel launched Feb
ruary 22.
Under guidance of Ernest L.
Hood, principal of the Maui voca
tional school, students not only de
signed the freighter, but did all the
construction work.
Work was done under a regular
shipyard contract between the
school and the Kahoolawe Ranch
company. Despite the size of the
vessel, students designed a one
man control, permitting operation
from the bridge without engine
room assistance.
The woods used were all of native
species such as ko, milo, pepper,
monkeypod and koa.
Bay's Home Brings $34
Keokuk, la. ? Auctioned off for
$30, the 12-room brick residence in
which John Hay, private secretary
to Abraham Lincoln and former
secretary of state, spent his boy
hood days, is being remodeled.
The
SUPREME
COURT
jm AND HOW
gL IT WORKS
Guarding Personal Rights
By ROBERT MERRILL
THE Supreme court has pro
tected citizens not only from
unfair treatment on the part of
the federal government, but
also from being deprived of
Constitutional rights by the gov
ernments of their own states.
An act of legislature which dis
criminates unfairly against a cit
izen violates his rights undej: the
Constitution.
The government must not only
treat him fairly, but must treat him
in the same manner in which it
treats other persons under similar
conditions.
On frequent occasions citizens
have appealed to the court and
asked:
"Why should the law of my state
impose hardships upon me which it
does not impose upon other people?
Isn't this a discrimination against
me, and a violation of my right to
the due process of law guaranteed
by the Constitution of the United
States?"
Matrimonial Rights.
When such a question is brought
before rt, the court studies the case
a " decides the petitioner is
right, assures the protection sought
For example:
At one time, in the eyes of the
law, husband and wife were regard
ed as one person? the husband. To
day however, a married woman
may enter into contracts, and may
own and enjoy her own property.
Some years ago a state attempted
to impose on one of its citizens an
income tax which was calculated
upon the combined incomes of the
citizen and his wife. Because of the
graduated scale of taxation, the
amount of tax claimed was greater
than it would have been had the in
dividual incomes of husband and
Wif,e separately taxed.
The husband believed this unfair
o0 the SuPreme court
of the United States. He pointed out
that wider the laws of the state
ne had no control over his wife's
property or income, and held that,
therefore, it was unjust for the state
to impose taxes for them upon him.
The court heard his case, agreed
with his contention, and gave the
relief for which he asked, declaring
the exaction arbitrary and a denial
or due proces.
Newspapers Unfairly Taxed.
"We have no doubt," explained
the opinion, "that because of the
fundamental conceptions which un
derlie our system, any attempt by
a state to measure the tax on one
person s property or income by ref
erence to the property or income of
another is contrary to due process
of law as guaranteed by the 14th
Amendment. That which is not in
fact the taxpayer's income cannot
be made such by calling it income "
in a more recent case a state
law was passed imposing a tax upon
the advertising income of all news
papers in the state with a circulation
t 20,000 a week. Since this af
fected only the larger publications,
tr?y,L eS,ted,that they were being
l^ .,UnfalrIy- They he'd that
while the state had power to im
pose taxes, it had no right to tax
some newspapers and not others, un
less there was some reasonable
ground on which they could be dif
ferently classified.
The suit was carried to the Su
preme court of the United States.
The court heard the newspapers'
appeal and decided in their favor.
The court, in its opinion, referred
to an untrammelled press as "a
vital source of public in?Qrmation "
It pointed out that the case went to
?t,= e V1 the natural right of
-if, members of an organized so
ciety, united for their common good
0 '"Trt and acqu're '"formation
aDout their common interests."
Freedom of the Press.
"The 1st Amendment to the Fed
^n??nS.!itUti0"'" the ex
plained, provides that 'Congress
shall make no law . . abridrrina
the freedom of speech," or of thf
press . ? While this provision il
not a restraint upon- the .lowers of
the states, the states are precluded
from abridging the freedom of
speech or of the press by force of
the due process clause of the 14th
Amendment.
"A fre2 press," it added, "stands
as one of the great interpreters be!
tween the Government and the* peo
ple To allow it to be fettered is to
fetter ourselves.
In this way does our national urn
pire insist that the rules laid do^,
by the people in the United StatS
S"?S?T observed not only by
the federal government but by all
state governments as well.
e Western Newspaper Union.
The "Laughing Jackass"
Kookaburras thrive in Australia.
They are protected by law because
they feast on snakes and mice.
Their chief claim to fame, however,
is vocal ability described as a cross
between wild and giddy laughter
hence their name, "laughing jack
ass." And because of the regularity
of their calls ? always at dawn and
dusk? they also are known as the
settler's clock. Classed as a mem
ber of the kingfisher family, the
kookaburra observes absolute quiet
at all other times. But when the
first sign of the sun appears, one
kookaburra sounds off as if to sig
nal all others miles around.