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Marines Hike and "Fight" in Virginia s s -,|Ht Jill '?! iif the Marine corps have been on a hike through Virginia, In the course of which they re-en ure ? : ' ..'(Vniar Creek and Newmarket. Some of them are here seen pulling a trailer truck 1 * Levator Newest Flying Machine m i FAT BOY OF FRANCE ? is tte .'arest thing in aeronautics. It is called the pmnivator and the uinUhopter class. It reproduces the movement of the bird's jismootlftfliHiinc rotation instead of by a reciprocating action as is itib -lass of invention. The Inventor, E. P. Johnson of Chicago, 1 his machine will ascend and descend vertically, go backwards and l ad stand' still in tho j?ir without reversing the engine. The ma ibe ready f..- - j.;vli:n"nui-y tests in a short time. It will be r the olVered by the British government for a prac Itaily rising inari.ine. doors Art Gallery in London rthe ci ^corner of Royal Exchange avenue, London, The JV <n the wall of the British Dominion 'NGfcor-e lv-ahody. Cross Busy With Japan Relief i: wm , ti.i. . **v Vv- 111 1 mi? mil i in . t dumip - Hita . J,? % f^l^ated k 'e iN,evv York county chapter of the American fc rai.v)n.. " eviTy county of the county, for the organiza - nn#l AAA ?Aliaf fiinrl for ? every county of the country, tor rne a??'i disposal of the $5f00tVX)0 relief fund for Grand Army Veterans Marching Through Milwaukee *? ? : > 1 ? ? . ? ... . ? . * . LUCKY YOUNG SINGER Champion fat boy of Europe is young Merlot, son of a peasant couple at Ber nardlere, Vendee, France, who at the age of twelve weighs 308 pounds and measures 4 feet 4 inches around the waist and 4 feet 6 Inches under the arms. FOUND IN RUM SEARCH Lina Pagllnghi, the protege of Tet razzini, who was picked out of a legion of girls whom she heard all over the world. Miss Pagllnghi Is only sixteen years old and is a resident of Sam Francisco. Mir.e. Tetrazzini will per sonally educate her ijn her studio in Rome. Miss Pagllngh 's soprano voice is rich and warm and has thrilled large audiences in San Francisco as well as elsewhere. The famous diva has given the youthful singer her name to become hyphenated with that of her own and the girl will In the future be called Llna Paglinglii-Tet razzinl. HEADS RELIEF IN JAPAN Concealed beneath u mass uf rub bish under the deck of the Italian steamer Aster, customs officials of Bal timore, Md., in search of smuggled rum, found several ancient and rare paintings. The captain and crew dis claim all knowledge of them and so far no one has claimed them. Rarest of all is the one above, by an unknown artist, but experts say it is 300 years old. The Italian embassy has started an Investigation, and may lay claim to all the paintings in the name of the Italian government. RULES A DRY STATE .. * Brig. Gen. Frank R. McCoy, mem ber of General Wood's staff, who has been appointed director general of American relief In Japan, * WON'T WAIT FOR MARY Prohibition is being effectively en forced in far-away Bhopal, principal Mussulman state of Central India. Iler highness, Nawab Sultan Jahan, beguin or princess of Bhopal, declares | that her subjects are greatly improved both morally and materially because of the dry regime. The begum, shown i above, is descended from a long line of female rulers. Allister McCormick, prominent young Chicagoan, will not be found waiting at the altar again for Mary Landon Baker, society bell^ of Chi cago, for his engagement to un Eng lish girl, Miss Joan Stevens of Lon^ don, has been annonnced. Miss Baker repeatedly postponed her marriage to McCormick. Fortissimo. "Phwat's that noise, Mrs. Mulcahy?" "It's me daughter Maggie runnin' up and down th' scales." "Begorra, she must weigh a ton." Spelled Differently. Wife ? This pudding Is n sample of the new cook's work. What do you think of it? Husband ? I call it mediocre. ?Wife? No, dear; it's tapioca.? Lon don Tit-Bits. ' Some of the 10,000 veterans of the Civil war who took part in the annual parade that was the feature of the encarapent of the Grand Army of the Re ! public In Milwaukee. Not one of the marchers was less than seventy years old. City Crowns 87- Year-Old Queen 1 Here is Mrs. G. A. Oelwein, eighty-seven years old, after whom the town of Oelwein, Iowa, was named, and who lives on the property on which stands Oeiwein's first log house. Oelwein held an elaborate historic pageant Sept. 12, when the people of that community celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the city. During the celebration Mrs. Oelwein was crowned queen. Columbus Beauty Again Winner "Miss America of 1922" (Katherina Campbell of Columbus, O.) was again selected as "Miss America" in the Atlantic City contest. She is here seen on her throDfe beside Father Neptune. One Issue Dodged by Mr. Bryan This photograph -show's William Jennings Bryan at the annual baby show in Angeles. Mr. r.rynn refused to pick the winner and admitted his inability to kiss all ot' the 150 contestants who so sweetly smiled at him as they passed in review. However, he did consent to pose for a picture with twins ai the uead of the parade. _ . \ T
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