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PAGE TWO Safeguarding Kansas City From Flood Waters 11 »'■* .; ; '-£ :: •■■" •■:-'■: New and Old Depict Advance in Transportation m "1 £r sm I Jm'l j ># Railroad week was marked In Chicago by the presence, side by side, of four of the crack new fast trains and a veteran of the rails. In the photograph, left to right, are the Burlington's old 85, the Milwaukee road's Hiawatha, the North Western's 400, the Burlington's Zephyr, and the Alton's Abraham Lincoln. These new monarchs of the rails bear but little resemblance to the old "tea kettle" with Its bell stack. Radical new im provements are enabling the railroads to make drastic reductions In running schedules, and at no reduction In safety. Air conditioning, comfortable new passenger coaches, and other modern features have been intro duced to add to the comfort of the traveling public. Wins Coveted Award in Sculpture SBI H ;;: |VT ■>-£> pPflUßd^^ *JmP# 1> ll^S John Amore of New York is shown here with his figure, "The Astron omer," which won for him the Paris Prize in Sculpture of the Beaux Arts Institute of Design. The award Is $1,200 in cash and a year's schol arship in sculpture in Paris. Twenty Children in 21 Years Is Her Record If the stork hadn't skipped her In 1910. Mrs. Pauline Cole of White Marsh, Sid., would have had a child for every one of the 21 years she has been married. She has 20 children and they came one at a time, and ■be is not yet thirty-eight years old. Here, at the right of the line, Is Mrs. Cole with some of her progeny. THE ROCKY MOUNT HERALD, ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA Waters Cause Much Damage to Property * Workmen were rushing to the dike that protects the Kansas City airport and other parts of the city when the Missouri and Kaw rivers went on a rampage. The scene above shows the men laying riprap In an effort to prevent a break In the levee, which protects Kansas City. Not so fortunate were'other sec tions along the rivers. Any kind of craft that would float was pressed into service by residents In the Inundated areas. Hundreds were driven from their homes and property-damage ran Into millions of dollars. At the left is a picture taken near Turner, Kan., of a raft bearing the belongings of some householder along the Kaw river. Appointed Marine Corps Air Chief Lieut. Col. Ross E. Rowell Is the newly appointed chief of all the aviation units of the marine corps. jiHE He led the marine aviators on the last campaign in Nicaragua and has headed the stunt pilots of the corps in recent national air races. It will be his Job to put Into effect the new program devised for the corps. Scenes and Persons in the Current News HfehMf&tftiMfflHffiHvll ' ; i vl fcriTT 'rmr W M .1. tgftSim ' * B f ' I—Jobless cripples marching to the New York city hall to demand employment 2—View of the coliseum >n the fair grounds at Springfield, 111, where the "grass roots" Republican conference of the Middle West vas held. 3—Leonard P. Steuart of Washington, the new imperial potentate of the Shriners. NEW ARCHBISHOP g>JT ■»■&•: Portrait of Msgr. Arthur Hlnsley who has been made archbishop of Westminster to succeed the late Cardinal Bourne. Children of "Pioneers" Already Play Baseball ' I • W •■ "i Living In a wilderness does not deter the future Babe Ruths and Dizzy Deans from playing the grand old game of baseball. No sooner had their pioneer fathers and mothers erected the tent city of Palmer in Alaska than the children of the group had laid out a diamond and began to play baseball. The chil Honor Men of the Armed Service • "i" Viin W la W , m v. H ' S V-* Rft * «>n §,+ W Jt&itk j£' i I.- BnWTHWBr *--> I i i^* Jml mgF l*s^a9BiCTPw. Midshipman L. L. Shock, Jr. (left), was the top honor man of the graduating class at the United States Naval academy at Annapolis; and Cadet John D. Bristor of Passaic, N. J. (right), headecf this year's gradu ating class at West Point. Midwest Opens 1936 Campaign First shots In the 1936 campaign were fired by 5,000 Mid-West Re publicans gathered at Springfield, 111., in a "grass roots" conference, which they think sounded the key note of the G. O. P. 1936 fight for the Presidency. "Save the Constitution and dem ocratic government in America," was the pervading theme from the opening keynote of Frank O. Low den, former governor of Illinois. With this as a basis, the delegates declared they have formulated an expression of Midwest thought. At Excelsior Springs, Mo., James Roosevelt, son of the President, departed from a prepared address to charge that the Republican party is dead and that the Springfield con vention "is looking for the body." The Republicans are seeking to raise a false issue in the Constitu tion, Roosevelt said. Republican leaders, however, as sert that the Constitution will be the leading issue of the Presidential campaign, and that New Deal prin ciples will be repudiated by the voters. Only time can tell which Is right dren are part of the party of pio neers who recently went to the fertile Matanuska valley in Alaska where they will seek to establish new homes. The government Is financing them in their move from unproductive farms to the north country. Not all of Alaska ie the dreary Arctic region one - usually SETS WORLD RECORD 1,. I jPQjflHn |HH| - ~ -53 WF Helen Stephens, twenty-year-old track star of Fulton, Mo„ running at Kansas City, bettered by two tenths of a second the world 100 meter dash record for women held by Stella Walsh. She ran the dis tance in 11.6 seconds. Imagines. The climate Is not much different from that in our northern states, and since most of these came from this section of the coun try, they should suffer no undue hardships. Reports from Palmer Indicate that these people have al ready begun breaking soil for their new crops. Padre of the Roses Rev. Father George M. A. Schoe ner of South Barbara, Calif., a mild 'jfi&L JaBH mannered little man, Is known as the "Padre of the Roses." Through out the world he is recognized as an outstanding genius in rose cul ture, and before long he will dis play to the public some of the prod ucts of his experiments. FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1935 Quicksilver or Mercury Is Derived From an Ore Quicksilver, or mercury, is de rived from an ore that !s a mixture of sulphur and mercury, called "cln , nabar," and when .very pure Is a brilliant vermilion. It was from this source that vermilion used to be obtained. Nowadays, however, It is usually made by heating mercury together with sulphur, potash and water. Mercury Is called "quick" silver ( because it seems as If alive, so live ly is the way in which It runs atxW It Is a fluid—that is to say, monvn—at temperatures which ren der other metals solid. Some tribes of California Indians have used cinnabar for red paint since prehistoric tirqes, frescoing their faces and bodies with It To get the quicksilver from the ore it is necessary merely to sep arate it from the sulphur with which it is chemically combined, and this accomplished by roast ing. The ore igoes from the crush er into a furnace, where high heat t volatilizes the quicksilver, the latter being thereupon precipitated pure In a water-Jacketed condenser. Out of the condenser It runs In a sil very stream and Is put up in wrought-lron flasks for market. The metal has a strong affinity for gold, and is used In connection with gold mining.—Tlt-Blts Magazine. The Congressional Medal ' The Congressional Medal of Hon or is the highest American award for valor; It takes two forms, an army medal and a navy medal. It was instituted In 1862 and prior to the World war 1,722 of these med als had been awarded. There were 90 awards of the medal to Ameri cans for World war services and *Blx medals were bestowed on the Unknown Soldiers of the allied armies. Thickness of Earth's Crust The thickness of the earth's crust has been variously computed to be ten, twenty or more miles. Observations on earthquake motion by Milne Rnd others indicate that the rock material may extend for some thirty miles. Researches in regard to the radioactive sub- i stances present in rocks suggest j that the crust is not more than fifty/ miles thick. Where Word "Tariff" Comes From Tarifa, on the moat southerly point of Spain, Is an old pirate stronghold from which we derive the word tariff. The name signifies "the reckoning." Formerly the pi rates levied toll from all merchant ships plying the coast. The town is a barbaric place and Its houses, with barred and shuttered windows, are visible from passing ships. i —* Phone 265 PEERLESS CLEANERS Dry Cleaners, Dyers, Tailors, Hatters 127 Rose Street ( Rocky Mount, N. C. —— YOUR EYES ———— Are your bread winners, don't neglect (hem, have them exam ined occasionally. DR. L. G. SHAFFER OPTOMETRIST Offict la , IPSTEIN BUILDINO Phone 662 for an appointment BATTLE & BARNES General Machinery and Automobile Repairs. Electric and Acetylene Welding. Lawn Mower Repairs. Portable Equipment for Outside Work. PHONE 270 235-239 S. Washington St. FOR MEAL Ground on old fashiond water mill rocks from home grown corn CALL THE ROCKY MOUNT MILLING COMPANY [ J H. TAYLOR. MiUer 1223 Branch Street. Phone 8341 DRY CLEANING If It's Dry Cleaning Call CASEY'S I- ; I CLOTHES MADE TO MEASURE I Phone 685 v 906 Falls Road
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