, Italy’s Camouflaged Tents in East Africa
Enemy planes would have a difficult time spotting these Italian tents which are camouflaged the color of
the terrain. The tents are erected in Eritrea, not far from the Ethiopian border. The men are awaiting Mus
solini’s “Go” before starting their invasion.
Town of Palmer Springs Up in Alaska
The town of Palmer, being built In Matanuska valley, Alaska, by colonists from the Middle West, is
pictured here on a busy day. In the foreground are the administrative headquarters of the Alaska Rural
Rehabilitation corporation. The long building is the warehouse which also houses the telegraph and radio
offices of the United States army signal corps. Tents of the colonists are to be seen in the background.
r Second Battle of Marne Monument
President Le Bran of France
places a wreath at the pedestal
of the huge statue at Soissons
which was dedicated to those who
died in the second battle of the
Marne. It also expressed France’s
thanks for allied help during the
great war.
RESETTLEMENT BOSS
Mrs. Thomas Beck, wife of a pub
lishing company executive, has the
distinction of being the only woman
among the 11 directors of the gov
ernment’s program of rural reset
tlement. She is director for region
No. 1, which includes all New York
state and Pennsylvania as well as
New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Ver
mont, New Hampshire and Maine.
Her work will be to aid agricultur
ists to move to more fertile areas
as the government takes over sub
standard land for production. Strag
gling farm families will be helped
to rehabilitate themselves on land
they own.
He Kills Lions for a Living
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Jay Bruce of California, official lion hunter for the state and the only
man in the world who kills lions for a living, recently put the five hun
dredth notch on his trusty gun. He figures that he has walked every bit
of 40,000 miles while trailing varmints for the state fish and game com
mission since 1919.
Not an 111 Wind for These Children
Any wind that blows down a school house is all right, according to
the children shown in this picture playing in the ruins of a portable
school at Bairdford, near Pittsburgh, Pa. A sudden gale blew the build
ing a hundred feet from Its site and effectually flattened it.
Only Woman Steamer Commander
Anna Shchetinina has the distinction of being the only woman in
all the world who is a full-fledged commander of a steamer. She is
the captain of the Soviet vessel Chavicha and 30 able-bodied seamen take
( their orders from her.
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