i,i Canada's Key# Defense Posts
,v men have been named to key posts in Canada's defense
:'u Col. F. F. Worthington, head of Canada's first armored
w being assembled. Center, Capt. V. G. Brodeur, naval attache
, ;iV Washington legation. Right, Capt. Leonard \V. Murray,
' of staff of the Royal Canadian Navy and member of the
joint board of defense for the U. S. and Canada.
(Central rrcss1
Gills Ex-Suitor a "Murderer'11
C. P. I'honephoto
V. - : Arc! off eomforts his sister, Sylvia, in a Mexico City hospital,
v ~ is held as a material witness in the slaying of Leon Trotsky,
: • Russian leader. When the Brooklyn, X. Y„ girl confronted Frank
, her ex-sweetheart, who is charged with the assassination, she
called him a murderer and an agent of the O.G.P.U.
Bombs Wreck Milton Shrine
Church of St. Giles Cripplegate (left) in the heart of London,
a:hcrcd war, fire and flood since its construction in 1000, has
••eked by a brace of bombs let loose by a lone Nazi bomber,
•-C to the British censor. The statue (right) over the grave of
•Aliltcn, famous poet, was toppled by one of the bombs.
(Central PreseJ
Journeying to Java
Heft) and Franciscus de Baat Doelman, 7-year-old Dutch
>t and dolefully think of the long journey still ahead of them as
;rnve aboard the Exeter at Jersey City, N. J., enroute to Java in
the Dutch East Indies. (Central Prent
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Flow Bombs Fell on Berlin
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Top map shows central Berlin and location of principal government
buildings. Rombs indicate where heaviest firing was heard during
British airmen's first real raid, made in retaliation for bombing of
London. Lower map shows that mutual bombing of the two capitals is
not mutually easy. Calais, nearest held Nazi airport, is only 95 miles
from London, but RAP pilots must fly 5G0 airline miles to reach Berlirv
a total of 1,120 miles round trip.
Fighting Bomb Fires in London
C. P. Cahlrphoto
Firemen play their hoses on the smouldering wreckage of n building in
London after a German bombing raid which caused widespread da^v^o to
the British capital. Fhoto was flashed by cable to Nov.- ,
Flames Light Up Londou oky
C. P. Cable photo
An air warden stands silhouetted against the flames that roared int«
London's skies as Nazi airmen's incendiary bombs started fires in many
sections of the British capital. The R.A.F. raided Berlin in retaliatioa.
Photo was flashed by cable to New York.
In Canadian Post Abandoned in Bag
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Capt. Oliver M. Read
In line with the new joint United
States-Canadian defense agreement,
Captain Oliver M. Read, of the
United States Navy, has been
ordered to duty as naval and air
attache at the American legation in
Ottawa. The Navy has never be
fore sent an attache to Canada.
Central Pres*\
Dressed in a paper bag, this baby
was abandoned on a Brooklyn street
corner. Only an hour old when
found, he was rushed to Norwegian
Hospital. Doctors say he will liv«.
(Central Press!
President Meets His New Defense Board
President Roosevelt poses at the White House with his newly appointed defense board, which will consult
with a similar Canadian board on mutual defense problems. Left to right (standing): Capt. H. W.
Hill, Lieut. Col. J. T. McNarney, Capt. F. P. Sherman, Lieut. Gen. S. D. Ernbick and .T. D. Hickerson. In
front are Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia (left), of New York, chairman of the board, and the President.
In Florida After Escape from Devil's Island
| C. P. Plionophoto
Eight Frenchmen who say they escaped from dread Devil's Island, the Fronch penal colony, are pictured
after being- picked up off Miami, Fla., by coastguardsmen. The fugitives say they left French Guiana May
5 in two canoes, obtained a sailboat at Trinidad and sailed to Puerto Rico. Trying to reach Canada, they
ran into a storm and were drifting helplessly when rescued. Immigration officials are studying the case*.
; Oldest U. S. Warship Again Serves Its Country
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The Navy's oldest warship, the U.S.S. Constellation, built in Baltimore, Md., in 1797, is put back into
service as a training ship. She is shown being recommissioned at Newport, R. I., by 2,700 men and officers.
One joar cldsr than the famed Constitution, the Constellation saw action against the Barbary pirates and
in the War of 1812. (Central Tress)
Address 100,000 at Jersey Democratic Rally
Speakers who addressed a rally of more than 100,000 Democrats at Sea Girt, N. J., are pictured here. Left
to right, Governor A. Harry Moore, gubernatorial candidate Charles Edison, senatorial candidate James
H. R. Cromwell, Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, boss of the party's state machine, and Congreas
woman Mary T. Norton.