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Show THE MIDVALE JOURNAL Scenes and Persons in the Current News Thursday, February 5, 1931 Begging Soup While Oil Wells Pour Out Wealth 1-Senator Ceorge Norris of • ·ebraska studying the report of the Wickersham commission. 2-Aerlal view of tue beautiful Hat•£IIng memorial in Marion, Ohio, the dedi<"ation of which wlll be attended by !'resident Hoover and ex-President Coolidge. 3-Amerlcnn flag being run up on the new 10,000-ton cruiser Louisville at the Puget sound ne.v;v yard ns she was turned over to Capt. 'K J. Marquard. River Jordan Is Being Made to Furnish Power • ~· • :00.. .. l Ilapid progre;:;s L.,; bE'Jng lllade in the construction ol' the power plant on the Ri\'er Jordan In Palestin~>. vt.otograpb shows the flOWer house with the Jordan flowing below in Its natural channel. 'l'l1e outdoor transformer station ls seen to the left of the lower building. To the left of the upper building can be se<•n the head race canal, bdnging tbe water from the Yarmuk reservoir or collecting basin. New Thing in Medical Treatment Endonnsal reflex therapy, the latest contribution to medical science, the lliscovery of two eminent South American doctors, is now being demonstrated in New York city by Dr. Salvatore Caridi and Dr. Emanuel A. Manginelli. 'fhe treatment Is administered by the stimulating of the nerve centers through the channels of the no~e without the use of any medicines. U. S. S. Pennsylvania Is Modernized SWISS RUNNER HERE Dr. Paul. Martin, Swiss pllysldan and Olympic track stat·, as he arrived in Kew York. Doctor ~Iarlin, who spent six montlls in this country last year and competed in many of the Indoor track meets during his stay, has come to study medicine in American hospitals, but also will run in some or the indoor meets this winter. TO RULE ANNAPOLIS In the shadow of the towering derricks of the world's richest oil fle.!ds, tltel<e hungry men, women and children of Oklahoma stand in line to walt their turn In the distribution of soup. '\"hlle the nearby oil wells create multimillionaire., thE'.se stricken people find themselves !acing starvation. -------------------------------------------------------~ Doheny Gives Public a Million Dollar Beach A view of the beautiful stretch of shoreline near Capi~trano beach, south of Los Angele.~. w!Iich has just been given to the California park commission by Edward .T. Doheny, oil mn~natl:'. The deed Is so worded that the m•e of this million-dollar property must be re tricted to recreational purposes for the public. HE NEVER ATE MEAT Sergt. William S. Sis:;on, twentynine, has yet to taste hi,; tir ·t scrap or meat. 'fhe set·gcant, an army flying photographer ut Hockweli fteld, is not a vegetarian becau~e of religion or anything lik ' that. On the contrary, his parents are farmers and lusty meat enters. Sisson could not stand the smell of meat when a baby, and he plans to go tlu·ough life without lt. While In !<'ranee he trad~>d meat for bread. Now he wants to find out whether Ja(•k of meat will stunt his growth. New Portrait of the President This new life-size oil portrait of President Iloover has just been completed by Douglas Chandor, an English painter. It shows ~Ir. lloover seated at the head of the cabinet table. Built With Brick~ 3,500 Years Old STRONGEST GOB <· ... «· The battleship PennsylVf!nia has been completely modernized at the PhlludPiphia navy yarcl. As the photograph shows. the old cage masts have been Hupplanted by massh-e trifw<l ma~t.;. The turrpt guns have been elevated, t.eavier armor put on, new fire control Installed and many other changes nmde. Press report~ nnnounee the appoint meut of lll'nr Admiral 'l'homa · C llat·t of llliC'higan to he <·ommnndaDI of the United State,; Xuvul academ.1 nt Annnpolis, succeedin;; near .\dmlral S. S. Hoblson, wl1o will retire on lh1~ Hi, 1!l31. Harry K. Ekizlan, of the plane carrier Lexlnl!ton, rated as the na v)··s st•·ongl'st bluejacket, pro\'ill.~ his claim to that title by resisting the etTorts of twe!ye of hi>~ shipmates who are attempting to stra11<:le him. II ere is the olde~t railroad ;:;tation in the world, insofar us the material used In its construction is concerned. The station, built almost entirely of bricks which date to the reign of King Ashurnasirpal, over U,~>OO years ago, has just been erectl'd on the l"horsabnd railroad at Tell ntl!uh in Mesopotamia by an archeological expe1lition from the University of Pennsylvania museum and the American School of Oriental Itesearch in n~:gLlad. It !!erves as a ~hipping depot and storage house. |