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Show THE MIDVALE JOURNAL Thursday, June 4, 1931 Gale Wrecks Huge Tent of Valencia Orange Show Mrs. H. I. Pratt in Her Prize Winning Garden Scene at Anaheim, Calif., while a gale was tearing to shreds the tent, said to be the world's largest. erected for the annual Orange county Valencia orange show and fair. The damage was estimated at $30,000. It was announced that the show would be given anyhow. Dedication of the Floyd Bennett Airport When G30 d~:>legat~:>s, repres~:>nting 111 garden clubs from 1\Iaine to California, attended the annual meeting of the Garden Club of .\merica at Glen Co,·e, L. I., Mrs. Harold Irving Pratt, president of the North Country Garden club of Long Island, ~:>ntertained the gu~:>sts at tea and at the same time her garden of azaleas and tulips was adjudged the best in achievement for 1931. l•'or this honor ~Irs. Pratt receiYed the Emily B. Renwick medal. Scenes and Persons in the Current News A general view at Floyd Bennett airport, New York, as lllayor James J. Walker de<licatell it. ~'he fi eld is the '.argest in the country and is named for the heroic aviator who !.1st his life in rescuing fellow airmen. - ------ J ffitJ~ BEAT THE TELEGRAM r Ham and Eggs for Three Thousand ··' ¥ =.=...w .. 1-,Vorker,; engaged in the ><eemingl~· perilou,; joh ot' gwmg ,he dome of the Cflpitol in Washington its annual coat of paint. :.!-De<licatiun of the new chapel or "·alter Heed hospital for war veterans in Washington, l\lrs. Hoover taking part in the ceremony. 3-John ("Jal'e the Barber") Factor, who is accused in England of huge fraud,; and surrendered to the federal authorities in Chicago, his old home. Champion Orators Meet Mr. Hoover JOCKEY IS WEALTHY By Hobert nayburn of Kan,.as City, ~lo., and ~liss Louise Conner of Chicago, first and second prize winners in the national oratorical contest held in Washington, with President Hoover on the ""hite House lawn, where all the contestants were received by the Chief Executive. For Indo-Chinese Students in Paris All.hough George H. Bostwick is a millionaire in his own right, the young society man nevertheless risks his neck daily during the racing season by ridiug as a jockey In the steeplechase events. He is considered not only the be~t amateur or gentleman rider, but the best of any class including the professional brush-toppers, too. Last year Bostwick was one of the leading candidates for the United States international polo team, losing Ills place with the hard-riding four !Jy only a narrow margin. a margin of se\ eta! JlaiHltes, Cavt. Frank )f. IIawk:<, !l~ iug from Lonuon to Berlin, beat a telegram announcing the time of his start, which London authorities sent to Berlin at the moment of his take-off. The flying distance from London to Berlin is approximately GOO miles. By making it in two hours and 57 minute!=!, Captain Hawks broke all records. It takes ordinary passenger planes six and a half hours fl~·ing time. :Mouroyia, Calif., celebrated its forty-fifth birthday with a big fiesta and play uay, every business house being clo~ed. A feature was the community breakfast of ham and eggs served to 3,000 Ilersons. General Dawes' Son and His Bride STUDIES SLEUTHING ON FEDERAL RESERVE Dana M. Dawes, son of Ambassador and l\Irs. Charles G. Dawes, photographed with his bride on their arrival in Honolulu. The young lady Is the daughter of Mr. and 1\.lrs. Frank Dillingham of Honolulu. FROM HERE AND THERE This is thl' rec<.'ntly completed Indo-Chinese building of the new University City in Paris, the g1;oup of structures in which students of each pationallty ar() t have their own building. ,V. W. ~Iagee, newly appointed member of the federal re:<"cne board, photograph~:>d at his desk in the 'rrPa>mn· department shortly after he had as sumed his new duties. A sleuth would be Priscilla Higinbotham, daughter of one of Chicago'::; soeially prominent families, and to realize her ambition she has enrolled as "!sahel Hall" in the Korthwcstern nnivN:;ity crime u~:>teetion laboratory, \\'hero Lieut. Col. Calvin GJ<.l!lard exHHllllls the scielltilk way to catch a ,;ad man. The Cle\·eland Grays, famous volunt!'f'r regim~:>nt of soldiers, hilS existed 94 ~·ears. A dollar lying in the South Carolina state treasurer·s omce for the last two years has no claimant. Monmouth college, Monmouth, Ill., now seventy-five years old, has bad on!,Y four presidents. A man of Syraeuse, N. Y., asked a patrolman at Paterson, N. J., to hell) him push his automobile, the batte·:r having gone Ilea<.!. ~'he policeman arrested him. It was the policeman's car. Since 1!)20, !'lcientists fighting the Ja11Unese beetle pe!"t have turned loose no le~s than 1! ~Jli'CiPS of parasites an<l one kind of predaciou~ beetle, but only five of these have established the1pselves in t'!is country. |