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Show ' THE MIDVALE JOURN AL - Movie Studio Fire in Which Ten Perish ed Thursd ay, Decemb er 19, 1929 Ameri ca to Have Larges t Airpla nes in World A drawing of what wlll be one of a tl.eet of the four largest airplanes In the world, to be completed by the enc! of Hl30 at a cost of $21 ,OOC•,OOO by the General Developmen t company of Connecticut, under the guidance of Dr. Wll· llam Whitney Christmas, Inventor ot the aileron balancing system used on all airplanes. The huge ships are "1lylng wings" with a wing spread of 262 feet, overall height of 31% feet, length of 138 feet and gross weight of 72.5 tons. Each plane wlll have eight engines, each over 1,000 horse power In two units of four, and Is designed to carry 100 passengers luxuriously- sleeping, eating and entertainme nt nccomodati ons-and a crew of 17. The maximum capacity under Department of Commerce regulations wlll be 2q6 passengers. Ten persons were burned to death and others badly Injured In a fire that destroyed J1 movie studio In New York. This picture of the condagratlon was sent by telephoto. • Marines m Haiti Answering a Trouble Call • FninkliD ·Memorial Musemn m Philad elphia Architect's sketch of the Benjamin Franklin Memorial and Franklin Institute museum now under construction on tbe Parkway, Philadelphia . The ult.imate cost of the project Is put at $~0,000,000. Electric Cutter for Coast Guard HOOVER MEDAL This picture shows some of the American marines on <luty in Haltl answering a call to duty. Inset Is the AmerIcan high commissione r, Brig. Gen. J. II. Russell, who asked for reinforceme nts to quell the recent riotous demonstrations. WORKS LIKE DAD First photograph of the Presidential medal commemora ting the administration of Herbert Hoover, which has just been cast by the United States mint at Phliadelphla . The medals are now available for purchase by the public. NEW SENATOR Woman Scientist Award ed a Prize John D. Rockefeller III, twenty· three. followed In his father's foot· steps when he started to work at 26 Broartway, N. Y., the headquarter s of the Standard Oil company and of the Rocl,efeller foundation. The heir to the largest fortune In the world Is shown here as he arrived In San Francisco on completion of his tour of the Orient. LEO DIEGEL WINS Dr. Florence llena Sabin, of the Rockefeller Institute for Medicnl Research, pictured at work in ber bboratory. :!<'or her <lisco\'ery of the Q.figin of the Lymphatic system and the function of the white blood cell In )ts relation to tuberculosis , Miss Sabin was awarded the annu:J.l $5,000 prize of the ryictorial Review given to the American woman making the most distinctive contribution in the fields of arts, letters and sciences. The Itasca, first of four electric cutters for the coast guard, taking the Water at oakland, Calif., wbere it was built. Beautiful Tomb for Rober t T. Lincoln • Fingemails Painte d Red and White .. • Patrick J. Sullivan, the Republiran national committeem an from WyomIng, who was appointed by Gov. Frank C. Emerson to succeed the lute Francis E. War.ren. Sulllvan will serve until a successor Is chosen at a special election. Porcelain Chimes Success • I The latest fad 11mong smart women In New York is to have their finger- 1;lnlls patnted dark red arid white. arapli. 1'be' strlklnl effect is seen In this photo· The- porcelain chimes made in the city of Melssen, Saxony. and placed In the belfry of the civic church, are said to have a tone as full ann round as tltat of metal bells and in some ways even more pleaslng.-Pr ovldence JournaL Leo Diegel. representing the Agua Cullente club of Mexico, retained the professional golfe1·s' ohamplonshl p at Los Angeles. He defeated Johnny Farrell 6 and 4 in the final round. No Race Suicide Here Thirty children Is a large family tor Dne man, but registration was recently made of the latest arrival at Nottin~ ham, England. By his first wife he had 24 chi!t:lren. There has only been one lot of twins. He has known what It is to have one child born and on~ die on the same day. The newly completed ~nrcophagus where the bouy of Robert Todd Lincoln. of t11e Great Emancipator , will rest in the Arlington National cemeter'J'. 'l'hP tomb Is the work of James Earle Fraser of Ne\v York, and ls sal4 to be the most artistic thing In all of Arlington. SO!l 1 |