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Show • The y All Saw Their Dad Inaugurated Governor Mass Production of Commercial Airplanes John G. Richar ds o:t Liberty Hlll was sworn In as govern or of 8outh Carolin a his childre n-nine o; them, nnd all daugh ters-w ere on hand :tor the Inaugu ration. Above .are Mr. and Mr., Richar ds an4 tile girls, "u~;u . . \lqtlan es for the Colonia l Air Transp ort compan y In the Fokker plant at Hasbro uck Helg.hts, N. J., whlch are h<-ltlg rushed to comple tion for use In a huge networ k of air lines for passeng ers, United States malls •and expres~es which open this spring, linking Montre al and Interm ediate cities with New York and Chicag o. Merchants From Thirty:six States in Conference Vie w of the Bund, Sha ngh ai, Which May See War Scene on the Dund, In the Interna tional quarter of Shangh ai which tlte Canton ese demand shall be given up and which Great ·Britai n has IH'epn red to defend. • • I . ' .,,, ·< • M ~ I ..j Two thousan d mercha nts :from thirty-s ix states met In Chicag o for th eir elevent h semian nual conven tion. of them were women . Four of these are here seen; left to right: Miss l\Iary Sul:tor, Spauld ing, Ohio; M iss Uebecc a Baker, Traer, Iowa; Mrs. Cora Roberts , Marque tte, Mich., and Miss Lonie Rose, Oshkos h, Wis. ~!any RUNN ING FOR MAY OR Christy Is Made an Honorary V. F. W. • Om aha Girl In Operatic Triumph BRIDE OF EX-PRIEST • \\'omen of Kunsus City, Kun., Me ••rganlz lng to ro-ot po11t1clans from munici pal atl'airs followi ng the ouster of Its mayor, W. W. Gordon, who re- I signed from otll.ce followi ng an expose 1 • of conditi ons In the city's pollee de· ' partmelf.t. The women will put a ticket of their own in the field. They are ; backing Mrs. E. A. Enrigh t, promin ent clubwo man, as their candid ate tor : mayor. 1 I Howar d Chandl er Christy , noted artist and creator of the famous "Buy a Buddy Poppy" poster used In 1926, and a veteran of the Spanish -Ameri can war, is an honora ry membe r of the Vetera ns of Foreign Wars of the United ·states. This honor was conferr ed upon Christy recentl y followi ng action .f¥ken at the 1926 encamp ment at El Paso, Texas, when Christy was given ttie distinc tion of being the first honora ry membe r selecte d by the nationa l JlQdY· The presen tation was made in Mr. Christy 's studio In New York city Comma nder-in -Chief Theodo re Stitt. In the picture Mr. and Mrs. Christy a~e examln irrg the engrav ed docume nt Mr. Stitt has just handed the!fi. .b' '' Nan cy Hanks' Grave to Be a Shrine People of Marcel ine, Mo., were aroused recentl y by the disappe arance of Father D. V. Downe y, pastor of St. Bonave nture Catholi c church there. At the same time Miss Maude Myers, daught er of a coal miner, left town. Investi gation disclos ed the fact that 1 they were married in Chicag o and that Father Downe y had sent his resigna tion to the church authori ties. COTTON KING OF S.C. An orgnnl1:ed movem ent hns been launche d In Indiana to raise R nutlonn l Hhrlne at tlJe: :g of Nancy flanks Llncol~ mothQf !_)f Abraha m Llnco(p, In Spence r count,x. The first marker on the grave, erected by residen ts ot the vicinity , was c11t to pieces by souven ir se~e~s· apd was replace d In 18:79 by Clemen t.Stude baker of SQuth ~end. Ills d!lU$hter, l\Irs. Anne Studeba k·er Carlisl e, Is preside nt of a commi ttee to prepnre n sultnlil e Ilieru:Jr!al. m·,- George T. :->w<>pi·inger of Tn•nton , S. c., who was awarde d a prize of $1,000 In the. statewi de contest !;>r hnvlng grown more cotton on or:.e fil'l'(' of land titan ilny otller cotton plm~te~ In the stttte of South Carolin a Miss Ruth Thomp son, Omaha girl, who asoouls hed Roman musle critic::! with her excepti onally fine renderi ng of Mimi in "La Bohem e." She has been on the stage since her elevE-nth year unrl now In her early twentie s her e.trorts have been crowne d with unusua l success . Muggins Learns He Can't Whip Bears • ' FOREST WEE K SET Doroth y Hrall, of the Americ an Tree as!<oclatfon, with one of the forestr y primers distribu ted by the asRoclatlon. Tl1e week of April 24 has been set as Americ an Forest week. The assocla tton has distribu ted 800,000 copies qf the bookle t, written by Charle s Vt· I A bull pup muy have plenty of tlght hut he can't li<'k two full-gro wn benr:'l. th_rop Puck, among the schools of the 1\luggfn s knows that, to his sorrow . Muggln s is the proper ty of l\lrs. Wllll<lm country . Dunn of San l•'rnnclseo. He had a f\ne time chnsln~r the squirre ls and othar The poet Virgl.l though t bees could little fellows in Golden Gate park. Then one day he d~:opped into the beau' be produc ed o.rtUlclally b,y a formula . enclosu re. Now be 1s bandag ed up, but tbe vet says he will recover . I |