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Show Page Six THE MIDVALE JOURNAL ----- England's Great Aerial Progress Exhibition America's first "human hoop" champlou Ia lrllaa Betty Ellis of Loa Angeles, who was victorious In the tlrst ~ lean "aero-wheel" race, held at Cartha7 Circle, a suburb of the California clt)'. IDasmuch as the COQtestants wlee an of the type which baa helped to make aouthern Callfornia famous, cordoq of pollee were called Into aem• to hold back the cheering crowd& ThW pbOtocraph ahowa the lineup ot the pretq human hoop rollers before start of the race. General view of the great exhibition of aerial progress at Hendon, England, i,n which all types of planea, from the 40-passenger express to the single seater were shown. • Fighting Mediterrane Fly an Fruit Florida. m ' . ~.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Secretary Stimson Buys a Beautiful Estate Florida Is trYing desperately to save Its citrus groves from the dreaded Mediterranean fruit fly that has invad~ the state, and the federal government Is helping In the tight. In the photograph Is seen the spraying of trees with chemicals. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DIEGEL VIINS AGAIN She Could Have Only One a Day View of Woodley, the fine old estate In Washington recently purchased b;9' Secretary of State Stimson. The bouse is an excellent example of Southern Colonial architecture and was built in 1793 by Philip Barton Key, uncle of the author of "The Star Spangled Banner." It bas been the summer horne of Presidents Van Buren, Tyler, Buchanan and Cleveland. .After 4.20 Hours in the Air HEROIC PARK RAN~ER Leo Diegel making a long drive at the Knna,vnki course during the Canadian open championship which he won with a score of 274, the lowest score ever turned in at a major tournament_ The German-American played matcllless golf against such stars as Tommy Armour, Walter Hagen and Horton Smith, to win for the fourth time in the golf classic of Canada. STARTING EARLY Dale Jackson (left) and Forest O'Brlne Immediately after they landed :from their Curtiss-Robertson monoplane, St. Louis Robin, in which they established A record of 420 hours 21 minutes for endurance ftlght. The plane :w-as refueled 47 times. When the doctor prescribed only one cigarette a da7 for this EngUsh miss she was puzzled as to what to do until she solved the problem by having a Bond street firm manufacture one for her. The cigarette Is a foot long and an Inch ln diameter. It ·containa two ounces of tobacco. Submarine "Saved" in 23 Minutes Secretary of the Interior Wilbur issued the first citation for bravery to come from the Interior department to Charles B. Browne, a park ranger In the Mount Ranier national park, for his valiant and fearless efforts in the rescue and recovery of bodies of a party of climbers who fell into a crevasse, injuring four and killing two of them. ERNEST L. JAHNCKE Cornstalk Can Now Be Harvested This is Tracy B., sixteen-month-old son of Mrs. Fanny' Dunway, of St. Louis, Mo., who is an addict, at his tender age, to Lady Nicotine. He Is fond of cigars but prefers bls pipe. Tracy has several brothers and sisters who are immensely proud of his attainment. The Dunway family recently moved up to St. Louis from the hills of Kentucky. A new and unpublished portrait of Ernest L. Jahncke, of New Orleans, assistant secretary of the navy. Moon Myths .Mechanical engineers of Iowa State Agricultural college have perfected a machine which ls expected to revolutionize the harvesting of cornstalks for making paper. Hauled by a tractor, the machine cuts the artalks and carries them by a conveyor to a receptacle at the rear where they are baled ready to llaal to the factory. - ·- The Dakota Indians think that the moon at its waning is eaten by mice. The Polynesians believe it l:! devoured by the spirits of the deal!. The Kaffirs say that it wanes when, suffering tro111;. a headache, it puts its hand to its forehead and bides the latter from our view. The Eskimos imagine that th" moon, harassed by fatigue, retires foi a moment to take rest and food. Bull Frog' a Came Fish In Idaho the lowly bullfrog has the legal status of a game fish, having an open and closed season e,nd other regnl protection snt:h as Is a<'rordt>•l the aristocracy of the finny tribe. It Is reported that in Idaho the buni'ro~ is seriously regarded as desirable gam(>. It is hunted with &mall caliber rifles or by rod and line. If angled for with book and line, a pleee of red flannel ls used as balt. The bullfrog Is taken not merely tor sport but because it is a very desirable article of food, as a 100<1 sized mature bullfrog weighs over a pound and provides delicate meat equiva· lent to that furnished bJ an elgbtlnch tNut. .. This submarine, the V-4, largest In the American navy, wat "saved" troa a watery grave otr San Diego In 23 minutes by the use of the Dew emergenq "lungs," Into which air was pumped from tbe Balvage ship Ortolan. Goodyear Blimp I ands on the Sea |