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Show t 4 PAG,E;rSIX , PROVbP(mH) OCTOBER . 24, 1938 . 1 4 --.i r4' . You In Britain's ''Aerial Fence Needs Mending r , srrrrrw W '-! i II III! y ' II llll . ft 4 k-.y.: WHesre Municli "Peace" Didn't Apply Farmer-Laborites New Targets of 5 c kj!,! -.-v i v. i-y -.. -: - .-, .-.v.-j. . 1 V ' Vi . . . . w ti 4, vTv i.. i v ; Great Britain's air defense experts conceited the idea of erecting an 'aerial fence" of captive balloons trailing long grids of steel cables as a barrier to enemy bombing planes. The theory was that the invaders would run into The trailing cables or, if th ey flew over the "fence" they would be forced above good bombing rane. In a recent demonstration five of the balloons, shown in the photo above, broke away and caused considerable damage to London houses with their trailing cables befole they were recaptured. Nevertheless, the experts declared the txperiment a success. r C ....... r. .ff.r.. .. .A'. ,. y,'-4.r... -al. Surrounded and bwamoed : C 1T - (- vft)1 - J J Pretty Ritzy Table Serving All by nimseif and ver uncomfortable, too was fckb Van L,engen, Princeton halfback, pictured just as he was about to become the victim of a mass assault by a bevy of Pennsylvania tacklers in the Tigers' 13-0 victory over Penn at Princeton. Len Warner, on the ground, had missed his try at the ball carrier, but Bal Smith, No. 9; Stan Lorber. No. 34. and Rix Yard, No. 14, swooped down on Van Lengen just a split second later to complete the .;! . Smiles as Mate - Fights for Life 'Model Husband' Ready for Trial 3 Wbile RuddJphr Sikors sat pale and runsniiling in the Chicago courtroom where he is on trial tor murder, bis pretty 22-year- tHW Margaret, above, smiled and charted with state attorneys at-torneys as she prepared to testify tes-tify ligainst ber husband. Sikora, desciibed by bii wifis a "perfect "per-fect husband," shoV JPd kiUed Edw-rd Solomon, wbp won Mrs. Siko.-a's love with poetry while . gikora washed dishes and -did ttw houseworic, - mm i r -J xs5.- si i -C XvC-, t Jt v, .-.-....!- '.w.'.w-:.:.:S:.-:-:v-,----.''v- J? When the four major powers of Europe recently sat down at Munich Mun-ich and signed a pact that was wildly hailed as bringing "peace" to the . continent, war-weary Spaniards shrugged it didn't apply to them. Rebel General Franco's planes continiied to blast Loyalist towns, as this picture of Barcelona shows. In a street smashed by one of the Spanish civil war's worst air raids, a Loyalist soldier stands guard over merchandise salvaged from a wrecked shop. What's 'Wetter' Than Water? Oil ! Something new and different in waiters was wealthy Amory L. Haskell, shown here pouring coffee for one of the 500 fanners fann-ers who were guests of the Monmouth County Hunt and Racing Association at Haskell's Red Bank. N. J., estate. Members Mem-bers of the association, in hunting hunt-ing apparel, served as waiters and waitresses for the farmer-guests farmer-guests at the annual hritng; meet. Ass '" 1 ? s', 'v , f v K f'V 7; - '- "-' M-.-.V-.v.'.s-. .'.. . 6-.v. i ..v M o. .'--.-- . .-.-3 fA r ; v, - i, ' s ' a ' 4f.v f o - - 5-1 j o-V , j"(t ' i :-x-i-x i ::-J i Y xi-Xs y ' j S 5 f .-:?: .'''1 o , . I" ro - A y If . -" -v l J 6 - ' i "1 ' I v. 1 t "A ( '4 "i- ' ' : fx :vS x-X'x a xix.? J x-x-xx x- : 4 1 1 H' 7 - I) u Oil is 'wetter" than water as far as movie cameras are concerned, con-cerned, so Movie Star Fredric March "oils down" a cute member of the cast for his new picture, "Trade Winds," now in production in Hollywood. On the screen, oil drops look more like water drops than do water drops. A property man stands by to give aid should oil get in the young lovely's eye. Drag Texas Dunes for 'Alligator' Man's Victims s - - X , y ' ' , A odel husband1 Rudolph Si-kdra, Si-kdra, who prizett liis wife's love so much he lulled the man .who won it, is pictured as he sat in a Chicago courtroom listening to the selection of a jury which will decide whether he. must' die in the electric chair, suffer a lesser penalty, or be freed. Si-kora's Si-kora's pretty 22-year-old wife, who loved Edward Solomon, the slain man, will testify ' against her -husband. - I V-:-.cxX; V t. The hunt for victhnsofblue.beard' Joe Ball goes on as Texas Rangers use highway department equipment, as pictured above, to search the sand dunes near Ingleside, Tex. Parts of the bodies of two of the roadhouse proprietor's victims already have been, found in, these dunes. Ball killed himself him-self after he was questioned by police concerning disappearance of several women employes over a six-year period. Police were told by ; a man who said he helped Ball slay one woman, that Ball , Q bis vjcttms. to pet.ajjigators,. . i nil i x. iMiiiiiuiimm w u n. -Htiemm lit jyi.,u....w .T-r-r.im.. .!. 'mm K? V . '.;x ::X:; .. :- . v Red' Charges ::xi-x. . f.Sx: nun ... J "'' .x:WCxv" ? S .x:4 Ms I ,V f - " . J. ftx' v vX; ! -x-xxc-x :-:-vx: If' x ?-xf X ' 1- -x y -x :x-x. v x::5 .tx xx::.Xsx-x p I 1 tXW, '. N i 1 til t . r . " IT 1 i Photographs purporting to show that the Minnesota Farmer-Labor party and its leader, Gov. Elmer Benson, are influenced by Communists are in the hands of the Dies committee investigating un-American un-American activities. Among - the exhibits is the picture, left above, which shows Governor Benson Ben-son riding in a New York parade last August with a member of the Young Communist League near the door of his car. This picture was given the Dies committee in Washington by Steve Gadler, St. Paul consulting engineer, shown top right as he charged Communists actively direct the Farmer-Labor party. Similar testimony was given by Albert Kittock, lower right, of Minneapolis, who said he once belonged to the Communist party. Hopeful, but He Doesn't Show It Wrong Answer to Right Number fx v - -r 1 .WWW Wxl -M $ - , ' I - X. 4 a f x X N ;-,p.-x. 1 '-x If ft- rKrf The grim countenance of Dr. Castillo Najera. above. Mexican ambassador to the United States, belies his optimistic report to Washington newspapermen after a conference with Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Dr. Najera said there were "good hopes" the dispute over expropriation of American properties in Mexico may soon be settled. ' " - V ".x:--ix: f xSiW4 - V" t SXxv: 'This is the detective chief; I guess you won't want any service." Thus did Louisville's Chief Joseph Stuart, seated among a battery of bell boxes, answer incoming bookies calls when he raided and stopped operations at the Cumberland News Service, which ' supplied sup-plied information for 600 Louisville book makers. Acting in a reform re-form drive, Stuart forced officials of the service to turn over the keys to their office and then made arrangements with the telephone company to curtail phone service. All's Fair at the Marriage Fair J. BBS A j x9P 1! j' - NV' ; Xx 4 Whether they swing it like the couple at the left, or cool their ardor with an ice cream cone like the ones above, French couples at the annual "Marriage Fair" at Meaux, near Paris, enjoy the fete, which is specially designed to enable marriageable young folks to pick out their future mates. Eligibles look forward each year with -r-- pleasure toward this unusual French institution. |