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Show Page Friday, November 30, 1928 mE MIDVALE JOURNAL ht Sicilians Driven Back by Mt. Etna's Lava Opening the Norfolk-Newport News Bridge "Miss VIrginia," Martha W. Hlden of Newport News, Va., In the act of cutting the ribbon that ofllclally opened the new $7,000,000 bridge to trafllc between Norfolk and Newport News. Gov. Bani F. Byrd 1a shown atandlq beside "Miss VIrginia." Disastrous Floods in the Middle West Inhabitants of MascaU, their homes and town destroyed by the lava, gathered on the scene where once crops were growing, but now destroyed by the lava. Later they had to ftee further as the rivers of lava advanced. University of Iowa's New Medical Unit This Is the new medical unit ot: the university of Iowa, declared to be one of the finest In the world. which was dedicated recently. Scientists and educators of world repute were at the dedication. The hospitals and laboratory buildings have been erected on an 80-acre tract during the last five years at a cost of $4,500,000, halt ot which was donated by the Rockefeller foundation. Hoover Starts on His Long Trip Heavy rains caused floods In the middle western states wl1icb caused great property damage and the loss of about twenty lives. This photograph shows a scene on Independence avenue, Kansas City, near the Blue river which overflowed its banks and destroyed a lot of property. Utah Goes South to Meet Hoover TALLEST BUILDING WOULD BE PRESIDENT Jose Vasconcelos, known as "El Maastro." who Is now a candidate for the Presidency of Mexico to su~ ceed Portes Gil, HITS COMMERCIALISM An artist's drawing of the Chrysh• building in New York, which wher. completed in 1930 at the cost of ap proximately $14,000,000, will top an~· building In the world. It will be 808 feet from the street level to the domE> and will have three tl.oors below the street. President-Elect Herbert Hoover waving good-by as he salted away fr•,m Los Angeles harbor on his tour of Latin America. Beside him Is Mrs. Hoover. Last Tribute to Vestris Victims SHE'S FIRE CHIEF The battleship Utah starting from Brooklyn navy yard for Buenos Alres, wber~ it will pick up President-Elect Hoover and his party. "Sesqui" Is Three-Time Winner ( , Elected national president of th£' Amateur Athletic union by unanimous vote of the fortieth annual convention, A very Brundage of Chicago threw down the gauntlet to "commercialism In aport" before he had been In the chair two minutes. Scl'ne In 'l'rinlty churl'h, New York. durin~( thl' lll'<'lll ~:·,·vi!'<'& 111'1:1 rur those who perished when the Vestrib went •lown o,l' ttw Vil"'.tli.t ,., pe,.,_ Scotch FlemiD••· In Newhaven, a little fishing community on the shore of the Firth of Forth, Scotland, there Is a colony of flsherfollt who are the descendants of l•'Iemlsh settlers of the Fifteenth century. The settlers, refugees from the Thirty Years' war waged by Charles V In Flanders, carried with them their nHtl\'e customs and manner of dres" wli!C'h nre still In evidence despite tht !on~ sojuurn among the Scotch. · Here is Edith Herzo, "fire chief'· of Corbin hall, the girls' dormitory at the University of Kansas In I.awShe Is also special pollee rence. chief and telephone operator aBd on :.everal oc{·aslons has demonstrated bcr tltnNls tor _!)wse positions. "Sesqui," who for the third time running won first prize In the Malt.,se <"lass at the fourth annual championship show of the Philadelphia Perslaa ~ t<oclety, as he a_NJearet' In h1~- s~clll,l!}' d~lK!le~ bed. |
