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Show THE MIDVALE • Scenes and Per8ons in the Current News JOURNAl.~ Thursday, July 9, 1931 B~ginning Work on the New Cruiser Minneapolis While hundreds of interested spectators look on, Walter H. Newton of .Minneapolis, Minn., secretat·y to President Hoover, is driving the first rivet In the keel of the new 10,000-ton treaty cruiser Minneapolis. Assistant SecL'&tary of the Navy Ernest Jahncke; Mayor Barry A. MackeY of Philadelphia, and Admiral Bostwick, col!lmandant of of the Philadelphia navy yard, took part in the ceremony. The newest member to Uncle Sam's family of cruisers ' will cost approximately $5,000,000, will have a speed of 32.7 knots and will be completed in October, 193.'J. 1-Youn:;Rters of Chicago's West side made happy dur,ug the tonid spell t>y a shower improvised by the tire department. 2-Federal authorities in Los Angeles dumping into the gutter 1,000 gallons of poisonou~ Jamaica ginger extract seized in raids. 3-Young John .Jeffries of Greenville, Ky., who won the national marbles championship In Ocean City, N. J., and was crowned "King Johnny I." Monument to a Lost Plane and Its Crew America's Rifle Shots Ready for Bisley Meet The members of the American rifte team at the Frar,kfort at•senal, Philadelphia, where they were preparing for the international rifle championship to be contested at Bisley, England. Left to right, standing, arf! R. H. McGarity, T. Randle, F . .J. Paffe, H. H. Jacobs, H. J. Adams, Maj. J. S. Hatcher, head coach; G. M. Upshaw, G. Sittler, H. F. Johansen, H. N, Remshaw. Left to right kneeling are G. Sheldon, V. F. llamer, Dr. E. Swanson, L. A. Wllklns, G. Evans. Repairing Damage Done by Beavers HONORED BY OMAHA The memorial to Guilbeud and his companions, among them Roald Amundsen, erected at Caudebec-en-Caux, France, where they took off to 1ly to the relief of Nobile and his crew on the Italia and were lost in the Arctle lee. RETAINS HIS TITLE Night View of West Point From Air • Falher Edward J. Flanagan, who was voted the "first citizen" of Omaha, Neb., In recognition of his outstanding achievements in public welfare In 1?30. The selection was made from a list of 37 prominent Omaha cltizens by a committee of 15 past commanders of the American Legion. Father Flanagan was selected for the honor in view of his efforts in expanding the work of his orphanage and boys' home, which !s known as "Father Flanagan's Home for Boys." Campfire Girls repairing the damage caused by beavers to the rustle bridge made by them across the brook at their camp In Harriman State park, New York. Industrious beavers ate away the living trees which formed the 11.11.tural supports at the land ends of the bridge. George Dunlap, of Princeton, who successfully defended his tltle of international collegiate gotr champion in the tournament at Olympia fields, Chica-go. This remarkable view of the United States Military academy at West Point was made at night from an airplane by Capt. A. W. Stevens wltb 20 pounds of flashlight powder. Miss Arizona Defends Her Crown NEW HEAD OF K. T. OLYMPIC MISSIONARY Queen of the Convention of Elks Miss Kay Johnson, nineteen-year-old University of Washington student, was "J\liss Elk" and queen of the carnival which was a feature of the annual national convention of Elks in Seattle, wash. Dr. Henry Niese, veteran cousul to the United States from Argentina, bas sailefl from Los Angeles on a visit to all South American nations to fulfill the dual duty of promoting closer International relationship and understanding and acting as an "unofficial missionary" for the 1932 Olympic games. InternatJunal Perry W. Edwards, who was elected most eulinent grand master of Knight• Templar at the triennial conlav~ li· Minneapolis. the., Close-up of "Mis:; Arizona," tlle undefeated champion horued toad jumper, who was taken to Los Angeles to defend her crown In the national horned toud sweepstakes, a feature of the California Outdoor Lih exposition. She is owned by Jack Bartlett. |