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Show THE .MIDV AI.E· JOURNAL· How Roosevelt Memorial in New York Will Look .· ..• Thursday, June 19, 1930 Fighting the Battle of Dettingen Over Again \ . Thill Ill bow the Roosevelt memorial In Oentral park, New York, wlll look when work on It baa been eompleted. Tile design otrered by John Russell Pope won the contest staged by the New York State Roosevelt Memorial usoc.latlon. British Infantry (left) glvll)g battle to the "French" hosts, when they re-enacted the battle of Dettlngen which occurred late In the EtghteenU{ century. The performance was part of the annual mllftary re-riew held at Aldershot, ·· England. Seven Honor Men of U. S. Military Academy Offered to New York by J.D. Rockefeller, Jr. .. The aevea Weet Polnt ~onor men ·or the 1930 gradua tlng class, each ot whom had an academic rating of 92 per eeat or better lD each subject. Left to right, they are: Paul F. Yount of Alllance, Ohio; William A. Carter of Bolevllle, 1111811 ; William Whipple. Jr., of Baton Rouge, La.; Charles Keller, Jr., of Winnetka. lll.; Ralph Swot· ford, Jr., ef lndepeodenctl, Mo.; James R. Herbert of East Boston, Mass.; and Frederick w. CasUe of Mountala Lakes, N. J. A plaster model of the proposed P.ark and art museum which John D. Rockefeller, Jr., has offered as a gift to the clty of New York. The land is valued at about $7,000,000 and the development of the park and cost of building the museum are expected to brlng' the total outlay up to about $13,000,000. POLICE CHiEF OF AIR Capture of an Escaped Maniac HEADS THE U. C. V. Sheriff Wllllam Franch chatting and joking with Omar Hassan, one of tbe 13 crlmlnally Insane men who escaped from tb~ state hospital for. the ertmfDally Insane at Ionia, Mich. Fran<'h had just come across Hassar.. hldlng Ia the weeds. · All but two of the maniacs were soon captured. Gen. L. W. Stephens of Coushatta La., a distinguished Confederate soldier, who was elected commander In chief of the United Confederate Veterans at the fortieth annual reunion held in Biloxi, Miss. Stephens was commander of the Army of Tennessee during the Civil war. Carol Gains Throne of Rmnania NAMED FOR SENATOR Australians Wedded in Fairy Cave Benjamin Wolfe, who will head the great international monitor of the alr at Grand Island, Neb., under the supervision of the United States Department of Commerce. This most power· ful station ever built will govern 20,000 transmitting stations throughout the world to protect the lhirener from interference and keep all the stations of the world to assigned wave lengths. YOUNG CHESS .STAR Against a dreamland background of delicately-tinted stalactites and stalagmites, two prominent young residents of Buchan, Australia, were married in the famous "throne room of King Oberon" In the Fnlry cave at Buchan. They are shown standing with their attendants before "King Ol>eron"s Throne." Lincoln CongreuftHUl L. J. Dlc1rln1Dn (If who waa Yietor over Gov John mmmlH tor t,be Republican. senato. rial noml&atloil, low~ ill. :ormer CroWil Pdnc-e carol of Ralllanla (rfr\lt) yho bJ • ltar'tllnl C!OUp ..~ tetumed to Buei\Jrest and wu proclaimed klnl; and M. lrllrone8CIU ~ iNut of bll support~n. who was made telliporaJ7 premier Ba1iae.. Good for you tllink tbal akes Egbert....:.What blond you<ve been taking out taxi ~ rldlnl. h~;l»fee:l pi ylng you for a fllht .AIXJ-l]ust fo d out she wu ma tied tO the driver. .. High~ay Is Completed J. A. Anderson, twenty-two-year-ol11 chess champion of St. Louis, has been selected by the National Chess fed eraUon as a member of the American chess team to compete In the Internu tiona! Chess tournament to be held In Germany. Andenon, whUe still a hlgll school student, won ijle ebampi9Diblp. of Texas 1n 1927. Durlllr the l,ast few years he hal defeated some oubltancl· · · · lng players. -------- J.-1•1' Up tJae·Trade Tl1e Big Boss-I 84!e JOu've ftred 10ung Swift. I 'always thoqht hlm a very snappy ad writer. The Oftlce Uanager-Too mappJ. He ran the ph~ ''Bventuallr-WhJ not. Dllwr• ID aa udertakef.'a .. ad. <;ompletlon of the final link in the Lincoln highway stretching more than three thousand miles acl"088 the continent from New York to San Francisco was the occasion of a great celebration at Ely, Nev., where Gov. Freel B. Halza.r broke the chain in tbe ..Welcome" arch. The fete lasted three 'Clap and one of the features was the hilltorlcal parade. One of the eoYered wqoaa anll some of the hlttros are- abowa above. ,. .. |